Cao Liang was slightly startled, and then a strong sense of surprise and disappointment emerged.
He sat back straight, with a look of alienation in his slightly shrewd eyes, "Eunuch Xiao, I made friends with you in good faith, and I would like to remind you, why are you making such malicious assumptions?"
Xiao Chen smiled, poured a cup of tea leisurely, drank it slowly, and then said with a smile but not a smile: "Mr. Cao, do you know how many people pass through this ten-mile long street in Kyoto City, eighteen streets, every day? "
Cao Liang frowned, "I'm sorry, our Duke of Qin's palace gained its reputation through military service on the battlefield, so it is not as meticulous as Dongchang's."
Xiao Chen smiled and did not care about him, and just said: "Twenty-three thousand two hundred and eighty-one people."
"Mr. Cao, do you think that among these people, which of them truly believe in our Dongchang, and which of them are submissive and submissive?"
"How did I know this!" Cao Liang was a little dissatisfied.
Xiao Chen smiled casually, still looking leisurely. After a while, after drinking the cup of tea in his hand, the smile on his face gradually faded away.
There was a chilling look in the eyes of the young governor Qingjun. He stared at Cao Liang with a terrifying calmness, "I, Dongchang, are not as noble as your Duke's palace, and I, Xiao Chen, am not a eunuch in your eyes." people."
"But Mr. Cao, you have to know that eunuchs have neither roots nor descendants. They have nothing, so they don't care. If you offend the eunuch, there is only one way to die."
He had to be stupid to believe that Cao Liang happened to be passing by here. Thinking about it, he knew how could Cao Liang, a prince of the country, do such a city defense job himself. I'm afraid Cao Liang didn't think he was a fool!
"Okay, I'll treat you to this tea."
Xiao Chen threw down a piece of silver and walked away gracefully.
Cao Liang was stunned for a while before he recovered, but he felt a chill running down his back. Xiao Chen's sharp eyes were not what a dead eunuch of his age could have.
Cao Liang got up in a hurry and ran away from the teahouse.
…
Xiao Chen came to the agreed place to wait for Bai Zhi. Not long after, he saw Bai Zhi walking into the restaurant with an angry look on his face.
"What's wrong? Things are not going well?" Xiao Chen looked at her carefully and saw a pile of trophies hanging on her neat white outfit, and even a brush stuck in her high ponytail. It doesn't look like it's going badly.
"Hey, don't mention it!"
Bai Zhi sat down, picked up the teapot and blew on the teapot to quench her thirst. Then she wiped her lips and said, "I have been invincible in the past two days, and everything has been done well..."
As she said that, she handed several contracts, two or three samples, and a few selected shop locations to Xiao Chen one by one.
Xiao Chen took a brief look at it and found that there was generally nothing wrong with it. "Then...did you...encounter a vicious dog when you went out? Did you get into a fight and was attacked by someone?"
Or is it that the heroine fell in love with a handsome man, but was snatched away by someone else's charming lady? "
It's not that he was arrogant, but that Bai Zhi's angry look was so funny, like a sulking kitten.
"What are you talking about?" Bai Zhi suddenly became furious after hearing this, and her heroic eyebrows wrinkled, "I'm doing something for you, and you're making fun of me? What do you stinky men like?"
"Oh no, you're not a man. I mean, they stinky men."
"Huh? Oh...haha." Xiao Chen said haha, not knowing how to answer the question.
"Come on, Miss Bai Zhi, let's get down to business." Xiao Chen could only smile.
Bai Zhi nodded, with a sad look on her face, "I have done everything else smoothly along the way, but at this last step, I ran into a big trouble when it came to purchasing Glauber's Salt."
Glauber's salt?
Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking to himself, sister, you really know how to choose a place. If this Glauber's Salt matter is messed up, what will we use to make ice? Doesn’t this mean everything is ruined?
But Xiao Chen didn't blame her. Instead, he smiled and patted her shoulder, "Don't worry, nothing is accomplished overnight. This is how business is done. You have to pass five hurdles and defeat six generals."
Bai Zhi was in distress when she was suddenly comforted by Xiao Chen like a spring breeze, and couldn't help but be startled.
The two of them sat to the west and south, separated only by a corner of the table. They were very close. When the little eunuch raised his hand, he exuded a light sandalwood fragrance, which was inexplicably reassuring.
"But, but that old scoundrel really hates people," Bai Zhi's voice couldn't help but soften a little, "Eunuch Xiao, are you familiar with the people at Zhongcaotang?"
Xiao Chen shook his head, "These serious business people are not under the control of Dongchang."
"Are you still serious?" Bai Zhi's delicate little nose snorted coldly, "Yesterday, the owner of Zhongcaotang raised the price on the ground and raised all the prices of Glauber's salt on the market, which was three times higher than the previously negotiated price! "
Xiao Chen frowned, he didn't expect that someone would dare to be so bold at the emperor's feet.
"Then, what do you say?" Xiao Chen raised his hand, picked up the teapot and poured her a cup of tea naturally.
Bai Zhi was still thinking about the boss's treachery, but when she saw Xiao Chen's actions, her expression was slightly startled.
Xiao Chen was dressed in fine clothes and had a jade crown, and her movements were full of elegance, completely different from the rough and rough people she encountered when traveling around the world.
In addition, he has a face as cold as the moon, a pair of narrow and handsome eyes that always look like a smile but not a smile, and a healthy and comfortable figure. Sitting here in regular clothes, if you don't say that he is a father-in-law, I am afraid that the gods will come and fall for him as a handsome man. Attracted by spirit.
This little eunuch is really good-looking.
"Are you so thirsty?" Seeing that she looked dry, Xiao Chen hurriedly poured her another cup of tea, "It's okay, this pot is yours, drink it slowly."
"Ah, then... aren't you thirsty?" Bai Zhi swallowed and picked up the tea cup awkwardly.
Xiao Chen smiled helplessly and said, "I'm really thirsty, but I just got pulled and drank a lot of tea for nothing."
"Let's not talk about this. In this case, Bai Zhi, you invite the boss of the Zhongcaotang out, and I will go with you to meet him."
Xiao Chen has been keenly aware that the involvement behind this matter is probably not something Bai Zhi can handle.
"Well, I made an appointment with him, and we agreed to meet him at the 'Yizixian' restaurant across the street this afternoon." Bai Zhi's eyes were a little evasive.
Xiao Chen didn't notice it, he was just minding his own arrangements, "In this case, let's not go back at noon. The roasted goose in this restaurant is good. I invite you to eat slowly here, and we will go there when the time comes."
The roasted goose in this restaurant is very expensive, and Bai Zhi must have never tasted it before. Xiao Chen has never been stingy with his subordinates. He just wants Bai Zhi to know that if you follow Mr. Xiao, I will ensure that you eat well and drink well in the future!
"Xiao Chen, then you spent a lot of money..." Bai Zhi couldn't help but look at him secretly.
