Finally, the He family of Jiangnan gathered "Yong Liu," the Yan family of Da Liang country gathered "Jing Ye Si," the Li family of Jinling gathered "Chun Xiao," and an antique merchant from Da Liang country gathered "Hua."
These four major clients, each bought at least two hundred jars of Yi Zui Bai Nian.
Zhuo Zifang, He Jingyun, the steward of the Yan family, and others looked at the thin antique merchant in silence.
This person was actually the imperial merchant personally appointed by the Son of Heaven of Da Liang, so who wanted to buy the wine, and to whom the poem belonged, was self-evident...
"Even the Son of Heaven of Da Liang sent someone to buy Yi Zui Bai Nian?" The dozens of merchants present who had dealt with this imperial merchant were not so tacit. They all exclaimed in surprise.
For a time, sounds of shock rose and fell everywhere, further elevating Liang Xiao's Yi Zui Bai Nian.
Seeing this, Liang Xiao was secretly pleased.
He didn't need to consider lowering the price of Yi Zui Bai Nian for the time being, and could sell it slowly.
The imperial court of Da Liang country needed a large amount of Yi Zui Bai Nian for prestige!
Zuo Wushang looked at Liang Xiao from afar, his heart filled with mixed emotions: "This child's reputation has already risen to the point where he can easily manipulate people's hearts... Alas, to have a son like Liang Xiao!"
"I heard that the Qin Xian is also by Marquis An Guo's side, where is she? Oh, and the Princess of Xiyu is also here?"
After Yi Zui Bai Nian was sold out, some meddlers finally started to stir up trouble, and people looked towards the four girls in the distance.
But due to the heavy protection of the Zhuo Mansion guards and the Xias of Tianshan, these excited young people did not dare to act rashly.
Jian Qinwan did not respond, but only recalled that when they first met at Bai Chun Lou, this flower-picking thief had forbidden her to wrong herself for him, and she felt a surge of sweetness in her heart.
"Not just Qin Xian? I heard that the Sword Saint has also come to Jiangnan to find this prospective son-in-law, Marquis An Guo!" Several noble swordsmen excitedly exclaimed, and people began to search for Jian Nanfeng's figure.
Jian Nanfeng simply sat on a tall building, drinking Yi Zui Bai Nian with his disciples, his gaze fixed on a distant tall building.
His eyesight was already excellent, and he also saw two women talking on a tall building, occasionally looking towards Liang Xiao.
He could not see the true faces of these two people, but he could vaguely see the movements of the group of subordinates behind them as they looked towards the square.
They seemed to be gesturing towards Liang Xiao, making chopping motions from afar!
Jian Nanfeng's sword eyebrows furrowed: "It seems that my son-in-law has offended many people. Remember to tell him when you go back, like this..."
"Sect Leader, it seems someone on the opposite side has discovered us?" Yan Jun reminded.
The Sect Leader looked doubtfully into the distance and also found Jian Nanfeng, who was drinking with his disciple, occasionally looking in this direction.
"Can that person see us?" the Sect Leader said in a deep voice.
"I feel so, but I can't see his appearance. He's at least a hundred zhang away from us, right?" Yan Jun replied.
The Sect Leader's heart tightened, and he said anxiously, "This person might be the Sword Saint. I heard that the Sword Saint's eyesight is amazing. Let's go quickly, lest you and I be exposed and cause trouble! But don't forget the Princess of Xiyu."
A silent confrontation ended with the retreat of the Hui Chun Sect.
The face of King Nan, Xiao Chang, became more and more unpleasant.
The King Nan Mansion bought five hundred jars, but could not gather one of the poems?
The plan was therefore in ruins.
Spending money was secondary, after all, Yi Zui Bai Nian was still very valuable.
He originally wanted to take this opportunity to publicly express his "admiration" for Liang Xiao, making people think that his relationship with Liang Xiao had eased and was not irreconcilable, since Liang Xiao could not drive him away at such a grand event.
Being driven away by Liang Xiao at the Jiangnan Spring Banquet would be quite humiliating and easily damage the common people's goodwill towards him. However, as a闲王 (idle king), Xiao Chang dared not openly hold real power in the Da Qian country, so he could only pretend to curry favor with Liang Xiao to salvage his image, hiding a dagger behind a smile and plotting in secret.
King Nan left dejectedly, and Zhuo Zifang also breathed a sigh of relief: "This King Nan always wants to find a sense of presence in various parts of Jiangnan, he must have rebellious intentions!"
If King Nan had praised Liang Xiao with the collected poems, Liang Xiao, with his fists not hitting smiling faces, naturally could not have driven him away. This seemed like a small matter, but foreign scholars who didn't know the inside story might think King Nan appreciated talent and might even actively visit King Nan's mansion to try their luck.
At that time, King Nan would treat these people with courtesy, and these people would naturally speak well of King Nan to their own elders and villagers...
Fortunately, King Nan's unenviable luck made him lose this opportunity. It was impossible to buy even one poem. These families were not lacking that tens of thousands of taels of silver.
After the meeting, Liang Xiao immediately took the silver notes he received to arrange for the expansion of the acquisition of barren land in the Jinling area.
Zhuo Zifang also helped him nurture those new crops. Three new types of crops needed to be planted in various regions to prevent them from becoming extinct in Da Qian country.
Coincidentally, Zuo Wushang's subordinates, the Ouyang family, the Gongyang clan, and other landlords were selling ordinary land and barren land, keeping only a portion of good land. Liang Xiao then finalized the acquisition of 300,000 mu and also took over the tenants who were originally responsible for these farmlands.
The Zhuo Mansion sent people to help Liang Xiao handle these trivial matters, and Liang Xiao was happy to be idle.
In the pigsty, Liang Xiao, using the excuse that "this child was injured in a fight and needs surgery," had one of Zhuo Zifang's fattest pigs slaughtered.
Looking at Liang Xiao, who claimed to be "rescuing the pig," Christa finally began to doubt herself: "He shouldn't be General Tian, right? Would General Tian, would he be so shameless?"
For the past two days, she had watched Liang Xiao tease Jian Qinwan and tell them ghost stories with a ferocious expression.
This person was so shameless, but so interesting...
"Recruiting painters who can draw portraits!" In the marketplace, a middle-aged man pushed a cart of silver and shouted everywhere.
Painters flocked to apply, a total of fifty people.
This middle-aged man invited the painters to an inn and paid for the inn to host a feast for them. During the meal, he asked, "I would like to ask, has any of you seen the Jinling Painting Immortal?"
"We have seen her a few times at the painting exhibition in Jinling before, and we were amazed by her divine talent!" The painters all raised their hands.
The middle-aged man was overjoyed: "Good! Brushes and ink are prepared in the backyard. You draw the appearance of the Jinling Painting Immortal. Whoever draws the most likeness will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, and others who can draw it will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!"
The painters eagerly left the table and went to the backyard to prepare, leaving only the middle-aged man with a smile on his face.
"No painters to recruit?"
In the secret room, Yan Jun frowned, staring at the Hui Chun Sect disciple in front of him.
The disciple replied, "I heard that they were all invited to the inn for a meal by a middle-aged man!"
After the disciple left, Yan Jun looked at the Sect Leader: "Sect Leader, this..."
The Sect Leader said coldly, "I heard that the female Painting Immortal of Luzhou has joined Liang Xiao's faction. It's likely another good deed of Liang Xiao. We must not alert the snake by beating the grass. Just investigate it."
A moment later, the disciple returned to report: "Reporting to the Sect Leader and Sect Patriarch, that person only asked the painters to draw the appearance of the Jinling Painting Immortal!"
The two were stunned, and the Sect Leader sighed: "It seems that someone has the same intention as us, but with a different goal. This person will surely alert the snake. We cannot continue with the plan involving painters. Go and send someone to investigate who has seen the true face of the Princess of Xiyu. Observe their words and expressions, and if you confirm that they are not lying, bring them here. This Seat will personally question them."