Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 752 I’m dying of laughter

He started out as a person living in the provincial capital with only 300 taels of silver. With the help of his eldest brother's classmates and his eldest brother Yue's manager, he gradually became successful.

Although he relied on his eldest brother's influence, his eldest brother's Yue family was not one of the best families in the capital, let alone the top family in Zhending Prefecture.

In the words of Zhao Laosan, before his elder brother passed the imperial examination, he took the three hundred taels of silver as capital and went to the provincial capital to shamelessly curry favor with people everywhere.

After his elder brother passed the palace examination, his elder brother's in-laws, including the Wang family in the capital, also treated his elder brother differently. By then, he had actually established a foothold in the provincial capital.

He couldn't say about making big business, but it was not difficult to earn three to five thousand taels of silver a year. Just when he was thinking of opening a business in partnership with his Yue family, his eldest brother's Yue family spoke up through his eldest sister-in-law.

Partnering with outsiders is no match for partnering with your own people. Just tell him how much silver you need. How dare he refuse?
His eldest brother's future is still in the hands of the Yue family.

At that time, he had no choice but to leave his in-laws' family behind, and they held a grudge against him a lot. Although they didn't say anything, they would secretly make trouble for him whenever they found an opportunity, so he had no choice but to take a concubine.

"…He didn't lie to me. His concubines' families are indeed merchants and they still do business with him. That's why I say he is dishonest.

At the beginning, not only did I not listen to my parents and choose my wife, he actually also fell in love with a girl in the town, and both families agreed on when to propose marriage.

Later, he told me that the girl's parents gave up the idea of ​​marrying her because they saw his elder brother marrying a rich girl and they wanted to raise the price of his dowry.

In Zhao Laosan's words, it's not that he doesn't want to marry her, but that he can't afford it. It's hard to say whether it's true or not, anyway, I saw that bastard touching the girl's hand several times!

Logically, we should not judge by appearances, but by appearances. When I see him, he always holds the girl's hand tightly. But when I don't see him, we can slowly discuss the price increase of the betrothal gift."

Chang Qing is about to die of laughter.

After Gu Erzhu finished speaking, he also laughed a lot, "Let's not talk about those ridiculous things when he was young. Anyway, no matter what he does, he always thinks about his parents and brothers first.

You have to know that he loved that girl very much at that time, and he managed to get her, but when he saw that her parents might hinder him, he gave up on her.

This is one of the reasons why I gradually distanced myself from him at that time. I didn’t feel that way before, but at that time I felt that no matter how close he and I were, we were not the same kind of people after all.”

Chang Qing understood what he meant too well.

"He always says that I am too filial. In fact, he is not much better than me. We are both the same, but his father is much better than mine.

When the Zhao family split up, he only kept the Zhao family business and the house in the capital, and the rest of the houses, shops, fields, farms, etc. were all divided among his brothers.

But is that the end of it? Not only that, aside from the share he gives to his eldest brother Yue's family every year, his fourth brother has been asking him for five thousand taels of silver almost every year. "

When asked what he wanted, he said he had a lot of children. He said there was no other way, as he had four brothers and only the fourth one could study for a few more years so that he could at least help his eldest brother run errands.

As for his eldest brother, even his eldest sister-in-law is holding on to his salary. If he has to run errands for some things, it will cost money, so he can't let his eldest sister-in-law know about it."

Compared to Gu Erzhu, Chang Qing knew more about the Zhao Mansion in Beijing. It was because Mrs. Zhao was so famous that everyone in Beijing knew her. I don't know how her family taught her daughter, so that she dared to say anything when she was bold, and was so stupid when she shouldn't be timid.

I have seen ladies who were schemed against by others and had to take concubines for their husbands, but I have never seen a lady who pretends to be virtuous and generous even though her own family can't stop her.

You have to know that she was a concubine, just like a co-wife. Unlike ordinary concubines who had a contract to sell themselves, they could be sold whenever they wanted. This woman even took the initiative to take a concubine for her husband.

That would be fine, but the most puzzling thing is that I don’t know what this woman was thinking. When the day came for her to take in a concubine, she cried, made a fuss, and even threatened to hang herself, refusing to let anyone in.

It's only in recent years that my eldest son has grown up, and perhaps now lives with his grandparents, that he has become more restrained and improved, not as casual as he was in the first few years after arriving in the capital.

However, there are still not many female relatives who interact with Mrs. Zhao. Especially since the eldest son got married, and the eldest daughter-in-law is a daughter of the Wang family, it is almost always Mrs. Zhao who goes to banquets.

Mrs. Zhao's niece, Mrs. Zhao Shao, is the opposite of her. As the eldest daughter-in-law, she is very capable. Within less than a year after she entered the house, she had managed the Zhao Mansion in perfect order.

At least it wouldn't be like in the past, where if something happened in the mansion it would be spread out within two or three days and become a big deal, becoming a laughing stock among outsiders.

After hearing this, Gu Erzhu understood why the Zhao and Wang families became closer. Putting aside the word "profit", with such a "casual" mother, it would be difficult for the eldest son Zhao to find a suitable wife for him in the capital. It would be better for him to find a capable daughter-in-law from his wife's parents' family.

As for the fact that the eldest daughter-in-law is a daughter of the Wang family, whether his Zhao family will be controlled by his Yue family in the future is not something he can control at the moment. Even if he has more plans, he can only take it step by step.

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"Is he doing well in his current position?"

How should I put this? Chang Qing subconsciously glanced at the door with the corner of his eye and smiled, "You know, I haven't been here for a year."

Then can you not let your eldest son keep an eye on this place on a daily basis? Just considering that Zhao Laosan still picks up goods from your daughter's workshop, I don't believe that you won't have someone keep an eye on the Zhao Mansion.

Chang Qing looked back and saw Gu Erzhu's contemptuous expression, which said "Don't deceive me". He couldn't help but laugh, "I can only say that I heard it from others."

"I know." Gu Erzhu raised his hand to signal him to speak quickly, "I saw that Boss Zhao had made a lot of money, so he should be living a good life, but is this man confident?
It was obvious just looking at him during the day that he was a little lacking in confidence. Not in front of his father, but in front of Zhao Laosi, he was not like before.

He used to look like a scholar and wouldn't curse people at every turn, but when he looked at people with those eyes, not to mention Zhao Laosi, even Zhao Laosan was afraid that his eldest brother would stare at him and keep silent.

Logically speaking, according to what Zhao Laosan said, Zhao Laoda asked Zhao Laosi to run errands for some things, so it is even more impossible for him to be unable to control Zhao Laosi.

But before I came back, before we even sat down at the table, in front of their father, Zhao Laosi asked his eldest brother in a casual manner whether anyone had troubled him today.

At first, when I heard this, I wondered in my heart whether he knew that my two relatives would go to Gao’s house sooner or later, so he said this in front of me on purpose, wanting me to convey the message to someone else.

I was just joking. Your elder brother is already an official of high rank. Everyone knows that the emperor is a rare wise ruler in a thousand years. Who would be bold enough to make things difficult for your elder brother?
He frowned, probably wanting to ask which adult it was, but Boss Zhao glared at him and said, "Stop talking nonsense." Oh my god, Boss Zhao has become so bold.

He even sneered and tilted his head, which confused me. It was their father who slapped Zhao Laosi twice and said that this son was spoiled by him and his wife. "