In the restaurant, Butler Li knew that Ren Ning and others might have something to talk about. After letting the servant serve the food, he wisely withdrew.
"Master Ren, the servants are waiting outside the gate. If you need anything, you can give them any orders."
"Excuse me, housekeeper." Ren Ning nodded.
"Uncle Xiao, come and sit down!" Xiao Gang called to Xiao Yongrui, "How are you doing at home?"
In the past few months, he has been eating from the same pot and lying in the same pit with thousands of soldiers from the fifth battalion; he has climbed the same road and blown by the same wind. He has completely let go of his arrogance and worked hard to be a good soldier. He forgot that he was still the second son of the uncle's house.
Xiao Gang didn't remember, but Xiao Yongrui certainly did.
He quickly waved his hand and refused, "Second Young Master, my subordinates have already had dinner. You three should eat carefully."
"Everything is fine in the uncle's house. My uncle has been practicing martial arts diligently recently, and even received praise from His Majesty once. Madam also often goes out for walks. The prince..."
cough!
Xiao Yongrui coughed and said, "The prince is just like that. He is not in good health and stays in his room all day long. It's just that the Yongchang Houfu knew about the rubber and deliberately intervened. But..."
Xiao Gang's eldest brother is the eldest son of Zhongyongbo Mansion, and his mother came from Yongchang Marquis Mansion.
"But what?" Xiao Gang asked.
Xiao Yongrui glanced at Ren Ning strangely: "One time, Marquis Yongchang came to visit, but he was kicked away by Captain Ren's wife."
The three of them couldn't help but wipe their sweat.
Although the dignified Marquis Yongchang had never been on the battlefield, he was also a military commander and was Xiao Zheng's brother-in-law. A man in his forties who was in a high position didn't know how the seventeen-year-old Yingpan managed to drive people away.
"Well coaxed. She is indeed a girl from the prairie, bold and bold, not afraid of the powerful. If those ladies in the imperial capital only know the beauty of flowers before the moon and under the moon, they would probably be disgusted and stay away when they hear that it is business. How can they have the courage? Dare to blow away the dignified Marquis."
Xiao Gang laughed and touched his palms, making no secret of his disgust for the Yongchang Marquis Mansion.
Zhongyongbo Mansion has been in decline over the years. Although the Yongchang Houfu is in-laws, they have never looked down upon them. If it hadn't been for the agreement between the ancestors of the two houses many years ago, I would have had to pinch my nose and marry my legitimate daughter to Xiao Zheng.
As a result, their daughter died in childbirth, and the Yongchang Houfu always blamed Xiao Zheng for not taking good care of his wife. In recent years, I have been displeased with Xiao Gang, the second young master. I was afraid that he would take away the throne of his grandson.
"How is Yingpan doing now?" Ren Ning was concerned about his little wife.
Xiao Yongrui was a little embarrassed.
"Back to the capital, Xiao has not met your wife. However, I heard that Miss Li from the Guerrilla General's Mansion hit it off immediately after arriving at the Imperial Capital. Miss Li is also living in the mansion now."
"That's right." Having said this, Xiao Yongrui stood up, "Second Young Master, Captain Ren, before going south, the two ladies wrote letters home for their subordinates to bring over. Now put them in the bedroom until I go back to get them."
"Go." Xiao Gang waved his hand.
Lei Er was so depressed that he crazily stuffed food into his mouth, "The world is unfair. Both of you are cared about, but I am alone. Lao Ren, remember to ask Yingpan to help me find a partner."
"Who can blame this?" Ren Ning laughed, "You made it all yourself."
When he sent Ling back to his hometown in Xingluo County, Lei Er ran out within half a day of returning home. Moreover, the girls from the fortress frequently expressed their friendship, so he just pretended not to know.
After a while, Xiao Yongrui brought two thick letters from home.
Xiao Gang didn't care about eating. He cheered and took it open to read.
Ren Ning, however, stayed still and continued to eat slowly.
"What happened to the Yongchang Hou Mansion?" he asked.
Xiao Yongrui hesitated for a moment, "Go back to the captain, because they are all female dependents, so Xiao really doesn't know the specific story."
"I only know that later Mrs. Yongchang Hou and her eldest daughter visited my wife. I wanted my wife to persuade the uncle. They also wanted to visit your mansion, but my wife was visiting the eldest princess Yiguang at the Zhenguo Palace. Finally, I had to return empty-handed.”
Xiao Gang read the family letter in his hand at a glance and snorted coldly.
"My mother has always been soft-hearted. Fortunately, she didn't care about anything. Otherwise, if Mrs. Yongchang Hou came more often, sooner or later she would have persuaded my father to let them get involved."
"Yingpan is still powerful. No matter how high the title of Marquis Yongchang is, he can't bear to trouble a female family member. As for Madam Hou, who is also a female family member, she probably can't do anything to Yingpan."
"Right, Brother Ren?"
Ren Ning ate slowly and nodded casually, but what he was thinking about was the Zhenguo Palace.
The Duke's residence was high up in the sky. Although it was in the same alley as his home, Ren Ning had never brought Yingpan to visit him.
When could she actually go in?
And from what Xiao Yongrui said, it seemed that Yingpan was still a frequent visitor to the Zhenguo Palace.
But that's a good thing.
Xiao Yongrui continued, "Three months ago, Miss Li brought those rubber products to the imperial capital..."
Even with Xiao Gang's family letter, Li Hezhu knew that he would probably not be able to enter Uncle Zhongyong's house.
She went to visit Yingpan first.
The two were about the same age, and with Ren Ning's letter, Li Hezhu easily entered his house.
Meeting Yingpan is almost equivalent to meeting Xiao Gang's mother, Mrs. Zhongyong Bo, and next is Zhongyong Bo Xiao Zheng.
Thanks to Gu Shengnan from the Gu family caravan, Xiao Zheng, who was scared of poverty, never cared whether the person coming to discuss business was a man or a woman.
After reading the letter from his second son, he gave it a try with some hesitation and was immediately shocked. He immediately tried to promote it among his relatives and friends.
Good things are not afraid of no one recognizing them.
Especially the wheels, almost all high-end people are full of praise for the rubber wheels. In Xiao Zheng's words, they sell as many as they have, and there is a rush to get them.
As for other raincoats, shoes and various gadgets, they are not easy to sell among wealthy households.
But it shines in the east and west cities.
Especially for shoes, Li Hezhu went north and asked people to improve the molds. The shoes he made were no more ugly than cloth shoes and were as durable as animal skin shoes. After being filled with velvet, they are as warm as cloth shoes, but the price is much cheaper.
It is very popular among ordinary people.
So just like that, with the help of Yingpan, the four families, Zhongyong Bo's Mansion, Ren Ning's Family, Li Hezhu's Guerrilla General's Mansion, and Zhenguo Gong's Mansion, decided to jointly open this product.
The Yongchang Houfu tried hard to get in and get involved, but due to Yingpan's opposition, Xiao Zheng was vague and was excluded in the end.
"Well done." Xiao Gang laughed again.
After listening to Ren Ning's words, he no longer cared about the so-called eldest brother, and naturally felt disgusted with the Yongchang Houfu who had always been aggressive in the past.
Xiao Yongrui was just a guard, and he didn't dare to talk about his own affairs since he knew it.
He said: "Second Young Master, Captain Ren, we have brought the money here. In the next few days, we will first buy a part of the mountains and forests nearby. If rubber products are really popular in the future, it will not be too late to buy all the mountains and forests." .”
Guangxin is a small border county, and there are frequent wars. No one in the high gate of the imperial capital wants to take a second look here. Even if the prince becomes king, no one will consider this place as his fiefdom, so there is no need to worry too much about it being taken away by others.
After glancing at Ren Ning, Xiao Yongrui continued: "What is missing now is the glue-making process in Captain Ren's hands. For other development or confidentiality matters, the Duke of Zhenguo and the Duke's Palace are very knowledgeable, so Captain Ren does not have to worry about leaks. thing."
Ren Ning nodded and touched Yingpan's family letter on the table.
"We've been traveling all day today, and everyone is tired. Let's take a good rest first. We'll talk about the rest tomorrow."
