Chapter Seventy-Four: The Royal Business
Meng Yu was taken aback: "How could Sister Jiang make a special trip to participate in this kind of knife fight between people in the rivers and lakes? Although she also walks the rivers and lakes, she doesn't care much about this kind of activity of the people in the rivers and lakes except for things related to the Jiang family's trading." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½β
Speaking of Jiang Luping, Guo Shichao was very happy: "Our Shuangfeng Villa and the Jiang family are close, and I also went to the Jiang family when I was a child and met Sister Luping. This time, she went to the capital to buy it specifically for the marriage of her younger brother Jiang Zhan's brother and Ling Mei. It seems that there is still some exclusive business to compete with the royal family. However, the queen's relative, Zhao Dafu, who was in charge of the palace procurement, was very difficult to deal with. Uncle has already introduced Sister Jiang to visit Zhao Dahu, and when Sister comes back, Uncle will ask the eunuch in charge of the palace to come out and take a look at Sister Jiang's goods. β
When Meng Yu heard this, her brows furrowed: "A woman, it's not good to do these things." Dealing with some business men and palace eunuchs, those people are very difficult to deal with. β
Guo Wei smiled and said, "I still understand this. Since Jiang Chengtian lost his martial arts, his health has been very bad, and he can't go to many distant businesses. Jiang Zhan's child is too honest and not a businessman, so the family relies on this girl Jiang Luping to run around. It's really not easy for her, she has no eyebrows in her own affairs, and she has to work hard for her brother's marriage. β
When Meng Yu left Xiyuzhou in Jiang Luping, he wrote a letter to Jiang Zhan to ask Jiang Zhan not to let his sister come out in the wind and rain again, and it seems that his letter was still written in vain. But Guo Wei is also reasonable, Jiang Zhan is a person who has no business acumen at all, and it is estimated that he will wait to lose his family when the transaction is handed over to him, and Jiang Luping has always been smart and capable, and the Jiang family can only point to her for the time being. Meng Yu remembered that Jiang Luping had said last time that the masked man was the one who attacked her house seven years ago, but she didn't have time to investigate this matter carefully. And last time the capital fought against the knife, Jiang Luping was not present, so this time I just asked her to take a look.
In the Fury Inn.
Jiang Luping changed out of her usual clothes and changed into a pale water-red blouse, a lake-colored long skirt, and a satin pair of white rusty gold flowers. She coiled a green silk hair into a simple bun without a trace of messy hair, pinned a crystal pink bead hairpin, and put on a pearl earring. She knew that in order to get the right to buy the tribute, she would have to dress herself up as she didn't like.
She applied primer to her face, drew her black and slender eyebrows with Daishi, patted some rouge on her cheeks, painted her lips with lip blush, and Yahuan Xiaocai helped her by the side. Seeing herself bright in the bronze mirror, Jiang Luping shook her head, and Xiao Cai laughed loudly: "Miss is so good-looking!" Jiang Luping was a little uneasy, and asked Xiao Cai: "Is it too gorgeous and decorated?" Xiao Cai smiled and said, "Miss is so beautiful." β
Jiang Luping still felt a little unaccustomed, but she didn't have time to think about it, and without waiting for Xiaocai to answer, she stood up by herself: "Forget it, let's go downstairs!" So she went downstairs with Yahuan Xiaocai and Fan'er.
She is worried about it, her eldest brother Jiang Chengtian is married to the daughter of Lord Meng because Jiang Zhan, and a peerless beauty with such a status at such a young age marries into the Jiang family, even if it is just for the marriage to look good, she has to do her best. In addition, Jiang Chengtian felt sorry for showing his sister because Jiang Zhan was about to marry, but Jiang Luping had not yet married, so he found a matchmaker in the town to arrange a blind date for her. Those rich men with fat brains and copper stench really annoyed Jiang Luping to death. But Jiang Chengtian was afraid that she would be wronged when she married into her husband's family, but she always found a rich family to give her a blind date, even if she was old and ugly. She even felt that the eldest brother she respected the most didn't look at the appearance of the blind date at all.
Jiang Luping finally ran out of the house under the pretext of making a bride price for Jiang Zhan. Jiang Chengtian is also very helpless, because the Jiang family's current business is sluggish, and they are about to make ends meet, and they have to spend a large part of their savings to buy a bride price.
And Jiang Luping herself was still worried about the case that Meng Yu was going to handle, and she encountered a masked man again in Beiyan, which made her want to participate in the Beijing Sword Meeting organized by Xiao Mengshi. First, she wanted to help Meng Yu, and secondly, she also wanted to know what the origin of the masked man who attacked and severely damaged her family back then.
Jiang Luping changed her habit of being alone in the past, and was helped out of the inn by two maids, Xiaocai and Fan'er. At the door was a splendid horseβthe coachman had been hired, and the servants she had brought from Jiangnan to the back of the car. Xiaocai and Fan'er helped her into the carriage, and then followed her into the carriage and lowered the brocade curtains.
Jiang Luping's heart jumped a little. Since being killed by the imperial court, this is the first time to do business with the court. The Jiang family doesn't want to use Meng Dingguo's relationship, and Master Meng himself is also very honest and upright. I can only support it on my own.
She was depressed, but unwilling to show it. Xiaocai and Fan'er know the temperament of the eldest lady very well, and they have long been accustomed to her being immersed in their own world without saying a word, and they never bother her. But today is different, Xiaocai carefully reminded: "Miss, before meeting Zhao Dafu, I still think carefully about what to say." β
Jiang Luping lowered her eyelids: "Okay." β
Xiaocai and Fan'er glanced at each other and didn't dare to squeak again.
It is said that this Zhao Dafu is a distant relative of the queen, and his brain is very shrewd, so he is very trusted by the queen, and he will hand over all the things purchased in the harem to him, which also means that the fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders. Zhao Da is rich and has the support of the queen, and he is very comfortable in the capital. Although the relatives of the emperor in the capital, the powerful ministers, and the high-ranking officials and nobles are like the Qing of the river, Zhao Dafu's status is not very high, but the business he controls is affordable, and he is willing to spend money, and others look at the queen's face, so he is very arrogant in the capital.
After a while, the carriage came to the Zhao Mansion, and the servants of the Jiang family sent the name post. The doorman was not embarrassed, Jiang Cai, the housekeeper of the Jiang family, stuffed two pieces of silver, and the man went in to report.
After a while, the man came back and bent down slightly: "Master, please Miss Jiang in." β
Jiang Luping got out of the carriage, and the housekeepers Jiang Cai, Xiaocai and Fan'er followed her into the Zhao Mansion.
A family member led them to the flower hall and served tea.
After a while, a man dressed in brocade robes entered, followed by two domestic servants.
Jiang Luping stood up.
The man said: "This is the eldest lady of the Jiang family in Jiangnan." β
Jiang Luping saw that although he was dressed gorgeously and his bearing was not like his master, he was still blessed: "The people's girl is Jiang Luping." β