In the next few days, Sima Wei visited Qian Jinxian more and more frequently, during which the two did not talk about any official business, but just talked and laughed, and talked about many places of interest. Although Qian Jinxian is an authentic businessman, but he usually likes poetry, calligraphy and painting, many books in the study are from the hands of famous poets, Sima Wei is erudite and ancient, and has a deep attainment in poetry, the two of them commented on each other, which made Qian Jinxian leave a lot of good impression on Sima Wei, at first he thought that this son from the dignitaries was a gentleman, but a few days of contact, unexpectedly, this person's ambition and the city government, but not in line with his age of temperament, it is this that Qian Jinxian is impressed.

Sima Wei's frequent contact with Qian Jinxian, one is to win over the familiar relationship, and the other is to explore Qian Xiu'er's reality, just a few times I met Qian Xiu'er, that Xu Wenshu was like a fart, following her to death, which made Sima Wei's arrogant heart have a sense of jealousy, an intolerable anger.

Qian Jinxian knew Sima Wei's thoughts, and he did think that if his daughter married a young and promising husband like Sima Wei, coupled with his family background, there would only be advantages and no disadvantages for himself, but he learned that Sima Wei had already married and had a main room in Dadu, how could he be willing to let his only daughter become a concubine? What's more, he had already promised his daughter and Xu Wenwen's baby kiss, these days, Xu Wenwen tried his best to boil the medicinal soup for himself to drink, Qian Jinxian's heart softened, so he tried his best to avoid talking to Sima Wei about his daughter.

Approaching dusk, Sima Wei walked out of Qian Jinxian's study, because of the familiarity of the time, he knew the terrain of the Qian Mansion well, when he approached the kitchen in the inner courtyard and passed by, but saw Qian Xiu'er and Xu Wenwen gathered around a stove, at the moment they were laughing and boiling the decoction. Sima Wei attached himself to the corner of the wall, listened carefully, and only heard Qian Xiu'er say: "Brother Cler, since my father drank the decoction you boiled these days, the blood on my face has improved a lot, I must ask my father to reward you well!"

"No need, Xiu'er, my uncle is about to be my future father-in-law, everything I do is as it should be, and I don't need any reward. ”

Hearing that Master Yue, Qian Xiu'er shyly slapped Xu Wenwen's chest, pouted, and said mischievously: "Who said I must marry you." ”

"No, do you have any other sweethearts?" Xu Wenwen put down the fan in his hand and deliberately pretended to be jealous.

"Of course not! Xiu'er only has Brother Wen in her heart. ”

After saying this, Sima Wei, who was eavesdropping outside the door, frowned, his hands were tightly clenched into fists, his arrogant face showed an indescribable murderous aura for the first time, and he gently gritted his teeth and read out the three words 'Xu Wenshu'. Then he turned around and left angrily, walked out of the gate of the Qian Mansion, a middle-aged man in green clothes was waiting quietly with a few palanquin drivers, and when he saw Sima Wei leaving the mansion, the middle-aged man deliberately bowed his body, like a rickety old dog, obediently stepped forward and said softly: "Childe." ”

Sima Wei didn't raise his head, and strode towards the sedan chair prepared in front of the door, the middle-aged man followed, the sedan chair was lifted out dozens of meters, only to hear Sima Wei in the sedan chair ask: "Uncle, how are things going?"

Zhao Bo replied: "Hui Gongzi, all the merchants have compromised, and the old slave has exchanged all the cash for silver tickets and handed them over to the City Bo Division. ”

"Very good, it seems that it is time to tell Qian Jinxian all the time. What's going on over there, Lord Li?"

Li Ruzhi didn't dare to make any moves, he was busy with his own official duties these days. ”

After speaking, there was silence in the sedan car, accompanied by the candlelight of the market, Jiqing Mansion came to an end from the bustling hustle and bustle of the day.

In the middle of the night, the stars suddenly became dark, and the moon on the horizon was shrouded in layers of dark clouds, which came and went, and such a weather would be accompanied by a heavy rain. The quiet Qian Mansion flickered with candlelight, and suddenly a black shadow swept through one of the roofs of the high gate, this black shadow was extremely fast, he followed the darkness and touched the road towards the inner courtyard, and after a while, on the eaves of the kitchen in the inner courtyard, a black-clothed man wearing a stealth suit lay silently on the tiles.

The man wore a mask on his head, revealing only two piercing eyes, but he could not see the face of the person who came. I saw him neatly uncover a tile brick, see Xu Wenwen in the kitchen through the gap, and then wait quietly. At this moment, Xu Wenwen was sitting in front of the stove and taking a nap, suddenly felt a heat in his hands, the decoction was boiling in the pottery furnace, he immediately opened the lid and paid attention to the fire, just at this time the black-clothed man hidden on the eaves seized the opportunity to take out a bag of powder from his waist, he gently pinched, the powder quietly floated into the air, and sprinkled into the decoction without Xu Wenwen noticing, the black-clothed man re-covered the tiles, and said coldly in his mouth: "Xu Wenwen, your good luck should come to an end!" After saying that, the man in black flew like a shuttle, and disappeared on the eaves with a few jumps, merging with the surrounding darkness, and the man had long since disappeared.

In the early morning of the second day, Sima Wei entered the Qian Mansion early, which made Qian Jinxian feel very surprised, and the two secretly met in the study again. This time, Sima Wei said straight to the point: "Lingtang can you know that the remaining nine merchants have paid all the silver?"

Qian Jinxian pretended not to know and asked, "Oh, there is such a thing." ”

"Why should Lingtang deal with the next round, the imperial court has sent a message to me yesterday, if you miss the time, you and I can bear it. ”

"Sima Gongzi is on official business, and he must bear the brunt, but what Qian said before, I don't know if Gongzi asked the court for leniency, if it is still the three million taels of huge amount, angry Qian is really powerless. ”

"Three million taels is an order issued by the imperial court, and the absence of one or two is a crime of killing the head. However, I thought that the three million taels in Lingtang were worth it. Sima Wei said.

"What do you say? Qian Jinxian looked at Sima Wei, he didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd, and he thought that it was worth it for him to take out three million taels to help the imperial court.

"Lingtang already knew that he would serve as the city parking department, if this holy order is achieved, the appointment power of the city parking department of the whole country is in my hands, not to mention Jiqing Eighteen Road. Lingtang started from business, don't you know the huge benefits in the sea market, and now the Semu people and the Mongols control the frontier and the trade in the Western Regions, if Lingtang gets a piece of the pie, how can he know that it is three million taels?"

Sima Wei's words made Qian Jinxian's heart flutter, he didn't know that the income of silk and sea markets was much greater than that of Qian Zhuang and merchants, and in the early years, he also wanted to start with these trades, but the imperial court controlled and suppressed the Han people, and these huge profits of trade were all handed over to the Semu people and the Mongols, and they only needed to pay a high tax, but even in this case, the benefits still made them a lot of money.

Sima Gongzi's words made Qian worried, the imperial court has been suppressing Han people, especially southerners, how can he believe it based on Gongzi's words alone. ”

"I know Ling Tang is worried, but Ling Tang can't believe it. As he spoke, Sima Wei took out an official document from his chest, which clearly read 'Haishi Merchant', and signed and stamped with the seal of the City Bo Division. This shows that as long as the name of the merchant is signed in the official document, he can handle the trade and commercial actions related to silk and sea markets, which is the most direct business official document in addition to the imperial court, for Qian Jinxian, it is not only a paper approval, but also a pot of gold and silver treasures behind it, which is what every Han merchant dreams of.

Sima Wei was able to make such a huge benefit, Qian Jinxian didn't need to say much, and immediately asked: "When does Gongzi want this silver, Qian Mou will go to prepare it immediately." ”

Unexpectedly, Sima Wei took back the official document on the table, and said unhurriedly: "The ancients said that people die for money, and birds die for food. There is no one in this world who does not love money, and there is no exception below, if my Sima family can join forces with a party like Lingtang in the future, why worry about the endless silver. It's just that since ancient times, politics and business have been integrated, and the strong have joined forces, which is nothing more than marriage, if Lingtang can marry his daughter to my Sima family, wouldn't it be prosperous and go to the next floor!"

Unexpectedly, Sima Wei's final wishful thinking was still Qian Xiu'er, and he used this official document not only to make Qian Jinxian obediently willing to hand over three million taels, but also attached a condition, that is, marriage. This kind of thing was originally the right thing, but it was the glory of the Qian family, but Qian Jinxian loved his daughter so much that he couldn't bear to marry his daughter to Sima Weigan as a concubine, but in the face of huge interests, as a businessman, Qian Jinxian, how could he not get along with silver; from ancient times to the present, on the road of the glorious family, marriage was a victim of politics and business, no matter how much he Qian Jinxian loved his daughter, after all, he could not escape the worldly concept.

Qian Jinxian thought about it for a long time, and finally said: "This matter allows Qian and Clumsy Jing to discuss it in detail, and will give Gongzi an answer tomorrow, what does Gongzi think?"

Sima Wei knew in his heart that Qian Jinxian's words were already moved, and he was only doing his wife's plan at the moment, so he replied: "Wait for good news below." When the words fell, there was a slight sound outside the door, Sima Wei was like a frightened bow on a spring, his pace was like flying, and he quickly opened the door and caught the eavesdropper outside the door.

It turned out that it was Xu Wenwen who had been hiding outside the house and eavesdropping, he was holding a wooden plate with a desperate face at the moment, which contained a bowl of soup and medicine, which was a pair of medicines that he had been tormenting all night yesterday, before hearing the conversation between Qian Jinxian and Sima Wei, he was full of joy at first, but now he was disheartened in his heart.

"What a boldness, dare to eavesdrop on this son's conversation!" Sima Wei said and grabbed the placket of the other party's clothes, Xu Wenwen almost stumbled and almost knocked over the decoction in his hand. At this time, Qian Jinxian hurriedly rushed out, and when he saw that it was Xu Wenwen, he immediately stopped him: "Sima Gongzi, don't do it, this virtuous nephew of Qian doesn't understand the world, and he wants to be angry." ”

Sima Wei looked at each other coldly, loosened Xu Wenwen's clothes, and said, "If it weren't for Lingtang's intercession, it would be enough for the yamen to take you into prison!"

Qian Jinxian immediately played a round and said to Xu Wenwen: "If you send me a decoction, you can order your subordinates, don't do it again next time, and don't leave." After speaking, he took the wooden plate in Xu Wenwen's hand and scolded Xu Wenwen to leave quickly.

Xu Wenwen glanced at Sima Wei with hatred on his face, so he turned around and left sadly, he rushed out of the study compound, and met Qian Xiu'er, Qian Xiu'er called his name, but he turned a deaf ear and ran out towards the gate of the Qian Mansion. Qian Xiu'er looked puzzled and couldn't catch up with him, so she had to go to her father and ask what happened.