Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 589

Since Cao Yong went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I don't know how many people have paid attention to the Cao family.

These two Xuzhou businessmen entered Cao's mansion for half a day, and almost everyone knew about it.Although some businessmen were concerned about the Cao family's line before, those big households had their own masters, and retail investors came directly to them without identity.

This time, it gave them a revelation.

In the afternoon, many Huizhou merchants who came to visit Li Wei came again.Li Wei stayed in the capital for several years, and was used to haunting the Xuzhou Guild Hall.

Because of the New Year's Eve again, the gift to Cao's family was presented confidently.

Some famous people came directly in the name of paying respects to Cao Yin.

When Huizhou merchants moved, Shanxi merchants couldn't sit still.After all, in the past, the imperial merchants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were mainly Shanxi merchants.Looking at Cao Yong's posture, if those businessmen from the south take their place, wouldn't they want to drink the northwest wind then?

Even if there is a master and a backer behind them, it's just a matter of sharing money and waiting for filial piety, and they have to work on their own in this business.

As a result, Shanxi merchants in Beijing also moved.

In the past, those who did not receive errands from the Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted a share of the pie; those who received errands from the Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted a bigger share.

Those who are deeply rooted in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have many friendships with the ancestors of the Cao family in the early years; those new businessmen have even embarked on Jiang Jian's career.

Jiang Jian has a bit of chivalry in his temperament, otherwise he would not have become close friends with Li Wei.He was also indifferent to money, and the silver seal of filial piety he received was directly handed over to the account of the Cao Mansion.

Cao Zhong and Cao Yuan once asked Cao Yong twice where the money handed over by Jiang Jian and Li Wei should go.

Money is something that cannot be said to be precious, but it is definitely a precious character if you can not be greedy for money.

If Jiang Jian was greedy for money, even if he had the ability, Cao Yong would not dare to use it.Otherwise, the nest will be in chaos at some point.

People are so strange, when others want to be greedy for money, they will make people feel intrusive and despised; those who don't want money, want to be given instead.

Cao Yong has already asked Li Wei. Although Jiang Jian is over [-] years old, he has not yet married because he has been behind the scenes for many years.When he was an aide, many county magistrates wanted to send him maids as concubines, but he declined them all.

He practiced martial arts in the temple in his early years, and he is extremely self-disciplined in life, which is different from ordinary people.He is not picky about food and clothing. If he hadn't had braids, people would believe him if he was said to be a monk.

His temperament caught Zhiran's eyes.

Mr. Zhuang passed away, not only Cao Yong was sad, but also Zhiran.

Jiang Jian is quite curious about Zhiran.With such an identity, and living in Cao's house so calmly, she has no intention of going to the temple to make an order.

He is a clever person, and he has been a staff member for a long time, so he has a more active mind than others.

Even if he didn't inquire nakedly, he still observed Zhiran quietly in private.

Zhiran knew it in his heart, and showed gentleness and compassion in his expression. In the end, Jiang Jian couldn't bear the trouble, and suppressed his desire to explore.

The two of them played chess and talked about Zen, but it was considered temper tantrum.

In the hands, the fight is for the square inch; what is said inside and outside the words is all related to the curtain.

The rules of the officialdom, the knowledge of this local state and county, and so on.

Zhiran didn't do it deliberately, but Jiang Jian could still feel that he seemed to be paying attention to these things.

Zhiran is not very old, but he is a monk who has been formally shaved. How can he not be suspicious of such concern for vulgar things.It's just that I have some doubts. You can think about it in your heart, and it doesn't make sense to say it out.

After going back and forth like this, the relationship between the two has become a little closer.

On Li Wei's side, although he was a bit bohemian, he still had some respect for the monks.

On the capital side, apart from Huizhou merchants and Shanxi merchants, there are Shandong merchants.

Shandong merchants monopolize the restaurants and restaurants in the capital, and they have accumulated over time, and some of them have rich family fortunes.

For a while, there was a lot of traffic at the gate of Cao's mansion, and people kept coming and going.

The sorrow in Cao Yong's heart does not diminish, but where he can always be immersed in sadness, he must cheer up, not only to entertain the people who come to the door, but also to give New Year gifts to some close relatives.

In the mansion, Chu Yu is also quite busy.

This year is the first time for Gao Taijun to celebrate the New Year in Beijing, so the mansion should not be too deserted.But Mr. Zhuang is not out yet, so it's not easy to make too much noise.

Sister Lianqiu and Niuniu also need to be appeased, and the New Year's goods should be prepared more abundantly than in previous years.

At the Daoxiang Village shop, the Han Jiang family had already done the accounts, but because Chuyu was always busy, it was delayed until the 25th of the twelfth lunar month before going to the Cao Mansion to pay the accounts.

Because Han Jiang's family had been to Cao's house many times, and there were many foreigners waiting to meet Hou in the front yard, Chu Yu directly asked someone to introduce Han Jiang's family to Wutong Garden.

As soon as he entered the yard, Han Jiangshi felt a blur in front of his eyes, and he bumped into someone in front of him.

She hurriedly stopped and looked around, but it was Cao Yong's eldest son, Cao Tianyou, followed by Hang Seng and Niu Niu.

Han Jiang's family came here during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Tianyou has seen it before, and vaguely remembers it.

He stopped his steps, first raised his head to look at Han Jiangshi, and then nodded slightly, showing the elegant demeanor of a young son of an aristocratic family.

Han Jiangshi took a step back, but frowned slightly.

Although she is married, she is still a virgin and is not used to contacting people.

However, seeing Tianyou raised her head and pretended to be an adult, her expression immediately eased, she smiled slightly, and nodded in return.She couldn't help being surprised, the child's eyes were black and white, but the eyes were fluffy, making people want to touch them.

Since she became a widow, many people in the Han family and the Jiang family have thought about giving their children to her as heirs.Under the banner of inheriting the incense and raising children to look after the old, it's just because of her wealth.

The Han Jiang family saw through the faces of their relatives, and rejected them wherever they would cause trouble.For children, she was also impatient in her heart, thinking that those who were naughty and disobedient were children.

Today, looking at the well-behaved appearance of these children in front of me, but I don't know why, so I can't feel disgust.

Niu Niu and Hang Seng have already stepped forward, Niu Niu is wearing white filial piety, Tianyou and Hang Seng are also wearing plain robes.

It turned out that Niu Niu was still in the pain of losing her father, depressed, Tianyou and Hang Seng just thought of an idea to cheer her up.

It just so happened that Zuo Cheng shaved his head and newly made a buckskin hat and a tiger-skin hat.It was done so vividly, Tianyou told Niuniu vividly, and ran to attract Niuniu to watch, not wanting to bump into Han Jiangshi.

It was rare for Han Jiangshi to see a smiling face, and this smile made several people around him stunned.

Walnut and Wu En, who were following Tianyou and Hang Seng, couldn't help but stare.

Even children know beauty and ugliness, Tianyou's little face was flushed, and the smile on his face was even bigger; Hang Seng also pursed his mouth, and looked up at Han Jiangshi, showing two small dimples in a naive manner.

Niuniu looked at Hang Seng, then at Tianyou, and said to Xicai who led Han Jiangshi in: "Sister Xicai, is this a guest?"

Niu Niu is not very old, but in the mansion, she has always been loved by everyone.Cao Yong and Chu Yu treat each other like sisters, love them like daughters, and no one in the whole family dares to neglect them.

Therefore, listening to her question, Xicai replied respectfully: "Miss San, this is shopkeeper Han from Daoxiang Village, and he is here to reimburse Gege."

Hearing the word "Daoxiang Village", Niuniu couldn't help but look at Han Jiang's a few more times, and said, "So it's from Daoxiang Village, but your dim sum is delicious."

Speaking of this, Niuniu's eyes were a little red when she remembered that her father often brought back two packs of dim sum or bad meat from Daoxiang Village when he came back from drinking tea.

Tianyou came to his senses, saw that Niuniu was wrong, took her hand, and said, "Little aunt, let's go to Aunt Tian's place!" He said hello to his younger brother, and nodded to Han Jiangshi , Several children went out of the yard together.

Han Jiangshi stood there, looking at the backs of the children, feeling rather complicated.

Shouldn't you be looking for an heir?

However, thinking about Jiang Ning's complex family relationship and those greedy faces, she calmed down, turned around and followed Xicai into the upper room...

*
The front door, Ruihezhai.

Because of the New Year's Eve, the business of the silver building was quite brisk, and several deals were made within an hour after opening.

Holding rags in their hands, the two young men wiped the items placed on the counter to a shine, while the shopkeeper fiddled with the abacus beads at the head of the counter, calculating the wages that needed to be settled years ago, the craftsman’s money, and so on. There are goods that need to be replenished in the first month.

The door curtain was rolled up, and a well-dressed boy in a royal blue gown came in.

The young man by the door hurriedly bowed to greet him, and said with a smile on his face, "Please come in quickly, do you want to pick out jewelry or decorations?"

The two things are placed in different directions, so the guy asked the question like this.

The boy was quite uncomfortable, "coughed" twice, his eyes flickered, he quickly scanned around the room, pointed to one side, and said: "Ornament, um, look at the silver gall bottle."

"Hey, that's good, but this master came just in time. There just happened to be a newly arrived burnt blue magpie on the plum bottle. It's the most elegant gift this year." The young man said in the same way: " There are also gold-painted consecrated eight-treasure vases and five-hundred-arhat amphora, which are the most fashionable styles at present."

The boy nodded indiscriminately in response, but his eyes were looking around, and his expression was a little stiff.

The boy was still puzzled, he didn't look like he couldn't afford it, why did he look like this?

"This pair of bile bottles looks gorgeous, and weighs only half a catty. They are both rich and practical, and they are the most decent gift."

The young man's mouth was vague, and he looked at him indifferently.

At this time, a maid came out of the inner room, glanced at the young man, and whispered: "But Master Yun is here?"

The young man blushed a little and nodded.

The maid made a gesture of invitation and led the boy into the inner room.

The shopkeeper outside raised his head and glanced into the inner room, but there was no surprise on his face.Not only him, but even the two boys just looked at each other and went about their own work.

They are all old people from Ruihezhai, and apart from the accountant, these two guys are servants who have bought out the deed and sold their lives. Of course they don't know how to chew the master's tongue, but what they think in their hearts is unknown.

The inner room of the shop is a suite, and the outside is a small hall. The maid guards here, and the boy is invited into the inner room.

Inside, there is a soft couch, and behind the soft couch is a screen embroidered with fox fur, with two snow foxes embroidered on it, looking fluffy and lifelike.

On the soft couch, a beautiful woman with light makeup was lying crookedly, leaning on her chin with her hands, frowning and meditating.

When the boy entered the room, he felt something was wrong, and stood at the door, refusing to go any further.

The beauty on the soft couch waited for a long while, but she didn't see him approaching, raised her head, glanced at him resentfully, and said softly: "Master Yun is so cruel, could it be that a slave has become a tiger and can still eat you? "

"Little aunt..." the boy said with a bit of embarrassment.

The beauty slowly got up from the soft couch and walked towards the boy.

When she was approaching, she leaned over, a little unsteady.

Seeing this, the young man didn't have time to think about it, he stretched out his hand to hold him, but his hand was limp, even through the clothes, it still made people jump with fear.

The beauty seemed to have no bones, her body had already fallen on the young man.

It wasn't until the faint fragrance of a woman wafted in his nostrils that the young man reached out like a dream, trying to push the woman away in his arms.

Where can I push it?

The beauty had already stretched out her arms, hugged the young man's waist tightly, pressed her scorpion head to his neck, and whispered: "Master Yun, you are the first man in my life."

This beauty is none other than Yang Ruixue, owner of Ruihezhai, and this young man is Yiduli's nephew Shiyun.

When Shi Yun heard this, his hands stopped and he didn't push any more.

Even though a man has no such thing as chastity, he still has special feelings for his first woman.Not to mention, this woman was "broken" by him.

Although the woman in front of him is quite charming on the bed, but the bright red virgin blood seems to be right in front of him.

After all, Shi Yun couldn't bear it, so he put his hand on Yang Ruixue's waist, and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, I won't tell uncle about that."

Yang Ruixue didn't respond when she heard the words, and moved her face closer to Shiyun's neck.

Shi Yun only felt that his neck was hot and wet, and he was startled, so he quickly reached out to help Yang Ruixue's shoulder, but it was pear blossoms with rain, which made people feel pitiful.

"Don't cry, don't cry..." Seeing this, Shi Yun couldn't bear it, and hurriedly tried to persuade him.

Yang Ruixue raised her small face, tears streaming down her face, she shook her head slightly, but couldn't speak.

"I swear, I really won't tell my uncle. Is this something that can be said?" Shi Yun saw her flustered, so he thought she was afraid of the failure of the past, and said with a bit of guilt: " Besides, there is something wrong with me, I promised to marry you, but my mother-in-law is very strict..."

The next words were blocked by a pair of small hands...

*
Cao Mansion, outside the gate.

Cao Yong saw off a few businessmen, and then came out with his long entourage to give New Year's gifts, and did not come back until dusk.

When he first saw Sun Jue coming out of the Cao Mansion, his face was a bit ugly.

"Brother-in-law, I haven't seen you for a few days..." Cao Yong greeted.

Sun Jue squeezed a little smile on his face, exchanged a few words of greeting, then hurried away with fists folded.

Cao Yong sent him away, and asked the housekeeper why.

It turned out that Sun Jue came to present the New Year gifts on behalf of the Sun family, and happened to meet the steward from the Li family in Suzhou. The two gifts arrived at the same time, and the Sun family seemed a little less polite.

Sun Jue seemed to be losing face, and looked a little wrong...

*
Tears, I didn’t get home until 9 o’clock today, I was exhausted physically and mentally, and I felt like I had died once. .

Ashamed, I was dragged by several female authors to buy souvenirs during the day, and fell asleep in bed at night after typing a thousand words. .

I started to code a lot today, so I won’t promise anymore, but Xiaojiu tried his best.As Xiaojiu who has no other job, this article is work. If I don’t write well, I will have nothing to eat. I really cherish it, but I found out that my physical strength is only suitable for coding, and I can’t do anything else. Just move I'm dying of exhaustion.

What are you asking for, please believe in Jiujiu once more, order the monthly pass, next month, I don't promise, but I will work hard.

(End of this chapter)