The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 44
Only then did Li Tai settle down in his heart. What Xuan Shijing said was indeed reasonable, and said: "Since Shijing is like this, then I will not refuse any more. After I go back, I will tell my father that I can leave the palace at any time if I ask for one." of grace."

Li Tai's activeness made Xuan Shijing somewhat astonished, this guy couldn't be so active just to be able to leave the palace at any time, right?Though thinking so in his heart, he nodded.

After seeing off Li Tai, Xuan Shijing went to find Zhong Zishuo.

"Uncle Zhong, how much money did His Royal Highness King Wei bring today?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Young Lord, I checked with my eyes, and there are about five hundred coins." Zhong Zishuo said, "But why did His Royal Highness Prince Wei bring so much money here?"

"This is what I talked about with the King of Wei and the Crown Prince yesterday. I plan to get His Royal Highness the King of Wei and the Crown Prince to invest in our paper-making workshop." Xuan Shijing said, "It's easy for someone in the court to handle things, Uncle Zhong. Think about it, now that there are no nobles behind the big and small businesses in Chang'an City, if we intervene rashly, with the current state of the Hou Mansion, it will not be easy in the open or in the dark. It would be better to have the names of the prince and Wei Wang. The head can also act as a deterrent."

Zhong Zishuo nodded undeniably, that is indeed the case. The Hou Mansion started to do business in Chang'an City. No matter what kind of business it is, it will more or less touch the interests of the nobles. On the surface, they know that these businesses are the work of the Hou Mansion. , I won’t say anything, but there is something behind my back, which is annoying.

Zhong Zishuo was born in Jianghu, and he knew very little about business matters. This is one of the reasons why he would not say much no matter what Xuan Shijing did. He just occasionally raised some inappropriate things based on his experience. Therefore, when Xuan Shijing opened Shangpinfang, he transferred money piles from Shanxi. Now it seems that the manpower is still not enough. Judging by Xuan Shijing's appearance, Shangpinfang and Shangpinfang will definitely not be the only ones in the house in the future. In the past few years, Zhong Zishuo has almost figured out Xuan Shijing's understanding of the two industries of papermaking workshops. The young master of his family is indeed a master who dares to think and do things. In terms of managing the family business, he does not look like a four-year-old child at all. .

"The young master, the money sent by His Royal Highness King Wei..."

"The spring is all invested in the Zhuangzi to dig the river." Xuan Shijing said: "Uncle Zhong, do you roughly estimate how much money we can use to dig the river in the Zhuangzi?"

Zhong Zishuo shook his head: "I really don't understand this, I have to ask someone to estimate it, but I think the five hundred guan is not bad, we use all our own people from our village, and there is nothing wrong with wages." Worried, I think the farmers in our village will not accept the wages given by Lord Hou."

"Why?" Xuan Shijing was puzzled.

"This river channel was not dug for the mansion. To put it bluntly, this matter is also a matter of the village. When the river water is diverted to our village, they will benefit. They must be ashamed to take the Hou Mansion. Besides, Dongshan County is your fiefdom, and you have the right to levy corvee, so the little marquis can save the money." Zhong Zishuo said.

Xuan Shijing suddenly realized that even so, judging from the money that Xuan Shijing can embezzle now, it is still a little insufficient. Fortunately, digging the river is a long-term project, at least there is still time for Xuan Shijing to relax .

It seems that he still didn’t think well, Xuan Shijing sighed, he thought of opening a paper-making workshop in a flash of light, and went to implement it in a hurry, but he didn’t take into account the overall situation of the family. When I want to do something, I have to ask Uncle Zhong to ask about the situation in the house. Now it is good, Xuan Shijing can only bite the bullet and continue, after all, he has already told Li Tai and Li Chengqian about the paper making, and Li Tai is more It is to help in the workshop in person.

"Ah~ still too young." Xuan Shijing sighed.

Xuan Shijing's words made Zhong Zishuo's head confused, what's wrong with the young master?
"Why is Young Master so emotional?" Zhong Zishuo asked.

"Ah? Oh, I'm just sighing, if I grow up a bit, maybe the family will live a better life, and the family will also live a better life." Xuan Shijing said.

"So that's it. You don't have to worry, little duke. Everything has to take your time. No, the house is getting better and better? Little duke will grow bigger and bigger, right?" Zhong Zisuo looked at Xuan with a smile Shijing.

Xuan Shijing nodded with a smile: "Uncle Zhong is right, everything will get better and better. It just so happens that I have one more thing, Uncle Zhong, to help me."

"What's the matter?"

"I'm going to study in the palace after the first lunar month. I don't know what to prepare. Please ask Uncle Zhong to help me prepare. It will save me trouble when the time comes." Xuan Shijing said.

"I really don't know about this. I'll go see my wife and ask after a while, and I will definitely prepare it for the little duke."

"Then there is Uncle Lao Zhong."

Zhong Zishuo smiled and said, "Yes, by the way, Young Master, today you have to go to Duke Yi's mansion. I have already ordered Gao Jun to harness the carriage and wait for Young Master. After a while, Young Master will take Long let's go."

Xuan Shijing slapped his head and almost forgot about it. Although he walked around years ago, he still had to visit the mansion again after the new year. Before the new year, it was a New Year gift, and after the new year, he would go to visit and bless .

"Okay, I got it. I'll take Long'er and set off in a while. By the way, today is Duke Yi's mansion, tomorrow is Duke Lu's mansion, right? Uncle Niu's mansion, are there other people?" Impression Among them, there are only these three families that have a relatively close relationship with the Hou Mansion.

"Exactly, if we talk about other honorable mansions, Hejian County King, Duke Qiao, Prime Minister Xiao... It's just that since Big Brother Xuan left, the relationship with the mansions has not been as good as before." Zhong Zishuo counted them one by one. .

"After all, etiquette must be fulfilled." Xuan Shijing thought for a while: "If there is, this matter will be settled at Uncle Qin's mansion together. Uncle Zhong, you send someone to Uncle Qin's mansion to upload a message, and then you It is said that we will organize the luncheon in the Qin Mansion today, and ask Uncle Qin to invite Uncle Cheng, Uncle Niu, King Hejian, Duke Qiao, Prime Minister Xiao, and the elders who have a good relationship with our family to the Qin Mansion. These elders prepared a big meal to pay their respects, and they also ran from house to house, not to mention some who didn’t know whether they should go or not.”

"It's feasible!" Zhong Zishuo said, "Okay, then Master Hou and Miss Long'er go to prepare, and I'll send a few more people to help. I'll arrange people to spread the word that Gao Jun's carriage is definitely not enough. I'll arrange another ox cart."

"Well, that's it."

(End of this chapter)