Li Zhaoliang huddled in his cotton coat, shook his shoulders, let the snowflakes falling on his collar be blown away by the wind, and looked at Liu Heng indifferently.
Liu Heng opened his mouth and wanted to chase Li Zhaoliang to ask clearly.
Before Li Zhaoliang could speak, Kou Ji opened his mouth to help Liu Heng clear up his doubts, "The Li family is one of the top generals, how could it be possible that they don't have any background..."
Liu Heng frowned, becoming even more confused.
Kou Ji continued: "The largest leather goods shop in Xining City is the property of the Li family; the largest wine shop is the property of the Cao family..."
Liu Heng looked at Li Zhaoliang blankly, wanting to hear a word of affirmation from Li Zhaoliang.
Li Zhaoliang said quietly: "The largest cattle and horse market is the property of the Pan family; the largest human market is the property of the Gao family. Several other companies also have their own industries in Xining City.
This is no secret in Bianjing City.
Although your Liu family is among the generals, we still look down on you. The reason is that your Liu family is too short-sighted. You only focus on one-third of an acre of land in Bianjing City, but you don't know how to accumulate a lot of wealth."
Speaking of which.
Li Zhaoliang paused for a moment, his eyes fell on Kou Ji, and he said to Liu Heng with a little envy: "But you are lucky to be brothers with Kou Ji. With Kou Ji helping your Liu family, your Liu family's background will soon be
Make up.
After your aunt fell, the reason why your father was not chased and killed by us was because Kou Ji helped your Liu family add some information.
As long as Kou Ji helps your Liu family build up their foundation, your Liu family will be qualified to sit at the same table with us and talk.
I believe that this time will not be too short.
You know, back then, the four of us, in order to open the door to the Western Region, spent countless manpower and material resources, and spent nearly ten years before we could barely establish a foothold in the Western Region.
But it only took less than a few years for Kou Ji to become a tyrant among merchants in the Western Regions."
After listening to Li Zhaoliang's words, Liu Heng opened his mouth in shock.
Kou Ji said calmly: "I was able to establish a foothold in the Western Region in a very short period of time, but it cost a lot of money. It's not like you guys, who don't even have a penny to spare and just want to rely on it."
With the convenience of authority, we can do business without capital in the Western Regions."
When Li Zhaoliang heard this, he felt a little unhappy and glared at Kou Ji: "Our family also spent a lot of money to open up the Western Regions!"
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, looked at Li Zhaoliang with disgust and said: "Send a group of old soldiers who are no longer needed to dress up as horse thieves in the Western Regions, rob the passing merchants, and then sell the robbed goods.
He went there and gained money to establish a foothold in the Western Regions.
In the meantime, you guys haven't paid a penny.
Are you embarrassed to say that you guys have spent a lot of money to develop the Western Region?
Aren't you ashamed?"
Li Zhaoliang's face turned red and he snorted coldly.
When Kou Ji and Li Zhaoliang were arguing, Liu Heng had slowly come to his senses and murmured: "Why did I never know about this before?"
Kou Ji glanced at Li Zhaoliang.
Li Zhaoliang curled his lips and said, "That's because you were not qualified to know this before."
Liu Heng turned his head and asked, "Then why are you willing to tell me now?"
Li Zhaoliang curled his lips at Kou Ji, "Ask him..."
Kou Ji looked at the confused Liu Heng and smiled calmly: "Because of the Liu family's current background, they are qualified to know this."
Liu Heng froze on the spot in astonishment.
After a long time, he smiled bitterly.
"Everything comes from you, fourth brother?"
Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji with a complicated expression and said, "If it weren't for you, fourth brother, I'm afraid our Liu family wouldn't be able to come into contact with this level in our lifetime, right?"
Kou Ji and Li Zhaoliang remained silent.
It was regarded as acquiescing to Liu Heng's words.
The Liu family started their business quite quickly.
But the Liu family is sparse.
There are fewer people who can use it.
Before Kou Ji showed up.
Those around Liu Heng were all green-skinned gangsters.
It is easy for Liu Heng to use those green-skinned gangsters to bully men and dominate women, but it is impossible to expect those green-skinned gangsters to help the Liu family buy a large property, or to help the Liu family buy properties elsewhere.
Liu Congmei has been kept by Liu E's side for training, and it is impossible for the Liu family to buy property outside Bianjing.
Liu Congde is useless.
Liu Heng was suppressed.
It's strange that the Liu family can accumulate a wealth of information.
Liu Heng smiled bitterly and said: "When I was in Bianjing City, I thought I already knew everything under the sun. Now I realize that I am a little bit looking at the sky from the bottom of a well."
Kou Ji comforted him: "I can't blame you for this. Your Liu family has only been around for a short time. You haven't experienced any big storms, and you haven't understood the principles of the cunning rabbit's three burrows. It's not like others, who have experienced many storms and waves, and know the principles of the cunning rabbit's three burrows.
I have arranged countless escape routes myself."
Liu Heng nodded and said: "That's the truth, but I feel a little unhappy."
When Li Zhaoliang heard this, he was not happy, "What are you unhappy about? The one who is unhappy should be our family. Our family has been planning for decades to achieve today's situation.
In just a few years, you have surpassed our decades of hard work."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said calmly: "I can't blame anyone else for this. It's just that you guys are too greedy. You want to swallow all the money, but you have never thought about taking out some money from your stomach and going to
Develop larger industries.”
Li Zhaoliang curled his lips unhappily, but did not open his mouth to refute.
Kou Ji is telling the truth.
If they hadn't been too greedy and exposed many flaws, Kou Ji wouldn't have been able to gain a foothold in the Western Regions.
Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji gratefully.
Kou Ji stared at him and said with a smile: "Nurture more confidants later and join our business."
Liu Heng nodded heavily.
"Fourth brother, among the many generals, which one has the deepest background?"
Liu Heng was grateful and asked the biggest doubt in his heart.
Li Zhaoliang said with a look of envy: "The Cao family..."
Liu Heng was slightly stunned.
Li Zhaoliang pursed his lips and said: "Before we started our business, the Cao family was already a wealthy family on Zhending Road, controlling several trade routes to the Liao Kingdom. When we opened up the Western Regions, the Cao family also participated
One serving.
The Cao family also had a role in the many businesses that Kou Ji created.
Nowadays, the Cao family's business is spread all over the northwest, which is far deeper than ours."
After a pause, Li Zhaoliang glanced at Kou Ji and sighed: "Of course... there may be a replacement in a few years."
Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji in shock.
Li Zhaoliang's hint was obvious.
In a few years, the Kou family will most likely surpass the Cao family.
Kou Ji said, dumbfounded: "Don't listen to his nonsense. Among the many businesses in my hands, the only ones that can steadily overwhelm them are the Yizijiaozi Shop and the Forging Steel Workshop.
The big owners behind these two businesses are all government officials, not me."
Li Zhaoliang said quietly: "By the time Yizijiaozi spreads throughout the Song Dynasty, your membership will be enough to surpass ours."
Speaking of which.
Li Zhaoliang was a little annoyed, "Tell me, when you founded Yizijiaozi Shop, why didn't you consider recruiting me? Are you afraid that I won't have money, or that I won't have anyone?"
With me joining, the Yizijiaozi shop you founded will definitely be built faster."
Kou Ji stared at Li Zhaoliang with a half-smile, "Pull you in? Do you think you don't die quickly enough?"
The expression on Li Zhaoliang's face froze, and he said dejectedly: "Just pretend I didn't say..."
It is true that Yizijiaozipu makes money.
But Kou Ji didn't even include Liu Heng and Cao Yi, who were the closest to him.
It is enough to show that the risks involved are very high.
While the three of them were talking, they had already arrived outside Xining City.
Xining City was shrouded in a snowstorm, looking hazy.
A large group of people, under the instructions of many officials in Xining City, were clearing the snow on the official road.
The magistrate of Xining Prefecture, Tuan Lian Envoy, who was guarding Xining City, led a large group of high-ranking officials and braved the wind and snow to welcome Kou Ji and his entourage.
"The governor of Xining Prefecture and the regimental training envoy Mu Zichuan are here to welcome the angel!"
"..."
Other officials in Xining Prefecture bowed and saluted.
Kou Jiduan sat on the horse and said calmly: "No need to be too polite... I am rushing to Xining Prefecture this time. I have important things to do, so I will shorten my schedule as much as possible."
Mu Zichuan, who was in his forties, tall and thin with a long beard, bowed and said: "I obey the angel's order..."
Kou Ji added: "Let your people arrange for the three thousand soldiers who came with me to go down and have a rest. You don't need to take care of the rest of the things."
Kou Ji could pay privately to reward the civilian men accompanying him, but he could not pay privately to reward the soldiers of the imperial army.
The officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army must be arranged by the government of Xining Prefecture.
Mu Zichuan bowed and said: "Here..."
Koji waved.
"Enter the city!"
Liu Heng immediately ordered his men to follow Kou Ji with the imperial guard of honor.
Kou Ji urged the horse on his crotch, and under the guidance of Mu Zichuan, entered Xining City.
Once entering the city.
I saw people standing on both sides of Xining City Avenue.
One by one, they stood neatly despite the wind and snow.
The leader was a middle-aged man in his thirties.
The middle-aged man was the first to salute Kou Ji.
"I've met my boss!"
"I've met my boss!"
As the middle-aged man's first cry fell to the ground.
The people on both sides of the street bowed and saluted and shouted loudly.
The corner of Kou Ji's mouth twitched.
The corners of Li Zhaoliang's mouth also twitched.
The same is true for Mu Zichuan.
Only Liu Heng stared and murmured: "He is really the boss of half the people in the city..."
Mu Zichuan looked at the people under his rule and bowed respectfully to Kou Ji one by one, and said with a hint of sadness: "Angels are so proud..."
Kou Jiqian laughed and said: "The soldiers accompanying me have been working hard for nearly half a month. Mu Zhizhou will arrange for them to rest as soon as possible. I will go to Zhizhou Yamen to ask you for questions."
Mu Zichuan bowed and said: "Here..."
Immediately.
Mu Zichuan led his officials to contact the soldiers in the army, and led three thousand soldiers down to rest.
After the three thousand soldiers left.
The civilian husbands escorted the car and entered Xining City.
Looking at the people in Xining City, waiting respectfully for Kou Ji's words, they were all amazed.
"I'm a good boy... I'm afraid there won't be such a scene when I'm traveling, right?"
"Anyway, I haven't seen it before..."
"How many people are there here?!"
"The Kou officials promised us mutton soup and warm Kang. It's time to honor it, right? It would be better if they gave us a pot of hot wine."
"Do you want to find another aunt for you and give you a home here? You are greedy."
"..."
The people were talking a lot.
Kou Ji had already jumped off the horse and walked up to the middle-aged man with a dark face.
"Whose idea?"
Kou Ji asked coldly.
Seeing Kou Ji's dark complexion, the middle-aged man knew that flattering him was on the wrong side of the horse, and hurriedly said: "It's not a villain's idea..."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and hummed coldly.
A trace of sweat appeared on the middle-aged man's forehead, and he quickly said: "It's really not the villain's idea."
Kou Ji said coldly: "It wasn't your idea. How could the people gather together? How could they know that I was entering the city at this time?"
The middle-aged man bowed his waist and said with a grimace: "The common people are grateful for your kindness, young master, and came here voluntarily..."
Kou Ji stared and shouted: "Explain it clearly to me. If you can't explain it clearly, I will kill you."
The middle-aged man was startled and said quickly: "Two days ago, young master, you sent someone to Xining City and asked me to prepare mutton soup and flatbread for more than 60,000 people, and also prepare hot food for 60,000 people.
kang.
Mutton soup is easy to make, but hot kang is hard to find.
Although our property in Xining City is large, there is no free space and no free hot bed.
So the villain rented some vacant rooms from the common people and hired them to light the hot kangs.
When the people saw that we were looking for so many hot beds, they became suspicious.
I inquired about it and found out that young master you were coming, so I kept it in my mind.
Today, when the villain and the stewards from various major workshops were preparing to come to greet you, they followed him spontaneously.
If you take a look at it, you will see that the scene is quite big.
Maybe you would like it, young master, so you didn’t drive them away."
When Kou Ji heard this, he was almost furious to death.
"You're so smart! You're so stupid! Do you think I didn't die quickly enough?!"
The middle-aged man trembled and hurriedly defended, "The villain has absolutely no such intention... I wish that you, young master, could live a long life."
Kou Ji glared at the middle-aged man and snorted coldly: "When I am using people, I will spare your life first. Take your people quickly and arrange for the people who come with me to eat and rest.
If you make another mistake, I will kill you."
The middle-aged man feels like he has been granted amnesty, "The villain will never dare to do it again..."
Now.
Don't wait for Kou Ji to speak again.
The middle-aged man immediately called to the stewards of the major workshops, took the food and grass from the workers, assigned the people in Xining City according to the roster, and led the workers down to rest.
In order to settle the civilian husbands as soon as possible.
The middle-aged man distributed the mutton to various people's homes.
They entertained the peasants directly.
However.
The middle-aged man led the stewards to be busy.
The people in Xining City stood still, motionless and refused to leave.
There were a few middle-aged men who were prestigious among the people, holding their necks and shouting righteously at the workshop stewards who advised them to leave.
"We have no other thoughts, and we don't dare to disturb our boss's official business. We just want to kowtow to our boss."