Li Qiao didn't pry, but Xin Zhi was a little dissatisfied: "It's been twice already. Don't you want to know why my grandfather was rejected by the Supreme Emperor?"
"..."
Li Qiao stood up straight and put on a serious look: "May I ask Zi Zi, why does Lu Wenrong say that Marquis Wu'an has been abandoned by the Supreme Emperor?"
"I can't tell you right now, I have to ask my grandfather first." Xin Zhi replied seriously.
Li Qiao: "..."
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Maintaining a serious look, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'm waiting for a comfortable answer."
"I will ask my grandfather when I get home today." Xin Zhi snapped his fingers and returned to his smiling look.
He shook the note in his hand: "Then do you still want to buy this land?"
"I won't buy it." Li Qiao shook his head without hesitation.
He is a staunch centrist. He only stands with Sheng Hong, regardless of whether it is the third prince or the fifth prince. He does not side with anyone.
Besides, this method is a bit shady.
If he really bought this land, he was unknowingly receiving favor from others.
He hated this the most.
It's not like he couldn't afford the market price. He didn't like to owe favors. After coming to this time and space and experiencing Han Xiaoyan's quarrel, he didn't want to owe others any favors.
Chapter 120 Li Qiao is very profitable, but he has no children.
Although he didn't plan to buy Mr. Lu's land, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu went to Guanfang Ya together after get off work in the afternoon.
He used the excuse that he wanted to buy a field closer to Shengjing, so he didn't buy Mr. Lu's small village.
After coming out of the official residence, Tao Zhu got on the bullock cart. As soon as he was next to the carriage carriage, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Why is no one selling their fields?"
Li Qiao looked at his furrowed eyebrows and couldn't help but raise his hand to press the wrinkles between his eyebrows, trying to smooth out the wrinkles between his eyebrows: "If our family has land, if there is no big problem, will you sell the land?"
Tao Zhu blinked his eyes when he heard this: "What is the big thing you are talking about?"
"Resign from office, or have your home confiscated."
Li Qiao said and sat down next to him.
The land in Shengjing is so valuable that no one would be willing to sell it unless they never return to Shengjing for the rest of their lives.
Tao Zhu: "..."
He clasped his hands together with a pious look on his face: "Then let's just let nature take its course. We don't particularly want to buy land."
Li Qiao was amused by his reaction, reached out and pinched his cheek, and said: "It may be that the businessman did not manage well, or he wanted to please me, a sixth-grade official, so he sold his land."
“…We really don’t particularly want to buy the fields.”
Tao Zhu still clasped his hands together, his expression more pious.
Either it was miserable or its purpose was impure, and he and Li Qiao didn't want to get involved.
It’s so hard to buy a field.
Li Qiao looked at his expression and couldn't bear it anymore, leaning over to kiss his cheek.
His bamboo brother is so cute.
Tao Zhu was slightly frightened by his action and subconsciously looked ahead. The carriage door was not closed.
Guanfangya is quite close to the inner city. Although there are few people around here, there are still people on the road.
"It's okay, there's no one in front of me." Li Qiao held his hand and shook it gently: "I'm sensible."
He and Tao Zhu often held hands in front of everyone in Sanliu Village. That was because Sanliu Village was his territory and the villagers would not say anything nonsense.
There were too many people in Shengjing who harbored ill intentions towards him, so how could he be grabbed by his pigtails?
He would not let Tao Zhu be exposed to criticism that was offensive to public morals.
Tao Zhu looked at the empty stone road in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Li Dashan, who was sitting in front driving the bus, coughed: "I'll close the carriage door for you."
He said, turning around and closing the carriage door.
The light in the carriage suddenly dimmed.
Li Qiao chuckled softly, stretched out his hand to wrap around Tao Zhu's waist, and rested his whole body on Tao Zhu. After working all day, he missed Brother Zhu.
"Add a chicken drumstick to the mountain tonight."
Tao Zhu was surrounded by him, stretched out a hand and patted his back, and also smiled: "Add two more."
They haven't seen each other for almost six hours, and he also wants to kiss and touch Li Qiao.
When Li Dashan heard his brother-in-law Uncle Zhu's words, he immediately shook the whip in his hand. He was waiting to eat chicken legs tonight, one for him and Qian Qian!
However, he did not go home directly, but drove the ox cart to the duck shop.
His brother-in-law wanted to see what was going on here.
Li Qiao wanted to use the duck shop to show the people of Shengjing his earning power, so he naturally had to conduct an on-the-spot investigation.
The duck shop is also on the main street in the north area of the city. It has two floors and a courtyard. It cost twelve thousand taels of silver together.
The price is so high, so the location is not bad. The shop is at the intersection of the main street, and there are two alleys on both sides. Seriously, this is a crossroads with a lot of passenger flow.
This was originally a restaurant. The original owner was not good at running the business, so he planned to rent it out. However, when he learned that Li Qiao was interested in buying the restaurant, the original owner changed his mind and sold it from rent, and also planned to reduce the price.
Li Qiao never took advantage of others. After making it clear that he would remember this favor, after some negotiation, he finally bought the shop at the market price.
Although it hasn't opened yet, every part of the shop has been cleaned.
Tao Zhu has very high requirements for hygiene. Even if it is not open, it must be cleaned every morning and evening.
Li Qiao walked around the shop and was very satisfied.
He is also very satisfied with the prosperity of the country and the security of the people, the smooth weather, and the title on the gold list. When he and Tao Zhu hired people, they specifically selected people who looked honest, honest, and obedient. Now after Tao Zhu's training, these twelve and a half young men are more obedient. .
However, the country is prosperous and the people are prosperous, and the number of names on the gold list, including Li Dashan and Tao Zhu, is only fourteen.
Fourteen people open such a large shop, so the manpower is a bit short.
After coming out of the shop and getting on the bullock cart, Li Qiao asked Tao Zhu, "How about we ask Zhuang Quan and Zhou Yun? See if they are willing to work in the shop."
After Zhuang Wen went to work every day, Zhuang Quan and Zhou Yun stayed at home and did housework. They often walked around the manor, but the couple rarely went out.
They don't need to open a shop, nor do they need to paint clothes every day like Shen Hua, so they are quite free.
"Okay." Tao Zhu had no objection.
So Li Qiao and Tao Zhu went directly to Zhuang Wen's house.
Zhuang Wen had just bought a house, which he entered three times. Although it was not in the same alley as Li Qiao's house, it was still close.
Zhuang Wen heard Li Qiao Tao Zhu tell him his intention, and without waiting for Zhuang Quan and Zhou Yun to reply, he made the decision for the two of them.
"The two of them are staying at home, so why not go out and work to earn some money. The new house cost two thousand three hundred taels of silver, which is a waste of the family's savings."
Although the banker is a small landowner and has accumulated some money over the years, before Li Qiao made vermicelli, the banker only relied on the income from the fields and could only save more than 200 taels of silver every year. If there was a famine, then this would be The numbers have to come down.
In the past few years, my family has saved a lot of money because of the sweet potato vermicelli.
But the key point is that Zhuang Wen has been spending his family's money over the years. The banker has not divided the family. He was studying before and now he is buying a house. Among the whole family, he is the best spender.
Although they can receive a monthly salary of one hundred and fifty taels, since Li Qiao Pottery and Bamboo Shop is currently short of manpower, and Zhuang Quan and Zhou Yun couple have nothing serious to do at home except housework, they might as well go to the shop to help. .
well.
The couple had been married for several years but had no children - his eldest grandson was born to his second son.
Zhou Yun is under a lot of pressure now. It is better to go out and do things than to stay at home and think nonsense.
Zhou Yun and Zhuang Quan nodded when they saw Zhuang Wen's hesitant promise.
Knowing that Zhuang Quan and Zhou Yun's work and rest schedules were similar to his own, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu assigned short working hours to them and they could go home at noon.
We can't let this couple delay the banker's business because of the duck shop.
Two more people were added, but the personal problems of Li Ershan and Li Xia could not be ignored, so before leaving, Li Qiao specifically asked Zhuang Wen to pay attention to Li Ershan and Li Xia.
After Li Dashan mentioned this matter yesterday, at the dinner table in the evening, Li Qiao asked Li Ershan and Li Xia for their opinions and wanted to know what kind of partner they liked.
The two people’s answers were quite consistent:
It looks pleasing to the eye.
Neither of them cares about their family background, the only requirement is that they look pleasing to the eye.
This request is actually more difficult than making a lot of requests, but a major event in life must be satisfied by these two people.
Therefore, when returning from the banker's house, they passed by the painter Xu Ying, Chen, Li Qiao, Tao Zhu, and got off the ox cart and repeated to Xu Ying what they had just asked Zhuang Wen to do.
Zhuang Wen and Xu Ying stayed in the capital for a short time. Like Li Qiao, they knew few people. Therefore, after Xu Yingchen came out as a painter, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu did not go home directly, but went to the Han family.
Although the Han family knew most of them from merchant families, Li Qiaoguan'er was young, and Li Ershan and Li Xia were his nephews, so their choices were limited.
It would also be great if I could marry a wealthy businessman.
The next day, Xin Zhi went to work at the Hanlin Academy. At noon, Xin Zhi had dinner with Li Qiao again.
Li Qiao didn't bring any snacks today, but some duck products.
In order to practice their skills, Tao Zhu and Li Dashan made a lot of duck products. Not only did they eat them for their own family, but they also gave a lot to the dealer, Xu Yingchenhua, Meng Yue, and the Han family.
Li Qiao naturally wanted to consume it, so he brought a food box to Xin Zhi and asked Xin Zhi to take it home.
After Xin Zhi tasted the duck product, he really loved it.
However, last night he asked his grandfather if he could tell Li Qiao what happened back then. His grandfather immediately shook his head and said that the family scandal should not be made public.
"Brother Li, you have to endure your curiosity for a while." He patted Li Qiao on the shoulder.
