Idle courtiers

Chapter 388 White Gloves

Besides, after realizing the seriousness of the fraud in the examination room, Li Wei also knew that Zhou Nan was a person who could tell what he said, so he didn't dare to be careless, so he hurriedly ordered his son Li Gao to go to the palace to report the serious relationship, and invited Concubine Li come over.

This matter is very important, the father and son were driven out by Concubine Li, and they sat in the gazebo angrily and waited.

The more Li Wei thought about it, the angrier he felt, especially for his son to contribute money and efforts to subsidize his aunt's family, which was simply unforgivable.

In a fit of anger, Mr. Li cursed like a little beast.He said: "Don't you know how the Sun family treated us in the past? When Dad was down and down, you looked at your uncle and aunt, they were just beggars for charity. Now thinking about it, labor and management are still angry, you little The beast actually paid 300 taels of silver to buy him a career, what a prodigal."

Li Wei was so annoyed by his father's scolding that he retorted, "Daddy, you are too small-minded. If it weren't for my uncle and the others, my father and son would have starved to death. Can this kindness be repaid with 300 taels of silver? What do you think?" I am a prodigal, I am not contributing to the business of this family, I use my own money, and it has nothing to do with others."

Li Wei was furious, he raised his hand and was about to pull it down: "Other people, is your father someone else, a disobedient and unfilial animal."

At this moment, Zhou Nan came over from the other end, smiled and cupped his hands: "Mr. Li and Mr. Li are playing around?"

Li Gao snorted coldly: "You villain?"

Zhou Nan said sincerely: "Mr. Li, Mr. Li, even if the past is over, don't take the offense to your heart. We will be good friends in the future, and there is still time to deal with each other."

Li Gao scolded: "Whoever is a good friend with you, go as far as you can, I don't want to see you again."

"Who can tell clearly what will happen in the future, haha, farewell, farewell!" Zhou Nan was not angry, and left happily.

As soon as he left, a servant came over: "My lord, Eldest Young Master, Young Master Biao is here."

The two froze. Isn't Master Biao Sun Xin? Wasn't he taken by Zhou Nan?

Suddenly, I felt something was wrong.

Sun Xin is a young man in his twenties, with a big nose and thick lips, making him look simple and honest.In fact, he is also an honest man, he can't study well, and he barely won a scholar when he was very old.

Seeing the two of them, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I've seen my uncle, I've seen my cousin."

Sun Xin grew up playing with Li Gao and Li Concubine siblings, and they had a very good relationship.

Li Gao hurriedly grabbed his hand, and asked anxiously: "Cousin, didn't the villain surnamed Zhou make things difficult for you? Why was he released so soon?" Beasts are sensible, otherwise if you hurt a hair of your hair, I will never give up with him."

"Master Zhou, what's released, I'm fine, but I can't understand what you said." Sun Xin looked confused.

Seeing that he doesn't look like a fake, the Li family father and son are also surprised.

Li Gao: "You really haven't been arrested, so how did you come into the city?"

"How can I be caught by the people in the yamen?" Sun Xin said: "I was going to study my homework at home today, but when I just woke up, two messengers from the Daolu Department came over, saying that it was Wang Yuanmei Shizhen, a famous scholar who lives in the capital. Mr. Yu was in the Beijing Sanqing Temple and he was doing a literary meeting. He heard Brother Yu’s moral articles, so he sent a post to invite me to attend. Because of time constraints, I left in a hurry, but I forgot to explain to my family. Presumably you saw the gentleman coming to the door , Misunderstood me for committing a crime.”

Speaking of this, Sun Xin's face was full of light: "It is the supreme honor of my generation of scholars to be favored by Wang Yuanmei. At the Yaji, all the first-class scholars in the capital came. Eye-opening, eye-opening. Wenhui is finished, since my nephew Xinxiang has already entered the city, why don't you come to say hello to uncle, and visit my cousin by the way/"

The Li family father and son looked at each other, as if they understood something.

Isn't Wang Yuanmei and Wang Shizhen Zhou Nan's teacher?
In the past, Sun Xin was just a down-and-out scholar, coupled with his honesty, he was a popular role in the scholarly circle. Literary leaders like Wang Shizhen were gods in his mind.

He was still extremely excited: "Today's literary meeting was really exciting. Mr. Yuanmei also asked me my name, where I am from, and what books I have read on weekdays. He has such a high status in the scholarly circle, how could he be interested in me?" My junior is so kind, I am a real gentleman!"

Speaking of this, his eyes were a little wet.

The Li family father and son were speechless for a long time, and at the same time scolded: "This villain!"

Sun Xin suddenly said angrily: "Uncle, cousin, I respect you, but you can't scold Mr., it's wrong for you to do so."

"No, no, no, I'm not scolding Wang Shizhen." Li Gao repeatedly waved his hands.

Just as he was about to explain, a little eunuch came over and said that Concubine Li asked Mr. Li and Master Li to come over and talk.

"Ah, my cousin is here, I have to go and see. Speaking of which, I haven't seen her face for five years, and I miss her very much." Sun Xin became happy.

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"Zimu, please, I don't know what to order, but is there any clue about Yanyin?" In the evening, in Zhou Nan's study, Wu Xinhua asked. ,

Zhou Nan nodded: "The path has been made."

"Great, I knew that Sizheng had the means, so I'll go discuss this matter with several other shareholders. Don't worry, Zimu, your share will definitely be indispensable." Wu Yuanwai rubbed his hands excitedly.

"They're all from Huai'an, so it's okay to be close to the people in my hometown." Zhou Nan socialized casually, and his thoughts suddenly diverged. Uncle, and Duan Tixue.Everyone is sympathetic to brother, this relationship is messed up!

"Yes, take a look at this thing." As he spoke, Zhou Nan handed over the IOU that Shi Wenjiang redeemed from the seller.

"This one……"

Zhou Nan said with a smile: "Brother Wu is too unreliable in his work. This is a big problem. If the seller has other intentions, or someone wants to make me get this IOU, things will be troublesome."

As an old businessman, Wu Xinhua was originally a shrewd person.After thinking about it carefully, I understood the serious relationship between them, and hurriedly apologized: "I didn't think carefully, Si Zheng, don't worry, I will ask someone to bring the 1000 taels of silver to you later. This is my little heart, how about it?" Can you make Sizheng spend money?"

Zhou Nan was very satisfied with his attitude, and if this person surnamed Wu refused to pay, he would not have brought up the matter of Yanyin with him.Anyway, he was his white glove. These days, three-legged toads are hard to find, and two-legged people are everywhere.

"Okay, then I will accept it with a smile. Now let's talk about Yanyin. Besides the military, how much do you want in total?"

Wu Xinhua hurriedly said: "There are four salt merchants over there who want to get a lead, and the total is nine thousand."

Zhou Nan shook his head: "Nine thousand, it's really too little, you only have so little vision outside of the military?"

Wu Xinhua's heart moved, and he said happily: "Si Zhengruo intends to support us, and I will never forget it, so it is [-]?"

Zhou Nan smiled and shook his head.

"Fifteen thousand?"

Zhou Nan still smiled but did not answer.

Wu Xinhua took a breath: "Could it be [-] yuan?"

"You are still too timid, a total of [-] yuan." Zhou Nan said lightly.

"What, ten..." The teacup in Wu Xinhua's hand fell to the ground and shattered.

One hundred thousand quotations are all half-assed. No matter how many quotations there are, I don’t know how many wealthy people will be created in the future.

My lord Zhou's supernatural powers are so great this week. When I meet such a noble person, I deserve someone to be developed.

Happiness comes too suddenly.

Zhou Nan smiled suddenly: "Besides the military, you think that the [-] yuan is for you. There is a big saying in our hometown, sparrows eat peas, how do you say the next sentence?"

Wu Xinhua: "I don't understand what Si Zheng said, so please clarify."

Sparrows eat peas - big eyes, small py.

It means that someone's eyes are high and his hands are low, and he has unreasonable thoughts, and his virtue is not worthy.

This is already very rude words to come.

Zhou Nan said in a low voice: "Let me tell you the truth, the person who can get so many Yanyin naturally has a deep background. As far as I know, Wu Yuanwai and your companions are also ordinary small salt merchants. No one. Even if I give you all the [-] salt, don’t you feel like a three-year-old child walking through the downtown market with a thousand dollars in his arms? Unexpected wealth is not rich, and I am doing it for Brother Wu’s benefit.”

In the afternoon, Li Gao personally visited the Zhou Mansion.

Zhou Nan and this former enemy discussed major issues openly and honestly, had a pleasant and harmonious exchange, and reached a certain consensus.

Concubine Li said that the Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy is an old man from the royal family, and the Lianghuai Salt Tour Envoy is Li Chunfang and Li Ge's disciple, so it's nothing to ask Li Ge to take a copy of the book.

However, [-] quotations are really a little less, adding [-].

The shares among them were allocated in this way, Zhou Nan took [-] shares, Li's father and son took [-] dry shares as daily expenses, and Concubine Li took [-].

But in this way, Zhou Nan has tens of thousands of taels of entry every year, and he is already quite satisfied.

A salt industry interest group has begun to take shape.

Concubine Li, she is really brave!
Hearing Zhou Nan's reminder, Wu Xinhua's heart trembled.Yes, in fact, the Lianghuai Salt Merchant Group also has class divisions. The big salt merchants and the small salt merchants are clearly separated, and the registration is strict.

Generally speaking, there are ancestors in the family who have been officials and have some connections in the yamen, and they only have two or three thousand salts per year. Such people can only be regarded as local gentry, like Wu Xinhua.

[-] to [-] are middle-level salt merchants. These people are usually from local wealthy families. Someone in the family is an official in the court, and their rank is above the fourth rank.

More than [-] is a top merchant. Usually, this kind of person has a background at the ministerial level. To put it bluntly, they are white gloves.

It's ridiculous that I am a small businessman, but I have a dream of hundreds of thousands of people, and I don't know how I will die in the future.

It seems that Zhou Nan didn't call me here today to humiliate Wu Xinhua, and he had ulterior motives.

What a shrewd person Wu Xinhua was, he immediately said: "Si Zhenghe, the person standing behind Si Zhenghe, if he has something to do for him, feel free to speak, and dare not be honest with his life."

Talking to smart people is really easy, Zhou Nan praised in his heart, this guy is very happy: "I will set up a business in Yangzhou, so much salt needs to be distributed, I can leave it to you to do it, and there will be no points at that time." You're going to make a profit."

Wu Xinhua roughly estimated that the profit he got in the end was five times higher than before, why he refused.Although it is a part-time job for others, but with Zhou Nan's big background that day, the government will save a lot of trouble, so why not do it.

This is a great opportunity to become a nobleman, how can I let it go?
For the benefit of five times, as for the entrustment of the other companions, I, Wu, will let them die, so naturally I will kick them away.

He didn't talk nonsense, and as soon as he bowed to the ground, he was sincerely grateful: "Thank you, Si Zheng, for your support."

Zhou Nan helped him up, handed several letters to his hand, and said: "Here are three letters, one is written by Li Chunfang, the old cabinet minister, to the Lianghuai inspector Yan Yushi; Gao Gong wrote to the Lianghuai salt transport envoy; the third letter is my home letter. You will return to Huai'an tomorrow, and go to Yangzhou with my wife and father-in-law's family, and set up the stall for me."

Wu Xinhua was shocked: Who is the person behind Zhou Nan? Even the ministers of the cabinet and Guozijian Jijiu might be the future chief minister of the cabinet... He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and took the letter respectfully , Hidden close to the body.

(End of this chapter)