In the past two days, the third lady from the second room of the Zhao family came to Muxue to play mahjong every day. Jiao Xiaocui had been paying attention to the movements of this third lady.
After some observation, I found that the second wife of the Zhao family, the third wife, was really not very smart and did not have much talent.
This is most obvious when playing mahjong. The third lady's face is full of good and bad cards, and her emotions and sorrows are particularly obvious. Compared with other ladies, she looks quite immature.
Jiao Xiaocui also felt that she was not an ordinary woman who could enter the Zhao family. Maybe she was just pretending to be so innocent.
In fact, it seems that Jiao Xiaocui really thinks too much.
The second wife of the Zhao family is almost fifty.
These three ladies are not very old either. They are only eighteen this year. They are indeed... not very smart.
I have a very poor memory and I don't know how to keep my mouth shut.
When I was washing my hair, I chatted with the employees. After a while, I almost regarded the employees as my confidants. I talked about a lot of things about myself in the Zhao family, and I almost cleared up my own situation.
This third lady is not from the eight southern states.
It was the daughter of a prominent local family when the second wife of the Zhao family went out to do business. After proposing marriage, she joined the Zhao family.
This is a serious marriage between a matchmaker and an equal wife.
The requirements of imperial power were relatively strict. There was only one main wife, and the others were all concubines. There was no such thing as a common wife.
The powerful were not so strict. In order to promote marriages and consolidate their interests, they added an equal wife between the main wife and the concubine to distinguish them from the two.
There can be many equal wives, and there are concubines under the equal wives.
If you marry an equal wife, both sides will be fine.
Ordinary people are generally monogamous.
Foreigners, with different living habits, accents, etc., must have suffered a lot in the Zhao family.
Seeing that the hair-washing employee was very concerned about her, he actually said a lot of things to her.
However, what the employees said was actually just the words taught by Chen Ze.
Anyway, after Jiao Xiaocui's observation, this third lady probably didn't take her previous leaked words to heart at all. Even if she heard it, she probably wouldn't understand what it meant.
Chen Ze looked a little helpless after hearing this: "Are there any other female members of the Zhao family coming?"
Jiao Xiaocui said hurriedly: "Yes, sir, if you ask Zhao Zhi, this matter can definitely be accomplished!"
"Zhao Zhi?" Chen Ze frowned: "Who is it?"
"The rich daughter of the Zhao family!" Jiao Xiaocui said hurriedly: "This woman is amazing and has very powerful methods. She personally handles a lot of the Zhao family's business!"
Chen Ze blinked: "Why is she working so hard? If she gets married, it will have nothing to do with her!"
"She's not married!" Jiao Xiaocui explained: "The Zhao family is looking for a wife!"
Chen Ze raised his eyebrows: "Huh? Son-in-law?"
"Yes, it's just that after so many years of recruitment, it still didn't work!"
Chen Ze's curiosity was piqued: "Don't you look good?"
"Sir, when Zhao Zhi was young, he and Fu Yanran, the wife of the Lin family, were known as one of the three most beautiful women in Qingzhou! Although he is now twenty-seven years old, his beauty is still amazing."
After hearing this, Li Yuankang glanced at Chen Ze subconsciously.
Chen Ze's mouth twitched.
Are you still treating it as a trigger keyword?
Ignoring Li Yuankang, he asked: "So, she has a high vision?"
"No, no, no." Jiao Xiaocui whispered: "She's a bastard!"
"I recruited two bride-in-laws, both from poor families. The marriage was already arranged, but they were just about to get married. As a result, one was killed by bandits, and the other fell into the river and drowned, and they both died on the way to the bride-in-law. All on the same day!”
Chen Ze's eyes widened: "What the hell? Are you so evil?"
"It's so evil! The marriage between the two families just disappeared. Since then, all the children from poor families have been avoiding it." Jiao Xiaocui said hurriedly: "I heard, sir, I just heard that Zhao Zhi planned to take over the big house business. Yes, the old lady of the Zhao family agreed, but the second and third bedrooms were not happy. Zhao Zhi is indeed capable of doing business, but he just didn’t get married, and the second and third bedrooms were blocked by this matter."
"The Zhao family is very lively now, and the fighting is endless." Jiao Xiaocui whispered: "If at this juncture, we can win Zhao Zhi over and join our business, with Zhao Zhi's methods, we will definitely be able to win over him. Business is doing better.”
Chen Ze was not in a hurry to agree.
He was not interested in the woman Zhao Zhi. A woman from such a powerful family, and a woman who clearly wanted to seize power, must be ruthless and ruthless.
When a woman becomes ruthless, no matter how unscrupulous she is, men have to step aside.
If this kind of person wants to work together, the risk is too high.
The ambition is too great and may not be suppressed.
Moreover, the internal struggle for power within the Zhao family is so fierce, and with the pain point of Zhao Zhi having no queen, it seems unlikely that he will have many resources at his disposal.
What's more, what Chen Ze needs is the business resources of the entire Zhao family.
The current head of the Zhao family is Mrs. Zhao, who is in his sixties. We had communicated with him at the birthday banquet, and he is still an old fox anyway.
Seeing that Chen Ze remained silent, Jiao Xiaocui waited silently.
"Besides Zhao Zhi, are there any other female members of the Zhao family?"
Jiao Xiaocui said hurriedly: "Yes, the second wife from the third room of the Zhao family has also been here."
"What do you think of this second lady?"
Jiao Xiaocui thought for a while: "I like the yin and yang and the weird. When I was playing mahjong with Zhao Zhi, I often talked about Zhao Zhikefu in a roundabout way, but Zhao Zhi always smiled and pretended not to hear."
"Huh?" Chen Ze raised his eyes: "Is Zhao Zhi so tolerant?"
"After all, he is her elder, and she can't say anything wrong."
Being so forbearing, if he were a man, he would have to be a hero.
Chen Ze thought for a long time and finally made a decision.
"Next time Zhao Zhi comes, test your tone."
But as soon as he finished speaking, a servant from Muxue came to report some bad news.
The ceramic factory that Chen Ze commissioned to manufacture toilets had someone come to inquire about business not long ago and wanted to order toilets in large quantities.
However, because Chen Ze had already warned him at the ceramics factory, he did not dare to do it.
"Who asked? The Zhao family?"
"yes."
Chen Ze waved his hand and asked people to retreat.
Jiao Xiaocui thought for a while and whispered: "Sir, is this Zhao Zhi?"
"It's probably her." Chen Ze narrowed his eyes: "The action was quite fast. It only took two days for him to start targeting my toilet."
Jiao Xiaocui was a little panicked: "Sir, is this Zhao Zhi also going to open a new muque?"
"Isn't this normal?" Chen Ze shrugged: "It's not like she doesn't know how to make money from this stuff."
"Perhaps they are starting to buy beef tendons now." Chen Ze grinned: "But she can't do it in Qingzhou!"
And that's exactly what happened.
All the servants sent by Zhao Zhi to inquire about the news came back.
The ceramics workshop dared not accept the toilet business, no one dared to sell the cowhide strings, toilet water was not found, and the cement workshop... I did not dare to go there. The Qingzhou Battalion guards were guarding the place, and the road was blocked. No idlers were allowed in at all. No business talk.
When Zhao Zhi heard the news from his servants, his face was full of anger, even a little angry.
"I won't even let you buy it!"
"How can anyone do business like this!?"
