After Wu Xiang escaped from the secret passage, he returned to the inn and immediately packed up, took his men out of Jinling City, and went to Ningbo to join Chen Yuanhua.

At this time, Chen Yuanhua prepared the Xinglong Qianzhuang branch in Ningbo, and according to the agreement between him and Huang Bingwen, he asked Li to draft a contract, and adopted the method of splitting shares and partnerships, Nanjing's Xinglong Qianzhuang accounted for eighty percent of the shares, Wu Xiang and Chen Yuanhua each took 100,000 taels of silver, accounting for one percent respectively, and planned to raise a total of one million taels of silver, and rented a shop next to the Longmen Inn, and the Ningbo branch of Jinling Xinglong Qianzhuang was grandly opened.

Prior to this, Chen Yuanhua had begun to raise funds in Ningbo, with his relationship with the lord of the Pinghu domain, Matsuura Takanobu, and now with the support of Qianzhuang, he could completely put aside the organization of the five merchant groups and develop private trade in Japan on his own, with a capital of one million taels of silver, and he could earn 500,000 taels of silver every year on raw silk alone, plus some calligraphy and painting, porcelain, ayaluo, splendor, agarwood, musk and other "rare and exotic goods", all of which had several times the profit.

At the beginning of the opening of the Qianzhuang branch, Chen Yuanhua was busy visiting merchants from all walks of life every day, and sent several groups of people to the mainland to purchase "rare and exotic goods", and the Qianzhuang business was handed over to Li Shufang to take care of, only raising money without lending, and in just one month, he raised more than 100,000 taels of silver, only to prepare for the purchase of raw silk in the spring of the next year.

Wu Xiang had nothing to do every day, wandering around the brothel of the Qinglou all day long, and when he had no money in his hand, he went to Li Ledger to withdraw it, and after a month, he spent thousands of taels of silver, and Li Ledger was a little scared in his heart, so he came to Chen Yuanhua to discuss.

Chen Yuanhua was very angry and said, "How can you go on like this? You've got to control a little bit. ”

"I can't do anything about it, you are all shopkeepers, I am Mr. Bookkeeper, he came to ask for it, can I say no?" Li asked helplessly.

"Alas, I can't control it, and I can't get rid of it, it seems that I can only wait for Lord Huang to let him discipline this kid well, but I don't know when he will come back." Chen Yuanhua replied depressedly.

Li knew that Chen Yuanhua was a serious businessman, and he couldn't bear to cheat him, so he shook his head and said: "Shopkeeper Chen, do you know that all the silver in Nanjing has been taken away by Lord Huang, otherwise, what will I do in Ningbo?" I don't know if Lord Huang will come to Ningbo or not, don't wait, as long as you give this shopkeeper Wu a word in front of me, I will have a way to deal with him. ”

Chen Yuanhua nodded yes, and hurriedly sent his men to find Wu Xiang.

The guy ran more than a dozen brothels in a row, and searched all over Ningbo City, but he didn't find any trace of Wu Xiang, and he wondered very much, could this kid go to Hangzhou or Shaoxing to play?

Wu Xiang couldn't be found in the city, so the guy had to return to the Longmen Inn, and suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and he saw that Wu Xiang had arrived outside the Qianzhuang Gate.

The guy hurriedly bowed down and saluted, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Wu, it's really time for you to come back, Shopkeeper Chen asked me to go out to find you, but I searched all over the city......"

Without waiting for the guy to finish speaking, Wu Xiang shouted loudly: "Take me to see Chen Yuanhua, what the hell, the beauty is in the lamplight." ”

The guy didn't understand what he was talking about, so he stretched out his hand to take the reins of the horse and said, "Wu Gongzi, come in, Shopkeeper Chen and Li Ledger are still waiting for you." ”

Chen Yuanhua and Li Ledger waited for a whole afternoon, and finally found him back, feeling that they had not waited in vain.

So, Li asked with a smile: "Shopkeeper Wu, where are you going to spend time today?" What kind of song are you listening to? ”

And Chen Yuanhua had a gloomy face, waiting for Wu Xiang to answer, ready to hurt him and teach him a lesson.

At this time, Wu Xiang wiped the sweat on his forehead, sat opposite them with a big grin, shrugged his nose, and said with a smile: "There is no place to find when you step on the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it, haha......"

The two of them laughed inexplicably at him, and Chen Yuanhua couldn't help asking, "Wu Gongzi, have you found a heavenly immortal?" Suddenly, he found that Wu Xiang gave him a look, which meant to take Li's account room away.

Chen Yuanhua didn't understand what he meant, and said angrily: "Our Xinglong Money Village has been open for a month, and we didn't make a penny, but lost thousands of taels of silver. ”

Wu Xiang suddenly had a feeling, you hurriedly found me, are you looking for me to settle accounts? At this moment, he couldn't care so much, so he suddenly lowered his face and shouted at Li's bookkeeper: "Our shopkeeper's talk, you go out first to avoid it." ”

Li Ledger looked very embarrassed, he knew that as early as in Nanjing, Wu Xiang wanted to use Yue'er as Mr. Ledger, and he had strongly opposed himself, and now Huang Bingwen was not there, looking at his current attitude, he didn't dare to offend him, stood up and gave a deep salute, and walked away silently.

Wu Xiang stood at the door, watching him go away, and there was no one nearby, so he closed the door and turned around and sat in front of Chen Yuanhua.

"Wu Gongzi, you're having enough romance, you have to do something serious......"

"Hehe, Shopkeeper Chen, what do you think of me?" Wu Xiang said, took out a piece of paper, spread it out in front of Chen Yuanhua, and continued to speak: "Shopkeeper Chen, come and see, I searched all over Ningbo, and finally found it in Yuyao, hehe." ”

After listening to Wu Xiang's words, and looking at Luo Amin's portrait again, Chen Yuanhua's face suddenly changed suddenly, and he secretly thought in his heart, after Lin Feng's death, could it be that Luo Amin was brought to Ningbo, so who was she controlled by, and how did she find this kid......

Looking at Chen Yuanhua's shocked look, Wu Xiang was silent for a long time, and said softly: "Shopkeeper Chen, it seems that you don't believe it, prepare 50,000 taels of silver for me, and I will buy this woman back." ”

Chen Yuanhua opened his mouth in shock, he couldn't believe his words, and asked cautiously, "You, you mean that you found Luo Amin?" She's in the hands of traffickers? ”

"Hehe, listen to this son's detailed explanation, by chance, the Sprinkle family came to the north gate of Yuyao County, and met the daughter of the rich man surnamed Zhang, just like the person in this painting, like a mold carved out, and then inquired, it is actually called Min'er, although I have not seen Luo Amin himself, I believe that Zhang Min'er pretended to be Luo Amin, it is really vivid and seamless! Prepare 50,000 taels of silver for my brother as a dowry, I will marry Zhang Min'er back, train her well, and send her to the palace as Luo Amin, what do you think? ”

After hearing this, Chen Yuanhua breathed a sigh of relief, stretched his brows, squinted his eyes and asked: "Wu Gongzi's idea is good, but in case this Zhang Min'er leaks, you, your brother-in-law, and Lord Huang are all guilty of bullying the king!" ”

Wu Xiang smiled slightly and replied: "Don't be afraid, if Zhang Min'er is obedient and smart, and if she is trained well, there will be no problem, keep her virginity and send her to the palace to be a mother, can she not do it, when the time comes, Long Live Lord will be happy to death, hehe." ”

Chen Yuanhua thought about it, it was better to be cautious, no matter what, the Dragon Gate Inn was Lin Feng's business, and there were many subordinates loyal to Lin Feng and Ma Wu here, especially that Zhang Gou'er, who couldn't get rid of him, and if he leaked the news, he would become the culprit.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuanhua asked: "Wu Gongzi, if this Miss Zhang Min'er doesn't want to go to the palace at all, she will follow you in this life, what should you do?" ”

"And the fucking don't want to be a mother in the palace?" Wu Xiang pursed his lips and asked rhetorically.

"When she becomes a mother, she will definitely not forget her parents in her hometown, and sooner or later she will have to show her stuffing." Chen Yuanhua replied.

"I think about this, let's just say that after Luo Wenlong was killed, she was exiled to Yuyao and adopted by the Zhang family, and now although she has entered the palace, it is reasonable not to forget the nurturing grace of the Zhang family." Wu Xiang replied proudly.

"If this Zhang Min'er is not talented enough, and there are many loopholes when the time comes, what should I do?"

"Hehe, find a way to make her mute, anyway, this Zhang Min'er is illiterate, I inquired about this."

At this time, Chen Yuanhua shook his head vigorously and said cautiously: "I heard that when the Holy Lord was the crown prince today, Luo Amin used to be a companion to the princess in the palace, so how could the real Luo Amin be illiterate?" ”

"Shopkeeper Chen, it seems that you still know the situation better, so tell me, is Luo Amin in Tangfu, or is he in Japan and can't come back? Or is she dead? I can't say for sure. However, but I'm sure that she has already broken the melon, as a man, hehe, there is no shortage of women around the emperor, what he is thinking about is Luo Amin's appearance, let's find a yellow flower girl for the emperor, even if it is fake, so what? ”

"Wu Gongzi, have you thought about it, if the one in Tangfu is really Luo Amin, there is no impermeable wall in the world, sooner or later someone will have to expose it, or Luo Amin suddenly returns to the capital, when the time comes, you and your brother-in-law will still have to fall into the crime of bullying the king."

"As soon as Zhenluo Amin appears, kill her immediately, anyway, she is the descendant of the imperial court!" Wu Xiang replied fiercely.

Although Chen Yuanhua wanted to get rid of the Ma Wu Business Group, if he offended this group, let alone kill the wife of the former leader, he didn't have the courage anyway, he hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "Brother Wu, I look at this matter, just the two of us know about it, and we can't reveal it to outsiders at all, if it is done, hehe, even if it is to Lord Huang, we can't tell the truth, what do you think?" ”

Wu Xiang grabbed Chen Yuanhua excitedly, nodded and replied: "Brother's words are exactly what I want!" It's just that I don't know much about the situation, if you want to train Zhang Min'er to Luo Amin, you have to look at you, brother. ”

"Okay, this matter is on me, I promise to help you train this Zhang Min'er to Luo Amin."

"Shopkeeper Chen, our brothers are now wearing a pair of pants and doing this, in front of the saint today, it is a miracle, in the future of the grace of the saint, I will definitely ask my brother-in-law to help you fight for fame, not to mention it has to be a positive five products, but there are some things, you have to tell me the truth."

"Brother, if you want to know anything, just ask, I know everything." Chen Yuanhua replied.

"Okay, then let me ask you, are you familiar with Tang Jing?"

Chen Yuanhua nodded and replied, "I know, but I'm not familiar with it." ”

"Then you can judge, is the uninvited guest of the Tang Mansion Luo Amin or not?"

Chen Yuanhua hurriedly replied: "Impossible! ”

"So, why is Governor Ying Tian watching so closely?" Wu Xiang then asked.

"Tang Jing fled back from Japan to prevent pirates from retaliating against him, or to capture pirates who came to take revenge on him."

You have to think about it more carefully, Wu Xiang continued to ask: "Okay, I understand, fortunately we didn't have the idea of Tang Jing again, but I still don't know anything, this portrait of Luo Amin, I gave it to Yue'er, the housekeeper of Tang Mansion, but I didn't expect it to cause her trouble, why is this?" ”

When he learned that Tang Jing had fled back to Nanjing, Chen Yuanhua was most worried about sending him to take revenge on Tang Jing, he judged that after Lin Feng's death, Luo Amin should return to Ryukyu, but after listening to the people of the Ma Wu Shang Group, all the Luo sisters were missing, and he didn't believe it at first, but now he is more and more suspicious, after Jinyiwei caught the Luo sisters, he hid them in Tang Jing's house, but he didn't want to do anything for Lin Feng's pirate group anymore, and he didn't want to provoke Tang Jing if he had nothing to do.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuanhua persuaded: "Wu Gongzi, you don't provoke that Tang Jing in the future, maybe he still has dealings with pirates, you must be careful." ”

Hearing that Tang Jing and the pirates may still have dealings, Wu Xiang was scared enough, and prayed in his heart, Yue'er must not be scared to death by herself, as long as Yue'er is still in Tangfu, she can still send news to herself in the future, if you get the evidence that Tang Jing fornicated with pirates, hehe, the mansion that was built with a lot of effort may be able to come back!

Chen Yuanhua looked at Wu Xiang and lowered his head in contemplation, sometimes leaking a hint of a treacherous smile, and he didn't know what his idea was, after thinking about it, he got up and picked up the pen and paper, and said: "Brother Wu, what we are talking about today, God knows, the earth knows, you know, I know, I am out of 50,000 taels of silver, so I will go to Yuyao to propose marriage to you, but we have to sign a contract." ”

Wu Xiang didn't expect Chen Yuanhua to sign a contract with him, so he was very unhappy and asked, "Doesn't Shopkeeper Chen still trust me?" ”

Chen Yuanhua replied: "Believe it or not, the contract is difficult to guarantee, but with this contract, our brothers are brothers, brother, to tell you the truth, you married this Zhang Min'er, you really can't bring her here, I'm afraid that someone will treat her as Luo Amin, but it will hurt our big things, therefore, I have to arrange a good place for you, and the 50,000 taels of silver spent by the relatives will be counted on my head, but brother, you married a beauty, but you can't enjoy it, hehe, do you feel very wronged?" I'll give you another amount of money to let my brother put out the fire, do you think it's difficult to be a brother? ”

Wu Xiang scolded in his heart: If it weren't for Huang Bingwen, who was the one who recruited the heavens, and took away all my silver, why would he spend some money and suffer this nest? However, when he understood Chen Yuanhua's intentions, he smiled slightly and said: "Brother, you can write it, I can understand your difficulties, but, to be honest, my brother was bragging just now, the matter was done, I don't dare to guarantee that you will get a fifth-grade official position, but it is not a problem to be seventh-grade." ”

"Okay, seven products are seven products, in this way, we are really closer than brothers, hehe, you can spend the money of Qianzhuang in the future."

The two discussed the content of the contract for a long time, and Chen Yuanhua began to draft, and finally Wu Xiang signed it.

Chen Yuanhua put the contract away and said with a smile: "My brother will bring the silver to propose to you tomorrow, hehe, but I don't know if the old rich man will refuse?" ”

"Hehe, brother, don't worry, I have already inquired clearly, this Zhang Min'er has already been married to others, I heard that we have a dowry of 50,000 taels of silver, their family decided to withdraw from the marriage, the old rich man will accept the 50,000 taels of silver, he doesn't care who his daughter will be with in the future?"