Chapter 40: The Shen Family
"Miss An, 1,000 catties is a lot, what I'm talking about is the yield of the best fish pond, generally speaking, the output of half an acre of fish pond will not exceed 800 catties." The shopkeeper Wang saw that it was An Lan who said that the yield of the fish pond was relatively high, because he thought that this little girl might surprise him.
"That's right, Shopkeeper Wang. I have about 3,000 pounds of fish, do you see if you can finish it? If you can buy them all, I won't sell them to the Dong family, everyone is an acquaintance, of course I will consider you first! An Lan directly said what she thought to the shopkeeper Wang.
An Lan said in her heart: "In ancient times, one catty was 16 taels, and that 3,000 catties were equivalent to 4,800 catties in modern times." It would be nice to use modern measurement methods, and you could earn more money. β
Shopkeeper Wang frowned, quickly thought about it in his heart, and after a long time, Shopkeeper Wang seemed to have figured out the joints, and said politely to An Lan,
"Miss An, if I really have 3,000 pounds, I have to report to the owner before I can call the shots, so can you slow down first? It won't take long to give you an answer tomorrow, you see? The shopkeeper Wang seemed to be afraid that An Lan would not agree, and he didn't notice the use of honorifics unknowingly.
"Shopkeeper Wang, you don't have to report it, I'm going to Taizhou City tomorrow, and by the way, I'll tell you about the fish pond to your young owner, I don't think he won't help with such a trivial matter?" Sure enough, he might as well sell the fish to Shen Moxuan, his guess was not wrong, the restaurant in the town couldn't eat so many fish at once, so he ran for nothing! Besides, the shopkeeper Wang also said just now, let yourself not sell the fish to the Dong family, and it is really difficult for me to sell them again! Thinking of this, An Lan's love was obviously a little lower.
"Miss An, do you know our young owner?" Shopkeeper Wang was visibly taken aback.
"Is your young owner Shen Moxuan?"
"Do you really know each other?" Shopkeeper Wang obviously still didn't believe it, and unconsciously raised his voice.
"Really."
"That's good, that's good!" Shopkeeper Wang's tone was clearly pleasant.
An Lan saw the happy look of the shopkeeper Wang, her face was full of question marks, didn't she just know Shen Moxuan? What is the joy of this shopkeeper?
"Shopkeeper, why are you so γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»?"
"Rejoice! Let me tell you so! Miss An, our owner has set the Ninth Young Master as his heir, and he has laid a foundation by himself, but the Seventh Young Master and the Eighth Young Master are devoted to their careers, and have no intention of doing business, only the Ninth Young Master has loved money since he was a child, and he opened a shop by himself at the age of 10γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
"Your host has eight sons? That's too much! An Lan was surprised.
"The owner only has three sons and one daughter, and these three sons are the seventh, eighth, and ninth young master and eldest lady." Shopkeeper Wang explained.
"What about the eldest young master to the sixth young master?" An Lan was a little curious.
"This has to start from the previous generation of the owner, the Taiyuan Shen family is one of the four major families, the Shen family has been in the court for generations, only to the generation of the grandfather, almost all the men of the Shen family died on the battlefield, and the grandfather was only 6 years old at the time, the grandfather's mother was sad and let the grandfather make an oath, he must not be a general. The grandfather is really amazing, he got up to study, won fame, and finally worshiped the prime minister, the Shen family actually transferred from martial arts to literature, the grandfather was diligent and thrifty all his life, and he did not take a concubine for life, Mrs. Tai gave birth to a total of three sons and a daughter, and our owner is the third son of Mrs. Tai. Shen Tianyao, the eldest master of the Ministry of Industry, married his wife Nangong clan, and the eldest young master to the fourth young master are all his sons; The second master, Shen Tianhui, is a doctor of imperial history, marries his wife Zhang, and the fifth, sixth and seventh young masters are all his sons; Our owner Shen Tianci took his wife Gu, the owner is a strange person, he doesn't love to be an official, he loves business, and the old lady is half angry, Mrs. Tai tears every time he mentions this third son, the owner really can't, so he came to Taizhou City to start doing business, so many years, he has become the richest man in Taizhou City, nine young masters line nine, but we are used to calling him the young owner. β
"Didn't Mrs. Shen give birth to three sons and a daughter? And what about her daughter? β
"This daughter of Mrs. Tai is today's Shen Guifei, who has given birth to two princes and a princess for today's saints. I've heard about it too, but I really haven't inquired about which two princes they are. β
An Lan was a little speechless after hearing this, this is the prime minister and the concubine, the Shen family can be regarded as a glorious ancestor, An Lan is more concerned about the Shen family in Taizhou City, after all, the Shen family in the capital is too far away from him, and it is possible that he will develop in Yongxing Town for the rest of his life, so he only asks what he cares about.
"Then your owner doesn't plan to go back to the family? So he's out of business? β
"I don't know if the owner will return to the family, but I know that the owner will not give up doing business, and I have followed the owner for so many years, and I still know a little bit about his character." When the shopkeeper said this, his heart was full of pride.
"The Shen family is so powerful? I heard that the Chinese people talked about the four major families, but I didn't expect the Shen family in Taizhou City to be so big? It's unbelievable. β
"What's this? The Li family in Taizhou City is also a descendant of the four major families? and Nangong Huang, the prefect of Taizhou, is also a descendant of the Nangong family. It's just that I don't know much about their family! Shopkeeper Wang looked at An Lan's surprised appearance and felt a sense of accomplishment. Thinking of her calm demeanor when she saw this little girl for the first time, Shopkeeper Wang liked the little girl's surprised appearance even more this time, this is what a little girl should look like!
"No, it won't! Why is this Taizhou city so γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» the gathering of heroes. β
"Have you heard of the prefect's deeds?" Shopkeeper Wang smiled a little excitedly.
An Lan looked at the shopkeeper Wang and guessed that he was idle and wanted to find someone to be an audience, but he still wanted to ask about the purchase of land by the Chinese people? What should I do? An Lan was anxious and said to the shopkeeper Wang: "Shopkeeper, the middle man is your younger brother!" Did he come back to you today? An Lan decided to change the subject.
Sure enough, as soon as the shopkeeper Wang heard An Lan talk about his third brother, his face became gloomy.
"Miss Ann! The third brother told me that I was very happy to do business with you, and I also borrowed money to support him, but today he came to me to return the silver to me, and he actually said that he didn't dare to cooperate with you because of the young owner, you said thisγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» this is really angry with me, my third brother! I really don't want to say it, alas! The shopkeeper said that his brother was very helpless.
"Shopkeeper, this is the decision of the Chinese people, he may really have his own ideas!" An Lan didn't expect Shopkeeper Wang to be so excited, as if she had said the wrong thing.
"Miss An, you don't have to comfort me, I still know the character of the third brother, that's it, that's it! We won't talk about that! Shopkeeper Wang sighed and waved his hand to An Lan, looking very helpless.
"The shopkeeper, you are busy first, tomorrow I will directly talk to your young owner about selling fish, I will go back first!" An Lan felt a little guilty when she saw the shopkeeper Wang's appearance, and offered to leave.
"Oh well! Miss Ann walks slowly! "The shopkeeper Wang is still absent-minded.
"Okay, goodbye shopkeeper."
"Hmmm! Miss Ann walks slowly! β