Qian Wubing frowned slightly. He really didn't want to think of the thing that Li Feng'er told him in the afternoon that made people unhappy. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. No matter how big it is, it can
Is it better than being together as a family and having a beautiful holiday together?
His eyebrows wrinkled slightly and then returned to normal. Unfortunately, no matter how subtle this action was, how could he hide it from Wu Yanran, who grew up with his childhood sweetheart? It can be said that regardless of Qian Wubing's good and bad habits,
Maybe he himself didn't realize it, but Wu Yanran knew it all very well.
"Does she really think so?" Wu Yanran pouted slightly. Because she was a little unhappy, she didn't even use the honorific.
"It's none of Feng'er's business! Where have you been thinking about this? Who do you think I am, to have this honor to spend the holidays with His Majesty?" Qian Wubing laughed. It is true that the Queen Mother is hosting a banquet today, and the Emperor will also attend.
However, it's not that Qian Wubing looked down upon himself. No matter his rank, prestige or official position, Qian Wubing still didn't have the qualifications.
"Then why are you frowning? Is it official business?" Wu Yanran asked worriedly: "You just came back and received some errands. How could your Majesty do this? He doesn't handle so many ministers, so he just took you.
People are like oxen and horses!"
Qian Wubing laughed. His wife really had no inhibitions. She complained about the concubine and the emperor. She was probably the only one who was so weird among the imperial wives in the world.
"Don't talk nonsense. Fortunately, this is at home. If outsiders hear this, it might be trouble!"
"Outsiders, which outsiders?" Sun Qian laughed when she heard this: "Wu Bing, you can rest assured that our house has its own rules. If the servants dare to spread the words of the master outside,
The worst case may be to send him to an official, or the worst case to be beaten to death!"
"Our family has so many rules?" Qian Wubing was surprised. He really didn't know what the rules were in his family.
"Don't think about what you are doing. If you don't follow the rules and let your enemies hear something unpleasant from the mouths of our servants and take it out to cause trouble, then you won't be the only one harmed.
!" Wu Yanran nodded in agreement, "Also, only servants who have signed a death contract can enter this back house, and outsiders will never hear our secrets!"
"That's right!" Qian Wubing nodded. If you don't keep your ministers secret, it will be harmful if you don't keep it secret. If you don't keep it secret, it's natural for the Jin Yiwei family to have this awareness.
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"This afternoon, when His Majesty summoned us, he said some things that made me feel a little unhappy. By the way, I'm not in the mood these days. What rumors are there about our family's business in Beijing?"
Wu Yanran looked at Sun Qian. Sun Qian was in charge of the Qian family. In all likelihood, she was the one who made the final decision on all the internal and external matters. If there were any rumors about the Qian family, she should know it best.
"There are no rumors. Except that in the past month or so, there have been more official family members coming to our house. I don't seem to have heard anything. It's funny to say that those who can get in touch with our family just by beating around the bush."
Anyone who has anything to do with it, find an excuse to come to our house for a while. In the past month or so, the cost of buying tea has been several times more than usual?" Sun Qian tilted her head, thought for a while, and said funny.
"They just sat there for a while and didn't say anything else?" Qian Wubing asked.
"By the way, you said rumors, and there is a real rumor!" Sun Qian seemed to have remembered something. When Qian Wubing heard this, his heart suddenly tightened. He didn't want to hear the news. He had already reached the officialdom in the market.
It is known to all women and children.
"I don't know where they heard it. They said that there is a big treasury in the backyard of our house. They said it vividly. They said that the treasury was built underground. The floor and walls are all made of gold. They said it was from Sihai Tower.
The business gave our family hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every month. If our family couldn't afford it, they exchanged it all for gold and built a gold house underground for fun!"
As she spoke, she couldn't help but giggle, "I'm afraid most of the people here want to see our 'golden house'!"
Qian Wubing flashed his teeth, these uncles and marquises are so annoying, even if you arrange a reliable rumor, it will still happen! If you return the gold house, I still hide my love!
At present, Qian Wubing naturally knows what happened to the so-called members of the Xungui in Beijing who want the Sihai Fleet. However, these people may have gone too far. Even when he saw Zhu Houzhao today,
, Zhu Houzhao even asked "concernedly" about the situation of the Sihai fleet. If they continue to brag like this, when future generations talk about the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely not care about Shen Wanwan. He will definitely be the first.
The problem is that this is not a good thing. It is clear. Naturally, I know it in my heart. I don’t know the reason. Even if 10% of 10% believe this is true, that is great.
What a thing!
"This thing is not funny!" Qian Wubing looked at Sun Qian depressedly, "Even His Majesty knows about this matter. Just wait until you know the news about my return. Bodhisattvas from all walks of life who are offering alms will come into our house.
!”
Picking up a piece of moon cake on the table, Qian Wubing chewed a few mouthfuls and told his two wives the whole story. Of course, it was only limited to those who wanted to join the family.
He didn't dare to tell his children the most secret things. This was not a question of trusting or distrusting them. The fewer people who knew about this matter, the safer it was. Don't look at those uncles and nobles who were having fun, who really knew about this matter.
The origin was just Prince Anding, Wang Wu, who made them jump.
"Isn't it just a two-part deal? Just give it to them!" Wu Yanran said nonchalantly. He didn't care about money at home and didn't have much idea about money. However, Sun Qian knew that at this moment, Wu Yanran said in an understatement.
After saying such a sentence, she looked at Wu Yanran as if she didn't know him.
"Sister, the Sihai Fleet does not belong to our family. If you really think about it, our family only accounts for 30%. With this 30% of the income, Wu Bing relocated more than 10,000 Li people from the northwest to Dongfan, and they are still there.
After building a city, the expenses for these people to eat, drink, and have sex are all paid for by our family!"
"How much is that!" Wu Yanran was also frightened by such '30%'.
"It's only over two million!" Qian Wubing chewed the mooncakes and said vaguely, "It's more than that, the money from the Prince's Palace has not been touched, and I misappropriated some of my uncle's money.
The palace sent 500,000 taels, and that’s pretty much it!”
"No, I won't give it!" Wu Yanran was anxious. She didn't expect it to be such a huge sum of money. Counting the days, it was only half a year or so. The fleet had made so much money. If it had been three years and five years,
Year, if the 20% share is divided, how much money will be lost!
When she was a daughter, she thought that having enough money was enough. However, after giving birth to a son, her mentality changed slightly. The money was not only enough, but at least it had to be able to ensure that her son would be wealthy for the rest of his life.
After all, it was obviously her family's money, so she was unwilling to give it away like this.
"It's not for nothing, they bought it with money!" Qian Wubing took a sip of tea, "As for how much money these two shares will cost, I'm not sure yet. How about we total it up while you are all here!
"
The two women nodded in agreement, deeply convinced.
Leaving aside the Qian family's family reunion dinner, which has turned into a financial meeting with ledgers settling accounts, let us move our attention to another part of Beijing.
It was also a full moon, hanging high in the sky, and it was also a Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet. It was held at the residence of Yang Ting, the chief minister of the cabinet, and it was much more spectacular than the Qian family.
Yang Tinghe was in his early fifties this year and was already a highly respected minister. He had reached the highest peak that any scholar in the world could reach. While handling state affairs diligently and conscientiously, he was so satisfied that he had no reason not to enjoy his seemingly perfect life.
At his status, he no longer has to deliberately pursue money, women, these things. The benefits brought by huge power are definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people. No matter how incorruptible he is, some things cannot be achieved.
It doesn't mean he doesn't want it if he doesn't want it.
Therefore, although there are only a few famous wives and concubines in the Yang Mansion, there are dozens of concubines. And this Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet cannot be settled at a shabby table like the Qian family did.
Question. With the sound of music and wine, the sounds of warblers and swallows, the backyard of the Yang family is simply filled with subtle fragrance and colorful shadows, and the sound of silk and bamboo can be heard endlessly.
Yang Tinghe had a few glasses of wine, smiled and joked with his wives and concubines, then got up and went for a walk in the bamboo forest behind. Accompanying him was his son.
Yang Tinghe had three sons, and all three sons are now famous for their work. The eldest son was dull and straightforward by nature, so he stayed in his hometown to serve his mother for him. The younger son, under his urging, studied hard.
, but he is very pedantic. He always talks about Confucius and Mencius, and he is not particularly valued by him. Only his second son, named Yang Kun, makes him quite satisfied with his knowledge and experience, as a person and as a person. This year's winter
, if nothing else happens, a second-level Jinshi will not be able to escape. And Yang Tinghe often nudges him when dealing with official matters, and they even discuss important matters in the court.
If we say that among the three sons of the Yang family after Yang Tinghe, which one can better continue the prosperity and favor of the Yang family, it must be Yang Kun.
The walk after dinner is the time for the father and son to communicate. Even if today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, it cannot change the habits of the father and son.