fifth form

Chapter 1827 Business
During the six months away, Zhang Xuezhou saw a lot, and the court in Chang'an City also underwent earth-shaking changes.

The Scarlet Sky Sword made everything the new emperor had legitimate, and he legally and reasonably possessed the most orthodox power, even though the Anle Palace was constantly giving up power.

The new emperor in the Weiyang Palace was no longer a mascot, but actually had some power of his own.

This kind of power is still some distance away from truly controlling the court, but it is much better than before.

The court ministers were still mainly from the Empress Dowager's faction, but they obeyed the new emperor's orders under the instructions of the Empress Dowager, and few of them caused trouble.

"Although the court is currently headed by the Grand Empress Dowager, His Majesty is also constantly inserting people. If Brother Dongfang performs well this time, His Majesty may even directly promote him to a higher position!"

"For a sick person like me, it's good enough to get a little salary, how can I become a high-ranking official!"

"Brother Dongfang, don't be anxious. There is always a way to deal with illness."

"Brother Hongyang has auspicious words!"

Zhang Xuezhou and Sang Hongyang did not feel lonely during the ride.

Sang Hongyang's disadvantage was that he was young and had low cultivation level, making it difficult for him to enter the imperial court, while Zhang Xuezhou's disadvantage was that he had to return to the real world from time to time, which made it impossible for both of them to hold any important official positions at the moment.

Even if the new emperor pushes them hard, these two people cannot be on the stage, and problems are likely to arise whenever they are in charge.

This made Zhang Xuezhou and Sang Hongyang sympathize with each other. There was little distinction between the two when they got along, and they could have long conversations.

If one cannot become a high-ranking official, he can only be an official, doing work and running errands for the new emperor until the day when he is qualified enough to enter the court.

However, the time required to complete the task was very long, and it was difficult to complete the task in a way that satisfied the emperor.

At the moment, Sang Hongyang could only be thankful that the matter was within his ability and that he could do it well.

"My more than 100 carts contain salt, silk, cloth, fur, ironware, bronzeware, lacquerware, and dyes. These products are extremely diverse. If they are evenly distributed, the impact on the business of Chang'an City will not be that great!"

"indeed!"

Whatever information Zhang Xuezhou wanted to know, he would ask Sang Hongyang directly, or just pick up a book in the carriage and take a look.

Finished ironware, bronzeware, lacquerware, etc. have certain requirements on the shape of the products, and will not have a great impact on the city of Chang'an. It is difficult to achieve dumping and monopoly. Such products can make money for a while, but it is difficult to keep them running for a long time.

The three items that really involve long-term development are salt, cloth, and dyes.

If the new emperor needs Sang Hongyang to continuously mobilize money to obtain greater profits, the salt merchants and cloth merchants involved in Chang'an City may be affected.

The salt of the salt merchants can be stored for a long time, so the goods will always exist, but the cloth of the cloth merchants will be affected by humid weather and other factors. If they cannot be sold quickly, they may have difficulty in surviving.

After some calculations, Zhang Xuezhou felt that a number of shops and dyeing workshops dealing in mid- to high-end fabrics might go bankrupt in the next two years.

If we can take it over, it can be regarded as a workplace to accommodate many women in Zhangjiazhuang.

Zhang Xuezhou had a little idea and thought that he and Rong Tianding could pay attention to related industries at that time.

When he was with Sang Hongyang, who was good at business, he would either talk about arithmetic or business. Zhang Xuezhou had no reservations about arithmetic, and Sang Hongyang did not deliberately keep his business secrets.

If Zhang Xuezhou didn't go to dangerous secret places, his life in Chang'an City would be peaceful and fulfilling.

His life is nothing more than making money to support himself, seeking to advance his cultivation, or seeking to repair his body.

The former is his daily necessity, while the latter two require opportunity and chance, and may not be useful just because Zhang Xuezhou wants them to.

Zhang Xuezhou is now waiting for Jinchang to help him find the Yin-Yang Holy Land, and then fall into the big trap of practicing the Yin-Yang realm together.

As a cultivator who had once attempted to reach the realm of supernatural powers, his mentality was very stable, and he was less anxious and uneasiness than before.

"In the end, Yishuo's business is stable. The medical industry cannot be monopolized!" Zhang Xuezhou thought to himself, and couldn't help but think of Zheng Wukong, Chunyu Tiying and others. He didn't know whether these two people could find out the condition of his body clearly.

"Young Master Wei also took the gourd pill, and she has a son!"

As he got closer to Chang'an City, Zhang Xuezhou's once suppressed memories began to revive, allowing him to return to life in Chang'an City.

"Yao Yuanguang should come to Chang'an City to look for me. Then I can ask him how the Immortal Court deals with plant-based extraterritorial demons!"

After constant thinking, Zhang Xuezhou found that he had a lot of things to do.

Of course, after taking advantage of Sang Hongyang's trip, he had to report to the new emperor first.

The convoy traveled from day to night, with a short rest period in between, and then continued on its journey.

By the time the morning light shone on the carriage, the familiar shouting sounds outside Chang'an City had already reached the ears of Zhang Xuezhou and others.

"Everyone entering the city, please bring out your festival!"

"Queue up, don't push!"

"Selling rice cakes. You can buy a big one for only three and a half taels. You can eat it all day long!"

"We buy musk deer, millet and wild deer at high prices. We take the money and hand over the goods at the same time. We can sell the goods without you having to enter the city!"

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Before entering Chang'an City, all kinds of shouting could be heard outside the city, one after another.

"So many people!"

At the back of the convoy, Rong Li stuck her head out and exclaimed, only to find that there were more people at the city gate than in Rongcheng.

“What fashionable clothes they wear!”

Jia Zhiyuan, who could not bear the shaking of the carriage, also lifted the curtain and looked around.

This was a daily occurrence outside Chang'an City, but it was also a huge crowd that Rong Li and the others had rarely seen.

"A place like this can sell at least twenty pigs a day!"

Rong Li made her judgment with great confidence, which made Zhang Xuezhou smile. He felt that Rong Li's old ways could not be changed no matter what.

"Chang'an City needs to slaughter nearly 20,000 pigs a day," Sang Hongyang corrected Rong Li.

"Two...what ten thousand? Twenty thousand pigs?"

Rong Li stuck her head out to look at Zhang Xuezhou in the carriage in front, and listened to the words of the young man in the carriage with Zhang Xuezhou. Then she stretched out her hand and counted on her fingers. She finally felt that pork in Chang'an City was a huge business, and turned to persuade Rong Tianding to return to his old business.

"There should be someone specifically responsible for this slaughtering business, right?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"There are special slaughterhouses in major markets," Sang Hongyang nodded and said, "This business involves receiving, transporting, slaughtering, and handling dirt. It requires too many people, so it's not easy to get involved!"

"I said I didn't see many butchers selling pigs and meat, so this is what it is like!"

"Nowadays, pork has to be purchased from slaughterhouses. It is not cost-effective to collect and kill the meat privately. The cost is higher than the purchase price. Game can be slaughtered by yourself!"

Chang'an City is well planned and its style is completely different from that of small towns. Almost all industries and sectors are under top management, and it is difficult for ordinary people to enter such livelihood industries with huge demand, and they can only become small distributors.

Zhang Xuezhou and Sang Hongyang chatted for a few sentences and felt that Rong Li’s pig slaughtering business was coming to an end, and Rong Tianding would be able to completely get rid of the pig slaughtering business in the future.