Two million shi of grain was transported to Luoyang. The transportation cost was a large amount, and this money had to be paid by the state treasury.
The state has ships, and there are 6,000 ships at Luokou Pier and Banzhu Pier, but there are not enough people to operate the boats. People have been drafted to dig canals. Moreover, sailing requires professional people to do it, not just pulling in anyone.
People come and know how to operate the boat.
The country couldn't save this money even if it wanted to. When Yang Guang was touring south, all the sailors who operated the boats were provided by major families, completely free of charge.
But if you are not serving the emperor, don't expect others to do it for free.
Dugu Zuan actually didn't like the money, but he wanted to build a good relationship with the southern clan through this transportation of grain. In the future, they would get to know each other and make money together.
The role of the canal is reflected in this. There are many people in the south, and commerce is developed. There are fewer people and more goods. Through water transportation, you can also establish a good relationship with the wealthy families in Guanzhong and facilitate paving the way for your children. Through a river, the north and the south are connected.
Gradually become more frequent.
After Xiao Liang destroyed the country, he was replaced by Nan Chen. However, the status of Xiao's children in the south has risen instead of falling in the past ten years, thanks to the fact that Comrade Yang Guang has been the general manager of Yangzhou for eleven years.
No one can take advantage of Tongji Canal's water transport business except the Xiao family. Some of them have ships and backers. They are doing public business and are not afraid of not being able to settle the accounts.
As the saying goes, if you make money, you will lose it. Both Yang Guang and his wife hope that the Xiao family can make a lot of money. The more they make, the better, because if Yang Guang is short of money in the future, he can ask them for it, which is equivalent to the emperor's deliberate support.
An invisible small treasury can also be regarded as letting water to raise fish.
Empress Xiao's status in the family was not high in the past and she was quite neglected. However, she married well, so after gaining momentum, Lanling Xiao began to desperately try to curry favor with Empress Xiao. However, Empress Xiao was a grudge-bearing person, and she only wanted to talk to a few of her own people.
Apart from the brothers who still kept in touch, the remaining clan members did not even have a chance to see Queen Xiao.
As the queen's half-brother and the last prince of Xiao Liang, Xiao Yu has a great influence in the family. With just one word, he can ask the family to replace Xiao Xuan, because Xiao Xuan is not good enough.
He is just the person in charge of the family's water transportation, a hard worker.
He and Yang Jian were so close that they violated Yang Ming's taboo. Xiao Yu knew that his sister wanted Yang Ming to take over, so among the two nephews, he favored Yang Ming.
After Xiao Yu came to the Qin Palace, he started discussing business matters with his nephew Yang Ming and his nephew Dugu Xin.
This business must have a shareholder in Luoyang, otherwise all kinds of gods will intervene overtly or covertly. If the Lanling Xiao family does not have a partner in the north, it will be difficult.
The Dugu family is undoubtedly powerful enough. Although they no longer have a huge backer like Dugu Jialuo, they still have Zhao Guogong Dugu Zuan and the right prison gate general Dugu Huaien to support the scene. They are relatives of Li Yuan and have the protective umbrella of Yang Ming behind them.
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The Dugu family and Lanlingxiao cooperated to divide the water transport business, which was undoubtedly a strong alliance.
The three of them discussed it back and forth. Yang Ming took 30%, the Dugu family and the Xiao family also took 30%, and the remaining 10% was used for management. The devils from all walks of life were waiting with their mouths open, so this money could not be saved.
As Dugu Xin said, this time transporting grain is just asking for directions. The real money will be made in the future. As long as they have a good relationship with the Xiao family, they will definitely eat this river.
The trade in the south is now very developed, and it is still in its infancy. A lot of resources have not yet been tapped, and the potential is unprecedentedly huge.
Xiao Yu is Dugu Xin's biological uncle, and his wife is Dugu Zuan's biological sister. As long as the two families work together, almost no one can shake their future dominance in the Tongji Canal water transport.
Yang Ming is also happy to make this kind of money, which is almost as good as picking it up for free.
This is how making money is. The more power you have, the more status you have. Money is no different from what is blown by the strong wind.
A few days later, Dugu Xin was leaving, but he hoped to take Dugu Feng'er away and let her go home to see her. This was actually a way to stabilize the relationship with Yang Ming.
Because Dugu Feng'er is not young yet, but still doesn't understand anything, Dugu Xin has to take the girl back to Luoyang and have someone teach her well, so that she won't be like now, with an unclear relationship with Yang Ming. What is this called?
Something?
Something has to happen to you two? If nothing happens to you two, something will happen to the family.
Of course it was hard for Yang Ming to refuse. Feng'er had been in the capital for about seven or eight years and had never returned to Luoyang.
Before leaving, Yang Ming went to look for Feng'er. When Dugu Xin, who lived here, saw this, he quickly found an excuse and escaped.
"I don't seem to have much luggage?" Dugu Feng'er worked hard all morning and only sorted out a few packages, most of which were just clothes.
Yang Ming sat down on the side and said, "Ah Lou will also accompany you back, right?"
"Well," Dugu Feng'er nodded: "Mommy also wants to go back and have a look."
Dugu Bailou is Dugu Zuan's adopted sister. She is not related by blood, but the relationship is not bad. After all, she is the closest person to Queen Dugu. It is impossible for the Dugu family not to respect her.
Yang Ming asked again: "How long will it take to walk?"
"I will come back when you want me to come back," Dugu Feng'er smiled, moved a chair and sat down opposite Yang Ming, and said, "Second brother has said a lot of strange things to me in the past few days.
Hint at the relationship between me and you."
Yang Ming suddenly frowned: "What did he imply?"
Dugu Feng'er smiled and said: "He wants me to please you and be your woman."
Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief: "That's it."
"But you have too many women, and I don't like this," Dugu Feng'er said quietly, "What I look forward to is a husband-and-wife relationship like that between the Supreme Being and the Holy Queen, with nothing else but each other."
Yang Ming nodded and said with a smile: "It seems like I have no chance."
Dugu Feng'er came over, held Yang Ming's hand, squatted down and said:
"You are the person I care about most, and I hope everything goes well for you. Although I don't know why I have such feelings for you, I can't accept sharing you with others, so you really have no chance.
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Yang Ming raised his hand, stroked the other person's cheek, and said softly: "I also hope everything is well with you."
Dugu Feng'er nodded and said with a dull expression: "I have always had a feeling in my heart that I seem to have missed something, and it is something very important to me. I hope that one day, I can get him back.
Come."
"Yeah," Yang Ming nodded and stopped talking.
On February 15th, Dugu Feng'er left the capital where she had lived for eight years and returned to her home in Luoyang. Over the past eight years, her experiences had caused huge losses to the Dugu family, but the biggest loss was actually Dugu Feng'er herself.
Over at Yuan Wendu, Yang Ming also wrote a letter, instructing the other party to contact the Dugu family.
After Li Yuan returned to Beijing, he ran to the Prince of Qin's Mansion every once in a while to see his grandson.
As the saying goes, they are relatives across generations. Although Yang Ming has always known that Li Yuan is unreliable, his love for Yang Cong does come from the bottom of his heart.
Because he has not had any sons since he was founded.
This made Li Yuan and his wife very anxious, because they were worried that it was their son's problem.
Jiancheng and Yang Ming had four sons. Yang Ming had four sons, but he didn't have any, which made him feel very inferior. When he saw his nephew Yang Cong, he felt very uncomfortable.
My wife's family background is undoubtedly very good, she is Pei Yun's biological daughter.
The couple also took a lot of medicine in the hope of conceiving a child soon, but Pei Xi's stomach remained silent.
So Li Yuan quickly found a concubine for his son to try to find out whether it was the son's problem or the daughter-in-law's problem. As a result, the concubine became pregnant.
But Li Yuan was not happy, because he was a concubine, and the Longxi Li people were very particular about concubines. A concubine would have no sons.
But now that Pei Yun is in the limelight, you can't let your son divorce his wife, right? After all, many couples have not had children for many years, and suddenly they can have children.
So Li Yuan can only wait and see, as long as it's not his son's problem.
Yang Ming knew that Li Yuan had not been idle in the past two years. He saw that his father Yang Guang was lustful, and when he saw that Yu Wenshu and Yang Yue frequently offered women to the emperor in order to invite his favor, he directly transferred his nephew Queen's wife to him.
, dedicated to Yang Guang.
This Wang family was so favored that he was directly granted the title of Imperial Concubine. His father, Wang Yu, is now just a county magistrate. It is a pity that this man served as a bodyguard for Yang Jian before, but Yang Jian did not make arrangements for him at that time. Now he is here
In Yang Guang's era, Yang Guang no longer acknowledged his fault.
During the chat, Yang Ming deliberately asked about the Wang family. Li Yuan hesitated and beat around the bush and did not dare to reply directly, because he knew that giving women to the emperor, Yang Ming didn't care, but this woman was made a concubine, so Yang Ming
It's impossible not to care.
Because the emperor currently has three concubines in his harem, and currently there is only one concubine named De Fei Wang, who is a concubine of the first rank under the empress.
"I'm just a concubine, what can't I say?" Yang Ming said with a dull smile.
Everyone in the room heard that something was wrong with Yang Ming's words. Of course, Li Yuan knew that Yang Ming was warning him, because his niece had a bad temper, was young and energetic, and had offended Empress Xiao.
Li Yuan hurriedly said: "I was confused for a moment, Your Highness, don't say anything more."
Yang Ming seemed indifferent, but he said with a serious warning:
"I can't say hello to some, but you have to remind her and tell that Mrs. Wang that when you see this Queen Mother in the future, you must behave yourself. I will not give her a second chance. This is for you.
good."
Li Yuan nodded hurriedly, pretending to be humble, and wiped his forehead.
You're not sweating, why are you wiping your forehead? Who are you pretending to show?
Yang Ming also knew that in fact, the Wang family was not that offensive. She just took advantage of her recent favor and moved a screen that belonged to Queen Xiao to her palace.
Empress Xiao was not someone to be trifled with. She had already ordered the screen to be taken back and two of Wang's maids were killed with a stick as a warning.
Yang Ming had to make this gesture today, because Yang Xian went to the palace to cause trouble because of this incident.
In the Sui Dynasty, all the concubines in the emperor's harem, except the queen, had no status. This was all because of Dugu Jialuo.
So even though Wang was a high-level concubine, Yang Jian still didn't like her. She was trying to win over his own mother, which was justifiable.
In this round, Yang Jian won. This kid was so good at finding every opportunity.