There are many ways to get a man out of his haze. Especially the most effective way to deal with young men, that is, the simplest way, is to tell him that he has a girl.
There are more than one beautiful girls.
Therefore, when Brother Rong heard Ruizhu mentioning that Wang Xifeng and Xue Baochai were in Yixia Pavilion, his wanton heart couldn't help itching.
"I love bathing and my skin feels good."
"I love taking baths and turtles fall down."
"This can't fail."
Uncle Rong held his head and washed it carefully. He was so ashamed that Ruizhu, who was serving him, did not dare to look at him.
After washing in a lively manner, Ruizhu thoughtfully changed Uncle Rong's clothes. After dressing up carefully for a while, he is indeed a handsome guy. He put on his coat and left the room triumphantly.
Just look at the setting sun, the sky is blue with gold edges, and the scenery is beautiful.
The scenery is beautiful and the mood is even more beautiful.
"Sister Baochai and Feng, I'm here." Uncle Rong laughed happily in his heart and said to Ruizhu: "Get water in your room early tomorrow."
When Ruizhu heard this, her face turned red. He nodded and happily asked the maid to clean up the room.
Uncle Rong smiled proudly and went to Huifang Garden happily. Just after entering the garden, when there was still quite a distance from Yixia Pavilion, a little maid hurriedly chased after him.
"Uncle, there is someone calling outside the house."
"Which one is causing the scenery?" Uncle Rong asked with a frown.
The little maid replied eagerly: "I only heard from outsiders that the person who showed up was the young master of Qiu Duwei's family. The person he called never showed up. The young master from Qiu family only said that the noble man's surname was Da. According to his words, he reported to the uncle. The uncle should be understood."
"Surnamed Da? Is there such a surname in the world?" Brother Rong scratched the back of his neck. He could let Qiu Jiheng lead the way. He also said that there were only two people with his surname Da in the world.
One is the current eldest brother, His Highness in the Palace, the brother of the Crown Prince's Third Master; the other is the second son of the deposed Crown Prince, the eldest grandson of the Supreme Emperor, who is currently named the Prince of Changping and lives in Shuixi, Zhengjiazhuang, outside the city of Shenjing.
Brother Rong remembered that he had no contact with these two people in Ningguo Mansion.
One of the current Highnesses has great ambitions, and wants to compete with the Third Master for the crown prince; the other has a reputation as a virtuous person when the Supreme Emperor was in power, and was the most favored by the Supreme Emperor. He even once made the Supreme Emperor hesitate to depose him because of the wiseness of the Changping County Prince. Depose the former prince.
They are all difficult people to get along with.
However, no matter who comes, Brother Rong cannot avoid seeing them. There is no need to do such dishonorable things, they are all descendants of the royal family after all.
Brother Rong thought again, didn't Qiu Jiheng, a birdman, follow His Highness the Crown Prince? Why are you following something big again?
Uncle Rong asked again: "Why don't you let them come into the house to talk about it?"
The little maid replied: "The enemy's young master said that he has a busy schedule and cannot stay for a long time, so he only asked the uncle to come over and meet him."
Brother Rong curled his lips and had no choice but to let the maid lead the way to the outer door. I saw a simple carriage parked outside the east corner gate of Ningguo Mansion, with nothing fancy about it. He raised his hands and called out, "I don't know which distinguished guest is coming to the door. I am really sorry for being far away from you. Please forgive me for the distinguished guest in the car."
Not long after, I saw Qiu Jiheng getting out of the carriage with a smile and returning the salute.
"Sir Rong, you are very polite. Your Highness, please get in the car and talk."
Brother Rong took a look at Qiu Jiheng's face. Didn't he say that this guy was beaten up by Feng Ziying earlier, so why was there no mark on his face? It seems that Feng Ziying was beaten lightly. It only took a month or two for the wounds to be seen. Was it because Feng Ziying didn't have enough to eat?
Qiu Jiheng didn't know what Jia Rong was looking at, so he held hands with Brother Rong as if they were intimate and familiar, and said, "Brother Rong, come in quickly."
Hey, it would be wonderful and interesting to say this from Sister Feng's mouth.
How could it come from the mouth of a guy like Qiu Jiheng and make people feel uncomfortable? There is also a creepy feeling of discomfort.
Brother Rong nodded, and the boy prepared a stool to board the car, while Qiu Jiheng opened the curtain. Only then did he see that there was indeed a man in the car. He was His Highness the Imperial Highness whom he had met before.
Brother Rong narrowed his eyes and smiled, then bent over and got into the car.
He smiled and said: "The place is cramped and I cannot salute. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
"It doesn't matter." His Highness waved his hand cheerfully.
A strong smell of alcohol went straight into Brother Rong's nose. He had drank so much that he almost died from the smoke. But he still had a smile on his face and said cautiously: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. I don't know if Your Highness has summoned the minister to come over today, but he has something important to say."
When the curtain on the car falls, the small space returns to darkness.
Brother Rong could only smell the smell of alcohol in the car, and he complained in his heart that he had just washed his hands for nothing. Even the incense on her body couldn't cover up the stench of alcohol, and Ruizhu's efforts and efforts were in vain.
Then I heard His Highness' voice smelling of alcohol. "It seems that those who are doing things are negligent. When I came out today, I actually forgot to invite Brother Rong to have fun with me. These people who are doing things really deserve to die. Fortunately, before I returned to the palace, I suddenly remembered that Brother Rong was here. Che. When we got to the palace, we were busy asking people to turn around and head east, specifically to look for Brother Rong."
"Oh~" Brother Rong laughed in apology. I couldn't help complaining in my heart, if you really want to invite me over, I will definitely be sick today. When we meet, we will meet again, and when we are happy, we will be happy again. Just because they can meet each other doesn't mean they can play together.
His Highness said again: "I heard that Brother Rong recently sent a team of troops to Heishan Village?"
"Yes. There is such a thing." Such things cannot be hidden from people who are interested. If His Highness knows about it, it can only mean that His Highness is interested. Brother Rong squinted his eyes slightly, secretly wondering what kind of wine was in this guy's gourd.
His Highness said: "Brother Rong should know that the various businesses in Lingnan have a close relationship with me. The Shanxi imperial merchants who travel to Beiliao, Li Chaoguo, Dabazhou, and Eros are working for Lao San. When I come to Lingnan, there is an urgent need in the Northeast. Medicinal materials, so I was thinking if I could ask Brother Rong to buy them in the Heishan Village area of Beiliao."
Yo? Selling medicine from the north to the south is a good idea. Ginseng, velvet antlers, bear bile, forest frogs, and honey from the Northeast have always been best-sellers, and it’s hard to find genuine products in Kyoto. Furthermore, the trading in the Beiliao area was basically monopolized by a few imperial merchants in Shanxi, and outsiders were basically unable to get involved.
Your Highness wants to steal money from the prince.
Brother Rong sighed helplessly: "Your Highness has high regard for Wei Chen. Although Wei Chen sent a team of people to Heishan Village, they were there to investigate the corruption and buying and selling of farmland in the mansion. I'm afraid it will be difficult."
"Why is it so difficult?" His Highness laughed. "After Brother Rong has done this, are you still afraid that I won't give you a profit? Brother Rong, does he know what prices the Northeastern rare goods from Lingnan are getting? We don't think so." Ten theories, just calculating the price of selling Nanyang and other places, it is not a big deal. If there are ships in Ningguo Mansion between Ping'an Prefecture and Jiangnan, as long as Rong Geer forms another team from Shengjing to connect Shengjing and Ping'an Prefecture. . All the profits from the Southeast Asian countries belong to us."
These businessmen's minds work really fast. The damn Shanxi imperial merchants monopolized the business in the Northeast, Mongolia, and the Western Sea countries. Now the Lingnan merchants want to purchase goods directly from the Northeast and sell them to Southeast Asia and even the West.
All sales are monopolized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
His Highness must have had such an idea after listening to the opinions of various merchants in Lingnan. However, the damn business in Western and Southern Oceans can only be done by Lingnan merchants, and no other imperial merchants have any room to interfere.
Brother Rong smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness should know the situation in Ningguo Mansion. Now he still owes 50,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Where is there any money left to do business? If he really has that money, he has been urged by the Thirteenth Master to pay it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Debt."
His Highness hummed softly: "I heard that Ningguo Mansion has opened several kilns in recent years. I think I have made a lot of money. How can I have no money?"
"Your Highness, please let Rong Weichen settle the account for you." Brother Rong sighed sadly: "The cost of a kiln factory is tens of thousands of taels, and all of it is money borrowed from the Xue family and the Wang family. Now, although there is a business , but time is still short, and even the capital has not been returned. Even if the capital is returned, the money of the Xue family and the Wang family must be repaid first. Of course, the money of the household department must be repaid first. There are many adults in the Ning Guofu family, with hundreds of people. , everything you eat with your mouth is money, and you really can’t get any money out of it.”
Jia Rong didn't hear His Highness's reply and said again: "If Your Highness doesn't believe it, please ask Guard Qiu to come up. Although his family is small, there are many people. Ask him how much money his family consumes every day. How can a family like ours... If you don't borrow money from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you can already be considered a wealthy family."
"This..." His Highness held back this word for a long time. It was not like he had never heard of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs' debt settlement in the palace. Even the Beijing Prince's Palace was almost sealed off and sold by the Thirteenth Master, and many other princes' and princes' houses were confiscated and sold off. I heard that they are planning to question the Zhen family in Jiangnan recently. Although President Tiren has paid back 550,000 taels of silver in recent years, there are still 26 more taels that have not yet been settled.
Think about the Zhen and Jia families as one. If the Zhen family is like this, how can the Jia family be any better?
He smiled bitterly: "It seems that your family really can't afford the money to do business. It's a pity that such a good business has been lost."
Brother Rong also smiled bitterly and replied: "If Your Highness can explain all the things in Lingnan, and advance several hundred thousand taels to let the ministers go to the northeast to buy, this business can be done."
Jia Rong thought that as long as His Highness dared to give money, as long as the businessmen from various businesses in Lingnan dared to give money, he would dare to steal things from the Shanxi emperor's merchants. Anyway, the one with the highest price will get it. If that doesn't work, we can negotiate with Shanxi Huangshang for an internal purchase price, and give the Lingnan merchants another purchase price externally. Let’s talk about it after we have money to earn together.
Brother Rong waited with a smile to see if His Highness had the courage.
Only two sighs were heard in the car, and His Highness said: "This matter... I will discuss this matter with all the merchants."
It seems that he no longer has the courage.
Brother Rong secretly shrugged, he didn't have the courage to do any business. I don't want to make money from you, so as not to cause trouble.
I didn't want to, but I heard His Highness change the subject and said: "Brother Rong's house is short of money, so why did he give the tribute ashes from the Ministry of Industry to the third child? That's a lot of money."
Oh, you're still holding me accountable.
Brother Rong rolled his eyes in the darkness. He complained helplessly: "I don't know who is unhappy with my Ning Mansion, and actually instigated all the officials in the court to ban the cement tribute ash. I am afraid, if cement is banned. Ning Guo Mansion even loses the money of the Xue family and the Wang family. How can we repay the money from the Ministry of Household Affairs if we can't pay it back? I also heard that His Highness the Crown Prince built a kiln, so I had to give up part of the business to His Highness the Crown Prince, so that His Highness the Crown Prince could block the undercurrent for the ministers."
Forehead……
His Highness was stunned. He was the one who instigated the ban on cement and tribute ash. At first, I was looking at Lao San wanting to do this business, so I thought about how to attack Lao San, but I didn't expect that Jia Rong would directly give up the purchasing business of the Ministry of Industry to Lao San. Recently, it was Lao San who took advantage.
At this time, my heart was bleeding. There is even an urge to vomit blood, damn, what did I do.
His Highness laughed dryly and said: "It's just a rumor. Brother Rong is too cautious."
Brother Rong said bitterly: "We have to be careful. Our Jia family relies on this thin factory to repay the money to the household department. If even this thin factory disappears, I really don't know what to do in the future. Although today and Thirteen I see that the Jia family is so poor that I haven't come to collect the money yet, but our Jia family should also make preparations to pay back the money early."
"..." His Highness felt a headache and couldn't figure out what he was doing here. Listening to Jia Rong's voice, sentence, sentence, repeatedly mentioning the money owed. The head is very big.
He said with a smile: "You Jia family now has a concubine in the palace. It is the time to get close to my royal family. How can you be so anxious to collect the money?"
Brother Rong said: "Since the Jia family is a relative, they should take the lead in setting an example and repay the money. Otherwise, other families who owe money will not be convinced, why should the Jia family not have to pay back the money? I am afraid that it will damage the empress's face, and also It harms the dignity of today.”
"..." His Highness was unable to refute.
Brother Rong said again: "If His Highness can ask the Lingnan banks to borrow more than 100,000 taels of silver first, so that our Jia family can pay back the money owed to the Ministry of Revenue, we will have no problem with any business."
His Highness was stunned and said: "Don't your Ningguo Mansion owe more than fifty thousand taels? Why do you want more than 100,000 taels?"
"There is also the Rongguo Mansion next door. It's between you and me. If the Rongguo Mansion doesn't pay, won't the palace have to urge the Ningguo Mansion to pay it back for them?"
In fact, this is what Jia Rong is most worried about now. According to the style of today and the Thirteenth Master, Rongguo Mansion has no money to pay back, and in the end, Ningguo Mansion really has to pay it back. Not to mention the two houses and one family, even if a relative's family owes money to the court, you, the relative, have to help pay it back.
It makes no sense.
If the tens of thousands taels owed by the Rongguo Mansion are a thunder, then the hundreds of thousands taels owed by the Zhen family are a big thunder.
Alas, it is difficult for the Rongguo Mansion to intervene, let alone the Zhen family.
Jia Rong watched His Highness's carriage go away and sighed. Regardless of the truth or lies, the disaster star was finally fooled away. He patted his clothes to let the smell of alcohol dissipate.
Looking up, it was dark.
Canopus appeared early in the sky, and other stars were looming. The crescent moon that should appear at the beginning of the month is nowhere to be found.
Damn it.
After delaying for so long, we still don’t know what the current situation of Yixia Pavilion is.
Baochai and Sister Feng should wait impatiently.
Uncle Rong hurriedly entered the mansion, found someone to carry a lantern to lead the way, and hurried to Yixia Pavilion. Passed through the front yard of Ningguo Mansion and entered Huifang Garden.
The garden was extremely quiet, and the surrounding trees were twisted ferociously under the light of lanterns, like demons crawling out of the abyss of hell.
Sister Feng must be angry at this moment.
Arriving in front of Yixia Pavilion, it was quiet inside. He sent the maid back and went upstairs alone, but no one was there. Out of curiosity, I climbed to the third floor and saw Ying'er and others in the room, but Baochai and Sister Feng were missing.
"Why is Miss Zijuan here?"
