Book 49 Chapter 3 – Flying Money Business (1/2)
Book 49 Chapter 3 – Flying Money Business
Xu Ziling strolled along the busy-night-and-day, lights-unending, gorgeous-carriage-and-strong-horses, people-following-on-his-heels-shoulder-to-shoulder ’s lonely feeling that night
Perhaps it was because of the series of worries that felt like as one fell, the next followed, so that histo decline, he felt like the initiative was no longer in their hands Whether it was dealing with shi+ Zhixuan, or dealing with Chi Shengchun, they could only passively wait for the opportunity
His physical body was in Beili of Chang’an, where there was no night or day, yet his mind was on the depth of the clouds, whose whereabouts was unknown – shi+ Feixuan, and on the far-away-in-Bashu shi+ Qingxuan However, he could only silently endure everything, bearing the pain of this recollection alone This was the secret in his inner; he could never reveal this secret to anybody, not even to Kou Zhong
Thisover by his side and turned into a side street Xu Ziling was able to see the person’s figure on the horseback, and recognized hi, currently Li Mi’s closest, nu’an His heart was moved, he focused his chun personally introduced Kou Zhong’s Cai Yuanyong to the various guests around the banquet table As soon as they were seated, Chi Shengchun asked the ‘Great Immortal’ Hu Fo in full deferential manner, “Xiaoxian has not returned yet?”
Hu Fo sirl is very difficult to discipline, even as her Die, I am unable to answer your question”
His witty response ihter
Only then did Kou Zhong realize that the other e to Hu Xiaoxian Inwardly he praised Hu Fo as an experienced and careful s in his heart toward Chi Shengchun
Lei Jiuzhi turned to Kou Zhong; frowning, he asked, “Where’s Wentong?”
Kou Zhong pretended to be nervous, he cast a glance toward Chi Shengchun first before replying, “He ca at his saying-without--it attitude, anybody would know that he was inventing crazy nonsense to absolve Kuang Wentong of any blaone AWOL
Showing his understanding, Chi Shengchun changed the subject by saying, “Chang’an hasvisited?”
Ren Jun’s Situ Furong replied in his sta?”
Xue Wanche laughed and said, “Wen Daren is the most qualified person on this banquet table to answer Da Laoban’s question, because he is the one uests cohed calain The places in Chang’an worth visiting vary fro Lin Yuan, I ao anywhere else”
Yin Zuwen blurted out laughing and said, “I never thought Wen Daren will be so easy to satisfy My situation is so Lin Yuan, I would go to Ming Tang Wo or Six-Happiness across the street to look for other satisfactions”
His words were heavy with insinuations, extrehter
Kou Zhong relaxed, feeling that Yin Zuwen, Wen Yanbo and the others, these[season, could also mean joyful or youthful or love or lust or life] at the corner of theirin the calm, wild leisure More importantly, Xue Wanche finally er had any doubt about hily waiting for a chance to speak up, finally grasped this opportunity to say, “Chang’an hasSi Yuan at Chang Yuan at Ti Xiang Lane [all ‘yuan’can co Chi [chi – pond/lake] The for Lane and Xin Chang Lane; standing tall and seeing far, with a different opening-up-new-horizon feeling of freedo’an’s best It is located at the southeast corner of the city, half inside the city, half outside, longer on the north-south direction, shorter on the east-west; both shores are curving around, parks and palace halls unbroken, with undulating buildings and pavilions, surrounded by flowers and plants, shade trees revolve around it On top of that, there are Xiao Rong Yuan and Xing Yuan built along the river, as well as the s Pavilion on the coastal area,people doubt whether one is in heaven rather than in the hu discovered the strong points of the Second Young Master of the Sha Fa, and be aze toward Sha Chenggong, his expression was saying, ‘you spoke such words topearls before a swine], it’s just perfect’
Sure enough, being quick-witted, Ren Jun said, “What is the ht now?”
Everybody was stunned, thinking that everything that Sha Chenggong said just now, not even half a sentence entered this big boorish broker’s ears
Chi Shengchun laughed aloud, he said, smoothly and evasively, “When it comes to business, I dare say that nobody present can co ask should be: what is currently the ht?”
Ren Jun put the result of painstaking effort by Song shi+dao and Lei Jiuzhi to train hi is indeed a person who knows my heart City and market, where there is a city, there must be a market Cities are military defense couard the safety of its people; e hands, it represents the economic activity necessary for the livelihood of the people inside and outside the city Without cities and row, nois really knowledgeable in business It is easiest for people with eyes for business to start one in densely populated places It’s funny that Situ Xiong’s re out at the currentlya shi+pping co as you have a dozen or so shops in the East and West, twofroions to do business and earn the rent commission Particularly Hu [barbarian/non-Han] people whoa thousand li, about a dozen days of rent can be counted using gold, the profit is staggering”
Hu Fo laughed and said, “The property that Situ Xiong hold as collateral cannot be considered s business”
Fro started to ad about did not hold the slightest interest in his heart, but Ren Jun was showing that it was good opportunity for Situ Furong
assu houses and shops, let the people use those places to stay or keep their stock in buying or selling,houses and shops as a business where people depositwill involve all the merchants in the entire city and market In fact, this is precisely one of the purposes for which I have coentleentleold, the words that I said are never empty”
Everybody was e called inwardly, thinking that thisshi+dao’s brains; Lei Jiuzhi certainly did not have such intelligence
Yin Zuwen spoke seriously, “Situ Xiong’s proposal is indeed brilliant, I wonder if you could explain the outline one step further”
With assurance and composure, Ren Jun explained, “Actually, it is a business ofstarted in this respect Merchants are rushi+ng about in all parts of the country to ree that their first consideration is to put the money in a safe place? They will need an absolutely trustworthyter chest after chest of copper coins on their journey is cuuards My flying money will be some kind of a favor to them For exa’an, they could cash the du and use the cash to purchase River Huai’s salt We only e and cohed and said, “This is akin to having a large a ti”
“Die! What convenience are you talking about?”
Everybody turned their eyes to the door The newco-all-around Hu Xiaoxian
Xu Ziling flipped over the rear courtyard wall, borrowing the dark of the night and the trees in the garden as a cover, he stealthily slipped in the direction of the outer hall
wang Bodang was very crafty; he pretended to enter the Ming Tang Wo, but after leaving his horse, he leaped over the back garden’s wall by himself, and then went to a courtyard house, which see An Canal, not far fro his track was an ordinary , surely he would be able to throw off the tracker
This ht, but Xu Ziling’s super-hu in a as hidden sentry posts Inside and outside, the house was under strict surveillance
Under such circu-the-th, hence he could only take the risk and ga Bodang was knocking the door and attracting everybody’s attention, he flashed inside the building, went pass several hurdles, and feltfroet too close; he hid inside one of the bedroom in the rear section, and focused his power into his pair of ears to eavesdrop the other side’s conversation
A deep and low voice said, “We already re [Duke Mi]; it shouldn’t be a proble was shaken inwardly, he recognized the speaker as the Laoda [the first, the leader of a group] of Jingzhao Lian Yang WenGan He had never thought that after his rebellion against Li Yuan failed, he still had the audacity to re was under such a strict guard But Xu Ziling was greatly puzzled: ould Yang WenGan help Li Mi? How could Li Mi trust hi WenGan continued, “As long as you could leave Chang’an, we have a way to guarantee your safety in leaving the Pass”