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Chinese New Year is an ancient traditional festival in China, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, whether in the later generations, or contemporary, whenever this time, people will go home to reunite, enjoy the joy of family, happy to welcome the New Year, but in this world not everyone can enjoy this tradition, there are always some people, their way to welcome the New Year, is to work harder.

Today, almost the people of Jiangnan are like this.

When Tokyo Bianliang fell into a sea of joy, and Jiangnan was as cold and windy as ever, it was rare to see people put up lights to welcome the New Year, because they did not have this qualification, this year for them, it can be said that it means a qiē, success, everything, failure, they will continue to live in dire straits.

Therefore, there is no reason for anyone to waste their precious time on this annual festival, and each of them is working hard to live and work hard for a better life.

Although they are in the same country, the people in the north and south of the Yangtze River live completely different lives, and this is fate.

Hangzhou!

By the river, I saw that many workers were braving the cold wind to build a wharf by the river, no one complained, no one slacked off, and everyone was in full swing.

On the riverbank, a white-faced man dressed in a white cotton robe directs those workers to work, and his melodious voice seems to reveal a hint of magic, making people feel like a chun's breeze.

After a while, I saw a man in official uniform walking over, he first stood in the distance and looked at the white-faced man, shook his head with a wry smile, and then stepped forward and said, "Qi Niang, can you be in such a hurry?" This is a big New Year's sake, and you have to come here to supervise it yourself. ”

This white-faced boy is Bai Qiannuo, who is dressed as a man. And this latecomer official is Zheng Jiaerlang, Zheng Yi.

Bai Qiannuo saw that he was wearing an official uniform, and said with a smile: "Second brother, you are not the same. ”

Zheng Yi smiled: "I'm an official, and I'm a man, it's different." ”

Bai Qiannuo frowned and said, "You mean, we women are not as good as you men." ”

"Oh, I didn't say that." Zheng Yi hurriedly denied it.

Bai Qiannuo sneered, then looked at the river, and said: "Actually, don't talk about the New Year, it's such a cold weather, who wants to come here to work, but this river is the top priority for the entire Jiangnan, and there will be many businessmen who come here by boat next year to do business, if there is not even a wharf, this is too insincere." The eldest brother said that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. So, we have to get the road repaired before the merchants come. ”

Zheng Yi smiled and said, "This matter is really all thanks to you, if it weren't for your clever plan, it would have been impossible to build so many docks without any funds allocated by the imperial court, at least not so quickly." ”

Bai Qiannuo immediately said: "Second brother, you are an official, I am a citizen, don't say this again, let's talk about it as if a wolf is jian." I did this just for the sake of our Zuixianju business, I believe other businessmen also think the same way, not for your government, we signed a contract in advance, and we Zuixianju paid for the construction of the dock, but the wharf in front of us completely belongs to our Zuixianju, even if your government's ship wants to berth, it must first be approved by us, and we also have the right to charge berthing fees. ”

Zheng Yi listened with a depressed face, and said, "Qi Niang, do you need to be so clear?" Since ancient times, only the imperial court has collected fees from merchants, but in your hands, it is completely reversed. ”

Bai Qiannuo grinned and said: "There is no way, who told you that you have no money, but you came to beg me, I agreed, let's be an official and a business, it is better to distinguish clearly, the province is said that the second brother is greedy and bribe-taking." Second brother, you are the prefect of a state, you won't deceive me, a little girl, right? ”

Zheng Yi rolled his eyes and said: "You don't blush when you say this, you can even move out of the bribery, if all the women in the world are like you, then I am afraid that sitting on my son is the so-called little woman in your mouth." ”

Speaking of this, he sighed and said, "That's it, that's it, the current businessman is really not easy to mess with." However, I have a word in advance, don't teach the other merchants badly. ”

Bai Qiannuo grinned and said: "This second brother can rest assured, the rest of the businessmen are both enemies and friends to the Drunken Immortal Residence, Qi Niang only cares about the interests of the Drunken Immortal Residence, and the rest has nothing to do with me." However, what Qi Niang can imagine, those businessmen should also be able to think of, such as Cai Yuanwai of Jade Xuan, Brother Li was almost defeated in his hands at the beginning, fortunately, Old Man Fan came forward to help, and the eldest brother often said that he was an out-and-out old fox, he donated a sum of money so generously this time, if he can't recover ten times the benefits, it will be very difficult, second brother, you will have to be busy in the future. ”

"I know that."

Zheng Yi sighed again and said: "Before agreeing to cooperate with you businessmen, I already expected what would happen, there is no way, who told the imperial court that the court can't allocate money at all now, only in this way can we get enough money as soon as possible to revitalize Jiangnan." However, in this way, the status of businessmen will also be further improved, alas, the world has changed, it used to be the people seeking officials, but now it is the officials seeking the people, and my Zheng Erlang is also born at the wrong time. ”

Bai Qiannuo chuckled: "I'm afraid it will be many years later, in fact, what is really rich now is still some official eunuch families, even if it is like the owner of Zhou Zhuang, in the end, it still has to cooperate with the silk mill under the imperial court, which means that the entire economy is still controlled by the imperial court, if not, how can the imperial court agree lightly." ”

"That's just as well." Zheng Yi nodded and said with a smile: "I was originally the most difficult businessman in the world to deal with, and the economic envoy was definitely the best, but after this time, I found that you are even more difficult to deal with than the economic envoy, and it is very difficult to take advantage of you!" ”

Bai Qiannuo shook his head and said, "That's when you didn't meet the eldest brother before you became an official, he was at that time." ”

Speaking of Li Qi, she couldn't help but think of the first time she met Li Qi, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously showed a sweet smile.

Zheng Yi stopped halfway through hearing her, glanced at her curiously, and said, "What is he?" ”

Bai Qiannuo was slightly stunned, I don't know when a layer of blush floated on his face, and continued: "At that time, the eldest brother was really fighting for every article, an iron rooster, and anyone wanted to get a little benefit from him, whether it was Sister Wang or me, the most common thing he said at that time was-'If you don't want money, you have a life'." I remember that at the beginning, for the sake of such a small salary, he would make a long speech, quoting scriptures and classics, and I was dizzy when he said it, and I didn't understand until the end. At the time, I thought he was just a businessman who was greedy for small profits. However, since he became an official, he has not been like before, everything is only for profit, he has to take into account the overall situation, for this reason, he also gave up many opportunities to make money, and gave them to others, it can be seen that the eldest brother is not a profit-only person, and the real businessman is by no means all business-free. Not only that, but businessmen are still able to create zào wealth. You should be glad you didn't meet the big brother at that time, otherwise, you would really go crazy.

But I'm different, I only have one identity now, that is, the proprietor of the Drunken Immortal Residence, I naturally have to put the interests of the Drunken Immortal Residence in the forefront, on the premise of not harming the interests of the Drunken Immortal Residence, I will occasionally cooperate with the new law of the eldest brother, now that the contract has been signed, I am not afraid to sue you, in fact, the eldest brother has written several times, I hope that the Drunken Immortal Residence can help you more, don't care too much about personal interests, and focus on the overall situation in everything. However, I only gave him seven words back. ”

"Oh? Those seven words? ”

"The Tao is different, and they do not conspire with each other." Bai Qiannuo said word by word, and after speaking, she laughed herself.

Zheng Yi was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "It's hard to imagine how the economic envoy will feel when he sees these seven words." ”

Bai Qiannuo said: "I thought he would be very pleased. ”

Zheng Yi was curious: "How do you say this?" ”

"If I am an official, then it is easy to say. But I'm not, my concession to the government, the government will definitely take it for granted in the future, then, on the other hand, it hurts the interests of businessmen, which is not good for the new law, economic construction is first and foremost to protect the interests of businessmen, if I do that, isn't it the opposite, the reason why the eldest brother thinks this way, is because he completely stands in the position of the economic envoy to consider the whole thing. ”

"Maybe you're right." Zheng Yi nodded, suddenly changed his words, and said: "But I don't agree, I think that the new law should put the people first and protect the interests of the people, and businessmen are just playing an auxiliary role in it." ”

Bai Qiannuo shook his head with a smile.

Zheng Yi frowned and said, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Bai Qiannuo said: "I laugh at you, you were also deceived by your eldest brother." ”

"Oh? I want to hear and see. ”

Bai Qiannuo suddenly pointed towards the dock and said, "If the eldest brother's new method is to start from the people, then they won't be standing here." Don't look at how nice the big brother said when he promoted the new law, but in fact, it is not, because from the beginning to the end, the new law was only set up for the rich, not for the common people. ”

Zheng Yi was shocked and said, "This--this is what the economic envoy told you." ”

"Nope. How could my eldest brother say this to me. Bai Qiannuo shook his head and said, "But with the process of the new law, this feature will be continuously amplified, and the money in the world will continue to be concentrated in the hands of some people with the arrival of the new law." As far as the Masuda tax is concerned, it looks at the table xiàn to prevent land annexation, but I don't know if you have noticed that at the same time as the Matsuda tax was implemented, the eldest brother immediately began land rectification, that is, those so-called economic zones, agricultural areas, for the rich, although the tax has increased a lot, but the value of the land has also increased a lot, relatively speaking, the merchants still earned, and the imperial court also earned, but the people are the smallest beneficiaries. ”

Zheng Yi nodded frequently when he heard this, and said: "But in this way, as the new law progresses, those people will definitely see the way, and I am afraid that they will resist the new law at that time, so that people will have a chance to take advantage of it." ”

"No, at least not for the next fifty years." Bai Qiannuo shook his head and said, "A long time ago, I naively thought that if one day, everyone in the world could live a rich life, how good it would be!" At that time, I used to do some good deeds, but it was only a drop in the bucket. It wasn't until I met my eldest brother that I realized that there is no fairness in this world, yes before, yes now, and yes in the future, you can never stop no one in the world from starving to death because of lack of food. Maybe many people will think that the increase in the wealth of businessmen is squeezed from the hands of the poor, in fact, not all, anyone can create zào wealth, wealth is constantly increasing, although most of them are still made by the rich, but the people will also get some, just earn more and less, just like these workers, half a year ago, they were just a group of homeless people, and now although they do not live a rich life, they can at least eat every day, however, the rich are because of their sweat, And at a very small cost, there will be a hundredfold or even a thousandfold benefit, rather than a decrease on one side and an increase on the other side as people imagine. But is it fair? It's naturally unfair, but it's the rules, the rules set by God, and no one can change them. However, the new law still gives more people the opportunity, and anyone can become a wealthy businessman with a lot of money, depending on whether you have the ability to do so. ”

Zheng Yi pondered for a long time, sighed, and said, "It seems that I am wrong." But, are you in favor? ”

"I've always been in favor of doing this, I didn't figure it out before, I thought the same way as you, of course I was in favor of it at that time, and after I figured it out, I was even more in favor of it, since I can't change this rule, I can only strive for more under this rule."

Bai Qiannuo said, suddenly sighed, and said, "But there is one thing that I still don't understand. ”

"What is it?"

Bai Qiannuo said: "Second brother, think about it, if the economic construction is successful, then there will be several times more businessmen than now, or even dozens of times more than now, and there will be shops, workshops, and restaurants will also increase a lot, but there are more rich people and fewer poor people, so it indicates that both manpower and material resources will become extremely embarrassing, and things are vaguely expensive, and there will be no cheaper craftsmen like now. I'm afraid that the economic construction that my eldest brother has worked so hard to build will collapse overnight, and I don't know if my eldest brother has thought of this. ”

Zheng Yi's eyes widened, but then he groaned again, and after a while, he said, "I think there is only one way to go." ”

Bai Qiannuo hurriedly asked, "What way?" ”

"Expand! Keep expanding outward! Zheng Yi sighed: "Only in this way can we obtain more cheap manpower and material resources." Regardless of whether the imperial court wants it or not, the general trend is that it can only send troops to transfer the domestic predicament to other countries, and only in this way can this bottleneck be broken. ”

Bai Qiannuo was stunned for a moment and said, "Maybe what you said makes sense, and then it will inevitably be a lot of life." ”

Zheng Yi said: "Qi Niang, I said that you are worried about the sky, and now we are still in Hangzhou, you are thinking too far." ”

Bai Qiannuo's face was slightly red, and he nodded: "What the second brother said is that I seem to be thinking a little too much, hehe, I usually like to think blindly when I'm fine." ”

"How can this be a fool's mind, but let's just talk about this kind of thing, don't tell others, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."

"Hmm. I know that. ”

Zheng Yi glanced at Bai Qiannuo, and said with deep feelings: "Qi Niang, in the year you have come to Hangzhou, you have really changed a lot, I can't imagine that you can think so thoroughly, it's really rare, rare!" ”

Bai Qiannuo shook his head and said: "When a person devotes himself to a certain thing, he will naturally understand a lot, and only in this way can I not think about my eldest brother." Speaking of the back, her voice grew quieter, and her expression became a little dim.

Zheng Yishuang frowned and said, "Actually, you really don't need to stay here. ”

Bai Qiannuo still shook his head and said: "Don't look at how beautiful the eldest brother is now, in fact, this qiē is just a mirror, the eldest brother he does not have the same background as Cai Taishi and them, nor does he have that kind of foundation, once the new law fails, then it will be over, he will no longer be able to turn over, and he may even attract the disaster of killing, and he has only been in the office for a few years, and there are very few people around him, I naturally have to do my best to help him as a wife, and there are red slaves at home to take care of him, so I can rest assured." I don't think about him, I'm afraid I'll not be able to help but go back. ”

How can there be such a generous woman in the world, I always thought that Sanniang was a rare woman in the world, but now it seems that Qiniang seems to be even better. Zheng Yi said: "But in this way, you will be alone." ”

A smile rose at the corner of Bai Qiannuo's mouth, and he shook his head again and again and smiled: "It's not bitter, it's not bitter, second brother, maybe you won't believe it, but the fact is that I'm much happier now than before I came, do you know why?" ”

Zheng Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, he groaned for a while, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing at?"

Zheng Yi suppressed his smile and said: "If you ask the economic envoy about this, he may not know, and if you ask Chen Dong and Ouyang, they may not know, but if you ask me, you can be regarded as asking the right person, because I have the same background as you." The reason why you are happier than before is because the economic envoy is finally on the same side as Uncle Bai. ”

"It's hard for you, it's really boring." Bai Qiannuo pouted, and then smiled happily: "You are right, I saw that the eldest brother and the king of Yun were friendly at the beginning, although I never advanced in front of the eldest brother, but this has always been a concern in my heart, and even had nightmares for several nights, I am afraid that one day, the eldest brother will stand on the opposite side of the Bai family, that is something I can't stop, and I must make a choice, but now that the overall situation has been decided, this qiē will not happen." ”

Zheng Yi nodded and said, "Yes!" This is a problem that people like us may encounter, and this is one of the reasons why Sanniang repeatedly rejected me in the first place. However, this can't be blamed on her, Li Niangzi is such a smart woman, but when she encounters this kind of thing, she can only choose to marry her husband and follow her husband, watching his parents and relatives being demoted out of the capital, and even having to dissociate themselves from them, this kind of pain and helplessness cannot be felt by people who have not experienced it. ”

Bai Qiannuo was curious: "Second brother, if you encounter this situation, what will you do?" ”

Zheng Yi groaned for a while and said, "This didn't happen, it's hard to know what choice I will make." However, I may choose to suffer with the loser, after all, the winner has gained enough. ”

"What if the victorious side is Sister Wang?" Bai Qiannuo asked again.

Zheng Yi said: "The same is true, relatives are also very important to me, when I was most hesitant, they never gave up on me, if they are in trouble, how can I leave them, I can no longer be as selfish as before, perhaps, I really did wrong in the past and hurt them, but now I will try my best to make up for the damage I did to them before." ”

At this time, a man dressed as a servant ran over and saluted: "My lord, Mrs. Zhang asked me to sue you, it's time to eat." ”

Zheng Yi nodded and said, "You go first, I'll come later, oh, tell Sù Run'er, add more dishes and chopsticks." ”

"Yes."

After the man left, Bai Qiannuo snorted and said: "This sister Run'er is really, the eldest brother asked her to come here to help the Drunken Immortal Residence, she is good, now she has become the second brother's special chef, taking my salary from the Drunken Immortal Residence, but running to help others do things, it is really unreasonable, this is not good, I will have to talk to Sister Run'er later, let her understand what the difference between priority and priority is." ”

Zheng Yi said angrily: "Qi Niang, no matter what I say, now I am also taking the lead in the economy, do you need to be so calculating with me, and what businessmen are not without businessmen, and they don't blush, it seems that I, the prefect, is too gentle, and it should be to let you businessmen know what the difference between the government and the people is." ”

Bai Qiannuo's eyes swept and said, "Second brother, what are you excited about?" ”

Zheng Yi was stunned for a moment, sighed, and said, "I fell for you again." ”

Bai Qiannuo grinned and said, "Second brother, who do you think you can hide?" ”

"Who said I wanted to hide it." Zheng Yi said angrily: "It's you, you always like to play these little tricks, if you want to know, ask me directly, why bother." ”

"I'm not afraid you won't say it."

"What can't be said about this?" Zheng Yi said frankly: "Love is love, why hide it?" ”

Bai Qiannuo pursed his mouth and looked at Zheng Yi in surprise.

Zheng Yi was really embarrassed to be looked at like this, his face was slightly red, and he said, "What are you doing looking at me like this?" ”

Bai Qiannuo was stunned suddenly, and said, "Second brother, is it—is it you and Sister Run'er?" ”

Zheng Yi glanced at her, and then said: "It's not as far as you think, it's just that I thought that no man in this world would be able to refuse a good woman like Run'er, I was indeed tempted, and I told her my thoughts, and she accepted me, but that's all, don't think about it." Speaking of the back, there was a glint of happiness in his eyes.

Whether he pursued Mrs. Qin at the beginning, or Zhang Run'er now, he has never concealed from anyone, including himself, in his heart, concealment is just a disrespectful expression to the person he loves, or the person who loves him.

A gentleman should be like Zheng Er!

Bai Qiannuo was happy for Zheng Yi in his heart, and said, "In this way, second brother, you finally let go of Sister Wang." ”

Zheng Yi smiled: "Actually, I put it down as early as that night, but you didn't believe it, and after Sanniang's incident, I understand more that I should cherish the people in front of me." ”

Bai Qiannuo was a little worried: "But there is a huge difference between your family background and Run'er's sister, your family." ”

Zheng Yi didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and said: "Don't worry about it, where does my family dare to care about me now, as long as I can start a family, no matter who the other party is, they will agree." It's you, Run'er, he's thin-skinned, don't bully her, let me know, hmph, don't blame me for using the public for personal gain. ”

Bai Qiannuo's eyes rolled, shook his head and said, "Second brother, why don't you understand the current situation so much!" You still dare to intimidate me, you should scold me. ”

"Why should I scold you?"

Bai Qiannuo smiled confidently: "Have you forgotten that Jì Run'er has a difficult godbrother, it's not my Qi Niang bragging, there is no one in this world who can subdue Run'er's godbrother, except for my eldest brother, there is no second person, you want to marry Run'er's sister, hum, her godbrother will definitely come out to make things difficult for you, Run'er's sister is a good woman who knows how to be grateful for the picture, her godbrother has the grace to save the people to her family, if he opposes it, giggles, you are afraid that you will repeat the mistakes of the past, then you don't come to beg me." ”

"You—you're talking about—are you Gao Yanei?" Zheng Yi's tongue was a little knotted.

Bai Qiannuo nodded and said: "Gao Yanei is not an ordinary person, what he will do, no one can predict, in case he wants to marry Run'er's sister to the son of the Hong family as a concubine, it is not impossible." ”

The man really did it. Zheng Yihan has come out, it can be seen that the deterrent power of Gao Yanei is not an ordinary fierce, although he has nothing to do with Gao Yanei, but after all, they all belong to the same faction, how can he not have heard of Gao Yanei's glorious deeds, and know that Bai Qiannuo's words are true. "You're scaring me, aren't you?" ”

"Then we'll see."

"Don't, don't, then you're saying that you have to ask the economic envoy for help in this matter."

"Exactly."

Zheng Yi is a righteous gentleman, and it is okay to deal with ordinary smart people, but when dealing with Gao Yanei, he really doesn't know where to start, because Gao Yanei can't use ordinary people's thinking to judge at all, so he immediately softened and said: "That-then I will take back what I just said, this will be fine." ”

Bai Qiannuo chuckled: "Second brother, I just said it casually, I didn't expect you to be afraid of Gao Yanei." ”

Zheng Yi rolled his eyes and said: "Who is Gao Yanei, you don't understand, this matter is that I want to beg him, can I not be afraid, the next time I write to the economic envoy, remember to mention the second brother a sentence or two, and let the economic envoy do it as soon as possible." ”

Bai Qiannuo said triumphantly: "Okay! For the sake of the second brother, you are so sincere, I will reluctantly help you. Giggles, I really can't imagine that the dignified Zheng Jiaerlang will be scared into sweating by Gao Yanei, if this is said, it will definitely cause a sensation. ”

"What scared sweat, I'm not hot, okay, okay, let's go back quickly, wait for the food to be cold."

Bai Qiannuo said in a hurry: "Second brother, it seems that you still don't know Sister Run'er, Sister Run'er is the most considerate, I dare to guarantee that when she called someone to call you, she must not have started to cook yet, and when you go back, the meal must have just been prepared." ”

Zheng Yihu was suspicious: "Really? ”

"Why don't we bet on another dock?"

"Excuse me, I know that you are rich and powerful, gambling on the dock, and losing the exit you said, so I'm afraid of you, let's go back quickly."

(To be continued)