891, The Fall of the Eastern Zhou Family
For the same wealthy businessman, the nature of the local and foreign households in the capital is completely different.
If you are originally a local, you can accumulate property and maintain it even if it is not painful or itchy.
But if she remembers correctly, Yan Zisong only entered the capital recently, bought Wumingju at a high price, and now opened so many shops on Chang'an Avenue in one go, it can only be said that he has a lot of money.
Thinking about it, Gu Qianxue didn't want to let go of this mouthful of fat anymore.
His attitude went straight to the sky again, and his smile was too sweet, "Since there are more than 90 Yan's shops on Chang'an Street, it stands to reason that one should be able to walk a few steps, and you still need to take a horse-drawn carriage?"
Yan Zisong hurriedly explained, "It is true that there is one within a few steps, but the problem is that the cosmetics store is a little far away. The princess has golden branches and jade leaves. I am afraid that the princess' feet will be tired."
Qianxue understood, "Thank you, Mr. Yan, for your concern, but I'm not that squeamish, please walk with me." By the way, see if that guy Yan Zisong is bragging.
"It's an honor." Yan Zisong smiled what he thought was the most handsome.
Yan Zisong was followed by four bodyguards with strong martial arts skills, Gu Qianxue was carrying Chuyan, and the coachman followed behind in a carriage, and the group of people walked slowly along Chang'an Avenue.
Qianxue was secretly shocked. Sure enough, just as Yan Zisong said, there were one or two shops with the word "Yan" hanging every few tens of meters along the road, saying that this was the symbol of the Yan family's business name.
It is really scary for a foreign merchant to buy so many shops in an instant.
"Young master Yan, I don't understand something." Qianxue asked.
"The princess just asks, I will tell you everything." Yan Zisong replied.
"The Yan family store has such financial resources, why didn't they enter the capital before? Even if the commercial territory expands to the capital, why do they have to spend so much money and open so many stores at the same time, aren't they afraid of losing money?" Gu Qianxue said bluntly. Too lazy to say polite words.
Yan Zisong smiled and said, "The Yan family made their fortune in Yangchuan City. Later, the power has been in the western region. The princess did not know the situation of Nanyue Kingdom without business. Our Nanyue is famous for business, but commercially it is divided into four regions: southeast, northwest, and four regions. Four major families formed in the region, with equal strength, guarding against each other and sticking to their positions, and the deadlock was not broken until the chaos in Kanto City."
"Kandong City?" Qianxue was surprised, "What does this have to do with Guandong City?"
"Because Guandong City used to be the base camp of the Zhou family, the Zhou family... oh, for some reason, they took refuge in a certain force and were finally implicated," Yan Zisong did not explain, but there was a trace of disdain in his expression, "The Guandong City was in turmoil, Zhou The Dong family in the south was the first to attack, and then the Gu family in the north also took the opportunity to make a fortune. Our Yan family has always been honest and responsible, but in business, we can't just watch others take advantage of it, so we also Take a shot and win all the Zhou family's properties in the capital."
Gu Qianxue was slightly startled when she heard it. It turned out that there was still gunpowder smoke in places she couldn't see.
Whether modern or ancient, there is no real paradise, peace and prosperity!
Yes, there is only competition and annexation, plunder and struggle.
But from Yan Zisong's words, Gu Qianxue vaguely realized that if the four major business families in the south, east, and northwest were opposed, then the capital would be occupied by the Zhou family in the east.
In other words, the Zhou family had something to do with a certain force in the capital, and because this force was in turmoil, the Zhou family was also implicated.
It can even be speculated that the Guandong City case did not come out of thin air.
But who is that power
Prince? possible! The prince also broke with Pei Xiang because of the Zhao family army, and then lost the trust of the emperor.
Prime Minister Pei? Also a possibility! Xue Xufeng lied to others, and Pei Tong offended the prince and the emperor at the same time.
still…
Gu Qianxue suddenly thought of the Ying family represented by Concubine Ying.
The Ying family was secretly cultivated by the emperor, the most representative of which is that all concubines including the empress have only one heir, while Concubine Ying has three.
The second prince will never return empty-handed when he returns to the capital once. Concubine Ying is not dead or crazy, so what did the second prince do? Could the Zhou family be the work of the second prince
Gu Qianxue only felt that the world was a little complicated, which made her brain ache.
She's definitely not politician material.
"Princess?" Yan Zisong reminded softly, "Are you tired, I see that your complexion is slightly pale."
Yan Zisong still had a word in his mind—but it is even more beautiful, with a kind of beauty that attracts and protects, and he can't wait to rub it into his arms, so as to comfort him.
Gu Qianxue shook her head, "I'm not tired, I'm just thinking about some past events. Mr. Yan, tell me honestly that the power of the four major families in the past has been broken. Now, among the three major commercial families, is the Yan family the most powerful?"
Complacency flashed in Yan Zisong's eyes, but his face was still hypocritically humble, "The princess thinks highly of the Yan family. In fact, the three powers want to be in power, but our Yan family is slightly better."
Although Yan Zisong said so, Gu Qianxue already got the answer.
Afterwards, Gu Qianxue put aside her distracting thoughts, stopped thinking about the Zhou family, the second prince, the Ying family, and the crown prince, and just concentrated on her career.
After all, money is the real thing. Without money, the children in the kindergarten will probably starve.
Every time she passed by a Yan family shop, Gu Qianxue would go in and take a look, carefully looking at the furnishings, layout, goods for sale, the location of each kind of goods, and so on.
Yan Zisong was extremely clever, and he understood Gu Qianxue's interest almost instantly. When he saw the Yan's shop that was closed, he ordered someone to knock on the door, and let Princess Qianxue go in and have a good time.
Later, it developed to the point where Gu Qianxue would go in and have a look as long as there were large-scale and distinctive shops that were not yet closed.
Yan Zisong's jade-like cheeks kept smiling lightly, walking behind him and explaining to him by the way.
On Chang'an Road, Yan's family had five cosmetic shops, and Gu Qianxue went in to check them out.
Although Yan Zisong is proficient in business, he doesn't know much about cosmetics, so he secretly told the shopkeeper that as long as the princess tried it out or paid attention to it, even if it was cosmetics that came out of the corner of his eyes, he would find a new package and send them to Gu Shangshu's mansion together.
Gu Qianxue didn't know about this until the next day, and only talking about Yan Zisong is really very shrewd, that's another story.
After shopping around all the shops, Gu Qianxue was really tired!
Although Yan Zisong didn't say anything, he was still holding on.
"The princess hasn't had dinner yet, has she?" Yan Zisong asked, "If the princess appreciates the face, can I be allowed to host a banquet for the princess? I still remember that I owe the princess a meal."
Gu Qianxue didn't refuse, "Okay, let's go."
Yan Zisong was slightly surprised, but secretly pleased.
A group of people got into the carriage, and those who rode horses rode to the famous Baizhen Building in the capital.
When Chuyan helped Gu Qianxue get into the car, the latter suddenly turned around and said in a low voice, "Chuyan, don't worry, I'll tell you my plan when I get back home."
Chu Yan was stunned for a moment, warm in her heart, "Don't worry, the Princess, the slaves will always support the Princess."
892, take the opportunity to pick up girls