Xu Liang and Xing Zhongshan looked outside the city when they heard this, only to see that Fang had just spoken, and there were more than a dozen long queues of cars outside the city, the car was an ordinary pallet truck, and the board car was neatly stacked with sturdy burlap bags, and they didn't know what goods were contained in it, the animals pulling the cart had donkeys and horses, and the men who drove the cart were all cotton jackets and breeches, even in the cold winter, a few of them still had their cuffs open, most of them were long-distance drives, tired and sweaty. On the only blue-topped carriage at first, the curtain was lifted, and a young man in brocade jumped out of it.

Xu Liangding stared at it and couldn't help but be taken aback, he happened to know Tsing Yi, it was the only son of Liang Yinxian Liang Yuanwai in Jingzhou, Liang Ziqi. At Huang Ziren's wedding banquet that day, Liang Yuanwai also deliberately pulled this Liang Ziqi to know him.

Xu Liang remembered that Liang Yin first mentioned that he could supply some grain, rice and cloth, and Xu Liang agreed, and then asked Luo Baiguan, who was in charge of Xu's business, to contact the Liang family. Now seeing that Liang Ziqi has brought such a large convoy into Zhenyuan City, most of them are delivered to the door.

Xu Liang took Huang Daozhou, Xing Zhongshan and others down the city tower and walked towards Liang Ziqi, who was negotiating with the soldiers defending the city.

"Brother Liang, Brother Liang!" Xu Liang shouted, standing three steps away from Liang Ziqi, and greeted him happily.

Liang Ziqi turned his head and saw that it was Xu Liang, the magistrate of Zhenyuan County, and was taken aback, and hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Alas, it's Lord Xu!" Liang Ziqi has met Lord Xu and all of you. ”

Xu Liang waved his hand and smiled: "Brother Liang and I hit it off at first sight, why should Brother Liang be so different." Xu Liang looked past Liang Ziqi again, looked at the dozen or so carriages full of goods behind him, and asked, "Brother Liang, the fleeting car behind you is all from your Liang family?" ”

Liang Ziqi nodded and said, "Exactly." Three days ago, we received an order from the shopkeeper of the house of Lord Xu, and my father attached great importance to it, and mobilized the whole house to stock up and down, and the goods were ready in just two days. ”

Xu Liang heard Liang Ziqi say so solemnly, thinking that more than a dozen truckloads of goods had been prepared in just two days, and he really made great efforts, and thanked him again and again. Turning his head, he beckoned a Tsing Yi and a green hat, with a flying eagle pattern embroidered on his chest, and a Tsing Yi guard with a Pu knife on his waist, and ordered him to quickly notify Luo Baiguan to come and receive it.

The sergeant guarding the city saw that the county governor and the county were very polite to this brocade-clothed young man, and he dared to interrogate him more, so he politely waved his hand and let him go.

Seeing this, Liang Ziqi was also quite complacent, leading Xu Liang and Huang Daozhou, Xing Zhongshan walked to the front of the convoy, lifted the tarpaulin covered by the car like a treasure, and said: "Adults, please see, these five cars are all new rice from last year, three cars are corn kernels, and the next four cars are deseeded cotton, and then there are some soybeans and sweet potatoes...... Uh, my lord, are these coarse grains like sweet potatoes so easy to sell in Zhenyuan Castle? ”

Xu Liang nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "It's not, it's just that the official feels that this sweet potato is drought-tolerant and stable, and it may come in handy when the green and yellow are not harvested, so he specially ordered to prepare more." Saying that, he solemnly said to Liang Ziqi: "Brother Liang is bothered. I also asked Brother Liang to tell Ling Zun, and said that the official thanked Liang Yuanwai. ”

Liang Ziqi waved his hand again and again, and the two sides were polite again, and saw Luo Baiguan leading a group of Liang Ji men to the city gate, and immediately led the Liang family's convoy into the city to find a place to unload and settle.

These things are naturally handled by the steward of the Liang family, and the eldest son of the Liang family does not need to do it himself. Xu Liang was in a good mood, invited Liang Ziqi to sit in the house, and invited Huang Xiancheng and He Dianshi to accompany him.

Xu Liang spoke, and Huang Daozhou and He Cheng naturally obeyed their fate. The two accompanied Xu Liang and Liang Ziqi into the Xu Mansion, and the people of the Xu Mansion served tea and snacks, lit the stove, lowered the door curtain, and separated the hall and the outside of the hall into two outer worlds.

After everyone sat down, Xu Liang and Liang Ziqi talked about each other very happily, but Huang Xiancheng and He Dianshi looked a little cold.

Xu Liang saw it in his eyes, and took advantage of the opportunity for Liang Ziqi to leave his seat and relieve his hands, and said to Huang County Cheng and He Dianshi dissatisfiedly: "Lord Huang, Lord He, this Liang brother is a guest from afar, and we, as the parents and officials of Zhenyuan, should have at least hospitality, right?" Aren't the two adults dissatisfied with their officials and perfunctory? ”

Huang He and the two didn't dare to say anything. The two exchanged looks, and Huang Daozhou said: "County Zun, the three of us are all scholars, the lower official is a first-class jinshi, you are a person from Jiangxi, and Lord He is also a county scholar. This Jingzhou Liang family is rich and rich, but its background is lower. The adults appreciated Liang Ziqi and rewarded him with some silver taels, so why should they intersect so much and fall into the integrity of the scholars? ”

Xu Liang was stunned for a long time, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood what Huang Xiancheng and He Dianshi had in their hearts. They actually looked down on businessmen like Liang Yinxian in their hearts.

In fact, Xu Liang is not a serious native of the Ming Dynasty, and even this identity is obtained by cheating, and he has no impression of the hierarchical concept of this period, and he thinks that Liang Ziqi is a good person, and there is nothing wrong with making friends carefully. And Huang Daozhou and He Cheng are different, influenced by the deep-rooted feudal hierarchy concept in their minds, they pay the most attention to the division of ranks, and they may be polite to these wealthy businessmen on weekdays, but in fact, they don't look down on others at all in their hearts.

Xu Liang snorted lightly, and was very disdainful of the ideas of these two people. Although he was disdainful, Xu Liang didn't think of the idea of carefully transforming these two left and right hands, and after thinking about it, he said to the two: "The two adults don't know anything. This Jingzhou Liang family will be the God of Wealth in our Zhenyuan County in the future. ”

Huang and He looked at Xu Liang in surprise, and asked in unison, "What do you say about the county honor?" ”

Xu Liang's eyes turned sharply, and he had a plan in his heart, and explained in a matter-of-fact manner: "The two of you should know that the population of our Zhenyuan County is small, the people are generally poor, and the little tax money collected by the county government is difficult to even maintain the normal expenses of the county government. ”

Huang He and the others nodded again and again when they heard it, Xu Liang said that it was difficult or polite, if it weren't for Xu Liang's recent allocation of 8,000 taels of silver into the county treasury, the entire county government would be almost to the point where it couldn't open the pot.

Xu Liang said slowly: "The Liang family in Jingzhou has lived in Pingliang Mansion for generations, and there are many industries in the family, and there are many industries involved. The official wants to ask the Liang family to open a few more stores in Zhenyuan City to fill the commercial market in Zhenyuan. The business of Zhenyuan is prosperous, and the commercial tax silver we collect will be more, and the life of our county government will be much better in the future. From these points, isn't the Liang family our God of Wealth? To the God of Wealth, this official has always been quite polite, and the two adults should also give some face. ”

When Huang He and the others heard this, they both suddenly realized that they were and said yes again and again.

When Liang Ziqi returned, everyone sat down again, and Liang Ziqi felt that Huang Xiancheng and He Dianshi's attitude towards him was no longer as cold as Fang Cai, and he refused to be thousands of miles away, and became much more cordial. Liang Ziqi guessed that most of the work was done by Xu Liang, and he was very grateful to the young magistrate, and his words became more respectful.

Xu Liang introduced the topic to the Liang family's decision to open a noodle shop in Zhenyuan, and secretly glanced at Liang Ziqi several times. Liang Ziqi is also a character who blinks and moves his eyebrows, and nods again and again according to Xu Liang's words, saying that it is indeed true.

Seeing this, He Dianshi said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Liang Gongzi's family business would be so big. Originally, the official only heard that the northwest territory was the best business, and the Lou family was the best. Now it seems that the scale of the business between Liang Gongzi's family and the Lou family is only between the two of them, right? ”

Liang Ziqijun's face flushed, although he heard He Dianshi compare the Liang family with the Lou family, he heard that there was light on his face, but in the end, he was a self-aware person, and he arched his hand with shame: "Lord He praised it falsely." Although my Liang family runs some shops pù manor, it is also a small fight, how can it be compared with the famous Loujiabao in the northwest. ”

Xu Liang was moved when he heard this, and couldn't help asking: "Listening to what Brother Liang said, this Loujiabao is really at stake, but why has this official never heard anyone talk about it before, I don't know how much Brother Liang knows about this Loujiabao?" ”

Liang Ziqi's face changed slightly when he heard this, and when he raised his eyes and saw Xu Liang staring at him, his expression was focused, so he guessed that Xu Liang must be very concerned about the situation in Loujiabao. Liang Ziqi was originally looking for an opportunity to get close to Xu Liang in every possible way, and when he pondered for a while, he said slowly: "Although this Loujiabao is famous in the northwest, it is only in the past five or six years. Probably in the second year of the Apocalypse, without warning, this Loujiabao suddenly rose in the northwest, expanded vigorously, and purchased a field shop, and then in the next two or three years, Loujiabao's power expanded rapidly, and it has reached a terrifying point. ”

Xu Liang nodded slowly, and then asked, "Then Brother Liang, do you know where this Loujiabao is?" ”

Liang Ziqi thought about it, shook his head regretfully, and said, "It's strange here." The big and small merchants on the ground in the northwest, Jia Fushen, are afraid of the power of Loujiabao, but few people know where Loujiabao is. My father also spent a lot of effort to explore the details of Loujiabao, and it took a lot of effort to barely find out the approximate location of Loujiabao. ”

Xu Liang's heart hung suddenly, and asked nervously, "Where is it?" "It sounds like it's all vibrato.

Everyone looked at Xu Liang and didn't understand why Xu Liang paid so much attention to Loujiabao.

Liang Ziqi said: "It should be in the area of Feixian Ridge and Baishui Town in Hanzhong Mansion. Alas, when my father was rewarded, he also sent a few capable people to investigate clearly, but unfortunately, after these people left, there has been no news so far, and I think it was an accident. ”