"Huh. Look at Yan Gongnan's face, it is really shameless. even talked about the death of Na Kangdi. ”

After saying goodbye to everyone, Qian Wenqing thought about what happened before, and only felt extremely annoyed, and after looking around, he lowered his voice: "I said you, don't you really plan to follow that guy and go all the way to death?"

Zhao Chongming sighed and replied: "He's just like that, at most, it's just talking, and the policies he proposed are not bad for us, aren't they?"

"That said. But the time set by Prime Minister Xiao is also approaching, if Prime Minister Xiao is blamed by then, what should we do?" Qian Wenqing continued to ask.

Zhao Chongming replied as he should: "What else can I do?" Of course, I agree. After all, the regulation was advocated by Yan Gongnan and others, and we did not support it. Even if Prime Minister Xiao really blames him, he will only blame Yan Gongnan, not us, right?"

"That's just as well!"

Qian Wenqing nodded in agreement.

Zhao Chongming pushed his shoulder, pointed to a column of soldiers walking in the distance, and said, "And don't forget, we are not here to review the regulations of the so-called scholars, but to make money." ”

"That's true. ”

Qian Wenqing replied, only to see Zhao Chongming staring at those Huaxia Army soldiers in a daze, and he was puzzled: "It's just that what are you staring at those soldiers for? Don't you plan to do business with them? It's a pity that those businesses are all monopolized by Chang'an merchants, and we can't interfere." ”

Who doesn't know how many resources will be consumed once a war starts?

Just the food that the soldiers eat every day, and the clothes they wear, is a considerable expense, so that even the Huaxia Army, which occupies the entire Guannei, Sichuan and Shu, and even establishes a railway system, is also very difficult, and it is at most 500,000 troops to the top.

And such a huge purchase of materials naturally made all businessmen envious.

Although Zhao Chongming and Qian Wenqing relied on a little connection in their hands to obtain some orders for military rations, but only this little could not satisfy their appetite, so they kept tossing and turning in this Jiangling Mansion, hoping to open a hole in order to get more profits.

"Of course I do. ”

Zhao Chongming replied angrily: "It's just that have you noticed that the clothes worn by these soldiers are all made of cotton." “

"That's true!" Qian Wenqing's eyes narrowed slightly, swept over the clothes on those soldiers, and was surprised: "I didn't expect this Huaxia Army to be so rich and rich, so that every soldier can wear cotton clothes?"

Zhao Chongming shook his head, but said, "Maybe that's not the case." ”

"Hmm, you mean, the price of cotton cloth is actually not as expensive as in Lin'an?" Qian Wenqing was a little surprised, and then asked.

Zhao Chongming closed his head and replied, "That's right. As you know, the cotton cloth has always been Chang'an's flagship product exported to Lin'an, and its price has always maintained a relatively expensive level. But that's just Lin'an! What if it's in Chang'an? You must know that in that Chang'an, it is rumored that there are only Weaver Girls, and there are hundreds of thousands of people. If you want to feed so many weaver girls, the amount of cotton cloth produced can be imagined. ”

"According to what you say, then the reason why Chang'an maintained the previous price was deliberate?" Qian Wenqing's eyes lit up.

Zhao Chongming closed his head and replied: "I'm afraid so? Otherwise, they wouldn't be willing to let the soldiers wear this cotton cloth." ”

At that time, in the Song Dynasty, cotton had not yet been fully circulated, and there was naturally not much cotton cloth produced.

Most of the upper-class people are mainly silk, while the lower-class people are mainly linen cloth and linen clothes, which are not unable to resist the wind and cold, but after all, they are still not as warm and strong as cotton.

When Xiao Feng occupied the Guannai and opened up to the west, he began to vigorously promote cotton planting in Shaanxi, Xixia and other border areas, on the one hand, so that the people who received the service could have economic resources, on the other hand, the textile industry in Chang'an had enough raw materials, and the cotton cloth produced by it has dropped to a fairly low level, and it has become its fist product for exporting Lin'an, and everyone in Lin'an is proud to wear cotton clothes.

After 30 years of development, the influence of this cotton cloth has become an industry that covers millions of people.

Looking at the cotton clothes worn by the soldier, Zhao Chongming's eyes were full of greed: "If we can get the distribution rights of Chang'an in the Jiangnan area, maybe we will really get rich." ”

"If you can really get the distribution rights, maybe it will be as you say. Is it just possible?" Qian Wenqing smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Because of their identity, they were quite stiff with the people of the Huaxia Army, and the list of military rations they had obtained before was almost gone, and it was even more delusional to obtain the distribution rights of cotton cloth.

Zhao Chongming said: "Actually, it's not that there is no way, it just depends on whether you are willing or not." ”

"What way?" Qian Wenqing said curiously, unclear how Zhao Chongming planned to act.

"Haha. What do you think is the solution?" Zhao Chongming smiled mysteriously: "It's just that this method seems to be a little difficult for Yan Gongnan to accept." But for the sake of our future money, we may have to sacrifice him. ”

Qian Wenqing replied: "Okay, since you plan to do it, then do it." Anyway, that Yan Gongnan is just a hypocritical person, and for a vague purpose, he dragged us down. Even if he really betrayed him, so what?"

For Yan Gongnan, the two of them didn't have much respect after all.

After all, the reason why everyone gathered together was purely due to interests, and it had little to do with Yan Gongnan's own ability and charm, since Yan Gongnan couldn't bring them much benefit, it was naturally only discarded directly.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and both made a decision.

............

"May I ask if you are Zhao Wenying?"

In the early morning, Zhao Wenying had just pushed open the door when he saw a person waiting in front of the door for a long time.

"It's me. What are you looking for me for?" Zhao Wenying was a little surprised, looking the other party up and down, but no matter how you look at it, the other party is always the appearance of ordinary people.

The man took out an envelope from his bosom, handed it to Zhao Wenying, and said, "Someone asked me to give you this letter." ”

"Envelope?" Zhao Wenying was a little surprised and accepted the letter.

The people in the courtyard were also curious when they saw Zhao Wenying holding a letter in his hand, and asked, "What is written in this envelope?"

Zhao Wenying opened the envelope, looked at it, and complained: "It's Zhao Chongming and Qian Wenqing." They said that they hoped that we could send someone to Chongwen Building to attend their banquet. ”

"Zhao Chongming, Qian Wenqing, aren't they the two people mentioned by Chairman Zhang yesterday?" the corners of Su Wei's mouth curled slightly, and he laughed.

Zhao Wenying closed his head and replied: "That's right, it's those two people." I didn't expect these two to be the first to be able to support it, so they came to us. ”

"And what are you going to do with it?" asked Suvi continued.

Zhao Wenying replied: "What else can be done? Of course, as discussed before, you will meet the two of them." If you can successfully convince the other side, you may be able to change the current deadlock. He was unhappy with the stalemate, desperate to find a way to change that.

Right now, when Zhao Chongming and Qian Wenqing sent it, he was naturally unwilling to give up like this.

Su Wei smiled: "Okay, I'll go for it." ”

After taking this task, Su Wei dressed up, walked out of the mansion, and walked towards the Chongwen Building mentioned in the envelope. This Chongwen Building is the most luxurious restaurant in Gangneung Province, and it has always been a place where literati and artists chant poetry. Those two people chose to be here, obviously they also have a lot of financial resources.

After all, including Yan Gongnan, Ma Shao and others, they basically live in Zhanghua Temple, but they can't live in this luxurious and luxurious place.

"The two of you, are you Zhao Chongming and Qian Wenqing?"

Pushing open the door, Su Wei looked at Zhao Chongming and Qian Wenqing, who had been waiting for a long time, with great interest.

Just after leaving Zhang Jian's mansion that day, everyone received invitations from Zhao Chongming and Qian Wenqing. For this invitation, Zhao Wenying and others were also quite cautious, in order to prevent being discovered by Yan Gongnan and others, they only let Su Wei come in person.

After all, what they were talking about was very confidential, and if it was discovered by Yan Gongnan and others, there would inevitably be contradictions.

Zhao Chongming nodded, looked at the slightly rough wine and food on the wine table in front of him, and felt ashamed: "That's right, it's down." As for the one next to me, it is Qian Wenqing. If this feast is too simple, please be sorry. After all, in this Gangneung Mansion, all the supplies are given priority to the army, and there is really not enough time to renovate a table of wine and food that satisfies you. ”

"It's fine!"

Su Wei waved his hand and said with a smile: "Compared to the diet in the army, these are already very good. ”

Zhao Chongming was suddenly curious and asked, "Eating in the army? Listening to Brother Su's words, didn't he have been in the army?"

"Of course. Su Wei replied proudly: "Otherwise, how can I become a councilor? It is only by virtue of my military merits that I can go all the way up." ”

Qian Wenqing suddenly realized and replied: "So that's the case? No wonder I felt heroic when I looked at Brother Su before. It turned out that there was such an experience. Then he shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It's a pity that I was too cowardly, but I didn't dare to step forward and sweep the formation, so I could only flee here." He sighed and complained: "I have to say that I am really ashamed of the teachings of the sages when I wait for such an act. ”

"Haha. The two of them laughed, if it weren't for the two of them who were fortunate enough to gather grain and grass from all over the place, how could they let the soldiers fight in front? If it was not for the merit of resisting the Tartars, the two of them would not be far behind. Suvi encouraged.

"That's just as well. ”

was persuaded by Su Wei like this, and Qian Wenqing and Zhao Chongming felt a little less guilty in their hearts.

Su Wei then asked, "It's just that you two invited me here, don't you just want to talk about this?"

"Of course not!"

Zhao Chongming became nervous, then looked at Su Wei and said, "Actually, I heard that there is a kind of cotton cloth produced in your Chang'an before. It is dense and tough, and it is an excellent material for making clothes, and if it is worn in winter, it is quite warm. That's why I'd like to ask, how do you produce this fabric? How much does it cost? If so, can you tell me?"

"Oh, so you're here for this?"

Su Wei chuckled, and then said, "I have to say, you are the right person for this." Because my family runs this cotton textile factory. ”