Chapter 324: Listen carefully to the private situation, and meet the old acquaintance in a foreign land

Although it is not yet the season for red plums to bloom, compared to the bleak scenes in other places, the plum trees in the plum garden stand proudly in the wind, but they are very energetic. At this moment, there were faint voices of staggering in the east wing, the sound of women urging drinking, and the drunken voices of men, and a woman listening to the window in the main room couldn't help but snort angrily.

"This is the difficult guy that the young master said he was talking about? It's just a chick, so easy to eat and get drunk, as long as those two put on a full show, isn't he obediently holding it in the palm of your hand? ”

Yang Jincai's wife died early, and the concubines with withered colors in the third room don't live in this plum garden at all now, and he also ignores them, and now his favorite is only a girl Feng Ying who he bought a few years ago. Not only did he leave all the affairs in Mei Yuan to her to take care of, but even the business matters were discussed with her. Although the old man was furious about this, and even almost beat Feng Ying to death once with a family method, after he later put down his cruel words, the whole family finally acquiesced to the existence of this woman.

"If only it were that easy, I'm worried that this kid is pretending to be garlic at all."

Yang Jin saw Feng Ying pouting, and hurriedly reached out and grabbed her: "You should know my methods, if he is just a chick, then there is no woman on the island, and he will be taken down in three or two clicks." Of course, the two girls who just passed had to be beautiful and have craftsmanship, but it was useless to get people drunk...... Having said that, in the past ten days since I left, have your family ever felt sorry for you? Can my sister and brother-in-law be safe? ”

"Anyway, out of Meiyuan, no one takes me seriously, what's good and bad." Feng Ying moved her head back with a smile, and suddenly revealed the snow-white jade neck on the top of the agarwood-colored jacket, and stroked the messy hair around her ears casually, and then she smiled and said, "As for the third young lady and the third aunt, they don't deal with people like me, they run to the old man all day long, and they muttered a lot to the eldest young master...... Oh, the third aunt went out to meet guests this morning, so I don't know if he has just arrived, how can he have any friends in Songjiang Mansion. ”

"The drunkards don't mean to drink, they want to start with the old man...... Hum! Yang Jincai sneered, with a disdainful expression on his face, "It's not the old man who has the final say in this division, and besides, I don't care about those family properties on the surface, so I don't care how they divide them!" I am now in charge of all the life on the sea, and the sailors of the ships only obey my orders, and even those people on the sea do not move as long as I am for a day! ”

Seeing Feng Ying looking at himself with a smile, his beautiful eyes revealed an extremely pleasant look, he only felt extremely satisfied, and said triumphantly: "The old man was partial to the boss at the beginning, and he felt that my son was disobedient, so he assigned me this matter, but I am afraid that I am still regretting it in my heart." If I didn't have this handle in my hands, I wouldn't have been able to protect you in the first place. What kind of family rules, he can take risks for the sake of wealth, why should I have rules and regulations to let the boss do everything? Now the old man can't meddle in the affairs of the sea, and I have caught the line of that nobleman. If he and the boss are safe, it's fine, but if they are restless......"

"What if you're restless? Can you still kill your father and brother? ”

"Goblin, you think I want to be cut by a thousand cuts!" Yang Jin was hooked by Feng Ying, and immediately slapped her buttocks viciously, and said angrily, "The old man is sick and dead, and the boss is a useless person, so it's enough to put them under house arrest!" The two of them only know how to govern the family strictly, but in fact, they are mean and unkind, didn't you buy a lot of important stewards for me? When the time comes, I will take care of the house, and everyone outside will say that it is the eldest brother who makes the Xian family not separate from each other, and this is the end! ”

"Oh, the young master is really calculating!"

A couple of men and women here were about to roll into a ball on the bed, but a terrible voice suddenly sounded outside: "Second young master, Miss Feng, the third aunt just took his friend to see the master." Mrs. Chu happened to see it, so she came to Meiyuan to report the news. The master has never seen outsiders these days, should the second young master go and have a look? ”

Although he was still confused just now, when he heard this, Yang Jin immediately jumped up. After tidying up the messy placket and hem, he hurried out of the house, and when he saw the young daughter-in-law standing by the door, he asked in detail, then frowned, turned around and said to the house: "Feng Ying, you look at the east wing, I'll go and see what's going on." At this juncture, you can't let Fang Qing's kid break a full game of good chess! ”

"Go, go, here's me!"

Answering loudly, Feng Ying didn't go to tidy up the front clothes with her crisp breasts and half exposed, but stood up and propped up the window to look, until she was sure that Yang Jin was indeed gone, and she slowly tied up her belt. Put on a cloak to avoid the snow and go out, and when she arrived at the door of the west wing, she listened softly, and found that there was no movement at all at this time, so she hesitated for a moment and pushed the door open. However, when she saw what was going on, she couldn't help but stay there.

The so-called orchid garden, as the name suggests, is naturally full of orchids. From outdoor to indoor, Zhang Yue saw many unknown varieties along the way, and the fragrance lingered on the tip of his nose, which was also refreshing. However, when he stepped into the bedroom of the Yang family's parents, the room full of medicinal incense dispersed the fragrance of flowers cleanly, and it made people feel a sinking in their hearts for no reason.

He originally thought that he was going to deal with an old fox, but the skinny old man who was half-sitting on the bed probably fully understood his intentions, and after saying some polite words when they met, he said bluntly: "Fang Qing told me everything, my lord is a believer of the Son of Heaven, so I don't have to go this way at all, and now I am just here to give my Yang family a chance." Although I hid and regarded this sea life as a treasure in the first half of my life, now it is like a hot potato, and I just hate it. ”

Being able to revive the dismal family business and maintain the reputation of the richest man in Songjiang for twenty years, Yang Shan is naturally a person who is good at decisiveness, so after his son-in-law spread everything out on the table, he immediately made a decision. Waving his hand to signal his daughter to guard outside the door, he took a deep breath and began to talk about the deeds at sea one by one.

"The Daming Sea has been banned for many years, and the original treaty ports have all been blocked, and several city ports can only enter and not exit, so now the goods are transported by small boats to the small islands near the shore, and then transported by boat from the small islands to the nearby islands. The harbors that go to sea are some remote places, from Zhejiang to Guangdong, there are about dozens of boats and thousands of people rely on this line to eat. Every time a treasure ship goes to sea, all the coastal islands will be emptied, after all, if you encounter a treasure ship, you will die. Naturally, there are still pirates and pirates in this coastal area, and it is also a big trouble when the ship crosses the border. ”

"Dafan's secret ports are mostly in Guangdong and Fujian, which is the place where maritime merchants flourished in the Song and Yuan dynasties. And in Zhejiang, the most convenient way to go is Shuangyu, Liegang, Putuo, although there are a lot of ships, but most of them are behind Songjiang Mansion our Yang family and Ningbo Mansion Yan family. Almost all of the ships were built in Guangzhou, Fujian Province, and even small boats were expensive, and the one I went to sea used up almost all my wealth. Naturally, this is extremely secretive, and those shipyards are all on the island, and ordinary people can't find or buy them at all. It's just that since the imperial court went to sea with the treasure ships, it has announced that all vassal countries will report all private businessmen, so this business is not easy to do. There are often people who buy goods here and then start from another place. ”

"Behind our Yang family were originally Marquis Longping and Uncle Xin Cheng, as well as several other nobles, because they are all old people in the army, and they have a lot of food, drink and chew for their great cause, and they have some roots in the army, so they can hide from the world. And the Yan family occupies a good place in Ningbo Mansion, but it is bigger than ours, and their backstage is the Marquis of Fuyang, the son of Princess Yongping! It's just that now these things are in charge of my family, and I don't know who he is relying on now. ”

This is all the news that Zhang Yue wants to inquire, even when he heard the three words of Fuyang Hou, his face was still as unmoved as a stone. However, when Yang Shan sincerely said that the Yang family had a sea chart about the West and the Korean Wa Kingdom, and was willing to hand it over in full, he was slightly stunned, and then smiled meaningfully.

"Elder Yang should also know that now the imperial court is preparing to open the sea ban, if the port trade is opened from one place to another, the imperial court is serious about collecting taxes, and merchants can also do business in a bright and bright way. As long as those private ports on the sea send ships and troops to strictly ban and crack down, they will soon be wiped out. I didn't come down to check on smuggling, so I wanted to know more than these charts whether the supply of smuggling ships was in short supply and how much business could be done in a year. ”

Although Zhang Yue said this, Fang Qing had already known that this Qin Yue had a heavy responsibility since he learned that Zhang Yue had come to Songjiang Mansion. Yang Shan has lived for half his life, and although he is not sure at this time, he can only say: "As far as I know, the second ship sent out by our second child a few days ago should be three, which is six ships a year." And the Yan family is slightly more than mine, but it is also limited. Coupled with other private businessmen, there are only about 20 ships going to sea in the whole of Zhejiang a year at most. There are about as many private merchants in Guangdong, Fujian, and other places as there are more than those in Zhejiang, and roughly calculated that there are more than 100 ships of goods a year, and the private goods they bring are naturally in short supply in various countries......

Just as Yang Shan pinched his fingers and was about to say a general amount of silver, a dispute suddenly sounded outside. Surprised, he turned his head, and immediately saw a man break through the door. Seeing the face full of sneers, he suddenly felt anger surge, pounded the bed board and scolded: "Why are you so unruly, who let you in!" ”

At this time, Yang Lin followed the door in embarrassment, but Yang Jincai didn't look at his angry sister, held his head high and sneered: "The old man doesn't even see his son, and he still has time to meet outsiders, and my brother-in-law's face is not small!" If we want outsiders to interfere in our family affairs, it is a joke to spread it, so please think twice, old man. Our family took this path at the beginning, but now it is not so easy to put it aside, even if the old man does not think about us, please think about future generations, don't listen to the bewitchment of outsiders! ”

"You ......" Yang Shan was so angry that he slammed his fist on the bed board, and shouted angrily, "It's not your turn to call the shots in this house, get out, get out of here!" ”

The words had already been said for this part, Yang Jin bowed slightly and went out, his face was completely darkened. Just now he glanced at Zhang Yue's face, and he already decided that it was just a stinky kid, and he was even more annoyed that his father only listened to outsiders. The more he thought about it, the more angry he felt, and walked straight along the mewed road, his fists clenched tighter and tighter, and finally he almost collided with a person.

"You don't have a long ......" The vicious words came out halfway, he saw the person in front of him clearly, and quickly cut off the words, and forced out a smile, "Steward Fang, aren't you drinking and listening to music in the house?" ”

"I've drunk wine and listened to music, and now it's time to get down to business." Fang Rui flicked the corner of his shirt lightly, and when he saw Yang Jincai's face full of gloom, he laughed and said, "Since the second son already feels that the master can be relied on, why bother about the family property?" took me to meet your old man, I think he is a lot old, and he must know what survival is. ”

It has been three years since Yang Jincai took this new line, and the people he dealt with in the past were ordinary people, so this time in the face of an opponent with a very different personality, he really didn't dare to act rashly. At this time, hearing Fang Rui say this, he remembered that he had touched a hard nail again at his father's place, and his brother-in-law even brought an outsider, so he immediately put aside those worries and nodded with a smile.

"What Steward Fang said is good, the old man is old and confused, someone should give him a good share of the benefits."

When he stepped into the Orchid Garden again, Yang Jin happened to see his sister and brother-in-law leading the young man he had just met out of the main room, so he took Fang Rui straight in. When it was time for the two compartments to meet each other, he didn't bother to say hello, and was about to cross them up the stairs and enter the house, but he saw that the young man had a very strange expression.

"Brother Fang?"

Fang Rui never expected to meet Zhang Yue in such a place, and his heart suddenly shook violently. However, he has experienced the bitterness of the world for more than a year, and he is no longer the poor relative under the fence, so after being shocked, he snorted: "I didn't expect to meet you here on the Yuan Festival, it's really a place in life where we don't meet!" I will remember your care for my brother, and I will definitely repay you, but I still have important things to do today, and I will talk to you later. Second son, won't you take me in? ”

Seeing Yang Jincai smiling and introducing Fang Rui into the room, Zhang Yue gradually frowned, and after walking out of the courtyard, Fang Qing asked, "This is the friend that your second uncle brought back?" ”

"Yes, don't you know him?"

"Not only did I know each other, but I also participated in the ...... together"

Thinking of the words revealed by Fang Jing in Beijing before, Zhang Yue gradually connected the lines, why did he go down to Jiangnan to take care of business for a nobleman, and dare to love Fang Rui is actually presiding over such a business! With such a pimple in his heart, before leaving the Yang family, he had to whisper to Fang Qing.

The horse galloped out of Yang's house, and after walking a short distance, he reined in the horse's head, and said thoughtfully to Hu Qi beside him: "Since I was recognized today, I can't guarantee that we will encounter something unexpected. ”