Raid

Chapter 66 Strike
Because it was raining heavily and it was daytime, Rongzhi couldn't do a good job of investigating. After lunch, he remembered the key he left today, thought about it, and simply went to the study to read.

Qingquan Villa has a rich collection of books, but these books are said to be for reading, rather they were bought by Liang Yin for decoration. There are no traces of flipping through them, some of them look old, and they are mostly travel notes. Or the book of ghosts.

It is not surprising that the ship merchant's daughter reads these books.Rong Zhi put the book down casually, and when he came down from the second floor, he happened to see Li Shengxi again.

"Hello, third lady." Rong Zhi saluted slightly.

Li Shengxi nodded, "Lang Jun is here too? Didn't you bother him studying?"

Rong Zhi shook his head, "Rong is just looking at it casually. Is the third lady also here to read?"

Li Shengxi put down the travel notes in his hand, "I just finished reading the account book, and I was a little tired, so I came to the study to read the travel notes. I can't compare with you, just for fun."

Rong Zhi walked up to Li Shengxi's desk, and glanced at the books on the table, ""Southern Kingdom Chronicles"? Is this a book from the Southern Jin Dynasty?"

Li Shengxi nodded, "Yes, people like us have never been to other places in our lives, so we can only read these books and think about the scene abroad."

"Third Lady was born in a ship merchant, and she has never traveled far? It stands to reason that Liang's merchant ships should go south at the right time." Rong Zhi said doubtfully.

Li Shengxi flipped through the book casually, "I am the only daughter in the family, and Aye has been spoiled since I was a child. It is ridiculous to say that although I am a ship merchant, I can't sit on a boat. When Aye was here, Aye was the one who took care of the household affairs. Reason, after Aye left, although there are people left behind, the concubine has to start learning business."

Having said that, her tone was a little tired, as if she was really tired from reading the books.

"My lady is diligent."

Li Shengxi smiled wryly, "It's the fault of being coquettish when I was young, and now I can't use diligence. I don't know if it's because my concubine is not good at this, or most businessmen in the world are like this. Now Liang's business is getting more and more difficult every year. The ledger is even more ugly, it hurts—"

She let out a long sigh, as if very worried.

"Is business very bad now?" Rong Zhi asked, he checked Liang's account book yesterday, the purpose was to see if the amount of money was in the account correctly, but he didn't pay much attention to Liang's profit and loss.Listening to what Liang Yin said now, it seems that the business is indeed not that optimistic.Although it is not a loss, it cannot be said how much it has earned.

Liang Yin nodded, "I often hurt myself because of this, after all, it's because the people under my command are kind-hearted, and I often comfort me by saying that it's the situation, and that most of the business in the country is not easy to do. I don't often talk to people dealing with people, so I don’t know whether this statement is true or not, maybe it’s half-truth and half-false. After all, I’m really not good at business.”

Seeing her lonely expression, Rong Zhi couldn't help but said: "Third Lady, don't underestimate yourself, it is indeed difficult to do business between the court and China."

What he said was really not consolation. Whether the business is prosperous or not can be known by looking at the Ministry of Accounts. If the business is prosperous, the Ministry of Accounts will not quarrel with people from three provinces and six ministries every year for money.

"If this is the case, the Liang family is still like this, and people who are not as good as the Liang family are worse off." No, then the business of those small traders will be more and more difficult.

She sighed again, without waiting for Rong Zhi to answer, "Taxes have been raised these years, and the situation is like this, I'm afraid that in two years, I will be unable to make ends meet."

If the Liang family can't make ends meet, what will happen to ordinary people?

Rong Zhi pursed his lips, forced a smile and said: "Now that the court is getting better, or there is a state of rejuvenation, I think in a few years, our court will definitely be prosperous, so don't worry too much, lady."

Li Shengxi could see Rong Zhi's reluctance, she suppressed the smile in her heart, and acted indifferent to Rong Zhi's words, "Although it is so, even if it can be rejuvenated, I don't know when? Recently, the celestial phenomena are abnormal, and there are thunders everywhere, and many Taoist alchemists say it is an ominous omen."

When she said this, she seemed to realize that she had said something wrong. She glanced at Rong Zhi nervously, and apologized with a low eyebrow: "Mr. Understand the important affairs of the country. I just listened to some words casually, and it actually reached Lang Jun's ears."

"It's nothing." Rong Zhi shook his head, but when he looked at Li Shengxi, there was a little more imperceptible scrutiny in his eyes, "Where did you hear these words, lady?"

Li Shengxi still didn't dare to raise his head, and continued: "My concubine sometimes helps some passers-by, and then I hear something from them. The main reason is that they come from all over the world, and my concubine chats with them because Want to know something about the outside world."

What she said was half true and false, Rong Zhi couldn't tell the truth from the false for a while, but he was almost sure of one thing - the people of Northern Qi did not have confidence in Bei Qi.

He had noticed this before.

Thinking of this, Rong Zhi couldn't help but clenched his fists, he just felt panicked in his heart, and he didn't have the heart to talk to Li Sheng again.

After saying a few more words, he left the room, leaving behind Li Shengxi with a deep expression on his face.

That night, Rong Zhi went to look through the account books of Qingquan Villa again. This night, he was not only checking the account books, but also looking at Liang's business situation.

But to his disappointment, Liang's business is indeed not optimistic. Not only that, most of Liang's business profits come from Southern Jin merchants.

Seeing the micro-knowledge, the Liang family is still like this, let alone others.Moreover, if merchants along the river need to rely on the Southern Jin Dynasty for their business, then over time, for them, the Southern Jin Dynasty may have a stronger sense of belonging.Rong Zhi pursed his lips, feeling mixed feelings for a moment.

On the second day, the rain stopped, Li Shengxi did not stay with Rong Zhi, and entrusted someone to send Rong Zhi to the bridge at the foot of the mountain.

Different from Rong Zhi's loneliness, Li Shengxi smiled very proudly.

"San Niang, what did you say to him, why is he in such a bad state today?" Liu Jin was puzzled.

Li Shengxi smiled slightly and returned to the house, "I just told him that Bei Qi is hopeless."

"Ok?"

"Since I want him to be used by me, then naturally I have to let him give up on Bei Qi first. Didn't he want to test my details? If so, he must contact me. That's just right. Whenever he tests me, I will expose the people's livelihood in Beiqi to him. I pour pots of cold water on them, and I don't believe he will not be disappointed." Li Shengxi looked at the abacus in front of him and played with it casually.

"What if he is determined to serve Bei Qi?"

"Then give up." Li Shengxi smiled slightly, "I never use pedantic people who don't know how to adapt." "

(End of this chapter)