Because of Daiyu, Lin Jin and Wu Jiugong chatted about the Jia family, and the topic finally fell to Mrs. Wang. By Mrs. Wang, she thought of the high-powered Wang Ziteng, and now the glory of the "four major families" all depends on him to support.

She couldn't help but sigh: "My mother's family is the confidence of a married girl." Originally, the ranking of the four major families was Jia Wang Shixue, and the Jia family was the head, but now it is the Wang family that has become the leader of these four families, even if my maternal grandmother presses the second aunt with filial piety, but many things, there is really no way to Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao. So, sometimes, this filial piety is just a tiger skin that scares people.

Besides, after all, the grandmother is getting older day by day, and the second aunt is still in her prime, just like the change of the wolf king in the wolf pack, the old wolf king is not not powerful, but after all, he can't resist the old age and decay brought by the years, and has to give way to the young new wolf king. The wolves below are not stupid either, and naturally know which one to follow. Therefore, I can't complain that my second aunt has the confidence to come to my grandmother and give my sister-in-law's favored face to me. ”

Wu Jiugong naturally also knew that the prosperity and glory of the Wang family now depended on Wang Ziteng, thinking of some of his stories, Wu Jiugong advised: "Although you and Wang Ziteng have nothing to do now, but in the future, you can't say that you will deal with the Wang family, if possible, you try to stay away from Wang Ziteng, that is a ruthless person." ”

Hearing this, Lin Jin was very surprised and asked, "It's rare to hear you comment on a person like this, but you two shouldn't have anything to do with each other, right?" Have you seen him and had dealings with him? ”

Wu Jiugong shook his head, "I haven't met before, and I haven't moved around." ”

Not in advance, just talking about this life, after knowing where she was, Lin Jin flipped the book of the Red Chamber in the library several times from beginning to end, in addition to knowing that Wang Ziteng was the pillar of optimus of the four major families, she really didn't see anything about the characters in this book who were only a few strokes, so she asked curiously: "Then how did you come to the conclusion that he is a ruthless person?" Are you reliable in drawing conclusions from some deeds from hearsay? I feel that Wang Ziteng doesn't seem to have any anecdotes circulating, and I haven't heard him say anything bad about this person from my father? ”

Wu Jiugong chuckled lightly and said, "Now the few caravans that are running the sea trade, except for our family, the other ones have the shadow of important ministers in the court. The person behind the fleet of the Xue family in Jinling is Wang Ziteng. ”

"This is normal, collusion between officials and businessmen is the norm." Lin Jin didn't think there was anything strange about this. She knew that the Jinling Xue family in Wu Jiugong's mouth was the imperial merchant Xue family, but although the Xue family was involved in maritime trade, it was not managed by Xue Pan's father, but by his cousin.

Wu Jiugong said slowly: "After the Wang family was demoted to the rank of lord, it was already the last generation of Wang Ziteng's father's generation, but because of the implication of the abolition of the prince's case, the old man Wang was dismissed. ”

"Huh? Is there still such a poor time for the Wang family? "Thinking that Wang Xifeng will talk about his rich dowry at every turn, and what is the words that sweeping the cracks of our Wang family's ground is enough for your Jia family to live for a lifetime, it can be seen that the Wang family is rich, I didn't expect the Wang family to be so embarrassed, Lin Jin was very surprised.

He continued: "The Wang family used to be in charge of managing the affairs of tribute and congratulations from various countries, and they knew how profitable the maritime trade business was, so they took advantage of the convenience of their position to get involved in the maritime trade. It's just that with the resignation of the official position, coupled with the imperial court's policy of moving the border and forbidding the sea, and the need for a large amount of funds from the abolished prince, the Wang family transferred the sea trade business to the subordinates of the abolished prince and got out of it. However, the most critical chart for the sea trade business, the Wang family did not abolish the prince, which is also the key to the Wang family's ability to restart the sea trade business after the decline. ”

Lin Jin interrupted him with a smile: "What you said is not right. To do maritime trade business, although the nautical chart is the key, but the investment of a large amount of capital in the early stage is also essential. If you don't have money, you can't buy a sea boat at all? If you don't have a ship, how can you do a sea trade business? Earlier, you also said that the wealth of the Wang family is scattered, why is it that 'the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse'? The Wang family was able to come up with the money to buy a boat, it seems that the saying 'there are still 3,000 nails in the broken ship' is still very reasonable. ”

Wu Jiugong shook his head and said, "You are wrong, the Wang family at that time did not have the strength to buy a sea ship at all." ”

"How so?" Lin Jin didn't believe that if the Wang family didn't have the money to buy sea ships, how would the sea trade business work? She was about to ask this question, when she suddenly remembered that it was Xue Pan's cousin who was currently in charge of the sea trade business. The Wang family has no money, but the Xue family has money.

She has always felt very strange that Aunt Xue would marry into the Xue family. Although the Xue family and Jia Wangshi are called together, in fact, the status of the Xue family is far lower than that of the other three, and it is the "money bag" of the other three. Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang are sisters from the same mother, unless Aunt Xue made a big mistake in the boudoir, otherwise, it makes no sense, there are two sisters, one married into the Guogong Mansion, and the other married into a merchant family. For the way of marriage in this era, this is not something that can be explained by the friendship of the ancestors of the family.

But if that's the case, it's understandable. Lin Jin pursed her lips and asked knowingly, "This is the origin of the marriage between the Wang family and the Xue family, right?" ”

"Yes, this marriage was brokered by Wang Ziteng. Although the Xue family can take out the initial investment in the sea trade business, how can they lend it to the Wang family so easily with such a large sum of money? Especially at that time, the Wang family was no longer in the limelight, and it was only when the two families became married that it was easy to speak. ”

The collusion between officials and businessmen does not mean that the merchant has a certain amount of money to the official family he relies on, and once this limit is exceeded, then most of the collusion between the two families has to be achieved in another way, such as family marriage.

For this kind of marriage that both parties want, not to mention this world, even if it is the future generation, it is the norm, so Lin Jin doesn't think there is any problem. "Although Wang Ziteng did take advantage of his sister, he still can't afford to be evaluated as a 'ruthless person' by you, right?"

"When I say he is ruthless, I don't mean the means of accumulating family wealth by marrying his sister, but ...... You know, although you make a lot of money in the sea trade business, the risks at sea are not small, in addition to the many risks given by nature, there are also people.

There are a lot of pirates at sea, so in order to prevent pirates from robbing, our fleet and crew members on board, whether old or young, will have a few hands, and some routes even have special guards. Therefore, every time the fleet goes to sea, it can be described as a life of death.

It is said that 'the son of a daughter can't sit down', although the Wang family is down, but it has not yet reached the point of letting his own children run the boat himself, but Wang Ziteng got on the boat, and he did not go once or twice, but ran for three or four years. During this period, his treatment was on par with the rest of the crew on the ship, without any specialty. You know, even if you develop canned food that can last for a long time, the life of the crew is still not easy, not to mention that the conditions at the time when he ran the ship are not as good as now. ”

Stopping and taking a sip of tea, Wu Jiugong lowered his voice and said: "It is said that according to the grapevine, not long after he got on the ship, he met a pirate and was injured in the fight, and the injury was not light. At that time, the captain planned to let him go ashore to recuperate after docking, but he said that he would not say anything, and he had no choice but to let him stay on the ship. However, the medical conditions on the ship were not as good as those on the shore, and the conditions became more and more difficult because the ship encountered a storm and lost a lot of food, so although he finally recovered from his injuries, he suffered a loss in his body, and it is said that he injured his kidneys.

In his case, as long as he goes ashore to recuperate well and his daily life is more careful, although he has a certain impact on the problem of heirs, it is not big, but he actually thinks that the Wang family already has a male who inherits the cigarettes of the descendants, and whether he has a male or not does not affect the inheritance of the Wang family, so he does not need to worry about his pension problem.

Such a person who can be ruthless to himself should not be underestimated. After knowing that he was doing this, and that it was true after investigation, I think it is not surprising that he managed to climb to the current position, combined with what he did back then. Therefore, my personal opinion, if you can befriend him as a person, you can befriend him, even if you can't, unless you have the means to kill him at once, otherwise, it is better not to offend him. ”

Damn, it's really ruthless, for the sake of the family, he can't even take care of the descendants, his idea, even in the future generations, is avant-garde enough. Lin Jin agreed with Wu Jiugong's conclusion, nodded and agreed: "Yes, sometimes, I am not afraid of being ruthless to others, but I am most afraid of being ruthless to myself." ”

It's just a pity that Wang Ziteng has a bunch of pig teammates behind him, not only did not provide him with any help, but dragged him back.

In her opinion, Gao E's continuation can only be seen as a fan, and it cannot represent Cao Gong's meaning. Cao Gong didn't write his ending, but with such a group of pig teammates, even if he was a phoenix, he couldn't soar in the Nine Heavens. What's more, he is just a vine, so his end is completely predictable, and under the burden of these drags, his vine will inevitably be torn off.