Huo Si said: "It is rare that the introduction of the Huo family in Hangzhou has also done a good job. ”

Mama Yan snorted and said: "I underestimated the Huo family in Hangzhou before, although this Huo Jiu is young, but he seems to have seen the world, if he didn't know in advance, I'm afraid no one would be able to see that he is actually a merchant's child." ”

Yes, Huo Jiu's calm appearance does not look like he was born in a merchant, but he is a little similar to Wang Sun Guixuan.

It's just a teenager.

When Mama Yan said this, she said meaningfully to Huo Sijin: "Huo Jiu is already like this, Mrs. Huo is also a character in the future, if Miss meets her in the future, she must lift her spirits and look at that person carefully." ”

Huo Sijin was stunned and asked: "The Huo family in Hangzhou is just a small merchant, and they are not the same people as us, why does Mama look at them differently?" ”

Mama Yan sighed and said, "I'm an old woman, how many years can I follow Miss?" In the future, Miss will still have to rely on herself, hasn't Miss seen today's things clearly? Even the eldest princess Fangyi and Mrs. Zhou were polite to Huo Jiu, with their identities, it stands to reason that they wouldn't even look at Huo Jiu with a straight eye, the reason for this is not that they want the Huo family to use it for themselves? ”

"Do you want the Huo family to help them make money?" Huo Sijin finally understood, but felt strange, "They are still short of silver?" ”

"My young lady, you have no worries about food and clothing since you were a child, and you don't know the preciousness of money, so the old woman told Miss that the more people in high positions, the more they lack silver, although small families also lack silver, but what they lack is a small amount, but like the eldest princess of Fangyi, what is lacking is a large number. They are short of silver, and King Qing is afraid that he is even more short of silver. Today they seem to have helped the Huo family, but in fact, there will be more places for the Huo family to help them in the future, far beyond what they helped today. ”

"Miss, do you think the Huo family really can't take out 200,000 loads of grain and grass? This is just a reason, the Huo family wants to borrow these 200,000 loads of grain and grass, waiting for the queen to use them, you see, not only the eldest princess Fangyi has made a move, Mrs. Zhou has made a move, and even Prince Qing has made a move, who will dare to touch the Huo family in this capital in the future? After this incident, the Huo family can be regarded as gaining a firm foothold in the capital. ”

Huo Sijin's eyes widened, she really still saw it too superficially, in this matter, sure enough, no one is a fool, each has its own trade-offs, each has its own plans.

"Huo Jiu is still a child, this will definitely not be his idea." She asked tentatively.

Even she couldn't tell why she thought of Huo Jiu, and she felt a little awkward.

"Although this Huo Jiu is a big ghost, it should be Mrs. Huo who makes the decision, maybe there are other masters in the Huo family, Huo Peiran is known as the God of Wealth in Jiangnan, and he has a wide range of friends, and it is not surprising that there are one or two Qingke in the house." Mama Yan said.

Huo Sijin suddenly envied Huo Jiu, she was about the same age as Huo Jiu, but Huo Jiu seemed to have everything except for her background, and she ......

In Shuangjing Hutong, Huo Roufeng was reading the letter, and the letter was written by Zhanhuai.

Although it was a letter, there was not a word, only a small painting.

The painting shows a sea with seagulls and several warships, large and small.

This is the first time Huo Roufeng has seen the appearance of a warship, she had heard that there were cannons on the warship before, but she couldn't imagine what it was, although this painting was not detailed, but the general shape of the warship was clear.

Huo Roufeng laughed when she looked at it, because she saw a small person on the side of the boat, just a few strokes, but Huo Roufeng knew that it was Zhanhuai, it must be him, and it would not be wrong.

Zhanhuai is a monster, she wrote to him, wrote so much, he replied but didn't say a word, and sent a painting over for some reason, I don't know if this painting was painted by him.

Huo Roufeng asked people to frame the painting and find a box to put it away.

Although her painting skills are not remarkable, she likes the sea and the warships on the sea.

Soon, the matter of the Hall of Merit spread all over the capital, and then, some gossip came one after another. It is said that the eldest princess Fangyi sent people to urge food from house to house, and some people sent people to deliver it on the same day, but some people couldn't get it out for a long time.

It wasn't until five or six days later that 200,000 quintals of grain were finally gathered, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households sent officials to count them, and Huo Roufeng handed them over together with 100,000 taels of silver.

The next morning, the emperor did not go to court as usual, and the court meeting was presided over by Guo Yong, Fan Jinyi proposed that the court should commend the Huo family, and Jia Zheng and Dong Qi immediately seconded the proposal.

Guo Yong was helpless, but he couldn't veto. The Huo family donated 100,000 taels This is ironclad, unless he says that the Huo family is making up for it, he can't stop it. But the fault of the Huo family is to kill Wang San's grandmother, so the queen will be implicated, in this matter, Guo Yong has already suffered a dumb loss, and he can't mention Peng Chengbofu anymore.

This matter was decided in this way, and the next thing was to give the Huo family a reward. The cabinet debated for most of the day, and the final conclusion was to let the Huo family continue to do business with the Wine and Vinegar Bureau, give the imperial plaque, and reward Huo Jiu with a false position from the seventh grade.

The Huo family was lit up and lively for three whole days.

Huo Roufeng returned to his house and threw the official uniform into the warehouse.

Hua Sanniang saw it, and asked with a smile: "Is the ninth master a young official?" ”

Huo Roufeng snorted coldly: "It's not uncommon. ”

Hua Sanniang said with a smile: "Then the ninth master can't just throw away the official uniform, you still have to wear it when the Shuowang Dynasty and the Great Dynasty meet." ”

Huo Roufeng said: "When the time comes, the master will pretend to be sick and not go, isn't it okay if the master doesn't want their money?" ”

Hua Sanniang smiled and leaned back, it was the first time she had seen someone who didn't want to be an official so much.

Huo Roufeng was also very distressed, she never thought that Guo Yong and the others would come up with such a bad idea.

Don't say it's from the seventh grade, even if you give her a positive one, she can't look down on it.

Who is rare for your broken plaque, who is rare for this from the seventh grade.

However, Huo Roufeng was really worried, and she let people inquire about it to know that the emperor had not been in court for more than a month, and even the court meeting of the Shuowang Dynasty was exempted.

Hua Sanniang must have known that she was teasing her.

She wrote a letter to Zhanhuai, telling Zhanhuai about the reward given by the court to the Huo family, and finally complained indignantly, saying that the official uniform was as ugly as it was, and the emperor's handwriting was not very good, with a fat powder, I don't know if it was a true handwriting.

As a result, when Zhanhuai replied to her, he extended a genuine painting of the emperor to her, Huo Roufeng called Bi Daoyuan and Mr. Zhang to see, both of them thought that the plaque for the Huo family was compared with the one that Zhanhuai had brought over, although it looked very similar at first glance, but there was still a difference, just as Huo Roufeng said, the former has fat powder, but the one sent by Zhanhuai did not.