The willow wood has been shirking and not seeing the guests, and the worship stickers are piled up thicker.

The nobles of the Tang Dynasty couldn't see the willow wood, so the worship post also began to be sent to Dugu Lanruo.

Liu Mu has locked himself up in the small village of Sanyuan for a month, and even Liu Mu, a guest of the Mid-Autumn Festival Tang Emperor's banquet, made excuses not to attend.

If Dugu Lan finds Liumu, Liumu will be very idle and drinking tea under the tree.

"Husband didn't say that he would go to Taoyuan Village to stay for a few days, it's been a month, but he still hasn't gone."

Liu Mu raised his head and looked at Dugu Lanruo who came from behind: "You want to ask, why don't I see the guest." ”

"That's what it means."

"Wait a few more days, I'm waiting for the money." Liu Mu stretched out his hand and asked Dugu Lanruo to sit beside him and continued: "The Xigang side needs money and continues to increase the amount of investment. Obviously, there is a huge profit over there, but our nobles in Chang'an seem to be prejudiced against Lingnan, and would rather wait for the establishment of the Donggang Shipping Division next year, and would rather buy more expensive Donggang elements than give money to Xigang. ”

Dugu Lanruo hadn't talked to Liu Mu about this topic, and after hearing Liu Mu mention it, Dugu Lanruo said: "If it's me, I don't want to." Because the Feng family and other clans dominate Xigang, you can speak, husband, and the saint can speak, which does not mean that others can. If they don't get along well, then who is to blame? ”

"Yes."

Dugu Lanruo said again: "The envoy here in Xigang has not finalized the case, and hundreds of people in charge of affairs, large and small, have not really decided. But no matter how you choose, you will also choose the nobles of Shandong or the nouveau riche of the old Qin Palace. ”

"Yes." Liu Mu replied in the same tone.

"Then if the husband waits for them to send the money invested in the East Port to the West Port, I'm afraid that some will wait."

"No, five days. After waiting for another five days, I will be able to prepare about 2 million yuan of money and exchange it for various supplies to be transported to Xigang. Coupled with the money for the materials for the Northern Expedition that the household department gave me, I believe that three million guan is definitely available. ”

"Two million?" If Dugulan doesn't believe it.

Liu Mu said lightly: "If Madam doesn't believe it, then tomorrow afternoon set off to Chang'an Wutongfang for a turn, it is estimated that you can see the two million pipes flowing into the warehouse with your own eyes, and then set off to the West Port." ”

"Really?" Dugu Lan didn't believe it much.

"Definitely."

"Okay, I'll go to Chang'an, I'll go now."

Liu Mu pulled Dugu Lanruo: "There is nothing to go now, Baoqin can only set off for Chang'an at noon tomorrow, without those prepared by Baoqin, you will not see anything when you go to Chang'an." ”

"Then I'll go to Jingyang Zhuangzi for one night, Jingyang Zhuangzi is closer to Chang'an than here. You go to live in Taoyuan Village, just to see how the living room, study and other things are renovated. ”

"It's fine." Yanagi did not object.

A day later, Chang'an Wutong Fang.

When this Wutong Fang was built, it was claimed to be a place for Princess Dugu Lanruo of Changping to have a place of leisure and fun, but in fact, the number of times Dugu Lanruo came here was quite small.

In the top VIP area, two enclosed courtyards opened their doors and began to be cleaned.

One of these two suites is Dugu Lanruo's, and the other is the former Qin princess, the eldest grandson of the current Tang Dynasty Queen.

The trivial matter of cleaning the courtyard has attracted the attention of many noblemen, and there are even rumors that there may be some new products on the shelves of Wutong Fang, and many noble ladies have agreed to come to Wutong Fang together the next day.

At this time, in the fang market where many ordinary people lived in Chang'an, every newspaper worker was sandwiching a page into the newspaper here.

If someone asks for it, there are many separate copies of this page.

In the evening, in the rather ordinary diners and low-end wine shops in the various squares, the men who had left the work gathered around and listened to the learned people talking about the contents of this page.

A teacher in the workshop took the page and read it for a long time, and finally spoke under the urging of several people: "The old man doesn't fully understand, so let's tell everyone what it means." ”

"Please."

"There are two things mentioned above, the first thing is simple, Wutong Fang is selling something called bonds. This bond is the money that the Xigang Shipping Company on the Lingnan side wants to borrow, and it is divided into three types. For one year, every ten dollars will be returned ten times and five hundred and fifty yuan. The two-year period is ten and two hundred dollars, and the three-year period is twelve dollars. ”

Someone immediately asked: "I heard that the West Port Shipping Division will transport hundreds of ships to Chang'an a year for spices alone, and they are still short of money." ”

"I don't know about this old man, but a few days ago the newspaper said that Xigang is going to build 200 more big ships, presumably to borrow money from shipbuilding, and if there is no ship, the goods will not be transported to Chang'an, and no money will be made."

Everyone talked about it for a while, but they didn't feel anything special about this.

It is to borrow money, so those who have money are willing to pay, and then collect this interest.

This second article is quite complicated, and the old man thinks that it means that the original Xigang Shipping Workshop, land, spice-making technology, boats, etc., are worth more than 6 million yuan. So now, it is ready to expand to 10 million yuan, so some of them are ready to be sold, according to 10 million yuan, there are a total of 2 million yuan, and this one is a penny. Buy at least 100 copies. ”

"You keep saying, what can you do when you buy this one?"

"According to the old decay, the meaning is this. Last year, the profit of the Westport Shipping Division was about more than 2 million, so 100 shares could be divided into more than 20 yuan, that is to say, it became the small owner of the Westport Shipping Division. ”

The word "small proprietor" can be understood by those present.

For example, there is a special leather workshop for nitrate skin, people with craftsmanship may not have money, and those who work together plus the neighborhood have pooled money to open a leather workshop, so those who only pay money and share accounts at the end of the year are called small owners, and big owners are in charge of money.

"Is this reliable?"

"The old man thinks it is reliable, in the big proprietor of the Xigang Shipping Division, there are sage members, there are willow horses, and the Lingnan Yue Guogong and other major clans account for a large part. We ordinary people walk on the canal, and the ship sinks this family is over, but there are hundreds of ships in the Westport, and the family has deep roots. ”

Whether it is good or not, there is not much to say on that page, but many facts are stated, and the rest is left to the people themselves.

The next day, the four gates of Wutongfang, which was already huge, were crowded and there was no place to stay, that is, the special door for the nobles at the north gate, many noblewomen couldn't even get close to the door, and there were too many carriages so that they were all blocked on the road.

Dugu Lanruo sat in the garden, and said in her heart that she was lucky to come early, otherwise she would have been blocked on the road.

In the park, Dugu Lanruo sent someone to look for it, but she didn't find Baoqin.

I asked the date, and I was sure it was today, but Baoqin was not in the park but was able to go there.

It wasn't until it was already now, that is, around ten o'clock in the morning, that the maidservant girl came to report: "Princess, Baoqin is in the civilian area at this time, and the outer layer of the civilian area is already full of people. ”