Chapter 151: Why should God of Wealth be wronged?

Xiangzhou is really a big city on the east road of Shannan. As soon as Tang Cheng led his horse into the city gate, he felt a smell of lacquer coming to his face.

After entering the city through the gate, the first thing I saw was the caravans scattered on both sides of the road. These caravans not only included Han people, but also many Hu people with strange hair styles, carriages, horses, donkeys, mules, and even camels. They stretched for miles on the still wide roadside. People shouted, coupled with the neighing of horses and the sneezing of donkeys, which made the whole street extremely noisy. Compared with the lively Xiangzhou in front of him, Jinzhou is really far behind.

"Good guy! Sir, you see, almost all the shops on both sides of the road sell lacquerware," Feng Haizhou pointed at the shop sign floating high in the air on the street.

Tang Cheng's eyes were now on those shop signs. He smiled and said, "Yes, if there were no lacquerware, how could Xiangzhou be as prosperous as it is now! If there were no lacquerware merchants here, why would we come here?"

The lacquerware merchant was the purpose of Tang Cheng coming to Xiangzhou, and he was also the target of attracting investment in his vision.

Although Xiangzhou is located in the east of Shannan Road, it is the largest lacquerware production and sales center in the world. "The people of Xiangzhou are good at making lacquerware, and the world learns from the law, which is called Xiangyang." As a common utensil in the daily life of the people, Xiangzhou lacquerware can be said to be sold to the world. It is not only in the inland areas of the Tang Dynasty, but also in the northern Hu tribes and foreign countries in the Western Regions. It even has a special title of "Kuluzhen".

Since the former Sui Dynasty, Xiangzhou has been the center of mass production and sales of lacquerware. After nearly a hundred years of peace in the dynasty, the current Xiangzhou lacquerware industry has developed to its peak period, and this industry has also created a unique wealthy class in Xiangzhou - lacquerware merchants!

Looking at the lively scenes on both sides and the shop signs walking into the city, Tang Cheng saw Feng Haizhou turning a blind eye to an inn on the road and continued to walk forward, so he called him. "Haizhou, isn't this the inn? Are you still walking there?"

The waiter in front of the inn door was already smiling, and it seemed that he was about to walk here. Feng Haizhou hurriedly pulled Tang Cheng to the side, "Sir, just look at the door of this inn, you will know that it must be very expensive. If our position is in such an inn, the yamen will not be able to pay the bill. Let's look forward to find the inn with seriousness."

"You don't know what the people in the inn are doing. If we move in, we will have to boil them by ourselves!" Tang Cheng smiled and shook his hand, "Just live here. You can come out with me so far, and you can still suffer that kind of sin!"

Tang Cheng said with a smile, and the person was already walking to the inn first. After the waiter with a smile on his face came up, he asked about his well-being and handed over a hot towel. He was so attentive.

"Two rooms are in the room", Tang Cheng handed the towel back to the waiter, turned his head and said to Feng Haizhou: "Look. This is not as comfortable as living in an inn! Haizhou, we are here to do business this time, and the place of residence is bad, so it is even more despised. We don't have to save money here."

When I arrived at the upper room, I washed up again. After washing my face full of dust, Tang Cheng, who had settled himself in a comfortable manner, held a hot Mengding stone flower and asked the waiter: "Which is the largest lacquerware merchant in this state?"

"Zhu Family, Zhou Family", the waiter came without thinking.

"No," Tang Cheng was confused by the waiter's answer, "Which family is the one?"

He also stayed in the yamen for so long. Naturally, he knew that almost all departments of industry and commerce had guild organizations at this time, including rice shops, meat shops, and other guilds, such as noodles shops, cloth shops, iron shops, medicine shops, butchers shops, fruit shops, etc. For Xiangzhou, the largest guild is naturally a lacquer ware shop. There are guilds, there are guilds, and most of them are recommended by the yamen. One of the responsibilities is to regulate and supervise the transactions of the "travelers" of the corporations. It is precisely because of the special status of the corporations, that is, in general, the corporations of a certain industry in each place are definitely the strongest in the industry, otherwise even if you become a corporat, you will not be convinced.

"It's not decided yet, the two families are competing hard." Seeing that Tang Cheng had two bites of tea, the waiter hurriedly brought the tea cup to add it to him, "The Zhu family has a strong foundation, and the first two generations were all in the lacquerware industry in the province; the Zhou family has risen in the past ten years, but they are in a strong momentum. Since the death of Zhu Ba's grandfather, the industry has been vacant, and the two sides have competed."

"Yeah, that's right." Tang Cheng took a usual flying ticket from his sleeve and turned it over, "Tell me carefully, it's more likely that which of these two families will win?"

The waiter grabbed the ticket and saw clearly that it was a regular reward, and his face became more and more laughing. "Ke, this little guy is not sure. Just about business, the Zhu family's foundation is a bit tough, after all, it has been a sign for many years. But the Zhou family is not relaxed, and I don't know where they have found so many masters and craftsmen. The lacquerware they made is strong and beautiful. This little decade is really prosperous."

Speaking of this, the waiter leaned forward and lowered his voice and said, "If you want to lean behind the ground, no one will allow anyone on both sides. I heard that the Zhu family is in the Daoya, and the Zhou family is in the Daocheng Martial Ambassador's Office. For this reason, the envoys of this state are unwilling to interfere in the new business. Otherwise, it would have been decided long ago."

This is a bit troublesome!

After asking for a while, Tang Cheng waved his hand and said, "Well, okay, you go out and do your business."

The waiter went out and took a shower and changed into clothes. Feng Haizhou, who had taken a shower and changed into clothes, came in from outside. "Sir, let's go while it's still early. Let's go here. The matter is done early and leave early. This inn is too expensive!"

Tang Cheng was thinking about what the waiter said just now, but he was amused by Feng Haizhou's last words, "Haizhou, you are also an old official in the yamen. Even if this inn is more expensive, it won't be like this."

Feng Haizhou smiled mockingly when he heard this, "I have to refund the money for the matter at the end of last year. I borrowed the money I saved from my brother-in-law to open a restaurant. For this reason, his wife was throwing and beating at home every day, and I was in a hurry to pay back the money."

"Why don't you tell me if you have this matter? I'll lend you to fill the hole first when I go back." After Tang Cheng finished speaking, he didn't allow Feng Haizhou to say anything else, so he said the waiter just now.

"If I want to do it, we should go to the Zhu family," Feng Haizhou pondered for a moment and said, "After all, they are old signs for many years, and their foundation is thicker no matter how hard they are."

"Okay, just follow your words and go to the Zhu family." Tang Cheng left as soon as he said that, took the scroll and walked out.

As a famous lacquerware family in Xiangzhou, it is easy to find the Zhu family. In a huge archway area, his family alone accounts for one-fifth of the area. The houses are continuous and the area is like a black crow, which looks very grand.

With the famous sect of "the military officer of the Jinzhou Prefecture Office", Tang Cheng and his two men met Zhu Xiansheng, the current leader of the Zhu family, before they waited for a long time.

After the three of them exchanged greetings and sat down, Tang Cheng did not wait for Zhu Xiansheng to ask around in circles, so he spread out the map straight to explain his purpose.

Listening to Tang Cheng's words, Zhu Xiansheng was stunned at first. He did not expect that Tang Cheng, who was a military officer in the state, would actually discuss business with him.

As Tang Cheng said more, the expression on Zhu Xiansheng's face changed from astonishment to incredible. Your wharf must have a road to be useful. Now there is no trace of the road, and he actually uses a useless wharf to care about my money. Others are painting cakes to satisfy themselves. This young and overly Tang Jun actually used a cake to deceive others. Is there such a good thing in the world?

For a moment, Zhu Xiansheng felt angry and funny, and he became more and more suspicious of Tang Cheng's identity, not only because Tang Cheng showed it. In his opinion, it was a "cluttered fraud". It was also because Zhu Xiansheng didn't believe that there would be such a young recorder who would participate in the military since he saw Tang Cheng just now.

Who has ever seen the military officers of the state yamen who are under twenty years old? Not to mention seeing each other in the southeastern states in the mountain, but they have never even heard of it.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that I had a reasonable point. Zhu Xiansheng's face became lighter and lighter. After listening to a few words roughly, he didn't care what Tang Cheng said later.

After detecting Zhu Xiansheng's face change, Tang Cheng stopped his words. "Mr. Zhu is not interested in what I said?"

"I am a businessman, and the businessman pays for one hand and delivers the goods at the same time. He is indeed not interested in the castles in the sky." Zhu Xiansheng looked at Tang Cheng with great fun, "What interested me is when did the Jinzhou Prefecture Office have such a young record officer to join the army?" When he said this, Zhu Xiansheng's face had completely sunk. "I would like to advise you, if you are tight, you can say it bluntly. If you have different ideas, then you have come to the wrong place."

As soon as he said this, Tang Cheng's face changed immediately. With so many verbal words, Zhu Xiansheng's eyes turned out to be a beggar who cheated money!

Tang Cheng patted Feng Haizhou, who was about to speak with his face suddenly changed, slowly rolled up the scroll and looked at Zhu Xiansheng and smiled: "Since Mr. Zhu is interested in the authenticity of my identity, why not give me a try? According to Tang Rule, it is a serious crime to pretend to be an official to cheat!"

Zhu Xiansheng did not expect Tang Cheng to say such words, which was exactly what he wanted to say next.

After looking at Zhu Xiansheng, who was a little unresponsive, Tang Cheng turned to the side and smiled and said to Feng Haizhou: "Haizhou, I actually have something I am interested in."

Feng Haizhou glanced at Zhu Xiansheng and asked in a cooperative manner: "What is the interest of sir?"

"What I am interested in is why the century-old Zhu family has been declining since the Grandpa Zhu Ba went there, and now it can't even save the first place that has been passed down for several generations." At this point, Tang Cheng turned his head and asked Zhu Xiansheng with a gray face, "I wonder if Mr. Zhu can relieve my doubts."

"You... you are too bullying others." Zhu Xiansheng greeted him as he slapped the table, and several servants rushed in from outside, "Come on, tie them up for me."

"People will humiliate themselves, and later generations will humiliate them." Seeing the servants rushing over with great momentum, Tang Cheng threw the teacup in his hand with a "splash", stood up and shouted sternly: "Who dares!"

Those servants ate his harsh shout and his momentum, and they even beat him up.

After drinking those servants, Tang Cheng's expression returned to normal and even smiled at Zhu Xiansheng, "Zhu's merchants are indeed a serious crime to pretend to be officials of the court, but they dare to slander the officials of the court for being a lowly businessman. I have to say this before, don't blame me for not saying anything at that time."

"Just rely on you..."

"I have an official document with an observation that Lord Yu personally signed and sealed, but you, a merchant, certainly don't know him." Tang Cheng took a step forward, "Or why should we ask the envoy of King Fu Cheng of Xiangzhou to test the authenticity?"

Observation Yu Dongjun had just taken office and had not been in Daocheng for much time. He was far from well-known. There were even fewer people who knew the name of the envoy of the state. He was actually told by Tang Cheng in front of him. Looking at his performance, thinking about what he said about Yu Observation's official documents... Zhu Xiansheng was a little unsure for a while.

Those servants were taken away by Tang Cheng's words and momentum. After stopping, they looked at Tang Cheng, then turned their heads to see their master, and didn't know what to do for a moment.

Zhu Xiansheng's mind was as anxious as lightning, but he was still unable to make up his mind. It was easy to tie someone up. If Tang Cheng was real, the aftermath would be troublesome. And according to his words, Xiangzhou came to Xiangzhou under the order of the master of the observation mission. This... Although his mind changed rapidly, the more he turned, the more he was unable to make up his mind, but he couldn't swallow his breath, and his face turned red for a moment.

"Since Mr. Zhu has no intention of keeping guests, Haizhou, let's go." Seeing Zhu Xiansheng like this, Tang Cheng, who had put away the scroll, smiled and walked through the servants with his hands behind his back.

Seeing Tang Cheng walk out of the main hall and the door, Zhu Xiansheng's face changed again, and his hand raised several times finally fell down sadly...

After leaving the Zhu family's gate, Feng Haizhou suddenly let out a breath, "It's so dangerous."

"What's the danger? In this period of peace, why are you afraid that Haizhou will not be able to do this? Zhu Xiansheng is just a mediocre person. He is suspicious but does not know how to verify. If he doesn't seek verification, he will speak rashly and speak lightly but is decisive. Such a gentle and hesitant person will not dare to do such a thing even if he uses his courage!" Tang Cheng also looked back at the Zhu family's house with Feng Haizhou. "When he came, he felt that the house was grand, but now he looks at it again, but he feels that it smells of decay. Today, it seems that the position of the head of the lacquerware industry in Xiangzhou must be obtained by the Zhou family."

After Tang Cheng finished speaking, he couldn't hear Feng Haizhou's words, "Haizhou, what's wrong?"

"Nothing," Feng Haizhou's face looked a little strange, "I didn't expect that the adults looked very young, but they were..."

It seemed that he felt that the following words were flattering, but Feng Haizhou smiled and stopped talking, and changed the topic: "Sir, you were a little impulsive just now."

"We must tolerate when we should endure, but we must not tolerate when we shouldn't." Tang Cheng chuckled, "We are the God of Wealth who is here to give him money. Why should God of Wealth be wronged?"

"Sir, let's go there now?"
Chapter completed!