The next day, after Fang Yingwu woke up, he looked as if he had just recovered from a serious illness. He was so lazy that he didn't want to move at all, and then spent another day at home. After the next day, Fang Yingwu felt relieved and sat leisurely.
Drinking tea under the shade of the trees in the courtyard, my mind was subconsciously pondering the current situation.
After thinking about it over and over, Fang Yingwu burst into laughter. He was really working hard, and unknowingly he started to think about it again.
National affairs are carnivorous, so you should take care of your own family affairs first! The marriage has been put on the agenda, and the Fang family should repair the house and courtyard, and prepare a dowry - the other party is the daughter of the prime minister's family, so it's a no-brainer
Can't be aggrieved.
After thinking about it for a while, Fang Yingwu suddenly remembered that he had not reported it to his father yet, and naturally the head of the family had to make arrangements for such important matters. However, his father had already gone out at this time, and he could only wait until he came back in the evening.
So Fang Yingwu fell into a rare moment of leisure, but he couldn't enjoy it. He only felt itchy all over. At this moment, suddenly the disciple came to report: "Mr. Yao Qian Yao is here!"
Fang Yingwu, who was bored, quickly invited someone in to talk. But he said that Mr. Yao was also from Zhejiang and was a Confucian businessman. He opened Zhongyi Bookstore in the capital seven years ago and published an anthology of eight-legged essays at Fang Yingwu's suggestion.
The younger one made a fortune.
Since then, Mr. Yao has been in constant contact with the Fang family, and four years ago he was thinking of doing business outside the customs, so Fang Yingwu introduced Eunuch Wang to him. With this sign, Yao Qian's fur, medicinal materials in recent years
Business is booming, and it is considered the number one merchant in the capital.
Although his business grew bigger and bigger, Yao Qian never forgot his roots and kept in touch with the Fang family on weekdays. He would always come to visit Fang Yingwu during the holidays.
Today, I heard that Fang Yingwu was back from the south of the Yangtze River, so he came to visit. Fang Yingwu had known Mr. Yao for seven or eight years. They were familiar with each other. When they met, he joked: "What kind of strong wind brought Mr. Yao here today?"
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Yao Qian replied: "I heard that the Fang family has a great family. I came here today to see it in person. It truly lives up to its reputation!"
The word "busy" is used to describe the large number of people visiting the house, like a bustling city. So Fang Yingwu was confused. How had anyone come to their house in the past two days? So he asked: "No one has come to visit in the past two days."
, why is it said that a house is like a city?"
Yao Qian said with a smile: "Brother Fang Xian, you will know when you go outside and take a look! It is really a bustling place."
Fang Yingwu couldn't restrain his curiosity, so he got up and went to the gate. He walked to the doorway outside, peeked into the alley and took a few glances. He was stunned.
I could see that the alley outside the door was very busy, and the two rows of walls were already filled with vendors of all kinds. Looking more closely, there were those selling fashionable fruits and vegetables, some selling dried fruits and snacks, some selling snacks, and some selling snacks.
They sell water, even those selling pens, ink, paper and inkstones.
"What's going on?" Fang Yingwu asked in shock.
A few days ago, the front door of Fang's house was like a land temple. There was an endless stream of people burning incense and worshiping Buddha. Why didn't they come out for two days? The front door turned into a small market again? It is really well deserved to be called "a bustling market".
Fang Yingwu walked down the steps and was about to find someone to question, but he heard a few comments passed into his ears: "I heard that the eldest master of the Fang family is going to act as the Imperial College! The imperial dynasty has always valued the cultivation of scholars. Today, there are tens of thousands of Imperial College students.
The remaining people.
Even if there is only one Mr. Panfang out of ten, it is still a business for more than a thousand people. If there are child servants, the number will be even more. The supervisor who comes to visit Mr. Fang will definitely not be stingy. We will wait and see If you spend three to five days here, your business can be compared to ten days elsewhere!"
Fang Yingwu was speechless. When his father chose this house, he first wanted it to be quiet and not far from the imperial city. But today, where is the quiet elegance that literati appreciate?
After a long while, Fang Yingwu sighed and said: "The bustling world is all for profit, and the world is bustling for profit. It has only been known for two days that my father was appointed as the Imperial Academy to offer wine, and the people already knew that he is a politician who is well versed in gossip. As expected, they are all among the people."
Fang Yingwu shook his head and walked home, but was grabbed by Yao Qian, "Brother Fang Xian has returned to Beijing. Today I will be the host and go to a restaurant to have a drink."
Fang Yingwu said lazily: "Why go out, why not just stay at home." Yao Qian said: "But I have something to ask of you!"
Fang Yingwu smiled and said, "Why don't you ask for anything? If you have something to say, just say it!"
Yao Qian replied with a sad face: "As you know, we have started doing business outside the customs in recent years. We have also opened a large store in the capital. The ginseng, medicinal materials, fur and other goods are of high quality. Not only are they sold in the capital, Not to mention the merchants also smuggling goods to the south.
Just say that yesterday, a palace eunuch came to the shop and said that he wanted to purchase a large amount of goods. If the price was about the same, or slightly shorter, I would bear it.
But the purchasing eunuch wanted to take away various goods worth 30,000 taels, but he was only willing to pay 5,000 taels. The purchase will be done tomorrow. How can I afford this? Although I have saved a fortune in the past two years, Private, but how can I bear such a huge loss?"
Fang Yingwu asked doubtfully: "Didn't I introduce Eunuch Wang to you?"
Yao Qian replied: "Eunuch Wang is far away in Jizhen, how can he have time to support him? Besides, he can shirk the truth and just act according to the palace's decree. And I heard that this batch of goods is for Zhaode Palace. Wang I'm afraid the eunuchs can't take care of things either."
Zhaode Palace is the palace of Concubine Wan Gui, and Wang Zhi is a slave who was born next to Concubine Wan Gui. If Concubine Wan Gui wants to use something, how can Wang Zhi stop it even if she is in Beijing?
Thinking of this, Fang Yingwu sighed and said: "I encountered this matter, and I couldn't do anything for the moment. And what do you want from me?"
Yao Qian explained: "I heard rumors recently that among civil servants, you are the best at subduing eunuchs. Even great eunuchs like Shang Ming and Liang Fang cannot escape from you. Now I have suffered a lot from the eunuchs in the palace. If I'm in trouble, who can I turn to if I don't look for you?"
Fang Yingwu was in a trance for a while, as if he saw a plaque with the four characters "Eunuch Nemesis" flying in front of his eyes.
Thinking about it carefully, there are quite a lot of eunuchs in his hands, from Shang Ming, the governor of Dongchang, to Wang Jing, the eunuch from Jiangnan, and Mr. Miao, the prince's eldest companion, who he met when he entered the palace last time. Moreover, Liang Fang also It was barely enough to be considered as folding in front of myself for a while.
These eunuchs are not ordinary people, and they can really earn the nickname "Eunuch Nemesis".
Yao Qian came to ask for help, but Fang Yingwu couldn't let it go. He thought for a while and said, "Let's go! Is the purchasing eunuch here to pick up the goods today? I'll follow you to take a look, and I'll see the opportunity when the time comes."
Yao Qian hurriedly invited Fang Yingwu out and said, "No hurry, let's talk about it after we have dinner." (To be continued...)
ps: I went to the Imperial Capital in the past two days, but received a news of failure. I came back feeling depressed. After all, coding is my profession. This chapter will be a transition first, and will be updated next week.
