Chapter 011: Backing the mountain and eating the mountain (Part 1)
The banquet was divided into two parts: inside and outside, with twenty sides open.
A table is opened in the main hall, which is the host's seat. Gao Jingshi's mother, Gao Chou's wife Zhang, sits at the head of the table. The three brothers Gao Jingshi, Gao Wuguan, Gao Wuqin and two sisters Gao Yunting and Gao Yunting accompany them. The fourth brother Gao Wujian, who is only two years old, is accompanied by The wet nurse took her with her and did not come to the table.
Famous Henan dishes such as fried river carp, peony agarwood, white grilled tripe, fried purple crispy pork, shredded emerald fish, abalone in clear soup, tofu in chicken sauce, braised mutton with green onion, hibiscus and sea cucumber are all missing.
The other nineteen tables were all open outside the courtyard. Fortunately, the weather was fine today, and we built a shed and lit a fire under each table. Otherwise, we would have been freezing in the courtyard during the winter.
Among the nineteen tables outside the courtyard, except for one table for Gao Jue and several stewards of the Gao family, the other eighteen tables were prepared for the cavalrymen brought back by Gao Jingshi. Although they were not as full of delicacies as the host table, they still had all the delicacies. Wine and meat.
Madam Zhang had given instructions that these people should escort the eldest young master home all the way, and that the family should not be stingy, and that the supply of wine and meat should be liberalized. Gao Pragmatic also rarely relaxed the discipline for them, saying that for today's meal, they can eat as much as they want. , drink as much as you can.
However, after Gao Jingshi left, Gao Jue alone warned the cavalrymen that they could eat meat as much as they wanted, but drink in moderation. The Gao family in Xinzheng was a famous family in Zhongzhou. If anyone dared to get drunk and act crazy, he would personally take it down and give it to him. Throw it into the Shuangjie River and wake up.
All the cavalrymen laughed and agreed.
There was also the chatty Cavalry Ding, who knew that Gao Jue was not a high-minded person, so he asked him: "Speaking of the regiment deputy, who was that guy outside the village just now? He looks like a dog, how dare you play tricks with the eldest young master?"
The smile on Gao Jue's face froze and he sighed: "This is the eldest young master, please don't be rude."
The knights looked at each other and consciously said nothing.
At this moment, in the main hall, Mrs. Zhang was also asking about the conflict that had just occurred outside the village. Gao Pragmatic did not mince words and simply told her.
After hearing this, Ms. Zhang frowned slightly and said, "He is a dandy and a bit frivolous, but what you did is too much. If you make a fuss, everyone will lose face."
Gao pragmatic pondered for a moment and asked: "It stands to reason that the uncle has enlightened his son, and the son really shouldn't do this to his elder brother. It's just that I just came back, and he is so armed with guns and sticks. If I swallow my anger, I'm afraid he will When he comes down, he will try his best to disturb our peace."
Mrs. Zhang sighed, shook her head and said, "This matter... I'm afraid it was caused by that Jinghua soap."
Gao Pragmatic rolled his eyes and asked, "Does he want a share of Jinghua Soap in my mother's hands?"
Mrs. Zhang nodded and explained the situation in recent months. It turns out that after the highly pragmatic Jinghua Soap was put into production, part of its output has been sent to Xinzheng, and Mr. Zhang is responsible for its management.
At the beginning, the production capacity was limited, and Zhang did not receive many goods, so he only promoted it as a gift in a small area in Xinzheng. At that time, Gaowuzi did not pay much attention to it. He only came to Zhang to ask for some to take back for his own use and to give away.
Later, Jinghua soap became very popular in the capital, and sales opened in Nanjing. Sanshenyuan expanded production three times a year. According to Gao Pragmatic's previous design, the goods sent to Xinzheng were based on production proportions. Now the goods are There were too many, so Zhang had to start giving them away for sale.
Since he wanted to turn to selling for profit, he couldn't just do it in Xinzheng County. Mrs. Zhang quickly contacted her natal Zhang family in Puzhou to bring in a few available people and began to operate it throughout Henan.
The Zhang family in Puzhou has been in business for several generations and is extremely wealthy. Of course, they are indispensable for their business talents. In addition, Jinghua soap has become popular in both the north and the south. It is a huge profit monopoly product. This business is simply too easy for them.
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In less than half a year, Jinghua Soap has opened up in eight prefectures in Henan, especially Kaifeng Prefecture, where Xinzheng belongs. Like the two capitals in the north and south, it is sold out of stock at every turn. Some official families and wealthy families have come to Xinzheng through connections.
I hope to make friends with Mr. Zhang and hope that we can supply it individually or make a reservation in advance.
The sales were so popular that Zhang not only made a lot of profits, but more importantly, he also got close to many upper-class people in Henan officialdom and shopping malls. Gao Wuzi, as a dandy who only wanted to take advantage of the situation, was immediately greedy and tried every means to get it.
Mix something into it.
It's a pity that Mrs. Zhang knew that he was useless, and always regarded this profit as her eldest son's property. How could a mother be willing to lose her son? Of course, she rejected Gao Wuzi, saying that this was a pragmatic business. You
If you want it, go and talk to pragmatism yourself.
Naturally, Gao Wuzi did not dare to write directly to Gao Pangshi, fearing that his third uncle Gao Gong would find out and be scolded by him, so he held a grudge. This time Gao Pragmatic returned to his hometown to take the exam, he had been having a great time in the county seat and had a great time.
I was willing to deign to pick up this younger brother, but I happened to have all the money I had on hand. I thought that since Gao Pragmatic was back, I might be able to get him to swindle some shares in the soap business, so wouldn't I no longer have to worry about running out of money?
In Gao Wuzi's view, even if the two capitals in the north and south are out of reach, and the business in Henan is so booming, as a filial brother, it's not too much for you, a filial brother, to honor your elder brother with 10% or 20% of the shares, right? After all, it was my father who taught you to read when you were enlightened!
It's a pity that this guy can't even speak when asking for help. After a few non-yin and yang words, the smell of gunpowder started to rise. In the end, he actually ended up like this. He was so embarrassed that he didn't even mention it, let alone his sex.
After hearing this, Gao Pragmatic felt a little embarrassed. In fact, according to his thinking, if Gao Wuzi had asked for the dry shares of the Henan part of Jinghua Soap earlier, he would have been willing to give it to him as a way of repaying his uncle for his enlightenment. Anyway, although the soap
It is indeed very profitable now, but in Gao Pragmatic's eyes, it is nothing.
For Gao Pragmatic, the soap business is just a business to accumulate the first pot of gold. It is not the core industry in his plan. In the future, there will be many industries that are more profitable than soap, so it is not a big deal. Not to mention that it is just for a mere person in Henan.
It is certainly a huge sum of money to give Gao Wuzi some of the province's dry shares, but what does it mean to Gao Pragmatic?
If it had been given earlier, maybe there wouldn't be such a thing today.
But Gao Pragmatic couldn't blame Zhang for this. After all, in Zhang's view, taking good care of his son's property was a matter of course. If Gao was a great asset, it wouldn't hurt to give him a little bit of it, but he was incompetent, so
Naturally, he refused to give in.
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said: "My uncle has been kind to me and I have to repay it. My eldest brother is my only bloodline. If I am too harsh on him and outsiders don't know, I'm afraid they will say that I am ungrateful, which is not a good thing."
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Mrs. Zhang sighed: "That's the truth, but you guys had a conflict today. If you give him a hand at this time, I'm afraid it's not the way to go."
Gao pragmatically took a piece of river carp, pulled out the fish bones, ate it happily, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, if you don't give soap dry stock, I can also give him another fortune. But this is the first time.
It’s also the last time. If he doesn’t know how to advance or retreat, I won’t be able to blame him.”
Zhang was surprised and asked: "What wealth?"
Gao pragmatic smiled: "My son happens to have a business in his hands. He has started doing it in the capital in the past few months, and the results are pretty good. It's called honeycomb coal... Mother, although we don't have as much coal in Henan as in Shanxi, we still have a lot of coal."
Quite a few, let alone Pingdingshan, even if we are in Xinzheng, are we short of coal?"