The next day, Liu Yan took his friend back to the capital, and before leaving, he once again instructed Shi Lu Shangyi to take care of Chen Wenhui and his party. Lu Shangyi naturally agreed. After Chen Wenhui waited for Liu Yan to leave, she moved to Lan Shanghan's house in Suzhou City. Because the Lan family often collects silk and satin in Songjiang, Jiading and other places, they have a house in Suzhou City and Songjiang City.

Because Chen Wenhui was entrusted to Lu Shangyi by Liu Yan repeatedly, and he was the daughter of Huzhou Thorn Shi in the neighboring province, Lu Shangyi was very concerned and asked his wife to take Lu Shangyi's daughter to the Lan family to visit Chen Wenhui.

Lu Shangyi has two sons, Lu Boyuan and Lu Jikun, and only one daughter, Lu Shumin. Lu Shumin is fifteen years old, and she has already held a ceremony, a woman from a scholarly family, she has only read women's rings and the like, and has not learned anything else. Everyone who reads is a woman, and a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, and there are very few people like Hu Zhili who teach her daughter a lot of knowledge.

Lan Shanghan was very happy, because Chen Wenhui lived in his home, and he met Lu Shangyi, a thorn Shi trusted by Suzhou. After this drought, the cotton planting area of the Lan family has been greatly expanded, and it has got an opportunity for rapid development, and has joined forces with many small silk merchants in Suzhou to prepare to do cotton textile business together.

In addition to these, Lan Shanghan's best friend Chen Yuanheng became the thorn history of Huzhou, which means that the Lan family's business in Huzhou has a protective umbrella, and later in order to save the drought in Heyang Prefecture, Lan Shanghan got acquainted with Bai Jiayuan, the thorn history of Heyang Prefecture, which is equivalent to giving the Lan family a development opportunity in Heyang Prefecture. Now he has the opportunity to get acquainted with Lu Shangyi, the trusted assassin in Suzhou, which really makes Lan Shanghan overjoyed.

It's just that this Lu Shangyi scholar is angry, looks down on businessmen, and has always been indifferent to Lan Shanghan, if it weren't for Chen Wenhui living in the Lan family, it is estimated that Lu Shangyi would not have to deal with Lan Shanghan. Later, Lan Shanghan thought of a way and said that his wife was born in the Li family in Ancheng, Huzhou. The Li family's academy has a very high status in the eyes of Confucian scholars, and the Li family has been a scholar for generations and has educated countless people. Lu Shangyi had a better attitude towards Lan Shanghan after hearing this.

Lu Shangyi took care of Chen Wenhui very carefully, so when Chen Wenhui said that he wanted to buy and confiscate the property of corrupt officials, of course Lu Shangyi agreed, but he also wondered how such a big thing could be handed over to a ten-year-old girl, and then after thinking about it, I had heard in the capital that the upbringing methods of girls in noble families were different from those of their scholars. When the girls of the family reach the age of ten, they have to learn to be housekeepers. The housekeeper has a lot to learn, such as reading the ledger, such as knowing some agricultural things. You also need to understand some human customs and etiquette and other things. So. Now I see Chen Wenhui doing things here alone with the servants. I didn't think it was strange anymore. Later, his wife took her daughter to the Lan family several times, and there were really many people who visited Chen Wenhui, calligraphy, and tea ceremony. Appreciating porcelain, you can know what kind of fabric it is at a glance, the approximate price, and the most important thing is that Chen Wenhui is very fast in arithmetic.

After returning home, Mrs. Lu said with emotion: "Master, is the way we raise our daughters wrong?" You see, Miss Chen is half younger than our Shumin, but the housekeeper is in good order with the servants. It's neater than me, who has been in charge of the family for half my life. Therefore, now those who are in better conditions like to marry girls from families, and they don't like the girls from our families. The girls in our family barely know a few words, and many girls in the family don't even know a word, and they go out in the future. How can you stay in your in-law's house, have children, teach your husband and children, and manage family affairs? ”

After hearing this, Lu Shangyi frowned and thought for a while, but did not speak. Mrs. Lu had no choice but to let her daughter go to Wen Hui to play more. I went a lot, and found that even Mingzhu was very capable, family affairs, things in my mother's hospital, and I was in charge of the pharmacy. In comparison, his daughter is much worse. Mrs. Lu said many times in front of Lu Shangyi that Lu Shangyi's headquarters cared.

Because Lu Shangyi's management methods are very tough, stipulating that all confiscated items and property are concentrated in the provincial capital Suzhou City for unified sale, it will take a while for these many items to be counted and evaluated. During this period of time, Chen Wenhui waited for the second brother while visiting Suzhou City with Mingzhu.

The city of Suzhou is very prosperous, the business atmosphere is strong, and everything from the southeast and northwest can be bought here. Mingzhu and Chen Wenhui were not short of money in their hands, so they bought a lot of money. However, although they bought a lot of things, most of them were worthless small things, such as the latest embroidery patterns, ribbons, new colors of embroidery thread, fine Suzhou embroidery, and some porcelain, small jade pieces, and knick-knacks, most of which were of good quality and low price.

Mingzhu also went to the door to find a big pharmacy, while contacting to buy some medicinal materials, and at the same time selling the pills produced at home. With the help of Chen Wenhui, he really made several deals. Mingzhu was very happy.

In the blink of an eye, it was time to sell the goods, and early in the morning, Lu Shangyi sent officials to invite Chen Wenhui and Mingzhu. Chen Wenhui and Mingzhu sat in a car and were accompanied by officials to the official store. Because Chen Wenhui was a VIP personally explained by Lu Shangyi, the officials in the store were very polite and asked Chen Wenhui and Mingzhu to choose first.

Chen Wenhui and Mingzhu arrived in the middle of the store, and saw Lu Shangyi and another elegant old gentleman, who were wondering, Lu Shangyi beckoned to them, and the two little girls hurriedly went over to greet them.

Lu Shangyi introduced Chen Wenhui and Mingzhu: "These two girls, one is Miss Chen, the daughter of Chen Tingshi in the neighboring province, and the other is Miss Hu, the granddaughter of Lord Hu Zhili in the capital. These two girls originally came with the King of Jinjun, and when the King of Jinjun left, he repeatedly told him to take good care of them. ”

At the same time, he said to the old gentleman: "Two girls, this Mr. Ma is the largest salt merchant in the local area, and he is a famous squire in Suzhou. ”

Chen Wenhui understood that this was the emperor's brother Ma Jingren. It's really better to meet than to be famous, this Ma Jingren doesn't have the breath of a businessman at all, and he looks more noble than the assassin next to him, thinking about it, this can be regarded as a compatriot with the emperor, can it not be noble? Chen Wenhui guessed that this Ma Jingren should not only be a salt merchant, but also shoulder the responsibility of supervising Jiangnan for the emperor, and he should be the uncrowned king, just like the famous Cao Yin of Cao Xueqin's ancestor.

Thinking in their hearts, Chen Wenhui and Mingzhu saluted Ma Jingren very politely. Ma Jingren saw Chen Wenhui, the daughter of a family, saluting him as a businessman, and understood that this girl knew his identity, and he didn't break it, so he asked with a smile: "The two girls are really pearls and jade dew, they must be buying things for the family." I wonder what the two girls are going to buy? ”

Chen Wenhui didn't hide it, and said with a smile: "Old man, I want to buy some shops on behalf of my mother." ”

Mingzhu saw that Chen Wenhui said, and also said: "Old man, I want to buy some medicinal materials on behalf of my mother." ”

Not only is Ma Jingren strange, but Lu Shangyi is also strange. Lu Shangyi had already guessed that Mingzhu must have bought medicinal materials, and Mingzhu's mother, Hu, rescued the poor, which was known to Confucian scholars all over the world, so Lu Shangyi, who had been early on, asked his subordinates to sort out the medicinal materials and prepare for Mingzhu to pick. But he definitely didn't expect that Wen Hui came to buy a store. In his thought, a little girl had probably come to buy some silk and satin, head jewelry, and the like. After all, these things are bought in this way, and they are generally only 50% of the price on the market.

Lu Shangyi didn't speak, and Ma Jingren continued to ask: "Oh, Miss Chen, if you want to buy a shop, it will cost a lot of money?" Do you bring a lot of money? ”

Wen Hui said with a smile: "My mother has long heard that there will be many shops to buy this time, because the business in Suzhou is very developed, and the shops have always been a hot item, if it weren't for this opportunity, it would be really difficult to buy a large amount of money, so I prepared silver early and wanted to take the opportunity to buy some." It's just that I don't know much about the situation in Suzhou, and I hope that the old gentleman will give me advice. ”

Lu Shangyi was already very surprised when he saw Wen Hui's generous answer, and he was even more surprised when he heard this.

Ma Jingren raised his eyebrows when he heard this and said, "Oh, I can give you advice, but I don't know what you want?" ”

Wen Hui smiled, at this time, Lu Shangyi had already called the official in charge, and Chen Wenhui asked the official about some information, such as how many stores were sold in total, which cities they were in, where they were located, and what price. The official hurriedly took out the booklet and answered them one by one, Wen Hui took out a small abacus from the baggage, and listened to it while dialing the abacus to calculate.

Ma Jingren was not surprised, but Lu Shangyi was dumbfounded.

After asking, Chen Wenhui also finished counting, and then, Chen Wenhui said to Ma Jingren: "Mr. Ma, I don't know what you want to buy?" ”

Ma Jingren said: "The old man is going to buy some land, and it is better to buy some shops, but I mainly want to buy a shop in Yangzhou, after all, my home is in Yangzhou, which is also convenient to manage." In addition, I knew that there were a few antique calligraphy and paintings that I wanted, so I wanted to buy them back and play with them. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said: "The old gentleman is a local, so it is naturally the best way to buy land, but the price of land in Suzhou is high, and it is not easy to buy, and it is not that the land in Suzhou has more production, but because there are too many rich people in Suzhou, there is no good place to invest in the money we make, only to buy land, and after a long time, the price of land will become more and more expensive." ”

Lu Shangyi was even more surprised when he heard Chen Wenhui's words, this little girl not only has a good abacus, how can she even know this?

Chen Wenhui continued: "We are not locals, so we don't want to buy land in Suzhou, because the land is not easy to take care of, and the province is carrying it, besides, the main thing is that the land here is too expensive, and the same money can be bought elsewhere, so you can buy a lot more." ”

Ma Jingren nodded and said, "What Miss Chen said is very right, I don't know if Miss Chen has a plan for the old man?" ”

Chen Wenhui was very surprised that Ma Jingren would ask this, and said with a flash of big eyes: "The old gentleman has eaten more salt than the younger generation has eaten rice." Where can I be favored by the old gentleman for this little ability? However, I do have a Jianyì, and the old gentleman will listen to it. I don't think you can put your eggs in one basket, it's called risk-sharing. They all buy land in one place, and if they are affected by a disaster, the risk is too great. Therefore, I can also buy some land in the province next to Suzhou Province, so as to reduce the risk. ”

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What's next? I feel that my writing is improving, and I hope that feeling will continue to be maintained, and I hope that one day I will be able to write something that everyone will enjoy.