Chapter 21: The Merchant Girl Who Rivals the Riches of the Country 12
On the official road, the horses' hooves were trampling, the dust was flying, and dozens of good horses and several carriages behind them quickly swept over the flat official road paved with stone slabs.
The first one is a man in a luxurious robe in his twenties, with long eyebrows and sideburns, a high nose and thin lips, and he is extremely handsome and clear.
"Lord Wang, it's almost time to Yangzhou City in front." The accompanying guard said.
The dark eyes of the man in the dark clothes narrowed slightly, and his expression was unfathomable.
The majestic outline of the city can be faintly seen in front, close to Yangzhou City, ten miles away is also full of pedestrians, the official road is flat and spacious sidewalks on both sides, and the merchants and sellers carrying goods are endless.
Even the capital may not have such a grand scene.
There is the capital on the top, and Yangzhou on the bottom.
Yangzhou is rich and known all over the world.
It is said that on Dongmen Street, the most lively street in Yangzhou, the pearl fell to the ground, and no one bent down to pick it up. Gold clings to the walls, and jade adorns the eaves. The nobles are rewarded with golden beans. Although it is only an exaggerated rumor, the prosperity and wealth of Yangzhou can be seen.
On Yangzhou, the richest is none other than the imperial merchant Qi family.
The Qi family was once very prosperous, and there was a Qi Guifei who was the crown of the six palaces during the first emperor's period, and she had taken care of the current emperor, so the Qi family was registered in front of the emperor, but people went to tea and cool, the legendary Qi Guifei has passed away for more than 40 years, and the Qi family is far inferior to the fire cooking oil and flowers when the concubine was in the time, but it is still the unbreakable richest man in Yangzhou, the first of the four imperial merchants.
Yangzhou field, Xuanping Houfu.
Xuanping waited for Zhao Qingyang's 70th birthday, and it was the day before this year's peach blossom banquet.
Xuan Pinghou is funny, and once said with a smile that most of the people who came to celebrate his birthday on his birthday were not for his old man, but for the beauty of the peach blossom banquet.
Xuanping Hou is one of the best magnates in Yangzhou, the old marquis Zhao Qingyang, who has the merit of the dragon, and made great contributions to the first emperor to seize the throne, and retreated bravely, handed over the military power, and sealed Xuanping Hou, and the emperor's grace can be inherited from generation to generation.
Xuanping Hou has five sons and three daughters, the eldest daughter is one of the four concubines today, Concubine Li, although she is old, she no longer gets the emperor's favor, but she is old, her position is high, and she also has a lot of status in the palace, not to mention that there is a ninth son who is quite favored by the emperor.
The heirs of Xuanping Houfu are prosperous, and there are no less than 20 concubines and concubines in the five rooms, and there are eight or nine of them, excluding the married and those who are too young. Dressed up in a thousand charms, a large group of Yuanyuan Yanyan came up to greet each other, and the forehead of King Qin, who was surrounded by the fragrant wind surrounded by everyone, couldn't help jumping, and the murderous aura on his body was faint.
If it is placed in the capital, this cold-faced Hades King shows a little displeased, and those reserved and weak nobles are all panicked and can't avoid it.
But the noble girl who grew up in Yangzhou City felt that King Qin's appearance was more lovely, and her words and actions became more and more enthusiastic, and she almost pounced.
At most, King Qin has a dark face, and he can't be at his grandfather's house, a big man does something to a group of cousins who are powerless. Thinking of this, one of the most enthusiastic cousins threw a handkerchief and pasted it, and a sachet was stuffed into King Qin's chest in his slender hand.
He almost didn't tear off his waistband.
King Qin: "......"
When King Qin finally performed light skills and came out of the pile of beauties, he was dipped in incense, and his whole face was as black as ink, but there was almost no dripping water.
Xuanping Hou Shizi is Zhao Li, the eldest grandson of the Hou Ye, in his twenties, looking at his cousin Qin Wang, who was disheveled and his face was smeared with grease powder, he hid in his courtyard with a gloomy face, and it was the most difficult to eliminate the grace of the beauty, and he suddenly wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and quickly ordered his subordinates to prepare water for him to change clothes and bathe.
After King Qin finished bathing and changing clothes, he walked out from behind the screen in the inner room, and his face was still not very good.
Zhao Li had no choice but to step forward and apologize: "Yangzhou women are pursuing their favorite men, which is a great beauty, cousin Tianhuang is noble, the dragon and phoenix among the people, and they have not yet married, so the sisters in the house are so enthusiastic." Don't be surprised. ”
King Qin was dressed in a dark dark coat with wide sleeves, a high nose and red lips, and his appearance was extremely handsome, but his eyebrows and eyes were gloomy, and an unbearable violent aura lingered.
He sat down and drank a few cups of tea before he could barely calm the anger in his chest.
The ruthless King Qin in the capital is not a person who will pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, the nobles in the capital don't even dare to approach him, if it weren't for the fact that these nobles are his cousins, and this is the Xuanping Houfu, he has asked the old marquis, those noblewomen who dare to offend him have already stabbed one by one, clean and neat.
King Qin said coldly: "Are the women in Yangzhou so unreserved? ”
Zhao Li didn't know what he was thinking, thinking that he was still angry with the wild sisters in the family, and explained: "My fair lady, good gentleman, humble son, good lady, young Mu Ai, human nature." Where does the unreserved talk come from? Yangzhou is not as good as the capital, and the customs of Qin are also very similar. When a woman sees the person she likes, she pursues it all the time. ”
King Qin kept his face calm and didn't say a word, and the teacup was clutched back and forth in the palm of his hand, and he could see that he was still in a bad mood.
Xuanping waited for the 70th birthday, and the people who came to celebrate his birthday were full of traffic, the courtyard was like a city, and the laughter was noisy. There was an endless stream of people and carriages who came to celebrate the birthday and give gifts, and the street in front of the Xuanping Houfu was bustling until it reached the west gate.
Ye Wuqing was also crowded in the crowd of gift-givers, as the richest man in Yangzhou, the imperial merchant of this dynasty, it can be said that he is the king of businessmen, and he is still a businessman in essence. Although the status of the merchants of this dynasty is much higher, it is still not as good as the princes and scholars of the Eight Classics.
It's just that the Qi family is used to being a person, and the relationship with Xuanping Houfu is not bad. Old Mrs. Qi didn't come to join in the excitement when she was old, and Ye Wuqing came to send congratulatory gifts on behalf of the Qi family.
By the way, take a look at the villain who has broken the world by using the fortune of the reborn daughter.
Under the cover of night, the lanterns of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion are hung up as bright as day, the birthday banquet has not officially begun, it is already a silk bamboo song and dance, and people come and go lively.
The birthday banquet was held in the front yard of the waiting house, and the seats were arranged according to their status and status, regardless of whether they were male or female.
Ye Wuqing walked through the bustling crowd as if no one was around, bypassing the corner gate corridor, and the busy servants and well-trained guards on both sides didn't see her, so they let her come over.
System: "Host, what are you doing here?" "I have a vague bad premonition.
Ye Wuqing licked his lips, his eyes curved into a crescent moon, and said happily: "System, don't you think that this ruthless, scummy, poisonous, spicy, and scheming dog man is full of charm that makes people shudder?" ”
System: "...... I don't think so. ”
The system doesn't know where to start complaining.
Ye Wuqing smiled slightly, his smile was hairy, "There are very few things that can arouse my interest, this person, he has successfully aroused my interest, so I want to play with it...... Meet him. ”
The system was shocked: "Host! ”
Your thoughts now are dangerous!