Chapter 209: Chai Jin, Who Came to Liang Shan Himself

Rip.

Chai Jin tore open the wax seal on the envelope, took out the letter paper inside,

and an object wrapped in layers of silk cloth, protected tightly.

He unfolded the letter paper, and the content of the letter came into his eyes:

Ximen Daguanren, seeing the letter is like seeing each other, unfolding the letter to relax the face.

Wang Lun respectfully presents.

"Is there really such a convenient mirror?"

Chai Jin looked at the object wrapped in the package with some suspicion.

In the letter, Wang Lun praised this thing called a "glass mirror,"

saying that this thing should only be in heaven, and how many times can it be heard in the human world.

He didn't know if this thing was really as rare as Wang Lun described,

or if Wang Lun's knowledge was too shallow and he praised some rare things too much.

After all, his background was not very good, and he himself was just a failed scholar,

and after failing the imperial examination many times and angrily becoming a bandit, he was with green-forest thieves, and his appreciation ability probably didn't rise but fell.

"Open it and see."

However, despite his suspicion, Chai Jin was still hooked by Wang Lun's description.

He hadn't seen all the treasures in the world, but he had played with eight or nine out of ten,

and he had never seen any treasure that deserved such praise from Wang Lun!

Not to mention anything else, as long as the thing in the package had one or two points of Wang Lun's praise, it was a rare treasure.

He untied the silk cloth and took out the glass mirror.

"This thing is so crystal clear and seamless, could it be polished from a whole piece of crystal?"

Holding the mirror reflecting seven-colored light in the sun, Chai Jin was shocked.

And the next second, he was attracted by the middle-aged shadow in the mirror.

"Is this me?"

Chai Jin touched his face, and the shadow in the mirror also touched its face.

"This is me!"

Chai Jin finally confirmed that the middle-aged man in the mirror was himself.

"So there is a small brown mark at the corner of my eye."

"Hmm, the flower on my head is a bit crooked, I need to adjust it."

Chai Jin began to organize his own appearance in front of the mirror with great interest.

Don't say that Chai Ximen Daguanren wearing flowers on his head is too sissy and not man at all.

In our Great Song, men wearing flowers are regarded as "good luck," symbolizing celebration and auspiciousness.

Certain flower materials such as Yangzhou "Golden Belt" peony are considered related to official promotion,

Han Qi, Wang Wang Anshi, and other four people all reached the position of prime minister after wearing this flower, becoming a famous allusion.

In the Great Song, the popularity of men wearing flowers is reflected in all classes:

From emperors and nobles, Emperor Zhenzong and Huizong both loved wearing flowers.

The scholar-official class also took pride in wearing flowers; Sima Guang once refused to wear flowers because he didn't like extravagance,

but after being persuaded by his colleagues that "the emperor's gift cannot be violated," he could only wear one branch;

ordinary people also generally wore flowers during festivals and celebrations,

in Luoyang spring, everyone from noble to humble wore flowers, even those who were burdened.

Even when prisoners were released from prison, the jailer would wear flowers for them, meaning to remove bad luck.

After a while, Chai Ximen Daguanren reluctantly put down the glass mirror in his hand.

He summoned the old steward who was waiting under the hall and asked:

"Is the person who delivered the letter still here?"

The old steward gave an affirmative answer: "Back to Ximen Daguanren,

I arranged for him to rest in the back hall, waiting for your greeting at any time."

"That's good, go and invite him over."

Chai Jin nodded with satisfaction.

"Such a big profit, such a big profit!"

After sending away the old steward, Chai Jin walked back and forth in the hall.

Having lived in luxury since childhood and managed family businesses after growing up,

and managing hundreds of caravans, he saw the broad money prospects of glass mirrors at a glance.

The noble ladies and young ladies in Bian Liang City,

and even the noble concubines and empresses in the harem, would definitely not mind spending a thousand gold on this glass mirror.

Not to mention that the letter also said there were dressing mirrors as tall as a person,

it could probably be offered directly to the Emperor as a tribute to gain fame.

And with the Emperor taking the lead, what rich man in the Great Song could refuse the temptation of a glass mirror?

Great Liao and Western Xia were probably the same.

"This is too important, which subordinate should I send to Liang Shan to talk?"

Chai Jin began to think about who to send as his representative to talk about this big business.

"Is it Manager Wang, who is in Bian Liang, has the strongest ability, and has connections with all the princes and nobles, and is the most smooth-talking;

or Manager Li, who is in Cangzhou, has slightly weaker ability, but is the most loyal;

or Manager Chen, who wanders between the Great Song and Great Liao borders and is smooth in all aspects?"

Chai Jin couldn't make up his mind about the candidate for a while.

"No, this profit is still too big,

I can't hand it over to them, I have to go out myself!"

Chai Jin thought hard, feeling that he still couldn't let others do it for him.

It's not that he didn't believe that these managers who had served the Chai family for decades were disloyal,

but the wealth represented by glass mirrors was no longer a few thousand or tens of thousands of strings,

but hundreds of thousands, or even millions, or even millions of strings!

Controlling such wealth in the hands of subordinates was encouraging them to make mistakes.

In order not to have things that hurt relatives and please enemies, Chai Jin still prepared to go out himself.

In this way, Chai Jin, after disguising himself, quietly rushed to Liang Shan.

"Is this still Liang Shan?"

Chai Jin, who was brought into Liang Shan, looked at the layers of checkpoints on Liang Shan,

and the soldiers who were fully armed and like wolves and tigers, feeling dumbfounded.

Where is this still a mountain stronghold, I'm afraid even a dragon's pool and tiger's den would be no more than this, right?

Although he hadn't been to the Privy Council, the military center of the Great Song,

he thought that the soldiers inside probably didn't have such spirit.

After all, the fact that the Great Song Imperial Guard was incompetent in battle was a common view of every person of insight.

"Ximen Daguanren, welcome to Liang Shan as a guest."

At a wharf on Liang Shan specifically used for transporting goods and personnel,

Zhang Zhang Jie stood at the forefront, smiling and welcoming Chai Jin, who had come from afar.

This was his god of wealth for the next period of time, and he had to be treated well.

"Chai Jin has seen Zhang Zhaizhu Zhang."

Chai Jin didn't dare to be slow, and hurriedly bowed.

If he had brought arrogance before he came, looking down on these mountain bandits and water pirates on Liang Shan,

then now, after seeing Liang Shan's strong soldiers and horses, he didn't dare to

look down on Zhang Zhang Jie, this young Liang Shan Zhang Zhaizhu, at all.

However, this was also the same as what he had guessed before:

Liang Shan had undergone such huge changes, and it was indeed a change of village master.

Wang Lun, who came to receive Chai Jin with Zhang Zhang Jie, couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.

In the past, he and Chai Jin said they were collaborators, but Chai Jin, who prided himself on being a descendant of the imperial family,

would often inadvertently reveal his high-and-mighty attitude,

looking down on him, a poor scholar who had failed the imperial examination many times and then became a bandit.

Wang Lun's look at Zhang Zhang Jie couldn't help but be a few more points loyal:

These were all changes brought by Zhang Zhang Jie, this boss!

Arriving at the main hall of Liang Shan

"Great Official, I wonder how many glass mirrors your merchant fleet can handle in a month?"

Chai Jin answered with full confidence:

"Zhang Zhaizhu, I want all the glass mirrors from your Liang Shan!"

Zhang Zhang Jie looked at Chai Jin with a smile that was not quite a smile:

"Great Official, can you handle several thousand pieces a month?"

Although he did not yet have this production capacity, with the craftsmanship, the master artisans,

and the raw materials, expanding production capacity by several times was not a problem.

If he sold them all to Chai Jin, wouldn't that allow him to monopolize the market,

let him control the pricing power, and leave him, Zhang Zhang Jie, as the one doing the labor?

The experience of his past life told Zhang Zhang Jie that one cannot get rich by working for others.