The banquet was divided into two parts: inside and outside, with twenty sides open.
A table is opened in the main hall, which is the host's seat. Zhang, Gao Jingshi's mother and Gao Cai's wife, sat at the head of the table. The three brothers Gao Jingshi, Gao Wuguan and Gao Wuqin were accompanied by the two sisters Gao Yunting and Gao Yunting. The fourth brother Gao Wujian, who was only two years old, was brought by his wet nurse and did not attend the table.
Famous Henan dishes such as fried river carp, peony agarwood, white grilled tripe, fried purple crispy pork, shredded emerald fish, abalone in clear soup, tofu with chicken sauce, grilled mutton with green onion, hibiscus and sea cucumber are all available.
The other nineteen tables are all open outside the courtyard. Fortunately, the weather has cleared up today, and we have built a shed and lit a fire under each table. Otherwise, we would be freezing if we ate in the courtyard in the middle of winter.
Among the nineteen tables outside the courtyard, except for one table for Gao Jue and several stewards of the Gao family, the other eighteen tables were prepared for the cavalry brought back by Gao Jingshi. Although they were not as full of delicacies as the host table, they still had them. Wine and meat.
Mrs. Zhang had ordered that these people escort the eldest young master home all the way. The family must not be stingy, and the supply of food and wine should be liberalized. Gao Pragmatic also rarely relaxed the discipline for them, saying that for today's meal, they can eat as much as they want and drink as much as they want.
However, after Gao Jingshi left, Gao Jue alone warned the knights that they could eat meat as much as they wanted, but drink in moderation. The Gao family of Xinzheng was a famous family in Zhongzhou. If anyone dared to get drunk and act crazy, he would personally take it down and throw him into the Shuangjie River to sober up.
All the cavalrymen laughed and agreed.
There was also the talkative Cavalry Ding, who knew that Gao Jue was not a high-minded person, so he asked him: "Speaking of the regiment deputy, who was that guy outside the village just now? He looks like a dog, how dare you play tricks with the eldest young master?"
The smile on Gao Jue's face froze and he sighed: "This is the eldest young master, please don't be rude."
The knights looked at each other and consciously said nothing.
At this moment, in the main hall, Mrs. Zhang was also asking about the conflict that had just occurred outside the village. Gao Pragmatic did not mince his words and told her simply.
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang frowned slightly and said, "He is a dandy and a bit frivolous, but what you did is too much. If you make a fuss, everyone will lose face."
Gao pragmatic pondered for a while and asked: "It stands to reason that the uncle has enlightenment favors for his son. The son really shouldn't do this to his eldest brother. It's just that I just came back and he is so aggressive. If I swallow my anger, I'm afraid he will When he comes down, he will try his best to disturb our peace."
Mrs. Zhang sighed, shook her head and said, "This matter... I'm afraid it was caused by that Jinghua soap."
Gao Jingshi rolled his eyes and asked, "Does he want a share of Jinghua Soap in my mother's hands?"
Mrs. Zhang nodded and talked about the situation in recent months. It turns out that after the highly pragmatic Jinghua soap was put into production, part of its output has been sent to Xinzheng, and Zhang is responsible for running it.
At the beginning, the production capacity was limited, and Zhang didn't get many goods, so he only promoted it as a gift in a small area in Xinzheng. At that time, Gaowu Zi didn't pay much attention. He just came to Zhang to ask for some to take back for his own use and to give away.
Later, Jinghua soap became very popular in the capital, and Nanjing also opened up sales. Sanshenyuan expanded its production three times a year. According to Gao Pragmatic's previous design, the goods sent to Xinzheng were based on production proportions. Now there were too many goods, so Zhang had to start giving them away for sale.
Since he wanted to turn to selling for profit, he couldn't just do it in Xinzheng County. Mrs. Zhang quickly contacted her natal Zhang family in Puzhou to find a few available people and began to operate it throughout Henan.
The Zhang family in Puzhou has been in business for several generations and is extremely wealthy. Of course, they are indispensable for their business talents. In addition, Jinghua soap has become very popular in both the north and the south. It is a huge profit monopoly product. This business is simply too easy for them. .
In less than half a year, Jinghua Soap has opened up in eight prefectures in Henan, especially Kaifeng Prefecture, where Xinzheng belongs. Like the two capitals in the north and south, it is sold out of stock at every turn. Some official families and powerful families have come to Xinzheng through connections. I want to make friends with Mr. Zhang and hope to be able to supply goods individually or make reservations in advance.
The sales were so popular that Zhang not only made a lot of profits, but more importantly, he also got close to many upper-class people in Henan's officialdom and shopping malls. Gao Wuzi, as a dandy who only wanted to take advantage of the situation, was immediately greedy and tried every means to get it. Get involved in it.
It's a pity that Ms. Zhang knew that he was useless, and she always regarded this profit as her eldest son's property. How could a mother be willing to lose her son? Of course, she rejected Gao Wuzi, saying that this was a pragmatic business. You If you want it, go and talk to pragmatism yourself.
Naturally, Gao Wuzi did not dare to write directly to Gao Pangshi, fearing that his third uncle Gao Gong would find out and be scolded by him, so he held a grudge. This time Gao Pragmatic returned to his hometown to take the exam. He had been having a great time in the county seat and was unwilling to condescend to pick up this younger brother. He happened to have all the money on hand and thought that since Gao Pragmatic was back, he might be able to trick him. If you are a major player in the soap business, wouldn’t you no longer have to worry about running out of money?
In Gao Wuzi's view, even if the two capitals in the north and south are out of reach, and the business in Henan is so booming, as a younger brother, it is not too much for you, a filial brother, to honor your elder brother with 10% or 20% of the shares, right? After all, it was my father who taught you how to read when you first became enlightened!
It's a pity that this guy can't even speak when asking for help. After a few non-yin and yang words, the smell of gunpowder started to rise. In the end, he actually ended up like this. He was embarrassed and didn't talk about it, let alone his butt.
After hearing this, Gao Pragmatic felt a little embarrassed. In fact, according to his thinking, if Gao Wuzi wanted the dry shares of the Henan part of Jinghua Soap a long time ago, he would be willing to give it as repayment for his uncle's enlightenment. Anyway, although the soap is indeed very profitable now, in Gao Wuzi It doesn't matter to pragmatic eyes.
For Gao Pragmatic, the soap business is just a business to accumulate the first pot of gold. It is not the core industry in his plan. There will be many industries that are more profitable than soap in the future, so it is no big deal. What's more, it's just a partial shareholding in Henan Province. The money given to Gao Wuzi is certainly a huge sum of money, but what does it mean to him?
If it had been given earlier, maybe there wouldn't be such a thing today.
But it is impossible for Gao Pragmatic to blame Mrs. Zhang for this. After all, in Mrs. Zhang's view, it is a matter of course to take good care of her son's property. If Gao Wu is a useful tool, it would be okay to give him a little bit, but he is a useless person, so Naturally, he refused to give in.
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said: "My uncle has been kind to me and I have to repay it. My eldest brother is my only bloodline. If I am too harsh on him and outsiders don't know, I'm afraid they will say that I am ungrateful, which is not a good thing." "
Mrs. Zhang sighed: "That's the truth, but you guys had a conflict today. If you give him sex at this time, I'm afraid it's not the way to go."
Gao pragmatically took a piece of river carp, pulled out the fish bone, ate it happily, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, if you don't give soap dry stock, I can also give him another fortune. But this is the first time. It’s also the last time. If he doesn’t know how to advance or retreat, I won’t be able to blame him.”
Zhang was surprised and said: "What wealth?"
Gao pragmatic smiled: "My son happens to have a business in his hands. He has started doing it in the capital in the past few months, and the results are pretty good. It's called briquettes... Mother, although we don't have as much coal in Henan as in Shanxi, we still have a lot of coal." Quite a few, let alone Pingdingshan, even if we are in Xinzheng, are we short of coal?"
