The person who takes in the show means picking up the show, which means watching the beautiful scenery.
When Zhang Ji stood at the top of the villa named "Lanxiu", even he couldn't help but sigh that the name "Lanxiu Villa" was indeed appropriate.
The scenery is beautiful, surrounded by mountains and rivers. The most important thing is that from the pavilion at the top of Lanxiu Villa, you can overlook the entire city of Xinzheng, as well as the green plains in the distance, including human settlements and natural scenery. As soon as you enter, you can see everything at a glance.
It's a pity that the owner of Lanxiu Villa is named Jade Tiger. What's even more pity is that this guy as fat as a pig is right in front of Zhang Ji.
Zhang Ji glanced at the Jade Tiger, whose face was full of flesh and smiled innocently at him. He was short and fat, wearing green clothes with gold foil and gold threads. Around his waist were various jade, agate, gold, silver and other items. A kind of precious jewelry, an aura of nouveau riche rushes towards you.
Naturally, he doesn't like Jade Tiger. It's not that he dislikes this kind of nouveau riche businessman like ordinary nobles, but he doesn't like Jade Tiger's methods.
The Jade Tiger was originally just a wealthy businessman in the land of Nanyang. He boarded Ji Wuye's chariot and became extremely wealthy. He used gold and jade as his house, pearls to pave the road, brocade clothes as firewood, and controlled Korea's business.
These are nothing, but Jade Tiger does everything he can to make money. He often enjoys food stained with human blood, and even mixes lime into the fertilizer sold to the people of Nanyang in order to make huge profits.
To be rich and unkind is to say someone like Jade Tiger.
"Today I can invite Mr. Zhang Ji to my Lanxiu Villa, which really makes this place shine."
Naturally, the Jade Tiger did not notice the disdain hidden in Zhang Ji's heart. He just raised a misty green wine bottle and toasted to Zhang Ji with a flattering look on his face: "This is the cold dew jade wine I carefully prepared for Mr. , it can be called a summer resort boutique, sir, would you be interested in trying it?"
When Zhang Ji heard the word "summer escape", he immediately became energetic. He raised the cold wine bottle in his hand and looked at the fiery red beauty beside him, and couldn't help but smile proudly.
Yan Lingji narrowed her eyes slightly and stared at the Emerald Tiger with a somewhat unkind look.
Feeling the malice from Yan Lingji, Jade Tiger's hand holding the wine bottle trembled slightly, and a sense of danger arose in his heart.
This enchanting and charming woman, even with Jade Tiger's vision, had never seen such a beautiful woman before. Even the moment he first saw Zhang Ji, the urge to snatch away Yan Lingji came from the bottom of his heart.
However, since the Emerald Tiger has come this far and even become one of the four evil generals in the night, he naturally knows what kind of people can be bullied and robbed of his family, and what kind of people must not be offended.
Zhang Ji is the head of the Zhang family in Anyi, and Luo Wen is fully protected, especially the latter... Luo Wen's power spreads all over the seven countries. Even if he is one of the four evil generals in the night, his caravan must He offered a large sum of money as tribute to Luo Wang.
And if Luo Wen was offended, let alone doing business, he might not even be able to save his life. He didn't think that Ji Wuye would take the risk of turning against Luo Wen to protect himself, so he would never turn against Luo Wen.
What's more, Yan Lingji always had a feeling that made his heart palpitate, which inevitably reminded him of the Luowang Tianzi first-class killer Jingshao he met last time at the General's Mansion.
When he thought of Jing Salamander, he felt a little short of breath. He recalled the feeling of almost suffocating to death that night... and he didn't dare to have any greed for Yan Lingji.
Yan Lingji looked at the Jade Tiger who didn't dare to look at her, and chuckled disdainfully. She immediately snatched the cold wine bottle from Zhang Ji's hand. The fire in her palm flashed, but just as the flames were about to engulf the wine bottle At the same moment, Zhang Ji took the wine bottle back from her hand.
Yan Lingji's eyes instantly revealed a dangerous look, and she slowly pulled out a slender red hairpin from her hair with her right hand. The hairpin turned flexibly and quickly in her smooth, jade-like hand, turning into a A dazzling red light and shadow turned into a bright fiery red magic circle, and the temperature of the pavilion instantly rose a lot.
The Emerald Tiger looked frightened, and his fat body twisted unconsciously on the seat, resisting the urge to call for protection.
"Don't make trouble."
Zhang Ji shouted low and grabbed Yan Lingji's wrist. A majestic black internal force covered the bright red magic circle like a ball of ink, like a painting contaminated by ink. , and soon disappeared into the mass of ink-like internal energy.
Yan Lingji turned her head away, not wanting to talk to this man.
Zhang Ji smiled bitterly, pinched Yan Lingji's wrist, pointed at the wine bottle in his hand and said, "This wine bottle is a jade object and cannot withstand your flames."
"These are sapphire dragon rock bottles, a set of six. They are carefully carved from top-grade dragon rock jade. The set is worth two hundred gold." Jade Tiger echoed Zhang Ji's words and asked people to fetch the remaining five sapphire dragon rock bottles. Explained, "Well, if the girl burns it with flame, it will definitely crack. If one is damaged, the remaining five sapphire dragon rock bottles will probably only lose half of their value."
Yan Lingji was slightly startled, looked at the wine bottle in Zhang Ji's hand and murmured: "Such a little thing costs a hundred gold?"
Yan Lingji lived in Baiyue when she was young. Baiyue people advocated bartering when trading. They valued and negotiated prices based on the items in their hands and the items they wanted. Only a few big cities in Baiyue use cloth, salt and other items as hard currency to exert their monetary value, so she has almost no concept of money.
But even though Yan Lingji has no idea about money, an astronomical amount like one hundred gold cannot be earned in ten lifetimes for ordinary people. Even if Yan Lingji doesn't know the current prices, she can roughly perceive the terrifying value contained in them.
"Although one hundred gold is high, it is just a drop in the bucket to me." Zhang Ji shook his head and laughed out loud after hearing Jade Tiger's words.
This is really not Zhang Ji's bragging. He has taken away so many bandit dens in the Han and Zhao lands. After a series of expenses, he still has about a thousand gold left, plus the daily investment in stocks. Zi Lanxuan, who was in the gold business, really didn't care too much about this sapphire dragon rock bottle worth a hundred gold.
"I'm just worried about the jade dragon rock bottle. The hot wine inside will spill and burn your hands." Zhang Ji asked the maid aside for an ordinary bronze wine bottle, and poured the cold dew jade wine into it. Among them, he handed it to Yan Lingji and said with a smile, "Here, burn this without hurting your hands."
Yan Lingji rolled her eyes at him. Even if the wine in the sapphire dragon rock bottle suddenly spilled, she could increase the flame temperature in an instant and turn all the wine into a ball of steam. There would be no burns at all. Zhang Ji The worries are just unfounded.
But...she still hummed softly, took the bronze wine bottle, and lit the flame quietly.
Jade Tiger couldn't help but feel a little sad when he saw that Zhang Ji doted on Yan Lingji so much that he didn't even take a hundred gold in his eyes.
The wealth that these children of aristocratic backgrounds had when they were born was the result of his hard work for most of his life as a wealthy businessman in Nanyang.
The end of my hard work for half my life is just your starting point.
What could be sadder than this reality?
Therefore, he does not like those nobles, and it can even be said that he hates those nobles very much.
Including Han Fei, the ninth son of the royal family, as well as Xiangguo Kaidi and Zhang Liang's grandsons who were born from the Zhang family of the city father, and... Bai Yifei, who is also one of the four fierce generals of the night, and even the one who calls him " Tiger", Ji Wuye who gave him the opportunity to expand his industry countless times!
He could not forget the unconcealed contempt and disdain in Bai Yifei's eyes every time he looked at him, but he did not have the power to bring Bai Yifei down, and even Bai Yifei's attempt to kill him was just a matter of words.
The same goes for Ji Wuye. Even though he often invites him to banquets and calls him "tiger" "intimately" in front of others, his contempt and casualness are just like having a pet dog named "tiger", which cannot be seen at all. Any respect.
He just regards a humble businessman like himself as his money bag, and giving him the opportunity to expand his industry is just to have more money in his money bag.
The idea was all Ji Wuye's, and he was responsible for the bad reputation, but in the end most of the benefits went to Ji Wuye!
But even if the Emerald Tiger hates these nobles, he can only bury this disgust in his heart, put on that flattering face to flatter and apologize, even though he knows that in the eyes of the other party, he is just a clown, a clown. You can be kicked out of the Night Four at any time and replaced by someone else's "Emerald Dog"!
Therefore, he wants to increase his value!
Only by improving his own value can he improve his status and take revenge on those who once looked down on him!
That's why three years ago, he deliberately used his extravagant and lustful life to arouse the competitive spirit of those royal nobles, causing countless royal nobles to lose their families, including Jing Lunjun, the younger brother of the King of Han who was famous for his wealth. Even his fief was taken away!
But he is not satisfied with his immediate value and status, he also wants to take revenge on more nobles who once looked down on him!
Qin Guoneng supported Lu Buwei, a wealthy businessman from Yangzhai, to take charge of the government as the prime minister. Although he did not have the ability to navigate the world, he also wanted to control more power, so that the nobles who looked down on him would not dare to look at him with that kind of disdain. , let those nobles who once looked down upon him kneel on the ground and beg for his mercy!
Therefore, he found Zhang Ji.
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PS: The value of one gold is difficult to say because it was too chaotic during the Warring States Period, but you can refer to the period of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty.
"Historical Records: The Chronicles of Emperor Xiaowen" records: Emperor Xiaowen came to the throne from generation to generation, and for the twenty-three years after he ascended the throne, the palaces and gardens were restricted to dogs and horses, which brought no benefit and inconvenience, so he often relaxed them to benefit the people. I wanted to build a terrace, so I called in a craftsman to plan it, and it cost a hundred gold. It said: "One hundred gold is the property of ten families of the people. I serve in the palace of the late emperor, and I am often afraid of being ashamed. Why should I use the platform as a platform!"
In the era of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty when the country was recuperating and recovering, the per capita GDP was definitely much higher than that of the war-torn era at the end of the Warring States Period. However, during the period of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, the lifetime wealth of a middle-income family was only about ten gold, and the gold in the Warring States Period was The output of other precious metals is limited, so their value is higher than that of the Han Dynasty.
