Xingwangfu, study.

Zhang Zuo routinely reported to Xingwang Zhu Youqi on the procurement of the palace and future suppliers, focusing on the main shipping and purchase channels of the palace in the future, from Su Xigui, who had just signed a contract, to Zhu Niang's mother and son, and when he reported, Yuan Zonggao attended the meeting.

After Zhang Zuo finished speaking, Yuan Zonggao questioned cautiously: "The surname Su is the number one in the Huguang businessmen, and it is understandable to ask him to do business, why would he have business dealings with the local Zhu family?" Isn't that being controlled by others? ”

In Yuan Zonggao's view, no matter how close the relationship between Zhu Niang's mother and son is to the palace, they are always from Jinyiwei.

The palace recruited Zhu Hao to study in the palace, which was enough to give face regardless of previous suspicions, but if the economic lifeline of the palace was firmly tied to the Zhu family, he Yuan Zonggao would not approve of it.

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "Yuan Changshi is too worried, nominally the palace is doing business with the third lady of the Zhu family, but in fact, it is still the Su family who is trading with us...... The Huang Fantai behind him will enter the court as the right attendant of the household department in the coming year, and he is just avoiding suspicion at such a critical time. ”

Yuan Zonggao shook his head: "If you want to avoid suspicion, why did he come to Anlu to discuss cooperation with the palace before?" ”

Zhang Zuo's face suddenly didn't look good when he heard this, and his smile froze.

Zhu Youqi saw that his right-hand man had a tendency to fight, and hurriedly raised his hand to interrupt the conversation between the two.

Zhu Youqi said: "This brother of Huang Fantai, but he has another purpose? ”

Zhang Zuodao: "Lord, Su Dangjia and Anlu local merchants business contacts are becoming more and more frequent, he has been purchasing the glass mirror made by the third lady of the Zhu family's workshop, this time the palace is not enough to transport the nine-sided armaments, and it is also dependent on Su Dangjia to procure the complete, the price is all supplied at the lowest price on the market, the palace does business with it, no loss at all, and makes a lot of cheap ...... in vain."

His words seemed to be for Zhu Youqi, but it was better to refute Yuan Zonggao's views.

In the business dealings between the palace and Su Xigui, it was not a loss-making business, but a lot of money.

With such a good partner, it is natural to maintain it, even if there are multiple middlemen on the surface, it is not a big deal.

Yuan Zonggao said: "Xingwangfu now has a special status in the court, if it is attacked at this time and secretly communicates with Huguang Domain, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to Xingwangfu." ”

Zhang Zuo said eagerly: "Yuan Changshi, what is the status of our palace in the court, the officials and the people all know it, isn't it because Your Majesty has no heirs yet?"

"You want to say that the Su family has a purpose, and our family does not object, but even if there is, the palace has not lost its capital, but it is carefully considered, afraid that there will be a direct connection between the palace and the Huang Fantai, so he specially handed over the business to the third lady of the Zhu family, who has business dealings with him, such a person...... You refused, who would dare to approach the palace in the future? ”

The two used to be just ordinary arguments, but now they are-for-tat and do not give in to each other.

Yuan Zonggao sighed softly.

At such times, Zhang Zuo did not give an inch, and Yuan Zonggao, as a subordinate official of the palace, could only choose to take the initiative to avoid quarrels.

Zhu Youqi thought for a while and said: "As Yuan Changshi said, it is indeed inappropriate to have dealings with the local feudal lords in the position of the royal palace. But since it is the people of the Zhu family who have business dealings with the palace now, it should be fine, if it is really necessary to avoid suspicion, reduce the transaction amount with it as much as possible. ”

Each played 50 boards, and each adopted a part of the opinions.

But in the end, Zhu Youqi still tends to support Zhang Zuo's view.

It's not that Zhu Youqi is eccentric, but in his opinion, Zhang Zuo's opinion is more cunning and more acceptable.

You Yuan Zonggao said that Huang Zan and Su Xigui have ulterior motives and want to take the opportunity to get close to Xingwangfu through trade means, there is no problem with this, people know that Xingwangfu may produce a real dragon to flatter and curry, that is people's business.

If it is another official, the palace may not accept it, treat him coldly, and ignore it.

But the problem is that now the other party is a local political envoy, a provincial parent official, and in the future, he will be the right servant of the household department, and the upstart of the DPRK and China......

Such a person, take the initiative to send tangible benefits, but also consider carefully finding a middleman to supply on behalf of the king, so that the palace has to avoid it, then the palace will simply close the door and thank the guests in the future!

It was not Huang Zan who came to visit in person, or left any evidence of collusion between the palace and the local government, and the palace did not need to be cautious to the point of drawing the ground as a prison.

Yuan Zonggao saw the inclination of King Xing, so he stopped arguing.

This involves the question of who can be more valued by the master between Xibin and the house slave, no matter how Zhang Zuo says it, he is also a slave of the palace, and he Yuan Zonggao is just a subordinate official appointed by the imperial court to the palace.

In the past, Yuan Zonggao gave advice to Xingwangfu, which seemed indispensable, but because there are "capable people" in the palace now, he Yuan Zonggao is no longer irreplaceable, and Xingwang will no longer break Zhang Zuo's heart for his face at this time.

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Zhu Niang took over the import and export business of the palace, and even King Xing himself agreed, with the assistance of the shopkeeper and others left by Su Xigui, and the handover was extremely smooth.

On this day, the palace procured goods, and Zhang Zuo came to see Zhu Niang in person.

Explain in detail the commodities that the palace needs to purchase recently, and hand over the list to Zhu Niang, in addition to giving Zhu Niang a certain amount of time to prepare, you also need to get a quote from Zhu Niang's side.

"Third lady, you are a festival woman from the imperial court, if you have anything to do in the future, just let the people below do it to avoid provoking criticism. Our family usually doesn't come in person, if there is anything urgent to do, just say to Ling Lang, what do you think? Zhang Zuo asked politely.

Speaking of which, Zhang Zuo is a real person, and he has no personal stakes in him, I laugh with you haha, but it is impossible to get close to that; In exchange for a friend of interests, you give me benefits, still smile haha, and will take care of all aspects.

In short, I don't want to offend people, and I won't take the initiative to tear my face.

Zhu Niang dealt with Zhang Zuo, and was a little uneasy before, but when she had more contact, she found that Zhang Zuo was the kind of person who was very easy to get along with, and then she thought about whether she had treated Zhang Zuo badly and what aspects she needed to compensate.

Zhu Niang hadn't answered yet, and Zhu Hao, who was listening on the side, reminded with a smile: "Mother, Zhang Fengzheng is asking you." ”

"Okay."

Zhu Niang hurriedly replied.

Zhang Zuo looked at Zhu Hao with a smile, his eyes were full of appreciation: "Zhu Gongzi, you must study hard recently, and you will pass the county test and the government test next year, and then let your mother have a beautiful scenery, and also set an example for the prince and the county lord...... Young talents, where can I find such a good child? ”

After some praise, Zhu Hao was a little embarrassed, but he knew that Zhang Zuo's words contained deep meaning.

What are the criteria for a good boy? It is not a talent, but to be good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, know how to judge the situation, and know the purpose of our family's visit.

Since our family will not go out easily, if you come in person, you should know that you should know to stuff silver into our arms.

After Zhang Zuo finished saying that he was leaving, Zhu Niang hurriedly handed the prepared wooden box to Zhu Hao, meaning to let Zhu Hao send off the guests.

Zhu Hao chased to the door with the wooden box and handed it to Zhang Zuo: "Zhang Fengzheng, this is what my mother asked me to give you." ”

"Oh, what's so embarrassing?"

He said he was embarrassed, but he didn't avoid it at all, and opened the wooden box on the spot.

Seeing that there were ten five-tael official silver ingots inside, Zhang Zuomei smiled.

For him, he naturally didn't dare to take too much at once, fifty taels was already a lot of money.

Zhang Zuo sighed: "Zhu Hao, tell your mother, the price is accurate, our family will not let you suffer, but the palace can't have a loss, this year the palace has contributed a lot of money and efforts to the court, and life is also sad." ”

The implication is that you don't have to press the price like Su Xigui, you can increase the price a little.

I have taken your money, and I may turn a blind eye.

But you can't go too far, the palace has lost money, and even I won't be able to hold it back then, and it will be both of us who will suffer.

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Zhang Zuo took fifty taels of silver for the benefit fee, which is equivalent to eating at both ends, Su Xigui took one from there, and Zhu Niang took one from here, and the benefits were all earned by him.

Seeing Zhang Zuo away, Zhu Niang was worried.

"Xiao Hao, come up and give fifty taels of silver, let's ...... Can you earn it back? Zhu Niang's face was embarrassed.

It's not good not to give, it's not good to give less, we all know that Zhang Zuo loves money, don't you want to do business with others?

Even if it is for her son not to be bullied in the palace, she will give this money.

Zhu Hao smiled: "Mother, do you know how many goods the palace purchases from outside in a year, and how much is it worth?" ”

Zhu Niang pondered for a moment and asked tentatively, "Value...... Tens of thousands of taels? ”

"It's not that much, but the annual expenses of the palace can only cost seven or eight thousand taels of silver, which are mainly allocated by the imperial court, and there are also the taxes collected by the palace itself...... In terms of food, the palace can basically be self-sufficient, but the palace does not produce other things, so it can only buy them from outside. ”

Zhu Hao gave Zhu Niang a general idea of doing business with the palace.

Zhu Niang frowned and said: "There are only seven or eight thousand taels of business a year, how much can you earn?" ”

Zhu Hao said: "Maybe you don't make a penny, maybe you can earn a hundred and eighty taels!" ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Niang was amazed.

gave Zhang Zuosai silver, just to make him accommodating so that he could make money from the palace, but his son said that he didn't make money or made less money, so why take over this business?

Zhu Hao smiled: "Mother, what we have to do is to let the palace leave us...... If we purchase from outside, they will spend more costs, and slowly they will cut off the supply chain of other merchants, so as long as we do not supply, it will be difficult to maintain the daily expenses of the palace...... Of course, the final cost is not borne by us, but by the owner of the Soviet Union, who is the one who provides the goods behind the scenes. ”

"Yes, yes, we are just helping the owner of Su to do business with the palace, and the only way to make a profit is through other merchants."

Zhu Niang only reacted at this time.

As a middleman, why do you do the leisure of both sides of the trade?

Zhu Hao said: "When the palace can't do without us, the economic lifeline of the palace will be in the hands of my mother...... Not only does the royal palace depend on our mother and son, but our grandmother also has to look at our faces...... Controlling the economic lifeline of the palace is tantamount to paving the way for my future, mother. ”

Zhu Niang was surprised.

It's just a business with the palace, and there is such a miracle effect?

not only let the palace rely on it, so that the Zhu family did not dare to make a move against the people of the third room, but also let the son pave the way for the imperial examination in the future and even inherit the position of the family's brocade guard......

If you reach such a situation one day, it seems that whether you make money or not is a secondary issue.

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