I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 95: Court Situation

Xue Pan slapped his head and said, "That's right, Brother Feng, let's go talk to Brother Cong."

Feng Ziying smiled and said, "Okay, I have something else to ask Brother Cong."

At that moment, the two of them went to the Jia Mansion again and called Jia Cong out.

When Xue Pan saw Jia Cong, he told him about his plan to distribute the profits today.

After saying this, he looked at Jia Cong eagerly, hoping that Jia Cong would agree.

Jia Cong could understand Xue Pan's mentality. Seeing Xue Pan's little expression, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's not enough for me to agree alone. Second Senior Brother must also agree."

"After all, we are four partners, so we can't leave out Second Brother, right?"

"Also, after this dividend, the next dividend cannot be paid so urgently. It will take at least three months."

“Once the business stabilizes, we may even distribute dividends once a year.”

After Jia Cong finished speaking, Feng Ziying and Liu Xianglian couldn't help but blush!
By the way, they are clearly a business partnership between four people.

But they just forgot about Liu Xianglian!

This is really hard to describe in words!
However, it is mainly because Liu Xianglian is not in charge of production and sales. Liu Xianglian is mainly responsible for the safety issues of the shop.

What he did was not in the open, so it was normal for it to be ignored.

Xue Pan said quickly: "Yes, yes, Brother Cong is right, we should also call Brother Liu to ask him."

"Just rest assured, as long as you obey me this time, you can make the decision on anything in the future."

Not long after, Feng Ziying sent someone to call Liu Xianglian over.

After Xue Pan asked again, Liu Xianglian agreed readily.

At that moment, Xue Pan ordered the accountant to bring a silver note of 21,000 taels, and the four people divided the dividends according to the agreed shares.

Xue Pan and Liu Xianglian received 2,100 taels, and Jia Cong and Feng Ziying received 8,400 taels.

After dividing the money, Feng Ziying couldn't help but ask Jia Cong: "Brother Cong, I didn't expect that this business would be so popular."

"We had nearly a month's worth of inventory in stock, but we sold it all out in one day."

"Now it seems that our production is far from keeping up, and we must expand the scale."

Jia Cong nodded and said, "It's not difficult to expand the scale. You guys just have to make the decision on this matter."

"But this time, we really have affected the interests of so many people. They will definitely not sit still and wait for death. They will definitely fight back."

"I wonder if the two brothers have prepared a plan to deal with it?"

Jia Cong did not ask Xue Pan. He only wanted to recruit Xue Pan to join the gang in order to use the Xue family's channels.

The Xue family alone is unable to cope with the counterattacks from other families.

As for Feng Ziying and Liu Xianglian, one can deal with the pressure from officials, while the other can deal with the means from the grassroots.

After hearing Jia Cong's words, Feng Ziying couldn't help but smile and said, "Junior brother, there's nothing to prepare."

"It's nothing more than fighting back when the enemy comes, and covering up when the water comes. We brothers are not vegetarians either."

"Let them come from a hundred different directions, I will just go one way."

Hearing this, Jia Cong frowned slightly.

Jia Cong couldn't help but ask, "I heard that there were originally seven old brands of rouge and powder in the capital. These seven old brands sold the most expensive, the best, and the most expensive products."

"And each of these seven companies has a strong backer. I wonder if Senior Brother knows what forces are behind these seven time-honored brands?"

Hearing this, Feng Ziying couldn't help but say: "Behind these seven families, the power of the imperial court is involved."

The power of the imperial court? As expected, the capital is a turbulent place. If you want to gain a firm foothold, you must either find a powerful follower to rely on, or simply become the private property of the officials in the capital.

Feng Ziying continued to introduce: "Brother Cong naturally knows that we have two prime ministers in Daxia, and three powerful princes."

Jia Cong really didn't know this.

The main reason was that he had no way of finding out. In the Jia family, Jia She and Jia Zheng naturally knew all this, but Jia Cong would not take the initiative to find these two people to inquire about the news.

As for the younger generations like Jia Baoyu and Jia Huan, they don't care about these things at all, and they may not know more than himself.

Jia Cong wanted to take this opportunity to learn about the court, so he couldn't help but say: "Big Brother, I don't care about what's happening outside the window, and I'm concentrating on reading the books of sages."

"I really don't understand the affairs of the court, so I would like to ask my elder brother to help me solve my doubts."

Feng Ziying looked at Jia Cong in surprise and said, "Well, I'll explain it to you."

"We have two prime ministers in Daxia, the left prime minister Qin Xiang, whose taboo name is Song."

"This left prime minister was originally promoted by the emperor. After the emperor abdicated, he has now won over the court officials and firmly controlled the court."

"This Prime Minister Qin is the most capable general under the Emperor. Prime Minister Qin is a conservative who advocates peace."

"Whenever there was a conflict on the border, the prime minister of Qin advocated peace talks, ceding territory, paying compensation, and marrying a princess."

Hearing this, Jia Cong couldn't help but nodded slightly.

How similar is this Left Prime Minister Qin Xiang to Qin Hui?
Feng Ziying continued, "The other prime minister is the right prime minister Kou Ying. Prime Minister Kou was personally promoted by the current emperor. Prime Minister Kou is a genius, loves the people like his own children, is honest in his official duties, and is deeply loved by the people."

"Moreover, Prime Minister Kou strongly advocated resistance against the Qing Dynasty, and he and Prime Minister Zuo were like water and fire. It was a pity that Prime Minister Kou was alone and weak, and it was difficult for him to compete with Prime Minister Zuo."

Fortunately, fortunately, I didn’t expect that there is such a person in Daxia. It’s not completely hopeless.

Feng Ziying continued, "There are three other powerful princes, including Prince Yi Zhong, who is the younger brother of the retired emperor."

"Before the Emperor Emeritus ascended the throne, he fully supported him and gained his trust. Even the current emperor had to give him some respect."

"The other prince is Prince Zhongshun, and he is the seventh brother of the current emperor."

"Prince Zhongshun is somewhat close to the old Qiansui Yizhong, and is also a conservative."

"The last one is Prince Beijing. Prince Beijing is a pro-royal faction."

"There are seven old brands, two prime ministers, and three princes, each occupying one of them."

"The other two are owned by the King of Pingnan and the King of Pingxi."

Jia Cong almost broke out in a cold sweat at the news.

He knew that the water in the capital was deep, but he didn't expect it to be this deep.

Rouge and powder is indeed a highly profitable industry, and those behind it are almost all the most powerful families in Daxia.

For the first time, Jia Cong wondered if it was a bit careless to rush into the cosmetics industry.

The main reason was that when he was preparing to do this, he did not have enough sources of information and could not learn about these things.

In fact, even if he did not enter the cosmetics industry, even if he entered other industries, as long as it was a highly profitable industry, it would still affect the interests of others.

Jia Cong didn't believe that these seven companies were only involved in the cosmetics industry.

Since that’s the case, let’s just make the best of it.

But now Jia Cong still has a doubt.

He couldn't help but ask, "Big Brother, didn't you say that Prime Minister Kou was an honest official who loved the people like his own children? Why does his family also have a time-honored shop?"

(End of this chapter)