Mingmen Family

Chapter 3 Baiteng County

The Jin Dynasty she traveled through was an overhead dynasty, which was equivalent to the Song and Ming Dynasties in her time and space. Compared with the advanced modern times, the planting and cultivation of tea trees, as well as the picking and production of tea leaves were not the slightest bit worse.She has a lot of opinions to express about the Ye family tea garden.

But haste makes waste. A person who used to seldom even go to the tea mountain suddenly talked about tea planting with eloquence. The Ye family would definitely think she was possessed by a ghost.

What's more, there are priorities. Tea tree planting is a long-term matter, but Meng Chengwei's penetration and influence on the Ye family is in sight.He appeared in front of Ye Chongming and Ye Jiaxing today, and the catastrophe of the boss and the fourth child of the Ye family is about to come.For now, let's deal with the family affairs first, and let's get through this difficult time.

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In Baiteng County, in Rugui Inn, Meng Chengwei got up lazily, washed up under the wait of the servant, and sat down at the table.

The shopkeeper of the inn specially sent Meng Chengwei over last night when the manager of Ye’s family learned that Meng Chengwei had saved his nephew, so he was very enthusiastic about Meng Chengwei.

At this moment, Meng Chengwei was informed by the staff that he had woken up, so he personally brought someone over to deliver a sumptuous breakfast.

Meng Chengwei invited him to have breakfast together but failed, so he sat down and asked, "What fun places do you have here?"

The shopkeeper talked about the places of interest, teahouses and theaters in the area, and then said humbly: "We are a small place, there is nothing interesting. It's not like the capital city, what's there? These really don't catch Meng Ye's eyes."

When the steward delivered it last night, he raised his eyebrows at the shopkeeper, saying that Meng Chengwei and his party came from the capital.

The reason why the shopkeeper is so enthusiastic about him is to give face to the Ye family, and more importantly, to respect the people of Huangchenggen.

Meng Liang is a member of Meng Chengwei's clan, only half a month younger than him.Although they belong to the same clan, their family backgrounds are very different. Meng Liang's family can hardly eat enough.

He is also clever, can speak, and is very flattering, coaxing Meng Chengwei to recognize him very much.When he came to Jiangnan this time, Meng Chengwei brought him here with the intention of cultivating him as his right-hand man.

After all, sometimes, the identity of a clan brother is more convenient than that of a servant, and he can do things for him.

When Meng Chengwei met Ye Jiaxing yesterday, he revealed that he was from the capital.As for his identity, he didn't say anything, he planned to come slowly when he was having dinner at Ye's house.But he didn't want Mrs. Ye to send him away without leaving any food, so he didn't have a chance to say it, which made Meng Chengwei hold his breath in his heart, very depressed.

At this moment, Meng Liang seized the opportunity and said: "Don't tell our master about the theater or anything. Concubine Min is our aunt, and our father has been coming and going in the palace since he was a child. He has heard of all the plays in the palace. Quite a few. The drama in this small place can't reach our master's ears."

"Liang brother, you can't talk like that." Meng Chengwei reprimanded him with a straight face when he wanted to set up a character, "A big place has a big place, and a small place has a small place. The theater is the same, what is the difference between high and low! "

Meng Liang quickly stood up to listen to the training, and said respectfully: "What the Lord said is true."

Last night, the steward of the Ye family sent Meng Chengwei in and passed Ye Chongming's order, asking the innkeeper to find out about Meng Chengwei.

Hearing that Meng Liang wanted to show off, didn't he fall asleep and hit the pillow?
The shopkeeper smiled flatteringly: "Disrespect, disrespect, I didn't expect the villain to see the emperor's relatives and relatives in my lifetime. I am really lucky."

He asked again: "Where is Master Meng now? Did you come to our small place for business?"

"It's not a high job, it's just doing some business entrusted by the royal family." Meng Chengwei said modestly.

The shopkeeper was taken aback, and quickly cupped his hands: "Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

The imperial merchants of the Great Jin Dynasty were all businessmen with royal background, appointed by the emperor, and managed the state-owned industries operated by the imperial court in an official capacity.The patriarchs of some relatively high-ranking imperial merchants even have official titles above the fifth rank, and their family business and official positions can be hereditary.

Although the Great Jin emphasized agriculture and suppressed merchants, the status of imperial merchants was completely different from that of ordinary merchants. Some great imperial merchants were more powerful than ordinary officials.The shopkeeper's shock and respect were really not feigned.

Seeing the shopkeeper like this, Meng Chengwei felt refreshed from the beginning to the end as if drinking ice water on a hot summer day, and the depression in his heart dissipated a lot.

That's right, how can this kind of lowly people be disrespectful when they hear the word "imperial merchant"?Ye family treated him like that yesterday because they didn't know his identity.

This Rugui Inn was opened by Uncle Ye Jiaxing's family, presumably his status as an imperial merchant soon spread to the Ye family's ears.He doesn't have to do anything, just wait here.

In the afternoon at the latest, the Ye family will definitely come to the door with generous gifts, and apologize to him with the most humble and respectful attitude.At that time, how he wants to deal with the Ye family is not a matter of his first thought?

Thinking of this made him feel better.

When the shopkeeper left, Meng Chengwei had almost finished eating, Meng Liang asked, "Master, where are we going today?"

Meng Chengwei finished the last sip of porridge, took the handkerchief handed over by the boy, wiped his mouth and hands slowly, and said: "There is no rush, stay here for half a day and then we will talk."

Meng Liang didn't know why, but he didn't dare to ask more.

His younger brother has the most unpredictable temperament.When he is in a good mood, it doesn't matter if you ask him anything, and sometimes he will make some inconspicuous jokes with you;

Although seeing his face at this time is not as ugly as it was when he got up in the morning, it's better not to get into trouble.

Sure enough, the innkeeper lived up to Meng Chengwei's expectations, and after he withdrew, he sent someone to deliver a letter to his host, Tao Liyang.

Tao Liyang is Ye Jiaxing's biological uncle. Last night he heard that his nephew was injured and he was in another hospital on the mountain not far from Baiteng County. He planned to go there today to visit his nephew.Even if the nephew is sent back to Lin'an City, Ye Chongming is there, as a junior, he should go and ask for his old man's well-being.

At this moment, he has not left for a long time, just waiting for news from the shopkeeper.

Knowing that Meng Chengwei was born in an imperial merchant, he was also taken aback, and immediately rode up the mountain to look for Ye Chongming.

"Imperial businessman?" Ye Chongming frowned when he heard Meng Chengwei's identity, and immediately waved his hands and said, "It's okay, we were not rude last night."

He glanced at Tao Liyang: "This man is not a good person, so he should not be friends with him. My nephew, just let him take good care of you, and don't offend him. Don't mess with anything else."

He was worried that Tao Liyang was young, and seeing that Meng Chengwei was born in an imperial merchant, he wanted to make friends.

There is nothing wrong with making connections, but it also depends on the person.If the character is not good, making friends is not only useless, but will bring disaster to the family.

Tao Liyang was a little surprised: "How did I hear that Mr. Meng saved Jiaxing yesterday?"

If you can save people, your morals won't be too bad, right?

(End of this chapter)