Two months later, Huaizhou.

A street market that is several times more prosperous than the "commercial street" of Changping County, stands a three-storey, extremely festive hotel, called: Fugui Restaurant.

In addition to the name of the restaurant, its shop is also talked about. The three-storey building is painted red on the surface, and various patterns of wealth and auspiciousness are carved on it, and then outlined with gold and silver threads. For a time, this rich building became the most beautiful store on this street, and its owner was the most beautiful boy on this street......

At this time, on the second floor of the tea house opposite the restaurant, two men in cloth sat facing each other, drinking tea and looking at Fuguilou and chatting about gossip.

The man in gray said, "Brother Jia, what do you say is the origin of the owner of the rich building?" I heard that I wrapped the head of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion Yuan Qing girl. ”

The man in Tsing Yi said with disdain: "Snort-what girl! It's just a prostitute. ”

The man in gray shook his head and smiled, "Brother Jia, you are really ...... Okay, don't talk about that. However, that person is also a good means, and he has only been a brother and sister to the son of the Yan family in just a few days. What kind of people are the brothers of the Yan family, that is our top brother in Huaizhou, how many people are vying to cling to it. He fell into the eyes of the Yan family's son in just a few days, amazing! ”

The man in Tsing Yi pouted and said, "It's nothing more than money that can make ghosts grind." A person who didn't know where to come from, spent money like dirt, and was just a raccoon dog with the Yan family. Look at the wood carvings on the pavement, what are they! Shrimp and crab, cabbage, pork belly, should there be on the wood carving? It's vulgar, I don't know what to say! Four points of jealousy and six points of disdain, the man in Tsing Yi brought these two emotions into full play.

The man in gray pursed his lips and smiled, and after his eyes slipped around the rich building, his eyes turned to the street.

"Huh——!" The gray-clothed man's eyes widened and he exclaimed.

"How?" The man in Tsing Yi was curious and looked into the street.

I saw a man walking on the street, his black hair was tied with a green ribbon very casually, and a few strands of hair hanging down on both sides of his forehead were fluttering lightly in the wind. This man had a handsome face, a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and was dressed in an emerald green robe, except for the collar, belt, and bracers with milky white patterns, this man- the whole body was glowing green.

"Tsk - you dare to wear clothes of this color! What a weirdo. The man in Tsing Yi said with disgust on his face.

"Don't say it, this color is really beautiful and refined on this body......" The man in gray said very implicitly.

With an arrogant pace, Su Duchen, who was dressed in a "beautiful and refined" dress, turned a corner and entered the alley. The side door of the Fugui Building is in this alley, and Su Duchen takes this door when he enters and exits the restaurant.

entered the side door, went up the private staircase and went directly to the third floor, where Su Duchen got an "office" on the third floor.

Su Duchen pushed the door in, and saw Qin Mufeng sitting on the chair next to the coffee table, making tea and tasting tea very elegantly.

"Brother of words." Su Duchen said hello happily.

"Poof-" Qin Mufeng, who was drinking tea, was dressed by Su Duchen, and his eyes were so dazzling that he squirted out a mouthful of tea, "Ahem-what kind of dress are you!" ”

"What's your reaction?" Su Duchen said unhurriedly, not feeling that there was anything wrong with his clothes. "What about Ogawa, didn't you come today?" Sitting opposite Qin Mufeng, Su Duchen took a sip of tea and asked.

Qin Mufeng shook his head with a smile, his clothes were so flashy that he didn't know how to answer.

"I've always wanted to ask you, are you- are you sure you're on my ship?" Su Duchen asked.

"What kind of ship are you?" Qin Mufeng made tea and asked rhetorically with a smile.

"Merchant ships? Pirate ship? It's certainly not an official ship. Su Duchen played with the teacup and said quietly.

"The boss of the boat, the people are good, the boat is stable. Besides, walking on land doesn't necessarily mean that you will be safe and sound for a lifetime. It is a great blessing in life for people to be able to choose what they like to do in their lives. Qin Mufeng said slowly, poured tea into his cup, and filled Su Duchen's teacup. picked up the teacup and touched Su Duchen's teacup, and added with a smile: "I like to take a boat." ”

"Haha-" Su Duchen laughed heartily, "That's right! It's the happiest thing to do what you love. ”

"Ogawa has entered the mountain. I heard that the shelves were all set up, and I went after breakfast. Qin Mufeng said.

"It's all right! It's pretty fast. I'll check it out tomorrow. Su Duchen nodded.

"Childe, the third son of Yan is here, in room No. 1 on the second floor." The guy outside the door reported.

"Well, prepare a pot of tea for Yan Gongzi, and I'll be there later." Su Duchen said.

Looking at the figure of the guy leaving outside the door, Qin Mufeng hesitated: "You-plan to close the net?" ”

"Two days ago, Yan Tie sent Lu Zhi to Huaizhou. This new phase of salt introduction will be undertaken by two major merchants in Huaizhou, the Yan family and the Zhou family. The Yan family is in charge of this piece of fat is the eldest son of Yan. When Su Duchen said this, he laughed and said, "Throughout the ages, I have never heard of a family where the son-in-law and the concubine can coexist peacefully. ”

Qin Mufeng said: "So you want to divide them. ”

"No, ruined them." Su Duchen said in a deep voice.

Room 1 on the second floor.

Su Duchen pushed open the door and saw Yan Sangongzi walking in the room.

"Brother Yan! I'm sorry for the delay just now, I'm late. Su Duchen arched his hand.

"It's okay, it's okay, come on, let's get down to business." Yan San dragged Su Duchen to sit on the chair, and said, "Did my eldest brother make an appointment to meet you in the Drunken Immortal Pavilion at night?" ”

Su Duchen nodded and said, "Yes."

Yan San said indignantly: "I must have asked you for silver." Hmph - the business in both waterways is going to be taken up, I'm really a bully! ”

Su Duchen was surprised: "For silver? Brother Yan, you are wrong. Why would Brother Yan ask me to borrow silver? ”

Yan San glanced at Su Duchen and said dissatisfiedly: "I said Brother Su, your eldest brother is so kind, which side are you standing on!" ”

Su Duchen touched his nose and said with a light smile: "He's your eldest brother, didn't I follow your call." What's more, the only thing I have in common with him is probably that I like to go to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion to have fun. As for the friendship - our friendship is not fake, do you say yes. ”

"This is the title deed of two Zhuangzi and three shops. The environment of Zhuangzi is good, and the income of the shop is also good. It's all bet on you, and you prepare 300,000 taels for me. Yan San pushed the title deed in front of Su Duchen.

"Is it so hard?" Su Duchen picked up the title deed, glanced at it, put it back on the table, and asked.

"In the past two years, my good big brother has secretly suppressed me more and more despicable, and I want to leave a way back for myself." Yan San said in a deep voice.

"You want to cooperate with the Zhou family?" Su Duchen asked.

Being able to get the exclusive right to sell from the extremely competitive battle for salt introduction proves the strength of the Zhou family. But...... The Zhou family would actually join forces with Yan San, which Su Duchen didn't expect.

Yan San said lightly: "In the past few years, I have been the one who has been running errands outside the Yan family, and I am familiar with the situation in various state capitals. For the Zhou family, the benefits of my joining outweigh the disadvantages. The most important thing is that the Zhou family is short of money. ”

Su Duchen said: "You have a few percent." ”

Yan San said: "Sancheng." Rest assured, they all know my situation and will not go under the knife in the back. At least not like my big brother. ”

After pondering for a moment, Su Duchen said, "When will you want the silver?" ”

Yan San said: "Two days later." ”

Su Duchen nodded and said, "Hmm." ”

Yan San said gratefully: "Thank you! ”

……………………

Drunken Immortal Pavilion, second floor, Yalan Pavilion.

Yuanqing is like a quiet orchid - elegant and quiet, beautiful eyes, and graceful gestures.

Seeing Yuan Qing for the first time, Su Duchen was surprised, such a woman was actually in the dust, and it was a pity in his heart.

After a few days of contact, Su Duchen has a deeper understanding of this beauty.

People are smart, good-tempered, not greedy for money, versatile, these are not ...... Do it all over again.

This little lady of Yuanqing has only two advantages, she is a little smarter, she plays the guqin very much, and then she ...... Nope.

"Childe, you have been neglected - if that Yan Da doesn't come, can Childe stay with Yuan Qing until dawn tonight?" Yuan Qingqiao smiled and said slowly with beautiful eyes.

Su Duchen poured himself a glass of wine, also poured a glass for Yuan Qing, and said with a light smile: "Those who want to stay with you until dawn, there is a queue outside waiting for your favor." I, don't even think about it. ”

Yuan Qing sighed, frowned, and said, "Childe really doesn't look down on me, a dusty woman. It's also - Yuan has cleared a pair of good skins, and the rest is not worth mentioning. ”

I don't know, her pitiful appearance is really fascinating. It's a pity that if you understand it deeply, you will feel that people are really multifaceted. There are too many uncertainties, both openly and secretly.

Su Duchen smiled and took out a stack of silver tickets and pushed it in front of her, saying, "I think Miss Yuanqing prefers this." ”

Yuan Qing's eyes were shining when he saw the silver ticket on the table, and he reached out to pick up the silver ticket and counted it, throwing his eyes as he counted.

"Why! What is Childe going to do? "The more Yuan Qing counts, the more his hands tremble, 200,000 taels!

Su Duchen raised the corners of his lips lightly, took out a letter and pressed it on the silver ticket, and said, "What do you want to do, the letter says." Whether you do it or not is up to you, and there is still some time for you to think about it. ”

Yuan Qing took out the letter paper suspiciously, looked at the content carefully, and after a while, said, "Childe, you ......"

Su Duchen said: "Give me the answer after you think about it." ”

Yuan Qing Zhengse asked, "Childe, do you believe me?" ”

Su Duchen smiled lightly: "Faith, you have this ability." You're very purposeful, and so am I, so you can think of it as a trade and take what you need. ”

Yuan Qingdao said: "Childe, let me think about it for two more days." ”

Su Duchen said quietly: "Yes." However, betrayal is not allowed during the transaction, otherwise it will ......"

Yuan Qing said with a straight face: "Childe, with your word 'letter', Yuan Qing is grateful." Picked up the wine jug and poured wine for Su Duchen, and said: "Childe once said that no matter how much you say, it is not as practical as action, Yuan Qing thinks that Childe, you are right." The reason for considering the two-day is that the Drunken Immortal Pavilion is here...... Yuan Qing wants to think of getting out. ”

"Childe, Gongzi Yan is here, in Peony Xuan." The little guy outside the door whispered.

"Childe, you need me to ......" Yuan Qingdao said.

Su Duchen waved his hand and said, "No." You've been doing well these days, and you've almost done everything you want to know, so you can rest. ”

………………

Yan Huaiping has four sons and three daughters, and the one born in the main room is this Yan eldest son, and there is a married daughter.

As the richest man in Huaizhou, Yan Huaiping's reputation for fear of guilt has been spread for a long time, and he only has one wife and one concubine in his backyard.

The head of the Yan family is a famous Hedong lion in Huaizhou, and Yan Sanyan Chengyang's mother is Yan's original personal maid. After marriage, Yan was very virtuous and let Yan Huaiping accept his maidservants as concubines. In this way, Yan Chengyang's mother became the only concubine in the Yan Mansion.

The so-called, there are policies and countermeasures, and the government does not allow the acceptance of beauties, so Yan Huaiping places the beauties outside. The three beauties were placed in the courtyard by him, and Da Mei gave birth to a son and a daughter, and the son was the second. Ermei has a son, the fourth. Sanmei gave birth to a daughter.

Although the Yan family is a Hedong lion, he doesn't have too much attention to these three unranked outer rooms. As long as she doesn't enter the house, as long as she doesn't get in the way of her son, she ignores how many women there are outside Yan Huaiping.

There are a lot of pickles in the inner courtyard of the deep house, and the inner courtyard of the Yan family can be safe and sound for more than ten years? Thinking of this, Su Duchen sneered - then let's see, can the Yan family really be safe and prosperous for a hundred years......

Peony Xuan.

Yan Dagongzi, who looks seven points similar to Yan Chengyang, is in his twenties. Su Duchen felt that the sons of the family were not bad looking, with fair skin and handsome appearance.

The biggest difference between Yan Da and Yan Chengyang is the eyes. Yan San, who was born in the concubine room, has been suppressed for a long time, has a natural inferiority complex, and always has a cautious and cautious look in his eyes. Yan Da, on the other hand, looks at people with a very aggressive look in his eyes, and is born with a sense of superiority, as if everyone must listen to him and do things for him.

"Haha-Brother Su is here, I just wanted to send someone to Yalan Pavilion to call you again. Why- are you really obsessed with that Yuanqing? If you want me to say that I just accepted the matter. But—you have to listen to my brother's advice, a prostitute is a thing, don't take it seriously. Yan Da hugged Su Duchen's shoulders and walked inside.

Su Duchen, who was holding his shoulders, said in his heart: Today, there are a lot of words and a lot of softness, it seems that the gap is bigger than he imagined.

Su Duchen sneered in his heart, his face was not obvious, his sword eyebrows were raised lightly, and he said jokingly: "Brother Yan is in a good mood tonight, it seems that he is having fun?" ”

Yan Da waved his hand and said, "I'll clear all the irrelevant people." Tonight, you and I have a good talk. ”

Su Duchen said: "Brother Yan, if there is anything you need from your junior brother, just ask." ”

"Brother Su, you also know that Yanyin has been decided to be undertaken by my Yan family and Zhou family." Yan Da paused, glanced at Su Duchen, and said, "Although the Zhou family has been added this time, the current handicap is also big." 400,000 pieces of salt, one lead and seven runs, distributed to all states and counties. Yesterday, it was agreed with the Zhou family that they would take forty percent and the Yan family sixty percent. In addition to buying and leading, you also have to dredge up and down, which one doesn't need silver, and the business is not easy to do. ”

Su Duchen listened very seriously, and nodded sympathetically. When Yan Da finished speaking, Su Duchen asked with a light smile, "Brother Yan, what is your focus ......?" ”

Yan Da laughed twice and said softly: "This time, Brother Su has to help you Brother Yan and me." ”

Su Duchen also asked softly, "How can I help?" ”

Yan Dadao: "Brother Su will borrow one million taels of silver for the Yan family first, and I will thank him in the future." Yan Da proposed very unceremoniously.

Sure enough, he is so cheeky to borrow money and not change his face, he is confident, Su Duchen said in his heart. The corners of his mouth were slightly retracted, Su Duchen's eyes widened, and he said, "Brother Yan, are you kidding!" How can I compare this bit of belongings with the Yan family, don't make fun of me. What's more, this salt introduction is your Yan family's business, how can I intervene, I can't do it. Su Duchen waved his hand as he spoke.

Yan Da waved his hand and smiled: "Eh-Brother Su, you heard it." I mean, Brother Su would like to help. The silver is borrowed by the Yan family, and if it is returned in the future, it must be grateful. ”

Su Duchen frowned and said, "Brother Yan, are you serious?" The Yan family's family business is so big, how could it be ......"

Yan Da said lightly: "It's because the family business is big and the expenses are also large, so I can't raise silver taels for a while." Originally, I came back from the capital to transfer silver, but I didn't think about it...... Don't talk about it. Yan Da gritted his teeth when he said this. He also said: "Brother Su, you can help me raise all the money first, Yan Jiajue will not treat you badly." Even if my Yan family is untrustworthy, my uncle will never let you lose. ”

Yan Taishou was brought out...... Su Duchen lowered his eyes, pretending to weigh the pros and cons, and after a while, he said slowly: "Brother Yan, Su must believe in the Yan family." However, it is necessary to settle accounts between brothers, not to mention, this is a million taels, not a small amount of money. Su dared to ask, Brother Yan, how do you borrow it? What to bet on? ”

"Brother Su, you and I are both businessmen, how could you forget this." Yan laughed, then took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and put them on the table, "Here are two big Zhuangzi, three shops, and a three-story Chunxue Building in the capital, this building is famous in the capital. Well, I've made enough bets. ”

Su Duchen picked up the title deed and looked at it, thinking: The Zhuangzi and the shop that this product took out must be very ordinary, but he has heard of this Chunxue Building, and it is indeed famous.

After a while, Su Duchen smiled lightly: "What Brother Yan is betting on must be good." However, can you ask Brother Yan to write me another IOU with a stamped letter? ”

When Yan Da heard this, he said a little angrily: "Brother Su, you have gone too far." If the salt is in hand, it will not take two months to pay back. You don't believe in the Yan family so much? ”

Su Duchen knew Yan Da too well, this person's suspicion was serious, and the easier it was, the more he didn't believe it. Merchants are heavy on profits, and there is no more security, how can a million taels of silver be borrowed and borrowed. Therefore, when Su Duchen opened his mouth to ask for an IOU, he seemed annoyed, but in fact, he believed in you more.

Su Duchen sneered and said, "Brother Yan, don't be annoyed, in business, rules are always required." ”

Yan Da snorted lightly and said, "It's up to you!" The silver will be handed over in two days, Brother Su may be ready? ”

Su Duchen nodded and said, "I'll prepare as soon as I go back, it's too late." ”

Yan Dadao: "Okay! Tonight, you and I will not get drunk and not return. ”