Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"Don't worry, it's still the same old saying, how many years have I been buddies, how can I, Yue Chaoqun, really ignore you?" When Fatty Yue said this, the expression on his face seemed very helpless, and he waved his hands to signal a few times. They went out, and when the four of them reached the door, Fatty Yue said slowly: "Sanhuan, please send a letter to Dao Scarhu by the way, asking him to come to my place."

"Okay!", Su Sanhuan agreed loudly and crisply.

After witnessing these people going out, Fatty Yue had a pleasant smile on his face. Speaking of which, he really wanted to thank that Tang Cheng, otherwise it would be hard for him to find such an opportunity to beat everyone up. After all, they were also standing behind him. People are not given for nothing.

As for Tang Cheng, he is just a secretary. As early as half a month ago, Fatty Yue went to the Observatory to find out the details of the yamen. It's not a relative, so he will feel relieved when he gets the news, my dear friend!Hehe, it's not a matter of relatives, Fatty Yue, who has been in the yamen for more than ten years, knows exactly how far a third-rank observer can kiss a low-ranking secretary in charge.

He had found out the news a long time ago but deliberately suppressed it. What Fatty Yue was waiting for was today's opportunity to take advantage of Tang Cheng, a bastard, to suppress Su Sanhuan and the others, and then backhandedly kill Tang Cheng. This deterred the entire Liulinfang. From the beginning to the end, when Fatty Yue looked at Daya to the main garden, his mind was on Liulinfang.Why not kill two birds with one stone?

"A group of people are smothered in Liulinfang. They haven't even entered the yamen for observation, and they want to play tricks on me!" When he thought of this leisurely, Fatty Yue, who was leaning on the couch in the room, He narrowed his eyes comfortably.

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Today is a good day for the opening of Daya Zhizheng Garden, and Tang Cheng is very busy in the garden.

"Fourth Uncle, have all the appliances in this room been arranged?" While speaking, Tang Cheng looked up at the sky outside, "It's not long until the third quarter of the unitary hour, please trouble Fourth Uncle to check the arrangement of the appliances again." , and ordered to light the chicken tongue incense."

"Haoran, how's the Kabuki rehearsal going, you go and listen again, there must be nothing wrong with it."

"Xiangwen, you have to entertain the Wan Xunsi who just arrived. When they leave at night, they should prepare a lot of fun. These people may be able to use them at any time." Seeing Zhang Xiangwen looking at him with a smile, Tang Cheng shook Shaking his head and smiling self-consciously, "I know you are capable, there is no need to order these things at all, if you think I'm long-winded, just say it, look at your virtue", talking and laughing, he has already patted Zhang Xiangwen's shoulder heavily with his hand.

Zhang Xiangwen avoided Tang Cheng's hand as slipperily as a loach, grinned and said: "Brother, I finally opened my eyes today, since I knew you, this is the first time I've seen you nervous... OK, OK, I was wrong, If I’m wrong, it’s okay, big brother, you are wise and powerful, and you have everything in mind, how could you be nervous? I’m going to accompany Wan Xunsi.” Seeing that Tang Cheng was about to come over, Zhang Xiangwen ran back like a rat with his head in his arms. He kept laughing while running.

After Zhang Xiangwen's gag, Tang Cheng, who laughed out loud, felt a lot more relaxed in his heart. He was nervous, he was indeed nervous!Different from the previous road construction, this Daya Zhizheng Garden was built by him, not to mention that he spent no less effort on this than road construction. In addition, in order to take the exam in the capital The preparatory work in the early stage was all directed at this garden, adding up several years, he couldn't help being nervous.

Tang Cheng agreed with all the guests to arrive at three o'clock in the unitary hour, and it was already almost the same time. When Tang Cheng was about to find a place to sit down and rest to meet the upcoming busyness, he suddenly saw a servant at the gate hurrying. ran over.

"Senior officials, at the door...at the door...someone is making trouble."

"Go inside to find the second master, and ask him to bring Wan Xunsi to the door." Tang Cheng waved to the servant, who had already walked quickly to the door.

When approaching the gate, Tang Cheng slowed down and looked outside.

There were more than 20 people who came to make a fuss. Looking at their expressions and attire, you could tell they were gangsters in the market. The leader was a man in his thirties with a big arm and a round waist. The scar on the right cheek from the eyebrow to the corner of the mouth made him The ferocious face became more and more ferocious.Lying beside these 20 people were more than a dozen well-dressed nurses.

"Heroes, on this hot day, it's not worth it to get too angry and have a fever." Guan Guan is trying his best to deal with these people at this time. The garden is not without particular attention."

"It's good if you know what to pay attention to." The scar-faced man chuckled, "I heard that a new garden has opened, and the neighbors in the street want to come to congratulate, get a few mugs of fish wine, pick up beautiful girls to accompany them, and let the brothers eat and have fun. You have everything. As for whether you like it or not, brothers don’t care.”

"There are honorable guests tonight, so it's really inconvenient to entertain the good guys. How about raising your face and offering an extra [-]% to rejoice in addition to the usual practice in the garden?"

"There are respected guests! We are all low-class." The scar-faced man's face suddenly changed at this point, "Brothers, since this bitch looks down on us, let's go in and have fun."

When the new garden opened, Tang Cheng was not surprised that these local ruffians came to make trouble. They rely on mountains to eat mountains and water to eat water. This is what they rely on for food.But when he saw that the scarred face didn't need money, especially when he didn't move his face after hearing Guan Guan's [-]% rejoicing bonus, Tang Chengcheng realized that the problem might not be that simple.

Since these bastards didn't come here for the free money, and kept saying they wanted to go in, it was very obvious—they were here to make trouble.

As for the reason for making trouble, it is actually not too much to think about, but Tang Cheng didn't have time to think about it at this time, and at the same time as there was a rush of footsteps behind him, Tang Cheng had rushed out to block Guan Guan, " Scarface, take the money and leave quickly, don't give face shame!".

"Yo, who didn't step on the foot firmly, let you stick out your head", Scarface said, and the big hand like a cattail fan swung it over, "I will make you shameless now."

As soon as Scarface stretched out his hand, Tang Cheng had already leaned back to protect Guan Guan. Scarface became angry from embarrassment when the slap failed, and at the same time he took a step forward, his big palm-like hand clenched into a fist and punched Tang Cheng.

Just at this moment, I suddenly heard a loud shout from the door: "Stop".

"Hu Scar, how majestic are you?"

The scarred beard that brushed Tang Cheng's lapel with his fist was stunned when he heard this voice, "Wan... Wantouer, why are you here?".

Wan Sihai looked at Baba Hu with eyes that wanted to get angry, he was not only annoyed now, but more afraid in his heart.The reason why he is here today is to stand in front of Mr. Yu, the observation envoy who will arrive in the evening. The security work of the observation envoy today was given to him by name by his superiors. , but if something goes wrong, it's no small matter.

Unexpectedly, such a thing happened not long after he came with two shifts of tolerance.Annoyance is for sure, and at the same time, Wan Sihai felt a little rejoiced in his heart. Fortunately, this guy is making a fuss now. If he is rushing to observe, he will make such a fuss after the adult arrives...

Coming out of the door with a livid face, Wan Sihai first looked at the gourd-like guards, and then at Tang Cheng, who had the same gloomy expression, and waved his hand suddenly: "Come on, it's all locked." .

Those tolerances came to know the special and important task of today, and secondly, they just received the warm hospitality of the host inside, and when the two were talking about being happy, something like this happened suddenly, and their faces were really full of joy. Disgraceful, Yiwan inspector waved his hand, and sixteen tolerance officers from the second shift rushed forward with the iron locks ringing bells.

Peaceful days are nothing compared to troubled times, gangsters are destined not to be able to achieve anything, just now they looked very arrogant, but now they want to be arrested, and they dare not dare, Rao Hu Scar kept screaming, three After five to two hours, these people were still tightly bound by iron chains. Because the iron chains were not enough, several of them were still tied together, grinning so ugly.

Hu Bazi was also from an old gangster, so he understood at this moment that he might have kicked the iron plate down this time. After he realized it, he stopped shouting, and while tied his hands, he said repeatedly: "Master Wan, The small ones are wrong, the small ones are wrong."

Hu Scar's call, Wan Sihai didn't hear it, his eyes were fixed on Tang Cheng all the time, he knew very well what the meaning of this was if he could invite the observers to come to the opening of a fireworks show , Now that this happened in front of Tang Cheng, if he was dissatisfied and put some eye drops in front of the observation envoy, it would be enough for a person to drink a pot.

"Hu Scar, what are you calling me?" Wan Sihai walked up to Tang Cheng after a casual sentence, "Secretary Tang, look at this...".

The gossip between gangsters and tolerances has been going on since ancient times. What is the meaning behind Wan Sihai's swearing and Hu Scar? Walked a few steps forward, "The little one has eyes but doesn't know Mount Tai, there are a lot of big officials and adults, please forgive the little one for what happened, the little one kowtowed to make amends for you", as he said, Hu Scar made a gesture To kneel down.

Seeing this, Tang Cheng, who took two steps forward, waved his hand suddenly with a slight smile, and then heard two crisp "papa", ten eye-catching finger prints on the bearded scar's face.

"Snakes have snake ways, and turtles have ways of turtles. These two slaps are not for making trouble for you, but for teaching you to gain some eloquence when speaking."

Not to mention Wan Sihai and the others, even Guan Guan didn't expect that Tang Cheng, who seemed gentle and gentle, would fight so simply when he said he wanted to fight. In the eyes of everyone, Tang Cheng, who hadn't looked at the scarred beard, turned around and said : "Master Wan, take a step to speak."

The two walked aside, and before Tang Cheng could speak, Wan Sihai said, "Well done, these rascals just deserve a beating. But Secretary Tang, you don't have to be angry with them, just what you said just now In other words, snakes have their ways of snakes, and turtles have their ways of turtles, and these bastards rely on this to make a living."

"I understand the rules. The Suixi money garden has already been prepared. Just now, my sister added [-]% to the current price." Tang Cheng shook his head, "It's a pity, Hu Scar doesn't want money. He just wants to go in, there is no such rule in the market. Master Wan, the meaning behind this is not simple."

Hearing this, Wan Sihai's head is about to explode, what the hell, why is I so unlucky today, why is it that I stayed in the Yamen.

As soon as Tang Cheng said this, Wan Sihai knew what was going on better than anyone else. The problem was that the backstages of the Yueming Building next door were also fucking tough, and he really couldn't afford to offend him with a small inspection.It's not easy to explain, if you don't check, you won't be able to get through now. Now Wan Sihai is alive like a mouse in a bellows, with no way out at both ends.

Seeing Wan Sihai's frown tightly, Tang Cheng pondered for a while and then continued: "Business is about making money with harmony, and no one can make a good deal of it in the end."

"Yes, Secretary Tang made it clear. As the saying goes, if two tigers fight, there will be a wound, not to mention that this involves a business that pays attention to harmony and wealth."

"Well, Master Wan's words are deeply in my heart. I won't ask who instigated these people, but..." When Wan Sihai, who had just relaxed, heard this, his heart suddenly tugged again, " But what?"

"But these people in front of them can't just let it go."

"Secretary Tang, don't worry, if you don't tell me, I can't spare these bastards lightly." Seeing that Tang Cheng was unmoved, Wan Xunjian, who gritted his teeth, asked, "What do you mean, Secretary Tang? ".

"These people go in today, and when they come out of the yamen another day, no matter whether they are useless hands or feet, they must be crippled anyway." Facing Wan Sihai's suddenly widening eyes, Tang Cheng said slowly: "Wan Sihai My lord, I don't want to cause trouble, but I have to let people know that I am not afraid of trouble, since I dare to come to find trouble, then I have to pay the price."

After finishing this sentence, Tang Cheng bowed his hands to Wan Sihai with a solemn face and said, "Lord Wan, please."

"This... this..." Wan Sihai looked at Tang Cheng, who bowed his hands in salute, and felt a little cold in his heart. He was a civil servant who was a scholar!

Wan Xunjian didn't know what to say. When he didn't speak, Tang Cheng also didn't speak. For a while, the two of them were in a silent stalemate.

Watching the time pass by, and the time for the observation officer to arrive is getting closer, Wan Sihai finally could only grit his teeth and say: "Okay, just do as Secretary Tang said", and put these bastards in the prison. There are plenty of ways to get rid of it, but there are too many people involved, so it is necessary to pay some expenses. The situation is at this point, and Wan Sihai can only grit his teeth and admit this unjust expense.

"Thank you, Mr. Wan," Tang Cheng thanked with a smile, "This time I have caused so much trouble for Mr. Wan. After the banquet in the evening, the garden has its own happy expression. Although it is not much, it is a small courtyard with three sets of hatchbacks. It is enough, and I hope that the adults will not refuse."

Damn, you should have said that earlier!With so much money used for management, there is quite a lot left over. Wan Sihai really can't express how he feels in his heart now. After the incident just happened, he pointed out Tang Cheng who was instigated by someone behind him, and then said he would not pursue it. It was him who was responsible, and then he wanted to abolish all the people like Scarred Beard. After he had made up his mind, he came up with such a sentence. In such a short period of time, Wan Sihai again After going through two reincarnations with sorrow and joy, it was really hard to pinch.

After making up his mind, he looked at Tang Cheng who was smiling slightly, and Wan Sihai shook his head wordlessly.

The young man in front of me can't be offended...

After the matter at the entrance of the garden was dealt with urgently, it was three o'clock in the unitary hour. With the first gorgeous carriage approaching from a distance, the main building of Daya Zhi was officially opened.

Chapter 1 Seventy There Are Too Few People Like Tang Cheng

"It's okay, it's really okay. Business? How can there be so much business? This time, it's just to thank you for your support to our company, so this banquet is held. If you don't have business, you can't cheer up? Brother Zhao, although our company doesn't organize business , but all the big merchants who came here today, everyone can exchange information with each other, isn't this just business? Please, please, please."

The sky was getting dark gradually, and as luxurious carriages approached, Tang Cheng turned into a spinning top, and kept exchanging greetings and introductions with Guan Guan, and the words above were the most repeated in his mouth.

After nearly half an hour of greeting guests, Tang Cheng felt that his whole body was sore, his back hurt, his legs were cramping, and his throat was starting to smoke, especially the flesh on his cheeks was a little numb from laughing too much.

While Tang Cheng was taking time out to exercise his legs and feet in his busy schedule, another all-nanmu carriage pulled by two famous horses arrived.

"People say that the one who arrives late at the banquet is the one with the highest social status. This is true." Seeing this carriage, Tang Cheng greeted him with a smile, "Brother Zhou, you came so late!" .

"It's still a hurry." Zhou Jun got out of the car and there was a Xiangzhou spice merchant. After introducing them, Zhou Jun asked with a smile: "How long has it been since the last Golden State meeting?" How long will it be, Ah Cheng will have any good business again?".

"Why do you always say this when we meet?" Tang Cheng shook his head with a wry smile, and repeated those words again.Seeing that the people had almost arrived, Tang Cheng explained to Guan Guan who was also at the door to greet the guests, and then accompanied Zhou Jun to the courtyard.

Not long after entering the gate, I saw the fellow spice merchant move his nose, and said with a surprised expression: "Chicken tongue smells good?".

Tang Cheng replied with a smile: "Brother Jin has good eyesight, the incense used in the garden is the top-grade chicken tongue incense from Nanzhao."

Zhou Jun was born in a wealthy family, so he naturally knew that this chicken tongue incense was the most precious kind of incense, its value was just like the single silk in silk, satin and silk, it is not an exaggeration to say that an inch of fragrance is an inch of gold. "This Daya Zhizheng Garden is a big deal!".

"Which one of you is not rich, and you are used to pampering yourself, I dare to neglect?" Tang Cheng said with a smile, but he was quite complacent in his heart, "Let's take a look in the room, Daya is in the main garden. I dare not say it, but when it comes to the elegant layout of the environment, the words Daocheng No. [-] are all worthy of it.”

Walking into the large main hall, Zhou Jun immediately felt that his eyes were full of brilliance as soon as he entered the door. Among other things, the eight large lantern trees in the hall, which are from Kowloon to the sea, can be seen from the exquisite workmanship. As a boutique in the prison, let alone how much the eight lamp trees are worth, just the bright red candles on the lamp tree have already shown a luxurious atmosphere for the entire hall.

"Flowers are flying everywhere in the spring city, and the east wind is cold and the willows are swaying. Candles are passed from the Han Palace at dusk, and the light smoke is scattered into the Wuhou's house." This is a famous poem in the middle Tang Dynasty. The poem describes the preciousness of candles at that time from the side, "The candles passed down from the Han palace at dusk", Tang poetry is always good at "replacing the Tang Dynasty with the Han Dynasty". In the Tang Dynasty, and now, candles are extremely precious, and most of the people who can afford it in daily life are the princes and noble families.Except for the happy days of weddings and candles in the bridal chamber, ordinary people can't afford to care about them on weekdays.But right now in the main hall, the dozens of hundreds of lights on the eight lamp trees are all lit by candles, and this alone is already a head start.

Compared with the smoky and dim oil lamps, the light of the candles is bright and stable. It is these eight lamp trees that illuminate the entire hall as bright as day, and the bright candles and the three-turning revolving lantern illuminate all the lights in the house. The exquisiteness of the utensils was doubled. Looking at everything in front of him, the spice merchant surnamed Jin was admiring, and Zhou Jun also nodded lightly. Daocheng is number one. With such an environment layout, moving to the imperial capital Chang'an is also a good place to rank.

Contrasted with this luxurious and luxurious environment, the male guests in the hall are all paunchy and full of jewels, and the ladies accompanying them are also exquisitely dressed. The most rare thing is that although these young ladies have different appearances , but without exception, they all exuded the demeanor of gentle and bright ladies.

With the gathering of wealthy businessmen and romantic ladies, everything in the hall quietly created an indescribable atmosphere, which made Zhou Jun feel as if he had stepped into a different world, a world completely different from the outside world and his usual life.

"Two, please," Tang Cheng just said, when someone in the hall noticed them, and merchants came to greet them immediately.

After meeting Zhou Jun, these people almost without exception asked Tang Cheng why he found such a good place.

"Secretary Tang, let's get to the bottom of it. Who is the boss of this Daya Zhizheng Garden? What a great handwriting."

"Yes, what Brother Duan said is good. From big to small, every piece of equipment in this place is the best! I used to think that the Yueming Building in Liulinfang next door is magnificent, but I will look at this place again tonight. From Daya to Zhengyuan, Yueming Tower is really not working.”

"This is a good thing. When Sandu or Jiangnan merchants come to talk about economics and livelihoods, we finally don't have to worry about where to settle. Damn, thinking about it before, I really didn't look good."

As soon as the merchant surnamed Huang said this, he immediately attracted echoes. After all, the eastern road in Shannan is remote, and it is indeed worse than Sandu and Jiangnan. This comprehensive gap is reflected in various aspects, such as the reception place. For example, in the past, those merchants from Sandu and Jiangnan showed a sense of superiority, and only made the merchants in their own way depressed enough. Everyone is rich, and this is not what rich people pay attention to.

After you criticized Sandu and Jiangnan merchants for a while, all merchants slowly focused their eyes on Tang Cheng.

"Everyone, the boss of Daya Zhizheng Garden here is the Guan Guan girl who greeted guests at the door just now." Seeing the disbelief on everyone's faces, Tang Cheng smiled helplessly and said, "Speaking of which, this Guan Guan With a certain sister and brother, I hope you will look on my face and patronize this garden a lot from now on."

As soon as his words came out, everyone immediately burst into laughter, and voices of "no wonder" came from all over the place.

After bowing his hands to everyone with a smile, Tang Chengfu said loudly: "Every guest invited tonight will get a jade card with your name and hometown written on it in detail. Anyone who holds this card, no matter when they come Everyone who comes has the right to reserve a seat first, and all expenses will be reduced by [-]% of the settlement. In addition, if you are in Daocheng for a while or have inconvenience, you can also borrow a few flying tickets from the cabinet in the garden with your card."

When Tang Cheng said this, there was applause from below.

"There are only one hundred and fifty sides of this card in this garden. Except for the one hundred and fifty sides, it will not be engraved and issued, and it will not be replaced if it is lost." At this point, Tang Cheng laughed and said: "That is to say, the entire Shannan Dongdao There are only 50 people who can hold this card, and you are among them, please keep this jade card properly."

After finishing speaking, with Tang Cheng's high-five, someone has already delivered the prepared tray. Inside the tray, there are green jade plaques on the red silk. After they are distributed one by one, the merchants will see The front of this jade card has his name and hometown written on it, and a specific number is engraved on the back, needless to say, this is the special drawing right.

Not to mention the convenience that this jade plaque can bring, the jade plaque carved from above-grade jade alone is already valuable, but what these wealthy merchants care most about is the meaning behind the "hundred and fifty" Things, those who can come here tonight are all wealthy, they are not short of money, what they lack is the identity represented by the limited jade plate, Daya Zhizheng Garden is destined to become the most luxurious place for leisure and reception in Daocheng , and being able to have such a jade tablet representing a specific identity in such a place, this sense of superiority is the most suitable for merchants.

In fact, this is exactly the same as the top VIP gold cards of later generations. Having a gold card itself represents the identity proof of a successful person. Unlike those well-known giants of later generations, the merchants of the Tang Dynasty had a lower social status. , so their desire for identity is stronger.And Tang Cheng's measure can be said to hit their specific psychology.

"Ah Cheng, your thoughts are too much." When Zhou Jun put the jade card in his arms, he sighed and smiled at Tang Cheng: "I don't think I'm an ordinary person, but I feel moved when I look at this jade card." , There is a saying in the art of war: Those who attack the heart are the best, Ah Cheng, you have used all this to make a living in the economy, you have to admire it.”

"Brother Zhou, what you said is so evil, but it's just for the convenience of everyone." Tang Cheng, with a bright smile on his face, was about to say something, when a servant walked in quickly and whispered something in his ear.

Tang Cheng, who couldn't hide the joy on his face, gave two loud high-fives after hearing the servant's words, and after drawing everyone's attention to him, he said slowly: "I sincerely invite you to come with me to welcome the honored guest. ".

Even when Zhou Jun, a great lacquerware merchant, came in, Tang Cheng just accompanied him in. Hearing this, all the merchants were puzzled. Is there another merchant who is more influential than Zhou Jun? "Honored guest?", "Who is the guest?".

Facing the pair of puzzled and probing eyes, Tang Cheng said slowly and clearly: "This respected guest is Master Yu, the Observation Envoy of the Dao."

After finishing speaking, Tang Cheng didn't wait any longer, and said to Zhou Jun who was beside him in a daze, "Brother Zhou, please."

"Observation Master?".

"Did I hear you right, Secretary Tang is talking about the Observation Envoy of the Dao?"

"It should be right, I heard it too."

"This... this is true...".

"Let's go, go out and see if you don't know."

It can be said that each of these big merchants who are having a banquet tonight has more or less shadows of court officials behind them. On weekdays, they meet with Sima, Biejia, and even the governor of Yizhou a lot, but the problem It's because most of these meetings were held in private houses, and when they came to public places, these adults unanimously began to avoid them.This situation is quite similar to the fact that officials in later generations rarely visited private enterprises in the early days of reform and opening up. Even though these private enterprise owners were very successful, they still hoped that officials would come, and they were very affectionate when speaking in private on weekdays. But if you want to invite him to inspect, it is extremely difficult.

The glass wall evolved from the gap in status and social status has been ubiquitous throughout the dynasties. This is especially true for the Tang Dynasty, which paid more attention to status and everyone was classified as the third-class official, good and low.

And this is the reason why these merchants still couldn't believe it after hearing Tang Cheng's words clearly.Will he come to such a merchant gathering?

At the beginning, there was still a lot of discussion among the merchants, but when they walked out of the hall, as the leaders Tang Cheng and Zhou Jun stood at the gate, the nervous and pleasantly surprised merchants fell silent, but amidst the silence In the midst of it, a restlessness could be clearly felt.

At that time, the sky was already dark, and under the illumination of the row of palace lanterns on the wall from Daya to the main garden, the merchants first saw a group of eight tolerances divided into two rows. Behind the tolerance of the stick was a huge felt cart. When seeing this felt cart, the group of merchants suddenly let out a sigh of relief.

There are many styles of chariots in the Tang Dynasty, but the largest of all chariots is the felt chariot with a thick beard in front of us. According to the regulations of "Da Tang Lushu", huge and luxurious felt chariots are not allowed unless officials of the third rank or above It is a crime of usurpation for private builders to ride in the folks, so when they see this particular felt car, all the merchants know for certain that Tang Cheng is not talking nonsense, the observation makes the adults really come, come to participate This time the merchant meeting is here!

The group of merchants became more and more silent, but the silent restlessness became more and more intense.

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"The subordinates welcome the observation envoy." The official rules in the Tang Dynasty were not as strict as those in the Qing Dynasty. When the superiors and subordinates greeted each other, they only had to bow their hands. They have been led by Zhou Jun to bow down, "The grass people welcome the observation envoy."

The silent restlessness in the group of merchants just now was vented through this salute, and the salute was full of high spirits.

Looking at Zhou Jun and others who were prostrating on the ground, Tang Cheng sighed quietly in his heart. If this was in later generations, these wealthy businessmen with huge sums of money would be the ones that officials would try their best to contact, especially industry leaders like Zhou Jun. It's easy to be a representative of the National People's Congress and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Even the governor has to show some face when he sees him, let alone kneel down to greet him.Helpless, they were born in the wrong era!Just looking at the "Laws of the Tang Dynasty" clearly stipulates that the children of "businessmen" are not allowed to participate in scientific examinations, we can see the low status of merchants in Tang Dynasty, and the deep rejection of merchants by scholars represented by officials.

Yu Dongjun, who had just gotten off the car, was forced by the loud voice, and stepped back a bit before he stood firm. He clearly felt the emotions of the merchants and laughed, "Get up, you are the masters today." Ladies and gentlemen, I am here as an accompanying guest at Tang Chengzhi's invitation, so there is no need for you to be courteous because of different priorities."

"Thank you, Mr. Observation Envoy." After Zhou Jun and the others got up, they consciously diverted from both sides and gave way to the middle of the door.

"My lord, this woman is Guan Guan, the boss of Daya Zhizheng Garden." While accompanying Yu Dongjun to walk in, Tang Cheng continued to introduce Zhou Jun beside him and said, "This is the largest lacquerware merchant in Xiangzhou, Zhou Jun. Jun, the tax he paid to the imperial court in one year is enough to cover a medium-sized county, and the road construction in Jinzhou relied on the support of him and all the wealthy merchants to proceed smoothly.”

Yu Dongjun already knew Tang Cheng's handling of Jinzhou affairs, and he was no stranger to the name Zhou Jun. Hearing this, he walked slowly and turned his head slightly, "Oh, you are the first one who bought Jinzhou. Xiangzhou Zhou Jun at Zhouzhou Wharf".