Chapter 043 To Save or Not to Save (1)

"Tianzi No. 9? Master, if Qi Niang is not mistaken, Tianzi No. 9 seems to be the nameplate of the second young master, and now it is given to me, where is the second young master? ”

Since deciding to join the Confucian Business Association, Wang Qifang specially asked the detectives of the Xia Ke League to investigate all the information of the Confucian Business Association. According to these materials, Wang Qifang cannot say that she has a thorough understanding of the Confucian Business Association, but at least she is relatively clear about their structure, rules and top members.

The basic structure of the Confucian Business Association is very simple, headquartered in Beijing, with a president, who is democratically recommended by all members; Under the president, there are three vice presidents, two of whom are designated by the imperial court among the members of Tianzihao, and one is democratically elected; The headquarters is divided into four levels according to the 'Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang', which are ten members of the Tianzi number, twenty members of the earth brand, one hundred members of the Xuanzi number, and three hundred members of the yellow number.

Among them, Tianzihao is the highest level member, and the corresponding social status and privileges are also the highest. If you use the imperial examination as an analogy, the members of Tianzi No. 1 are equivalent to champions, bangyan or tanhua, and the evaluation standards are similar.

Wang Qifang calculated, among the current members of the Confucian Business Association, take out one at random, that is all the world's famous wealthy businessmen, most of them are wealthy families who have been rich for a hundred years, and there are a few of them who have funded Zhou Taizu's affairs, and the rest are more or less inextricably linked to them even if they are not nobles with five surnames and seven hopes...... In a word, being able to become a member of Tianzihao is not only something that can be done with money.

As for the remaining members of other levels, such as the land name, it is really assessed by the profitability of the business and the amount of taxes contributed to the imperial court.

Of course, members of other tiers also have the opportunity to upgrade the drop. For example, if a member of the Yellow Label has made significant contributions to business, or has paid more taxes than a certain limit, or if a member of the Yellow Label dies unexpectedly or is expelled from the Confucian Business Association for violating the rules, then the Yellow Member will have the opportunity to be upgraded to a member of the Xuanzi Brand.

However, it is generally the ultimate to rise to the local name, and since the establishment of the Confucian Business Association for a hundred years, no low-level member has been able to upgrade to a member of the heavenly brand. Because Tianzihao is not only a representative of a certain businessman, but also a representative of a certain family and even a certain regional power.

But Wang Qifang, a newly applied member, crossed three levels and directly entered the Tianzi number, and he also replaced his husband, which must be boring.

"Hehe, you and Erlang are originally a family, he is a Confucian businessman, what is the difference between him and you as a Confucian businessman?"

Zhao Yongnian twisted his short beard and chuckled a few times, he had thought carefully about handing over the nameplate of his second son to Wang Qifang.

There are three reasons for this:

First, in his plan, he is going to push his son to the position of the next president, if Erlang successfully becomes the president, then he will be the No. 1 Confucian merchant in Tianzi, wouldn't it be a hundred times stronger than No. 9?

Second, although the seventh mother of the Wang family lives separately from Erlang, she is still the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family in name, and the Tianzihao member falls on her head, is it not the same as falling to the Zhao family? Besides, Wang Qifang's son is still the eldest grandson of the Zhao family, and when the grandson grows up in the future, won't the members of that day be transferred back to the Zhao family?

Third, and most importantly, this Wang Qiniang didn't know what means she used, but she actually got into the eyes of Jinshang and got a priceless plaque with an inscription of the imperial pen. This is not the end, a few days ago, there was a word from the inside of the palace, saying that after Wang Qiniang donated the cotton plantation under his name to the imperial court, he was now in Longxinda, and more than once proposed to give Wang Qiniang a reward...... Hey, if you really give Wang Qiniang a lady today, then it's good to sell her in advance, which will only be good for the Zhao family and Erlang, and there will be no harm.

"W-That's not good."

Wang Qifang didn't know Zhao Yongnian's thoughts, she thought of the preciousness of Tianzihao members, Zhao Yongnian's cunning and Zhao Tianqing's selfish nature of loving money, she only felt that the small bronze medal in her hand was like a hot potato, and she couldn't take it or lose it.

"What's wrong," Zhao Yongnian saw that Wang Qifang's eyes were full of hesitation, paused and thought about it, and knew what she was worried about, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this nameplate was offered by Erlang to be transferred to you, and even he helped you complete all the formalities, you just accept it." In addition, who is the mastermind behind the malicious hoarding of Zhao's bills? The second young grandmother is inconvenient to inform one or two? Kindness? ”

When it comes to this inner ghost who has been stabbed by a thousand knives, Zhao Yongnian hates it so much that the root of his teeth itches. After Wang Qifang left that day, he sent people to privately investigate the few people involved in the issuance of bills, but the intensity of the investigation was too small, and nothing could be found.

In desperation, Zhao Yongnian had no choice but to send someone to follow Wang Qifang, trying to find out who Wang Qifang got the bills. The people who could be sent followed him for several days, but they didn't find anything at all, let alone find any suspicious targets, and those who followed were almost caught by the people around Wang Qifang.

couldn't find it, and the tracking was fruitless, so Zhao Yongnian had no choice but to compromise with Wang Qifang.

"Back to the master," Wang Qifang saw that Zhao Yongnian was so insistent, so she put the nameplate into her sleeve pocket, and then said to Zhao Yongnian with a straight face, "The first time I noticed that something was wrong, it was when I took back Li Ji's groceries last year...... "She told how to get the bills from Li Huaien, and how Li Huaien's 'backer' at that time explained how he regularly purchased Zhao's bills, but did not mention who was behind the scenes.

"Ahem~~, who is the person who gave Li Huaien the purchase of the bills?"

Zhao Yongnian listened to Wang Qifang's babbling for a long time, but he still didn't get to the point, so he was a little unhappy, and asked impatiently. "Back to the master, this person is in the Zhao family," Wang Qifang paused, as if organizing the wording, she bit her lip lightly, as if she had made up her mind, and said, "...... The counterfeit bills I found later were from Zheng Sanniang. I didn't believe Zheng Sanniang's words at that time, so I sent someone to investigate, and found that she was very close to the eldest and young grandmother——"

Speaking of this, Wang Qifang paused, and saw that Zhao Yongnian's brows were furrowed, as if she was thinking about her intention to specifically mention the eldest and younger grandmother.

"Aunt Zheng is good friends with the eldest and youngest grandmothers, this, it's nothing."

Zhao Yongnian seemed to realize something, but he couldn't believe his speculation, and said in a somewhat uncertain tone.

"But the one who instructed Li Huaien to buy Zhao's bills was the eldest young master, Zhao Tianbai."

Wang Qifang took a deep breath and uncovered the final mystery. She saw that Zhao Yongnian's face suddenly became ugly, a cold light flashed in her eyes, and then she turned into disbelief, and muttered, "Impossible, how is this possible?" What good is it for him that the Zhao family is down? He—he's a member of the Zhao family."

Sighing slightly, Wang Qifang said, "Master, I'm not talking for the second young master and the third young master, I just think that if he splits the Zhao family in the future, presumably the eldest young master will not get too much family property, and if he makes some articles on the bill, maybe the entire Zhao family-"

The words have been said clearly enough, if they continue to say it, it will be a bit of a false accusation against Zhao Tianbai. Wang Qifang knew the truth of stopping in moderation, so she only said half of the words and stopped talking.

“…… I know," Zhao Yongnian waved his hand weakly, and said to Wang Qifang with a somewhat sad expression, "Second young grandmother, I don't have anything to do here, you go to the inner courtyard to say hello to your wife."

"Yes, sir"

Wang Qifang curtsied, then turned and left the study.

As soon as her figure disappeared, a person flashed out of the study, and he came to Zhao Yongnian with a sinking face, and said in a deep voice, "Master, I think what the second young grandmother said makes sense...... Moreover, the little one thought about it carefully, every time a note was issued, it was the eldest young master who handled it in the end."

"Slap" Zhao Yongnian forcefully swept aside the four treasures of the study on the table, and for a while, the best inkstone was broken, the ink was spilled on the ground, his facial features were distorted, his face was hideous, and he roared: "Check, check it for me, I want to see what this rebel is going to do?" ”

Wang Qifang walked out of the study and did not go directly to Mrs. Zhao's Compassion Garden. Since she learned that Mrs. Zhao's Bodhi tree had an accident, she tried to avoid meeting Mrs. Zhao, she was worried that if Mrs. Zhao was forced to ask her face, how would she explain, would she also push the matter on Zheng Sanniang?

Smiled silently, she walked in the once familiar courtyard, it was strange to say, she had only been away for a month or two, and when she returned to the Zhao family again, she felt like a world away.

"Two young grandmothers, two young grandmothers"

Wang Qifang was sitting in the glass conservatory of the rose garden, looking at the empty room in a daze, but there was a rush of shouts behind her.

"Huh? Who? ”

Listening to the voice is not familiar, it should not be a familiar subordinate.

"Second young grandmother, second young grandmother, please, save Shiso"

With a crisp sound, the door panel of the glass conservatory slammed into the wall on the side, and a maid in a grass-green skirt ran to Wang Qifang's side in a panic, fell to her knees with a pop, and shouted bitterly: "Second young grandmother, please save the girl with perilla."

"Shiso? What happened to perilla? ”

Wang Qifang was stunned for a moment, and after a pause, she remembered who this girl in front of her was, it was the third-class maid Narcissus who was serving beside Zisu, "Narcissus, don't you serve Zisu well, what are you doing when you come to me to cry without rules and distances?" ”

"Woo, the second young grandmother, the girl Shisu and Shisu are about to be killed by Aunt Zheng, she ordered the slave to come to you for help, please save her for the sake of the past." Narcissus slammed down hard, and her forehead touched the ground.

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