Song Yi will not directly find someone from the Xie family or the Liu family to cooperate, but he can find the Fang family, which has been listed as a merchant.

The Fang family now has a family that bears the name of a merchant, and this one who only bears the name of a merchant does not need to send their children and grandchildren to earn wages, and they can also have more than 100 taels of income a year, which already makes the Fang family very happy.

In this way, Song Yi took this Fang family into account, but the actual benefits were sent to the shop in the capital, so that the money was equivalent to turning a corner and entering the Xie family again.

This kind of operation can be seen everywhere in Dazhi, and it is also tacitly approved by the imperial court, which is not illegal, let alone bribery.

Song Yi has figured it out, he can bring in a batch of cattle and sheep from outside the customs, raise them on the Xie family's Zhuangzi when the time comes, and then sell them through the restaurant, which is a piece of silver.

I have to say that this turn is even bigger, even if someone targets it, it can't find anything wrong.

Compared with the filial piety of some other big officials, Song Yi's operation is rare.

Many merchants will choose to follow an official to strengthen their own momentum, and some will directly take refuge in a certain official with their family property, in that case, the official master will get more filial piety.

But Xie Xiuwen was obviously unwilling to do this, and Song Yi could only be more subtle.

In particular, he also has a special relationship with Xie Rongzhao, so he will send a lot of things every year through the Boxing Ceremony.

Although the Xie family will also prepare gifts in return, it is not as expensive as the things sent by the Song family.

In the past few years, although most of the Song family thinks that there is nothing wrong with Song Yi's approach, after all, there are people in the court who are easy to do, but there are always one or two people with sour eyes.

It's nothing more than that Xie Xiuwen is far away in the capital, what is there really something, what can he do to help?

This year, the three festivals and two birthdays are sent to the capital to send this and that, a few hundred taels of silver a year, and I don't see any benefits brought by Xie Xiuwen, the Song family's business should be good or good, and it doesn't take advantage of Xie Xiuwen's light.

Someone starts muttering, and naturally someone responds.

This back and forth, there will always be some people who deliberately get sour on certain occasions, and even feel that Song Yi is using the benefits of the Song family to seek personal benefits for himself.

Song Yi sat at the bottom left of the main seat, without saying a word, only listening to the comments of several clan elders one by one.

On the main seat, it is naturally Song Yi's father, and the one who sits on the main seat with Master Song is the patriarch of the Song family.

Master Song is the head of the family, but he is only responsible for his own lineage, in other words, within three generations from Master Song's father to the next three generations, they all recognize him as the head of the family, and if it is farther away, it is the matter of the clan.

A middle-aged man stood up with a displeased face: "I only checked the accounts a few days ago, in recent years, we have frequently sent gifts to the Xie family in the capital, and the old house of the Xie family has to be sent, and in a few years, it has been as high as more than 3,600 taels of silver, which is simply shocking!" With such a large amount, what benefits has it brought to our Song family? ”

With the beginning, there is naturally a follow-up.

A young man also got up, looking at him as if he was in his early twenties, "Patriarch Grandpa, family head Uncle, although our Song family's business is okay now, we can't afford to squander it like this." More than 3,600 taels, how many shops can we place? If you want to send it to the Xie family's old house, this is naturally what it should be, after all, it is Lord Xie's family, but is it too much to send such a heavy gift to the capital every year? ”

Song Yi didn't say anything, but a middle-aged man who was two seats away from him stood up and said angrily, "What do you know? It's really narrow-minded and short-sighted, no wonder it can't be a big deal! ”

The young man's face just now changed, but because of the identity of the other party, he didn't dare to go back.

But the middle-aged fat man who spoke first couldn't help it.

"Song Laosan, what do you mean by this? He Song Yi was grateful to Miss Xie Si for helping him back then, so he could pay out of his own pocket, why did he have to pull the whole of our clan together? ”

"That is, the benefits he Song Yi himself has gained, and naturally he should make up for this piece by himself, why use the benefits of our clan?"

When there was a dispute between the two sides, the matter naturally had to be formally brought up for discussion.

The old patriarch is Song Yi's grandparents, and because he is old and has a high seniority, he naturally feels that he should protect the juniors below, and he feels that he should give priority to the interests of the family, so he is somewhat dissatisfied with what Song Yi has done.

Song Yi was not ambiguous, and directly asked people to take the account book.

"Just now, this clan brother only said that I spent a total of more than three thousand six hundred taels, but he never made it clear where the money came from. Today, I will ask all the elders and brothers to take a closer look in person. ”

Song Yi's tone was cold, obviously angry.

"Everyone can see clearly, this clan brother is looking at my family's shop account book, in other words, these more than 3,600 taels are spent on the money of my shop under the name of Song Yi, I don't know what it has to do with your clansmen?"

At this moment, everyone was confused.

The old patriarch's face was the worst: "Are you sure it's all the property in your name?" All from your private property? ”

"Patriarch, the younger generation doesn't dare to deceive, among them, five hundred and sixty-five taels are spent from the clan property, and it is the Xie family's old mansion that is sent over there during the New Year's Festival in the past few years, this, is it possible that you also think that it is me who comes out?"

At this moment, everyone's faces couldn't be hung up.

The Xie family's old house, not to mention them, is that there are so many rich and noble families in Gaoyang County, which family doesn't give some gifts over there during the New Year's Festival?

Although Xie Xiuwen was far away in the capital, because of his momentum, every household was wiped out.

Not to mention anything else, those small landlords, because after they became friends with the Xie family, the tax collectors who collected the grain were polite and didn't dare to ask for more.

And these merchants get more benefits, as long as they don't go out of the territory of this province, as soon as they hear that it is from Gaoyang County, which one doesn't sell a little face?

What is sold to other families for ten cents, sometimes it is only eight cents, or even less.

There are even more of the little things here.

Therefore, everyone is more or less touched by Xie Xiuwen's benefits, so this New Year's Festival will invariably give gifts to the Xie family's old house.

Because the gifts were all gifts, not money, the Xie family also considered accepting them.

This can also be regarded as the heart of An Yi'an's big guy.

Now that it is brought up by Song Yi, everyone can't wipe off their face and stop squeaking.

"Okay, if you still have any dissatisfaction with my Song Yi, you can also raise it together. I'm not afraid of you picking on me again, and I've decided to start another business with a few other merchants. It is our own family's money, and it has nothing to do with the clan, I don't know if you still have any objections? ”