Different people have different views on different things from different angles. To them, it may be a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning, but in their hearts, it may be a major matter related to lifelong happiness.
A slightly dismissive attitude on your part may have a huge impact on their psychology and emotions.
Feng Ziying thinks that he is not a Virgin, but he still feels that he should give better rewards to the people around him, especially those who are friendly, close and caring to him. This is the basic creed and principle of being a human being and a man.
Xiangling is an honest person and does not realize this.
She simply felt that if Miss Bao could marry, then she would naturally follow Baochai, and Baochai's gentle and generous temper made her feel at ease. However, her father seemed to be interested in Miss Bao, but there was no one there. The explanation made her anxious, but she couldn't help.
"Sir, what do you think?" Xiang Ling raised her eyes, her reddish cheeks still seemed a bit green, and the bright red rouge mole on her moon-like forehead and in the center of her eyebrows was even more enchanting.
"Silly girl, what my mother and aunt mean is that you and Jin Chuan'er are willing to take over the house now, or wait a year or two, um, after I get married, before taking over the house?" Feng Ziying sighed and shook her head, This girl definitely doesn't have any opinions. She probably has to ask Jinchuan'er to make the decision, but Jinchuan'er and Xiang Ling may not have the same mind.
Sure enough, a look of fear and hesitation appeared on Xiangling's face, "Master, I don't know. My wife and concubine just said that. I looked at Jin Chuan'er and didn't say a word..."
Shaking her head, Feng Ziying also expected this. I'm afraid Jin Chuan'er is also entangled now, with both pros and cons. It's hard for me to predict this kind of thing, let alone them?
"What if I want to marry Baochai?" Feng Ziying looked at Xiang Ling and said.
"Ah, I want to marry Miss Bao?" Xiangling's voice trembled with love, and her eyes were full of hope, "Then this slave is still willing to wait until Miss Bao gets married, and then follow Miss Bao..., but Master, you are not Are you deceiving your slave?"
"Are you a deceiver?" Feng Ziying smiled, couldn't help pinching a handful of Xiangling's pretty dimples, and put her arms around Xiangling's waist, "I will eventually make your master and servant's wish come true. I didn't expect Sister Bao Even I am a little jealous that I can win your heart so much."
"Master, slave..." Xiang Ling suddenly panicked and hurriedly wanted to explain. Feng Ziying chuckled: "No need to explain. If you want to explain, I will explain it well if I stay with you in bed tonight..."
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The Shanshan Guild Hall is undoubtedly a very prominent building complex in the capital city. If you ask anyone in the capital city, everyone knows about it.
It is located at the intersection of Chongwenmenli Street and Xiaoshunpai Hutong, covering an area of 80 acres. It can be described as pavilions, terraces, pavilions, water meanders and corridors. The water diverted from the Paozi River actually has a special pavilion in the courtyard. The lotus pond of more than ten acres is full of elegance.
It, together with the Dongting Guild Hall in Suzhou Hutong, the Huguang Guild Hall in Chunshu Hutong in Qingchengfang, next to Shangjiotou and the Ceremony Room, and the Huizhou Guild Hall next to the Fourth Interpretation Hall outside Dong'an Gate, are known as the four major halls in Beijing.
In the meeting hall in the middle of the guild hall, there were about ten people sitting sparsely, all with frowns on their faces.
"Shao Quan, I've sent the post several times, but they haven't responded at all. What can I do?" The old man with a dull brow finally raised his eyes, "Didn't you say you have some friendship with this Feng Xiuzuan?"
"Uncle Fan, friendship depends on the depth of friendship, and it also depends on the time. When we were in Linqing more than four years ago, who would have thought that he would have such a good fortune?" Wang Shaoquan smiled bitterly, "You know that he has such ability, that day I I would risk my life to accompany him to Dongchang Mansion."
"But he still has something to ask for from us. Isn't his father the commander-in-chief of Yulin? Well, even if his father is promoted to the governor of the three sides,..." The old man with a withered face said this, and his mouth knotted, as if Feeling that his tone was a little exaggerated, he sighed, and then said: "The Duan family is from Shanxi after all, and we still have some connections. What's more, we can also contribute to him in the future, why should we favor one over the other?"
"Yes, Mr. Fan is right. We, the merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi, are all merchants from the north, and we have some connections with the Feng family. Why does he take care of the merchants from the south of the Yangtze River in every possible way, but treats us like enemies?"
"Could it be that the sea trade is beneficial to them, and those maritime merchants are familiar with sea trade, so they can benefit them, but it is not beneficial to us as land merchants?"
"That's not entirely true. Doesn't it mean that this person leaves early and comes back late? He doesn't go anywhere else except Wenyuan Pavilion and the Six Departments. Doesn't it mean that other people can't do it even if they try their best?"
"Then what does this son mean? Does it mean that he wants to be a lonely minister, seeking the emperor's favor but ignoring others?"
"Is it possible? He proposed the strategy of opening up the sea, but he dares to call himself a lonely minister? Who doesn't know that this strategy of opening up the sea touches many interests and requires the support of all the forces in the north and the south to make it happen. How can it be called a solitary minister? Lone minister?"
The businessmen in the hall were already arguing.
Wang Shaoquan shook his head and ignored the others, but just said to the ugly-looking Mr. Fan: "Mr. Fan, in my opinion, this Lord Feng Xiuzhuan may not really have any prejudice against our Shanxi businessmen. , and it may be that in this early stage, he felt that we Shanshan and Shaanxi businessmen could not get involved and could not help much, so he gave us a cold reception..."
Duke Fan pondered.
The hall gradually became quiet.
Most of them have submitted messages to Feng Mansion, but have not received any response.
This makes it difficult for the Shanshan and Shaanxi businessmen, who claim to be the only two in the world along with the Huizhou merchants, to lose face.
"What about the imperial merchants?" Fan Gong said slowly.
"Mr. Fan, the imperial merchants have not made any move yet." Wang Shaoquan smiled bitterly, "But the imperial merchants may be different. They have the Supreme Emperor."
"Hmph, who doesn't know the relationship between the Supreme Emperor and the current Holy Emperor?" Fan Gong disagreed, "I'm afraid Feng Xiuzuan may not be aware of it. How can his teachers Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia be ignorant?"
Wang Shaoquan was speechless, but in the end he shook his head: "Mr. Fan, let's not care about Huangshang. We still have to consider ourselves."
"Oh?" Fan Gong was slightly moved, "What do you think?"
"The strategy of opening up the sea puts maritime trade first, but maritime trade is indeed the advantage of merchants from Jiangnan, especially merchants from Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangxi. Their advantages in these aspects are beyond our ability to compare, but even so, Feng Xiu wrote It seems that he is not very polite to Jiangnan merchants. It is rumored that his plan is to ask Fujian maritime merchants to surrender and go to Denglai to serve, otherwise they will renounce themselves from the imperial court..."
Although this matter is secretive, it is not a secret to the Shanshan-Shaanxi Merchant Gang. Feng Ziying and his entourage went south to the south of the Yangtze River and traveled in such a large circle. Naturally, they could not hide it from interested people, and their actions in Ningbo have long been coveted.
"Shao Quan, what do you mean, Shao Quan, this man is cold-faced and ruthless, and only cares about profit. Anyone who wants to fall in his eyes must have a certificate of surrender?" Fan Gong said hesitantly.
Wang Shaoquan shook his head, "Fan Gong misunderstood. What I mean is that this man is very good at taking advantage of the situation and driving people into a trap. Don't you think that he is also targeting us by building momentum like this?" Wang Shaoquan sighed slightly: "Even though we merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi did not play as big a role in the strategy of opening up the sea as those merchants from Jiangnan, the ultimate benefit target of the strategy of opening up the sea was the Nine Borders. This is the unanimous goal of us northern scholars. Feng Keng is also a representative of the northern scholars. , it’s impossible that they don’t understand this goal, but they deliberately neglect us Shanxi merchants. Don’t you think this is deliberately forcing us to take the initiative?”
Mr. Fan's expression changed slightly, "Is this boy fishing?"
Fishing is about patience.
Wang Shaoquan smiled bitterly and nodded, "So what if we know he is fishing? He is a fisherman, and I am a fish. If we don't bite the hook, I'm afraid that next time he will use a fishing net to catch fish."
Fan Gong sneered, "Isn't he afraid that the fish will die and the net will be broken?"
"There are merchants from the south of the Yangtze River who are willing to pay, and perhaps the imperial merchants at both ends of the spectrum. He simply stopped casting the net. What about us? Just sit in the water and watch the water slowly dry up?" Wang Shaoquan also sneered. This Fan People seem to be a little drifting.
Mr. Fan was silent.
Of course he knew that what he said was just a moment of anger, but the Shanshan businessman was not at the mercy of others. He also had his own backstage and spokesperson.
"Fan Gong, I know what you are thinking." Wang Shaoquan further said: "But if the strategy of opening up the sea completely throws aside us merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi, in my opinion, this means that in the next few years, the imperial court will put us on top of the priorities. Being on the outside, we can’t participate, and naturally we can’t get a word in, which is probably not a good thing.”
Why didn't Mr. Fan understand this truth?
This is not a matter of making money or not, but this kind of marginalization is very dangerous.
When a group is marginalized in the court, it means that you are dispensable and not of much use to the court.
There is a word to describe a person or a dog that is not of much use: the rabbit dies and the dog is cooked, and the bird dies and the bow hides.
Then maybe the next step is not that you cannot participate in the new distribution of interests, but that your original interests may be redistributed because you have no say.
So Wang Shaoquan's words suddenly made him sober up.
"Shao Quan, you are right. This is what our group is most worried about right now." Fan Gong's face finally became serious. "Before, I thought it was the imperial court that neglected us, but now it seems that this is not the imperial court's neglect." It's just that we didn't participate more actively, our attitude was not positive enough..."
Wang Shaoquan finally breathed a sigh of relief. This guy finally understood that the situation in front of him was different from before.
I had reminded him before that once the southern Liaoning-Denglai route was opened, not only would the Shanshan-Shaanxi Merchant Group be no longer needed for logistical support in Liaodong, but the importance of the strategic support line from north to western Liaoning to Liaodong would also Greatly weakened.
The loss of profits to the Shanshan-Shaanxi merchant gang that originally monopolized this trade line was a trivial matter. The key point was that this meant that goods from Jiangnan could be shipped directly from Nanzhi and Fujian and Zhejiang to Beizhi, Shandong and Liaodong.
This will be a devastating blow to the Shanshan and Shaanxi merchant gangs entrenched in Beizhi and Shandong, if the Shanshan and Shaanxi merchant gangs cannot participate in this trading system.
