The efficiency of the shopkeeper Wang is not covered, and early the next morning, he came to tell Xia Hongsheng that the larger grain merchants in Chang'an City had been invited by him and asked Xia Hongsheng when he wanted to meet. On the one hand, he was impressed by the efficiency of the shopkeeper Wang, and on the other hand, Xia Hongsheng also wanted to open up the business of the wine shop as soon as possible, so he thought about it for a while and set the time in a day later, in the Drunken Immortal Building.

Since Xia Hongsheng has set a time, Shopkeeper Wang naturally has to hurry up and notify again. Although these grain merchants are big businessmen in Chang'an City, they are still businessmen, and Xia Hongsheng is a nobleman, and they are more or less businesses with some background relationships, so they naturally know about the relationship behind some wineries, so Xia Hongsheng is invited, and they are not really stiff. As for the time and place, Xia Hongsheng has to decide.

After sending off the shopkeeper Wang, Xia Hongsheng and the imperial doctor in the palace came to change the medicine for the wound on his chest, and sure enough, he was young and restorative, and the wound on his chest was about to heal and began to itch.

Xia Hongsheng, who had changed the medicine, was not idle, and let Qi Yong - Speaking of Qi Yong, after Xia Hongsheng came back, he immediately went to Xia Hongsheng to plead guilty, kneeling in front of Xia Hongsheng with a wrist-thick thorn on his naked body, and let Xia Hongsheng whip him with thorns, making Xia Hongsheng cry and laugh, who taught him, even if he is Lin Xiangru, Qi Yong is not cheap! So he deliberately scared Qi Yong, told Qi Yong the story of the guilt, and then deliberately said to Qi Yong with a straight face, do you Qi Yong want to be on an equal footing with me? ! Qi Yong, who was frightened, suddenly turned pale, and Xia Hongsheng laughed out loud, just joking. There was no punishment for Qi Yong. This really didn't blame him - Qi Yong prepared the carriage. dragged Xia Hongsheng to Li Ke's mansion.

This young but mature Chang'an gentleman has been renamed the king of Shu since this year, and was awarded the important position of governor of Yizhou by Li Laoer.

A group of gentlemen in Chang'an City had already gone to visit Xia Hongsheng's home for the first time, but they were later driven away by Xia Hongsheng, because he found that Li Lizhen and Xu Hui had also gone, so they immediately recuperated because of the injuries on their chests and could not be disturbed.

arrived in front of Li Ke's house. Xia Hongsheng didn't go in either, because he knew that Li Ke was no longer in the mansion at this time, but in the Hongwen Pavilion. The reason why I didn't dare to go to the Hongwen Pavilion to find Li Ke directly was not because I didn't know how to face those two Lori!

At noon, seeing that Li Ke's carriage was back, Xia Hongsheng got out of the carriage.

"I said, Brother Sheng, don't you want to recuperate at home? Why did you get to me today? Li Ke saw Xia Hongsheng get down from the carriage, so he asked.

"Naturally, I have something to discuss with you." Xia Hongsheng dragged Li Ke into Li Ke's mansion in a hurry, and when he arrived in the back hall, he reported his meal first. Then he said to Li Ke: "It's inconvenient for me to enter the palace right now, you find time to go to the East Palace today to find Cheng Qian." I said that I was going to solve the food matter of the winery, and I wanted to ask him to help show his face. If it works, I'll see you in the drunken fairy building tomorrow evening. ”

"Okay—but what can you do? This year, there are locusts, and the grain is not easy to harvest. Li Ke nodded and said to Xia Hongsheng: "The ...... where you ran away with the demon girl"

"How do you speak?! Can you speak? I can't speak, go back and relearn "Thousand Words"! Xia Hongsheng slapped Li Ke on the shoulder.

Li Ke hurriedly smiled as if flattering: "Ahem...... Well, when you haven't come back yet, our brothers have already taken all the ways they can, but the food collected is still not enough, and the most important thing is that we can't keep supplying it all the time. So I could only obey the method of the king's shopkeeper and sell it in limited quantities. Not to mention, this Wang shopkeeper is really a talent for doing business, this limited sales of the liquor in the liquor shop has been made into a fairy brew, how many noble and wealthy gentry in Chang'an City are scrambling to get a few jars, but they don't drink it, let the guests go to the house and take it out and smell it, it is all faceful! ”

Xia Hongsheng smiled and said, "I remember that our winery has always been called a winery, and we haven't really set a clear eye. This time, it was the name that was used to pull out the grain from the hands of the grain merchants. This liquor shop is called Datang Royal Liquor Workshop, anyway, there were your shares at the beginning, and later they all came out to Cheng Qian's shares, this royal word is the key to breaking the situation now. Tomorrow, I will make an appointment to meet the grain merchants in Chang'an City, and when the time comes, I will tell them who has more grain and enough supply, then give him the privilege of a Datang Royal Wine Factory, and make a sign for him, which says Datang Royal Wine Factory is exclusively for grain merchants. Hehe, I'm afraid that when the time comes, the headache will not be that there are no grain merchants willing to sell grain, but who should be used. ”

"Oh? How powerful is a brand? Li Ke asked curiously.

"This is actually a play on words, the grain merchants are interested in the word royal, but what we are actually doing is a wine shop. Think about it, when you get outside, the sign is lit up, heh, Datang Royal Wine Shop is dedicated to grain merchants! The royal winery, the winery is also royal, this grain is exclusively for the royal, it must be good grain. In this way, how much income can be brought to him? Xia Hongsheng smiled and explained to Li Ke: "Which of those grain merchants is not a shrewd businessman, and he will not fail to understand the benefits here. Of course, we can't ruin the royal name, right? Therefore, there are still restrictions, such as telling grain merchants that this brand is an honor and a responsibility. Asking for this brand means that he must sell good food, not shoddy, not use his privilege to maliciously suppress other merchants, and cannot do anything that damages the reputation of the royal family. Otherwise, we have the right to take back this privilege at any time, and we will also hold him accountable, impose heavy penalties, and call on the business community to exclude him, so that he will not dare to do anything that will damage the royal face. ”

After listening to Xia Hongsheng's explanation, Li Ke's eyes lit up: "Yes, it's this reason!" It's still thoughtful to Brother Sheng! In this case, after lunch, I immediately went to my eldest brother to explain and asked him to help. Only by going out as him can those grain merchants believe that this matter is true. ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded, ate at Li Ke's house at noon, and went back to the house in the afternoon.

When he arrived at the door, he got out of the carriage and said to Qi Yong: "Go outside the city and bring Ma Zhou, I have something to ask." ”

Qi Yong nodded, and drove the carriage out of the city again.

In the first few days of returning to Chang'an, Xia Hongsheng quietly hid at home to calm his mind, although Xia Hongsheng seemed to be fine on the surface during the two months of being kidnapped, but in fact, his spirit has been tense, especially after experiencing the fear of imminent death, once he returned to a safe environment, after relaxing his tense nerves, he didn't want to do anything, he just wanted to empty himself. Now that I'm in a good mood, it's time to get back on with what I need to do.

The winery, the glass kiln, and the humble military school. These are the three things that Xia Hongsheng is now putting in front of him. They were all sent to Shuofang before they had just made a start, but three things were temporarily put on hold. Fortunately, someone is taking care of the winery, and now as long as the problem of raw materials is solved, it can be rolled out on a large scale. Glass Kiln ...... Oh, when I got busy, I forgot about Shuo Fang's affairs, and the person who knew how to blow for Li Lao Er was still conducting brainwashing pre-job training in the hands of those spies! For so long, he won't be washed into a fool, right?! No, when Qi Yong comes back, I have to let him run and bring that person back quickly, in case those people brainwash him again and don't burn the kiln all day long, and he wants to die for the country, what can he do!

And the most important thing is the shabby military school. In the more than four months that I have been away, I don't know if it has been carried out in order. However, Arima Zhou is there to greet him, so there shouldn't be any big problems, right? Ma Zhou is a figure who became a prime minister in history, and he is also a famous and capable prime minister in history, so he still has this ability.

didn't let Xia Hongsheng wait long, Qi Yong drove Ma Zhou back, asked Qi Yong to go to the spy and brought back the person who knew how to blow it, and then invited Ma Zhou in.

"I heard that Lord Xia in Shuofang alone relied on the power of rumors and the benefits of his words, which made Shuofang fall apart, and the Liang division rebelled and left, and the Turkic reinforcements returned halfway, without spending a single soldier and without seeing the blood of the sword, they recovered Shuofang and made miraculous achievements. Zhou congratulated Lord Xia here! Ma Zhou came up and gave Xia Hongsheng a very good salute and said.

Xia Hongsheng waved his hand: "Hey, I have already said before, you and I don't have to be like this, isn't it beautiful to be commensurate with each other like before?" ”

After listening to Xia Hongsheng's words, Ma Zhou smiled, then sat down, and said, "Then Brother Xia invited Zhou to come, but do you want to ask about the three hundred sergeants?" ”

"Yes, these three hundred sergeants are very important, and they are about a big thing that Your Majesty and I have to do." Xia Hongsheng nodded and asked Ma Zhou, "What has happened in the past four months?" ”

"Brother Xia, rest assured. Everything operates according to the rules set by Brother Exia at the beginning. Ma Zhou's words made Xia Hongsheng's heart fall back into his stomach: "During this period, General Duan, General Cheng, General Wei Chi, and General Qin all went to teach the three hundred sergeants the experience of leading troops to fight, hehe, Brother Xia was not present at the time, it's a pity." The three hundred sergeants looked excited...... Tsk, I'm afraid it's not an exaggeration to describe it as ecstatic. However, don't say it's those soldiers, it's Zhou, after listening to it, he also benefited a lot, and he is worthy of being a victorious general in my Tang Dynasty! ”

Looking at Ma Zhou's appearance, Xia Hongsheng was finally relieved, it seems that although the veteran ruffians usually have bad sex, they can still do what they promised. (To be continued......)