Great Wei scholar

What happened today, or even what happened yesterday, in fact, there are several problems, the biggest problem is Sun Jing'an.

He is too partial to the Ten Kingdoms, although it seems to be from the perspective of the Great Wei Dynasty, including the perspective of the Great Wei Palace.

But in fact, there are some problems that ordinary people can't see, whether it's the Confucianism of Wen Gong, or the rest of the books.

However, I was keenly aware that something was wrong, because I was both a great Confucian and a court official.

Although Sun Jing'an was a bit stubborn, and only respected Zhu Sheng, he cared about Wei's face and Wen Gong's face, but he was not so tough. He saw some Wen Gong Confucianists self-defeating, and did not take action to stop them.

Although that literati was also a little impulsive, which made Sun Jingan unable to step down, the matter should not have reached this level.

This Sun Jingan.

something wrong.

Including this Taiping Poetry Fair, there are also problems.

"There are very few people in the dignified Wen Palace who can enter the top ten."

"Sun Jing'an is extraordinarily abnormal. She knows that she will provoke public anger, but she insists on going her own way."

"Shouren left because of the household affairs, and the three merchants asked him to attend the banquet by name."

"Also...Hua Xingyun didn't show any performance at this Taiping Poetry Fair."

Chen Zhengru has been silent for the past two days, thinking about this matter. This Taiping Poetry Fair almost relied on Xu Qingxiao to turn the tide alone. To the people of the world, Xu Qingxiao has won a good reputation.

But for many people, Da Wei's overall strength is really not good, it has really declined, and these few problems just come together.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhengru calmed down. He didn't act rashly. The person who dared to intervene in the Taiping Poetry Association was presumably a big shot, and a... person who covered the sky with his hands.

Prince Huaining couldn't do it.

Kings everywhere can't do it either.

In Kyoto, there are not many who are able to do it.

He didn't dig any further, he had to discuss this matter with the Empress.

Otherwise...only by myself, I can't stand up to the master behind the scenes.

Chen Zhengru remained silent, with a smile on his face all the time. In the eyes of others, he was celebrating Xu Qingxiao.

As for not far away.

Sun Jingan looked at the three thousand miles from the east, except for the shock at the beginning, the rest was calm and thoughtful.

As for Hua Xingyun in the crowd, his eyes were also calm, as calm as water. In theory, with his talent and his status in the past, he saw such a shocking talent like Xu Qingxiao.

It stands to reason that he would be angry, or some other emotion, but Hua Xingyun didn't have it, not at all.

Some are just calm.

Taiping poetry can be very weird.

It was very weird from the beginning to the end, as if there was a hand behind the scenes, arranging everything, but unfortunately, the appearance of Xu Qingxiao disrupted all plans.

The great talents of the Ten Kingdoms were still in place, fearing that they would not be able to fully recover for a while, while the literati of the Great Wei gave each other a look, and they left together, as if they had something to discuss.

Listen carefully, some voices sounded.

"Brother Li is waiting for us, let's go together."

"There is something to discuss, if nothing, let's go together."

"Come on, let's go drink some wine together."

The literati of the Great Wei Dynasty seemed to be a little tacit, but there was a group of Confucian scholars who wanted to follow, but after thinking about it, they didn’t leave. There were not many of them, more than ten people, but they were all relatively outstanding Confucian scholars from the Great Wei Wen Palace.

at the same time.

Kyoto Zuixian Tower.

Three thousand miles of talent left everyone in the room speechless.

The representatives of the three merchants looked at this amazing talent in a daze. As for Gu Yan, although he quickly regained his composure, the shock in his eyes could not be concealed.

Xu Qingxiao took a sip of wine, sat back in his seat, and looked at the representative of the Shanxi merchants, asking him to continue talking.

Glancing at the vision outside the window.

The representative of Shanxi merchants paused slightly, but soon he continued to speak.

"As long as the previous price is increased by [-]%, the patriarch is still willing to risk the wrath of the people and harvest early, but please rest assured, Gu Shangshu, the money will definitely be given to the people."

He said so, and said a price that was impossible for the Ministry of Finance to accept.

"Another [-]% increase?"

"That's 500 taels of silver for a waterwheel?"

There was no expression on Gu Yan's face, but he asked the other party in a calm tone.

"Well! Not even a single point less."

The latter didn't dare to look directly into Gu Yan's eyes, but the answer was still not sloppy, not even a little bit less.

"Ah."

Gu Yan chuckled, he didn't speak, but just drank a glass of wine on his own.

"Three, can't you lose even one point?"

At this time, Xu Qingxiao asked, with a smile on his face.

To be honest, Xu Qingxiao didn't expect that these three major merchants would dare to open their mouths like this, not only did not reduce the price, but also raised it by [-]%, which is really... amazing.

With such confidence, if he said that there were no two great dynasties behind him, he really didn't believe it.

"The price given cannot be low, but the patriarch also understands that this matter is beneficial to the country and the people, so the patriarch is willing to use the power of the chamber of commerce to serve the Great Wei, and is willing to pay in installments."

The representative of Shanxi Merchants spoke very generously.

It's just that after saying this, for some reason, Xu Qingxiao felt a little disgusted in his heart.

The installments have been completed, and it seems that this group of people really thinks that Dawei will be settled.

"How to install the installment?"

Xu Qingxiao asked.

"500 taels a piece, Dawei needs 8, which is 500 taels of silver."

"I am waiting for the three merchants, and I am willing to postpone it for 24 months for Da Wei, and I only need to pay me 430 taels of silver every month."

"It's just that I have to pay half of the total interest due to the pressure of waiting for the advance. I don't know what Gu Shangshu thinks?"

The other party spoke slowly, revealing their plan.

8 million taels of silver.

If you really want to pay, the treasury still owes 500 million taels.

In addition, the cost of manpower construction and so on is not included in this. If these costs are included, one hundred million taels of silver is barely enough.

Fifty counties, [-] taels of silver, is twice as expensive as the [-] taels of silver previously imagined.

Ok.

That's really good, these businessmen really know how to make plans, this wishful thinking, even he, the secretary of the household department, can't help but praise him.

Also tossed out a installment model, 430 taels of silver a month, which is really not much compared to 5000 taels of silver.

But you know, if you really agree to it, it will be 400 million taels per month, and Da Wei's annual income is only [-] million taels of silver.

Xu Qingxiao stopped talking.

Because he already fully understood the other party's intentions.

Gu Shangshu also got up at this moment, he glanced at the three major merchants, then raised his glass and said.

"The three of you are really good merchants of the Great Wei."

Gu Yan raised his glass, drank it in one gulp, turned around and left.

Xu Qingxiao didn't even say a word, and followed Gu Yan to leave.

Because the negotiation has completely collapsed, the other party did not intend to negotiate the price at all, but kept increasing the price, and even used such things as installments to fool the household department.

This is really treating the Ministry of Finance as a pig.

"Master Gu, Master Gu."

The three of them got up and wanted to say something, but seeing Gu Yan leaving so resolutely, they didn't say anything in the end, they just sat back in their seats and gave each other a look.

This look is weird and complicated. If you say happy, you are not happy at all, but if you say sad, you are not sad at all.

Leave Zuixian Tower.

Xu Qingxiao followed Gu Yan into the carriage going back.

In the carriage, Gu Yan still did not lose his temper, but looked at Xu Qingxiao and said.

"Shouren, tell me your opinion."

Gu Yan spoke calmly and asked Xu Qingxiao, wanting to hear Xu Qingxiao's opinion.

"Master Gu."

"Qingxiao feels that the Shanxi merchants, Huizhou merchants, and Jiangxi merchants want to cooperate with us, but as I said before, someone offered them a price they couldn't refuse."

"It's just a little risky. They don't dare to take it easily, so they raise the price. If Dawei agrees, they will be ecstatic, but if Dawei doesn't agree, they can only sell it to the other party."

"Although it's a bit risky, businessmen are only after profit. When the profit reaches a certain level, even if it is the crime of beheading, they dare to try."

Xu Qingxiao expressed his opinion.

The behavior of the three major merchants is entirely to cooperate with Dawei, but the price offered by the other party is too high. If Dawei just buys at the original price, they are reluctant to make a huge profit.

"kindness."

"You read very carefully and thoroughly."

"It's just that it's a dead end right now. The three major merchants have important materials, but they don't want to lower the price, and it's impossible for the Ministry of Households to agree to their price."

"The matter of the waterwheel, I'm afraid it's as difficult as climbing to the sky."

"Shouren, the old man knows that you care about the people of the world, but there are many things that don't matter if you have an idea."

"Tomorrow, a memorial will be made to inform His Majesty, and this matter will be shelved for the time being."

Gu Yan was very satisfied with Xu Qingxiao's answer, because he saw it very clearly, but he was satisfied if he was satisfied, and he had indeed encountered a dead end right now.

The Chamber of Commerce is unwilling to sell at a low price.

The Ministry of Finance is unwilling to buy at a high price.

This business cannot be done, and it is useless for anyone who comes, unless the imperial power is used to suppress it, but if the imperial power is really used, it will inevitably lead to terrible turmoil.

So this is a dead end. The Ministry of Finance is put on fire. It is difficult to advance or retreat.

Inside the carriage.

Listening to what Gu Yan said, Xu Qingxiao couldn't help being silent, as one thought after another appeared in his mind.

After a while, Xu Qingxiao spoke.

"Master Gu, the matter is not over yet, there is a turning point."

Xu Qingxiao said so.

After saying this, Gu Yan couldn't help but become a little curious.

As the Minister of the Household Department, he understands many things, and also knows that many forces are involved behind it. All the things at present are nothing more than one high price and one low price. This is the easiest thing to do business, but also the biggest trouble.

Hearing Xu Qingxiao's tone, it seems that there is a countermeasure?

"Do you have a solution?"

Gu Yan asked.

"There should be."

Xu Qingxiao answered slowly.

But when he said this, Gu Yan was surprised. He knew that if Xu Qingxiao dared to say yes, he must have.

"How much can you push the price down?"