Ancient promotion routine

After Mrs. Zhang learned that it was Zhang Zhongqian who beat Zhang Yanjin, she couldn't help complaining: "How can you be so cruel? Even if you admit your mistake to the emperor, you can't beat him like this!"

Zhang Zhongqian, who has always been very filial, knew that he could not argue with his mother, so he simply hid in the room by himself.

Zhang Yanjin comforted Mrs. Zhang, and by the way, asked someone to take out the hand warmer, foot warmer, and large copper heater, and asked someone to light anthracite, and put them in. Find Mrs. Zhang, Zhang Qian, Zhang Bowen and Zhang Xiuwu. in the room.

"Second brother, what are these things you took out?" Zhang Xiuwu was originally very upset that Zhang Yanjin caused trouble for the Ningguo Mansion again, but he was already nervous. Just transferred.After all, brothers have no overnight feud.

Although Zhang Bowen was also interested in these heaters and Ruitan, but out of face, he just stood aside and said nothing.

Zhang Yanjin's butt was really hurting badly, and she didn't have time to take care of Zhang Bowen's thoughts, so she just explained a few words to Zhang Xiuwu, applied medicine and fell asleep.

He had been on the road for the past few days, and Zhang Zhongqian whipped him bloody with a whip before he could rest. Zhang Yanjin fell asleep and woke up slowly the next afternoon.

Under Xiaolan's service, Zhang Yanjin washed up. Just as he was about to drink some nourishing soup, sleep well, and enjoy the leisurely life of green ant new fermented wine and red clay small stove, he was blown by the cold wind Chen Su, who was waiting, walked in.

"Why are you here?" Zhang Yanjin glanced at Chen Su lazily.

Chen Su took off the fur cape on his head, took off the fur cape on his body and handed it to Xiaolan, and asked the servant behind him to give Xiaolan the ginseng and other nourishing things brought by Zhang Yanjin, and sat down by himself Pour yourself a cup of tea first.

After drinking a cup of hot tea, Chen Su heaved a sigh of relief, crossed his legs, and changed into a comfortable posture, "I just came to see you when I heard the news of your return. Why do you feel like you don't welcome brother?" It seems like I'm here? Is there a brother like you?"

Zhang Yanjin gritted her teeth in displeasure and said, "Come on, you want to see how the emperor will deal with me, right?"

There was a smile on Chen Su's fair face. He looked at Zhang Yanjin excitedly and said, "Do I need to ask you this? It has spread throughout Chang'an City!"

Zhang Yanjin looked at Chen Su in disbelief, when did the palace become so secretive?In just one night, this kind of news spread throughout Chang'an City?Could it be that the news was spread out by someone in the palace?

Chen Su seemed to see Zhang Yanjin's doubts. He patted Zhang Yanjin on the shoulder and said, "I mean, you don't know, do you? You are already a famous person in Chang'an City, and you don't bother to pass on other people's news. It's yours that spreads the fastest!"

How did his pass on the fastest?Is it because he is handsome?

Chen Su also became interested, so he stretched out his fingers and began to tell Zhang Yanjin: "Since you made stirrups and saddles, and led us to win the polo match, you have become a well-known person in Chang'an City. , and then you asked the emperor to beg for those lands in Xizhou Datong. It can be said that you didn't care about the name, and you played the rogue to the extreme, so that everyone knew you again. Wang Jianting, these few things you have done are unprecedented, and they are simply the first of its kind."

After Chen Su finished talking like a storyteller, he clapped his hands and said, "Yesterday you were taken into the palace by your uncle. Do you think everyone can stop paying attention to you?"

Zhang Yanjin heard black lines on his face, didn't this guy just want to say that he had brought shamelessness to the extreme?

"When you entered the palace yesterday, everyone speculated whether you were going to be slapped. Who knew that you came out safe and sound, and nothing happened. Do you think such unexpected news can spread quickly?" Chen Sujian Zhang Yanjin didn't speak, but shrugged.

"You're the only one who got clicked!" Zhang Yanjin said angrily.His plan was to be a wealthy idler, so how did he accidentally become a celebrity in Chang'an City?

He looked at Chen Su and said, "Do you think brother is very famous? Do you feel proud to be brother brother?"

Chen Su nodded and glanced around the room.

"Too good a person is actually a kind of trouble." Zhang Yanjin sighed, looked up at Chen Sudao sincerely.

Chen Su was so startled by Zhang Yanjin's golden sentence that he couldn't react for a long time. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what words to use.

It just so happened that Zhang Wu came in with a large copper stove that had been cleaned of dust. Chen Su saw the large stove in Zhang Wu's hand, and his eyes straightened immediately.

"This is what you presented to the emperor yesterday?" Chen Su asked impatiently.

Zhang Yanjin finally understood the real intention behind Chen Su's hasty rush. Well, he also thought that if he was injured, he might not be able to promote the stove and Ruitan in time, which would delay the business. Who would have thought that the first customer would come to his door automatically? , he smiled and said, "Do you want it?"

"Good brother!" The smile on Chen Su's face grew stronger. He leaned in front of the big copper heater, looked at it carefully and said, "This is the big copper heater you gave to His Majesty? It's amazing how warm it can be. thing!"

Just when Chen Su was about to say a few more words of appreciation for the strong brotherhood between him and Zhang Yanjin, he heard Zhang Yanjin say, "100 taels of silver."

Chen Su gasped, and couldn't believe what he heard: "What did you say?"

"100 taels of silver." Zhang Yanjin looked at Chen Su firmly and said, "This is a rare item for the emperor, 100 taels of silver is not much."

"Are you still a brother? You actually asked me for money!" Chen Su shouted unwillingly.

Zhang Yanjin said bluntly: "I hired people to find this Rui Tan with great pains, and it took countless processes to make the current Rui Tan. I spent countless hours on these hand warmers and foot warmers." and energy, and melted the consistent copper coins to make it, and then I braved the cold wind to pull it here from Xizhou Datong, do you think these are worth 100 taels of silver?"

Chen Su thought about it, so he said in a low voice, "Okay, I'll get someone to send you 100 taels later." After all, 100 taels is really nothing to their family.

"I'll give you three pieces of Swiss charcoal and some crushed charcoal to use in the hand warmer." After the agreement was reached, Zhang Yanjin was not stingy.

When Chen Su heard this, he immediately beamed with joy.

After Chen Su left, Zhang Yanjin asked Zhang Wuyi to send some hand warmers and foot warmers, as well as Rui charcoal and crushed charcoal to Zhao Guogong's mansion. After all, he owed Zhao Guogong Chu Chigong's favor, and if Zhang Wuyi Li Rongniang will have a better time this winter after sending them the hand warmer, right?

The rich and noble children in Chang'an City always like to get together to listen to the little song and drink warm wine. It is winter again, and the children of Chang'an City are even more reluctant to go out. Most of them are nestled in the restaurant, listening to the little song Enjoy the gentle countryside.

After Chen Su left from Zhang Yanjin, he came to the restaurant and proudly told the news that he bought a large copper stove, hand warmer, and foot warmer from Zhang Yanjin at a high price of 100 taels. The thing that came here was something that the emperor only used yesterday!

As soon as his words came out, the whole restaurant exploded.The wealthy children of Chang’an City didn’t think that 100 taels was too expensive. After all, they all had land entrusted by the emperor, so 100 taels was too easy for them. Is it possible to buy this novelty, and where to buy it.

It can be said that Zhang Yanjin publicized his hand warmer and Ruitan without any effort, and the hand warmer has become a bargaining chip for the wealthy children of Chang'an City to compete with each other.

There is no charcoal around Chang'an City, and charcoal must be brought from Datong, Xizhou, but hand warmers and large copper heaters do not need to be brought from Xizhou. Pulling the state over is too much of a waste of energy.

When acquaintances came to Ningguo Mansion incessantly and wanted to buy hand warmers and other items, Zhang Yanjin asked Lu Blacksmith to organize craftsmen in Ningguo Mansion to secretly make hand warmers and other items, and cultivated a team of craftsmen in Chang'an City .

Afterwards, Zhang Yanjin rented suitable frontages in both the West City and the East City of Chang'an City at lightning speed, and placed exquisitely crafted hand warmers, foot warmers, and large copper heaters in the shop to entertain the guests. Introduced into the store.

Since the store opened, it can be said to be full of people, and the flow of people is endless.In just a few days, Zhang Yanjin made a lot of money.

Of course, the structure of hand warmers and foot warmers is really simple. Soon, similar imitations appeared in other places in Chang'an City. These were also expected by Zhang Yanjin. After all, hand warmers and foot warmers It's a very strong thing, not a long-term consumption item.

Coal is the way for him to make a fortune in the long run. After all, when the coal is used up, there will be nothing left. What he should do now is to hurry up and buy all the places that are rich in coal to form a monopoly. Coal also poses no threat to him.

After all, he has occupied the large coal resource land, even if those people can dig out coal, they can't make a fortune, can they?

Time flew by, and by the time Zhang Yanjin healed his injuries and arranged business in Chang'an City, it was already midwinter.If he went to Datong, Xizhou again, he might not be able to come back for the New Year.

After planning the time, Zhang Yanjin took out a pen and wrote a letter to Wang Shi, Wang Jiu and Zhang Wuer, asking them to properly manage the open-pit coal mining plant and brick factory in Datong, and then sent the letter to the post station, so that The post envoy brought it to Datong, Xizhou.

He has also received the news that Wang Jianting was dismissed and returned to Chang'an City on horseback in despair. The newly appointed county magistrate has a precedent of him beating Wang Jianting, so he would not dare to cause trouble on his territory for no reason.

Zhang Yanjin tapped the table lightly, then he took out a small square seal and a bank note.

"You go to Yulin after the next year." Zhang Yanjin handed the small seal and the silver ticket to Zhang Wuyi, took out the map he had drawn a long time ago, pointed to the place circled on it and said: "This small seal is the The sign of Ningguo Mansion, after you go to Yulin with the bank notes, coordinate with the local county magistrate to buy the land I drew."

Although Zhang Wuyi was puzzled, he was steady and honest, as long as what Zhang Yanjin did was not too outrageous, he would have no objection and would not ask too many questions.

He put away the small square seal and bank notes, and said calmly: "Erlang, don't worry, after the New Year's Eve, I will set off to Yulin and buy back the land Erlang circled."

Zhang Yanjin was busy enclosing land to make money, and his life was prosperous, but Wang Jianting, who was beaten up by him and lost his official position, had a miserable life. First, he received the order to dismiss him from office, and then he rode a thin horse When I got home, I was severely whipped by my admonishing doctor father who paid great attention to his reputation. He was originally bruised and purple, and his face like a white cake was even more bruised and purple. There is no good place.

In his anger, he could only go to Zhou Qihui to complain. After all, both of them had suffered from Zhang Yanjin and had a common language.

Zhou Qihui looked at his friend with a colorful face, gritted his molars fiercely, and remained silent for a while.

Wang Jianting asked Zhongzhou, Xizhou Province to submit the papers that were handed over to the emperor by his father Zhou Qin, and he also specially asked someone to raise this matter at the court. His life was ruined, and the land of Xizhou Datong that he was about to come to was taken back by the emperor, making him lose face, and he could never lift his head again. melted? !

What made Zhou Qihui even more angry was that things went against the direction he expected. Zhang Yanjin was whipped by his uncle, but it made him more famous in Chang'an City. His hand warmer and foot warmer, as well as copper The big heater was almost out of stock, and the profits were huge.

People in this era don't pay attention to money, but only to status, but when Zhou Qihui thinks of Zhang Yanjin's happy face, his teeth hurt from anger.

He looked at the large copper stove in the room, and was so angry that he wanted to go up and kick it, but he put his foot down when he reached the front. If he really kicked the large copper stove down, he would take it What for winter?Besides, these came with Ruitan, but he spent 2000 taels of silver to buy them!

Wang Jianting naturally knew that Zhou Qihui hated Zhang Yanjin so much that he hated Zhang Yanjin. Since he had experienced Zhang Yanjin's fists and unreasonable playing cards a few times before, the two of them could be said to be on the same enemy this time, and planned to discuss it in the long run.

The bitter cold wind whizzed past, blowing the cold current to Chang'an City. Overnight, a layer of plain snow fell on the simple and majestic Chang'an City, making him look like a white-headed old man wrapped in white.

Li Rongniang stood in front of the window with a hand warmer in her arms, staring at the red plums outside the window.It has been more than three months since she came to Zhao Guogong's mansion. She thought that that person had forgotten her, but she never thought that in this severe winter, he asked someone to send such a warm thing.

Li Rongniang looked down at the heater in her hand, and gently stroked the patterns on the outside of the heater with her slender fingers.

She suddenly remembered that day on Chang'an Avenue, Zhang Yanjin snatched her from the hands of the reckless man, taught the reckless man a lesson, and proved her innocence.

It was precisely because of this that she threw herself into his arms desperately to block his knife. This kind of behavior was something she had never dared to think about before, but she just did it that day.

Thinking of the two Zhuang Zis that Zhang Yanjin gave her, the things she sent before were actually a hint that he still gave her things now, does that mean that he actually has intentions for her?

When the maid came in and helped her put on the cloak, she suddenly came back to her senses, and realized that she had been distracted for so long.

Her slender fingers curled up, like her tangled emotions. What is her status in Zhang Yanjin's heart?

Entering the twelfth lunar month, the year is approaching.The Chinese New Year in the Great Wei Dynasty is different from the modern ones. It is divided into two parts: before and after the year. The New Year’s Eve is the boundary.

In the palace, after the courtiers returned home on New Year's Eve, they took a three-day holiday from the first to the third day of junior high school.

Crossing the light ice to dissolve the Wei Bridge in the south, the trees in the east are swaggering.The emperor welcomes the spring and takes tonight, and the princes offer their birthdays to use the Ming Dynasty.New Year’s Eve is the same as in modern times. From the emperor to the common people, all pay attention to vigil. On this night, both the palace and the people will hold Nuo dances. grand.

Nuo Dance can also be called the Nuo Exorcism Conference, which is specially set up to drive away evil spirits.

After the exorcism meeting is over, on the morning of the first day of the new year, the courtiers need to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor and present New Year's gifts.

Among the folks, the three-day holiday from the first to the third day of junior high school does not require a curfew as usual. After the curfew, you can still hold a banquet at home and reunite with your family.

In order to make room for the three-day holiday from the first to the third day of the junior high school, the courtiers in the palace have to deal with all the affairs in advance, and the emperor is no exception. It is to look over one by one.

Under such a heavy workload, the hand warmer and the large copper warmer brought even higher happiness to the emperor. After all, compared with the past years in the cold, suffering from leg pain, but insisting on reviewing memorials, Much more comfortable this year.

This also made the emperor's impression of Zhang Yanjin much better. When he was busy with official duties, he put down the cinnabar pen in his hand, took a sip of pepper wine to dispel the moisture and cold on his body, stared at the large copper heater in the room and said: "Zhang Yanjin This kid, a rogue is a rogue, his head is quite clever, and he actually found something like Rui Tan."

Li Mingrui saw that the emperor wanted to take a rest, so he took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the person you sent to escort Zhang Yanjin back to Chang'an City a few days ago has returned, and brought back some pictures."

"Picture?" The emperor was puzzled.He asked those imperial guards to go to Datong to have a better understanding of the situation, to see what kind of moth Zhang Yanjin asked him about Datong, and then escort Zhang Yanjin back. Now that Zhang Yanjin came back by himself, they only need to be there Just get a good understanding of the situation and come back, why did you bring the picture back?

Li Mingrui lowered his head slightly and said: "Reporting to the emperor, the guards who went there said that they were afraid that they could not describe the local situation in words, so they found a blueprint and drew it down, so that the emperor can understand the local situation at a glance."

"Oh?" Li Mingrui's words completely aroused the emperor's interest, he closed the memorial in hand and said: "Which pictures, show me."

Only then did Li Mingrui put the picture that had been put aside in front of the emperor.

For the sake of clarity, the picture is not drawn in one color of ink, but is drawn in various colors on the paper.

In the center of the first drawing is a black circular area, on which there are people with various tools, such as those who dig coal with shovels, those who use pickaxes to break through rock formations, those who use wheelbarrows to transport broken rocks away, and those who pull The black coal dug up is transported by two-wheeled carts.

The second picture shows the workers using two-wheeled carts to pull the coal to the coal washing pool. The workers are seen turning the coal with a shovel beside the pool to clean the coal more thoroughly.

After Li Mingrui's brief explanation of the first picture and the second picture, the emperor still understood it, but when he saw the third picture, the emperor couldn't understand it at all. He pointed to the long squares piled up together. Said: "What is this?"

"Your Majesty, according to the inquiries of the imperial guards, this is a new thing Zhang Yanjin invented for building a house. After they finish laying the foundation, they should start building it." Li Mingrui actually didn't understand what the rectangular thing was. what is it.

The emperor seemed to understand, so he opened the third paper and looked at the fourth paper. He found that the fourth paper was the scene of workers firing bricks.

"Your Majesty, do you need to announce Zhang Yanjin into the palace?" Li Mingrui asked when he saw the puzzled look on the emperor's face.

The emperor put together several pieces of drawing paper and handed them to Li Mingrui, "No need, the Northern Expedition is imminent and there are a lot of official duties, so let's deal with the official duties at hand first."

Seeing this, Li Mingrui put away the painting handed in by the imperial guards, and stood silently aside.

The author has something to say: It’s been a long time since I gave out red envelopes, and it’s almost the end of the month. The top 66 in this chapter will give out red envelopes