The Bai family.

The Bai family is now different from the past, the work pressure of the concierge is much greater, of course, the temper is also a lot bigger, every day there is a lot of traffic outside the Bai Mansion, and merchants from all over the country come to visit the Bai family, hoping to get more goods. Now the glass and mirrors of the Bai family have made a reputation, on West Chang'an Avenue, there is a special store selling glass products, and the waiters are all Qingqi people who spent a lot of money to buy from Qinhuaihe, these girls are not only beautiful, knowledgeable, and Zhu Yunwen also designed clothes for them, wearing glass jewelry, the whole person looks radiant, attracting many people to buy. In addition, for foreign merchants, the Bai family will also supply, but the number and area are limited, and the supply exceeds demand, which leads to more merchants to visit the Bai family.

It was raining lightly outside that day, and Bai Fangrui looked at the recent income at home, and by the way, she designed the style of the new product, which has been the norm recently. I don't know what the reason is, the old man Bai handed over all the glass business to his daughter to take care of, and the old man basically didn't ask. The Bai family suddenly revived, and naturally someone came to the door to ask for Bai Fangrui, but this time the old man Bai refused without hesitation. Bai Fangrui is seventeen years old, although she doesn't like to read those Qingqing and my words, but which girl is not pregnant with spring, whenever she sees someone else doing a happy event on the street, watching the groom riding a high-headed horse, watching the bride sitting in a sedan chair with a phoenix crown, saying that there is no wave in her heart It is a lie. Smart she also realized that what happened in the family this year was unusual, the shopkeeper of her own family was the White Lotus Sect, and committed the great crime of assassinating the emperor's grandson, but her own family was able to get out of the way, inexplicably Mr. Wang asked the Bai family to sell glass and mirrors, with the best-selling glass and mirrors, the wealth and status of the Bai family were better than before, she vaguely felt that it was related to that Mu Gongzi, although she and Mu Gongzi did not say a few words, but she just had this feeling. Mr. Wang told him a lot of business methods, but after she corrected them, she found that Mr. Wang didn't seem to know much about business, and she knew that these methods were not what Mr. Wang had in mind. So who is this person? She sometimes asked Mr. Wang on the side, but Mr. Wang turned the conversation away lightly. It's been ten months since the last time we met, and Mu Gongzi still hasn't appeared, is it all his own delusion? Bai Fangrui looked at the light rain outside the window and felt an inexplicable sadness......

Just when Bai Fangrui was full of thoughts, her personal maid Green Willow ran in like a gust of wind and shouted, "Miss, Miss, Mu Gongzi is here." ”

What the? Wood Childe? Bai Fangrui couldn't help but stand up, grabbed Lu Liu's hand, and said, "Lu Liu, what did you say?" Mu Gongzi is here? Where? ”

Lu Liu smiled and pulled out his hand and said with a smile: "Miss, I knew that Miss would be happy to hear the news." I just saw Li Xiaozi at the door and the housekeeper said that Mu Gongzi invited the young master to the VIP building to discuss something. ”

Oh, like this, Bai Fangrui sat down: "Is my brother not at home, it seems to have gone out in the morning." ”

"Yes, the young master went to the Qinhuai River, saying that he went to the Qinhuai River with the young master of the Zhang family, the young master of the Li family and the young master of the Wang family to cheer for a courtesan."

Bai Fangrui thought for a moment and said, "Father is also out, in this way, Lu Liu, you go and ask the housekeeper to call Mu Gongzi's people to the hall, and I will go over later." ”

"Okay, Miss, I'll go right away." The green willow jumped and went.

Bai Fangrui combed it out, and when she arrived in the front hall, she realized that it was not Mu Gongzi's person who came, but her own buddy, and when she asked to understand the reason, she thought about it for a while, and sent someone to Qinhuai River to ask the young master to come back, and then asked the guy to wait for a while, go back and change into a set of Confucian clothes, let Lu Liu also disguise himself as a small servant, get into the carriage, take Leng Bingfeng and four guards, and go out to the VIP building.

At present, there are more than 20 guards led by Leng Bingfeng, and the old man of the Bai family, the old lady, Bai Wangru and Bai Fangrui must bring at least four people when they go out, otherwise Leng Bingfeng will not let them go out, and Leng Bingfeng generally follows Bai Fangrui, which is also specially explained by Wang Du.

When he arrived at the VIP building, Leng Bingfeng found an abnormality and quickly stopped the carriageway: "Something is wrong, I'm afraid it's dangerous, Miss better go back." ”

"What's wrong?" Bai Fangrui asked in surprise.

"Miss, you see the shops around here, such as the jewelry store and the fat powder shop, there is a strong man in it, obviously these people have other purposes, and I heard that Mu Gongzi is on the second floor, and there are many customers on the first floor, but these people are all strong men, and they eat too quietly, and they don't drink, which is very unusual."

Bai Fangrui hesitated: "Could it be? ”

"Little Dou has the audacity to assert that this may be a robber or merchant who covets the Bai family's property."

The guy next to him interjected: "These people may have something to do with Mu Gongzi, after Mu Gongzi went upstairs, the VIP building was immediately full, these are the people." ”

Leng Bingfeng was about to speak, when he suddenly found that the big man in the noodle shop turned around, gestured with his hand, and couldn't help choking: "Miss, the little one is wrong, there should be no problem." With that, he withdrew.

Although Bai Fangrui didn't know why, she knew that this Leng Bingfeng was left by Mr. Wang, she was absolutely loyal, and she would protect the Bai family at the cost of her life. Since he said that there was no problem, Bai Fangrui walked into the VIP building with Lu Liu and went up to the second floor, while Leng Bingfeng and the others were stopped downstairs.

Bai Fangrui went upstairs, glanced around, and found a few people sitting by the window, and a young man stood up and waved at her. Bai Fangrui smiled, moved the lotus step lightly, walked to the table, and sat next to Mu Gongzi. Liu Zhen hurriedly beckoned someone to serve the food, and the guy hurriedly agreed, and the second floor was lively for a while.

Although Zhu Yunwen dreamed of it, he didn't know what to say, or Bai Fangrui was generous, picked up the teacup, and said: "Mu Gongzi, I haven't seen you for a long time, the concubine replaces wine with tea, and toasts Gongzi with a cup." ”

Zhu Yunwen picked up the wine glass and drank a glass, and said, "White girl, how is this year?" ”

"It's good, it's just busy."

"Hehe, how is the glass business now?"

"It's good, but it's slowly not selling well on the Jingshi side, and it's being sold to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the overall supply is still in short supply."

"The White Girl has worked hard. By the way, it was your brother who I invited you, why didn't he come? ”

Bai Fangrui's face was slightly red and said, "Brother, my brother has gone out to meet friends, and I have already sent someone to invite him." ”

"Yes, okay."

At this time, the wine and food have come up, although the VIP building is the Bai family's industry, but Bai Fangrui has really never eaten here, and she feels curious, plus Zhu Yunwen is very considerate, often gives her vegetables, and she is very happy to eat. She found that Mu Gongzi ate very elegantly and had an aristocratic temperament, which also confirmed her conjecture, Mu Gongzi was a person with status, and he wanted to ask, but he couldn't say it.

After talking, Zhu Yunwen found that Bai Fangrui was very smart, knew everything about the entry and exit of glass, and was also sensitive to numbers. He suddenly remembered something and said, "White girl, do you know double-entry bookkeeping?" ”

"What?"

"That's right, that is, the accounts are divided into two columns, as the entry and the right is the outing, so that it is not easy to falsify, and it is clear at a glance."

"Ao, let me think about it......" Bai Fangrui gestured on the table with chopsticks, and said excitedly after a while: "Childe, you are so smart, this method is really good, no matter how much business is done, you will not be afraid." Speaking of this, he found that the other party did not answer, and when he looked up, he found that Mu Gongzi was staring at his face, and he couldn't help but bow his head in shame, and whispered: "Childe......"

When Zhu Yunwen was thinking about Bai Fangrui, looking at her thinking, looking at her fair face, her heart couldn't help but be filled with a sense of happiness, and when she found that the other party lowered her head, she found that she was out of shape, and couldn't help but look around, and found that the people around her were looking at their noses, noses, mouths, and mouths, and seemed to be thinking about life events and international relations. Zhu Yunwen coughed, and just wanted to speak, when suddenly someone downstairs shouted: "Mu Gongzi, it's me, Bai Wangru, your guards stopped me from coming up." ”

Everyone was shocked, Zhu Yunwen made a look, Liu Zhen hurriedly came over and brought over a little fat man, it was the eldest young master of the Bai family, Bai Wangru.

Bai Wangru and a few friends today went to Qinhuai River a courtesan named Xiangxue, Xiangxue is a famous character in Qinhuaihe, proficient in poetry, music, calligraphy and painting, and will hold a poetry meeting every month, generally she will take the initiative to invite some famous poets to come, everyone chant poems, do a good job, Xiangxue will sing it on the spot with a tune, which can be regarded as a grand event in Qinhuaihe. Young Master Bai has often run to Xiangxue's flower boat in the past six months, and he is also very interested in offering a hundred taels of tea money every time, and he also knows that if he doesn't pay the money, the next invitation will not be sent to him. But this time just arrived at the poetry meeting, was found by the family, he thought that his father knew, startled, when he heard that it was Mu Gongzi invited, hurried to the VIP building, a few friends didn't know what was going on, and they couldn't stop it, so they had to go by him.

When he arrived at the VIP building, he was stopped by the Jinyi guard, although Bai Wangru didn't know who the other party was, but he didn't dare to break in, so he shouted loudly, and it worked, that Liu Zhen came over and led him up.

After Bai Wangru came over, he pushed Yuan Zhen away and sat on Zhu Yunwen's right side, Zhu Yunwen smiled bitterly, and looked at Yuan Zhen apologetically, Yuan Zhen went to the other side of Yuan Jing to sit down indignantly, but Yuan Jing didn't see it, just sipping fragrant tea.

Bai Wangru sat down and put his hand on Zhu Yunwen's shoulder, this action almost quieted everyone at the scene, there seemed to be a different breath in the air, Bai Wangru also felt it, couldn't help but take it down, and said with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, Mu Gongzi, it's been a long time." My sister thinks about you for a long time, and you are so cruel that you haven't come to see her for so long. ”

Bai Fangrui's face was dripping with blood, but she didn't make a sound. Zhu Yunwen smiled bitterly: "Brother Bai is joking, Mu really has a last resort, and there have been too many things recently, so I don't have time to see Brother Bai." Today is finally free, so I invited Brother Bai to have a drink, I didn't expect Brother Bai to go out for something, so Miss Bai came over, and now Brother Bai came over in a hurry, I don't know if it delayed Brother Bai's good deeds? ”

"No, no, Brother Mu, the younger brother just went to the flower boat of the Xiangxue girl on the Qinhuai River to cheer up, and after listening to the message, he came over quickly, without any delay."

Bai Fangrui secretly scolded her brother in her heart for not being faceless, she was embarrassed to say that he went to Qinhuai River, he was good, he said it with a big grin, thinking of this, he peeked at Zhu Yunwen to see what he said.

Zhu Yunwen didn't have any special expression, and said lightly: "Hehe, it's still Brother Bai's freedom, that Xiangxue girl is very beautiful?" Let Brother Bai never forget? ”

"Of course, Miss Xiangxue is a famous name in Qinhuaihe, she is beautiful, her voice is good, and her music is great, but it's a pity, I should study hard, now I have to pay a hundred taels of silver every time, but I can only sit and drink tea, and watch those sour shows before splashing ink there, hey, life is really boring......" Speaking of this, Bai Wangru picked up the wine glass in front of him, drank it all, and sighed, looking sad and sad, sad and sad.

Zhu Yunwen couldn't help laughing and said, "Brother Bai, what poems are there in that poetry meeting opened by Xiangxue?" ”

"I can't remember too much, I just feel bored, it's not as good as His Royal Highness Taisun's 'Who wrote history in 10,000 years, looking for a marquis three thousand miles away'."

Bai Fangrui hurriedly stopped Bai Wangru and said, "Brother, how can you compare His Highness's poems with those sour talents?" Beware of the misfortune that comes out of the mouth. ”

"'Whoever wrote history for 10,000 years, 3,000 miles away to find a marquis.'" Zhu Yunwen muttered a few words: "You have also heard this poem? ”

"Of course, this is from martial arts, and it is said that martial arts students have to recite it every day, and it is a poem by His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson."

"Oh," Zhu Yunwen's face was a little red, he was plagiarizing the poems of later generations, he felt very bad at the time, but now he is used to it, as long as it is suitable.

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said, "Brother Bai, Mu has a poem, give it to you, you can try it next time you go to the poetry meeting." ”

"Oh? Brother Mu can also write poems, great, let's hear it, this time I'm going to raise my eyebrows. ”

"Okay, bring me the pen and ink."

Soon Liu Zhen took the pen and ink and found a table next to him, and Zhu Yunwen waved it:

If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan. Waiting for idle changes but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable.

Lishan said that it was half of the night, and the night rain and rain did not complain. How is Bo Xing Jinyilang, who wishes on the same day.

For a while, the people around him were of different colors, Liu Zhen couldn't understand it, Bai Wangru didn't understand it, Yuan Zhen and Yuan Jing glanced at each other, unable to hide the shock in their eyes, but Bai Fangrui muttered: "If life is only as first seen...... Waiting for idle changes is very popular...... If life is only as ..... first seen" reading, reading, tears couldn't help but flow, and Green Willow exclaimed in fright: "Miss, what's wrong with you, why are you crying?" ”

Everyone turned around, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly helped Bai Fangrui to the chair, and was about to say something, but Bai Fangrui grabbed Zhu Yunwen's hand and said, "Childe, can this poem be given to Rui'er?" ”

Bai Wangru just wanted to speak, but was pulled by Lu Liu's sleeves, and he didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Yunwen looked at Bai Fangrui with tears in her eyes, and said: "White girl, this poem is about parting, not suitable for girls, and I will have the opportunity to send a better one to the girl in the future, okay?" ”

Bai Fangrui woke up and said in a low voice: "Rui'er understands, thank you, son." ”

......

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhu Yunwen said to the Bai family brothers and sisters: "I came today to ask the two of you for help." ”

"Brother Mu, please speak."

"There has been a lot of silver backlog with you lately, and I plan to open a bank, and in two days I will send someone over to manage the money and issue silver bills. In the future, merchants who go to the Bai family to get goods must use silver tickets. ”

"Banks? Silver ticket? Bai Fangrui asked.

"Actually, it's very simple, I sent someone over and issued the corresponding silver tickets according to the amount of silver, which were divided into one tael, two taels, five taels, ten taels, twenty taels, fifty taels, one hundred taels, etc., and could also issue silver bills with smaller denominations, such as twenty wen, fifty wen, etc."

"What's the benefit?"

"There are a lot of benefits, but they are slowly apparent, you just need to remember that you must use silver tickets to get the goods from the Bai family, they have to deposit the silver in my bank, and the bank will give them the same amount of silver tickets, and then use the silver tickets to take the goods from you, my share, you just need to give us the silver tickets, your share, you can go to the bank to redeem the silver, or you can take out the silver to use when you need it."

"Oh, what's the use of this? It doesn't seem to make money. Bai Fangrui asked.

"There's no rush on this. Now you just have to remember to do that. ”

"Okay, Rui'er understands."

Bai Wangru didn't understand very well, and when he saw that his sister agreed, he also agreed.

......

chatted for about an hour, and then basically Zhu Yunwen and Bai Fangrui were chatting, and the others didn't dare to interject, but Bai Wangru, the only one who could interject, couldn't interject, because he found that he couldn't understand the content of the conversation between the two. After everyone dispersed, Bai Wangru took Zhu Yunwen's ink treasure and went back happily.

Zhu Yunwen stood at the door of the restaurant, the sky was already clear, and he couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth when he watched Bai Fangrui's carriage go away......