It seems that the Huang family made a lot of money at sea.
Feng Sheng came to this conclusion.
But she remained silent, and Jiu Yiniang, who was sitting beside her, looked at her expression with anxiety in her heart.
In fact, Feng Sheng is not indifferent to Jiu Yiniang's small actions, but she has always understood that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. As long as things can be done, she can ignore other details.
"Tell me, tell me about your business and the outside situation."
Jiu Yiniang's face showed joy, knowing that Princess Wei had noticed her little trick, she didn't dare to hide it, and told the situation she knew one by one.
After listening, Feng Sheng did not give her an answer. She needs to discuss this matter with King Wei. After all, this matter is not trivial. Even if she can make up her mind, she still has to communicate with King Wei.
Coming out of Qin Sexuan, Jiu Yiniang wiped off a cold sweat.
Although I couldn't hide my joy in my heart, I had to lament that it was not easy to get along with these noble people.
In fact, as early as many years ago, she knew that 'Master Fang' was not easy to be manipulated by others. She did not expect that the other party had been married and raised children for many years, but his meticulous mind had not changed at all.
She raised her head and saw Jin Fu standing under a tree not far away.
Seeing that there was no trace of joy on Jin Jinfu's face, she felt a thump in her heart.
On the face, he pretended not to see it, showed a smile, walked over and called 'Master'.
Huang Jinfu snorted, turned and left, Jiu Yiniang followed behind.
Going all the way back to the upper room, the maids who were waiting for the grooming went down, Jiu Yiniang turned her face down, went to bed and lay down with Huang Jinfu on her back.
Seeing her like this, Huang Jinfu was very angry. He walked back and forth in front of the bed twice, and then went to lie down on the bed.
After lying down for a while, probably feeling suffocated and panicked, I sat up again.
"I didn't say you stabbed the son-in-law in front of the concubine, but you still got angry at me?"
Jiu Yiniang was also annoyed, she sat up and said: "For whom did I expose the matter to the concubine, just for the son-in-law, isn't it for the Huang family
"You think money comes from the sea quickly, and you put in two hundred thousand taels all at once. That's all the money that can be used in the family's books. Now it's stuck. If you don't find a way to clear it, all the money will be wasted!
"The Huang family is such a big family, and they rely on human relationships on a daily basis. Your sons are all cockfighting and lackeys, and they don't have to do production. They either go to some Qinlou Chu Pavilion to hire an oiran, or raise an actor. They just reach out and go home. If you want money, even if your Huang family has a cornucopia, they can't afford such a waste."
As soon as this matter was mentioned, Huang Jinfu felt guilty.
Although he was in charge of the Huang family's business, Jiu Yiniang was in charge of all the family accounts. He and Jiu Yiniang did not live in the ancestral house in Yangzhou, but they would transfer money to Yangzhou every three months.
The Huang family used to be a salt merchant, and they lived a luxurious life. Although they are still a salt merchant now, because they have gone the way of an official salt shop and do not sell private salt, they seem to have a bright future, but they make a lot of money. Not as good as before.
But the Huang family is used to loose hands, and spends at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year.
The Huang family has a big business, so the expenses are naturally high.
In fact, this has something to do with Jiu Yiniang, the businessman has two bad habits, although Jiu Yiniang is ranked ninth, but because of Huang Jinfu's partiality, her status in the Huang family is almost the same as that of the main wife. Even because of Jiu Yiniang's meddling in the Huang family's business, the main wife is not as good as Jiu Yiniang's talking in the Huang family.
Seeing that he couldn't deal with Jiu Yiniang, the main room made things difficult for Jiu Yiniang in every way. Anyway, there are so many people in the family, and they get money from the daily exchanges of favors. If there is no money, they just ask for it, or ask the children and grandchildren in the family to ask Jin Jinfu for money.
Today I go out to study, and tomorrow I will go to Xuezheng for favors.
Even though the Huang family is a businessman, they have never given up on wanting to change the Huang family's official status. Huang Jinfu's eldest son is older than Jiu Yiniang, and the sons have already entered school. We all know that reading books burns money. The descendants of the Huang family don't care if they are reading materials or not. Everyone reads, and the money burned is naturally unknown.
No matter how much Huang Jinfu favors Jiu Yiniang, it is impossible to ignore his children and grandchildren, after all, the most important thing is to pass on incense. And Jiu Yiniang didn't have a son, so she turned a blind eye because she was afraid of breaking the face with the principal.
But Jiu Yiniang is not without her own thoughts, she does not have a son, but she has a daughter, son-in-law and grandson. The son-in-law takes care of him, and after a hundred years, he will be incensed by his daughter, son-in-law and grandson, so he will naturally help the son-in-law.
Moreover, Huang Jinfu personally nods to invest in Chen Hao's offshore business.
So now that something went wrong, Jiu Yiniang was more anxious than Huang Jinfu, and Jin Jinfu didn't want her to mention this matter in front of Feng Sheng, so she did it anyway.
"I know you've worked hard, and it's not easy to manage accounts. Those bastards should be taken care of. But why don't you think that this matter is too involved. If you really use the relationship of Wei Wangfu, the Huang family will stand with Wei Wangfu. On the same boat. You know a little bit about the current situation. In Jiangsu, how many people are taboo about this matter? Why, if you are not careful, you will lose your wealth and life." Huang Jinfu frowned , said earnestly.
But Jiu Yiniang sneered: "Do you think the Huang family is not in line now?"
After a pause, she continued: "Although not many people know about the relationship between Huang's family and Prince Wei's residence in Beijing these years, it's not like no one knows about it. Otherwise, the business of Huang's family can go smoothly? And this time, Concubine Wei asked you to help raise food, but you didn't refuse, and now you want to get rid of the relationship?"
Maybe because Jiu Yiniang's words were full of sarcasm, Huang Jinfu was also a little bit annoyed.
"It's just that there are some contacts, but the Huang family is just a merchant, and they can't reach the eyes of those nobles. As for the matter of raising food you mentioned, I keep it a secret, and few people outside know it. But if it is really like what you think Doing it is tantamount to doing things for Wei Wangfu with open fire, and doing things that affect the overall situation, if something goes wrong, those nobles will still eat the whole Huang family alive."
The room was silent.
Even if Jiu Yiniang knew that the matter was serious, she also knew that it was too late to regret it. Moreover, she is a woman, and she doesn't have a lot of gold and blessings in her mind, so her thinking is naturally simpler than his.
"You only see the consequences if things fail, why didn't you see what the Huang family will get if things happen? There is no favor in the middle palace, but the imperial concubine is absolutely sacred. The imperial concubine has His Royal Highness Wei Wang and the sixteen princes , If it were not for fear of King Wei, what would be the current situation? Anyway, what King Wei is short of now is food. As long as the Huang family can get food, it will be a great contribution. Can I become an official in the future?"
Think, why not
The ancestors of the Huang family were all engaged in business. If the business grows big, it is impossible not to deal with officials. The ancestors of the Huang family have suffered a lot and suffered a lot in dealing with officials for generations. If they were not holding their breath in their hearts, Huang Jinfu would not know that his sons are not suitable for studying, and would spend money on them. , It's not that I want to ask for the slightest possibility.
It was late at night, and Jiu Yiniang had already fallen asleep, but Huang Jinfu didn't feel sleepy at all.
Back then, Shengshang advocated the reform of the salt administration. He gambled on the Anwen family, and the Huang family was now stable and smooth. The other companies that belonged to the top ten salt merchants with the Huang family have long since fallen.
Now there is such a great opportunity in front of us...
bet!
Anyway, it's not like I haven't gambled before!
He doesn't bet on others, but on 'Fang Fengfu' who brought the Huang family back from a desperate situation back then!
As far away as King Wei in Shanxi, he has not been considered An Sheng recently.
The small actions of all parties outside have never stopped, and this is the first time that Wang Baihu has caught a "suspicious person" in Guangfeng warehouse.
At the same time, more states and counties are asking for food.
First, send someone to send a letter to ask for it. If the request cannot be obtained, the local officials will go to Taiyuan to ask for it in person. They were all playing football, and in the end the ball naturally went to the imperial envoy, who came to see the imperial envoy every day, don't ask Wei Wang if he is annoying, at least Dewang is annoying.
Fortunately, the king of Wei still has the strength to answer what should be answered, and ignore what should not be answered. Even if they agree, they don't necessarily just listen to the other party crying for pity, and send as much relief food as they should.
Because there were a lot of local people asking for food, and rumors spread in the city, saying that the imperial envoy hadn't borrowed enough food, otherwise he wouldn't be so stingy.
And the hard-to-swallow relief nests have become ironclad evidence. If the imperial envoys have food, how about giving these pig food to the people
The relief food distribution point has been disturbed several times in a row. Fortunately, King Wei had been on guard for a long time, and ordered officers and soldiers to guard every distribution point. And the wrists are iron and blood. Once someone is found to be making trouble without reason, the roster will be checked, and the whole family will not be able to receive relief food.
It is inevitable that some people will say that the imperial envoys are too cruel and ignore the life and death of the victims, but now is the time when there is a shortage of food, and every family desperately needs food to save their lives. If there is one less person to receive relief food, others will naturally receive more.
For this reason, large-scale civil unrest has not formed in the city, and everyone seeks to protect themselves, and the premise of self-protection is to be safe enough. In addition, since the distribution of relief food began, fewer and fewer people died of starvation and people suffering from edema, and the people gradually became confident that they could survive this disaster year.
But this kind of confidence is in jeopardy, just like the flame in the wind and rain, it needs a lot of effort to maintain, but if there is a little trouble, it may be destroyed.
The king of Wei also understood this, so he specially ordered people to take strict precautions. Unfortunately, some people deliberately made troubles and always caused some troubles from time to time, which made people exhausted.
Another accident happened today. A relief food distribution point in the east of the city was surrounded by disaster victims, and several yamen servants were injured. If it wasn't for the guards patrolling regularly, I'm afraid these few people would be killed by angry victims.
After the king of Wei received the news, he rushed over.
When he arrived, the scene was chaotic.
In order to suppress the rioting victims, the patrolling soldiers couldn't help but move their hands, so what King Wei saw was that there were many victims sitting or lying on the open space, crying out repeatedly. Many people were also injured in the soldiers' strokes. There may be many women among the victims, so most of their injuries were concentrated on their faces.
And the government servants who were in charge of distributing relief food were even more miserable. Some of them were already out of shape, lying on the ground dying, protected by several soldiers.
Wei Wang pursed his lips tightly, his whole body was cold: "What's going on?"