one's door

Chapter 232 Gloves
Zhang Yan did not tell anyone about the opening of the store.Even the family members don't know.

But Zhang Yan is not worried at all that his small shop is out of business.

No one would know the news just because Zhang Yan didn't publicize or say hello.Now, since Zhou Cang gave Zhang Yan some news about the Yuanding Imperial City through Lin Zedong’s visit in the Zhoucang camp half a month ago, one after another, some people began to take the initiative to show favor to Zhang Yan and pay attention to Zhang Yan. Yan made every move.

The first to jump out were the so-called high-ranking people from Langyuan City.Mainly merchants and some deep-rooted families.The officials of the local yamen, no matter how big or small, have not come to Zhang Yan for the time being.After all, the official shock in Langyuan City is not over yet.Yang Jie, the Zuojun Lang official of the county guard's mansion, hasn't left yet.

But these people are very restrained, on the one hand, because their identities are only merchants, while Zhang Yan is a guest teacher in the martial arts academy, the difference in identities makes them have to do so.On the other hand, because Zhang Yan's attitude has always been indifferent, he has never shown his face in the so-called upper circles in Langyuan City.He didn't know anyone well, so he had no choice but to dare to show too much enthusiasm to provoke Zhang Yan's dissatisfaction.

Merchants are all for profit, and these people can't grasp any real power.It's not within the range that Zhang Yan needs to deal with, so just ignore it.So much so that these people have come to the next best thing recently and went to the carpentry shop from time to time to get acquainted, and they don't know how to digest such a wheelchair when they buy it back, whether to resell it or leave it idle?
Even Zhang Shun from Xiangkou wrote a letter, and the letter also mentioned that the business in the semicolon there has inexplicably skyrocketed recently, and many big merchants from Xiangkou are actively showing their favor, with an attitude of "making friends" .Zhang Shun didn't know how to deal with it, he was worried that his hasty decision would affect his second brother.After all, Zhang Shun is not stupid, how could he fail to guess the reason why those big merchants with upturned nostrils suddenly became so kind?The entire Zhang family has no other explanation except that their second brother has this ability.

The so-called high-class merchants in Langyuan City are just probing.In the past few days, the bronzing invitations that Zhang Yan's family has received have begun to show people outside of Langyuan City.There are people from neighboring big cities and neighboring counties, and even saw an invitation card claiming to be the "Xiuya Firm" in Yuanding Imperial City.

There is a saying that is not on the table called "gloves".The more powerful the forces, the more intertwined they will be, both overtly and covertly involved, and official or business affairs are often interdependent.Generally, as the party that cannot grasp absolute power, merchants often become lower-status or even mostly dependent parties.And they also need to help the forces behind and behind the scenes to do some things that are inconvenient to come forward, or some temptations.This is where the word "glove" comes from.

And the "Xiu Ya Firm" that impressed Zhang Yan was a famous and gorgeous "glove", behind which was the royal family of Nanyuan Kingdom.

Royal family and royal family seem to be exactly the same at first glance.But in fact there is a big difference.The royal family refers to the direct line of blood that holds power in the palace.The royal family refers to the cross or collateral line with the royal blood.The primary and secondary relationships inside are clearly distinguished.

However, although the royal family has no rights, and is even restricted from being in the official position, and does not have any fiefdoms, the royal family will not ignore it at all. After all, they are still relatives from their ancestors, and they still need to be taken care of accordingly.

But the royal family cannot use the money in the national treasury to take care of the clansmen, and can only pay for it from the royal family's internal affairs treasury.And where does the money for the Royal Household Treasury come from?Naturally, gloves such as "Xiu Ya Company" were earned from the business.

One of the specialties of Nanyuan Kingdom is tea.Especially the "Xiuya" tea is the best.Moreover, once tea leaves the Nanyuan Kingdom, it is a rare commodity, and the price is often nearly twice as high as the domestic price of tea of ​​the same quality.Belongs to the real profiteering business.Take Beiwu Kingdom, which is the closest to Beijiang County, north of Tonghu Pass, for example.The horses they had sold to Nanyuan Kingdom would definitely buy a large amount of tea and sell them back when they returned.It was the same when the caravans from Nanyuan Kingdom went to Beiwu Kingdom for business. Every entry and exit would be huge profits for both parties.

Ordinary people are naturally not qualified to get involved in the windfall profiteering.Therefore, the Xiuya Company has a great reputation in Nanyuan Kingdom, and many times it can be regarded as a tentacles for the royal family of Nanyuan Kingdom.

Although Zhang Yan couldn't just ignore Xiu Ya's company, but he didn't give the other party a chance to get in touch. When he replied formally, he said he was too busy and didn't have time.He figured it out before.His current cultivation and strength are enough for him to raise his identity and status even higher.So it's just a glove. If you want to see him, you can see him. Wouldn't it be too simple?

After choosing to ignore and reject the early tentative contacts of all parties, Zhang Yan found that there were many small tails around him.

So he didn't worry about no one coming to Zhang Yan's newly opened small shop.

Sure enough, people came to this small shop in less than a meal after it opened on the first day.Nodding and bowing, he greeted Zhang Yan. Seeing that Zhang Yan was lying on the recliner and ignored him at all, he saluted awkwardly and began to look around the store. Finally, he naturally fixed his eyes on the three short soldiers standing beside him. on the container.

"hiss"

The sound of gasping for breath was very harsh in the small shop, and then perhaps sensing the suddenness of the scene, the man quickly covered his mouth, turned his head carefully, and ignored him but held the Zhang Yan was reading a book.In the end, he left in a hurry with a complicated expression.

There were two, one after another, several groups of people came one after another, and finally left in a hurry with similar expressions.

Just when Zhang Yan was about to pack up his things and close the shop to leave, a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes walked in.Regardless of this attire, the aura on his body alone is not comparable to those previous miscellaneous fish who were obviously only ears.

"Your servant Xue Tianlang, Tim is the big shopkeeper of the Xiuya shop in Beijiang County. I wrote the invitation to Zhang Jiaoxi before. This time I happened to see Zhang Jiaoxi here, so I came in to say hello to Zhang Jiaoxi. "

The visitor speaks politely and politely.After saluting to Zhang Yan, he stood at the entrance of the small shop with a smile on his face.

Zhang Yan was quite surprised.He thought that some frizzy forces would show up to formally contact him first, but he didn't expect the white glove of the royal family to jump out first.It seems quite impatient.

why?Is it because of Princess Qingling?

"Shopkeeper Xue? Hehe, it's a pity that I couldn't meet the shopkeeper because of the busy work before. I didn't expect to meet again by chance. It is indeed destined."

"Where is Professor Zhang?"

"I did a few little tricks when I had nothing to do, and I paid a price for it, and it was just a pastime."

"Oh? Then I have to keep my eyes open."

(End of this chapter)