The oxcart slowly drove away from the Li family's residence on Gaotou Street. Ye An did not have a good time. On the contrary, Qin Mumu got a few pieces of jewelry given by the eldest princess and was as happy as a child there.
After all, she is the eldest princess, so what she has in her hand is an excellent hairpin, a mutton-fat jade hairpin, a uniquely crafted jade step rocker with a cicada carved from sapphire, and there are even more bracelets and the like.
Women seemed to be born with no resistance to these jewelry. Looking at Qin Mumu's little face and the greedy look on her face, Ye An picked up a red hairpin and said: "It's not like you can't buy these things. It will make you happy. This
The couple performed a "double act"."
"Don't move! I told you a long time ago that you can't touch my jewelry, hum! But I don't know what they are thinking? In fact, they have already seen the benefits from the beginning when you proposed the gambling agreement.
Apart from anything else, only if there is a profit-free transaction, a fool would not do it! Besides, this is a matter of making money on both sides. Regardless of success or failure, it is not the Li family who loses. The only loss is that after we succeed, they
The dividend is 10% less, but for them, earning 40% is still more money than before! This is enough."
Sure enough, Qin Mumu saw something fishy from the beginning. Women are more delicate and sensitive than men at certain times.
"Then our plan is half successful. The Li family has already fallen into trouble. Should we go and drag the Wang family into trouble now?"
Qin Mumu looked at Ye An's treacherous look and smiled slightly: "That's a bit too hasty. Didn't Wang Hao already invest a thousand dollars in you? Just give him dividends every year, and of course let him know that the Li family and
Let's work together to build a business and make it bigger and stronger. If he didn't invest money in you, it would be nothing. He just blames himself for not agreeing to you at the beginning, but it's different now. He invested money in you, but it's far from enough.
The Li family’s rewards will definitely make their eyes red with anxiety!”
Ye An looked at the girl playing with her hairpin in surprise, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said: "As expected of a psychology major, this kind of contrast will make Wang Hao and Mrs. Wang jealous. Then every year
The Wang family will definitely not be able to stand seeing the Li family's huge income, but maybe this is a bit "cruel" to them?"
Pfft... Qin Mumu covered her mouth and chuckled: "Do you think it's cruel? Didn't you say that although Wang Zeng is different from Lu Yijian, he is still a narrow-minded person and a part of the party struggle? Why do you regret it now?
?This is not your style!"
Ye An shook his head gently: "After all, Wang Hao has been kind to me, and the Wang family is pretty good. It is a little shameful to drag the Wang family down and control the Wang family from the perspective of profit. After all, our methods are unprecedented in this era.
Yes, it feels like bullying..."
"Forget it! You are not such a person. You never come out of the palace empty-handed. How can you let the Wang family go? Besides, although he is confronting Yu Lu Yijian, he is still not an easy person to deal with. If he wants to
For you, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with him."
Ye An nodded slightly. Wang Zeng gave him a very strange feeling. He could even guess about Lu Yijian, but he couldn't see through Wang Zeng at all. He seemed to be at odds with Lu Yijian, but sometimes he
But they can cooperate with each other.
This makes no sense in a court where party strife is so fierce. There are party strife in every dynasty. Because of different ideas, different interests, and even different regions, officials spontaneously form groups. This is very normal.
Wang Zeng was obviously a royalist, and Lu Yijian was a rear party, but these were all temporary. What Wang Zeng wanted to fight for was for Zhao Zhen to take charge as soon as possible. There are many historical materials about the young emperor taking charge, and Liu E now has great power.
, she is not only the most noble queen mother in name, but also a queen mother with real power.
This made Wang Zeng and other civil servants anxious and unable to sleep at night.
All this is very similar to Wu Zetian's early days in the Tang Dynasty. The so-called royalists are only in name. In Ye An's eyes, they are not directly loyal to the emperor, but are putting pressure on Liu E to let Zhao Zhen take charge of the government as soon as possible.
, which is equivalent to restricting Liu E's rights.
Civil servants are different from other ministers. They have always assisted the emperor and are relatively independent.
Scholar-bureaucrat is a title, but also a class and belief. They have their own interests and pride, and interest here is not a derogatory term.
Civil servants can risk their lives in order to express their opinions. Is this 100% obedience to the imperial power? Obviously not, civil servants are a group, and they realize their own value in this country and civilization through the emperor.
Especially the civil servants of the Song Dynasty. When they received generous treatment from the emperor, they could almost be said to be cheating, crazily suppressing the generals, and at the same time they were not even afraid of the emperor.
He can use many methods such as direct advice, sarcastic advice, etc., and even spit the emperor's face full of saliva!
Compared with the officials Qin Mumu and Ye An knew, they were not qualified to serve the country and the people? I'm sorry, the scholar-bureaucrats only serve the country and the country, and they only serve the world. And this world may include the common people, but it will never include the people.
People who put the people first are not even included in this.
With Ye An's silence, the entire bullock cart also fell silent. Qin Mumu was playing with the jewelry to herself, glancing at Ye An who was deep in thought from time to time. Of course, she knew that Ye An had more to think about than herself.
Longer term.
Seeing him sitting there in a daze, Qin Mumu felt distressed for no reason. She knew that Ye An was not in a daze, but planning and calculating in his heart.
He could have written it down, but some things could never be seen on paper, only in his head.
At this time, all Qin Mumu could do was to look at the man in front of him quietly with gentle eyes. When the oxcart arrived at Xinlingfang, the noisy crowd and loud voices outside did not pull Ye An back.
Qin Mumu was not in a hurry, but asked the driver Tieniu to park the cart at the door. In many cases, even Qin Mumu did not understand what Ye An was thinking. Although they were all from the same era, Qin Mumu
She is lacking in historical knowledge, and she also knows that she is not good at planning.
She can use psychology to see through some disguises, but she doesn't know if there is a deeper meaning behind other people's disguises. Just like the Li family, why are they tied to the Hou Mansion like this?
Is it just for Li Duanyi? This is obviously impossible. Even Ye An himself can't convince himself.
So he worked in the bullock cart for a long time, and he didn't think about it until it was getting late. Of course, he figured out what Wang Qinruo's appearance meant, and he was afraid that there would be another force in the court.
He will not get entangled with either Wang Zeng or Lu Yijian. Even Lu Yijian, who is a rear party member, will not treat him well. Not only does Wang Qinruo have a bad reputation, but he is also Liu E's chess piece, used to balance the court.
Stretching out, Ye An tightened his arms around Mrs. Tang. He looked out and saw Qin Mumu sitting at the wonton stall in front of Ge Shanshu's house. Ye An knew that she had been waiting for him for a long time.
Ge Shanshu took advantage of his family's superior geographical location to open a wonton stall. He was an old bachelor who didn't have any other skills, but he was good at making dough. It is said that his mother passed down this skill to him when he was still in the womb. Not only were the wontons delicious, but they were also good at making noodles.
The soup cakes also make people unable to say a single word "no".
The most important thing is that he is willing to cut the ingredients. The white soup made from mutton bones only needs to be added with a few seasonings, and the taste is so good that people can't help but admire it.
Of course, Ge Shanshu is a generous person, good at making friends, and the affordable ingredients he uses have made many people become his repeat customers for a period of time. But as long as Ye An or Qin Mumu come to his stall, they must let the hired boy do it.
To greet guests, greet them yourself.
Even because Qin Mumu was a woman, she deliberately used a screen under the tarpaulin shed to block her exposure.
In fact, Ye An and Qin Mumu wanted to invite Ge Shanshu to work in the Hou Mansion several times, and the offer would never be less, but he always refused. They would rather get Ye An's reward and sing loudly about being fat than
Go to the Hou Mansion to earn more money. In the words of Widow Zhang, this is a kind person and a person who really wants to be a neighbor of the Hou Mansion...