It's this kind of bullshit to be nice when you get it cheap!
Everyone didn't want to talk to him, and turned to look at the scenery around them.
After this period of renovation, many doors and windows in Wang Zi'an's home have been transformed. Not all of them have been replaced with large, bright floor-to-ceiling windows. Different from his small courtyard in the east of the city, the building standards of his Marquis Mansion were very high. The window lattice was exquisitely made and had a strong classical charm, which he couldn't bear to destroy.
So, I just had people tear off the framed window paper and put a layer of glass inside.
At this time, in the afterglow of the sun, every window lattice reflected the colorful glow, and a group of people watched in amazement.
"The Marquis of Chang'an, what a generous act -"
Lu Deming couldn't help but sigh.
"No wonder there are rumors outside that the Marquis of Chang'an is as rich as any other country. When I saw it today, it turned out to be well-deserved -"
The prince waved his hand happily.
"The old man was joking. This thing looks bluffing, but actually it doesn't cost much. Maybe it won't be long before you, old man, can copy it..."
Lu Deming just thought it was Wang Zi'an joking, smiled and shook his head.
"I can't afford it——"
Wang Zi'an smiled and didn't say much.
He led everyone directly to the back garden.
Since everyone likes to dine in the back garden, then the back garden is the best place.
To be honest, he quite likes it there. The environment is quiet and unique, but the floor heating equipment has just been installed and the effect is not obvious yet. Otherwise, his back garden, even now, would be green and pleasing to the eye.
Today's back garden has been renovated with the help of Yan Liben.
It's a bit better than what Manager Liao originally designed.
It has both the weight, calmness, elegance and dignity of northern gardens, and the elegance and delicacy of southern gardens. The layout is well-proportioned, and no part of it is without thought.
Not to mention Kong Yingda and Lu Deming, even Li Shimin felt his eyes light up, and then quickly remembered that many of the flowers and plants planted in these had just been moved from his imperial garden.
I felt heartbroken instantly.
"You have time to take care of the garden every day, why don't you do something serious-"
Li Shimin couldn't help but hum.
Wang Zi'an couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this.
"Look what you said, why is it not my business to tidy up my own garden?"
The prince looked at his back garden with peace of mind and contentment, and replied cheerfully.
"The so-called family, country and world, only when the common people live their own lives well and take care of their own families can this country have vitality and a future - "
Speaking of which, Wang Zi'an joked.
"Tell me, if I take care of my little family so seriously, do I really love life and bring face to the court? When you see His Majesty when you see him later, please remember to express your gratitude to me——"
Everyone was dumbfounded. Cheng Yaojin glanced at Li Shimin intentionally or unintentionally and couldn't help laughing.
I just love to see this old man embarrassed in front of Zian.
Just when everyone was about to enter the glass greenhouse, Lu Deming, who was walking at the end, suddenly let out a cry of surprise, paused in his steps, bent down and scratched the ground in disbelief, and then raised his head in disbelief.
"Look, what is this!"
Everyone couldn't help but pause and turned around in surprise.
Then, they saw Lu Deming holding up a slender piece of green grass and showing it to them with a look of disbelief on his face.
"In this season and in this kind of weather, the flowers and plants here in Chang'an Marquis have actually sprouted!"
"There are so many weird things out there, what's so weird about it? There are all vegetables here in Zian, not to mention just a few flowers and plants——"
When he saw this, Cheng Yaojin curled his lips and sprayed it without thinking.
Li Shimin, Qin Shubao, Niu Jinda, Kong Yingda and others nodded subconsciously. But halfway through nodding, I couldn’t stop nodding, and then, hula suddenly surrounded me.
Sure enough, there was a faint layer of green on the ground!
The greenery is still very thin, only a very shallow layer. If you don't look carefully, you really can't find it. But it really does exist, with light greenery, like spring grass.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, I must congratulate you!"
Lu Deming was so excited that he almost danced and almost revealed Li Shimin's identity on the spot.
"After nine days of cold winter, the greenery has turned green. This is clearly a sign of auspiciousness sent from heaven to bless me, the Tang Dynasty!"
Kong Yingda couldn't help but nodded repeatedly, looking excited.
"Sure enough, it is auspiciousness from heaven. It seems that the disaster of our Tang Dynasty is approaching, and finally our sufferings will come to an end -"
Not to mention Qin Shubao, Niu Jinda and others, even Li Shimin couldn't help but look a little surprised.
He had never believed in auspicious signs, and he was opposed to the local government offering any auspicious omens, but he saw this auspicious sign with his own eyes.
At this time Cheng Yaojin also reacted.
There is no greenhouse outside. This is outside the greenhouse, in the open air. In this cold winter weather, the tender grass is actually turning green!
However, he found a reasonable explanation in an instant.
"Do you know why Xiangrui appears in Zian's house? Because Zian is the lucky star of our Tang Dynasty——"
Needless to say, it's actually very round, and it looks like everyone is quite convinced.
Seeing them all being serious, one of them was holding a blade of grass, so excited that Wang Zi'an couldn't help but laugh and cry. These are the pillars of the empire in front of me. If I accidentally make them believe in auspiciousness, wouldn't it be a big sin?
"Do you want to see auspiciousness? This is easy to do. Tell me what auspiciousness you want to see, and I will help you get it-"
With a smile on his face, Wang Zi'an joked half-seriously.
Everyone looked over in unison.
"Brat, what do you mean?"
Cheng Yaojin couldn't help blowing his beard and staring, and Li Shimin also looked at him with suspicion.
"I do know that many places have the bad habit of pretending to be auspicious, but you -"
As he spoke, Li Shimin couldn't help but pinch the grass blades in his hands again. The slightly green grass juice on his hands told him that it was impossible to fake it.
"Don't ever say that you transplanted these things from the greenhouse—"
As he spoke, he looked around, pointed at the faint layer of green on the ground, and then looked at Wang Zi'an with bright eyes.
Sure enough, the fox tail was revealed!
This brat is a descendant of the Immortal family and knows the magic of immortality!
Wang Zi’an:……
I can't drag you back, can I?
I waved my hand, called the boy waiting on the side, and gave a few instructions in a low voice. The boy ran away without saying a word.
After a while, Manager Liao trotted over.
"Master Marquis, you called me, what are your orders -"
Wang Zi'an pointed to the several big guys who were still lying on the ground pulling at the green grass, and said somewhat helplessly.
"Tell them how the grass grew—"
Li Shimin and others naturally heard the conversation between Wang Zi'an and Manager Liao, and they couldn't help but straighten up and gather around.
When he mentioned this, Manager Liao immediately became energetic and looked at Wang Zi'an feverishly.
"Speaking of this, our brothers are still admiring the Marquis. The Marquis is a scholar of heaven and man, and his fantastic ideas can almost conquer the world-"
Wang Zi’an:……
Ah, this——
Adding chicken legs tonight!
Wang Zi'an couldn't help but turn up the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a shy smile.
"Ahem, let's talk about business, talk about business -"
Only then did Manager Liao explain in an excited tone. Listening to Manager Liao's explanation, everyone was stunned.
Cheng Yaojin slapped Wang Zi'an on the shoulder.
"You said you buried that floor heater under here?"
Wang Zi'an nodded seriously.
"Actually, when I was laying the greenhouse floor heating, I asked them to expand the scope to include these relatively cold-resistant flowers and plants here - of course, except for the few plum blossoms next to them that will bloom a little earlier, those The flowers and trees have turned green for a few days, the grass on the ground has grown a little, and there’s not much else—"
Everyone:…
What do you call this?
A few people just didn’t want to talk.
You have so much knowledge and don't do anything serious. You just do these useless things every day. It's a waste of resources!
Looking at this brat who was enjoying himself but not doing his job, Li Shimin suddenly had the urge to show off his cards directly.
…
Wang family.
The master's study.
Wang Gui and Wang Yan sat facing each other.
All the servants retreated, including the family elders and his eldest son. Only two people remained silent.
"So, today's matter is indeed related to you -"
Wang Gui frowned, a trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes.
Wang Yan raised his brows and glanced calmly at his second uncle, who was almost the same age as himself. He raised his eyebrows slightly, neither admitting nor denying.
"Second uncle, do you think it still matters whether I did it or not? The key to the problem now is that Chengxi's account book was taken away by Baiqisi's people at the first time. Therefore, the most important thing now is that Gong What is the hidden intention of His Majesty here——"
Wang Gui couldn't help but remain silent.
Yes, now that things have happened, does it still matter whether he did it or not?
"How do you respond to this matter?"
Wang Gui put down his wine glass. There was no trace of happiness or anger on his face, and his voice was calm without any ripples.
"Based on an account book that anyone can falsify, and an accusation from a branch of the family, can it be concluded that I did it? In this case, anyone could be the murderer behind it——"
Having said this, Wang Yan couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile.
"What's more, our Wang family has been crowned for generations and is the top noble of the Tang Dynasty. Among the eight councils, even His Majesty in the palace, who can really do anything to me with just the little thing in his hand? "
Speaking of this, Wang Yan said calmly.
"Come to think of it, His Majesty in the palace understands it himself, otherwise I am afraid that the Royal Forest Army would have come to seize the person long ago, and I might not even be able to leave the county government office in Wannian County today—"
Wang Gui sighed softly after hearing this.
"How many times have I advised you not to do certain things? Our Wang family's reputation is hard-earned - you just can't listen - if you don't change your character, even if today's incident is over, you will inevitably have trouble in the future. Something went wrong—"
Wang Yan raised his hand and gave Wang Gui another cup of tea.
"Your Majesty should know that this matter alone will not harm me, let alone our Wang family. What I am most worried about at the moment is that he does not express his position or pronounce the verdict, and just keeps delaying it - the longer he delays it, the more he will do to our Wang family. The more unfavorable the reputation is—"
Speaking of this, Wang Yan spoke sincerely.
"I can only ask my second uncle for this matter -"
Wang Gui was silent for a long time, hesitating to speak, but finally he let out a long sigh and nodded gently.
"All right--"
Although he didn't want to in his heart, this matter was related to family honor, but he couldn't shirk it even a little bit.
The centuries-old reputation of the Wang family cannot be destroyed in one day.
Send Wang Gui away.
Wang Yan summoned several elders of the Wang family who were in charge and reconvened the meeting.
"Today's incident, as well as the batch of funds for purchasing Liuli in the morning, cannot be attributed to the handiwork of the person in the palace - who robbed our Wang family's money and also wanted to destroy our Wang family's reputation. Is this to drive out our Wang family? "
Having said this, Wang Yan glanced at everyone, with a cold look in his eyes.
"Two things. First, inform Shopkeeper Dong that starting tomorrow, Liuli Trading Company will take the waterway and go south immediately. Be sure to cash in the Liuli in your hand before the New Year. Take a long-term view. It doesn't matter if you make less. At this time Otherwise, at this critical moment, our Wang family’s property can’t let anything go wrong again——”
Having said this, Wang Yan lowered his voice involuntarily.
"Also, contact the Duke of Qi's Mansion and tell them that our Wang family is willing to increase the price by 10% and exchange it for 100 steelmaking - but we ask that it be exchanged only for our Wang family -"
When several clan elders heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and then nodded heavily.
"good!"
Although it seems that the Wang family has suffered a bit, this is how business is done. A unique business is always easier to do than other businesses, especially something like Baili Steel, which is a rare commodity.
Not to mention, if the price is increased by 10%, even if the price is increased by 20%, as long as it is only exchanged to the Wang family, it will be a huge profit!
Soon, everyone took the order and left.
Hundreds of steelmaking is the basis for making magical weapons. The Wang family usually has its own output, but the output is limited and they have always been very cautious in selling it to external parties.
Except for a portion of this kind of good stuff that is sold to the court every year, the rest is secretly hidden. Everyone is worried about using it for their own private armies. How can they be willing to sell it?
Of course, it doesn’t mean that it will never be sold.
As long as the price is satisfactory, there can still be business that cannot be negotiated.
Not to mention anything else, the Wang family has several channels at their disposal.
Now, in order to support His Majesty's evil policy of salt and iron tax in the palace, the Changsun family did not hesitate to take out their treasured steel, which is really disgusting.
Thinking of this, Wang Yan couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile.
Changsun Wuji is just a rat blinded by temporary glory and wealth!
"I don't know what kind of wonderful expression His Majesty in the palace would have when he knew that his beloved uncle had sold treasures like Bailiang Steel to foreigners and used them against him - "
…
After receiving the news, Changsun Wuji was silent for a long time, then sighed softly and waved his hand at the steward who came to report.
"Yes - but tell them that I require a 30% increase in price, otherwise there will be no negotiation -"
