Finding a foothold and hiring Huang San down, Zheng Peng was not in a hurry to find a way, but took his subordinates to visit Chang'an City under the leadership of Huang San, Drum Tower, Pingkang Fang, Wubenfang, Ci'en Temple Tower, Cunfu Temple, Persian Hu Temple, etc., to have a good time in Chang'an.

After watching and playing and eating for seven days, Zheng Peng stopped.

When I first arrived in Chang'an, the sun was shining and the spring breeze was blowing, and now the weather is slowly getting hotter, counting the days, it has been almost two months since I came out, and it is time to calm down and plan how to go on the road behind.

Zheng Peng called Ah Fu first and asked directly, "Ah Fu, how much money is left now?" ”

"If you go back to the young master, I brought a hundred taels of gold and thirty taels of gold before going out, and the expenses on the road, rent, wages, and the expenses of the past few days, there are still twenty-one taels of gold left, plus 12 taels and one hundred and twenty-seven wen." Ah Fu said respectfully.

Poor family rich road, Zheng Peng did not wronged himself on the road, he lived in a house, picked good food, and spent money every day like running water, almost a hundred times a month.

Of course, this money is not only spent by people, the four horses are fed with concentrate every day, and there is a lot of money along the way.

Before coming, Guo Ketang said that Guo Mansion has a house and a silk village in the capital, which was placed by Guo Yuanzhen when he was a Beijing official, Guo Mansion has already said hello, Zheng Peng is short of money to borrow, and then it will be deducted from the dividends of braised meat.

Money is not a problem for the time being, the most important problem now is how to get on the throne.

Guo Hong said that he could recommend it to Zheng Peng, Zheng Peng thought about it, and finally refused, in order to return to officialdom, Guo Fu reluctantly sold the land and the store, and it was not good to disturb them now, if Guo Hong's matter was yellow, it would be even less cost-effective to blame him.

Ideas come and go, and the most important thing is to be famous.

With fame, it is easy to enter the sight of dignitaries, and fame can also affect the scholars.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Ziang had the talent of warp and weft, but he failed to participate in the scientific examination for the second time, and went to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination for the third time, knowing that he was not famous, so he went to the door everywhere, gave poems and essays, and was either rejected or ridiculed coldly, and the chance of getting a jinshi was very low, very depressed, one day he walked on Chang'an Street, and found that there was an old man with Hu selling a guqin on the street, asking for a million dollars, and there were many onlookers at that time, no one bought and sold, but accused the old man of opening his mouth and thinking about money crazy.

Chen Ziang had an idea, let the next person take millions of money, buy it in public, and said that his piano skills are extraordinary, where to perform tomorrow, invite everyone to listen to him play this guqin worth millions, the next day to watch the crowd of people, just when everyone was waiting to hear how wonderful the sound of this guqin is, Chen Ziang fell hard, and smashed the guqin worth millions in public, while letting the next person send his own poetry collection, while saying that compared with his own poetry, the piano is not worth mentioning.

This advertisement is too well done, and Chen Ziang is also a genuine talent, so he became popular all over Chang'an City overnight, and became famous, and the examiner did not dare to ignore him, so Chen Ziang, who failed the list twice, stood out in the third imperial examination, thus stepping into the officialdom.

Zheng Peng wanted to learn a little, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the purchasing power of money was strong, at that time a million money was equivalent to millions of dollars now, there were not many rich people at that time, unlike the current Kaiyuan Dynasty, Guo Mansion, which was far away in your hometown, could easily take out tens of millions of money, and there were more big businessmen and wealthy families in Beijing, so I was afraid that it would be useless to do everything I could.

Besides, he doesn't have Chen Ziang's confidence, people have real talent and learning, and he can't write an article, and he is famous, and he has found some literati who are supported by civil servants or powerful people, and he does not conform to his original intention.

Let's speculate, it seems that there are not many people I know, if I remember correctly, Zhang Jiuling is now suppressed by Yao Chong like a grandson, and he can't turn over in ten or eight years, Yao Chong is a cow, but the late season is not guaranteed, and now he can't look down on himself, by the way, the brothers of the martial arts family are greedy for money and lustful, but now, it is estimated that Wu Meiniang is still in her mother's belly and has not yet been born.

Cui Yuan is one of the three tigers of Boling, and his status is very high, if he wants to wrestle with him, he can't find a backer.

Zheng Peng thought left and right, and couldn't decide on a good idea for a while, suddenly remembered Huang San, and then called Huang San for questioning.

Huang San is not very old, but he is shrewd, he is a little fox, not only familiar with Chang'an, but also the kind of person who is good at finding out news, which is the reason why Zheng Peng invited him at a high price.

If you spend dozens of times a year, you will have a "bag inquiry" and a "dog-headed military division", which is cost-effective.

"Young master, do you have something to do with me?" As soon as Huang San met, he immediately revealed his peugeot two-skinned face.

Three times a month, there is still no shortage, Huang San doesn't have to run to the city gate every day to wait for guests, follow Zheng Peng, there are carriages in and out, and there are vegetables and meat, especially Zheng Peng really has nothing to say to his subordinates, Huang San is very satisfied with this job, and he doesn't need to be instructed, he takes the initiative to follow Ah Jun and they called the young master.

Zheng Peng asked directly: "I want to have a good relationship with the powerful in the short term, what can I do?" ”

"Young master, it's simple, either use money to pave the way, or do what you like." Huang San said without hesitation.

"Oh, then you have to be more careful."

Huang San explained: "It is said that money can be channeled, as long as the money is sufficient, everything is easy to say, but most of those powerful people are not short of money, and they have to spend money to get a rich family; The second is to do what he likes, give him whatever he likes, but everyone's hobbies are different and need to be planned. ”

"What do the magnates of Chang'an like the most?"

"Of course, my favorite is polo" Huang San blurted out: "Now Chang'an, whether it is a dignitary or a businessman, they all like to play polo, those who have the conditions also have their own polo teams, and they rub each other when they are free, and sometimes bet that the emperor and several princes have their own polo teams, and they often compete, and those who play polo are quickly poached, and they are no less than one step to the sky." ”

Polo is also called ju, is a kind of sports activity that is ridden on a horse, hit the ball with a polo stick, there is in the Han Dynasty, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Zhi's "Famous Capital Chapter" has the verse of "even riding to hit the bow soil, clever and swift" to describe the situation of people playing polo at that time.

Li Longji likes this sport very much, and it is also promoted to the army, and he implements it to train the army with polo, but this activity is very demanding, in addition to superb riding skills, but also agile skills and a strong sense of cooperation, which Zheng Peng does not have.

Seeing Zheng Peng's embarrassed face, Huang San knew that his young master's skills in playing polo were average, and he couldn't even play, he thought about it, and suddenly said happily: "By the way, young master, music, when today's son likes French music, the scale of the pear garden and the teaching workshop has expanded again and again, otherwise Zuo Jiaofang would not have moved here, young master, aren't you good at writing poems, the teaching workshop likes to sing good poems the most." ”

Thinking of this, Huang San seemed to remember something, and said excitedly: "I almost forgot, young master, didn't you write a song on the moon willow tops in the Lanting Club, people about after dusk, tsk, go to Pingkangfang at night, all the streets are singing this poem, those prostitutes are fans, they all say that the young master is the most understanding." ”

Huang San is a ghost elf, he knocks left on weekdays, and he has already taken out Zheng Peng's "old bottom" from Ah Fu Ah Shou's mouth, like Zheng Peng's majesty in Lanting has long been known.

That's right, Zheng Peng's eyes suddenly lit up: Doesn't Li Longji like Faqu very much, this Zuojiao Fang is next to it, why can't he start here and do what he likes?