In the Wei family of Hengyuanhou's mansion, after the New Year's Eve dinner, Wei Hongru, the first son of Hengyuanhou, and Wei Hongwen, the second son, were talking in the study. Marquis of Hengyuan is a hereditary title. Although Wei Hongru is a legitimate son, Marquis Hengyuan has many wives and concubines, and he has many heirs. There are four elder brothers who are older than him. Before Hengyuan Hou made the request to the emperor to be crowned son, Wei Hongru - the sky is not the son, his status will not be stable for a day. Wei Hongwen and Wei Hongru are the brothers of the milk compatriots. Wei Hongwen is very business-minded, and the business entrusted to him by the Hengyuan Houfu is also very impressive, much better than other brothers. But the business of the Hengyuanhou Mansion is not monopolized by Wei Hongwen, and what he has in his hand is only part of the business of the Hengyuanhou Mansion.
Wei Hongwen needs to win the business power of the Hengyuan Houfu to assist his elder brother to win the position of son, and Wei Hongru also needs to rely on Wei Hongwen's ability and his status in the Houfu to help him. Since the two shopkeepers in Yongxiu County discovered a strange person, Wei Hongwen's business has expanded, especially the set of string bean "emerald stone" pendants, which Wei Hongwen has privately ordered someone to carve. A large number of pendants will only be launched in the next year in response to this year's imperial examination.
And he obtained the jam through that strange person and followed the advice of that person to repackage the small amount of chrysanthemum tea on hand and take the "high-end route". Huangju not only earned him a lot of money, but also earned him a lot of fame and attention, so he was praised by the owner's father. Originally Wei Hongwen was very happy, but now he is not happy anymore.
The benefits he got from that strange man now seem to be nothing more than small troubles, but the real big head didn't fall on him at all. He directly climbed up to Weng Lao's adoptive son Jiang Kangning, and Jiang Kangning succeeded Caught up with Weng Lao, the emperor and the queen. Now the business of tea and wine is in the hands of the Empress, not to mention he is the second son of the Hengyuan Marquis Mansion who has no power, even the Hengyuan Marquis Mansion would find it difficult to intervene, so his father blamed him for missing the opportunity. How could Wei Hongwen not be annoyed, and Wei Hongru was also quite annoyed.
Wei Hongru is also in charge of the business of the Hou Mansion, but his main energy is in the court, and he is in charge of a large amount of business—part of which is in the hands of his mother, and most of the business of the Hou Mansion he controls is around the capital. He called his younger brother to the study because of the new tea and goat's milk wine that have been making a fuss in the capital recently, as well as the recent big trends in the capital.
Wei Hongru asked his younger brother, "What are your plans?"
Wei Hongwen said with a dark face: "As soon as the new tea and new wine come out, the tea and wine in my hand will be depleted. Now people in the whole capital are staring at the new tea and new wine. It won't be long before all the state capitals will know about it. Once the amount of tea and wine in the Queen's hands can keep up, we will lose the business of tea and wine. I am more worried that those gangsters will take advantage of this to make trouble. Wei Hongzheng is still running on me in front of my father today. .”
Wei Hongru said coldly: "Isn't he looking forward to making mistakes with you and me?"
Wei Hongwen said angrily: "Wei Xiu is too short-sighted, he underestimated that farmer. When Jinsi Huangju came out, he should have visited in person to get closer to that farmer, but he just let Xu Jin come out, otherwise he wouldn't It will let Jiang Kangning take advantage of the loopholes. Jiang Kangning has Mr. Weng behind him. Could it be that my Hengyuan Hou Mansion is not good enough? After all, the Jiang family has already collapsed. If there is no Mr. Weng, what are Jiang Kangning and Jiang Kangchen? Wei Xiu is too arrogant, and we won't lose the opportunity. Now that the emperor and queen are interfering, it is difficult for us to get a piece of the pie."
Wei Hongru said: "The emperor is short of money, and the court is even more short of money. Now that there is such a big money-making business, the emperor will never let it go. I just don't know when the emperor will let the Ministry of Households intervene. Now I don't know how many people are staring at this fat man. Poor." After pondering for a moment, he said: "The matter has come to this point, even if you kill Wei Xiu, it will not help the matter. Why don't you go to Xiushui Village in person after the next year. Although the emperor and the queen have intervened, I, the Hengyuan Hou Mansion, are right. That farmer is also kind, although the kindness is small, but it must be used when it should be used.
You are the second son of the Hengyuan Marquis Mansion. If you come forward in person, that farmer is just a curious farmer. He dare not refute you out of face. The Hengyuanhou Mansion does not compete with the emperor for profit, but you must get some tea and wine. As long as it is done well, it will not only stabilize your and my position in the mansion, but most importantly, it will allow you to get involved with the queen. Since there is such an opportunity, we must seize it. If you can get the support of the Queen, the Hengyuan Hou Mansion will not fall into the hands of others.
The queen is now looking at the farmer's son seriously, Xu Jin's status is now low, but his friendship with the farmer's son needs to be put to good use. In my opinion, after the third grade of junior high school, you can go to Xiushui Village. Visiting him in person as the second son of the Hengyuan Houfu, the farmer would not dare not give you this face. Jiang Kangchen is now the empress' confidant, and I think the emperor intends to train him to become an imperial businessman. Jiang Kangning is also the county magistrate of Yongxiu County. His two brothers can be said to be at the right time and place. After you go, try to befriend Jiang Kangning as much as possible. "
Wei Hongwen nodded: "Jiang Kangning is quite capable, and it would be best if he could be used by us. As for the farmer, he has a bit of a temper, but he is just a mud-legged person, even if he has Jiang Kangning as his backer. It's not as good as our Hengyuan Hou's Mansion. Being with you is like being with a tiger. The queen has never been married, and she is not strong enough. If he is smart, he will never refuse me. Maybe this tea and wine are Jiang Kangning's The identity of the county magistrate was snatched away."
Wei Hongru shook his head and said: "Didn't it mean that Jiang Kangning recognized the farmer's son and husband as righteous brothers? Although the Jiang family fell, Jiang Kangning is only a county magistrate now, but he has Grand Master Weng behind him, so we can know that The farmer is not a fool either. You must remember to be courteous after you go, the day the queen needs him, you have to treat him with three points of courtesy every day."
"I know."
Wei Hongwen never thought that a small farmer would bring him such a big trouble. Whether it's the green bean jade pendant, or jam, chrysanthemum tea, golden silk chrysanthemum, because the number is limited, although Wei Hongwen intends to use this to expand his business, he doesn't take Shao Yunan too seriously. Also arranged for manpower to study the production methods of jam and chrysanthemum tea. As for the golden silk emperor chrysanthemum, as long as you get him the seeds, are you afraid that he will be short of them in the future? To him, Shao Yun'an was at best a clever and knowledgeable farmer. Then Shao Yun'an is only sixteen years old, and he is still a husband and wife, what other shocking things can he do
Xu and Zeng's subordinates are willing to treat Shao Yun'an with courtesy, and they are not stingy when giving money every time, so Shao Yun'an must be aware of it. Besides, being able to establish a relationship with him and to do business with the Hengyuan Houfu is also his fortune and blessing. But Wei Hongwen would never have imagined that he would be mistaken for a day. The farm boy was smarter than he thought.
Wei Hongwen couldn't get a cup of tea and wine directly from the queen, so he could only find a way from Shao Yun'an. Although Wei Xiu is the big shopkeeper in charge of all the business in Chinan Mansion. But to send Wei Xiu now, his identity is not enough, so this time Wei Hongwen must go in person.
When he decided to hand over the tea and wine to Jiang Kangning, Shao Yun'an thought that shopkeeper Xu would definitely respond. Shopkeeper Xu didn't look for him a year ago, probably because the news hadn't spread so quickly, but shopkeeper Xu will definitely come to him in the next year. Shopkeeper Xu didn't even want to let go of the business of Roujiamo and Chuan Chuanxiang, so how could he let go of such lucrative tea and wine business.
But Shao Yun'an didn't feel guilty at all. To put it bluntly, the business is his, and he can do it for whoever he wants. He has no direct business relationship with shopkeeper Xu, or the big boss behind shopkeeper Xu. He hasn't even met the other party's face, so why should he ask him to entrust them with any business. As he said, he doesn't know any big bosses in the Hengyuan Hou Mansion, he only knows Jiang Kangning. Shopkeeper Zeng bought the Emerald Green Beans, which seemed to cost a lot of money, but in fact they earned more profit. Jiang Kangning's kindness to him and Wang Shijing is real. Now that he recognizes Jiang Kangning as his brother-in-law, there is no reason to bend his elbow.
Chinese New Year is all about eating and drinking. Elder Cen and Mrs. Cen are getting older. Without keeping the year old, everyone else almost stayed up all night, even Jiang Moxi was holding on and refused to sleep, which surprised Jiang Kangchen and Jiang Kangning. When the New Year's Eve came, Shao Yun'an cooked a big pot of cabbage and pork dumplings. The three children should be willing to go to bed after eating dumplings.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the palace was quiet. Wang Shijing slept peacefully with Shao Yunan in his arms; Jiang Kangchen slept peacefully with his son in his arms; Jiang Kangning slept soundly with his vision for the future; what food. Guo Ziyu and Guo Zimu were already awake.
Last night, Jiang Kangning told Guo Ziyu that his and his younger brother's household registrations had been changed to slave registrations, and that their household registrations were in his hands. Today, the two brothers will sign a contract of sale with the Wang family. Three years later, they will change from slavery to good citizens and become villagers of Xiushui Village. Yang Tianwei died and Rong Yue was demoted. This really fulfilled the sentence: [Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. It's not that there is no reward, the time has not yet come]!
But if the two of his brothers hadn't met Shao Yun'an, how would they know all of this, and how could they really stay away from that sad place.
Guo Zimu cried very sadly. He always believed that he caused the great changes in his family. Guo Ziyu kept comforting him. Now, the two of his brothers have settled down. For Shao Yunan and Wang Shijing's great kindness, they have nothing to repay, they can only do things for Shao Yunan and Wang Shijing wholeheartedly, and let their husband and wife order them.
After Mrs. Cen and Mrs. Cen got up, they went to the kitchen to see what to eat, knowing that everyone must be asleep. But he didn't expect Guo Ziyu and Guo Zimu to be in the kitchen. Seeing the eyes of the two brothers who had obviously cried, Cen Lao knew it. After Guo Ziyu and Guo Zimu came with breakfast and sat down, Mr. Cen said, "You two can settle down here with An Ge'er at ease. An Ge'er is a casual person, and Ishii doesn't have so many rules. I really need a neat person to help them housekeeper. After three years, Ziyu, if you want to continue the scientific research, just come to the old man. Zimu doesn’t have to hide his face. The old man dare not say anything else, but in Imperial Nan Fu, no one can trouble you."
"Thank you, Mr. Cen."
Guo Zimu's eyes were red again, and he lowered his head. Mrs. Cen said gently: "Yun'an and the others may not be able to get up until very late, let's eat first."
Guo Ziyu and Guo Zimu serve porridge to Elder Cen and Mrs. Cen respectfully.
If you don't cook on the first day of the new year, you have to eat the leftovers from the day before, which is "surplus every year". For breakfast, Shao Yunan cooked red bean porridge in advance the night before, served with bread and kimchi, which also had a special flavor.
It was already noon when the others woke up. It was still raining, and no one went out, just inside the house. Shao Yunan took out a pair of wooden mahjong and three sets of wooden dice. He first asked the three children—mainly Wang Qing and Nizi—how to play dice, and then let them play by themselves.
Adults, just play mahjong. There was no such game as mahjong at this time. After Shao Yun'an said the rules all over again, he directly brought Mr. Cen, Jiang Kangning and Jiang Kangchen to the table, and the others watched. The gambling capital is spiced peanuts.
Facing this novel gadget, everyone is very excited. Shao Yun'an also specially reminded Jiang Kangchen that mahjong is very suitable for attracting feelings, and these poker friends, if they play poker together for a long time, they will naturally become friends. Jiang Kangchen became more serious after hearing this, and said that he must learn mahjong.
The freezing rain was pouring down outside the house, but inside the house was full of heat, especially Elder Cen's voice was the loudest. Shao Yun'an was dumbfounded. One is a highly respected college dean, a former fourth-rank scholar; one is the magistrate of a county, the proud disciple of the emperor's teacher, and the number one genius.
"Put it down, put it down, I want this card!" Shao Yun'an quickly went to grab a piece of seven cakes played by Cen Laogang.
"I don't want this card!" Elder Cen quickly fumbled back, looking at his own card in confusion.
"You have already typed it out and put it down! You can't go back on your word!"
"No, no, let me think about it again. I haven't figured it out yet, so it doesn't count."
Wang Shijing stretched out his hand to block Shao Yunan's card, Jiang Kangning, who was probing his head, retracted his head calmly, and said in his mouth: "What are the rules of playing cards? Yun'an, please say it again."
Jiang Kangchen resisted the desire to peek at his younger brother's cards—he was so preoccupied with how to play the cards that he didn't have time to pay attention to his son. Guo Ziyu, Guo Zimu, and Mrs. Cen were all laughing non-stop. How did this old and young play mahjong and even use it to cheat
On the other side of the three children, Wang Qing and Nizi wanted to cry but had no tears. Hurrah, I saw Jiang Moxi holding a precious mechanical bird in his left hand, and shaking the dice cup with his right hand like a trickster.
Snapped!
Buckle down the dice cup, Jiang Moxi opened it, three dice, one for four, one for five, and one for six. Jiang Moxi's blank face was still blank, but there was some sparkle in his eyes.
Nizi counted with her fingers trembling on the floor. After calculating exactly what four plus five plus six equals, she swallowed her throat and picked up her dice cup and dice. Brother Xi has fifteen points, it is very difficult to exceed. Woo - she's running out of sugar.