A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

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"I'm also a royal!" Li Zhi emphasized.

"It has nothing to do with being a member of the royal family. The Department of Maritime Trade is essentially an independent court. It has nothing to do with the birth of His Royal Highness Jin." Gu Qing shook his head and sighed, "Think about the painstaking arrangements I made, but in the end I got After being questioned by His Royal Highness King Jin, I am really disappointed, and it seems that I will not be able to control many matters of the Maritime Trade Department in the future."

"Don't get me wrong." Li Zhi quickly poured a cup of tea for Gu Qing, "It's all because of Zhang Jie, who didn't speak clearly, which made me misunderstand what you meant. It turns out that you have good intentions."

"Oh." Gu Qing nodded calmly, "Then His Royal Highness Prince Jin is planning to take out the [-] guan?"

"Originally, you gave me the money from the Maritime Trade Department." Li Zhi handed the teacup to Gu Qing respectfully, "But can it be cheaper?"

"No." Gu Qing took the teacup and said decisively.

"..."

Li Zhi turned his head and didn't want to look at Gu Qing. If he watched too much, he felt that he would be pissed off.

"The Department of Maritime Trade is tight, and I know that there is no way out." Gu Qing sipped his tea and said.

"What can I do?" Li Zhi sniffed, feeling aggrieved.

Gu Qing put down his teacup and said to Li Zhi, "His Royal Highness King Jin can borrow money. Recently, the bank has a very good business. If His Highness King Jin borrows money from the bank, the Maritime Trade Department is a potential stock. The bank is very happy." Lend the money to the Maritime Trade Department."

"What are potential stocks?"

"It's just a saying, which means that the future of the Maritime Trade Department is very good. If you borrow more, you will repay more, and you will borrow more and more, and you will repay more." The more Gu Qing thought about it, the more suitable he felt, and he kept nodding, " Your Royal Highness, take a look, this can not only solve the urgent needs of the Maritime Trade Department, but with the support of the bank in the future, the Maritime Trade Department can also become more and more prosperous.

"Wait! It's a bit messy, let me smooth it out." Li Zhi clutched his forehead in pain.

Gu Qing gave Fan Jian a look, and Fan Jian immediately took a roll of contract and put it on the table.

"If His Royal Highness King Jin thinks there is no problem, just sign and pledge on this contract." Gu Qing said with a smile.

Li Zhi looked at the contract motionlessly, then mechanically turned his head to look at Gu Qing and said, "Gu Qing, you have given up such a lot of twists and turns, you have given up so much talk, and you have been waiting here for me all this time. ?”

Gu Qing nodded very seriously.

"So you tricked me?" Li Zhi asked in a daze.

Gu Qing leaned close to Li Zhi's face and whispered, "Did His Royal Highness Jin get into it?"

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Li Zhi looked at Gu Qing's unbeaten face and said, "I'm stuck."

"The signature and the deposit will take effect immediately. Go to the bank to withdraw the money. The Maritime Trade Department has so many things to do, so I won't let His Royal Highness Jin Wang stay." Gu Qing waved the fan in his hand, "Remember to bring the contract, and remember to go home for dinner at night."

Chapter 58

Li Zhi took the contract and left Gu's house like a walking dead, feeling powerless, as if he had been calculated, but this kind of thing was indeed calculated and there was nothing he could do about it. Today's Maritime Trade Department needs money to turn around, not just the six With a huge engine, the division will need to pay more money in the future, and it seems that it will not work if you don’t admit it, but after thinking about it carefully, what Gu Qing said is right, the money is indeed going to be paid by the Maritime Trade Division.

Even if it was for Li Chengqian to see, if the Maritime Trade Department and the factory have always been of one mind, it will inevitably make Li Chengqian have too many ideas. It is a factory, and the Maritime Trade Division is the Maritime Trade Division.

"Uncle King Jin, did you lose money?"

Gu Xiao's greeting brought him back from his thoughts, Li Zhi looked at Gu Xiao and said, "Aren't you going to class today?"

"No class today, the academy is closed." Gu Xiao said.

"That's right, that's right, today is a rest." Li Zhi continued walking while holding the contract.

Li Zhi led Zhang Jiuling into the house and said to the leisurely Gu Qing, "Father, why is Uncle Jin Wang so out of his mind today?"

"He just owed a debt." Gu Qing sipped his tea.

Gu Xiao glanced at Zhang Jiuling behind him and said, "Brother Zhang, wait for me here for a while, and I'll come out after I get the account book."

"Okay." Zhang Jiuling stood where he was.

Gu Xiao hurried into the house, Zhang Jiuling stood in the front yard of Gu's house, looked at Gu Qing, bowed and said: "Student Zhang Jiuling, I have met Gu Houye."

"Yeah." Gu Qing nodded slightly, "How is the academy recently?"

"Everything is fine." Zhang Jiuling said quietly watching Gu Qing's expression.

"Sometimes my kid can't do things with his brain, and we still need some advice from you friends on weekdays." Gu Qing spoke slowly.

"Gu Xiao is actually quite smart, and he often reminds us."

Zhang Jiuling's words didn't sound like a compliment. Looking at this kid, the legendary Zhang Jiuling was in front of him, but Zhang Jiuling is still young now. I remember that when Zhang Jiuling became famous, he was also in his later years.

The guys who played with Gu Xiao knew it himself, Gu Qing then said in a low voice: "I remember that among you sworn brothers, there is one named Yang Zhao, right?"

"Indeed." Thinking of this, Zhang Jiuling said doubtfully, "How did Lord Hou know that we are sworn brothers?"

Hearing his rhetorical question, Gu Qing felt that he had made a mistake. He knew everything about his son's actions in the academy, so he hurriedly explained: "That kid Gu Xiao said it all. You should be ready to graduate now. Have you thought about it?" Do you want to be an official in the court?"

"The students are still thinking about it." Zhang Jiuling bowed again and said.

"I got it." Gu Xiao came out of the room, pulled Zhang Jiuling and said, "Let's go quickly, don't make Brother Fang and the others wait in a hurry."

Zhang Jiuling was dragged away by Gu Xiao to leave the Gu family, and said all the way: "Gu Xiao, you and your father should talk about everything, I really envy the harmony between your father and son."

"Him?!" Gu Xiao said in surprise, "My father? I won't make peace with him!"

"Then you told your father about our sworn marriage." Zhang Jiuling said thoughtfully.

"I never said that, what's the matter?" Gu Xiao was puzzled.

Zhang Jiuling blinked hard, thought for a while, then smiled and said, "It's nothing? It's just that I'm a little nervous to see your father."

"You have to talk less with him. If you are not careful, you will be fooled by him." Gu Xiao took the account book and went to a balcony outside the academy. Fang Chengxian, Yang Zhao, Li Linfu, and Li Xiang were all waiting here up.

There was a lot of money among them, Gu Xiao took out the account book and said, "Come on, let's look at the account book and distribute the money."

"Okay!" Li Xiang also nodded.

Yang Zhao's younger sister, Yang Yuhuan, stood aside and watched the few people distribute the money. After coming to the academy, she also changed into the college uniform. I have never had any concept of money, but it is still very strange to see that Gu Xiao has earned so many years in just a few days.

"Recently, many students from the academy have gone to the Department of Maritime Trade." Fang Chengxian said to Zhang Jiuling with a long sigh: "We are about to graduate, brother Zhang, do you have any plans for the future?"

"I haven't thought about it yet." Zhang Jiuling looked at Gu Xiao with a smile and shared the money and said, "There are 300 students who have graduated this time, and most of these 300 students will take the imperial examination, but not everyone will enter the imperial examination. Chaotang always has to eliminate a group, and my studies are not very good, if possible, I would like to go back to my hometown first."

"Homesick?" Yang Zhao also said aside.

"Yeah, I have been in the academy for so many years without knowing it, and I am really homesick." Zhang Jiuling nodded, "Brother Fang, brother Yang."

"I'm still early. If I can, I think it would be good to enter the court in the future." Yang Zhao said, now Yang Zhao and Gu Xiao are the same age.

"I will stay in the academy with my father." Fang Chengxian said: "My father is already one of the principals of the academy, and he is in the same row with the old master Kong Yingda and the others. My grandfather is the prime minister. There are some things you don't understand. We The Fang family is powerful, and I still want to inherit my grandfather's title, our family will no longer be an official, and my father will not let me be an official either."

"Why doesn't your father let you be an official?" Yang Zhao asked.