Xiao Xuan is the only child in Xiao Ye's house, the third child. It should be said that he should be extremely doted on, but in fact he is the least important among the Xiao family's juniors. It is not his responsibility to discuss any matters in the Xiao family.
You can't see him attending important occasions, simply because he is not Xiao Ye's biological son, but his adopted son.
In Jinchengguan Prison, Xu Zizhen did not simply blackmail him for hundreds of taels of silver, but said a few words to him. No one except Xu Zizhen and Xiao Xuan knew what he said. Xiao Xuan has been redeemed by Xiao Ye since
After arriving, he stayed in his room every day and didn't go anywhere. He didn't have to worry about the missions of Zhuo Luo and Nan Junsi. It was good that the defeated general was not being tricked.
On the surface, Xiao Xuan seemed to be frightened by this capture incident, hiding at home and preparing to become his handsome young master, but in his heart, he had already changed his mind like a turmoil, which was not noticed by others.
"Within three months, the Xiao family will be destroyed. Are you going to be beheaded along with them, or are you going to follow me and become a free rich man?"
These were Xu Zizhen's original words. Xiao Xuan did not study the credibility of these words, but simply thought about it and agreed, not for anything else but for two points. One: He has no power in the Xiao family.
He has no power and money, and his monthly pocket money is not even as much as what Xiao Yi spends on buying a dog; secondly, he has no blood relationship with Xiao, and even though he is an adopted son, Xiao has not given him the care of his father.
If anything good happens to the Xiao family, it will be his turn in the end, but bad things may not happen.
Just like the defeat of Jinchengguan this time, Xiao also redeemed him, but when he came back he said lightly, "Just rest at home." Later he found out that the Ministry of War blamed the defeat of Jinchengguan.
On the head of Yu Size, and Xiao Xuan, as one of the hostages, naturally could not escape. Although the big tree of the Xiao family was there, it would not be a crime to behead him, but it was a certainty that he would not be able to get ahead from now on.
Yes.
Xiao Xuan is actually a smart man, and he quickly figured out this truth. If he was perfunctory with Xu Zizhen in Lanzhou Prison, now he is determined to do it anyway. After he came out of the room, he went straight to the largest restaurant in the city.
He went to the antique calligraphy and painting shop. When he came back, the calligraphy and painting under his arm were gone and replaced with a few banknotes.
Xu Zizhen returned to his residence and went into Dayewu, and took a rest on his bed. After a long sleep, Xiao Xuan came to find him again, and gave him eight hundred taels of silver notes. He smiled from the moment he entered to the moment he left.
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From early in the morning when Xu Zizhen went to Xiao Xuan to pay the debt, to when Xiao Xuan went out to sell calligraphy and paintings in exchange for money, and finally returned to the Xiao Mansion to find Xu Zizhen to pay the debt, the whole process was under the eyes of the Xiao family's servants, but none of them saw it.
, when Xiao Xuan entered the antique shop, he secretly put a piece of paper into the hand of a boy at the door.
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In Daye's room in the backyard of Xiao Mansion, Xu Zizhen was thinking deeply while holding a few banknotes. This was what Xiao Xuan had just sent to him. He didn't say much, but the meaning was clear. The note had been passed on to the person it should be passed on to.
In his hand, the old man Li Qianshun must be thinking about it right now.
But what Xu Zizhen is thinking about now is another unrelated thing, which is money. Sooner or later, he will return to the Song Dynasty, and he has already made plans to do something for the Song Dynasty and the people. What Xu Zizhen wants to do
In fact, it is very simple. It is to lead troops to fight, capture cities and territories, bring the Northern Song Dynasty back from the cliff, and save the northern part of the Central Plains that was originally renamed Jin.
But things are by no means as simple as in novels. For example, if you find a wise king and wise master to make suggestions, gold and silver treasures will roll in from then on. Fighting is the most expensive job. Providing supplies, soldiers, carriages and ships, the more soldiers you bring, the more money it will cost. The more, Xu Zizhen had already suffered from this when he established the Shenji Camp in Lanzhou. It was just a small team of 500 people. It cost him thousands of taels of silver for most of the month, and he had to lose this money. It was robbed from Kuizhou, so I don't feel too distressed, but if I spend it without making any money, Jinshan can't stand his destruction.
Xu Zizhen came from a later generation. Although he had never been exposed to politics or military affairs, he was not in the same interface with the thoughts of the Song Dynasty. The prosperity of the country was nothing more than two things - technology and economy. He had no ideas about technology, and even The gunpowder and artillery that showed off his majesty at Jincheng Pass had nothing to do with him, but as for economics, he was a college student studying trade after all, so if he handled it properly, he would be a big deal.
Well, even if the mess in Xixia is solved, even if Li Qianshun's family is brought over, although it may not make the Li family stop fighting with the Song Dynasty, it is still feasible to use this relationship to do some trade business. These days Navigation skills are not enough to travel north and south, and the most prosperous road is the Hexi Corridor, which is stuck in Xixia.
Daye didn't know anything about what Xu Zizhen was thinking, and even if he knew it, he couldn't understand it. He just watched Xu Zizhen sitting there in a daze until the sun turned west in the afternoon, and he suddenly stood up and walked out the door. Go, but he was startled and quickly followed him.
Xu Zizhen went straight out of the room and called at the door: "Someone comes."
The courtyard looked secluded, but there were people guarding it secretly everywhere. Master Xiao said he was protecting Mr. Xu, but in fact he was just keeping an eye on him. Xu Zizhen naturally knew this. Someone appeared soon after he called. In front of him, he stood with his hands lowered: "Sir, what are your orders?"
Xu Zizhen didn't talk nonsense and asked him to find a map. It could be as wide as possible. The servant was stunned and hurried away, but first went to the second master Xiao E. After hearing this, Xiao E was also stunned. After pondering for a moment, he ordered someone to take out the most complete map currently and asked him to give it to Xu Zizhen. It was not possible for them to guess what the half-immortal was going to do, but Xiao E felt that maybe the half-immortal was giving them advice. Expand the territory of his Xiao family kingdom.
People always think on the bright side when they are arrogant, and old foxes like Xiao E are not immune to this. There is no way, no one can calm down their mentality when they are about to succeed in usurping the country.
After Xu Zizhen got the map, he unfolded it and took a look at it. He was overjoyed. This map covers a very wide territory, including Song, Xia, Liao, Jin and other countries, including Mongolia, Dali, Tubo, Uighur and other countries, and even further west. Lands such as Tianzhu, Black Khan, Seljuk, Khwarezm and other countries.
Xu Zizhen, who had just arrived in this era, had no idea who these countries were, but he could at least guess some general directions. For example, most of the Black Khan Kingdom was Xinjiang in later generations, Tianzhu was naturally India, and Seer The pillar is almost Afghanistan.
Xu Zizhen was very satisfied and turned back to the house with the map. It would be great if he could do business in these places. There was a lot of money waiting to be made, but he had to make a list and route first.
He was full of thoughts of making money, completely forgetting about Zhuo Ya, and rushed into his house. However, as soon as he entered the door, he suddenly found a middle-aged man sitting in the house, with sharp eyebrows and deep eyes.
Zhuo Ya, on the other hand, was lying flat on the bed in the back room. Her clothes were not messy, but her eyes were closed and she seemed motionless as if she was asleep.
Xu Zizhen was immediately alert: "Who are you?"
The middle-aged man smiled slightly: "Isn't Sir a half-immortal? Why not take a guess?"