Jiang Mantian stood up and said with a smile: "Mr. Tian, from now on your Tian Family Medicine Store will be a member of our Donghai Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce is to enable every merchant in Donghai to do business smoothly. From now on, Tian Family Medicine Store If you have any difficulties in the East China Sea, you can come to me at any time, and I will never refuse as long as I can help."
"Thank you very much, President Jiang. President Tian will take care of you at Tianjia Medicine Store in the future."
"Tian Dongjia, you only need to sign and fingerprint those documents to take effect." Jiang Mantian smiled and said: "After signing, you can keep it for yourself. If Mr. Lu regrets and takes out the documents, he will not be afraid of lawsuits anywhere. of."
Lu Feihang smiled quickly and said, "Don't dare."
Jiang Mantian then said to Qining: "Master Hou, I am hosting a banquet tonight in my humble residence. It is a wine of apology to Master Hou and Tian Dong's family. I wonder if Master Hou can honor it?"
"President Jiang, I have seen your sincerity today, so there is no need for dinner." Qi Ning smiled and said: "There will always be opportunities in the future. By the way, I heard that President Jiang and Mr. Zhuo Qingyang are old friends?"
Jiang Mantian nodded and said: "I did receive guidance from Mr. Zhuo. Mr. Zhuo never gave up and often took a nap in a humble house."
"Mr. Zhuo can be regarded as my teacher." Qi Ning said with a smile: "I wonder if there has been any correspondence between President Jiang and Mr. Zhuo recently?"
Jiang Mantian shook his head and said: "Mr. Zhuo sent a letter half a year ago. He is a warm-hearted person and recommended Quanzi to the court. It was so kind that ordinary people could not refuse, so Quanzi went to the capital. Before leaving, Cao Min also asked Quanzi to bring a letter, but Mr. Zhuo did not reply after that, and he has never received a letter from Mr. Zhuo until now." After a pause, he asked: "Master Hou, Quanzi was there not long ago. A letter came. It is said that Mr. Zhuo left without saying goodbye and has disappeared. I wonder if he has returned to Beijing now?"
Qi Ning sighed softly: "Mr. Xianyun Yehe, I also want to know where he went."
"Yes, Mr. Zhuo is a leading figure in the literary world, but he also has the temperament of a wandering wild crane." Jiang Mantian sighed: "He has been teaching in the capital for many years, and we haven't seen each other for many years. Now that he is gone, I don't know when we will be able to meet him again." Goodbye." There was a hint of sadness in his words.
Qi Ning said: "Sir and President Jiang are old friends. If President Jiang learns of your whereabouts one day, please let me know."
"The Marquis has given orders, and you should obey them." Jiang Mantian stood up, cupped his hands and said, "The Marquis is in charge of everything, so the common people don't dare to disturb you. I will wait until the Marquis is free some other time, and then invite the Marquis to visit my humble residence. The common people, please take your leave first. "
"In this case, I won't see you off anymore." Qining called out: "Come, let's see you off!"
Someone outside came and led Jiang Mantian and the two away. After the two left, Tian Xuerong frowned and said: "Master Hou, the Lu family... The Lu family is giving away the store. This... This is really inappropriate. After thinking about it, I still refuse. For the best.”
Qi Ning did not answer, walked to the chair next to Madam, sat down, opened another brocade box, which was also full of fine pearls, and asked with a smile: "Madam, you said before that applying pearl powder on the face can delay aging. , now they have sent two boxes of pearls over. It seems that these two people really have the ability to predict the future." He picked up a pearl with two fingers and asked: "Can these two boxes of pearls make you ten years younger? "
"Don't talk nonsense." Tian Xuerong rolled her eyes at Qining. Now that she and Qining were alone together, they were no longer as nervous as before. They were much more relaxed. She said softly: "It just makes the skin whiter and tenderer, but it doesn't really make the skin whiter and tenderer." Rejuvenate your youth." He frowned and said, "But... these things are too expensive. Mr. Marquis, these... are all sent here for your sake."
"You said these two boxes of pearls really cost money. How much money would they cost?"
The lady thought for a moment and then said: "The pearls I have bought before are far less colorful than these, and they are much smaller than this. Each pearl costs three or four taels of silver. Some of the pearls are cultivated by ourselves, and some are natural ones obtained from the sea. Pearls, natural pearls of this size are very rare in the capital. Even if there are, they have been taken away by dignitaries. We can't find them even if we want to buy them." After making an estimate, he said: "It's only seven or eight taels at least. One piece of silver."
"Seven or eight taels?" Qi Ning made a visual inspection: "There are about sixty or so in this box. The two boxes add up to a hundred or so, which is only seven or eight hundred taels of silver. It is not very expensive."
The lady smiled helplessly and said: "Master Marquis, you are born into a wealthy family, so money is of course nothing to you. For an ordinary family of six, twenty taels of silver is enough for them to live a prosperous life for a year. Just take out two of them. It’s their annual expenses, don’t you think it’s still less?”
Qi Ning smiled, then pointed at the blood coral and said, "How much money is that blood coral worth?"
"I also saw a blood coral statue in the capital a few years ago. It was much smaller and far less exquisite than this one. At that time, it was bought for three thousand taels of silver." The lady said: "This statue of yours, where can I put it?" In the capital city, if I ask for ten thousand taels, I’m afraid someone will buy them.”
Qi Ning said "Oh" and suddenly reached out to hold his wife's hand. The wife was startled and her first reaction was to look outside the door. Seeing no one outside, she felt relieved and lowered her voice and said, "What's wrong? "
However, Qi Ning pulled him to his previous seat, opened the brocade box given to him by Jiang Mantian, pointed at the book of East China Sea and asked with a smile: "Madam, how much money do you think this book is worth?"
The lady calmly took out the catkins, blinked her eyes, and shook her head. Qining had already picked up the book and sighed softly: "I estimate it is worth several thousand taels of silver."
The madam was startled, wondering if the young prince had a fever. Even if it was an out-of-print book, it would not be worth that much money. However, she saw Qining opening the book, taking out a few banknotes from it, and shaking them open. Madam glanced at it and was shocked. Only then did she realize that Jiang Mantian had actually put the banknote in the book, and Qi Ning seemed to have known about it for a long time. Qining handed the banknote to Madam, but Madam was stunned and did not dare to take it. , Qining has already said: "Put it with you, I will ask you for it when I need it."
The lady hesitated for a moment, then took it and clicked it. No more, no less, exactly ten thousand taels.
The madam was a little shocked. Although she knew that there were a lot of such things in the officialdom, Jiang Mantian's move was really grand. A blood coral statue plus these ten thousand taels of silver notes, that is nearly twenty thousand taels of silver, the largest giant in the East China Sea. Wealth is indeed well-deserved.
"Master Marquis, do we... do we really want to accept these things?" Madam felt a little uneasy: "Total all together, they sent tens of thousands of taels of silver. If... if someone knew about it, would it...?"
"Are you worried that someone will accuse me of taking bribes?" Qining asked with a smile.
Madam thought, isn't this obvious? But it’s hard to say it directly, and I don’t want to argue with you.
Qi Ning's expression gradually became stern, and he said calmly: "These gifts must be accepted!" His face no longer had the relaxed expression when he was teasing his wife before. Madam looked at his words, and naturally saw that she felt that Qin Ning's words were inappropriate. Jian Jian said in a low voice: "Master Hou, you... what's wrong with you? Why do you say you have to take it in?"
"Madam, what do you think of my performance just now?" Qining stared into Madam's eyes, and before Madam could speak, he added: "Don't agree, let alone tell lies."
The lady hesitated for a moment and then said: "If I didn't know the Marquis's temperament, I would have thought... I would have thought that the Marquis was a greedy person, and I just said something that I didn't need to say."
"You mean to explain it to you?" Qi Ning asked: "You have contributed to the epidemic in the capital, so that's why the Taiyuan Hospital used medicinal materials from your Tian Family Medicine Store?"
The madam was startled. He thought Qi Ning had not discovered this, but he didn't expect Qi Ning to know it. He frowned and said: "Master Marquis... Since Master Marquis knows, why do you say it? After all, you are... After all, you are the Marquis of Jinyi. There’s no need to explain this to them.”
Qi Ning nodded and said: "Madam is right. In fact, theoretically speaking, I don't have to explain anything to them at all."
"Then... Then the Marquis is doing it for me?" The lady said a little ashamedly: "The Marquis has done a lot for me, but there is no need to explain it to them for me."
"Does Madam think it would be childish for me to explain to them?"
The lady was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and then said softly: "Yes, there are some, but...!"
"In that case, I can do pretty well." Qi Ning smiled faintly: "When we meet for the first time today, at least they will think that I, the Jin Yi Hou, are not only greedy for money, but also childish and childish."
After all, the madam is also a shrewd person. She understood something and said in surprise: "Master Marquis, could it be... Could it be that you were acting just now?"
Qi Ning said softly: "Qin Yuege just said that since the Golden Sword Marquis pacified the East China Sea, the Han family has been completely wiped out, and the remaining three major families have very little contact with each other. Do you still remember?"
"Remember." Madam nodded and said, "Master Qin said that there is no longer a marriage between them."
"Today at Guanchao Building, you can clearly see that when Chen Kun and Lu Ziheng met, they were very close. They seemed to be saying hello, but in their words, the relationship between the two families was not alienated." Qi Ningruo Thoughtfully, he said slowly: "Jiang Mantian and Lu Feihang came together today. What can you tell?"
The lady thought for a moment and then said: "Lu Feihang doesn't seem to be good at words, and he seems... to be submissive to Jiang Mantian."
"Madam, you are very observant. It is true." Qining chuckled and said, "But Lu Feihang is the head of the Lu family. The Lu family has various businesses in the East China Sea. As long as they make money, they will get involved in the business, and it has become the second largest business in the East China Sea after the Jiang family. The second richest family in the world is able to manage the Lu family to this extent. Do you think this Lu Feihang is a person who is not good at words? At that time, my wife only lived in a boudoir, but in order to support the Tian family medicine store, she personally managed it In business, now when talking to outsiders, one can advance and retreat in an orderly manner without any confusion. How can a person like Lu Feihang not be good at words?"
"Master Hou, are you saying... Lu Feihang did it on purpose?"
"He may not mean it on purpose." Qi Ning said: "But before they came here, they naturally discussed it. Looking at his son, it can be seen that his father, Lu Zihengfei, is domineering. Although Lu Feihang is old, his temperament must be very domineering. This kind of People have one biggest weakness, do you know what it is?"
"This kind of person is self-righteous and doesn't consider other people's feelings when speaking." Madam said cautiously.
Qi Ning nodded and smiled: "I said that Madam has a keen eye and speaks to the point. Yes, Lu Feihang has such strength in the East China Sea. He is naturally domineering when he comes into contact with people on weekdays. His nature is like this. Even if he hides, he will sometimes act He accidentally revealed his weakness." He held his chin and said softly: "Lu Feihang had to come for today's trip, but Jiang Mantian came with him, and Lu Feihang was cautious about saying a few words. It was just that Jiang Mantian wanted to help him get through it. This level."