Kidnapped by Princess Changle at the beginning

He stood on the tower, dressed in armor, with a saber at his waist.

A gust of wind blew, and the cloak behind him fluttered high, causing the surrounding soldiers to stare blankly.

This is the famous military god in Hexi.

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Chapter 356 It's Not About Money

Just as Li Ji was looking at the ants-like crowds coming in and out of Jinshui Pass, Zhang Meng, the guard of Jinshui Pass, rushed up and said out of breath, "Report to the general, the general will catch a group of suspicious people outside Jinshui Pass. ..."

Ok?

Li Ji raised his eyebrows.

"Could it be a spy from Tubo? That Songtsan Gampo really has a wicked heart, and he still wants to miss my land of Hexi in Tang Dynasty..." Li Ji said coldly.

Zhang Meng was a little embarrassed, and said: "General, look at these people, they should not be spies... The leader is a white and fat guy who claims to be from the Zheng family in Xingyang. He is the elder brother of Zheng Feiyuan, the young master of the Zheng family. I don't know if it's true or not..."

"Zheng family? People from the Zheng family, what are they doing here at Jinshui Pass? Could it be that they are collaborating with the enemy?" Li Ji has always been cautious, thinking that this matter will not be that simple, "Hurry up, take this general to have a look..."

"Yes!"

Zhang Meng led Li Ji to Jinshuiguan camp.

As soon as he entered the camp, Li Ji saw a group of people, a group of soldiers, gathered around something in the martial arts arena not far away, pointing and laughing from time to time.

Li Ji stepped forward quickly.

When he saw the group of people in front of him, he understood that these guys had nothing to do with spies or collaborators.

Because, this is a group of people who don't wear clothes and don't hang up.

Such a group of people will definitely not be spies.

I have seen spies disguised as ordinary people and merchants, but I have never seen a naked spy.

Li Ji just wanted to ask what was going on, but he saw a big fat man rushing out from the crowd, waving his hands and shouting: "General, General..."

Li Ji took a look, and immediately felt hot eyes.

Because the thing under the guy was dangling.

boom.

The general of Jinshui Gate couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward and kicked him to the ground, then pulled a piece of rag to cover the fat man.

The fat man fell to the ground, took a mouthful of sand, raised his head, and shouted: "General, I am Zheng Feihu. The year before last, when you moved the mansion, I went to give gifts on behalf of Mr. Zheng..."

Zheng Feihu?

Li Ji has an impression of this name.

So he waved his hand: "Take him up."

Zheng Feihu grabbed the rag with both hands and ran forward.

Li Ji widened his eyes and saw that it was indeed Zheng Feihu.

"Zheng Feihu, why did you become like this?" Li Ji asked in bewilderment.

Zheng Feihu spat out a mouthful of sand, and suddenly burst into tears.

"Wow……"

After crying for a long time, this guy's mood stabilized.

He hugged Li Ji's thigh.

Li Ji looked disgusted, but he didn't kick him away.

Zheng Feihu wiped his nose and said: "General, you have to decide for me. I, Zheng, brought 15 guan this time. I originally went to Luoxi City to buy cotton. As everyone knows, as soon as I left Jinshuiguan, I went to I was fooled by the Tubo businessman Zhang Da, and when I woke up overnight, the 15 guan was gone... I guessed that Zhang Da would not be able to go far with 15 guan, so I implore the general to send an army to pursue it immediately. Chase back..."

"15 guan? So much?"

Li Ji was a little unbelievable.

Zheng Feihu nodded: "This is what Zheng's used to buy cotton..."

Li Ji thought for a while, but shook his head: "Zheng Feihu, it's not that this general doesn't help the Zheng family, it's really helpless... I just said that the money was lost after leaving Jinshui Pass... Outside Jinshui Pass, It is the territory of Tubo. My Tang Dynasty and Tubo have negotiated peace first. Soldiers from both sides are not allowed to set foot on each other's land. If this general sends someone to chase money for you, what if Tubo takes advantage of the problem? You should go to this matter. Looking for the Tubo army..."

"But I don't know the Tubo guard!" Zheng Erye was dumbfounded again.

Li Ji waved his hand: "I can't do anything to help you, but since you have reached Jinshui Pass, I can't leave you alone...Zhang Meng!"

"The end is here."

"Prepare clothes for Zheng Feihu and others, treat them with delicious food and drinks."

"Yes!"

After Li Ji gave his orders, he turned around and left.

As the closest partner of the West Datang Company, he certainly knows about a series of recent events. Among other things, he said that most of the franchise stores in Hexi were taken over by his Li family, and the Zheng family came from behind. , and also set up franchise stores, trying to bring down the West Datang Company... If the West Datang Company collapses, Li Ji will also lose money.

Therefore, General Li did not have the slightest favor for Zheng.

You Zheng lost money, and you are still on the territory of Tubo, what are you doing to me, the general manager of the Hexi Road March?

But Zheng Feihu yelled from behind: "General, I don't want to eat and drink, I want to go after Zhang Da...my Zheng's money, my Zheng's cotton..."

But Li Ji has gone far.

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Three days later.

Shanzhou City.

In the courtyard of Zheng's Buxing.

Zheng Erye had a gloomy face, and ignored the few girls sent by the shopkeepers here.

At this moment, Zheng Asan pushed the door open and came in, reporting: "Second Lord...we...we have tried our best, but we can't find Zhang Da...I took someone to find the Tubo guard, and they were killed by him. After a beating, he extorted a sum of money from us before releasing him...Second Lord, now we are calling Tian Tian Ying in such a bad way, it has been so many days, that Zhang Da must have run away with the money ..."

Second Master Zheng smashed the teapot and cup in front of him to the ground, and asked, "Where is Luoxi City?"

Zheng Asan said: "The subordinates have already sent people to raid some cities, and found the Ghana tribe, the people of the Ghana tribe said they didn't know Zhang Da at all... and our people made many inquiries, and found that Zhang Da is a liar, so go to some cities. People who don't know him at all..."

"what……"

puff.

Second Master Zheng fell to the ground, his eyes darkened, and he passed out immediately.

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Chang'an City.

Nanshan Mansion.

Chen Chu looked at Changsun Wuji who was sitting opposite, and said with a smile: "Brother Changsun, news has come from Shanzhou that our plan has succeeded, and after that, this batch of money will be sent from Tubo to Chang'an one after another... But, I see you are not very interested!"

Changsun Wuji looked constipated, "Boy, what do you know... You asked me to buy Zheng's linen industry at a high price... But until now, the linen industry has not improved at all... let alone The old man, even Cheng Zhijie and the others, also lost a lot of money. The price the old man bought was higher than them, and the loss was even worse..."

"Can't Zheng's [-] crowns make up for these losses?" Chen Chu asked with a smile.

Changsun Wuji rolled his eyes: "It's not a matter of money or not, it's a matter of face. Now, those colleagues, really many members of the Changsun family, treat the old man as a fool... Are you angry? people?"

Chen Chu: "..."

I didn't expect elder brother Changsun to be a face-saving person.

However, Tangtang Sikong, the most popular celebrity in front of Li Er, must be in a bad mood when he is called a fool.

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Chapter 357

Chen Chu understood what Changsun Wuji was thinking, because this matter had been going on for a long time, not to mention Changsun Wuji, even Cheng Zhijie and the others had no idea. These days, they frequently appeared in the Nanshan mansion and asked Chen Chu if he could stop Acquired linen business.

However, unlike Changsun Wuji, after receiving Chen Chu's negative answer, the elder brothers sworn brothers, although they were puzzled, they did not stop buying the cotton cloth industry. Now, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong, Li Jing, and Niu Jinda have become big brothers. No matter where Tang's national treasures go, they are always treated to dinner and protected... not because everyone thinks they are dignified, but because they are heavily in debt, and if something happens, the money will not be repaid.

Changsun Wuji looked at Chen Chu frowningly, his eyes were both helpless and uncomfortable.

When Chen Chu saw this, he couldn't help laughing.

Changsun Wuji was angry: "Chen Chu, at this time, you still dare to make fun of the old man, aren't you afraid that the old man will fight with you?"

Chen Chu stood up and said, "Brother Changsun, the opportunity for the Changsun family to make a fortune has come... It depends on whether you can seize it."

"what chance?"

Chen Chu took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and then said: "Actually, the cotton factory of the West Datang Company has run out of cotton since half a month ago... The cotton cloth sent from the north of the city during this period is all from before. In stock, but in the past few days, the supply of cotton cloth will be cut off... Therefore, I plan to announce to the public tomorrow that the sale of cotton cloth from West Datang Company will be suspended. As for the resale time, we will have to wait for Tubo and Shanzhou of cotton harvested..."

It is still several months before this year's cotton harvest.Previously, all the cotton used in the cotton factory of the West Datang Company was purchased from Tubo last year, but at that time, after all, the cotton was not a planted thing, but wild, and when the West Datang Company sold it, it had already passed the harvest The season, and the fact that cotton cloth has just come out, followed by official sales of cotton cloth and franchise stores, due to various factors, the cotton hoarded by the cotton factory is consumed like running water, and it has been consumed in just a few months.

Chen Chu had no choice but to announce the suspension of the sale of cotton cloth.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Without cotton, cotton factories can't make cotton cloth out of thin air.

Changsun Wuji was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "Is there something wrong with doing this? The West Datang Company has so many franchise stores, and if the cotton cloth is suddenly cut off, will it cause panic?"

As one of the major shareholders of Western Datang Company, Changsun Wuji has already considered issues from the standpoint of Western Datang Company.

After all, everyone is in a relationship where one prospers and the other loses.

His concerns are not unfounded.

At the beginning, many merchants and dignitaries willingly joined the West Datang Company because of the cotton cloth. Later facts also proved that countless franchise stores made a lot of money relying on cotton cloth.Now that the supply of cotton cloth is cut off, these franchise stores are the first to bear the brunt.

Chen Chu waved his hands confidently: "I've considered this matter. The supply of cotton cloth is only temporarily cut off. During this period, the prices of soap, matches, refined salt, etc. can be lowered and sent to franchisees, and they can make up for it. , When the cotton in Shanzhou and Tubo is harvested, the cotton factories will definitely produce cotton cloth vigorously, and by then, there will be no shortage of cotton cloth..."

Changsun Wuji nodded: "Now it seems that this is the only way... Hey, no, why did you suddenly announce that the supply of cotton cloth was cut off? Ordinarily, it is best not to announce this kind of thing. Can the cotton factory have How much cotton, as long as we don't tell, no one will know, what is your purpose for doing this?"

Changsun Wuji was as careful as a hair, and quickly realized that something was wrong.

Chen Chu laughed and said: "Brother Changsun, you are so smart that you have been confused for a while... Think about it, for the common people, food, clothing, housing and transportation are inseparable from everything. Clothes cannot be separated from cloth. Back then, cotton cloth was inseparable. appeared, the linen plummeted, and now, the supply of cotton cloth is cut off, what will benefit?"

"Of course it's linen." Changsun Wuji blurted out, and stood up excitedly.

Chen Chu nodded: "That's right, sooner or later, cotton cloth will replace linen cloth, but not now, nor in three or two years... After all, there are still many poor people in Tang Dynasty, even if linen cloth is [-]% cheaper than cotton cloth, these people will I can buy linen, let alone half the price... Besides, limited by the production of cotton in the past two years, the production capacity of cotton cloth will definitely not be able to keep up. There is still a certain market for linen... What you have to do, brother It's very simple, that is to use this opportunity to completely control the linen market, and then slowly transition to cotton..."

Chen Chu knew that in a few years, the world would be peaceful, the Tang Dynasty would enter the prosperous age of Zhenguan, and the people would become more and more prosperous. At that time, not only Tubo and Shanzhou, but the entire northwest and northern areas would be planted with cotton. , production capacity is no longer a problem, and cotton cloth replaces linen, which is a matter of course.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Changsun Wuji laughed out loud suddenly, the laughter was so exaggerated that it could be heard at the gate of Nanshan Mansion.

Smiling and laughing, tears flowed from the corners of Changsun Wuji's eyes: "Boy, it's not a matter of money or not... The main thing is to fight for breath. Before, many people took my eldest grandson Wuji as a joke. Now, I want to let They saw how wise and correct it was to acquire Zheng's linen business..."

Chen Chu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Brother, let's go back and make some preparations. I'll let someone announce the news tomorrow morning."

"it is good!"

Changsun Wuji didn't talk nonsense, turned around and walked out.

Halfway there, he stopped, turned around and asked, "Boy Chen, I will remember your kindness... By the way, during this time, Gesang has nothing to do in the mansion, why not let her accompany you?" Are you talking?"

Chen Chu: "..."

After a while, Chen Chu choked out a word: "Get lost!"

"Hahaha……"

Instead of being angry, Changsun Wuji said happily: "Sure enough, the relationship between you is just a simple father-daughter relationship. Earlier, it was the old man who wrongly blamed you... Boy Chen, wait for this matter, the old man will treat you well at the mansion... ..."

Chen Chu was speechless.

This old man has lost his mind.

After driving away Changsun Wuji, Chen Chu immediately found Li Lizhi.

When Li Lizhi saw Chen Chu, her eyes lit up: "My husband, I went to the north of the city for half a month. You were alone in the Nanshan Mansion, which made me feel very uncomfortable... But, on the way back, I asked people to come and see you." Xishi bought more than a dozen bastards, how many do you want to eat tonight?"

Wangba is a great tonic.

When Chen Chu heard that, he was in a bad mood.

He hurried forward, put his hands on Li Lizhi's shoulders, and said solemnly: "My wife, let's put aside the bastard thing, I have something important to tell you..."

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