Scattering wealth and silk is showing its edge (2)

After getting into the carriage, Du Ruhui covered his forehead with his hands, closed his eyes and leaned against the wall of the carriage, his face flushed red. "But too much?" Mu Qing looked at his face closely, and a smell of wine enveloped her familiar breath hit her face. He took the hand off his forehead and said with a smile, "Today is a little too much." But it was half done, and it was not in vain that I poured so much wine. ”

"Is this to ask Kang Lang to take over Du Yan's salt industry?" Mu Qing asked, puzzled in his heart, "Doesn't it mean that now that there is no salt ban, the salt business should not be monopolized by one person?" Don't let Du Yan monopolize it, and replace it with Kang Lang's possession, shouldn't it be? ”

Du Ruhui leaned against the wall of the car, closed his eyes, and said leisurely: "The singer of Qiyuefang found out that Kang Lang wanted to sell salt to the west, and he always sighed that Du Yan Xue was dominant. He was unable to dominate alone, so he asked him to take over, and asked Steward Liu to come forward to take over with him, so that he could go to the Western Regions to sell, and Steward Liu would divide it into several co-ventures, aiming to spread this business layer by layer, so that the whole business would be like loose sand, and when Du Yan slowed down, he would no longer be able to take it back. ”

"If Du Yan doesn't come to find trouble again, don't force him to come here? Although it hurt him, it also really worked hard for himself. Mu Qing sighed and said.

Du Ru straightened up obscurely, changed his tired state just now, and said with a joke on the corner of his lips: "It's really a little tired." Who taught him to take a wife with me? Then he leaned back to the wall of the car, rubbed his forehead and said: "Someone will do this sooner or later, which one will be profitable to start first, and it is good to do it first when you get the opportunity, once and for all, and then push the boat down the river to sell personal favors to Kang Lang, Hu Shang in the Western Regions is the most grateful to repay it." Alas, I'll do everything here, and the rest will be left to Liu to take care of the aftermath. ”

After that, the carriage had entered the Qiyue Residence through the side door. Ah Liu had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time, and finally when someone came back, he hurriedly stepped forward to help her out of the car. Mu Qing turned around and saw that Du Ruhui was a little floating and stumbling when he got out of the car, he had never seen him like this, he couldn't help but smile slightly, called Du Qi to hurry up and help, and took him back to the house to rest.

In the dead of night, Ah Liu put down the curtain beside the couch and went to sleep. Mu Qing opened his eyes again, looking at the lines on the curtains intently, his mind was going over and over again with Du Ruhui's plan, Kang Lang's words and laughter, and even the song and smile of the singer in Qiyue Fang, and there was a thought in his heart that was about to move. However, Lian Yue has been cautious and cautious, tossing her physically and mentally exhausted, at this time in the middle of the moon in the end, before she can think through the thoughts that just appeared, her eyelids can't support it, and she falls asleep groggy.

The next few days were very peaceful and idle, because she was inconvenient to go out, she could only wander in the middle of the moon, Du Ruyan was busy with trivial matters, and could not be accompanied by empty days and days, afraid that she would be bored when she thought of her deceased relatives, and aroused sadness, so she invited Yu Li to stay for a few more days, treat him as a brother, Yu Li resigned, and then Mu Qing talked about going to their own things in the future, I am afraid that it will be difficult to see each other again, and the sad words of gathering time are rare, and then I agreed.

Just after the Chinese Valentine's Day, the weather was still sunny and hot, but the heat had dissipated, and the cool breeze of the morning carried the fragrance of cinnamon. Ada got Du Ruhui's instructions, and taught Yinghua boxing, kicks, and sticks every morning and evening to boil her muscles and bones, and Mu Qing watched with interest on the side, sometimes laughing with her. During the day, I either held a scroll and looked at the water at the window for a while, or gossiped with Yu Li and played chess, and the time passed quickly.

Early in the morning of this day, Du Ruhui sent people to prepare carriages and horses, and took Mu Qing directly from Qiyueju to the front of Qiyuefang. The door is only open every day, and the door is usually closed during the day. When the carriage stopped, the door opened halfway, and they were ushered in. The last time Mu Qing entered Qiyuefang, there was a scene of singing and dancing and spending a full moon, but at this time it was deserted, and there was not a single singer and dancer, only a few servants bowed their heads and carefully sprinkled and dusted, working silently, without saying a word. She looked around a little, and then followed Du Ruhui upstairs, it was still the same compartment last time, the window facing the Cao River was wide open, and there was already a person in the compartment sitting against the window next to the desk.

The two entered the compartment, and the people sitting there hurriedly turned their heads and got up to salute, it was the steward Liu Ao. Mu Qing didn't dare to accept the salute, turned around slightly, and returned the salute with a smile. Liu Ao swept Mu Qing around without a trace, he was younger, but he looked steady, his face was beautiful and light, and he was not stunning.

As soon as she sat down, she noticed that there seemed to be something strange in the Cao River outside the window, and there were several official boats on the river, sealing the river to death, and there were soldiers on the shore to guard it.

"Of the 20 salt ships that Du Yan had, 19 were scuttled yesterday night. Now that he has lost the money on the salt, he can't afford to buy raw silk anymore. This year, seven or eight out of ten of the raw silk produced by the autumn silkworms in the south of the Yangtze River have been collected by me, if there is no raw silk, he is afraid that he will not be able to pay this year's tribute. Liu Ao reported lightly, slowly boiling a pot of tea on the red clay stove, as if telling an inconsequential matter, but Mu Qing was shocked when he heard it, and the blood around his body rushed straight to his brain, needless to say, the shipwreck disaster must have been arranged by Liu Ao, and this blow to the bottom of the kettle forced Du Yan to give up the salt business, and raise money to buy raw silk from Liu Ao at a high price to pay the annual tribute, in order to save his life. The means are old and decisive, no wonder the old woman of the Du family relies on it so much and dares to entrust her net worth to him to take care of.

Looking at Du Ruhui again, he took the teacup handed by Liu Ao, carefully picked off the tea powder and scattered osmanthus petals floating on the surface of the tea with small bamboo slices, handed it to Mu Qing, and took the second cup of tea handed by Liu Ao, took two sips, and then spoke, "The person who did things last night is safe?" ”

"Ah Lang rest assured, it's safe, all the people who did it were people from the rivers and lakes and green forests who came to the south, and they collected the money and went back to Zhuya County in the morning, no matter how he investigated, he couldn't hold back the sore feet." Du Ruhui nodded, quite satisfied, but Liu Ao hesitated, "Even if I sell the raw silk to him at a higher price, I still have to pay him the money for the transfer of the right to sell salt first, so that he can have the money to buy raw silk." It's just that all the money on my side is used to harvest raw silk, and there is no room for turnover. ”

"How much is missing?" Du Ruhui asked.

Liu Ao had already calculated it, and simply said: "If it is counted in terms of shares, Kang Lang will only occupy one share of his possessions, and we will occupy two shares, but the treasury is only enough to cover one, and there is still a vacancy for one." The solution is nothing more than two, or find another family to co-operate, or let the Qiyuefang out, or let the Qiyuefang out. ”

"The house of Qiyueju is a grandmother's dowry, and it can't be sold. Qiyuefang is the eyes and ears of Huainan, and it is also indispensable. Du Ruhui exhaled a breath from his chest and frowned deeply, "If you want to find another family to co-operate, I'm afraid that it will not be easy to control it in the future, this matter needs to be carefully considered, is there no other way for Steward Liu to do it?" ”

Liu Ao put down the tea set in his hand, put his arm against the window frame, and looked at Cao He solemnly, and there was no sound in the compartment for a while. Outside the window, the chaotic noise by the Cao River came one after another, high and low. "Steward Liu wants to find someone to co-operate, how about counting me? I don't know how many treasury parties are enough to cover the last one. Mu Qing suddenly spoke, breaking the silence softly, the two looked at her in surprise, she pursed her lips and smiled and said: "Although there is no cash, there are some calligraphy, I have cashed it, and it is worth a little bit." ”

"Mu Qing!" Du Ruhui raised his hand to stop her and said further, "That's a little thought left by your father, how can you get rid of it so lightly." ”

"Daddy, if he knows that you have broken the hegemony of the salt industry and benefited the people, he will be happy. Besides, I also want to make a living for myself, and I know that selling salt is very profitable, so it can be regarded as a good livelihood, so why can't I do this two-pronged thing? It's just that Qi Niang doesn't know how to buy and sell, although she has made money, but she still relies on Steward Liu's management, and at the end of the year, half of my share of the profits will be given to Steward Liu. Mu Qingshuang explained clearly, Du Ruhui groaned for a moment, and no longer refused, so he answered her. As for what she said about sharing profits with Liu Ao, Liu Ao refused to accept it no matter what, insisting that this was an internal matter, and if she insisted on sharing it again, she would look down on him Liu Ao.

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