Xu Wenda is not a person who cares about these short and long-term people, but now that Xu Wenda knows it, it should be more than just a simple gossip, if it is not good, it will involve the court, Tong Xue immediately ignited the soul of gossip, and looked at Xu Wenda very curiously, "Even you have heard about it, this is a big deal." Tell me what's going on. ”

Xu Wenda looked at Tong Xue looking at his eyes, very useful, "The Zhou family is an imperial businessman, although it is also a businessman, but it is definitely not an ordinary businessman, naturally there are officials in the DPRK and China who take a fancy to the Zhou family's financial resources and want to marry the Zhou family, and the Zhou family hopes to get the protection of rights, so they made a marriage with Zhou Qinlan." ”

Tong Xue asked, "Who did you decide on Miss Zhou?" ”

"Cui Xuan, the son of the servant of the ministry."

According to the ancient family, it seems that the week is high, but this combination of interests, one for wealth and one for profit, is also a good family business.

This kind of high-ranking family gets married, and the rules are more than cow hair, all of which have to be prepared for a long time in advance, and there are a lot of red tape that are quite exquisite, but Zhou Qinlan appeared here, it was obviously a family affair, maybe there were still some unpleasant gossip in the capital, so I left Jianye and came to Yuzhou, which is so far away, "And then, this matter is blown." ”

Xu Wenda nodded, "That's right, so Miss Zhou was sent here to relax." ”

Xu Wenyuan said, "For the Zhou family, this is a very good family affair, so the head of the Zhou family, who is Zhou Qichen's father, tried his best to promote this matter, but there were some other branches in the middle, just a few days ago, Miss Zhou's fiancé suddenly said that he wanted to marry another person, so that Miss Zhou would be a flat wife, and that person was still the daughter of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Tong Xue was very surprised, "Although the Ministry of Rites is in charge of some trivial matters, and it is not as powerful as the Ministry of Officials, but a concubine of a scholar is willing to be a wife to the son of a squire?" ”

Xu Wenda explained. "Of course, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu is not marrying his daughter to the son of a servant of the ministry, but marrying his daughter to the son of the Cui family."

When you were in the capital, you once heard Xu Wenda talk about Jianye's family, although it was only an ear. I didn't remember much, but she still had some impressions of the Cui family, and she still remembered that when she talked about the Cui family, Xu Wenda only used one sentence to describe it, saying that Jin Yu was ruined outside.

It is because of Xu Wenda's comments. Tong Xue is also a little impressed by this Cui family, "Cui family? The Cui family that the emperor didn't like very much? ”

Xu Wenda didn't expect Tong Xue to remember it so clearly, and a sense of pride in his heart arose, "Exactly." The Cui family has been too flamboyant in recent years, and the emperor, who was already displeased with the family, looked at the Cui family more and more unpleasantly. ”

Tong Xue was a little puzzled, "But didn't the Cui family say that it was a great family with a century-old inheritance?" With this kind of family background, why do you need to marry the daughter of an imperial merchant to add icing on the cake? ”

Xu Wenda knew more about this than Tong Xue, so he explained, "Some families look poor. But in fact, it is very substantial, for example, it has always paid attention to the scholarly heirloom, only doing learning, but basically not entering the dynasty as an official, the Sheng family has been a great Confucian for generations, and there is also the Wei family who has the skill of the dragon, and the family also has a queen who gave birth to a prince, who is so powerful that the emperor is afraid of it, but there are also some of them who have slowly declined, and they look at the flowers on the surface. In fact, there are already rotten inside, just like the Cui family. ”

For the current family, especially the Cui family, Xu Wenda is indeed a little disdainful. Speaking of which, Cui Yu's father can become a servant of the Ministry of Officials, and he is already a very outstanding disciple of the Cui family, "The family is very particular about doing things, and the living expenses have their own norms, the expenditure is huge, and there are many concubines, and these people have to be separated after they become families." If the descendants of the descendants of the descendants cannot manage the ancestral property well, the family's assets will not be able to make ends meet. ”

Tong Xue nodded, "No wonder you need the support of the Zhou family." However, the Cui family is really greedy, they not only want the support of the Zhou family, but also want the young lady who is already right with him. ”

Xu Wenda said, "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is something greasy in this matter, of course, the most said is that Miss Zhou's marriage is something that her fiancé doesn't like, and she has a head and end with the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, because someone has seen that Cui Yu and the daughter of the Ministry of Rites are alone, but the daughters of other people don't know how to be concubines, so there is this one." ”

Tong Xue snorted coldly, she hated such a person who was in the twilight of Qin Chu the most, although she knew that most of the world was like this, but she still felt very contemptuous of Cui Yu, "Such a man, don't do it, this is not married yet, so I don't care about it, if you get married in the future, you can pay it back, and you will withdraw from this family affair, it is not good to say that it is a blessing in disguise." ”

Xu Wenda only felt that Tong Xue glanced at him several times when he said this, and he also knew that Tong Xue was willing to give in on many things, but in terms of the relationship between men and women, he was very persistent.

Xu Wenda immediately expressed his position, "For the husband and the lady, he is absolutely wholeheartedly, and he doesn't dare to have two hearts." It is said that this time it was not only Miss Zhou who objected, but even Zhou Qichen was resolutely opposed, which made Miss Zhou withdraw from this family and fulfill the two of them. ”

Tong Xue nodded, obviously appreciating Zhou Qichen's approach, "This is like what a brother should do." ”

Xu Wenda can imagine that Zhou Qichen must be under tremendous pressure in the Zhou family, or the huge benefits of the concession, which can make the Zhou family quit this family business, but for this kind of behavior of protecting his sister, Xu Wenda felt appreciative in his heart, "The Zhou family and the Cui family have broken off this family matter, which is more beneficial to us." ”

Looking at Tong Xue's gaze, Xu Wenda explained, "The Cui family is second only to the Wei family, and the emperor is already a little unhappy with this family business. I almost canceled the qualification of the Zhou family emperor in a fit of anger because of this matter, and now that this family affair has been blown, we will not have to worry about cooperation in the future. ”

In fact, Zhou Qichen did encounter some problems at home.

Zhou Qichen originally managed basically all the money-making properties of the Zhou family, but now in order to let the family agree to give Zhou Qinlan a divorce, Zhou Qichen handed over more than half of the rights in his hands, and now he has only the navigation business and the restaurant in his hands.

The restaurant was not a very profitable industry for the Zhou family, but it has attracted much attention recently because one of the wines was designated as the imperial wine. But the source of imperial wine is not in Zhou Qichen's hands, and the rest of the Zhou family is not interested, of course, the most important thing is that they did not take this matter to heart.

As for the nautical business, everyone wants to take over, and everyone knows that it is very profitable. But Zhou Qichen naturally couldn't give up the business he had single-handedly supported, so after a fight between the two sides, Zhou Qichen finally kept the two pieces he wanted to keep in his hands.

But the situation is not optimistic, because Zhou Qichen found a lot of resources in the family. It was originally used by him, but now some of the commands are not moving, especially those who used to be in the palace.

Fortunately, Zhou Qichen has always been far-sighted and prepared, and naturally cultivated his own manpower, but the time is not yet ripe. There are some things they can't do yet.

Zhou Qichen sighed with emotion, "Fortunately, this drunken immortal brew has already paid tribute before this, if I wait until now, I really don't dare to say that I am completely sure." ”

Zhou Peng, who was standing beside Zhou Qichen, said indignantly, "What was those businesses like when the young master took over that day, and what they are now, they have basically tripled, and those people have big faces, and they actually snatched them from the young master's hands like this, and gave us a stumbling block." ”

Zhou Qichen looked very calm. As if he had unloaded his burden, he said in a relaxed tone, "Without those businesses, it's time to develop the existing business." Maybe it's a blessing in disguise, and I don't like Cui Yu in the first place, but I don't have the right to speak when I get married, and now that I can withdraw from this family business, it's just a little less business, where can it be more important than Qinlan's happiness. Business is gone to be able to figure out a way as long as my mind is still there. I'm not afraid that I won't be able to make money, but if Qinlan's whole life has been ruined because of this family business, I can't be at ease for the rest of my life. ”

Zhou Peng said, "Mrs. Quanxia has knowledge. I will definitely bless the young master and the young lady. ”

The expression on Zhou Qichen's face softened a lot, and then asked, "By the way, Qinlan has arrived in Yuzhou, how is she doing in Yuzhou?" ”

The Zhou family's merchant family rejected the Cui family's marriage, and Zhou Qinlan naturally became a figure on the cusp of the capital for a while. On the topic after tea and dinner, there were still some brothers and sisters in the family who sneered, and during that time, Zhou Qinlan was very depressed.

But after getting to Yuzhou, it was much better, Zhou Peng said, "Without these rumors and rumors of Jianye, Miss was very happy, and listened to Mrs. Xu's opinion, saying that she wanted to experience the customs of Yuzhou." ”

Zhou Qichen nodded with satisfaction, "That's good." ”

Zhou Peng continued to report to Zhou Qichen, "Young Master, there is one more thing. The person who went to Yuzhou to send the lady brought back the news from the shopkeeper Liu, saying that Mrs. Xu gave him a set of wine-making equipment, and said that you know what the instrument is. ”

"Oh?" Zhou Qichen naturally knew, and he had also studied the use of that thing, but later he knew that the thing was only used to purify wine, so he was not as interested as before, in the final analysis, this instrument mainly needs good wine, and the purified effect can be good.

Just like the wine brewed by Tong Xue, even the quality and taste of ordinary wine are very good, so after using this instrument, it will become a sought-after wine, although other wines can also use this method, but the effect is not as good as the effect of Tong Xue's wine.

Tong Xue did this, Zhou Qichen could probably guess Tong Xue's intentions, it was nothing more than that the Zhou family's delivery was too large, and several times Tong Xue proposed that some of the wine she produced could not be sold, and that some of the wine she produced should be kept, saved, and turned into aging, but the reality is that even if all the wine in Tong Xue's workshop is finished, it is still in short supply, and it will be sold out immediately as soon as it is sold.

Zhou Qichen asked, "Didn't you say that Mrs. Xu opened her own brewing workshop?" Can't you get enough wine? ”

Zhou Peng immediately replied, "Yes, that drunken immortal brew is really popular in Jianye, especially the kind of special one, it is hard to find a wine, such a small workshop is really not enough to support our business." ”

Zhou Qichen immediately responded, "Zhou Peng, you go and get a more reliable workshop, since the supply of drunken immortal brewing is tight, let's make good use of this winemaking equipment." ”

After Zhou Peng left, Zhou Qichen sighed with emotion, "This Mrs. Xu is really a surprise." ”

Of course, Tong Xue is not so selfless for the sake of others, she really can't meet the large needs of the Zhou family. That's why I thought of this method, so that with the financial resources of the Zhou family, she can make a large number of high-level wines, and she only needs to be responsible for the boutique.

And Tong Xue has always felt that the core competitiveness of her winemaking lies in her koji recipe, not the method of distilling liquor, so she gave the Zhou family such a favor.

It turns out that after she made this decision, the Drunken Immortal Brew seemed to be more expensive, and her income was even more, which was also a surprise.

Of course, Tong Xue has less time to worry about business recently, and what she is thinking about now is that her younger brothers and sisters at home are coming.

Although the yard next door was already very good, but thinking of living here for the next two years or so, Tong Xue couldn't help but think about moving here, changing there, cleaning everywhere, and the things used by his younger brothers and sisters, all of which were purchased with new ones.

Tong Xue also used different colors for her younger brothers and sisters, such as Xu Wenyuan's, which is a little biased towards Xu Wenda's appearance, the room as a whole is more elegant, as simple as possible, Xu Wan's uses more warm colors, and the decoration in the room is also more bright, Xu Jing's is a pink color, such as goose yellow, light green, pink These are all colors suitable for little girls, and Xu Wenzhao uses more blue.

The size of Qingshan Village's home is limited, and Xu Wenda has promised to send it out, even if Tong Xue has any ideas, he can't show it, and the situation is similar when he arrives at the Zhizhou Mansion, in the final analysis, this is the residence of the imperial court for officials, and it is for every Zhizhou to live, and when Xu Wenda does not do this Zhizhou, the house will be taken back.

Although Tong Xue lived in it, she didn't think it was her home, but now this is different, this is the house she bought, and it is the home for a period of time in the future, and she can arrange it as she wants.

So Tong Xue, who was overly enthusiastic, simply thought about how to deal with the corners and worried about every detail. What kind of furniture is made, what color the bed tent screen wants, she has everything in between. (To be continued.) )