A smile overflowed at the corner of Ran Yi's mouth, but he didn't speak immediately, but instead cocked Erlang's legs and drank the tea slowly, clearly wanting to sell Guan Zi to hang Han Xin's appetite.

Han Xin was not fooled, and still looked at him with a calm smile, unmoved. Ran Yi is a teenager in the end, and he waited patiently for a long time and never waited for Han Xin to ask, but he couldn't hold his breath anymore, and couldn't help but speak; "The Tao family is a century-old family, not only in business, but also in the government's infiltration force, and a big family like this will definitely not leave a way out for itself. Although the head of the Tao family is Tao Wan, due to his deteriorating health over the years, the real person in charge is her widowed daughter-in-law Shangguan Zhishui. ”

Han Shin asked; "Can this woman be on the list of beheadings by Liu Bang?"

Ran Yi shook his head, "No, not only did the mother and son disappear in Jimo that day, but even the more than 400 people of the Tao family escaped Liu Bang's pursuit, and the arrests were just some old and weak and some insignificant side branches." ”

Han Xin showed an interested look, "So the Tao family should have gotten the news in advance, but they didn't have time to react, so they had to come and recruit a strong man to break his wrist to preserve his strength." ”

Ran Yi nodded; "That's probably the case, so although Liu Bang copied the Tao family's nest, what he got was just the tip of the iceberg of the Tao family's wealth, the Tao family just lost an old family owner, and the real master in power was intact, and now they are plotting a revenge plan."

This time, Han Xin couldn't help but be moved, and a knowing smile appeared on his face, "If you say that, that's good news for us, is there a way for you to contact the Tao family and let them know that our Qin State is very interested in their revenge plan." ”

Ran Yi laughed a few times, and said with a smug face; "Not only have you been contacted, but I have brought you all the people."

…….

"The little woman sees the general." Shangguan Zhishui bent down slightly, and Yingying was blessed.

Han Xin narrowed his eyes and looked at her carefully, with a bit of appreciation in his eyes. He originally thought that the woman who could preside over such a big family business as the Tao family should be an experienced woman, shrewd and mean, with sharp teeth and sharp mouth, but he didn't expect that he would be so gentle and lovely, but it was a little surprising.

Shangguan Zhishui was wrapped in a cyan coat and cut decently, which not only highlighted the delicate and full figure, but also did not lose the dignity of everyone's ladies. Coupled with his tranquil complexion and fair complexion like jade, even Han Xin, who had seen a lot of stunning colors, couldn't help but take a few more looks, and secretly admired in his heart.

Although Shangguan Zhishui's face was as usual, his heart was extremely nervous, and his palms were full of wetness. She came to see Han Xin today after dressing up a lot, and her meaning is unclear.

When she was about to marry in the boudoir, she was a famous beauty in Qi country, and she was the best in Jimo for her beauty, and Tao Wan heard about her virtuous and beautiful appearance, so she personally came to the door to ask for her only son. It's a pity that her husband died of illness not long after getting married, leaving only Shangguan Zhishui, who was pregnant. Tao Wan, who lost his son in old age, couldn't stand the blow, and his body was getting worse, and Shangguan Zhishui had to shoulder the burden of the Tao family, the "richest man in the world", alone.

Shangguan Zhishui thought that he would be so boring for the rest of his life, but he unexpectedly regained his interest in running the family business. Even Tao Wan didn't expect that Shangguan Zhishui was actually a rare business genius, and under her orderly care, the Tao family, which was already on the decline, regained its vitality.

She has a keen mind and is good at grasping business opportunities, and when the initial emperor was in a big military service, she sensed that the world was already unstable, so she hoarded a large amount of income and grain in good years. Sure enough, after Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising broke out, the world immediately fell into chaos, and the Tao family made up for all the surplus and shortfall of more than ten years just by selling grain.

Shangguan Zhishui is smart and smart She is not greedy, and there is no shortage of speculators and hoarders in the war, but most businessmen are desperately raising prices, hoping to make as much money as possible. But they obviously ignore the patience of the people, once they exceed this limit, they are very willing to directly provoke a civil uprising, let alone make money, whether they can save their lives has become a problem.

Shangguan Zhishui only controlled the price of food at twice as much as in previous years, which allowed most people to afford food, although they ate less, but not starved to death. On the one hand, it wantonly purchased grain from Wuyue, which was not affected by the war in the south, and constantly replenished stocks; On the other hand, the porridge shop was constantly opened to help the homeless people, which won a good reputation for the Tao family.

These actions not only made the Tao family make money day by day, but also won a good reputation for the Tao family, which won the support of the Qi people and was able to stand tall in the troubled times.

This is probably the highest level of businessman, which can not only make you willingly pay him out of your pocket, but also make you grateful. The "Shang Dao" created by Tao Zhugong was not inherited by his descendants completely, but was well continued by a daughter-in-law.

But no matter how smart Shangguan Zhishui is, she is always just a businessman. A businessman is only good at business, and even if he is successful, he is just a businessman. Once he goes to the opposite side of the authorities, no matter how rich he is, he can only be crushed before the army. At that time, Jia Lü Buwei, a great merchant of the patriotic country, knew this very well, so he gave up business to enter politics and mastered the government of Qin for 13 years by means of "strange goods can live".

It's a pity that Shangguan Zhishui is not Lu Buwei, and she can't be Lu Buwei. She has no political acumen, and she doesn't know how to be close to those in power like the Zou family in Linzi. She just wanted to maintain the Tao family's hegemony in business through business operations, and even naively thought that as long as she kept to herself and extended favors, she could be saved in the troubled times.

Liu Bang's cruel methods woke her up from her dream, and she realized that a family that can truly stand for a hundred years must maintain a fairly close relationship with those in power. The ancestor of the Tao family, Tao Zhu Gong Fan Li, knew this very well, so he warned future generations that their descendants should maintain a close relationship with the Qi royal family, and there must be strong political support behind them.

After Shangguan Zhishui escaped from Jimo City with her young son, she figured out this truth. She wants revenge, avenges Tao Wan, and finds justice for the more than 300 lives that her Tao family died in vain. If there are only two people who can help her realize this wish today, one is Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and the other is Han Xin, the real ruler of Qin.

Just when she was hesitating who to turn to, the envoy of the Mo family came to the door. As the actual controller of the Tao family, she naturally knew the Mo family's energy in the Qi State, so when she knew that the Mo family was actually doing things for the Qin State again, she was stunned, and at the same time, she was more and more sure that Han Xin was the real destiny.

On the way to meet Han Xin with Ran Yi, Shangguan Zhishui thought a lot, she remembered the admonition of her ancestor Tao Zhugong, and remembered the hundreds of tragic deaths of the Tao family. She was not at all worried that Han Xin would reject the Tao family's surrender, because as long as this Han Xin was not extremely mediocre, it was impossible not to know that accepting the Tao family, which was deeply rooted in the Qi country, would be a very beneficial thing for him.

All she worries about is what will happen to the Tao family in the future.

After this catastrophe, the Tao family was undoubtedly greatly injured, and was uprooted by Liu Bang in the base of Jimo's business for hundreds of years. More importantly, there is already a scattered image within the Tao family, you must know that her son is not the only one who is qualified to inherit the family, and many close relatives and branches are not lacking in shrewd and capable people. When Tao Wan was there, he was still able to suppress these dissident people with his residual power, but now that Tao Wan is gone, how can she, a woman, suppress those ambitious uncles and brothers. If she loses power at that time, she and her son will probably suffer for the rest of their lives.

Although for the time being, because of the deep feud in Jimo's blood sea, the Tao family can still maintain the same hatred, but once it stabilizes in the future, it will definitely be a fierce battle for the position of the head of the family. At that time, the Tao family would inevitably become a plate of loose sand, and other families would be left far behind.

Therefore, for the sake of the Tao family and her son, she must get the strong support of Han Xin and occupy an important place in the future merchants of the Qi State and even the world.

If a beautiful woman wants to get the support of a man, the most direct and effective way is nothing more than one.

Since the death of her husband, she is only eighteen years old, and she has become accustomed to not applying lead and facing the sky every day, but only putting her experience on the Tao family's huge family business and her own young son. Now, in order to "seduce" Han Xin, she deliberately dressed up carefully before coming to the court, and pulled up the bun she loved at home from the beginning.

As soon as she thought of the word "seduction", Shangguan Zhishui couldn't help but have a hot face, and her heart was full of contempt for herself. But she really has no way, if there is another way to avenge her family and make her son no longer suffer, she will not hesitate even if she takes her life.

She does have the ability to seduce Han Xin, although she is married to a woman, her appearance has not diminished at all, and her figure has a little more abundance that she never had back then. At the age of twenty-three, it is like charming honey. The peach-like age retains a bit of a girl's shyness, and a little more of a woman's mature charm.

From the brief loss of concentration in Han Xin's eyes, Shangguan Zhishui knew that he had succeeded, and couldn't help but be secretly happy.

She hadn't seen Han Xin before, but she had heard many legends about him, such as breaking the Huns in Mobei, turning the tide in Xianyang City, capturing the Huns Mao Dun Shan Yu alive, and defeating the Zhao army and the Han army with less victories. Although she also knew that Han Xin became famous as a teenager, she never thought that Han Xin was so young and almost the same as herself, if it weren't for Ran Yi telling her that the person in front of her was Han Xin, the general of the Qin State, she would never have guessed it.