"PS: When I say climax, I mean the plot. Forget it, let's speed it up."
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In the blink of an eye, it was mid-August, and the preparations for the wedding in Prince Su's Mansion were almost complete. The inside and outside of the mansion were renovated, and the buildings, furniture, etc. in the mansion were also given a new coat of paint, making the mansion more welcoming.
Brand new from top to bottom.
The dowries of the girls, such as new clothes and bedding, etc., were also piled up in the few empty rooms in the north house.
During this period, the in-laws of Prince Su's Mansion, such as Amutu, the patriarch of the Qingyang tribe in Luocheng, Sanchuan, Xiong Hu, Pingyujun of Chu State, Yangyu clan of Shangshui County, Lantianjun Yingban of Qin State, etc., all sent their troops one after another.
People sent generous dowries.
Even Zhao Ying sent her younger sister Zhao Que a valuable dowry.
On August 13, Zhao Hongrun personally took Lantian Jun of the Qin Dynasty to visit Bolangsha River Port.
Lantian Jun Ying was relegated, and he was the uncle of Qin Shaojun Yingying. He had mediocre qualifications and no talent, but the key was that he controlled Lantian Yi, and Lantian Yi was a place rich in jade in the Qin State. Some of the products produced there, such as Mo
Jade, colored jade and other jade are very rare in the Central Plains. Zhao Hongrun believes that once this rare jade is introduced to the Central Plains, its value will definitely be higher than that of Chu State's Sauvignon.
After all, things like sauvignon are mainly used as accessories for girls’ homes, but jade is the raw material for men’s accessories. How can the two be compared?
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun prepared to develop Lan Tianjun Yingban into a major customer of Wei State. In response, he very proudly gave Lantian Junyingban four stores worth 400,000 gold - this was definitely not because of Lantian Junyingban's personal gift.
He learned about his relationship with a box of rare jade such as black jade, colored jade, and blood jade.
Having said that, this time Lord Lantian won the banishment and was sent to Wei as an envoy, which can be said to be very high-spirited.
Compared with his low reputation in the Qin Kingdom at the beginning, he is now very popular in the country. Not to mention that the princes and nobles of Xianyang City invite him to banquets every now and then. Even his brother "Weiyang Lord Ying" who once didn't think highly of him.
"Hua", and because I got relevant information, I have frequently exchanged letters with him in the past few months.
Although Lantian Junying was relegated, he knew in his heart that the brother must be interested in his money and wanted to ask him to help the Weiyang army to deal with Yi Qurong, but he was still in a weak mood.
In addition, Qin generals such as Wuxinhou Gongsunqi, Changxinhou Wangjian and other Qin generals also had a close relationship with him. It can be said that Lantian Jun could not help but feel a little presumptuous in the past few months after winning the banishment.
Because as long as he reaches this cooperation with Wei, he is likely to become the richest royal family in Qin, possibly even richer than King Qin, which makes him feel elated.
"...This is the main street. Beyond this straight road is Gangwu. This area will become the most prosperous place in the Gangwu city."
While taking Lantian Junying to visit the four shops gifted to the former, Zhao Hongrun gave him a general introduction.
To be honest, Lantian Jun Yingban knew nothing about this, but when he heard that these four shops were worth 400,000 gold, he couldn't help but feel his heart pounding in shock.
As for whether the 400,000 gold was worth anything, he had no doubt after seeing the cluster of buildings in the Bolangsha Port Commercial District.
"...This is what I think. The rough stones from Lantian are transported by water and transported down the river to Daliang. My jade craftsmen in Daliang are responsible for carving and polishing..."
When Zhao Hongrun briefly introduced his intention to cooperate, Lan Tianjun nodded repeatedly.
In fact, the Qin State also had craftsmen who were good at carving and polishing jade, but after seeing the skills of the craftsmen of the Wei State, Lord Lantian wanted to throw all the craftsmen who polished jade for him into the river and drown them.
The carving of jade is nothing more than cutting, polishing, and carving. The bad thing is that the technology of cutting jade in the Qin State is very backward. They still use a "two-person saw" to cut jade. The cutting accuracy is very poor and cannot be cut.
To make it flat and smooth, you can only smooth out the uneven places bit by bit during subsequent polishing, and this will cause losses to the jade in disguise.
In the Smelting Bureau of the Wei State, the craftsmen of the Wei State invented a human-operated foot-operated cutting machine. It used a circular saw wheel that His Highness Prince Su next to him called a "saw blade" to accurately cut
Cutting jade on the ground not only ensures the loss during cutting to the greatest extent, but also the leftover materials can be polished into some small ornaments.
Lan Tianjun Ying was relegated to the scene before, accompanied by Zhao Hongrun, and was amazed by it.
"... Mr. Lantian is responsible for mining the rough stones, and I am responsible for processing and selling them. As for profit distribution..."
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Lan Tianjun to win the relegation, and said in a low voice: "Sixty-four points, Lantian Jun takes six points, my side of Daliang takes four points, what do you think of Lantian Jun?"
After saying that, without waiting for Lan Tianjun to speak, he explained the tedious process of processing jade, how much phone calls are needed to maintain sales channels, etc.
In the end, all these words were in vain, because Lan Tianjun excitedly agreed to the ban before he could finish his draft.
The reason is simple, because Zhao Hongrun estimated that the six-cent profit earned by him was much higher than what he had produced and sold by himself.
It’s no wonder. After all, Qin’s economy is still quite backward compared to the Central Plains. Most of the Qin people in the country can only feed themselves. How can they have any spare money to play with jade? But the Central Plains is much richer than Qin, especially in the
Far to the east, in the Qi State, the former overlord of the Central Plains, the adult men of Qi State were very particular about jade pendants.
Instant noodles (fans) and jade pendants were the standard equipment of young scribes in Qi who claimed to be gentlemen. "Note: Instant noodles (fans) are similar to fans, made of thin bamboo and cloth, brocade and silk. They were used in ancient times.
A favorite among elegant people, it was later replaced by the folding fan.』
"If I had known it, I would have said it was 50-50..."
Seeing that Mr. Lantian readily agreed to be relegated, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help feeling a little regretful, and muttered to himself when the former was not paying attention.
Jie Ziyu, who was following him, heard his Highness's muttering and shook his head in confusion: That's about right, Your Highness.
After reaching a cooperation agreement with the king of Lantian, Zhao Hongrun ordered Zongwei He Miao and Zhu Gui to lead the king around to appreciate the prosperity of Daliang.
To be honest, Daliang is the royal capital of the Wei Kingdom. After the last five-party campaign to conquer Wei, several markets in the city inevitably seemed a bit sluggish, and they needed a big benefactor like Lan Tianjun to stimulate consumption.
So, He Miao and Zhu Gui led Lantian Junying to banish him every day to look for flowers and ask willows, drunkenly and dreamily. After more than ten days, the Qin prince had a feeling of "I am happy here, but I don't miss Qin".
Feel.
August 15th is commonly known as "August Half" and "Mid-Autumn Festival". However, compared with the Lantern Festival and Qingming Festival, this can only be regarded as a small festival. "Note: The Mid-Autumn Festival started in the Zhou Dynasty and was popular in the Tang Dynasty.
Song.』
In view of the fact that he got a box of precious jade stones from Lantian Junying for nothing, Zhao Hongrun picked a few pieces from them, ordered the craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau to polish them carefully, and gave a jade pendant polished with black jade to his father——
Compared with the flashy blood jade and colored jade, the values of the Wei people prefer black jade, a jade that seems to have "deep meaning".
As for the gifts given to his mother, Concubine Shen Shu, and the other female relatives in the palace, they naturally picked out all the fancy ones, such as white jade, blood jade, colored jade, etc., and polished them into bracelets as gifts.
As late August approached, Zhao Hongrun took two staff members, Jie Ziu and Wen Qi, to the Ministry of Finance to take over the title deeds of the shops in Bolangsha River Port. With this, Zhao Hongrun could then justifiably transfer Bolangsha River to Bolangsha River.
Shops in Hong Kong are rented and sold at high prices.
Unfortunately, according to the agreement with his father, Zhao Hongrun could only get 20% of the money for renting and selling shops in Bolangsha River Port, and the remaining 80% went to the court. Although it is a pity, after Wen Qi and Jie Ziu's calculations,
, Even so, Zhao Hongrun can still get a huge amount of funds, which is more than enough to pay off the debt owed to the Ministry of Accounts, but also leaves a lot of balance.
The only embarrassing thing is that because of the "Jinxiang Massacre" incident, the private army of the nobles in Wei State robbed Song County's wealth... No, the progress of recovering Song County was much slower than expected. Zhao Hongrun was a little worried about the future of Bolangsha River Port
What changes have occurred in the rental and sales situation of the shops? - In fact, this does not affect the rental and sales of those shops. After all, during this period, many giant businessmen from all over the Central Plains have gathered in Daliang, waiting for the formal opening of the Bolangsha shop.
Lease and sale, but the problem is that if the store in a good location is leased and sold to these foreign businessmen, this is not in line with Zhao Hongrun's original intention.
Therefore, he could only press the lease and sale date of Bolangsha River Port, and at the same time send people to urge Zhao Shen, Prince of Zhiling, and other nobles of his Su Wang Party, so that the latter could collect the money as soon as possible and send people to Daliang.
As for the aristocratic forces of the Yongwang Party and the Qingwang Party, Zhao Hongrun did not send anyone to urge them. Anyway, those two groups were not fools. They were all well-informed. As long as Chengling King Zhao Shen sent people back to Daliang, those two groups would
The People's Insurance Company will surely follow within a few days.
Having said that, as early as a month ago, Qing Wang Hongxin arrived at "Changyi" of Song County as the envoy of the Daliang court to appease the people's grievances in Song County. But as Zhao Hongrun expected, how could the people's grievances in Song County be so easily resolved?
Can it be appeased? After Qing Wang Hongxin arrived in Changyi, although he made various attempts to appease and win over, to be honest, it had almost no effect.
During this period, Song Yun's Beibo Army used this incident to kidnap the people of Song County and shouted the slogan of "Song people's autonomy."
It is worth mentioning that Huan Hu, who was based in Suiyang, also claimed that he was persuaded by Song Yun, the leader of the Bei Bo Army, and turned into a general of the Bei Bo Army, officially launching an attack on the aristocratic private armies in Song County.
action.
Facing the offensives of Song Yun and Huan Hu, Wei's aristocratic private army could not be said to be retreating steadily, but they were also caught in a dilemma.
At present, Song County takes Changyi, Chengwu, Shanfu, and Xiayi as the dividing line, presenting a situation of confrontation between the east and the west.
All in all, the aristocratic private army suffered setbacks in the Song County strategy. Unless the imperial court sent elite garrison-level troops, it would be difficult to open up the Song County war situation.