The first thousand four hundred and twenty-three chapters will no longer comment on the day of the month
Chapter 1,423 No more comments on the first day of the month
In short, the perfume in Cai Zhaoji's hand was made by Yi Xiaotian under such circumstances.
Although there are still no trade indicators, the advantage is that the quality is guaranteed. Cai Zhaoji believes that because people here are so keen on fragrance, perfume may be their first stepping stone to open the market in Brazil County.
After all, if their intention to trade Shu brocade is exposed too early, someone will tip off the information, which will make their subsequent negotiations difficult.
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Qiu Cong finally survived.
When he heard that Cai Zhaoji said that he would let him go and lead the way for the caravan, Qiu Cong was so excited that he kowtowed to Cai Zhaoji repeatedly and promised that he would not only lead the way, but also if Cai Zhaoji wanted to know any information about Brazil County
, he always answers all questions.
The murder of his previous companion did not put any psychological pressure on Qiu Cong at all, which shows that Qiu Cong is more aware of current affairs.
Regarding this point, Cai Zhaoji has no prejudice. Yi Xiaotian once said, don't trust people when you employ them, and don't use people when you doubt them - as long as he is useful, it doesn't matter even if he has some bad deeds or shortcomings.
Similarly, because of Qiu Cong's presence, after he learned that Cai Zhaoji and others planned to arrive in Langzhong by water, he also introduced Cai Zhaoji and others to a boatman with a very reasonable price.
The other party has a large ship with a loading capacity that is definitely not inferior to those of passenger ships. With the boatman, this kind of person's luggage, including horse-drawn carriages, etc., can be transported.
The next section of the road was calm.
It was not until two days later that everyone finally arrived in Langzhong, and through Qiu Cong's support, they successfully entered Langzhong City.
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Not long before Cai Zhaoji and others arrived in Langzhong.
Yizhou, Chengdu...
In the past few days, because Liu Zhang was in a bad mood, he dealt with a group of unlucky people who clearly had no accurate charges but only caused his misfortune.
Many people have become accustomed to his violent rage, and Liu Zhang is also funny. Now that he knows the importance of people like Yan Yan, Huang Quan, and Zhang Ren to him, he may know that if he continues to act like this, sooner or later he will cause trouble.
Yizhou was scattered internally, so even if he was angry now, he would only vent his anger on those low-level officials who had no names.
After all, even if those people openly rebel against themselves, they will not have any impact on their rule.
To put it bluntly, it means bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
But this is only the case for those low-level officials who fight for their reputation just to serve as officials near Chengdu.
They were innocent, but just because they were hooked up with a master like Liu Zhang, if they could not be saved, they would be sent to other places to work as hard labor on unfounded charges.
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"Sir, I am really unjust. I was obviously just drinking with my friends that day. It was not me but my friend who said bad things about Liu Zhang. Even after I heard him say this, I still wanted to
Go and stop him, why would he be punished and even I would be sent to Brazil?"
"Yongnian, I really can't help you with this matter. Even if you are telling the truth, it's not like I haven't reminded you...Since I promoted you, think about it, haven't you spoken out many things that have caused trouble?
Even if you didn’t say anything this time, who are the friends you made..."
"Yongnian, I can protect you for a while, but I cannot protect you for the rest of your life. This time, just follow Master Zhou Mu's arrangements. I can't protect you now, and I can't help you."
"You, you! Xu Jing, I really misjudged you! You kept saying that you wanted to promote me, but you just asked me to serve as a junior official for Liu Zhang. This is not the same as the position of chief historian that you promised me before.
You've gone a lot, but you still have the nerve to tease me about this matter?"
"What kind of thing is my friend? Why don't you look at what you are doing! Can't you protect yourself?
Isn't it because you coveted other people's ways of making money? Not only did you unite with other families and forcibly commandeer other people's mulberry fields, but you also wanted to monopolize the sales of Sichuan brocade with others... bypassing Liu Zhang to make money. Now that the matter has been exposed, Liu Zhang has begun to investigate the matter thoroughly -
—I want to see how long you can keep things a secret from those mulberry farmers appointed by Liu Zhang who you forced to death!"
When Xu Jing heard that the person opposite her dared to refute her like this, her face turned red with anger. The other person clearly came to beg her, but he dared to ridicule her like this. No one could stand such a thing.
In a rage, Xu Jing called his servant directly:
"Throw this Peng Chao out! No matter what happens, don't receive him again! I don't want to see this person again!"
"Hahaha, you can kill a donkey with one hand, Xu Jing! Aren't you afraid that I will tell everything about this?
Don’t forget that the reason why you can make so much money is because I helped you fight for the land with those people!"
"Haha, you think I wouldn't think of this?
Peng Chao, from now on you will die in the stone quarry where you were assigned! Don’t think you will ever have a chance to see the light of day again!"
Peng Chao knelt on the ground at this time, looking at the turned-down guy in front of him, he suddenly felt sad for no reason.
The louder the other party laughed, the more he regretted listening to his nonsense——
Until he was thrown out and put on the carriage escorting the prisoners, Peng Chao finally couldn't help but burst into tears.
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Xu Jing is naturally more famous than Peng Chao.
After all, those who lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, as long as they were even remotely interested in the general trend of the world, would have probably heard of a book called Yuedan Commentary at that time.
Yes, the two brothers Xu Jing and Xu Shao were the ones who founded the popular Yuedan Ping.
Through monthly reviews, they evaluate the world's figures every month and give them different comments.
Because it is relatively popular, many of the people they criticize have been affected to a certain extent in their subsequent lives.
Those who are praised by them will soon be accepted by the local government and the imperial court, and there are many people who become successful.
Most of the people who were belittled by them have simply disappeared after being displaced for many years, unable to raise their heads for the rest of their lives.
Even Xu Jing, who had such influence, later parted ways with his brother Xu Shao.
When Xu Shao was in his prime, Xu Jing could only support himself by raising horses.
It was not until the chaos in Chang'an that Xu Shao died of illness soon, and Xu Jing wandered south of the Yangtze River, even going to Jiaozhi for a time.
Over the years, he has become a wandering and down-and-out man.
After finally arriving in Yizhou, Liu Zhang promoted him to be the governor of Chengdu, and he had a somewhat stable life.
However, this is obviously not the life Xu Jing wants.
He missed the past when he criticized the world's heroes very much, and liked the leisurely life when he had no worries about money.
Suffering from not having any money, and also because he was used to living a hard life these years, the desire he had accumulated for a long time finally burst out - mainly because he saw others making a fortune relying on Sichuan brocade, and he finally couldn't sit still.
He soon focused on this way of making money... and just like Peng Chao said, he specially found a Peng Chao who was recommended by his fellow villagers, and planned to make a lot of money in Shu Brocade.