The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

So, just say nice words.

It's impossible to do it anyway.

It's good to say it to make the other party happy.

But now, the easiest people that Yoshinao Komaru can contact are only the people in the Honglu Temple and the Imperial Household Department.

Even if he visited other officials in Chang'an City with gifts, nearly 80% of them would not see him at all, and would not even accept the gifts. The remaining 20%, although they met, their attitude was very ordinary. For now, there is no one who can be relied on.

On the Honglu Temple side, Yoshinao Komaru also found an excuse to visit the official who received them there, and presented him with valuable gifts, hoping that he could help to speak.

So far, it seems that there is no effect.

However, it is always good to make good connections with others, maybe it will be useful in the future?

Yoshinao Komaru wished that all officials in Chang'an City were like this, at least to establish a relationship first.

Yoshinao Komaru and Takamaru Shinto have been in Chang'an for a long time, and they have also felt that the people of the Tang Dynasty are not friendly to foreigners.

Officials are not very willing to have any private dealings with foreigners.

Jie Li Khan, who repeatedly invaded the Tang Dynasty, is still living in the Taifu Pavilion in Chang'an.

It is said that living there is very well treated, but as a former leader of the grassland, being trapped in Chang'an is also a kind of imprisonment?

The Tang people are terrible.

Because of the Turks on the grassland, and the grievances between Goguryeo in the northeast and the former Sui Dynasty, the people of the Central Plains have no good attitude towards the surrounding foreigners.

As envoys of Japan, it would be better if they did not reveal their identities in Chang'an. Once the other party knows that they are envoys of Japan, their attitude will immediately change.

Therefore, now when they go out, they will not take the initiative to mention their identities.

However, for some reason, sometimes, people in some shops still recognize him.

Yoshinao Komaro didn't know what was going on.

Especially in the tea shop, when he went to buy tea, the attitudes of the shopkeeper and the clerks towards ordinary customers and towards himself were completely different.

"This afternoon, I worked in vain." Yoshinao Komaro sighed helplessly.

There is no progress like this, although he said that there is still a long time, no rush, take it slowly.

But people should always see some hope. If they can't even see hope, and they try all the ways they can think of, but none of them work, they will still be hit hard.

"How is your side?" Yoshinao Komaro looked at Takamaru Shindo.

In the afternoon, Takamaru Shindo should go to Pingkangfang to prepare a place to accommodate the several Japanese women who came to the Central Plains with them.

Takamaru Shindo shook his head.

"It's not going well for me either. I asked someone in Pingkangfang to help me find out so that I can show up less." Takamaru Shinto told Yoshinao Komaro what happened this afternoon.

"If you want to buy a house in Pingkangfang now, you can only buy it from those who have bought the house, and it will probably cost a lot of money."

"The land and houses in Chang'an City are much more expensive than before. I'm afraid someone has discovered that there is money to be made here, so they bought it in advance and are waiting to sell it at a high price."

Yizhi Komaro thought about it after hearing this.

"If the people who bought those houses are going for money, let them make the money. It doesn't matter. Anyway, it doesn't matter who we buy the house from."

If spending money can get things done, Yoshinao Komaro is not afraid of spending money.

It's a good thing that money can be spent.

I'm afraid that if it can't be spent, things won't be done well.

If so, they will fail the king's expectations of them.

"Then we can only wait for news about Pingkangfang. How about other places?" Yoshinao Gumaru asked, "Are they suitable?"

Takamaru Shinto shook his head.

"Let's not talk about whether they are suitable or not. It seems that all the houses and land that can be sold in Chang'an City have been sold out. The remaining ones are some corners and corners, or the market where ordinary people live. It is definitely not okay there. The nobles in Chang'an City will not hang out with ordinary people in the same market."

"That's right." Yoshinao Gumaru frowned: "People who can buy houses and real estate in Chang'an City in advance have a unique vision. Before last year, before the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, the houses and land in Chang'an City would not be so popular."

"And those who can predict it in advance or know the news must be nobles in Chang'an City, the kind of officials in the court."

"It would be great if I could meet such a person."

If I could meet thisIf they can get to know such people, they will have an extra important route in Chang'an City, and all activities will be much easier.

"Do you think that the same person is behind the massive purchase of houses and land in Chang'an City?" Gao Wan Zhen Teng grasped the key point.

Yoshinao Gumaru pondered and said, "How should I put it? Maybe it's not a person, but a family? A force, like this?"

"Aren't there many wealthy families in Chang'an City? In such families, there will be several people serving as officials in the court. Their families have been passed down for many years and have a deep foundation. The family has a lot of accumulation, whether in terms of connections or wealth."

"If they can know in advance that the future of Chang'an City will be like this, then at that time, they will pay money to buy all the houses and land in Chang'an City, waiting to sell them at a high price and earn the difference. Isn't it also a kind of wealth accumulation?"

"Maybe even if a house is raised in price, it won't make much, but Chang'an City is very big, there are so many houses and so much land."

"Accumulated, it is not a small amount."

"If this is the case, then the person or family doing this behind the scenes is really terrible." Gaowan Zhenfeng was surprised.

"Is it scary? The noble families in the Central Plains are even scarier than the royal family living in the palace." Yoshinao Komaro said, "Until now, for such a long time, although we have been slacking off on gifts to visit these families, they still ignore us."

"To put it bluntly, they look down on people like us."

"What should we do?"

Takamaru Mado was anxious.

"There will always be a way. Even if we can't visit their main family, we can visit their people outside, or those who have relationships and contacts with them, and through them, we can contact the higher authorities to accomplish what we want to do."