Chapter 25: No Door
Uncle Tang nodded, "At first, the head of the family asked us to prepare so much silver to buy a shop, I was puzzled, but now it seems that we really don't know anything about the capital. I don't know what is the use of the owner choosing which places are the addresses of the pharmacy? β
It's not a loss to be the big butler of the Tang family, and from the location of those shops, he can see that Fenghua has other purposes.
As the saying goes, don't use people who are suspicious, don't be suspicious, since you want everyone to work together, you must give the truth, otherwise your distrust will only make the people below unrealistic.
"I want to make Anhetang strong in the capital, and making money to support the Zhenxi Army is only one of them, but there is another more important purpose, I want to collect information in the capital, and I have to buy at least one of the buildings that can observe the city gates."
Supporting the Zhenxi Army, Uncle Tang and Uncle Sun are accustomed to it.
Originally, the Gu and Tang families worked hard for a forty-year plan, and they were about to retire, but they encountered the death of General Gu and his wife, and later General Gu entered the Zhenxi Army, and this support continued.
Hearing Fenghua's confession, the two looked serious.
Fenghua's face was solemn, and he continued to say solemnly: "A few months ago, someone sent a dead soldier to assassinate his brother, and it was found that the person behind the scenes originated in the capital, and it should be some high-ranking and powerful people who wanted to have military power in the northwest, and even seven years ago, Daddy's death may also be related to this." The trees want to be quiet and the wind does not stop, I can no longer sit still, I can only take the initiative. Therefore, what I have to do next is not only business, but also to make money, defend the country, and avenge it. β
The two butlers listened to Fenghua's sonorous words, looked at Fenghua's solemn expression, and suddenly felt a powerful aura.
"Expanding Anhetang is the first and most important step, and when we enter the Beijing business district, we need to lay out the information network comprehensively." Fenghua turned to Uncle Sun, "This matter, please also ask Uncle Sun to keep it a secret for me, don't worry my grandmother." β
"Yes, miss."
"Tang swore allegiance to the head of the family."
Next, Uncle Tang reported to Fenghua the situation of the Tang family's various industries, as well as the situation that he had detected in the past half a month.
What surprised Fenghua was that the Tang family already had a complete set of methods for exploring news in business, and there were also more than a dozen experienced and skilled henchmen who could be transferred to the capital for training.
But if you want to get more hidden news in your lifetime, you either need time to work hard and gradually break into the powerful family, or you need fame and let the powerful family knock on the door.
Fenghua couldn't afford to wait and decided to choose the latter.
As for the five shops she had a crush on at first, three of them had relatives with court officials, and two of them could not find out the owner.
What's more, not to mention that these five shops have no intention of selling, there are no shops to sell in the entire East Market.
How can there be prosperity without circulation? It can only be said that the circulation of shops in the East Market is not on the table at all.
This makes Fenghua very difficult, do you want to ask Ye Yanqi?
Although he is an idle prince, at least he knows the capital better than himself. This should be the fastest way, otherwise these seven princesses will not be in vain?
You have to think of a reason to convince him to support him.
After thinking clearly, Fenghua said, "Uncle Tang, leave the matter of the shop to me." You need to transfer people to the capital as soon as possible, and we need to train more people in this area. β
"Yes."
Fenghua returned to the palace before sunset, ate absentmindedly, and went to the east courtyard to look for Ye Yanqi.
At this time, Ye Yanqi was eating.
"You eat first, I'll wait for you in the yard." Fenghua smiled.
Uninvited, with ulterior motives, is not justified and not straightforward.
Fenghua walked around the east courtyard, this pattern looked no different from the west courtyard, and there was nothing to look at, so he sat on the stone bench outside the door, facing Ye Yanqi.
I saw him eating unhurriedly.
I have to admit that Ye Yanqi is really good-looking, and even eating is very pleasing to the eye.
The beautiful scenery, the beautiful man, is also a good scenery, if only there was another pot of wine, the elegance is a little fluttering.
Feeling Gu Fenghua's staring gaze, Ye Yanqi raised his head.
The two looked at each other, and Fenghua looked away with a weak heart.
Ye Yanqi finally put down his chopsticks, and after rinsing his mouth and washing his hands, Jiang He pushed him to the courtyard.
"What's the matter with the king?" Seeing that Gu Fenghua seemed to be embarrassed, Ye Yanqi asked directly.
"I just care about the prince, can I feel better after the injection today?" Roundabout.
"It's the same old thing, there's something to talk about." Ye Yanqi was not interested in playing dumb riddles.
Fenghua still wanted to say a few greetings, but seeing that Ye Yanqi was so direct, he was embarrassed not to get to the point, "Does the prince know that my mother's family is in business?" β
The Gu family was looked down upon in Beijing, although it was driven by His Majesty's policy, but there was another very important reason for this, that is, General Gu married the daughter of a merchant.
It is said that Tang began to follow his father to the north and south when he was a teenager, when she was a teenager, she went out of the northwest to pick up the caravan back from other cities, and suddenly encountered Xirong, just at the time of crisis, General Gu descended from the sky like a divine soldier to save the caravan, and Tang fell in love with heroes.
The Tang family only had one daughter, and the old man Tang couldn't withstand his daughter's soft grinding and hard bubbles, so he used all the property as a dowry, and the Gu family saw that the wealth was open, so they responded.
Regardless of whether this is true or not, whether the two are happy or not, the people in Beijing don't care, they only say that the marriage between the hairpin clan and the merchant is to surrender their identity and degenerate.
This matter can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented, how could Ye Yanqi not know, he replied: "I know a little bit about it." β
"This morning, Doctor Wang asked me to look for medicinal materials, so I went to the pharmacy opened by Ah Niang in the capital, and found that the business was extremely bleak. Fenghua thought about it before, so he thought that Ye Yanqi was looking for medicine to bring up this matter.
"Oh?" Ye Yanqi stared at her, "Do you know that the princess is in business, which is against customs?" β
Fenghua grew up in the south of the Yangtze River, and the business atmosphere in the south was prevalent, and her family never taught her dogmatically, so she did not have the habit of dividing people into three, six, nine and so on.
But the classes in the capital are clearly distinguished, and even the so-called same class has three, six, nine and so on.
Thinking of the time when Uncle Tang introduced the industry to himself before, there was a large amount of money that was used to honor the official master, he really took the money of the businessman, and he still despised the businessman, what kind of crooked reason is this?
So, she retorted unconvinced: "A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, what custom does it violate to earn money by himself?" Is it illegal for the princess to do business? β
Actually, Ye Yanqi sometimes admires Gu Fenghua, and he doesn't care about it like this, although it is a little stupid, but it is also very rare.
When he was young, he was bullied a lot because of his status as a biological mother, and it was not that he did not expect so-called equality. It's just that after living in this capital for more than twenty years, he has long given up this naΓ―ve idea.
"Naturally, I don't commit it. But aren't you afraid that the spittle of the capital will drown you? β
He didn't object to Gu Fenghua doing business in his heart, but he just thought that Gu Fenghua was so prominent, he would have nowhere to hide, was it time now?