"Zhao Tidian, this is my brother." After Qi Ye finished speaking, he invited his cousin Qi Rong to the front.

"I've heard Brother Qi Ye talk about the shopkeeper Qi a long time ago." Zhao Jiaren looked at Qi Ye's cousin as he spoke. The average height of men in the Song Dynasty was about 170, and even if the Zhao family moved south, the height of southerners was not much different from that of the north. The Qi brothers are all about 175 in height, which is considered average. As for their appearance, the two cousins are quite different. Qi Ye has a round face, white and tender, and looks very rich. Qi Rong has a square face, sharp edges and corners, and is heroic.

Everyone sat down in the flower hall of the prison mansion on Fujian Road, and as soon as they chatted a few words, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but cover his mouth and yawn. Since he didn't mean to despise Qi Rong in the first place, Zhao Jiaren explained with a smile: "It's hot, and I haven't slept well these days. I hope you will forgive me. ”

Qi Ye knew that Zhao Jiaren didn't have any official status, and he didn't care about it at all. Qi Rong was not used to it for a while, because he doubted whether there was anything else in Zhao Jiaren's words, but he didn't know how to answer. However, seeing that Qi Ye was fine, Qi Rong was ruthless and dealt with it in accordance with Qi Ye's way. He replied naturally, "If Zhao Tidian doesn't sleep well at night, he might as well take a good rest at noon." ”

"Hmm. I do. Zhao Jiaren nodded yes. It was not that he didn't sleep well because of the heat, but that a large number of combat troops were traumatized after seeing Hu Yuelian's ruthless killing of pirates, or at least a strong psychological shock. When the fleet returned to Fuzhou, this part of the sailors began to behave abnormally. Upon learning of the situation, Zhao Jiaren had to conduct a comprehensive psychological rehabilitation counseling for the sailors. After a few days of continuous rotation, he couldn't stand it.

"My family Wulang is going back to Quanzhou, and I will do everything in Fuzhou in the future. I heard that Tidian takes good care of Jianxian Qianzhuang, and I still hope to continue to communicate with Zhao Tidian. Qi Rong explained the current situation.

Zhao Jiaren nodded again and again, "It's so good, seeing that Xianqian Zhuang is here, I don't have to worry about having nowhere to borrow money." ”

After talking about the recent situation for a while, Qi Rong asked: "I heard that Zhao Tidian has recently received a lot of big ships, I wonder if there is anything to use money?" ”

Zhao Jiaren immediately replied: "My family's business in Fujian and Jiangnan East Road is growing, and it will take 200,000 yuan in the next three years. I wonder if the shopkeeper can borrow it? ”

Qi Ye had no expression on his face, and there was a burst of ridiculousness in his heart. Zhao Jiaren is so straightforward every time, he will probably scare his eldest brother Qi Rong away. Then Qi Ye listened to Qi Rong say: "This matter can be discussed, listen to what Zhao Tidian said, it will take 200,000 yuan for three years." But it's not like you can use so much money at once. ”

Hearing the eldest brother say this, Qi Ye tensed his lips, and his pupils couldn't help but shrink. There is too much difference in this treatment, Zhao Jiaren didn't want to use 200,000 yuan at the beginning, but it was 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, Qi Ye mentioned it to Quanzhou Zongzhuang, and Zongzhuang didn't allow it. Now Zhao Jiaren wants 200,000 yuan, at least Qi Rong thinks it can be negotiated on the surface. If the head bank had given Qi Ye such permissions, he and Zhao Jiaren would have cooperated deeply a long time ago.

Even if he had thought of this before, when it turned out to be imaginary, Qi Ye still felt a strong sense of loss in his heart. So much so that the next conversation between Zhao Jiaren and Qi Rong was not listened to at all. finally recovered his mood, but Qi Rong asked Zhao Jiaren in surprise: "Zhao Tidian, what do you mean by replacing spices with perfumes?" ”

"In order to sell spices at a high price, many people talk about the functions of spices, and as far as I know, there are very few that really have medicinal functions. Most of it is just for smelling. Zhao Jiaren waved his hand after speaking, and a young man next to him immediately brought a plate over,

In the plate are two small porcelain vases, which are quite delicately fired. Zhao Jiaren also picked up the same porcelain bottle placed on the coffee table next to him, unscrewed the cap, blocked the mouth of the porcelain bottle with his fingers, and tilted the porcelain bottle. Wait for your fingers to be stained with the perfume in the porcelain vase, and then return the porcelain vase to its normal position. Zhao Jiaren smeared the perfume on his finger on the inside of his other wrist, raised his wrist to his nose and sniffed it.

Qi Rong and Qi Ye imitated Zhao Jiaren's actions, and they soon smelled the fragrance of lotus flowers on their wrists. Huaxia has always loved lotus flowers, and in many places also use lotus powder to make incense powder or sachets, which are inevitably mixed with the taste of roots, stems and leaves. Qi Ye closed his eyes slightly, feeling the fragrance brought by the summer breeze blowing through the lotus field, which was an incomparably pure fragrance.

"Is this the only one?" Qi Rong asked. Qi Ye opened his eyes and stared at Zhao Jiaren, he also wanted to ask the same question.

Zhao Jiaren's tone was frank, "There is only this one now, and more perfumes will come out in a few years." Besides, the Pu family has a lot of industries, so many people have interests entanglements with the Pu family, and the battle with his family will not be fruitful for a year or two. ”

Qi Rong thought for a moment, and then asked, "Does Zhao Tidian want us to see that Xianqian Zhuang does not support the Pu family?" ”

Zhao Jiaren smiled, "It's impossible for Qianzhuang not to make money, and you can make money how you want to make money when you see a good money in other industries." I'm just looking forward to seeing Xianqian Zhuang stand with me in these new businesses. ”

After talking for a while, seeing that it was about to be noon, Qi Rong got up and said goodbye. Zhao Jiaren recalled that he was so hungry at noon that Xu Yuanzhi did not invite guests, and he sincerely invited Qi Rong to stay for lunch. Seeing Qi Rong's firm farewell, Zhao Jiaren did not stay. As he said at the beginning, you do need to take a nap at noon.

Qi Ye thought that the eldest brother Qi Rong would talk about this, but he didn't expect Qi Rong to be silent along the way. When he got home, Qi Rong opened his mouth to talk about letting Qi Ye go back to Quanzhou. Since Qi Rong had this attitude, Qi Ye didn't bother to say anything. He answered, "I'll leave right away." ”

In the eighth month of the Song calendar, Qi Ye set off. He chose the Zhao family's ship with great arrogance, and along the way he felt that he had really chosen the right one. The Zhao family's boat is indeed as others say, clean and fast. When he entered Quanzhou Port, perhaps because he knew Zhao Jiaren's attitude towards the Pu family, Qi Ye felt that the eyes of those people on the Pu family ship were very meaningful.

When he disembarked at the port, Qi Ye saw that the port of Quanzhou was actually repairing the lighthouse, and it had already been built more than a zhang high at this time. Qi Ye knew that Zhao Jiaren was working hard to overhaul the lighthouse in Fujian, but he didn't expect Zhao Jiaren's hands and feet to be so fast.

Back at the head office, Qi Ye handed over the errand. He casually asked, "When did the lighthouse in the harbor begin?" ”

"A month ago, the Puguan people paid for the construction of it." The steward of the head office replied.

Qi Yeden was speechless, he realized that he had guessed the wrong object, and he didn't expect the Pu family's reaction to be so fast.