The one who brought Xun Zhan in was a Jingzhou merchant who used to rely on the Huitong Pavilion to do some trade, and what he did was to resell the goods that overseas countries came to pay tribute to the business of reselling them up the river to the Huguangbu Political Envoy Department to make some difference, so he met Xun Zhan but now he has changed careers, but because of his previous friendship, Xun Zhan is a small official, and he can't afford to be guilty, so he brought him in.

"Who is this?"

This Jingzhou businessman's familiar business partner, seeing Xun Zhan who was brought into the auction after him, was a little puzzled, although Nanjing has a population of one million, it is the commercial center of the entire Ming Dynasty, but in fact, the circle of businessmen is so big, as long as the assets reach a certain scale, they can always recognize a familiar face.

"Brother Liu, this is the new Guozijian Siye."

The Jingzhou businessman who led the way introduced: "Don't be lazy. ”

"I see!" The businessman surnamed Liu suddenly understood, and hurriedly bowed his hand.

Since Xun Zhan entered the auction venue at this time, the purpose has been achieved, and the civil prestige in his bones began to attack again, and he actually raised his head and snorted, nostrils to people, and he didn't bother to talk to the other party at all.

The businessman surnamed Liu's face froze, and he was secretly annoyed, but he still had to smile and say: "The smell of copper on our body disturbs the purity of adults, please don't blame adults." ”

After saying that, he arched his hand to the Jingzhou merchant and left.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, this kind of thing is very common, because the business environment of businessmen is generally poor, the ranking of "Shinong industry and commerce" is not a joke, how much money is low social status, in front of civil officials, as long as it is an official, almost dare to show prestige to businessmen, if it happens to have some power blessing, it is arbitrary.

Therefore, in the face of the civil officials' arrangement, the businessmen have already learned to bow their heads and admit cowardice, after all, no one dares to guarantee that there is no backer behind the other party, the same year, and the teacher, and so on, a dense network has long been built, and no one can exist alone, and the whole body will be moved.

Of course, if Xun Zhan was just an ordinary petty official, it would be fine, but now that the businessman surnamed Liu has known that the other party is the secretary of Guozijian, and his identity is extraordinary, it is even more inappropriate to provoke at this time, otherwise it will definitely be himself who suffers.

The attitude of this businessman surnamed Liu surprised several businessmen who were familiar with him not far away, and they didn't know why he could make such an old fox decisively give up face.

Because it was a turbulent period in the court, they had also heard a lot of things, and they were a little uneasy in their hearts.

——————

"This man looks familiar."

Jiang Xinghuo was young and not short-sighted, his eyes were very good, and in the VIP lounge on the second floor, he caught a glimpse of the small conflict downstairs.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Xinghuo finally recalled the identity of the other party.

In the "Assault Case of the Mission of the Occupation of the City", the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, the protégé of Wang Jing, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

Jiang Xinghuo watched Xun Zhan sit down in the back row, and only said in his heart: "This person is here, but it's a little strange." ”

"Help me get the merchant here."

Li Zengzhi also witnessed this scene, although he didn't know why Jiang Xinghuo wanted to come over to this person, but he still ordered his subordinates as he said.

Not long after, the businessman surnamed Liu came here tremblingly.

"I don't know the name of Shopkeeper Liu? Where's the people? ”

Although this businessman was short and fat and had a meaty face, Jiang Xinghuo did not look down on him, but asked with a pleasant face.

Shopkeeper Liu saw that the other party was dressed in a unicorn suit, although he was young, but his status must be extremely respectful, otherwise Li Zengzhi of the Cao Guo Mansion would accompany him, and he was not contemptuous of him, so he naturally had to be treated solemnly.

"The surname Liu is Fuchun, he is a native of Yangzhou, and he doesn't dare to call him the shopkeeper, Liu is just an errand runner!"

Liu Fuchun's words already carried a bit of flattery.

"Shopkeeper Liu is modest."

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head with a smile, and then asked, "I want to know something, and I hope that Shopkeeper Liu will tell the truth." ”

Li Zengzhi gave him a look, and a person with a strong eye like Liu Fuchun naturally understood.

Jiang Xinghuo asked Fang Cai Liu Fuchun and Xun Zhan about what happened and roughly understood the situation.

"Do you want to?" Li Zengzhi raised his chin in the direction of downstairs.

"No, it's better to let him stay here for a long time, and he can pass on the word to Wang Jing when he goes back."

Jiang Xinghuo naturally knew what Xun Zhan was here for, but he didn't care, the matter here was not a secret transaction, there was nothing to hide.

Next, Jiang Xinghuo asked Liu Fuchun some questions about doing business, all kinds of questions, from taxes to tax rates, to traffic conditions, and the degree of deductions by officials.

"Does Yangzhou have good specialty goods?"

"Yes, yes! Don't know what kind of goods you need? Liu Fuchun asked with a smile.

"Tell me what's there."

"Yangzhou's specialty goods are mainly lacquerware, Yizheng's green poplar spring tea, and salt from Huaiyang Salt Works."

In the end, the smile on Liu Fuchun's face was a little untenable.

After all, in the salt, lacquer and tea industries in Yangzhou, the salt industry and the lacquer industry are all monopolistic positions, especially the lacquer industry is a monopoly industry, and the salt industry is completely a profiteering industry, and he is engaged in the salt industry.

And private salt is even tax-free, and in some places it is impossible to distinguish between official salt and private salt, coupled with a huge network, so Liu Fuchun has the courage to open a store in Jiangnan to sell private salt in exchange for a little "meager" income, but this matter cannot be said on the table.

The salt produced by the two Huai, most of which is transported through the Grand Canal, the north distribution center is in Huai'an, the south distribution center is in Yangzhou, Huai salt is transported to Yangzhou through Huai'an, and then transferred from Yangzhou to all parts of the south through the Yangtze River, thus forming a group of merchants who have accumulated a lot of wealth - Huaiyang salt merchants.

The water in this is too deep, the salt method and the water transportation are inseparable, hundreds of thousands of salt workers, Cao workers are tied to food and clothing, and I don't know how many interest networks are intertwined in the middle.

And Liu Fuchun saw the details of the other party's question about business matters just now, and naturally became suspicious in his heart, but it was because of Li Zengzhi's face that he didn't dare not answer, and when he came to the salt industry, he made up his mind in his heart, and he refused to say anything, otherwise his whole family would not know how to die even if he died.

Jiang Xinghuo saw the other party's expression, but he didn't force him too much, but waved his hand to let Liu Fuchun leave.

No matter how Liu Fuchun, who walked out of the house, gasped, Li Zengzhi in the house asked carefully: "Master Guoshi, in terms of business matters, you asked in such detail, but there is a deep meaning?" ”

"You are Brother Jiujiang's own brother, and I won't hide it from you."

Jiang Xinghuo leaned over and took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Let me ask you, what is the plan of changing the law in all dynasties?" ”

"A rich country and a strong army."

Li Zengzhi pondered for a few breaths and replied.

This answer is the answer from the perspective of the emperor and the ministers, if it is not for the time when the situation has to change, or if it is not for the sake of enriching the country and strengthening the army, but as long as you can live in peace and stability, who is willing to toss?

Jiang Xinghuo nodded, and did not dwell on whether the fundamental purpose was "enriching the country and strengthening the army" or "strengthening the country and enriching the people", but continued to ask:

"Then how many steps do you say will there be to change the law?"

Li Zengzhi grew up in the top Zhumen of the Ming Dynasty since he was a child, although he has no military talent, he is good at business, he is shrewd, and he has seen things in the temple thoroughly, and he gave his own answer after a little thought.

"The battle of public opinion; in-depth change; Win or fail. ”

"That's it."

Jiang Xinghuo sighed: "Now the dispute in public opinion has gone through the three debates of Jingqing's blood oath and 'Wang Bayi, Li Ancient and Modern', only this last trembling is missing, and when the [Taizu Death Day] is two days later, it will be clear." ”

"After arguing about the matter of public opinion, it is determined that it is necessary to strengthen the country by hegemony, it is determined that the requirements are good, it is determined that the present people are better than the ancients, and if you want to move the law of the ancestors, you have to let the supporters of the law change really see that the 'benefit' of money is useless with their mouths, and they have to see it in the account books of the imperial court, and they have to be extremely financially rich, and they have to let Your Majesty really have the money to dominate the world, and this change can be regarded as advancing."

Jiang Xinghuo said it thoroughly, and he didn't hide it from Li Zengzhi, and Li Zengzhi let go of some scruples when he spoke.

"Can the national teacher really do it, the people don't give it and the country benefits? If you just make money, I am afraid that it will be the same as Wang Anshi's changes, and the money will be collected if it is implemented, but there will be a lot of trouble below, and it may not be possible for public opinion to boil for a long time. ”

"Of course I can do it, my method is different from Wang Anshi."

If Wang Anshi is a template for ancient financial experts, then affected by the limitations of the times, in fact, the method is still a variant handed down from the Shang Dynasty.

The situation faced by Jiang Xinghuo is different, one is that Emperor Yongle dares to kill more people than Song Shenzong, and this rebellious emperor does not need to worry about all kinds of criticism; The second is that Jiang Xinghuo will never let his policies deviate at the grassroots level, which is the most important lesson he learned from Wang Anshi's reforms; In addition to learning from the successful experience of Zhang Juzheng, who has achieved great success, he also has the methods he has learned about modern banking, monetary reform, fiscal policy and monetary policy, free trade system, and transferring domestic economic pressure to the outside world.

In fact, this is also a significant difference between the second phase of the Yongle New Deal and the first phase.

The first stage, which is up to now, is mainly to argue whether or not to change the law, and whether the change is reasonable and legal.

In the second stage, it was determined that the law should be changed, and after the law was changed legally and reasonably, ideological and cultural matters were also important, such as the reform of Confucianism, the promotion of science, and so on. But more importantly, it is necessary to effectively improve the manufacturing capacity and make the Ming Dynasty's finances rich quickly.

Only when he saw that a large amount of money had arrived in his account would Emperor Yongle continue to support the reform with an unwavering attitude.

- because this is what the civil servants cannot give him.

The civil officials will only persuade him to recuperate and not to be reckless, but Jiang Xinghuo can not only get him a lot of money to meet his needs for the first emperor of the ages who "governed the Tang and Song dynasties and the Han and Tang dynasties", but also maintained social stability, which is Jiang Xinghuo's irreplaceable value for Emperor Yongle.

As long as this irreplaceable value always exists, no matter what Emperor Yongle's attitude towards him is and whether his personal friendship changes, he will unswervingly support Jiang Xinghuo.

"Then what is the national teacher going to do next? If we can help the national teacher commercially, it is our duty to go to the Cao Guogong Mansion! Li Zengzhi patted his chest and reassured.

Jiang Xinghuo knew that although the other party said so, most of them were still thinking about how to take the opportunity to get more wealth in their hearts, but he didn't break it, after all, there are still too few people like Dao Yan and Xia Yuanji who follow him to change the law for the sake of their ideals, and everyone else has something to ask for, but they want to be different, and if they want to get things done, they can't push everyone to the opposite side.

"On both sides, let's talk about foreign countries first, since we want to make money, then the sea ban must be abolished, otherwise tomorrow's unarmed free trade zone will not be able to be carried out, and the follow-up free trade with Annan and North Korea will not be carried out.

"And then in China, how did "Salt and Iron Theory" come about? It's not because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the Western Han Dynasty in order to make money, engaged in salt and iron official monopoly, so there was a salt and iron conference, and now the disadvantages of opening the law have been revealed, and the salt law is even with Cao Yun, not only the two themselves, but the economic communication between the north and the south are blocked, if you want to get the domestic business up, business taxes and various policies must be changed, and you can't do things absolutely can't force the businessmen to death. On the contrary, business should be further upgraded, such as this future, there are many new things to be launched in the future, business will be greatly prosperous, and the same is true for the manufacturing industry, so that the domestic economic cycle can be invigorated. ”

Li Zengzhi asked thoughtfully: "Will it affect grain production and grain prices?" ”

This is not that Li Zengzhi is worried about the country and the people, but that there are a large number of manors and cultivated land under the name of Cao Guogongfu, after all, although the growth rate of wealth purchased in this era is not as exaggerated as estimated on many Internet forums in Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, it is also a more stable financial management means for ordinary people compared with business.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty business has been suppressed, businessmen do not become a climate, in fact, a very important reason is that business is not "stable" enough, which includes local tax rates, road safety, official extortion and other factors, if the business environment can achieve a uniform and relatively low tax rate, road safety is guaranteed will not be robbed, and officials will not be frequently extorted, then domestic commerce must be greatly prosperous, even if the business tax is lower, the total amount of explosive growth, The money collected is still much more than before.

Faced with Li Zengzhi's question, Jiang Xinghuo answered.

"Grain production and food price fluctuations will not be very large, now the Ming Dynasty has experienced war, population reduction, and chemical fertilizer has led to an increase in grain production, with the promotion of chemical fertilizer and crop rotation intercropping across the country, the future food production will definitely increase year by year, and there will be no food pressure in decades."

In fact, it is impossible to carry out the first industrial reform without the support of sufficient agricultural and grain production, and fortunately, after more than 30 years of efforts by Lao Zhu, there is no shortage of grain in the Ming Dynasty, and after four years of Jingjing, the contradictions between man and land that have just appeared have temporarily disappeared.

Therefore, at this point in time of Jiang Xinghuo's arrival, it became the best time to initiate the first industrial transformation in China.

There is a strong and cold-blooded monarch, an army that can fight well, a navigator who has the courage to explore, and the world's first national strength. In front of Daming's eyes, there are several new continents that have not yet been explored.

Jiang Xinghuo's gaze has never been limited to the struggles and quarrels in the domestic temples, and the sea of stars is the way forward he planned for Daming.

Back to the present, the first stage of the reform, that is, the struggle of public opinion is about to end, and it is about to enter the second stage to promote the deepening of the reform and effectively obtain economic benefits.

The so-called "no one without an investigation, don't speak".

Li Zengzhi also put his mind at ease, he roughly understood Jiang Xinghuo's next idea for domestic and foreign business reforms, which is nothing more than internally, rectifying the existing fields and salt classes, and tea classes in the domestic finance, and at the same time reforming business-related policies to promote domestic business development; Externally, it conducts free trade with Japan, North Korea and Annam to expand financial resources.

And now that he has comprehended the plan of the presiding officer of the law change, the huge business kingdom under Li Zengzhi naturally has a direction to turn around.

"Commercial circulation does not create commodity value, and there is a limit to the north-south exchanges after all, but the handicraft workshop is different, and the future direction of the Ming Dynasty is still in the manufacturing industry. On Dingguogong's side, some things will be carried out on a large scale later, understand? ”

Listening to Jiang Xinghuo's words, Li Zengzhi's face was overjoyed.

"Thank you for the reminder!"

"Hmm."

Jiang Xinghuo didn't say anything more, the cultivation of the first batch of bourgeoisie still had to be born from the old aristocracy and big businessmen after all.

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In the VIP lounge upstairs, while the two of them were chatting about deepening the law change, the auction on the first day downstairs officially began.

Everyone just sat down and chatted for a while, a beautiful woman with a slender figure stepped onto the auction table, she was wearing a long skirt, obviously the host, but she didn't seem to be good at dealing with this atmosphere at the auction In fact, in the current era of the early Ming Dynasty, although this method of auction is not uncommon, but such a large-scale public auction, especially hosted by women, is still difficult for these businessmen to see.

Obviously, this is also the business model innovation that Jiang Xinghuo has brought to the world.

The glamorous woman first made an introduction to the auction, and then tapped the countertop with the small mallet in her hand: "Next is the first lot of today."

The beautiful woman's voice was slightly stiff and nervous, while whispers rang out from the audience.

In this case, the woman was even more flustered.

She looked at a shopkeeper under Li Zengzhi next to her, and motioned for the other party to help say a few words to set the scene.

The shopkeeper was not surprised, after all, this mode was the first attempt, and it was normal to be unable to suppress the scene when he was temporarily pulled over, he took a few steps forward, cleared his throat and said, "Cough! Now that the auction has begun, please be quiet and listen to me, thank you! ”

The shopkeeper's gaze swept over everyone's faces, and then he said: "First of all, thank you colleagues for taking time out of your busy schedule to participate in this auction, this auction was initiated by Japanese businessmen in order to support the Annan restoration movement, and I hereby turn to us for help, we are a country of benevolence and righteousness, this kind of thing, I believe that all of you here are responsible." ”

Some cheered, and others chimed in.

"Okay, that's not much nonsense, let's talk about the first item to be auctioned today - juniper fans, a total of 300 boxes, auctioned in ten batches."

The name of the cypress fan is due to the use of cypress flakes at the end of the fan, in addition to the flower and grass patterns on the silk fan, there are also some painted figures, hanging a long beautiful ribbon, rich and luxurious, the main production method is according to the number of spokes of the fan, using a folding mold to fold the fan surface, leaving a gap for the spokes in the paper, allowing the spokes to pass through, and the center spoke is coated with glue and inserted. Finally, glue the fan bones at both ends to the fan paper.

This small, Japanese handicraft is undoubtedly the result of a high level of craftsmanship, a pleasant grip, a high quality and a practical touch.

In fact, the trade between the Ming and Japan is complementary, the two sides have little conflict in terms of goods, and the goods of the Ming are obviously more high-end, mainly large-scale handicraft manufactured goods, while Japan is dominated by small-scale handicraft manufactured goods and raw materials.

The main exports of the Ming Dynasty to Japan were: silk, porcelain, lacquerware, tea, medicinal herbs, paper, etc.

Japan's main exports to the Ming Dynasty include handicrafts, copper ingots, fine furs, wood for furniture, and fish specialties.

The first batch of cypress fans were very popular with the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, because the value of this thing was good, and it was not sold at all in the huge citizen class in Jiangnan today, and the smuggling price was much higher than the price obtained at the auction here.

The next goods are basically handicraft gadgets or furniture, wood and other items that are difficult to lose money, and the prices of the goods circulating at this kind of auction are not expensive, generally speaking, about 80% to 90% of the smuggling price.

When selling fish, it is a little cold, but some people try to take over, after all, the quality of the fish that can be brought to Daming by Japanese businessmen is still guaranteed, and it may be a good choice to supply special dishes to their own restaurants.

And because the host of this auction is a beautiful woman, so halfway through the auction, the atmosphere in the room gradually began to warm up a lot, and many merchants with medium assets were eager to try to bid, of course, more small merchants and citizens who were lucky enough to mix in were just watching with the attitude of observing and insightful, because an auction of this scale was not at all affordable for them.

The point here is that the whole process of the auction is like this.

The first step is to participate in the lottery every day, and you can only buy goods after rolling to the corresponding tail number every day.

The second step is to buy goods that reach 10,000 wen separately and get a bargaining knife; If you buy 100,000 Wen of goods individually, you will get 11 bargaining knives, and each person will be limited to 100,000 Wen per day.

In the third step, those who have to hold the lottery number corresponding to the tail number of the day and at least one bargaining knife can enter the daily auction.

So in fact, it was the Jingzhou businessman who gave the qualifications of the guys who shook the number to Xun Zhan.

But this is also normal, because the big businessmen are looking for a bunch of guys to draw the number, but in fact, they will not bring the guys in, and in addition to these big businessmen, the others are basically small and medium-sized businessmen and wealthy citizens who have won the number on the first day and bought at least 10,000 worth of goods, anyway, there are also bargaining knives in their hands, although they can't cut any auction items, but at least they can watch a lively look, participate in the auction, and have the capital to brag after going out, otherwise wait until tomorrow, this qualification will be wasted.

Under the backdrop of this environment, the pressure on the hostess suddenly decreased, and she successfully auctioned off the next goods, without too much cold scene in the whole process, which is already very good for the first auction.

However, Jiang Xinghuo found that because the host was not a professional, his demeanor was slightly stiff in the face of everyone, and he lacked enough sense of humor, so it was not easy to stir up the atmosphere on the field to extremely hot, and the most obvious thing was that the price of the auction items did not appear irrational premium.

The subsequent auction also gradually came to an end, and the auctioned things became more and more valuable, and finally came to the most exciting moment, because next was today's finale (opera noun, referring to the penultimate program of a theatrical performance, and the penultimate program is called the finale play) - Tang Sancai.

Tang Sancai utensils are basically daily necessities and portrait figurines, daily necessities mainly include bottles, pots, jars, bowls, cups, plates, etc., and portrait figurines are noble women, dignitaries, warriors, kings, Hu people, etc.

Tang Sancai this thing was first seen in Tang Gaozong, the Kaiyuan period was extremely popular, the utensils are diverse, the color is gorgeous, the number gradually decreases after Tianbao, in the Tang Dynasty is mainly used as a burial object, for burial, but Tang Sancai is not only popular in the Tang Dynasty, and this multi-color glazed pottery is loved by foreign people with its colorful glaze, bright and bright luster, beautiful shape, best-selling overseas, Tianzhu, Japan, North Korea. Even in the Middle East and North Africa, there is its figure, foreign businessmen come to the Tang Dynasty, Tang Sancai is almost a must-buy.

After the appraisal of Li Zhigang's father-in-law, a professional treasure connoisseur, this batch of Tang Sancai is indeed a precious pottery brought back from the Tang Dynasty by the Japanese envoy to the Tang Dynasty, not the Nara Sancai imitated in the Nara era of Japan.

The Tang Sancai presented is a three-color Tianwang figurine, the glaze is rich and vigorous, the pattern is fine and elegant, the shape is simple and natural, the Tianwang is thin and tall as a whole, one hand crosses the waist, the other hand waves the arm, the bottom is painted with the pattern of the dragon and the tiger leaping over the clouds and flying immortals, making it look more artistic; The other is a three-color bottle, its ears and shoulders are carved with delicate floral ornamentation, the form is vivid, lifelike, and below it is a landscape pattern, depicting a tall pine tree on the lonely peak, the pine leaves are green, the pine branches are straight, as if to rise to the sky, people can't help but spontaneously have a sense of boldness and vastness, very much the style of the heroic atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty.

These two pieces of Tang Sancai's patterns are very rich in the early Tang Dynasty style, the price is destined to be expensive, and this thing is in the hands, and the scope of future sales is by no means limited to Nanjing City, and there are people in the north and south of the river.

Everyone present held their breath and waited quietly for the female auctioneer to call out the starting price, and their eyes were fixed on the few Tang Sancai exhibition lots, expecting its price to get higher and higher, until it reached an unbelievable level.

The female auctioneer swept around the guests, and then said loudly: "Treasure Tang Sancai, the first Tianwang figurine starts at a bargaining knife (10,000 Wen gifts, about equal to 8.3 taels of silver in the early Ming Dynasty), and now start bidding!" ”

After hearing this, everyone quoted the price one after another.

"A hundred." Someone held up a sign and said loudly.

"One hundred and one." Someone immediately shouted, obviously the two sides have some grievances in it.

"Four hundred."

“……”

Prices are still slowly climbing.

"Four hundred and ninety-nine."

Xun Zhan sat in the corner, his expression seemed to be careless, but his heart was full of inexplicable sourness, he studied hard from a small cold window, worked hard to grow up, and now he is such a big official, the annual salary is only two hundred stones, converted into silver is only a few dozen taels, and Cao Run is distressed to have a meal, and these lowly businessmen can auction the price of a piece of Tang Sancai that they have never seen to such an exaggerated level, and a tattered terracotta figurine was actually shouted to more than 4,000 taels of silver, are these businessmen crazy?

Of course, for these merchants, the actual account is not calculated like this, because the total value of the goods of Japanese merchants is about 120,000 to 130,000 taels of silver, which is auctioned in three days, and the daily turnover is more than 40,000 taels of silver, and each top businessman eats according to the lottery number, at most it is 4,000 or 5,000 taels, and the knife in his hand is at most more than 500 and less than 600.

Although the bargaining knife is not the same as the daily lottery that will change, but these bargaining knives are to put it bluntly, they will be invalid if they don't use it for three days, and they will definitely make a move when they like something valuable, otherwise they hesitate, and after three days, it is equivalent to nothing being photographed, and these shrewd businessmen will not let the bargaining knife rot in their hands.

"Five hundred and fifty-five!"

"Five hundred and eighty-eight!"

Wang Zhenqing, the son of Jinsu, gritted his teeth and shouted again, although his family background is thick, he can't withstand such a toss, this is the last time he will increase the price.

As soon as this price came out, the venue suddenly quieted down, and everyone was silent for a moment, although the three-color king figurines are good, but this price is already a little high, if it is not for their own collection, but for profit, I am afraid that the spread is not large.

Then a voice rang out: "Six hundred!" ”

It came from the VIP room upstairs.

Seeing that it was Li Zengzhi who made a move, everyone didn't have the heart to fight, Wang Zhenqing couldn't hold it on his face, and wanted to fight, but he seemed to remember something when he looked in that direction, so he gave up decisively.

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VIP lounge on the second floor.

Li Zengzhi looked at the person in front of him who was still a cousin of the same generation, Zhu Gaosui.

"My cousin likes it, so I'll give it to you for my brother."

"Thank you."

Zhu Gaosui narrowed his narrow eyes, and he didn't smile.

Li Zengzhi was also interested, and saw that the third prince and the national teacher had something to discuss, so he consciously withdrew.

Zhu Gaosui whispered a few words beside Jiang Xinghuo, it was Xun Zhan's matter of looking for Cao Run to impeach Zhuo Jing.

Jiang Xinghuo nodded, and discussed with Zhu Gaosui for a moment like this.

"A little secret?"

"You know I know!"

Zhu Gaosui watched the three-colored heavenly king figurines being picked up by the attendants, and couldn't put it down.

"By the way, there is another news, about the [Taizu Death Day], maybe you want to know?"

(End of chapter)