Chi Ergongzi's wish since he was a child is to be rich and secure, although he was born in a noble family, but he touched his conscience and said that he did not have much interest in reading, scientific examinations, and entering the office, but he had some ideas about doing business, but he also knew that his father would not agree, so he could only take one step at a time, find a suitable opportunity, and live the life he really wanted.

But Chi Hong's arrival completely disrupted Chi Ergongzi's original plan, he never thought that the little uncle who had been missing for many years and had no news could be found again.

It was not that he did not suspect that this child was not the little uncle in his impression, and he could not find the slightest trace of the little uncle on this child's body, and after this child recovered from a serious illness, he claimed that he could not remember what happened before, which was the reason for his new suspicions. However, thinking of what happened to this little child, he was relieved again, it was still the same sentence, others didn't understand his father, he still knew it very well, and he was not the kind of person who was merciful and picked up people to raise them when they saw the child being pitiful.

Therefore, his suspicion is just a suspicion, and he still treats Chi Hong as his family and watches him grow up little by little.

is also because of the distress of Chi Hong's tragic experience when he was young, Chi Er Gongzi is very fond of him, as long as it is a reasonable request, it is all responsive, although it is not up to the extent that the stars will never give the moon, but it is almost the same.

When Chi Hong grew up and participated in the scientific examination, the people in the family discussed, this child's life experience is a bit special, it is best not to enter the court as an official, there will be some unnecessary troubles in the future, or fulfill his wish, let him go out to play in the mountains and rivers, and live his life as he wants.

Chi Er Gongzi was very supportive of this decision, but he didn't expect that this was the beginning of the nightmare, maybe if Chi Hong didn't run out to play, this nightmare would come a little later than expected.

Chi Ergongzi remembers very well that the first time his father had the idea of doing business was when Chi Hong returned from his first trip.

Chi Hong's first stop chose to go to Jiangnan, the hometown of their Chi family, and before going out, his father wrote several letters, asking relatives, friends, and old friends who still live in Jiangnan to help take care of him. According to his father, these relatives, friends, and old friends live very well in the local area, and he is still very relieved to entrust Chi Hong to them.

But Chi Ergongzi never thought that his father's relatives, friends and old friends were all in business, and Chi Hong was brought by them to gain a lot of knowledge in the few months he was in Jiangnan, and when he came back, he told his family that he wanted to do business.

Chi Er Gongzi originally thought that his father would resolutely oppose it, and it would never be possible to agree, but he didn't expect that his father didn't even hit him, so he agreed, and even put forward his own suggestion, saying that Chi Hong couldn't come forward, but put this job in his own hands.

"Big brother, to be honest, I am indeed very interested in doing business, and when my father came to me and said that he would hand over this burden of the family to me, I still had a sense of excitement that his wish had been fulfilled." Second Prince Chi sighed, looked at Chi Rui sitting in front of him, and smiled bitterly, "But I didn't expect to get on the thief ship step by step." ”

"It's not your fault, you have such a wish, it's very easy to take the bait." Chi Rui reached out and touched his brother's head, "According to the generals, at that time, Chi Hong had already remembered the past intermittently, and his father also used him to get in touch with the Fuji family in Yancheng. If the Fuji family wants to arrange manpower in Xijing, they can't do it alone, they must have an internal response, and their father and Chi Hong are the internal responses they are looking for. ”

"Fuji family?" The second son of Chi looked at Chi Rui with a blank expression, "Is there any origin?" ”

Chi Rui briefly explained the relationship here, and after finishing speaking, he sighed heavily.

"Do you understand why they are doing business and why they are spending so much silver?" Seeing the second son of Chi Mu Mu's nod, Chi Rui continued to ask, "Father took the initiative to help you build the line of the Qing family at that time, and I felt that something was not right. From childhood to adulthood, what he told us the most was that we should study hard, otherwise, we would be reduced to the level of the Qing family. He has never looked down on the Qing family, although King Wu and the eldest prince of the Qing Dynasty have a good relationship, and the two of them are good enough to wear a robe, but his father still sneers at the Qing family. But in order for you to do business, he actually went to find the eldest prince of Qing, which surprised me. Moreover, he didn't go to find it in person, but entrusted the relationship with the acting king's mansion. ”

"For Chi Hong, pull down the old face, go to the prince and the eagle prince, my father is really ......" Chi Er Gongzi shook his head lightly, "Actually, he helped me catch the line of the Qing Prince, I am still very happy, the Qing Princesse is a good hand in business, and I am very lucky to be able to learn from him." But unexpectedly, they didn't give me this chance. The first time I followed the Qing eldest son, it was the time when the eldest brother knew, and I came back and said that it felt good. ”

"I remember, you still took on a lot of business later, right?"

"On the surface, that's true, but what I've heard is a different story." Chi Er Gongzi closed his eyes slightly, "That time, all the goods I purchased were the same as the Qing Prince, the same quality, which can be guaranteed to be very good." But after it was shipped to Yiqing Mansion, it looked the same on the surface, about the same, but the owners of several shops wrote back in two months to say that the material was not very good and was not worth the price. ”

"What about the other shops?"

"The response was okay." Chi Er Gongzi nodded, "I understand it now, from the very beginning, they planned to be shoddy, but it was step by step, starting from a very small number of them and slowly expanding, no wonder there are rumors in the market that I am doing business by any means." ”

"It's more than that, isn't it?" Chi Rui looked at the few jailers guarding the door, asked them to pour a cup of warm water, and fed it to the second son of Chi to drink, "At the beginning, you parted ways with Qing Yuanhui because he found out that you were in the salt and iron business, right?" ”

"Yes, I don't know when he found out, the second time he followed the Qing family's convoy to Jinguo and came back, he told me that he couldn't take me with him in the future, so he had to do it himself, don't be bold, and dare to get involved in any business."

"He's right, you are indeed very bold, and it is a felony to be caught selling salt and iron, and it will affect the whole family. You grew up reading the Law, you don't know this, do you? ”

"I know." Second Prince Chi nodded, "But eldest brother, it's not my idea to do this business." ”

"Is it Chi Hong?"

"No, he doesn't have the way to do that yet." Chi Er Gongzi waved his hand slightly, "It's my father, he brought it up, and the news of the buyer and seller is also provided by him, I ......" He smiled bitterly, "It's just to transport the goods for them." ”