'I just beat the monk away and another aristocratic family came!' Zhang Qian raised his eyebrows and his face turned cold instantly. "Shangshu Cui may have misunderstood. Liushen Workshop was indeed built on Zhang's farm, but it was not owned by Zhang. The shares of Liushen Commercial Bank also regularly raise new shares, and all major shareholders must agree on their opinions."

Zhang Qian must have difficulty dealing with the spying of a Boling Cui family alone. But among the shareholders of Liushen Commercial Bank, there are at least three dukes and one royal family. Although these three dukes and one royal family do not have much influence, some people want to invest with their "empty white teeth", and they will definitely not accept it! (Note: Cui is a Boling Cui family. The previous chapter is written incorrectly, so they will change it here.)

"It's not that Cui misunderstood, but that Zhang Shaojian misunderstood Cui's meaning." When he encountered a soft nail, Cui Shi, the Minister of Rites, was not angry, smiled, and corrected politely, "Cui did not want to take the shares of Liushen Commercial Bank for his tribe. My family rules of the Cui family in Boling did not allow his descendants to do such tricks. Cui asked, "Cui, can the business bank increase its new shares when rebuilding the Liushen Workshop? If necessary, I hope that the Shaojian can give my unsatisfactory tribes the opportunity to invest."

'It's not for nothing, then you won't explain it clearly! I'm thinking about the next round!' Zhang Qian murmured quietly in his stomach, and at the same time he quickly filled his face with a smile, "I dare to teach Cui Shangshu that Zhang only provided several recipes for Liushen Workshop. The real business owner is a relative of his junior brother Guo Nu. If Cui Shangshu's tribe members are interested, they might as well have a private chat with him."

"Oh, it turns out to be the industry of the Guo family. It's no wonder that it started to be such a large scale in a blink of an eye." Cui Shi suddenly realized that no matter his expression or words, he felt familiar to Zhang Qian. "Can you bother me and help me introduce me? Otherwise, my relatives would not be able to come to the door rashly. Don't worry, everything is in business."

"That's natural!" Since it was not a clever robbery, but according to the rules of the mall, Zhang Qian immediately knew how to answer. According to Guo Nu's routine of dealing with Li Fengyu at the dinner table that day, he copied it, "Shangshu Cui left the name of your clan, and I asked my junior brother to arrange his relatives and take the initiative to find him. The expansion of the Liushen Workshop is just in need of cash. The clan of Cui's clan is helping him in time, and the Guo family will definitely not push it out."

"Then it's time for Zhang Shaojian and Guo Shucheng." Cui Shi smiled and bowed, then took out a silk seal in the shape of a grass carp from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Qian with both hands. "The name and address of my tribe are written in it. Please help me pass it over. In addition, there is a deed inside, which is a gift from Cui to Zhang Shaojian. Although the scenery here in Weinan is pleasant, Shaojian will have to attend the morning court in the future. It's too far away, and it is inevitable to work hard on the road."

"It's too expensive, how can Zhang bear it! Hiss--" Zhang Qian was shocked, stood up quickly and waved his hand hard. However, he accidentally pulled the healed wound and grinned in pain.

"Be careful when Zhang Shaojian!" Cui Wei quickly stood up and supported one of his arms, "What can I afford? It's just a mere gift. Besides, you made the monk a big ugly this time, Cui really felt happy!"

"Thank you, Shangshu, for your kindness, Zhang really can't afford it!" Zhang Qian refused to accept it, endured the pain and continued to shake his head. "And the emperor has given Zhang a house, right in Jinchengfang."

He was not just traveling through time now, and he was completely disgusted with everything. After several months of observation, he had long discovered that at this time, the housing prices in Chang'an were far higher than those in Xi'an in another time and space. Those who could afford real estate and farms inside and outside the city were definitely among the few.

Most officials from fifth to ninth ranks can only rent a house for their entire lives by relying solely on the salary given by the court, or buy a house in a corner of the south of the city where the poor live. Although the official salary in the Tang Dynasty was very high, and many officials still had double salaries.

However, Cui Xi insisted on not taking back the silk seal. While helping him sit back, he smiled and said, "Young Master Zhang really doesn't have to be polite. A small courtyard in Chongrenfang is really not worth much money. Cui also really wants to communicate with the Young Master. Although the house given to you by the emperor is much larger than this, it may not be comfortable to live without cleaning it up. However, there are people who have been taking care of this yard, and you can live in the Young Master at any time!"

Afraid that Zhang Qian would continue to refuse, blinking, he continued to smile and said, "And opposite Chongrenfang is Pingkangfang. The Secretary-General is a noble official, and he is either a famous person or a great scholar. You usually have social activities with people in Pingkangfang. No matter how late you are, you can sleep in the villa opposite Chongrenfang. The next day, the curfew is over and then go back to the main house of Jinchengfang!"

"Zhang is only alone, how can you use it?!" Zhang Qian's face became hot and he quickly blushed and shook his head.

Pingkangfang is the most abundant place for the Tang Dynasty's spare time. It is very lively every day from noon to curfew. Beauties from Persia, Japan, Silla, Tuyuhun and even Fushi (Eastern Roman Empire) wander around and present them with exotic music, dance postures and bodies to guests in turn.

Even after curfew, some brothels with deep backgrounds will not close. Guests can drink and appreciate flowers until the second half of the night, then sleep in brothels, and wait until the sun is three o'clock the next day before washing and going home.

Chongrenfang is separated by a street from Pingkangfang. Although Zhang Qian has no real power now, he is at least at the fourth grade. After playing in the middle of the night, he returned to Chongrenfang across the street from Pingkangfang. The guards and soldiers who guarded the wards and the soldiers who patrol the night will naturally not treat him as equal to ordinary people. Therefore, with his current age and the romantic habits of the scholars and officials at present, it is really convenient to have a villa located in Chongrenfang.

However, as a time traveler, Zhang Qian's living habits have not been completely assimilated by the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, when he first heard Cui Shi introduce the convenience of Chongrenfang in this way, he inevitably felt a little shy.

Cui Shi, the Minister of Rites, suddenly felt very interesting when he saw his face flushed and his face was flushed, and he couldn't help but laugh and joked, "If you can't use it now, you may not be able to use it in the future. People's needs are constantly changing at any time, and there is nothing wrong with preparing for the future. What's more, the young prisoner has a title in his early twenties, and his talent is even better than Song Yu. When he gets cured, he doesn't know how many women will mess with melons. Prepare a next courtyard early, and it will save a lot of trouble in the future." (Note: Song Yu, a famous handsome man in ancient times. When he saw the man he liked, he threw melons and fruits on his carriage.)

When Zhang Qian heard this, his face became more and more red, and his refusal was even more unscrupulous. Cui Shi grabbed his young and thin weakness and continued to make jokes. He forced him to be unable to resist, so he had to put away the "Yuzhan" first.

"Although Yongzhao is famous, your sect is too far from Chang'an after all." Cui Xi got his wish and stopped joking. After thinking about it, he changed his face and said heartily, "In the future, in Chang'an City, no matter what trouble you need to help, you might as well send someone to say hello to Cui. Although my Boling Cui family is no longer as good as before, I am not afraid of a group of monks."

This has already vaguely brought up the intention of forming an alliance, so how could Zhang Qian dare to agree casually? He hurriedly raised his hand and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you for your support from Shangshu, I am grateful to you. However, Chang'an City is at the foot of the emperor, and the capital of the best, so I guess there will not always be such big trouble."

"Anyway, I promised that I have made it and will not take it back. When will Yongzhao need it, just send someone to pass the message!" Cui Shi deliberately pretended not to understand the rejection in Zhang Qian's words, and emphasized with a stern face.

The other party came to visit the disease and gave him a valuable gift. Zhang Qian could not turn his back on his face just by saying a few words. Therefore, he had to sit upright and bow to thank him with a smile: "In this way, I will remember the kindness of Shangshu. I wonder if Shangshu has ever noticed that this winter, many people in Chang'an City have used water stoves?"

"Of course! Almost every house in my husband's house has a water stove now!" I wonder why Zhang Qian suddenly pulled the words to the water stove. Cui Shi thought for a while and responded with a smile, "This thing is also from the Master Yong Zhao, which is more convenient than a charcoal basin and a floor kang, but it is not necessary to worry about carbon poison at night. It's just that the price is too high, and ordinary people may not be able to afford it."

"Ordinary people can use stoves to build mud bricks into chimneys directly. There is no need to burn charcoal. Even peat, smoke can be discharged from the house." Zhang Qian smiled and explained seriously.

"Peat? I didn't notice it!" Cui Shi still didn't understand the purpose of Zhang Qian's involvement in these things. He was stunned and responded casually.

"For water stoves and stoves, peat is actually more useful than charcoal to keep warm." Zhang Qian finally took the initiative in the conversation and explained in a low voice, "In fact, the reason why I mentioned this is because I heard from the Shangshu just said that I want to open up new sources of wealth for the tribe. The peat is said to be found in the mountains of Weibei. Although the price is cheap, it does not cost much when digging. And the consumption is extremely large. As water stoves and stoves are more used in various parts of the Tang Dynasty..."

"Is it in the Weibei Mountain?" Cui Shi was finally moved in a panic, sat upright, and interrupted solemnly.

"Yes!" Zhang Qian had a while ago with Ren Cong and Guo An and discussed transporting coal from Shuofang to Jingji, and learned about the location of some coal mines near Chang'an, so he turned to "sell" it to Cui Shi, without any effort. "And not only in Weibei, but also in Boling, Guixiang. Ordinary people were unable to organize people to dig, and they could only sigh while watching Baoshan. But they must have just a small task for the five surnames and seven hopes!"

"Young Master Zhang is indeed Fan Shaobo alive!" Cui Shi was so impressed that he bowed his hands repeatedly, "If you just give me a little help, Cui will benefit a lot. Cui remembers this friendship. Zhang Shaozhuo will have something to do in the future. Even if you want to greet him, Cui will never push back and forth as long as he can!" (Note: Fan Shaobo, the honorific title of Fan Li. After Fan Li retired from the world, he was rich in business and was as good as the country, so he was praised as the saint of business.)

"Zhang just said casually. Whether it really works depends on the ability of Ling clans to kiss themselves!" Zhang Qian opened his body sideways and returned the favor with a smile, while feeling a little relaxed in his heart.

Chongrenfang is close to Tai Chi Palace, and is much closer to Daming Palace than Jincheng Palace. Cui Shi, representing the Boling Cui family, gave him a yard for no reason, which made him feel very stressed. And pointing a way to make money to Cui Shi is equivalent to returning the other party's favor. Even if he rejected the other party's request for alliance today, it was not considered as offending the other party too harshly.

Sure enough, Cui Shi's attitude towards him became no longer as aggressive as before. Instead, he really started talking to him like a very close colleague, judging the past and the present. Whenever he talked about the lively place, he would make a witty comment, showing the background of a child of an old aristocratic family to the fullest.

As a former liberal arts graduate student dog, Zhang Qian had a very average grasp of all knowledge, but in terms of breadth, he was beyond the eighth-century scholars. Therefore, no matter where Cui Shi turned the topic, he could take a look. Occasionally, he could comment based on the key points of the exam, which would make the other party's eyes lit up.

As a result, the more the two sides talked, the more they became more and more speculative. After more than an hour, they finally had their own fun. Cui Shi was worried that Zhang Qian was injured and did not want to disturb him. After repeatedly rejecting Zhang Qian's invitation to leave for food, he said goodbye with a smile.

He was appointed as the Minister of Rites and was also the legitimate branch of the Cui family of Boling. His travel style was definitely not comparable to Zhang Qian's "country bully" who was lucky and quickly rising. There were as many as sixteen people as the trusted guards who opened the way in front of him. The appearance of the carriage was also decorated with silver and gold, and the luxury was not inferior to that of the royal relatives.

However, the furnishings inside the carriage were extremely simple. There was only one horizontal case, two soft stools fixed in the carriage, and a Yaoqin.

Because the car windows were hung with thick curtains, the light in the car was very dark, and a candle was needed to illuminate the strings of the Yaoqin. However, the eyes of the woman playing the piano were very bright, just like two cold stars in the night sky.

"Please reply to Princess Taiping of Zhenguo on behalf of Cui. The medicine bait has been sent out!" After changing his calmness in front of Zhang Qian, he raised his hand to wipe a few handfuls of sweat that did not exist on his face. Cui Shi, the Minister of Rites, panting and bowed to the woman playing the piano. (Note: Princess Taiping of Zhenguo is the name Li Xianfeng gave to Princess Taiping.)

"Why, with Cui Shangshu's ability, I will be exhausted when dealing with a mere young man?" The woman who played the piano slowly moved her fingers with her long armored siding, and asked while making the strings sound like mountains and flowing water.

"He is not an ordinary young man, Cui almost didn't even send the house out. And now, huh--" Long breathed, Cui Qian added with a wry smile, "The house forced him to accept it, but it's hard to say who owe the favor to whom."

"What? The thousands of houses can't touch his heart?" The fingers of playing the piano stopped, and the sound of the piano changed to a different tone, just like the drizzle of autumn rain.

"He is not a person who lacks a few thousand coins for hanging copper!" Cui Shi slowly moved his arm to drive away the fatigue that kept rising. "It is not an exaggeration to say that his Six Gods Business Company is a chicken that can lay golden eggs. Although Cui gave him a house worth more than two thousand dollars today, the idea he gave to Cui on the spot was probably worth more!"

"Hmm?" The sound of the piano gradually became rapid, like rain hitting a banana leaf. A little solemn came to the beautiful face of the woman playing the piano, "Is that right? This person is smart and knows how to repay his kindness! What idea did he give you back, which made you so disappointed?"

"It's not that I feel heartbroken, but, I didn't expect that someone could turn stones into gold!" Cui Shi half-sagged in the carriage, gasping for replenishment.

Just as he was about to tell the prospect of developing peat truthfully, he suddenly remembered the person behind the other party, Princess Taiping, and the real situation of the Boling Cui family, and he decisively swallowed the words he had already said!

After repeated squeezing in the Wu Zetian era, the former wealthy and powerful Cui family of Boling was just like the carriage he rode in. The direct descendants of the clan could barely maintain their superficial glory with their official positions and salary. However, the side branches of the clan, relying solely on the tenant rent and the business controlled by the family, would inevitably have more monks and less porridge.

If the idea Zhang Qian gave him today was completely reported to Princess Taiping, even if the peat business ended up falling back to the hands of the Cui clan of Boling, most of the profits would have to be handed over to the princess's mansion. If Cui clan of Boling did it himself, with the huge manpower of the family and his current influence in the officialdom, it might not take ten years for the family to regain its glory.

"Bang!" The sound of the piano stopped abruptly, but the strings broke, and a thin bloody hole was drawn out by the playmaker's wrist.

But the woman who played the piano did not care at all. She tilted her head and looked at Cui Xi, and asked softly: "Say it, why don't you say it anymore? How can you turn stones into gold?"

"Li Gu, listen to me, the water stoves and stoves that are popular in Chang'an are all from this person." Cui Xi was stunned and quickly gave an answer that was completely different from what he thought.

"Of course I know this, the eldest princess has known it for a long time, and she praised him for being flexible!" The woman who played the piano glared at Cui Xi with dissatisfaction, sneered and curled her lips.

"At present, all well-known families in Chang'an City are installing water stoves. Small households cannot afford water stoves, but they will also install an iron stove! He told me not to just stare at Chang'an, and to send my family to build water stoves and stoves as soon as possible. And my Cui family has just a few iron smelting furnaces, which is extremely convenient to build. And it only costs a very small amount of money to buy a complete water stove and stove from military monitors."

"That's it? It's also called turning stones into gold?" The woman playing the piano, Civet's eyes stood up, her eyes as bright as a blade. As the confidant of Princess Taiping, she used money to use thousands of slaughter plans, and she really couldn't tell the cost. The cost was very high and it was quite troublesome to build a water stove and stove!

"Don't look down on this idea!" Cui Shi grinned and answered more and more weakly. "The water stove and stove are much cleaner than charcoal basins. They can also avoid the danger of carbon poison. Even if a set only earns ten or twenty cents, it will be a huge number when it is pushed all over the world."

"After all, I'm slower, and I won't get any results in three or five years!" The woman named Li Gu shook her head and smiled when she heard this. She looked down on Cui Shi for this little profit. "But as a family business, it's a long-lasting business, and it's just a matter of action as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Cui Shi's heart hit the ground with a bang, and he nodded immediately with a smile, "So I plan to let the tribesmen start to take action this year. The northward, the longer the winter is. There is a lot of potential for furnaces in Boling, Zhuozhou, and Jizhou. Even Goguryeo and Silla can also try it."

"Then you can try it!" Li Gu wiped the blood beads from her wrist with her hands, lowered her head to change the strings, and continued to ask, "He can promise you to invest in Liushen Commercial Bank."

"This promise was very happy, after all, it was a business of business!" Cui Shi tried hard to sit up straight and responded with a smile.

"Where are so many businessmen in the world?" Li Gu curled her lips, and her voice suddenly became a little cold. "Since he agreed, buy as much as possible, at any cost."

"Of course I will buy as much as possible!" Cui Shi sat up straighter, and the expression on his face suddenly became extremely serious. "But I suggest it is better to just treat it as an ordinary business and talk about business. Instead of trying to turn the guests and take over the nest. Otherwise, I suspect he will fight to the death."

"Just rely on him?" Li Gu smiled and curled her lips, flicked her fingers, flew out like a knife, and inserted it into the carriage board in Cui Shi's ear with a "trumpet" sound, and penetrated into the carriage board in Cui Shi's ear. "And the shareholders he pulled up?! Do the Duan family really stand up for him? Do the other two so-called dukes have the ability to support him? And the King of Linzi, do you have that deep friendship with him?"

"That's right!" Cui Shi quickly turned his head and dodged, then nodded with a wry smile. Obviously, he was not surprised by Li Gu's behavior. "However, when the monk blocked his door last time, he felt that he could not eat him. As a result, Huifan has not yet figured out how the fire meteor fell!"

"Bang!" The strings that had just been replaced broke again. Li Gu raised her head and looked at Cui Xi with cold eyes. "Then you have found out what magic he used? At this moment, he was just proud, didn't he speak out?"

"No!" Cui Shi shook his head vigorously without thinking, "It was my first time in contact with him, and he could not tell me everything. He is a child of Qin Mo. He must have used some secret techniques of the masters, which were not known to the world before. Just like gunpowder, no one in the world drinks wine every day. He can think that by steaming the wine a few more times, he can refine the military and national heavy weapons!"

"That's true!" Li Gu frowned and thought about it repeatedly. Finally, she lowered her head and changed into the third string again.

"Cui thought that it was not appropriate to make enemies with him before he figured out what secret technique he had used." For fear that the other party would not know the importance of the matter and ruin Princess Taiping, Cui He hesitated for a moment and lowered his voice and emphasized, "It is not worth making enemies with him for a business. What's more, the emperor has always valued him."

"Sure you!" Li Gu tried several times and finally changed the strings. She continued to play it casually. In a blink of an eye, the sound of the "ding ding dong dong" suppressed the voice between the two, "You are so sorry for your talent? This is the first time I have seen you value someone so much."

"It's not just about cherishing talents. If possible, Cui even wants to recommend him to the eldest princess in person!" Cui Shi sighed, with many regrets in his eyes.

"He is so capable? How about he be more than yourself?" Li Gu deliberately tested Cui Shi's true thoughts, and Li Gu pursed her red lips, and a hint of charm appeared in her eyes.

"You will know when you go and see it yourself!" Cui Shi did not answer his words directly, and continued to shake his head and sigh, "That is, the blind man like Princess Anle, after seeing him, he will still make enemies with Wu Yanxiu!"

"Princess Anle, that idiot, I don't even know where her power comes from. How could I not be blind?!" Li Gu rolled her eyelids and deeply agreed with Cui Xi's words.
Chapter completed!