※ One plan to come to Kouyang four is ready to be introduced to Guo one after another. () are often lingering in the Purple Heart Knife official eunuch to borrow Zhongzi, speaking of identity. It's not much higher, it's not the son of the grain road, or the young master and brother-in-law of a certain general soldier and deputy general, or the young master and nephew of a certain big family, the son and nephew of the shopkeeper, etc., have a few dollars in their hands, and most of them also have a fame. People who have money and leisure. Naturally, I like to be lively. Ziming Building is such a place where there are always new things. Nature is where they often hook up.

"It's a few big and small. I want to see you. They are all rich lords. It's not hard for you to pull some positions."

"I know the position. I just didn't expect them to beg to see me. It is rare for the owner of the money to see the borrower in a hurry. Guo Yi is a little strange, he sees a lot of people on weekdays, that is, there are business partners, there are also people in the officialdom, but it is rare to see such a young man, they don't do business, and they don't need to ask for it. Naturally, I didn't want to see him.

"It's not like I heard that you are a visitor from overseas, so I am curious." Four four smiled. Only then did I elaborate on the reason. It started with the small talk of Sisi when he usually entertained guests. The high rollers came to Ziming Mansion to sell gold, and her host, naturally, wanted to accompany her for a while, embellishment a little, and between casual conversations, she talked about all kinds of things she had seen and heard in Australia as a pastime. This kind of rhetoric was originally approved by the propaganda department of Lingao. It is mainly to promote all kinds of benefits and anecdotes of Australia, including fabricated history, which is nothing more than "overseas anecdotes" and the like. But it also contains a lot of content that crosses the group to promote to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of story is inherently different.1 The ingenuity of Australian goods, including all kinds of novel amusements and enjoyment provided by this Ziming Building, coupled with the clever and nuanced rendering, so many people are deeply interested in Guo Yi, the proprietor of Ziming Building.

Pants brother make friends. Never make a plain and unremarkable square gentleman, you must make "interesting" characters, or be able to speak, or have outstanding appearance, or act strangely. These people have been pestering their mouths, wanting to see the somewhat mysterious "Guo Dongzhuxiao"

"I see" Guo Yi thought, it doesn't matter, anyway, now is the time to open up your contacts, and it is always good to have some relationships.

"Don't look at them, they are ordinary young masters, their net worth is really not small, and the ribs of the eye turned their wrists slightly, and an emerald ring sparkled on their fingers." That's what they're up to. ”

This ring, the market is always more than 800 taels of silver, this hand is not small.

"Isn't this a big gift? There is no such thing as a free lunch. Xiao Guo Yi couldn't help but worry.

"Where did you eat for nothing?" Kou Sisi made a bored look, cocked his orchid fingers, and looked at the newly made nail appliqués on his fingers.

“？！” Guo Yi looked surprised.

Eye Si knew that he had misunderstood, and said ashamedly and anxiously: "You person, why do you want to go to the crooked road all day long!" As he spoke, he stomped his foot and went inside.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. Don't go, don't go" Guo Yi hurriedly grabbed her, feeling that he had become the protagonist of Qiong Yao's drama.

"Hmph." Kou Sisi turned around, "They are your Guo Dongzhu's people." No matter how foolish they are, they can't fight this idea. Even if she had this idea, Lixiu couldn't get pregnant.

"Alright, alright." Guo Yi was cold. Quickly change the subject: "Then how do you cope?" ”

"What's this. They are asking for something. It's not hard for me to do what I like. "Just smiled." Naturally, I want to see you, Guo Dongzhu. ”

Don't talk about it anymore at the moment. After a while, a maid came to report: The young master Dan is here.

"Let's invite them to meet in the bamboo garden." Orbital mouth four commanded.

"Bamboo Garden? Did you build a little garden? Guo Yi felt strange that he didn't see a list for this project.

"Actually, it's just a box. Pick a nice name. Kou Gang said. As he spoke, he went in again and changed his outfit. When he came out, he had almost changed into a thin dark flower purple velvet dress. It shows off her tall figure more and more. The plump charm of the skin comes.

The two of them, led by the maid, walked through the corridor, went down the stairs, and turned the corner. Guo Yi said: "You are like a labyrinth here!" ”

Bisi said: "The place is too cramped, and the layout is a little chaotic, if you have spare energy." It's best to redecorate. ”

The implication is that he is dissatisfied with the facilities of Ziming Building. Ziming Building was originally a renovation of the old building under the plate, and the industrial system of Lingao was still blank at that time, and the Executive Committee was unwilling to invest too many modern things here, so it could only be renovated according to the ability of this time and space, because it was eager to open up the situation. In addition, the original decoration facilities are still six or seven percent new, so there are not too many adjustments and changes.

Guo Yi thought so. Talk with Pei Lixiu's appearance. Although it has attracted a lot of gentlemen by relying on the novelty packaging of the moment, it is not a long-term solution after all, and it is not a long-term solution to make Ziminglou able for a long time

Thinking of this, Guo Yi said slowly: "This matter, don't you say that I forgot, Lingao has brought up the latest manifest, and you will see what can be used in Ziming Building, and then I want to rebuild it."

"If you want me to say, you have to install a batch of sanitary ware first, and now it is too inconvenient to continue, but I saw that the front was almost there, and I quickly changed to a warm and greasy tone: "Pay attention to the proprietor's feet."

Bamboo Garden said it was a private room. In fact, it is a small flower hall, which is quite elegantly decorated, but unfortunately the furnishings are still old. There were two handsome maids waiting in the hall. The two guests are generally nobles in Chinese costumes.

After the guest and the host exchange of friends. The orbital foot introduced Guo Yi to several new friends. She said it well, they are all typical gentlemen, one is Wu Zhixiang, both father and brother are Beijing officials, and I am a Xiucai. A Dong Jizhong was even more unexpected. is the son of a lieutenant general, and he has the rank of a commander.

"It's an adult! Disrespectful, disrespectful. Guo Yi made another gesture.

"What my lord. A hereditary sesame official" Dong Jizhong looked indifferent, "a character like me." Do you really go into battle to pick a knife so that the gun can't be made?

He couldn't help but be weak, and with the appearance of a white-faced scholar, it was hard to imagine that the children of Shi Gong Jiangmen were like this. However, this Jiang, that is, in Guangdong, his father must be an official in Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and if this line is grasped, it will be much easier to get the news of the Ming military in the future.

I admired each other. Because it was already noon, Pei opened the midpoint in the hall and put together a large round table with Zao Youzhen tableware on the table. Twelve of them were laid out, and the dishes were served as cold cuts. Guo Yi has been here for a long time, and he knows that Daming's banquets, whether they are official banquets or elegant gatherings, do not have this kind of routine. This is a typical way of serving food at banquets in the Blade Century. Along with many of the dishes, they were transplanted from the Li Century, and she brought a lot of cooking utensils and books.

Guo Yi's eyes swept away, not only were the dishes all varieties that were common for public and private banquets in another time and space in the past. Even the way of setting the table seems familiar, and I can't help but smile.

Because it is an elegant gathering, it is not fixed to sit down. Because Guo Yi was invited by several officials, he was pushed to sit in the chief, and Guo Yi did not refuse.

Fortunately, thanks to the Internet, Guo Yi has a lot of messy things in his mind, from astronomy and geography to social news, which can be arranged anyway. He knew that this was just a small introduction, and the important topic would inevitably follow.

Sure enough, after three rounds of wine, Wu Zhixiang went straight to the topic, it turned out that these few. Although people are the children of official eunuchs. But he has been living in Guangzhou, and he has also been contaminated with some businessmen, and he has "a little private money" in his hand to do something about "business growth".

It is easy to say that it is easy to operate, but it is not very convenient for the children of officials and eunuchs like them. They don't know much about the way in the business field. I don't dare to step in rashly. Although money lending is profitable, it is risky, and it also involves the issue of official reputation. At the lightest, you have to make a fuss, and the test language of "competing with the people for profit" is very inappropriate.

The easiest and most secure is to find a suitable large-size deposit to withdraw interest, that is, it is safe and no one gossips. But Wu Zhixiang thought that the interest rate was too low.

Thinking about it, the most lucrative business in the city of Guangzhou is to do the business of selling foreigners, a boatload of porcelain, medicinal materials, raw silk, tea shipped out, and all that was shipped back were white flowers of silver, and everyone looked at it with red eyes. Wu Zhixiang has been thinking about this all the time.

But although Wu Zhixiang's father and brother are officials in Beijing, Zhuo is not a big man, Dong Jizhong's father is just a lieutenant, and the rank of military attache has never been valuable, not to mention that he is an official living in other places, and there is no one in the local area to stammer, picking them to "arrange flowers" to bring goods or buy shares to make a small fortune. I want to go to sea by boat to operate, and I heard that the storm is dangerous and there are pirates. The two of them really don't have the courage to entrust others. I can't rest assured,

Dong Jizhong also interjected on the side, "It is said that it is not profitable to sell foreign bags, but the sea turmoil is sinister, Zheng Xi" He paused, "Although Zheng Zhilong is caressing, there is still no wind and three feet of waves on this sea, and it is very sinister!" He smiled bitterly, "We have no money, and we can't get out." ”

At this time, Guo Yi already knew that these people were just ordinary gentlemen, who looked at people and made money, but they didn't want to take the risks and hardships at all, so it was easy to find such a character as himself. At the moment, he only nodded, and said casually: "The turmoil at sea is indeed not a good livelihood, and several of them are the sons of daughters, so they can't make a living like this." ”

Although it is the idea of doing maritime trade dead, but the idea of making money has not changed, Dong Ji revisited the current Guangzhou, another profitable business is to buy and sell goods from Australia and Zhejiang, and a mirror is sent to Jiangnan. It is to double the profit, and then to Jingshi, it will be added by half. Things are small, easy to bring good luck. It's also extremely easy to make a move. It is much safer to go to sea than to risk a large amount of money.

Another advantage is that because of her father and brother in Beijing, Wu Zhixiang often goes to Beijing to do things by herself or by himself. Every time, the Wu family would take the opportunity to enter and leave the capital, carrying a large number of goods with them to be trafficked along the way. This kind of business of trafficking through official posts not only does not need to pay taxes when passing the customs, but all the expenses on the road are borne by the post station. Even porters can call the post stations along the way to undertake it.

The two hit it off immediately. Money, they have. But Gao Jialei cut off the wholesale of Australian goods in the Guangzhou market, and wanted to divide some sources of goods from his mouth. It's not much different from preying on food. Although Gao Ju is only a small white ding, he is through the people in the palace, and I heard that it is through pirates, where do they dare to provoke. As for Guo Yi, he has heard of his name for a long time. But he has no contact with him, and he doesn't have a suitable matchmaker, so I'm afraid I won't even see anyone when I go to worship him; Even if you see it, it's too bad to spread it.

After thinking about it, I thought of Pei Lixiu of Ziming Building. I heard that this is Guo Yi's industry. Then Pei Lixiu, who is in charge of Ziminglou's business, must be the first-class celebrity next to Guo Dongzhu. The favored concubine. It's up to her to refer. Say a few good words when it matters, and things will be much easier to do.

made up their minds, and the two of them came to Ziminglou every day, currying favor in every possible way, and did not hesitate to bribe each other with heavy gifts. The purpose is to be able to blow the pillow wind, and when they see Guo Yi's side, they can say that this "Australian God of Wealth" leaks some goods from between their fingers, and they can't enjoy it.

"I can't use such a sum of money, I want to ask Guo Dongjia for advice, how can we use it to generate money?" Dong Jizhong said. That's to put it mildly. The meaning is also very clear: what Guo Yi can ensure to make money in his hands is Australian goods.

Guo Yi knew that he had encountered a desperate opportunity, so he carefully considered it for a while. Since they have money and can't make it, it's just a spare amount of money. Not only can it be borrowed in the short term, but it can also occupy this fund for a long time if it is good. I just don't know how many they have. If you want to come to a person, there is always one or twenty thousand silver.

But at this time, he didn't say anything, and hung their appetite. Only vaguely replied: "It's easy to say." Say. ”

"What kind of wine does the lord eat?" Pei Lixiu said: "The wine is almost ready. ”

"Just eat wine."

These days, whenever there is a banquet, Guo Yi drinks "Peerless Warriors" purely to advertise for himself, and he is a little scared when he drinks. I heard that there is a Portuguese medicinal wine, and I have the feeling of sweet frost for a long time

There is also wine sales in Guangzhou in the Ming Dynasty, one is foreign goods, which are transported in wooden barrels, which are no different from the wines of Lishi, and the other is rice wine with raisins. A place like Ziming Building. Naturally, the former is used.

The wine was poured into the glass, and it was red, and it was very beautiful. Guo Yi took a small sip. The wine is not astringent, but has some sweet and sour taste of the original juice. There was indeed a familiar fruity aroma of wine, and I couldn't help but say: "Good wine!" ”