When the dawn shone on the thick curtains of the room, Yi Feng had already woken up.

The day before yesterday, Yi Feng had already arrived in Luoyang, Yang Guang left with his front foot, and he arrived with his back foot. In order to avoid suspicion, Yi Feng did not leave Luoyang immediately, but stayed for three days.

The people who greeted Yang Guang in Luoyang City had not dispersed, and more people came, most of them came to meet Yi Feng. Among them, there are many local wealthy families and wealthy businessmen in Henan, all of whom come because of the huge admiration of the business interests of Huaihuang today. There are still many big families in the Luoyang local government and invite Yi Feng to come to the door, but Yi Feng finally chose to stay in the Yuanwen Mansion.

Yuan Wen is the head of the Luoyang Yuan family, and his ancestors are the great-great-grandsons of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the great-grandson of Tuoba Tianci, the great-grandson of Yuan Xiuyi, the grandson of Yuanjun, the king of Anchangping, and the son of the A.D. of Anchang County. As soon as Yi Feng arrived in Luoyang, Yuan Wen immediately brought the Luoyang Yuan family to greet him, and the reason why this was so was that Yuan Wen was Yi Feng's uncle. The late crown princess Yuan's father Yuan Xiaoju, and Yuan Wendu's father Yuan is a brother, Yuan is Yuan Wendu's sister, so Yi Feng is Yuan Wendu's nephew. After the Wei Dynasty, part of the Yuan family continued to stay in Luoyang, and part moved to Chang'an. Yuan Xiaoju four brothers, the eldest Yuan Ze this branch of the long house is to stay in Luoyang, the other three moved to Chang'an. As the Northern Wei clan, he later stood on the side of Yuwentai in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and before and after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he chose to stand on Yang Jian's side correctly, so this Yuan family can be said to be rich and noble, and the favor is endless. The four Yuan Xiaoju brothers were all crowned dukes, and Yuan Xiaoju's daughter married Yang Jianyan's eldest son, and later became the crown princess. If it weren't for the car accident on the road in Yuanshi Province later. The child is gone, and the Yuan family is even richer in this dynasty.

Later, the crown prince and the crown princess did not get along, and the relationship between the Yuan family and the East Palace was naturally not good. Although there is still trust from the Son of Heaven's side, it is better to start after all. When Concubine Yuan suddenly died in the palace, later Yuan Xiaoju, Yuan Ze's brothers, etc., grew old and died, and the status of the Yuan family declined. This year, when the news suddenly came out that the crown princess's child was not dead and appeared, the Yuan family was really shocked for a long time. Wait for things to clear. When Yi Feng rose like a dazzling new star, the entire Yuan family was inexplicably happy and excited. Not so long ago. The sudden arrival of the Son of Heaven and the Empress in the Jingshi Yuan Clan's Mansion made the entire Yuan family very excited, and there was a feeling that the time was coming.

And not long after the Son of Heaven descended on the Yuan Mansion in Beijing, the children of the Yuan family also received the reward and official status of the Son of Heaven. Yuan Wendu, who originally served as the Shaoqing of Taifu in Beijing. was personally awarded the post of Shangshu Zuocheng by the Son of Heaven. Compared to the position of Taifu Shaoqing. Shangshu Zuocheng is not only the official position of the fourth grade, but also the second official of Shangshu Zuo's servant, the real position of power, and the central important member.

After Yuan Wendu received this edict, he immediately understood the reason for his sudden promotion to this important position. This is all because of his nephew Yang Lin, if it weren't for his nephew returning to the imperial family, the decline of the Yuan family would be inevitable, and it would not have been all of a sudden. Revive the family lintel.

Yi Feng didn't have any special feelings for the Yuan family, a maternal relative, and he didn't dislike it or like it very much. After all. He himself is not the real Yang Lin, even if he is the son of Concubine Yuan, he doesn't have much affection for the Yuan family. However, he also understands the Yuan family's enthusiasm for him, in this era, the relationship between the maternal family and the uncle's family is extremely important. It can even be said that if you are glorious, you can bring these relatives to develop together. If you cause a big disaster, your relatives won't be able to escape. The harshest sin in the law is also occupied by the maternal family, and it can't be left out if you want to. Besides, the Yuan family is gradually declining, and now the appearance of Yi Feng has made the Yuan family a relative of the emperor again, how can the Yuan family be unhappy after getting such a big benefit, and how can they be unkind to Yi Feng.

After getting to know each other, Yi Feng also had a very intuitive understanding of the current status of the Yuan family. Although it is said that the Yuan family is not as prosperous as it was twenty years ago, it is not really declining. The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Yuan family is still the big family among the Sinicized Xianbei Hu people in the Guanlong aristocracy, especially the Yuan family is a branch of the Northern Wei clan, and other branches of the Northern Wei clan still have an intertwined relationship, coupled with the relationship formed by marriage in the early years, the potential of the Yuan family is still very huge. Being able to get the support of the Yuan family is of great help to Yi Feng at present.

Luoyang in the Sui and Tang dynasties was the center of the world and the famous capital of the world. Before arriving in Luoyang, Yi Feng had been imagining how prosperous Luoyang would be.

It's just that when he was really in Luoyang City, Yi Feng found that it was not as he imagined.

Under the leadership of Yuan Wendu, Yi Feng carefully walked around Luoyang City, and finally was full of disappointment.

At this time, although it was already the eighteenth year of the founding of the Sui Dynasty, Luoyang City was not the capital, not even a companion. Luoyang, as the eastern capital of Sui, will not begin to build the eastern capital Luoyang City until Yang Guang ascends the throne in the future. It took countless manpower and material resources, and the design of the master Yu Wenkai, the final Luoyang of the Sui and Tang dynasties took shape. The current Luoyang actually belongs to the Luoyang City of the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was built in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty and has been used until now, and has been used for nearly 1,600 years. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Cao Wei Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty and other dynasties successively used this as the national capital, and the history of the capital city lasted for more than 500 years.

The area of Luoyang City in the Northern Wei Dynasty even exceeded the Luoyang City of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the scale of the later Chang'an City of the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the Luoyang City of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and even exceeded the scale of the Beijing City of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and is said to be the largest capital city in the history of the world.

In the nineteenth year of Taihe of the Northern Wei Dynasty, that is, about a hundred years ago, Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital to Luoyang, carried out large-scale renovation and expansion of Luoyang City, the hometown of the Han and Wei Dynasties, and finally built the large-scale Luoyang City of the Northern Wei Dynasty when Emperor Xuanwu was the emperor.

But this spoiled Luoyang city did not last long, less than 40 years after moving the capital to Luoyang, the Eastern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Yecheng and demolished the Luoyang Palace. Sixty years ago, in the Battle of Pishan in the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasty, the city of Luoyang in the Northern Wei Dynasty was reduced to ruins.

This once large-scale capital with a population of more than 600,000 people is no longer prosperous at this time. When Yuan Wendu mentioned the prosperity of Luoyang, he was also embarrassed. At that time, the Northern Wei Dynasty was divided into two Wei Dynasty, the East and the West. The capital also became the capital of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Yecheng, and the Western Wei Dynasty built the capital of Chang'an. to the Northern Zhou Dynasty of the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty of the Sui Dynasty. These dynasties based on Guanzhong have set the center of the world in Guanzhong.

However, Yi Feng knew that whether it was the Northern Wei Dynasty moving the capital from Pingcheng to Luoyang, or the Eastern Wei Dynasty moving the capital to Yecheng, and the Western Wei Dynasty building the capital Chang'an, there were actually special reasons for a specific period. Whenever there is turmoil, there is a corner of the capital. are easier to defend, the Han Dynasty's Guanzhong standard, as well as the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui and other successive capital Guanzhong. It's all because of that. At that time, the world was turbulent, or divided, or the princes were strong, and the court could only be dragged on in a corner. Whether it is Yecheng in the Eastern Wei Dynasty or Chang'an in the Northern Zhou Sui Dynasty in the Western Wei Dynasty. It's all true. But now the Great Sui has ended the 400 years of chaos in the world. It has been nearly 20 years since he dominated the world. The population of Guanzhong is also increasing, and the demand is also increasing, especially for managing thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, which is not as convenient as when he only ruled half of the country in the past.

Later in history, Yang Guang's construction of the Eastern Capital was not all good and joyful, but out of long-term and comprehensive considerations. Later, Li Tang also continued to run the eastern capital Luoyang.

However, compared to the original Eastern Wei Dynasty, the capital was moved to Yecheng. and the later destruction of Luoyang by the Battle of Pishan, after the establishment of the Great Sui. The world is unified, the Central Plains has been recuperating for more than ten years, and Luoyang is still recovering a little bit of vitality.

"100,000 families in Luoyang!" Yuan Wen said with some sighs. Luoyang had a population of 600,000 at the height of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and now there are only 100,000 people in the city. When Yuwentai and others established the Western Wei Dynasty in Guanzhong, Chang'an was just a small city with tens of thousands of people, but now Chang'an has a large capital with a population of more than 400,000. On the contrary, the once prosperous Luoyang, after a few decades, has only a population of 100,000 left.

However, Yi Feng was still very impressed by the 100,000 population of Luoyang City, in this era, a city can have a population of 100,000, not including the population of the suburbs and villages, this number is quite large. Yi Feng can even say that Luoyang City can still be regarded as the second largest city in the Great Sui Dynasty at the moment, even if it is Yangzhou City in the south of the Yangtze River, Taiyuan City in Hedong and Youzhou City in Hebei, all of which cannot have such a large population.

Moreover, Luoyang is in the center of the world, on the edge of the Yellow River, Yi Feng is quite optimistic about Luoyang City.

"I have a bank in Huaihuang, which is a deposit, loan, mortgage, custody, remote withdrawal, remittance and other businesses, I think Luoyang is good, and I want to establish a branch in Luoyang. I wonder if my uncle is willing to participate in a share? Yi Feng said to Yuan Wendu, who came to drink tea and chat early in the morning. Many of the bank's businesses are very profitable, and of course, Yi Feng is ready to open a branch in Luoyang, not just for money. Just like now when he invited Yuan Wendu to join him, Yi Feng's plan is to let more people join him, even if it is just to do some business together and make some money at the beginning, but as long as the business grows bigger and makes more money in the future, who would be willing to give up this interest and jump off his ship?

Luoyang is the center of the Central Plains, and it is very promising to establish a bank branch here, and the Yuan family is the head snake of Luoyang, and with their joining, this business will naturally be better done. What's more, with the Yuan family helping him come forward, Yi Feng can attract more partners. After all, many of the businesses of the Northern Bank are actually the ways in which wealthy families from all over the world have been grasping to make money. If you directly open a branch single-handedly, this is a way to win people's money. But if you rely on the huge network and resources in Yi Feng's hands, pull the wealthy families in these places together, and join hands to build a huge bank network and connect the world, that is, everyone can earn money, and everyone can earn more money than before.

"That's a good thing to hear you say." Although Yuan Wendu has now achieved such a high-ranking official position as Shangshu Zuocheng, and his family is also very wealthy, after listening to Yi Feng's careful introduction to the operation and cooperation mode of Qianzhuang, he still agreed without hesitation. Yuan Wendu did not look at how much money he could make by cooperating with the bank, but saw a more important part of the plan proposed by his nephew. Luoyang established a branch of Qianzhuang and recruited a large number of local big families to work together to make money, making money is a small matter for him, and the most important thing is this united network. And this is just a branch, as Yi Feng said, the Northern Bank will also open branches in various big cities, which means that Yi Feng can establish a network of interests in various places. It would be surprising if these networks converged and even if one of them could eventually harness the power of one of them. Yi Feng's bank, in his opinion, is just like the common marriage method of those wealthy families. In the past, everyone used guò to marry, connecting various families to form a huge network of in-laws. And now. The means used by Yi Feng are simpler, but they are also more direct, using a very profitable business to unite the big and small heroes all over the world.

Yuan Wendu couldn't help but be a little impressed by this nephew, the nephew really became a horse thief? But what did he think, this nephew's mind was full of amazing ideas.

"Of course, I have to ask my uncle to contact me for this matter." Yi Feng said with a smile.

He is very confident in this plan. In this era, the operation of finance is still very rudimentary. The wealthy people in various places have money, in addition to buying land and collecting rent, they also lend money to collect interest. The main ones are like this. Although the interest rate of Yifeng Bank's loans is much lower than the interest rate of loans made by the powerful people in various places at this time, the business of Northern Bank is not only lending. The scale cannot be the same as that of the powerful people in various places. The most powerful part of the Northern Bank is the network, as long as the network is established, whether it is lending or remittance, the scale will be quite large. Naturally, the benefits are even greater.

Breakfast was eaten that day. Yuan Wendu immediately sent his family around to send invitations to Luoyang and nearby wealthy families, inviting them to the banquet, in the name of inviting Yi Feng and promoting Shangshu Zuocheng, but in fact, he invited them to discuss the establishment of the Luoyang branch of the Northern Bank in Luoyang. Throughout the day, there were many guests in the Yuan Mansion, and Luoyang and the nearby families with heads and faces basically came over. As Yi Feng expected, as soon as Yuan Wendu announced the details of the plan to establish Luoyang Bank, it immediately attracted the hearts of many wealthy families. Basically, everyone sees the benefits of the establishment of this bank. However, there was a lot of quarrel over how to distribute this share of interests. No one will budge. In the end, after Yi Feng personally came forward to persuade and explain, everyone initially reached an agreement, that is, Luoyang Bank is a branch of the Northern Bank, and the Northern Bank, as the general number, holds 60% of the shares of the Luoyang branch, and these Luoyang families present here distribute the remaining 40% of the shares together. Although there is business between the general number and the semicolon, each has its own account. The principal of the establishment of the Luoyang branch is 1 million guan, according to the proportion of shares, the total number is invested 600,000 guan, and each family in Luoyang invests 400,000 yuan. However, for the mode of operation, the semicolon has to obey the system of the general number. Although the details are still to be discussed, the general framework is very smoothly built.

Everyone talked together from the morning to the afternoon, and in the middle, Yi Feng called Wei Zheng and Xu Deyan to attend the next discussion in his place, and he himself withdrew and left. Attracting the local heroes to establish a bank branch in Luoyang is not the most important thing for Yi Feng, Linguan is getting closer and closer, and he needs to spare more energy to do his best, Jingshi, the matter there is the most important thing at the moment.

"My bird just flew back." As soon as he returned to the courtyard where the Yuan family had arranged a place for him to stay, Li Si immediately stepped forward with a smile. As he spoke, he handed a small copper pipe to Yi Feng.

After receiving the letter brought back by the flying pigeon from Beijing, Yi Feng immediately returned to the study, and after checking that the seal was correct, he took a book of poetry and translated the letter according to the agreed way, read it carefully and memorized it in his heart, and put the original letter and the translation together on the candle flame and burned it to ashes.

Out of the study, Qin Qiong and Lai Cheng were testing their marksmanship in the courtyard, using the family heirloom iron gun routine, while Qin Qiong used a white wax rod gun full of toughness. When the two saw Yi Feng come out, they put away their guns together.

"San Lang's face is not good, why is the news from Jingzhong not good?" Qin Qiong asked while wiping the sweat from her face.

"It's really not good, now Jingshi is full of all kinds of slanderous words from me, and it's spreading."

"It's just a rumor, what are you afraid of?" Come to the whole way of not caring.

"Yes, it's just a rumor, but it's not just a rumor." Yi Feng shook his head, the capital is heavy, and at the feet of the Son of Heaven, every rumor will not be as simple as it seems.

In the evening, Yi Feng received the second letter from Beijing. This letter was sent by Yang Guang, and at this time Yang Guang directly sent him a flying pigeon biography, which was a great risk, after all, their relationship must not be exposed now. Yi Feng guessed that there must be something very urgent, otherwise Yang Guang would not have taken such a risk.

After translating the secret letter, Yi Feng couldn't help but shoot the old case angrily. "A good Yun Zhaoxun, a good Han king, the sage Yun Wei is difficult to raise a woman and a villain, and he will not deceive me. Since you have to get along with me, you will accompany me to the end. Yi Feng really didn't expect that the others had not yet arrived in the capital, but the undercurrent in the capital was surging, and he would definitely not take the King of Han lightly, but he had expected the grievances between them, but he didn't expect that even Yun Zhaoxun would dare to secretly add fuel to the fire.

"Second brother, you go out of the city and return to the camp immediately to prepare, and we will rush to Beijing early tomorrow morning." Yi Feng said in a deep voice, the situation in Jingshi is so complicated, he can no longer walk and stop slowly, he must rush to Jingshi immediately and see the emperor first. (To be continued......)