Chapter 40: Betrayal

Bi Liang smiled, didn't say anything to Liu Tie anymore, and led Liu Han towards the backyard, Liu Han called Lao Huang, and the two of them looked at the courtyard while walking, and the three daughters of Tianna also looked at the courtyard curiously, they didn't dare to disturb Liu Han, but occasionally whispered a few words.

I have to say that this courtyard is much more beautiful than the courtyard prepared by Lao Wang, Lao Wang's yard, the atmosphere is rough, there is a heroic side plug, but this courtyard is exquisite, whether it is the flowers and plants in the yard, or the carving of the cloister, all of them are carefully done.

"This Shamur will really enjoy it, tsk, I said Lao Huang, how about we get a courtyard like this in the imperial capital. Liu Han praised while watching.

"Okay, aren't you a Shu clan, it's no problem to buy a yard like this. Lao Huang replied without being salty.

Hearing the ridicule in Lao Huang's mouth, Liu Han turned his head and smiled: "That is, if you can buy a scholar, let's buy a scholar's identity, by the way, Lao Bi, how much is such a yard?"

Bi Liang laughed: "With the wealth of the master, it is easy to buy such a yard, the master is God this time, and the old prince should be ready." ”

"It's hard to say, this old prince is not as reliable as you. Liu Han said in a changed tone: "Lao Bi, how are the family in the past few years?"

Bi Liang hesitated and said with a smile: "Thanks to the master's blessing, everything is fine." ”

Bi Liang was also robbed by horse thieves in the Western Regions, he was more fortunate that the horse thieves did not kill him, but sold him, and was bought by Liu Han.

Obviously, Bi Liang has been here many times, and he is very familiar with this place, so he took Liu Han to turn around the room, the bedroom study, the bath and bath room, and the things in the room are all available, Liu Han is very satisfied, and Bi Liang breathes a sigh of relief.

"Tianna, boil some water and make tea. Liu Han instructed, and Bi Liang hurriedly said, "Master, I don't know if you brought a cook, I arranged two cooks, do you want to meet?"

"Just let Liu Tie meet, Lao Bi, you also sit down, let's drink tea together, there are some things I want to talk to you about." ”

When Bi Liang heard this, he saluted first and then sat opposite Liu Han, Tianna took out the tea set from her bag, and Mei Ji took out the stove and began to boil water on the side.

"In the future, the center of the trading company will change to the imperial capital, Lao Wang, I will let him shrink, but you can't shrink, you can't shrink, you have to expand, after a while, I will ask Lao Wang to transfer two caravans to you, these two caravans, one will go to the state, and the other will go to the imperial capital. ”

"Back to the master, what ......is the main business scope of the imperial capital?" Bi Liang asked with some surprise.

"It turned out that I was going to make leather goods, since you want to make it, I'll change it," Liu Han condensed, and suddenly felt that he didn't know what to do, there were not many goods to do at this time, in addition to local specialties, the rest was jewelry, grain, leather goods, silk and tea, although Liangzhou silk is famous, but compared to Jiangnan, it is almost worse, from the information mastered, the most popular in the imperial capital is Jiangnan silk, and the market for Liangzhou silk is not large.

Jewelry and tea, Chang'an does not produce these two things, the rest is leather goods, now Bi Liang wants to make leather goods, he is in the imperial capital to make leather goods, which is equivalent to robbing the raw materials of Chang'an store.

"Let's take a look at the imperial capital. Lao Huang said slowly, and Liu Han hummed: "Okay, that's it, I'll write to you when I get to the imperial capital." ”

"Yes, master. ”

When he was in the store in the city, Bi Liang never mentioned the word master, and he was called the owner of Dong Weng, but when he arrived at the villa, he changed his name to the master, which was different from Guzang Lao Wang.

"There are a lot of rich people in Chang'an City, we have to find some way to make their money," Liu Han thought about it and said, "Old Bi, is there a problem with opening a restaurant in Chang'an?"

"Open a restaurant?" Bi Liang was stunned at first, and then wondered, over the years, Hanhai Trading Company has mostly been selling long-distance sales, and has never thought of opening a restaurant or hotel, why did he think of opening a restaurant when he just entered Chang'an today?

"Yes," Liu Han nodded affirmatively and said: "All along, we have been a caravan walking in the Western Regions Desert, this is actually walking on one leg, and taking the Western Regions is the most profitable, but this road is getting more and more difficult, there are more and more horse thieves, and we may have to make up for a loss several times, so I think let's do something physical, don't keep playing these fictitious things." ”

"But master," Bi Liang said cautiously, "There are many restaurants in Chang'an City, but they are all in the hands of the gate valve family, and it is difficult for us to buy them." ”

Liu Han frowned slightly, his idea was to open a distinctive restaurant, so that those gate valve families come here to gather, you can find out the news, of course, there is another industry, better than this, that is, brothel, but open a brothel will completely fall into the lower nine streams, the Great Jin can't help prostitution, many famous prostitutes have a high status, but if a brothel is opened, then it is another matter, according to the law of the Great Jin Dynasty, brothels are cheap, all brothel operators are untouchables, and untouchables can not go to school for three generations, can not be officials, can not be officials.

In the Great Jin Dynasty, officials and officials are different, officials are appointed by the imperial court, and officials are recruited locally, such as county officials are officials, and the main secretary can barely be called an official, but the first class of the official class is an official, and such small officials do not need to be appointed by their superiors, and county officials are directly recruited.

None of these brothel operators can do it, and there are strict rules in the brothel operator's home, the door of the house must be black, and no matter how rich the family is, there can be more than two houses.

To put it simply, brothel owners are pariahs who are lower than merchants, and people with even the slightest status disdain to associate with them.

So Liu Han vetoed the idea of opening a brothel.

"Don't be too anxious about everything," Lao Huang said: "Let's do it according to Lao Bi's idea first, and then look at it in the imperial capital, and then talk about it." ”

Liu Han sighed softly, Lao Huang shook his head slightly, both of them knew what the other party said, Lao Huang felt that Liu Han was moving too fast, too eager to find out that person, but that person was hiding there? I don't know at all, now all the clues are very vague, and they can't even be called clues.

Due to the desert drought, the current leather market is very good, coupled with the early hoarding of grain, they can buy a batch of leather goods at a low price, than other leather goods to take the lead, after this round, at least can stand in the leather industry, such a good opportunity to give up is a pity.

"Mr. Huang said it well, this matter is not urgent," Bi Liang said cautiously, but as soon as he met Liu Han's gaze, he immediately changed his words and said: "If the master wants to do it, I will immediately find the location." ”

"Don't rush, wait. Lao Huang said, Liu Han looked at the green willow leaves and thought about it and said: "That's it, Lao Bi, you just remember this, pay attention, as for whether to do it immediately, I'll think about it again, by the way, how much money is there in the store?"

Lao Bi immediately replied: "The funds in the store are still sufficient, if the master wants it, I can provide 80,000 taels of silver now." ”

Liu Han nodded: "It's not okay to take it all away, transfer me 50,000 silver." ”

Bi Liang agreed repeatedly, Liu Han did not have much cash in his hand at this time, and gave Tuoba Ying 50,000 silver in Guzang, and after arriving in the imperial capital, he didn't know how much money he would have, and how much silver he could sell with the goods was still unknown, and Liu Han's purpose was to contact the high-level officials of the imperial court as soon as possible, so that the silver needed was indispensable.

Tianna made tea and brought it to the three of them, the three of them drank tea for a while, chatted about the customs of Chang'an, Liu Han asked about the situation of the King of Qin, but Bi Liang never got close to the upper class, and the situation provided was the big road goods.

After talking about the conversation, Liu Tie came in and reported that everything was settled, and Liu Han saw that the time was not early, so he asked Bi Liang to go back, let him come back tomorrow, and be a guide for them, he wanted to visit Chang'an City.