If he hadn't seen the "Cotton Chamber of Commerce", Zhao Ji would probably have listened to Wang Laozhi's words and concluded that this hot air balloon was a monster.

But when he saw the words, he didn't get angry but laughed.

Waving his hand, he said to Wang Laozhi: "Mr. Wang, this time you have lost your eyes, this must be Zhou Quan's fame, this guy is so daring, return to Beijing, and don't come to see me!" ”

"Zhou Quan?"

When Wang Laozhi entered Beijing, Zhou Quan had already gone to Xuzhou, but his influence on the Beijing division was still there. And Wang Laozhi was recommended by Cai Jing and others, he now lives in Cai Jing's mansion, and he also knows that Cai Jing and Zhou Quan are now teaming up, and it seems that they are preparing to operate various precious metal mines in Japan, so he smiled and said: "Official Shengming, so it sees, if it is Zhou Langjun, then it is reasonable, this thing is a fairy thing, not a monster." ”

"Why is Mr. Wang contradicting himself?" Zhao Ji grinned.

"The minister had seen His Majesty in the fairy palace that day, at that time, there was an immortal servant by His Majesty's side, His Majesty called it 'Ah Quan', Zhou Langjun was the fairy boy next to His Majesty, if it was his thing, it was naturally not a monster!"

Zhao Ji's heart was happy when he said this, even if he knew that several of his words were false.

But at this time, someone said without yin or yang: "What Mr. Wang said is very true, since Zhou Quan is an immortal servant by His Majesty's side, why not summon him into the palace and serve His Majesty?" ”

The one who spoke was a eunuch named Li Yan, who was also favored by Zhao Ji.

This person has a good relationship with Liang Shicheng and Yang Jian, seeing that Liang, Yang and others made a fortune because of Zhou Quan, but they couldn't get along with Zhou Quan because of their lack of power, they couldn't help but feel a taste in their hearts.

The eunuch is not a normal person, and his mentality is naturally distorted, so even if he knew that his words might offend Zhou Quan, Li Yan was still quick to speak.

But he regretted it when he said it, so he rolled his eyebrows and immediately took it back: "How can Zhou Quan not be able to hold an official position like Julang?" ”

originally wanted to get Zhou Quan to be a eunuch in the palace, but he turned into a living roomman, from making trouble for Zhou Quan to inviting officials for Zhou Quan. The dead eunuch turned fast, but the people present were all human spirits, and even Zhao Ji was a very smart person, so he didn't understand what he meant originally.

Zhao Ji laughed, but he had some mustard in his heart.

Zhou Quan's prestige has come to this point, even the eunuchs around him are a little afraid of him!

Then as soon as his thoughts turned, Zhao Ji suddenly thought of the two people, and his face changed: "Oh no! ”

It's really bad, among the Jingshi, there are two opponents of Zhou Quan.

Li Bangyan, Zhu Mian!

Li Bangyan drove Zhou Quan out of Beijing, first went to Xuzhou to supervise Caoyun, and then rushed to Zhenjiang, but Zhou Quan had been away from Beijing for a long time, and Zhao Ji missed Li Bangyan's clever mouth, so he called him back to Beijing and got an idle job for him. In fact, he asked Li Bangyan to accompany him and listen to him say some market jokes to relieve his boredom.

Zhu Mian slapped Zhou Quan in the face on his own territory in Suzhou, and he intercepted the boatsmith privately, which made the entire Cotton Chamber of Commerce and the Donghai Chamber of Commerce in the dark very dissatisfied, and Chen Gongfu, Li Gang and others entangled Qingliu and reprimanded him repeatedly, so Zhao Ji summoned him to Beijing to avoid the limelight first.

These two people are in Beijing, this time Zhao Ji went out of the palace privately, only brought Taoist priest Wang Laozhi and a few eunuchs around him, and did not bring these favorites.

Zhou Quan returned to Jingshi, if he met these two, he was afraid that there would be a conflict, right?

Zhao Ji still underestimated Zhou Quan's lower limit.

"Master, I'm going to find someone to trouble, do you want to go with me to see the excitement?" Zhou Quan asked with a smile.

"Troublesome Search...... Who are you looking for? ”

"If you like to watch the excitement, follow me to watch, as for who it is, you don't care."

The little lady has no interest in fighting and killing, but she is very interested in being with Zhou Quan, so of course she will follow him.

They left the float and handed it over to someone else, and then Zhou Quan took a group of people away in a big way.

At this time, some of the main streets in Bianjing had begun to harden, such as Yujie, and there was a cement pavement about 12 feet wide. The original blue-striped stone was not dug up, but became a roadbed.

With today's luxury bikes five feet wide, the trail is big enough for two bikes to walk side by side.

Although bicycles are no longer a rare thing in Beijing, when a group of more than 20 cars form a convoy, and it is crowded with all kinds of people waiting for seventy or eighty, this situation is still quite "spectacular". Seeing that the convoy was avoiding one after another, some people who didn't know each other asked: "Who is this, who dares to be so arrogant in Beijing?" ”

"You don't know? The first person to stand tall is Zhou Xiaoxianggong, who made contributions to the Liao State, and among the Beijing divisions, even the old ministers and princes went out on patrol, and they couldn't make up such a momentum, only Zhou Xiaoxianggong had such skills! ”

"Shhh

Those who have heard of Zhou Quan's reputation gasped at the moment, and there was more to know, and at this time he interjected: "That's the old yellow calendar, Zhou Xiaoxiang ran a cotton cloth chamber of commerce, cotton cloth marketing all over the world, and made millions of dollars a year!" I heard that two days ago, they held the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, and they were a district manager, and they also won hundreds of annual rewards! ”

Before the holiday, Zhou Quan convened the directors of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce and held an annual meeting in Beijing. This annual meeting is to summarize last year's profits, and secondly, to divide up the next year's profits - for each cotton cloth, Zhou Quan sold it to each family at a price of 400 wen, and each family increased the price by 50 to 100 or even hundreds of wen, and resold it to all parts of the Great Song Dynasty.

Because of the lack of supply and more demand, everyone made a lot of money last year, and Zhou Quan expects that this year's cotton cloth output will soar from last year's one million horses to 20 million horses or more, but everyone judged that 20 million horses are still in short supply, so in order to compete for the share of underwriting, everyone is fighting again.

Zhou Quan estimated that this cotton chamber of commerce could hold out for two to three years, and it would inevitably be divided into profits, and at that time, he would have to carry out reforms, otherwise the chamber of commerce would fall apart. However, he doesn't care, a light industry such as the cotton textile industry cannot be cut off by a chamber of commerce for a long time, because its entry threshold is too low. Don't see that they have an advantage now, which is based on the fact that the whole set of cotton spinning machines is controlled by Zhou Quan.

Even now, even some people within the Chamber of Commerce are trying to find out the secrets of the full set of textile machines.

This is due to the nature of capital, and it is by no means that personal cultivation or friendship can stop it, and Zhou Quan is also optimistic about it. Only in this way will the industrial force that truly belongs to China be born, so that he will not always be the only one who is promoting the process of industrialization.

The long procession made its way through the streets and alleys, and soon arrived at a very large mansion.

Because of the Shangyuan Festival, like other mansions, the family also hung lanterns, and the lantern also had a big "Zhu" character written on it.

What Zhou Quan came to find was this Zhu Mian's trouble!

He slapped Zhu Mian in the face in Suzhou, but he felt that it was not enough, in Suzhou, after all, it was Zhu Mian's territory, and he didn't dare to do many things, but when he arrived in Beijing, he was the head snake!

There was a family opposite Zhu's house, and his entourage went up directly and knocked on the door, frightening people to think that disaster was coming. How do you know that there is a silver coin in front of him, and Zhou Quan wants to borrow it from his house upstairs.

This person is also a petty official in Beijing, and when he heard that Zhou Quan and Zhou Langjun wanted to borrow his house, he hurriedly agreed.

Not only that, but he also personally brewed a pot of tea for Zhou Quan, as if he were a Shangguan, and he was by his side. When he found that Zhou Quan's gaze was aimed at Zhu Mian's mansion opposite from time to time, he realized that something was wrong, and said with a wry smile: "Zhou Xiaoxianggong, you just said that you want to borrow my Burrow for a purpose...... I don't know what happened? ”

"I heard that there will be a good show on your side, so I came here to see it." Zhou Quan smiled and groaned.

"Good show...... Zhou Xiaoxianggong, the lowly official is small, and he can't bear the one opposite......"

"Don't worry, I won't embarrass you, but if I were you, I would love that the person on the other side would take revenge on you." Zhou Quan didn't answer, but at this time, the newcomer spoke.

But it's Cai Xing.

The little official hurriedly appeared to Cai Xing to salute, but when he looked closely, he found a few people behind Cai Xing, and he couldn't help but smack his tongue.

In addition to Cai Xing, the five or six young Langjun behind him are all the sons and nephews of the powerful in Beijing. Zhao Youzhang, the prince of Yan, Zheng Tong, the youngest brother of Empress Zheng, He Yanang, the grandson of He Zhizhong, and Tong Guan's grandson, Tong Guan...... Any of them are famous gentlemen among the Jingshi, but any of them are very polite in front of Zhou Quan.

No one dared to show arrogance in front of Zhou Quan, whether it was the emperor's relatives or important ministers and magnates, they all regarded Zhou Quan as an equal to themselves.

Of course, behind these people are also members of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce.

"Everyone, come and see the excitement with me." Zhou Quan bowed slightly and greeted him.

A year ago, he did this, and the gentlemen who came turned around and left.

But now, not only did they not leave, but they came over one by one with a smile, and they were not polite to Zhou Quan at all.

"Brother Zhou Quan, how did your team train, and why did several of our strongest players get together, but you still beat them four to zero?"

"That's it, Brother Xian, I think the one in your team named Li Yiyi is good, do you know what nickname the good player in Beijing gave him? The Emperor, such an arrogant nickname, can only be called by football players, and if he changed someone else, he would have cut off his head long ago...... Brother Xian, give me Li Yiyi, I'll give you five thousand! ”

"Master Cai, you are embarrassed to only take 5,000 guan, if Brother Zhou Xian is willing to transfer it to me, I will give 10,000 guan, and that general Zhang Yu, I am also willing to give 10,000 guan!"

These gentlemen knew that Zhou Quan was here to trouble Zhu Mian, but they didn't care about this, what they cared about was eating, drinking, and having fun.

"You guys, just know how to play football, I am very interested in the chefs in Zhou Lang's mansion, there are two good cooks in my mansion, but they are not worth half of Zhou Lang's mansion, I am willing to spend 5,000 yuan, please Zhou Lang lend me the chef for a month!"

Zhou Quan laughed, and then pretended to be mysterious: "My cook has a secret, Brother Tong, if you are really interested, you might as well intervene and take 50,000 yuan, I will count you as forty percent of the shares, and we will partner in this business!" (To be continued.) )