When Nangong Yi followed Zhang Shou and his party back to the city, he only saw Zhu Er and Zhang Chen riding horses on Zhang Shou's left and right. The three of them were talking and laughing. Most of the time, Zhang Chen and Zhu Er were arguing with each other, while Zhang Shou watched the fun from the side, mediating from time to time, but occasionally he would fan the flames and add fuel to the fire. However, as they quarreled along the way, he gradually understood another thing.
It turns out that Zhang Chen never broke his leg. It turns out that he had been supporting Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu in Xingtai. It was Zhang Chen who caused the eldest prince to hoard cotton and sell it at a high price out of greed! But now this guy is not only fine, but he is also hiring a large number of craftsmen, a large number of weavers and weaver girls, rushing to make looms, hoarding cotton yarn, and planning to do a big business in Cangzhou and Xingtai!
Thinking of Zhu Er's "good farming" and the information he had just learned while listening, Nangong Yi had clearly realized that Zhang Shou was planning to control the cotton cloth industry in Cangzhou and even Xingtai from the two links of raw materials and production. He initially felt that this was a taboo, but thinking about the behemoths that dominated the southeast, and Zhang Shou was just integrating the parts, he felt relieved.
What's more, whether it is Cangzhou or Xingtai, they are all under the emperor's nose!
Zhang Shou had asked about the progress on Zhang Chen's side and confirmed that just as he boasted to Zhu Er, the integration of the entire weaving industry was going very smoothly and the weavers were willing to have a channel for unified purchase and underwriting. He smiled and said, "It seems that you have really emerged from the abyss this time and have the opportunity to soar. I have nothing to advise you, but I want to remind you of one thing."
Seeing that Zhang Chen immediately put on a serious expression, as if he was ready to listen to his teachings on not being greedy or arrogant, he smiled unexpectedly.
"Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu are both already in a relationship, and so is Zhu Er. Their marriage is just around the corner. Your father once mentioned that he would entrust your marriage to me, but your requirements are so high, and there has been no response so far. You, a top nobleman, should be careful when you go out, and don't fall for someone else's honey trap."
Zhang Chen was immediately annoyed: "Don't mention it. When I was in Xingtai, those officials and gentry sent me all kinds of prostitutes who were posing in all kinds of ways. When I walked on the street, there were people sticking straw tags on their heads to sell themselves. Their pitiful postures were obviously taught by those brothels. They pretended to be farm girls or beautiful girls in distress... If they want to deceive me, they must first find a peerless beauty with a national beauty and natural fragrance!"
"Fuchai was also infatuated with Xi Shi. Even if I am not as good as Fuchai, I must at least be on the same level as Zheng Dan!"
Even Nangong Yi was amused by Zhang Chen's matter-of-fact tone, not to mention Zhang Shou and Zhu Er. However, after laughing, the top staff member of the Duke of Zhao's mansion was even more surprised when he thought about Zhang Shou's claim that Qin Duke Zhang Chuan had entrusted Zhang Chen with his marriage, and Zhang Chen did not deny it.
Duke Qin Zhang Chuan has always been a strange person among the nobles. He doesn't care about anything, as if he is only interested in compiling history and books. He even never cares about his son, leaving him to fend for himself like weeds. But this time when Zhang Chen left the capital, he didn't believe that the father didn't know and actually let his son do whatever he wanted? Or did Zhang Chuan trust Zhang Shou so much