In the winter of the fourth year of Zhenguan, in a tavern in the West City of Chang'an, the young owner Lu Guanyu was selling jars of spirits to the Turkic grasslands.
He didn't know that the regular customer "Old Li" who often came to visit was none other than the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin.
A partnership to smuggle spirits allowed Li Shimin to see the young man's astonishing business talent and strategic vision - spirits corrupted the Turks' fighting power, sugar sought to gain Tubo wealth, and every step of Lu Guanyu's business coincided with the empire's general strategy.
The battle in East Turkestan was decided, and the internal treasury was filled overnight due to smuggling dividends.
Li Shimin was determined to hold this "money tree" in his hands, but gradually discovered that Lu Guanyu wanted far more than wealth: he wanted to transform Zhuangzi, train farmers to do business, wanted to set up a new school, and even sent the prince and the king of Wei to "reform through labor"...
The emperor's win over, Hu Ji's love, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty were all brought by the emperor to Lujiazhuangzi for "further study" in the name of "dealing with business." A Tang Dynasty that was quietly reshaped with commerce and infrastructure was slowly beginning...
