Dengxian Tower is a three-storey building, which is no different from the Dengxian Tower in Chang'an City, and is quite eye-catching in Xunzhou Village.

At this time, there were already many people around the Dengxian Tower, all of whom were wealthy merchants and nobles who came from nearby.

Wang Xiang stood at the door with a smile on his face, Li Zhi and Xiao Lori followed him excitedly, during this time they saw a lot of new and interesting things on Wang Xiang's yacht, today the branch of Dengxian Lou opened they naturally want to join in the fun, the most important thing is that the new store opened Wang Xiang prepared firecrackers This magical thing.

Seeing that Wang Xiang approached the firecracker fuses hanging on both sides of the gate of Dengxian Tower, Li Zhi and Xiao Lori exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly stretched out their hands to cover their ears, their faces were excited and scared.

The onlookers didn't know what firecrackers were, and they were a little puzzled when they saw the performance of Li Zhi and Xiao Lori.

These firecrackers were naturally brought by Wang Xiang from the last days, and he also brought a lot of fireworks and salutes, but those things will only have an effect at night.

The crowd was in a commotion when the firecrackers rang out, but after a moment it slowly calmed down, and someone asked curiously, "What is this loud noise?" ”

"I once heard that there is a thing in Chang'an called Tianleizi, the sound is like thunder, the power is huge, it can open mountains and crack stones, this thing is not Tianleizi?"

"If it's really the thunder of the sky, can you and I still stand here intact?"

Wang Xiang smiled when he heard the following discussion and said: "This thing is not a thunderbolt, but a firecracker, just like the burning rod during the New Year, and the opening of the new store is a festive picture." ”

Hearing him say this, everyone made a new gadget made by Jiayuan Hou at that time, although they were curious, they didn't dig deeper, they came for the opening of Dengxian Tower today.

"A few months ago, when I went to Chang'an to run errands, I was fortunate to taste a delicious meal in Dengxian Tower, and I still have nostalgia. Today, I heard that Hou Ye opened a Dengxian Building in Xunzhou, so I came to join in the fun. A middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy businessman bowed his hand respectfully towards Wang Xiang with a smile on his face.

"I have long heard that the delicious food of Chang'an Dengxian Tower is rare in the world, especially compared to the imperial banquet in the palace, but I have never had the opportunity to taste it. I didn't expect to have such an opportunity today. "It was an official from Guangzhou City who spoke, and he usually didn't have a chance to leave Guangzhou City, but he heard a lot about the Marquis of Jiayuan and the Dengxian Tower in Chang'an City.

Everyone was very respectful and enthusiastic, Wang Xiang laughed and said: "Today is the opening day of the Xunzhou branch of Dengxian Tower, and all the wine and food are half price. ”

Coming to Dengxian Tower is not just for eating, but also for showing goodwill. Everyone knows the status of Jiayuan Hou in Li Er's heart, and it is naturally a good thing to be able to take this opportunity to form a good relationship with Jiayuan Hou.

Among the guests who came today, the most eye-catching is the Guangzhou Assassin History and Lingnan Metropolitan Governor Zhang Cheng, if the official position of the Assassin Shi is the governor of a state, the Lingnan Metropolitan Governor is the leader of the military and political power of several states, it can be said that the real power is in hand, worthy of the name of the party member, by no means comparable to the judgment of the Wupin Academy, he can personally come to the Dengxian Tower to support the scene and the posture is quite low, which is enough to show how strong the holy favor of the Marquis of Jiayuan is.

In the private room on the highest floor of Dengxian Tower, Wang Xiang personally accompanied him, and the entire Lingnan region was under Zhang Cheng's control except for his own fiefdom. Wang Xiang naturally wants to have a good relationship with him, and it will be much easier to get things done that way. After staying in Lingnan for decades, Zhang Cheng's familiarity with this place is naturally a hundred times better than Wang Xiang's, and Xunzhou can plant countless fruit trees so smoothly because of Zhang Cheng's help, and the construction of Xunzhou Village will be carried out so smoothly because of Zhang Cheng's help.

"Xunzhou can have such a change thanks to Lord Zhang's help, I salute Lord Zhang." Zhang Cheng is a figure like the emperor of the soil in Lingnan, and he can show himself so much, Wang Xiang will naturally not be stingy with his kindness.

Zhang Cheng hurriedly raised his glass and said: "Lord Hou is polite, Xunzhou is a fief given to Lord Hou by His Majesty, and this official should contribute some strength as the governor of Lingnan." ”

Both of them deliberately made friends. The atmosphere during the banquet was very harmonious, and after three rounds of drinking, Zhang Cheng looked at Li Zhi and Xiao Loli who were sitting next to Wang Xiang and asked, "Who are these two?" ”

With Zhang Cheng's status in Lingnan, it is not difficult to find out the identities of Li Zhi and Xiao Lori, so Wang Xiang did not hide it. opened his mouth and said: "This is His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and this is the Ruyi Princess of His Majesty." ”

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he hurriedly got up and wanted to salute, but Li Zhi said: "Master Zhang doesn't need to be polite, this time I secretly followed Wang Jian Cheng south...... Ahem, errands. ”

Wang Xiang looked at Li Zhi, who was pretending to be serious, and secretly despised it, why did he go south with me. I've got something to do, and you're just here to play.

After listening to Li Zhi's words, Zhang Cheng's face changed slightly, he had previously guessed that Wang Xiang should not just come to inspect the fiefdom when he went south to Xunzhou this time, Li Zhi's words confirmed his guess, and asked cautiously: "I don't know what His Royal Highness the King of Jin and the Hou Ye have to do when they go south this time?" ”

Li Zhi didn't know about the salt making matter, and he didn't say anything for a long time. Zhang Cheng thought that it was inconvenient for Li Zhi to say more, and his heart was even more bottomless.

Wang Xiang didn't notice Zhang Cheng's abnormality, and thought that Zhang Cheng's help would be needed for the matter of making salt at that time, so he whispered: "Your Majesty did give me an important thing this time to go south, and I may need Lord Zhang's help at that time." ”

"You want my help?" Zhang Cheng was puzzled for a moment, and asked, "I don't know what it is?" This official will do his best to help the Hou Ye. ”

There was no one else present, Wang Xiang opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty asked me to set up a salt factory in Xunzhou to dry sea salt. ”

"Dried sea salt?" Zhang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was not what he was worried about, but he was puzzled: "Sea salt is poisonous and inedible at all, why did Your Majesty let Lord Hou set up a salt farm in Xunzhou to dry sea salt?" ”

Wang Xiang smiled mysteriously: "Of course, it's because I have a way to get rid of the poison in the sea salt." ”

Zhang Cheng was shocked when he heard this, the reason why the price of salt is expensive is because salt lakes are scarce and it is not easy to produce salt, sea salt is different, the sea is vast, and sea salt is many times more than the salt produced in salt lakes, if there is really a way to eliminate the poison in sea salt, it is definitely a big thing for the benefit of the country and the people.

Seeing Zhang Cheng's expression, Wang Xiang whispered: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to this matter, and Lord Zhang must not disclose it." ”

Zhang Cheng nodded again and again, salt and iron have been the important weapons of the country since ancient times, of course he understands the importance of it, if this law is in the hands of the imperial court, those who sell illegal salt will not be profitable.

"Hou Ye went south in addition to the matter of making salt, but there are other things?"

"Anything else?" Wang Xiang thought for a while and said: "Of course, I have built my fief well, it is too stingy for His Majesty to give me the most remote Xunzhou as a fief in such a big place as Lingnan." ”

Hearing his complaints, Zhang Cheng sweated in his heart, he didn't dare to respond, and the only one who dared to complain directly about His Majesty's stinginess in front of the prince was Marquis Jiayuan, but Li Zhi didn't seem to hear Wang Xiang's complaints, and ate indifferently.

(To be continued.) )