Qi Jiagui guest room is very elegant and simple, there is no splendor, pearlescent, only a set of round tables and chairs and a screen, there are several famous calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, tables and chairs are carved with the best dipterocarp wood, dipterocarp is a kind of agarwood, can exude a fragrance similar to sandalwood for decades, only produced in the deep mountains of Yuzhang County, for the royal tribute, a pound of wood is worth ten taels of silver.

In addition to the tables and chairs made of dipterocarp wood in your room, there is also a topaz screen, which is carved from a whole piece of extremely rare high-quality topaz, one zhang long and six feet wide, and the jade is crystal clear and delicate, even the dullest people know that this is a priceless thing.

Although the tables, chairs, and screens are all expensive things, but Wu Jin didn't dare to show too much interest, he knew that as long as he showed interest, Old Man Qi would definitely give it to him, and the bed they sent yesterday weighed five hundred catties, which was worth five thousand taels of silver, and neither he nor Su Han thought that dipterocarp wood was so expensive.

Everyone sat down, in addition to Qi Wannian and the fourth Qi Huan, the host also had the third Qi Zhu, the seventh Qi Ling, and Qi Wannian's second brother Qi Wanfu and the eldest grandson Qi Yunhuan and the third grandson Qi Yunye, of which Qi Yunhuan was Qi Fengwu's eldest brother, and Qi Fengwu's second brother Qi Yunxuan assisted his father in the capital.

Talking and laughing at the wine table, the maid standing behind him poured wine for everyone, Qi Wannian also poured himself a glass of wine, Qi Huan, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly held his father's wrist and said in a low voice: "Father, no!" ”

Qi Wannian shook his head, broke free of his hand, poured the wine to the brim, he picked up the wine glass and stood up, and said to Wujin with emotion: "My Qi family can return to Jiangning Mansion, regain the title, and re-embark on the business path, thanks to the help of His Highness, I thank Your Highness on behalf of the whole family for this glass of wine, this is the first time I have drunk in ten years, no matter what, I want to give His Highness face." ”

After speaking, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and Wu Jin also picked up the wine glass and saluted back: "The old master can make an exception for me, Wu Jin is grateful, but if the Qi family has any difficulties, with my emperor Fu Wu Jin, I will definitely help the Qi family with all my heart." ”

He also drank it all, and showed everyone the empty cup instead, he was a big cup, there were at least three taels of wine in this glass, everyone applauded and laughed, Qi Wannian was going to Wujin This sentence, he was happy in his heart, sat down with a smile, Qi Huan snatched his father's wine glass, and instructed the maid, "Change the tea!" ”

Qi Huan apologized to Wu Jin and said: "My father has a bad heart, and the doctor resolutely forbids him to drink, please forgive me!" ”

"Wu Jin doesn't dare to let the old master drink anymore, the old master please feel free."

Everyone drank a few more glasses of wine, and Wu Jin glanced at Qi Zhu, the third elder of the Qi family, and Qi Jiu, the seventh eldest of the Qi family, and he saw these two for the first time, so he asked with a smile: "I don't know what the third master and the seventh master are in charge of in the Qi family?" ”

Qi Zhu and Qi Juan are brothers, they were born to Qi Wannian's second wife, both of them are very handsome, not as tall and fat as Qi Huan, Qi Zhu arched his hand and replied respectfully: "Your Highness calls me San Lang, I am in charge of the trade of Qi Mansion, my brother Qi Juan is responsible for printing and papermaking, the paper output of the Qi family ranks second in the Daning Dynasty, although it is second only to Duan's papermaking in the capital, but the paper of the imperial court and Taixue is provided by us, and the tribute paper of the imperial court is also provided by us." ”

This made Wu Jin quite emotional, he said to Qi Wannian: "I finally understand the Qi family's industry now, as long as the Qi family is involved, it will be the leader in the same industry, I heard Jing said that Qi Luolan's rouge powder is also the best in the Daning Dynasty, even the court only recognizes Qi Luolan, I didn't expect that paper printing is also the leader in the industry, not to mention the money village, satin cloth, and I heard that the world's largest Qi Yunzhu tea house is also the Qi family's industry, it's amazing!" ”

"Actually, it's not as superior in everything as His Highness said."

Qi Wannian shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The Qi family also has shortcomings, the biggest shortcoming of the Qi family is transportation, originally the Qi family had an inland river fleet and a sea fleet, which is very important for our cargo circulation, but due to various reasons, the transportation industry has always been very small, so that the Qi family has to rely on other fleets, and it costs a lot of money every year, which is also a big problem that has always restrained the Qi family." ”

"Why is that?" Wu Jin didn't quite understand that transportation was not a high-tech thing, and with the Qi family's financial and organizational capabilities, it should be easy to do.

"This ..... It's hard to put into words! ”

Qi Wannian sighed slightly, "In fact, the fleet of the Qi family was also very strong back then, but thirty years ago, the imperial court attacked the Phoenix Society, and at that time, it was stipulated that Donglai Commercial Bank, Baifu Commercial Bank and Qi Ruifu Commercial Bank should bear the lion's share, and the three requisitioned five hundred ships each, but the final result was that the other two did not come out, and Qi Ruifu sent out 1,200 ships, which was all the eight hundred ships of Qi Ruifu and another four hundred ships purchased, as well as nearly two thousand mules and horses, but in the end, it was ......"

Qi Wannian sighed, there was a sparkle in the corner of his eyes, Qi Huan saw that his father was a little sad, so he hurriedly said: "In the end, less than twenty small boats and thirty mules and horses were returned, and later we learned that in fact, five hundred boats could come back, but they were divided between Baifu Commercial Bank and Donglai Commercial Bank by the then Governor of Daning Naval Division and Wang Huangfu Zhi of Dongyang County, and the mules and horses were also divided between these two commercial houses. ”

Qi Wannian said hatefully: "This is the fate of Qi Ruifu's powerlessness and powerlessness, after this incident, the Qi family learned from the pain, began to turn to officialdom, and cultivated their own children, but suffered repeated setbacks, and was also affected by the imperial examination cheating incident, and even lost the title, that time the imperial examination cheating, in fact, the children of the Qi family were only one of the more than 100 people who followed the trend to buy examination papers, but in the end they were designated as the main culprit, was publicly beheaded, deprived of the Qi family's title, and the Qi family was not allowed to participate in the imperial examination again, in fact, I know that this is the forces behind Donglai Commercial Bank and Baifu Commercial Bank in the Qi familySince ancient times, the status of merchants has been low, although this dynasty tolerates merchants, but the scholars still despise merchants in their bones, and the Qi family wants to take another step upward, which is even more difficult. ”

This Wu Jin can understand, for thousands of years, the status of the people and merchants is only good and bad, never turned over, relatively speaking, the Daning Dynasty has been very good to the merchants, he took a sip of wine and asked: "I have never heard of the competition between the three major merchants, but I believe that it should not be calm." ”

"Of course, there is no calm, just take the silver ticket as an example, the law of the imperial court only protects the silver tickets of Donglai and Baifu, and counterfeiting one or two silver tickets will also be copied all over the house, but it does not protect Qi Dafu's silver tickets, forcing the Qi family to develop a way to prevent counterfeit silver tickets, isn't this the Baifu and Donglai families playing ghosts in the middle?"

Speaking of silver tickets, Wu Jin got a piece of news, and he smiled and said: "I heard that the emperor has approved the same protection of Qi Dafu's silver tickets, right?" ”

Qi Wannian shook his head gloomily, "The emperor has approved, but now it is stuck in the hands of the household, they said that the anti-counterfeiting color bar on the Qi family's silver ticket does not meet the requirements of the household, and requires the color bar to be removed, but we know that the removal of the anti-counterfeiting color bar will definitely appear immediately Fake tickets, if the government's punishment measures are different from the other two, it will be released after a few days, it is better not to protect the government, we firmly disagree, and later after negotiations, the household department changed its words, saying that the anti-counterfeiting color bar of Qi Dafu's silver ticket can not be removed, But the Donglai silver ticket and the Baifu silver ticket must also have anti-counterfeiting color bars, requiring the Qi family to transfer the relevant technology to the other two, isn't this just seeking skin with the tiger? We still can't accept this plan, and now my eldest son is in the capital to negotiate with the household department about this matter, and I don't have to think about it, I know that the household department is actually a knife in the hands of the other two families. ”

After a pause, Qi Wannian asked again: "Your Highness, do you know the Nanshan faction?" ”

Wu Jin nodded, "It's Huangfu Yibiao, the backstage owner of Baifu Commercial Bank, what's wrong?" ”

"Now the Hubu Lang Zhongwei who is in charge of the money village in various places is the son-in-law of the Nanshan faction Pengcheng County Wang Huangfu Luo Song, do you think he will let Qi Dafu Qian Zhuang have a good life?"

"If the household department can't get through, what is the plan of the old family owner? I can help Qi Ruifu report this matter to the emperor again. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, but you really don't."

Qi Wannian shook his head and said: "There are many workarounds in the officialdom, as long as Donglai and Baifu are unwilling, they have a way to deal with Qi Ruifu, Qi Dafu's silver ticket has never been protected by the imperial court, and it has been like this for decades, and it is just that the household department does not agree." ”

He sighed, "Forget it, don't talk about this at the wine table, come!" I will replace the wine with tea, and I will toast His Highness with another glass. ”

Everyone had a drink, and Qi Wannian changed the topic and asked, "I heard that His Royal Highness also opened a money bank in Weiyang County, is that so?" ”

This is what Wu Jin wants to do today, use his own money to join Qi Dafu, and Jin An will need the financial support of the Qi family.

He picked up the wine glass and pointed to Huang Fugui and said with a smile: "My fifth uncle and I founded the Jin Fu Ji pawnshop, and later established the money village, my fifth uncle is a good hand at making a pawnshop, but the money bank is not enough, the money village is ready for me to do it personally, but now I can't do it, I also want to talk to the Qi family today, to see if we have the possibility of cooperation?" ”

Wu Jin's proposal was a bit of a surprise to Qi Wannian, and he pondered for a moment before asking, "I wonder how His Highness is going to cooperate?" ”

"I want to transfer the money village to the Qi family's three percent, and then my money bank will also be renamed Qi Dafu, and it will be managed by Qi Dafu Qianzhuang, I don't know if this will work?"

Qi Wannian didn't speak, he was in deep thought, but Qi Huan next to him was very embarrassed, the Qi family has never had a precedent of opening a shop with others, let alone changing its name to Qi Dafu after only accounting for three percent, even if there is no Jin special, you can cooperate with him, but at least the Qi family has to account for sixty percent, so how can they agree?

"I can say yes!"

Qi Wannian finally expressed his position, he understood very well what Huangfu Wujin meant, he wanted to establish a deeper relationship with Qi Ruifu, Qi Wannian was also thinking about this matter these days, although the Qi family had decided to withdraw from the officialdom circle, but if there was no backstage at all, it would be difficult for them to gain a foothold in Chuzhou. As long as they grasp this degree, it should not be a big problem.

Qi Wannian sent something to Wujin and invited their family to dinner, in fact, his motive was also to rely on Wujin, after all, Wujin was very powerful in Chuzhou, and he was also very good.

"I fully accept the conditions proposed by His Highness, and I also think that it is not suitable to do business as His Highness, and the Qian Zhuang Qi Ruifu Commercial Bank will take over and change its name to Qi Dafu Qian Zhuang, but I only have one condition, I don't know if His Highness can agree?"

Wu Jin nodded and smiled: "Old master, please speak!" ”

(To be continued)