On December 16, Yang Anxuan returned to Jiyang City with his family.

Before he finished his cup of tea, Hu Yuantong reported to Governor Yang that he should go to the inner hall to discuss matters.

In the inner hall, Yang Quanqi frowned and had a serious look on his face.

After Yang Anxuan finished the ceremony, Yang Quanqi picked up a letter on the case and handed it to Yang Anxuan.

The letter was written by Yin Zhongzheng, and it told bad news.

When the results of the product evaluation reported by the Central Government were submitted to the Situ Mansion for review and approval, Situ and King Sima Daozi of Kuaiji said that since Yang Anxuan was only sixteen years old, being promoted to the middle grade would be counterproductive, so he might as well demote him to the upper or lower grade to leave room for promotion.

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There are rumors in the capital that the emperor intends to order Yang Anxuan to enter the Imperial Academy to study and cultivate his character, and then he will be promoted to an official based on his conduct after he is weak.

Yang Quanqi said with a worried look on his face: "The King of Kuaiji has always been wary of the Yang family. Zhongshu ordered Wang Guobao to add fuel to the flames and make secret remarks. No one in the Yang family said anything in the court, for fear that there would be twists and turns in Xuan'er's decision.

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Yang Anxuan read the letter, but he didn't expect that there would be an accident when passing through the county and state Zhongzheng to evaluate and finalize the product.

Seeing the gloomy look on Yang Quanqi's face, Yang Anxuan said with a smile: "Originally I only wanted to be classified as a middle or upper grade, but now I am lucky enough to be classified as an upper or lower grade. Why should I care too much? The child is only sixteen years old and will be designated as the highest grade in the clan in the future.

It must be of middle grade."

Yang Quanqi turned from sadness to joy and said: "I am very happy for you as a father to be neither arrogant nor discouraged. It is a good thing to go to Beijing to study Chinese studies. It will be beneficial to you in the future to get to know more children of ministers."

Yang Anxuan nodded in agreement. The importance of connections is self-evident and has been true since ancient times.

"Xuan'er, you are only sixteen years old. If you can afford to wait, I will look at you Xuan'er from the lintel of the front door." Yang Quanqi sighed while stroking his beard.

But Yang Anxuan knew that he couldn't afford to wait. In a few years, both the court and the Yang family would undergo earth-shaking changes. Time waits for no one.

"My father heard that both the Emperor and the King of Kuaiji liked the "Little Window Quiet Sentences" written by you. You will have the opportunity to meet the Emperor in Beijing and change the Emperor's view of the Yang family. This is extremely important for the Yang family to regain its reputation. Xuan'er

, there is still a long way to go.”

Back in the study, Yang Anxuan pulled out Yin Dun's letter from the case. The letter was very thick, and it seemed that Yin Dun had a lot to say.

The letter first described the prosperity of Jiankang, and then revealed the depression of being despised in Guozi studies. Yang Anxuan had a smile on his lips. After all, he was a melancholy young man.

Yin Dun mentioned in the letter that the fact that Yang Anxuan was classified as a high-ranking official by the King of Kuaiji was spread everywhere in the capital, and it was a foregone conclusion.

Yin Dun was very happy that the emperor wanted to order Yang Anxuan to enroll in Guozixue. He said that he would work with Yang Anxuan to establish prestige in Guozixue, so that the powerful children in the capital could see the power of the eight heroes of Feishui.

The letter said that "Little Window Quiet Sentences" was widely circulated in the capital. The dozen or so latest copies of "Little Window Quiet Sentences" he had brought with him had been donated, and Yang Anxuan was asked to write a few more new ones when he had time to send them.

Then, Yin Dun said to Yang Anxuan both proudly and apologetically that he played the song "Farewell" in the Qinhuai Prostitute House without Yang Anxuan's permission. He was treated as a guest of honor by the geishas and had little reputation in the Fireworks House. When Yang Anxuan came to the capital,

, I will take him to the Qinhuai River to open his eyes.

Qinhuai Fengyue has a beautiful reputation that has been passed down for thousands of years. Yang Anxuan is looking forward to it very much.

The poem "Send Off Your Friend Yin Dun to Jiankang" was widely praised. When Yin Dun signed up for an elegant gathering, people often exclaimed, "Are you the Yin Dun who sent your friend Yin Dun off to Jiankang?" People were praised for their poems.

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Yin Huizhen was not mentioned at the end of the letter, which made Yang Anxuan feel a little disappointed. I don't know when he started to feel more concerned about this beautiful young lady.

Hu Yuan entered the room and said: "Sir, my father sent someone to bring something. This is the gift list."

Yang Anxuan smiled and said: "Uncle Hu is very interested. The New Year is coming soon. Do you plan to celebrate the New Year at Panlong Mountain?"

"Master, are you willing to let me go back?" Hu Yuan asked in surprise.

Yang Anxuan opened the gift list and said with a smile: "Hu Yuan, don't think that you are a proton. You and I have been together for a long time, so why should I regard you as a proton? If you want to go home, you can go back. If you want to come back, you can come back at any time."

Hu Yuan was a little hesitant. The life in Jiyang City was much more interesting than in Panlong Mountain. To be honest, Yang Anxuan did treat him as a friend and did not treat him like a servant.

"Two stones of white glutinous rice, two stones of blue glutinous rice, dried venison, fifty pounds of dried deer meat, rabbits, pheasants..." Yang Anxuan laughed out loud when he saw the words on the gift list. This gift list was clearly from "A Dream of Red Mansions"

Wu Jinxiao sent New Year's goods to Jia's family.

"I like these gifts very much. If you tell me when you go back, I will prepare some gifts in return."

As he spoke, Yang Anxuan took out a gold ingot from the box at the end of the couch, handed it to Hu Yuan and said, "Take these two taels of gold and buy whatever you want. If you don't have enough money, tell me."

After receiving the gold ingot, Hu Yuan had already made up his mind and said: "I will go back on the 20th, and I will rush back to Jiyang after the first month."

"I may go to Jiankang to study at Guozixue in the next year. If you want to go with me, discuss it with your family earlier. If you go to Jiankang, you won't be able to go home for a while."

Hu Yuan's eyes lit up. He had heard about the prosperity of the capital for a long time, and Qin Huai Fengyue wanted to see it. He quickly said: "I hope to come back as soon as possible and go to Jiankang with the young master."

Zhang Feng poked his head in from outside the door and said, "Sir, I would like to follow you to Jiankang."

Yang Anxuan smiled and said, "Is your mother willing to let you go?"

"Mother is definitely willing." Zhang Feng said firmly, "Mother told me to let my servant follow me wherever I go. This time I went to Ruyang, and my mother blamed me for not following him."

"Okay, I'll take you with me when the time comes."

Hu Yuan pointed to the letter on the case and reminded: "Master Yuan dropped in with a letter and put it on the case."

Yuan He, Yang Anxuan had almost forgotten this person. He found the letter and tore it open. In the letter, Yuan He described that he opened a grocery store in Hujiawu. With the support of the Hu family, the business was doing well. The Tianjia grocery store was in

Wu Nei is a well-known brand. In the letter, Yuan He excitedly described the business prospects to Yang Anxuan, and wanted to continue to invest in expanding this year's profits.

Unexpectedly, Yuan He is actually a good businessman. The branches he planted at random showed signs of taking root and sprouting. Yuan He was Yang Anxuan's chess piece in Hujiawu to spy on the Hu family. It would be an unexpected surprise if he could expand his business.

.You can also strengthen the connection with the Hu family through Yuan He. Maybe Panlong Mountain will play an unexpected role in the future.

He wrote a reply to Yuan He and asked Hu Yuan to bring it to him when he returned. Thinking that the Chinese New Year was coming soon, he took out two thousand dollars from the box, handed it to Zhang Feng and said: "These two thousand dollars are for you, and the other one is for you.

You can send the thousand money to Yuan He's house tomorrow and give it to his wife, saying it is a reward from the house, so that she can have a good life and raise her children, and wait for Yuan He's return."

There are still more than fifty taels of gold and more than a thousand yuan in the cash box, which are compensation from the Chen family. The dividends of Yunjie Paper have begun to decline, and there are about five or six taels of gold every month. Yang Anxuan asked the Yin family to send these money directly to Yin Ji.

Used for the expenses of An Xuan Army.

Looking at the money in the box, Yang Anxuan thought that he was going to Jiankang soon, but this little money was not enough.

It is not easy to live in the capital. If you want to live in the capital, you can't find a way without strong capital. Yin Dun's letter aroused the idea of ​​​​appreciating the beauty of Qinhuai. There is a gold selling cave, and no matter how much gold is spent, it will be quickly spent.

Yang Anxuan closed the money box and prepared for a rainy day. He had to bring enough money to go to Jiankang.

The money provided by the clan was definitely not much, and Yang Anxuan didn't want his mother's private money, which made Yang Anxuan miss the car of gold given by Murong Yan. If he could bring the five thousand taels of gold back to Jiyang, he wouldn't have to worry about it now.

I'm worried about money.

Wanting to find another way to make money, Yang Anxuan mentally recalled the contents of "Tiangong Kaiwu" and remembered that one of the goods he brought with him when traveling northward was a hundred catties of stone honey.

Stone honey is made by frying and exposing sugarcane juice to condense, resulting in lumpy sucrose, which is dark red in color and has a sour taste.

"Tiangong Kaiwu" records the "Yellow mud water drenching sugar method" (1), which can produce sugar as white as frost, which is superior to stone honey in terms of color and taste.

Stone honey is expensive, and if it is processed into "icing sugar", it is definitely a luxury product. It can be used as a tribute, and only the noble family can afford it.

This is a hugely profitable industry. Anyone who touches it will be swallowed up by the royal family and nobles, and even the top nobles will swallow up nothing.

Yang Anxuan does not have the energy or ability to run this business, so selling the secret recipe is his first choice.

Recalling that the secret recipe for Yunjie Paper was sold to the Yin family, it seems that the secret recipe for making icing sugar can also be sold to him this time. As for how the Yin family operates, with that old fox Yin Xi here, he will definitely not suffer.

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Yin Dun went to Jiankang City, and his connection with the Yin family could not be broken. The next day, Yang Anxuan went to the Yin Family Fort to meet Mr. Yin.

In Yin Xi's study, Yang Anxuan saluted the old man respectfully. Yin Xi smiled and said, "An Xuan, you know that you were demoted by King Kuaiji."

Yang Anxuan's expression remained unchanged and he said: "It's okay, the sky is not falling. Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, I would like to wish you a happy new year and wish the old man good health and all the best."

Ji Xiang's words made Yin Xi smile and narrow his eyes. Yin Xi pointed at Yang Anxuan and said: "The boy's mouth is so sweet. You come to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing. If you have anything to say, just say it. Don't beat around the bush."

"Old man, after the Chinese New Year, I am going to Jiankang. There are crouching tigers, hidden dragons in the capital. I want to prepare some money for self-defense, and I want to borrow some money from the old man." Yang Anxuan said with a smile.

Yin Xi stroked his beard and said: "You have a delicate heart with seven orifices, but you are still short of money? But when you go to Jiankang, you need to prepare more money. Since you opened your mouth, you still have forty or fifty taels of gold. Even if

I’ll pay you the Yun Jie paper bonus first.”

Not only did the Yin family and the Yang family have close official ties, Yin Dun and Yin Ji both had close contacts with Yang Anxuan. In addition, Yin Dun had described Yang Anxuan's strange behavior, and Yin Xi felt that Yang Anxuan was worth investing in.

If his granddaughter Yin Huizhen hadn't made arrangements six years ago, Yin Xi would have been tempted to marry her to Yang Anxuan.

"The old man is just happy." Yang Anxuan said with a smile: "There is a big business, I wonder if the old man can take it."

Yin Xi leaned back and stroked his beard and said: "No matter how big the profitable business is, even if the Yin family can't take it, the Deng family, the Cen family, and the other three can always take over your big business."

Yang Anxuan took out the recipe for making icing sugar from his pocket, put it on the table and said: "I have a way to make stone honey into a sweet cake that is as white as frost and deposited like ice. I call it sugar."

Yin Xi pondered for a moment and said: "Stone honey itself is expensive, five taels of gold and one stone. If it is made into the sugar you mentioned, how much per stone will it cost, and how many people can afford it. Although this recipe is good, it is not practical.

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Yang Anxuan said: "At least two candies and two gold."

Yin Xi shook his head and said: "It's so expensive, how many people can afford it."

It seems that Mr. Yin also has limitations. I don’t know that there is a mentality of only buying expensive ones to show off his status as a powerful person and to show his difference.

Yang Anxuan smiled and said: "This thing is valuable in gold and can be offered as a tribute. Only the nobles and nobles can enjoy it. The idle people have no right to enjoy it even if they have money."

With one sentence, Yin Xi's eyes brightened up and he said with a smile: "So, this method can be used. I wonder how An Xuan wants to divide the profits?"

"Five hundred gold, one time buyout." Yang Anxuan said.

Yin Xi paused while stroking his beard and muttered: "This matter is too big for me to make the decision. I have to summon the clan members to discuss it. I even have to invite the Deng and Cen families to discuss it together."

Yang Anxuan stood up and handed the recipe to Yin Xi, and said with a smile: "It will be some time before I leave for Jiankang. The old man will discuss it slowly. We might as well make the icing according to the recipe first, and then talk about it after trying it."

Yin Xi took the prescription without opening it, looked at Yang Anxuan and said: "I received a letter from Ji'er, saying that An Xuan, you abandoned thousands of gold pieces like worn-out shoes in the Yan Kingdom. It is difficult for me to have such a big heart. An Xuan, don't worry, I

I will definitely give you a fair price.”

Yang Anxuan bowed and was about to leave, when Yin Xi stopped him and said after a moment of hesitation: "An Xuan, I have something unclear. I have been wanting to ask you for a long time, but I don't know whether I should tell you or not."

"It's okay to ask, Mr. Yin."

Yin Xi stared at Yang Anxuan closely and said: "Anxuan, you are talented and talented, and you have learned a lot. It is reasonable to write good poems, good poems and even "Little Window Quiet Sentences". But you have never worked in farming, how can you make it?"

Yang Jiali, does he know how to use bamboo to make paper? From the sound of the kite, the book, and the secret recipe for making sugar, I am really puzzled."

Yang Anxuan had long thought that someone would be suspicious and considered how to respond.

After pretending to hesitate for a moment, Yang Anxuan said: "When my father was guarding Luoyang, his servants were hunting everywhere. One day it rained in the mountains, so he took shelter in the wild view."

Yin Xi listened attentively.

"The servant ordered his entourage to barbecue the prey, and invited the Taoist priest from the Song Dynasty to eat with him. When the rain stopped, the Taoist priest from the Song Dynasty gave the servant a silk book. The things such as Yang Jiali, bamboo paper, sugar frosting, and paper kites were all recorded in the book."

"Oh, what's the name of the book? Where are you now?" Yin Xi was so excited that he almost didn't stand up.

Yang Anxuan looked embarrassed and said: "The title of the book is "Tiangong Kaiwu", but I accidentally lit it on fire when I was drunk and burned it."

"Alas, what a pity." Yin Xi sighed repeatedly, wishing he could stamp his feet and beat his chest. The boy wasted his natural resources, it is disgusting and hateful.

Seeing Yang Anxuan smiling but not smiling, Yin Xi realized that this little fox probably still had the book, and he deliberately said it was burned. He couldn't send people to search for him at his residence.
Chapter completed!