Chapter 013 is foreshadowing

In her previous life, Wang Qifang did not study finance, but she had never eaten pork and seen a pig run, and she had watched so many TV series.

"Redeem goods at the same time?" Zhao Yongnian was shocked, he looked at the bills again, and then was silent for a long time, and then said with a smile: "How is it possible, the bills issued by the Zhao family are tens of thousands, if they are exchanged for commodities, it is enough for the people in the capital to consume for a few months, who will exchange all the bills?" Besides, these bills are scattered in the hands of the people, and it is reasonable to exchange things at the same time, how can the people of the whole city exchange them together? ”

"Hehe, what the master said is," Wang Qifang did not refute Zhao Yongnian's words, but she had been paying close attention to the other party's expression just now, if she was not mistaken, when she mentioned 'simultaneous exchange' just now, Zhao Yongnian's face flashed extremely brief anxiety, she pointed to the bills on the table, and said with a smile: "But what if these bills are concentrated in a certain part, or in the hands of a certain person?" And it just so happens that this person is the enemy of our Zhao family, do you think he will choose an appropriate time to exchange all the bills in his hand at the same time? ”

"The right timing?"

"That's right, for example, if he bought a rice ticket of 10,000 taels of silver, and waited for the disaster year to exchange for rice, can the Zhao family be able to cash it out?" Wang Qifang saw Zhao Yongnian's contemplative look, so she gave a simple but very classic example.

"Hiss~~" Zhao Yongnian took a breath of cool air, he looked at Wang Qifang inexplicably, as if he wanted to see something from her round and fair face.

After being silent for a long time, he said slowly, "What do you want?" Speak up and listen to it. ”

"The master is really powerful, Qi Niang, I haven't said anything yet, you expected it," this is not flattery, Wang Qifang did admire Zhao Yongnian's mind a little, she smiled embarrassedly, and then said: "Presumably the master also knows that I have a few shops in my hands, although the scale is not large, but it can also ensure the life of our mother and son." It's just that doing business in Beijing requires a lot of contacts and foundations, and I, a woman, can neither show my head from time to time, nor make random acquaintances with strangers, so I can only steal a trick. ”

Wang Qifang paused deliberately, peeked at Zhao Yongnian's reaction, and saw that his face was not displeased, so he continued, "I heard that next spring will be the triennial certification meeting of the Confucian Business Association, I wonder if the master can reserve a place for me?" ”

"What? Do you want to be a Confucian merchant? Zhao Yongnian listened to Wang Qifang's words and was stunned. Just now, he listened to Wang Qifang's babbling about 'connections' and 'foundation', and mistakenly thought that his daughter-in-law wanted to act in the name of the Zhao family after leaving home, but he never thought that his second daughter-in-law's ambition was so big.

"Yes, I hope the master will be fulfilled."

Wang Qifang nodded, and said solemnly to Zhao Yongnian, "Although I am still the second young grandmother of the Zhao family, after all, I have signed a contract to divide the property and live separately...... After Qi Niang became a Confucian businessman, on the one hand, she could have a strong identity to protect herself and her children, and on the other hand, she could also help the Zhao family save some money. ”

"Savings? The Zhao family is not short of that bit of rice and grain."

Zhao Yongqing snorted, very dissatisfied with Wang Qifang's words.

"This is natural," Wang Qifang smiled coldly in her heart, she had lived in the Zhao family for five or six years, and she still didn't understand the style of the Zhao family? The nature of businessmen, the tradition of petty picking, when it comes to 'saving' life, the masters of the Zhao family are all powerful.

According to the agreement on dividing production and living separately, after Wang Qifang left the Zhao family, Zhao Tianqing had to pay 40 taels of silver and a few taels of rice, vegetables, and meat every month, all of which added up to 50 taels of silver as the living expenses of Wang Qifang and the children.

Of course, fifty taels of silver per month is just a drop in the bucket for the wealthy Zhao family. But for the Zhao family, the ancestor of Xiaoluo, this silver is extremely unjustly spent and worthless - if Erlang and his family don't toss, and their daughter-in-law and grandchildren still live in the house, it will be at most a dozen taels of silver per month, so why waste fifty taels?

In addition, in addition to the fixed monthly living expenses, the Zhao family also allocated some properties to Wang Qifang's mother and son. People just divide their property and live separately, nominally they are still the second young grandmother of the Zhao family, and they are not divorced from the lower cousin of the Zhao family, and they still need to do things in terms of face, and they can't be the second young grandmother of the Zhao family, and they don't even have a shop to earn pocket money, right?

If their Zhao family really did this, it would be more than just a laughing stock. To put it nicely, this is called stingy, mean, and ugly, that is, Zhao Tianqing is like a soft rice eater at all, and even his own children have to be raised by the Yue family.

People live with a face, even if it is for the sake of the family's decency and reputation, the Zhao family has to divide a few shops under Zhao Tianqing's name to Wang Qifang's mother and son.

The shop belongs to the Zhao family, but the new owner is a woman and a child, in the fiercely competitive capital, it is lucky not to lose money, and if one is not good, the shop will lose everything. Well, if you think so, giving Wang Qifang the status of a Confucian businessman is not a bad thing at all.

Zhao Yongnian touched the short beard on his chin, thinking thoughtfully about something.

"One more point," Wang Qifang saw that Zhao Yongnian's stiff face was loosened, so she continued: "I have a son with Brother Xiaoxin, even if I am lucky enough to earn a million family property, it will be Brother Xiaoxin'er in the future, and Brother Xiaoxin-"

En, that's right, that's right, the daughter-in-law left home, but the grandson is still from the Zhao family. Zhao Yongnian's eyes lit up, and he secretly said yes again and again.

Of course, Qi Niang also knows that the identity of a Confucian merchant is extremely precious, so how can she just give it. Master, don't worry, if you are willing to give Qi Niang a chance, Qi Niang will also repay the master with a good life. ”

"Hehe, it's too early to say this," Zhao Yongnian came back to his senses, smiled faintly, and said, "By the way, what did you just say 'run', right?" So if there really is such a day, how should our Zhao family deal with it? ”

Old fox

Wang Qifang secretly scolded herself, and her face was still gentle and demure. I saw her shake her head slightly, and said with a little regret: "Qi Niang is stupid, and she hasn't thought of a way to deal with it." However, now that the Great Zhou is in good weather and the country is safe, presumably even if someone wants to borrow bills to make trouble, they will not do it in the near future. ”

Let her figure it out, what are you kidding? If she said all the countermeasures, what would she do to deter and rectify the Zhao family in the future?

"Well, what you said also makes sense," Zhao Yongnian asked again for a long time, but he still didn't ask much valuable information, and he was a little dissatisfied at the moment, he waved his hand, "Okay, I already know the matter, I will also pay attention to the matter of Confucian certification, you go down first." ”

"Master, slow down," Wang Qifang heard something from Zhao Yongnian's voice, she understood that Zhao Yongnian was not satisfied with the information he provided, and it was estimated that he was comparing these bills and a Confucian Business Association certificate at the moment. If someone bids more than the face value of these bills in the coming year, Zhao Yongnian will definitely sell the certificate without hesitation. In order to get the certificate firmly in hand, Wang Qifang was ready to play a trump card: "Master, don't you want to know where I got these bills?" ”

"Huh? Not in South City? ”

"Of course not," Wang Qifang shook her head and said with a smile, "I got these bills from a small merchant, and according to the shopkeeper, he bought the nearly 10,000 taels of silver from a nobleman for a thousand taels. As for the nobleman, hehe, the master not only recognizes it, but also knows it very well. ”

"Who is it?" Obviously, Wang Qifang's trump card is right, compared to the bills that can be recovered with a lot of silver, the mastermind behind the attempt to use the 'run' to squeeze down the Zhao family makes Master Zhao even more jealous.

You must know that this year, several major industries under the name of the Zhao family issued a total of 18,000 taels of silver bills, and Wang Qifang alone got nearly 10,000 taels in his hands, which means that the vast majority of bills were artificially concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people.

Another point is that these are just bills for this year, who knows how many years the mastermind behind the scenes has been planning? How many Zhao family's bills do you have?

Facing Wang Qifang's meaningful eyes, Zhao Yongnian smiled bitterly and nodded, "Okay, I understand." When the new Confucian merchants are certified next year, I will arrange it."

That's right, Wang Qifang finally showed a satisfied smile, she pointed to the bill on the table, "Thank you, master." These bills originally belonged to the Zhao family, so it is better to return them to you for safekeeping. ”

"Okay, the second young grandmother is really a smart person."

Both parties made corresponding mortgages, and the transaction was successfully negotiated

After she left the study, a figure flashed in the room, looked at the back of the door, and sighed regretfully: Alas, it's a pity

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"Oh, Aunt Su, why did you come out, it's not out of confinement yet, what should I do if I hurt my body?"

Wang Qifang walked into the inner courtyard through the weeping flower gate, and when she passed through the garden, she suddenly heard a voice coming from inside.

"The concubine has seen Zheng Sanniang, and the third lady is good."

Aunt Su's face was sallow, and her originally full moon-like round face was only the size of a palm at the moment, and the two prominent eyes were extraordinarily large. When she saw Zheng Sanniang leading a group of maids and wives out of his wife's garden of kindness, a trace of sourness flashed in her heart.

Alas, since she was exposed on the spot by the slut of the Wang family that day, her situation in the Zhao family has become extremely difficult. Not to mention that Mrs. Zhao and Zhao Tianqing don't have a good face for her, even those big girls and grandmothers with a bit of identity also speak coldly to her. There are also those concubines and concubines who have been bullied by herself, since she fell out of favor, they have gone to her house from time to time to ridicule and mock her.

If it weren't for Zheng Sanniang's constant help, Aunt Su really didn't know if she would be able to survive this winter," ...... Thanks to the care of the third lady, the concubine really doesn't know how to repay you."

Repay the three ladies?

When Wang Qifang heard this, an idea suddenly flashed in her mind, and she decided to find something to do for the restless Zheng Sanniang, so that she would not have to worry about herself