"Sir, where are we going?"
Xiao He, who was sitting on the carriage, looked at Zhao Hao with confusion.
Zhao Hao thought for a while and said: "To put it more casually, he is a visitor, but to put it more intimately, he is here to see my little mother!"
"Little mom?"
"She is my father's mistress!"
Xiao He: "..."
Zhao Hao: "..."
The two looked at each other, both speechless.
After a while, Zhongxian coughed lightly and said, "She is actually the "chaste wife" of Ba family in Shu County! "
"A chaste woman?"
Xiao He reacted for a moment and said in surprise: "Could it be that businesswoman?"
"Exactly!"
Zhongxian smiled and nodded: "Ba Qing made important contributions to your majesty's unification of the six countries and the construction of the imperial mausoleum, so your majesty named her a 'chaste woman' and treated her as a distinguished guest. "
"I know this, it's just what the young master said..."
Xiao He wanted to say it was a bit unbelievable, but after looking at Zhao Hao who didn't care, he couldn't say anything.
Zhongxian shook his head and sighed: "Hey, this is a bit complicated to talk about. You will understand it later, so remember not to say anything!"
"All right...."
Xiao He responded helplessly, and asked curiously: "Then the young master took us to find the Ba Qing clan, why?"
"I need you to take over the Commerce Bureau. The Ba Qing family's industries are spread over a wide area. Let me introduce you to them so that things can be easier for you in the future. In addition, I also want to get some sponsorship!"
Zhao Hao said frankly.
"Didn't the old prime minister not agree to the establishment of the Commerce Bureau yet?" Xiao He asked with some confusion.
Zhao Hao replied confidently: "You don't need to worry about this, he will agree. Even if he doesn't agree, I will find a way to make him agree!"
"But...."
"Okay, I'll do the work, don't worry, I told you to show off your skills, and I will definitely let you show off your skills!"
"this...."
Xiao He was speechless and immediately felt dumbfounded.
I thought that this Young Master Hao was really different.
However, while the two were talking, the carriage slowly drove into a courtyard in the forest.
I saw a small lake in front of me among the trees. There was an oasis in the center of the lake, which stretched across several acres. There were several exquisite small buildings on it. A white marble bridge connected the other side. The mist was shrouded, as if there were immortals living there.
Even though Zhao Hao was well-informed, he was also surprised by what he saw. He never expected that there was such a scene in Xianyang City.
When the carriage passes the long bridge, it feels like walking into a beautiful picture. The wind blows on the lake, the trees are in full bloom, the pavilions on the island complement each other with the colors of the lake and mountains, and the small bridge and flowing water are hidden in the green, which is gorgeous.
I walked through a forest path, passed two pavilions with different styles, and stopped in front of the third pavilion.
Three carriages had already been parked there, and they were obviously not the only visitors.
Zhao Hao took Xiao He and Zhongxian out of the carriage. Ba Mi appeared as usual, holding a slender sword, and greeted Zhao Hao with a polite salute, saying in a nonchalant manner:
"My mother is meeting guests. She asked the young master to go to the living room and wait for a while."
"oh?"
Zhao Hao raised his eyebrows: "Who has such a big reputation than me?"
"Young master is used to being arrogant and domineering. Please don't treat this place as a palace. When my mother meets guests, she is very particular about first come, first served, and it will be the same when your majesty is here."
"No, when did I become arrogant and domineering?"
"snort!"
Ba Mi snorted coldly, as if he didn't want to say anything to Zhao Hao, and turned around directly: "Come with me, I will take you to the living room..."
Zhao Hao: "..." There must be something wrong with this woman!
Xiao He: "..." Is there a story?
Zhongxian: "..." It's hard to say, don't ask me!
The three of them looked at each other with different thoughts.
Just like that, the three of them followed him obediently.
Mi came to the living room.
At this time, there were already two maids waiting for them in the living room.
When I see them coming in, I immediately step forward and serve them diligently.
Just when Ba Mi was about to leave again, Zhao Hao couldn't help but ask her: "Weren't you in Zhuxiang Courtyard before? Why did you move here?"
"Ah!"
Ba Mi snorted and said without looking back, "You have to ask His Majesty about this!"
What does it mean?
My father arranged for Ba Qing to come here?
Does he want the golden house to hide his beauty? !
Zhao Hao looked confused. At this moment, a loud and clear voice suddenly sounded behind him: "The distinguished guest is here! The distinguished guest is here!"
"ah?"
Zhao Hao was startled as he was stunned. He followed the sound and couldn't help laughing. It turned out to be a parrot that could speak human language.
The two maids obviously loved it very much. When they saw it talking, they immediately fed it with grain.
Zhao Hao looked at it interestingly and picked up the grain to tease it: "Listen, handsome boy!"
"Little brat! Little brat!"
"Bold! Do you believe that I will pluck out your hair?"
"Little handsome boy, little handsome boy!"
"Hehehe..."
Zhao Hao smiled with satisfaction, thinking that this parrot was quite interesting.
However, when he turned to look at Ba Mi, he saw her looking at him with disdain. He couldn't help but blush and said with a smile: "Miss Mi, do we have a misunderstanding?"
"No!"
Ba Mi replied coldly, and then left the living room without looking back.
Zhao Hao was speechless for a while, then turned to look at Xiao He and Zhongxian, only to see the two of them looking up at the sky, seemingly seeing and hearing nothing.
He opened his mouth, but hesitated, not knowing what to say.
About a quarter of an hour later, a beautiful and dazzling woman in a cyan dress slowly came to the living room surrounded by those pretty maids.
"Ba Qing, the chaste woman, has been waiting for you for a long time."
Ba Qing stepped forward and was about to salute Zhao Hao.
Zhao Hao stood up quickly, raised his hand to stop her, and joked with a smile: "Why do you need to be so polite, Aunt Qing? Aren't we a family?"
"hehe."
Ba Qing smiled noncommittally, then turned his attention to Xiao He and the two of them, and said calmly: "These two look a bit unfamiliar..."
"Xiao He, I have seen a chaste woman!"
"Wei Zhongxian, I have seen a chaste woman!"
Xiao He and Zhongxian heard this and quickly saluted Ba Qing.
At this time, Zhao Hao explained with a smile: "I brought them trouble to Aunt Qing. I hope Aunt Qing will take care of them in the future."
"Oh, it turns out to be the young master, please sit down first!"
Ba Qing nodded suddenly, then raised his hand to signal.
Soon, only Zhao Hao, Ba Qing, and Ba Mi were left in the living room.
But I heard Ba Qing smile and say: "Every time the young master comes to see me, there is something important. I wonder what the important matter is this time?"
"Before I answer Aunt Qing, can you tell Hao why Aunt Qing moved here?"
Zhao Hao asked curiously.
Ba Qing was stunned, turned to look at Ba Mi, then looked at Zhao Hao, and said, "Didn't Mi'er tell you?"
"She asked me to ask my father!"
"this...."
Ba Qing's cheeks turned slightly red, and he glared at Ba Mi with some annoyance. Then he explained to Zhao Hao with a smile: "The last time your Majesty came to see me, someone discovered it. After His Majesty learned about it, he was afraid that someone would spread the word and it would be harmful. Because of my reputation, I am allowed to stay here temporarily..."
"Oh? Someone interested? Could it be Ying Chengyu?"
"He is one, but not him..."
"If it's not him, then who is it?"
Zhao Hao became even more confused.
But Ba Qing didn't answer his questions. He just smiled and changed the subject and said, "Young master, let's talk about business first!"
"this....."
Zhao Hao looked hesitant, and the fire of gossip was burning in his heart, but Ba Qing didn't want to say it, and he couldn't force it, so he straightened his figure and introduced seriously:
"This Xiao He is the director of the Commerce Bureau who will take office soon. He is responsible for business affairs. He will need Aunt Qing's cooperation in the future."
"This Wei Zhongxian is my confidant. His special operations team is mainly responsible for the two trade routes in the Western Region and overseas. Aunt Qing will also need a lot of cooperation in the future."
Hearing this, Ba Qing couldn't help but look at Xiao He and Zhongxian, and said with a smile: "Young Master, is your Majesty going to start a business?"
Zhao Hao shook his head: "The time to start business is not yet mature. We need to open up the Silk Road and expand more business!" Zhao Hao shook his head.
"Silk Road?"
Ba Qing's beautiful eyes narrowed and she looked at Zhao Hao with some doubts.
But Zhao Hao slowly stood up, took out a map from his arms, pointed it to Ba Qing and said: "Look, Aunt Qing, this place is our Great Qin, and beyond it is the land of the Xiongnu. To the west of the Xiongnu, in this area, people living All the countries in the Western Region, large and small, also have their own civilizations!"
"It turns out that there is such a vast world beyond Da Qin. It seems that we still know too little about this world..."
In the hands of Ying Zheng, "The Map of Nine Continents in the World" has only been seen by the ministers of the DPRK. Ordinary people in Guizhou, including big businessmen like Ba Qing, didn't know what the world was like outside of Great Qin, and their commercial territory was limited to the Six Kingdoms.
Therefore, the map of the Western Region that Zhao Hao took out suddenly opened Ba Qing's horizons, making her mind spin, as if she had discovered some huge business opportunity.
After a long while, she suppressed the joy in her heart and asked Zhao Hao: "May I ask, Sir, are the countries in the Western Region interested in our goods?"
Zhao Hao smiled: "Not interested, but very interested. If our silks and porcelain spread to the countries in the Western Region, they will even be willing to give us gold in exchange!"
"Huh? This..."
Ba Qing was stunned.
Although porcelain is a scarce commodity in Daqin, silk is a new pillar industry for the Baqing family. With Zhao Hao's technical support, she has opened no less than two dozen silk workshops. With her financial resources, she can open one Thousands of families are no problem.
If silk could be exchanged for gold in the countries of the Western Regions, the benefits would be unimaginable.
It seemed that they were also shocked by Zhao Hao's words. Xiao He, Zhongxian, and Ba Mi all looked at Zhao Hao in stunned silence.
However, Zhao Hao acted very calmly: "Our Silk Road, no, our Silk Road, is actually to open up a commercial road through these countries in the Western Regions, connecting the Western Regions with the Qin Dynasty for trade! "
"What a great road to silk porcelain. Sir, what a great idea!"
Ba Qing smiled and praised, and then sighed: "As long as this trade route is opened, the development of Daqin will reach a new level!"
"Yes, so no matter what the price, we must get through it!"
Zhao Hao agreed with a smile.
Zhongxian handed over his hand: "Don't worry, young master, Zhongxian will definitely live up to your expectations and open up this silk-porcelain road for Great Qin!"
"No way!"
"ah?"
Seeing Zhongxian's confused face, Zhao Hao couldn't help but raise his hand to his forehead, shook his head and sighed: "I said, I can't do it just by relying on you!"
"this...."
Zhongxian was speechless and looked at Xiao He subconsciously.
But seeing Xiao He pondering slightly, he asked Zhao Hao: "Master, are you worried about the Huns?"
Zhao Hao shook his head: "In addition to the Xiongnu, there are also people from the Western Regions, as well as the current situation in the Western Regions. Someone needs to understand. Going to the Western Regions rashly will definitely not work!"
"Then...what are your plans, Master?"
"hehe."
Zhao Hao smiled and did not answer Xiao He. Instead, he turned to look at Ba Qing.
But Ba Qing smiled and said, "What a coincidence, Wu Shiluo just left here..."
「
What is Wu Shiluo doing here? "
Zhao Hao frowned.
He naturally knew who Wu Shiluo was.
However, he did not know the exact relationship between Wu Shiluo and Ba Qing.
When it comes to business relationships, these two are definitely competitors. After all, they are the number one businessman in the Qin State and the other is the number two businessman.
The relationship between the first and the second is definitely not very good.
But Wushiluo's ability to come here to visit Ba Qing was obviously not as simple as it seemed.
I saw Ba Qing explaining with a smile: "Wushiluo's pasture raises a lot of cattle and sheep, including war horses provided to Da Qin. Recently, a foreign caravan came to Xianyang and brought rare horses. He wants to buy his own horse farm as a Stallion;
However, the other party does not want his money, but the goods. As luck would have it, the other party valued my goods again and wanted to exchange them for horses. He came to me and wanted to buy a large amount of goods. He must have been interested in the countries in the Western Regions just like the young master! 「
"I see!"
Zhao Hao suddenly nodded and couldn't help but praise: "This man is so awesome!"
"Yes, if the young master hadn't come to me, I would have almost agreed to him! If so, his Wushiluo's property would have encompassed all the countries in the Western Regions, and I, the Baqing clan, would have regretted it too late!"
Ba Qing agreed with a wry smile.
Zhao Hao thought for a while and said thoughtfully: "Can Aunt Qing find a way to find those foreign businessmen?"
"Master, do you want to win over them?"
Ba Qing's eyes flickered and he asked tentatively.
To be honest, when Zhao Hao mentioned the temptations of the countries in the Western Regions, she also wanted to win over those foreign businessmen.
Zhao Hao looked at her, then at Zhongxian and Zhongxian, and said with a smile: "To win over them, why not meet this Wushi Luo... I am very interested in him now."
"Um?"
Ba Qing was stunned: "Master, what do you mean?"
Zhao Hao sighed and said: "To be honest with Aunt Qing, I plan to transform Xianyang City and give it a completely new look..."
Ba Qing: "..."
Little fox, you finally showed your fox tail!
I know that you definitely have no good intentions when looking for me!
Ba Qing was full of curses in his heart, but he pretended to be surprised and said: "Young Master wants to renovate Xianyang City. What does this mean? Isn't your Majesty no longer satisfied with building Afang Palace?"
She knew that the reason why Ying Zheng built Afang Palace was mainly because Xianyang Palace was too old, which made Ying Zheng feel that Xianyang Palace was not worthy of his status as the First Emperor.
But Zhao Hao did not mention Afang Palace, but directly renovated Xianyang City. This project was larger than the construction of Afang Palace.
With the current national strength of Great Qin, it is impossible to accomplish this, let alone her Ba Qing clan.
Therefore, what she wants to find out now is whether it is Ying Zheng's will or Zhao Hao's own idea.
If it was Ying Zheng's will, it would be a bit difficult to handle.
Because it is impossible for the Ba Qing family to disobey Ying Zheng's order.
However, if it was Zhao Hao's idea, Ba Qing would reject it without hesitation.
Because it is not profitable for her to transform Xianyang City.
The pursuit of profit is the essence of businessmen.
It was impossible for her to ignore the interests of the Ba Qing family just because Zhao Hao was close to her.
Even if Zhao Hao threatened her by saying he wanted to see Wu Shiluo, she would not be coerced by Zhao Hao.
However, Zhao Hao seemed to see through her thoughts and was not in a hurry to answer her question. Instead, he asked lightly: "Is Aunt Qing interested in real estate?"
