Chapter 464 Business Door-to-Door (Part 2)
August 15th, Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole country celebrates.
Li Hao, who was idle, followed his old man to the palace. On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, Li Er wanted to have a big banquet for the ministers. He had to give him enough face, even if he was sick, he had to go.
Of course, more importantly, it is rare to see a return of money. Li Hao plans to take the opportunity to have a good meal, so it is best to make Li Er feel pain.
Well, although it was a bit whimsical, it did not delay Li Hao starving himself for the whole day.
The Tai Chi Palace is brightly lit under the night, and the magnificent palace is shining with various colorful lights.
Civil and military officials put aside their previous prejudices, played harmless jokes with each other, and walked together in groups, and from time to time they would also savor the quality of palace lanterns.
Naturally, Li Hao would not make fun of himself among the old guys. Although his current official position is indeed qualified to get involved, as the saying goes, he would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. He was a young man among the old man, and he would not have the pleasure of wearing a robe and mixing among a group of grasshopper greens in a breeze robe.
Turning his head to the left, Changsun Chong was green; looking to the right, Cheng Chumo was still green; looking back, Du Gou, Li Zhen, Chai Lingwu and other groups were still green; looking down at himself, good guy, red and purple, a sense of superiority arises naturally.
This dog is here to show off.
Changsun Chong and others couldn't see Li Hao's thoughts, so they simply looked disgusted and ignored him. Even if he spoke on his own initiative, no one would have to deal with him. It was just like he did not exist.
But with Li Hao's face, he wouldn't care about these things at all. Anyway, the playboys would follow him wherever they went, standing among the crowd in a breeze robe, as if standing out from the crowd, and were so proud.
After walking, the old guys in front had already entered the hall one after another. When Li Hao and his group were young, there was basically no place inside. The few people standing in front even saw a few fifth-rank officials sitting on the threshold.
At this time, the role of the breeze robe was reflected.
Li Hao walked non-stop, walked past everyone and came to the front of the hall gate, patted the people who were blocking the door, and compared his thumb behind him: "You guys, go behind."
The people who blocked the door were already glad, but suddenly heard this sentence, and glared and prepared to curse. As soon as they turned around, they immediately felt ache in their eyes when they turned around.
Isn’t this a playful person? Why did you, a third-rank official, sneak out and walk behind? Now the hall is lined up to sit. When you come in, will everyone move back?
Not only a few fifth-rank officials were a little bit superior, but the eunuchs who served the bureau at the door were also very upset. They would not let Li Hao go in. Yu Li was not incompatible, but let him go in... Isn't it going to offend a large number of people?
But Li Hao didn't care about this. He was wearing a crimson official robe and squeezed in with his hands. He didn't say anything. If you let me sit, I would continue to move forward. If you don't let me sit, I would sit behind you. Shamelessly, I would be willing to mess up. A typical mouse shit broke a pot of soup.
Everyone was very helpless. After all, His Majesty the Emperor would come soon. If the emperor saw that the third-rank official was squeezed to the fourth-rank official and sitting behind the fifth-rank official, even if he would not scold him in person, he would definitely keep the person in front of him in mind.
That's it. Li Hao shook and unknowingly got to the central area of the hall, and found a seat behind a large group of old men in red robes and sat down.
As soon as his butt was touched by the mat, the old man in front of him sneered and said, "Boy, are you not afraid of your father taking you off after you go back?"
"Uncle Niu, my nephew is so injustice. How dare I show off in front of so many senior uncles? It's not that those people insist on pushing me here, otherwise I would be like a young man and Chu Mo, and Changsun stayed together with them, so why bother to come and get angry?"
Li Hao was so aggrieved that he didn't take Niu Jinda's words to heart.
Niu Jinda snorted, not messing with this issue more, and changed the subject: "Boy, what's going on with that Wang Xuance? I heard that he is your disciple?"
"Yes!" Li nodded, and suddenly remembered something: "Uncle Niu, I forgot if you don't say this. Wang Xuance never returns. Did you detain that kid in Songzhou by you?"
Niu Jinda curled his lips: "It's just borrowing it for use, it's not that I won't return it to you. Besides, it's good for him to train in the army."
Li Hao was anxious when he heard this: "But he is now from the Prince's Mansion."
Niu Jinda didn't care: "First of all, he was from the Tang Dynasty."
Yes, it doesn't make sense.
After Li Er conquering the world, all the powerful soldiers and generals were reasonable. If the good things were in their hands, they would definitely be meat buns to beat dogs, and there would be no return.
Poor my disciple Xuan Ce, it’s because he has harmed you.
Li Hao sighed with a sigh of relief, closed his eyes and stopped talking, and was so hungry. Why didn’t Li Er come yet? The meal has passed, when will the food be served?
As time passed, I don’t know how long it took, the hall suddenly became quiet.
I heard a familiar and sharp voice shouting: "Your Majesty is here, and all the ministers are welcome."
‘Boom’
Everyone stood up at the same time and saluted to the high imperial stairs: "See Your Majesty."
"Everyone is flat!" On the steps, Li Er took the eighth master's step and walked slowly, his eyes swept across the ministers below, his eyes full of relief.
When everyone sat down, another group of people stood up and saluted again at Li Er who had just sat down: "Foreign minister, see Tian Khan."
This group of envoys from the Western Regions, including kings of various countries and princes, occupied about one-tenth of the hall. After the salute, they all bent over and did not dare to look up.
The great His Majesty Li Er narrowed his eyes at this moment, and after a while, he waved his hand and said, "You can sit back and sit back. Today is Mid-Autumn Festival in August, and there is no distinction between a ruler and a minister in the main hall. In addition, I understand your feelings, but I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so how can I be a khan?"
"Thank you Your Majesty!" The envoys from various countries in the Western Regions thanked them and then returned to their seats.
Only Fu Yun from Tuyuhun was still in the center of the hall, holding a box in his arms, and lying respectfully on the ground: "I have a treasure from the Western Regions that have been presented by the countries of the Western Regions. I hope your Majesty will accept it with a smile."
Li Hao sat down below and rolled his eyes without any trace. Looking at the size of the box, others might not know what was contained there, but he was almost 100% sure that it was a seal with the words "Tian Khan".
Although Li Er did not admit that he was a Tian Khan on the surface, Li Hao knew clearly that on the future letters of Li sent to the Western Regions, each seal with the words "Tian Khan" was all stamped.
Judging from this point of view, Li Er is not that he doesn’t want to be a god Khan now, but he just can’t stand it.
It is precisely based on this that Li Hao has no resentment towards the princes of the Western Regions not far away who are frequently facing him. At some point, he even hoped that Li Er would announce the start of the banquet as soon as possible, so he could find an opportunity to talk to the other party about the future development of the Western Conference.
Li Er was high above, and the prince was sitting at him, and the lower part were Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others.
Seeing Fu Yun unwilling to go down and insisting on offering gifts, Li Er naturally could not lose his etiquette, so he had to order Lin Xi to go down and accept the gifts. Then he raised his glass first and said slowly: "Mid-Autumn Festival is a day of reunion and a day for the whole country to celebrate. Please raise your glass."
The wine cups of the people in the hall were filled with fine wine by countless palace maids as soon as Li Er appeared. At this time, he heard Li Er's words and immediately raised them up: "I wish my emperor, to create great achievements for thousands of years and bring peace to all ages!"
"I, I hope to share my encouragement with you and drink!"
"Drinking!"
I thought Li Er would make a long speech, but unexpectedly, the battle ended in just a few words.
Li Hao raised his glass and drank it all. The sweet wine tasted pretty good, probably aged.
After a glass of wine, the hall became lively. Following Li Er, the killers who were fighting all over the world, drank one by one, blushed and thick necked. Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde even took off their arms and started to wrestle in the hall.
The civil servants also put down their airs, drinking red wine and white wine. While drinking, they did not forget to applaud Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde, who were holding each other with red eyes.
These old guys probably had the same idea as me. If you don’t drink the palace jade wine, it’s useless to drink it, and it’s useless to drink it.
Looking at the various aspects in the hall, Li Hao devoted all his energy to fighting food, with his left hand deer legs and his right hand bear liver. He would have a sip of wine from time to time, and soon he had already made a round stomach.
"Mr. Li is so happy, why don't he enjoy the fun on the court?"
Someone around him had changed. The old man Niu Jinda went there, and Tuyuhun Fushun was replaced.
"The king is very interested. Why don't he drink with his companions there, but he comes to chat with me, a foodie." Li Hao asked slowly, "I chewed the deer legs that were almost the same as before, and cleaned his hands.
Fu Shun smiled bitterly: "If you are entrusted by others, you will talk about loyalty to others. If Mr. Li doesn't dislike you, what should I do?"
"What are you talking about?" Li Hao asked back.
The missions of the Western Regions have met Li Er, and the next thing should have nothing to do with him.
Fu Shun turned his head and looked at the Western Regions Mission. He didn't know what he was thinking. After a moment, his face turned a little more: "Mr. Li, I wonder if you are interested in doing a few business with the countries in the Western Regions?"
"Doing business? Me?" Li Hao was a little surprised.
Unexpectedly, before I went to find them, these guys actually came to find me. Could this be the legendary smell of wine and not afraid of the deep alley?
Fu Shun admitted: "That's right, Xiao Wang admires Li Hou's talent in business and wants to cooperate with Li Hou once."
"Why? There are many families in this court that are more powerful than my Li family, such as the Changsun family, the Chai family, and the Minister of Works of the Ministry of Works there, why must it be me?"
If something goes wrong, you will become a demon. Li Hao suddenly was not in such a hurry to develop the Western Regions.
After all, it is one thing for him to take the initiative to develop, and it is another thing for him to be led by the other party.
Fu Shun shook his head at this time and said bitterly: "Li Hou was joking. Changsun Pushe did have a very background in the Tang Dynasty, but because the Changsun family's background was too big, Xiao Wang felt very uneasy, for fear that a bad person would be eaten and even left without bones."
Li Hao blew up: "Haha..., Lord, if you say this, aren't you afraid of being told by Changsun Pushe? You're going to be embarrassed by you?"
But Fu Shun stared at Li Hao and said with a blank expression: "Xiao Wang believes that Mr. Li will not tell him about this matter with Changsun Pushe."
"Okay." Li Hao did not continue to tangle Changsun Wuji's body, and put away his smile and asked seriously: "Since the king wants to do business, I wonder what kind of business it is?"
"The cattle and sheep in Tuyuhun, the white folds in Gaochang, and the beautiful jade in Khotan can all be done."
Li Hao instantly responded to a question and blurted out: "Master, are you dumping me at the Tang Dynasty? You only leave but not enter?"
"What, what dumping?" Fu Shun was stunned.
The concept of dumping is a very unfamiliar word for Tuyuhun, even for the Tang Dynasty.
In this era of bartering, the concepts of dumping and anti-dumping are too advanced.
Li Hao did not mean to give Fu Shun popular science. If you don’t know, you won’t know. Anyway, it’s not a big problem.
After a pause, Li Hao said, "It's okay to do these businesses, but I have a requirement, that is, we must be led by us. In the near future, I will contact some people to set up an independent merchant to invest in countries in the Western Regions. The price of goods must be controlled by us."
Fu Shun worried, "How can this work? If you lower the price, wouldn't we lose to the end?"
Li Hao waved his hand and interrupted Fu Shun: "Don't worry, you won't suffer any losses. I will draft a plan in a few days. You can sit together and discuss in detail."
Is this true? Will you really not suffer any losses?
Fushun is not sure.
He didn't know much about Li Hao, he only knew that this person was extremely smart.
As for the theory of the first disaster in Chang'an, it was just a bad reputation that outsiders strengthened and a trick he used to hide himself.
After returning to his position in a daze, many people immediately surrounded Fushun and asked him about the content of the conversation.
Fu Shun said nothing without hiding it, and finally sighed: "Li Dejian is a smart person. I don't know if it's right or wrong for us to do business with him this time."
"At least you won't suffer too much." Fu Yun, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly said: "Don't always think about getting rich or something. In fact, the biggest advantage of doing business with high-ranking officials like the Tang Dynasty does not care about how much money you make, but has a strong backer.
Before these backers fell, even the one sitting on the top would not easily move to the Western Regions.
Chapter completed!