Xu Beiyou first went to the Tang Mansion according to the distance, and met Tang Banyan Tree here, Tang Banyan Tree's attitude was lukewarm, just a few words of entertainment with Xu Beiyou, but she had such an attitude on weekdays, Xu Beiyou didn't care, and after coming out of the Tang family, he went to the famous Qianjin Building. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Qianjin Building, two meanings, one meaning is because the building is full of gold, and 3,600 pieces of gold leaf are shared, describing the high cost of materials for the whole building. Another meaning is to describe the high value and good appearance of the women in the building, comparable to the daughter of the official family.

Although the Qianjin Building is called the building, in fact, there are many independent cross-courtyards around the main building, and the overall area is quite large.

Of course, Xu Beiyou will not enter through the main gate openly, but enter a cross-courtyard of the Qianjin Building from an inconspicuous side door, and then under the guidance of a foreman, he will walk through the corridor to the main building of the Qianjin Building.

In all fairness, Xu Beiyou doesn't like this place very much, because the smell of fat powder here is too strong, no matter how exquisite the decoration and artistic conception layout, it can't hide the somewhat pungent smell of fat powder.

Of course, the "taste" here does not mean the smell of the nose or the taste of the tongue, but a mysterious feeling, like a barracks of a hundred battle armies, no matter how to clean or even change the station, it cannot erase the smell of killing and blood that seems to be soaked in the bones.

There are five floors in the Qianjin Building, along a hidden staircase that does not show outsiders to the top floor, the whole floor is not connected with the four floors below, and there is no wall to divide the room, in other words, the whole top floor is a huge room, which is more embroidered piers and tables and chairs, placed at will, can be used by nearly 100 people to sit and talk here, only the deepest part is separated by a small area with a gold lady screen and a jade bead curtain.

After Xu Beiyou entered the top floor, the foreman who led him back the way after serving another pot of tea, and at the same time, the screens and beaded curtains in the depths of the room seemed to be pushed to the sides by a pair of invisible hands, revealing a huge chaise longue behind it.

To Xu Beiyou's surprise, it was not Mrs. Luo who was sitting here, but Qin Mumian, the real owner of the Qianjin Building.

Today's Qin Mumian is wearing a moon-white plain skirt and a lake-colored gauze coat, if you put aside the uncheesy attitude on her body, in terms of clothing alone, she is more like a woman from a middle-class scholar family, which is a little incompatible with this golden building with every inch of land.

Xu Beiyou was stunned and said, "Aunt Qin, why are you here?"

In the face of this moody woman, Xu Beiyou used the word you very carefully.

"Why can't I be here?" Qin Mumian seemed to be in a good mood today, and after getting up from the couch, he asked with a smile: "After all, this is my property." ”

"But here......" Xu Beiyou pondered the wording, and finally smiled dryly: "It's not good after all." ”

Qin Mumian smiled and said, "Do you think this place is not clean?" Little guy, it's not that it's dirty here, but you can't see it yourself." ”

Xu Beiyou, who is still a child, was shocked by Qin Mumian's words, his face was slightly red, and he couldn't help coughing a few times to cover up.

"It's a bit inappropriate to tell you this as an elder. Qin Mumian chuckled and said: "But you don't have to be too taboo, if the monk can't even see through this little bit of male and female affairs, what can he talk about immortality?

Xu Beiyou's face was upright, respectfully taught.

Qin Mumian sat on the embroidery pier by the window, pointed to an embroidery pier not far in front of him, and said, "Sit down." ”

Xu Beiyou sat down respectfully.

Qin Mumian asked, "Are you here for the King of Qi?"

Xu Beiyou nodded and said, "King Qi's invitation has been delivered to my mansion, and I came this time to have a conversation with Mrs. Luo in advance." ”

"Rashiki. Qin Mumian tapped her fingers lightly on the tabletop, "She's not here, but it's the same as telling me." ”

Luo Fu, this is the first time Xu Beiyou knows Mrs. Luo's real name, it is really a beautiful name, but I don't know what happened to her, she will change from Luo Fu to a frightened Rakshasa girl.

This thought just flashed through Xu Beiyou's mind, and then he turned his mind back to the current matter and asked, "Aunt Qin, what means do you think King Qi will use to force the three of us to come up with silver?"

Qin Mumian stretched out the index finger of his right hand and swung it left and right, "It's not just the three of us, Xiao Bai has to face the rich businessmen of the entire Jiangnan, after all, the business in the world can't be done, in addition to the three of us, there are also salt merchants and maritime merchants in Jiangnan, which one is easy to gain a foothold in this place in Jiangnan? If it weren't for this, why would Xiao Xuan let his son come over in person." ”

Xu Beiyou asked again: "If Aunt Qin is in the position of the King of Qi, how should you start?"

Qin Mumian smiled and said: "If you put yourself in Xiao Bai's shoes and look at the problem, you can roughly deal with it with three strategies, the next strategy is very simple, didn't Xiao Bai bring a thousand pro-troops, let go of his hands and feet, whoever disobeys will kill him, but this is also the most inferior mediocre means, not only to make many wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan feel cold, and even provoke chaos, but also to disappoint the Manchu Dynasty civil and military and Xiao Xuan, and from then on the crown prince will not be available." ”

Qin Mumian paused for a moment, and then said: "As for the middle strategy, it's not complicated, to put it bluntly, it's to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, although the power of the rich businessmen in Jiangnan is large, but it is not a monolith, and even there are many dirty things with each other on weekdays, at this time, Xiao Bai only needs to find out a family with weight, and he doesn't even need to fabricate charges, after all, how many clean people are doing business? ”

Xu Beiyou was not familiar with the officialdom and temples, but at this time, listening to this "concubine" talk eloquently, he was quite a little surprised, but Qin Mumian's next words made his face change suddenly, "As for who this unlucky ghost chooses, it is nothing more than two points, one is to be heavy enough, otherwise it will not be able to scare other cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, and the other is to be rich enough and be able to squeeze out enough silver." In fact, it still has to fall on the heads of our three families, not that our three families will be ruined, and Xiao Bai doesn't have that ability, but if he is selected to be the chicken that was killed to the monkey, it will inevitably hurt his muscles and bones. ”

Xu Beiyou took a light breath and said slowly: "And among the three families, I am not as good as Mrs. Tang in terms of cultivation, and even less than Mrs. Luo in terms of qualifications, and I am also the most likely to be selected." ”

Not necessarily. Qin Mumian smiled a little strangely and said: "After all, you still have Xiao Zhinan's affection, but this affection is a double-edged sword, if Xiao Bai really chooses the middle strategy, whether he chooses you or not depends on whether you can satisfy him." ”

Xu Beiyou smiled bitterly and was speechless.

Qin Mumian continued: "There is also the last best strategy, it is a test of wrist and heat, doing things is like cooking a small fresh, after the heat, things will be scorched, the heat is not good, and it is superficial." If Xiao Bai wants to use the best strategy, he can't send you invitations now, at least wait until he touches the depth of the pool of water in the south of the Yangtze River to the same extent, and then use both the fire and the fire, both grace and power, while using the righteousness of the common people, and the power of the imperial court on the other, it is best to make some articles on the disaster victims, and behind the scenes encourage these disaster victims to deal with these rich businessmen who are named rich and benevolent, in this way, who dares not to obey?"

Xu Beiyou admired Qin Mumian so much this time, he was worthy of being one of the three Lafayettes who had manipulated the situation in Jiangnan for many years, and he was not just strong with his own cultivation.

Finally, Qin Mumian said: "Don't underestimate these temple officials, some of them are indeed powerless, and they are not even the opponents of the Daomen boys, but when it comes to the scheming city government, even many dignified immortals are not as good as them, you have to beware of them borrowing knives to kill people." ”

"Thank you Aunt Qin for your teachings. Xu Beiyou nodded solemnly, remembering every word of what this elder said.

Qin Mumian picked up the tea bowl and didn't speak again.

Xu Beiyou got up and said, "The juniors say goodbye." ”