Zhao Kingdom, Kyoto, Rui Wangfu.

The screen opens the Luan phoenix, and the mattress is set up to celebrate the birthday of the young and promising second prince of the dynasty, King Rui.

The banquet is like flowing water, the guests are like flowing water, and the gift list and congratulatory ceremony are like flowing water. The courtyard is full of silk and bamboo sheng songs, the court is full of pink and fragrant, the officials and gentry of the mansion are full of treasures and pearls.

is so lively and prosperous to the extreme, and the young King Rui does not have much joy on his face. Greeted the guests with good manners, greeted all the important guests, gossiped, and then retreated under the pretext that he was busy.

However, this banquet was extremely grand and too lively. More than 100 official prostitutes in the capital responded to the call, and four or five of the best theater troupes in the city also came, distributed in various parts of the mansion, and set up the stage. All kinds of different dramas were staged at the same time, and there was a lot of excitement everywhere, and the guests in the outer hall were so crowded that they couldn't sit down, and the inner hall was also the royal family's relatives, and the big and small women gathered, and it was even more impossible to go.

Manfu couldn't find a quiet place. Although he retreated to the study, he was not quiet. In the garden outside the study, there were actually a group of nephews and brothers of the royal clan gathered to watch the play there.

King Rui was alone in the study, fidgeting. Holding a book in your hand at random, and not seeing three lines, is already a headache.

A laugh came from his ears at the right time: "Today is also a big day for His Highness, why don't you order two plays and have a lively time, but you want to come here to hide quietly?" ”

There are no three people who can freely enter and leave King Rui's study, but there must be King Rui's first henchman, Lu Zewei.

"Zewei, if you like it, it's okay to go out and have fun. I'm feeling like I'm having a splitting headache, so I'd better rest here. ”

Having said that, on the stage outside the window, I don't know which prince and grandson Xindian's Erjin Palace has begun to be staged, and the high-pitched singing voice enters through the window, and King Rui frowns and rubs his head, smiling bitterly.

"I don't know how Steward Wang operated, so many people and so many teams came, and even a stage was set up outside, so people couldn't find a quiet place to rest."

Lu Ze, who was as young as King Rui, but was unusually sophisticated in the City Mansion, smiled faintly.

Such a lively and prosperous situation is enough to show that His Royal Highness is now deeply favored by the saint and plays a pivotal position. I see that His Highness's heart is upset, and he is no longer in front of him, but in the person who is thousands of miles away, at the border. ”

King Rui's eyes moved slightly, and he glanced at the tourists and subordinates who were leaning on the Great Wall.

"What does Zewei mean by this?"

Lu Zewei said leisurely, "Since the envoy left Beijing five days ago, His Highness has been so unsettled and restless. ”

"Really?" Rui Wang smiled faintly. "I thought I was doing a good job of covering it up, but it was all for you to see."

Lu Zewei stared at him. "Your Highness, is it worth your mind that you are so fond of just a Lu Dongli?"

Rui Wang shook his head slowly. "Zewei, Lu Dongli's matter is already imperative, but there is no need to mind it anymore. I just think of the Wind Festival. I can't help but feel sorry for it. ”

"Feng Jinjie is just a lieutenant general, if His Royal Highness cherishes other talents, he can take them for his own use, so why bother ......"

"The peculiarity of this person can be described by the word 'talent'. And with his friendship with Lu Dongxuan, after this incident, it is impossible for me to use it. Therefore, we can only choose that one, so I feel a little sorry. ”

Lu Zewei frowned slightly in confusion. He personally participated in many secrets of King Rui's Mansion, recruiting talents for King Rui and winning over hundreds of officials, and he was also responsible for it. But he really doesn't know much about the Wind Festival.

Because Feng Jinjie's identity is only a deputy general at the border, he doesn't even have the power to take charge of a military camp. A person in this position does not need to think about it himself.

Zhao has always valued literature over martial arts, and the status of martial artists is extremely low. And Feng Jinjie was neither from the imperial examination, nor even from a lowly martial arts or military household, but from the most humble businessman. This dooms him to be difficult to rise in office, and his authority will not be too great.

A million miles away, the small lieutenant general of a certain army is really not enough for the first cronies around King Rui to spend time on research. He didn't know much about the Wind Festival, so it was difficult to understand why King Dignified Rui was worried about a little lieutenant. Therefore, I can't help but be a little confused.

"Your Highness, what kind of person is this Feng Jinjie?"

"What kind of person is the Wind Festival?" King Rui thought for a moment, and then smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid that even if it's Lu Dongli, it's difficult to explain." ”

He paced slowly two steps in the study.

"I sent someone to find out everything about him. First of all, he was a poor man born on the border of the desert. From the perspective of our people in the capital, even if it is a barbarian who does not know etiquette in a border place. However, he was a gifted businessman. It is said that when he was five years old, he was able to barter with people in the desert, but he only made money without losing money, and by the time he was nine years old, he had a little wealth. ”

And after the death of his parents, he went back and forth to do business alone at a young age. This man has a strange eye, good courage, and is trustworthy and generous. However, in two or three years, his small business alone has become a big business of a large business group. There is no business he likes that does not make a lot of money. The contract he made, even if it was unprofitable later due to some natural and man-made disasters, he would definitely implement it to the end. The person who cooperates with him, even if there is an accident, the document contract is lost, or the person dies, he will hand over the profits in the same amount. ”

"He is surprisingly lenient to his subordinates. The wages were so generous that he had astonished the other merchants, and he had set many rules that no one else had heard of. For example, all workers, every seven days, only do five days of work, and the other two days must be given to them to rest. At most, they work for four hours a day, and if they take up more time than their subordinates, they have to pay three times the salary. For example, when his workers are injured or sick, or have a happy event in the family, or buy a house or land, or even the burial of their parents, the treatment of their wives, the study of their children, or the recreation of their families, they even give subsidies with the money of the merchant group according to different standards such as the status of their men in the merchant group, the efforts they have contributed to the merchant group, etc. ”

Lu Zewei was quite surprised. Such a method is really unheard of. He treats his fellows so well, can he still make a profit in business? ”

"It's not just profit. Not only did countless people defect to him among the large and small merchants in the desert, but even the sand thieves also admired his fame, not only did they not rob him of his goods, but many people abandoned evil and turned to the right and defected to him. Everyone is a cloud, and he is a small man under the wind festival, and his money is not inferior to that of the sand thieves who robbed and killed people every day. Instead of being a thief all his life, worrying about it, restless day and night, why not feel at ease, and feel free to be a member of his Feng family's business group. ”

King Rui sighed.

"The power of the wind festival lies in his far-sightedness. In five years, he was already the richest man in the frontier land, and the prosperity of the merchant group was unparalleled for a while. However, he was no longer satisfied with continuing to do some inter-state business on the edge of the desert, but turned back and developed his business in the entire Zhao country. He buys shops, buys heaven and earth, up and down the country, and slightly larger towns will have his Feng family's business. ”

"This is not surprising, since ancient times, such giant businessmen are not uncommon. But what is rare is that after he set up an extremely perfect business system, all businesses will be run according to the system, and he basically does nothing and ignores it. All the business is handed over to the very good people to take charge of, everything is decided by the local treasurer, he sometimes will send an account room to manage the accounts, sometimes even the account room is not sent, all according to the accounts handed in by his subordinates. He also never issued orders in the name of the big boss, and the rules, orders, bonuses, and benefits of the business of the shops in various places were all issued by the shopkeeper. Even the annual dividends are divided into four or six places, and the treasurers in various places get six, and he gets four. And of this forty percent, he will take out one percent and give all the guys year-end dividends. ”

Lu Zewei finally exclaimed: "This kind of thing is not done by people with great wisdom and big hearts." Even other businessmen want to learn, but they are afraid that they will not be able to learn. ”

"Naturally, whoever is a big boss is willing to split accounts with his subordinates, and which one who is a big boss dares to delegate power like this, and he is not afraid that his subordinates will cheat and embezzle public funds. What big boss can completely not interfere in the trading of various places, and can even tolerate outsiders, including his lowest buddies, who only know that there is a local shopkeeper, but they don't know that they are the boss behind the scenes. ”

Rui Wang smiled and sighed, "But the Wind Festival has succeeded." ”

"No wonder, since he's so rich, I don't know much. It turned out that his business was completely handed over to others to do, and he was not famous. Lu Ze sighed unconsciously.

"Yes, if people treat each other as a countryman, they can get the reward of the countryman. Even if he is a businessman who values profit over righteousness, he will repay him with such trust and favor. ”

"If that's all he does, he's just a maverick businessman. But he's still a madman. King Rui sighed.

"Since he handed over all his business to his subordinates, slept upside down and sat to collect money, and could not spend it all his life, he purchased a large amount of land and built a gorgeous manor under Fuyun Mountain outside Jeju County, Hedong County, in our Zhao country. The beauty of his garden, in addition to being insurmountable, is not inferior to our royal garden. He also chose the young and beautiful servant and maid ring, gave him sheng songs and operas, and drank and had fun all day long. He got up a tall building, met guests, made friends with literati and artists, drank and was hot, or fought poetry and literature, or enjoyed songs and dances, and was entertained every day, but he didn't know where the world was. ”

Lu Ze was slightly stunned and said: "This is a very madman's style." Why did this person change so much before and after? ”

This question has also been asked to him by many people. It is said that he sometimes laughed but did not answer, and sometimes said, 'Life has a life, and when you try a different life in a limited life, you can live up to this life.' Sometimes, he simply replied, 'I like it,' and didn't say anything more. ”

King Rui sighed, "Such willfulness and freedom are something that others can never learn." He indulges in the mountains and rivers, day and night with wine and beautiful women, often said, although this is not easy to be the king of the south. Whenever a friend goes to visit, he must stay drunk and stop. If you meet someone who is like-minded, it is a lot of time, and it is common to be entertained at home. He was originally rich and heroic, not only did he repair bridges and roads in the county to help the poor and the weak, but he had always been generous, even if someone came to vote in difficulty, he would inevitably help. ”

"His style is already very popular, and he is also a good person, both literary and military poetry, and he sings and harmonizes with poetry, and some poems are circulated and are sung endlessly. In less than a year, he was already a celebrity in Jixian County, a city full of scribes, gentry and celebrities, all willing to associate with him. He talked about Zen theory, swordsmanship, swordsmanship, and wandering landscapes with Sao Ren swordsmen and Yushi monks. And the servants in the family are all beautiful and talented, who can sing and dance, and even the domestic drama troupe is also a group of extremely young and beautiful daughters. ”

Lu Ze smiled unconsciously. "This kind of enjoyment is the prince, I'm afraid it's not as good."

King Rui sighed. "It is said that when his garden was at its peak, he sang and danced every day, and even entertained every day, even when the river flowed by the garden, and it also brought the fragrance of fat powder and wine."

Lu Ze shook his head slightly. "Acting so flamboyantly, showing great wealth and wealth, I am afraid that I will eventually invite a miracle."

"That's right. That year, it happened to be Liu Ming's new county magistrate of Weiji County. ”

"Liu Ming? It's that greedy and cool, but because he has a little bit of kinship with his uncle, he is diligent in gift-giving, so he keeps making small mistakes and making big mistakes, but the official can always be bigger and bigger. Lu Ze smiled slightly.

King Rui also smiled: "The new county order takes office, as usual, the local gentry and wealthy businessmen must behave and pay tribute in person." Feng Jinjie didn't go to the meeting, but only sandwiched his gift list between everyone's lists. But his shot was too big, and only one meeting to receive the wind was five hundred taels. Such a big deal naturally made Liu Ming startled. Inquire carefully, until the wind festival is famous in the local area, and it is even more exciting. He was interested in making friends with him, and he had a lot of great wealth. ”

"However, Feng Jinjie is arrogant by nature, and he is too lazy to deal with such officials. He has a lot of money, but because he is generous and has a loose hand, he has no intention of clinging to the public. Liu Ming made several gestures of goodwill, but he didn't respond. Several times he handed the post to worship, but he always disappeared from his illness. Liu Ming was originally extremely narrow-minded, and after being treated coldly several times, he secretly held a grudge. ”

Lu Ze smiled, "With the rich swagger of the Feng Jin Festival, even if he didn't offend Liu Ming, he must also ask the Feng family for money." ”

"Yes, he is single-minded, and he wants to find trouble with the Wind Festival. However, the Wind Festival has a high reputation in the local area, a large industry, and the most good deeds, but there is no evil to do, which makes him quite bored and distressed. Three months later, he was caught up in a casino brawl that resulted in a fatal case. When I called the sufferer of the deceased to ask, I found out that the deceased was actually a tenant of the Feng Jinjie, and because of his gambling debts, he got into a fight with the debtor in the casino, and was beaten to death by everyone. Then he moved his mind and caused the bitter lord to accuse him of sending people to force rent and kill people. Then he ordered the official to lock the wind and take the wind festival. ”

Lu Zewei smiled indifferently, "The tree is a big wind, it should be like this." The wind is strong, so sharp, it is also a disaster. I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money to be wronged this time. ”

King Rui suddenly laughed. "Speaking of which, it is not surprising that the Wind Festival suffered such an unforeseen disaster, but it is strange that he responded after he was wronged. If he hadn't been wronged, he wouldn't have met Lu Dongli. To this day, the people of Jixian County still sing about the unjust case of the Fengjin Festival as a strange anecdote. Wine shop teahouse, but when it comes to the poetry of the prince of Feng Gongzi and the prince of wine, Lu Taishou has a high name and stays for eternity, no matter how many times he has heard it, everyone will definitely not hear enough. ”

He laughed as he walked a few steps around the study to the window. Push open the window and gaze out at the infinite bustle and bustle outside the window.

"On that day, the garden of the Wind Festival was exquisite and gorgeous, not inferior to my palace. On that day, the Wind Festival was also on the occasion of the birthday celebration, the garden was full of guests, countless beautiful girls, singing, dancing and feasting, lively and prosperous, I am afraid that it is not worse than today. And his happiness is far beyond my reach. ”

Lu Ze looked at his friend quietly, his lord. looked at the unconsciously floating abruptness on his face, the faint, inexplicable fluctuation in his eyes, and then, imperceptibly, frowned slightly.

And Rui Wang just stared out the window. The cloud-like greeting guests, the tall theater, and the never-ending silk and bamboo orchestra. Many years ago, the small Ji County thousands of miles away is now the same.

On that day, the wolf-like servants broke into the garden of the fairyland on earth. The beauty is frightened, the wine is dirty, and the man ......