Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 22 Commercial Potential, Japanese Cooperation
Zhang Mang left without looking back.

In the huge military tent, Yu Xiong smiled, a little embarrassed, after all Zhang Mang's actions were really unethical.

"My son-in-law, my eldest brother has this temperament, don't take it to heart." Yu Xiong hurriedly explained, for fear of getting angry.

But how can the statement not be angry?It was the first time he and Zhang Mang met, and they had no relationship. Just because he didn't drink, Zhang Mang's expression changed, and he looked down on him so much?The statement felt insulted.

In addition to making money, papermaking is also a good thing that benefits the country and the people.If it weren't for the large-volume paper production and the high profits in the future, Chen Ci would not want to come to this military camp to suffer such uselessness if he would definitely be interfered by the government.

"My son-in-law, this piece of paper is a good thing. My eldest brother is also angry, so don't think too much about it."

Chen Ci nodded, since Zhang Mang had already issued the order to evict guests, it would be thick-skinned for him to keep it, so he cupped his fists and saluted, and said, "Lao Fan, let's go."

Yu Xiong knew that this matter was caused by the military camp, so he sent him all the way.

Chen Ci left the military depot, got on the horse, let Yu Xiong go back, don't send him off.

Yu Xiong sighed and couldn't say anything, so he forced a smile and said, "My son-in-law, in a few days, I will personally come to Taoyuan Town to make an apology, and please don't hurt the kindness of you and my brother because of this incident."

Chen Ci laughed loudly: "Don't worry, Brother Yu, I, Chen, am not so stingy."

Only then did Yu Xiong feel relieved, and then he watched Chen Ci and Fan Chu leave.

In this way, the originally mutually beneficial trade cooperation was killed in the cradle by Zhang Mang, and the statement felt nothing but displeasure at being underestimated.Guangling is so big, there must be people who can see the commercial potential of paper, Zhang Mang doesn't like it, it's his own vision, and he is the one who suffers.

Back to Taoyuan Town.

It's still early.

It was just dark.

The princess was fiddling with the music score under the oil lamp, when she heard a servant outside greet Chen Ci, she immediately greeted her, "Why did you come back so early?"

"It's okay, the talk is over."

"Did the business fail?" the princess was curious.

"Ah."

Seeing Chen Ci's complexion, the princess took the initiative to pour tea for him, a little puzzled: "Husband, I don't understand, you want to do business, why do you need them? Why don't we do our own business?"

Chen Ci took the bitter tea, took a sip, and said with a wry smile: "My silly highness, of course you must have a background in business, otherwise it will be difficult to move forward."

"why?"

The princess was young, and in the first 18 years, the walls at the four corners of the palace were her entire sky, and she had no more freedom than a butterfly.Yilai stretches out his hands and rice opens his mouth, of course he doesn't understand these trivial matters.

"First of all, if the business grows bigger, you have to pay taxes, not only to pay the land rent to the King of Wu, but also to pay the national tax to the Ministry of Households; second, if you grow bigger, it will inevitably make the officials and family jealous. At that time, you will not have a deep background. They bought it forcibly, didn't we just empty the bamboo basket?"

The tax-paying princess can understand, but she can buy it forcibly... Isn't this a bit unreasonable?
Therefore, the princess asked her own doubts.

"Your Highness, you are too simple." Chen Ci shrugged, hugged the princess into his arms, and said: "Anything that can affect all aspects of the people and make huge profits, this kind of thing, no one except the official able to control."

Such as salt and iron.

The princess asked suspiciously: "Husband, you said that the paper you made will affect all aspects of the common people in the future?"

"Of course, it's the same status as Yantie."

"No way?"

The statement did not explain, but his eyes were narrowed, and he murmured in his heart, Zhang Mang, short-sighted.

Still the same sentence, the people in Taoyuan Town work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and go home separately at night. Between husband and wife, after carnival, they embrace and sleep together, which is very boring.

I thought that the papermaking business would be shelved, but I didn't want to. The old owner came to the door the next day, saying that someone from Taoyuan Town was visiting, and he asked for the son-in-law by name.

Chen Ci was still having dinner with the princess, and when he saw the old owner coming, he hurriedly invited him to take a seat, but the old owner politely declined.

"Someone is looking for me? Who?" Chen Ci put down his chopsticks. Seeing the serious expression on the old owner's face, he thought it would be difficult to find someone for him. Could it be that Zhang Mang was narrow-minded and came to revenge because he refused to drink yesterday?

If this is the case, then this mang is too stingy.

"People from Dongying seem to have a very high status in Guangling City. They are... oh yes, Xiaoqianye Kendo Hall."

The statement was stunned, and the Dongying people took the initiative to visit?

This……

A few days ago, he cooperated with Yu Xiong and led troops to surround Dongying Street and slaughtered Dongying people's ten thousand taels of gold. Now they take the initiative to come to the door. Isn't this a weasel giving a chicken New Year's greeting?

"My lord, do you see me or not?" the old owner asked.

Chen Ci hesitated for a moment, "Let's see, I want to see what kind of medicine these Japanese people sell in their gourds."

Then, he asked the princess to eat more, so she was as thin as a bamboo pole. Just in case, he asked Fan Chu to bring ten more followers, and walked out of the small courtyard in a mighty manner, heading straight to Taolin.

I thought that the people from Dongying came to Xingshi to question the crime, at least a dozen people came, but who knows, when the statement arrived at Taolinkou, only two men were seen.

Shang Shanqi.

There is also a man with a mouse beard who I met a few times, Hitoshi Tanaka.

Seeing Chen Ci and a large group of people approaching, Uesugi didn't change his face. When they got closer, Uesugi smiled, fisted with both hands, and said: "See you, my son-in-law."

"It's you? Why are you looking for me?" Chen Ci was surprised, he glanced around, thinking that there would be many killers hidden in the peach forest, right?

"My son-in-law, don't you invite me in?" Uesugi smiled gently.

The statement said coldly: "I don't think it's necessary."

Uesugi was not angry either, still smiling all over his face: "It's about cooperation."

"What can we cooperate with?"

"Paper."

Statement: "..."

silence.

Both were silent.

As soon as the paper for Chen Ci was made, it was taken to Ganshan Military Station yesterday, and Zhang Mang was only allowed to have a look at it. Early in the morning, Shang Shanqi came to the door?Also bluntly said that they want to cooperate in papermaking?

There are spies in the barracks?
Or is it that there are Dongying people's eyes and ears along the way, or someone leaked the news?
"What do you want to cooperate with me? How do you cooperate? Also, how do you know about my paper." Chen Ci stared at Shang Shanqi, trying to see through him, and also wanted to find some clues from his face.

But he was disappointed.

Uesugi had that warm smile from the beginning to the end.

"Partnership in paper making. I know that my son-in-law hit a wall yesterday, and I also know the commercial prospects of my son-in-law's paper. I also guess that the manufacturing process of this kind of paper is not too complicated."

The craftsmanship of paper is indeed not complicated, which is why Chen Ci is eager to cooperate with the military. In this way, he is the number one supplier. With the background of the military, who would dare to copy it?Who dares to open a factory privately?The advent of paper must have the same status as salt and iron, monopolized by the government.

"My son-in-law, if you don't mind the previous suspicions, you can cooperate with our Dongying Honshu military government. A certain family believes that this must be a mutually beneficial business cooperation."

(End of this chapter)