But in the end, it was Tan Cuiying who broke the silence and said, "Miss Zhang, the girl from the slave family is young and ignorant. Just ignore her random talk! When do you think we will go out in the next few days?"
After hearing this, Miss Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The next day! I'm very tired today, so I need to take a rest. I'll have to send someone to the store tomorrow to get your things back and sort them out."
Then everyone dispersed, and Miss Zhang scolded Cai Luan after she returned. Tan Cuiying simply locked herself in the room and did not go out. Kang Miao, on the other hand, grabbed Xie Jiaoniang and made her realize again the consequences of not paying attention to the piano in the first place!
On the third day, Miss Zhang and four others appeared on the street! In this era, all the ladies take us with them when they go out. How can we recognize them? It's very simple, because there were already many women's shops in the Ming Dynasty, which were shops specially prepared for women!
This kind of shop is full of women from the shopkeeper to the waiters. Women can take off our clothes and shop and play as much as they want! Even if they are not women's shops, those that sell precious jewelry and the like will have private rooms specifically for female customers, and have female waiters to entertain customers. So as long as a few people visit a shop like this, all the news will be spread out!
As soon as the four of them showed up, the rumors that were circulating outside immediately cooled down a lot! However, rumors are easy to deal with, but it will be difficult if someone deliberately makes trouble! But now Miss Zhang and the others have no choice but to passively delay time.
But after this time, the four women became much closer. While Ms. Zhang was dealing with business matters, she also talked to them, played the piano, and even talked to them about some of their bitter experiences! As a result, Tan Cuiying helped her solve two problems!
Ms. Zhang is familiar with business affairs, and the place where Tan Cuiying can give her advice is naturally related to government affairs. Now the Ming Dynasty is dominated by officials and merchants. If you want to truly become a wealthy merchant, you absolutely cannot do without the support of the officialdom! However, matters in officialdom are Miss Zhang’s weakness!
Ms. Zhang is from a business background, has never received this kind of education, and is not clear about many things here. In fact, each circle has its own inheritance, just like a minister from a family of civil servants or a general from a family of military officers. Some things are secretly passed down. If you are not a person in this circle, you will not understand if you have not received guidance!
Therefore, after the scientific examinations in the past dynasties, the students who passed the exams had to go to see the master of the office, who was to find a guide for them so that they could truly understand the many secrets in the official circle! Of course, those who are sitting here also have the right intention to recruit a group of party members by the way!
To take the simplest example, for example, the imperial palace newspaper wrote the sentence "So-and-so was changed from Minister of the Ministry of Personnel to Minister of the Ministry of War, with the title of Censor of Jiatu, and Governor of Jingying". At first glance, there seems to be no problem at all, just a smooth tune! But in fact, this person has been rejected by the Holy One and is in a state of relegation!
But if there is a sentence "Add Prince Shaobao" or other palace protection titles after this sentence, it means that this person is in the emperor's heart and has actually been promoted!
If there is no guidance on things like this, most people will never be able to figure it out! If you were confused and got into the wrong boat, you might be the first one to be pushed out to worship the flag! Moreover, the factions in the circles of officials and literati are extremely chaotic!
What the same subject, the same year, the same hometown! Who studied under whom? Who are the relatives at home? Marry with whom? There are even more divisions according to cultural factions, such as the retro faction, the gold powder faction, and more! It can be said that there are big traps and small circles, there are circles within the circles, there are circles outside the circles, and the circles are connected! So if you step in rashly, you will end up being shattered to pieces!
Moreover, this kind of factional struggle is often more life-and-death, so many talented and talented people are beaten back to their original form soon after entering the officialdom, or they are polished off by a prison sentence, or they simply lose their lives within a few years!
On the contrary, there are people like wood-carved prime ministers and paper-made pavilion elders emerging one after another. The reason is not that these people are really as motionless as puppets, but that they are cautious and never make mistakes! They will never act randomly unless they have to, so they can protect themselves in the fierce battle, and then slowly get promoted, or wait for the enemy to commit suicide, and then they will naturally rise to a high position!
And playing with these things is like a duck in water for Tan Cuiying! Who did she instruct Miss Zhang to get close to? Those who are about to be unlucky, hurry up and cut them, and suddenly they become
For the master-like role next to Miss Zhang!
That this happens is a coincidence among coincidences! In the past, Ms. Zhang handled business affairs easily and happily because she was familiar with this field, and the business was not big at that time, so she did not need the help of official circles at all.
But things are different now. Just the opening of the sea involves so many officials and family members! If she doesn't handle it properly, it will cause trouble for the future. Maybe Liu Haojia can solve it in the future, but the resources and price paid will be different from now!
And Tan Cuiying has been taught by her father, which can be said to have a family background. In addition, she has been traveling among the powerful in the capital before, and she has a very good understanding of things above the officialdom! And when the Liu family's business was at the stage of connecting the past and the next, the two met, and it was enough to spark a collision!
And the more contacts the two parties have, the more Ms. Zhang realizes the benefits of having someone to guide her from behind! In the end, when there was no one around, Ms. Zhang even really thought about asking Liu Haojia to just leave Tan Cuiying behind! She just didn't know what Liu Haojia and Tan Cuiying were thinking, and she was too embarrassed to speak! So this matter has been postponed!
However, as time went by, Ms. Zhang strengthened her idea! On the one hand, Tan Cuiying's existence was indeed helpful to him, especially since she learned a lot about officialdom. Having her help with some things can make you feel more relaxed!
Another point is that after all, there is a Zhang family behind Ms. Zhang, but there is no one behind Tan Cuiying! So if she marries into Uncle Wu Ning's house, not only will she not be a threat to Miss Zhang, but she will become a good helper for her! And because both of them are of low origin, they are naturally allies. So as long as the two of them help each other, it's very easy to stabilize their position in the back house!
You know, in this era, the wife clan is a very important support for an official, otherwise there would be no talk of marriage! Ms. Zhang's family comes from a merchant family. Before Liu Haojia made his fortune, she could have provided some financial help, but now she doesn't need it! .
Up to now, Liu Haojia has made money so fast! Just waiting for the fiefdom to officially open to the sea this month, the money will really roll in like the water of the Yangtze River! So the Zhang family has lost even its only advantage!
