Chapter 631: Businessman’s link (Part 1)

The next morning, Li Qing'an found Zhang Hao in the imperial city of Shangshu Province and asked him to ask him to go to Anxi to take charge. He thought the membership fee had been quarrel, but he did not expect that Zhang Hao agreed happily and said that he was willing to go to Anxi. Li Qing'an was overjoyed and had a long talk with him for more than an hour before the two happily ended the conversation. Then Li Qing'an went to the Secretariat to find Zhang Yun and discussed the specific details of Zhang Hao's transfer to Anxi.

One morning, Li Qing'an spent all his busy life. It was not until noon that he came out of the Daming Palace. As soon as he walked to Danfeng Gate, a personal soldier stepped forward to report, "General, someone is waiting for you outside Danfeng Gate. It has been more than an hour."

One hour is two hours in the next life, and a person actually waited for him for more than two hours. This is a long wait anyway.

“Where are the others?”

The personal soldier pointed to a carriage in the distance and whispered to Li Qing'an. Li Qing'an was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Go up and take a look!"

Li Qing'an's carriage galloped up, and gradually stopped when he was dozens of steps away from the carriage opposite. Hundreds of personal guards separated on their wings and stared at the carriage opposite with vigilant eyes.

The carriage door opposite opened, and a charming woman came down. She walked forward with all her charm and gave Li Qing'an's carriage Yingying, "Huahua meets His Highness Zhao!"

Li Qingan also got off the carriage. Seeing her wearing bright makeup and a charming smile, she smelled the strong fragrance from her body from afar. She completely lost her elegance of her eyebrows before, nor did she look sad after being beaten last time.

Li Qing'an heard that she was doing business in Hebei and Hedong, which was quite favored by An Lushan. Only her caravan in Hebei Road could be unobstructed and she really made a fortune in war.

Li Qingan smiled and asked, "Why is Madam in Chang'an?"

"Your Highness, King Zhao, I'm here for you and I'll give you a generous gift."

When Li Qingan heard that she called him King Zhao, but no longer called him Qilang like before, he knew that she had untied her heart, so he nodded and smiled, "What gift?"

Yang Huahua's eyes turned and Yanran smiled and said, "I can't explain it clearly in one or two words. It's almost noon. Why don't I invite Your Highness to have lunch? Let's talk while eating. I promise it is the gift that Your Highness is most interested in."

"Okay! Come with me."

Li Qing got on the carriage and ordered: "Go to Shuxianglou!"

Shuxianglou is a wine shop located in Chongrenfang. It has opened this year and is invested and operated by his father-in-law Dugu Haoran. The wine shop is large and covers an area of ​​eight acres. It consists of two five-story buildings and can be among the top ten wine shops in Chang'an.

There are two restaurants, one called the Zhuangyuan Building and the other called the Xiangguoju. This is mainly because Chongrenfang has a strong cultural atmosphere. The Imperial College is located here. There are more than 100,000 scholars to refer to in Beijing every year, almost all of which are concentrated in Pingkangfang and Chongrenfang. In addition, there are many Jinzhaoyuan in various prefectures in Chongrenfang. It is obvious that the book-flavored wine shops mainly make money from scholars and foreign officials. Of course, the officials in the court are also willing to give face to the Dugu family and come here to eat.

It was March, and the imperial examination will be held next month. This is the first provincial examination held after the imperial examination was suspended for two years. Therefore, it is particularly eye-catching. More than 100,000 scholars from all over the country filled Chang'an City, and young and hurried figures can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of Chongrenfang.

Interestingly, Chengdu of the Southern Tang Dynasty will also hold provincial examinations next month, but there are only more than 20,000 scholars who rushed to Chengdu, and it is said that there are more than 150,000 scholars in Chang'an. The rise and fall of the northern and southern Tang Dynasties can be seen from this that people all over the world have their own scales in their hearts. Since the Northern Tang army swept across the south of the Yangtze River and suppressed An Lushan's rebellion on Hebei Road, Chang'an has become the heart of the people.

Li Qing'an's carriage slowly stopped at the back door of the diner. It was noon time, and officials came out to have dinner one after another. It was easy to meet officials who came to drink and spend the afternoon. Although Li Qing'an was open-minded, he was seen with the infamous former Lady of Guo. This afternoon, the court would definitely set up a gossip in the court, and rumors about him would definitely spread to the sky, which would have some impact on his reputation. So Li Qing'an was very low-key and entered the diner from the back door.

Not long after Li Qing'an entered the restaurant, Yang Huahua's carriage stopped at the main entrance of the restaurant. The shopkeeper of the restaurant had already received instructions and immediately went up to him and said, "Madam, please follow me!"

Yang Huahua nodded, and she whispered a few words to her followers, and then followed the shopkeeper into the building. Although the Yang family had been in ruins for many years, Yang Huahua's appearance caused a stir in Shuxiang Building. Many officials who were eating here knew Mrs. Guoguo, and some of them were once Yang Huahua's guest. Yang Huahua went upstairs and many people came out to say hello to her.

"Madam, the style is still the same!"

"Madam, are you married? Who is the husband?"

"So my wife didn't become a ghost under the sword!"

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There are those who praise, those who ridicule, and those who tease, Yang Huahua was not annoyed at all. She greeted everyone with a smile, "It turns out that it is Zhang Langzhong. The Huaji Cabinet in Dongshi is my place. Welcome to save money."

"Mr. Li praised him, he is already old."

"Ma Envoy, I am not married yet. If you don't dislike me, I am willing to marry you."

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Yang Huahua looked calm and smiled like a flower. She walked up to the fifth floor and there were no customers here. It was very quiet. The smile on her face slowly disappeared. She turned around and cursed, "I live better than any of you!"

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly and took Yang Huahua to the innermost room. Eight burly men had already stood at the door, each with bright eyes, all of whom were extremely skilled in martial arts.

"Madam, please come in! Your Highness is waiting for you in the room."

After pausing, the shopkeeper said again: "When you go down later, your wife can tell me first that I can lead the wife to walk through the secret passage."

"No need, I'm walking out right away."

After saying that, Yang Huahua quickly walked into the room. The room was a suite, two inside and outside, which was Li Qing'an's special dining room. It was very secretive. Except for Dugu Haoran and the shopkeeper, no one else knew that there was an inner room. There was an eighteen Li Qing'an's confidant guards standing in front of the outer room. They were even more majestic than the eight outside. A personal soldier opened the door of the inner room, "Please, Madam!"

Two female guards brought Yang Huahua into the side room for inspection. Li Qing'an's security was very strict, which was no longer possible to Li Qing'an's own wish. This was the decision of the Political Affairs Hall. Those who were under the third rank must be strictly searched for their attendance, not to mention Yang Huahua who came back from Hebei.

Yang Huahua had no choice but to search carefully by two female guards, and even checked her hair. All her belongings had to be taken out and placed in a golden plate. The female guards kept it temporarily and returned it to her when they left. In the end, even her golden hairpin was pulled down.

"Mrs. Sorry, please!"

Two female guards brought Yang Huahua into the restaurant. In the restaurant, two beautiful maids served. Four personal guards lined up in a row, stood in front of the window with their hands behind their backs. The curtains were lowered, making the room look dim.

Li Qing'an was looking at a calligraphy on the wall with his hands behind his back. The calligraphy was written by Dugu Haoran, with the words "Indifferent to the career of the State". Dugu Haoran has been serving as an official position in the Eastern Palace since Li Qing'an was in charge of the administration. Last year, he was promoted to the Prince's Guest. Although his official qualities were high, he was a idle position and had no real power. After being impeached by Pei Zunqing, he almost lost his idle position. After Pei Zunqing's death, he was also discouraged. Knowing that Li Qing'an would no longer use him, he simply resigned from the position of the Prince's Guest. The young master of the prince who received an honor was honored to retire. At the beginning of this year, he borrowed 10,000 yuan from his daughter Dugu Mingyue and invested in this book-flavored wine shop. Since his career was not going well, he turned his mind to making money and enjoying it.

"Your Highness Zhao, it's really hard to have a meal with you!"

Yang Huahua smiled helplessly and bitterly. Li Qingan turned around and saw that her makeup was a little scattered and not as eye-catching as she had just seen her, so he smiled and said, "Luckily, the wife is a female, otherwise the businessman from Hebei would not have seen me."

"Is that so? Then I'm still lucky."

"That's right! Please sit there as you wish, madam."

Yang Huahua sat down, she took out a golden mirror covered with jewelry, then took out an eyebrow pencil and carefully adjusted her makeup. She raised her beautiful eyes and stared at Li Qing'an with a smile and said, "Do you like me to put on makeup?"

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said, "It doesn't matter whether I like it or not. It's enough for the key lady to like it myself."

"Hey! I'm old, time is unforgiving, so I can only use makeup to make a mask."

Yang Huahua put away her eyebrow pencil and mirror, sighed and said, "If a woman had no man to rely on, she would have grown up very quickly. I would have regretted it now. I would have known that it would be great to have married back then, and I wouldn't have to come in the wind or go to the rain now."

Li Qingan poured her a glass of wine and said with a smile: "But I think it's willing to be so busy with my wife, isn't it?"

Yang Huahua picked up the wine glass, her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, "You are indeed the worm in my stomach. I guess it, I can't hide it from you."

She drank all the wine and said with emotion: "The officialdom is the world of men. I can't play with you, so what kind of husband is it that you can make money in business? Men! They are all farts, only money is the most reliable."

Yang Huahua let go of the past, Li Qingan became a little interested in her, and then smiled and said, "Let's talk, what business are you doing in Hebei?"

Yang Huahua poured herself a glass of wine, and smiled with her eyebrows: "Don't think of trapping me, I know how to sell food, pig iron, and all military supplies. If you are caught, you will be beheaded, so I don't do these things. I sell salt and jewelry. Now it's OK!"

Li Qingan shook his head and said, "I think these are your cover!"

Yang Huahua narrowed her eyes and smiled. She raised her thumb and said, "It's really amazing! I can't hide it from you."
Chapter completed!