Looking at the helplessness on the face of Shopkeeper Lin when he left, Minglan felt that he might indeed have something to report to the King of Chu.

After hesitating, Minglan blushed and came to Li Kuan and Fang Yu's room, quietly waiting for the end of the two.

After the sound in the room dissipated, Minglan began to count the time.

About fifteen minutes later, Minglan knocked on the door.

"Enter."

In the room were two people in disheveled clothes.

Minglan ignored the disheveled clothes of the two, bowed her head and reported: "Your Highness, Shopkeeper Lin, who is in charge of the Western Regions, came to you just now. ”

"Because no matter how busy you are, I will let him go back first, and he will bribe me for some reason, so he has to see you today."

Li Kuan yawned and said indifferently: "What about people? ”

Minglan lowered her head and continued: "Let him go back." ”

Li Kuan hummed casually, and then asked Minglan to come forward and wait for him to get dressed.

"Since I can go back, it proves that I am not in a hurry enough."

"Moreover, how much can a caravan keeper do."

While getting dressed, Li Kuan said lazily.

Minglan did not refute Li Kuan's words.

Waiting for Li Kuan to get dressed, after Li Kuan left, he found other maids to clean up the room and prepare bath water for Li Kuan.

The king of their family, King Chu, is the kind of person who will definitely take a bath before going to bed as long as conditions permit.

Li Kuan came to the study to read the book for a while, and went through all the letters that came through special channels.

There is a letter from Xu Jingzong describing the current situation on the grassland.

and Cui Ling complained to him about Shuo Fang's increasingly messy letters.

There are also letters from Li Yifu to him about the changes in Dingxiang.

Remove these three, as well as those from Lingnan Chunzhou, the letter written to him by Chai Shao in Chang'an City, and so on.

Li Kuan went over it and got a general understanding of the situation.

The next day, Shopkeeper Lin came to see Li Kuan with a nervous mood.

Looking at the nervous shopkeeper Lin, Li Kuan tilted his head and said suspiciously: "What's the matter?" ”

Shopkeeper Lin stammered: "Store Manager King Chu, the land on the land deed you let me make some time ago is not recognized now, and those lands have been taken away by the original nobles of the Western Regions. ”

Li Kuan's brows immediately furrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "You didn't mention my name?" ”

"It's mentioned, it's useless, they say no, and they say."

The shopkeeper Lin didn't say the next words, he was afraid that the angry Li Kuan would cut him.

But he didn't say it, and Li Kuan also understood that it was nothing more than fearless words.

With a sneer, Li Kuan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "The land deeds that the kings of various countries gave me before, didn't I recognize any of them, right?" ”

Shopkeeper Lin nodded, that's right, all of them were occupied.

"I sent someone to investigate, and those people are basically the original nobles of the Western Regions, and they now also hold the official positions of various cities."

Li Kuan understood, it was nothing more than a drama of old wine in a new bottle.

The local snakes who can't see the situation clearly in the land of the Western Regions want to give him Li Kuan a warning, no, it should be said that they want to kill chickens and monkeys, and they want to give a warning to the Tang people who came here.

Maybe in their opinion, anyway, the emperor is far away, and it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to station the army here for a long time, and it is impossible for the Tang Emperor's orders to be extended, so when the Tang army leaves, this is still their world.

If the Tang Dynasty wants to govern here, it has to rely on them, the original nobles of the Western Regions.

As for Datang not using them, then they will make trouble and do not cooperate in all kinds of ways.

Li Kuan understood their thoughts as soon as he heard what Shopkeeper Lin said, sneered, and said disdainfully: "Don't care about them, they love to admit it or not, as long as the Datang official recognizes the contract I took." ”

"Let them run rampant for a while longer, and when the large army of the families arrives, they will know what the perfect replacement is."

Li Kuan didn't care about the rampant clowns who jumped off the beam at all.

For these land snakes in the Western Regions, the family of the Tang Dynasty is their ancestor.

Shopkeeper Lin looked at Li Kuan's disdainful expression and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

After his boss came to the Western Regions, he did the first thing he told him, and he was under a lot of pressure.

The caravans under the name of the Chu Wangfu all make money, and he has always maintained a state of no profit or loss in the Western Regions.

was already uncomfortable, but the work ordered by the boss had not been completed, he was really afraid, afraid that Li Kuan would dislike his ability and expel him.

Li Kuan knew what he was thinking when he saw the appearance of Shopkeeper Lin, and asked Minglan to go to his study to bring the account book sent by Shopkeeper Lin a while ago.

Li Kuan smiled and asked Shopkeeper Lin not to be nervous, and said easily: "Lao Lin, our family doesn't have much business in the Western Regions, the transportation pressure is high, the cost is high, and you can't make money, it's normal, you don't have to be too nervous." ”

"It's already great that you can maintain it for three years in a row without making or losing money."

Li Kuan's appeasement was useless, and Shopkeeper Lin smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, the business in the Western Regions is the largest of all businesses. ”

"Wine, ham meat, cotton, camels, war horses, grain, dried fruits, etc., these businesses are all involved in our family in the Western Regions, and the turnover is also very high, and the commission you gave me is not worse than a point, but you yourself really didn't earn a penny in the Western Regions."

Shopkeeper Lin's moral quality is quite high, Li Kuan can only say this.

Minglan didn't take the account book for a while, Li Kuan looked over one by one, and after finding that there was indeed no problem, he chuckled lightly and signaled that Shopkeeper Lin didn't need to be nervous, just do what he wanted.

But the shopkeeper was still nervous, he was really afraid that Li Kuan would fire him.

Li Kuan's commission for other shopkeepers is calculated based on the net interest rate, and it is the turnover for him, which can be said to be good for him.

As a result, he hadn't made any money for Li Kuan, and he was really guilty.

But he was reluctant to do this job and couldn't resign.

Sometimes, Shopkeeper Lin himself will scold himself for being shameless, as an incompetent person, he still occupies the pit and does not.

Li Kuan saw Shopkeeper Lin's entanglement at a glance, but he didn't bother to say, just waved his hand to let him retreat, and ordered: "Wait for another half a month like this, and then you can take the title deed to collect the land." ”

After Shopkeeper Lin left, Minglan said suspiciously: "Why does His Royal Highness the King of Chu favor Shopkeeper Lin so much?" ”

"He is in charge of the largest caravan in the Western Regions, and the result is also the least profitable, why do you still use him."

Minglan didn't understand.

Li Kuan smiled and said casually: "It's very simple, because his ability is really strong, but the market in the Western Regions is here, and it's normal for him not to make money." ”

"It's good that he can maintain a non-profit and non-loss."

Li Kuan has always believed in a truth, if you don't have the power of the government in business, then you won't be able to make money in your life.

Especially in this feudal era.

Shopkeeper Lin belongs to the Western Regions without the support of the government forces, anyone can squeeze him, and anyone can bully him.

(End of chapter)