Wang Huaqiang didn't do anything else in the following time, and went straight to several horse markets and silk shops in Daxing City, and learned about the current prices of these two things, a high-grade silk is about 120 yuan, a medium 95 to 100 yuan, and a low-grade silk is about 80 yuan. And the war horses in the horse market are around 4,500 yuan, and they generally need to be exchanged for forty mixed silks.

Wang Huaqiang also learned about the local prices when he was in Jiankang, the silk weaving in the south of the Yangtze River is developed, where the high-grade silk only costs fifty or sixty yuan a horse, the medium one only costs about forty-five yuan, and the low-grade silk can be bought for only thirty yuan, on the contrary, the price of horses is ridiculously high, even an ordinary pack horse, a horse also needs more than five thousand yuan.

Now in Jiangnan, the common is still the four baht money issued by Nan Chen, which is different from the five baht money circulated in the Sui Dynasty, after the unification of the world, the currency there will definitely be reformed, before Wang Huaqiang left, Wang Shao, who stayed in Jiangnan, has begun to issue a notice, limiting Jiangnan people to exchange all the money in hand within one year, Yang Jian also ordered two days ago that the old land in the south will be exempted from taxes for ten years, and recuperate to Annan Chen people's hearts.

Wang Huaqiang suddenly felt that if the Turkic war horses could be trafficked to the south of the Yangtze River, and then exchanged for silk, and then the silk was transported to the Turks for sale, it was really a very profitable business, this time the unification of the sea, undoubtedly gave such a new opportunity for commercial circulation, and the world's businessmen must have begun to play this idea, his mission to the Turks this time, is the first batch of Sui Dynasty people who can enter the Turks after half a year of Turkic civil strife, and it is also an excellent business opportunity.

It's just that Jiangnan has been subsumed by the Sui Dynasty after all, and the relationship between the Turks and the Sui Dynasty is erratic.

But after making a fortune this time, you can use this money to open new stores in the towns on the Silk Road, where there are also huge business opportunities, if you get the official, the sentry and tax collection along the way will become much more convenient, but to achieve this step, you first need to go to the Turks to fight for the position of a middle-level official, and now this Jiupin official is really many in the Great Sui, and it can't play any role at all.

Wang Huaqiang thought as he walked, and before he knew it, the sky had gradually darkened, and the time for the banquet was almost up, so he sighed and walked directly to Daxing Palace.

The square has been lit with bright lights, filled with thousands of seats, many officials and soldiers have taken their seats, and began to chat with the people around and around, many people were not in the same army when they went south this time, some were Yang Su's subordinates, and some people followed Yang Jun to make meritorious contributions, but the most were still on Yang Guang's way, among which there were many acquaintances from He Ruobi and Han Baohu's department.

Although the tense relationship between He Ruobi and Han Baohu is well known to passers-by, most of these petty officials of the eighth and ninth grades were originally just petty officers such as the governor of the account in the army, and they were even more common people in their respective townships before joining the army.

Wang Huaqiang walked to the seating area of the Jiupin officials on the right side of the square, and he saw his seat at a glance, which was ranked fourth in the first row, and in a few positions next door, several strange military men were drinking and boxing, all with red faces and red ears.

Wang Huaqiang was about to take his seat, but he heard someone calling him behind him: "Zunjia is Wang Xiaoshu?" ”

Wang Huaqiang was not completely accustomed to his new official position, and after hearing this, he was indifferent at first, and continued to walk forward, until the person called again: "Is it Wang Huaqiang's Wang Xiaoshu?" ”

Wang Huaqiang reacted at this time, he was already a scholar of Jiupin School, he stopped, turned his head, but found that the person who came was Gao Dehong, who he had seen once last time, and he was wearing a red robe at this time, looking at him with a smile.

He immediately put on a smiling face and arched his hand towards Gao Dehong: "Xiaguan Wang Huaqiang, see Gao Zhige." This time, Gao Dehong followed Yang Guang around, and he was also promoted to one level, from the prince of the sixth rank to the prince of the fifth grade, and from the green party to the red party.

Gao Dehong also returned the salute and said with a smile: "Wang Xiaoshu, my father said that you have made miraculous achievements in this southern expedition, please enter the main hall, he has already arranged a place for you there." ”

Wang Huaqiang was taken aback in his heart, but there was a panicked look on his face: "How can this be, Xia Guan didn't make any effort this time, he just mixed some credit with the army, it's good to have a seat in this square, how dare you dare to go to the palace?" The good intentions of the high servant are understood by the lower officials, but they never dare to accept it. ”

The two talked like this, which provoked the surrounding officers to look here, one of them knew Gao Dehong, and immediately whispered a few words to the other people, these people immediately stopped talking, did not dare to speak more, and looked at Wang Huaqiang's eyes full of envy and jealousy.

Gao Dehong shook his head: "Wang Xiaoshu, my father said, your merit is not measured by the current official functions, he has arranged a position for you in the main hall, and please Wang Xiaoshu do not shirk, now follow me into the palace." ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled, Gao Xi probably wanted to express his apologies for not winning the eighth rank official, and compensated himself in this way, and he thought that his merits for this southern expedition were fully qualified to have a place in the main hall, and it would be hypocritical and hypocritical to resign, so Wang Huaqiang arched his hand and said: "Then the lower official is disrespectful, please ask Gao Zhige to lead the way." ”

In the envious eyes of the people around him, Wang Huaqiang walked all the way to the main hall, more than fifty white marble steps, at this moment it has become the water collar of the five-grade officials, on the square under the steps, the green-clothed officials of a water, and today are qualified to enter the main hall, only the courtiers in red and purple clothes above the fifth grade, in comparison, Wang Huaqiang in a cloth dress is particularly conspicuous.

After entering the palace, Wang Huaqiang was arranged in an inconspicuous corner on the side, Gao Dehong's position was next door to him, in front of him with a copper bowl of beef and pork, two dishes of vegetarian dishes, a wine lord, compared to the square outside, there is only one more beef, Yang Jian has always been diligent and thrifty to hold the country, there is no gold and silver jewelry in the palace, three meals a day but coarse tea and light rice, up and down, Sui Dynasty officials are generally thrifty, this is the decade of the emperor's prosperity.

The banquet has just begun, Yang Jian did not wear a crown tonight, changed into a yellow silk dragon robe, and a formal suit, the elegant temperament of Queen Dugu sat on the top, frequently toasted to the courtiers below, and the Turkic envoys were also on the table, in the entire hall today, this medium-sized, leather felt hat, beard and braided Turkic people looked particularly eye-catching.

Chen Shubao and a cadre of southern Chen were also arranged in an area on the right, and they all forced a smile, but Chen Shubao heard that he was pardoned today, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart, and he began to drink with a smile again.

Wang Huaqiang chatted with Gao Dehong without words, casually talking about the customs of the Southern Dynasty, and at the same time paying attention to observing the several generals sitting at the top, especially He Ruobi and Han Baohu, I saw that today these two were also deliberately divided left and right, and the positions of the two were the fourth in the positive number, in order to show that they were tied, reflecting Yang Jian's good intentions to balance the merits of the two this time.

It's just that these two don't seem to be too satisfied with this arrangement, they both keep their faces calm, drink glass by cup, and don't speak.

Yang Jian looked at the Turkic envoy and said with a smile: "This time, Dulan Khan is newly established, and it stands to reason that he should have come to visit him in advance, but why is the envoy so late?" ”

The shrewd and capable Turkic envoy put down the wine glass in front of him, stood up, pressed his right hand to his chest, made a salute, spoke in half-baked Chinese, and said: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, the predecessor Mohe Khan, is not the father of our new Khan, so to settle his son, it will take some time for the new Khan of our family, and it was just in time for your Great Sui to raise troops to destroy Chen, and our new Khan was afraid of disturbing you, so he didn't send me." ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled secretly in his heart: "Obviously, Dulan Khan was a bloody way, killed his younger brother, and only ascended to the throne after subduing Mohe Khan's son, and it took more than half a year to pacify the various ministries, but it was really ridiculous to find this kind of excuse." ”