Wang De has been troubled recently, and his troubles are not career issues. Doing business in Hangzhou has been going smoothly in the past two years. If he is still not satisfied, then he is really greedy.
What worries him mainly is the marriage of his only daughter. Due to various reasons, his daughter's marriage has been delayed until now.
But my daughter is already eighteen years old this year, not twenty-eight, and it will be a problem if it is not solved. If she cannot get married once she turns eighteen, then all kinds of unpleasant gossip will spread. Why can’t a good little lady get married?
Is there something wrong? Or is there some unspeakable problem?
Especially in the past few days, the appearance of Fang Yingwu gave Wang De a strong sense of crisis. Therefore, Wang De made up his mind to resolve his daughter's marriage within this year and make it as satisfactory as possible.
In Wang Dexianglai, there are two types of ideal son-in-laws. One is one who is talented and willing to marry into the family, which can also be regarded as the Wang family's heir; or one who can actually help one's own family, such as the inspector, or Beixin
Guan's bookstore is also very good.
In Wang De's eyes, such local figures are even more worthy of friendship than local officials such as prefects and county magistrates.
After all, officials will leave after a few years of service, so what is the long-term solution? Where can we find him in a few years?
Therefore, only local people can provide stability and insurance, which is a truly stable and long-term solution. As for the local officials, it is enough not to offend them, and it is not worth having too close friendship. As for the situation of Fang Yingwu's father, it is too far away, far away
It's unreal and unrealistic.
Wang De considers himself a down-to-earth person who never aims too high, so he has no illusions that Fang Yingwu is a good match for his daughter.
Those who cry and want to get married as soon as they hear that the other party is an official are all heartless idiots who lack practical significance. What's the use of just seeking fame?
In other words, Wang Dewang has his own philosophy of survival and is very clear-eyed. He himself cannot reach that level, so there is no benefit to having relatives from such high families, and he will only be inexplicably involved.
Now that he had made up his mind, Wang De called his younger brother Wang Kui over and told him: "Go and visit some gentlemen quickly. Today, you will first go to Zheng Xunjian's house to ask if there is any chance of getting married."
If we find another matchmaker, we're afraid it will be delayed for a long time. Matchmakers are all focused on making money for themselves. If Wang De, the head of the family, goes there in person, it will appear too frivolous and unstable, and it will be looked down upon by others.
So Wang De thought about it a lot and chose Wang Kui, a clan brother, who was of just the right weight and a trustworthy clan member who would not fail to do his job.
Moreover, Wang Kui is a business partner with him. Wang Kui is also familiar with the people he is familiar with and is easy to talk to.
Wang Kui smiled bitterly, agreed to his clan brother's words, and turned around and left. In fact, he knew the result, but there was no need to be a villain here, so he should just do it first.
At noon, Wang Kui replied to Wang De, "Inspector Zheng said, brother, if you want to do something, it's easy to talk to him. If you want to eat, drink and have fun, he doesn't have a problem. There is no need to talk about getting married."
Wang De was full of doubts, so he gave instructions: "Then go to Jiang's wife's house and ask!"
In the evening, Wang Kui replied again, "Jiang Yuanwai said that everything is easy to talk about, even if you need to borrow money, you can raise some money, but don't talk about marriage."
Wang De was still confused, what was going on? If we were to say that he was ruthless, then Jiang Yuanwai claimed that he was even willing to lend money. It was not ruthless at all, but why was it "no hands-on for marriages"?
However, Wang De would not give up easily if he was sure of something - he didn't know whether this was an advantage or a disadvantage. The next day he sent Wang Kui to come forward and visit a few families he thought he could still get.
But the replies Wang De received were almost always in the same pattern. The first half was very enthusiastic and promised Wang De various benefits, but the second half without exception refused to get married. It can be said that it was half ice water and half fire——
"Shu Ban Zhao said that when your goods pass the customs, brother, he can help with one or two taxes, but when it comes to getting married, he is really out of reach."
"The rich man said that Sister Yu is getting married, and he plans to give her a hundred taels as a congratulatory gift, but his dog is not worthy of Sister Yu."
No matter how slow Wang De was, he still realized it. It was a coincidence that one or two people were like this, but everyone expressed the same attitude. There must be some reason that he didn't know.
He then asked Wang Kui: "You have been to so many houses, haven't you heard anything at all?"
Of course Wang Kui had something to say, "I heard something. The day before yesterday, Fang Yingwu took the chief envoy's post and went to several houses one after another. I don't know what he said. Anyway, no one dares to take one-third of an acre of land nearby.
Marry Sister Yu!"
Wang De was stunned, "Fang Yingwu? How could he have the chief envoy's post?"
Wang Kui sighed, the biggest shortcoming of this brother is that he has a very narrow mind and looks at things in isolation. He always regards those officials and scholars as individuals. For example, he feels that the distant Hanlin cannot affect him, and he is not as good as a county magistrate.
Is it true that county officials are not as good as current managers? Relationships have always been network-like. Officials are keen to make friends with people of the same year, classmates, hometowns, and classmates. Isn’t it just for the sake of network? For people with real connections, it doesn’t matter if they can’t control you.
But you can always find someone to take care of you.
Wang De came to his senses and shouted angrily: "How could he do this! The world is so big, there's no place we can't go to? How come this Fang Yingwu is so entangled with my family!"
Of course Wang Kui knew the reason. Wasn't it just that Fang Yingwu needed the Wang family? But the clan brother really ruined Fang Yingwu's face, and Fang Yingwu had to find a way to make the clan brother submissive.
When he was thinking about how to tell his brother how powerful he was, he suddenly saw the manager of the Wang family's silk weaving factory rushing in, shouting: "It's not good! Someone from the Weaving Bureau is here!"
Wang De and Wang Kui both felt their scalps go numb when they heard the words "Weaving Bureau".
In Suzhou and Hangzhou, any business related to silk weaving, who is willing to deal with the Weaving Bureau? As long as the greedy Weaving Bureau comes to visit, nothing good will happen.
It would be better if the local officials were more forceful, and they could somewhat block the greed of the Weaving Bureau, but generally local officials are not allowed to commit crimes, and it is not worthwhile to offend the eunuchs for this.
However, no matter how powerful the local officials are, they cannot completely prevent the Weaving Bureau from conducting business. After all, the Weaving Bureau is also nominally responsible for handling supplies for the palace.
Sure enough, Wang De heard another report from the factory manager: "The Weaving Bureau wants to recruit our craftsmen to serve in the Weaving Bureau! If they don't go, then they will allocate two hundred horses to our factory!"
The annual tasks of the Weaving Bureau are quantitative assessments. According to regulations, tens of thousands of pieces of silk, satin, silk yarn, etc. must be donated to the palace each year. There are two ways to complete the task. One is to recruit craftsmen to start work in the Bureau. The Weaving Bureau only
I am afraid that there will be no less than hundreds of looms in stock; the second is to directly apportion it to each factory and collect the finished products directly in the name of tribute.
Wang De's face turned pale. Neither of these two choices was good, and the conditions given by the Weaving Bureau were too harsh!
If all the craftsmen are taken away to serve, how can the factory be kept open? But if they choose to be apportioned, just a few dozen horses is okay, but the number of two hundred horses exceeds half of the output. After removing the cost, it is equivalent to working for nothing.
This was a sudden disaster. Wang De suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but roared: "I understand! This must be Fang Yingwu's dissatisfaction with me and his deliberate revenge! Otherwise, there are so many workshops in the city, why is it that the weaving eunuch is the only one?
Have you noticed our newly opened silk weaving factory? How could it be such a coincidence!”
When Wang Kui heard the news, he was also shocked and shocked. First, he was surprised that Fang Yingwu had clearly promised not to do anything to Wang Dezhen, and he would only scare him a few times. But he actually went back on his promise and ordered the guarding eunuch to attack the silk weaving factory.
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Second, I was shocked that Fang Yingwu actually ordered the guarding eunuch to be mobilized! What kind of person is the guarding eunuch of a province? Not to mention his close relationship with the emperor, from the perspective of etiquette, he is on an equal footing with the governor. To put it bluntly, he is sent by the emperor to monitor
Local domestic slave.
"How could he do this? How could he do this?" Wang Kui muttered to himself in disbelief. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)