Yan Tong looked at Kong Liren and Meng Jiao, fighting each other like cocks, and said with a straight face: "What are you doing? Do you still take me seriously?"
Kong Liren and Meng Jiao looked at each other with dagger-like eyes before sitting down helplessly.%&*”;
Shi Yue heard Yan Tong mention the tea business, and he roughly understood what was going on, but he didn't know why Yan Tong deliberately brought the topic to tea.
Kong Liren once mentioned to himself that almost all of the fertile land for tea cultivation in Jiangnan is controlled by Yantong. This is equivalent to the annual output of 50,000 kilograms of tea in Jiangnan. It is also controlled by Yantong in disguise, achieving a monopoly.
situation.
In this era, tea was as important as food. Scholars drank tea, beauties loved tea, high-ranking dignitaries used famous tea to show their status, and ordinary people in the market drank tea after working hard to eliminate the fatigue of the day.
Moreover, tea is much more expensive than food. In the Heian era, as long as people had enough food and clothing and had enough money, they would be willing to spend money on tea.
It can also be said that tea is equivalent to today's cigarettes and is an essential recreational product.
However, nearly 50,000 kilograms of tea leaves in Jiangnan were controlled by Yan Tong, and almost all the tea flowed out of Yan Tong's hands.
Yantong controlled many things, and tea was just one of them. As for the tea business, which was highly profitable and guaranteed to be harvested despite droughts and floods, she handed it over to the Meng family for three years.
It was through these three years of management that the Meng family reaped the benefits. They bought at low prices and sold at high prices. They were far ahead of the Xun and Han families in terms of financial resources. They were also ahead of the Kong family and became the richest man in Jiangnan.
Now, the three-year period has expired. According to normal speculation, the Meng family's tea sales channels are complete. If there are no special circumstances, Yan Tong will naturally still leave the tea business to the Meng family, considering the stability of the sales.
Save worry and effort, why not?
However, the bad thing is that the profits from tea are so huge. The three families of Kong, Xun, and Han have all sharpened their minds and followed Yantong's path, hoping to get a share of the tea business. Naturally, the Meng family also wanted to do it for Yantong.
I want to give you a big gift and want to keep the profits of my tea business.%&*”;
The four major merchants in the south of the Yangtze River were at loggerheads over the tea business. They were inseparable and their hatred was even worse.
But Yantong didn't take it seriously. To this day, she has not expressed her position on how to decide this matter, but she did not expect that she would throw out the tea business at such a delicate moment.
Yan Tong looked at Meng Chen and said calmly: "Nowadays, the Meng family is the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River and is famous in many places. However, three years ago, the Meng family was only one of the four major merchants. It is far from being as prosperous as it is today, right?"
Meng Chen quickly stood up, cupped his hands to Yan Tong and said, "This is all because of the eldest princess's preference and her vigorous support of the Meng family, which has brought the Meng family to full vitality."
"Mr. Meng also knows that I favor the Meng family?"
Yan Tong smiled and said: "In the past three years, I have successively handed over tea, porcelain, farm tools and other businesses to the Meng family. Although I have supported the Meng family to become the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, I have also been criticized by many people.
, I don’t know how many people behind my back complained that I favored the Meng family, looked jealous, and insulted me behind my back."
He Dan frowned when he heard this, feeling a hint of something unusual.
Shi Yue's mind was sharp, but he had completely understood Yan Tong's thoughts. He stood behind Kong Liren and said with deep meaning: "Brother Kong, congratulations, the Kong family will take off, it's just around the corner."
Kong Liren frowned slightly, but he didn't know why Shi Yue became so excited. He just shook his head lightly: "Brother Shi, don't make fun of me."
Meng Jiao heard that Yan Tong was being squeezed behind his back, stood up, waved his arms, and said angrily: "Your Highness, who is talking behind your back? The eldest princess has a noble status, which is extraordinary, and it is also for those lowly people to be in vain.
Arranged?”
As he spoke, he looked at Kong Liren blankly and hummed: "Eldest Princess, just tell Meng Jiao about the people who criticize you. Meng Jiao will be furious. He will also tear open the mouth of the person who insulted the princess, so that he can never do it again."
Don’t you dare to cause trouble?”
"Meng Jiao, why are you looking at me?"
Kong Liren suddenly stood up and said to the eldest princess: "Your Highness, although I am dissatisfied with you for completely handing over the tea business to the Meng family, I have never criticized you behind your back. Even if I have some resentment, I will raise it with you in person."
Come out, but you won't do such dirty things."
Yan Tong nodded with satisfaction, "Master Kong, please sit down. Of course I believe in you. To be able to make Shi Qianhu highly admire you is enough to show that you are magnanimous and have the capacity to accommodate others. You will never be tempted by a moment's anger.
And do something irrational."
As soon as he said this, He Dan and Meng Jiao felt their hearts skip a beat, and they suddenly fell into the void, unable to focus...
At first glance, this sentence sounds like it is saying that Shi Yue admires Kong Liren very much, but the underlying line shows that the eldest princess admires Shi Yue very much and even blindly trusts him.
Meng Jiao stood up in a hurry, glared at Kong Liren, and hummed: "Master Kong is indeed the same as Shi Yue. Both of them don't have half of the evidence. They only need red lips and white teeth to prove something. Doesn't it make people suspicious?"
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Then he looked sideways and bowed to Yan Tong, and said angrily: "Eldest princess, don't worry, who is criticizing you behind your back? I will definitely pursue it to the end, and I will never let the eldest princess suffer unjust injustice."
"No need to trouble Mr. Meng, I don't care about this matter."
Yan Tong shook her green-white fingers, but sighed: "If you think about it carefully, I am indeed too partial to the Meng family, which has caused the backlash of many wealthy businessmen."
"It's obvious that I have done something wrong, but yet I don't let anyone criticize me. Wouldn't it be true that I have become an unreasonable and overbearing princess, and it will also have a bad influence on my imperial brother."
Having said this, Yan Tong raised her round chin and asked Meng Jiao, He Dan: "Mr. Meng, Prime Minister He, do you think my consideration is reasonable?"
How dare Meng Jiao answer? He wished that Yan Tong would take more care of the Meng family.
He Dan thought about it and then responded elegantly: "The eldest princess cares about the people, brings benefits to one party, and is loved by the people. Who knows? Although the Meng family is the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, they also have a reputation for benevolence and kindness. The eldest princess and the Meng family
We both keep the people in mind, share the same ideas with each other, and have deep cooperation, which is also reasonable."
"In my opinion, this is not because the eldest princess is partial, but because the eldest princess is wise, sensible, and kind. Those despicable businessmen only have money and interests in their eyes, so naturally they cannot truly understand the eldest princess's compassionate heart."
As soon as these words came out, Kong Liren was dumbfounded, and his heart was filled with hatred, but he sighed secretly: How much money did the Meng family give you He Dan, so that you spare no effort to help him and try your best to trample my Kong family?
To the bottom of your feet?
Shi Yue, on the other hand, admired He Dan from the bottom of his heart - although this guy was an enemy, he was eloquent and could turn a very unreasonable thing into a kind and benevolent thing, making people feel at ease. This ability,
It makes people have to accept it.
[Author's digression]: There will be five updates tomorrow!