In the city of Yangzhou, the garden that had been meticulously renovated for more than a month was officially hung with the plaque of Buxianlou. After a few firecrackers were hung up, fifty tea officials stood on both sides of the garden, and elegantly introduced the tea guests who took the invitations into the garden.
Many people around came to watch the fun, and they had heard of Buxianlou’s reputation in Jingling City. It is said that even the emperor now drinks tea from Buxianlou, and for this alone, they have to go in. Let's have a taste.
Just when the atmosphere was lively, firecrackers were also set off in a store opposite Buxian Building, and a lion dance was also invited to add to the fun, and for a while, Buxian Building was directly suppressed!
The people couldn't help but stare wide-eyed, only to see the red silk curtain lifted, revealing the huge golden plaque on the door: Yibaoxuan!
"Yi Baoxuan, look at the name, does it sell jewelry?"
"You can choose this time to open a business opposite the Buxian Building. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a tea shop."
"Who said this is good, isn't it open now? Let's go in and have a look." Buxian Lou opened, Wu Minzhi was naturally also invited. Noticing the coldness in his eyes, he couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Why is Mr. Qi here? I think you also received a post from Buxianlou, so let's go in and taste it together.
How about a cup of tea? Qi Ming came back to his senses, and when he saw Wu Minzhi, he hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted: "I have seen Chief Wu, this tea is not necessary. My Yibaoxuan has just opened, and there are still many things to be busy with. Now come to Yibaoxuan to buy it." Clothes and jewelry will give you the best Longjing tea. If the leader of Wu is interested, come in for your husband
People pick one or two pieces, and the clothes in mine are no worse than those in Niyunfang. "
Wu Minzhi's eyes moved, and he actually handed the post to others, and walked into Yibaoxuan himself: "Mr. Qi's clothes and jewelry here are really gorgeous, but I heard that Niyunfang's little owner's embroidery skills are unparalleled in the world, and most people are very good at embroidery. Hard to beat."
"Her embroidery skills are good, but she taught everything she knew without reservation. She earned a lot of fame, but also suffered a lot of harm. The embroidery girls I collected are no better than Niyunfang in embroidery skills. The small club is poor, I have full confidence in this."
"Isn't Mr. Qi in the salt business? Why do you have the intention to open Yibaoxuan?"
Qi Ming laughed and deliberately opened the conversation: "It's just for fun, not on the stage, but it made Chief Wu laugh."
Seeing this, Wu Minzhi didn't ask any more questions, but he really picked out a few pieces of clothes and brought them back to the mansion.
In the next period of time, Qi Ming spent money like flowing water, saying that he bought Yi Baoxuan's things to send Longjing tea, and he really did not hesitate to send it to the outside world, which affected Buxian Lou's business a lot.
Later, some rumors gradually came out, saying that Qi Ming was dissatisfied with Niyunfang relying on the eldest prince behind him, and then instructed him to suppress the industry of Niyunfang. have an inexplicable relationship.
The eldest prince has drawn Caiyue Pavilion, and it is very likely that Caiyue Pavilion will be included in his pocket. I don’t know how much convenience it will bring him, but who would have thought that Caiyue Pavilion would be involved with Niyunfang. After helping to teach embroidery stitches, he angered the emperor and was ordered to seal it up.
As a result, the eldest prince naturally resented Niyunfang. Because the emperor's golden plaque could not be taken out, he found someone to open a shop to suppress it. It is said that there is also a Yibaoxuan opposite to Niyunfang in Jingling City. , and business is booming.
In the flower hall, Wu Minzhi sat in the first seat, and the two families of Cao and Wei sat below. Wu Minzhi put down the tea cup and said slowly, "Brother Cao, Brother Wei, I have invited two of you to come here this time. I think you all know a little bit. The person sent by the emperor this time to check the salt tax is Li Yuan, the governor of Liangjiang. One, he is the cousin of the eldest prince and belongs to the eldest prince's faction. Next, Jiangnan
There will be turbulence, and if we can't feel the pulse, we can't be sure that it will be us who will overturn in the next moment. "
"Brother Wu is right, but we don't have many rules in mind about how to do it."
Wu Minzhi thought for a moment: "What do you think of Qi Ming?"
They all knew what Qi Ming had done in the past few days, and they thought differently in their hearts: "The pot of peony sent by Qi Ming is definitely not ordinary, and finding such a flower proves that he has a wide range of origins and a good skill. And financial resources should not be underestimated." "After that, he opened Yibaoxuan, and he invested hundreds of thousands of silver taels in the past few days, and his actions seemed unrestrained, but in fact he was meticulous, and every action had a purpose. All the shopkeepers of Xianlou have suffered losses at his hands. We have never heard of such a behavior before.
It may be released after being cultivated in a large family. "Wu Minzhi frowned slightly:" I have doubts in my heart, the timing of his appearance is too coincidental. We just got the news that the person who came to check the salt tax was Li Yuanyi, and then he sent a greeting card. The next line was quite flamboyant, and he seemed to be disdainful to hide it.
Looking at us people, there is no lack of contempt in his eyes. If you want to rely on them, they must be extremely noble. "
"Listening to Brother Wu, our hearts are getting more and more uncertain. Could it be said that this equal name was sent by that one?"
Although he didn't say it clearly, everyone present understood that the one he was talking about was the first prince, King Ling, who was in the capital.
Wu Minzhi was silent for a moment: "No matter what, we have to deal with it carefully. If it is the one who sent it, we may still rely on him in the future. Even if it is not, it is not a big mistake to be careful."
"Brother Wu is right. What to do next, please ask Brother Wu to give pointers." "The Qi Ming place will be more careful to observe, let everyone hold it, and don't conflict with him. In addition, the salt tax can be dispatched. People can reveal a little bit, as long as it doesn’t involve us, so that even if something really happened later, it’s just a word without evidence, and no evidence can be found.
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"Okay, I'll ask someone to do it right away." Wu Minzhi nodded and said solemnly: "Because of the heavy snowfall in winter and the volatile salt price before, we can hoard a lot of salt in our hands, and the salt tax was slightly short. We need to find a way to make up for it. It's all silver taels when we come and go, and we can't figure out what Li Yuanyi is doing.
Style, I don’t know how much benefits can be obtained in his hands. It takes a lot of money for early testing and management, so this time it is extremely important to use the name of official salt to hide the private goods in our hands, and we must not make mistakes. Otherwise, this time we are afraid that we will be hurt. "They have a large amount of private salt in their hands that has not been shipped out, and the backlog is a large amount of money. They paid a lot of salt taxes before. When Li Yuan came to investigate, he could see the flaws at a glance, so they needed to take out the money. Silver to make up, salt merchants are rich, but silver is not inexhaustible
Yes, it is extremely distressing to spend a large sum of money in the hands of this back and forth. After thinking about it, I came up with a good idea to use the government's name to purchase a large amount of salt, and then this batch of official salt accidentally sank on the way, and the salt disappeared without a trace in the water. In this way, the deficient money can be placed on the name of the purchase of salt. The money is spent and the salt is turned into. Anyway, it is worth the name. As for the real situation, who can go to the river to find out if it is true?