Wu Jin left the big tent accompanied by Qi Mao, and a light carriage had been parked outside, but Wu Jin didn't get into the carriage, but walked to the first big tent, at this time, Qi Fengwu had just arrived, she saw that Wu Jin was a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Do you want to relive the old dream of a businessman?" Still don't want to sit with those bad old men? ”

Wu Jin shook his head and said with a wry smile: "You're right, I really don't want to sit up with those bad old men, it's uncomfortable!" ”

"Let's go! I'll give you a change of place, you'll love it. ”

Qi Fengwu accompanied Wujin to walk forward slowly, Qi Huan in the back pulled his brother and motioned for Qi Fengwu to ask, Qi Mao woke up, he went to ask about the situation of Prince Wujin, how could Wujin tell him, it might be better to let his daughter ask.

At this time, a family member rushed over and said to Qi Mao: "Eldest son, the prince has arrived!" ”

Qi Mao was taken aback, he didn't have time to greet Wu Jin, so he pulled Qi Huan into the carriage, and the carriage sped away.

Qi Fengwu looked at the speeding carriage and asked in a low voice, "Childe, what kind of person is the prince?" ”

Qi Fengwu is very smart, she knows that her mind must not be able to hide from Wujin, rather than turning around and asking him to disgust, it is better to be honest, maybe he is willing to say.

Her strategy was very correct, Wu Jin didn't have a frank dislike for her, he thought about it and said slowly: "What do you say? In fact, I don't need to say it, you should also imagine that he can gain an undefeated foothold in the brutal power struggle, not only because he is the prince, but more importantly, he has means that ordinary people can't match, I don't want to evaluate him at will, I just tell you one thing, what he lacks most now is food, if the Qi family wants to take refuge in him, he will definitely welcome it, but how much money he will take from the Qi family, it is difficult to say. ”

Qi Fengwu also sighed faintly: "My father also told me that if the prince can regard the Qi family as his own person, it will be of great benefit to the future of the Qi family, I am afraid that the prince will look down on the Qi family as a businessman at all, and only treat the Qi family as a money bank, and when the money runs out, he kicks it away, and we are really distressed." ”

"This is very likely, you have to understand one thing, the prince's supporters are mainly scholars and doctors, they are high-minded, they have always looked down on businessmen, if the prince uses businessmen too much, it will cause them to be disgusted, but they also know that the prince is short of money at this time, and they know that the Qi family is very important to the prince, at this time, they will not say anything, they will let the prince envelop the Qi family, but in the future, the prince's status has been determined, if the prince still reuses the Qi family at that time, it will inevitably cause their strong dissatisfaction, you should think about it, at that time, Does the prince renew the old love, or does he want his throne? ”

Wu Jin's unique interest analysis made Qi Fengwu suddenly wake up, in this way, even if the prince wants to reuse the Qi family, he will have to abandon the Qi family because of the opposition of his supporters, and he will even make a gesture to severely punish the Qi family, which is indeed the case.

Qi Fengwu was silent, she suddenly felt that the Qi family was still too naïve in the power struggle in the imperial court, although her father had a little vision, but she still didn't see the essence of the problem, that is, the Qi family's merchant status, whether it would be recognized by the prince's supporters.

She began to realize that the status of the Qi family was too low, the power was too small, and the Qi family should not fight for any title at all, should not be so ostentatious, and should not participate in the power struggle of the imperial court, and she began to feel a little afraid in her heart.

"The Emperor's Son...."

"You can call me Wu Jin, that's what my friends and family call me." Wu Jin interrupted her with a smile.

Qi Fengwu was moved in his heart, so he nodded, and continued to ask: "Wujin, then can you give a suggestion to the Qi family, although you said that it is better to take refuge in Uncle Shen Guo, but I always feel that Uncle Shen Guo is also unreliable." ”

"Of course, Uncle Shen is just a little better than the crown prince, but it's not much better? In fact, the key is that the Qi family should use its own strength and advantages, you can talk about it, where are the advantages of the Qi family? ”

Qi Fengwu thought for a while and said: "The strength of the Qi family is in the strong financial resources, it can be said that it is rich in the world, and the advantage I think is that the Qi family is the first big tax payer in the Daning Dynasty." ”

As far as I know, Donglai Commercial Bank and Baifu Commercial Bank earn no less profits every year than the Qi family, but the two tax payments add up to much less than the Qi family, and even a fraction of the Qi family, the reason is their power background, the court and the emperor are helpless against them, but the emperor definitely does not want the Qi family to fall down, which will cause heavy losses to the court, this is the reason why the Qi family does not fall, I think the Qi family should make full use of this advantage, Plan it again, how to continue this advantage, such as a small increase in taxes every year, to give the imperial court an expectation, such as the Qi family can reduce the scale and expand profits, so that it is not publicized, but there is room to increase taxes, and more importantly, it is necessary to learn to please the emperor, such as the four people I said, and getting their support is more effective than going to the prince or Uncle Shen. ”

Qi Fengwu nodded silently, "You mean that our Qi family doesn't need to take refuge in any imperial court forces, right?" ”

"That's the case, the Qi family should not participate in the power struggle of the imperial court, as long as the taxes to the imperial court are maintained, this is the image of the Qi family, don't let the emperor see the figure of the Qi family in the power struggle, this is very important, if possible, the Qi family had better fade out of the capital and return to Chuzhou."

Qi Fengwu was very moved in her heart, Wu Jin's suggestions were very pertinent, and everything was said on the key points, in contrast, the Qi family's thinking was very chaotic, and there was no concept of the overall situation, she must tell her grandfather all these words of Wu Jin intact.

At this time, they came to the first big tent, and saw their father Qi Mao and second uncle Qi Wei and a large group of guards from a distance, surrounded by a man wearing a golden crown walking towards this side.

"He's the prince!" Wu Jin recognized the person who came, it was Huang Fuheng.

Qi Fengwu flashed, she had already disappeared into the darkness, she was a girl who was good at protecting herself, she knew that her appearance was outstanding, so she usually did not show her face in front of the powerful, so as to prevent being favored by the powerful.

Just as the Qi family's worries and Wu Jin's suggestion, Huang Fuheng came today with great hopes, although he was short of money over the years, he never won over the Qi family, because he didn't put the Qi family in his eyes, he wouldn't deal with a businessman, which would make the literati and scholars who supported him feel dissatisfied.

However, this time Qi Wannian celebrated his seventieth birthday, but he suddenly reminded him that there was nothing wrong with accepting the support of the Qi family, as long as he reached an agreement with the Qi family, he would not make it public, but secretly accept the support of the Qi family, which would have no impact on him.

And before he ascended the throne, he could find an excuse to clean up the Qi family, so that he could get rid of the rumors about him and the Qi family, appease the dissatisfaction of the scholars and doctors, and although he felt disdainful of befriending the Qi family, the Qi family's money was very attractive to him.

Huangfu Heng asked his father, and after getting the consent, he came to participate in the birthday celebration of the old man Qi as the crown prince, of course, he came today to make a gesture and let the Qi family voluntarily take the bait.

Walking to the big tent, he saw Huangfu Wujin at a glance, Huangfu Heng was slightly stunned, and then he laughed, "Wujin, you are here too!" ”

Obviously, he regarded Wu Jin as if he was here to greet him, and Wu Jin hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Emperor Fu Wu Jin sees His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"No need to be polite, it's not the time for the government, everyone is casual."

He patted Wu Jin on the shoulder again and said with a smile: "Congratulations on being named the Duke of Liangguo, but I also criticize you, you didn't come to see me after you were promoted, it's not right for you!" ”

"The formalities of Zongzheng Temple have not been completed yet, and I want to wait until it is finally finalized before going to meet His Highness."

"It's already decided, it's just a form of walking around, do you want the emperor to overthrow his knighthood himself? There is no such thing. ”

Huangfu Heng had already walked to the light, he suddenly found that Wu Jin actually tied a gold belt, he was stunned at first, how did Wu Jin be promoted to the captain of the Plum Blossom Guard, and then he thought of something in his heart, did he want Wu Jin to be the commander of the Plum Blossom Guard in Chuzhou?

He already knew that his father had decided to expand the matter of Meihuawei and Xiuyiwei, he attached great importance to this matter, according to the principle of avoidance, the leader of Xiuyiwei and Meihuawei in Chuzhou must have nothing to do with the King of Chu, either his own people, or the people of King Qi, or the people of King Zhao, but King Zhao has no power in Meihuawei and Xiuyiwei, it can only be himself and King Qi.

He could almost determine that Meihuawei was his person, and Xiuyiwei was the person of King Qi, but at this moment, he suddenly realized that there was also the Liangwang family, and it was very likely that Wujin would be the commander of Meihuawei in Chuzhou.

If so, he'd lost his chance.

Huang Fuheng was a little unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and still smiled and said: "I actually promoted to Plum Blossom Guard, I don't know, I will definitely punish you with three cups later." ”

"Brother Huang!"

At this time, a young man's clear voice suddenly came from the door of the big tent, Wu Jin and Huang Fuheng looked at the same time, only to see a young prince at the door of the tent, about twelve or thirteen years old, with a face like a crown of jade, eyes like Lang Xing, very handsome, wearing a purple brocade robe, slender figure, looking heroic, followed by two burly guards.

Wu Jin didn't know this person, but Huang Fuheng's face changed slightly, and he asked him a little unhappily, "Did you come here and tell your father?" ”

Wu Jin suddenly guessed who this was, it must be the King of Chu, it was the first time he saw the King of Chu, and he saw that he really looked very much like the Emperor Huangfu Xuande, and his temperament was very good, very aura, completely different from the mediocre-looking Huangfu Heng, no wonder the emperor liked him, if he had such a son, he also liked it.

The king of Chu's name is Huangfu Tian, he seems to be a little afraid of Huangfu Heng, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Brother Hui, I have obtained the permission of my father, and my father said, let me congratulate Old Man Qi on his birthday." ”

The last sentence made Huang Fu Heng's chest feel as if he had been hit hard, making him almost breathless, and his father actually asked the king of Chu to represent him, instead of letting himself.

(To be continued)