On the west bank of Chan River, Changlepo, Wangchunting.
Xu Jingzong had a look of grievance and resentment on his face. Mung Bean blinked his little eyes, waved the sleeves of his green shirt, and sighed to Wu Huaiyu: "Thank you Erlang for sending me off. I'm sorry for Erlang, I've implicated you and lost the newly promoted young prisoner."
position."
Huaiyu broke off a willow branch and handed it to him, "Old Xu, we are also familiar friends, so don't say such out-of-touch things. If this is really the case, then Wei Zheng's straight mother-in-law must be blamed.
I won’t say anything anymore, just be patient. I believe that with your talent, Wei Zheng will still be able to make a comeback in the future, and even rise to great heights and enter the temple. He Wei Zheng may not be as successful as you in the future."
Xu Jingzong took the wicker, but his face was still unhappy.
"I really can't believe that offering fireworks would make you a traitor and a sycophant."
Xu Jingzong looked at Chang'an with eyes full of reluctance.
But what can he do? The imperial edict was issued, and he must start his journey immediately after he was demoted and accepted the imperial edict without any delay. The time for arriving at Xunyang, the place where he was demoted, was even strictly stipulated. If there was any delay, he would have to investigate further at that time.
Flicking the lapel of his clothes, Xu Jingzong laughed at himself, "In the past, Wei Zheng and I were living together under Li Mi's tent as a recording office. I took good care of him at that time, but who would have thought that he would stab me like this today? It's so ruthless.
ah."
"Perhaps this guy holds a grudge to this day because we defected to the Tang Dynasty together and the King of Qin called me to the palace as a bachelor but did not call him."
He pretended to be pitiful, but Wu Huaiyu knew very well that Lao Xu came from a well-off family.
"Brother Xu, today was a good opportunity for you. If you could have taken the opportunity to get in touch with Bachelor Xu just now, and if you could be related to the Xu family of Gaoyang, or even join the same lineage in the future, what would it be like for your family?
But you missed this great thing."
"Then what?" Cheng Chumo felt that Wu Huaiyu was not the kind of person who could live leisurely.
I don't have to be on duty today and tomorrow. It's quite interesting to cook a pot of Mengdingshi flower tea produced in Jiannan at home and chat around the fire with a few brothers.
Huaiyu called Erganzi and asked him to send some fire salt, ham, leather and other local products he brought back from Zhangxian County as return gifts to Princess Gaomi's Mansion.
The disadvantages of being exempted from the fifth-level official position of military commander are that the benefits of nine sheep per month are gone, and the several thousand dollars of salary and miscellaneous supplies are gone, and even the four common servants are taken back.
Even the land rent of more than 100 dan per year is gone.
Even the monks in the temple like to enjoy this kind of white sugar. They even bathe the Buddha statues in sugar water during some Buddhist meetings and then give them to the believers.
"Why are you laughing, Erlang? Do you think the Turks can still run away?"
"The thing I was most impressed with was Huaiyu's luck. That luck is boundless. When he went to Longyou to inspect the medical school, General Chai was able to give him an army and men, and he also made great achievements along the way.
But there are also advantages, that is, you have more free time.
When Niu saw Wu, seven were dissatisfied and eight were not angry.
This guy is good at acting.
In the courtyard, Chu Mo, Huai Yi, Ma Zhou, Niu Jianwu and Wu Junya knew that he was demoted, so they all came to comfort him. It turned out that Huai Yu was not unhappy at all.
With his family background, talents and knowledge, coupled with Xu Jingzong's extremely pragmatic attitude, he just lacks a little opportunity. In times of turmoil, it is indeed difficult for a person like him who is good at talking and writing to get ahead, but wait.
If the world becomes peaceful, that is their opportunity.
Even Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were only Jinshi in the Sui Dynasty.
Cheng Chu silently asked Huaiyu, "Do you have any plans next?"
In Chang'an, the supply of white sugar was mainly monopolized by merchants from Tianzhu and Sogdia. The price was astonishingly high, but the white sugar was not white, but rather yellowish.
Cheng Chumo smiled and said, "Isn't this how good luck has come to an end? I was demoted just after being promoted, and now I am sitting here drinking tea with the rest of us."
In his early years, Duan Lun guarded Bayi and was also in charge of Nanning. Naturally, he made a lot of money there and even built a lot of industries like he did in Zhangxian.
Now all he has to do is escort the commander of the north gate of the Qianqi Camp to the task of escorting the commander of the north gate of the Qianqi Camp. He will be on duty for one day and have two days off.
Especially sucrose, which is only grown in the Lingnan region of the Tang Dynasty, and is also grown in the Nanning area (Yunnan), so the amount of sugar produced is even less.
Huaiyu quickly poured him a cup of tea with some spices, "My brother must have come to your house and your sisters picked them out from behind the curtain. I will propose to whomever I like."
Wearing a green shirt, a skinny horse, followed by two old servants.
Being able to make jute paper is like having a money printing machine. It is said that the Duan family occupies a large share of the jute paper making industry in Yizhou. Their family also acquired a lot of land there and captured many Nanman people.
Dogs, raccoon dogs, Qiang, etc. are used to plant sugar cane and extract sugar.
"We have to escort Qianqi. This is an errand that we have to do."
I made a note of this in my mind so that I can try it in the future when I have the conditions.
"Are you gloating about misfortune?" Huaiyu laughed and scolded a few times and asked Chumo, "You went to your Aye camp a few days ago to deliver palm thunder. Did you mention to you Aye that my brother wants to marry a girl from your family?
"
"This is different. This is a great thing that concerns people's livelihood."
"Sister Xu will become prime minister sooner or later. This talent will not be buried. When you arrive in Xunyang, you should settle down and do a few practical things first, show your talent well, and make some real political achievements. You will be more appreciated by the emperor than writing a fuss.
Xu Jizu, the second-in-command, asked Huaiyu in confusion, "This guy caused Erlang to lose your post as a young eunuch. Why did Erlang not only not blame him, but also go out of his way to see you off?"
"Let's go home."
You must know that the Xiucai subject is the most difficult subject in the imperial examinations in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It has been nine years since the Wude in the Tang Dynasty, and the subject was offered almost every year. However, for several years, no one was admitted to the Xiucai subject. In the years when there were admissions, sometimes one, and sometimes up to three.
indivual.
You said you were going back to Chang'an. We were all together. The prince asked us to escort Palm Thunder to the various armies. As a result, we really ran away. As for Huaiyu, he was lucky enough to be involved in a battle, so we should stay with His Majesty at night.
Attack, mother, and make meritorious deeds."
Huaiyu is very clear that the whiter cane sugar in Chang'an is more valuable now, and the grade is determined by color. If there is a better way to refine and decolorize white sugar to produce better-looking white sugar, it will definitely be as profitable as refining refined salt.
Huaiyu just laughed, this damn prophet, he felt so full of superiority when he listened to them discussing this.
Huaiyu held the tea cup and tasted it carefully, "Well, now that I have some free time, I can run the Qianjintang and try to open a branch in Xishi as soon as possible. Also, I plan to open a pawn shop. I think I can do pawn business.
not bad."
But he really didn't do well. He was demoted to the south of the Yangtze River, but he didn't even have anyone to send him off. Not to mention the eighteen bachelors in the Prince of Qin's palace at that time, but also the Tongshisheren and Zhongshusheren in the Zhongshu Province.
, no one in the living room came to send it to me.
Duan Lun gave Huaiyu a lot of paper, including the famous jute paper from Yizhou, rosin ink from Songzhou, as well as white lotus root, oranges, sugar cane, tea, white sugar, etc. These are all famous tribute specialties of Bashu.
But it is the same luxury status as spices. Only nobles can enjoy it. Ordinary people can only eat some honey or maltose at most.
"Consort Duan is so unlucky, and Wei Zheng is really not a human being."
Huaiyu thought to himself, Wei Zheng joined the Tang Dynasty with you, but he was directly appointed as the fifth-grade secretary-general by Li Yuan, while you, Xu Jingzong, only offered Lianzhou.
"Definitely, we have soldiers and horses gathered in all directions and have surrounded them. The next step is to close the door and beat the dogs!" Cheng Chumo was very optimistic.
The Xu family of Longqiao is also a member of the lower class. They are not as good as the Wu family. After all, the Wu family is still a poor family. There is also an upstart from Conglong in the family. It is too difficult for the old Xu family to get ahead, but if they can join the clan with Xu Jingzong, they can do it at any time.
Can take off.
It is said that during the Five Dynasties or the Song Dynasty, some craftsmen discovered that using yellow mud to decolorize sucrose could make sucrose whiter. The craftsmen accidentally discovered that yellow mud had the effect of decolorizing sucrose.
The method is the yellow mud water drench method.
Huaiyu chuckled. Maybe Erzhangzi was still at a low level and didn't realize that he looked down on Xu Jingzong. In fact, he came from a high-ranking family and had a deep heritage. The Gaoyang Xu family alone was very impressive.
"Thank you, Erlang, for your comfort."
This answer did not satisfy Cheng Chumo. He turned to look at the various green and novel vegetables grown in Huaiyu's courtyard, "When will you present these auspicious signs to His Majesty?"
In addition, white sugar also became a favorite medicinal material used by doctors in the Tang Dynasty.
"At the time, Fang Du, the eighteen bachelors of the Prince of Qin's palace, was already the prime minister, but I became the county magistrate. Is this the only one in the history?"
"Don't we have to have results to prove it? Otherwise, if Wei Zheng impeaches me again, I won't be able to prove it."
Not to mention that Lao Xu's father once served as the Minister of Rites in the Sui Dynasty, and Xu Jingzong was also a scholar during the Daye period of the Sui Dynasty.
Duan Lun is now deposed and seizing an official position to reflect at home, which is also a bad luck, but after all, he is also the new emperor's brother-in-law, so this is only temporary.
"Originally, he was just a probationary inspector." Huaiyu gave them the paper-ink candies sent by Duan Lun in equal parts. Looking at the white sugar that was not white, Huaiyu even thought of making money again.
idea.
Lao Xu left.
"I mentioned it, my father kept sighing, saying that he was too slow before. He said that he was afraid of scaring you at first, so he wanted to take his time, but who knew that a daughter from the Rongguo public family would snatch him away," Cheng Chumo said with a smile, "I
I also like your brother very much, and I want you brothers to come to the house one day, and then your brother will be able to choose as many of my sisters as you want."
Er Pangzi disagreed, "It's not rare."
There is a saying that goes well, the prime minister starts from the state and county, and the general is sent to the army. This time he was demoted to the county magistrate. Isn't it a blessing? Your Majesty has just ascended the throne. If you can make real achievements in the local area, you will naturally be the best.
Reuse yours."
It's a pity that he doesn't understand.
Huaiyu waved his hand, "I don't dare to offer auspiciousness casually anymore,"
Anyway, this thing is too expensive.
For example, this jute paper is a specialty of Yizhou. Official documents of the Tang Dynasty and temple scriptures were basically copied on jute paper. This kind of paper is more durable for long-term storage. It is said that it was invented by Ge Hong, a Taoist elixir master in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
"Do you think we can annihilate these Turks in Guanzhong this time?" Niu Jianwu was more concerned about the wolf cubs approaching the city.
As soon as he returned to Huaiyuanfang, he found that Duan Lun's steward had been waiting for him at home for a long time.
The steward conveyed Duan Lun's apology, left the gift and left.
"Brother Huaiyi?"
He still remembered Huaiyu, his younger brother. Like Xu Jingzong, he felt sorry for Huaiyu, so he asked the housekeeper to send Huaiyu many gifts early in the morning as an apology.
The paper, sugar, ink, etc. he asked the housekeeper to deliver today are worth a lot of money, and he is very generous.
It is many times more difficult than the Jinshi examination. Those who can pass the examination will definitely be the number one scholar in future generations.
He remembered that during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin sent envoys to Tianzhu to obtain the white sugar refining process, which made the local sugar industry in the Tang Dynasty advance by leaps and bounds. Although the sugar was still not white, at least it was no longer used.
The candy consumption of the Tang Dynasty people was controlled by Tianzhu merchants.
"Erlang means what I mean." Huaiyi chuckled and said, he was very satisfied with being able to marry into the Gongcheng Mansion of his country.
"Potatoes, corn, etc. will have to wait until autumn. Don't rush, it's still early."
"When will the results be available?"
Wu Huaiyu picked up the tea cup and said slowly, "There will definitely be a few small-scale battles, but this is just to try to gain some bargaining chips for negotiations. There will not be any sudden decisive battle. It will push the Turks into panic. Both sides
The decisive battle also resulted in a lose-lose outcome for both sides.
It won't be long before we finally make peace and end the war, and then let the Turks return north."
"Impossible, how can we let them escape?"
"There is nothing impossible. We must look at the overall situation and the future. We cannot rush for the moment. It is already August. The cabbage heart in Guanzhong cannot continue to be in such chaos. Don't worry, even if you tolerate it temporarily, you will not tolerate it.
If it takes too long, it can be as short as two or three years, or as fast as three to five years. The revenge of the troops approaching the city today will be doubled in the future, and it will definitely end with going straight to the Khan's court and capturing the prisoner's leader alive and taking him back to Chang'an." Wu Huaiyu told them.
