When Li Linfu left the Prince's Mansion, his face was a little gloomy.

waited for an hour before waiting for Li Ying's reception, and the conversation ended hastily without enough conversation for a quarter of an hour, if Zheng Peng knew about it, he would definitely laugh at him for "charging for two hours and talking for five minutes".

During the meeting, Li Linfu vaguely put forward the intention of going further, the prince was not very interested in this proposal, and appeased Li Linfu a few words, the general meaning is a little difficult now, and there is a bit of resistance, let Li Linfu wait patiently, he will definitely reuse Li Linfu when he ascends the throne.

Li Linfu was a little depressed in his heart, if the emperor Li Longji was in his twilight years, it would be good to say, the problem is that Li Longji is in the prime of life, not only is he healthy, but his life is quite self-disciplined, and he can't see a trace of old age, and he is really old, maybe he can't wait for the emperor to die, and he can't go first.

What kind of resistance, that is, Xiao Song and Zheng Peng have contradictions with themselves, but these contradictions are all caused by Li Linfu taking the lead for the prince, and the mill has not been unloaded, so the donkey will be killed so soon?

Unconsciously walked to the street, suddenly smelled a fragrance, looked up, only to see a butcher shop, on which was written "eighteen flavors of fragrant braised pork" signboard, fluted, suddenly remembered, this is the industry under the name of Guo Tongxiong in Guixiang.

It's amazing, it's all spread to the capital, no wonder people can go in and out of the prince's mansion like dogs, needless to say, the meeting gift must be very rich, otherwise the prince wouldn't have seen someone like him.

Money again.

"Childe, it doesn't matter if you buy it or not, first taste the eighteen-flavor fragrant braised pork launched by our Qianwei Zhai, which is made of eighteen kinds of excellent medicinal materials, and the umami is delicious, so I guarantee that Childe eats a bowl and wants a bowl." When the guy soliciting customers at the door saw Li Linfu, he immediately greeted the guests warmly.

"Grandstanding." Li Linfu flicked his sleeves and walked away without looking back.

I'd rather not eat than patronize.

.......

Zheng Peng acted vigorously and resolutely, and soon set up a department called Changluo Headquarters, which was responsible for the construction of the railway from Chang'an to Luoyang, and he personally served as the person in charge, Cui Er was the logistics and account room, and Fang Bin was the leader of the first group, responsible for measuring, drawing and supervising; Lao Qi is the leader of the second group, responsible for specific construction and scheduling.

On the second day of the establishment of the Changluo Headquarters, Fang Bin had already led people to survey the terrain, and Lao Qi was not idle, while assisting Fang Bin in surveying, while contacting various material suppliers, and began to set up a temporary camp for road repair in a planned manner.

Zheng Peng was busy at the same time, Guo Ketang was not idle, while preparing for the sale of new braised meat, while contacting Cui Xiyi who was far away in Tubo, on the third day of the Changluo Command Headquarters, finally brought Zheng Peng a good news, Puzhou's valuable iron mine, Cui Xiyi didn't want a penny, gave it to Zheng Peng, in his words, the two were brothers, and they should help each other, and secondly, Cui Xiyi can have today's achievements, all rely on Zheng Peng's support, I have long wanted to express it, but Zheng Peng does not lack anything, it is rare for Zheng Peng to take the initiative to speak, What else is sold, I sent it directly.

In ancient times, there was no large-scale machinery, the production efficiency was very low, and most of the mines were in the barren mountains and mountains, and the transportation cost was very high, even if they were transported out, they had to be refined from the ore, and the efficiency of refining was also very low.

The Western Army was invincible in Tibet, from generals to ordinary soldiers, one by one they took the spoils of war and waited for softness, where did they care about this thing.

Cui Xiyi and Guo Ketang are so good at being people, Zheng Peng also reciprocated by handing over some of the procurement tasks of materials to her, anyway, all this money is earned for others, it is better to earn it for yourself, this kindness Guo Ketang accepted without thinking about it.

When presiding over Guo's industry in Guixiang, Guo Ketang also had a lot of henchmen, and when Guo Ketang married into the Cui family, he also followed the past, most of those people were overkill, so it was most suitable for them to devote themselves to Zheng Peng's road repair career.

Guo Ketang persuaded Zheng Peng not to build the road easily, it was a bottomless pit, but Zheng Peng didn't listen, so he stopped speaking.

Zheng Peng spends his own money, how he likes to spend it is his own business, this matter Lu Shu's eldest father Cui Yuan heard the news, and discussed with Zheng Peng in the study for a long time, and finally lost to Zheng Peng, threatening not to care, let Zheng Peng toss, Guo Ketang fulfilled his duty as a friend, and no longer asked Zheng Peng to dislike.

If others lose, they will be defeated, but Zheng Peng is different, he is defeated, and he has a way to build his family again.

Chang'an to Luoyang is more than 700 miles long, Zheng Peng's financial resources and manpower are limited, it is impossible to repair such a long time at once, only divided into several sections, one section to another, the first section is planned to be repaired for 30 miles.

The rails and trains are still being studied, but the tracks are laid on the ground, so Zheng Peng decided to fix the road first and put the tracks behind.

If you want to build a road, you must first recover the land, and as for the candidate, Zheng Peng has already thought about it.

Under the mobilization of Zheng Peng, the Changluo command post began to operate at a high speed as soon as it was established, and it was very busy, and Li Linfu, the target in Zheng Peng's heart, was also very busy.

It's just busy raising money.

In order to coax the old man to be good to Pei Wu's family, Li Linfu wanted to raise 300,000 yuan in cash to buy the night pearl worth 3,000 taels of gold in Duobaolou, for fear that others would buy it before he raised enough money, Li Linfu used 50,000 yuan as a deposit, and he made an appointment with the shopkeeper of Duobaolou to raise enough 3,000 taels of gold to buy within two months, if the remaining 250,000 yuan could not be placed in front of the shopkeeper within two months, the 50,000 yuan deposit would belong to Duobaolou, which was a punishment for violating the agreement.

It's the equivalent of pushing yourself into a corner.

However, this money is a little difficult to raise, don't look at Li Linfu from the Li Tang clan, but the clan also has distant relatives and high and low, in order to be motivated over the years, the family's money is almost gone, and the family is not the only one, brothers, children and nephews also need money, it is best to find a way from the outside, don't look at relatives and friends, confidants and colleagues so much, but there are really not many people who can borrow money, some are not easy to speak, some dare not speak, some open but do not help much, and if you want money, you have to think about your face, and there is still a gap of seventy or eighty thousand yuan to get together, Li Linfu was really a little annoyed.

On this day, Li Linfu was not in a hurry to go home, but took an old servant to wander around the street, thinking about how to get money.

Anyway, I can't sit still when I go home, so I have 50,000 yuan as a deposit in Duobaolou.

Just when Li Linfu wanted to get into trouble, someone suddenly stepped in front and said respectfully: "Li Shilang, please stay." ”

shouted a little suddenly, which startled Li Linfu, who was a little absent-minded, and just wanted to scold, when he saw that it was Zheng Peng's second housekeeper Cui Er who stopped in front of him, he hesitated, but still opened his mouth and responded: "It turned out to be Butler Cui, I don't know what to look for, what do you have to do?" ”

Seeing Cui Er, Li Linfu suddenly remembered Zheng Peng, who was so rich, if Zheng Peng was willing to help, a mere tens of thousands of yuan would not be a problem for Zheng Peng, even if Zheng Peng couldn't get it for a while, his wife Zheng Cui's also had it, and the dowry she carried when she married Zheng Peng was known to the world, and money was definitely not a problem.

Thinking of this, Li Linfu was also a little polite to Cui Er.

Cui Er said with a smile: "Xiao Langjun said that he wanted to have a good banquet for Li Shilang, and he has been waiting for Li Shilang upstairs for a long time. ”

Zheng Peng looking for himself?

Li Linfu was a little surprised, but he still quickly responded: "General Zheng is too polite, Steward Cui, I have you to lead the way." ”

"This way, please."

Soon, Li Linfu saw Zheng Peng in a quiet box on the second floor.

"Hehe, Li Shilang is here, rare guest, please take a seat." Zheng Peng said with a smile.

"General Zheng is polite" Li Linfu sat down, saw that the table was full of good wine and food, and asked with some curiosity: "Who else hasn't arrived?" ”

The table was full of wild game, Li Linfu counted it with his eyes, there were eighteen dishes, most of them were hard dishes, and at a glance, he knew that this table cost a lot, so many dishes, and he was still sitting in the largest and most luxurious box, so many people must be invited.

Zheng Peng shook his head and said, "There is only one guest today, and this guest has already come." ”

What, please yourself with only one?

Li Linfu said with some surprise: "It's just two people, just order some casually, order so many dishes, two people will definitely not be able to eat, it's too wasteful." ”

"Don't waste it, I also need twenty or thirty dishes a meal on weekdays, and now it's thrifty." Zheng Peng said indifferently.