Regarding Xu Jingzong's simple and generous name, Li Hong laughed and passed, he would not introduce the name of the New England Chamber of Commerce to Xu Jingzong at all.

Because of the close cooperation between the two, the relationship between Li Hong and Xu Jingzong became closer.

Xu Jingzong glanced at Li Hong, and then asked, "Your Highness, did you promote Su Lie without sparing any effort this time, is it to deal with Li Ji?" ”

Li Hong didn't hide it from Xu Jingzong, so he nodded slightly and said, "Gu and Li Ji are already like fire and water, and the grievances are difficult to resolve, and he is constrained by Gu everywhere, if Gu wants to deal with him, he can only borrow Su Lie." ”

"Su Dingfang has great talents, but his background is not good, and he has no good opportunities, otherwise his military merits, his achievements are not under Li Ji." Xu Jingzong said softly.

When Xu Jingzong thought of Su Dingfang's experience, he thought of himself. Back then, he was also the old man of Li Shimin's Qin Palace, but his luck was not good, he was not able to be a very popular minister, and he was ranked as the ruler until he took refuge in the martial queen, and with the promotion of the martial queen, he had today's achievements.

Therefore, for Xu Jingzong, Su Dingfang's current experience is very similar to his beginning.

"Xu Xiangneng can say this, when the time comes, he and Su Lie will be able to get along, and Lone will be relieved!" Li Hong said.

Now among the seven prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ji is the leader, Xu Jingzong is second, but because Li Ji rarely participates in government affairs, Xu Jingzong is the head of the prime minister, but the current situation is different, Li Ji because of the complete refuge in the Empress Wu, it is obvious that he is more valued by the Empress Wu. This is a big threat to Xu Jingzong, so Su Dingfang will be ranked as the ruler as soon as he returns to the dynasty, with his military merits and prestige, the ranking of the eight prime ministers at that time is estimated to be second only to Li Ji and Xu Jingzong, if Xu Jingzong has a good relationship with Su Dingfang, he will be able to stabilize Li Ji.

Xu Jingzong was so wise, how could he not understand the meaning of Li Hong's words, so he nodded slightly and said, "Your Highness understands what the old minister means!" Please rest assured, Your Highness! ”

Li Hong smiled faintly, very satisfied with Xu Jingzong's performance.

"Your Highness, I don't know how much money the old minister needs to invest in the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce this time?" After a deep groan, Xu Jingzong began to ask.

Li Hong didn't think about it before he spoke, "It will take about one million in the early stage." ”

"A million?" Xu Jingzong gasped, "A lot!" ”

"We have to mine two mines in the early stage, so we can only invest 500,000 yuan in each mine, which is already very economical." Li Hong said. In fact, he himself knows that it is not easy for anyone to come up with a million yuan at once.

"But Lao Chen doesn't have so much money here!" Xu Jingzong is in trouble, he loves money, he is greedy for money, but many things are antiques, calligraphy and paintings and jade, no matter how full his family's treasury is, there is no one million copper coins, suddenly, to let him pay one million copper coins, he is really embarrassed, this is the rhythm of selling property!

Li Hong thought about it for a while, and then said, "You pay 400,000 yuan, and the remaining 600,000 yuan, you can sell it to the right person at the reserve price of ten shares!" Of course, you have to give Gu the remaining two copies, and you won't give any of these two copies, just give them to Su Lie and Liu Rengui when the time comes. ”

Li Hong wants to make a fortune himself, but he will also take care of the people around him. Since he decided to promote Su Dingfang to deal with Li Ji, he couldn't treat Su Dingfang as an outsider, and the necessary benefits still had to be distributed to him. Of course, with Su Dingfang's ability alone, it is no problem to fight against Li Ji, but it seems that it is not enough to suppress Li Ji, and Liu Rengui is a good choice, with Liu Rengui and Su Dingfang, Li Hongke will really not be afraid of Li Ji at that time.

In addition to iron ore, Li Hong has many ways to make money.

Therefore, people like Yan Zhuang, Chen Gong and Li Duoqi did not think of putting it in the iron ore to participate in it. After all, Yan Zhuang and Chen Gong and others are too weak, and most of them have to rely on him for protection, if they are allowed to participate in the operation of iron mines, it may not be a good thing to compete with the Fan Yang Lu clan and the Qinghe Cui clan for benefits.

When Xu Jingzong heard that he only paid 400,000 yuan and might get 20% of the shares, he was happy to spend it, so he nodded busily and said, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, regarding the mining of iron ore, the old minister will be personally responsible, and it will not let it have any mistakes." ”

With Xu Jingzong's guarantee, Li Hong was even more relieved.

At this time, the head of the Xu Mansion shouted outside the door, saying that someone asked to see him. Xu Jingzong hurriedly got up and asked Li Hong to go to the back garden by himself, and he left in a hurry.

Li Hong didn't want to go shopping anymore and was ready to leave. But when he thought that Xu Jingzong's mansion was so luxuriously decorated, what would his back garden look like? As soon as his curiosity came up, he didn't want to leave so early, but went to the back garden alone.

Li Hong was fascinated by the scenery in front of him in the back garden of Xu's mansion.

The garden is full of potted flowers, the flowers are bright and delicate, exuding a faint fragrance of flowers, decorating the garden like a sea of flowers... Moreover, just when Li Hong was fascinated by the scenery in front of him, he faintly heard the girl's coquettish laughter coming from the courtyard.

Is there still a lady playing here? Li Hong thought so in his heart, and couldn't help but step into the courtyard.

Walking along the path of the courtyard and crossing the artificial lake in the garden, Li Hong saw three young girls admiring the flowers in the pavilion across the bridge. When the three of them saw Li Hong, they suddenly stopped laughing. All of them showed the shyness of a little girl.

Seeing this scene, Li Hong was a little embarrassed and was about to leave.

Suddenly, he saw a servant girl hurriedly walking up to him and bowing down and asking, "Dare to ask Lang Jun, is it His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

"Yes, it's lonely." Li Hong nodded slightly. Because this is the Xu Mansion, he also feels that there is no need to hide anything.

When the maidservant heard Li Hong's answer, she hurriedly bowed and saluted. The maid's actions immediately attracted the attention of the maid in the pavilion. In fact, they had already roughly guessed Li Hong's identity. Now that the maidservants' actions confirmed their suspicions, they immediately got up and walked over to Li Hong...

Li Hong saw that the three girls were going to come to greet him, and he couldn't walk away, so he could only wait on the bridge.

"Xu Jiaoyun, Pei Yanrong, Yang Sisi, see Your Highness!" The three girls walked up to the inside and bowed.

"No need to be polite!" Li Hong said lightly. just looked at the three girls, and he was also attracted by the amazing faces of the three.

Among the three, Xu Jiaoyun is tall and looks ghostly, looking naughty and cute, Pei Yanrong is calm, showing off her wisdom, and she is a very homely woman at first glance, Yang Sisi is charming and charming, and her beauty is no less than Helan Minyue. The three girls had their own merits, and they stood in front of him so delicately, which made Li Hong lose his mind instantly.

"Ahem-" After a moment, Li Hongcai retracted his gaze and coughed softly and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Your Highness, my father is Xu Jingzong. Because my father said that he was going to have a banquet in the mansion today, I would send a maidservant to ask if His Highness was the prince. I didn't expect it to be. Xu Jiaoyun smiled lightly, "At this time, His Royal Highness came to the garden to enjoy the flowers, Yaxing is not small!" ”

After confirming that the woman in front of him was Xu Jingzong's youngest daughter, Li Hong just nodded slightly, and then moved his gaze to the other two.

"My father is Pei Judao." Pei Yanrong said in a low voice, looking very shy. Yang Sisi also reported to himself, "My father is Yang Sijian, or a subordinate official of Your Highness's East Palace." ”

Gaden -

At this moment, Li Hong's heart beat wildly.

Because Li Hong found that among the three girls in front of him, except for Xu Jiaoyun, who had nothing to do with him, the other two had a relationship with him.

Since Yang Sisi is Yang Sijian's daughter, isn't that the crown princess chosen by Empress Wu for herself in history, and then she was seduced and raped by He Lan Minzhi when she was about to get married? As for Pei Judao's daughter Pei Yanrong, isn't she her future crown princess?

Why is the world so small? The first time I went to the courtier's house for a banquet, I met Yang Sisi, who almost cuckolded himself, and his future wife Pei Yanrong.

Li Hong knew the identity of the third daughter, so he didn't look at Yang Sisi again, because Li Hong didn't have a good impression of her.

History records that she was seduced by Helan Minzhi, Li Hong thinks that this may be a more crowned statement, and he thinks it is very likely that one explanation is that Yang Sisi does not like himself who is frail and sickly, and likes Helan Minzhi, who is a suave and suave talent, and He Lanminzhi committed adultery.

For Pei Yanrong, his future wife, Li Hong took a few more looks.

In history, within a few years of Pei Yanrong's marriage to Li Hong, Li Hong died violently at the night banquet in Hebi Palace, and the two had no heirs. However, in Li Hong's records before his death, Pei Yanrong's gentle and virtuous character was praised by everyone.

Therefore, for Li Hong, he may not be able to marry Pei Yanrong in this life.

But if he really can't escape his fate, he will marry Pei Yanrong as his wife as in history. Then, he will definitely treat her with his heart, will no longer let her suffer and suffer, will definitely let her give birth to a lot of children for himself, and will definitely not let her be widowed again.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Just when Li Hong was stunned, Yang Sisi suddenly asked.

Although her attitude towards Li Hong was very respectful, Li Hong could see a trace of contempt for Yang Sisi in her eyes. This contempt is not a contempt for identity and status, but a contempt for a woman's body for a man.

"It's nothing, I drank a little just now, and I'm a little dizzy." Li Hong said.

"Wine is easy to hurt your body, Your Royal Highness the Prince, you should drink less in the future!" Pei Yanrong suddenly spoke. But after she said this, she lowered her head again and stopped looking at Li Hong.

Xu Jiaoyun always thought that the prince was a sick man with a cold face, but he didn't expect that the prince he saw was not sick except for his pale face, but his attitude towards the three of them was very kind, so he said with a smile, "Your Highness said, since I am here to enjoy the flowers, I am familiar with this garden, or let's take a walk!" ”

Li Hong thought about it, didn't excuse himself, and nodded slightly.