In front of the palace of the King of Qi, the merchants gathered together and waited for the King of Qi to return from Shanhaiguan. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The news of the Qingzhou army's breakthrough of Shanhaiguan had been published in the newspapers a few days ago, and upon learning of the news, the businessmen who contributed money and efforts to the Northern Expedition were excited and couldn't sleep all night.

At the beginning, they didn't have any hope that Xiao Ming would be able to drive away the barbarians in Youzhou, and the reason why they invested money was purely to flatter Xiao Ming and please Xiao Ming, but they didn't expect that just three months later, Shanhaiguan was really recovered by Xiao Ming, and the former Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures also became Xiao Ming's bag.

At this time, they remembered their support for the Northern Expedition, and they couldn't wait to run to the gate of the Qi Palace, holding the notes from the original support materials.

It can be said that in order to wait for Xiao Ming to come back, they will wait here almost every day, because what Xiao Ming promised them at the beginning was that they would give them three times the income, which means that if they invested 100,000 taels at the beginning, they can now get 300,000 taels of land equivalent to it.

When they thought of the vast grassland outside Cangzhou, they suddenly couldn't calm down, after all, this is a good horse farm, if they take these lands to raise horses, and then sell this horse to the vassal king of the Great Yu Kingdom, this is definitely a profitable business.

"Your Highness, Your Highness is back."

Xiao Ming's appearance was quickly discovered by the merchants, and when a businessman shouted this sentence, a group of businessmen immediately gathered around Xiao Ming, all with flattering smiles on their faces, and they almost hugged Xiao Ming's thighs.

The aster in front of the palace is also there.

These businessmen would wait in front of the palace on time every day, and it was a headache, and now that Xiao Ming was back, she was also relieved.

However, for her, the most important task is to take care of Xiao Ming's daily life and care about Xiao Ming's physical health, so she pinched Xiao Man's waist and said to a group of businessmen: "Everyone, everyone, Your Highness has traveled a long way, and it must be tiring at this time, so it's better to talk about this business tomorrow." ”

Xiao Ming nodded when he heard this, he was indeed a little tired, and he didn't want to deal with these things immediately, after all, she had to think about how to return the profits of the merchants, and this matter had to be talked to Pang Yukun and let him have an idea.

So he took the opportunity to bow his hand and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this king knows what you are here for, and what this king promised you will not change, so please don't be anxious, wait for two days, this king will summon you to the Chamber of Commerce to discuss this matter." ”

Cao Zhengyang is also in the crowd, this time he invested the most money, of course, he is also the most proud now.

He said: "Your Highness has misunderstood, we are not here to let Your Highness fulfill his promise immediately, but this war is tiring, and we will send some supplements to recuperate His Highness." ”

While speaking, Cao Zhengyang signaled to his subordinates, and the six servants immediately carried six red rosewood boxes to Xiao Ming's face, and the box was opened, and inside were ginseng, Xuelan, He Shou Wu and other precious medicinal materials.

Seeing that Cao Zhengyang was so attentive and not lagging behind, the other businessmen showed Xiao Ming the gifts they brought, and begged Xiao Ming to accept them.

These gifts are varied, including exquisite porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, and fur cloaks, all of which make Xiao Ming's eyes dazzled.

At this time, Aster smiled the most, she liked these merchants to give gifts to the palace, and with Xiao Ming's temperament, it was impossible not to accept these gifts.

Sure enough, Xiao Ming arched his hand to these merchants and beckoned her to send these gifts into the palace.

"Your Highness, since the gift has been delivered to us, we will not disturb His Highness's rest, so I will go back." Cao Zhengyang has been very attentive and sensible since he arrived in Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming nodded, his expression relaxed.

These gifts are not accepted in vain, anyway, they are going to share the profits to them, and these rights should be kickbacks.

He said to Cao Zhengyang: "In that case, see you another day, see you another day, please go back." ”

Although he was a little wary of the Cao family's meddling in Qingzhou's financial industry, he had to say that Cao Zhengyang was very sophisticated and sleek, and very measured, but he strongly supported him in everything, which made him feel very comfortable.

However, Xiao Ming is from modern times after all, and he knows that what capital is best at is sugar-coated cannonballs, and he is happy, but he still tenses his nerves.

After accepting the gifts, the merchants gradually dispersed.

Xiao Ming exhaled lightly, got off the horse and walked towards the palace.

Aster looked excited as she instructed her subordinates to move the gifts back to the palace, her little face flushed.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming shook his head, this aster has really become a fan of small fortune now.

However, although the nerves of excitement were touched by receiving the gift, Aster still did not forget the duty of taking care of Xiao Ming.

After Xiao Ming entered the palace, she followed Xiao Ming all the way to ask for warmth, and asked the dining room to prepare food for Xiao Ming.

When he arrived at the dormitory, Zi Wan took off the cuirass worn by Xiao Ming, and then said: "Your Highness, Niangniang brought a message, saying that Feng Shilang had already set off to Qingzhou, and Niangniang also said that she would let the slave maid prepare for His Highness's wedding." ”

"Well, this king estimates that the holy decree should also arrive, by the way, the mother concubine didn't say anything about the current situation in the court?"

Xiao Ming asked while cooperating with Aster to change into civilian clothes.

"Niangniang didn't say much, just said that the emperor was happy, and the courtiers also appreciated it a lot, and this time it will definitely reward His Royal Highness again." Aster said with a smile.

This time, Xiao Ming made a lot of achievements, and also captured the Shanhaiguan that was lost more than ten years ago, in Aster's opinion, this credit is enough to make other princes in the court embarrassed.

Xiao Ming nodded, and the more there was no movement in the court at this time, the more uneasy he became.

After all, it's always calm before a storm.

This time was different from the past, the Battle of Cangzhou may have only saved the barbarians from going south to invade Qi and Wei, but this time he completely changed the situation in the country of Dayu.

The barbarians in the sixteen states of Yanyun withdrew from the pass, as long as the Shanhaiguan was not lost, it would be difficult for the barbarians to sneeze as before, and the Great Yu Kingdom would have to tremble.

Without the threat of the knife holder on the neck for the time being, it is difficult to say what changes will occur in the court.

However, he was not too worried, Shanhaiguan pinched the throat of the barbarians in his hands, and also pinched the throat of the Great Yu Kingdom.

The birds are all gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and he understands the truth of the lackey's cooking.

Xiao Wenxuan has to count on him to defend this world, so after going to Chang'an this time, his status will rise sharply, and a bead on his head can also become more.

The only problem now is his brothers who are not ill-intentioned, because he is like the same dark horse at this time to enter the political center of Chang'an.

But he wasn't too worried, for him, all intrigues and tricks would be crushed in the fire!

(To be continued.) )