Gu Jiu not only invited Huyang Princess, but also Huang Qubing to support the scene.
She also invited several elder brothers of the Gu family to ask them for help.
The sons of the Gu family knew in their hearts that Gu Jiu asked them for help in name, but in fact Gu Jiu was creating opportunities for them to make connections.
Fortunately, they are not grandchildren, but also grandchildren, so they don't need to wear heavy filial piety.
It is already June, and going out at this time has no effect.
Only Gu Ban, the eldest son of the eldest son, as the great-grandson, needs to observe filial piety for three years. You can't go out of the house to socialize like your younger brothers.
It was still early when they came to the other courtyard.
Bai Zhong warmly greeted him.
At this time, another carriage arrived.
Bai Zhong thought to himself, at this hour, could there be guests coming
The tea party is scheduled for mid-afternoon, so it's a bit early to come here at this time.
When the visitor got off the carriage, Bai Zhong opened his mouth wide, "How could it be Young Master Gu? A rare visitor, a rare visitor!"
Gu Rui, the eldest son of the Hou Mansion, got down from the carriage and said with a smile: "Please forgive me for coming here uninvited. I learned that sister Xiaojiu is going to hold a tea party and needs someone to support the venue, so I came here on my own initiative. I hope I didn't cause you any trouble." .”
Bai Zhongxi smiled brightly, the status of the eldest grandson of the Hou Mansion carried a lot of weight.
He quickly smiled and said, "Young Master Gu, you are welcome! Madam would be very happy if she knew you were here."
Gu Rui smiled and said: "At the beginning of the year, the emperor's funeral ceremony, thanks to sister Xiaojiu's help, my wife was able to go home to recuperate smoothly. After all, I owe sister Xiaojiu a lot of favors these years. Sister Xiaojiu doesn't ask for anything in return, but I can't." I don’t repay my kindness. If there is anything I need to do today, just tell me, I can do odd jobs.”
"There is no need for Mr. Gu to run around the hall to do chores. You only need to stop in the lobby, and the tea party will be of the same level."
Huang Qubing came out dancing with his fan, teasing Gu Rui.
Gu Rui glanced at Huang Qubing, they both belonged to the same circle, the top second- and third-generation dude circles in Beijing, and they were familiar with each other.
The members of the Gu family couldn't get in this circle, so Gu Cheng and his brothers couldn't talk to Huang Qubing.
When Gu Rui came, Huang Qubing took the initiative to talk.
This is the difference in the circle, which distinguishes the difference between closeness and distance, and the difference between distance and nearness.
Gu Rui laughed, "I didn't expect you to come too."
Huang Qubing closed his fan, "Sister-in-law invited me, so I naturally want to show my sister-in-law some face."
It's a pity that the sister-in-law's brother Gu Ting is not in the capital, so he has no chance to make out with Gu Ting.
"Masters, don't stand at the door, let's all go in. Princess Huyang should arrive soon." Bai Zhong reminded.
When several people heard the words of Princess Huyang, they all had indescribable expressions.
"What did my sister-in-law think, that she let Huyang support the situation? Aren't you afraid that Huyang's temper will turn over the table?"
Gu Rui coughed lightly, "The people here today are all male guests, Princess Huyang shouldn't lift the table."
As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed ambiguously.
Those rumors about Princess Huyang's beauty can be hidden from others, but not from them.
Han Wulang from Daihou's Mansion has been around for many years, and every time he leaves the mansion, he will be ridiculed. They all put him and Huyang Princess together for discussion.
Even though Han Wulang was unhappy in every possible way, he couldn't stop other people's mouths.
They are all people in the same circle, and their family backgrounds are similar, so Han Wulang naturally dare not turn his face at will. You have to reduce the number of times you go out, or play in another circle.
Gu Teng still had doubts, "Since all the guests here are male guests, why did sister Xiaojiu invite Huyang Princess to support the scene? It's not appropriate."
Huang Qubing took Gu Jiu's face into consideration, and patiently explained, "Princess Huyang has been unhappy recently, sister-in-law will find something fun for her."
The master of Huyang County asked for the title several times but failed. This matter can be hidden from others but not from Princess Fuya. Huang Qubing is the son of Princess Fuya, so he naturally knew about it.
The princess of Huyang now has a problem.
Whenever she encountered something unpleasant, she would cry to Gu Jiu.
Every time she yelled that "eldest nephew and daughter-in-law", Gu Jiu's heart would tremble.
Gu Jiu often asked himself, what kind of evil did he do to put the Huyang County Lord on the line.
In order to get rid of the frustrated Princess Huyang, Gu Jiu euphemistically called Huyang to come to the tea party to support the scene.
With a house full of young fresh meats with online looks, Princess Huyang was overjoyed and readily agreed.
In order to attend this tea party, Princess Huyang ordered Xiu Niang to hurry up and make three new dresses. One set is more alluring (more revealing) than the other.
It seems that Princess Huyang has left the capital since she was an eminent monk, and has come out of the shadow of Emperor Wende not giving her a title. She plans to find a face or two at the tea party and continue to enjoy life.
Men and women matters, pay attention to your love and my wish.
If the men at the tea party are not willing, for Gu Jiu's sake, Princess Huyang will not force her.
If there is a man at the tea party who pushes the boat along the way, and Princess Huyang doesn't dislike him, it will be a matter of course. However, in this way, only Huyang Princess can unilaterally decide when to end this relationship.
After all, not every man is a little eminent monk, who can fool Princess Huyang so much.
Several young people, all about the same age, quickly became familiar with each other.
Huang Qubing said casually: "Congratulations to Young Master Gu, happy to have Lin'er."
Gu Rui complained: "My son has already reached 100 days and you only said congratulations, isn't it a bit late? At least you have to make up a gift. I think a red gold longevity lock, weighing two catties is good."
puff!
Huang Qubing pointed at Gu Rui with an incredulous expression on his face, "You, are you robbing?"
Two catties of red gold long-life locks, thanks to Gu Rui's ability to open his mouth, why not grab it.
Gu Rui said as a matter of course: "You are not short of that little money."
"Gu Rui, why didn't I realize you were so greedy for money before?"
"That's not because I didn't raise a child before. Now that I have raised a child, I know that spending money is like water. While I am young, I have to save more for my child."
Gu Rui's tone was very serious and serious, and it was taken for granted. He also greeted the Gu family's cousins. Everyone had children and each had their own experience in raising children.
Huang Qubing looked at the crowd.
Gu Cheng coughed lightly, "Girls spend less money, just prepare the dowry. After giving birth to sons, you need to buy more properties. If you have more sons, you have to buy several properties. Otherwise, after we have a hundred years, It's a pity that the family property is not enough for the children."
Huang Qubing had an incredulous expression on his face, "Why do you think so far?"
Gu Teng looked innocent, "Are you thinking too far? As the saying goes, people who have no foresight must have near-term worries. Some time ago, my family separated, and I have a deep understanding."
Gu Rui agreed again and again, and when the old Hou Ye passed away, the Hou Mansion would also be divided.
No amount of family business can afford to be divided again and again.
Therefore, it is not advisable to expect to eat and wait for death to eat ancestors. He can eat his ancestors, and when his son inherits the family business, can he continue to eat his ancestors
If he doesn't work hard to buy property, and wait until his son grows up to inherit the family business, he is afraid that he will become a dilapidated household.
When the time comes to trace the origin, the children and grandchildren will have to point to his spiritual card: Look, our Pingnanhou Mansion was defeated by this ancestor. Having such a prodigal ancestor at the stall has really been bad luck for eight lifetimes.
Just thinking about this scene makes one's scalp tingle.
Obviously, after Zhou's son was born, Gu Rui was not only promoted to be a father, but also made Gu Rui realize his responsibility.
He is no longer alone, he has to think about the children. Buy as much property as possible for the children, and leave more Zumeng.
It was rare to meet Huang Qubing today, so he wanted to blackmail his son.
Huang Qubing convinced him, "Gaiminger, I'll give my little nephew a half-jin red gold longevity lock, don't be too little."
Gu Rui suppressed a smile, with a reluctance to see the expression, "Half a catty is half a catty, I don't dislike it."
Huang Qubing was furious, "Gu Rui, ask someone in the capital to give away longevity locks, half a catty of red gold at once? You can give away three taels of red gold longevity locks, that's a very good relationship."
Gu Rui said: "You are different from others."
Why is it different, he didn't say, let Huang Qubing figure it out by himself.
Huang Qubing snorted twice, thinking that if it wasn't for Gu Jiu, the group of them wouldn't have gotten together.
"Look at all of you who are looking for money. Why don't you cherish such a good opportunity to make money right now? My sister-in-law wants to build a concrete road. Are you stupid? You don't know how to invest some money in it? After investing money, I will sit and eat every year. You don’t have to worry about dividends, you don’t know how to grasp such a good thing, everyone is a pig.”
After Huang Qubing finished speaking, he looked complacent again.
Everyone was silent.
Gu Rui asked him, "How much did you invest?"
Huang Qubing took a sip of tea, and said with an expression that I don't want to show off, but that you are asking, "It's not much, just one hundred thousand taels of silver."
Depend on!
Land rich.
This is the common thought of all the Gu family men at this time.
It's really enviable and jealous.
Gu Rui said: "My wife and I also invested money."
Huang Qubing was curious, "How much?"
Gu Rui sighed, "I'm not as good as you. My private money for many years plus my wife's dowry money only made up 20,000 taels. However, I invested 50,000 taels in from the public account. Future generations will find a good thing to sit back and reap the dividends."
The corner of Huang Qubing's mouth twitched, no one is a fool.
Although we don't know how many years this road will take to recover the capital, but everyone still actively invested money based on their trust in Gu Jiu. It is worth investing money just because of the bonus of sitting and eating.
The brothers of the Gu family also invested money.
The least voted one thousand taels, and the most voted six thousand taels.
Gu Teng cast six thousand taels.
"I wanted to invest more, but my wife and I have too little cash on hand. There were some before, but they were all invested in the project outside the South City Gate. I heard from sister Xiaojiu that it is estimated that I will be able to share dividends by the end of this year."
Gu Rui laughed, "Outside the south city gate, my wife also invested money in. It seems that by the end of this year, I will be able to share some money."
Huang Qubing also invested money.
That being said, everyone present more or less invested money in Gu Jiu's project.
Huang Qubing pondered for a while, and clicked twice.
"Unknowingly, my sister-in-law has wiped out everyone in the circle. This time when building the road, she is clearly eyeing those civil servant families. She has networked both civil and military affairs. If she wants to do something in the future, who can stop her? The capital is left to her to toss about. Sister-in-law's arrangement is really powerful."
Gu Rui raised his eyebrows and secretly kicked Huang Qubing. Remind him secretly that there are some things that you just need to know, don't say them out.
As the saying goes, see through but not tell through.
Huang Qubing slapped himself on the mouth lightly, "Look at my bad mouth, I can't stop talking all day long. What I said just now doesn't count, you all have never heard it. If it spreads, I will never admit it. .”
The brothers of the Gu family expressed their opinions one after another, and they would definitely not go out and talk nonsense.
The fate of the Gu family is closely related to the fate of Gu Jiu. Everyone is not a fool, and everyone has a steelyard in their hearts when it comes to stakes.
Bai Zhong came to Deng Cunli, covered his ears and whispered something.
Deng Cunli raised his eyebrows, "Why is he here?"
"People have already arrived at the door, what do you say?"
"I didn't post a message for him, why did he come here? You have a thick skin." Deng Cunli's tone was very disgusting.
Huang Qubing saw the two muttering to each other, and asked loudly: "What are you two talking about secretly? Is there something that you can't say in front of everyone."
Deng Cunli laughed suddenly, walked up to Huang Qubing, and said, "A guest came earlier. Everyone knows him, and he is Mr. Cheng Enbo Zhuci."
puff!
Huang Qubing took a sip of tea, "Sister-in-law posted a message for Uncle Cheng En?"
Deng Cunli shook his head, "Madam didn't post a message to Uncle Cheng En."
Gu Rui smiled and said, "I didn't expect that besides me, there would be someone else who came here uninvited."
Gu Jiu's festival with Zhu's family was well known to everyone present.
It has been a year since the incident, and this year the Zhu family was extremely low-key, so low-key that people ignored the presence of his family.
It's just that he didn't expect that, suddenly, this old man Cheng Enbo came out again. Piansheng also appeared at Gu Jiu's investment tea party.
Huang Qubing and Gu Rui exchanged glances, the meaning of which was understood by only the two of them.
Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci's current situation, people outside the circle can't see clearly. As people in the circle, the two of them are naturally good friends.
Huang Qubing laughed, "The visitor is a guest. Everyone has arrived at the door. You can't drive them away. Please come in. However, for today's tea party, only those who have an invitation letter can bid. Those who are qualified to bid. Eunuch Deng, are you right?"
Deng Cunli was waiting for this sentence, "Young Master Huang is certainly right. Our family will ask someone to resettle Zhu's father and son, and promise not to disturb your elegant mood."
"It doesn't matter if you interrupt, and I can't talk about it. I'm not embarrassed, but I'm afraid that the old man Cheng Enbo will be embarrassed. When Princess Huyang comes, Princess Huyang will entertain their father and son."
This is the tacit understanding between Huang Qubing and Gu Rui.
The two of them are juniors, and Chengenbo Zhuci is the senior. The two of them are not good at confronting people.
But Princess Huyang has no such worries.
Emperor Wende is the elder brother of Princess Huyang. Apart from being stingy and refusing to give him a title, even if Princess Huyang breaks the sky outside, Emperor Wende can help her.
The mere Zhu family was the uncle's family of the first emperor, not the uncle's family of Emperor Wende. Emperor Wende didn't need to give the Zhu family any face at all.
As the saying goes, people go to drink tea, and relatives who have been separated for a generation don't move around on weekdays, so they are relatives who are farts.
Do you really think that Emperor Wende would affectionately call Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci uncle? dream.
It was Emperor Wende's kindness to take Cheng Enbo's title for no reason.
Presumably, Cheng Enbo and Zhu Ci also realized that Zhu's family was in danger, so he had the cheek to come uninvited, gather the number of people, make a good relationship, and send out the signal that he and Gu Jiu will settle their suspicions and make a fortune together.
I just don't know if Gu Jiu is willing to give him this face.
Deng Cunli asked someone to invite Zhu's father and son in, and placed them far away in a side hall, as expected, they did not disturb the gathering of several young people.
The Zhu family's father and son sat in the small side hall, where the environment is quiet and the fragrance of tea is long. However, both father and son were in no mood to enjoy it.
Master Zhu was originally a calm person, but today he was a little impatient.
He looked at his old father, "When I came in, I clearly saw someone on the side of the waterside pavilion, but that Eunuch Deng deliberately placed us in this remote hall. Except for the maids serving tea, no one came to greet us. It's clearly a shame for our Zhu family."
Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci put down his teacup, "How can our Zhu family have any face now? If our Zhu family is a small family, the family will be satisfied with enough food, so naturally we don't need to ask for help.
But in fact, our Zhu family has a big business, the Zhu family plus relatives and friends, the relationship between generations, tens of thousands of people all count on us for food. Don't say that the other party is just snubbing, even if we slap him, we have to bear it. "
Master Zhu frowned, feeling unwilling.
Cheng Enbo and Zhu Ci took the trouble and said earnestly, "Last time, our Zhu family missed the project outside the South City Gate. This time, no matter what, we can't miss the concrete road from the capital to Luozhou again.
Others don't know the value of this road, how can our Zhu family not know. Our Zhu family knows best how many horses and horses pass by on this road every day.
When the cement road is repaired, the number of horses and horses traveling on the road will double, or even triple or quadruple. There is a toll booth in Shilili, and there is no toll for pedestrians, only for vehicles and horses.
Three pennies may not seem like a lot, but there are dozens of toll booths on this road, and they can't stand to gather together and make more. Once this road becomes a concrete road, it is gold. Lying on it can eat for a lifetime.
It's a pity that His Majesty couldn't see through it, and was fooled by Mrs. Zhao, and even agreed to ask Mrs. Zhao to raise funds to build the road personally. But that's fine, otherwise we wouldn't have had the chance to join this feast. "
It has to be said that although Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci's food looks ugly, his business sense is nothing to say, not ordinary sharp, but super super sharp.
At a glance, you can see the value of the cement road from Beijing to Luozhou.
What is gold
The cement road from Beijing to Luozhou is a fighter jet in gold.
At present, apart from Gu Jiu, only Cheng Enbo and Zhu Ci have accurately estimated the value of this road.
With Emperor Wende, there were times when he regretted it.
Huang Qubing still underestimated the value of this road. When the dividends are distributed in the future, he will probably regret why he only invested one hundred thousand taels in the first place instead of one million taels. ah ah.
Emperor Wende would probably roar and roar, why am I so stupid, why am I so stupid. Such a profitable cement road is worth millions of dollars, I have it. Could it be that my mind was flooded at the beginning, and I pushed out the opportunity to make money that was presented to me with my own hands.
ah ah!
Can I spend money to buy this road back
Gu Jiu: Hehe! you dream. Even if you are the emperor, this lady will not give you face.
Emperor Wende: I want to change from forty years to twenty years, no, to five years.
Gu Jiu: Hehe, do you want to be shameless
Anyway, around this road, there will always be various entanglements and contradictions.
This is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.
In the middle of the afternoon, when the yamen was approaching the yamen, guests began to come to the door.
Today's tea party is actually a buffet.
For this buffet, Gu Jiu even spared some time to teach the kitchen how to make some modern snacks. And find a way to extract cream from milk to make cheese.
All kinds of southern fruits are transported to the capital at high cost to preserve freshness.
All kinds of southern dried fruit preserves and various seafood products were transported to the capital one after another and appeared on the buffet tonight.
This is not so much a tea party as it is a food carnival.
The guests arrived one after another, and the welcome team led by Shiqin and Shiqi, dressed in uniform, welcomed the guests into the hall.
Two long rows of tables were covered with expensive tablecloths.
On the tablecloth, there are all kinds of food. Many have never seen it.
"what is this?"
"This is a cream cake specially prepared for distinguished guests."
"What is this?"
"This is a fruit platter, also called fruit salad."
"what is this?"
"This is shredded squid, specially shipped from the south. If the guests are thirsty, there are all kinds of drinks here. These are freshly squeezed juices, including apple juice, mango juice, watermelon juice..."
The maids trained by the palace have extraordinary professionalism.
The welcoming group headed by Shiqin and Chess, advances and retreats in a moderate manner, neither humble nor overbearing, coupled with their beautiful appearance, makes the bones of the guests feel lighter as soon as they enter the door.
Of course, no one dared to touch these welcoming maids at the tea party.
Everyone who was invited knew that Mrs. Zhao stood behind the tea party. Give them ten guts, and they will not dare to touch Mrs. Zhao's person.
What's more, there is a Huyang princess who will turn his face if there is a disagreement.