Early Spring in Gangnam (V) (Part I)

"So it's still easy for the sons of big families to do things, and people have a way to do it compared to our ordinary businesses. My mother has always wanted me to have a house here, but I don't. Let's just say that the spring warm courtyard in the south, which used to belong to the old Huang family, the old Huang family fell, I thought the yard could be taken out and sold, but the price increased several times, I didn't buy it, it turned out to be eaten by the Dahe Gang. The fat man said a little depressedly: "This piece of land originally belonged to Lord Zhuo's family, and it has never been listed and traded, so it was taken by Tang Gongzi." If you say that if there is no relationship and backing here, I don't believe it. ”

The boss of Qianzhuang shook his head: "If you want to talk about this, Tang Gongzi really didn't rely on the Tang family's power to take it by force." I heard that Tang Gongzi was kind to the Zhuo family, and the Zhuo family couldn't afford to raise their children and grandchildren because of their anger in the past few years, so they took the initiative to find Tang Gongzi to take over. ”

Boss Gao also joined the topic: "I also heard that at that time, the Zhuo family in this garden had been reluctant to sell, and no matter how many people asked, they refused to sell. Later, I happened to meet the third prince, and the third prince had a life-saving grace for the little prince of the Zhuo family, so the old prince decided to sell all the properties in Hangzhou to Tang Gongzi in exchange for a settlement fee, and took three or four hundred people back to Songting's hometown with a pair of children, where they cultivated themselves and cultivated themselves, so that their children could study and have a good life. ”

"If you want to eat all the properties of the Zhuo family in Hangzhou back then, this is a lot of silver, and ordinary people really can't take it out." The fat man was a little surprised.

"Yes," the boss of Qianzhuang nodded: "Although the little prince was ignorant and lost a lot, but there are still a few big ones left, the Zhuo family's big mansion in Hangzhou, the manor of Cuiming Mountain, and the courtyard by the lake in the city, just these three, the market price at that time was 300,000 taels." Ordinary merchants can't eat it. The third prince not only did not fall into the lower stone and cut a share and a half, but also gave it to the Zhuo family at one time, but also left a small piece of land in Cuiming Mountain for the Zhuo family in the contract, which is now the part of the Cangsong Courtyard in the other courtyard, which has an independent spring and is on the edge of the other courtyard. Then he gave the old prince an idea, just take the 300,000 taels to return to his hometown, the family is huge, and he will sit on the mountain in a few years. It is better to let the Zhuo family take that courtyard to invest in this Qingshan Courtyard, accounting for one percent of the shares of the Qingshan Courtyard, and there will be a dividend of one percent here every year. The money and other inputs for the renovation of this garden in front of the three sons did not let the Zhuo family pay a cent, but the annual dividends were allocated to the Zhuo family on time. The Zhuo family is very grateful to the third prince, and the old prince left a message, The children of the Zhuo family will not be able to study martial arts in the future, and they will all listen to the deployment of the third prince. The third son is not only capable, but also benevolent. ”

"How do you know so well?" The fat man wondered.

"At the beginning, this transaction was made by our Yongsheng Bank, and the silver ticket was exchanged. This annual dividend is also entrusted by the third prince to our Yongsheng exchange silver ticket to send someone to the Zhuo family in Songting. The boss of the money bank said proudly.

"Oh," Boss Gao was surprised: "Then how much can I pay dividends here in a year now?" ”

Everyone sitting here was curious about this question, especially Zhao Weimeng, who wanted to know that there were too many rumors about this young man in the rivers and lakes, and he didn't know which ones were true and which were false. But real money can't be faked. Just when everyone pricked up their ears, the boss of the money village said: "It's inconvenient to tell you this, this is what we promised to our guests, and we can't tell outsiders." To be a money bank, it is about credit, and please bear with me. ”

Everyone is a businessman, and they all understand this credit thing, and they all nod their heads to show their understanding.

The fat man was very clever: "The price of the three places was 300,000 taels that year, and the average was 100,000 taels per piece, even if the cost of the industry here is higher than that in the city, 200,000 taels, if you can still give dividends to the Zhuo family in the past few years, it means that the cost has been earned, and there must be 100,000 taels a year." ”

"In addition to this Aoki Courtyard in Hangzhou, there are also Yuehuaxuan, Aoki Tea House, these two are very hot places in the city, it is said that the three major restaurants in Hangzhou, Yuehuaxuan, Huixian Building, Juyuan Pavilion, are 500,000 taels of water every year, more than 100,000 taels of gross profit, I heard that there are several wine workshops and pickle courtyards in the suburbs, and Yuehuaxuan has shares." Boss Gao slowly thought about it and said: "Every year, Hangzhou alone is hundreds of thousands of taels of business gross profit, I heard that Yuehuaxuan and Aoki Tea House are in the capital and several other big cities in Kansai, and there are millions of taels of business every year." It's really an afterlife. ”

"I heard that there are two jewelry shops in the city, and the Treasure Jade Workshop and the Plain Pavilion are also three less." The fat man swallowed a mouthful of saliva after speaking, I don't know when my business will be so big.

"Young man, you can do it. Sanshao hasn't married a wife yet, right?! Boss Gao suddenly remembered, "I don't know which girl can catch this golden beetle son-in-law?!" ”

The boss of Qianzhuang looked envious: "It's a pity, we don't look down on ordinary businessmen, otherwise I would be willing to give my daughter to him, not only is he capable of business, but he has a good reputation in the rivers and lakes, and many people who deal with him say that he is benevolent and righteous." In the past few years, I have followed the prince in and out of affairs, and the future is limitless! ”

"Isn't that better than Sun Dashao?" The fat man sighed with his mouth open.

Boss Gao looked at him contemptuously: "It's not a level, Sun Dashao may be able to be a high-ranking official, but he doesn't understand how to make a living in business." Sanshao can't compare with us in business, and there is the prince to support him in his career, tsk tsk..."

Zhao Weimeng listened to these discussions, and his heart was even more worried. If the green lady can help Yuanyuan succeed, then these benefits are all from the Zhao family. On the contrary, the more proud he is, the less likely he is to be able to control him, and the more difficult it is to secure his position in the Jade Gate. He regrets it a little now, he didn't plan to do it a few years earlier, if he befriended Sanshao and helped him when his business was not strong enough, not only Sanshao would treat him differently, but I was afraid that the old man would treat him differently. It's no wonder that he didn't understand the old man's heart a few years ago, and thought that he really wanted to leave this grandson. Many nephews and nephews of the Yu family have not been particularly used by the big masters over the years, but it is his disciples, but if they have the right ability, they all have corresponding positions in the Jade Gate. Now it seems that if Sanshao is so capable, according to the old man's appreciation and support for young talents, coupled with the continuous bloodline, I am afraid that he will not have to wait for a hundred years, and Sanshao may return in recent years. Today, the old man came to Cuiming Mountain, I am afraid that it is not for the Zhang family, but for the young man

Zhao Weimeng was thinking about his own thoughts here, thinking about whether he would go to see the old man tonight if the green lady succeeded, or whether he would go back tomorrow morning if he did enough of the bitter love scene, but he saw a handsome figure of the wind god walk in and walk towards a group of literati on the other side of the hall.

"Yo, Xinjie, there are a lot of people in the morning, you left before I had time to talk to you more, a few of us are very sorry, I don't listen to the shopkeeper here that you just went into the inner courtyard to be busy, a few of us plan to stay here tonight, and go to make an appointment with you early tomorrow morning, I didn't expect you to come back again." "The one who spoke was a child of the Chen family, this group of scholars, led by Chen Tingying, the rising star of the new generation of the Chen family, and the Xinjie brothers are all the same generation. Chen Tingying is half a year older than Xinjie, and he is also Xinjie's cousin.

Because of the transcendent status of the Chen family, the children of the Chen family do not focus on scientific research, but pay more attention to learning itself. The Chen family study is based on literature and history, with medical theory as the throughout, and the disciples mostly study the knowledge related to medical science and pharmacology, and then derive to diet, food, agriculture, mulberry, fishery and animal husbandry, astronomy and geography, which has driven a group of Jiangnan students to focus more on the actual knowledge of people's livelihood, and become a pragmatic school, which is different from the so-called Qingliu school that only knows the wind and snow, and does not know the grains. Some outstanding students of the Chen family in each generation and talented people who knew and knew them would be recommended to the imperial court. Therefore, many officials in charge of substantive duties were recommended to the six ministries.

At this moment, Chen Tingying has faintly become the next generation leader of the pragmatist faction in Jiangnan.

This Chen Tingying has won the essence of family learning, poetry, writing, etiquette and righteousness are fundamental, medical skills are also very exquisite, and martial arts are also deeply inherited. It's just that the latter is not easily revealed. And because of her personal hobby, Chen Tingying has also put a lot of effort into tea art, tea tasting, tea planting and tea making, and related coursework, and has made a lot of discussions in this area over the years. The tea industry was a relatively crude industry in the past, and although the literati and dignitaries tasted tea, no one studied it in depth. Chen Tingying has almost set a precedent in recent years with the encouragement and funding of Xinjie, who regarded these previous literati as low-class untouchables, carefully observed and studied, and summarized some exquisite craft records, and verified them with Aokisha's own tea gardens and workshops, and produced a lot of classic copywriting, which amazed many literati. Now if the tea shop launches a new tea, if it can be praised by the son of the Chen family, it will soon become popular. It's just that this son, with the sincere heart of a scholar, never publishes a tasting at will for profit, which makes the good tea recognized by him more precious. The Zhang family is mainly engaged in tea, and Chen Tingying is the guest of honor.

One of the reasons why Xinjie's Aoki Tea House is so popular in Hangzhou is also because this Chen Gongzi tried to blend it himself, or the tea garden of the Aoki Society or the new high-quality tea from the Chen Family Tea Garden, which can only be drunk in the Aoki Tea House in Jiangnan.

"I was busy in the morning, so I didn't say much to my cousin, this is not to clean up the housekeeping inside, so I hurried to see my cousin. In addition, my cousin said that I liked the snow dew condensation last time, Lian'er had to fight some before the time, and took the time to make some pine nut cakes for my brother to make tea in the afternoon, and the kitchen in the inner courtyard will send someone to your Qingteng Pavilion later. Although the Chen family has their own courtyard in Cuiming Mountain, Xinjie still left a small single-family house for this special cousin in the circle of Aokishe's own people. At the edge of this circle, there is an independent small door to enter and exit, and if there are visitors to Chen Tingying's place, there is no need to pass through the inner circle. If he comes to be alone or study tea art by himself, he can also close the courtyard door and not be disturbed by the guests outside.