There is a guest from the Commander's Mansion, it is Mr. and Mrs. Wang. They came to thank the Commander's Wife, and the Xue family also figured out that the Commander's Lady Guò recommended a few customers to the Rui Palace. In other words, they want to introduce the wedding necessities to the government for the children of several high-ranking families to marry and marry.

The Commander's Wife warmly received her guests, and the Commander-in-Chief, Tong Tulai, was also present. Don't look at the commander is a second grade, not as high as the official rank of the bachelor, but the commander Tong has military power. The ruler and the exiled governor were of equal rank. The Commander was very polite to his wife's guests, and he also had a lot of respect for Master Wang. Very warm reception of the couple and couple. Although they are all Hanchen, they rarely come and go, and they don't know the purpose of Mr. and Mrs. Wang's visit to the house.

There was no more politeness, the Xue family expressed their gratitude to the commander's wife straight to the point, and his youngest daughter married up satisfied, and Mr. and Mrs. Wang were very pleased. But the couple not only thanked the commander's wife, but also gave the commander's wife a silver ticket of 1,000 taels, and Mr. Wang said: "The good dowry that the lady of your mansion sent to the contempt mansion before, our husband and wife calculated, and only received 200 taels of the good dowry, which is really less." If it weren't for the commander's wife, the little girl would not have had such a satisfactory dowry when she got married. The side Fujin of the Ruiwang Mansion took some of the fabrics and jewelry bought from the foreign land to the Fu Mansion, needless to say anything else, just the two pieces of jewelry called titanium are worth a thousand taels, and other things are not available in the Qing Dynasty, and I also asked the commander's wife to help hand over the silver ticket to the side Fujin. ”

"This can't be! Since the side Fujin of the Ruiwang Mansion wants two hundred taels, you will give two hundred taels, their mansion is doing business, and they must know the reserve price of their goods, and they will think more if you give so much. Of course, I know that you think you are giving too little money, but if you stand in their shoes, you are suspected of bribery. Commander Tong hurriedly said. Knowing that Madame had gone to engage in diplomacy again, although she was unhappy, she did not show the slightest dissatisfaction.

"Oh! Thank you Lord Commander for mentioning it, Wang really didn't expect this, ashamed, ashamed! ”

"It doesn't have to be. We have relatives with Lord Rui in our house, and we know more about Lord Rui than you do. He went from being a monk to now in a high position as a prince, entirely by his own efforts. Although he rescued the driver twice, and still had so many military exploits, he was named a prince by Emperor Taizong, there was no reason why he was the son of Emperor Taizong at all, it was completely his own hard work. The first time was because he rescued Emperor Taizong, who was surrounded by the Ming army and was seriously injured, and the second time was because he was injured by an arrow and his left arm was half disabled because he was rescued by the current saint, and was ordered by the current saint to go back to his house to recuperate. Now that the wars are not so frequent, the emperor will not let him go to the battlefield, but recuperate from his injuries in the house, and if he changes someone, he may lie on the merit book. But from the spring of last year to the spring of this year, for a whole year, he and his Buddhist master, his side Fujin, and personal guards went to a place called a foreign land, and saw that people were richer than ours, so they learned how to grow rice, cultivate flowers, garden, raise goldfish and other skills. Even his side Fujin and Tian guards also learned several skills, and they were ready to come back to teach them to the people in the house, and then used the antiques given by his father-in-law to exchange other people's money in foreign places, not only to cover the expenses for a year, but also to propose to the emperor that he wanted to make money in business and send it to the treasury, and he did not keep the profits at all. Only a part of the payment is deducted as the capital, part of it is sent to the emperor into the treasury, and part of it is given to the maids and women who participate in the processing and work and the people who help sell the goods, what do you think of this person's character? ”

"High Wind and Bright Festival! Throughout the ages, which minister has not made meritorious contributions to his wife and son and leave a name in history? ”

"There's something else you don't know. At that time, Emperor Taizong saw that he was honest and simple, and wanted to make him the prince, but not only his Buddhist master did not agree, but he himself resolutely refused. Is there a prince who doesn't want to be the prince and the emperor? ”

"That's a rarity!"

"He used his own silver as the capital to do business, and after making money, he didn't even want a penny of profit, it seems that not only the history of the Qing Dynasty, but also the three emperors and five emperors have not been there until now, right? Since ancient times, treasures have touched people's hearts, but this free king has not forgotten his righteousness. Let's just tell you about the dowry for the third lady in your house, right? In addition to how much capital they themselves know, does another person know? Who isn't the more silver, the better? He only took 200 taels from you, isn't it very open? ”

"That's right! People are really above board! ”

"I rarely go to the Rui Wangfu, although my niece is the concubine of the Rui Wangye, I must also avoid suspicion, so as not to cause people to be too close to the prince and the courtiers. But what I know from Mrs. is that the Rui Wangfu never beats and scolds the subordinates, and none of the subordinates escapes, all of them are serious about doing errands, and now they are using the rest of the time to do manual work, and then entrust a guard's younger brother to sell it on behalf of him, what do you think of his character? ”

"It's rare!"

After Mr. and Mrs. Wang left, the Lord Commander began to attack Mrs. Wang: "I see that you are going back more and more, I told you not to jump up and down, don't want three aunts and six women, you don't believe it." The emperor has always been very taboo about ministers and princes, and they have been very close to each other, and they are suspected of forming a party for personal gain and plotting rebellion. You not only sent yourself in, but also pulled in Lord Rui, have you had enough of a good life? ”

"Sir, what are you angry with me? Am I not here for our family? But a few women talked about jewelry and children together, where is there any plot to rebel? Who doesn't want to live a good life? The voice of chickens and dogs is not related to each other, isn't it a dead door? Which sharp-mouthed rat is tongue-in-cheek again? ”

"I'm down to business, don't drag the two of you. Yes, you don't have the heart to rebel, do you dare to guarantee that others don't? When the time comes, hundreds of people in our house will have their heads on the ground, and the daughter in the palace will not be lonely in the deep palace, but a white silk! ”

"Sir, don't scare me, okay? Who has a good life but what to do in rebellion? ”

"You don't even seem to have a long brain, so you don't bother to talk to you."

The character of the commander's wife is appreciated by the emperor, just like a blank piece of paper, she is a smiling face with everyone, and she is very affinity. But her daughter Concubine Tong is different, she is always lonely, but she is somewhat similar to her father.

The Commander's warning had zero effect on her, or she went out every day, and now she introduced people to what she wore on her body and on her head, and then people ordered with her and became a salesman, which was really a bit overkill. However, through guò her promotion, it really played a role in promotion, more and more orders, and her employment fee of Yicheng also increased. She wants to make some money, and she has a son who has not married a daughter-in-law, and a concubine who has not married, all of them ask for money.

In fact, the commander is too worried and careful, the lady goes out to engage in diplomacy, it is really not to interfere in the affairs of the country at all, it is purely a gathering between noble ladies, enjoying flowers, watching plays, playing cards, blind dates, piggybacking on some novelties. After that, she didn't mention Rui Wangfu at all, it was purely her own business with others, and she did it very obscurely. Slowly, the goods in the house were sold through the Lady Guò, a shop without shops. They are all sold to the upper class, and the upper class's repair is still relatively high, and they don't mention this at all, but the good things are in hand.

Many people who have bought the fabric of the house have become repeat customers, and they have tasted the sweetness of the lasagna. There are many seams in the fabric with a narrow width, which not only wastes time but also troubles when cutting, and the width of the fabric is different. For example, if a man makes pants out of a wide cloth, he can make a pair of pants with a lot of one meter and two meters. Even a woman's cheongsam is also very convenient, and the hand-sewn is only the seams on both sides. Many eunuchs like the cloth in the hands of the commander's wife, and there are all kinds of materials. There is a kind of fabric called chemical fiber silk is particularly beautiful, the flower shape is beautiful, elegant and generous, and it does not shrink or fade, and the effect is very good, but it is afraid of heat. Then again, who scalds cloth with hot water when they're fine? Baking cloth on the stove?

The prince knew from Fujin that the commander's wife was selling goods for the mansion, and he was also a little worried, for fear that the queen mother would come out with another moth, and when the time came, he would be charged with a crime, wouldn't the mansion harm people. went to the palace to find the emperor, reported the matter directly, and took the responsibility on his head.

The emperor smiled and said, "Aya'er's mother still has this ability?" That's a good thing. ”

"But the emperor, it is in the Qing Dynasty that officials are not allowed to do business, and the commander's wife is kind, so don't become a victim of this law."

"If she's interested, why not? I gave her a decree to make her business legal. ”

So the Commander's Wife received such a holy decree: ...... Li Shifengjiao, the wife of Tong Tulai, the commander of the Blue Banner Protector of the Han Army, is generous, benevolent, enthusiastic and hearty, and has very business qualifications. From now on, he will officially join Prince Rui's business business and help Prince Rui to the best of his ability. The division is calculated as one percent, and no one is allowed to interfere with it. ”

The commander's wife, who received the emperor's decree, immediately raised her eyebrows: in the future, she can do business justifiably and generously, and she will not have to be scolded by her husband for her three aunts and six mothers-in-law.

So I came to my niece's house more diligently. If it weren't for the fact that the goods were from the side Fujin, she would have been able to come to the house every day. Not only to make money, but she also likes those exotic goods, and bought a lot of goods for her son and concubine as dowry and dowry under the banner of others.

Besides, after Mrs. Wang's daughter Xue's daughter got married, her daughter's best friend saw those novelty goods at Miss Wang's wedding, and one by one her eyes were so greedy that her eyes were full of gold stars, and she ran to Miss Three's maiden house and begged Xue to buy the same baby as Miss Three.

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, I know that you like the dowries of the three girls in our house, so you can write a list of the goods you need, and then I will intercede with the commander's wife, I must have written it clearly."

"Madame Wang, how can there be any such thing as the Commander's Lady here? Isn't the Commander's wife the mother of Tong Niangniang in the palace? ”

"Those novelty goods were bought from abroad by the relatives of the commander's wife, and many of them were not available in the market. For example, the kind of particularly good-looking through-dragon yarn hanging in the inside of the tent, which we absolutely do not have in the Qing Dynasty, what is it called lace yarn, how to look good. ”

"Yes, yes, then please intercede with the Commander's Wife, we also want that kind of yarn, and that kind of little doll with real human skin, it's so beautiful! Placed in the newlywed cave room...... the little girl blushed.

Mrs. Wang's Xue handed over the list written by these eldest ladies to Mrs. Commander, and then Mrs. Commander went to Rui Wangfu to negotiate. The Xue family is very trustworthy, and he didn't mention the three words of Rui Wangfu with these young ladies, but only mentioned the commander's wife, because the commander's wife is allowed by the emperor to do business and sell goods.

The commander's wife doesn't need a shop to do business, and it doesn't matter if she hands over the bill of goods to Fujin. The goods were ready, Yun'er indicated the amount of money under each manifest, and the maid in the courtyard sent it to the Fujin Dormitory. The commander's wife paid all the money on her behalf, and went back to ask for the money herself. She is very creditworthy, that is, she collects money according to Yun'er's list, and does not overcharge at all.

This shop, which did not have a shop pù, began to operate until the death of Concubine Tong, and it was prosperous for five or six years. Concubine Tong's death hit the commander's wife quite hard, and she also fell ill, and she was sick for several years, which is a later story.