Chapter 25: Not Enough Money?
Lu Zifei said in disbelief: "I feel fine!" I've been very well-behaved lately, and I haven't done anything out of the ordinary, and I know only a few people, and I haven't made any big splashes, how can you have this opinion. ”
Pang Ji said, "Some people sometimes do one thing that can be passed down through the ages, and some people do things all their lives without anyone being able to remember him, this is the difference between people, the matter of the new training of the new army in the northwest has been decided, and the number is called the Northwest Army, the commander is Shiheng, and the instructor Zhang Qi is unified according to the way you give them training." ”
Lu Zifei said, "Why did you move so quickly this time, according to the previous style of doing things, you didn't have to tear off the skin for a few years to finish, who made you make such a quick decision." ”
Pang Ji said, "Don't underestimate anyone, if you want to take the road of the imperial examination now, then stay away from the military attache family." ”
Lu Zifei said, "I haven't told anyone about this matter, could it be that the Cao family leaked the news, and now I feel that everyone knows it." ”
Pang Ji said contemptuously: "There is no impermeable wall in the world, if you want people not to know, unless you don't do it, everything you do is recorded, do you think that no one cares about what you do?" Now you just haven't touched the interests of most people, and it's in line with the emperor's wishes, otherwise you think you can go so smoothly. ”
These ancestors are all masters of conspiracy, and they study how to trap people and rectify people all day long, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the pit they dug for you.
Pang Ji said, "Now those ministers in the court know that Shaanxi has a talent in the art of war, everyone is very curious about you, if you move closer to the generals, then they will definitely include you in the camp of the generals, to the generals side, they want to clean you up, as simple as pinching an ant to death, or even simpler, you put yourself in a dangerous situation." ”
Lu Zifei felt a little frightened, that is, he helped the Cao family once, those literati couldn't tolerate themselves in their eyes, and they still had to be careful in future contacts, what Lu Zifei didn't know was that the Cao family was a representative of the military generals since the founding of the Song Dynasty, and there were few people whose power surpassed the Cao family, the Shi family and the Pan family were very powerful, and the Yang family was brought over by the destruction of the Later Han Dynasty, so it was right to beware of him.
Lu Zifei said, "Please teach me a huge person." ”
Pang Ji said, "Your main task now is the imperial examination, you have won the jinshi, and you will be much more comfortable in dealing with these things as an official, instead of doing this, doing that, now you leave a brilliant person to the court, you can do anything, what do those ministers think, what do your classmates think of you, you are so powerful now, you can pay back as an official, you will be excluded everywhere in the future, no one is willing to help you, aren't you smart?" Then you can do it yourself! You feel that you can do the work of a yamen alone. ”
Lu Zifei said: "From now on, I don't listen to things outside the window, and I only read the books of sages and sages, right?" ”
Pang Ji said, "It's right to think like this, there is also a possibility that now that you are famous, and when the time comes, you will not pass the imperial examination, what do you say others think of you, and your self-esteem will allow you to fail?" The name of the literati is good, and this name depends on how you understand it. ”
"In charge, you said that your son won't be again, right? I've been sitting there stupidly for hours, or you might as well go in and take a look. ”
Lu Li didn't know whether to go in or not, after the transfer made the adult leave, the eldest son was alone there in a daze, and he was afraid of disturbing his son, it was indeed a little wrong after a long time, it wasn't for the occasional rolling of his eyes to prove that the person was still alive, he had already rushed in, it would be dark, and it would not be a matter if it continued like this! At this time, he weakly pedaled two little short legs and ran in, shaking Lu Zifei to let her go to play with her, which woke up Lu Zifei.
hugged the weak and kissed her and asked her, "Why don't you go to play and run to my brother." ”
Weakly biting his fingers and not speaking, at this time, seeing that Lu Zifei was awake, Lu Li and his wife came in and said, "Don't you look at what time it is, this big person, there are still things you can't think about." ”
Lu Zifei raised his head and looked, why was it dark, wasn't he still talking to a huge person just now, and in a blink of an eye, he said, "Father, how long have I been sitting here." ”
Lu Li said, "After the transfer envoy left, you were in this state, four hours, right?" I know you've seen a lot now, and you don't want to discuss many things with us, and sometimes the three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang? We are your family, this will never change, brothers in war, father and son in battle, family will not harm you. ”
Lu Zifei was very moved when he heard his father's words, since he crossed here, he always felt that there was no problem that he couldn't solve, the fact was the opposite, many things could not be done, and the secrets he thought he were doing were actually under the noses of others.
Lu Zifei opened his mouth and said: "Let my father and mother worry, I just thought about some things today, I'm fine, I will discuss with you in time if there is anything in the future, you and your mother will go to sleep so late, right?" Look at the weak and weak dreams, and dream of delicious food again. ”
Lu Li hugged the weak and said, "You also clean up and rest early, I forgot to say, Wang Chao came to you in the afternoon, and he looks very anxious." ”
The next morning, Lu Zifei got up to eat, and when he came out, he saw Wang Chao sitting there waiting for him, Lu Zifei asked, "Uncle Wang, is there something wrong?" I heard from my father that you came to me yesterday. ”
Wang Chao didn't know how to say it, he was a little twisted, Lu Zifei said, "We don't have to do this directly, if there is anything, you can say it directly, I believe you, Uncle Wang." ”
Wang Chao said, "Zifei, we have no money." ”
Lu Zifei thought for a while and said, "Uncle Wang, how many goods do we have in our hands now?" What are they. ”
Wang Chao took out the account book and flipped through it and said, "We now have 2,000 quintals of tea, 500 jars of better wine, 300 jars of general wine, the wine bottle you said is booked for 5,000, sugar and salt 10,000 quintals each, according to your production method, you can finally get about 7,000 quintals of salt and sugar, salt and sugar lead us, what is missing is a deposit, or salt and sugar will be replaced first." ”
Lu Zifei said, "You can't slow down, there may be problems after a long time, you arrange it, first steam out all the wine, and use the bottles we have booked to divide the good and bad levels, you and I will go to Chang'an immediately, you know who makes the most salt and sugar in Chang'an." ”
Wang Chao said, "Ruiheju in the capital is the largest salt merchant and sugar merchant in Tokyo, and at least half of the salt and sugar in the Great Song Dynasty are out of their hands every year. ”
Lu Zifei asked, "Are you talking about the Shi family of Wei Guogong?" ”
Wang Chao replied, "It's General Shi Shouxin's family." ”
I don't want to deal with them seems to be unavoidable, since this is the case, I will go to the meeting, say hello to the family, the two rode horses and ran directly to the East Market, there is no one in the East Market at eight o'clock in the morning, it is deserted, the two of them turned around and found Ruiheju in the most central area of the East City, this is called magnificent, within a radius of one mile can not see other families doing salt and sugar business, after the two of them went in, there was a guy who immediately sent tea, a person who specializes in talking about business invited them to sit down and said, "The guy who lives in Xia Rui, may I ask what the two of you need, salt or sugar." No matter how much you want, we can help you prepare. ”
Lu Zifei didn't even look at the person in front of him, Wang Chao glanced at Lu Zifei and said, "I need to see the person in charge of you." ”
The guy said, "It depends on how big the business is, and I can call the shots if it is less than a bowl." ”
This time, Wang Chao didn't speak, and Lu Zifei spoke, "What if it's a few million, or even more?" ”
The man looked at them like a liar and said, "If you two really have such a big business, I can go and ask us to be the shopkeeper, if you two have nothing to do to trick me, you have to think clearly, you can't afford some consequences." ”
Lu Zifei played with the water cup in his hand, as if what he said just now was not what he said or that there was a peerless beauty tempting him in the water cup, Wang Chao still put the two small pockets on the table, and motioned to the guy to open them, and the white light after the man opened them almost blinded his eyes, and he recognized at a glance that these two bags were filled with salt and sugar respectively after more than ten years in Ruiheju, but how could there be such white salt and sugar in the world, one by one, crystal clear, he picked up a little from the left pocket with his fingers and put it in his mouth, it was the best refined salt, The right pocket has the same action as before, this is also frost candy undoubtedly, such a good thing, I have seen it for the first time in my life, the Shi family has not had this kind of high-quality goods in these two businesses for so many years, I don't know who these two are.
Wang Chao said: "You are standing here, can you call the shots?" ”
Only then did the guy react, and said respectfully to Lu Zifei and the others: "Wait a minute, this distinguished guest, I will go and ask our shopkeeper to come down." Then he rushed to the second floor at the speed of a 100-meter sprint, and the young guys who watched were stunned.
After a quarter of an hour, the guy came down with an old man, he ignored Lu Zifei and the others, walked to the bag with salt and sugar and repeated the action of the guy in front of him, his eyes lit up, and said to Lu Zifei, "I don't know how the two of you want to do this business, how many of these goods are in your hands, don't say less, if there are more, we will have as much as we want." This was just the opposite of what the guy in front of him said, and Lu Zifei also laughed.
Wang Chao said, "Then it depends on what you can eat?" Seven thousand quintals of salt and sugar. ”
The old man seemed to be thinking about something, and finally said: "Some time ago, there was a letter from the capital saying that someone had approved 10,000 loads of salt and sugar in the inner court, and if I guessed correctly, this is the batch of goods. ”
Lu Zifei said, "Your guess is really good, this time we have no problems in the capital chain, otherwise we will not come to your Shi family, if there is no problem with the funds, your Shi family may not be qualified to do this business." ”
The old man said, "Childe, what you said is a bit big. ”