fifth form

Chapter 2380 Picking up people
"Something bad happened!"

Before Zhang Xuezhou went to the banquet at the Huainan Palace, Rong Tianding went to Mount Tai.

It took Rong Tianding nearly twenty days to travel to Mount Tai and come back. This was a little long, but if he was involved in something, Rong Tianding's speed would be quite fast.

"Don't be impatient, speak slowly!"

Zhang Xuezhou pulled on his clothes.

He has been a bit messy these days, and Rong Tianding is also a bit messy.

Zhang Xuezhou said a few words to comfort him, and Rong Tianding pointed outside the city and then pointed across from the house.

"I met Doctor Zheng and Medical Officer Chunyu in Mount Tai," said Rong Tianding.

"It seems they are not having a good time," said Zhang Xuezhou.

“It’s more than bad,” Rong Tianding complained, “It was almost buried in the ground at that time!”

"Is the situation so serious?" Zhang Xuezhou asked doubtfully.

"If I hadn't happened to run into them, I think they would have been covered in grass by now!"

Rong Tianding scratched his head, feeling that Zhang Xuezhou was mentally prepared for this, as if he had already anticipated that the two would be in a bad situation.

He muttered something, mentioning that he had entered Chang'an City first on the wind, while Zheng Wukong and Chunyu Tiying were waiting in the carriage outside the gate of Chang'an City to enter the city.

"Let's go pick them up later!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded, indicating that Zheng Wukong and others could enter Chang'an City as usual at dawn.

Zheng Wukong and Chunyu Tiying were both highly skilled doctors. Perhaps it was the influence of the gourd medicine, or perhaps it was for other reasons, but these two people were unable to solve the problem, and Zhang Xuezhou couldn't solve it either.

When Zhang Xuezhou took Cynomorium songaricum, he also took a lot of blood essence made from the gourd. If the gourd medicine had any effects, Zhang Xuezhou would not be able to escape it.

He was quite happy to see the two return to Chang'an City, which would make it more convenient for them to discuss the condition together.

For Zhang Xuezhou, who is more familiar with gourds, he can give a general direction for solving the symptoms and prevent Zheng Wukong and others from making mistakes in treatment.

Either looking for new methods, or seeking the Shengsheng Zaohua Pill, or obtaining a good medicine with similar curative effects as the Shengsheng Zaohua Pill, all these ways may be able to solve the "gourd syndrome".

He asked Rong Tianding a few questions and learned that Zheng Wukong and the others just had difficulty walking and almost died of hunger in Mount Tai. He became more and more certain that these two people had similar symptoms as Wei Shaoer.

"You take a rest and eat something to fill your stomach first, and then we'll go to the city gate at five o'clock in the morning," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"Cousin, you have the final say." Rong Tianding nodded and said, "Do you want to inform Yishuo?"

"She went back to the palace and she probably won't be able to come out for a while," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"After finally jumping out, she jumped back in!"

Rong Tianding sighed, and when he had a thought, he couldn't help but groan again.

"Who?"

"That room is my wife!"

"Hmm? Wife? You found a wife to warm your quilt in such a short time?"

Rong Tianding looked towards the side room, and Zhang Xuezhou had no choice but to explain a few words.

"A gift from the Huainan Palace?"

He nodded thoughtfully and greeted Aqiao who had opened the door a crack.

Rong Tianding and Zhang Xuezhou have higher standards, but this cannot resist the offers from others.

Many important officials always have such people around them, either servants, guards, or concubines, who are rewarded and placed in positions of power through various means.

Obviously, he needs to be careful when talking to Zhang Xuezhou in the future, so as not to accidentally cause trouble.

Correspondingly, Rong Tianding's attitude towards Aqiao was surprisingly consistent with Zhang Xuezhou's, polite but not intimate.

After watching Aqiao go out to the kitchen to help light the fire and heat up the cold food, he nodded to Zhang Xuezhou.

"It's not a bad thing," Rong Tianding said with a smile, "but my cousin, don't get emotional easily, otherwise you will be in trouble in ten or eight years!"

"Only time will tell!" Zhang Xuezhou shook his head, indicating that he understood the situation.

"I don't know what the Huainan Palace is thinking." Rong Tianding glanced at the kitchen and whispered, "I can't catch up with you even if I try my best. They actually think that just sending a woman here will be enough!"

"Prepare yourself!"

Seeing Rong Tianding teasing him a few times, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but remind him.

Rong Tianding often uses Zhang Xuezhou as a shield, making Rong Li helpless. Now that Zhang Xuezhou has become half of the family, Rong Tianding can't avoid this time.

When Zhang Xuezhou sneered, Rong Tianding felt a headache coming on.

"When I leave a seed for the Rong family, I can be free!"

Rong Tianding forced himself to say a few words, but he felt that the road ahead was so bleak that there was not a single star.

It would be fine if Zhang Xuezhou had received the gift from the Huainan Palace, but it was almost impossible for him to repeat Zhang Xuezhou's situation.

Rong Tianding has lofty ambitions and it is obviously impossible for him to tie himself to a woman. Talking about money instead of feelings has also become his choice.

But when he thought about how it would cost millions of dollars to redeem the ladies in Silanfang, Rong Tianding felt that his family was extremely poor. But if Rong Tianding was asked to lower his status a few levels, he would not be willing to do such a thing.

After the conversation, Rong Tianding finally felt that he could not keep up with Zhang Xuezhou's pace.

He gritted his teeth and thought about practicing hard to improve himself, and also thought about ways to make money.

After pulling out a bunch of hair and eating a bowl of leftovers, Rong Tianding still couldn't think of any good solution.

“Making money is hard, but it’s not hard either!”

It was the fifth watch and the sky was getting bright. Rong Tianding led the way to the outside of Chang'an City. He couldn't help but seek help from Zhang Xuezhou to avoid being embarrassed by Rong Li's scolding.

"To make money from the poor, you have to go for volume," said Zhang Xuezhou. "To make money from the rich, you have to seize the needs of high-quality customers and do your best!"

Zhang Xuezhou and others once earned money from the poor by reselling millet in the West Market, and thus initially established a foothold in Chang'an City.

But after several years, it was obviously impossible for them to do this kind of work anymore. This kind of work could not earn enough money for Zhang Xuezhou to buy an official residence, nor could it earn enough money for Rong Tianding to buy a woman to get by.

"Who are our high-quality customers?" Rong Tianding asked, "What do they need and what can we provide?"

"Please wait for a while. I'll find some customers and see what they need!"

Zhang Xuezhou thought about the candidates within his knowledge range and found that there were many rich people.

The first to be affected is the God Zhenyuan who is in charge of Anle Palace. If the God Zhenyuan asks Empress Dou for some money, Zhang Xuezhou feels that there is a certain probability of it happening, but it is difficult to judge how much money it will be.

The next best option is the new emperor. If you can get rewards from the emperor, this is also a good way to increase your wealth.

If we go further down, it will be the turn of some wealthy people in the court, such as Tian Fen, Dou Ying and others, and Han Anguo, who Zhang Xuezhou had high hopes for, is also among them.

As long as he works through multiple channels, Zhang Xuezhou feels that settling down and starting a business will not be a problem.

Zhang Xuezhou focuses on his network of relationships, so he obviously needs Rong Tianding's help with the work, and the two of them can divide the work without feeling tired.

"Look, look, watch your feet and don't step on anyone!"

"Don't squeeze!"

"Please step back a little, you're blocking your uncle from seeing the list!"

"The court wants to appoint agricultural officials. Anyone who cultivates the land and has a high yield will be promoted to an agricultural official. Now we are recruiting agricultural officials from all over the country who are good at planting. Can anyone with this kind of land become an official?"

"Let me take a look!"

Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding went to the city gate at five o'clock in the morning to pick up Zheng Wukong and others. When they set out from Laoshu Hutong, there was no sound of people there, but when they arrived at the city gate, it was already crowded with people from all over the place who were rushing to get up early.

Various sounds filled the air, and Zhang Xuezhou walked back and forth with the crowd.

When someone was reading the imperial documents at the city gate, he just felt that the boring time had become more fun.

And this notice is partly related to him.

Zhang Xuezhou proposed the strategy of strengthening the country through agriculture and warfare, but he did not expect that the new emperor would actually start to implement it.