Chapter 146 Undercurrent
In the middle of the month, the shopkeeper of Fengle Lou and Li Xiaoqi carefully calculated the account for most of the day, and went back happily, Li Xiaoqi smiled and shook the account book back and forth, roughly calculated, these four months, although the wine shop business has not yet reached her standard, but compared to before, she also earned more than 4,000 taels of silver, these more than 4,000 taels, she can take seventy, almost three thousand taels, just to buy a house for Brother Erhuai, in this Kaiping Mansion, three thousand taels can pick a good five into the house.
Li Xiaoqi jumped off the accommodation, carried the account book out of the east chamber, brisk often the main house past, Nanning stood at the door, at a glance she came over, busy stepping forward to report, in time to Li Xiaoqi to the door of the main house before the moment lifted the curtain, Li Xiaoqi smiled at Nanning nodded and thanked.
Su Zicheng put down the pen in his hand, looked at the account book in Li Xiaoyi's hand and waited for her to speak, Li Xiaoqi arched his hand, handed the account book to the wide case in front of Su Zicheng, and said with a smile: "Fengle Lou came to pay the account, take a look." β
"I heard that business has improved a lot," Su Zicheng didn't take the account book, just looked at Li Xiaoqi and said with a smile: "I heard that Fengle Lou wants to evaluate what kind of oiran?" Was it your idea? β
"Well, this year's Spring Festival will be put on for ten days, a rare and lively year, it has to be lively, just right, I just thought about the evaluation of this Oiran, you listen, see if it is suitable," Li Xiaoqi said, without waiting for Su Zicheng to answer, he sat on the chair closest to Su Zicheng, and said with a smile: "This Oiran can not have good looks, you have to have talent, all the official actors who are registered can come to participate in the evaluation, blowing, playing, singing and dancing, as they choose, there are three kinds of seats in Fengle Building, the first class is invited by Fengle Lou to send a post, talented and famous, Visionary noble sons and so on, well, this should not be more, just ten posts are good, more is not appropriate, as for who to invite, I will go back to Lu Feng to discuss, this kind, Fengle Lou each person gives a gold head every day, the second class, is a person with meritorious fame, or a student of Guozijian, can sit upstairs in the elegant seat, each person can vote for a silver chip every day, the rest, it is all bamboo chips, this bamboo chip is unlimited, you have to spend money to buy, a bamboo chip is a silver chip, a silver head chip for ten bamboo chips, One gold chip for ten silver chips, do you think this is appropriate? Li Xiaoqi asked with great interest, Su Zicheng frowned slightly and looked at the excited Li Xiaoyi, and said with a hint of helplessness: "What do you really want to judge?" β
"Hmmm! Think about it for me, is such a comment fair? With these ten gold chips, if anyone wants to spend money to buy an Oiran Dangdang, let her buy it! I wish I could do it! Li Xiaoyi's eyes crooked with a smile, Su Zicheng looked at her, and snorted from his nose: "You gold chips, are you really used as gold?" β
"You've got a good idea!" Li Xiaoqi suddenly realized: "I was thinking about how to make those female actors who came to run for election both famous and profitable, and there is!" This gold chip is made of gold, I will calculate! One hundred taels of silver is good, ten taels of gold is a gold chip, and we will give silver for these ten gold chips! The silver chip is also ten taels, ten taels of silver! But you'll have to buy it yourself! Bamboo chips, one or two silver! Well, find someone to write some poems, words, or something, a talented and beautiful woman, no poetry, no poetry. β
Su Zicheng looked at Li Xiaoqi silently, it turned out to be such a talented and beautiful woman!
"Look at it, is such a comment appropriate?" Li Xiaoqi asked with a smile, and Su Zicheng nodded: "The affairs of Fengle Building are up to you, just detain Lu Feng and don't mess around, don't let the Lu family feel at ease." β
"yes, I know." Li Xiaoqi simply agreed, and Su Zicheng took the account book and flipped it down: "I heard that you are looking for a place to open a weaving workshop?" β
"Well, I've already found a place, near the Xianren Bridge in Beicheng, less than ten acres, I can't use such a big place now, but it's really cheap, I let Zhang Gouzi buy it, there are more than a dozen old houses that can be used first, and then build a few more in the spring, it's enough for the time being." Li Xiaoqi replied in detail, Su Zicheng seemed to be distracted when he heard it, and gently patted the account book with his hand and said: "Your bonus is directly paid from the account, I told Changjin, from the time you enter the mansion to do things, you can pay 1,000 taels of silver a month, according to the rules, you can advance for up to half a year, if you are short of silverβ’β’β’β’β’β’"
"That's pretty much it!" Li Xiaoqi raised his eyebrows and interrupted Su Zicheng's words with a smile: "The weaving workshop has just opened, and in the past few months, it has just been a trial weaving, I told the three masters, either the silk will not be produced, or it will be a top-notch work, and I don't want it at all, I will use silver in the future, and I will think of other ways." β
"What do you think?" Su Zicheng asked vigilantly, Li Xiaoqi tilted his head to look at him, and said with a smile: "There are many ways, find someone to buy a stock or somethingβ’β’β’β’β’β’
"If you lack money, tell me! I'll lend it to you! So what is the business that is not shared, don't think about those fancy ways. Su Zicheng frowned and said, Li Xiaoqi smiled and bent his eyes and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I'll borrow money from you if I lack money in the future." Su Zicheng subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, walked twice with his hands behind his back, looked at Li Xiaoqi and said in a low voice: "The Taiping Mansion sent a letter yesterday, and on the day of the winter solstice, the Wu Imperial Court issued an amnesty decree. β
Li Xiaoqi was stunned: "Wu Guo has a big gift for three years, and the next big gift year should be next year, why is there an amnesty this year?" All according to the rules of the Great Gift Year? β
"Not really." Su Zicheng frowned and replied: "Only an amnesty order was issued, it stands to reason that this amnesty is not a common practice, and there are often amnesties that are exceptional, but there must be a reason, or begging for blessings, or celebrating, this amnesty order," Su Zicheng said, took a roll of paper from the case and handed it to Li Xiaoyi: "Look at it." Li Xiaoqi took it and looked at it carefully, looked up at Su Zicheng, and asked abruptly: "Have you seen Wu Guifei, what kind of person is it?" β
"Cautious and shrewd, ruthless, by no means in vain." Su Zicheng frowned, and said solemnly, Li Xiaoqi gently folded the paper, looked at Su Zicheng and then asked, "What about the eldest prince?" Where is it now? β
"I rushed back to Taiping Mansion the day before the winter solstice!" Su Zicheng suddenly paused his steps, turned his head to look at Li Xiaoyi, his eyes flashed brightly, and said with a smile: "It must be Emperor Wu who is seriously ill!" This amnesty decree should have been issued by Wu Guifei, the sixth son of the emperor born to Wu Guifei was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and it would be best if Emperor Wu could last a few more years! It's best for their mother and son! Li Xiaoqi nodded in agreement and said: "The eldest prince must have gotten the letter, so he threw down his soldiers and horses and rushed back to the Taiping Mansion, he was afraid that if he was not there at the critical time, it would be bad if he was dropped." Su Zicheng smiled slightly, thought about it intently, and raised his voice to call Nanning in and ordered: "Tell the long term, let him pass the book to the Taiping Mansion, keep an eye on the Wu Palace and the Great Prince, and pay careful attention to the Wu Kingdom Chinese New Year's Eve, New Year's Day Pilgrimage and other big gifts are not unusual, the sooner the better!" Nanning agreed, turned around and ran out to find a long-term message.
Li Xiaoqi looked at Su Zicheng who turned around, and said in a low voice: "Let people protect some big princes, Taiping Mansion is β’β’β’β’β’β’ under the hands of Wu Guifei, the eldest prince and Wu Guifei's mother and son, if there is only one family, no matter who inherits the throne, they will be stronger than the current Wu Emperor in the future, it is best that the two families are evenly matched, and the eldest prince cannot make a mistake." Su Zicheng put his hands behind his back, frowned and thought for a moment, and nodded: "What you said is very true." After speaking, he called Beiqing to come in and ordered to go down, walked to the door of the main house, watched Beiqing hurriedly walk out of the weeping flower gate, then turned around, looked at Li Xiaoqi and sighed softly: "Wu Guifei is very powerful, the court of Wu has made her business all these years impassable, even in the court, there are not a few ministers who obey her orders, and there are too few letters we can get!" β
"Hmm." Li Xiaoqi replied in a low voice, contemplating and saying: "The eldest prince should not delay in the Taiping Mansion, just go back to the army quickly, Emperor Wu's body doesn't know what is going on, after all, he is oldβ’β’β’β’β’β’" Su Zicheng didn't know what to remember, stood in front of the window, and looked out of the window with his hands behind his back.
"It is best to be able to compete with the two tigers, if this matter is not feasible, it is necessary to choose one of the two, the best is Wu Guifei's mother and son, Wu Guifei's temperament is strong, such a person has tasted the taste of power, and it is extremely difficult to let her go, if she refuses to let go, there is always something to do in the future between mother and son, the eldest prince is very forbearing, such a character can be the most successful, and it is not easy to look down." Li Xiaoqi walked to Su Zicheng's side and said in a low voice, Su Zicheng nodded slowly, and sighed regretfully: "The bitter cold land of Beiping has limited national strength, otherwise it β’β’β’β’β’β’ a good time!" β
Li Xiaoqi was silent, and once he succeeded, how many bones did he have to wither? Li Xiaoqi turned his head and looked at Su Zicheng, when he slaughtered Ning'an City, he was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and when he heard that he was riding on a horse, he watched Ning'an City turn into ashes with cold eyes! Li Xiaoyi's heart contracted, they were different from her, she couldn't look at this life with the morality of her life.
"I heard Nanning say that Li Erhuai and Zhang Tiemu got married in March?" Su Zicheng easily changed the topic, Li Xiaoqi shook his head slightly, shook off those useless thoughts, and replied with a smile: "Yes, the preparation is almost complete, and Jiang Shuncai, there are a total of three happy events, and there are also happy events in the Zhuangzi outside the city, this year, five daughters-in-law have married and become families, all of which are thanks to the blessing of the prince. Su Zicheng laughed: "Thanks to you, what about your eldest brother and the girl of the Fan family?" Is the date set? β
"Not yet, Sister Fan will not take it until next year, and it will be the year after tomorrow." Li Xiaoqi replied with a smile, Su Zicheng looked down at Li Xiaoyi, and said with a smile: "It is their blessing to have your sister." β
"Well, I think so!" Li Xiaoqi nodded unceremoniously in agreement, and Su Zicheng laughed out loud.