Lan Ling was about to leave when he heard me asking about Dugu Fu and said with a smile: "He is just as cunning as you, but his appearance is better than yours. I haven't seen him for more than three years, and the brat didn't even say he came to see me. He has no conscience at all."

"

"Ah? You two have known each other for a long time?" It's been more than three years. I didn't come here at that time. Who knows what happened. No wonder, when I saw that boy, I felt that he was not a good guy. Man, he looks so good.

What's the point of being cool? Nowadays we don't make action movies, it's a waste of material.

"Of course I'm an old acquaintance. I've known you for a long time." Lan Ling smiled and tugged on his sleeves, stretching out his legs to kick me. "Don't look at me with your eyes. I don't owe you anything, you little boy."

"I don't like to hear this, you little brat? What kind of brat?" You don't understand, you definitely don't understand. "It's boring. It makes people sad. Come on, walk away. I'll get upset just by looking at you. I'll have to torture you one day when I'm free."

See how many better-looking guys you know than me."

"Well, you have to work hard, it's really a lot." Lan Ling suppressed a smile and pushed me to sit down, "You are so angry, what are you thinking about? Do you really care about me? You can care about my relatives' movements.

Stay tuned!"

"Relatives?" Are the relatives of the Dugu family the Li family? I suddenly remembered something. I rarely gossip with others about whose family they belong to. There are many relatives of the Chang'an emperor, and I vaguely heard them discussing a man named Dugu.

It's not bad, the young master is just walking around with other families. "What's Dugu?"

"You just talk nonsense when you don't know anything, okay!" Lan Ling smiled and stretched out his hand to bluff, "My nephew! My sister Princess Ankang's eldest son. Okay, I don't have time to argue with you, I still have to do business.

." He came over and rubbed my face, turned around and ran away.

I'm ignorant, Princess Ankang's eldest son is so big? But think about it, if you calculate it according to the age at which Lanling got married. If there are children, he would be more than ten years old at this age, not to mention his sister. In this way, Liang Jianfang

Yesterday I took advantage of the boss, at least verbally, I was fooled by the boss.

Ma, you really dare to curse. I don’t know what the effect will be if you spread the word to Princess Ankang. But it’s like that in the military camp. Everyone is verbally interfering a lot. It’s not surprising. It’s pretty good, based on seniority.

, that handsome guy Dugu has to call me uncle, it’s a big deal, he’s a cheap nephew.

Sure enough, at the court meeting the next day, Liang Jianfang gave a secret report, and no one knew what he was doing. Anyway, it was related to military affairs, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better. The civil and military officials in the court didn't know what tricks this old bastard was up to.

Anyway, everyone is used to it, and it is uneconomical to argue with people like Liang Jianfang, so no one pays attention to him.

"What an old thief. A very thief." Lan Ling looked good when he came over in the afternoon and spoke much more relaxedly. "Today we have to discuss the matter of breaking up the business, and the Holy One will not allow it, haha."

"That's right. I didn't think about it when I said it. Of course it's not allowed." Of course the next court will discuss such a big matter. If Li Zhi doesn't express his position, it might really be broken. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo and the Tang Empire

Due to geographical constraints, the trade routes were difficult and dangerous, and it was difficult for the government to control the types of goods. Many strategic materials were secretly trafficked by merchants to Tibet for profit.

However, it was difficult for the government to obtain profits from the Tang-Tubo trade. As early as the Zhenguan period, important ministers proposed the proposal to cut off the trade routes between Tang and Tibet. To this end, Tubo also sent envoys to negotiate peace and offered a series of preferential treatment to the Tang Dynasty.

Conditions were met, and Songtsen Gampo, the cheap son-in-law, made an unprecedented low profile, and Tubo nominally became a vassal state of the Tang Empire.

The merchants of the Tang Empire received high courtesy in Tubo. Even if the military friction between the two countries continued to escalate, it would never affect the exchanges between merchants. As for the safety and efficiency of foreign businessmen, Tubo has always been very considerate on these two points. As long as

When foreign businessmen enter the territory of Tubo, the Tubo government will protect them, ensure fairness in transactions, and fully protect the interests of foreign businessmen.

This is the idea that the inner government has now, using the human and material resources of Guangmai and Tubo's efforts to maintain trade psychology, gradually forming a dominant position in the Tang-Tu trade. Now, not only toilet water, but also diversified trade has gradually taken shape.

A monopoly situation was formed on a variety of commodities. While monopolizing commodities, multi-level trade channels took shape, and there was a tendency to become a market hegemon. It only took time for the Tang Kingdom's packhorse team to pass by.

In the long run, this approach has great disadvantages, but during wartime it can play a role in controlling the whole country. Restricting the trade of sensitive commodities between the two countries does not need to be discussed with the imperial court, but directly with Lanling.

That's it, she is now the president and shareholder of Datang Royal Foreign Trade Co., Ltd., and she is very scared. Offending Lan Ling is easy to say, but it's just business, so let's stop doing it for the time being, so as not to file for bankruptcy in the future.

"The winery will be opened as soon as it is announced, and it will all be built with investment from the imperial government. It must be firmly controlled by the royal family, lest unscrupulous merchants will have a wrong idea from the beginning, and people in the country will panic and follow the trend, which is bad.

The effectiveness of Prohibition." If there were any Forbes ranking of rich people now, Li Zhi would definitely take the top spot.

It's Lanling. As for the Wang family, forget it. Although they have incurred a lot of expenses in the past two years, compared with those princes and princes, it is not a name. There is no need to lose this person. Lanling has been generous in his spending. In the past six months,

What's more, the wages in the papermaking workshop alone have been raised twice, which made me want to work part-time. "What are you looking at me for? Is that wrong?"

"No, I don't dare," I stretched out and lay down again, gesturing for the wind from Lanling's fan to blow towards me, "Of course, that's right! But there's a question I've always wanted to ask you.

How much money do you have now?"

"What do you care about? What are your plans?" Lanling glanced at me with the expression of a successful lady treating her Filipino maid, "Does it have anything to do with you?"

"Ask, can't you ask? I'm wondering if I should invest some shares in you. Judging from the situation of the imperial government, in addition to domestic, there are plans to monopolize all international trade. Now it's just targeting Tubo. In a few years

If the Tubo business model and experience are gradually extended to other countries, other caravans will have no way to survive. If I don't establish a cooperative relationship with you in advance, there will be no hope of any cross-border investment the Wang family wants to make in the future.

"What is the shape of a trust?

The result? The product of collusion between government and businessmen. Now it is no longer as simple as collusion between government and businessmen. It is simply the dominance of the privileged class, and Lanling is just a blind eye. As for the person behind the scenes, I don’t know how to describe it. "You are awesome, the inner government

Earlier, you could not even afford the activities of a foreign person. But in the blink of an eye, just look at how loud you are now, your family is covered by the business of Tubo. We, the common people, want to find a way to survive. Who else can we ask for help?

"

"What you said is weird. It made business people angry earlier. Since I got to know you, I have been saying business this and that. Now you are reluctant to do what you said. I am optimistic about it. It will benefit the country.

It is a matter of the people and does not compete with the people for profit. The people in the country are not affected at all. What they earn is money from outsiders. Of course, the illegal caravans do not compete with the people.

Concerns, they themselves are not good people." Lan Ling dismissed the caravan with an understatement, but he was not used to being inconsistent in front of me, so he smiled fakely. "I know the last two times this year

How much money did the inner government spend during the disaster relief? Do you know how much materials Nanzhao sent out last time? Do you know..."

"I know, of course I know." How could I not know? He was running up and down Lanling during the disaster relief. He is a rich patriot. Of course he was very happy when he saw that his money was spent wisely. "But, do you know?

Do you know that you are a little different from before? I am talking about your mentality, why are you so beautiful? I didn’t say that you are prettier than before!"

Lan Ling was silent for a moment, frowned and said, "Is there any?"

"You feel your conscience and say it yourself, and you still ask me, don't you dare to admit it?"

"What's the use of admitting it? It's already like this. It's all your fault, and it's harmful to people." Lan Ling shamelessly sat in front of me, "Tell me, is it good or bad to have changed? What do you think? I also feel that I have changed now.

It’s different from before, I’m sorry to say it, but I secretly calculated my family’s income in recent years last night, and I’ve never worried about these things before.”

"I can't say it's good, but at least it's not a bad thing. At least it's not a bad thing now." Lan Ling said that his expression when he secretly settled the accounts was very interesting. His eyes were half-closed and his face was red. It was as if he had done something bad. He admitted in a low voice.

It’s a mistake. “Calling accounts is progress. You know how much you earned, how much you spent, and how much savings you have left.”

, this is the life that normal people live. I finally realize that it is hard work to make money. This is the money that I have put in and paid for. Of course, I have to be careful when using it. Like you used to say, what goes in with the left hand and goes out with the right hand, you

I have money, but I don’t know where the money comes from. It’s either from the imperial court or from my own farm, or it’s from people like you.

Although he is filial to others, he is extravagant and despises businessmen in a serious manner. This is the reason why the family does not know how valuable materials and rice are. Now it is better, at least the inner palace no longer relies on the imperial court for support. The last time I visited Xingqing Palace, I saw construction work there.

, I am happy to see it in my heart.” In recent years, although the national treasury has become richer than before, infrastructure construction and continuous weekly

The use of troops on the border is a big expense. Since the construction of Xingqing Palace, the construction in many places has been stopped before it was completed. Unfinished projects have continued one after another. Now some places have begun to rebuild. Although the momentum is not huge, it can be seen that

Get up and feel at ease. The emperor used his own private money to build his own house, but your magistrate is not afraid of death and complains. Can he care about it?

"It's not as evil as you said. Whenever a project is started, the inner palace is built bit by bit secretly." Lan Ling smiled happily, "The royal family should not have its own money. The emperor's money is the country's money. In principle, this is

That’s it. So it’s unreasonable for the inner government to take advantage of this time to build a garden. Even though they didn’t reach out to ask the household department for money, everyone just walked over with their eyes closed. You look at peace of mind, but the royal family is still not at ease.”

"The emperor's money is the country's money, so the other way around is that the country's money is the emperor's money?" What kind of logic is this? It sounds awkward. No matter how you hear it, it sounds like the words of a soldier and bandit.

"This is the truth. The wise king and the foolish king are in this conflict. My father also said so, but governing the country is not that simple. Emperor Sui Yang can be called a wise king. What will happen?" At this point, Lanling asked.

Waving his hand, "Why are I telling you this? It's not something we should discuss in the first place. There have been frequent military reports these days. You have sent so many here and you don't even bother to take a good look at them. You are still a member of the Imperial Army."

people."

"If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. What's going on with the imperial army?" What can we do if the front is fighting and the back is anxious? Mr. Cheng and the Turks have already exchanged fire. The news is delayed for half a month. Wait for the military report to come and fight early.

Okay. Su Dingfang’s military report has just arrived. I’m anxious later.

The fire is burning, and the Tibetan people are probably rushing into the middle of Tuyuhun. "The two old men are standing in front, and we just do what we should do. It is estimated that there will be movement in Nanzhao in the next few days. The military report will come in the morning.

Jiannan Shang also took action, and it was very lively."

"Nanzhao and Jiannan have been planning for a long time. Tubo wants to take advantage of the lack of troops in the north. Hehe, it's a good deal. He has to make a good deal." Lan Ling left the sand table and started to deduce it alone. I won't accompany him.

She, Junbusha

After I was exposed to a hidden weapon during the game deduction, I developed a fear of the sand table, and I would not touch it if I could. "As long as I can resist Tuyuhun, I will definitely kill him in Jiannan. For many years, Tubo has been encroaching on our territory in Jiannan...

…”

"If you cannibalize it, you can cannibalize it. Even if it is difficult to hold on to it, there is nothing we can do. The key is to destroy it internally. In a few years, when you can't even eat food, do you think it will still cannibalize it?" The struggle between big powers,

Performance on the battlefield is one thing, but most of the time the competition is still about comprehensive national strength. "You can just waste food. There is so much Tubo highland barley. It is enough for you to waste it for a while."

"That's what I'm here for today," Lan Ling smiled at me and said, "Didn't you just say that you wanted to get a role in the palace? There is a role for you, you can consider it yourself."

"Oh? Tell me, let's see if I can join in." Lan Ling's words reminded me of Grandma Wolf. But to be honest, she was much prettier than Grandma Wolf.

"It's still your home, oh, the Chen family's signature. Let's go to the wine shop over there. There must be a lot of savings, and we can use it to make toilet water? What do you think?"

"Oh, let me think about it." It's a good suggestion, yes, you can consider it. "Am I a sole proprietor? I buy wine from your winery, and you buy toilet water from me. We don't owe each other anything. It's easy to say that, if we are a partnership

If so. You know, the Chen family is a businessman, and no matter how smart the fourth child is, he would not dare to do business with you on an equal footing. This would be good for both our families."

"Okay," Lan Ling nodded and agreed, "I won't interfere with you, but there is a condition, the price..."

"Come here less. The price is still the same!" We are neighbors with Tubo. We have saved a lot of money on the glazing freight. Once the branch factory is opened, Lanling will definitely take advantage of me on the wine and add the secret recipe.

Due to confidentiality measures, all the medicinal materials had to be ground into powder in Chang'an and sent across the country. Over and over again, her cost reduced a lot, but I increased it invisibly, "No! Add 10% to the original price!"

"Why don't you become a thief?" Lan Ling slapped me angrily, "Don't even think about adding 10%! I won't tell you, you just decide to open a workshop, and I'll talk to your sister-in-law about the price.

I have nothing to say." He looked at me contemptuously and said, "No.

It's because I look down on businessmen, and it's because you are among the businessmen that people look down on you. Read your military report carefully. Tomorrow, old thief Liang will definitely summon you to discuss matters. I will go over to say hello to the fourth brother right now. You don't need to go, just
To be continued...