Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 549
Both of them are people who have rolled in the business field, and they have a deep understanding of the morals of the world.They know that if the business with Tubo is successful, it will be a huge business. At that time, there will be many coveted people. These people are either rich or powerful, and they must be determined to win the imperial edict. To whom, that is a lot of knowledge, if you are not careful, you will cause a catastrophe.Even those who have obtained the edict will not give up, and will fight openly and secretly for the benefit of trade.The most important thing for me right now is to grasp the signboard of Xiao Wang Langjun. As long as I grasp this signboard, there will be the big Buddha of King Dudu behind me. Who would dare to deny myself three points?Even if I do something wrong in the future, the board will be held high and then lowered gently. Since ancient times, how can the elbows turn outward?
"Then I'll take this letter to Mr. Xiaolang and ask for advice!" Cai Dingshan asked.

"How about tomorrow! It's getting late now!" Zhuge Wen said.

"It's not too late, just let Mr. Xiaolang know that we will ask him for advice as soon as we receive the letter. It's best not to change your clothes or mine, and don't wash them. Just go to see him with a dusty face!"

"Wonderful!" Zhuge Wen clapped his hands in praise: "Cai Lao said that, in this way, Mr. Xiao Lang will think that we are the first to go to him after we know about this matter, and naturally we will look at you and me differently!"

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Cai Dingshan's house where Wang Ence was housed was located beside Huanhua Creek. The front door faced Muchun Street, and behind it was a long clean stone-paved street, beside which was Weihua Creek.There are a few small shops along the street.These shops are different from the outside ones, they don’t sell other things, they specialize in exquisite, fragrant and romantic things - famous wine and tea, candy snacks, flute pipes, zithers, gold and jade jewelry, sachets, embroidered socks, etc. It's all women's business.Cai Dingshan's house was originally used to house an outer room of his own. The layout is elegant and quiet. Cai Dingshan would live there for two days every few months. In the past two years, the outer room suffered from typhoid fever. The doctor prescribed a prescription, but it didn't save him, so the house was vacant, but two old servants were sent to clean it every few days.

After Wang Ence moved in, Cai Dingshan selected maids and servants from his home to serve him. Every few days, he would either himself or the eldest son come to greet him with gifts, lest Wang Ence would be unsatisfied.Wang Ence was considered a first-class family in the village back then, but his food and clothing expenses were far from those of rich merchants like Cai Dingshan. He was a little apprehensive at first, but after a few days he relaxed and started to eat freely.The maids and servants of the Cai family showed their ability to serve people, and Wang Ence was quickly confused. I don't know what year it is.

Cai Dingshan and Zhugewen arrived at their house panting, and the accompanying servants called to open the door. Cai Dingshan asked, "Where is Mr. Xiaolang? Are you at home?"

"Xiao Langjun?" The old servant at the door did not expect the master to come at this time, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, I am playing with Cuihong and the others in the backyard!"

"Shut up!" Cai Dingshan yelled: "Quickly, hurry up and pass the message on for me, just say something important, and ask Xiao Lang to see you!"

"Yes, yes!" The old servant replied, and hurried to communicate. Cai Dingshan took a few breaths, took advantage of the waiting time, turned his body, and looked around.After not coming here for more than a year, he found that the old plum with gnarled branches and the two tall and straight sycamore trees in front of the pavilion were still the same, only the dozen or so stalks of green bamboo seemed to be growing thicker and denser.He remembered that the outer room cherished these green bamboos and phoenix trees very much. Every morning and night, he would personally direct the maids to draw water from the well and wash them carefully twice.Although it is dark now, through the light from the paper windows lined up in a row, you can still see the hazy reflection on the smooth tree trunks... "Wait a while, wait for me, hahaha, watch me catch How can I deal with you little girl..."

Hearing the laughter coming from the room in front, Cai Dingshan's face was a bit ugly. Although he originally placed Wang Ence here to please him, he still felt a little uncomfortable with Wang Ence's appearance like a wandering boy in his hometown.Zhuge Wen next to him saw it and said in a low voice: "Old Cai, Mr. Xiaolang is still young after all. It is not surprising that the young man suddenly sees wealth and status, and it is not surprising that he escaped a bit, but this is also good. It is better than that in other cities. okay?"

"Yeah!" Cai Dingshan nodded, and his complexion looked better. At this time, the old servant's voice came from the house: "Little Lord, the master and Mr. Zhuge have arrived, so they are waiting outside the door!"

The laughter in Changxuan stopped, and then came the sound of footsteps, Cai Dingshan and Zhuge Wen hurriedly adjusted their clothes, the curtain was raised, Wang Ence walked out, his cheeks were flushed, his face smelled of alcohol, and he said with a smile : "So it's the two of you, why are you here so late!"

"There is indeed something important!" Zhuge Wen bowed and said, "Elder Cai and I have just returned to Chengdu when we got some important news, so we came to see Mr. Xiao Lang directly!"

"Is it important?" Wang Ence looked at Cai Dingshan and Zhuge Wen, and then he noticed the dusty looks of the two, and the smiles on their faces disappeared: "Then come in and talk!"

Cai Dingshan and Zhuge Wen entered the door. It was a rectangular open house with windows on all sides and plum blossom curtains.In the middle is a nanmu bed, with several chairs on both sides and bonsai on display.On two tall floor-to-ceiling candlesticks, four bright candles competed for brilliance.He pretended not to notice the throwing pots and throwing pots randomly placed on the ground, the half-eaten food and drink on the small table, and the blush on the faces of the maids on both sides. He just winked at the steward next to him , the manager nodded knowingly, cleaned up the room in a short while, served hot tea, and then retreated, only Wang Ence, Zhuge Wen, and Cai Dingshan were left in the room.

"Xiao Langjun!" Cai Dingshan took out the letter from his sleeve, and presented it with both hands: "This is a letter from your brother, sent by Mr. Yiji Lianbode!"

Hearing the word "Brother Ling" from Cai Dingshan's mouth, Wang Ence's face flashed with embarrassment, but he still reached out to take the letter, read it carefully, and after a while he finished reading the letter, put it aside, and slowly He said: "Well, according to what you said in the letter, your business is about to flourish? Why are you in such a hurry to see me?"

"Xiao Langjun is joking!" Cai Dingshan said with a smile: "I am waiting for this small business, all thanks to the gift of Wang Dudu, Wang Dudu is not in Chengdu, Xiao Langjun is our benefactor, naturally I have to come to thank you! "

"I'm your benefactor?" Wang Ence had a weird smile on his face when he heard this, like a sarcasm or a wry smile, he waved his hand: "Forget it, since you want to thank me, it's not difficult, usually If you send me some good food, wine, and lovely people, and play with me, it will be considered as repaying my brother's kindness!"

Hearing Wang Ence's answer, Cai Dingshan was taken aback for a moment, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment. Zhuge Wen who was next to him hurriedly said: "It's common to be a beautiful woman with wine and food, why bother Xiao Lang to speak? This is indeed what I was waiting for." , I waited to come tonight, but there is another thing, I want to use your identity to be majestic!"

"My status is majestic?" Wang Ence couldn't help laughing. He looked at the two merchants in front of him looking at him with trepidation. Although he didn't know much about their situation, it was not difficult to see that these two were wealthy and good at dancing. But now it seems that everything is in his own hands, the only reason is that he is Wang Wenzuo's "brother".When he thought of this, he had a strange impulse. If he revealed Wang Wenzuo's life experience and told them that he was not Wang Wenzuo's biological brother at all, and that Wang Wenzuo's surname was not even Wang, he was just sent to Baekje to replace him. It's just a domestic slave who joined the army. What kind of expressions will these people have?

"That's right!" Although Wang Ence's attitude seemed a bit strange, Zhuge Wen didn't care so much at the moment: "You also read the letter just now, and the governor asked us to handle and issue the fifty copies of the edict. How can I do such a great thing with just a few people waiting for me? Without your presence, Mr. Xiao Lang, we will definitely not be able to do this matter!"

"Why don't you guys divide up the imperial edict yourself?" Wang Ence asked curiously, "I think it says in this letter that you need an imperial edict to trade with the Tibetans. It should be very profitable, right?"

"Xiao Langjun is joking!" Cai Dingshan said with a wry smile: "Yes, this edict is indeed like a money tree, but we have to see if we can afford it! We were blessed by our ancestors, and we pooled the two together at the beginning. For the people of Wanguan, it would be great if everyone could take a share. If you are greedy and want to eat the rest, you will really lose your head!"

Seeing that Wang Ence still looked ignorant, Zhuge Wen on the side hurriedly explained: "Mr. Xiaolang doesn't know that this land of Tubo is not only adjacent to my Tang Dynasty, but also can go to places such as Shendu and Liuzhao via Tubo. If you can trade with Tubo, you will naturally be able to trade with these far-flung countries. Moreover, Tubo is a powerful country. If you can get its permission, you can do business with many places that you couldn't go to in the past. Such a good money-making thing is not I know how many people are jealous, and although the few of us have some wealth, if we want to monopolize such a huge benefit, we will immediately become the target of public criticism, and there is no way out!"

"So that's what happened!" Wang Ence nodded, "I didn't expect that, since this is the case, then you can earn a lot of money if you only get one edict each?"

"Xiao Langjun, things are not that simple!" Zhuge Wen said: "There were nine people who gave money at the beginning, and I will only get one for each of them. If Mr. Cai pays more money, he will get another one. The total is Ten imperial edicts. Who are the rest of the imperial edicts for? Those who get them may not thank you, and those who don’t get them will definitely hate you. After getting the imperial edicts, everyone will be colleagues, and colleagues will be enemies. This is very troublesome!"

"So there are still so many troubles!" Wang Ence suddenly realized: "In this way, you merchants are having a hard time! I saw that you enjoy so much, even my brother is not as good, and I am a little envious!"

Zhuge Wen and Cai Dingshan's faces changed drastically when they heard the words, and they hurriedly waved their hands: "Young Lord, why did you say such a thing? It scares the villain. Wang Dudu is a general and important minister next to the emperor. In fact, I am comparable to merchants, and even a little wealth is also a gentleman. As long as you give an order to the king's outer palace, how can we not make dedication wholeheartedly?"

Wang Ence saw that Cai Dingshan's Zhuge Wen didn't look like a fake, so he couldn't help feeling a little interested: "Well, you two will send five hundred guan tomorrow for me to spend!"

Hearing that Wang Ence asked for money, Cai Dingshan was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "That's easy to say, I'll have someone send the money tomorrow morning. It's just about the edict—"

"You two can figure it out for yourself! Let me know when the time comes!" Wang Ence waved his hand: "Is there anything else?"

"It's gone, it's gone!" Cai Dingshan didn't expect this matter to be settled so easily, and he couldn't help being a little dazed. Zhuge Wen who was on the side saw Wang Ence's eyes looking out of the window from time to time, and he already understood half a dozen points in his heart, so he hurriedly grabbed Cai Dingshan He bowed to Wang Ence and said, "It's getting late, so I won't disturb Xiao Langjun's rest. I'll come to greet you in two days!" After saying that, he said goodbye to Cai Dingshan.

After leaving the door, Cai Dingshan let out a sigh of relief: "It just happened like this, I still don't believe it!"

"Of course it's done!" Zhuge Wen laughed and said, "You and I don't want to rest tonight. We will bring out a charter overnight and send it with five hundred coins tomorrow morning. Let Mr. Xiaolang have a look. With evidence, this big event has landed!"

"Yeah!" Cai Dingshan nodded: "Your brother said yes, then we will work harder tonight!"

"Hehe, to be honest, I wish I could have this kind of hardworking brother every day!"

When the two said this, they couldn't help laughing on their backs.With the way the two of them handle things, how can they fail to come up with the rules for distributing the imperial edict?It's just that their identities and strengths are not enough to resist the consequences of the incident.And with Wang Ence's endorsement, they naturally don't have to be afraid, they can go ahead and get this kind of endorsement with a mere [-] Guan, which is simply too cheap.

In the early morning of the next day, Cai Dingshan and Zhuge Wen, who looked tired, came to Wang Ence's residence with [-] coins and the regulations that had been made overnight. They waited outside the door for half an hour before the yawning Wang Ence, hurried After reading the regulations, he drew a bet casually, and used the waist card as a seal to cover it.The two put it away like a treasure, bid farewell and went out.Zhuge Wen suddenly laughed and said, "Old Cai, I've heard of the reputation of Dudu Wang. He is an extremely shrewd and capable person, but his younger brother is much worse!"

"The dragon has nine sons, the sons are different, what's so strange about it!" Cai Dingshan said with a smile: "It would be strange if all of them are as capable as Wang Dudu!"

"That's true, but Mr. Cai, when do you plan to announce this charter?" Zhuge Wen asked.

"Brother Zhuge, you are still in your prime and you are fine after staying up all night, but this old bone can't hold it anymore!" Cai Dingshan said with a wry smile: "It's better for me to go back and sleep enough. I will meet you at my shop tomorrow. How about an announcement on the table?"

(End of this chapter)