Seeing that Jia Rong no longer shirked, Xue Pan was overjoyed and said,

"I have to bother the virtuous brother to prepare a few more poems for my brother, Miss Xiangning likes poetry very tightly, and she has to please her for her brother."

Jia Rong replied: "It's all a trivial matter, Brother Xue will stay for a few days and settle down at home, and I will prepare it for the eldest brother." ”

Xue Pan became more and more happy, and looked at Jia Rong even more pleasing to the eye. At this time, Jia Rong's words changed,

"Originally, Brother Xue didn't come to look for me, but I will also look for Brother Xue."

When Xue Pan heard this, he was puzzled and asked, "What is Brother Rong looking for me?" ”

"Today, I flipped through ancient books and stumbled upon an ancient recipe for cooking and seasoning, which is extremely wonderful. Qingwen went to the stove room to bring two bowls of soup, one bowl with powder and one bowl without. ”

Qingwen should get off and go out.

After all, Xue Pan is the eldest young master of the Shangjia family, so he naturally understands Jia Rong's meaning.

"Xue Jiafeng has no seasoning business yet, and my younger brother must know that there are many kinds of seasonings on the market, which are not as irreplaceable as salt, and the price is low, so I am afraid that it is not good to make a living."

Jia Rong smiled: "Brother Xue will know it as soon as you taste it." ”

After a while, Qingwen brought two bowls of chicken soup without adding more condiments.

Jia Rong pushed the bowl in front of Xue Pan, "Brother Xue tastes one or two." ”

What is Xue Pan's background, and he has never tasted any delicacies from south to north, so he tasted it suspiciously.

The first bowl is very bland, worse than the usual grandmother at home, so I know that this should be the so-called bowl without seasoning.

When I tasted the second bowl, I was first fragrant and energetic, scooped up a spoonful and put it into my mouth, and suddenly felt that the soup was delicious and my appetite increased.

Although he had eaten in the bamboo garden, he still ate the chicken soup in three times and five divided by two.

Jia Rong looked at him like this and said, "How?" ”

Xue Pan nodded solemnly and said, "As soon as this seasoning comes out, it will be exchanged for gold and silver." ”

Jia Rong smiled, "Brother Xue's words are serious, I want to borrow a shop in the capital from Fengzihao, a few neat guys, to make a living, and naturally the rent for Brother Xue's shop is indispensable." ”

Xue Pan waved his hand: "It's time for my brother to do business, and my brother wants to help him." ”

Jia Rong said: "Brother Xue can buy a share, for example, Brother Xue will buy raw materials with money, and I will take care of the production and sale, and then share them separately after the transaction is completed." ”

Xue Pan felt that it was a good thing when he heard this, although he was not short of silver flowers, but more silver was good after all.

"Okay, this brother will accompany you to do a big job." Xue Pan wanted to ask more carefully: "I just don't know how to price this seasoning, and how much profit it has." ”

"I want to set it at five taels for the time being, not to sell the poor people, and the profit is at least not less than fifty percent."

Xue Pan was sluggish, and the pawnshop he opened didn't have a business to make half of it.

Jia Rong continued: "In five days, there will be a gathering in Dongcheng, and we will open to welcome guests on that day. ”

What Jia Rong said in the future, Xue Pan was already vaguely listening, and he only thought about how to befriend this younger brother, who was a great nobleman of the Xue family.

Xue Pan hurried back when he left the small courtyard.

Qingwen Xue Pan left, and she couldn't hold back and said:

"Hmph, send a maid to the uncle, the uncle laughed so much that he couldn't close his mouth, and he didn't know how to refuse. In a few days, I'll have to stand at the door. ”

Jia Rong smiled bitterly, "Xiangling is a poor person, she has been abducted by abductors since she was a child, and she doesn't dare to admit that she was abducted when she is beaten every day. ”

Jia Rong took Qingwen's hand and pulled her to her side, and continued to coax: "No matter how many maids come, you are the big maid in the courtyard." ”

"Okay, master, you really want more maids, I'll tell grandma to go." Qingwen pouted and was about to leave.

"It's different, you're different." Jia Rong took the grumpy Qingwen on her lap.

"How am I different? Who knows if the master is a master who likes the new and hates the old. Qingwen looked up at Jia Rong's eyes.

"A maid is a maid, serving people, don't you want to be an aunt and grandmother, how can you be the same as a maid." After saying that, Jia Rong laughed.

Qingwen was making a fuss to see Jia Rong's reaction, but who knew that she was blushing.

Breaking free of Jia Rong's hand, Qingwen stood up, "I will make fun of others, whoever will be your aunt and grandmother, just dream." ”

After saying this, Qingwen ran away shyly.

……

Qianqing Palace, Imperial Study,

Emperor Longtai was reviewing the recitals, and as an emperor, he was extremely diligent.

The great eunuch Dai Lun walked gently into the door,

"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner."

Emperor Longtai pinched his eyebrows and said, "Wait for me to finish reading it." ”

Seeing that Emperor Longtai was in a bad mood, Dai Lun, as his eldest companion, wanted to say something interesting to make his master happy.

"Master, the slave heard an interesting story today."

Emperor Longtai glanced at it, "What's the matter?" ”

"Jia Rong, the eldest grandson of Ning Guofu, was driven out of his house by Jia Zhen, the mighty general. According to the spies of the Guogong Mansion, it was Jia Zhen who wanted to have an affair with Jia Rong's wife Qin, but was broken by Jia Rong, and later Jia Rong was taken by Mrs. Jia to live in Dongfu. ”

"It's not over yet, the brother of the Jia family who was born with a jade title wants to ask for the maid in Jia Rong's courtyard, and Jia Rong is going to be driven out of Xifu again, this family is really interesting."

When Emperor Longtai heard this, he didn't think it was funny, but he was furious and threw the fold on the table.

Daeron fell to the ground in a panic,

I only heard Emperor Longtai angry, and said: "These princes and princes are just pickled and lowly people, and the imperial court has to allocate silver taels every year to feed them. ”

"Today, the governor of Gansu reported that the land collapsed in Qinzhou, countless houses collapsed, and the displaced people were thousands of miles away, and they even changed their children and fed, and asked me for disaster relief.

The governor of Shandong reported that the grain harvest was insufficient in this year's drought, and asked the imperial court to allocate money to send people for disaster relief.

This and that one came to ask me for silver, I can't make a cornucopia, I can't get the silver for disaster relief, and I have to take out a large amount of silver every year to raise these moths in the prince's mansion, I really damn it, I should have raided their homes one by one. ”

After venting, Emperor Longxing sat back in his place, and still drew a circle on the fold, "Hey, let's take out the silver from the inner money first, and give one million taels each." ”

Dai Lun persuaded: "No, master, I have already taken the silver from the inner treasury three times, and I am afraid that it will not be enough to build a mausoleum." ”

Emperor Longtai picked up the jade paperweight and smashed it on Dai Lun's head, and Dai Lun's head was bleeding.

"your fart, I'm so healthy, you're going to build a mausoleum for me, and I'll build one for you first."

Daren hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to plead guilty.

"Get out of here, don't disturb my purity here."

Daren didn't dare to delay, and hurried out to bring the door.

For this eunuch who grew up together, Emperor Longtai was both happy and hateful, but he was loyal and thought about him in everything, but he was too stupid and didn't know how to read words and feelings.

But the people around you, being stupid, are better than stealing and cheating.

Stopping his thoughts, Emperor Longtai approached the candlelight and continued to review the recital.

……

Yeongkookfu, Ihyangwon,

Xue Pan excitedly returned to Aunt Xue's house to say hello, and Xue Baochai was gossiping with Aunt Xue in the house.

When the two of them saw Xue Pan coming back, they were all surprised,

Aunt Xue said: "My son, why did you come back so early today, isn't it that you are causing trouble outside again." ”

Xue Pan was speechless, "When did I cause trouble, it was a great joy." ”

"A big event? Which lady did you meet? Aunt Xue asked hurriedly.

Xue Pan twitched the corner of his mouth, "I'm not talking about my happy event, it's a happy event for Fengzihao." ”

Without waiting for Aunt Xue to interrupt, Xue Pan continued: "This Brother Rong has flipped through the ancient books and got a seasoning, which is like a miracle medicine, and only the amount of fingernails can make the chicken soup delicious, I have tasted it myself." Jia Rong plans to sell it in Fengzihao, share the profits with us, and earn two taels of silver for a small bottle. ”

Hearing that it was a business matter, Aunt Xue's interest was greatly reduced, and there were three good things for her, her son married, her son passed on incense, and her daughter married a good family.

"Anyway, it's all your family business surnamed Xue, you make your own decisions, but you have to mess around in the capital, and you are not allowed to get involved in the affairs of the south."

Jinling in the south is the ancestral business of the Xue family, and there are decades of old shopkeepers over there, and Xue Pan can't mess around.

"What kind of nonsense is this, mother, you don't know how much money this thing makes. Now that our family has declined to this point, we can only rely on pawnshops to support the scene, and with Brother Rong, I am afraid that we will not be able to restore the prosperity of my Xue family's ancestors. ”

"Okay, okay, give you 10,000 taels of silver, go and do it with Brother Rong." Aunt Xue was annoyed by Xue Pan.

"Anyway, I'm going to put a heavy bet on Jia Rong, mother, I'm going to send Xiangling to him for him to call."

Aunt Xue was furious, when did she see her son so good to an outsider, I was afraid that she was not deceived.

"What nonsense are you talking about, how did you forget how you got Xiangling, and the reason for giving it away? Are you willing? “

Xue Pan didn't care, "Hey, it's just a maid, it's Brother Rong's early marriage, otherwise I really want to give my sister to him." ”

In the ancient patriarchal society, the eldest brother was the father when the father died, and the younger sister was married to the elder brother.

Hearing this, Aunt Xue was furious, "Let your mother's fart, say this kind of nonsense again, and take care of your skin." ”

Xue Pan stopped making a sound, turned around and went back to his house.

Xue Baochai, who had never thought much about Jia Rong, listened to his brother's words, and couldn't help but be curious about this person, what means did he use to make his brother, who had always been a scoundrel, favor him so much.

Since then, I have thought more about it.

Seeing her son leaving, Aunt Xue sighed: "I know nonsense all day long, when will he be able to afford this business." ”

Xue Baochai said with relief, "My brother is thinking about how to rejuvenate his ancestors' great cause, and he already has the heart to start a career, which is good, and his mother should be happy." ”

"And I've met Brother Rong a few times, seeing that he is not a targetless person, calm and sophisticated, resourceful, it should be a good thing for my brother to train with him."

Aunt Xue's eyes widened when she heard this: "Bao girl, you don't have to listen to your brother's nonsense, no matter what, I can't send you to him as a concubine, he thinks he is the emperor Lao Tzu." ”

Baochai's face turned red when she heard this, "Mother, what do you say, how can I mean that." ”

Turning around shyly, he hurried back to the boudoir.