【Ticket Request】

The time was close to noon, it was still the restaurant outside the mansion, and the private room by the window on the second floor was still three people sitting around and gossiping, but the wine and food on the table were more sumptuous than before, and the people who could see the east were in a good mood.

One of the people in the seat was a tooth man named Jia Gui, he drank a mouthful of soju in the cup, and said unsatisfied: "Guiyang Wei has even sent the rest of the army to help in the examination room, He Jiu, you are not on duty in the Yazhong today, but you have time to come out to drink with us?" ”

He Jiu, who was counted by him, was He Zhengwen, a clerk of Guiyang Mansion, who had a lot of intersections with Jia Gui on weekdays, but today there was no exclusive errand in Yazhong, so it was Dong Yi who was the east, and the three of them got together.

Dong Yi picked up a lot of cheap because of the previous He Degu and Gu Fengming case, and his own business made a lot of profits, and he made a lot of money back from all the money that was folded in the salt, and later he got a lot of benefits from the grain business harvested last autumn, and now that the capital is large, he is even more interested in a good business, but it is about to fall on the two people at the wine table.

He was in a good mood today, but he didn't interrupt Jia Gui to speak, just listened while drinking.

He Zhengwen didn't annoy Jia Gui, and retorted, "The roll call inspection is a matter of the ceremonial room, I am a household scrivener, what is there to say about the rare few days in this year?" Dafu is an official who sympathizes with his subordinates. ”

Jia Gui smiled: "It's compassionate, I heard that he also got a share of your distant uncle's property, so you can be regarded as a thief as your father." ”

"You are really begging for a beating, He Degu violated the law of the country, and he should have confiscated his family property, and I have nothing to do with his family for a long time, you don't want to listen to nonsense in the market, annoying me for a small matter, and you dare to talk nonsense about the prefect's affairs?"

Jia Gui crooked his lips and smiled, "I'm not talking nonsense, the Wang family kid collapsed the He family and the Gu family, which official in the county mansion didn't share the profits?" It's also that Wang Xingping is generous, otherwise who would help him deal with these two gods of wealth, in the past, they didn't lose the money they paid for the big and small officials, but this time it was planted, and then He Jiu, you really didn't beat your uncle's idea? ”

"You ......" He Jiu seemed to be really about to have a seizure this time, but he still held back his words, Jia Gui had a single temper, and he was accustomed to He Jiu again, so he was naturally not afraid of him being angry.

However, Dong Yi finally started the round with a smile, "It is true that I invited the two virtuous brothers to come here today for my brother, but it is not for you to be idle and play tricks." ”

When the other two heard this, they put down their appearance and listened seriously, "I don't know why Brother Dong Yi invited us to eat and drink today, didn't he make money again?" ”

Jia Guijiu was messing around in Fang City, faster than He Zhengwen saw the opportunity.

"Although there is no silver to make at the moment, it is really a silver to make money, but this business needs all of you to help me to do it."

"Business?" He Wenzheng was a little confused, he was a public man, and he naturally had to find Jia Gui in the tooth shop to do business, and it was his duty to inquire about some official news.

"Didn't you say last time that the young master of the Wang family was going to set up iron smelting, I thought it was just a whim for him, and I didn't want it to be done." Dong Yi said with a smile, "It's only been a few months, and Poly's ironware is in short supply." ”

"Dong Yi Gemo doesn't want to do his family's ironware business?" Jia Gui's eyes were rolling, a few days ago, the posters of Poly Bank were scattered all over the city, how did he not know that the threshold of the palace was about to be broken in the past few days, and now Dong Yi wants to get in touch with the Wang family business again, and it will be despised if it is not handled well.

He Zhengwen thought about it for a while, and felt that Dong Yi probably still wanted to go through the path of the official, so he said: "The young master of the Wang family met Fuzun a few days ago, and he also said something about iron smelting. ”

Dong Yi nodded, "I also heard about this, he also participated in the government exam today, right?" When I went to see Fuzun at this time, didn't I provoke suspicion in vain? ”

"Brother doesn't know, this Young Master Wang doesn't actually plan to refer to the undergraduate, his filial piety period has not yet expired, he is just using the county test to practice his skills." Wang Xingping was afraid that not many people knew about this matter, and the people in the government had basically heard about it.

"I see, but it's not a toss." When Dong Yi heard this, he felt that since he didn't take the test, why should he go again.

"What's the toss, the Wang family's business has not been delayed, but it has become better and better, Dong Yige doesn't know, these days, even the merchants from Sichuan and Huguang have asked about the Wang family's iron smelting, and the government test is just one day, even if it is not true, but if it is really the head of the case, the reputation of Poly Bank may be even greater."

Dong Yi's team was not interested in the scientific expedition, so he only followed He Jiu's previous words and asked, "Isn't Sichuan itself a lot of private smelters?" ”

"I heard that the Wang family invited back the master craftsman from Foshan Town, Guangdong, and the iron tools produced were better than those in Sichuan and Huguang, and the price was extremely cheap.

"I have also seen all kinds of iron tools produced by Poly, and they are indeed excellent, but it is very rare to underwrite, so I want to invite two virtuous brothers to come out today to take this line."

As soon as Jia Gui heard that the business came to the door, he patted his chest and said: "The business of Poly Bank has been growing bigger these days, and it is also under the care of the military minister. However, since my brother values only his iron weapons and not firearms, in fact, this is easy to do, younger brother, I will go to Beicheng later to ask, there are a few familiar economies are doing this iron business, I heard that there is a special Sichuan iron ore economy or to Poly Bank to supply goods, they should be able to have some affection. ”

"Naturally, there is no problem with Brother Jia Xian's words, but Brother Wei still wants to meet the young master of the Wang family alone to talk about underwriting, I don't know if Brother He Jiu may be able to help with this."

"Brother Dong Yi is right to find the yamen in this matter, I heard that there are many merchants looking for Wang Xingping in the past few days, all of them are for the iron factory business, but he is still in the army for a while, and he only came back from the Jierong Institute not long ago, I heard that the county test he is the top card, presumably today should be average, and now the time is not early, the younger brother will follow to see."

Dong Yi laughed when he heard this, "Then there is Brother Lao He, if this is done, the benefits of the two virtuous brothers will naturally be indispensable." ”

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When Wang Xingping came out of the examination room, his face was relaxed, it seems that it is not too difficult to take a show at his current level, and it is okay to compete for a person, if he can distinguish the personality of the examiner, then there should be some opportunities to take a tribute, at least now he is also a little realized, on the one hand, the imperial examination is to test the talent of Confucianism, on the other hand, there are also various accidental and inevitable factors, some of the great Confucians in the world are unwilling to accommodate because they can't recognize the situation and have to fall into the fate of Sun Shan for the rest of their lives, but Wang Xingping has his own purpose, There is no such high style, the examination to become an official, as long as it is practical, so he is more confident in the course of the subject, and now that he has arrived at the government examination, it has come to an end.

As for the accident caused by the bowl of chicken soup rice noodles that was still added as usual in the examination room, he was still a little reluctant to go, but as several Confucian students who were caught cheating in a row were found out during the exam, the little guilt in his heart disappeared.

There are many things to come, the most headache at the moment is to expand production capacity, and there are many businesses that come to the door, but now the technical advantage is not big, so in this case, blindly expanding the scale of the iron plant will produce a lot of hidden worries, especially the inevitable business eyes are secretly coveted, so he gradually gave birth to another idea in his heart.

was thinking about the things in his heart, and it was easy to squeeze out of a group of flattering people, when he was suddenly stopped by a person.

The person who came was dressed in official clothes and had a white face, and he looked like a servant in the palace, "I don't know what this errand official has to say?" ”

The gray-clothed official smiled all over his face and bowed, "He Zhengwen is the household secretary of Guiyang Mansion, and he has been waiting for his son here for a long time, and it seems that his son must be in high school at this moment." ”

Wang Xing said calmly, is there anything wrong in the examination room? But after thinking about it, it shouldn't be a matter of the government exam, so he said politely: "It turns out that he is in charge, there are still a few days before the list is released, and I don't dare to say that this high school is still a few days away, but I don't know what Guan Gan has to teach." ”

"I don't dare to take the word teaching, but I have a brother who has long admired the name of Gongzi, he is also a businessman, and I want to invite Gongzi to the restaurant opposite for some business matters."

"Didn't ask for the name of the elder brother?" Hearing that it was another business, Wang Xingping sighed in his heart, but he still accepted it.

"Don't dare, my brother's name is Dong Yi."

"Oh? But the proprietor of Zhenxiang? ”

"It's best if the boy actually knows."

"Dong Dong's business has been doing very well recently, where are others, there is a labor manager to guide me."

At this time, Wang Xiaoliu finally found the figure of the master, and hurriedly leaned over to take over Kaolan, and the three of them went all the way to the opposite restaurant.

When he arrived at the restaurant, Wang Xingping instructed Xiaoliu to go home to report the news, he was led to the upstairs private room by He Zhengwen alone, Dong Yi and Jia Gui saw it and quickly got up to salute.

The four of them sat down again around a table of eight immortals, and Dong Yi immediately ordered the hall official to lay down some freshly cooked hot dishes, and let some good soju from the north be served.

Wang Xingping and the three of them talked while eating, first complimented a few words about the exam, and then turned the topic to the iron factory.

Wang Xingping said with a smile: "I really don't hide it from Dong Dong, the disadvantage has indeed gained some fame recently, but it is still inappropriate to underwrite due to the output, which is why I have not talked about underwriting with other merchants these days." ”

Dong Yi was a little puzzled, "If the output is insufficient, you can recruit more craftsmen, and you won't worry about sales with your current production." "If he doesn't do the business of delivering to the door, he naturally doesn't know what Wang Xingping is thinking in his heart.

"I don't know how Dong Dong's businessmen in Guizhou think my merchants in Guizhou are compared to the Sichuan merchants and Chu merchants, and how do they compare with the merchants in Jiangxi and Zhejiang?"

Wang Xingping's sudden appearance made the three of them puzzled, but Dong Yi still replied: "It's better to be self-inflicted, not to mention Sichuan and Huguang, Jiangxi merchants are half southern, just look at the Jiangxi guild hall has been repaired to Guiyang Mansion City." ”

"So that's where the kid really worries." Wang Xingping told Dong Yi the truth, "Let's just say that our Wang family, in order to turn over the business, my father had to go to Chongqing to ask for a loan, if it is changed to Jiangxi or two Zhejiang merchants, there are guilds in various places, and the people of the same township will naturally have this emergency money, and there are even businessmen who have a lawsuit in the township, and they all help each other, do you think this matter means?" ”

The three of them looked at each other when they heard this, among the southern merchants, one was Jiangxi and the other was Nanzhi, and these two merchants were all in a group, so they were also very popular among the laymen. But Dong Yi and the three still didn't know what kind of medicine Wang Xingping suddenly talked about in this gourd, so they had to ask for advice.

"Actually, what the kid wants to say is that my Qianshang has a weak foundation, and today's bulk is just doing the transit of Yunnan goods into the mainland, and I heard that the bulk of the transshipment business in Zhenyuan Mansion is still being taken by Sichuan merchants and Chu merchants."

"That's true." Dong Yi and Jia Gui knew it clearly, and nodded their heads.

"So......" Wang Xingping's gaze swept over the three people on the table, "I thought that what underwriting was deliberately discordant with others, rather than being like this, it is better for everyone to cooperate, and first hold a group to make this iron cake bigger." ”