Chapter 381: Mention the Imperial Merchant Again
After Lian Qingshan set out on the expedition, Cui'er's days were idle, and she already had experience in making gold sore medicine for Lian Qingshan, Uncle Zhong only needed to buy medicinal materials and hand them over to Shopkeeper Liu, and there was nothing else Cui'er had to worry about.
It's like all the other people who are busy every day, and after they suddenly get rid of themselves, Cui'er's heart panics all day long. In addition to talking to her father and mother and taking the children with her, Cui'er didn't know what else she could do, until Master Ye called Cui'er to the study.
This study is in the front yard, in order to make it comfortable for Master Ye to live, two rooms were specially cleaned up in the row of upside-down rooms in the front yard, as Master Ye's exclusive study.
"Cui'er, you sit!" Master Ye has been staying in Lian's Mansion for five days with Mrs. Ye, except for the first day when he accompanied Cui'er to send Lian Qingshan away, the rest of the time Master Ye was busy with his own affairs in this study.
"Daddy, what's the matter?" Cui'er's heart is a little strange, even if there is something on weekdays, her father can just say a word or two when he eats, but it is the first time to find someone to invite him to the study in front of him like today.
After Cui'er saluted her father, she sat on the chair opposite Master Ye, looking at Master Ye's solemn appearance, and suddenly felt something in her heart. I have been busy and confused during this time, and I have completely forgotten about the selection of imperial merchants, and I don't know how my father's progress has been going for more than half a month.
"Dad, just ask you. Didn't we say a while ago that we were going to choose the imperial businessman? In any case, if you want to choose an imperial merchant, you still have to have a shop in the capital. The shop next to Yefu, what do you think? After Cui'er sat down, Master Ye was silent, and Cui'er and her father had nothing to see, so she simply asked.
"Huh? Oh! The last time you went to see the shop with Qingshan, you came back and said it was good, so your brothers and I went to see it again. The place is good, and the shopkeeper and the work are also good. But the original owner wasn't a good guy to mess with. Although the asking price is not expensive, ordinary businessmen are afraid to do it. As if he had been waiting for Cui'er to ask about this, Master Ye said carefully with a slight sadness on his face.
"What happened then?" Cui'er spent half a month before focusing on Lian Qingshan's expedition. I didn't care about anything else, and now I feel a little empty when I ask.
"Later...... I discussed with your brothers, this shop can be bought, but it can't be bought in our name, we have a shallow foundation, in case it is calculated by someone with a heart, but there is no place to cry. Master Ye said with a slight frown, and suddenly, he looked up at Cui'er with anticipation. Cui'er, look, how about buying it in the name of the General's Mansion's private property? ”
"In the name of the private property of the General's Mansion?" Cui'er was taken aback by her father's sudden request. However, she is not a timid woman, and her first reaction after hearing this is not to be busy refusing, but to think carefully about whether this matter can be done.
The shop was hung under the name of a powerful official in the court and used as a protective umbrella, which was a common practice in the big shops of the capital. However, this kind of is mostly hung in the name of the elder or the prince, and part of the benefits are exchanged for the survival of the shop.
If you hang this shop under the name of your own general's mansion. It is considered the private property of the General's Mansion, which is very similar to the practice of these big shops. It's a good idea.
Cui'er thought so and felt that this method was feasible, but after thinking about it, even Qingshan's foundation was not strong, and she rashly placed a large amount of property in his name, which was afraid that it would be criticized. "Daddy, it's a good thing to find a backer for this shop, but I think it's a little inappropriate to hang it in Qingshan's name."
"Wrong?" Master Ye listened to Cui'er's words, and frowned slightly, this matter was discussed with his three sons, and they all felt that there was no better way, why did they feel that it was inappropriate when they got to their daughter?
Although Master Ye had doubts in his heart, he did not doubt that Cui'er did not want to help at all, since he was a child, Cui'er was raised in the palm of Master Ye's hand, Master Ye had nothing to say about Cui'er's goodness, and Cui'er was also filial to Master Ye.
"Daddy, you see that although Qingshan is a general in name, he is only a five-grade man, from the time we entered Beijing to the present, it has only been half a year in total, but he has not gained a firm foothold in the court. , Now the courtesy that our family has received is just looking at the face of General Wude, plus there are two children, Da Niu and Xiaohu, we have taken the Dingguo Mansion and have incense. Cui'er said carefully to her father, Lian Qingshan's power in the court is still weak, and it is not reliable to use him as a backer.
"That'...... What to do? Master Ye naturally understood what his daughter wanted to express, but if his son-in-law's status was not secure, if he bought this shop, who could he hang it in?
"Dad, don't worry, although Qingshan's official position is low now, it's not that we don't have someone to rely on!" Cui'er looked at her father who was a little anxious, and immediately stopped selling Guanzi, "Daddy, if we want to open this shop steadily and prosperously, we can't just rely on Qingshan's face, we have to pull the tiger skin of the Dingguo Mansion to make the banner!" ”
"Dingguo Mansion!" Master Ye's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Exactly, I want to hang the shop under the name of Qingshan, so that everyone will know that our backstage is the Dingguo Mansion!" ”
"Dad, let me tell you directly, if you want to pull a tiger skin as a banner, hang this shop under my name, not under Qingshan's name." Cui'er saw that her father's thoughts were similar to her own, so she simply spread the matter out and said.
"Hanging under your name......" Master Ye couldn't react for a while, chewing these words carefully, although this matter is a little different from what he thought about hanging in his son-in-law's name before, but the girl is more intimate, isn't it?
"Okay, it's in your name!" Master Ye didn't even think much about what else he didn't have, and directly made a decision.
This is not to say that Master Ye is reckless or anything, but that Master Ye has full trust in his children. For Master Ye, his family wealth will be children's in the future, whether it is Ye Qing's brother or Ye Cui'er's daughter, it will be the same.
If you want to ask Master Ye, aren't you afraid that Cui'er will deceive his shop? If Master Ye was afraid of this, he would not have thought of putting the shop in the name of someone else. Speaking of which, this teahouse is a thing that can be done with two silver, except for the silver that the teahouse is under the plate and decorated, the other costs are their own things, even if they are all lost, they are not distressed, not to mention that they are hung in the name of Cui'er.
"Dad, you don't even listen to my reasons to make a decision, it's too fast!" Cui'er made a decision when she saw the instant's kung fu, and she couldn't cry or laugh in an instant, and her heart was still a little sour, for her father to trust herself so much.
"My good daughter's suggestion, my father will naturally agree!" Master Ye's heart was very wide, and he said to Cui'er with a smile.
"Dad, I have my reasons for saying that." Cui'er looked at her father's loving appearance, her heart warmed, and her tone also brought the appearance of her little daughter who was coquettish when she was at home.
"Oh? Justified? Then I'll have to listen to it! When Master Ye saw Cui'er like this, he suddenly remembered that when she was at home, she had grown from a little girl like a little bit of a big ball to such a big girl.
"Daddy......" Cui'er looked at her father with a coaxing child, and called out unobtrusively, which made Master Ye laugh.
"Daddy, I'm serious!" Cui'er cleared her throat and said, "Among the officials in this court, there are many officials who speak about officials and ministers, and they will open their eyes wide to find the fault of other officials." Moreover, it is not a matter of a day or two that the people of the Xiao faction in the DPRK do not deal with the Dingguo Mansion, and they are not good at taking the Dingguo Mansion, so they will not have so many scruples here in Qingshan. ”
"Because there are so many pairs of eyes staring, we have to be careful when we do things on weekdays. For example, this matter is also famous, for our shop, seriously speaking, there is not much difference between hanging under my name and his name, they are all borrowed from the name of the general of Qingshan, as well as the banner of the Dingguo Mansion. ”
"However, it is different for those who speak for them. If it is hung under the name of Qingshan, it depends on what those who talk about it. To say lightly, Qingshan coveted the property of the Yue family, and to say that he accepted other people's property for no reason after becoming an official, this matter can be big or small, and it depends on whether people want to fix him to death. ”
"But if it's in my name, it's different. I'm my father's daughter, this shop says it's my private room, or it's my dowry, but it's just a gadget for the women of the house to make some fat money. ”
Cui'er said this, if Master Ye still doesn't understand the Tao here, it will be considered a vain life. At this moment, Master Ye was very proud in his heart, he slapped his thigh and laughed, "It is worthy of my daughter, this officialdom has seen it so thoroughly!" Hahaha......"
"Yes, Cui'er, you're right! You really have to do what you say. "Master Ye also figured it out at this time, his daughter is the godmother of the great-grandson of the Dingguo Mansion, and the husband and wife are one, and in terms of the relationship with the Dingguo Mansion, the influence of Lian Qingshan is on par.
Moreover, Cui'er is also good friends with Mrs. Wen Xiu, and she is her own daughter, so hanging the shop in her name is naturally better than hanging it in her son-in-law's name.
"Cui'er, that's it, this shop is in your name, you don't have to worry about all the business in the shop, at the end of the year, your father will divide you into 30% of the dry shares as New Year's money!" With a wave of his hand, Master Ye gave this matter a decision, and promised Cui'er a dividend of 30% of dry shares in a very good mood. (To be continued)