Early the next morning, Liu Hong came to the pavilion early, and Gao Yuan and Lin Wenqing set off together and set off to the shops in Daijun.

The Tian family, the Duanmu family, the Tao Zhu family, and the Guan family, were really very helpful, and laid the merchants of Daijun on Zhuang Street.

Zhuang Street is the most prosperous street in Linzi City, although it is only a side street, but the road is wide, and eight tall cars can go side by side. Moreover, on both sides of Zhuang Street, there are all buildings with more than two floors, and a few even reach three floors. There are shops, restaurants, women's houses, as well as special cockfights, dogs, gambling and other places, every day from morning to night, pedestrians and vehicles are endless, even on heavy rain and snowy days, there is no decrease.

And there is also the largest market in Linzi City, Yue City, on Zhuang Street. Although it is in the city of Linzi, the city of Yue is surrounded by high walls on all sides, and there are four gates, each gate is guarded by a special city official, the door is opened at sunrise, and the door is closed at sunset. The trade goods in Yue City are also the most abundant in Linzi City, and the goods that cannot be bought in other markets can be seen in Yue City.

Every day at dawn, there is already a long queue outside the four gates of Yue City, waiting to enter the market for shopping. At night, countless people went out from Yue City, but they did not go home, but took the gold, jade, and copper coins they earned from Yue City into the high-rise buildings on both sides of Zhuang Street. The older ones drank and gambled, while the younger ones went into the women's house to have fun, staying up all night and lingering, sometimes spending a hundred gold overnight. There are also many merchants who simply set up their homes here.

Therefore, between Zhuang Street and Yue City, the largest merchants in Qi are lived, and the largest businessmen in Qi are the largest merchants in the world. Therefore, between Zhuang Yue, it has become synonymous with wealthy businessmen and wealth, among the nations, if the businessmen hear "between the next family Zhuang Yue", they will all show admiration. If there is no merchant with a little background, even if he is holding gold, it is impossible to rent a house shop between Zhuangyue.

Zhuang Street is not far from the pavilion, turn two streets to arrive, the shop of Dai County is located near the entrance of the south end of Zhuang Street, the storefront on the street is about nearly eight zhang wide, divided into two layers, and the inside is more than 20 zhang deep, divided into three layers of courtyard, there are about 30 houses, but also with a small courtyard, the total calculation, covers an area of about 800 square meters. It turned out that this house was Tian's property, and when they learned that Dai Jun intended to open a shop in Qi State, they even took it out and rented it to Dai Jun.

Such a house, such as Gao in other parts of the Qi country, can only be regarded as a small businessman, and it is only located near the entrance at the southern end of Zhuang Street, but Gao Yuan and Lin Wenqing are very satisfied with this location, because between Zhuang Yue, except for a few dozens of extra-large merchants, this is already a rare big shop, after all, what is the place between Zhuang Yue, it is not an exaggeration to describe it with every inch of land and every inch of gold.

Although the two sides have not yet negotiated the rent, but Tian has handed over all the shops to Dai Jun for use, Liu Hong has carried out a plan for the shops, of course, the street is to do the storefront, which will be divided into three pieces, a column of books and papers, a list of various furs, and a piece of display for the sale of other goods, and the second floor as a place to receive distinguished guests and discuss large business, the first floor of the courtyard to collect goods, the second floor of the courtyard to live in, Lin Wenchun and other people's rooms are located in the second floor of the courtyard.

However, the goods that can be collected here are indeed limited, so Liu Hong rented another place in Linzi City, which was specially used to collect bulk goods, but it was not needed now, just as a place where horsemen and other servants lived, anyway, it had been rented, and it was empty.

Last night, Liu Hong dragged all the seventy or eighty truckloads of goods transported by Daijun to the store, but because it was too late, all of them were stacked in the warehouse, and after his distribution plan was approved by Lin Wenqing, he began to arrange and place goods in the store.

Although the shop had not yet opened at this time, many people still came to visit, because Daijun's paper and books had already made a name for themselves in Linzi, and some well-informed people knew that Daijun was going to open a shop in Linzi, so they also rushed to inquire. And the twenty singers that King Qi gave to the plateau also had something to do, and they were responsible for receiving guests who came and went.

Not long after Gao Yuan and Lin Wenqing came, someone came to report, and the heads of the Tian family, the Duanmu family, the Tao Zhu family, and the Guan family came to visit in person.

Of course, the heads of these four families were different from ordinary guests, Lin Wenqing also hurriedly changed into new clothes, and took the twenty singers given to the plateau by King Qi Jian, and personally went to the door to greet them, and after all, the identity of the plateau was an official of the county, so he greeted them at the door of the courtyard on the first floor.

After a while, only the sound of footsteps was heard, and under the leadership of Lin Wenqing, four people walked in with her.

Lin Wenqing said: "Four gentlemen, this one is our envoy of the county, Li Yi and Li Shangqing. ”

When the four of them heard this, they were also busy saluting Gao Yuan and said, "I've seen Lord Shangqing." ”

Gao Yuan also returned the salute and said with a smile: "Gentlemen, don't be polite, please come in first." ”

A few people listened, but they were not polite, and followed Gao Yuan into the inner house, and then sat down separately.

The heads of the four families are Tian Chengsi, Duanmu Qiming, Tao Zhujin, and Guan Yi, among which Tian Chengsi and Guan Yi are between forty and fifty years old, while Duanmu Qiming's age seems to be more than sixty, but the youngest is Tao Zhujin, who is only in his early thirties.

In fact, although these four are not officials of Qi State, their power in Qi State is not inferior to that of ordinary officials, and even the prime minister of Qi State has to be polite and polite when he meets them. And now in their eyes, Gao Yuan is just an envoy of Dai County, and it is only because of the current books and paper that only Dai County can supply, so they maintain a more polite attitude towards Gao Yuan.

After everyone sat down, Tian Chengsi smiled at Gao Yuan: "I heard that Lord Shangqing asked each other questions with the ministers in the Golden Palace yesterday, and the ministers were speechless. ”

Guan Yi said with a smile: "In fact, what makes me happiest is that the adults made Hu Daoyuan speechless in a few words, and the king dismissed Hu Daoyuan from office and expelled him from the Qi country. ”

Gao Yuan was a little strange and said, "Didn't Hu Daoyuan offend you?" ”

Duanmu Qiming also nodded, and said: "It's impossible to talk about offending, but Hu Daoyuan has always looked down on us businessmen, and among his disciples, he will never accept the children of merchants, and he has also written to the king several times, asking for restrictions on merchants in the Qi country, so among our businessmen, there is no one who does not dislike Hu Daoyuan, and Lord Shangqing can drive Hu Daoyuan out of the Qi country this time, which is sure to make our businessmen breathe a sigh of relief." ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Isn't Mr. Duanmu's ancestor the high-footed disciple of Confucius?" Confucius still had such an open mind back then, why was Hu Daoyuan so narrow-minded? ”

Duanmu Qiming also smiled and said: "The mind of the sea is inclusive, Lord Shangqing is worthy of being a person who can speak well, such a wonderful word, it is the first time I have heard of it, Confucius is still a generation of grandmasters, the ancestor of Confucianism, and he is also worthy of these words, and Hu Daoyuan is just as the adults say, a rotten Confucian." It's a pity that among the Confucian disciples, there are more and more such corrupt Confucians. ”

Tian Chengsi said: "Brother Duanmu, you are talking too far, in fact, although Hu Daoyuan is a little narrow-minded, he is not a bad person, at least in terms of personal ethics, he is much better than most officials." ”

Duanmu Qiming also smiled and said, "Okay, okay, don't talk about him." ”

Gao Yuan also changed the topic and said: "This time, the merchant hall of my Dai County was able to be established, thanks to the strong help of the four, and I also represent Wu Anjun in the next place, thank you for your help." ”

Tian Chengsi said: "There, there, in fact, we can cooperate with Daijun, and we and others have also benefited a lot, I don't know if Wu Anjun has any advice for us to cooperate with Daijun this time?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "Regarding the matter of cooperation, Wu Anjun has appointed Mrs. Wenqing to take full responsibility, and I will not ask about it, so you can negotiate with Mrs. Wenqing on the detailed cooperation matters." ”

When the others heard this, they were all relieved, because Lin Wenqing was a businessman after all, so of course it was easier to talk about, but he was afraid that if the plateau came in, it would be troublesome.

Everyone said a few more words, and then Gao Yuan got up and said: "Okay, there are other affairs in the next place, so I won't bother you to negotiate with Mrs. Wenqing, so I will leave first, and when our merchant house in Daijun opens, I will definitely drink with you in the next place." After saying that, he said goodbye to everyone one by one, and then left the shop with the thirty-six cavalry guards of the fast wind and returned to the pavilion.

After returning to the pavilion, Gao Yuan let the thirty-six cavalry guards disperse to rest, and came to the pavilion of the envoy of the Yan State to see Jing Ke. At this time, Jing Ke was waiting in the pavilion, and when he saw that the plateau was coming, the two of them did not bring a guard, so they immediately left the pavilion and came to the street.

After turning a corner, I saw a scribe of about thirty-four or five years old standing by the wall, with a white face and a long beard, and a lyre-shaped object in his arms. Seeing Jing Ke coming, the scribe immediately greeted him and said, "Brother Jing, you are here." He looked at the plateau again and said, "This one is ......."

Jing Ke said: "This is Li Yi and Li Shangqing, the envoys of Daijun, and they are the friends I met when I went to Daijun. After a pause, he said, "Our confidential affairs are well known to Lord Shangqing, so there is no need to hide them from him." ”

Gao gradually left the listen, bowed to the plateau, and said, "Lord Shangqing." ”

Gao Yuan also returned the salute and said, "Mr. Gao." "It's two acquaintances.

Gao Yanli said to Jing Ke again: "Brother Jing, I have found one of the people you need." ”

Jing Ke was stunned, his spirits perked up, and he said, "Take me quickly." ”