“... According to the lower officials, Liu Han was dissatisfied with the prince, but this dissatisfaction was mainly in money, and he thought that the prince was suspected of killing chickens and eggs. [No pop-ups.] . Liu Han is indeed talented in business, Hanhai Trading Company has only been to the imperial capital for a year and a half, the situation has been opened, the business scope ranges from jewelry to dyeing workshops and cloth, and now it is operating a pharmacy, Xia Guan has gone to its shop to inspect, people come and go, lively and extraordinary, however, this is not all, now part of the palace is also purchased in its shops, including the pharmacy that has not been opened for a long time, this alone, the annual profit is more than 100,000 taels of silver. ....”

Luan Xuan was under the lamp, and wrote down the observations of Liu Han and the Hanhai Trading Company during this time, one by one, it has been seven or eight days since he arrived in the imperial capital, in addition to visiting the officials of the DPRK and China, observing Liu Han and the Hanhai Trading Company is the focus, before meeting Liu Han today, he went to the various shops of the Hanhai Trading Company to see, and the result made him secretly frightened, the workshops outside the city, the shops in the city, he secretly calculated, not counting the workshops outside the city, the annual income of the shops in the city reached hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

People come and go in the store, but this kind of income is not high, the real profits come from high-end customers, these high-end customers are mainly the palace and the city's various wealthy families, he saw a few people in the store who are obviously the prince's family to buy things, these families generally buy hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, how many such families are there in this imperial capital, thousands!

"Liu Han is good at dancing with long sleeves, after arriving in the imperial capital, in addition to the people in the rivers and lakes, he also has a lot of contacts with the people in the court and the clan, he was recommended by Xue Yu to join the forbidden army, and was promoted to the military marquis in just one year, and his subordinates controlled a song of people, although there were only more than 200 people in this song, the king of Yanping County named him to lead troops to help him recover the arrears, and Xiao Zhao Wangye and Qiu Ge also had a good relationship with him. ”

Luan Xuan reported in detail what he heard in the imperial capital, writing this paragraph, he couldn't help but admire Liu Han a little, he was born in the Shi family, the Luan family is a thousand-year-old family, and he knows that it is very difficult to interact with the Shi family, especially these wealthy families, as a businessman, or even a Shu family, let alone a businessman, but Liu Han easily established a relationship with them, and these people rarely interacted with him on an equal footing.

He is worried that the situation has changed, but the reason is not known, now he and Wang Xu's battle is nearing the end, after this battle, he controls the Yellow River waterway, and at the same time controls the Cao Yun, the lower officials look at it, and they are military and legal scholars, people and people, etc., and there are rules and regulations. ”

"For this person, the lower official suggested that when Huairou and generous, the envelopment is the top, this person will be of great use in the future. ”

Luan Xuan did not take Liu Han's top-grade grandmaster into account, but in his report to King Qin, Xi Feng had a higher respect for Liu Han, and directly suggested to King Qin that he must entrap Liu Han, and the cultivation of the top-grade grandmaster is enough.

"Wang Xu and the two families are strong, Liu Han has won many battles with his own strength, and killed several masters, which is enough to prove his strength, the prince, humiliation thinks that in the future, the prince can hand over the affairs of the capital to him, and he alone is enough to deal with the affairs of the capital. ”

King Qin gave both of them the intention of inspecting Liu Han, both of them were confidants of King Qin, and observed Liu Han from different angles, which was also the usual practice of King Qin.

Xi Feng's report is the opinion of a pure martial artist, and he is full of praise for Liu Han without the slightest evasion.

After writing the report, Xi Feng handed it over to the people below to go out according to the usual way, divided into seven paragraphs.

Looking up at the sky, the red glow on the horizon is fading, Xi Feng stretched his muscles and bones, and punched in the courtyard, two years ago, Liu Han gave him a bottle of pills, with this bottle of pills, he successfully reached the peak of martial arts, he has seen the threshold, and he is almost a chance to break through.

As soon as the punch came down, Xi Feng was covered in sweat, and when he looked up, Luan Xuan was standing under the poplar tree, looking at him thoughtfully.

"What's wrong?"

Someone had already brought water and put it under the eaves, and Xi Feng asked while washing, Luan Xuan shook his head and asked, ",...How are you compared to Liu Han?"

Xi Feng smiled bitterly: "It was almost the same before, but now it's not good, he is already a top-grade grandmaster, and I haven't crossed the grandmaster threshold yet, so let's put it this way, if he wants to deal with me, I'm afraid I won't even be able to take a move." ”

Luan Xuan was a little surprised, he was a literati, and he didn't have much concept of the realm of martial arts, he only knew that Xi Feng was a master under King Qin's account, and he thought that Xi Feng could at least wrestle with Liu Han for a while, but he didn't expect Xi Feng to admit that he was invincible, and the gap was so big.

The regret in Xi Feng's heart is even deeper, these years, he has been busy with military affairs, Liu Han has concentrated on cultivation, in the past ten years, the gap between the two has become wider and wider, if it weren't for the pill that Liu Han gave him, he would have reached the peak of martial arts, I'm afraid it would take a few years.

"Martial arts master and grandmaster, the gap between their own realm is big, the gap between the low-grade grandmaster and the upper-grade grandmaster, the gap is even greater, according to the family master, the high-grade grandmaster can already feel the way of heaven, alas, this Liu Han is really a genius, in just ten years, he has reached the top-grade grandmaster, alas, ....."

Xi Feng continued to sigh, with a look of envy and jealousy in his expression, Luan Xuan also sighed in his heart, this Liu Han has the cultivation of a top-grade grandmaster, the financial resources of the Hanhai Trading Company, and is friendly with Xue Yuqiuyun and other high-ranking officials of the imperial court, travels with Lu Fan Qiuge and other scholars, and is friendly with the clan such as Wang Xiaozhao of Yanping County, in just two years, he has created such a situation in the imperial capital, if nothing else, it is difficult for him Luan Xuan to do it.

"How can I take this person into my sleeve!" Luan Xuan sighed in his heart, now it's up to King Qin to see what he can do.

The two of them were thinking that the head of the palace came to report that someone was coming from the palace, and asked Luan Xuan to hurry up to receive the order.

Luan Xuan hurried to the vestibule, and saw a small yellow door standing in the living room, Luan Xuan walked in quickly, and the little eunuch looked at him and asked, "You are Luan Xuan?"

"Yes, my father-in-law doesn't know what's going on?" Luan Xuan was dressed neatly, fortunately, he was wearing formal clothes, and he didn't need to change his clothes, the little eunuch looked at him and shouted: "Luan Xuan takes the order." ”

Luan Xuan knelt down, and the little eunuch said: "Luan Xuan will see you in the imperial study tomorrow afternoon." ”

"The minister's command. "Luan Xuan kowtows to the command.

After the little eunuch finished announcing the decree, he was about to leave, and the head of the palace hurriedly went over, quietly stuffed a silver ticket, and the little yellow door was quietly put away, and said with a smile: "The emperor has been very happy recently, Mr. Luan has entered the palace, forgive me will not have any trouble." ”

That's enough, that's enough.

There was nothing to do overnight, and the next day, Luan Xuan changed into an official uniform early, he was the king of Qin, and he was considered a fourth-grade official in the imperial court, and his grade was not low.

In the afternoon, there are not many courtiers who want to enter the palace, and when a few courtiers pass by, they all pay attention to Luan Xuan and Xi Feng, the two of them are strange faces here, although Xi Feng has come to the imperial capital many times, but he has more interactions with Bing Cao, or he is escorting grain and grass, waiting in front of the palace gate like this, it is the first time.

Finally, two officials who knew Luan Xuan came over to greet him and chatted with Luan Xuan for a while.

The sun shone in front of the palace gate, the tall palace walls were white, and the application for His Majesty's meeting had been handed in, and the two of them could only wait quietly.

The huge corona on the palace wall gradually lengthened, and it was easy for a little eunuch to come over and let Luan Xuan follow him in, while Xi Feng stayed in front of the carriage and waited.

Luan Xuan followed the little eunuch to a room outside the imperial study, Luan Xuan thanked the little eunuch, and then sat there waiting, there was an official waiting next to him, there was a cup of tea in front of the official, Luan Xuan frowned slightly, and after a while, he didn't see the little eunuch come in.

"Dude didn't give me any money. The official saw that Luan Xuan looked at the teacup in front of him from time to time, so he said with a smile.

Only then did Luan Xuan understand why the little eunuch was a little hesitant just now, it turned out that he was waiting for himself to give silver, and there was naturally no tea without silver.

Luan Xuan smiled at the official, and the official saw that Luan Xuan was seeing him for the first time, so he eagerly came over and explained to him the rules of the palace.

Actually, the rules are very simple, silver.

"My lord, this is the time to see you. The official asked, Luan Xuan nodded, and the official smiled: "I think I don't know anything about the rules of the palace, so I still ask for advice?"

"Luan Xuan, the long history of King Qin. Luan Xuan smiled and replied, "Do you still want to consult adults?"

"It turned out to be the long history of King Qin, Lord Luan," the official got up and saluted, Luan Xuan had no choice but to get up, and the official smiled: "Xia Guan Xue Mi, the supervisor of the Chinese book." ”

Luan Xuan was slightly stunned, and looked at Xue Mi, the court clothes worn by Xue Mi were five-grade court clothes, which were only one level lower than him, but he was serving as a secretary in the middle school, how could it be?

"Lord Xue is serving as a secretary in the middle school, why are you waiting here?" Luan Xuan asked puzzled.

"Alas, the middle secretary is the one who drafted the decree for the emperor," Xue Mi smiled weirdly, looked around, and then lowered his voice and said, "Actually, I'm here to be lazy." ”

Luan Xuan couldn't help but smile, feeling that this person was quite there, Xue Yu looked at Luan Xuan, he naturally didn't tell the truth, today he was waiting for Luan Xuan here, this is the arrangement of Zhang Meng and Peng Zhu, naturally, the emperor knows.

"Lord Luan is here for the affairs of Liangzhou, right?" Xue Yu asked.

Luan Xuan nodded, the middle secretary is the core institution of the imperial court, and it is natural for Xue Yu to know his intentions.

Xue Mi nodded slightly, and said: "Yesterday, the emperor also talked about the matter of Liangzhou, and specially summoned the king of Yanping County and asked about the situation of the treasury, Lord Luan, I remember that the imperial court has a grain depot in Liangzhou, and there are 300,000 stone grain in reserve, why do you need to transfer grain to Liangzhou?"

"My lord doesn't know that Liangzhou Yongzhou has natural disasters every year, and as a last resort, he has transferred 100,000 stone of grain from the grain depot for disaster relief, which has been recorded in the imperial court; Luan Xuan replied solemnly.

Xue Mi nodded when he heard this: "Yes, it has been difficult in Liangzhou and Yongzhou in the past few years, and I heard that the prince's head is white." ”

Luan Xuan sighed heavily, in recent years, Yongliang and Liangzhou have suffered frequent disasters, but the support of the imperial court is very small, and the king of Qin has tried his best to barely survive the disaster.

"One hundred thousand stone grain, what is this enough," Xue Yu muttered to himself, and Luan Xuan also nodded: "Yes, the problem is that the grain transferred to Yongbei does not dare to be easily transferred back." ”

Xue Mi thought about it for a while and understood the truth, he smiled, got up and went to the door, called the little eunuch outside, and asked Luan Xuan to serve tea.

(End of chapter)