Chapter 635: There are ghosts here
Fan Sheng could see that Jing Xiang was really happy, not a pretending gesture. Out of blind admiration for Jing Xiang, he naturally thought that Jing Xiang must have had a corresponding strategy that had already planned, so he also felt relieved and watched the singing and dancing relaxedly.
Not to mention, these makis have excellent professional abilities, but thinking about their origins, I feel relieved. These Kabukis were only performed for the emperor in the past.
"Look at your two dark circles, I didn't sleep all night last night, right?" Jing Xiang asked, swaying the red wine in his hand gently.
"Gao Xiangsheng has been in trouble during this period. He was busy all night yesterday and didn't even eat breakfast!" Fan Sheng shook his head and said.
Jing Xiang nodded: "Gao Xiangsheng is a difficult opponent. He shouldn't have let him go at that time. He thought he would bring some trouble to Li Ze, but he didn't expect that this person would see the opportunity very quickly. He found that he couldn't do anything, so he immediately pulled away. On him, I was bound by himself!"
"Even if Gao Xiangsheng is making a fuss, I am not afraid. After all, he is separated from Li Ze, so the support given to him by Li Ze's inner guard is still limited. I am even more worried about the inner guard! The biting dog does not bark. Now Gao Xiangsheng is making a fuss, and it is really difficult to cover up all the activities of the inner guard."
"Take it slow, your business is not an urgent matter. People leave traces, and geese leave sounds. As long as they exist, there will always be clues to find. If you peel off the threads, you will definitely find the other person's feet!" Jing Xiang smiled.
"I was anxious." Fan Sheng said: "It's just that the confrontation between the two sides is coming. If you can't find these people, you will always feel uneasy."
"Although these are important, they do not affect the general trend. As long as we occupy the general trend, no matter how fierce the inner guard is, it will not have much impact." Jing Xiang turned his head to look at the servant behind him and said, "Go and get a few cans sent by the third prince yesterday to Fan Zhusi, so that Fan Zhusi cans to cushion her belly first."
"can?"
"You, the intelligence chief, are a bit unqualified!" Jing Xiang smiled and said, "The new products made by Li Ze are expensive and cannot be sold on the market. But you also know that anyone can get such expensive things."
"Thank you the third prince?" Fan Sheng was a little depressed: "Prince, the men under his command discovered the largest smuggler in Chang'an a few days ago. The person behind him was the third prince. I really don't understand. Don't the third prince know that he is digging His Majesty's corner of his wife when doing these things?"
Jing Xiang smiled but refused to answer, just sipped the wine slowly.
The servant quickly brought Siting cans on a tray and placed them on the small table beside Fan Sheng.
"Fan Zhusi, Yamanae, star fruit, orange, loquat, which one do you eat, the little one will open it for you!" The servant took out a small knife from his sleeve and asked with a smile.
Looking at the fruits contained in the translucent glass jars, Fan Sheng's eyes widened, "How could they use such precious glass products to make jars?"
Jing Xiang snorted: "What's precious? Don't you know that this thing is made of sand?"
Fan Sheng sighed: "Of course I know that the problem is that we can't make it. In this world, there are only some people in Quanzhou who bring some glass products to sell, and the prices are ridiculously high."
"The aristocrats in Quanzhou will not make money soon. Zhenzhou can already produce these things on a large scale. Although they are not as good as those in the aristocrats, looking at this stance, I am afraid that it will not take long to catch up."
"But for us, the price is still hard for ordinary people to reach! I'm afraid this can costs a few taels of silver, right?"
"Five liang! This is the market price. I heard from the third prince that the cost price they came in was one liang!" Jing Xiang said: "How much do you think their cost price is?"
Fan Sheng gritted his teeth and said, "If the price the third prince and the others get is one or two, then I think their cost price is at most a hundred cents."
"I think so too. Without ten times the huge profit, how could they be willing to sell it to us?" Jing Xiang shook his head and said.
"Zhao Ye, this is not a solution! Our money is flowing to the north like a flood that opens the gate. We must find a way to curb it!" Fan Sheng picked up an orange can, lifted a knife from the servant's hand, pried open the sealed iron sheet, took the spoon from the servant, scooped a piece and stuffed it into his mouth.
It is so sweet that it feels a little bit greasy. If you taste it carefully, you can taste a little sourness from the sweetness.
"Brave businessman!" Fan Sheng said angrily: "These fruits are made of inequality waste fruits. If such fruits are sold in the market, even beggars will dislike them."
"But the frosting candy is enough." Jing Xiang spread his hands and said, "Turn the waste into treasure. Here we are either thrown away or feeding pigs. But in the north, they process it a little and sell it to us at a price of ten or a hundred times. Fan Sheng, what do you think we can do? They want these things that are not worthwhile to us. Since they need them, naturally someone will take them and sell them to them. Then they sell them back to us at a high price. Ha, I am really not as good as Li Ze in terms of making money."
Fan Sheng had nothing to say about this, so he could only eat sweet oranges in a cowardly and finally drank the sugar water clean.
"In fact, compared to these, I care more about the iron sheets they sealed in this glass jar. Although such a small thing reflects the high level of iron smelting and steelmaking in the north and some extension techniques. I asked our general manager, and he said bluntly that although they can do it, the cost is far from what we can afford."
"Chang'an, but all the most wise craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty gathered together. Why were they pulled them from afar on this?" Fan Sheng felt a little sad.
"I can't figure it out either." Jing Xiang sighed, "But that's the case. In military manufacturing, we have been thrown too far. When fighting, we always suffer losses. Are those who won't eat?"
"I won't eat anymore. I will take it home to try something for my family when I leave later. No one will give it to me." Fan Sheng smiled and said.
"It's not easy to send someone back. I'll ask the third prince to send you some." Jing Xiang drank all the wine in the glass in one sip and said casually.
Fan Sheng's eyes flashed, he looked at Jing Xiang in surprise, and said for a while: "Prince, the third prince has just been ordered by His Majesty to lead his troops to Pinglu area."
Jing Xiang glanced at Fan Sheng, smiled and said nothing. Fan Sheng also stopped and did not go deeper into this topic. For some things, for smart people, they only need a little bit to understand the profound meaning of it.
"The eldest prince Zhu Youyu was assigned to lead his army to attack the east road of Shannan, and the second prince Zhu Yougui led his army to attack the west road of Shannan. If nothing unexpected happens, they will all win. Only the third prince will face the left guard of the Tang army and Qin Zhao. This battle is not easy to fight!" Fan Shengdao.
"It's up to people!" Jing Xiang said seriously without caring.
Looking at Jing Xiang, Fan Sheng became increasingly confused. Because of this accident, the singing and dancing in front of him also lost their attraction to Fan Sheng for a while. In his mind, he was just thinking, why is the prime minister doing this?
"Prince, the third prince is here!" The servant's report made Fan Sheng wake up suddenly. It was really said that Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here. He glanced at Jing Xiang, stood up and said, "Prince, then I will say goodbye first."
"Since you are here, just meet me. Today, you two are visiting at the same time, which is also fate!" Jing Xiang said with a smile. "Actually, the eldest prince and the second prince come here often, but they just haven't met you."
Seeing Jing Xiang say this, Fan Sheng felt more convinced of something in his heart, so he nodded and stood aside.
Zhu Youzhen is now just a bone-like stubborn, so thin that it is shocking. When he looks at people with his eyes, it always makes people feel that they are two ghost fires burning quietly. This is the result of his torture after being captured. When Jingxiang brought him back, everyone almost thought that this person must be useless. At that time, Zhu Youzhen was just a madman. Even Zhu Wen shook his head and sighed, thinking that he had no son in his heart.
But no one expected that after a year of recuperation, Zhu Youzhen slowly recovered. However, this brave general on the battlefield in the past had completely collapsed and could no longer charge. For Zhu, who started his business with force, this third prince naturally did not deserve attention.
"The Prime Minister has leisure and elegant today, that's right. This is what life should be like. When you should be busy, you should be busy. When you should be happy, you should enjoy it." Zhu Youzhen bowed to Jingxiang with his fists, and Jingxiang stood up and asked Zhu Youzhen to sit down.
Zhu Youzhen nodded at Fan Sheng: "Master Fan, it's such a coincidence that I can meet you at the Prime Minister. I have invited you several times, but I can't even invite you!"
Fan Sheng bowed and smiled and said, "The officials are busy with official duties and really can't get out of here. However, if your highness is summoned in the future, Fan will naturally go to see your highness."
A hint of joy flashed in Zhu Youzhen's eyes and nodded: "That's good, that's good, I'm afraid that Master Fan will keep people from thousands of miles away!"
"How dare you!"
"Please sit down, please sit down." Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "I would like to thank Master Fan for showing mercy to the people under my command. It is better to meet him by chance than to invite him. Today, I will borrow the prime minister's place to thank you officially."
After saying that, Zhu Youzhen stood up and bowed to Fan Sheng to the ground.
Fan Sheng was a little helpless. Zhu Youzhen was not like this before. He was arrogant and domineering. There were only a handful of people who could see him.
"Is it a little unexpected?" Jing Xiang smiled and said, "Damnation is the basis of good fortune, and good fortune is the basis of misfortunes. The third prince has experienced hardships, but his temperament has changed drastically. He has read a lot of books in his care for more than a year."
Zhu Youzhen smiled and turned to Jingxiang: "Even now, Youzhen often reads books, especially the list of books that the prime minister has given me. I have read more than three times."
Chapter completed!