?The rest of the days passed quickly. After the winter, the spring was cold. The snow in the fence courtyard had completely melted, and Shi Yu was about to go out. The academy was about to open, and the book pavilion was insufficient. Shi Yu was going to Jiangtang and brought back Zhong You's collection. Going early and returning early, Zhong You explained the place and prepared several thick shirts for him. Su Shuo's first far-distance goods were also in Jiangtang after the winter, and Shi Yu went with him.

As soon as Shi Yu left, Zhong You and Su Zhou were left in the fence courtyard, reading and writing every day. Zhong You originally thought that Shi Yu had only been back and forth for half a month, but he had not returned until March. Not only Shi Yu, but Su Shuo was also spent in Jiangtang. People from Mengguan sent back books and wrote letters, saying that Jiangtang business was delayed and everything was fine, but they were not back yet.

The peach branches in the fence courtyard sprouted, and the academy was just welcomed. On that day, Meng Chen came to take charge, and the town yamen and the village chief were present. Canglang's plaque was high, and the strange stones engraved with the academic rules of the academy were lifted. Zhong You held the wood and faced the students, and worshiped the ancestors of the Tao.

This is what I saw my own students.

Rong Yang narrowed his eyes and whispered: "Sir, good spirit." Shao Zhen beside him did not reply, he said in confusion: "Shao Zhen?"

Shaozhen only felt that Changhe Town was really a place that was so big that he could meet familiar people when he entered school. Isn’t this gentleman the one who gave him pears last time? But that didn’t count. When he turned his head, he could see Pu Cheng tied into a tumble.

The two looked at each other, and Shaozhen pulled the corners of his lips, showing a sarcasm. Park Cheng hissed and raised his chin at him, indicating that this person should not be too arrogant. In the future, everyone will be in the same courtyard, and they will not see each other and see each other without seeing each other, and they will have time to settle the score.

Shaozhen ignored him and said to Rongyang: "Wait until we go to the vegetarian house, let's live in one place."

Rong Yang said okay, and then said, "Is that the senior brother?"

Shaozhen also saw the young man following Zhong You, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, holding a small blue shirt, and learning the husband's posture three or four points.

"Yes." Shao Zhen only glanced at it. Apart from Rong Yang, he had no intention of dealing with these classmates. One is trouble, and the other is no need. Changhe Town is so big. He was afraid that he would be said to be bad if he had done anything in the past. Everyone made friends in person, and no one knew what he thought. In comparison, he would rather have a fight with a bastard like Park Cheng.

The students took the students from Mengguan to the stewardship, and Zhong You also had to have a scene with the gentry towns. After he was almost done thanking, he talked to Meng Chen.

"Shi Liu delayed his return journey, and was helpless." Meng Chen lit the incense and bowed to the top, saying, "There is some storm in Jiangtang business."

"Changhe Town is a good place." Zhong You answered the words "unlike" and "cows" incompatible with each other.

Meng Chen knew what he meant, and said, "It's indeed a good place."

Changhe Town is along Changhe, in Qingping, and even Xu Hang has no arms on his back. It is well-connected. As long as there is a boat, the fertile and prosperous places in the hinterland of Dalan to the south can be connected. Meng Chen has a good reputation in the Beiyang Army, otherwise he will not be able to reach Hou Ke. He has been with Jinghou to fight against Dayuan. Jinghou is also the eldest brother of the Supreme Emperor, and his friendship with the Supreme Emperor is not low. Why did he suddenly settle down in a corner? He wants to be a Mr. Meng who does not reveal his mountains and rivers in Changhe Town?

Shi Yu only ran for business and had already been stained with blood. Going inside, Zhong You had already guessed something.

Meng Chen ate the incense and said with his back: "Last spring last year, Tonghai Port was opened on the edge of Xuhang. The sir knew that it was. As soon as the port was opened, the maritime merchants entered the country. Xuhang did not have the Zhong family, and all parties were intricate. Not to mention anything else, many new things were spread. This time, it had already flowed into Jiangtang, and I am afraid that Ling Zun could not sit still."

Zhong You and him moved in the sunlight, and were lit around. Some people came and went not far away, but no one came and disturbed him.

Most of the sea merchants come from the other end of the sea. The so-called new things refer to things that Da Lan had never seen before. Most of them were small objects. Last year, Xu Hangfuzhou got a "jade glass window" from the sea merchants and gave it to Kyoto. If this thing is really discussed, it is not very rare, because Da Lan has glass products. But as soon as this incident happened, it really made the sea merchants fall into Da Lan's eyes.

"My elder brother has entered the court, and the Zhong family dare not cross this line." Zhong You said lightly, "If my father wants to reach out, he also needs to consider whether it is worth it."

Hongxingnian had a Yan Jue Shushu merchant Gai Dalan, who monopolized food and grass in front of him. Now the emperor will definitely not allow merchants to dominate the main business. The Zhong family already has Jiangtang. If they were thinking about Xu Hang and the port, the smooth flow given by the imperial court can be invalidated immediately.

Meng Chen paused and suddenly asked, "Have you heard of 'Yansu'?"

"Never." Zhong You also stopped, "New grain brought by maritime merchants?"

Meng Chen said, "It's not food, but entertainment." He frowned and said, "This thing is very fragrant, and it is sucked by smoke guns. Now Xu Hang has started several cigarette shops, specializing in this item. Its price is very high, and it only exchanges for gold. It is not only handled by Fu Jiali, but also passed to the prefecture and prefecture officials. After the end of this year, a batch of people have entered Jiangtang. This is a huge profit. Xu Hang merchants have turned upside down before the New Year to compete for this item." He looked at Zhong You, "At this moment, in Jiangtang, Ling Zun has taken over the branches of the sea merchants and wants to do this business. The gentleman knows best that the emperor had already had the idea of ​​digging a canal. Once this item enters the Zhong family, it is afraid that it will run through the north and south of Dalan, directly to Jingban, and even the Dayuan."

What is the long river?

Together with the wealth of Dalan, Dalan is known as the direct channel for Dalan’s granary. Jiangtang, Qingping, and Xuhang have been prosperous for a long time. The Zhong family has controlled the waterways of the long river. Once this thing is sold alone, it will definitely make huge profits. Zhong You said that his father did not easily reach out, but that was under the premise that Xuhang had no chance of being in chaos.

This is an opportunity to become a great businessman in Dalan. As long as there is a chance, who can resist such huge profits of gold in the world? If it goes well, the Jiangtang Zhong family will no longer be just the Jiangtang Zhong family, but I am afraid that it will not be under the Kyoto Zhong family today.

"The Master's ambition." Meng Chen's eyes were vaguely worried, "I was not allowed to cross the border before, because I was afraid of raising a tiger. But now, the canal is short of money and has huge profits from smoking and millet. The Zhong family may not have the confidence to spend a lot of money to connect the canal. The Master wants the canal and it is not impossible to grant a royal merchant to the Zhong family, but as long as the canal is connected."

If we follow this idea, as long as the canal is connected, the Zhong family will still have two roads. One is to transfer to the smoke and millet, return to the river pond, and continue to take the water route. The other is to dominate the smoke and millet, accumulate huge profits, expand the canal transportation, and fight the court to the death.

This first path... I'm afraid that by that time, I will no longer consider it.

Zhong You gradually frowned and said, "What is Yan Su?"

What is worth a thousand gold?

"It's this thing." Su Shuo shook open the silk, revealing a corner of the bag inside, and handed it to Shi Yu.

Shi Yu took it. It was sweet when you started, but the thing was only half a finger long, and his appearance was not good. Shi Yu's fingertips flipped and said, "Thirty gold?"

"It's so expensive that it's a life." Su Shuo threw a cigarette gun over, "It's said it's sucking." He smacked his lips, "That's the price, even Yuliu Cloth, which was popular in Kyoto before, is not as good as the Yuliu Cloth. This business is so high."

Shi Yu was still looking at Yan Su and heard this and said, "Have the Zhong family picked it up?"

"I just took the maritime merchants to the house for details." Su Shuo sat on the goods and said to Shi Yu: "It has been rumored outside that they have settled, but I feel that the old man of the Zhong family is hesitating."

As he was talking, the brother outside suddenly pushed the door and looked up, saying to the two: "The 'yuanbao' in the main room went to the restaurant."

Zhong Zi, the second son of the Zhong family, was called "Zhong Yuanbao" in Jiangtang because he was born fat and preferred to smash people with gold. Meng Chen asked them to stare at the Zhong family, not only staring at Yan Su's direction, but also because there was a problem with the weapons business after the New Year.

Mengguan openly accepts ordinary goods, but what he actually goes privately is the sale of weapons in various local military camps. In addition to Kyoto Kyoguchi, Dalan has all the military camp equipment left. From the Yongle year, how much is destroyed and scrapped, how much is the new forging, and how much is the amount of money to be replenished. All the numbers are under Mengchen's hands and remember clearly.

What Meng Chen knows clearly means that the people above also know that they are. Going past the current emperor and in Suishan, Shanyin, someone always controls the movements of the military camps in the world. Any movement can make you understand the details.

When Meng Chen came to Jiangtang for the New Year, he bought a new forged weapon to the Beiyang Army in Jingpin. It was the thorns in Shi Yu's hand. The number was quite large, but Su Shuo Nian later took the goods and found that this thing was cut corners when inspecting the goods. It was at least half the price to send it to Jingpin. Later, after checking, it turned out that it was a private business that had mixed the Zhong family, which was this Zhong Zi.

This thing cannot be called for, and it must be re-built. But Zhong Zi disobeyed this principle. He suppressed Jiangtang to transport ships and asked Su Shuo to add more money. Su Shuo followed Meng Chen over the years, and the most deficit was his temper. He turned around and cut off the medicinal materials of the medicine shop under Zhong Zi's hands. The edges were not as sharp as those of Zhong Zi's business, so the medicine shop under Zhong Zi would be out of stock. But this medicine shop was no longer as fast as other businesses and demand was urgent. The two parties had been in a stalemate in Jiangtang for several times, but they had not reached an agreement.

Shi Yu was out of patience.

After the brother said that, Shi Yu threw the Yan Su back to Su Shuo, "Let's see this thing again when I come back tonight. I'm going, brother."

Su Shuo looked at his side face with a cold outline, and he looked like he was doing business. For some reason, he remembered his smile in the fence yard.

Two completely different expressions.

Su Shuo suddenly felt uncomfortable. He told his master that he wanted him to calm down and cultivate his nature, but he allowed him to go in and out of business again and again. In the past, he solved things secretly, and relied on Shi Yu's thorns. Later, Shi Yu was already indifferent, but Meng Chen vaguely realized something was wrong. But Shi Yu was already halfway through darkness, and they realized that they were pulling people. But can this matter be easily pulled out?

Su Shuo was worried about his marriage, and he wanted to find someone who knew the good and the good, and then let Shi Yu gradually fade out and put it into the open business. But Shi Yu had no intention of marrying, and he didn't even touch the girl.

Su Shuo sighed without his face at that time, and only patted him on the shoulder and instructed: "This man is quite favored among the many children of the Zhong family. Keep your gods and don't go too far."

Shi Yu said no, and went there.

Zhong Zi is the best to praise, so whenever he eats wine at the wing, no matter men or women, he has to praise him all over his body, and he is said to be like a god in the sky. When Zhong Zi is happy, he will throw gold and reward him, all based on his interest.

He was drunk today, just when he was talking nonsense. He heard the person next to him say, "Brother Zhong is very capable now. He has entered the Secretariat of the Secretariat. He has also received favor from the emperor and has been facing the saint several times!"

Zhong Zi hummed, knocked on the edge of the table, and said drunk: "What's that? You all praise him to heaven! Dad also thinks he is a treasure. But here, in this river pond, and in this business dealings, I am the leader of the Zhong family!"

The people next to him said earnestly that Zhong Zi was in a state of turmoil over the past few days because of the drug shop. It was just when there was no place to go. He stood up with a clang, knocked open the table and chair, pulled a prostitute, pinched his face and looked at it for a while, and pushed the person down in the middle, cursing: "Bad/Baoman! He also had two seductive eyes!" He spat fiercely and said to the prostitute: "Get up and give me a tribute!" He leaned closer to his face and sneered: "Check your smile clean! You must be ruthless, and you must be absolutely!"

But how dare this prostitute be cruel to him? Zhong Zi spat again and cursed, "I don't know the truth!" He kicked the table and chairs, "The bastards are now climbing onto my head!" He staggered around and shouted, "Have you heard of Xianyun Baiou? That's the pickled thing at home! Despicable things! He doesn't even deserve to lick my shoes in front of him! What's that? During festivals, there is nothing in the house!"

Zhong Zi hit the legs of the chair and fell down without standing firmly. He shouted to help him. He copied the porcelain cup on the ground and smashed it hard and furiously, as if he was about to get angry. He slammed it on the ground and cursed over and over again: "I'm in Jiangtang! I haven't gotten any trouble for business! Now I've left a bastard, but I'm not enough!" He threw out fragments, "I'm not sure if the things I picked up outside are the old man's kind!"

Someone whispered beside him, and the words "Zhong You" were vaguely passed.

Zhong Zi was holding the ground and was about to get up. Unexpectedly, the ground suddenly became heavy from behind, and his body was shaking violently, and he was stepped onto the ground with a thump. The person who stepped on him leaned over and rubbed his cheeks against the slag, as if he couldn't hear Zhong Zi's screams and the exclamations beside him.
Chapter completed!