Late at night, the west gate of the capital slowly opened.
After a caravan entered the city, the soldiers saw their faces clearly by the light of the fire.
It turned out to be a group of Westerners with deep eyes and high noses.
"They are distinguished guests from the Great Qin Kingdom!"
The court guide in charge of leading the team explained to the soldiers.
A gentle voice came from the carriage: "Mr. Li, our country is called the Roman Empire."
The guide laughed and said: "Sorry, we call you the Great Qin State here, because everyone thinks that the two countries are equally powerful!"
The people in the carriage fell into silence, while the entourage outside the carriage looked disappointed.
After a while, a beautiful figure walked out of the car, with a graceful figure and light steps.
The city guards looked at it through the firelight and almost suffocated.
The young girl's face is covered with gauze, and her fair and attractive face can be vaguely seen. She has black hair and black eyes. She also has deep eyes and a high nose. She has beautiful facial features and starry eyes that seem to enchant the soul.
Even her tall clothes couldn't hide her tall and fiery figure. She just stood there, shining like a glimmer of light in this dark and lost night.
It was rare for the soldiers in the capital to see such an exotic beauty, and everyone at the scene heard small exclamations of surprise.
The motorcade walked into Honglu Temple all the way and was placed in the West Garden to rest.
In the room, the girl looked at the newspaper on the table in trance.
The accompanying old man came in and reported: "Your Highness Diana, they said you can meet the Holy Spirit tomorrow morning!"
Diana's eyes were filled with worry: "Grandpa Weiss, I heard about the current situation of Great Zhou on the way here. It seems that Great Zhou no longer has the same power as Wu Dynasty..."
The old man Weiss said: "Rome is no longer what it used to be. As long as both parties can benefit from each other and help fight against that barbarian, your trip will be worthwhile! Maybe, it is the time when both parties need to hug together for warmth?"
Diana took out an ancient "General History of the Wu Dynasty" from her luggage, turned to the second page, landed on the title "The Chronicles of Emperor Wu", and sighed quietly.
"That cunning and ferocious barbarian tribe is now unrivaled. However, my brother and I accidentally learned of their history. It turned out that they also invaded this eastern land twice."
"One time was during the period of Shang King Wu Ding two thousand years ago. A large number of people were captured and buried alive by Wu Ding's concubine named 'Fuhao', and the rest fled in a hurry."
"The other time was in the Wu Dynasty. They came back and brought great disaster to this land. When all the people were in ruins, there was a young emperor who ascended the throne. He personally went on an expedition and beheaded the most brave god among them with his own hands. Son'. In the end, only a few of the 200,000 barbarians escaped back to the Holy Land, and the rest of the captives were tortured and buried alive. That emperor brought an everlasting nightmare to the barbarians."
"Later, this emperor ruled the country, expanded the territory, and established the territory that today encompasses the Great Zhou and Great Chu. Later generations respectfully called him 'Emperor Wu', and the barbarians and us Romans respectfully called him 'Emperor Wu'. "
After Diana sighed, she closed the General History and murmured softly: "Ah, this land of dawn in the East is a place where heroes can be born to turn the tide. Rome needs heroes like Lord Wu. Will there be any in the Great Zhou Dynasty..."
Weiss smiled bitterly and said: "Forty years ago, there was a Great Zhou Martial Saint who was invincible in the world, but he has passed away. Moreover, it seems that Great Zhou just experienced the disaster of moving the capital more than ten years ago, and has been unable to recover since then, and has not been able to expand its borders at all. I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you because of my earthly character."
Diana shook her head, her eyes firm: "The Martial Lord's surname is Liang, maybe we can find his descendants here? I shoulder a heavy responsibility, and since I have come to this land, naturally I cannot give up easily. My brother's original intention is Let me come here to marry and deepen the relationship between the two countries. Who would have thought that the Emperor of Zhou is actually a girl. I can't marry her..."
Weiss knew that she had a firm belief, so he stopped trying to persuade her and focused his eyes on the newspaper.
"I heard that this kind of newspaper has appeared in the capital recently. Every time it is published, it can sell tens of thousands of copies with exactly the same content. It is incredible. Did the Marquis of Lanling hire tens of thousands of people to copy at the same time? Even if it is copying, this handwriting It can’t be exactly the same…”
Diana picked up the newspaper curiously, glanced at the "Luo Shen Fu" on it, and exclaimed: "In order to send me here, my brother asked me to learn the culture and language of this land. This "Luo Shen Fu", I read It turns out that the whole story is brilliant.”
"We have brought a lot of rare treasures. Maybe we can cooperate with this Lanling Marquis. I heard that this person is a popular person around the Emperor of Zhou. He only cares about money and business. We might as well start from this aspect!" Weiss reminded.
Diana glanced at the name and was stunned: "Liang Xiao? His surname is also Liang? It's a pity that he is a poet and businessman..."
Early the next morning, Duan Yunyi had just finished washing when he received the notification.
"Your Majesty, Princess Diana of the Great Qin Kingdom wishes to see you! The Prime Minister is secretly reporting!"
"The envoys from Great Qin have arrived? Invite them to the imperial study for a while!" Duan Yunyi rushed to the imperial study after reading Zhuge Hui's urgent secret letter.
At the same time, the exchange meeting between the two countries, hosted by Xing Feng and half funded by Honglu Temple, also opened grandly in Honglu Temple.
Liang Xiao sat at home, thinking quietly.
He always felt that something was wrong. The old man chose to fake his death and refused to let him reveal that he was his disciple. There should be more complicated reasons, but he couldn't tell.
A moment later, after reading the financial report sent by Bai Qin, Liang Xiao became more and more looking forward to it.
With newspapers assisting in publicity, he could sit at home and count his money, and there would always be customers coming to buy Canghai Yueming and sugar.
However, the sugar has been sold to the Dingguo Marquis Mansion and the Gongsun family for sale, generating an income of 150,000 taels for him. This was after he only took 60% of the profit.
The sugar cane in the capital area has been consumed by him every time he harvests it. From now on, he must turn his attention to the sugar cane in the south.
There is more sugar cane there.
The caravan escorted by Lei Hong and others were the people he arranged to set up the sugar mill, and the core personnel were Xuanwei appointed by Duan Yunyi.
Tens of thousands of Xuanwei perform their own duties, such as Bai Qin, who can do business and manage account books.
He has not yet cultivated a close confidant, after all, this cannot be cultivated overnight, but making money is imminent, and he cannot waste next year's sugar cane!
If the caravan goes well, it might be possible to make another profit in time for the sugar cane shipment period.
At this time, Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry hidden in the caravan can deal with various emergencies at any time. They also have the opportunity for Lei Hong and others to train and regain their battlefield feeling.
Considering that he will be the prince-consort of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future, there is no problem in letting Duan Yunyi's Xuanwei help him.
As for Canghai Yueming, the pre-order deposit alone exceeded 400,000 taels.
After deducting 20% of the wine tax, it was 320,000 taels, and he took 70% of it, which was more than 220,000 taels. In Dazhou, he was already a wealthy man.
After collecting the account books, Bai Qin asked, "It would be a pity if Mr. Hou's wine shop only sells Canghai Yueming."
Liang Xiao smiled and said: "Of course it's a pity! I have communicated with the Wine Saint. In a few days, Dingguo Hou Mansion will provide the recipe for common people's wine. By then, the price of this wine will be close to the people. Only by cooperating with newspaper publicity can it really impact Gongyang. His wine business!"
Bai Qin said happily: "It seems that the Marquis is going to the Appeasement Department to recruit refugees as workers!"
Liang Xiao nodded, with a meaningful smile on his face.
"Recently, local workers in the capital have come to the door to ask for work. I used this as an excuse to pretend that there are enough workers, and also publicized in the newspaper that I have no plans to recruit workers for the time being. Even if these spies have the patience to stay in the Comfort Division every day, the number of There won’t be more, and there will always be people who leave. When I recruit these workers, I can only provide them with food and accommodation, and I can’t give them high wages.”
Bai Qin suddenly realized: "The real core workers are already in place. The new workers don't need to keep secrets. In fact, they are just ordinary workers. The spies can't access the secrets even if they sneak in. The Hou Ye's trick is really good!"
Liang Xiao stood up immediately: "Let's go and recruit workers first!"
Bai Qin reminded: "But, isn't Mr. Hou going to attend the exchange meeting..."
