For Xiao Mo, the days that continue to usher in are so difficult. (Full-text novel reading, all in.1. (1. Learning Network)

Xiao Mo felt that he had spent countless hours entertaining, but when he counted it carefully, he found that it was only eight days before the day the written test results were announced, and there were still two days before the next interview.

In the evening of this day, Wu Gou held a feast in his house and feasted Xiao Mo, saying that he was congratulating Xiao Mo on winning the first place in the state test in advance.

Considering that Wu Gou has helped him a lot over the years, and the relationship between them is also good, Xiao Mo reluctantly agreed.

But after Xiao Mo came to Wu Gou's mansion, he immediately regretted it.

I thought it was just a family banquet, but who knows, Wu Gou actually invited almost all the big businessmen in Yunzhou to his home, and when he introduced Xiao Mo into the banquet, Wu Gou's expression was quite proud.

After all, in the past ten days, Xiao Mo has only gone to a family banquet of Yunzhou Prefecture.

The people of Yunzhou have always been the most sought after by the top literati of the Chu Dynasty, especially these rich but not expensive businessmen in front of them, Xiao Mo is half of Yunzhou, and it is the pride of the entire Yunzhou, and the attitude of the people of Yunzhou towards Xiao Mo is almost fanatical.

So after seeing that Xiao Mo really appeared, all the big businessmen, regardless of whether they had a fortune or a hundred thousand, all showed a look of surprise on their faces, and they surrounded each other, constantly making friends with Xiao Mo, and many people wanted to ask Xiao Mo to write a poem, but Xiao Mo politely resigned.

Xiao Mo's reason is very good - although poetry shows talent, but for Xiao Mo, Confucianism and calligraphy are the right way, so from now on Xiao Mo will no longer compose lyrics, but will spend his limited time and energy on studying Confucian scriptures and calligraphy.

For Xiao Mo's reason, no one can refute it, and even make many people respectful.

In fact, this kind of excuse has been used countless times in recent days.

Compared with Confucian scriptures and calligraphy, Xiao Mo really has no talent in poetry, although he was among the top lyricists of the Chu Dynasty because of a "Collection of Self-disturbing Words", but it was just a means used at that time in order to become famous in the world.

However, although he did not write lyrics, Xiao Mo still used "Xiao Ti" to write a law for today's banquet on the spot, which was regarded as giving face to a group of businessmen, and the guests and hosts were happy for a while.

After making the gift, with the support of a group of businessmen, Xiao Mo came to the upper seat and sat down.

And the people who sat at the same table with Xiao Mo are all the richest people in Yunzhou, although Wu Gou is a leader in the printing and selling book industry, and he has made a lot of money through Xiao Mo's works over the years, but compared with these businessmen here, it is not enough to see at all.

Under Wu Gou's introduction, Xiao Mo and these businessmen got to know each other after a polite exchange.

Among them, there was one person who caught Xiao Mo's attention.

This person is the richest man in Yunzhou, the big businessman Qiu Hong!!

Qiu Hong's shops involve all walks of life, such as pawnshops, hotels, jewelry, carriages and horses, etc., but Qiu Hong participates in all the industries that make money, and his family business can be firmly among the top ten even among all the businessmen in Dachu.

However, Qiu Hong's main means of making money is still all kinds of trading with various ethnic minorities on the grassland, exchanging cheap things such as salt, iron pots, and cloth for cattle, sheep and horses on the grassland, which can be described as a million profits.

At this moment, Wu Gou was joking with Qiu Hong to Xiao Mo.

"Xiao Gongzi, you don't have to look at Shopkeeper Qiu's dress, it's just because he is stingy, Shopkeeper Qiu is the richest man in Yunzhou, and the money he earns in a month is enough for a small businessman like me to work hard for three years."

Qiu Hong seemed to be quite familiar with Wu Gou, and he didn't get angry after hearing Wu Gou's words, he laughed and said, "Xiao Gongzi, don't listen to Wu Gou's nonsense, I'm just doing some small business." ”

Wu Gou's eyes widened, and he said, "You are still a small business?" Xiao Gongzi, do you know which shop is the most profitable under the shopkeeper Qiu? I'm afraid you will find it incredible when you say it, it's a small blacksmith shop!! And that blacksmith shop doesn't do anything, it just specializes in making iron pots. Don't underestimate a small iron pot, although the barbarians on the grassland have created quite sophisticated weapons, but they just can't make pots, an iron pot can be transported to the grassland, and it can be replaced with a horse or three sheep very lightly!! And a horse in the territory of Dachu, the price is at least twenty times!! Is there a more lucrative business in the world than this? ”

Qiu Hong shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Shopkeeper Wu, what you said is the old yellow calendar, how can the current business be so easy to do." ”

Wu Gou was slightly stunned and asked, "What?" What's going on? ”

Qiu Hong sighed: "Now on the grassland, the barbarians are fighting, and they are extremely uneasy along the way, last year they made two consecutive trips to buy and sell, and all the people and goods disappeared after entering the grassland. ”

"There's a war on the prairie? What's going on? Shopkeeper Qiu, tell us about it. ”

As Qiu Hong's words fell, the attention of the businessmen at the table was attracted one after another.

The attitude of the Chu people towards the grassland peoples can be heard from the title - "barbarian"!!

Although Yunzhou is located in the northern part of Great Chu, and according to the northern grassland, it is only a few days' journey away, but for the news on the grassland, even these well-informed businessmen, except for Qiu Hong, who specializes in trading with the northern peoples, they do not know anything.

However, in the more than 170 years since the founding of the Great Chu State, there has never been a major war, but they are quite curious about the legendary war, so they have asked.

Seeing that he had attracted everyone's attention, Qiu Hong was quite proud, and slowly explained: "It is said that twenty years ago, although the Di tribe was the hegemon on the northern grassland, there were many tribes within the Di tribe, even the most powerful fox deer tribe was only the nominal patriarch of the Di tribe. ”

As Qiu Hong's words fell, the merchants on the table burst into laughter.

To them, even if it is three hundred sheep and two hundred acres of grassland, it is a small thing that cannot be smaller, and the thought that those barbarians on the grassland will have a war for this makes them laugh, and their expressions are full of ridicule and disdain.

Qiu Hong also laughed for a moment, and continued: "Until ten years ago, there was a tribe named Nandi that arose, through guò successive wars, constantly annexing other tribes, and its strength became bigger and bigger, and gradually it has surpassed the fox deer tribe, quite a tendency to dominate the grassland, and three years ago, began to have a war with the fox deer tribe......

Hearing Qiu Hong's words, Xiao Mo, who was originally smiling, gradually became stern, and he couldn't care about being polite, interrupted Qiu Hong's words, and asked: "Shopkeeper Qiu, you mean that the Di people on the grassland are about to be unified, is that so?" ”

Qiu Hong smiled and nodded, his face was full of anticipation, and said: "Yes, the battle between those two tribes has been going on for three whole years, and it should be over, and after it is over, it is estimated that it is almost time to reunify, and after they are unified, my business will be able to resume normal." ”

Saying that, Qiu Hong smiled at everyone at the table again: "At that time, I will hold a banquet on the Lonely Crane Tower to celebrate, and you brothers must come to enjoy your face." ”

All the businessmen smiled and nodded yes.

On the other side, Xiao Mo was already stunned.

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