Kyoto is located in the north of Ningguo and is the political, economic and cultural center of the entire country.
The great city of Kyoto is surrounded by high walls, and the houses in the city are arranged in an orderly manner. Even though it is July, there are hawkers and pedestrians in the market, and most of the restaurants and flower houses are young men from wealthy families.
, I don’t know whose children are clamoring to go play in the nearby stream with their friends. Everything they see is prosperous.
The northeast corner of the city was surrounded by a new city wall, and several imperial guards wearing golden armor stood outside the majestic palace gate.
After passing this gate, you will reach the Imperial City of Ningguo. The scene inside is probably like "two rivers melting into each other, flowing into the palace wall. Five steps to the first floor, ten steps to the pavilion; the waist of the corridor is winding, the eaves and teeth are high; everyone is holding on to the terrain, fighting each other."
"It's like a whirlpool of water, a whirlpool of water, hundreds of millions of dollars falling" to describe it.
In a certain palace, the light is not very good and it seems a bit dark. Fortunately, there are candles everywhere. A purple wood-lined landscape screen isolates the inside and outside. There are various kinds of flowers placed beside the windows inside.
There are precious bronzes, and on the other side are bookshelves filled with books. Sitting behind the low table in front is a middle-aged man wearing a black dragon robe.
This is the supreme ruler of the Ning Kingdom. He is five feet tall and looks noble and majestic. After reviewing the memorials for a while, he rubbed his brows tiredly and asked casually: "Where is Xian'er?"
The rickety old man standing behind him bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, the third prince has arrived in Linzhou."
"The Ministry of Industry should have sent people to investigate the drought in the south. I didn't expect that he would take the initiative to ask for help. I am deeply pleased." Emperor Ning's lips raised. Although the two sons fought for power and position, they still had to deal with the big issues of right and wrong.
He was still able to distinguish the priorities in front of him. After thinking for a while, he continued to ask: "Is there any news about Yu'er recently?"
Bai Chang nodded, found a secret letter from his sleeve, opened it and handed it over with both hands.
Emperor Ning read the beginning, frowned slightly, and sighed: "He was assassinated again, and it was during the two days when Xian'er first entered Huaizhou. In the past, he would write to me to complain about this matter.
Now there is no news at all. Alas, the Ministry of Punishment has also found out what happened back then. It’s time to restore Yu’er’s innocence. Let’s call him back years ago.”
Hearing this, Bai Chang bowed and responded.
Soon, Emperor Ning continued to browse the contents of the secret letter, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Looking back and smiling, the pink and white of the Sixth Palace have no color. A good poem can make the concubines of the Sixth Palace lose their color. I am afraid that the only woman is...
.”
As he spoke, he seemed to recall some bad memory. He quickly shook his head, closed the secret letter and threw it aside. Looking at the candle wick that was about to burn out, he let out a long sigh.
At the same time, in a luxurious mansion in the northwest city.
A man in a brown-red satin robe was standing outside the back hall, teasing the caged bird. There was a hairy black mole at the corner of his mouth, and he looked very ugly with the head of an eagle. After listening to the report from the servant behind him,
After hearing the news, his expression suddenly changed, and he said angrily: "That bastard is not dead yet?"
Immediately, Yang Tianchang took a secret letter from the servant, read the contents, and learned that Tang Ji was still alive. He crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it on the ground, shouting: "Go and call the housekeeper!
"
At this moment, a middle-aged woman wearing jade silk dark clothes came over from the side corridor, took Yang Tianchang's arm, and asked softly: "Didn't you say that bastard has been dealt with?"
?"
Yang Tianchang glanced at Su Xiuyun and said upset: "How do I know that the secret letter said that not only did the boy not die, but he turned into the 'No. 1 Talented Man in Huaizhou'!"
While he was speaking, Su Xiuyun had already picked up the secret letter on the ground and read it. She suddenly showed a fierce look and murmured: "Master, we must never let this bastard see the master alive."
Yang Tianchang nodded slightly. Three generations of the Yang family had been in business to achieve their current status. However, after his father fell ill, he kept talking about wanting to see the bastard that his third sister gave birth to, and he also said that he wanted to compensate him.
The third sister has been dead for many years, why should her bastard inherit the Yang family's property!
Thinking of this, he clenched his hands into fists, watched the butler walk over, quickly grabbed the other person's collar, and said: "Didn't you tell me that that bastard is dead?"
"The killer said that he shattered the kid's heart with one palm and left only after he was sure that he had no pulse!" Butler Yang nervously replied with sweat breaking out.
Yang Tianchang shook him off, snorted coldly, and ordered: "Go tell that killer that I will give him another chance. If he fails again, I will let him disappear from this world."
"Yes, yes, yes." Yang Guanjun bowed and saluted, and then hurried towards the front yard.
...
North of Yunhuai City, Jianghai Chamber of Commerce.
It's July now, and the summer heat wave seems to be receding and coming to an end, but the afternoon is still making people feel sleepy.
Tang Ji pushed open the door of the room on the second floor, walked out, stretched, yawned and waved to the clerk not far away, and ordered: "Move the account books in the room to the accounting room."
June's accounts were sorted out just three days ago, and were handed over to his first accountant yesterday for accounting and inspection. Thanks to his photographic memory, otherwise, it would have taken at least half a month to do the calculations at ordinary people's speeds.
After waiting for the waiter to start working, Tang Ji raised his eyebrows lightly, walked to the partition of the accounting room, and said: "Bring me two hundred taels of silver, and record it in the bookstore consumption."
Hearing this, the old man sitting among them looked calm. After writing down the accounts, he ordered the clerk behind him to get the money.
Soon, Tang Ji contentedly stuffed the heavy amount of silver into his arms, with a smile on his lips, humming the ditty he heard Jiang Ran play yesterday, and walked leisurely downstairs.
This scene was fully seen by the three old men standing on the other side. Zhu Linyuan snorted coldly and said: "This boy has regarded the Chamber of Commerce as his own home. He can go to the accounting office to withdraw as much money as he wants."
Lu Yi stroked his beard and asked Qi Zheng: "A long time ago, someone opened a bookshop in the city, but because of the bleak business, it ended in a haphazard manner. The shopkeeper gave him all the new shops. This guy went back and forth.
In the end, I took no less than two thousand taels of silver. If I can’t sell it in a big way, I won’t lose everything!”
Before Qi Zheng could speak, Zhu Linyuan mocked: "Huh, that building is enough for a restaurant, but it was used to open a bookstore for him. The books are expensive, not to mention how many scholars can afford this money."
, manual copying alone costs a lot of money. Unless this guy has hundreds or thousands of hands, he will definitely lose money. I really don’t know what the shopkeeper is thinking!"
Qi Zheng didn't speak. After being quiet for a long time, he turned around and left.
Although he was also full of doubts about the bookstore business, since he saw Tang Ji's skills last time, he no longer felt that the other party was an impulsive person and wanted to wait and see what would happen next.
Seeing this, Lu Yi glanced at Tang Ji's back downstairs again, said nothing, and left with his head on his hands.
Zhu Linyuan sneered disdainfully. He didn't believe that the other party could cause any trouble this time by choosing such an unpopular industry. He couldn't wait to see the other party's joke. He turned around and saw the clerk moving the account books. Suddenly, he recorded
When something happened, he rolled his eyes twice and quickly caught up with Lu Yi: "Lao Lu, you are the one who will stay on duty today, right? How about we switch?"
"Hey, when did you become so serious? Do you want to steal something?" Lu Yi joked.
Zhu Linyuan felt guilty, then swallowed, adjusted his expression, and said with a smile: "What are you talking about? What can I steal? My wife will return to her parents' house tomorrow, and I can take the opportunity to go to Yuexian Tower for a walk, hehehe
~"
"Lao Zhu, you are so cowardly!"
"Stop talking nonsense, it's decided!"
"Okay, okay, I'll switch with you, but don't let my wife find out, otherwise you won't be able to eat and walk around, hahaha."
Listening to Lu Yi's silly voice, Zhu Linyuan snorted and glanced at the accounting room again.