Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 24 Yunji incense shop, beauty brings disaster

Since that day, no one has come to this Yunji incense shop to make trouble, but Xingqing Street has not calmed down because of this, but it has become more lively.

"There are quite a lot of people. It seems that the spice shop has gained a firm foothold in the capital!" Jia Ying, who had just arrived here, saw the booming business of Yunji Incense Shop.

Qi Sixian looked at the man beside him, but she was surprised in her heart, she had been by his side since Yueyang, but she didn't know that he had opened such a big shop in the capital silently.

It's just that she couldn't figure it out in her heart. He was obviously a nobleman with a promising official career, but he would be interested in business affairs.It's not that she discriminates against businessmen, but that in today's era, business affairs are considered low-level business in the eyes of officials and lords, and no one will lower their status to handle it in person.

Are you afraid that no one will give them money after passing the examination and entering the official career?Even if it's just a small sesame official, there will be a lot of merchants coming to seek refuge.

In these days and months, no matter where you do business, especially in the capital, it is absolutely impossible to do business without an official background.

Jia Ying naturally understands this truth. You see, those old men in Jia's mansion are struggling to survive, and they just blindly put pressure on the farmers, except for Wang Xifeng, who is a strong back house woman, or someone like Jia Yun. Those who need to make a living by themselves will handle this kind of work, but even Wang Xifeng is only involved in the high-end financial field.

Otherwise, why would the Xue family, who is an imperial merchant, rank at the bottom of the four!

But then again, a man can't build a family without money.Without money support, he can only become a vassal of the Ning Mansion, how can he do anything freely.

The other is to leave a way out for myself, even if nothing happens in the future, it is better to withdraw early, in case the Jia family still cannot escape the fate described by Mr. Cao, with money, he can always buy some female family members of the Jia family, right? If it doesn't work, you can manage it up and down, so that the whole family will be exiled to Yunnan. Who will he be afraid of when he arrives in Yunnan?

Yunnan is dominated by chieftains, at least for now.

There is nothing wrong with thinking about it, although it is a bit remote, but it is a good place to be known as the Spring City for future generations. The family is free and happy, playing happily, isn't he good?

The three of them approached the incense shop and said they were looking for the shopkeeper here.

Not long after, I saw a middle-aged man dressed as a rich and handsome man, and a strong but somewhat barbaric young man came out.

"Second Master!"

"Cousin!"

The two greeted Jia Ying when they saw Jia Ying from a distance.

There was also a smile on Jia Ying's face showing the reunion of relatives after a long absence.

"Cousin Enci, Shopkeeper Tong!"

After exchanging pleasantries, the two sides were invited into the back hall.

Xi'er accompanied Qi Sixian and walked around the spice shop.

"I was still thinking about who my grandfather would send to the capital, and he appointed someone who was close to me, but I didn't expect it to be my cousin!" Jia Ying said after thinking about her cousin Mu Enci, then turned to shopkeeper Tong and said, "Old Tong, I have been in the capital for quite a while, and I haven't seen you coming to see me. I thought you've become a rich man, and your horizons are higher, so you can't see me as the second master!"

Mu Enshi is his uncle's second son, a few years older than him, but a brother who grew up together when he was a child.

Shopkeeper Tong, whose real name is Tong Sihai, has a legendary experience.

Tong's family was originally a family of country gentry, and his father was a big landlord who was delayed by the imperial examination. Put it on Tong Sihai.

Tong Sihai is also a man of good looks, much better than his father. He passed the high school provincial examination at a young age, as a juror, and has money to pave the way.

Later, because he offended someone while in office, he was forced by the other party to have his family ruined, his wife and children separated, and himself imprisoned. Finally, he was sent to Yunnan.

Then he met Jia Ying who was still young in Yunnan, and brought him back to Mufu. Tong Sihai not only read better than his father, but also inherited his father's business skills. Mu Tianchi took a fancy to him. Therefore, after some management, he was bailed out and changed his name to Tong Sihai to help the Mu family with business matters.

Later, when the exile period expired, Xu Shi saw through the officialdom and was unwilling to face the pain of the past, but Tong Sihai did not want to return to his hometown, and stayed in Mufu as a shopkeeper. Now in Guangdong, he is already a well-known wealthy merchant. up.

This time when he entered Beijing to open up business routes, Tong Sihai came to manage it himself.

"Second Lord, where is this? Old Tong, I thought that Second Master would be busy with many things soon after he returned to Beijing, so he didn't rush to disturb the house." Tong Sihai and Jia Ying knew each other for a long time. I also understand Jia Ying's temperament, so I don't feel restrained when speaking.

I only heard him say again: "Furthermore, this shop has just opened, and there are troubles coming to the door. Old Tong, I really couldn't tell where I was from the past two days!"

"Then why don't you come to the house to look for me?" Jia Ying said with a smile.

On Tong Sihai's increasingly blessed face, he narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Second Master is our old Tong's boss, how can we bother him with everything! Second Master, don't worry, Lao Tong entrusted the way of the Nan'an Palace, and it has been resolved. .”

Jia Ying teased: "Old Tong, you are not being kind. The Nan'an Palace also contributed money and efforts. Why did you refuse to accept it? Be careful to let the Nan'an King know."

Shopkeeper Tong didn't answer, just squinted and smiled.

Jia Ying turned to Mu Enci again and asked, "Is the journey going smoothly, cousin?"

Mu Enci nodded with a smile and said: "Shopkeeper Tong is in a hurry, I can only take some of them to the north first, and the rest are still on the way."

"Then are you going back to the south this year? It's the twelfth lunar month, and the canal has started to ice up, and it's a bit far away by land. Why don't you stay in Beijing for the winter, and you can help Lao Tong along the way!"

Before Mu Enci opened his mouth, Tong Sihai spoke first: "Second master, it's not Lao Tong, I don't want to stay in the capital, it's because there are too many things in the south, and our family is all there. I'll leave after a long time." worried."

Jia Ying frowned slightly, he knew the meaning of Tong Sihai's words, which was to ask him to find someone to replace him, after all, the south is their root.

Just let Jia Ying find such a person for a while.

"Can't wait until next year? It's only a year."

Tong Sihai said with a wry smile: "Second Master, I'm afraid you don't know how chaotic the south is now. The salt market in Jianghuai and other places has a big problem. Now Guangdong Salt is sharpening their knives and preparing to go north. Now I If I leave, I'm afraid when I go back, our family's business will be robbed."

"The dispute between Huaiyan and Cantonese salt?" Jia Ying keenly grasped this information. The battle in the shopping mall is backed by the local government. I'm afraid Lin Ruhai will be in trouble.It's just that this kind of general trend, he can't get involved now.

Tong Sihai was still afraid that Jia Ying would not agree, so he began to ramble again: "Second Lord, you also know that this shopping mall is like a battlefield. Under the general trend, if you don't advance, you will retreat. It's not my old Tong who is greedy for money. With our current status, we don't care about it." Is that ten thousand eight taels of silver?"

Jia Ying looked at Tong Sihai's treacherous appearance, and felt a little funny in her heart: "You don't care about money, are you still a careerist? I have never seen anyone more treacherous than you. This Tong Sihai was just like his father for the first half of his life. Let’s face it, father and son are obviously businessmen, so why not go to the test for fame!”

However, Jia Ying also knew that he might not be able to keep Tong Sihai, so he turned his voice and said, "You can leave alone, but I have to arrange the affairs here, so that I can find people who will be able to handle it. The money that will be needed in the future is no longer a small amount, and there are pass yamen along the way, you have to take care of it for the Lord."

Tong Sihai nodded and said: "Second Master, you just need to rest assured that my old Tong will never have a head and an tail when doing things. I am already talking about the nearby shops, but I just want to eat up a whole street. I'm afraid the King of Nan'an If one family is not enough, it depends on your ability, Second Master, Old Tong, I am a merchant, so I can't reach it."

Jia Ying nodded in agreement, this was the division of labor between them, otherwise there would be no basis for cooperation, even if he was kind to Tong Sihai again, but the relationship established by affection would eventually have to be a safety lock of interests.

Afterwards, the three of them discussed again and finalized a rough plan, and then Jia Ying said to Mu Enci: "Cousin, please let me know before going back this time, so I can prepare some scenery of the capital for you to take back with you." To grandpa and uncle."

But at this moment, there was a noise coming from outside, a guy came to report that the person who came with Jia Erye was in trouble, Jia Ying frowned slightly, and walked out.

Women have an innate interest in rouge and gouache, even women like Qi Sixian are no exception.

Especially the spices from southern Xinjiang are of high quality, so even though Jia Ying left her aside, she didn't feel bored.

But at this moment, several luxuriously dressed young men came from outside the store.

"Man, call your shopkeeper out to serve you. I heard that your spice shop is the largest in the capital. Show all the good spices for you to have a look at. If you can satisfy you, it is a must. Your benefit!"

After they entered the store, they looked casual, as if they didn't care about the strong official background of this store.

The visitor is a customer, and the jobs in the store are all carefully selected by Tong Sihai, and he will not act recklessly based on his own background. At the moment, he only said that the shopkeeper was busy and absent, and threw out another flattering and flattering speech. It also amused a few people.

But at this moment, one of the sharp-eyed people happened to see Qi Sixian in the shop, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

It's not that there are no women in this shop, but they are all ordinary people with ordinary looks.

On the contrary, Qi Sixian's appearance and temperament are all first-class women, and at this moment she is wearing a veil, wearing a reddish-brown cloak embroidered with peonies, a pair of silver butterfly amber pendants in her ears, and a golden step to hold her jet-black hair , coiled into an exquisite willow-leaf hairpin, and pinned with a palace flower, as long as a man is not blind, he can't help but look at it a few times and bump into the wall a few times.

It's just that ordinary people will know that the other party is not an ordinary woman when they see this kind of attire, so naturally they won't provoke her.

However, these young men are obviously an exception.

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