Chapter 425: A Good Brother for Life
The seven most famous brothers in the Wang clan of Songming Mountain were originally rural herders. Among them, Wang Daokun's grandfather was ridiculed by the Yue family, Xixinan, and the Wu family after marriage, and began to take his brothers to fight hard and sell salt in Huaiyang, from the original small salt merchant to the last big man. But for Wang Fulin, this is really too long, too long ago. The people of the Wang clan who stayed in Songming Mountain were either farming or studying, so he still heard a rough idea of the situation of the Wang family in Huaiyan from Wang Daokun, learned a little from Mrs. Xu, and then Wang Liangbin nagged and instilled a lot of things in him.
But these are all things on paper, and it will take time to really translate them into actual understanding. Can't expect him to just listen to people and be able to know the current Huaiyan pattern, right?
Therefore, when he learned that Yan's mother went out on purpose to find out the news, even Lu Guangwu and the others, he couldn't help but be very embarrassed after a long sleep. To be honest, he just wanted to stop by this trip to Yangzhou, and he didn't necessarily plan to get things done. He has a little sense of identity with the Wang family in Songmingshan, and that is because the Wang Daokun and Wang Daoguan brothers have helped him a lot, but for those clansmen who have never seen him in Yangzhou, he can't talk about the slightest good impression at all. said that the salt industry was an ancestral property, and the bonus silver was filled in by the father, and he was cheated for 7,000 taels at the beginning, even if he helped pay off the debt, he was still haunted in his heart.
Even if he knows that the silver village and the ticket number are the trend of the future, it does not mean that he is willing to be a person who makes ideas, and then simply give control to others!
When everyone except Lu Guangwu's master and servant came back, Wang Fulin, who had settled breakfast and lunch together, couldn't help but thank him again and again. Yan's mother and the others not only inquired about some of the latest news in the salt industry circle, but also Master Cheng's residence in Yangzhou. Although it was already afternoon. It's a bit rude to go to a visitor. He decided to go for himself anyway. You can leave a post when people aren't there. So, he told Yan's mother and Xiaobei to go wherever they wanted, and he took Min Fuwang Liuyi and two dart masters out of the door. When he arrived at the ground, Min Fu, who had already been here in the morning, pointed to the magnificent door and said, "Look, that's Chengfu." β
Wang Fulin was already in a daze. The Huangjiawu Cheng family in Shexian County is already a mansion of considerable scale, but it still has the low-key and luxurious charm of the authentic emblem-style building, but at the moment, this house is ...... How to look at how to transgress! Even if Master Cheng is a lifter, the stone lion doesn't seem to be worthy of use, right? The gatehouse, plaques, and columns also seem to be a bit illegal, right? And then there were the four who were neatly dressed. The majestic strange concierge, how can the shy chest and bulging belly look so much like the official family? Only in front of the door, he only felt that a strong local tyrant atmosphere emanated from the inside out, which was very incompatible with the feeling of meeting Master Cheng a few times before.
"Are you sure this is Master Cheng's residence in Yangzhou? Huangjiawu's old man Cheng? β
"Master Cheng is such a big celebrity, we often see Cheng Gongzi in Huizhou, how can we be mistaken."
After getting an affirmative answer again, Wang Fulin unconsciously opened his mind, imagining that Master Cheng would be low-key in Huizhou and high-profile in Yangzhou, maybe he would spend a lot of money to hide Jiaojiao. There are also a dozen as many illegitimate children. Otherwise, he couldn't figure out why Master Cheng wanted such a big show. He looked at his own outfit. Although he was very worried that the concierge dog was looking down on people, he could not be scared away when he came, so he could only take people forward. Seeing that several porters swept around with scrutinizing eyes, he took out his own gift card from his arms, and once again sighed in his heart that he did not bring the two invincible names of Wang Daokun and Old Lady Xu.
It's a good thing that can make people change their appearance when they take it out like that, and they don't want to throw it away when they get used to it!
However, before he could speak, a surprise voice suddenly came from the door: "Wang Xiaoguan!" β
Hey? Could it be that Master Cheng still has acquaintances brought by Huizhou?
Wang Fulin raised his eyes and saw that it was Cheng Hu who sent Qiu Feng and Forsythia to him on behalf of Master Cheng after witnessing Cheng Naixuan's meal of bamboo shoots and roasted meat, and he was immediately relieved. When the people arrived in front of him to salute, he hurriedly said: "I was still thinking about how to enter the door, but I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance so coincidentally, it's really lucky." β
"Wang Xiaoguan is indeed good luck, in fact, the young master just arrived in Yangzhou today. The young master is grinding hard with the old master because of the matter of the petty official, and he must be happy to know that you are here. Oh, look at the little one's memory, don't talk outside the door, the little one takes the little official in to see the master and the young master! β
Cheng Naixuan has already arrived in Yangzhou?
Although when he returned to Huizhou from Huguang at the end of last year, he had agreed with Cheng Naixuan that the two would come to Yangzhou together after the Chinese New Year, but then things happened one after another, and this time he really came involuntarily, so Wang Fulin was naturally very surprised at the moment. As for the four people behind him, they had already been shocked by the rich and luxurious atmosphere when they found Cheng Mansion before, and now that Cheng Hu respectfully invited Wang Fulin and them in, they couldn't help but glance at each other and smile. Instead, the four porters in front of the door probed their heads to examine their backs, and finally whispered.
Now that he has entered the door, what kind of discussion will there be in the gatehouse, Wang Fulin naturally has no idea. Walking all the way in, he found that all the houses he saw along the way were extremely gorgeous, and even if the servants were also dressed in silk and satin, they were well-trained. Along the way, he passed about seven or eight gates, and finally entered a courtyard, Wang Fulin saw a very familiar figure standing next to the door of the hall, but it was not the most useful scholar Moxiang beside Cheng Naixuan?
As soon as the two sides looked at each other, Mo Xiang's eyes widened suddenly, and he was about to open his mouth to call someone, but when he saw Wang Fulin immediately put his finger on his mouth and made a silent gesture, he suddenly realized Master Cheng's strict rules, quickly closed his mouth, and then rushed up with a smoke, and asked in a low voice: "Wang Xiaoguan, weren't you kidnapped by Shao Fang?" β
Ye Cannon doesn't have such a big mouth, right? Wang Fulin glanced at Cheng Hu, and he hurriedly explained in a low voice: "Wang Xiaoguan doesn't know anything, the young master said. He heard that you were suddenly sent out on a business trip by Ye Xianzun. I don't believe in my heart. ran to the county government for three days in a row to ask for a meeting, and finally asked for the quasi-letter, and I was so frightened that my soul was gone. Thinking that Shao Fang would definitely go back to Danyang's nest, and the master was in Hangzhou, after he went back, he told the old lady and his wife that he would come to Yangzhou to see the master. Only then did he know that he had inquired about the true whereabouts of the petty official, and planned to ask the master to come forward to save people if something was wrong. β
Mo Xiang also hurriedly said: "We have heard that Ye Xianzun sent someone to follow him to protect, and said that he invited that Xinchang Lu Gongzi, but the young master just didn't feel at ease, chased after him alive and dead, and almost went to Danyang first." β
This Cheng Naixuan ...... To be honest, it's really very reliable, well, good brother for life!
Wang Fulin sighed in his heart, but he didn't say anything, but slowly came to the door of the study. At this time. I only heard Cheng Naixuan suddenly raise his voice.
"Dad, Shuangmu is not only my friend. It's my brother too! Don't say anything else, if it weren't for him, you wouldn't have had a daughter-in-law if you ran away from marriage before, or regretted your marriage! If you don't want to help, I will pay to hire ten or eight masters, and I don't believe that the Danyang Shao family is the Longtan Tiger's Den! β
The corners of Wang Fulin's mouth twitched, and before Master Cheng roared at his godson, he coughed vigorously outside, and then raised his voice and said, "Master Cheng, the late Wang Fulin asks to see you." β
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw an exclamation in the room, followed by a hurried footstep, and the curtain of the door was lifted. Cheng Naixuan, who poked his head out, stared at him for a long time with eyes like watching a ghost, and then rubbed his eyes and stared at him again. In the end, he had to say angrily: "Don't look at it, if it's fake, is it possible that there is a second Wang Fulin?" β
Cheng Naixuan smiled at this time, and hurriedly dragged Wang Fulin in, and complained in his mouth: "When you come, you are still hiding outside to watch me lively, what a late life, Shuangmu, you are really becoming more and more thieves!" β
After Wang Fulin entered the door, he greeted Master Cheng with a smile, and without anyone asking, he said that he went to the gate to post but happened to see Cheng Hu, and then quickly kidnapped Shao Fang and left Huizhou, and then how did Lu Guangwu and others catch up, and finally how to coordinate the release of people in Gaozi Town, but he and Lu Guangwu went to Danyang......
As soon as he finished talking about this series of causes and consequences, Master Cheng's face had become extremely exciting. Wang Fulin was able to break free from Shao Fang's hands, even if he had Lu Guangwu's deterrent power, it was already very difficult, but Wang Fulin, a bold boy, even let Shao Fang's son-in-law Shen Yingkui and his father-in-law have a gap and went back to Changzhou angrily!
He didn't agree with Cheng Naixuan's messy idea before, because he had been in the southeast for a long time and knew Shao Fang's influence, so he planned to invite a few famous salt merchants as Chinese, but before he could beat his son properly, Wang Fulin came back! At this moment, he calmed down his ups and downs, nodded and said, "It's good to come back safely." Fortunately, you are smart and have come to Yangzhou again, otherwise Naixuan, this kid is only afraid that he will do anything too much! But since you are here, you might as well live in Yangzhou for a while and enjoy this Huaiyang style. β
"Then I'll be respectful and obey." Wang Fulin readily agreed, and then asked curiously, "I came to Cheng's Mansion today, but I found that it was completely different from the Cheng family in Huangjiawu, and I didn't know ...... Master Cheng."
He was really a little curious, and more importantly, he wanted to learn about the atmosphere of Yangzhou, so he asked. But before he finished speaking, he saw Master Cheng smile slightly and shake his head.
"I'm a few years older than your father, so you call me Uncle Cheng, you don't have to be so outside. As for this house, I bought it last year with 10,000 taels of salt. I only live in Yangzhou temporarily, my roots are still in Huizhou, and I don't bother to make big changes, which was originally like this, and is still like this. However, the house was so big that I was so tired that I had to buy a lot of extra manpower. β
Master Cheng said it lightly, as if 10,000 taels of surplus salt is just a small point, but if you calculate it at 200 catties of salt per attraction, 10,000 catties is 2 million catties, and according to the calculation that it can be sold for 30 yuan or even more when you arrive in Hankou, it will be able to sell for at least 60,000 taels of silver at that time! But the problem is that there is also the cost of salt, and this house seems to be more than 60,000 taels!
At this time, Cheng Naixuan interjected: "Shuangmu, don't say that you are scared, I was also shocked when I came to find here, and I wondered when my father was so swaggering!" I just found out that my father was chosen as the salt of our Hui Gang this time? Sacrificial wine, so this house is also a faΓ§ade! Yangzhou salt merchants are all extravagant, in and out of the sedan chair, concubines are in groups, in contrast, the father is good, the whole house is empty, often said old-fashioned do not know how to enjoy! β
PS: Last night, I tinkered with the public WeChat account that I had almost never used after applying, and I found that there were more than 20 people paying attention, sweating...... Then I posted a few old miscellaneous notes, on a few photos of the scenery of Saipan, interested students can add the public WeChat account futianweixin, and the new book will be sent to the WeChat public account for trial reading ^_^ (to be continued......