The fat boy's father, Lu Tong, was originally just a small grain merchant, but he seized an opportunity to make a fortune more than ten years ago, and thus became a well-known businessman in Chenzhou.

In the sixth year of Wude, Fu Gongqi rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, and Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, was ordered to lead his troops to quell the rebellion, and the transportation of military grain was poor. Grain merchant Lu Tong seized the opportunity to use his fleet to transport the grain in his warehouse to the front line to relieve the urgent needs of the army.

After quelling the rebellion, he made a contribution and was favored and cared for by Li Xiaogong. Since then, he has been based in Chenzhou, and in a few years, he has become a wealthy businessman with thousands of dollars.

But Lu Tong is not satisfied with the status quo, Datang is an aristocratic society, paying attention to the family, paying attention to the farmers and businessmen, and the merchants have no status, even if they are rich, they are despised everywhere. Even though it was a samurai who funded Emperor Wude's army in the past, he was still looked down upon.

If you want to change your lowly status, there are two ways, one is to marry, marry a woman from a noble family, and this is the case when Ying Guogong Wushi Tong marries Mrs. Yang.

The second is to enter the office, although it can't change the family, but it is no longer a businessman who is despised by others. Then rebuild the family tree, and get related to a famous family, and after a few generations, the Lu family will be different.

To this end, Lu Tong thought of many ways, such as going to Chang'an to visit the former "benefactor" Li Xiaogong. But how could the king of Hejian be seen by a businessman? Before he handed over the name thorn, he was swept out of the house by the palace guards.

Also, he is not a guest of the palace, and after many years of old friendship, the county prince and nobles have forgotten a lot, and I am afraid that they have long forgotten to the clouds.

Lu Tong, who touched the ashes of his nose, left Chang'an gloomily, and when he left, he calculated a hexagram in Huichang Temple, and the rhetoric he got was that his hometown has his own nobles to help.

Originally, Lu Tong didn't believe it, but he didn't want Chen Guogong to take up the new Chenzhou, and the two Huai talents competed to do it. Maybe this is the noble man called by the senior monks of Huichang Temple, even if his son's qualifications are not good and his knowledge is not deep, Lu Tong still asked his son Lu An to go, at least give it a try.

As a result, the son "lived up to expectations", overwhelmed all talents, and became famous in the lake tower, but then became the laughing stock of the whole city. Fortunately, things have passed, and the limelight is slowly subsiding.

Lu Tong was depressed, but he was not angry, nor did he blame his son, but he was more disappointed, could it be that what Master Huichang Temple said back then was wrong?

In a place like Chenzhou, where the emperor is far away, if the prince is not considered a nobleman, who else can there be?

Thinking of his son's mediocre qualifications, Lu Tong was stunned, maybe the Lu family really didn't have this rich life, so it was better not to daydream. Teach his son to do business well, even if the status of the businessman is low, but he is also rich and comfortable.

It's just that......

At present, this business is not very easy to do, and by helping the king of Hejian County, the officials and businessmen on the ground in Chenzhou have sold a little face, so they can become bigger. But after many years, the influence of Li Xiaogong's legacy has long since disappeared, and the Lu family is just an ordinary businessman.

When the merchants with the Zheng family in Xingyang as the background intervened, the Lu family's business was not good, and after the Huaishui shipping was controlled by the Zheng family, the grain transportation of the Lu family was restricted everywhere.

After the Zheng family brought wine from the Western Regions, the originally prosperous wine business of the Lu family business was also bleak. Zheng Bin, the young proprietor of the Zheng family, was even more aggressive, suppressing and mocking the Lu family everywhere.

So much so that Lu Tong often sighed, which god did he offend? The passing years are unfavorable, or is the Lu family's fate not good, and they are destined to be difficult to get rich? I can still support myself for a while now, and my son is honest and upright, and I am afraid it will be difficult to be alone in the future.

The future of the Lu family is worrying!

Lu Tong looked at his son worriedly, and when he sighed for a long time, a young man came to the door.

……

"May I ask what the young man is doing?" Immediately a guy stepped forward to ask.

It was Xie Yi who came, he first looked around a few times, and said with a smile: "I am a friend of your young owner, and I came to find your bank's owner......"

Belch......

The guy may not be used to this logic, and he was a little stunned for a while, but before he could react, a fat boy rushed over.

When the "enemy" meets, his eyes are very red!

"Young owner, this young man claims to be your friend......"

"Friends? Am I friends with you? The fat boy pushed the guy away, rushed forward and almost grabbed Xie Yi's collar and questioned.

"Of course, isn't it?" Xie Yi asked with a smile.

"And say, if it weren't for you, why would I ......" The past was unbearable, and the fat boy was so angry when he thought about it that he wanted to cry without tears.

Xie Yi said softly: "I saw that day that you really wanted to go to Wanghu Tower, so I sold the poems to you, as for the later things, no one wants it, so no wonder me!"

It's like someone buys a porcelain vase from your house, and when he goes back, he beats someone to death with the porcelain vase, does he want you to apologize? ”

"Uh, like...... There is some truth. ”

Xie Yi smiled: "That's right, it has nothing to do with me, right?" ”

"Hmph, what have you come to do today, do you want to take two dollars? No way! It's good that I don't want you to lose money. The fat boy decisively refused.

"Hey, fatty...... Brother Lu is too worried, and I came here today to discuss business with you. After finishing speaking, Xie Yi smiled all over his face.

"Business?" Lu An, a fat boy who had suffered a loss once, suddenly became vigilant.

"Brother Lu, I'm really here to talk about business." Xie Yi looked sincere, wondering why no one believed it?

"What do you call a young man? What kind of business are you talking about? Lu Tong, who had been watching from the background for a long time, walked out.

"Under Xie Yi, dare to ask, but in front of Lu Dongzhu?" In fact, Xie Yi himself came to him, the fat boy is simple, he is indeed honest, but he will definitely not be able to decide such a big thing.

"My man Lu Tong, it turned out to be Gongzi Xie, and he was selling poems with my son that day?" Lu Tong smiled all over his face, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry.

Out of caution, Xie Yi said apologetically: "Exactly, it was abrupt that day, so that it affected the young proprietor." ”

Lu Tong and Yan Yuese said: "That's it, it's my son who is not good at learning, but Gongzi Xie is talented, why don't you go to Wanghu Tower?" ”

"This ...... People have their own aspirations, different situations, and naturally different choices......" Xie Yi said: "I am happy that Lu Dongzhu has also heard of the name below, but it is not very good...... That day, the family was embarrassed, and they had to exchange it for family assets from Ling Lang's hands, and they had to thank the young proprietor for it! ”

"Gongzi Xie is serious." After enough greetings, Lu Tong said: "Let's get back to business, what is the meaning of today's visit?" ”

"Talk about business, talk about cooperation."

"I don't know what kind of business it is?"

"Lord Lu tastes this first." Xie Yi handed over a small porcelain bottle, this is the purified wine that was sent out from the Thorn Shi Mansion yesterday, which was originally intended to be used for daily disinfection, but it was re-mixed for another important purpose.

Lu Tong took it and sniffed lightly on the tip of his nose, his face had already changed. After entering the mouth, his expression was slightly painful at first, and then his brows were full of joy.

"Gongzi Xie, why is this wine so mellow?"

Xie Yi said: "If all the liquor sold by your firm is this kind of spirit, I don't know how it will be sold?" ”

"Although this wine is similar to the original wine, it is more mellow, and it must be more loved by merchants!" Lu Tong is a shrewd businessman and can see his value at a glance.

"I have the recipe for making this wine, and Lu Dongzhu has a workshop, I don't know if there is any possibility of cooperation?"

"Of course, if Gongzi Xie has this intention, he can't ask for it!" Lu Tong's face was full of joy, and then he asked with a solemn expression: "I don't know why Gongzi Xie specializes in cooperating with me?" ”

"Because we have the same adversary......"

As soon as he thought about it, Lu Tong thought of a lot. As a well-informed businessman, he has heard many rumors in the city, and he has also heard the name of Xie Yi, the son of a loser.

"That's true." Lu Tong smiled and asked, "It's just...... Xie Gongzi has both extraordinary literary brilliance and precious secret recipes, if he was ...... Presumably, today will be the premier ...... Chenzhou."

Lu Tong said very tactfully, and almost said directly: You are so capable, why did you have to be a loser in the first place? Otherwise, why would you be so depressed today?

It's an awkward and difficult question to answer.

Xie Yi was helpless, as long as he stiffened his head and said: "Lu Dongzhu, I was young and ignorant at the beginning, and I was really ashamed to act rashly. However, I believe that I am born to be useful, and I will come back after my daughter is gone......"

Lu Tong meditated on both sides in his heart, and his eyes suddenly burst into brilliance, this bearing, this ambition, this ambition, is extraordinary!

"Gongzi Xie is really talented, disrespectful!" Lu Channel: "Cooperation is naturally good, but we are all powerless civilians, and I am afraid that it will be ...... to compete."

The Zheng family is a behemoth, powerful, and not clever in its means, but it is strong enough that ordinary people dare not fight it head-on. Lu Tong guò mostly used a strategy of avoidance, so that the situation became more and more unbearable, and it fell to such a point.

The strong wine aroused his confidence to regain his strength, but he still had many concerns about the threat of the Zheng family.

Xie Yi saw through his thoughts and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not the Wude period now, the son-in-law of that family has been down for a long time, and now although he is public, he doesn't dare to be too arrogant."

After all...... In a few days, there will be a guest in the Assassin's Mansion, so can the proprietor of Lu rest assured? ”

The Zheng family in Xingyang has indeed been inferior to before in recent years, because his daughter Zheng Guanyin was originally the wife of the hidden prince Li Jiancheng, and she was destined to be the crown princess of the world.

It's a pity that after the change of Xuanwumen, she became a sinner woman who lived in the deep palace. Xingyang Zheng originally supported his son-in-law Li Jiancheng, and in Li Shimin's eyes, he felt a little bit of a thorn in his side. However, the gate valve of the millennium family cannot be removed lightly, let alone moved lightly, but it is just a little colder.

Xingyang Zheng is also self-aware, and has been relatively low-key in recent years. It is okay to be powerful in front of ordinary people and businessmen, but in the old generals of the Qin Palace, they will never dare to be arrogant in front of the princes of the court.

If Xie Yi is the guest of the assassin Hou Junji, then why is the Zheng family afraid? Thinking of the two poems that made his son lose face, Lu Tong believed that it was entirely possible.

Involuntarily, he also remembered the words of Master Huichang Temple - hometown has its own noble people to help. Lu Tong couldn't help but move, could it be ...... Could it be that this young man is the noble man of my Lu family?

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