"You won't have to be filial again, will you? Condensation Cloud was obsessed with this. Wu Kaidi smiled: "The bar has been drawn." On weekdays, it is inevitable that there will be some needs to ask, this is a small amount of money, and the lord doesn't have to care. It's just that there are some things that the master has to pay attention to on weekdays, and he can't wait for someone to talk about everything. ”

For example, although he said that it is good to pay three festivals and two respects, he should always pay attention to the movements in Yang's mansion on weekdays. Send some water gifts every once in a while to show your heart. Fruit in winter and ice in summer. Yang Gonggong's concubine is a birthday, and he must give a gift "Yang Gonggong is a eunuch, and there is a concubine?" Condensation Cloud frowned.

"There are many eunuchs who have concubines," Wu Kai said, "Gonggong Yang's family has several concubines, and Aunt Bian is the most favored and gives her extra weight." ”

How to use the eunuch's little wife has become a suspense for the condensation cloud. But there's more to it than that.

Three days later, Condensing Cloud prepared four simple water salutes and went to Duke Yang's mansion to pay respects.

This time, Father-in-law Yang was very polite and quite an elder. The eunuchs in the palace, as long as they can mix up the name of the hall, are all old foxes who have cultivated to the home, and they have a set of míhuò people's hearts to deal with people, if it weren't for the fact that Condensing Yun is a modern person, and he has received a full education on the farm and has a full understanding of the eunuchs, he will inevitably have to go around him.

Father-in-law Yang introduced him to his adopted son Yang Tianliang at the banquet. Condensation Yun didn't dare to slack off, and was very perfunctory to this little Yang father-in-law.

The two sides talked about the wine, and when the wine was seven or eight points, Yang Gonggong said: "This prisoner is old, and he has to be on an errand in the palace from time to time, and he can't be free." In the future, if anything happens, the righteous son of this prison will say what he says. Do not come to my house easily. If there is something, I will send someone to talk to you. ”

"Yes, everything is under the orders of Grandpa Yang." Condensation Yun said respectfully. Father-in-law Yang is actually only in his fifties, but he looks very old. Not only is his hair gray, but he also has a lot of wrinkles on his face.

"Hehe, after drinking this glass of wine, this prison just won't treat you as an outsider." Gonggong Yang leaned lazily on the back of the chair, and the two little eunuchs hung their heads, one beating their shoulders. He snorted comfortably a few times before he said, "You guys, what are you doing in Qiongzhou Mansion, this prisoner doesn't know, and I don't want to know." But you have to know: this is the city of Beijing, the first good place at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the dogs running on the street may all eat a Dai Lu, which is not as good as the land of the Southern Barbarians in Guangli, and the emperor is far away, so you can do whatever you want. Even if you say a few wrong words here, a wrong one will make you peel off your skin! ”

"Yes, 1 villain knows." Condensing clouds pretended to be grandsons to the end, and quickly stood up and made a move1

"Thank you Yang Gong for teaching."

"If only you understood." Father-in-law Yang nodded, "I'm old, and I can't take care of many things." Be careful. As he spoke, a little eunuch took out a funeral box.

"Inside is a post," Yang Gonggong pointed to the box, "Ordinary people, even if they are filial piety, this prison will not give a thousand taels of silver." You are a tall official, not ordinary. Take the good life and do your business. ”

"Yes, thank you Yang Gong." Condensation Yun hurriedly stood up, bowed over and took the box, and condensed Yun quickly knelt down and kowtowed. I was very unhappy in my heart, thinking that this day was too sad, and I knew that I wouldn't be sending out. It's really hard to kowtow at every turn.

"Hehe, it will depend on your business in the future." Yang Gonggong squinted his eyes and smiled.

The condensation cloud was submissive, after the dismissal. At the table, he hurriedly got into a sedan chair and hurried back to the lower place.

He sent Wu Kaidi in, and consulted with him.

Judge... Yang Gonggong's place, it also has to be embellished. At least a thousand taels. "Wu Kaidi has been by his side during the banquet.

"What? Hu Ningyun almost jumped up again, the Beijing branch has not yet skimmed the eight characters, and the money has been pouring out a lot, "Didn't you say that you don't need to draw a bar anymore?" ”

"That's Father-in-law Yang, this is Father-in-law Yang." Wu Kaidi reminded, "Can it be the same thing? What Gonggong Yang meant, didn't you hear it? ”

Wu Kaidi was born as a slave, and he was called "old man" by his status.

"Of course I understand what he means, and I will let Xiao Yang Gonggong be the contact person in the middle in the future."

"That's right, Ji thought, how can you be contemptuous of him? Whether it's good or bad to say one thing, it's all in his mouth. Wu Kaidi said: "What's more, he is still the righteous son of Yang Gonggong!" At today's banquet, it was specially explained that the importance attached to him is self-evident. ”

Condensing Yun thought that this was indeed the case, and he was very unwilling in his heart. After turning around the study a few times, he said indignantly: "Okay, just give him a generous gift too." ”

Wu Kaidi reminded: "The filial piety of the three festivals and two respects on weekdays, if there is Yang Gonggong, you have to prepare a copy for him." Half the portion is less. ”

"I have to give him half a share of dry stocks. Condensation Cloud thought that if this was the case, it would destroy the original jihua.

"That's not necessary. Gonggong Yang didn't mean this, "Gonggong Yang's account has to be bought, but it can't be bought too much, he thinks you are weak and can be bullied, and you will gain an inch." The eunuchs are very good, and they must not be guarded against. ”

"I see. When the gift book is opened, it will be noted. ..., Condensation Cloud nodded,

He suddenly felt a burst of unhappiness, and now he seemed to be inseparable from Wukaidi, and after arriving in Beijing, he was simply obedient to this naturalized assistant, and the problem was that there was almost nothing wrong with what Wukai said.

Over the next few days, Condensation Cloud, accompanied by Li Luoyou's steward, searched for a suitable house in the city to serve as the location of the bank.

In the old time and space, Condensation Cloud had come to the "Great Capital" more than once, and now he had come to the place where the Great Capital was located, but it was completely different. Even when he came to the outside of the Forbidden City in the old plane, he found that there were too many differences between this place and the Forbidden City he had seen before.

The exterior of the Forbidden City is old and dirty, although the streets are wide, mostly dirt roads, and when it rains a few times in the spring, it is full of mud when you walk there, and if you don't take a sedan chair or car, you will get mud spots full of tuǐ feet. On the street, you can often see "a handful" and "a handful" of Luo Luo leisurely. They carried heavy loads, most of which were coal from the Mentougou area, on which the city of Beijing depended to survive the harsh winter.

Only the sweet and sour rock sugar gourd looks no different from the old time and space, of course, condensing clouds dare not eat it, not only for health and safety reasons, but also because the rock sugar gourd is often stained with sand from the spring breeze.

However, even if it is filthy and muddy, from the day he entered Beijing, he could feel the extraordinary shape and grandeur of the political and economic center of the country's largest city, its all-conquering atmosphere. This feeling was even stronger when he walked down the street in a sedan chair and looked at the cornices of the castle tower in the distance.

This imperial capital will one day fall into our hands. He thought silently in the sedan chair. The capture of this ancient capital was a very political symbol, but not many of the patriarchs did not plan to make the capital here. First of all, this is not a very suitable location in terms of natural conditions and geographical conditions. Secondly, many patriarchs also regarded the city of Beijing as the base camp of "feudal yù evil".

"There's too much muddy water." Condensation Cloud muttered, thinking of the past few days of dealing with Yang Gonggong, he hated Daming and Beijing City more and more.

The aftershocks of Jianyu's entry into the customs have gradually passed, and there has been no further action on the Houjin side outside the customs.

Shaanxi's "chaotic people..., the climate has not yet formed, and they can only cause chaos in the west. As for the "popular uprisings" in various places, most of them swirled and swooped, and there was no great shock. Although the rebellion of Lu'an once shook the southwest, since the defeat of Luxu's army and the flight to Shuixi, it is no longer a big disaster, and it has only been a matter of the past few years. Zheng Zhilong on the southeast coast also accepted the appeasement. So in recent months, the situation in Beijing has remained relatively calm.

Leng Jiyun, accompanied by Wu Kaidi and the Li family's steward, successively watched the Forbidden City, and walked around the chessboard street, he remembered that when Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he had encountered a certain amount of resistance here: he went to the East and West Four Archways, the Chenglu Temple, the Dengshikou and other famous lively and prosperous places. Investigate whether there is a suitable location for opening a bank.

Opening a bank doesn't need to be a bustling place. Banks do not rely on stores to buy and sell. However, in order to facilitate the merchant to issue tickets for redemption, it should not be too far away from the business district. Zuihou chose a place outside the front door, and it was easy to find a place in the alley next to the street. It was originally a pawn shop, which used to be the property of a certain eunuch under Wei Zhongxian, and after the bad thing of nine thousand years old, the pawn was confiscated, the valuable things were confiscated, and the worthless things were stolen, leaving only this empty house.

Condensation Yun looked at the house, including the backyard, there were a total of three courtyards, and there were four side courtyards. Because it used to be a pawn, the building was very strong, and the walls and the base of the house were all made of stone strips. At the back, there is a storeroom dedicated to storing all kinds of pawns, which is tall and sturdy. There is also a self-contained well in the backyard, but it is bitter water.

Beijing's groundwater is basically bitter water, high in minerals, and unfit for consumption. Drinking water, also known as "sweet water", is to the special "sweet water nest...", bought, and the water man delivers water to the door every day.

For people living in Beijing, buying water and eating is also a big expense.

Condensing Yun looked at the house and felt very satisfied, opening a bank has high requirements for safety. If you want to use a typical house, you have to spend a lot of money to renovate it, and the renovation cost of this house is not much. At that moment, the decision was made through Li Luoyou's steward, and the house was bought for four hundred taels of silver. @。