Zhao Wanrong hurriedly said: "It's okay if she is deceived, it's just that she has always drilled this, it's really fake, she knows better than the one who sells it, it's all first-class treasures."

She felt that she had gained a great bargain, and all the money she had been given over the years had been used to buy these things. ”

Tao Yao joked casually: "If you sell the pearls at half price, and now you sell them, you still make money." ”

Zhao Wanrong pushed Tao Yao with a tiger face, not allowing her to joke, but continued: "But have you ever wondered where those things came from?

Since the beginning of the second year of Maoxuan of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in order to fight with Xuandao, the imperial court sealed the ships in the South China Sea, and in the past few decades, it has never sailed to the open sea. In addition to the tributes brought by the small countries of Java in the south every year, Nanyang goods were almost extinct in the Great Zhou Dynasty. ”

When Tao Yao heard this, her heart lifted: "You mean...... Smuggle? ”

Zhao Wanrong hurriedly covered her mouth: "You be quieter." ”

Only then did he hesitate and said: "

Do you know how much is at stake here? How can I say that old lady is crazy! It would be good if she only bought some smuggled bird's nest pearls, but she felt that this way was profitable over the years, and she followed the way to buy goods, and groped her way to a rudder in Hangzhou.

As soon as she came to Hangzhou, she said that our maid was not good, and in the name of buying the maid and wife, she hooked up with Hong'er, the middleman, and led her to Kuanzhai Lane.

My God, the water is so deep. Over the years, the imperial court has recovered Xuandao, and there has long been a truce with foreign countries, although the ban on the sea has not been withdrawn, but the governance is not as strict as it was at the beginning.

Every time a boat went out, it was loaded with silk and satin, porcelain, tea, medicinal herbs and spices from the Great Zhou Dynasty, and sold them to the South Seas and even the West, and then bought foreign goods from the South Seas and the West.

Every time I go back and forth, I have to exchange millions of taels or thousands of taels of silver, and no one can come up with so much silver for a while. Even if it can be taken out, in case of a storm and the boat capsizes, the millions of taels of silver will be lost.

Therefore, each ship is headed by a million taels of silver, and the millions of taels of silver at the back, and the black and white roads with doors in various places can be secretly shared. ”

"Stake? They are so bold, after all, it is a big crime to kill their heads and lose their heads, and they dare to make such a big battle? Tao Yao was dumbfounded.

Zhao Wanrong continued: "So having money can make ghosts grind, and there are great benefits in this exchange!" One hundred taels of silver, you can earn two hundred taels a year, or even three hundred taels.

Even people like my mother-in-law were moved, stole the money from our Tianxianglou, looked for a way, and went over to buy shares. ”

Tao Yao only felt frightened: "She is really crazy, dare to provoke such a thing?"

However, they do that kind of business, and the one hundred taels of silver is too little, how can people look at it? ”

Zhao Wanrong said angrily: "People naturally can't see this hundred taels of silver, and they don't vote for her, but she is there shouting that there is Tianxianglou behind her!" If you want to press Tianxianglou, it will definitely be worth a lot of silver!

She was asked the truth by us, and she didn't repent, only said that she went back to Kuanzhai Lane, and people drove her out, saying that she didn't have 10,000 taels of silver, and couldn't enter that door, and only urged us to sell Tianxianglou to raise money, and said to do that, which made a lot more money than our painstaking management of this Tianxianglou.

At that time, I really wanted to go up and slap her to see if I could wake her up, full of nonsense, doing this headless thing, and talking so openly!

Qian Yu was also shocked by his mother, God knows how she was so bold. And the most terrifying thing is that the red child we lynched is not a girl from a good family. I'm afraid we're in big trouble this time.

She has now become a hot potato, and we can't close it or let it go.

I don't know what to do, my mother-in-law is still messing around at home, a few days ago, Qian Yu still decided to send her back to her hometown in Suzhou, and then go back to Qian's house to discuss with his father to see if the Qian family can properly solve this matter.

After all, those people are not easy to provoke, I am only afraid that Tianxianglou will be accompanied by her! This is a big deal, and we are very afraid of people, we don't dare to report to the official, Qian Yu doesn't allow me to mention it to anyone, my father and mother can't do it, but I am also very worried, I don't know what will happen. ”

Tao Yao listened to this thrilling experience, and only felt frightened: "What about that Hong'er?" Are you still locked up at home? It's been more than half a month, and if she doesn't contact them, won't they look for her? Does it matter who she is? ”

Zhao Wanrong said: "People like my mother, even if they are looking for such a way in the name of Tianxianglou and the Qian family, people must not be able to look down on us, and that girl is probably just an ordinary joint."

Moreover, Qian Yu checked that these days, those people on the road seem to be in trouble themselves, as if they heard that during the New Year's Festival, a ship going to Nanyang was shipwrecked, the ship sank, and even dozens of people on the ship did not return.

Those who have invested in the shares have lost all their money, and many people have come to the door to look for trouble, and they are too busy to take care of themselves, so they can't take care of Hong'er, a little girl. ”

Tao Yao listened and only nodded slightly.

Zhao Wanrong continued: "But this is not a long-term solution, that Hong'er is clamoring at home, and sooner or later they will free up their hands to deal with the affairs of the Qian family and Hong'er." ”

Tao Yao asked, "So, you haven't been in contact with the people over there, and I don't know how they want to solve it?" ”

Zhao Wanrong shook her head again and again: "Yes, we don't dare to do anything now, we only give Hong'er good wine and good meat."

However, before we came up with a countermeasure, we didn't dare to let her go easily, otherwise we were afraid that the disaster would come too quickly and we would be caught off guard. ”

Tao Yao also felt tricky: "Do you know where these smugglers are?" Who is the boss? ”

Zhao Wanrong said: "We are just ordinary people, how can we know those things?" That's why I said that Qian Yu was so bold, she was crazy and caused such a big trouble.

If they don't handle it well, I will reconcile with him, it will be his mother's trouble, let the Li family of the Qian family bear it, I can't affect my mother's family because of this matter. ”

Tao Yao listened to Zhao Wanrong's words in a hurry, and hurriedly reassured: "Don't talk angry when you're in a hurry, it's not Qian Yu's fault, he is as innocent as you and doesn't know anything."

In fact, you have done a very good job now, but this matter is too big for us to achieve, but fortunately, you did not cover your head and went to report to the official.

If there is no collusion between officials and businessmen, how can such a large merchant ship easily leave the port? I don't know how many people and how many interests are involved here. You can't just do it hastily. ”