Jinan.

Wang Kang is not very dignified in front of his three sons, but as the father of the country, he still has a respected status in the eyes of others other than his three sons.

Now that the prohibition of alcohol has actually existed in name only, Wang Kang is too lazy to do the liquor business anymore, so he only throws this big stall to Wang Qin to deal with, that is, for his stewards to have a way to live.

Wang Kang himself started a salt business.

In fact, Wang Kang didn't even want to sell salt, although he used to blame Wang Zhu for breaking the family business. But at this time and at that time, with his current status, he feels that he is a businessman no longer in the business.

Wang Kang is old, and his reaction is not as fast as his three sons, but as the head of the family, his vision is not bad, and he has slowly understood in the past few months that it was the right decision for his sons to give up the wine industry in exchange for court status. It's just that he doesn't accept it.

Who would have thought that in just two years, the Wang family has become incomparable.

The so-called Shinong industry and commerce, what Wang Kang planned to do was to make the Wang family among the first-class scholars, and for this purpose, he mainly did several things after arriving in Jinan.

The first is to set up a school to let the children of the Wang family study; the second is to let go and buy land; The third is to seek marriage with the family of famous scholars...... Thinking about the diligent operation for more than ten years, the Wang family can also be regarded as a 'family of cultivation and study'.

He already felt that wearing an official uniform made people call himself "Lord Wang" too rustic, and he liked to dress up in a lupine scarf to make people call himself "Mr. Wang", and often held a copy of "Analects" in his hand to read, and he never got to the fifth page after reading and reading. In Aunt Shen's words, "Why should the master embarrass himself", but Wang Kang is just happy to do it.

It's a pity that it didn't take long for Wang Xiao to divide the land bought by Wang Kang, and Wang Xiao also "persuaded" him not to annex the land in the future. Dad, you've got to keep up with me......"

Wang Kang was angry and helpless, in short, he couldn't do anything about this son of the country. I had to put my mind on building a school, teaching and educating people.

It didn't take long for Wang Xiao to let go of the official system, and the children of the Wang family, including some villains in charge, were arranged to work in various places, and Wang Kangjian's school was requisitioned to teach people some miscellaneous studies.

This is ...... Wang Kang regarded himself as having cultivated a lot of talents for his son.

Seeing that Wang Kang was quite frustrated, Wang Xiao casually threw millions of stones of grain to lure him to sell salt.

Wang Kang was furious.

"At that time, I wanted to sell wine, but you didn't let me sell it, and now with my status, you want me to run the business of a businessman again......"

Before he could finish his roar, he was interrupted by Wang Xiao waving his hand.

"Am I asking my dad to sell salt? Have you sold millions of stones? Let's put it this way, my Chu Dynasty set up salt envoys in Lianghuai and Liangzhe, but now the land of Lianghuai and Zhejiang is all in the hands of Zhou Yu's rebellion. Shandong official salt can not be managed by them, with your identity and status, plus these millions of stone of salt, although there is no title, but it is tantamount to Shandong to transfer salt...... Of course, I made these salt introductions, and the two Huai didn't recognize them.

Dad, you only need to remember a few bylaws to do this. First, most of the smugglers in Shandong come from Lianghuai, and they have already made a lot of money over the years, and I don't allow them to make any more money. If you sell official salt, even if you don't make money, you must let the people get benefits, and at the same time, you must crack down on illegal salt, and you can't let Shandong's silver money flow into the hands of the two Huai salt lords......"

Wang Kang didn't like Wang Xiao's tone, but he still sneered: "When it comes to business, these old men in Jiangnan are definitely not my opponents, so you don't need to say more." ”

Wang Xiao was speechless, probably understanding where Wang Zhu's arrogance came from.

"This is not a trivial matter, Dad, you must not ignore it. You have to understand the importance of the salt industry, in addition to the necessities of the people's livelihood and the preservation of food, it is also related to my next tax reform. Let's put it this way, I collect one penny from each of the ten thousand people, and the effort is very different from that of a salt merchant.

For another example, if you can sell Shandong official salt to other places, it is equivalent to us collecting taxes from them, I recently read "Guanzi" and realized that this is exactly 'Jun Hua Yu salary boiled water, in order to be from the world', Qi Henggong by chopping wood and boiling salt, let the world pay taxes to Qi State......"

Wang Kang blew his beard and said, "You want to be beautiful, can the land of Lianghuai buy official salt with you in Shandong?" ”

"Dad, you just boasted."

"I only said I wouldn't let them sell in, I didn't say they could."

Wang Xiao waved his hand and said: "This is the second point I said, since ancient times, salt, iron, tea cloth, and other things, the imperial court is not easy to buy to foreigners, as a means of economic sanctions. But right now, I need to have a large amount of salt to export to overseas countries such as Korea and Japan in exchange for their mineral ......."

"The third point is that the salt industry is only a transitional ...... for now"

Wang Xiao said this, glanced at Wang Kang, took out something from his sleeve, and said, "I want your father to sell this in the future." ”

Wang Kang looked at it and saw that it was something wrapped in tissue paper, and couldn't help asking, "What is this?" ”

"Cigarettes."

"It's a strange thing." Wang Kang picked it up and looked at it, a little disdainful. It's not like he hasn't seen tobacco before, it's been there for a long time.

He flicked the tobacco leaves in the paper circle with his fingers, and said: "When I was in Beijing, I occasionally smoked a pipe when I went to the theater, this thing is said to have been brought by the Yi people decades ago, and the land of Fujian likes to use it, and there are many people there who have cold diseases, so as to cure the cold." The price is not low, and ordinary people can't afford it. ”

After that, Wang Kang stroked his long beard and remembered the days in the capital.

Wang smiled: "Dad, you smoke drying tobacco, and I smoke flue-cured tobacco, which has a different taste." ”

He took the cigarette back from Wang Kang's hand and said slowly: "I will fight a war with Spain in the Philippine Islands next, and occupy that place to grow tobacco......"

Wang Kang was stunned for a moment, and said solemnly: "Don't you think, Lao Tzu will never go to that small country!" ”

"I didn't plan to let my dad go." Wang smiled, "I'll leave this matter to the maritime merchants." But in the future, the money recovered from the sale of tobacco must always be managed by trustworthy people. To put it simply, Dad first started the salt industry and opened up sales channels to overseas countries. When the tobacco is finished, we will sell it with the sales of this salt industry, and we will hold the money in our own hands. Do you understand? ”

"You don't talk to you in this tone. What's not to understand? It's like when Lao Tzu sold wine, and the brewing was handed over to the second child, I only needed to take care of the accounts. ”

When Wang Kang said this, he thought: It's a pity that the second rebel later took control of the family business.

"Exactly." Wang Xiao nodded, "This time, Dad, you can have a snack, don't let the maritime merchants harm the public and private interests." ”

When he said this, he thought to himself that there was no other trustworthy person to entrust him in this matter, so he had no choice but to let the old man do it......

Wang Kang's operation of the salt industry was thus decided. He doesn't know anything about the temple, but he has been up and down in business all his life, and he still has a good grasp of business, and his status is there, so he can't reveal it.

Busy and busy, Wang Kang almost forgot one thing - the first emperor passed away and now a hundred days have passed, and the marriage of Wang Bao and Qian Yi has to be done.

This matter is naturally being prepared for a long time, but Cui's now thinks that it is the family of the Guogong and looks down on Qian Yi, she either dislikes the family of Qian Carrier, or simply dislikes Qian Yi's character and appearance. Therefore, he has been procrastinating, seeing that Wang Kang is busy for a while, and deliberately does not remind him.

On this day, Qian Chengyuan sent someone to ask about the date, and Wang Kang remembered that he had scolded Cui's for recruiting him.

"You stupid woman still wants to pick and choose. Let me tell you, I will go to the Laizhou Salt Farm in a few days, and I must take care of Bao'er's marriage in the next few days. ”

Cui Shi was shocked and exclaimed: "This is too hasty, and the concubine has not prepared anything." ”

"It's been decided since last year, and you haven't prepared it now, who is to blame? I'll tell you one last time, if you don't want to handle it, I'll let Wen Jun handle it. ”

Cui's cried again when he heard this.

Inside the house, Aunt Shen was coaxing her newborn child, and she couldn't help but feel funny when she heard the quarrel outside.

Aunt Shen used to be afraid that the Cui family was scared to death, but now that she has Chunning's support, she feels that the Cui family is not even an opponent in her eyes.

With a pig brain like Cui's, if he hadn't been too lazy to fight with her, he would have let the master divorce her and set himself up as the main room hahaha.

Well, in fact, it's not that Aunt Shen is too lazy to fight, but Chunning promised her that she would get her a decree in the future and help her be Wang Kang's wife.

Thinking like this, she thought to herself that she hadn't seen Chunning for a few days, and she still had to find an opportunity to go to the Mansion of the Kingdom of Yu to walk around......

Oh, she's idle anyway, and she has a chance to move around every day. In the afternoon of the same day, we arrived at the Guogong Mansion.

~~

"The old man is now taking care of the salt industry, but he has said a lot of big things." Aunt Shen didn't stop talking, and said with a smile: "He said, Shandong has now begun to pay light taxes, and the taxes of the entire province are not as much as the silver sold by these official salts." Of course, this silver belongs to His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and our royal family's loyalty to His Royal Highness is beyond doubt hahaha......"

Speaking of this, she looked around and asked again, "By the way, why didn't you see Miss Qin today?" ”

"She has something to do."

Chun Ning responded, although there was no depressed look on his face, but he didn't seem to be in high spirits.

Aunt Shen said all the gossip she could say, and she realized this when she found that Chun Ning was not as amused by herself as she usually was.

Aunt Shen didn't have the temperament to hide things, so she asked directly, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" If there is a concubine body that can help you do it, the concubine will never shirk the sword and the sea of fire. ”

Chunning shook her head and asked, "It seems that I haven't seen my sister-in-law come to see me for a long time, what has she been busy with lately?" ”

"Wenjun, this girl is also becoming more and more capable, Brother Xiao asked her to build another industrial park in the mountains between Qianfo Mountain and Mount Tai in the south of Jinan City, that place is bigger than Jinan City, I don't know how Brother Xiao has such a big hand, and dare to hand this matter over to a woman."

Chunning knew about this, but the reason why she asked was to think about whether Tao Wenjun was deliberately avoiding herself, because she had long known Tang Qianqian's identity......

Over there, Aunt Shen called twice in a row, and Chun Ning came back to her senses.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

"Huh? Not much, but I seem to have an awkward relationship with my husband. ”

Aunt Shen was stunned for a moment, and said that it was awkward, why did she still 'seem'?

She laughed embarrassedly twice and said, "How can there be a husband and wife who don't make trouble, Your Highness don't have to go to your heart." But Your Highness, don't be afraid of my aunt's mouth...... His Royal Highness and Brother Xiao have been married for some days, and if they don't have any children, they naturally feel insufficient. The main thing is to have a child. ”

"Kid?" Chunning was a little puzzled.

She nodded, thinking to herself, she really should have a child, and the queen mother was also named a concubine because she had two children.

Aunt Shen chattered for a while, then retired and left.

She didn't know what happened between Chunning and Wang Xiao. I just feel that I am too smart to persuade His Highness to have a child.

- In this way, Brother Xiao and His Royal Highness's son are about the same age as their own son, and they can play together in the future, and the relationship is the best, hahahaha......

After Aunt Shen left, Chun Ning thought about it, and suddenly seemed to have made up some kind of determination.

There are some things that she doesn't think very complicated, for her, there is only one concept, and that is - children are a good thing.

She didn't want to complain like a resentful woman. Her thoughts are more about what to do next for the sake of her home and her country.

She focused on 'how things worked' rather than 'I'm upset', so now there's a solution.

"I have to have a child with my husband, preferably a son." She muttered.

But in fact, she didn't know how to give birth to a child......

It doesn't matter, take it one step at a time.

She cheered up, first took out a walnut kernel wrapped in oilcloth from the drawer, ate it slowly for a while, and sorted out her thoughts in her head.

First of all, send Tang Qianqian away as soon as possible. The approach is simple, reach the coalition as quickly as possible.

Secondly, have a child with your husband...... Well, that's it.

Having set the charter, she looked down at the covenant that had been drawn up on the case, and crossed out a few harsh conditions that were only used to embarrass the Rui Dynasty.

Re-transcribing the covenant, she nodded, looking calm.

"Come, send this covenant to the post house to the envoys of the Rui Dynasty. Tell her that if there is no objection, tomorrow, no, you can let King Qi seal it today......"

~~

Tang Qianqian, the envoy of the Rui Dynasty, was not in the post house, but in the mansion of the Duke of Yu.

"The covenant has been made, and I will leave for the north early tomorrow morning." Tang Qianqian said in a low voice.

She held the terms written by Chunning and looked at it for a while, and said with a smile: "Her Royal Highness the princess, very powerful." I rarely underestimate a person, but this time I can't help but admit that I underestimated her. ”

Wang Xiao pursed his lips and was silent for a while.

The reluctant words came to my mouth, and after thinking about it, I finally swallowed it back.

Tang Qianqian said with a smile: "If you are worried about me, send troops and horses as soon as possible to help my Rui Dynasty defend the capital......

"Hmm."

Without saying much, Wang smiled and hugged Tang Qianqian.

Long.

Tang Qianqian suddenly said, "There is something I don't know if I should tell you...... If you say that, I'm afraid you're going to think I'm scheming again. ”

"If you don't say it, I think you have a scheming." Wang Xiao kissed her forehead, "But I like your cleverness." ”

"Hmm...... How can I say it......"

Tang Qianqian rarely felt so embarrassed, lowered her head, and her voice gradually lowered.

"I came to Shandong this time, and it seems that I am going to take a hostage back to the capital."

Wang Xiao was slightly stunned and asked, "Who are you going to bring?" ”

Tang Qianqian suddenly smiled, shook her head, and said, "Guess it, protect your top people tonight, don't be abducted by me......"

~~

That night, Qin Xiaozhu puffed out his cheeks and said to Chun Ning angrily: "I'm too angry with Wang Xiaoxiao." Chunning, you too, you really made a big stupid move to kick him out. You don't know, he's been with ...... for the past few days."

At this point, Qin Xiaozhu looked at Chunning's eyes, and when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't say anything, so he changed the topic and said: "Do you know that Duoduo is going to be pulled to her by Tang Qianqian?" ”

"Duoduo?"

Chunning was a little surprised, and finally stopped the brush in his hand.

She thought for a moment and shook her head.

"I can't think of any means she can use to win over Duoduo."

"Hmph, I can't think of it, people can do it. If I laugh at the king, I ......."

Qin Xiaozhu sighed dejectedly, holding his head and not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, Chunning asked, "Why didn't you say it?" How did she win over the flowers? ”

"I'm too lazy to say, anyway, we really have to watch out for that woman, she's very powerful."

"I know." Chun Ning lowered her head again to deal with the official documents, and said very calmly: "Don't worry, presumably she will leave tomorrow." ”

"And then? What's the use of leaving? ”

"After she leaves, I will have a child with my husband."

"What?" Qin Xiaozhu was taken aback.

Chunning didn't answer anymore, just sat there dignified, looking pampered.

After a while, Qin Xiaozhu thought about it, and also felt a little admired Chunning's methods. walked over and sat down beside Chunning, and praised: "Good Chunning, you are so smart." In this way, we are really not afraid of Tang Qianqian......"

The two girls talked for a while, and when it was late at night, they turned off the lights and held hands and rested together.

They had all fantasized about such scenes before. But now that it's really realized, I feel that something is missing.

Qin Xiaozhu thought about the picture he saw last night, he was a little dazed, turned around, looked at Chunning's face by the moonlight, stretched out his hand and wanted to touch it, but he didn't dare.

"It seems that Wang Xiao is more powerful." She thought to herself.

With thousands of thoughts in his head, Qin Xiaozhu fell asleep for a long time.

She woke up late the next day, and when she turned her head, Chunning was no longer there.

The first thing she did was to ask Gan Tang what Chunning was doing.

"His Royal Highness and the concubine went out before dawn, saying that they were going to send the envoys of the Rui Dynasty out of the city."

"Really gone?"

"Yes, this morning the whole city is spreading, our Chu Dynasty is really going to join forces to resist the captivity......"

Qin Xiaozhu still admired Chunning when she heard this, and she asked herself if she would definitely not be able to have such a bearing.

But no matter what, Tang Qianqian is finally gone.

"Niang Xipi, this time it really scared me to death......"

~~

At the north gate of Jinan City, Wang Xiaozema was looking at the north, frowning and thinking.

- Who did she abduct?

In the north, Tang Qianqian led the team to disappear in the sky.

……

"Why didn't you tell Wang Xiao?" Hua Zhi rode on a horse and asked Tang Qianqian.

"If I tell him, he will most likely detain me and won't let me go back to Beijing......"