The capital is the political center of the country, and at the same time, it is also the economic center of the country.

As we all know, the richest man in the capital is the Zhen family, whose business spreads throughout the Dasheng Dynasty, and is so rich that even the Ming Wangfu has to retreat to the second. In addition to the Zhen family and the Ming Wangfu, the third richest man in the capital is the Huo family.

The Huo family is not as high-profile as the Zhen family, and the business is not as big as theirs, but because the Huo family does a special business, it almost monopolizes the whole country, so it is firmly in the position of the third richest man.

The Huo family is in the weapons business.

A large part of the weapons needed by the imperial army were provided by them, and those gangs on the rivers and lakes also purchased weapons from their Huo family, or customized them.

The Huo family has its own arsenal and a workshop for making weapons, which produces and sells itself, monopolizing the production and trading of weapons in the entire Dasheng Dynasty.

I've never paid attention to these before, and when I heard about it at first glance, I was stunned, and I popped out: "Awesome......"

It turns out that Ah Piao's family is so rich? Monopoly industry, the third richest man in the capital, and a manufacturer of imperial weapons......

The eyes that looked at Ah Piao were different in an instant.

This kid is a proper rich second generation!

It's a pity that he ...... at a young age

sighed in his heart, and the Yuan Circle was even more determined to help Ah Piao find the cause of his death.

Following the meditation and Jieya to the gate of the Huo Mansion, on the grounds of accepting the last batch of weapons customized by the imperial court, he entered the mansion in a bright and bright way to see the current temporary head of the Huo Mansion - Huo Ziji.

The Huo family has two sons, the eldest son Huo Ziji and the concubine Huo Zijue.

Huo Ziji is six years older than Huo Zijue, and he has followed his father to contact the family's business since he was a child, and he is quite smart, and the old man Huo values him very much.

And the concubine Huo Zijue, is the son of a partial house, because of his mother, he has been beautiful since he was a child, and he looked like a girl when he was a child, and it slowly became less obvious when he grew up, but after all, he was also a handsome young man with clear eyebrows and a pleasing appearance.

Xu is old man Huo has a good inheritance, and this concubine is no worse than his eldest brother in terms of business, and even surpasses it.

In the early years, the old man was still in good health, and the family's business was basically controlled by himself, but last year, a sudden serious illness crushed this bigwig in the weapons industry. Afraid that the eldest son would not be able to manage the entire Huo family's business alone, the old man left a will and asked the second son Huo Zijue to assist from the side, and the two brothers continued to carry forward the Huo family's business together.

Then, things are like those wealthy battle scenes that Yuanquanquan has watched in modern times, the eldest brother with the right of inheritance is afraid of his younger brother's excellent business ability, for fear that his status will be threatened, and because the other party is born to a concubine, he has some contempt for him in his heart, and he looks down on him in every way, and tries his best to suppress the other party, and even wants to get rid of this eye-catching brother several times.

After listening to Jieya's explanation, Yuan Quanquan made up a bloody story of infighting in a wealthy family, and suddenly felt that the life of Hades underground was not boring at all.

You can learn about the things in the human world at all times, see the various states in the world, and there is no replay.

"I think it's very likely that Ah Piao was killed by his eldest brother." Deducing this conjecture from the story told by Jieya, the Yuan Circle felt that this possibility was very high.

Jieya was noncommittal, followed the meditation into the Huo Mansion, and under the leadership of the subordinates, entered the front hall.

Men talk about things, women stand aside.

Although he complained about this evil patriarchal society in his heart, Yuan Quanquan still honestly followed the maid who came to entertain him to the side hall.

This Huo Mansion is worthy of being the third richest man in the capital, and this mansion is also quite luxurious, with pavilions and water pavilions, promenades and paths, rockery pools, the same lot, the scale is comparable to the Ming Palace.

I don't know if it's because of her identity as the princess, or because the hospitality etiquette of the Huo Mansion itself is very thoughtful, the Yuan Circle was led to the side hall by Yahuan, and in addition to serving tea, several plates of cakes that looked delicious were also served.

Yuan Quanquan picked up a piece and tasted it, it tasted good.

While eating, she looked at the environment she was in, turned around, and her eyes were aimed at the girl ring waiting on the side, her eyes rolled around, and she beckoned someone to come over, "Hey, dear, come here, let me ask you something." ”

Xu was called like this for the first time, and the girl was stunned for a moment before she walked over with a puzzled face, "Princess Niangniang, what do you command?" ”

Since she is here to find out the truth, she has to do something.

"How long have you been here?" Deliberately talking to the other party in a very casual chatting tone, she can't be too deliberate, otherwise it will arouse suspicion.

That Yahuan was also simple, she didn't think much about it at all, she just thought that this princess Ming was too boring and wanted to chat with her.

"Back to the princess, the slave has been in Huo Mansion for three years."

"Oh, it's been three years......" Try to make yourself look casual, Yuan Quanquan's eyes casually turned around in other places, first pulled some others, chatted with Yahuan like a homely chat, and then slowly led the topic to the two young masters of Huo Mansion.

"I heard that the second young master of your Huo Mansion is young, but he is very business-minded, and he is a rare talent!"

After speaking, she quietly slanted her gaze to observe Yahuan's expression, and saw that her expression was normal at first, and even a little adoring and infatuation, but she was regretful in the back.

"The second young master of our family is indeed very smart, and in terms of business, even the eldest young master does not have any ideas for him. Just ......"

Yuan Quanquan intuited that this "just" would have something she wanted to hear later.

However, before Xiao Yahuan could say the words "just" in the back, she was called away.

The butler standing at the door had a somewhat unkind face, and called out the maid ring with a straight face, telling her to do something else. Xiao Yahuan looked a little panicked, and when she heard this, she quickly lowered her head and left quickly.

Metaverse: "......"

After sending the maid away, the housekeeper came into the house, stood in front of the Yuan Circle and said with a smile: "Please also ask the princess to forgive her sins, there is something in the house that needs manpower temporarily, and please ask the princess to be strange." ”

Yuan Quanquan looked at the smile on the housekeeper's face in front of her, I don't know if it was her illusion, she always felt that there was a touch of weirdness in this person's smile. She couldn't tell what kind of weird method it was, but she felt that the expression on his face looked very uncomfortable and hypocritical.

After all, it was on someone else's territory, and the Yuan Circle was not too blatant, so he was stunned for a while, and waved his hand casually, "Oh, it's okay, you guys are busy with yours, don't worry too much about me." ”

Her Sherlock Holmes path was interrupted at the beginning, and Yuan Quanquan was a little depressed, and sat in the side hall and ate a little pastry, feeling a little too much, so he got up and walked outside.

I don't know how the meditation and Jieya are doing.

Huo's mansion is built on the west side of the capital, some distance from the bustling city center, which is much quieter than the center of the city, and not many people pass by in front of the door.

Kyoto in the Daisheng Dynasty was a castle backed by mountains to the west and north, a plain to the east and south, and a moat around the castle that flowed down from the western mountain, forming a natural moat. The imperial court thought that the river was too small, and during the previous dynasty, the river was dug and dug artificially and widened nearly three times.

Behind Huo Fu is the Beishan Mountain Range.

And their iron-making workshop is in the belly of Beishan Mountain.

As early as the previous dynasties, this mountain was originally a wild mountain, and was later bought by the then head of the Huo family, ready to build a courtyard on the mountain, but inadvertently found that this mountain is rich in iron ore resources, and the quality of the weapons made of pig iron from the iron ore in this place is much better than that of ordinary pig iron.

So, as soon as the head of the Huo family summed up, he had the idea of mining iron ore and smelting iron to make weapons, and later he really made it, and reached an agreement with the imperial court, becoming the only weapon supplier of the imperial court, relying on good raw materials, quickly occupied the market, and soon monopolized the entire weapons market of the Dasheng Dynasty, which made a fortune and became the third richest person in the capital.

At this time, under the leadership of the subordinates of the Fuzhong, Shen Xiu and Jieya came out of the back door of the Huo Mansion and entered their iron-making workshop and armory.

Now that the old man Huo is sick in bed, all the business of the Huo Mansion is taken care of by his eldest son Huo Ziji. Huo Ziji also has some means, since he took over the business of Fuzhong, he has done quite well, even more than when he was in charge, and he has a posture of being better than blue.

When Fang Xianxiu and Jieya came to the door, Huo Ziji happened to be in the arsenal in the back mountain to check the quantity to be delivered to the imperial court with the people below, and heard the next person come to report, saying that King Ming came to accept, and was curious about the fact that Lord Murong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, came over, why did he change to King Ming this time, so he prepared to go to receive the distinguished guests. As a result, as soon as he walked out of the armory, he met the two of them.

Meditation and Jieya originally planned to wait in the front hall, but when they heard the next person explain that their eldest young master was in the iron-making workshop in the back mountain, they didn't know if it was because Meditation had become a little interested in one thing, or if he had considered something for his imperial brother, and actually wanted to go to the back mountain to have a look.

His Royal Highness King Ming's request, how dare the subordinates of Huo Mansion disobey, hesitated for a moment and took someone to go.

When he saw the people, Huo Ziji was a little surprised, but he quickly accepted his expression, raised his hand and saluted towards the meditation cultivator, "The grass people have seen His Royal Highness King Ming, His Royal Highness came to Huo Mansion, the grass people have missed the distance, and I hope Your Highness will forgive me." ”

It was the first time I had seen Huo Ziji, and the other party was dressed in a navy blue robe, with a tall posture and a handsome appearance, but he was also a talent.

"No need to be polite."

"Is Your Highness here to inspect the last batch of custom-made weapons? The grass people have just taken inventory, and it has not yet been fully completed, and it will take two more days to wait. ”

Huo Ziji spoke politely, with a decent smile on his face, he looked quite kind, if he hadn't known in advance from Jieya that this person was narrow-minded and made things difficult for his own brother, he would really think that he was a good person.