In front of Qiao's carriage and horse shop was an open space, with no shade, and the midsummer sun was scorching, and generally speaking, there was no one to stop here.

Today is an exception, Qiao Zhengyuan, the owner of Qiao's carriage and horse shop, stood in front of the door by himself, looking at the front of him motionlessly.

Occasionally, passers-by with umbrellas or robes, fans and other things to cover him saw him standing there stupidly alone, and couldn't help but look at it a few more times.

Basking in the sun on this hot day, the sun is so poisonous, is this person sick?

"Sir, sir." A chubby man in a straight coat ran here, and before he could walk in front of him, he said with a face full of surprise: "I heard, it's true!" The carriage and horse dealers were closed, saying that they had found out that there was a problem with the horses. ”

Horses have problems? Qiao Zhengyuan stared at him for a moment, turned around and strode into the carriage behind him, and then went straight to the backyard.

On the table at the back, the harness bought from the various carriage and horse dealers was lined up one after another, which he had asked someone to buy these days.

After all, she suddenly said "The carriage and horse shop is going to close", Qiao Zhengyuan was afraid that she would do something to affect herself. This is Chang'an, she is a female official who is not in the Dali Temple, who can afford to do something if something happens? Zhen Shiyuan? No kidding.

Trembling, Qiao Zhengyuan didn't sleep well for a few days, so he sent someone to buy a pair of harness from various car and horse dealers to take a closer look, although these harnesses are in different shapes, but there seems to be no problem, and there is no sign of being tampered with.

Qiao Zhengyuan breathed a sigh of relief and was a little apprehensive at the same time, he really didn't know what medicine she was selling in her gourd.

And these days are also strange, in the past, I didn't expect her to come, she came diligently, I hoped that she would come, but she didn't come, and I didn't see anyone for a few days.

As a result, when I was having dinner this morning, I suddenly heard news from the city that many carriage and horse shops had been blocked by the government, which made Qiao Zhengyuan scared off the chopsticks in his hand on the spot.

How can a good car and horse shop be sealed?

Then his chariots and horses will not also suffer! I was worried about it for most of the day, but he didn't see the official messenger come to the door for a long time, and he knew that his chariot and horse had escaped.

It's just that he's still confused about it. If it weren't for the fact that she still had a brain, she would feel like the Fang family's mother and daughter with a sick brain, and feel that she was "doing it" again.

Of course, a good person doesn't know how to "do it", there must be some reason, but the reason for this seal, he is a little confused.

"Zhaocai, you go outside and wait, see when she comes and brings people to me." Qiao Zhengyuan said and picked up a saddle on the table again and knocked it gently, "I have been in business for decades, and it is the first time I have encountered such a person who wins without a fight, what is going on?" ”

Zhao Cai answered, turned away.

Fortunately, today, the girl who hasn't appeared for a few days has finally come to the door, compared to the excitement of the fortune, Qiao Zhengyuan is not too surprised, today the carriage and horse shop was blocked, according to her movements these days, most of them are going to come here to see him and tell him what to do next.

"I don't understand." Qiao Zhengyuan put the harness in his hand on the long table and looked at her, and said bluntly, "Why were those carriage and horse shops blocked?" ”

"If it's sealed, it won't be a big deal, but it can still be released after a while." The girl smiled and sat down in front of him, "Master Qiao, what you have to do is to take advantage of this effort to make your carriage and horse shop famous in Chang'an." ”

There is no need for her to say this, if he Qiao Zhengyuan even wants her to teach this kind of thing, then he might as well go back to Jinling directly.

"What the hell did you do?" The proprietors behind those carriage and horse shops are not ordinary people, there are clans and nobles, how can they say that they are sealed?

"Because of the harness." Qiao Ran said and looked at the harness placed on his long table, was surprised for a moment, and then smiled, "The harness that Master Qiao sent to Zhaocai to buy at the carriage and horse dealership?" ”

Qiao Zhengyuan nodded.

"No wonder!" Qiao Ran shook her head as she spoke, sat down, and then pointed to Zhaocai on the side, "You send your housekeeper to buy harness." These people are very well-informed, as soon as your Master Qiao comes to the capital, they will know that a few people around him have to take care of things. Peers are jealous, your people go to buy harness, how can they sell you the latest harness? ”

"You said these carriages and horses have been replaced with other harnesses?" Qiao Zhengyuan was surprised, "I've never heard of it. ”

"Because these harnesses have not yet begun to be sold to ordinary people, they are only sold to the children of those powerful first, such as the little son of the Ningguo family who broke his leg not long ago." Qiao Ran said as she took out a drawing of a harness from her bosom and put it on the stone table, and then looked at the ground that was scorched by the scorching sun, "It's a strange hot day, and it's hot to run around the horse or something." ”

"So these carriage and horse dealers hired someone to improve the harness, and made the harness hollow, it stands to reason that as long as the riding skills are excellent, it is not much different from these old harnesses."

Qiao Zhengyuan nodded again and again when he heard this: If these big carriages and horses really have big problems with the quality of the harness, they would have had an accident long ago, so it is not so much the problem of the harness as the problem of the rider.

"But these first batch of powerful people who used these new harnesses have mixed riding skills, and several people have fallen from their horses, although there have been no major accidents, the biggest one is just the little son of the Ningguo family who broke his leg, but if this matter is tightly held on to the falling horse, these harnesses cannot be used." Qiao Ran said, "Looking at today's situation, it is obvious that Ning Guogong, who broke his leg and lost face, grabbed the harness and did not let go, so these carriages and horse dealers that had built a large number of new harnesses were blocked, and these new harnesses could not be sold." ”

It turned out that this was the reason, and Qiao Zhengyuan understood.

"Because the stock is used to create new horse harness, the lack of ordinary horses like you here in these carriage and horse shops has been temporarily closed, so after the lockdown is lifted in some time, there should not be much horse harness available in these carriage and horse shops." Qiao Ran said, "You don't have to worry about anything else, just prepare, if I guess correctly, it will soon be time to use a lot of harness." ”

Of course, Qiao Zhengyuan knew what her words meant, if it really came to the point where a large number of harnesses were needed, he would be the only one who could handle it, and his reputation as Qiao's carriage and horse shop would be completely launched.

It's just that this name is not enough to enter the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce!

Perhaps, she still has a second move. But the only thing he was sure of was that by that time, his Qiao's chariot and horse shop should be able to win the lion's share in Chang'an City, at least the horse harness.

"Who are those sealed carriages and horse dealers? Isn't this time a huge loss? Qiao Zhengyuan unconsciously reached out and fiddled with the golden abacus hanging from his waist.

"The owners behind these cars are all different." Qiao Ran said, seeing that Qiao Zhengyuan's face changed slightly, he paused, and said, "But someone has contracted the horse harness business in these carriage and horse shops, and took one to two percent of the dry shares, although it is not the largest owner in each carriage and horse shop, but together, most of the horse harness business in Chang'an is his." This time, he was the only one who suffered heavy losses, so Master Qiao didn't have to worry about you offending so many people, you only offended one. ”

Naturally, it is necessary to understand the person who is going to be offended, Qiao Zhengyuan saw that she looked like she was in her chest, and he didn't bother to check it himself, so he hurriedly asked her: "Who is it?" ”

"Li Zhi." Qiao Ran said.

Who's that? Qiao Zhengyuan wrote down the name, but it was really difficult to guess the identity of this person for such an ordinary name.

Fortunately, the girl didn't go around in circles with him, was silent for a moment, and spoke again: "This name may not be known by many people, but as soon as he mentions his other identity, Master Qiao must know it immediately." ”

Qiao Zhengyuan's heart tightened: "Who?" ”

"King of Wu'an." The girl said with a smile.