Tang Mansion is different from Princess Mansion.

In the princess's mansion, there is a special courtyard for Tang Zongjiu.

But no matter how big the Tang Mansion is, there is no reason for the male and female hosts to sleep in different yards.

Moreover, after all, these subordinates are no better than the princess's mansion, once the news of Tang Gongzi and Mrs. Tang sleeping in separate rooms spreads, it will not be beneficial for them to establish prestige in the future to subdue the Chamber of Commerce.

Therefore, since they came to the Tang Mansion, the two of them had to sleep in the same room.

Along the way, Shen Qi and Tang Zongjiu have been staying in the guest house, and several of them have slept separately, and now they are in their own "home", and the two of them have the habit of staying in the princess's mansion.

Therefore, in the face of the "cohabitation" life that is about to begin, I didn't react at once.

Shen Qi stood at the door and glanced at Tang Zongjiu, a little at a loss.

Sleeping in a room with Tang Zongjiu was something she didn't dare to think about at all.

Although they had held hands, hugged each other, ridden horses, and hugged their waists, they were now under the same roof, and they were not at all close to those before.

She was afraid that Tang would suddenly indulge in alcohol.

After all, a lonely man and a widow, and a strong blood, once this room sleeps down, it will be two years, who can guarantee that there will not be a little spark within two years?

Shen Qi has never concealed the fact that he is happy with Tang and indulges in alcohol.

What if, what if......

Moreover, after the separation, if Tang Zongjiu falls in love with another girl, will he be embarrassed when he recalls the days of "living together" with himself?

Will the other girl respond?

Will you be able to cope with it?

Shen Qi didn't dare to think deeply.

In the darkness of the night, the two were silent for a while.

Seeing that Tang Zongjiu didn't speak, Shen Qi thought that he was probably unwilling.

"I ......"

Before the words fell, Tang Zongjiu pushed the door open.

The first thing that caught Shen Qi's eye was an ancient wooden bed covered with soft quilts and embroidered pillows, and a white gauze tent hung around the bed, fluttering gently.

Next to the bed, there was a mahogany desk, on which were placed the four treasures of the study, and some books were placed on the side, apparently to satisfy Tang Zongjiu's preference for reading.

On the walls are several ancient paintings with lifelike figures, and below the walls is a row of wooden wardrobes neatly stacked with the clothes of Shen Qi and Tang Zongjiu.

In the middle is a small coffee table with a blue and white porcelain teapot and several delicate teacups.

This room is small in size but well furnished.

Obviously, Su Fang and the others decided that the two of them were going to live in the same room.

Shen Qi stood at the door and did not go in.

"Jun Ge," Shen Qi fixed his mind and said, "If you don't want to ......"

Shen Qi's words were interrupted by Tang Zongjiu's action of pulling her into the door.

Tang Zongjiu only exerted a little force, and Shen Qi crashed into his arms.

"Squeak-" The door slammed shut.

Tang Zongjiu didn't forget to pull the deadbolt.

"Jun Ge ......" Shen Qi's face was a little red, buried in Tang Zongjiu's chest, embarrassed to look up.

"It's late." Tang Zongjiu said softly, "It's time to rest, lady." ”

Oh, my God!

Help me!

Tang Zongjiu's "lady" evoked Shen Qi by half.

"You...... You don't mind ......" Shen Qi was a little incoherent.

"Lady, do you mind?" Tang Zongjiu asked rhetorically.

"No...... I ......" Shen Qi's voice was so soft that it was almost gone, but Tang Zongjiu still heard it.

"Since the lady doesn't mind, the husband is a man, and she doesn't mind." Tang Zongjiu hooked his lips and said.

"I'm going to freshen up!" After speaking, Shen Qi ran to the inner room with a red face.

Tang Zongjiu smiled and took off his coat.

When both of them finished freshening up, they stood in front of the bed and stopped.

Tang Zongjiu grew so big, and it was the first time he slept in a bed with a woman.

What's more, this woman is still Shen Qi, the first beauty in Xi Kingdom.

Tang Zongjiu was calm just now, and his heartbeat was a little fast at the moment.

Tang Zongjiu was nervous, and Shen Qi was even more at a loss.

She battled inwardly for a long time, and finally sighed.

She stepped forward, bent over, and stretched out her hand, but as soon as she picked up the futon, she was taken away by Tang Zongjiu.

"You sleep in the bed, I sleep on the floor." Tang Zongjiu said.

There is absolutely no reason to let Shen Qi sleep on the floor.

"But ......" Shen Qi looked at Tang Zongjiu, "how can I let you sleep on the floor......"

The floor is cold and hard, so you can't sleep well.

"Reluctant to let me sleep on the floor? Well? Tang Zongjiu and Shen Qi looked at each other and said softly.

"Hmm......" Shen Qi nodded.

"I can't bear to let you sleep on the floor." Tang Zongjiu said.

"Then ......" Shen Qi originally wanted to say, "then what should I do?" Why don't you let someone clean up a room and come out? ”

But before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Tang Zongjiu.

"Then all go to bed." Tang Zongjiu felt that he was a man, and this kind of thing could not be mentioned by Shen Qi.

"Ah......h

Under Shen Qi's surprise, he saw Tang Zongjiu put the bedding back on the bed, hugged Shen Qi's waist, gently put Shen Qi on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and tucked it away.

Then he straddled sideways, covered himself with a quilt and slept inside.

Shen Qi's heart was beating wildly, and the whole person shrank in the quilt and didn't dare to move.

Finally the heartbeat calmed down, and Shen Qi called softly: "Jun Ge......"

Tang Zongjiu didn't respond, replaced by the sound of his long breathing.

Shen Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that I am thinking too much.

Tang Zongjiu is worthy of Tang Zongjiu, even if he is in the same bed, he has not done anything beyond the norm, and he is a gentleman from the beginning to the end.

Tang Zongjiu's openness made Shen Qi feel a lot more relieved.

She didn't need to think about it at all, now that Tang Zongjiu and herself are husband and wife, it is normal for husband and wife to sleep in the same bed, and to be able to get closer to Tang Zongjiu again, Shen Qi is also very happy in her heart.

Thinking about it, Shen Qi fell asleep.

And Tang Zongjiu on the side suddenly opened his eyes.

He couldn't sleep at all!

The previous calmness was all loaded.

After Shen Qi washed it, the girl's natural body fragrance was scattered on her body, which drifted into Tang Zongjiu's nasal cavity from time to time, making Tang Zongjiu's whole person warm up.

Tang Zongjiu felt that he was too big.

He underestimated Shen Qi's influence on him, and also overestimated his concentration.

Tang Zongjiu's face climbed with a touch of red rhyme at this time, and he crawled to the root of his ears in the night that no one knew.

Only he knows how hard it is for him at the moment.

You should sleep on the floor!

You and she will sleep together for more than a year in the future, what can you do?

So, Tang Zongjiu began to recite the heart-purifying mantra.

In this way, Tang Zongjiu had no sleep all day.

As soon as the sky was bright, Tang Zongjiu got up, got dressed, and saw that Shen Qi was still asleep, and walked out of the room gently.

He came to the courtyard to practice martial arts.

When Tang Yu saw Tang Zongjiu, he remembered that his young master and the princess had spent one night under the same roof, and his curiosity suddenly rose.

"Young Master!" Tang Yu trotted to Tang Zongjiu.

Tang Zongjiu glanced at Tang Yu, and when he saw Tang Yu's grinning appearance, he knew what he wanted to say.

Tang Zongjiu didn't bother to pay attention to him and continued to box.

"Young Master!" Tang Yu asked in a low voice, "How do you feel about the Spring Festival?" ”

In the next second, Tang Yu was punched away by Tang Zongjiu.

Tang Yu came just in time to vent his anger for Tang Zong.

"Young master, don't hit people in the face!" Tang Yu said aggrievedly.

The sound of fighting outside did not affect Shen Qi's good sleep.

When the sunlight poured into the room, Shen Qi woke up.

She habitually wanted to shout Su Fang, but saw that Tang Zongjiu had already gotten up and prepared breakfast for her.

Only then did she remember that she had slept with Tang Zongjiu last night!

Thinking of last night, Shen Qi's face turned red again.

"Hungry, aren't you?" Tang Zong said with a smile.

"Hmm......" Shen Qi said with his head down.

"Freshen up and have dinner together." Tang Zongjiu poured hot water for Shen Qi.

These were all done by Su Fang in the past.

"I'll come by myself, I'll come by myself." Shen Qi immediately put on his coat and quickly freshened up.

How embarrassed was she to let Tang Zongjiu serve her.

After Tang Zongjiu beat Tang Yu, his whole body was much more comfortable, and last night's embarrassment was swept away, and Tang Zongjiu was still calm at the moment.

"Slow down." Tang Zongjiu said as he served a bowl of porridge to Shen Qi.

In this way, the two spent a pleasant morning.

Qin Siwan returned to Qingfeng City, and Shen Qi let her go back to Qin Mansion to reunite with her parents.

After resting in Qingfeng City for a few days, Shen Qi and Tang Zongjiu came to the Qin Mansion to talk about business.

"You mean, seven million taels of tax silver for two years will be handed over to the state treasury?" Qin Cunde said.

"Yes, Boss Qin, I'll tell you the truth, I want to fill the treasury for Xi Guo." Shen Qi did not hide anything about Qin Cunde, "If it is done, your Qin family will be bound to the princess's mansion from now on, and it is the imperial merchant designated by my princess's mansion, and we will be both prosperous and loss-making." ”

can be an imperial businessman, but it is a big business, Qin Cunde has been in business for so many years, and he has not been able to succeed, to put it bluntly, there is no one in the court.

The only time I went to the imperial capital, I thought that I could get on the connections of the imperial court from then on, so as to go through the road of imperial business, but not only did the road not work, but I also lost a daughter to go in.

But who doesn't want to be a royal businessman if they are in business?

Moreover, Qin Siwan is already a "person" in the princess's mansion, and Qin Cunde has no other way to go.

"In that case, it's better for the little ones to be respectful than to obey their fate." Qin Cunde said, "Before that, the little one will also tell His Highness and the two of you about the current situation of the Southern Chamber of Commerce." ”

The Southern Chamber of Commerce is different from the Northern Chamber of Commerce.

The president of the Northern Chamber of Commerce is a word hall, and everyone works together to get rich.

The Southern Chamber of Commerce, on the other hand, is a patchwork of various families, and any resolution is made by voting.

Yiyantang has the advantage of having a Yantang, and the voting system has the advantages of the voting system.

The situation of "rejection" in Yiyantang is very serious, but those who disagree with the mainstream and have the same ideology can only be at the lower level, and there is no hope of climbing up.

Although the voting system strives to "seek common ground while reserving differences", it is difficult to reach an agreement on major matters in which everyone has their own ideas.

Therefore, under the confrontation between the two chambers of commerce in the north and the south, the chambers of commerce in the south are not as effective and profitable as the north because of their loose management.

However, the advantage of the south lies in the abundance of real estate and material abundance, so it can stalemate with the north until now.

"Your Highness, if you want to unify the North and South Chamber of Commerce, the small ones will definitely support it, but you have to unite a few bosses in the south first, and this matter alone is already very difficult." Qin Cunde said seriously.

The four bosses of the Southern Chamber of Commerce are mainly engaged in four sectors: "clothing", "food", "housing" and "transportation".

The Qin family is "lined", so they can find the six presiding monks from the south and the north.

Of course, in addition to their own industries, these four bosses are also involved in other industries, and that's how Yulou came from.

The other three bosses are the Ding family, which is mainly engaged in "clothing", the Liu family, which is mainly engaged in "food", and the Gusu family, which is mainly engaged in "living".

"Your Highness, the cloth business you said is inseparable from the Ding family." Qin Cunde introduced.

"Boss Qin, in fact, I came this time, and there is one more thing."

Now that Qin Cunde is completely subordinate to the princess's mansion, Shen Qi will not hide too much from him.

"Your Highness, you say."

"I'm going to kill the bandits." Shen Qi said.

"Water bandits?!" Qin Cunde was taken aback.

"Yes." Shen Qi said, "The task that my father gave me when he left. ”

"Have the water bandits in the south made the emperor pay attention to them?" Qin Cunde said.

"Not bad." Shen Qi continued, "And this time the water bandits are not only me and Jun Ge, but also the minister on the bright side. ”

Hearing this, Qin Cunde's eyes couldn't help but froze.

"I don't know if you know who the minister is?"

"Three Yuan and the first new branch champion Lang, Lin Dusk." Shen Qi said.

"Your Highness," Qin Cunde paused, "The officialdom in the south is very deep, if you just come to do business and make money, the small one must go all out, but once it involves the officialdom, the small one may not be able to do anything." ”

Qin Cunde also told the truth, he was just a businessman, and he couldn't afford to provoke officialdom.

"You can rest assured that Lin Duci, the minister of the Qin Mission, and Shao Chongde, the governor of Liangjiang and the secretary of the military department, are our people."

Qin Cunde: ......

Shang Hongwan: ......

Qin Siwan: ......

What is the concept of the Governor of Liangjiang?

He is the largest official in the entire South.

All the seven southern provinces of the entire Xi Kingdom are under his jurisdiction, and no one has a thicker background than him.

Previously, Jiang Zhirong, the prefect of Haichuan, kept talking about the relatives of the Shao family, who was talking about Shao Chongde.

It's just that Shao Chongde doesn't admit it, if Shao Chongde really admits it, then it's not just Shen Qi, but even Lin Duci has to weigh it.

Just like the shock when Shen Qi and Tang Zongjiu heard Qin Siwan's sentence "Listening to Yulou is my family's property" a few days ago, when the three members of the Qin family heard Shen Qi say "The Governor of Liangjiang is my person", they didn't know how to talk for a while.

Your Highness, is it really okay for you to say such things so easily?

No matter how shocked he was, Qin Cunde understood.

What Shen Qi meant by this sentence was that no matter what happened, there was no one in the entire Xi Kingdom with a bigger background than her Princess Shu Ning.

One of them has power, the other has money, what are they afraid of?

Qin Cunde pinched himself and sweated.

He couldn't help but think of every big thing this princess did in the imperial capital.

Even in the south, it is spread loudly and vividly.

But then again, shopping malls are like battlefields, and since ancient times, they have been successful and dry, so why not shopping malls?

Thinking of this, Qin Cunde's heart was horizontal.

"Your Highness!" He stepped forward and knelt down, "The villain is the only one who looks forward to you in this life, even if you give up this life, you are willing." ”

"Boss Qin, I'm here, no one dares to take the lives of your family." Shen Qi said.

Qin Cunde is talking about himself, while Shen Qi is talking about their family.

It's a reassuring pill.

Qin Cunde kowtowed, and Shen Qi suffered.

"In this case, Your Highness, if you want to suppress the water bandits, you can't do without the Liu family." Qin Cunde continued, "The south is dependent on water, and the fishing industry is developed, and the Liu family almost covers the fishing and transportation of the entire southern seas. ”

"The Liu family has been dealing with the water bandits all the year round, and obviously they have reached an agreement with the water bandits in private. And ......"

"And there's the government." Tang Zongjiu said at this time.

"Yes, Master Pony." Qin Cunde said, "The water bandits in the south can be so rampant, and they have nothing to do with the government. ”

"But then again, if Your Highness can wipe out the water bandits this time, or even say that they will be incorporated into the imperial court, then your goal of seven million taels of silver will be almost achieved by one-third."

"They're so rich?!" Shen Qi said.

Qin Cunde nodded.

"And what about the remaining two-thirds?"

"Naturally, it's the Ding family, the Gusu family and our Qin family."

"So, you mean to say that among the Southern Chamber of Commerce, the Liu family is actually the biggest head?"

"Not bad."

"Richer than you?"

"Exactly."

Shen Qi: "......"

Since he met Qin Cunde, Shen Qi really understood what "rich" is.

After all, "money" and "rich" are two completely different concepts.

"Finally, let's talk about the Gusu family." Shen Qi said.

"The Gusu family lives in more than just inns and inns," Qin Cunde said, "The Gusu family has the best craftsmen in the whole Xi country, and the craftsmanship of building houses is the only one in the Xi country." ”

"Such a powerful ......," Shen Qi muttered.

"To be at the top of the industry, naturally they are not idle." Qin Cunde said.

"Boss Qin, in your opinion, where should we start?"

"According to the villain's opinion, the so-called thief captures the king first, and after the Liu family takes it, the latter two will be much easier."

"You mean, the bandits first?"

"Exactly."

The root cause of the rampant water banditry in the south is salt.

The main places where salt is produced in the Xi Kingdom are in the south and northeast.

From the south to the southwest, the transportation of official salt needs to pass through a long period of water.

Not only the time, but also the manpower, material and financial resources during the period are a large expense.

As a result, the price of official salt in the southwest is generally ten times more expensive than in other places.

At the same time, the people in the southwest are miserable.

Because of this, the area from the south to the southwest is flooded with illicit salt.

More private salt can be bought at the same price, and official salt loses its market in the southwest.

This was something that the imperial court could not tolerate, so the imperial court began to govern.

As soon as they came and went, some people fell into the grass and became water bandits.

In the process of confronting the government, some people killed the people of the government, and since then they have also stood on the opposite side of the court.

In this way, the power of the water bandits gradually formed.

They not only sold smuggled salt themselves, but also robbed official salt, including merchant ships.

In the long run, the power of the water bandits is getting bigger and bigger, so it is a big trouble for the imperial court.

The Moyang River is more than 4,000 kilometers long, from the snow-capped mountains in the north to the entire Xi country, leading to the coastal mouth of the south.

It is not only the longest river in the territory of Xi State, but also the most important waterway trade river in Xi State.

Linxi City is located on the west side of the Moyang River, close to the south, and is the most rampant place for water bandits.

Not because of anything else, mainly because of the waterway that the imperial court sent to the west and the south of the official salt, Linxi City is a must-pass place. (End of chapter)