After leaving Hu Yanqing, Chen Yuan knew that if he wanted to find the two brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, he mainly had to rely on luck. After getting into Han Qi's carriage, Chen Yuan smiled slightly in his heart, he was worried about who would bring this Baishan camp in the future, and a legendary brother-in-law actually fell from the sky, God was really good to himself!

Han Qi asked outside, "Shopkeeper, where are you going now?" ”

Chen Yuan pondered for a while: "Xiangguo Mansion." ”

Lu Yijian is still the same, he looks harmless to people, but he is actually cunning. Lu Fu told him that when Chen Yuan came, he was teaching his granddaughter to write in the backyard. Even in the eyes of everyone, he is a capricious and inflammatory, but in front of his family, he always shows his kindness.

The granddaughter's calligraphy post has not been written, so he refuses to leave, not to mention that Chen Yuan asks to see him, even if the emperor summons him, he has to think about something.

He asked Lu Fu to lead Chen Yuan to the study, and after entering the door, he made a gesture to ask Chen Yuan not to speak first, and wait for his granddaughter to finish writing the notebook.

Chen Yuan stood aside and waited very regularly until the little girl put down the brush in her hand.

Lu Yijian took her granddaughter's notebook, looked at it word by word, and pointed out the deficiencies one by one. That patience made Chen Yuan very impressed after reading it.

The little girl also listened attentively, only occasionally casting the corner of her eye at Chen Yuan to look at the guest who was very strange to her.

"Okay, pay attention to the questions I told you when I write tomorrow, and you have to know how to change them." Lu Yijian's voice was very kind, and Chen Yuan secretly said in his heart, being the old guy's child must be a very happy thing.

The little girl nodded: "Well, grandpa, I know, I'll go first, okay?" ”

After her granddaughter's shadow disappeared from her sight, Lu Yijian looked at Chen Yuan: "Shimei, how are the parents at home?" ”

Chen Yuan clenched his fists and said: "Thanks to Xiangguo's blessings, their bodies are still strong, I have already arranged them, and when the autumn harvest is over, I will bring them to Bianjing." ”

Lu Yijian snorted: "Okay, this is the best, and it also makes you less worried." By the way, I have some things that I want to talk to you about, this is not outside, sit down. ”

Chen Yuan sat down next to the chair closest to him according to his words: "Xiangguo has something to order." ”

Lu Yijian smiled: "You did a good job in Liaoguo last time, and I haven't rewarded you yet, say, what do you want?" ”

Chen Yuan said: "Doing things for Xiangguo is what I should do, and I don't dare to ask for any reward." ”

Lu Yijian glanced at him: "That's not good, even Pang Ji knows how to reward Pang Xi, how can I treat you badly?" In this way, you are not short of money, you think about what you want most now, and then tell me. ”

Chen Yuan is not shirking, and if he refuses again, he will see the outside: "Yes, thank you Xiangguo." ”

Lu Yijian nodded with satisfaction: "Shimei, do you really not want to be an official?" ”

Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment by his question, and then shook his head resolutely: "I don't want to!" I just think about how to buy and sell. ”

Lu Yijian seemed to be a little disappointed: "In the Great Song Dynasty, everything was inferior, only reading was high. No matter how well you do business, you are still an inferior person who is looked down upon. Reading is different, even if you can't get famous, people will respect you when they see you. What's more, as long as you are willing, the old man will write a name post to you now, and the fame will be at your fingertips. ”

The name post was written by people who had enough prestige and status in the Song Dynasty. Now Chen Yuan is just Lu Yijian's doorman, once Lu Yijian writes down his famous post, the doorman will become a protégé. It's just a word difference, but the path is completely different. The protégé can be a rooster and a dog thief, but the protégé is a continuation of a person's prestige, and the protégé's achievements can add prestige to his mentor, and similarly, if the protégé makes a mistake, it will also damage the reputation of the mentor.

After becoming Lu Yijian's protégé, Lu Yijian can directly issue a letter of guarantee, and Chen Yuan can be an official without taking an exam.

There are three main ways to obtain the official position during the Renzong period of the Song Dynasty, one is donation, that is, after a person has money, donate an identity, this identity is exchanged for money, and it is the least valuable, so when Chen Yuan said that he wanted to donate a Haoming lady to Qin Xianglian, Chen Shimei and his father would be so angry. One is to protect, that is, some famous people protégé their own disciples. This kind of is a little better, because this kind of official position at least means that someone looks up to you. Of course, the most impressive thing is the kind of person who passed the imperial list and passed the entrance examination.

It can be said that if Chen Yuan wants to be an official now, there are three roads, and he can take that one as he wants. The problem is that even if Chen Yuan wants to be an official and have fun, it will be a matter of the future, at least until Qin Xianglian comes to Bianjing, he will not be an official, and he will definitely not go!

Chen Yuan immediately said: "Thank you Lord Xiangguo for your kindness, it's just that it doesn't hurt for others to look down on me, I am comfortable to do myself, I am lazy and straightforward, and officialdom is really not suitable for me." ”

Lu Yijian's eyes seemed to flicker with disappointment, staring at Chen Yuan.

This time, he and Pang Ji carefully set up a game to recover the decline that had been suppressed by Fan Zhongyan and Xia Zhu for nearly a year. Fan Zhongyan saw the opportunity quickly and took the initiative to take responsibility, which made many of his plans fall through. This made Lu Yijian very surprised.

In this game he has set up, it seems that there is a way to live. As long as Song Qi's pawn is discarded, or Chen Yuan is directly wiped out for what they did in Liao, it seems that they can have a fight.

Lu Yijian had been waiting for Fan Zhongyan to do this, as long as they did, then Lu Yijian would immediately throw one lethal killer after another until he killed all those righteous gentlemen. Of course, he didn't intend to leave a piece of armor behind.

Who knew that Fan Zhongyan actually took the initiative to jump into the dead game, and this move made the whole game of chess come alive. If it weren't for the ghost's assassination, all their backhands would have been in vain.

Fortunately, Ouyang Xiu was demoted from Bianjing again, and Wen Yanbo was also transferred to lead the army by Renzong. In the Song Dynasty, literati were transferred to lead the army in two ways, one was to fight, which was regarded as trusting you to supervise those generals. The other is when you don't fight, you make a mistake, but it's not a big mistake, and the emperor gives you a chance to atone for your sins.

Wen Yanbo clearly falls into the latter category.

There is also Song Qi, who is now also deprived of the right to be idle at home, and there are many other people, all of whom are from Xia Zhu's gang. In short, although the big fish were not caught, the small fish and shrimp were caught a lot, and it was a harvest.

Lu Yijian now has a lot of positions in his hands, and he needs to find some trusted people to help him sit, so he very much hopes that Chen Yuan will be willing to be an official. But Chen Yuan said so resolutely, he nodded after a while: "It's okay, I also have a lot of expenses here, and it's a good thing for you to help me do some business and make some money." Although I am not as rich as Lao Pang, if you are short of money, just tell me, and I can still take some out. ”

Chen Yuan did not refuse this time, Chen Yuan would never refuse to lend money to him: "Thank you Xiangguo, now the money is enough, and when it is not enough, I will come to Xiangguo again." ”

Lu Yi simply got up: "You made a lot of money this trip, plus what Lao Pang gave you, can that villa be built?" ”

Chen Yuan nodded: "The villa is no problem, I'm choosing its name." But I want to do something else. ”

He planned to go to Wang Lun to take a look, and he now vaguely felt that Wang Lun's goods store was wrong with something! The success of Yanjing's north and south wharves is because of a sense of trust. Let's put it this way, Chen Yuan thought about it for a while, when they left Yanjing, they were afraid that others would find out something, so the goods store was still trading until the last day.

This made them suddenly pick and choose, and many merchants who carried goods suffered huge losses as a result. They didn't want to do that, but the merchants didn't think so. So when Wang Lun opened the goods store again, those traders were very cautious regardless of whether you were out of national morality last time, afraid that he would deceive Yanjing and then deceive Bianjing.

This problem is difficult to say, but it is actually easy to solve it, as long as there is money to continue to invest in it, and it will last for a year and a half, everything will get better. You can also change someone to run the business, be the boss behind the scenes, and wait until the goods bank has enough credit before showing up.

There is also the matter of running a boat with Zhang Kuangzheng. Shipping can make money Chen Yuan knows that the benefits of sailing are huge, of course, sailing purely for interest like Zhang Kuangzheng can't. Chen Yuan wanted to get a few ships to run in the offshore sea first, so that the sailors could familiarize themselves with the sea and how to do the business of shipping, and then slowly extend to the east and slowly expand his fleet.

All of these things need money, and they all require a lot of capital investment, and his tens of thousands of yuan can't stop spending at all, so he thinks that the more money the better.

Lu Yijian suddenly smiled: "I also gave your villa a name." ”

Chen Yuan smiled after hearing this: "Thanks to Xiangguo, I don't know what your name is?" I'll hang him up right away when I get back! ”

Lu Yijian suddenly shook his head: "I won't tell you!" I want to see if I can get those two thousand kan by naming it, haha! ”

Chen Yuan suddenly understood that this old man must have used someone else's name to submit, which made Chen Yuan a little embarrassed, if this old man was defeated, would he give himself small shoes to wear? However, this also shows from another aspect that the publicity effect has been achieved.

Lu Yijian continued: "Besides, it won't be my turn to hang up!" I've heard that even the current emperor has named your villa, Shimei, you're making a lot of noise this time. ”

Chen Yuan immediately felt a little funny when he heard this, are these big people so idle and boring? I just want to publicize it, is it possible that even Renzong lacks those two thousand runs? It seems that you really have to be cautious about this name.

These people don't care about money, they care about anger! Although they certainly didn't use their real names, if they were not selected, and the name of the villa they chose could not convince most people, they might be in real trouble!

Go back and take a good look, it's best to find out the name Renzong, and I don't know what the level of this emperor Lao'er is, if he doesn't even pass Chen Shizhong's audition, and he hangs out to make him feel inferior to him, then he must be very angry. He was very angry, although he didn't say it, but the consequences must be serious!

Lu Yijian was still interested: "Remember, when you hang your name, you will be the first to tell me." ”

Chen Yuan smiled bitterly and nodded: "Well, I know." ”

Chen Yuan came to visit Lu Yijian this time, the main purpose was to enhance the relationship between the two parties, and then pointed to this old man to support himself. Although he said that he had a legendary brother-in-law by his side, as long as he could stay, he would not be afraid of fighting in the future. But if something happens, Chen Yuan still doesn't like to solve it in a violent way. He always believed that violence was the last worst way to go.

(To be continued)