Man Bao counted the loopholes he knew with his fingers, "It is said that officials are not allowed to do business, but who among the officials in the DPRK has one or two servants who walk outside with a store under their name? No matter how bad it is, there are relatives and friends who can cooperate , basically as long as you don’t fall down, these cooperations can go on for a long time.”
She didn't shy away, and said directly: "For example, the imperial physician of our imperial medical office, Xiao Yuanzheng's home has several pharmacies, which are under the names of his two sons. Although the imperial physicians Liu and the others do not have their own pharmacies, they all have close friends. Drugstores, occasionally go to those pharmacies to place orders, or help them see some very important patients who cannot be hired by the imperial doctor... "
"I also recommend some drug dealers for the drug store, just relying on these, you don't need to pay money and get a share every year," Man Bao said: "I come from Jishitang, and the shopkeeper Zheng Da has hinted several times that I can get it from the shop in the capital. Take out 10% of the proceeds and give it to me."
Changyu and Mingda opened their mouths wide, and Mingda asked curiously, "Then did you take it?"
Man Bao shook his head, "I was also moved, but when I think about it carefully, if I take this 10% of the income, I will have more responsibilities in the future. If I go to other places, I will feel uncomfortable, so Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao, forget it .”
Yin He: "But don't you go to Jishitang from time to time? I heard from my elder sister that someone wanted to ask you to see a doctor from the Imperial Medical Office, but the Imperial Medical Office did not approve it. In the end, I took the route of Jishitang to invite you." Here you go."
"Hey, are you talking about the wife of the Pei family?" Man Bao said, "I only had this outpatient consultation last time."
She smiled and said: "She gave the money, there is a consultation fee, why not see a doctor? Speaking of which, I also want to thank the shopkeeper Zheng Da for recruiting patients for me. This is reciprocity. How can I get the money from the shopkeeper Zheng Da again? "
Bai Shandao: "This is the difference between thin-skinned and thick-skinned, but officials who have been in the officialdom for a few years, if they love money, they will become thicker no matter how thin they are. So it is not enough to expect officials to discipline themselves, they must have rules. OK."
Mingda said: "The government has clearly stipulated that officials are not allowed to engage in business, how else should they be stipulated? You can't ask their servants and relatives not to engage in business, right?"
"This is definitely not possible." Without Bai Shan and Man Bao expressing objection, Bai Erlang said directly: "In the future, if Bai Shan wins the Jinshi examination and becomes an official, but I fail the examination, then I will definitely go home and farm."
He said: "Besides busy farming, I must do some business to make ends meet. If my relatives can't do business, what should I do?"
Everyone: ...
Mingda looked at him curiously, and asked, "Are you still doing business?"
"That's right," Bai Erlang said, "I have so many lands, and the harvested food has to be sold out. If I see beautiful silks, satins and brocades outside, I can take them back to Mianzhou and Yizhou."
That's what his father did, but his father seldom did such things himself, he always asked the steward to come forward, and he just took care of the steward.
The stove on the side boiled water, and there was a gurgling sound, and the smell of meat came out of the pot on it, Yin Ru, who was about to speak, turned his head and asked, "Why is there still steamed meat? "
Man Bao said: "I asked my husband to bring it in today."
Changyu also smelled the fragrance, took a breath and said, "It's really fragrant, how many bowls did you bring?"
"Three bowls, I brought all the ones that the master brought into the palace." Man Bao said to Yin He: "You can eat more of this, the master said that my sister-in-law said that the nobles in the palace must not be short of oil and water, so This time she made the flour a little thicker, and put a lot of radishes under it, so the steamed meat is not so greasy."
Yin Yu said without much change in his complexion: "Actually, the same as before is also fine."
Liu Huan turned his head and asked, "Have you eaten?"
Yin nodded, "They gave me some during Chinese New Year."
At that time, he was shocked when he received this annual gift. It was the first time he received steamed meat as an annual gift, but he ate only two pieces that night, and the rest was given to his father, grandmother and six children. My sister ate it, and it was a pity.
Liu Huan was jealous in the scent, "Why don't you give it to me?"
Man Bao blinked, couldn't help but look at Bai Shan, and said hesitantly, "I'll give you a copy next time too? The annual gift we gave to your family is not too thin, right? This steamed meat is not worth much, and your family It’s a lot, I’ll give you a bowl, can you have a piece?”
Liu Huan thought so too, they had many families, different from Yin or theirs.
Seeing that the fooling was over, Man Bao quietly let out a sigh of relief.
Seeing that they were digressing again, Changyu couldn't help knocking on the table and asked, "Speaking of which, do you still want to discuss it?"
Man Bao comforted her and said: "Don't worry, this kind of thing can't be discussed once or twice. Anyway, you are still a long time away from getting married, and you are not in a hurry to start a business."
Mingda is not in a hurry now, she took a sip of tea, and she can tell that it is true that talking about things is true, eating delicious food is true, and even chatting happily is true.
She also turned her head and said to Chang Yu: "Why don't you think about doing business, just like me, just take care of the fiefdom. The Wei family is noble, and Mr. Wei may not be used to your luxury."
Chang Yu said: "Then we can live separately. He lives in Wei's house, and I live in the princess mansion. How about it? I feel more comfortable."
Mingda didn't expect her sister to have such an idea, her eyes widened, Man Bao also widened her eyes, and asked in disbelief: "Do couples live together?"
Chang Yu said as a matter of course: "Of course you can live together. Several of my sisters and brother-in-laws don't live together. If there is something to do, I will call the son-in-law to the princess mansion to talk."
Bai Shan couldn't help being curious, "Is the relationship between the son-in-law and the princess good?"
Chang Yu thought for a while and said, "There are bad things, so naturally there are good things."
Man Bao shook his head and said to her, "My parents have never been separated."
Bai Shan: "I feel a little sympathetic to Brother Wei now."
Changyu: ...
Mingda didn't think so, she said: "This is the privilege of the royal princess. It's not easy for women to live in this world. You men are only allowed to sleep in flowers and willows and decide whether to go home. Women are not allowed to have their own houses and places to live?"
Man Bao nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes."
Bai Shan: "... I live in your house now."
Bai Erlang said: "Actually, a house for one person is still too big. If you want to play together, you have to walk a long way. If you really want to be at ease, let's have a yard for one person. You are comfortable. If you want to talk together, you can play together." Come together."
Yin He: "...are we really not going to talk about the business of officials and relatives of the emperor?"
Bai Shandao: "Actually, there is nothing to talk about. These problems are well known. The solution I can think of at present is that close relatives cannot do business in the place under the jurisdiction of officials. Close relatives include relatives within three generations and two generations of wives. Relatives within the family; and the tax survey should be stricter to reduce tax evasion as much as possible.”