When Liu Qing and Song Zhen were not doing business, their greatest pleasure was walking in the yard.
There is no purpose, just strolling around casually, talking about gossip that has nothing to do with official business.
"...There is a steamed bun over there in Nancheng. It tastes extremely delicious. It seems to be cooked with mutton and fish. After taking a sip of the soup, I feel completely relaxed."
“Fresh fish and sheep.”
"Yes, Old Song, you are indeed a glutton."
Song Zhen said: "By the way, Zitai has been away for a long time, and I don't know what's going on over there in Zhouxue."
"Those people!" Liu Qing frowned, "They are either rich or noble, and they have the most powerful children. Those people regard Zitai as their enemy. Even if Zitai's tongue is like a lotus, it will not help."
"How about starting over?" Song Zhen thought for a while, "It's hard to deal with a group of old academics in the Prefecture School, so just put them aside and let them fend for themselves."
"Will the Jiedushi government establish another state school?" Liu Qing asked.
"What do you think?" Song Zhen asked.
"It's good, but ultimately it's an internal division."
"That's right, but it takes a strong man to cut off his wrist!" Song Zhen said: "Otherwise, how can those people break the situation if they are squatting in the state school?"
"You are right, someone is here!"
A minor official came over and Liu Qing said: "I went to the state school to see the Duke, and he said that there is no need to rush the state study, or else start a new one."
"yes!"
The clerk left in a hurry.
Liu Qing smiled and said: "This technique is from the same lineage as Zitai."
"They are all warriors!" Song Zhen looked at Liu Qing's fat waist, took another breath, and bulged his abdominal muscles, "You... you can only lie down at night!"
Don't think that big guys talk about big things. When it's time to drive, they drive faster than the average person.
Liu Qing coughed dryly and said, "What happened to the warrior? I once led an army on an expedition and killed the enemy with my own hands."
"I once rode into battle!"
"hehe!"
"How about giving it a try?" Song Zhen challenged.
Liu Qing sneered, "Aren't I afraid of you?"
The two of them were about to have a big battle, and the clerk came back.
"Sima, the Duke has let most of the students from the state school go."
What?
Lao Liu held the branch in his hand and almost reached his waist.
"The Duke has said that you can stay or go as you please, and there will be no obstruction."
Fuck me!
Liu Qing was furious, "Those powerful men are just trying to leave! He..."
Song Zhen was also quite surprised, "Let's wait until Zitai comes back."
Liu Qing sighed, "Old Song Dynasty, Zitai is the lord of Northern Xinjiang. Once you say something, you must obey it even if it hurts your own face. Otherwise, where is the prestige of this lord of Northern Xinjiang?"
Yang Xuan is back.
"Everyone is here?"
He looked quite happy.
"Let's talk on duty."
In taking the lead in safeguarding Yang Xuan's majesty, Liu Qing always set an example.
After entering the check-in room, Liu Qing complained: "You let those students go and allowed them to change their household registration... Those powerful people will definitely leave."
"Do you think those powerful people who are willing to leave are worth retaining?"
"But as soon as they left, the place shook..."
"They will sell off their property!" Song Zhen said.
Yang Xuan smiled and said, "The most valuable property for powerful people is their fields. However, after the large-scale development of wasteland in our northern Xinjiang, the price of fields has dropped a lot. If you sell your fields and houses at this time, to be honest, you will not lose money like normal."
"Who will pick him up?" Liu Qing asked.
Yang Xuan said calmly: "I forgot to tell you. Speaking of which, my net worth is probably unmatched by anyone in Northern Xinjiang."
Liu Qing was stunned, "I don't know about this."
"I am the richest man in Northern Xinjiang!" Yang Xuan pointed to himself, "To be honest, I rarely do anything in the past few years. It's not that I have no place to do it, but I don't want to mix my own industry and official business. But it depends on the scale of the industry. It’s too big, and every move is related to the overall situation, which is not easy!”
Damn it, I finally found some income.
Yang Xuan left, and he had to go home to explain the matter.
"Did he do it on purpose?" Liu Qing rubbed his forehead, "It must be that he likes to plan things before he decides. This time he went to the state to study, I bet that he had thought of this before going.
It is a good thing for Northern Xinjiang that the strong and powerful sell their businesses at a low price and escape. There will be fewer opponents! He can also buy those industries at a low price, and he will go out as soon as he enters..."
Song Zhen smiled bitterly, "If you go into business, to be honest, you will become the richest man in the world sooner or later. But he wants to be an emperor after all!"
Liu Qing looked strange, "Old Song, in fact, running the world is also a business, isn't it?"
Song Zhen nodded, "Yes! Isn't the emperor the real richest man in the world?"
Liu Qing smiled and said, "Okay! Let's just leave it alone and just watch those powerful men fall into the big hole he dug with great pride."
…
When Yang Xuan arrived home, Wang Laoer was not there.
"Second brother said to go to prison, what... Lang Jun said to experience life." The steward said seriously.
This is a scam!
Yang Xuan gritted his teeth and said: "His freedom will end after the wife gives birth."
Zhou Ning's due date is getting closer and closer, so everything has been put on hold, including the matter of seeing Helian Yunshang for the sake of the second child.
Yang Xuan summoned the stewards.
"Recently, there will be a group of powerful people selling off their land and houses. Remember, buy them at low prices. Take as much as you can get."
A steward raised his hand and asked, "Mr. Lang, how low is it?"
Yang Xuan instantly transformed into a black-hearted businessman, "According to the market price, the price is 40%."
Everyone took a breath of cold air.
"I charge as much as I can, because I'm afraid my family doesn't have enough money," said a steward.
Yang Xuan said calmly: "Just accept it!"
He got up and went out.
The old thief came with his servants.
Carrying a wooden box.
"Open!"
Wooden box opened.
Glitter!
Sparkling silver...
Money, that really doesn’t matter!
"How much money does the family have?" The steward was dumbfounded.
The old thief said: "For Mr. Wang, money is the most boring thing. Therefore, I don't show off to anyone."
Farms and shops soon appeared on the market.
“Lower prices!”
The stewards attacked on all sides.
"Someone has lowered the price by 30% and is ready to take it."
"Please give me your instructions, Mr. Lang."
Yang Xuan heard the news and asked: "Who?"
"It's Lin Qian, a powerful person from Tao County."
"Contract!" Yang Guogong said calmly.
This is strategic behavior, not just about making money.
Acquisition of these industries means hoarding. At critical moments, they can be sold at low prices to suppress the market, or sold at low prices to increase the supply of land.
Since he is planning to be an emperor, he naturally doesn't value money too much.
However, obviously some people are stupid.
This is what Lin Qian is like.
He bought more than a thousand acres of fertile land and happily went to work on his paperwork.
"Can't pass!"
The clerk in charge of the contract said calmly.
"Why?" Lin Qian was angry, "Those fields are not ruthless. My money comes from an honest source, why can't I accept it?"
The clerk sneered, "I think there's something wrong with that land, and there's something wrong with your money!"
Lin Qian was furious and went back to find her in-law Sun Xian.
Sun Xian sighed, "I made the move yesterday, lowering the price by 20%, but in the end the person who lowered the price by 40% succeeded. Do you know why?"
Lin Qian was stunned, "Who is that person?"
"Fortunately, you are not stupid enough." Sun Xian said: "Steward of the Yang family!"
Lin Qian's back was wet with sweat, "Is it Yang Xuan?"
Sun Xian nodded, "He is not short of money, and he has never competed with us for profit in the past. This move surprised me. I thought about it all night and felt that there was only one possibility."
"What's possible?"
"That's a big hole."
…
The stewards of the Yang family swept the market.
Returned with a full load.
Those powerful men were preparing to leave and held grand banquets to entertain their relatives and friends.
"Old Sun, aren't you going?" Lin Qian was planning to go to a friend's house that they both had in common, and came here specifically to invite him.
Sun Xian shook his head, "I have been thinking about Yang Xuan recently. Looking at his behavior over the years, he will occasionally suffer losses, but over time, those losses have become advantages."
"But it would be a mistake to let those powerful people go away!" Lin Qian said, "Historically, local talents mostly come from powerful families. If he lets those families go, he will let many talents go."
"Li Wenmin went to Zhouxue." Sun Xian covered his forehead, "I always feel that there will be big changes in Zhouxue."
"No matter, let's go to the banquet first."
"I won't go."
"Why?"
"Yang Xuan dug a big pit for those people to jump into. Who can get close to the fool who jumped into the pit at this time? From now on..." Sun Xian looked at him.
Lin Qian smiled and said, "He can't just kill them all!"
"Hey!" Sun Xian sighed, "How about you go take a gamble?"
Lin Qian thought for a while, "Others dare to bet, but I don't dare."
…
"My lord, the powerful men who were about to leave held a banquet, and many people went there."
Jielong sent a message.
Yang Guozheng is waiting for the doctor.
"Record it!"
The Queen of Autumn wants to settle accounts... Jielong said excitedly: "Yes."
Boom, boom, boom!
Chen Huagu, a famous doctor from northern Xinjiang, is here.
Come uninvited.
"I heard that my wife is about to give birth, so I put aside all the outside matters and live in the Duke's mansion with shameless face these days. If anything happens, the Duke will just give you orders!"
The old man is still considerate!
Even if I don't need it, my heart is very warm.
As the due date approached, Lin Feibao and his team checked the defense again and again.
"Keep an eye on it. If something goes wrong, you will know the consequences."
"yes."
The Qiu Long Guard controlled the entire back house, and Uda's guards could only be in the front yard and periphery of Yang's house.
It's not that he's worried, but that Lin Feibao is used to this.
"Everything is ready!"
Zhang Xu found him and said, "I'm just waiting for my wife to give birth."
"I'm going to offer incense to Your Majesty!"
Lin Feibao stood up.
"Pray for what?"
"Pray, this baby will still be a little boy!"
…
Yang Xuan has handed over all official matters to Liu Qing and Song Zhen.
"The army is controlled by Nan He."
Yang Xuan looked a little regretful, and Lin Feibao knew what he was regretting.
"It's a pity that Yang Lue is not here."
As long as Yang Lue is here, Yang Xuan can put the army aside.
Nan He, after all, something is wrong.
"Aye!"
Zhou Ning entered the period of expecting childbirth, and Yang Xuan had to take care of both inside and outside, so A Liang started to let himself go a little bit.
The swordsman followed beside him, and Fugui cleared the way in front, acting like a dog-legger.
"I want my mother-in-law!"
It is natural for a child to want a mother. Yang Xuan picked him up and said, "Mom, I want to give you a younger sister or a younger brother, okay?"
While talking, An Ziyu came.
"A Liang."
Ah Liang is everyone's pet in metaphysics, and An Ziyu didn't forget to bring him a gift when he came.
"Si Ye." Ah Liang was very polite.
An Ziyu smiled, "But do you miss grandma?"
"Think about it."
Yang Xuan saw He Lianyan and walked over.
"Taizhou once again sent an envoy with gifts, saying that he was congratulating me on the birth of a child." He Lianyan looked unhappy.
"Is this to show off that his spies can detect such information?"
Yang Xuan said: "The secret spies who were discovered took two of them and erected poles outside the city!"
He Lianyan said: "After all, the wife is about to give birth, so she is afraid of collision."
Yang Xuan said: "My child, there should be no taboos! Do it!"
"yes!"
Yi Niang came over, smelling of incense.
"I just offered incense to His Majesty, praying that he would protect my wife and give birth to a son."
"It's okay to be a daughter." Yang Xuan took the initiative to relieve Zhou Ning's pressure.
"At this stage of the husband's life, the more sons the better."
As for sons killing each other, it's okay, as long as they don't do what He Lian Feng did in the Northern Liao Dynasty, where all the sons and grandsons were killed and only one daughter was left.
In the eyes of the courtiers, the more princes, the better. Killing each other is feeding the poison, and the one who wins in the end must be the most powerful.
This is survival of the fittest!
The law of the jungle!
"I know."
"Mr. Lang, please go burn some incense too!"
"Later."
Yang Xuan is waiting for news.
Ta-ta-ta!
More than two hundred Xuanjia cavalry appeared outside the county town. There were marks left by swords and guns on their armor, and some of them had bandages on their bodies.
They rushed into the city, followed by more than ten riders.
"Where did it come from?"
"Chang'an!"
"Where to go?"
"Yang family."
…
"The delivery date is within these days, be careful!"
The metaphysics doctor finished diagnosing the pulse.
"I know."
Zhou Ning himself is a doctor, but doctors don't heal themselves.
"During childbirth, the most taboo thing is to be concerned and talk about anything." The doctor said.
"It's okay, it's just..."
Zhou Ning was in a daze.
She thought of her grandfather, her mother-in-law, her brothers and sisters...
Chang'an!
That was the place where she grew up, and it haunts her.
But after the Zhou family and Yang Songcheng completely fell out, Zhou Ning's important people had to be cautious when traveling. Therefore, Zhou Ning went to Xin's home and asked a few servants to come, but not relatives.
"Missing home?"
The doctor smiled.
Zhou Ning nodded, "I think so, but it's too far and too dangerous."
The doctor understood the situation and said: "You can dig out old letters and read them, and you can also comfort yourself."
"Already prepared."
There are many letters on the desk.
There are Zhou Qin, Ye Niang, and brothers and sisters.
However, it is more reassuring that the letter has never been seen in person.
"A woman has to go through hell to give birth, ugh!"
The doctor packed up his things and went out.
Zhou Ning opened a letter.
It's new every week.
——Sister, the DPRK will be very lively this year...
Zhou Ning watched and smiled from time to time.
There were footsteps outside.
Somewhat strange.
"Sister!"
Zhou Ningzheng saw Zhou Xin asking about A Liang and casually said: "A Liang is fine!"
Her body stiffened.
Slowly raise your head.
Outside the door, the dusty Zhou Xin grinned.
"Sister, I'm here."
In the twelfth year of the Qian Dynasty, Yang Xuan ordered three hundred Xuanjia cavalry to go south to meet Zhou Xin.
Along the way, three hundred mysterious knights killed more than a thousand thieves who intercepted them.