Gu Qing is kinder than Ge Shuhan. At least he has no bad intentions towards Ge Shuhan. At best, it is just the contempt of the rich for the poor.

Ge Shuhan snatched his horse before the two of them knew each other.

It can be seen from this that the old saying "A poor man has a plan, a rich man has a conscience" is still quite reasonable.

After Geshuhan came to Qiuci City, he wandered around the city and the market every day. He didn't know what he wanted to do. He always kept asking questions to the merchants, such as why the market trading areas should be divided into such fine details.

, porcelain market, silk market, etc. For example, he liked to ask businessmen from the Tang Dynasty why they came all the way to Qiuci City to do business, and why they did not choose to do business in Liangzhou City within Yumen Pass.

Every day, guards would report Ge Shuhan's whereabouts to Gu Qing. After hearing this, Gu Qing smiled and ignored him.

He knew what Ge Shuhan wanted, and he also knew that Ge Shuhan would never be able to get the correct answer if he kept asking questions like a headless fly.

So Gu Qing is not in a hurry. It is not a waste of his time, nor is it a waste of his money and materials. Brother Shuhan just doesn't feel bad. After he returns, he will follow the same pattern and set up a market in Liangzhou City, and he will lose his pants.

When the time comes, he will be shocked to realize how dangerous the world is, and it is far less profitable than being a bandit and robbing war horses.

"Have Ge Shujieshuai figured out the truth these days?" Gu Qing found Ge Shuhan in the porcelain market.

Ge Shuhan and his two bodyguards were sitting in front of an open-air biscuit stall eating. The noble Jieduzheng looked like a mountain king who had just come down from the mountain to commit a kidnapping deal.

"I read a lot, but I didn't understand it." Ge Shuhan continued to eat without raising his head.

Gu Qing smiled and said: "Just looking at it is not enough, there is profound knowledge inside."

Ge Shuhan finally raised his head, glared at him dissatisfied, and said: "Isn't it just building a shabby market and recruiting a bunch of businessmen to do business? How much knowledge can it have?"

Gu Qing praised: "Jie Shuai is very understanding. Yes, to put it bluntly, it is that simple. Just go ahead and do it after Jieshuai returns to Liangzhou. I wish Jieshuai will make a lot of money every day and get rich soon."

The traces of digging a hole in this sentence were so obvious that Ge Shuhan couldn't help but hesitate a little. He chewed the biscuits in silence for a while, and then said, "Can you tell me what the secret is?"

Gu Qing unceremoniously took a piece of Hu cake from the table and started to eat it. While eating, he said: "If you don't know the trick, just do it according to Jie Shuai's idea, and you will be guaranteed to make a lot of money."

Ge Shuhan frowned and said: "Don't make trouble. After I return to Liangzhou, I will use the little money left by the Jiefu, and maybe borrow some to build a big market like your Qiuci City. If you don't

Tell me the truth, I really lost all my money, and your majesty might even blame me."

Gu Qing took one bite of the Hu Pancake and then stopped eating it. The taste was too ordinary, as boring as most people's lives.

"Jie Shuai, how about we discuss another deal?"

Ge Shuhan stared at him alertly: "What else do you want to do?"

"I have to go to the Hexi Army to recruit people. There are about two thousand people. If you have enough people, I will help you build a market in Liangzhou. I can lend you money, and I can also send a very powerful subordinate to help you.

The market in Liangzhou has developed, but this time the people I choose for the Hexi Army must be given free of charge, and I can also choose generals below the rank of captain. What do you think, Commander Ji?"

Ge Shuhan snorted angrily and said: "After all, you are still plotting against our Hexi Army. Our Hexi Army is only a handful of elites. You have picked them off time and time again. There are still some old, weak and remnant soldiers left. How can I explain to the court?"

Gu Qing said calmly: "The Hexi Army has fifty thousand, and I only need two thousand. Can two thousand people hurt the vitality of the Hexi Army? Give me two thousand people, and I will find a source of wealth for you. In the future, the Hexi Army will be rich."

, why worry about not recruiting good generals and soldiers who are brave and resourceful?"

Ge Shuhan still frowned and said, "Can money solve the problem?"

Gu Qing nodded seriously: "Yes."

Then Gu Qing said again: "Two thousand people have changed their commander and they will have no worries from now on. The commander should be able to settle this matter, right?"

Ge Shuhan hesitated for a moment. After all, it was poverty that made him lower his arrogant head. He gritted his teeth and said: "Okay!... It's just this time, it won't be the same in the future!"

Gu Qing twitched the corner of his mouth.

This sentence is familiar. Last time outside Yumen Pass, Ge Shuhan also said the same thing.

Therefore, as long as a woman from a good family takes off her clothes for the first time, it will not be too difficult to take off the clothes for the second time. If she does it a few more times, she might see the day when Ge Shujieshuai takes the initiative to undress and sit on the ground to absorb dirt.

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Pointing to a personal guard, Gu Qing ordered: "Go and invite Kang Dingshuang over."

The personal guard obeyed the order and left in a hurry.

Ge Shuhan said curiously: "This Kang Dingshuang..."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "He is an expert who is responsible for the affairs of merchants in the city. I will lend him to Jieshuai for half a year. After half a year, he must come back regardless of whether the market in Liangzhou is successful or not."

Ge Shuhan nodded: "Okay, I'll accept your favor."

Then Ge Shuhan added: "This time I will send you more than a thousand people, and the money and food that should be given must be given to me, otherwise it will be difficult to explain when I go back."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "Of course, of course, it's a lot of money."

For this little money and food, Ge Shuhan also gave up his face.

A tragic scene emerged in Gu Qing's mind. The soldiers under his command were short of food and clothing. The military commander condescended to go to Anxi. The soldiers under his command did not know what their military commander was doing outside. They only knew that when he came back, he was rich and wealthy.

Her face was filled with humiliation, like a beautiful girl spending two days with a greasy middle-aged man...

It’s not easy for men, everything is for life and responsibility.

After Ge Shuhan got a satisfactory answer, he couldn't help but feel much better. His movements of eating Hu cakes became more and more heroic, like a glutton escaping from heaven to earth.

Two biscuits entered his mouth in the blink of an eye. Ge Shuhan chewed and said vaguely: "By the way, the Jiedushi of the Three Towns you mentioned...will he really rebel?"

Gu Qing nodded: "Yes."

Ge Shuhan thought for a while and said: "If we really rebel, the imperial court will definitely send you and I to send troops to quell the rebellion, but the huge border between Hexi and Anxi will be left with empty military defense. If the Tubo thieves take advantage of the situation to rob..."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I am solving this problem. When the world is in chaos, Tibet will not be able to free its hands to rob us."

"Oh? Why are you so sure?"

"This is a secret and cannot be told." Gu Qing smiled mysteriously and added: "If the imperial court dispatches the Anxi and Hexi troops to the pass to quell the rebellion, why don't I make a gentleman's agreement with Ge Shujieshuai, no matter if there is a threat from our rear, or

When we encounter a crisis when countering a rebellion, you and I should help each other, rely on each other, and eliminate the danger for each other regardless of the cost. What do you think of it?"

Ge Shuhan smiled and said, "That's right."

As he said that, they both stretched out their palms at the same time and struck each other three times to make an agreement.

Brother Shuhan, who was full, led his guards to continue to visit the market. Gu Qing sat at the stall for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.

Han Jie behind him couldn't help but said: "Master Hou, you help Liangzhou build a market. If all the merchants and money flow into Liangzhou in the future, what will we do in Qiuci?"

Gu Qing came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Money is like running water. The water can't flow, and the money can't be made. What we need to do is to make the water basin bigger and bigger. I will help Liangzhou build a collection system."

To prosper the market, merchants are sending such a huge favor to Ge Shuhan. This favor may be repaid in the future, or it may not be repaid. It doesn't matter if there is no repayment..."

Gu Qing's smile gradually faded, and he said solemnly: "If there is no reward, just think of it as benefiting the local merchants, soldiers and people, and I will be happy with it."

"People have different situations in different positions. When I was in Shiqiao Village and had nothing to eat, the situation in my eyes was that I could have enough to eat and not be bullied. Later, when I became an official in Chang'an, I saw the situation in my eyes.

I have been promoted to a noble rank, and have been rich and noble for generations. Now I am a prince who is guarding the herdsman, and the pattern in my eyes is that of the common people in the world, and that the prosperous age will last forever."

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Outside Chang'an, Huaqing Palace in Lishan.

Singing and dancing took place in the huge Huaqing Main Hall. The graceful dancers danced to the soothing music and stirred the hearts of the monarchs and ministers with their graceful body movements.

Li Longji lazily walked down the jade steps, and with a smile personally poured a full glass of wine for Gao Xianzhi, who was sitting at the guest seat. Gao Xianzhi knelt down with fear on his face to thank him.

Li Longji looked at Gao Xianzhi's face and sighed sadly: "It has been many years since I last saw Gao Qing. Gao Qing worked hard to guard the border towns of the Tang Dynasty. When I met you back then, you were still a high-spirited warrior. Now I see Gao Qing again.

Your temples are stained by frost, your beard is white and your eyebrows are sparse. I am getting old, and so are my loyal ministers. Time flies..."

With tears in his eyes, Gao Xianzhi lowered his head and said, "I have betrayed your majesty's great trust. It is a death penalty. I will return to Chang'an and be ashamed to see the beauty of heaven."

Li Longji showed his face and smiled and said: "You have tried your best, how can you live up to it? Gao Qing, don't blame yourself, you have done a good job, I will give you this glass of wine to repay Gao Qing for his many years of guarding the border."

Gao Xianzhi fearfully held the wine cup in both hands and drank a full cup with trepidation.

Li Longji casually handed the wine cup to Gao Lishi behind him, sat down next to Gao Xianzhi, and said with a smile: "Gao Qing, don't be afraid. In this Huaqing Palace, you don't have to be constrained by the etiquette of monarchs and ministers. You and I can do whatever we want."

Gao Xianzhi said yes repeatedly.

Li Longji hummed, and then said: "I have just listened to your strategy of guarding Anxi over the years. There are gains and losses, and they are all gone. Now I want to ask you, how is Gu Qing doing in Anxi? He can be called a military envoy.

position?"

Gao Xianzhi thought for a while and said: "Gu Qing has a talent for managing the world, and he is indeed a pillar of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty used his talents according to his talents and appointed Gu Qing as the governor. His Majesty is indeed as wise as a torch and extremely wise."

Li Longji laughed and said, "Gu Qing is as powerful as Gao Qing said?"

Gao Xianzhi lowered his head and said, "I would never dare to deceive you. Gu Qing is indeed talented in managing the world, and is much better than me."

Li Longji laughed a few more times, then suddenly darkened his face and said coldly: "But I just received a report from Anxi. Gu Qing was so bold that he dared to secretly send Anxi troops to Yumen Pass in order to provoke Hexi brothers Shu Han and Gu Qing.
Chapter completed!