Meng Qingyun blinked: "In this way, I have already offended her family?" ”

Princess Shouyang twisted a grape: "You just know." ”

Meng Qingyun thought for a while, and suddenly shouted: "This is wronged, the last two are just that, and the words in the palace are not passed on by me; King Qi pushed the birthday banquet of the Duke of Wu's mansion, and I didn't force it, how could this be counted on my head! ”

Princess Shouyang sneered: "If you are born with resentment, naturally everything is your fault." Are you still arguing with others? ”

Meng Qingyun let out a long sigh: "That's it, hate it." ”

Princess Shouyang slapped her palm: "No, if you hate, you hate, you two have nothing to do with it, she hates her, it has nothing to do." ”

As he spoke, a chamberlain walked in quickly.

"Your Highness, the bidding results are out."

Princess Shouyang and Meng Qingyun both sat up straight.

"Who won?"

The chamberlain smiled: "We won." Both of them quoted 1.08 million taels, and the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households jointly voted to choose our bid. ”

Princess Shouyang was stunned: "How can there be a whole piece?" Are the two bidders exactly the same? ”

Meng Qingyun lowered his head and smiled.

Princess Shouyang came back to her senses and asked her, "Is there an inside story?" ”

Meng Qingyun said: "The proposal to sell land to raise funds was originally proposed by me, and the first person to contact the Ministry of Industry was also my family. Our preparation was better than theirs, and it was not surprising that they won in terms of land use planning or price estimates. ”

Princess Shouyang pointed at her with her finger: "You, you, don't think I don't know, your original offer was one million taels." The Hu family paid 1.08 million taels, obviously knowing your offer and wanting to press it. ”

"As a result, your family also paid 1.08 million taels, showing that there was insider trading, and deliberately confronted his family."

Meng Qingyun sneered: "They came out halfway, they wanted to rob our business, and they only wanted to give an extra 80,000 taels of silver, how could there be such a cheap thing in the world." ”

Princess Shouyang said: "To be honest, are there any of us in the bidding committee?" ”

Meng Qingyun pursed his lips and smiled, leaned over to it, and said in a low voice: "There is a Ministry of Industry in the committee, whose name is Tang Sanwu, who is my father's friend in the same year. ”

Princess Shouyang suddenly realized.

In these years, those who are wealthy businessmen rely on official relationships.

The Hu family has always been good at this, but this time they made a mistake.

In short, the tender was won, and the land in the North Outer City belonged to the Bai family.

One hundred and eighty thousand taels, Meng Qingyun himself only paid 300,000 taels, representing the Meng family accounted for 20%; The Bai family paid 780,000 taels, accounting for 70%; Princess Shouyang didn't pay a penny, and she accounted for one percent for nothing.

But among them, the relationship is the Meng family, and the signboard backer is Princess Shouyang, so the Bai family does not suffer.

If there is no famous town of Princess Shouyang, it is difficult to ensure that the Hu family and the Wu Guogong Mansion will not make external moves.

As for the construction project in the North Outer City after the bidding is successful, then there is no need for Meng Qingyun and Princess Shouyang to worry about it, Bai Rongxin can handle everything.

With the money, the reconstruction project of the North Outer City began vigorously.

The former residents of the North Outer City also have hope of returning to their homes.

At the same time, His Royal Highness King Qi's reputation for being flexible and diligent in official affairs gradually spread.

The Chinese military officials and the people of Bianjing seem to be facing the youngest prince for the first time.

Speaking of which, the first King of Qi is the sibling of the current official family, and the current His Royal Highness King Qi Jiang Fang is the nephew of the official family, and he is closer than the blood of any other vassal royal family.

Why did you say that the official family had a step-heir, and I always went outside to find it, what was the Lu Wangfu and the Qin Wangfu.

Obviously, the Qi Palace's Mansion is in Bianjing.

And he is also the only prince who has not left Beijing to become a vassal, what does this mean? This shows that the official family loves King Qi and is reluctant to let him leave Beijing.

Now it seems that King Qi is still very capable.

No matter how you look at it, our Royal Highness King Qi is the most suitable person to become the heir, right?

All of a sudden, Jiang Fang, the king of Qi, suddenly raised his voice, and he was vaguely able to compete with Jiang Yan of the Qin Palace.

July 18 is Jiang Shu's birthday.

Because it was not a big birthday, the Qi Wangfu did not plan to make a big event, and Jiang Fang asked the kitchen to make longevity noodles in the morning.

After breakfast, someone from the palace took Shu'er in.

When Meng Qingyun and Li Xiaoqi arrived together, Jiang Shu's carriage had just left.

Jiang Fang welcomed the two good friends in.

Meng Qingyun smiled all the way: "We are here to celebrate our birthday, why did the birthday star go upside down?" ”

Jiang Fang said: "The practice of the past years. As soon as Shu'er was born, my mother passed away, and he was taken care of by Yao Guifei in the palace all the year round when he was a baby, and now although he doesn't live in the palace anymore, he will enter the palace every birthday to kowtow to the official family and the concubine. ”

Li Xiaoqi handed him the gift he brought: "This is Han Gan's "White Picture of the Night" that I got last year, Shu'er has always liked it. ”

Jiang Fang took it, unfolded it and admired it, and said with a smile: "He will be happy when he comes back." ”

Meng Qingyun said: "My birthday gift is much more cheesy. ”

She clapped her hands lightly, and a little servant brought the gift over.

High-quality rice paper, raw Xuan, cooked Xuan each a knife.

Huzhou's pen, 10 large, medium and small, 10 large, medium and 10 small, a total of 60.

The pigments of Suzhou Sixutang range from stone blue and stone green to ochre and mud gold, with a total of 32 colors.

The famous inkstone Quartet, one side of the old pit Tao inkstone, one side of the Qingzhou red silk inkstone, one side of the Huizhou inkstone, one side of the Guangdong end inkstone.

There is also a basket of longevity noodles and six longevity peaches.

There's even a basket of crabs.

Meng Qingyun said with a smile: "This is sent by my uncle, Songjiang is commonly known as June Yellow, and autumn is the time to eat crabs." ”

Jiang Fang clapped his hands and laughed: "It just so happens that there are a few jars of Jinhua wine at home, and it is just right to match it." ”

He asked Jing Neiguan to immediately send the crabs to the kitchen, told them to wash them, and steam them at noon.

Li Xiaoqi smiled at Meng Qingyun and said: "I also brought my own ingredients as a guest, and I also said that I was cheesy, which made me shabby and stingy." ”

Meng Qingyun shook his finger: "I know the market, Han Gan's painting, now you can only buy one for a hundred taels of silver on the market." Your painting is still famous, "White Picture of the Night", I'm afraid it will be no less than three hundred taels. ”

Jiang Fang grabbed Li Xiaoqi's shoulders and smiled at Meng Qingyun: "In short, you two guests are very generous. Let me think about it, there are so many festivals every year, and if I call you here every time, it would be a good way to make a fortune. ”

All three burst out laughing.

While laughing, Jing Neiguan had already instructed the maids to serve tea and fruits.

The three of them chatted over tea while waiting for Shu'er to come back.

As a result, every time he only said three or four sentences, there was a porter to pass the ceremony, for a while it was a certain Langzhong's family who gave a thin gift, for a while it was a doctor's family who posted a birthday celebration, and for a while it was a captain's family.

In short, it is under the banner of giving Jiang Shu a birthday gift.

After doing this three times twice, Jiang Fang impatiently threw the teacup on the table.

Li Xiaoqi smiled and said, "Now, you have also become a fragrant glutton." ”