"That's right, it's free, and we don't charge a penny."
Xu Tianhua smiled and nodded.
"Why?"
Liu Dingbei said vigilantly: "This general has never interacted with that immortal king. Why did he give me the acacia wine?"
"Are you trying to bribe me, the general?"
"General Zhenbei, you misunderstood."
Xu Tianhua explained: "Zhao Xianjun is an expert hermit. He admires the generals very much, especially the Flying Eagle Army."
"However, after the Flying Eagle Army was defeated, they suffered numerous casualties."
"Zhao Xianjun can no longer support them."
"Fortunately, General Zhenbei is still there, and his soldiers are still guarding the border. He is a hero of the Dawei Dynasty."
"Zhao Xianjun has nothing to offer, so I can only give you acacia wine as a gift to show my respect to you."
"General Zhenbei, do you think I should give these fifty jars of acacia wine to you, or let my subordinates sell them on my behalf, and then give the general the full amount of silver earned after all are sold out?"
"How many?"
Liu Dingbei stood up from his chair and said in disbelief: "How much acacia wine did Zhao Xianjun give to this general?"
"Fifty altar."
belch!
Liu Dingbei almost lost his temper.
I burped and felt better.
Fifty jars of acacia wine!
According to the current popularity of speculation, a jar can be sold for nearly 20,000 taels of silver.
That’s one million taels of silver!
Darling, if all this is his own, plus the military pay allocated by the court, his soldiers will no longer suffer from hunger and cold.
Liu Dingbei pinched his thigh hard.
pain.
It hurts.
Not a dream.
But Liu Dingbei still didn't believe it and paced back and forth in the living room.
He kept mumbling, "Shouldn't it be?"
"why?"
"Just because I guard the border, the Immortal Lord gave me so much money as a gift?"
"How can there be such a good thing in the world?"
"There must be some conspiracy."
Liu Dingbei stopped, looked at Xu Tianhua and said, "Jiu Guan Xu, tell me the truth. What exactly does Zhao Xianjun want from this general?"
"For the sake of him gifting so many jars of acacia wine at one time, as long as I can do it, I promise to help him achieve it."
Xu Tianhua still shook his head.
"Aren't you going to say yes?"
Liu Dingbei's face turned gloomy, "Then General Xiangsi Jiuben doesn't want it anymore."
"Just bring it back as you brought it here."
"ah?!"
Xu Tianhua was dumbfounded.
I don’t even want to give you any money. Is there such a fool in the world?
He could only explain patiently, "Zhao Xianjun has nothing to ask for, he just doesn't want the soldiers guarding the border to suffer from cold and hunger."
"He sympathized with the soldiers, so he gave these acacia wines as gifts."
"If General Zhenbei refuses to accept it, then I will have to take the wine back and return it to Zhao Xianjun in full."
"Why!"
"It's pitiful that Mr. Zhao Xian worked so hard, but here he became a person with ulterior motives."
With a sigh, Xu Tianhua was about to leave.
this……
Liu Dingbei couldn't hold himself any longer.
Why are you pretending to be noble?
Winter has arrived. If we don't prepare cotton-padded clothes for the soldiers at the border, I'm afraid many more will freeze to death.
I am not doing it for myself, but for the soldiers at the border.
Liu Dingbei hurriedly stopped Xu Tianhua, "Xu Jiuguan, wait, wait first."
"What other orders does General Zhenbei have?"
Xu Tianhua paused and asked.
"Are you sure that Mr. Zhao Xian doesn't want anything?"
Liu Dingbei asked again: "Just want to send warmth to the soldiers at the border?"
"Sure and sure."
Xu Tianhua nodded.
"The general would be disrespectful."
Liu Dingbei no longer hesitated and accepted Zhao Ping's gift.
"But I still need to trouble Guan Xu to sell the fifty jars of acacia wine together. Then I can give the silver to this general."
"Aren't you going to leave some jars?"
Xu Tianhua asked.
"No more."
Liu Dingbei shook his head and said: "Zhao Xianjun gave the acacia wine to the soldiers at the border."
"How can I keep this general for my own use?"
"General Zhenbei is indeed a good general who loves his soldiers as much as his son. I admire him."
Xu Tianhua clasped his fists and praised, "I will definitely live up to my trust and try my best to raise the price of acacia wine to the highest level to gain more benefits for the soldiers."
"Thank you so much, Mr. Xu."
The two exchanged a few polite words, and Xu Tianhua left the general's mansion.
He still didn't go home, but opened two shops next to the wine shop overnight.
One sells soap and the other sells frosting.
The soap is a rare item, priced at two thousand taels of silver a piece.
Shuangtang used to be a tribute, but in recent years there has been no tribute from the Western Regions. All the Shuangtang in the capital should have been exhausted.
Xu Tianhua took the opportunity to speak loudly and set the price at one thousand five hundred taels of silver per catty.
Then he went to Ye Zi, the number one courtesan on the top floor of the world, and discussed with her the sale of soap.
Li He went to look for Tian Rou.
He went to Tian Mansion first.
Seeing Tian Yi, he learned that Tian Rou was not in Tian Mansion.
"Where did Tian Rou go?"
Li He asked, "Your Majesty has a decree to pass on to her. You should get her back as soon as possible."
"It's too late, His Majesty will ask you for your crime."
"I obey your orders."
Tian Yi had no choice but to agree.
After getting up, he handed Li He a bag of silver.
"Eunuch Li, I wonder what your Majesty has ordered for my sister?"
"You, the Tian family, are blessed."
Li He said with a smile: "Your Majesty knows that Tian Rou is gentle, virtuous, and has a beautiful appearance, so he wants to reward her."
Reward?
Tian Yi was stunned.
The key word is still appearance.
What is this for?
Your Majesty has taken a fancy to you, do you want to take her as your concubine?
Tian Yi was shocked.
But the joy on his face became stronger and stronger.
That's a concubine.
Once he becomes related to His Majesty, Tian Yi will become a relative of the Emperor and the country, and his future will be bright.
As for why His Majesty knew Tian Rou, that was not something Tian Yi considered at all.
It is often written in storybooks that the emperor paid a private visit incognito and met the woman he liked. After returning to the capital, he summoned her into the palace and doted on her.
Tian Rou may have had such an adventure.
This is the smoke rising from their Tian family's ancestral graves.
snort!
A mere Minister of Household Affairs actually wants to marry the woman His Majesty likes to his stupid son.
I will definitely take a good look at him.
But the most important thing right now is to quickly find her cousin Tian Rou and let her accept the order and enter the palace as a concubine.
After thanking Li He, Tian Yi sent someone to look for him.
But after searching all night, I couldn't find any information about Tian Rou. She seemed to have disappeared from the world.
Tian Yi was anxious.
Send all the servants of Tian Mansion out to search.
At the same time, Xia Zhixue also sneaked into the capital with his people.
They did not go through the city gate, but through the side gate as refugees.
Entering the northern suburbs where homeless people and beggars gather.
Meng Jingzhou never refuses anyone who comes.
The total number of beggars and refugees in the capital is fifty to sixty thousand.
According to the past situation, when winter comes, at least three to four out of ten people will freeze to death and starve to death.
But now a living god has arrived in the capital.
No one knows her name, not even Meng Jingzhou.
Everyone calls her Fairy.
In less than a month, all these people were able to have enough to eat.
Meng Jingzhou also gained the attention of his superiors, who said that his position would be promoted in the coming spring.
So Meng Jingzhou is very motivated.
He would not refuse the homeless beggars who came to the capital to beg.
The more homeless and beggars he solves, the greater his credit will be.
By then, he might even be able to become a high-ranking official, and he would be able to honor his ancestors.
At night, Tian Rou returned to the northern suburbs after a busy day.
She did not rest immediately, but called everyone together to arrange matters for tomorrow.
"Liu Hua, you will be responsible for the sales of agricultural tools in Chang'an North District tomorrow."
"We have been selling farm equipment for so many days in a row. It is obviously impossible to sell out everything like the first day."
"But don't be discouraged. If we can't sell it in the city, we will go outside the city."
"As long as it is an order we take, we must complete it. This is our reputation in business."
“Only when we have credibility will people be willing to give us orders.”
"Yes, Fairy, I will definitely fulfill my mission."
Liu Hua stood up and answered respectfully.
"Qu San, you are responsible for the sales of ready-made clothing."
Tian Rou followed up: "Ready-made clothing is not for the common people, but for the wealthy families in Chang'an City."
"So you have to choose some shrewd people, and they must speak and behave appropriately, and you must not offend those people."
"yes."
Called Qu San to take orders.
"Feng Ergou, do you have any news over there?"
Tian Rou asked a man wearing a worn Taoist robe.
"Going back to Fairy, there is no special news from the House of Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. Everything is the same as usual."
"Liu, the Minister of Household Affairs, came to court, and his wife took her maid and mother-in-law to visit the Minister at his home."
"My legitimate son Liu Wenhao has been on the first floor of the world for three days and he hasn't come out yet."
"The third young master, Liu Wenming, ran out of the House of the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and snatched a child's candied haws. The child's family did not dare to offend the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue and left in despair."
"..."
"As for Tian Mansion, they seem to be looking for someone."
"My subordinate has obtained the portrait and asked the fairy to take a look at it."
Tian Rou drew a portrait and sneered in her heart when she saw herself painted on it.
Find me?
Do you still want to sell me to the Minister of Revenue?
Want me to marry his stupid son?
snort!
Cousin, you made a good calculation.
It's a pity that sister, I am not a fool. If I leave you Tian Yi, I can still live well in the capital.
Tian Rou put away the scroll and said indifferently: "Continue to pay attention to the situation of their two families, especially the Tian family, and be sure to find out why they are looking for the woman in the painting?"
"yes."
Feng Ergou took the order.
Tian Rou arranged some more matters, and finally asked Meng Jingzhou: "Manager Meng, are there any new people coming today?"
"have."
Meng Jingzhou replied, "Two hundred and thirty-two people came today, and they are all staying in the shed."
"Okay, I'll teach them a lesson."
Tian Rou nodded, and under the leadership of Meng Jingzhou, went to the shed where the newcomers were staying.
