Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1565 Li Tai returns to Beijing
West station.

A large group of people came roaring, the chariots and horses rumbled, and the scale was not small.

The lead was a plump young man who sat astride the back of an unusually handsome and bloody BMW. He did not get off the car when he arrived at the gate of the post station, but straightened up and looked at the shadowy soldiers under the Jinguangmen tower in the distance, although they were a little far away. It was far away, but at a glance, it could be seen that there were at least hundreds of soldiers gathered there.

The plump young man's round face seemed to be a bit dark after being exposed to the sun for a long time, and there were traces of shedding in many places. At this moment, he frowned and asked, "What happened in the city?"

The postman who came to greet him hurriedly said: "Returning to the words of His Royal Highness King Wei, the son of General Youwuhou was killed a few days ago, and his body was found on the ship of the Royal Navy at noon today. When the division started fighting, the whole of Chang'an was under martial law."

The young man on horseback is Li Tai, king of Wei.

From the Western Regions all the way back to Chang'an, not to mention the long journey, there are more deserts along the way, so you can't take a car, you can only ride a horse.Fortunately, he was in the army following Li Ji's journey to suppress the rebellion in the Western Regions. Although he suffered a lot and tortured His Royal Highness Wei Wang, who was pampered and pampered, until he was bald, it also made him lose twenty or thirty catties of fat and bones. Much stronger.

Otherwise, if you go all the way, you might just lie on the halfway...

Now hearing what the postman said, Li Taiqi said: "Why is Qiu Shenji's body on the navy ship?"

His first reaction was to plant the blame, otherwise who would be stupid enough to kill someone and then put the body on his own boat and drag it around, just waiting to let the news out and be chased and killed by the suffering master?

However, although the navy has the title of "royal", the real person in charge is Fang Jun, who created this invincible army. Fang Jun must be responsible for this account, at least he can't get rid of it. Li Tai said he was happy to hear about this.

Fang Jun's stick is the most annoying...

Looking up at the sky, I saw that it was still early, so there was no need to rush into the city, it would be better to spend the night at the post station, and then enter the city tomorrow morning.However, the inn in Xianyang has almost rested in the past two days. Anyway, I can't sleep for a while, so I might as well go shopping.

It has been a long time since I left Chang'an, and I miss the customs and customs of Guanzhong.

"Let's go, follow me to the south of the city."

Li Tai rode his horse forward, and the cronies of the imperial guards and casual soldiers who came to greet him in the city hurriedly rode their horses to follow. They all knew that there were two armies in the south of the city that were almost on fire. The situation must be tense, and no one dared to be careless.

A group of [-] or [-] riders headed south from Jinguang Gate, passed Yanping Gate, bypassed half of Chang'an City, and arrived at Fangjiawan Wharf in the south of the city.

Before arriving at the pier, from a distance, the road in front of him was densely packed with people. When he got a closer look, it turned out that two armies were confronting each other. On the other side is the right camp that blocks the road and prevents them from passing.

It is obvious that Fang Jun is helping the navy against Youwuhouwei...

Although the two sides confronted each other, they were still very restrained. One side wanted to go to the pier, while the other side blocked the road and refused to let go. They just froze here.

But business travelers pass freely...

Li Tai led the guards under his command to pass between the two armies, and no one asked about their identities, so the two groups stared cross-eyed without making a sound.

Walking all the way along the river, not long ago, there was a wharf full of people and boats...

There is no curfew at the pier, so although it is dusk, it is still lively.

Li Tai rode his horse through the pier, watching the boom lift the goods on the ship to the pier, and then they were transported away by huge carts running along the laid track, and then unloaded into warehouses, from Tiannanhai The goods in the north will be transferred from here to various cities in Guanzhong, and it will become a distribution center for Guanzhong commerce.

Every cargo ship, every boom, every cart, and every warehouse represents a steady stream of money...

Li Taifei is a man who loves money, but looking at such a prosperous pier, he can't help being jealous.

When it comes to doing business, no one can compare to Fang Jun!
Merchants all over the world are buying low and selling high to earn the price difference, but Fang Jun found another way, investing in a wharf by himself, neither buying nor selling anything, but all businessmen have to be obedient send him money...

Tao Zhu's career and Duanmu's career are nothing more than that.

When passing a boom, the "creak" sound of the boom caught Li Tai's attention.

Under the control of several civilian men, the one-foot-thick crane uses a set of axles to lift the goods on the cargo ship docked beside the pier.The cargo ship has a very deep draft, and the deck is stacked with cubes one by one, wrapped in oilcloth and tied with thin straw ropes, obviously very heavy.

What caught Li Tai's attention was a group of 40 to [-] merchants surrounded by the boom...

"Hey, hey, slow down!"

"Your mother is a rascal. This is paper, the latest bamboo paper in the south of the Yangtze River. What do you think it can withstand such abuse?"

"Alas, this old man, don't transport it back to the warehouse. How many knives are there in total on this boat? My brother has already made it round. You count it, and my brother will pay for it!"

"Get out! Second Sun, do you want to be ashamed? You ate up so much bamboo paper in one bite. Do you want me to do some work?"

"Hey! That's what I said, we, Sun Lao Er, paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other. We didn't cheat anyone or rob anyone. What does that have to do with you?"

"Fart! There's only so much bamboo paper in total, you've eaten it all up, what are we going to sell?"

"That's right! Second Sun, don't rely on your wealth and power to run on us small merchants and hawkers. You want to eat up these bamboo papers in one go, and sell them as you like when you go back to raise the price at will? You have a good idea! Believe it or not, I am going to sue you in front of Mrs. Wu right now?"

"Who the hell sells whatever he wants? We won't raise the price by a penny! Besides, this old man has bamboo paper, and I have money, so why don't you let me buy it?"

There was noise and chaos on the pier.

Li Tai moved forward slightly, wondering, bamboo paper?

As a prince, he is no stranger to bamboo paper.This kind of paper is produced in the south of the Yangtze River. It is made of tender bamboo. The paper is smooth and beautiful, but the texture is light and brittle, and it is easy to blur when writing. Only those who have no money will buy it back, but they can’t even afford good paper. How many scholars can there be in such a family?
So the sales of this kind of paper are very bad.

But why did these people rob it?
"Everyone, eavesdrop on what I say!" An old man in blue clothes stood by the hanging pole, cupped his hands and said to a group of merchants: "This old man is the steward of the Fang family, and these papers were produced by our Fang family and A paper mill jointly established by several big families in the south of the Yangtze River. Before that, the output was always low because the formula was being tested. Now the formula has been perfected. From now on, our several paper mills in Changcheng County can produce 10,000 pieces of high-quality bamboo paper every month. + Knife, not only is there sufficient supply of goods in Guanzhong, but it will also cover the entire Shandong, Jiangnan, and central Sichuan, so you don’t need to rush..."

As he said that, the old man pointed to a long line of deep-draft cargo ships on the river, and said triumphantly: "See, these ships are full of paper, all of which are high-quality bamboo paper!"

As soon as this remark came out, the surrounding immediately exploded!

"Good boy! 10,000+ dollars per month?"

"Oh my god, Fang Erlang is amazing, how much money will he make this year?"

The old man chuckled: "Do you think our family Erlang is short of this money? Let me tell you the truth, this paper mill, Erlang doesn't even plan to make a penny!"

As he spoke, the old man took a small machete from the servant beside him, and tore apart the piece of paper that had been hoisted to the pier. The straw tarpaulin was cut open with a sharp knife, and the white and delicate paper inside was immediately presented to everyone. .

"Hey! This paper... is whiter than the previous one..." Sun Laoer stepped forward to touch it, grabbed the upper one and pulled it vigorously, exclaiming: "Not only is it whiter, but it is also softer and more tender. tenacity!"

The old man let out a hey, and said, "See that? This kind of paper is worth a hundred coins per knife!"

There was a sudden silence around, and then it exploded with a "boom"!

"how much is it?"

"One hundred pennies per piece of paper?"

"This bamboo paper is not much worse than rice paper, is it? Only a hundred Wen?"

"Hurry up and buy it, it will be worth the usual money when you go back!"

"I want a hundred knives..."

"I want a thousand knives..."

The old man was so loud that his ears rang, he quickly raised his hand: "Stop, stop!"

When the surrounding voices became quieter, the old man said, "Did you think it was very cheap? That's right! The cost of this kind of paper will reach [-] yuan per knife, and then transported from Jiangnan to Guanzhong, the price is [-] yuan. Lose money!"

Not only the merchants around were a little confused, but even Li Tai thought he heard it wrong——

Fang Er's mallet, how could he do money-losing business?

I can't...

(End of this chapter)