After Liang Xiao left, Jiang Fuxue looked at her grandma with a puzzled look on her face: "Didn't I say that they can't enter Liang's house without permission?"
Grandma shook her head and said she was innocent.
"Go and listen!" Jiang Fuxue followed quietly to the lobby with a worried look on her face.
In the lobby, Gongsun Ling was sitting in the VIP seat, looking at Liang Xiao and couldn't help praising him.
"Boss Liang is very magnanimous, which is completely different from the rumors outside."
Liang Xiao asked: "Mr. Gongsun might as well get straight to the point. Do you want to cooperate with me and resell sugar?"
Gongsun Ling nodded and explained: "Our Gongsun family is from Bashu, and Boss Liang must have heard about it. Bashu also needs sugar very much. However, Bashu is too far away from here, and the freight is also a problem. Therefore, we can't pay for five hundred Wen.
The price will be purchased from you in the long term. My suggestion is that the two of us do a private transaction, and the Gongsun family buys sugar in batches at a price that is a few cents higher than the market price, starting with 100,000 jins."
Liang Xiao shook his head and said, "I'm really sorry. I'm sorry I can't agree."
"Don't Boss Liang want to make money?" Gongsun Ling was a little confused.
This was a foolproof strategy that they finally came up with. It could please the fourth lady without affecting the normal business activities of the Gongsun family, and it was still profitable.
"This sugar will definitely become military supplies in the future and cannot be sold in large quantities unless I get authorization from the court. This will take some time."
Gongsun Ling reminded: "Boss Liang, sugar is different from table salt, how can it be used as military supplies? Even for table salt, there is vinegar cloth as a substitute!"
Liang Xiao said categorically: "White sugar will definitely become military supplies. I hope Mr. Gongsun can understand my difficulties. After I became a guilty minister, my father offended too many courtiers in the past. Those people just want to put me on trial for decapitation."
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Gongsun Ling said helplessly: "In the future, Boss Liang will sell sugar in the market. I hope he can continue to take care of our Gongsun family. In return, the Gongsun family can provide you with some help in purchasing sugar cane."
Liang Xiao happily agreed.
The two negotiated for two quarters of an hour before Gongsun Ling finally left.
Jiang Fuxue then led her grandma out of the side hall and asked: "Brother, this seems to be a once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity. With the help of Eunuch Lin, sugar will definitely be sold in large quantities to Bashu. Brother, why..."
Liang Xiao explained: "Xue'er doesn't know that Bashu has been ruled by the Gongsun family for hundreds of years. At that time, it only accepted the recruitment of Emperor Gaozu of Zhou Dynasty. It was still a separate force in name. This white sugar will become an excellent military use in the future.
Materials must not flow into the hands of unidentified forces in large quantities. Eunuch Lin has been kind to me, so how can I let him and Your Majesty down?"
"Is my brother worried that he will become an enemy of Bashu in the future?" Jiang Fuxue asked.
Liang Xiao said: "It depends on whether the Gongsun family of Bashu knows the current affairs. If they rebel against the imperial court in the future, a war may be inevitable. My parents gave birth to me, and my master raised me. They are loyal to Zhou Dynasty. I must do everything.
Think about it from Da Zhou’s point of view.”
"Oh." Jiang Fuxue responded dully, thoughtfully.
"What did you say? Liang Xiao refused to agree??"
Gongsun Wuji frowned after receiving the news.
"Young master, this son can risk his life to save the fourth young lady, and he is so loyal. Maybe he has the style of a father." Gongsun Ling reminded.
Gongsun Wuji warned in a deep voice: "It's stubborn! It's enough that I, Bashu, don't rebel against the Great Zhou Dynasty! Today's Great Zhou Dynasty is already on the verge of collapse, and no one tree can support it. One more Liang Xiao is just one more one.
An unjust soul sent to death. In short, please hold Liang Xiao in check and protect my little sister, otherwise we will come to see you!"
As he spoke, Gongsun Wuji glanced at the invitation on the table, picked it up casually, stood up and said: "You guys do things as usual. Whatever my little sister asks for, just don't go too far and just agree to her! I'm going to the Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow morning.
, meet the heroes of the capital!"
At night, Prime Minister Zhuge Hui, whose beard and hair were all white, was ordered to meet the emperor.
In the imperial study room, Zhuge Hui looked at Liang Xiao's calligraphy and was full of praise.
"Your Majesty, this so-called Thin Gold Style is indeed a school of its own, enough to be passed down from generation to generation! These poems have been selected into my top fifty poems of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so there is no problem!"
The empress asked: "What kind of person does the Prime Minister think can write these poems?"
"Your Majesty, I dare not judge a person by his appearance, but this person must have read poetry and books." Zhuge Hui replied.
Duan Yunxiu on the side was already elated when he heard Zhuge Hui's praise and said: "This is the son of the late Marquis Lanling, Liang Xiao!"
"It's actually Liang Xiao?" Zhuge Hui was stunned.
"The Prime Minister will comment on the young people in the capital tomorrow morning. Would you mind having Liang Xiao one more?" Duan Yunxiu asked.
Zhuge Hui said without hesitation: "I should do my best to recruit talents from all over the world for Your Majesty!"
Duan Yunxiu then said: "My imperial sister wants you to accept him as your disciple and bring him and Mu Qinxue together."
Zhuge Hui wondered: "Your Highness, it is really inconvenient for me to interfere in the affairs of future generations..."
Duan Yunxiu snorted: "You act cheaply, I am sure that when you meet Liang Xiao, you will be eager to take him under your wing!"
Zhuge Hui thought thoughtfully: "After hearing what His Highness said, I am a little curious."
But Duan Yunxiu still saw disapproval from his expression.
But this old prime minister is one of the most important ministers appointed by the late emperor. He is loyal and considerate. Of course Duan Yunxiu understands, but he can only pray silently in his heart: "Don't let the prime minister down..."
It is a great event for the prime minister to personally evaluate the younger generation.
There are three thousand talented people and three hundred talented women in the capital's literary circles, and hundreds of them are qualified to visit.
Duanmu Yuncheng, Duanmu Yunqing, Nangong Ning...
There are also outstanding heroes from all over the country who have also asked the imperial court for instructions, hoping to take this opportunity to stand out.
Liang Xiao finished washing up early in the morning and waited at home.
It wasn't until Duan Yunxiu came to visit with Feiyun that Liang Xiao opened the door and was stunned.
The Eunuch Lin in front of him has two little mustaches on his lips and a small one on his chin.
Duan Yunxiu curled his lips and said: "As a eunuch, you don't have a beard, and I'm worried about being recognized by any official, so I might as well add a beard. Isn't it reasonable?"
Liang Xiao nodded silently and looked at Duan Yunxiu with a bit of sadness in his eyes.
Duan Yunxiu's heart sank, feeling inexplicably angry and warm at the same time.
She could tell that Liang Xiao must have thought that she, "Eunuch Lin," needed a fake beard to regain her self-esteem.
This is clearly a look of distress and sympathy!
Feiyun stood by and saw that His Highness was becoming more and more devoted to playing the eunuch, with a look of despair on his face.
While the two were talking, Jiang Fuxue came over holding a few books.
Jiang Fuxue, who had been baptized by onions, burst into tears.
"Eunuch Lin, Xue'er also wants to accompany her brother to see the world, please..."