Guo Yingyi, the governor of Shanzhou, was unable to stay with his nephew Guo Yuanzhong to spend the winter in Huangshui, but instead sent troops to escort him and Zhou Chengye back to Chang'an.

The two brothers Zhang Ying and Zhang Xiu naturally didn't want to stay in the snowy Huangshui to accompany Guo Yingyi, a bad guy. However, the boss Zhou Chengye had an order and they dared not ignore him. If they couldn't even endure this little bit of hardship, what else could they accomplish in the future?

Zhou Chengye returned to Chang'an because he had to deal with some important things himself, not because he could not bear the pain of the frontier military camp. Everyone could see this clearly.

The day before leaving, Guo Yingyi held a farewell banquet for everyone, and the location was in the Chengen Restaurant, Huangshui, which was opened for one month.

The land price of Huangshui City is not as expensive as Chang'an, so the scale of Cheng'en Building here is much more generous than that of Chang'an. The decoration in the store also tends to be a diversified style of the integration of various ethnic groups. Some private rooms are full of Persian flavor, some private rooms are full of desert style, and some private rooms maintain the Han style...

There were no outsiders coming to the banquet today.

Guo Yingyi, the new governor of Shanzhou, sat upright in the position of the head of the head. On the left are Zhou Chengye, Guo Yuanzhong and Gan Yu, and on the right are the chief of the Governor's Office, Sima and Gao Xiufeng.

Because the weather was already cold, there were many diners coming to the restaurant to make the stir-fry stove, and the strong smell of sheep was everywhere. Zhou Chengye and his friends were naturally in the private room, but the large round table in the house was also an extra-large copper stir-fry stove.

The Shibao City guardian Gao Xiufeng appeared in Huangshui City, but he was deliberately "captured" by Guo Yingyi.

Gao Xiufeng temporarily returned to Huangshui this time. One was to take the 1,500 new recruits who had just been recruited for the Zhenwu Army in Shanzhou to Shichengshan; the other was to beg for alms from Zhou Chengye, the big tycoon of Shanzhou. As for his participation in this farewell banquet, it was just a coincidence.

The charcoal fire in the copper stove is burning vigorously, the mutton pieces in the copper pot are floating and heavy, and the charcoal knife in the wine pot is hot.

Everyone felt that Gao Xiufeng suffered in Shicheng Mountain, so they kept calling him to eat meat and drink. Lao Gao was also a real person. He liked the taste of mutton hotpot in Chengen Building and made a meal.

As for drinking, which of the soldiers at the border is not a huge number? As long as someone raises a glass to toast, Lao Gao will suck his neck and sip it, and it will be fucked!

After drinking happily, Guo Yingyi said unhappily: "You two boys, I didn't think there was anything rare when I was in Shanzhou, but when I really wanted to leave, I felt empty in my heart!"

Qiu Changshi of the Governor's Office was a civil servant and joked: "Governor Guo is showing off his ears to you. The weather is getting warmer at the beginning of the year. Hurry back to Shanzhou so that he can't talk to us all day long."

Guo Yingyi waved his hand and stared at the two boys and said, "Don't rush to come back. They have to do things for us in Chang'an! If we can't ask for military expenses from the Ministry of Revenue this time, we can see that they dare to return to Shanzhou!"

Guo Yuanzhong said with some depression: "Why is it so easy to ask for money? Our officials who are as big as sesame and green beans can't even lift up a three-inch wave. If you want military spending, it would be better to let Marshal Zhang speak to the emperor in person."

Chen Sima, the Governor's Office, was in charge of military affairs. He said anxiously: "The money urge is not delayed. The 70,000 or 80,000 brothers in Shanzhou are all counting on this fat year. They also ask Guo and Zhou to take good care of each other after returning to Chang'an!"

Gao Xiufeng, who had been burying his hard work, interrupted from time to time, "Who said it was not! Today, I have tasted the good craftsmanship of Chengen Building. After drinking Chengen's special offer, but there are still five thousand brothers on Shicheng Mountain looking at him, and I also asked Zhou and Guo to understand."

Zhou Chengye, who was sitting in the guest of honor, had long known that there was no good banquet, so he watched everyone talk nonsense in front of him without saying a word. At the end, he said: "If the court really does not grant funds to Shanzhou alone, everyone will come to Chengenlou to find General Gan to manage him, and he will invite everyone to take turns to have a banquet."

Gan Yu's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly argued: "Erlang, this is impossible! 70,000 to 80,000 troops in Shanzhou. If everyone came to Chengenlou for free and had a meal, I'm afraid there would be no one who could not get out of the market if hundreds of thousands of people!"

Zhou Chengye said with a smile: "It's okay! You are here to invite the guest. This account will be recorded on Governor Guo! If the Governor's Office in Shanzhou has no money to repay you, then get the land deed and the mine will pay the account."

After hearing what Zhou Er said, Guo Yingyi didn't even blink, and patted his chest and said, "Erlang is right! There is nothing else in our Shanzhou, but there are only large amounts of military fertile land and various mines. If it really doesn't work, I will use this to pay the bill at that time!"

Guo Yuanzhong watched the master and servant learn from the four people in the Shanzhou Governor's Office to show each other, and his face was filled with joy. Anyway, it was not good to help anyone, so he simply watched the fun.

Today's meal seems to be Guo Yingyi giving away gifts to Guo Yuanzhong on Tuesday, but in fact, Guo Yingyi is asking for money from Tuesday.

The operation plan for the surprise attack on the new city has begun to operate, requiring a large amount of military and logistics supplies. The deposit in Shanzhou Prefecture's treasury is not enough to distribute New Year's welfare to the garrison. Even if the court will allocate special funds and rewards for this battle in the future, it will have to wait until April and May next year. Guo Yingyi has no other ideas. The ready-made God of Wealth is about to leave Shanzhou again on Tuesday, so he has to finalize the loan before Zhou Chengye left.

Everyone said something lightly just now, but they decided to make an agreement between chatting and laughing.

Gan Yu provided financial support to the governor's office of Shanzhou on behalf of the Zhou family's various industries in Shanzhou, while Shanzhou opened local mines and land to the Zhou family. As for the additional military expenses that Zhou Chengye asked for from the Ministry of Revenue activities after returning to Chang'an, it was a practical matter for him to join the army for the Shanzhou garrison, which cannot be confused with the commercial operation of the Zhou family consortium.

After all the talks were made, everyone drank happily and was so drunk.

At noon the next day, a large-scale caravan with neat lineup appeared on the official road from Huangshui to Chang'an.

When he came to Shanzhou on Tuesday, he was full of loads. When he returned to Chang'an in winter, he never returned empty-handed.

Because of its deep official and military background, the ride-sharing service has developed rapidly in more than a year. Now it has extended its tentacles to Dunhuang in Longyou. It is estimated that by next year, it will be able to expand its business to Tocharo, west of the Pamirs of Anxi.

All the war horses garrisoned in Shanzhou had already been nailed with strong horseshoes earlier, and in this process, some residual war horses were naturally eliminated. In the past, these eliminated war horses were either killed as military rations or treated to local people at very low prices, but this year they were sold to the ride-hailing horses at a good price.

Although these horses are no longer qualified for the military's requirements, they are all strictly trained war horses. They are capable of carrying people in light carriages between cities, and serving the ride-sharing for five or eight years is no problem.

There is a Hu city between Shanzhou and the Qinghai Protectorate of Tubo State. The wealthy boss Zhou secretly asked someone to pay a high price to buy nearly a hundred dragon horses and green horses in Fuqi City, who settled in Tubo State.

These top-notch horses were prepared by Zhou Chengye for the express delivery department of the ride-hailing horse. The ride-hailing bus must not only have "Volkswagen taxis" and "luxury concierge cars" that are active between cities, but also "cargo consignments" and "express delivery cars" that are walking between states.

In the era without gas engines, horses were the guarantee of transport capacity.

Looking at the long convoy behind him and sitting in an inconspicuous carriage outside, Zhou Chengye was filled with pride and pride.

When he came out of Chang'an, he brought three hundred carriages and a wealth of 500,000 jin. Half a year later, when he returned to Chang'an, there were five hundred carriages left in Shanzhou, and the value of various industries exceeded 500,000 jin. And behind him, he is still carrying a convoy of 300 vehicles, carrying wealth worth more than one million jin.

This money was basically earned by Gan Yu, the guards of the Zhou family and the Qingchi Gang. On Tuesday, he just occasionally pointed them in direction and set goals.

In Gan Yu's words, Shanzhou is simply a place where people are stupid and have a lot of money. If you want to get rich, come quickly!

In Chang'an City, the "Chengente Supply" sold at a black price of five taels of gold per jar, and in Shanzhou, it can be sold at a jar of ten taels of gold per jar. Those merchants who came from Persia, Anxi, Tochar, India, Turks, Tubo and other places seemed to be very fond of this kind of spirit wine that was like a fire in their throats. They did not hesitate to use high-quality spices, jewelry, jade, gold ornaments, leather and even jerseys and slaves to exchange for the whole truck of shochu.

There is no way. Now, what kind of fashion is popular in the center of the world of the Tang Dynasty, the countries around the Tang Dynasty will immediately follow a trend of pursuit. The Tang people are addicted to alcohol and especially like strong alcohol, so the whole world goes crazy with it.

Fortunately, Zhou Chengye had long anticipated the current situation of selling out of stock in Cheng'ente, so as to buy Xiliuzhuang, he immediately built a production line for purified high-quality sour wine in the village, which enabled Cheng'en Restaurants in Chang'an, Luoyang and Huangshui to always have the same quality sour wine to be sold out.

The soju shops in Xiliu Village are still not engaged in the brewing of raw wine, but directly purchase ordinary soju from wineries in various parts of Guanzhong for processing. In this way, although Cheng'enlou made a big profit for selling wine, the wine shops in various parts of Guanzhong did not suffer any impact. Instead, the output is getting bigger and bigger, and life is becoming more prosperous.

He ate meat in large quantities and left some soup for others to drink. This is the principle of doing business on Tuesday. Compared to earning the money of the Han people in Chang'an City and Luoyang City, Tuesday was actually more keen on the business operations in Shanzhou today. He wanted all the Tubo people, Turks, Tocharis, Indians, cannibals, and Persians to do business with him.

When doing business with these foreign countries, the bigger the scene, the more wealth it will flow back to the Tang Dynasty. In the future, the more effort the Tang Dynasty will save when it comes to picking them up.
Chapter completed!