C35

When he entered the capital, under the influence of Fu Xiang, the empress had not only written a note for "Ze Xiang", but also bestowed him some gifts due to his meritorious deeds. Although it could only be considered a private matter and he had no intentions whatsoever, the two carriages with "bestowed" seals allowed him to swagger out of the city with Huyan Dong's fences. The face of a Western General was far from enough for the Imperial Guard to dare look at the empress's imperial carriage.

The first thing he did upon returning to He Prefecture was to let Liu Qingshan escort Huyan Dong to Nan Ping Prefecture. Firstly, it was to protect his safety and to contact and cooperate with him. Secondly, Liu Qingshan had appeared quite often on that matter.

Chen Chaoyin had also returned. Following Zhang Zhou's instructions, he brought along the recommendation letter for the prefectural yamen and the yamen's punishment to the border of Dragon State and found General Zhang Shuhe in the north. The first was to promote the disinfection of medicinal wine produced by the businesses in the Nine Prefectures. Although the function of the medicinal wine was far from that of the alcohol from his previous life, its effects were obvious. Secondly, Zhang Zhou wanted to find out if there was a way to get to Beyan. Zhang Zhou was very interested in this Tang Dynasty and knew that the official level was not the same as BeYan's. However, it was unknown whether there would be any civil interactions between the two parties.

Zhang Shuhe was very satisfied with the disinfection medicine wine and signed a big order with Jiuzhou. As for Bei Yan, he also received concrete information. Whether it was the officials or the citizens of the two countries, there was no traffic in or out. This Tang Iron Law had been thoroughly executed by the border army. If anyone dared to violate the rules and caught or killed one of them, no one would dare to take it out!

Now that Tang Yu'er's problem had changed, it gave Zhang Zhou the energy to focus on the construction and development of the Nine Prefectures' business. Aiming at the problems that appeared, he summarized and made adjustments. Zhang Zhou didn't have much experience in management, but he was aware that the current commerce in the Nine Regions, compared to the business management of his previous life, could be said to be leaking air everywhere.

Formal establishment of professional finance, auditing, labor and other departments, directly under the leadership of Guan Yu-niang. There was also a secretariat for Guan Yuniang, which was composed of five secretaries led by that little girl Leaves, to increase management efficiency. Zhang Zhou knew there would be a lot of problems, but everything needed to have a beginning before they could be gradually perfected.

Part of the personnel has also been adjusted.

The Flying Flood Dragon Gang had become a thing of the past in Hezhou, and the docks were successfully placed into his own pockets. Naturally, the area of water transport couldn't fall into the hands of others. Zhang Zhou assigned to Qu Thirteen the responsibility of forming his own fleet. The overlord of the water transport industry in the Tang Dynasty was still the Flying Flood Dragon Gang. If Chen Chaoying took over, it could lead to conflict.

The Flying Flood Dragon Gang was a part of the logistics industry, so Chen Chaoyin was naturally familiar with the caravan. Zhang Zhou handed the logistics of the Nine Prefectures caravan to him to manage the underground and wharf.

Chen Chaoying was very excited! Not only did the Nine Prefectures' caravan speed up and strengthen the cooperation between the several prefectures, it also had the posture of monopolizing the trade and logistics between the four prefectures. Asking him to take over such an important stall was truly a heavy responsibility that had to be entrusted to him alone. From this, it could be seen how much trust Zhang Zhou had in him.

While rectifying the underground environment of Hezhou, Feizi, in accordance with Zhang Zhou's request, worked with Lao Huang to hone the intelligence agencies. The first task was to thoroughly investigate the spies of other forces within the borders of Hezhou. Even if they could not get rid of them, there were still people who could control them, and this was a very difficult task, especially for Old Yellow, who could catch both the "Internal Training Yellow Sparrow" and the "External Shadow". It was indeed a difficult task, but Fei Zi and Old Yellow did not complain in front of Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou not only nurtured and absorbed Yaksha and Lao Huang intelligence agents, but also paid more attention to craftsmen and management talents.

This world was the same as the history of his previous world. Although the social sciences were lagging behind, they would never lack skillful and skilled people! The news of He Zhou recruiting craftsmen with good benefits had already been spread through the Nine Prefectures caravan to the streets and alleys of the neighboring few prefectures. Even many craftsmen from the capital came to pay their respects. Currently, Zhang Yuan had already recruited many skilled craftsmen, and many of them had voluntarily signed a contract that seemed like a contract to sell their lives.

Zhang Yuan's construction and development has also been planned systematically to meet future development needs.

Most things develop in a way that promotes connection. Zhang Zhou was sure that as long as he could do a few things and lay a good atmosphere and foundation, many things would progress along with him and be full of vitality.

As the number of people increased, Zhang Zhou paid more attention to the protection of the secret. The monitoring and guarding of the core technical area had already reached a point where no wind could penetrate through. Zhang Yuan was the core foundation of Zhang Zhou's plan to build a strong business empire. This point was related to his many benefits. Even the slightest hidden danger would make it difficult for him to eat and sleep. For this, he did not hesitate to invest manpower and resources, and did not hesitate to deal with it.

Currently, more than thirty people in Zhang Garden who did not abide by the rules were dismissed, even imprisoned. There were even some who disappeared without a trace, as if they had vanished into thin air.

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She forced her to leave her things and go shopping with him. At first, she didn't want to, but people were coming and going on the streets, so you, the head of the criminal investigation team, brought me, a middle-aged woman. What's wrong with you? However, Zhang Zhou actually threatened Guan Yuniang. If you don't agree, then just put a banner all over the city to let the entire city know that I, Zhang Zhou, like you, Guan Yuniang! Guan Yu-niang was angry and resentful at the same time, but deep inside, she was happily strolling along the street with him.

The most prosperous place in Hezhou was the east city. However, it was still incomparable to the capital city. Zhang Zhou had also asked the owners of many shops and some supervisors. Although the land of Hezhou was fertile, the region was slightly north of the country. In addition to the disconnection with Yan Country, business was not developed, agriculture was not as abundant as the south, and light industry was not as abundant as the south. Zhang Zhou didn't understand complex economics, so it was hard to come up with a high IQ method to change the pattern. However, he would try to change it just like how he had tried in his previous life, such as the development zone model of his previous life. (TL: Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z.)

Zhang Zhou didn't try to stop her, forcing her to hold his hand. However, they walked side by side, occasionally whispering into her ear, acting intimate.

In his previous life, he was used to being half a step faster than you, but in this life, he wasn't like that anymore.

Almost all of the empress's rewards were given to Guan Yuniang. She did it so naturally and naturally that the way Seventh Elder and Guan Yuniang talked was no different from a daughter-in-law. Although Guan Yu-niang tried her best to avoid letting others gossip about her, she had unknowingly gotten used to this. Sometimes, she could not help but complain to Zhang Zhou about the food and salt, nagging about her family's strengths and weaknesses. Every time she thought of this, she couldn't help but secretly blush.

Guan Yu-niang could not guess how many various things were hidden in Zhang Zhou's brain. From time to time, she would come up with an idea.

In the end, Zhang Zhou was still thinking about the west city of Hezhou where he would fix it and make it a reality. The name of it was: The renovation of the shantytown! He wanted to use the caravan to issue promotional leaflets all over the place, saying that Hezhou encouraged the private sector to enter the city, that the rent of the shops was only 20%, that they would be exempt from taxes for two years, that they would give out generous rewards to outstanding people of high quality, and that they would even hold some craftsmanship competitions!

Guan Yu-niang calculated that it would need at least several hundred thousand taels of silver. The expansion of the Manor had not been completed yet, so Zhang Zhou could not agree to it. He had no choice but to agree.

Zhang Zhou also knew how much money was needed to complete the task. Right now, the only things that they could earn were Hezhou Lie, Zhizhi, and the healing medicine. The caravan was not profitable yet. Many of his actions were all based on long-term strategic considerations, such as a caravan! It could be said that in the current business of the Nine Prefectures, it was very difficult to see the profits from the accounts!

However, Zhang Zhou had already planned to put in some effort in Zhaoxiang's business to alleviate the awkwardness of the funds!

However, there was one thing that Zhang Zhou was very determined to do. No matter what, he would carry it out, and that was to hold a beauty contest in Hezhou! Last time, the Drunken Moon Tower had spent ten thousand taels of silver to organize the Courtesan Belle selection competition. This time, Zhang Zhou was going to spend even more money to create the biggest beauty contest in the history of the Great Tang Empire!

Guan Yu-niang was an intelligent woman, and from Zhang Zhou's explanation, she also saw great benefits for her future development. Although the cost was not small, if it was successful, the investment could be recouped in the short term and there was no longer any objection!

He was holding the beauty contest to use this opportunity to advertise the products of the Nine Regions' business. Feeling that time was pressing, Zhang Zhou did not choose to use the "subtlety" style to gain influence. Instead, he planned to use the "stunning" style to get the name of "Nine Regions Business" out!

As per his words, Zhang Zhou began to organize the relevant personnel to discuss the preparations. After countless discussions over a period of ten days, the date for the beauty contest was finally set to be October 16th.

In the field of publicity, Zhang Zhou first provided the ideas to make Guan Xiao Lou responsible, organize the staff, seize the time to research and design, strive to make oil color printing. This world's paper making techniques could be considered rather mature. The most famous piece of paper was the Capital Paper Bureau, and he even wrote a letter to Fu Xiang asking him to draw a few sets of pictures of beauties for him. He also helped contact the paper making board to customize the best quality paper...

Looking at the oil-colored poster in his hand, it was obviously incomparable to his previous life, but right now, it was an existence of an industrial work of art. Zhang Zhou even left some of the first page of the magazine with a naughty look. After a few years, he might be able to stir up some hype.

Those lifelike and realistic beauties in Fu Xiang's works, some slim and graceful, some small and exquisite, some gentle and pleasant, and also painted very well. They even wrote a poem that had been stolen from boats: The clouds want to dress; If it were not for these mountains, they would have met with Yao Tai Yue!

In terms of poetry, who could compete against Li Bai, and who could compete against Zhang Zhou when it came to plagiarism? It was also for this reason that the merged Flower Goddess Luo officially changed her name to Yaotai.

It seemed that the craftsmanship of the new sculptors who had just joined the Nine Regions Business was indeed quite good, but the oil printing technology was not something that could be solved in a short time. The time needed for research and development was too short, so naturally, it was too late.

Zhang Zhou was not disappointed. It wasn't that the ancients were stubborn, but that they didn't have the heart to open up a commotion! Once their creativity was activated, their wisdom was absolutely amazing. Zhang Zhou was not that professional, but he would definitely have all kinds of "wonderful ideas" to guide them in activating their wisdom. Again, this is not instantaneous.

Zhang Zhou specially visited Li Shuting. This old fellow was now very busy, but Zhang Zhou was definitely a guest he would meet in the midst of all his work. Zhang Zhou had won the empress's heart through his daughter's gifts, and his position in the palace had become even more prestigious and stable. In addition, Zhang Zhou had actually helped him open the Institute. In Li Shujing's eyes, such a person with such spiritual knowledge already had a very different impression and status.

"You want me to hold a poetry convention for the literati?"

"Yes!" However, it's not just poetry, but poetry, wine, poetry, and so on! "

Zhang Zhou handed him a promotional newspaper. On it, a young scholar was holding a wine glass, looking at the moon with a colored picture on the screen. It is only when the heavens are born that I will be able to use it.

Li Shuting savored the poem and clicked his tongue. He could only feel the allure of it.

"You wrote it again?"

"I got lucky!" Zhang Zhou was afraid that Lu Li would bring up literature with him. After all, it was all plagiarism, so how could he have any basic knowledge? He had never seen a complete history book in the history book, so how could he not reveal the truth when he said too much? So he changed the subject and said, "Our Hezhou is located in the north, and our culture is not as rich as that of the south. Why? Aren't there too few literati like you in Hezhou? This is what I intend to do, to attract more scholars to Hezhou through the general assembly, which will certainly have a huge impact on the people, attracting more children to read! In that case, the merits that old mister has towards the citizens of Hezhou cannot be compared with opening a few academies! "

In his heart, he was thinking, "Who is the most coquettish and favorite person of beauties, naturally it is those so-called scholars. All of this is to improve the influence of the beauty contest, and also to generate income for themselves!"

How could Li Shuting know his dirty thoughts? He kept nodding his head. After some thought, he felt a little awkward and said, "However, my reputation and status will not be able to reach such a level!"

Zhang Zhou laughed, "If the champion wins, the reward will be ten thousand taels of silver, plus the issuance of ten thousand volumes of his poems?"

"This matter still requires you to decide. After all, I do not understand the importance of being a scholar!" "Don't worry, as for the promotions, I'll do them. You only need to personally preside over them!"

Li Shuting nodded his head and said something inexplicably.

"I wonder which scholar will receive this prize!"

Zhang Zhou chuckled, "Old mister, if you help me do this, I will help you make your name known to the world, okay?"

"Those methods will not work! How could scholars of my generation not have a moral integrity? "

"That's good, that's good. Let's not play tricks then!" "How about this, when the time comes, I will also publish ten thousand sets of books for old mister!"

Li Shujing did not say anything, but his face was full of smiles!

"There is another matter. Old mister, please do not blame me for taking the initiative!"

"What is it?" Li Shujing couldn't think of what Zhang Zhou would do, but it shouldn't be anything bad!

"Elder Qing Liu, do you know how difficult it is for your daughter to live in the palace?!"

Li Shujing did not say anything, but a trace of guilt appeared on his face.

"In private, I would like to give a bonus from the capital's shop to the Elementary Scholar Palace. Although it is not a lot, it would at least allow your daughter to spend more of her money in the palace. Don't block this matter, Elder. Stop it, I will do the same!"

Li Shuting wanted to say something, but he hesitated. In the end, he nodded his head, but his heart was filled with gratitude. He did not realize that he had stepped onto Zhang Zhou's boat.

Tang Wenxuan was also a typical scholar. However, after many years of training in the government, he no longer had the charisma of a scholar. However, this didn't mean that he didn't want to gain any fame in the literary world. If he succeeded in this matter, it would greatly benefit his political achievements. Since he had not reached fifty yet, he naturally wished to advance to the next level. He agreed without any hesitation. However, since officials could not take the initiative to organize such an event, the host would naturally be Li Shuting. He was the official notary, and with a single clap of his hand, the event was set for the 10th of October. He wrote to the Imperial Court to promote the culture of the north and south, holding a double conference in Hezhou. As a result, the Imperial Court gave him ten thousand taels of silver to support him. Tang Wenxuan also didn't have his fill. He had even added ten thousand taels of silver. According to Zhang Zhou's assumption, he was going to renovate a few of the academies in Hezhou! Try to create a literary shrine for northern literati gatherings.

Zhang Zhou even brought Tang Wenxuan, Zhou Ru, and the good general together to comfort him. They gathered for a while and then explained their thoughts. They wanted to vigorously reform Hezhou's filth, chaos, and weakness. Although this is a good thing, it requires money. Zhang Zhou proposed to make the capital contribution, but the yamen would have to give the Nine Prefectures' business a tax credit! The three old fellows naturally wouldn't object.

As a result, Hezhou began its unprecedented overhaul. The yamen and the state army were sent out to organize the merchants and the citizens. The entire city began to 'stir up trouble'. The severity, scope, and disposition of this matter had never been heard of before. Dig waterways, clean up sediments, dismantle illegal construction, combat dirty and messy, set operating standards, use of polite language, even all marketers and marketers unify clothing and so on. Those who perform well will be rewarded. They will also receive all kinds of preferential policies during the general assembly. If you don't perform well, I'm sorry. This year, if the yamen wants to take care of you, it will be effortless. Moreover, the underground powers and the criminal yamen are still in the same boat. Although there were many complaints as well, the change in momentum was unstoppable.

Hezhou Pier also began to replan, goods and people separated, and opened logistics storage, and goods trading markets. These were all representative of Hezhou's political achievements. The Prefecture Overseer was naturally happy and cooperative, and was willing to contribute people to the refurbishment of the road from Hezhou Pier to Hezhou Prefecture.

Due to the attraction from the Twin Assemblies, almost half of the people in Hezhou started moving as well.

The business of the Nine Regions had also increased, especially the logistics caravan, which had changed their turn every five days to every three days. Thus, they still had a lot of goods to spare, so Chen found a boat and reported the shortage of horses and damaged carriages. Zhang Zhou had told him that the Nine Prefectures' caravan would soon be replaced by a new one. At that time, the new one would be loaded with more carriages that would be more durable and would also be more convenient to maintain.