Chapter 061 Mutation in Beijing (2)

To tell the truth, Qian Zhixin's words of persuading the lady just now were somewhat concealed, and he had heard some rumors at home, and the people in the Qi Palace's mansion had also been in contact with him. It's just that he is not interested in the cousin of the lady, and he has a deep relationship with the lady, so he didn't consider divorce and marry another wife at all. Later, the lady also heard about those rumors, and because of Da Lang's matter, she had a gap with her mother, until she finally left her book and ran away, and Qian Zhixin paid attention to this matter.

Along the way, he thought about the whole thing repeatedly, and he didn't figure it out. Because it is so abnormal, although Princess Qi's niece is not a relative of the emperor, she is also the daughter of a large family, and if there is no special reason, there is no reason to send Baba to others as concubines. Rao is Mei Niang is willing to withdraw, and the steproom is not as noble as the original match.

"Wait, could it be that the Qi Palace's Mansion was originally here for cotton?"

However, Qian Zhixin didn't expect that in a hurry, the words blurted out gave him a hint.

"Cotton?" Mei Niang saw that her husband's face was solemn, as if she was thinking about something important, and it was not good to continue to entangle, but followed Qian Zhixin's train of thought and helped him analyze, "Second Young Master, do you mean that Qi Wangfu only wants cotton from the beginning?" Say that marrying the Qian family is just a temptation? ”

Qi Wangfu should know that the cotton on the plantation is not the property of the Qian family, but the private property of her Mei Niang. If the King of Qi wants cotton, he should start with himself, instead of going around the bend to find a letter of money. Could it be that he is like using marriage events to blackmail himself.

Mei Niang twisted her eyebrows and fell into deep thought.

"Don't worry, I'll think about it," Qian Zhixin was also a little uncertain, if this matter was just a private affair between men and women, he just had to ignore it; But if it was about cotton, which was of extraordinary value, he couldn't let his guard down.

With his hands behind his back, Qian Zhixin silently paced around the flower hall, his brain spinning rapidly, trying to connect all the bits and pieces that have happened these days......

"Yes," Qian Zhixin suddenly thought of what the steward of the Qi Mansion had said, and his eyes lit up, "Lady, they are indeed here for cotton." It's just that they got the wrong object and thought that the cotton plantation and the cotton cloth workshop in Qingzhou were my industry."

"Huh? Yours? Mei Niang paused, and after her eyes came into contact with her husband's movement of pointing to the bluestone floor under her feet, she suddenly remembered, "Yes, how did I forget it." At the beginning, in order to add weight to the cotton cloth shop, we announced that Qingzhou Sanleng cloth was jointly operated by the Qingzhou Qian family, the Haicheng Li family and the Qingyuan Wang family. And the person who represents the Qian family's permanent plantation is you, Second Young Master—"

In this way, things are much easier to explain, and the rumors deliberately spread by the Qi Wangfu also have a reason.

"Hehe, in this way, things are much easier."

On the way to find his wife, Qian Zhixin also thought about how to deal with the matter of Qi Wangfu wanting to marry him:

First of all, he will definitely not divorce his mother, the lady has not committed the seven rules, and she is very considerate to herself, not to mention that the other party is just the distant niece of Princess Qi, that is, the county lord of the Qi Palace, he will not agree;

Then, disagreeing with the family affair means rejecting the request of the Qi Palace, which is also a little difficult to do. Since ancient times, officials have not fought with the people, although their Qian family is a century-old family in Qingzhou, but to put it bluntly, they are just a businessman, how dare they argue with the emperor's younger brother?

After thinking about it all the way, Qian Zhixin thought of several ways to refuse, but there were pros and cons.

However, no matter whether the benefits or disadvantages are great, he is sure of one thing, that is, he can't agree to this unreasonable marriage even if he desperately offends King Qi.

Now, having figured out the reason, Qian Zhixin breathed a sigh of relief - at least, he didn't have to offend King Qi.

Thinking of this, he came to the lady's side and stopped, "I'll let people go back to Qingzhou for a walk now, so that King Qi knows that Qingzhou three-sided cloth is the lady's private business, even if it's me, I can't do anything about it...... In addition, let the little people in the house know that it is not Gao Pan for the lady to marry me Qian someone."

"Second Young Master, you, you know everything?"

After being wronged for so long and listening to so many gossip, the husband finally knew, Mei Niang asked in disbelief.

"Mer, I've been keeping an eye on the plantation these days, leaving you alone in the house...... You have been wronged" Qian Zhixin didn't know, it's just that there are some things related to the elders, and he doesn't want to criticize them.

However, things have developed to this point, and the lady has run away from home, and it is time for him to make his position clear to the house.

"Second young master, woo, Mei Niang is not afraid of grievances, but she can't see Da Lang from time to time, Mei Niang's heart is going to break," Hearing her husband's concerned voice, Mei Niang couldn't hold back anymore, threw herself into Qian Zhixin's arms, and cried with a whimper.

"Don't worry, I'll handle this matter"

Qian Zhixin rubbed the lady's black hair, and said softly and comfortingly.

After a long talk, the husband and wife finally cleared up the misunderstanding. When Wang Qifang saw the two of them, Mei Niang stared at a pair of red rabbit eyes, and Qian Zhixin was full of embarrassment and shame.

After a few words of greeting with each other, Wang Qifang also teased their husband and wife for a while, and then called Qian Zhixin to go to the study to talk about business - although Mei Niang's shares are in the cotton business, Qian Zhixin is still in charge of major matters.

As for Mei Niang, after releasing all the grievances and doubts in her heart, the whole person became relaxed. It just so happened that at this time, the nurse came over with two small buns, and after Mei Niang saw the white, fat, pink and tender baby, she was very rare, and she held the two little guys and refused to let go, so she didn't ask Wang Qifang what she wanted to talk about with Qian Zhixin.

"Second young master, I don't know if my uncle told you, I want to let out the cotton business"

came to the study and sat down as the guest of honor, Wang Qifang went straight to the point without politeness.

"I said it, but I don't understand a little bit, why should we let out such a good business?" Qian Zhixin came to the capital this time, in addition to looking for the lady, he also wanted to personally ask Wang Qifang about this matter, "Did the powerful people in Beijing hint at the young grandmother something?" Or is the Zhao family embarrassed you? ”

Otherwise, Qian Zhixin really couldn't think of why Wang Qifang suddenly gave up such a thriving and lucrative business.

"Well," Wang Qifang picked up the teacup, took two sips of tea, pondered for a while, and asked instead of answering: "Second Young Master, you have been guarding the plantation these days, so let me ask you, in just thirty days last month, how many Xiaoxiao went to the plantation to steal?" How many people are openly and secretly looking for trouble with us? ”

"This ......" Qian Zhixin heard this, and the whole person fell silent.

The few questions asked by Wang Qifang are not questions at all now, but the biggest difficulty faced by the plantation - Rao is guarded by the chivalrous guests of the Chivalry League, and the plantation is still patronized by unknown people every once in a while. Not to mention, those wealthy families who are eyeing the red cotton business, if it weren't for the names of the Li family in Haicheng and the Wang family in Qingyuan, the plantation would not last for a month and would be squeezed out of yellow.

"This is only one aspect," Wang Qifang said with a smile when she saw Qian Zhixin's face full of frustration, "Another point, the reason why our cotton cloth business is booming is mainly because of the shortage of cotton...... Now that there is a war going on in the northwest, and the princess of the protectorate has also gone to the border fortress, if the war with Gaochang is won, will cotton still be a scarce product? Even if you can't tell the winner, once the peace negotiation is successful, the trade route between Gao Changguo and Da Zhou will slowly open up, and cotton and beautifully printed cotton will pour in like a tide, and at that time, will the profit of cotton cloth be so rich. ”

At least from the inside story heard by the knight alliance, Wang Qifang can speculate that with the efforts of the third princess, the imperial court is really going to do something against Gao Changguo this time. Once the war was over, the monopoly on cotton would be destroyed in an instant. Instead of sticking to the cotton that will fall in price at any time, it is better to exchange cotton for something that is extremely important to her, the Li family, and even the Xia Ke League while it is still valuable.

"What, what rumors did the second young grandmother hear?"

Qian Zhixin is a businessman, so he naturally knows what are the important factors that affect buying and selling, and the most important of them are the policies and decrees of the imperial court and various major trends.

"There are no rumors, it's just my assumption," Wang Qifang didn't want people to know how close her relationship with the Xia Ke League was, so she deliberately avoided this topic and continued to analyze: "There is one more point. Second Young Master, I just said that I would give away the cotton, but I didn't say that I would also give away the three spindles and the cotton cloth printing and dyeing technique."

"Huh?" Qian Zhixin froze, and then nodded happily, yes, yes, how did he forget this? Compared with cotton, which has many variables, the technology of printing and dyeing textile is the most critical. After all, they are not the only ones who grow cotton in Dazhou, but only their Qingzhou cotton mill produces triangular cloth that is as smooth as silk and soft as cream

At the same time, in the Zhao Mansion far away in the capital, Zhao Yongnian was also talking to Zhao Tianqing about cotton.

"Well, this errand is not bad, those craftsmen you dug from Qingzhou are really better than the original craftsmen in our workshop." Zhao Yongnian stroked his short beard, first affirmed his son's work, and then expressed his dissatisfaction, "However, the second young grandmother still refuses to hand over the three spindle spinning wheels?" Of course, I know that Qingzhou triangular cloth is her private property, but she is also the daughter-in-law of our Zhao family first? Even if she doesn't think about you, she should think that her sons and daughters are all surnamed Zhao."

"This ......" After Wang Qifang's defense, Zhao Tianqing did not attach much importance to the cotton cloth business. The lady is right, the cotton cloth shop is only surnamed Zhao now, and it is not his Zhao Tianqing's industry. Let's not say that he also has a cousin and a brother-in-law, that is, the master's generation, isn't there still two uncles? In the absence of a separation, he rashly forced his wife to give his wife, and when he passed the day, he might not be able to tell him how much property he would be given.

However, Lao Tzu has an order, and he, who is a son, must not refute it, Zhao Tianqing lowered his head and thought about it, and was about to speak back, when there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the study.

“…… Returning to the second young master, Su and Aunt Su had a miscarriage......"

P: Hey, update late bird, sorry, dear