In the night, everyone took their respective carriages back to the mansion, and there were two main points to reach the most substantial consensus today, one is that everyone jointly invested in Anxi cotton, and initially agreed to invest 500,000 yuan first, of which the Dugu family and the Dou family took half of it, and the other half was distributed to other Guanlong families.

Another consensus is that Dugu Qiu agreed to rent a shop along the street for each family, which may not be bought, but can be rented for them for a long time.

Dou Yi and his brother Dou Yuanzhu sat in a carriage, Dou Yi is nearly seventy years old, he is now only the nominal head of the family, and the family affairs are basically handed over to his brother Dou Yuanzhu to take care of, he came out today because he wanted to meet with Dugu Qiu, and he couldn't help but give this face.

The carriage was running at a high speed, the light was bright and dim, Dou Yi drank a few more glasses, and was sitting on the seat with his eyes closed.

But Dou Yuanzhu seemed to be preoccupied, and in the future, the Dou family would be in charge of him, and he would be under more pressure.

"Big brother, is Duqiu really unwilling to fight for this position?" Dou Yuanzhu asked in a low voice.

A mysterious smile appeared at the corner of Dou Yi's mouth, and he said lightly: "Do you believe his words?" Why doesn't he want to, he's just afraid of losing the competition, and he can't hang his face, I have been friends with him for forty years, and I am a family member, I don't know him? ”

"I heard that Dugu Bifei is pregnant, if she gives birth to a boy, it is not hopeless to become a prince in the future, if Dugu Bifei's son becomes the lord of the world, then our Guan Long family ........"

Without waiting for Dou Yuanzhu to finish speaking, Dou Yi opened his eyes suddenly, staring at him fiercely.

"Hurry up and throw away this unrealistic idea, don't even think about it, what kind of person is Guo Song, will let your idea succeed? How do you think more than a hundred Li royal families died? What is Zhang Yun's army doing hiding in Chengdu?

Let me tell you, Guo Song is half a Buddha and half a demon, if he finds out that you have this idea, all the Guan Long family will not want to live, he will definitely kill them all. ”

Dou Yuanzhu gasped, didn't dare to say more, and after half a sound, Dou Yi said again: "Dugu Qiu has made it very clear that Guo Song helped us escape from Shuzhong, in fact, he also took a fancy to our wealth, but he is not as low-level as Li Shi and the eunuchs, and directly robbed us of our wealth, he wants us to invest in wealth to develop business and manufacturing workshops."

Do you think that Du Isoqiu's investment in Anxi is his own idea? It must be Guo Song's request, we just have to follow the Dugu family, and we will do whatever the Dugu family does? I'll tell you when I go back that it's king to focus on making money in a low-key way. ”

"But if we invest our wealth to make money, what can Guo Song get?"

"He can get more things, we make money to create prosperity for him, the people will have the opportunity to earn money, they can live and work in peace and contentment, and he can also share the profits we earn by collecting taxes, I have figured it out, as long as we don't easily get involved in the power struggle of the imperial court, make money in a low-key manner, and at the same time let Guo Song continue to share the benefits from the profits we earn, then we can last for a long time."

Dou Yuanzhu sighed lowly, without political power, no matter how rich he is, he can only be a sheep to be slaughtered, but the eldest brother can't listen to his opinion, so he can only hold this in his heart.

..........

Early in the morning, a wide and gorgeous carriage drove into the palace of the king of Jin, which was a carriage in the palace and was specially responsible for welcoming and sending off distinguished guests.

Princess Xue Tao and her daughter Guo Weiwei stood in front of the Spring Festival platform, Guo Weiwei held her toes, stretched her neck and looked at the carriage in the distance, at this time, the carriage appeared, Guo Weiwei jumped up excitedly, "Mother, she is here!" ”

The person who can make Xue Tao wait in person is Liu Caichun, who is famous for his singing and beauty, of course, Xue Tao is still looking at his daughter's face, Guo Weiwei is Liu Caichun's admirer, I heard that she was going to come to the palace as a guest, Guo Weiwei was so excited that she didn't sleep well all night.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the Spring Festival platform, a maid stepped forward and opened the door, and Liu Caichun, who was wearing a snow-white dress, walked out of the carriage, and suddenly showed an otherworldly beauty, which made Guo Weiwei feel intoxicated again.

Liu Caichun has an indescribable beauty whether she is dressed up or dressed simply, Guo Weiwei doesn't know that in later generations, this is called the temperament and aura of a big star.

Liu Caichun had already met Xue Tao once, and she gave a deep blessing ceremony, "The people's daughter Caichun sees the princess!" ”

Xue Tao stepped forward and grabbed her hand and smiled: "I told you, don't be so polite, I invite you to be a guest, you should go back to your own home." ”

Liu Caichun smiled bitterly in his heart, this is the Jin Palace, where can it be like going back to her own home, but she can't dwell too much on the princess's politeness, so she smiled and said: "Then disturb the princess!" ”

Xue Tao introduced her daughter again, "This is the little girl Weiwei, she admires you very much, she was so excited that she didn't sleep well all night last night." ”

She said to her daughter again: "Say hello to the eldest lady!" ”

Guo Weiwei was so nervous that she didn't know where to put it, so she curts, bowed, and stammered: "Welcome the eldest lady to my house as a guest." ”

Liu Caichun smiled, "What a cute little lady, do you also like to sing?" ”

"I'm not very good at singing, I like to draw, my mother said that the big lady is good at ink painting, let me learn from the big lady!"

"Where I paint well, your mother praises me too much, but I really like painting, I saw a lot of beautiful scenery along the way, and I was afraid of forgetting it, so I had to find a way to paint them."

"Me too!" Guo Weiwei clapped her hands and said excitedly.

At this time, a light open-top carriage in the palace came to stop, and Xue Tao said with a smile: "Weiwei, you will accompany the eldest lady to walk around the palace on behalf of your mother, enjoy the scenery, and come to Xianghui Tower later." ”

"Good! Big lady, please get in the car. ”

Xue Tao smiled at Liu Caichun again: "We are not familiar with this palace, the eldest lady walked with her, and then came to Xianghui Building, where we lived, and arranged a room for you there." ”

"Thank you, Princess!"

"Go ahead! We'll see you later. ”

Xue Tao saw the open-top carriage go, and she boarded another carriage and ordered: "Go back to Xianghui Building!" ”

.........

Liu Caichun followed a palace maid to her residence, she was still a little nervous in her heart, she was quite famous in Jiangnan, and she had also come into contact with many dignitaries, such as Han Rong, the observer of Liangzhejiang Province, Chen Shaoyou, the envoy of Huainan Jiedu, Wei Yingwu of Suzhou, Han Gao of Yuezhou, etc., and even Liu Qia, the envoy of Jiangnan Dongdao, and Li Xilie, the envoy of Huaixi Jiedu, he had also seen it.

In addition to Li Xilie, who whipped her father because he was dissatisfied with her singing and sarcastic content, the other officials were all gentle and polite, and at the beginning of last year, Chen Shaoyou hinted that she would accompany her to sleep, and after she politely refused, he did not force himself, but sent someone to send her away.

She has seen a lot of the world, but for some reason, she was a little nervous when she came to the Jin Palace, although it was the princess who invited her, she would always involuntarily think of one person, that is, Guo Song, the king of Jin.

Liu Caichun has never seen Guo Song, but she has heard of his name for a long time, like thunder, in almost all banquets, whether high-ranking officials will drink, or merchants gather for banquets, and even in the village of the people have a picnic, the name Guo Song is mentioned the most times, basically the topic of the whole banquet.

Some people admired him very much, saying that he was the hope of the world, and some people hated him to the bone and scolded him as a chaotic minister and thief, while the people looked forward to his arrival and could buy a bucket of salt for a hundred dollars, and the merchants regarded him as a merchant shelter god, and burned incense and worshipped at four o'clock.

Liu Caichun's ears heard calluses, but he had never seen what Guo Song looked like, but he was still young, only in his thirties, and it was estimated that it was about the same, his eldest daughter was only twelve or thirteen years old, he shouldn't be any older?

Today she came to Guo Song's house, although it was the princess's invitation, she was nervous and expectant, she wanted to see with her own eyes what this world-famous hero looked like.

But there is one thing she believes more, Guo Song should not be too fierce.

There is a saying in her hometown that a loving father has no evil man, which means that men who dote on their daughters are more kind-hearted.

She can see it from Guo Weiwei.

The maid led her to a side pavilion and went up to the second floor, where there were four or five carved and painted rooms, two of which were suite-suite, and the outside was a spacious living room, and the inside was a bedroom, and next to it were the maid's house.

"Miss Liu, this is your room, this small building has been unoccupied, and it was only cleaned up yesterday."

"What's upstairs?" Liu Caichun saw that there was still a ladder going up, so he asked curiously.

"The upstairs is empty, and the layout is similar to here, but I haven't had time to clean it yet, so Miss Liu will temporarily live on the second floor!"

Liu Caichun nodded, she walked into the living room, all kinds of furniture were new, the floor, table, and wall were all spotlessly cleaned.

She loved to be tidy, and she was very satisfied with the cleanliness of the room, and the maid smiled: "The girl can go to the window and have a look, the scenery outside is good." ”

Liu Caichun walked to the window, only to see a blue lake like a mirror appear in front of her, her eyes suddenly lit up, and blurted out: "It's beautiful!" ”

There is a large island in the center of the lake, with pavilions and pavilions, strange mountains and different stones, hidden in the lush trees, like the abode of the gods.

She couldn't help but praise herself: "If you can live here, your life will never be in vain." ”

At this time, a maid came in and saluted her, "The princess invites the girl to the main building!" ”

Liu Caichun nodded, she also had too many questions in her heart.

(End of chapter)