The job fair ended soon, and I led everyone, including the newly arrived Meng Ke, to report to Zhuang Gong, but I happened to meet an acquaintance above the main hall, Tian Ji!

"Isn't this Tian Ji, why are you here today?"

"Young man, I'm here to deliver a courier to the king."

"What courier?"

"This ......" Tian Ji showed an embarrassed smile and refused to say anything.

"Ahem." Zhuang Gong immediately interrupted, gave me a color, and then began to call a dozen officials and began to arrange where all those who passed the interview went.

"Tian Ji, wait for me outside the palace. There is something important to discuss. ”

Sure enough, the king was only polite to the other people who were selected, but he was very interested in the thief, the thick side, and the Meng Ke I recommended.

So the thief demonstrated another miraculous theft technique, and Thick Fang was forced to grow a new arm. Meng Ke, who appeared in the finale at the end, was even more amazing, facing more than a dozen officials from different departments, as well as the national teachers and his disciples to ask professional questions in turn, all of them answered fluently, and even far exceeded expectations.

So correspondingly, Meng Ke came out on top, and Zhuang Gong was happy and waved his pen to directly make him rank in Jiuqing, which can be described as a step to the sky.

Soon, everyone got their positions and went back to prepare, except for us and Zhuang Gong.

Zhuang Gong got down from the high seat, twisted his waist, and rubbed his neck: "Alas, it turns out that the real monarch is very difficult to be, and I have to sit on that cold stool with my waist straight every day for most of the day, and I am tired to death." ”

"Only when you suffer hardship can you become a superior person. After a long time, of course I got used to it. ”

"Okay, let's get down to business. Just now, the widow received a secret report, and the widow's biological mother had arrived in the Qi country, and she was ceremoniously received by Qi Henggong. The country of Qi is famous for its wealth, and the army is even more unknown. It seems that you are right, the widow must continue to work hard. ”

"Don't worry, if I help Wang Shang do something big in the next two days, I will definitely make you less worried."

"Oh, what's going on?"

"Confidentiality."

Outside the hall, Tian Ji had been waiting for a long time.

"Sorry, I waited."

Tian Ji arched his hand: "The son is doing great things for the country, and it won't matter if I wait a little longer." What is the matter with me? ”

"Lease me ten second-generation Celestial Dragons! And each one is prepared with a steel rope. It's just that the time is a little uncertain, and it should be in these two days. ”

"In this way, the rent is not cheap, is it okay to have twenty gold coins a day?"

"Yes, but I need ten professional riders on standby. When the time comes, I'll set off flares in the city, and you'll have to come back quickly. If you see a huge trap person, needless to say, directly send eight heavenly dragons to tie it up and take it into the air. The remaining two are kept on guard against the possibility of a large bird in the sky. ”

"No problem, I'll arrange it."

The rest of the time, I went to inspect the departments again.

But I waited for five days!

On this day, Candle Yongzi was taking me to a meeting with the bosses of various commercial houses in Qufu. Due to the rumors that I don't know who revealed, Candle Yongzi and I have an extraordinary relationship (in fact, I only know this one businessman), and my relationship with the monarch is even more extraordinary. Well, I help Zhuang Gong deal with government affairs every day, and by the way, solve the things he doesn't want to come forward to, and my head is big. Therefore, many business house owners can only revolve around the candle every day, wanting to get some recent trends in Qufu business. Therefore, although he was rich but had never had a good reputation, Candle Yongzi suddenly became the boss of the Qufu Chamber of Commerce.

However, as a consequence, my weapon forging plan was postponed by two days! I really couldn't bear it, so the day before, I asked Zhu Yongzi to notify all the business owners to hold a meeting to solve the problem of Qufu's business development on the surface.

And the new member of his family, Fan Li, Candle Yongzi is now very loved, and whenever there is a business activity, he must bring this ten-year-old little doll, which is called a whisper and a kiss, and has been cultivated since childhood. The reason is that Candle Yongzi has no children under his knees, only one daughter, and married a very big local official in his early years. It's a pity that although their love is like glue, it is a coincidence that they gave birth to five daughters in a row, and there is not a single male baby! Later, when they were older, they couldn't live anymore, and they could only sigh every day that there was no successor. But now, Candle Yongzi brought back another well-behaved, sensible and business-talented grandson, which made their family very happy. And Fan Li quickly became a group pet, the family's sweetheart.

By the way, the other three of us were also very busy during these five days. Needless to say, Bian Que was asked to instruct the medical skills. Needless to say, Ah Ke was asked to instruct the assassins in assassination. Even Rong'er was busy going to the imperial dining room to taste new dishes and make suggestions. So five days have passed, and she has gained a lot of weight.

So today, the authorities only sent me and two officials in charge of business management to come here. Soon, our group came to a large hall. Naturally, we were in the first place, and the rest sat on the floor. Then all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas were brought up in turn. Anyway, all of you here are rich people, not bad for money.

Originally, children were not qualified to come, let alone sit. But Candle Yongzi insisted on adding a small stool next to his seat for Fan Li to sit on. Before this was changed, Candle Yongzi would have been scolded miserably. But now, everyone has chosen to ignore it.

After three rounds of drinking, when my stomach was slightly full, I coughed: "Bosses, everyone knows the purpose of my visit this time." But before that, I would like to think about what kind of trade has happened between Qi and China recently? Said by industry. Don't be embarrassed, what have you all done, I know it to the monarch. ”

Everyone looked at Candle Yongzi, and Candle Yongzi took the lead and said: "I am a representative of the forging industry, recently Qi has begun to purchase a large number of raw materials for iron ingots and steel ingots in China, but unfortunately our productivity is limited, and they are only waiting for us to produce one and move one." It is curious that they did not procure ready-made weapons. ”

The people behind began to say one after another: "I am the representative of the cloth merchants. In the past few days, our cloth business with Qi has plummeted. I was curious to go and see it, and found that Qi is now beautiful in wearing woolen clothes. ”

"I am a representative of the breeding industry, that's right, in the past few days, people from Qi have suddenly come to say that they want to buy a large amount of wool at a high price, and how much they will collect. Right now, I'm going to buy wool from a farmer's house. ”

"I'm a poultry meat representative. In recent days, Qi has reduced the demand for pork, beef, duck, and chicken in our country, and has begun to import a large number of mutton, and the price is still twice as high as before! Now, farmers and herdsmen who have heard the news have begun to buy lambs in large quantities from other countries. ”

"I'm a real estate representative. Yesterday, some businessmen from Qi came and said that they would buy a large number of houses at high prices in Qufu. I secretly inquired, only to find out that they bought real estate to open a large entertainment store, and all military people come to spend it for free. Now, I'm planning to buy these houses from the owners of these properties. ”

"I'm a wine representative. Qi is also a big country in winemaking. But the day before yesterday, a few Qi wine merchants suddenly came to buy wine on a large scale, and they were sweeping the goods from one wine shop to another. Now, Qufu only drinks one-tenth of what it used to be. ”

"I am a grain merchant representative. Yesterday, there were also merchants from Qi who came to buy rice and noodles in large quantities, and they couldn't stop them. At the end of the purchase, I deliberately raised the price by three times, and they still bought it. So, again, the grain reserves in Qufu Grain Store are only one-tenth of what they used to be. ”

"I'm a representative of the agency's merchants. Recently, they have also purchased a large number of transportation, forestry, agriculture, fruit industry, construction, and children's toys related to almost all kinds of mechanical products. It's a pity that our reserves in Qufu are far from enough, only one-tenth of their needs. Right now, all of our Mechanics are in full swing. Even then, it took more than a year to complete the work. ”

I listened to it for a long time, and my head was big: "This information is too messy. I wisp a wisp, that is to say, in recent days, the Qi State has suddenly increased its demand for our country's weapons materials, wool, mutton, wine, and organ products, and they have a lot of money, and we are still very full of the whole country to meet their demands, right? ”

All the merchants nodded.

"So the question is, why is that?"

I was about to use the ancient roll call when a childish voice raised his hand and said, "I know! ”