Yingzhou is located in Shunchang Mansion, thousands of miles away from the capital, the three of them are fast all the way, day and night, it is easy to get to the place, go to Chengshun, it only takes more than half a month, the return journey encountered several times of heavy rain, delayed for several days, and it took a month.

Because Emperor Renzong was born here before his succession, this place used to be prosperous, but now, it is difficult to get a report from the palace once a year, and naturally no one is staring at it on weekdays, but it is just an inconspicuous one among the dozens of state capitals in the Great Jin Dynasty.

In such a place, the emperor is far away, as long as there are no major cases, people who have some power in the local area can toss as much as they want.

The Chen family is not in the city of Yingzhou, but in a county under its jurisdiction, there are more than 3,000 households in the entire county, with a population of more than 10,000.

Rosin Xiang went, and at first he didn't dare to ask at will, for fear of startling the snake. Who knew that by mistake, as soon as he arrived at the land, he bumped into someone who had set up a flowing water seat for three days and three nights, and when he asked, it was the eldest grandson of a local big family who married the daughter of a priest in Yingzhou City.

When I asked again, the big family's surname was Chen, and sure enough, many years ago, a group of people came back from the capital.

"There are only a few streets in Huai County, half of which are surnamed Chen, and his family sells cloth and tea, and runs a restaurant in Yingzhou City, which sells Xian Ji wine in Zhangjiazi in Beijing, and there are countless acres of land, which can be said to be the largest household."

As she spoke, she showed a small bottle of wine in her hand and said, "I played two corners, and when I returned to Beijing, I went to that homeland to meet him, and his family said that although this wine was mixed with a lot of water, it was indeed true and not fake." ”

He added: "I asked the Chen family how they originally made their home, and no one in the local area knew it, thinking that someone from his family had made a fortune by doing business in other places, and then went back to Huai County to buy land and property, and got up overnight." ”

Because Li's father's grandfather sent his sons out to be apprentices and apprentices, and part-time workers and part-time workers, there were everywhere and everywhere, so that when they were developed, his family didn't say anything, and no one knew the inside story, but he thought that it was one or several who made a lot of money and brought a family with a deed.

"When I asked again, some people said it was early, some people said it was late, there was no exact time, but if you look into it carefully, it was only after the branch that came back from the capital that it began to build a house and buy property."

Ji Qingling turned his head sideways and listened carefully, asked Qiu Lu to show Rosin Xiang, served tea again, and told him to speak slowly, don't worry.

"Now the head of the clan is prosperous, just in this family, it is said that there are seventy or eighty people, plus side branches, there are more than hundreds, it is not an exaggeration to say that a strong person is not qualified, but it can be called a head snake, it is not an exaggeration."

Rosin Xiang took a sip of tea, and said again: "There is also a strange thing, once the branches of his family become people, except for those who stay in Huai County and Yingzhou to do business, all of them are sent to various states and places, and they are called to take care of the industry in the clan, and they ask what industry it is, and some say that they are in the horse business, and some say that they help in the wine business, and there are those who buy and sell tea." ”

"After a closer look, at the beginning, everyone went to the north, all did cloth trading, did a few years, and then changed to Yanzhou, many people also walked through the business line, brought a lot of rare things from the Western Regions, and then because of the chaos in Yanzhou, they stopped the business in that place, only went out to sell tea, and also sold wine - although in this way, if you are the head of the middle, you should collect a little bit of any wine, then in the restaurant in Yingzhou City, there will not only be miscellaneous wine and immortal wine? In this way, it is just helping others. ”

Ji Qingling listened to rosin in his ears, and he was also pondering in his heart.

Maybe it's because it's far away, it may be because it's too talkative, or it's because it's unscrupulous, the Chen family doesn't have an incognito name in Yingzhou - for them, they don't need to be incognito - ordinary people have money so easily, they want to live as they want, do they still press themselves bitterly?

Now it seems that the history of the Chen family is actually the history of Li's father and Li Chengwei's history.

She thought for a moment and asked, "When did the Chen family buy and sell cloth, and when did they buy and sell horses, tea, and wine?" ”

This kind of thing, except for the Chen family itself, where will the people next to them remember it.

Rosin Xiang said: "There is no exact time, it can be calculated, it is similar to when the Li family did these transactions." ”

Ji Qingling nodded.

At this time, if you speculate along the way, there are a lot of things that don't make sense.

The Chen family just started to buy and sell cloth, probably because Li's father became the son-in-law of the Li family, which made him powerful.

After Li's father-in-law and mother-in-law died, all the business was in his hands, and it was not unusual for him to have the idea of helping his parents, brothers and sisters.

According to the words of the last time Rosin Xiang inquired from Baokangmen, Li's mother has a gentle and gentle personality, and has a very good relationship with Li's father, if Li's father just helps his brothers and sisters find an errand to do in the Li family's industry, as long as he is not out of line, normally, Li's mother will not object.

But he didn't take a straight line, but deliberately made a big detour, not only did not bring the original family and clansmen into Beijing, but sent them far away, although they still did the same business, but no matter who looks at it, the Chen family has nothing to do with the Li family.

What is this for?

Ji Qingling felt a little embarrassed in her heart.

Naturally, it is the family property.

At that time, Li's father should have just taken over the Li family's shop, and there were not many old people in the shop, many of whom were old people who had been used by the Li family's father-in-law for a lifetime.

The reputation of the Li family's father-in-law is very good, until now, in the Baokang Gate, everyone praises this family, whether it is in the market, in the shopkeeper, or among the subordinates, they all say that he is a kind person.

If Father Li used the Chen family in the capital, once there was any problem in the accounts, they wanted to find Mother Li, although it would take some effort, it was not impossible.

Even if you can't find Mother Li, as long as you talk a few words outside, the rumors of Baokangmen will spread.

If the son-in-law enters the door, if he seeks the property of his wife's family, as long as he is sued by his wife's family, he will have to eat in prison.

Although the Li family was the only one left in the Li family at that time, even if something happened, no one would help her, but if the neighbors who couldn't see it, or the opponents in the capital who were also doing business, they could make Li's father take off a layer of skin.

But he used this hand, and he really washed himself clean.

The Li family is slowly declining.

The shops are opened one by one, the south and the north are opened, and new shops are opened, and the old shopkeepers and old people in the capital are reluctant to go out, so they naturally have to hire new people locally.

The money in the account is spent openly, and the money is lost cleanly.