Zhen Baochen is indeed making some preparations.
In fact, she had long known that she could not be Feng Ziying's concubine.
As Feng Ziying was a third-ranking official in the imperial court, it was no problem for the Li family to be his concubines, and it was no problem to take Zhen Baoyu as his concubines, because they were never married.
By taking them as concubines, Feng Ziying violated the law of the court, and the court was dissatisfied with the punishment. However, if she took married women as concubines, it would challenge the dignity of the court and scholars, which would greatly damage Feng Ziying's status among court officials and Reputation among scholars.
The former Feng Ziying can be rounded in other ways, but the latter cannot be erased.
Under such circumstances, Zhen Baochen naturally knew that she could not marry into the Feng family.
However, she did not marry into the Feng family, but she and Feng Ziying were actually married. Moreover, although she was the wife of the Ding family first, she was still extremely ashamed to remain a virgin. Feng Ziying was her first man.
This weird and bizarre situation made Zhen Baochen find it difficult to describe and describe it.
What's even more surprising is that Feng Ziying has an extraordinary relationship with Bao Qi.
Although Feng Ziying looked embarrassed and vague when she asked about Bao Qi's situation. She only said that she would know it when she met Bao Qi in the future and refused to say it clearly. However, as a woman's keen intuition, Zhen Baochen felt that Bao Qi was the same as herself and Feng Ziying. There has been a couple thing.
But Feng Ziying categorically denied that she took advantage of others' danger, and Zhen Baochen didn't think that Feng Ziying was that kind of person. As for what happened between them, we really can only find out after returning to Beijing and meeting Bao Qi.
However, Feng Ziying also tentatively asked about her plans, which still made Zhen Baochen feel happy and comforted. At least this man was not the kind of person who wouldn't admit it when he took advantage of her.
Although I was more interested in the Zhen family at the beginning, if this man really regarded me as a pure trading object, I would definitely still be very disappointed.
Feng Ziying mentioned Wang Xifeng's current situation casually.
Zhen Baochen still understands and admires Wang Xifeng somewhat.
In a sense, this woman's identity and situation are similar to mine.
The Heli woman even brought a child with her. The Wang family, from which he was born, was also one of the four oldest families that was overthrown, but Wang Ziteng's decisive return saved him from being exterminated. The Jia family that he once married into was also one of the four oldest families, and is now in a state of rapid decline.
After Wang Xifeng reconciled, she left the Rongguo Mansion and was alone. It didn't even look like she could go back to the Zhen family. She was not even willing to go back to the Wang family, or the Wang family didn't welcome her very much, so she went to Tianjin with a few servants. guard.
But in just a few years, Wang Xifeng completed the leap from a fallen phoenix to nirvana. She became prosperous in Tianjin Wei and became one of the most famous businessmen in the North. Not only did she open her own cement business Workshop, and controls more than 30% of Beidi's cement sales to Shandong and along the canal. This is something she has heard about in Huizhou.
Although the Ding family mainly sells tea, they also do other businesses, including selling cement. Beidi cement is continuously sold to the south of the Yangtze River through canals and sea transportation, but it is mainly sold along the coast, canals and the Yangtze River. Places like Huizhou have very few new products like cement coming in for the time being, but some people have tried to use cement to build houses. , has also become a symbol of wealth and wealth.
Cement is now in short supply in Jiangnan, and it has always been a seller's market. Many businessmen in Jiangnan also intend to obtain exclusive rights to this kind of goods. However, merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi control the production and sales of cement. Wang Xifeng is probably a special case.
Many people are speculating that Wang Xifeng and He Dehe can run their own cement workshop, occupy the main market along the Shandong Canal, and even start selling cement to the Nanzhi area, and enter Xuzhou and Huai'an. They speculate that there must be someone behind it. . Some say that the Wang family is behind it, while others say that the Jia family still supports it, but these are all random speculations by outsiders or people who don't know the details.
Really interested people have learned from Shanshan businessmen that this is a cement workshop that Feng Ziying specifically named Wang Xifeng to cooperate with Shanshan businessmen to open in Tianjin Wei, and
It is Wang Xifeng who takes the leading position.
In fact, over time, this could not be concealed from others. Considering the situation of the Wang family and the Jia family, how could He De support a woman to participate in such an emerging hugely profitable industry that was firmly monopolized by Shanxi and Shaanxi businessmen?
At that time, the two brothers Ding Deju and Ding Deyi talked about it, saying that even the ordinary important ministers in the court may not be able to have such great abilities, because Shanxi businessmen in the north have great power and influence in the court, and they will not do it because of you. A certain minister or minister gave up such a huge benefit just by saying hello. The people who can make Shanshan businessmen bow their heads are either big figures like cabinet ministers, or people they think are extremely critical and indispensable to them or who must be please.
So Feng Ziying was quickly targeted, even though Feng Ziying was not considered an important minister at that time, but just the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture.
But everyone knows that Feng Ziying's relationship with Shanshan businessmen is unusual.
When he served as the magistrate of Yongping Prefecture, he vigorously promoted the large-scale investment and construction of Shanxi businessmen in Yongping Prefecture, from iron ore mining and coal mining to iron smelting, iron making, cement industry, and even With the opening of the port and maritime trade, Yongping Prefecture has grown from an unknown and ordinary small prefecture to become the largest economic prefecture in Beizhili, second only to Shuntian Prefecture, surpassing Hejian, Baoding, and Zhending, which are large prefectures in terms of population and land, and its industrial and commercial tax revenue has increased. It is several times larger than these big mansions.
The merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi, who also benefited from this, have always been suppressed in the process of competing with merchants from Jiangnan for decades. This time they finally managed to win the game and feel proud. After Feng Ziying became the Prime Minister of Shuntian, Feng Ziying pushed Shanxi merchants to continue to expand the mining, coal, cement and iron smelting industries and began to enter the military industry, almost taking over the entire firearms manufacturing and gunpowder production in the Zhou Dynasty. It also brought Shuntian Mansion's economic strength to a higher level. This has become a highlight of Shanxi and Shaanxi businessmen's pride. Everyone knows the importance and influence of the military industry on the imperial court.
It can be said that at present, except for the ministers in the cabinet, who can give advice to the merchants of Shanxi and Shaanxi and make the merchants of Shanshan and Shaanxi obey him? Only Feng Ziying'er, and even some of the ministers in the cabinet may not be able to do it.
Only by Feng Ziying's instructions could the Shanshan and Shaanxi merchants "cooperate" with Wang Xifeng. It would have been impossible for anyone else.
As for the relationship between Wang Xifeng and Feng Ziying, although the inside seems to be quite complicated.
For example, Wang Xifeng's ex-husband Jia Lian was a close friend of Feng Ziying, and Jia Lian also obtained the position of chief shopkeeper of Yangzhou in Haitong Bank, where Feng Ziying had great influence. Another example is that Wang Xifeng's cousin Xue Baochai married Feng Ziying and became Feng Ziying's second wife. But it seems a bit far-fetched that these factors would allow Feng Ziying to open this "golden mouth" to give Wang Xifeng a way to make a fortune.
Therefore, some well-informed people later claimed that Wang Xifeng was actually Feng Ziying's concubine, and even gave birth to a son for Feng Ziying. Of course, this news was only known to a very small area, but the Zhen family was among them.
Because of this, Zhen Baochen felt that maybe instead of entering the Feng Mansion, he could be like Wang Xifeng without fear of others' words and live a free and easy life.
She also knew that Wang Xifeng was not just sitting back and enjoying the success and being a puppet as some people in the outside world imagined. On the contrary, Wang Xifeng strategized and all the men under her were doing well under her guidance, and they continued to expand the market. From the beginning, it was only Tianjin Wei and a few surrounding counties, and it continued to expand, gradually taking over the entire cement market in Hejian Prefecture, and then penetrated into Shandong along the canal. The market in Shandong was basically negotiated one by one by Wang Xifeng's men. Consolidate one by one.
This made Zhen Baochen extremely jealous and moved. What Wang Xifeng can do, why can't she, Zhen Baochen? The Zhen family has many businesses, and she has seen them since she was a child. She thinks that she is stronger than Wang Xifeng, and the market in Jiangnan is much bigger than that in the north. As long as she chooses the right business, she believes that she can do it. better.
She has been quite independent since she was a child, but when she got married at the age of fourteen, she was unable to change her destiny. But when the opportunity to change her destiny came to her again, she felt that maybe it was God's pity and care for her. . She can live her life according to her own wishes. Of course, in this world, she also knows that she must have a strong man to support her. Now all these elements are present.
Of course, she doesn’t necessarily have to engage in
In the same industry as Wang Xifeng, making a living in cement is indeed very tempting, but if you want to compete with Wang Xifeng, there is no need.
However, if Feng Ziying intends for her to engage in the cement industry in Nanjing, she is fine with it. Everything depends on Feng Ziying's opinion, but no matter which industry she is in, she is interested in accepting the challenge.
Through his understanding of Feng Ziying during this period of time, as well as the conversations between Feng Ziying and himself, Zhen Baochen increasingly felt that Feng Ziying was unfathomable.
This person seems to be confident in everything he does. Some things may seem dangerous or uncertain, but as long as they fall into his hands, he will quickly sort out the context and come up with a solution.
This was true in his experience as an official, and it was also true in the business he worked with. Even his subordinates and classmates who were close to him all benefited from this. It was this that made Zhen Baochen more and more curious about Feng Ziying. . Some people said that this man was a genius, and some said that he was born with a pair of discerning eyes, but Zhen Baochen felt that this was not entirely accurate. This man had a foresight and foresight that was rare in other men of this age, and he was also very good at using people. The level of several staff members astonished Zhen Baochen, who had had some experience.
Coupled with Feng Ziying's own personality charm, it is no wonder that she is always successful in everything she does.
