Red House Shoufu

Chapter 145 Promise
Gao Yongheng looks rough, but he is as careful as a hair.

Thinking that Xue Baochai is a girl in the boudoir after all, and there are many men coming and going in the front yard, she asked the maid to invite Xue Baochai to a small study near Jinxiu Garden.

"My lord, Miss Xue is here!"

Amidst the servant girl's report, Xue Baochai took a deep breath and secretly encouraged herself.

When she walked into the study, she saw a middle-aged man in casual clothes, and sitting beside her was her acquaintance, cousin-in-law Jia Lian.

"Cousin Xue, this is His Royal Highness Prince Zhongshun!"

Under Jia Lian's reminder, Xue Baochai was full of blessings: "The daughter of the people pays homage to the lord, and the lord is blessed!"

"Get up." Gao Yongheng looked Xue Baochai up and down: "I didn't expect Xue's family to have such a courageous woman! I am very curious. If you hand over your family's business to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to take it back at that time?" ?”

Xue Baochai replied calmly: "If the head of the House of Internal Affairs is still the same head of Cao, Minnv will not be like this. But the prince is different, Minnv can trust the prince."

During the Longsheng period, Xue's father was still alive, and the head of the House of Internal Affairs was Cao Yang, one of the emperor's confidant eunuchs.

At that time, Cao Yang took advantage of the favor of the Supreme Emperor to oppress the imperial merchants wantonly.The Xue family has to spend a lot of gold and silver just to make offerings to this Eunuch Cao every year.

Until the current emperor ascended the throne, Zhongshun Wang Gao Yonghuan also took the position of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and after some rectification, the life of the imperial merchants was easier.

I only heard Xue Baochai say: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs manages the Xue family's business, earning money for the use of the palace is second. The shops all over the Chu and Chu can provide the fastest support for the court. Compared with the provision of grain and grass by the household department, it is better to have the grain shop of the Xue family transport it directly from the south of the Yangtze River to various places on the nine sides."

Gao Yongheng's expression finally became serious, he and Jia Lian looked at each other, and understood the meaning of Xue Baochai's words.

Da Chu's taxation implements the policy of paying taxes, money and goods simultaneously.Grain-producing areas such as Jiangnan, Sichuan and Shu are basically food-based.

The grain in the south of the Yangtze River must be transported to the capital first, and then sent to the places where it is needed according to the needs. The loss and corruption in this is simply astronomical.

The Xue family is different, the Xue family has a team of mature supply and marketing channels, and even has a fleet of shipping ships traveling from south to north.Compared with water transportation, which consumes a lot of money, sea transportation not only consumes much less, but is also faster.

Of course, this is also the result of the hard work of several generations of the Xue family.Originally, I thought about producing a few reading seeds at home, which can be used after changing the door, but I didn't expect that they are still inferior merchants.

The last time Lin Shu brought Xue Pan to Prince Zhongshun's mansion, the Xue family showed their loyalty to the emperor through Gao Yongheng's door.Today, Xue Baochai can be said to bet on the entire Xue family.

Either lose all of the Xue family, or the future emperor will reward Xue Pan with a family background.From then on, the Xue family changed families, and she, Xue Baochai, could also be called an official daughter.

"My lord, the Xue family can only do these insignificant things for the court. If the lord can use it, it doesn't matter even if it will be managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the future. I just hope that the lord can protect the Xue family and not be coerced by others."

Xue Baochai prostrated herself prostratingly, with a firm look on her face, which made Gao Yongheng look at her with admiration.

This daughter of the Xue family is really courageous. With such a large family business, she handed it over as soon as she said she would hand it over, without delay.

"This king agrees!"

With Gao Yongheng's simple words, the stone in Xue Baochai's heart finally fell to the ground.

"You get up first, sit down and talk."

After Xue Baochai sat down, Gao Yongheng continued: "The imperial court does not need the Xue family's family property, after all, it was created by several generations of your family. But Xue Pan will not come back for a while, and you are a woman, so it is not appropriate to show your face .Do you have other uncles and brothers in your family?"

Gao Yongheng asked suddenly, Xue Baochai was stunned, and replied truthfully: "My second uncle passed away two years ago, leaving behind a son and a daughter. Last year, my aunt suffered from phlegm again, and my cousin Xue Biao was serving before the sick bed."

"Your family is really full of disasters... How is this Xue Scorpion's character and talent?" Gao Yongheng sighed, this Xue family really fell into the mold of some god, leaving only orphans and widows.

Xue Baochai was already extremely intelligent, so she hurriedly replied: "Cousin Xue Biao is only fourteen years old. He has been intelligent since he was a child, loyal and benevolent. Since he was ten years old, he has followed his second uncle to collect overseas rare treasures for the royal family. He has seen people..."

Hearing Xue Baochai's constant praise of her cousin, Gao Yongheng looked at Xue Baochai with great admiration: "You are very good. Now that you understand what I mean by this king, write to him and let their family come to the capital. Since your family If it’s an imperial merchant, you can still operate according to the old rules. However, I have a few new cooperations with you, so you can give it a try..."

……

During the feast at noon, Gao Wanjiang, as the host, naturally had to greet the guests, so he entrusted Lin Shu and Wang Huan to accompany the two princes.

Gao Yongheng didn't want to disturb the interest of the younger generation, so he left the palace to eat in the palace when it was almost time for lunch.

After the luncheon, Gao Wancheng and his brothers could not stay outside the palace for a long time, so they took their leave and prepared to leave.Before parting, Gao Wanxuan looked at Lin Shu anxiously, and waved away until Lin Shu promised to send him the revised "Elements of Geometry" someday.

After the two princes left, Jia Lian came out from behind the doorpost: "How is it? Does His Highness give you a headache?"

Hearing Jia Lian's joke, Lin Shu asked amusedly: "It seems that Second Brother Lian is afraid of His Highness the Fifth Highness, otherwise he wouldn't be hiding behind the doorpost!"

Jia Lian smiled bitterly and said, "Every time I see His Highness the Fifth Highness, he will have a lot of strange questions. He has a few legs like a chicken, and a few legs like a rabbit... When I heard that, I feel bad."

Hahahaha...

Both Lin Shu and Wang Huan laughed, what chicken legs and rabbit legs are, that is the very interesting question about chickens and rabbits in the same cage in "Sun Tzu's Mathematical Classics".

After laughing for a long time, Jia Lian said with a bitter face, "Stop laughing too, and go have a drink with me. Just now the prince went to the palace, and I stayed in the study alone, so boring."

……

The servants of the palace brought a table of wine and food again, and the three of them talked while drinking.

"Cousin Xue's cousin is really an eye-opener today. If she was a man, the Ministry of Household Affairs would have her as a seat. In the past, I thought she was just smarter than others, but now I know that cousin Xue's family can be called Zhuge among women, oh, yes Now, there are also big sisters in the palace, cousin Lin, and younger sisters of the Wang family."

Jia Lian gave a general account of Xue Baochai's performance in the study, and sighed: "If you do the math, there are so many heroines around us alone. I just think that my more than 20 years can be regarded as living like a dog." It's..."

Wang Huan thinks of his younger sister Wang Yuan, who is often praised as a female Zhuge, but compared with Xue Baochai, she is still slightly less determined and courageous in character.

He said: "Miss Xue is indeed very intelligent, but I think her excellence is more forced out. Her father passed away, and her brother is a mess. The entire Xue family can only rely on her to survive. "

(End of this chapter)