Yang Xu couldn't help but be curious when he heard Xiao Tang's vow, so he asked, "Oh? I don't know what kind of talent the young master has recruited this time? ”

Xiao Tang replied: "That person's surname is Chang Ming, and he is a person from Chang Companion Village in Yangcheng, Gaizhou. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info good at treating all kinds of livestock cold and heat diseases, and is praised as 'Qiji Bian Que', but is it not the best person to use in the herding and horse raising? ”

Yang Xuxi said: "If this person really has such ability, it is indeed decent and useful!" ”

Xiao Tang then ordered Zhuang Ke to summon Chang Shun, and after a while, Chang Shun rushed to the conference hall and respectfully saluted Xiao Tang, Yang Xu, Shi Xiu and others.

"Uncle Chang, I intend to take advantage of the official family's reopening of the pastoral supervision to raise horses, and set aside a piece to buy and raise horses." Xiao Tang said to Chang Shun: "Uncle Chang has the talent of Bole, since he is an expert in raising horses and treating horses, how to do this depends on Uncle Chang to put more effort into it." ”

Chang Shun replied: "The young master is benevolent and righteous, I should do my best." After a detailed discussion, Chang Shun has questions and answers, how to build a horse farm, about the selection of horse feed such as pasture, grain grass, bran, cooked soybean meal, oats, etc., the preparation of commonly used horse medicine such as purslane, strychnine, and horse tail, the precautions for captivity and shepherding under geographical restrictions, and the prevention of common diseases of horses in cold and summer are all known to Xiao Tang and others.

Xiao Tang and Yang Xu saw that Chang Shun was answering fluently, they glanced at each other and nodded silently. As for the selection of land for the racecourse, it was handled by Yang Xu, and land trading was prevalent in the Song Dynasty, and the public price per mu of land was about eight to ten, and in recent years, the phenomenon of large land mergers has been serious.

Although Chang Shun is good at medical horses and horses, after all, he is old, and it is good to find someone to help him with trivial matters such as purchasing horses and personnel arrangements in the preparation of the racecourse. Xiao Tang thought of this, and said to Shi Xiu: "San Lang, there are many people in the north who are good at herding horses and horses, so you should pay more attention when buying horses in the future." ”

Shi Xiu nodded and responded, "Don't worry, big brother, I'll take care of it." ”

After discussing the racecourse, Yang Xu said: "Young master, the dart cart to Mizhou has also been prepared, but Mr. Yang's dart head injury has not healed, and it involves the establishment of a business near the Bosi of Mizhou City. This time, I'm afraid that the young master will have to personally escort a dart. ”

Yang Xu's Mizhou City Shipping Division was re-established in the second year of Song Zhezong's reign, and it was only 20 years ago.

Originally, Dengzhou, which belonged to the same Jingdong East Road as Mizhou, was bordered by the Yellow Sea in the north and Bohan in the north, and was used as the sea outlet of Qi from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was used as an important port in the north of the Maritime Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, and was called the four major ports of sea and land trade with Guangzhou Port, Jiaozhou Port and Yangzhou Port in the Tang Dynasty. In those years, such as Dongying sent Tang envoys, etc., the northern overseas countries came to pay tribute, and admired the Chinese style, and most of the people who were intoxicated with Chinese civilization entered the port from Dengzhou.

However, the Great Song Dynasty set up a city shipping department in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Mizhou and other port cities, responsible for collecting taxes, buying some imported goods, maintaining ports, and issuing public certificates (trade licenses), and set up second-level institutions in Xiuzhou, Wenzhou and other ports.

Because of the political turmoil in the north and the peace of war in the early Song and Liao periods, the Great Song Dynasty imposed a port ban on Dengzhou, which caused its commercial trade to decline sharply, and was gradually replaced by the emerging port of Banqiao Town, Mizhou. Mizhou is located on the Jiaodong Peninsula, and the trade between Goryeo and Dongying and other countries by sea is also very frequent.

Xiao Tang nodded and said: "San Lang still has the affairs of the Beidi Rongchang to take care of, and the Yang Xu brothers are lacking in skills, so this matter will naturally be handled by me, and with the help of Xue Yong and Xiao Yi, there will be no mistakes." ”

Originally, Xiao Tang also intended to bring Yan Qing again, as well as Xu Guanzhong, who had been clamoring to go out and travel more, but since the Jinfeng Yulu Lou Music Workshop was extremely prosperous, Yan Qing and Xu Guanzhong, the two handsome young gentlemen, have become the characters haunted by the daughters around the Daimyo's Mansion.

Originally, it had been some time since he took Yan Qing to Gaizhou this time, and if he made Jinfeng Yululou cold again, I was afraid that the group of aunts and grandmothers who were fascinated by Yan Qing and Xu Guanzhong would make trouble again, no matter if he Xiao Tang was a face or a man, he would have to puncture his backbone......

Yang Xu smiled slightly, and said: "Xiao An has been taking care of Xiao Jiaji for some time, and he also has some experience in the business of the liquor store and the rice shop. ”

Xiao Tang also smiled when he heard this, although Xiao An still has that flamboyant temperament in the past two years, but with the guidance of business wizards like Yang Xu, he has also accumulated a lot of experience in how the business operates.

"It's okay to take him with you, but it is estimated that the guy will be noisy all the way." Xiao Tang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

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Su Jinniang was reading a letter in the boudoir, and when she saw Xiao Tang walking in, she immediately stood up and said happily: "Second Brother Wu has replied!" ”

"Oh?" Xiao Tang also showed joy on his face, rushed to take the letter, and saw that it was written that Wu Song had been promoted to a military position in the Western Army, and the situation had been relatively stable in recent days.

It turned out that Wu Song was in the prison camp of Yan'an Mansion to fill the army, and because he was a military commander in the Xiang Army, he could only do some hard labor. In a small-scale invasion of the Xixia people, Wu Song killed more than 20 people in a row, and this matter was transmitted to the ears of Guo Cheng, who was under the jurisdiction of the Western Army, so Wu Song was transferred to the forbidden army and promoted him to be the head of the infantry army.

In the letter, Wu Song also said that he had met many good men in the Western Army, and Xiao Tang couldn't help but feel happy for him, after all, with his Wu Erlang's skills, he happened to come in handy in the Western Realm of the Great Song Dynasty, where there were frequent wars.

Su Jinniang recalled the thrill of Xiao Tang and Wu Song escorting her all the way to Qingzhou, and now Wu Song has made contributions in Yan'an Mansion, Xiao Tang is not only prosperous in this famous mansion, but also wants to marry her in a few months, and suddenly feels like a world away, she suddenly found that Xiao Tang's eyes were looking at her, she blushed, and said: "What are you looking at stupidly? ”

Xiao Tang saw Su Jinniang's uneasy appearance, and suddenly remembered: When Jinniang confided in me, I was ecstatic at that time, but now I want to marry her, but it is still like a dream.

Thinking of this, Xiao Tang gently hugged Su Jinniang's slender waist, gently kissed her delicate lips, and said affectionately: "It's a pity that I am busy with affairs, and this time I have to go to Mizhou again." If you really want me to see, I'm just stupid and can't think enough of you for the rest of your life. ”

"Men naturally have to put their careers first." Su Jinniang was full of joy when she heard this, she slowly raised her head and stared into Xiao Tang's eyes, and said in a low voice: "Who knows if she deliberately said something nice to coax me in order to make me happy?" ”

Xiao Tang laughed softly: "Of course I'm sincere... I've seen you for the first time since that day. All the thoughts are on you. ”

"I know." Su Jinniang gently leaned her head on Xiao Tang's chest, and said softly: "My family has suffered a tragedy, I am lonely, only you pity me and take care of me, and I know that it is your person from then on." Speaking of this, Su Jinniang was infinitely affectionate, her heart was excited, the shyness on her face gradually faded, and she slowly showed a smile of infinite joy.

The two lingered for a long time, Xiao Tang only felt that Su Jinniang's body was soft and fragrant, but after a long time, he couldn't help but react instinctively. When Xiao Tang was feeling embarrassed, he suddenly felt that Su Meiniang in his arms trembled slightly, and her warm and jade-like body gradually became hot.

Su Jinniang hurriedly and gently pushed Xiao Tang away, Xiao Tang saw that Su Jinniang's sideburns were messy and her eyes were like silk, and she seemed to be also fascinated by the close contact between men and women, and her heart was moved.

"Ahem, cough, cough..."Xiao Tang couldn't help coughing dryly for a while, and said, "That... I'm leaving for Michigan tomorrow, and I... I'll go and see if the people are ready. With that, he turned and walked away, and in a hurry he almost hit the door frame.

Su Jinniang saw that Xiao Tang's face was embarrassed and fled in a hurry, and she couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Tang drove out of Su Jinniang's boudoir and took a deep breath. Alas...... Su Jinniang, this girl is a scrupulous person, the two of them will never take a step beyond Lei Chi if they don't get married, this is really difficult for Xiao Tang, who is still a "junior brother" since he came to this world, can only make himself busier every day without causing any evil thoughts.

His crotch stood angrily like a vajra, which made Xiao Tang even more red-faced. "It seems that I still have to work hard to practice boxing in order to suppress the evil fire in my heart." Xiao Tang looked left and right, and fled with small steps......