After a long time, when Liu Xuande and his three thousand troops finally arrived at the Yellow River ferry and were about to cross the river, Liu Bei let out a long sigh of relief when he looked at the rushing water of the Yellow River.

During this period of time, Zuo Feng, who was accompanying him, could not bear the bumps of the carriage and horses, and was forced to slow down the march. As a result, many days were spent on the road.

After suffering Zuo Feng's anger all the way, they finally had to cross the river. As long as they crossed the river, Luoyang was close, and they could meet the emperor. When Liu Xuande rode towards the bridge, his heart was surging.

Liu Xuande didn't know that before he led his troops to the Yellow River ferry, someone had already gone ahead.

Jian Yong, who went first, had already arrived in Luoyang and had quietly entered Luoyang City for three or four days.

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Luoyang is the center of the world. The city of Luoyang is huge and there are many guest houses in the city for foreigners to do business.

On this day, Jian Yong came to another guest house. This was the twenty-sixth guest house that Jian Yong visited after arriving in Luoyang.

After entering the guest house and finding a quiet place to sit down, Jian Yong took out half a sling of money from his baggage as usual and threw the money on the low table.

Next to him, the waiter who was busy taking care of other customers glanced at the money Jian Yong took out and his eyes lit up.

The waiter came over quickly, nodded and bowed, "Sir, what would you like to eat or drink?" the waiter asked with a smile on his face.

Jian Yong pointed to the money placed on the short table, "Go, take the money, compare the money, and serve some wine and meat."

After giving the instructions, Jian Yong casually took out a handful of broken copper coins and threw them to the waiter, "Take it, I'll reward you."

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!" The waiter was overjoyed and bent down to pick up the copper coins on the floor.

The waiter's behavior attracted the attention of the boss at the counter. The boss looked at Jian Yong secretly and saw that although Jian Yong was not very luxurious in his clothes, he seemed to be very elegant in his actions.

The boss welcomed Jian Yong and met many people. Seeing that Jian Yong seemed to be very special, the boss wanted to make friends with him.

When doing business in Luoyang City, finding ways to build relationships is survival wisdom.

After Jian Yong waited for a while, the waiter came over with wine and meat.

Based on Jian Yong's experience of visiting more than 20 guesthouses in the past few days, he already has a rough idea of ​​what the prices in Luoyang are.

The meat and wine served by the waiter were fat and tender lamb, and the roast lamb filled a full plate. This large plate of meat alone cost more than half a pound.

Jian Yong thought, the store gave too much.

He glanced at the counter with a feeling, and as he looked at the store owner, Jian Yong paused and naturally bowed his hands to the store owner.

The shopkeeper with a chubby face and a kind face smiled and returned the favor to Jian Yong.

Then, a new customer came in, and the store owner was immediately busy greeting other customers, and the connection was very natural.

I have been in Luoyang for several days, and I have visited many restaurants, hotels, and stores in Luoyang. Everyone praises the quality of their mutton. The mutton in Luoyang is indeed good. According to people, the mutton is from the beach sheep on the Yellow River, and the meat quality is excellent.

Jian Yong ate it for several days, and the meat was indeed of good quality.

But when it comes to drinks, there are many good wines in Luoyang, but they are not as refreshing as Julu's spirits.

Jian Yong ate and drank slowly and leisurely.

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After the busy time, the store was no longer busy. The store owner took a jar of good wine and quietly came to Jian Yong's place with the wine in his arms.

Jian Yong was not familiar with the store owner, and the store owner was not familiar with Jian Yong. If it were someone else, the first negotiation would be awkward. However, Jian Yong and the store owner are both people who are accustomed to outings, and they are very comfortable in handling human relations.

As soon as Jian Yong saw the store owner approaching, he quickly stood up to greet him, "Hey, my boss is here. Ren's wine and meat are affordable. I'm worried that I won't be able to finish this big plate of meat. Come on, come on, come on," Jian Yong said with a smile.

Invited, "The store arrived just in time, we just happened to share some of it together."

The shopkeeper laughed when he heard this, "Then, take advantage of my brother?"

"What are you talking about? Sit down!" Jian Yong extended his hand to invite him warmly.

The shopkeeper sat down and put down the wine jar in his arms. After skillfully opening the mud seal, the shopkeeper poured a full bowl of wine for Jian Yong.

Jian Yong picked up the wine, raised his head and drank it. After finishing the drink, he praised the wine very much.

Later, Jian Yong and the store owner chatted while eating and drinking. Both of them had their own purposes. Jian Yong wanted to inquire about news, and the store owner wanted to make friends. These two people, who had their own goals, naturally brought up the topic while eating and drinking.

Come to the topic.

The shopkeeper drank all the wine in the wine bowl again. He raised his head, looked at Jian Yong, and asked, "I wonder, where is your brother from?"

"Hebei." Jian Yong said.

The shopkeeper nodded. He picked up the wine jar and filled up the wine for himself and Jian Yong. Then he asked, "Brother, are you coming to Luoyang to visit relatives?"

Jian Yong shook his head, "It's not a wedding visit, nor is it a business trip to Luoyang. Alas." As he said that, Jian Yong sighed.

Seeing Jian Yong like this, the shopkeeper asked why he was sighing.

Jian Yong said, "I came to Luoyang originally because I wanted to make friends with the powerful people in the court, but firstly, I didn't know who the powerful people in the court should be friends with, and secondly, I didn't have any connections.

I’ve been in Luoyang for a few days and I don’t have a clue. It’s really frustrating.”

Listening to Jian Yong's self-narration, the store owner's heart became excited. He came to Luoyang not to find relatives or to do business, but actually said that he wanted to make friends with powerful people. The store owner looked at Jian Yong and thought,

The store owner is a wonderful man, he has a good eye for people. Jian Yong is indeed not an ordinary person. Jian Yong has great energy. Jian Yong is a diplomat of the rebel army. Behind Jian Yong stands a group of eight thousand soldiers and ten soldiers.

It is no exaggeration to say that there is a great warlord standing behind Jian Yong.

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After judging that Jian Yong was worth making friends with, and that the store could help Jian Yong at no cost with the problems he encountered. After thinking about it, the store began to analyze the big and small dignitaries in Luoyang City for Jian Yong.

Various powerful relations and human networks between North Korea and China.

Jian Yong listened carefully and remembered it carefully in his heart.

After a long time, Jian Yong got what he wanted from the store. He stood up and thanked the store again and again for his help, saying that he would be rewarded in the future.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Before leaving, Jian Yong left a roll of paper as a thank you gift.

The shopkeeper sent Jian Yong to the door. After watching Jian Yong go away, the shopkeeper picked up the paper in his hand and looked at it.

A roll of paper is so light that it weighs nothing. When you open it, you can see that there are only five pieces of paper.

Although there are not many things, when you pick up the paper and look at it carefully, the shopkeeper's eyes light up. The paper is not unusual. There are many places selling hemp paper in Luoyang, but the hemp paper is yellow, rough, crispy, and extremely poor. Where can I compare?

I deserve such white and delicate paper in my hand.

The shopkeeper picked up a piece of paper and scratched it. The paper made a banging sound when it was scraped. It was as strong as cloth. The shopkeeper was greatly surprised by the quality of the paper. Then, the shopkeeper thought that such good paper had never been seen before. If there were more, it would be better.

Wouldn't it be nice to give them as gifts to the rich and powerful...

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper suddenly smiled. He thought that the Hebei Jian Yong who had just left wanted to come to Luoyang to make friends with powerful people. He thought that there were many powerful people in Luoyang and it would be very expensive to make friends with them. Unexpectedly, he might be...

Come prepared.

The store owner was in a happy mood. He stood at the door with his hands behind his back and a few pieces of paper in his hand. The store owner looked at the people walking around. There was no trace of Jian Yong in the crowd. The store owner couldn't help but wonder, who was Jian Yong?

Where did it come from?

Jian Yong was plainly dressed, and he was a bit shabby due to traveling for a long time to get to the future and take care of things. However, the fact that Jian Yong could easily take out good quality paper showed that Jian Yong was extraordinary.

Just some super high quality paper, the store owner thinks Jian Yong is extraordinary, this is no exaggeration.

You must know that the Central Plains is a land of culture, not a land of barbarians. In a land of barbarians, cattle, sheep, gold and silver are used to judge the rich and noble. In the Central Plains, money, gold and silver are not as good as silk, silk and jade. Silk, silk and jade are not as good as silk jade.

Not as good as rare treasures.

The paper Jian Yong took out was enough to be classified as a rare treasure. Moreover, in the prosperous culture of the Han Dynasty, the excellent quality paper was not just ordinary ivory and rhinoceros horns, but a higher standard of rare treasures.

Jane.

From this, the store owner judged from just a few blank pieces of paper that Jian Yong's trip to make friends with powerful people had a high chance of success.

After Jian Yong left the wine shop, he wandered around the city for a while. While wandering around, Jian Yong carefully looked behind him to see if anyone was watching.

Before Jian Yong left Julu, Li Mengxi and Jian Yong discussed the overall action plan after arriving in Luoyang. The plan included covert operations and anti-tracking.

Li Mengxi seemed to be overthinking. Jian Yong, who was in the lead and his party of dozens of people, easily passed the Luoyang North Pass and entered Luoyang City easily. There was no setback at all, and there was no sign of being followed in Luoyang City.

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After making sure that no one was following him, Jian Yong walked towards the meeting point.

In a remote small guesthouse in Luoyang City, Jian Yong rented two rooms there, with the pretext that he came to Luoyang for business and stayed there temporarily.

On weekdays, the guest house is where everyone gathers.

Jian Yong returned to the house, closed the door, took out a pen and paper, and wrote down what he heard while drinking and talking with the shopkeeper.

After a while, Jian Yong finished writing half a piece of paper. He read it again, took out a thick stack of papers from his arms, unfolded the thick stack of papers one by one and spread them on the bed.

Yong carefully compared the contents of each piece of paper.

If someone were standing next to Jian Yong at this time, he would have discovered that a large number of names and official positions were written on every piece of paper written by Jian Yong.

These dozens of pieces of paper are the information collected by Jian Yong after he arrived in Luoyang City and visited more than 20 restaurants and guesthouses in a few days.

Jian Yong was an excellent diplomatic talent. Jian Yong knew very well that places such as wine houses and guesthouses in every place must be a place where people gather and information gathers. Therefore, when Jian Yong entered Luoyang, a place he was unfamiliar with,

At that time, he did not randomly find people to contact, but first visited various wine houses in Luoyang to find out the required information from the wine houses.

Jian Yong's method is very efficient. Although Luoyang is the center of the world, it is not much different from other places in the world. In other places, if you want to open a wine shop in the city, you must deal with the powerful and powerful. It can even be said that you have to deal with the powerful.

The depth of friendship and the ability to manage powerful people are directly related to whether the wine house can continue to be opened.
To be continued...