Steel Dynasty - Chapter 68

[Chapter 68 Expanding Influence]

An iron face was slowly placed on Wang Xuan’s face, and Pang Yukun smiled.

The next day, Xiao Ming met the Wang Xuan that Pang Yukun said was a young man with a pale face and even some malnutrition. Can such a person really be qualified for the job of a secret guard walking in the dark?

“The heart is the most important!” This is Pang Yukun’s explanation to Xiao Ming.

From the determination revealed in Wang Xuan’s eyes, Xiao Ming chose to believe it, because now he really didn’t have a suitable candidate, and Wang Xuan, who was alone, seemed to be a good choice.

“Do you understand the skills that secret guards need to master?” Xiao Ming asked.

Wang Xuan shook his head, but said: “If you don’t succeed, you will be benevolent!”

Xiao Ming nodded slowly. This was a man swallowed by hatred, and he had enough desire to do this. He said: “From now on, you have to Living under this iron face, from today on, you are my left guard, and I will also introduce a colleague. “

As soon as he finished speaking, Li San turned around and came out from behind the screen in the main hall.

Xiao Ming continued: “His name is Li San, and he belongs to my king. The matter of secret guards is very important, and I cannot trust you completely, because it is related to my worth and life, so I set the secret guards as two guards on the left and right.” , you are the left guard, and Li San is the right guard. They want to compete with each other. If who can beat the other, when the two guards merge in the future, who will be the leader? “

Wang Xuan looked at Li San, looking at him with an iron face. Without changing his expression, he said coldly: “Your Highness, this position of chief officer must belong to me!”

Li San curled his lips. Last night, when Xiao Ming came to him and talked about the secret guard, he was really shocked. But thinking about being able to transform from a servant of the palace to a secret guard in Xiao Ming’s hands overnight, the shrewd Li San naturally knew how to choose.

“Everyone can tell lies. I, Li San, am not a pustule.” Li San said.

When Pang Yukun saw this, he understood Xiao Ming’s thoughts. The matter of the secret guard was related to Xiao Ming’s life and fortune. Naturally, he could not hand over the full power of the secret guard to Wang Xuan, whom he recommended. This was Li San who was restricting Wang Xuan. A chess piece.

However, Pang Yukun was not angry, but felt relieved, which showed that Xiao Ming already had a quality as a vassal king – caution.

For Xiao Ming, Wang Xuan gave him a feeling of despair. It would be terrible for such a person to do something, but when it came to establishing a secret guard, Wang Xuan, like Li San, had a great reserve of knowledge. It’s zero, and he still needs to teach it.

Pang Yukun sent Wang Xuan here and then returned to the Governor’s Mansion to attend to his own government affairs.

Xiao Ming temporarily placed Wang Xuan in Bowen Hall. During the next period, he and Li San will receive comprehensive spy knowledge training.

Just as Xiao Ming was building his own fiefdom step by step, his influence spread along with the merchants in the Chongqing Kingdom.

Especially new products can always be quickly spread to the prosperous prefectures and counties of Dayu.

Chang’an.

With the mass production of soap in Qingzhou, a steady stream of soap poured into Chang’an, becoming a daily necessities that high-ranking officials and dignitaries purchased frantically. Nowadays, not only the concubines in the palace, but also the common people are even honored to get a piece of soap.

The first appearance of perfume in Chang’an’s East and West Markets after soap caused a sensation.

Xiao Ming’s original choice to produce perfume first was not unfounded, because according to historical records, when perfume first appeared in Chang’an in the Tang Dynasty, it indeed caused a sensation among women.

It was precisely because of the case that he was convinced that there must be a market for perfume in Chongqing, and the facts proved his idea.

At a poetry competition in Chang’an, a young lady from a certain family swaggered through the market with a strong smell of perfume.

The rich fragrance made other ladies couldn’t help but cover their noses.

The other ladies were envious for a while. Nowadays, the supply of perfume exceeds the demand. It is natural that this young lady can be so luxurious and arouse envy.

At the same poetry competition, separated by a screen, several scholars were surrounding a scholar with a fragrant aroma.

“Brother Wang really smells like flowers now, which makes us envious.” A scholar said, “Isn’t this perfume just for women?”

Brother Wang rolled his eyes at the scholar, “What do you know? This is the latest product launched by Prince Qi’s Mansion. It is said that women can’t help but stick to it after smelling it. “

Really?” A kind of scholar becomes more and more envious.

Brother Wang was smug, “This cologne was just launched two days ago. When it was first sold in Dongshi, I went to buy it. I don’t know how many ladies turned around and looked back. It is said that this poetry competition has come. Young lady from a famous family, you know…”

When a certain scholar heard this, he immediately said: “Brother Wang, I’m going to go with you for a while.”

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I also want to go for a while

. Brother Wang was left alone, but after a while, the scholars came back, each looking more fragrant than the last.

At Wang’s store in Dongshi, Qin Mu sent away an official’s son with an apology, all because the male perfume was sold out.

He now admires Xiao Ming a little bit. Before he went to Chang’an, he went to Prince Qi’s Mansion to visit Xiao Ming. Because this was a custom, Wang Shijie would also visit Xiao Ming every time he went to Chang’an. By the way, he would ask what Xiao Ming needed, and then purchase it from Chang’an. return.

Before leaving, Xiao Ming told him this method and made a bet. In fact, there is no perfume specifically for men. Xiao Ming just found a reason for men to use perfume.

Sure enough, after this rumor spread, many young men came over to buy perfume.

But he couldn’t be happy, because he lost, and with this loss, he lost another ten thousand taels of silver. In his opinion, the current King of Qi simply loved money as much as his life, and tried every means to squeeze money from them.

Of course, they made a lot of money from selling these goods, but compared to the silver earned by King Qi, it was really incomparable.

This time, Xiao Ming not only gave him this method, but also asked him to bring some things to the palace. He thought it was time to go to the palace now.

Just as he thought, at this time, the concubines in the palace were competing for their own unique perfume, and what was rare was that Xiao Wenxuan also came to the harem this time.

“Your Majesty, this is the perfume Ming’er specially made for you. It is said to be refreshing and relieve fatigue.”

Queen Zhao handed a bottle of perfume to Xiao Wenxuan. After the batch of perfume arrived, Queen Zhao was surprised to find that there was a special perfume belonging to the emperor. .

She understood after opening the letter, and then asked the palace maid to drink Xiao Wenxuan and say something. Unexpectedly, Xiao Wenxuan actually became interested in perfume and came here.

“Your Majesty, in addition to perfume, there is also special soap. According to Ming’er’s letter, some medicinal materials are added to this soap and perfume, which are very good for the body.” Concubine Zhen brought over another soap at this time.

(End of chapter)