Cheng Guo Gongfu.
On this day, Zhu Feng was called to the inner hall by Mrs. Cheng Guotai, his grandmother Hu, for a lecture.
"Unlike the son of a talkative Duke, even if you cannot inherit the title in the future, you will be given glory and glory. Why do you want to practice it? If you are involved by the censor, you will say that our government is competing for the interests of the people. , even if your father is far away in the capital, he will still take the blame for you. When will you be able to succeed?"
Hu is the daughter of Hu Bing, an important official in the early Ming Dynasty and the Minister of Rites. She was born in a scholarly family, has extraordinary knowledge, and She is not as arrogant and domineering as ordinary old ladies. She wants her grandson to be able to restrain himself and return to etiquette.
How could Zhu Feng listen to the old lady’s advice when he was in the spotlight?
He used his eloquence and said, “Grandma, you have misunderstood your grandson. The rice you bought this time is not something you can just buy. You don’t know that since the Jianghuai floods, the price of rice in the city has been rising day by day, but the grain purchased by your grandson was only one tael before the floods. If you go in and get two taels of silver back, Mrs. Hu frowned when he heard this.
The grandson didn’t seem to understand what she was talking about.
Is the issue we are discussing with you now about whether to make money or not? Is it that the Duke of Chengguo is in need of your money to live on? Besides, if you make money, you will allocate a penny to your family
What I'm talking about now is that you did something extraordinary and messed up the rules of the Duke's mansion.
"Okay, stop talking." The old lady stretched out her hand to interrupt her grandson, "Your father wrote a letter a few days ago. He helped you travel around the capital and got a job for you. He always asked It's not okay for you to be idle like this. The Nanjing Jinyi Guards commanded you to go to the capital to get an errand. You are not allowed to mess around after you go to the capital. You must obey your father and brother in everything."
"Ah"
When Zhu Feng heard this, he was immediately unhappy.
Even if he is given a Nanjing Jinyiwei command, he knows that this is just a false position, and he will not be given what he really needs. If he gets a little salary to live by, he can do better business than he does now
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The most important thing is that with his hands and feet tied, how can he play happily with his friends in the future
"Grandma, I can wait until the next year to go. Now my grandson's hand This batch of rice grains has not been sold yet. If the price of grains drops and my grandson is not in Yingtian Mansion, there will be no time to deal with it."
"This nonsense is an order from the imperial court. Do you think that I came to you today to follow the orders of the imperial court?" Did you agree to set off immediately? No boats or carriages are allowed along the way. All must be on horseback. I, the Duke of Chengguo, are the ones who win titles from bows and horses. My children and grandchildren should all be brave and good at fighting. How can they be as weak and inexperienced as you? I will send twenty more people to accompany you and go and clean up immediately."
Zhu Feng came out of the inner courtyard with an aggrieved look on his face.
“I originally made money and wanted to show off in front of my grandma, but my grandma didn’t listen to me at all and asked me to go to the capital. I am provoking someone.”
A steward-looking man next to him came over. He was also Zhu Feng’s most capable general, equivalent to the butler-level person next to him, named Zhu Daqi., said respectfully, "Second Young Master, the Madam has ordered you to leave today and tomorrow. The horses are being prepared at the stables, and the manpower has been adjusted. We are just waiting to set off with you."
"I'm leaving today tomorrow and can't delay it for two days. Are you trying to catch a duck?"
"Second Young Master, I know that you still have business on hand, so why not leave it to the knowledgeable people around you first?" I think I’ll go to the capital, and if everything goes well, I might be able to come back before the end of the year.”
These words seemed to remind Zhu Feng.
Zhu Feng said, "I hope that none of the people in the Duke's Mansion will be able to do business. It's the charming Mr. Zhang, who is said to be a good hand in business. Come on, go to Zhang Zhou. Mr. Zhang calls me and I'm going to do the business." Leave it to him first."
Zhu Daqi shook his head helplessly and said, "Second Young Master, this matter may not be possible. The news I just learned is that Zhang Zhou and Zhang Bingkuan won the first place in this championship. , I’m afraid he will never get involved in business again.”
“What?” Zhu Feng’s jaw almost dropped when he heard this, “You mean, ex. Mr. Zhang, who I have been joking with and talking about business with for a few days, passed the exam."
"Exactly."
"This is really strange, but it makes sense. After just talking to him for a few words, you can feel that he is talented and broad-minded. Since such a person is successful in business, he will not be any worse at anything else. Now that he has won Xie Yuan, he wants to find him even more. I want to congratulate him."
"The rice grain business"
Zhu Feng said with a smile on his face: "I will give him the business as usual. In fact, I just asked him to give his opinion. When the price of rice is high, it can be sold at any time. Do you really want him to be in charge of the business of the Duke's government? When he says the price is right, you can just sell it."
"This can't be done"
Zhu Daqi thought to himself, even the decision-making power of the sale was given to outsiders, so that's not called handing over the business
Zhu Feng couldn't help but think of the old lady's previous words , using the tone of an old lady and saying, "Who do you think is in charge in the family? I'm looking for you to discuss with you? Forget it, I'll go there in person, just to see where the Feng Shui treasure is that can raise such a capable person. And the wise and scheming Celestial Master next to him will also pay a visit when he finds an opportunity."
Outside Zhang Zhou's small courtyard, the flowing water banquet was still being held in the afternoon, and it was very lively.
At the octagonal table in the courtyard, only Zhang Zhou and Jiang Dezhong, father and son, were left. This time they were not here for a drinking contest. Jiang Pingyu was probably afraid that drinking would cause trouble, and he did not even have ordinary water or wine. preparation.
"My dear son-in-law, when you become more prosperous in the future, don't forget about my father-in-law. My father-in-law didn't mean to harm you before. I think that when you are in trouble, if someone reaches out to you, it will be an encouragement to you."
Jiang Dezhong spoke beautiful words.
Jiang Shanquan on the side disagreed, frowning, and almost scolded his father for his insincerity.
Can you be more fake? When Bingkuan was a fool and couldn’t see it, you just wanted to fall.Stone under the well
Zhang Zhou laughed and said, "I will never forget the advice my father-in-law gave my son-in-law."
"Haha."
Jiang Dezhong laughed and said, "Speaking of which , The price of rice and grain has gone up so crazy recently. You said yesterday that the price of grain will rise again, right?"
"Probably so"
Zhang Zhou. Now his speech is also ambiguous.
After passing the exam, business cannot stop. After all, he has no grudge against Qianzi, but if he wants to leak more business information, it may be counterproductive. Many times, it is necessary to go against the tide. Sure, if everyone follows his wave, he will become a wave. How can he go against it?
I dared to say before that it was because he didn’t even have a social status and no one would accept him.
But now that we understand Yuan, we have social credibility, and if we talk too much, more people will naturally follow suit.
Jiang Dezhong was still smiling from ear to ear and said happily, "My father-in-law won't compete with you for business. It's not easy to get a large amount of rice in the city now. I saw the opportunity. That's it." After the floods in the north, epidemics are prevalent. Even the city of Yangzhou on the other side has recently begun to have epidemics. I think it will soon spread to Nanjing. I want to buy some medicinal materials and take the opportunity to sell them. What do you think?"
Zhang Zhou wanted to say that they were all merchants, and they were all profiteers who had difficulty making money for the country.
I have no ability to change anything. I just take advantage of the situation to make a small fuss and drink some soup. But those big businessmen who are really speculative really don’t care about the life and death of the people. They raise the price of medicinal materials and ordinary people will be infected with the epidemic. I can still afford to see a doctor
"Okay."
Zhang Zhou couldn't comment.
He suddenly thought of a question, couldn't help but look at the northern sky, and even stood up.
Jiang Dezhong also followed Zhang Zhou's gaze and asked, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "It's okay."
Then he sat down again.
What he was thinking of was that the little princess Zhu Xiurong, the only daughter of Emperor Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty, would die of the epidemic acne, also known as smallpox, in more than twenty days according to historical development.
"In the year of Wuwu, Yuxiu Pavilion was built on Longevity Mountain. After it was completed, a little princess suffered from acne, but all the doctors couldn't help. She drank Fu Shui and died."
It seems impossible to change this now.
Zhang Zhou thought to himself, "Unless someone can go directly to heaven to listen and pass on my strategy in time, and it must be convincing enough that even the emperor has to abandon everything to adopt it, then there will be a chance. But How is this possible? Who would believe that I am a little person? After all, I am just a Jie Yuan from the Jiangnan Provincial Examination. "Please remember to bookmark the latest and fastest website for free reading without anti-theft