Honglouchun

Jia Qiang had no choice but to salute and thank her. Seeing that she was uncomfortable, Qu Shi talked about the business and said, "I take the liberty to come here today. Once I come, I will come to catch up with your aunt. I was only ten years old, and I went to visit Fu Weng with my father in the plum garden. Sir, I just got acquainted with your aunt. Counting it now, we have known each other for more than ten years. Secondly, my master said that you may not have much time to go to Qiyuan to see him in the future, so I entrusted you to ask for help. something..."

Jia Qiang twitched the corners of her mouth and said: "The old man is serious. If you have something to do, you can give orders, and you can't talk about the word 'beg'. As long as you do what you can, the younger generation will naturally not be lazy. If you are not able to do it, the old man will not be embarrassed. I."

Qu Shi pursed her lips and smiled, and after glancing at Aunt Mei, she said to Jia Qiang, "I won't make things difficult for you, that's right, next year will be the year of the palace election. Back then, our master had meritorious service, so there was a decree to allow our family Every generation can send a daughter to the palace to participate in the general election. In the past, our family did not have a girl of the right age. This year, the granddaughter whom the master loves the most has reached the age of [-], so I think about sending it to the palace next year. Although the Qi family has a house in Beijing , except for some servants and maids, there is no serious master. Although Jun'er will go, but he has never traveled far, and has never set up a family alone. So our master wants to entrust you, a little friend, please take care of him One or two."

When Jia Qiang heard this, she frowned slightly.

The court draft is divided into big and small years. In the year of the general election, the emperors and concubines, the main concubines and side concubines of the kings and princes are selected.

Don't think that you can be selected in the draft just by looking at your appearance and family background, but you have to go through rigorous training and examinations one after another.

And this process, in Jia Qiang's view, is more like brainwashing.

Through continuous brainwashing, in the hearts of the draft girls, the supreme status of the emperor is confirmed, and they are allowed to serve the emperor wholeheartedly, without the existence of self.

Therefore, even if the draft is successful, for the rest of their lives, apart from serving the emperor and waiting for the flop, and having children for the emperor, the greatest ambition in life is to become the most able to serve the emperor, and therefore the most favored woman by the emperor's side.

For this goal, all kinds of secret struggles beyond imagination will break out among these women, which are weird, bloody, and cruel.

Jia Qiang couldn't understand why Qi Taizhong would take such a step, but...

This matter is beyond his comprehension.

……

into the night.

In Zhonglin hall, the candles were brightly lit.

Lin Ruhai tapped on the cases beside him with his fingers, looked at Jia Qiang and smiled and said, "Who is Qi Taizhong? How could he place all his hopes on the misty overseas place you mentioned? Of course, yes, it would be better, but if there is no , or if it doesn’t work, he’s going to make a move. Sending the daughter of the Qi family into the palace is a more reliable way out than going overseas. As for him entrusting you...he’s not entrusting you, it’s clearly The eldest girl in the palace of Tuojia's family. I'm afraid you don't know that Jia's family is in the palace, and I'm afraid there will be a nobleman."

Jia Qiang knew it well, but on the face she couldn't understand: "Guzuzhang, you mean the eldest aunt in the palace? But she has been in the palace for a long time, and now she is only a female history, how can she become a woman now?" Your Excellency?"

Lin Ruhai sighed softly, looking to the north, as if looking at Shenjing from a distance, he said in a low voice: "Although your knowledge is not superficial, how do you know the complexity of the court situation. Especially, the change of imperial power is the most important thing among them. , is the military power. Today's military power is mostly in the hands of Yuanping's heroes. Although Yuanping's heroes are suppressed by the Supreme Emperor, most of them are the Supreme Emperor's confidantes. Yuanping's heroes are so poor that there is only one Empty airs. However, those who are in power, the Supreme Emperor has bestowed a lot of wealth, how can he not be loyal... The emperor wants to deploy military power, he must find the existence of heroes who can counter Yuanping, who else can there be besides the founder of the country? However, most of the four kings and eight princes of the founding lineage have been defeated, and there is only an empty shell left to barely maintain their dignity. Only the previous generation of Rong Guogong is up to the challenge, and he has a lot of weight among the heroes of Yuanping, and there are still old troops in the army. Therefore, it is worth wooing. I can see this, and Qi Taizhong will naturally not fail to see it."

When Jia Qiang heard the words, she laughed at herself and said, "If my aunt hadn't solved the doubts, I would have thought I was already so powerful. You really have to be a lot more careful when dealing with that old fox from the Qi family."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "You don't have to deal with his family, after pointing out a clear way, you don't owe him anything anymore."

Jia Qiang snorted, lowered her head and said softly: "That's not possible, if so, I will be at a big loss."

The reason why Qi Wannian dared to blatantly blackmail him was probably because the old man predicted that his foundation on Jufeng Island was not trivial.

Since the Qi family, or Qi Wannian in other words, had to contribute to maintaining the stability of Jufeng Island, Jia Qiang also had to contribute to safeguarding the interests of the Qi family in the capital.

Forget it, don't tell anyone...

Seeing him like this, Lin Ruhai pointed at him and shook his head and laughed, "You are not a fuel-efficient lamp either. Let me see if you, a little fox, can beat the old silver fox of the Qi family!"

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Chapter 2 Year End

The end of the new year is approaching, the chaos is over, and Yangzhou Mansion is still prosperous.

Although four of the eight major salt merchants fell at one time, the land that should have been shaken would have affected countless people.

However, because the Qi family took action and brought the other three families together to assist the Yanyuan Yamen to take over the salt affairs of the four families, so although there were minor disturbances in the market, on the whole, it was still a peaceful and prosperous world.

Not only that, but also because these four salt merchants ate pies that fell from the sky, even if it was only temporarily, but such Jinhe Yinhai can eat for one day, which is enough for ordinary people to eat and drink in ten lifetimes.

It was the New Year's Eve again, so Qi, Chen, Li, and Peng's four families splashed out a lot of money, driving all the businessmen in Yangzhou City to benefit from it.

Even the coolies on the pier had a fat year.

A scene of prosperity.

North of Dongguan Street, Sanwei Bookstore.

This place has been bought by Jia Qiang for 3000 taels of silver. Not only that, Yu Dezhi, the former owner of Sanwei Bookstore who has been running Sanwei Bookstore for generations, was also invited by Jia Qiang to be the manager.

His silly son Yu Rui was also rescued by Jia Qiang. After the previous difficulties, he has grown up a bit and is willing to stay in the bookstore to help.

Qi Yun and Xu Zhen watched Jia Qiang chat with Yu Dezhi and his son for a long time with a very standard courtesy and corporal attitude, and after handing him a roll of paper manuscripts, both of them became very interested.

After Jia Qiang finished her work, Qi Yun looked at Jia Qiang and said with a smile, "Liangchen, what kind of fairy trick are you setting up?"

Jia Qiang frowned and said, "Set up a ghost game! I have many sisters in my family. When I was bored, we wrote a book of strange things together. I bought this bookstore and planned to print it into a book. It can be regarded as another kind of famous history. What, do you want to do this together? You also have sisters in your family..."

Hearing this, both Qi Yun and Xu Zhen were speechless.

The words "sister in the family" are really far away for the two of them.

Those things, it’s not that they don’t exist, it’s just that it’s better not to have them…

However, Xu Zhen asked again with a "tsk" sound: "Second Master, the Sixi team in Sixilou was selected by you, and you also asked them to rehearse a new play for the New Year's performance. Could it be because of the sisters in the family?"

Seeing him winking, Jia Qiang didn't bother to pay attention.

This bastard wanted to invite him to the painting boat twice in three days, and Qi Yun also invited him twice, but after being rejected, the two kings and eight dudes actually brought two charming and enchanting rabbit masters to the banquet.

Before the two of them could open their mouths, Jia Qiang threw him to the ground and drove Master Rabbit away.

Only then did they understand that Jia Qiang really kept herself clean.

However, after Qi Yun's little grandmother and three younger sisters came home from Yanyuan Yamen, and described the looks of Miss Lin and Miss Xue of Yanyuan Yamen as rare in the sky and hard to find in the earth, after the real beauty in the world, Qi Yun and Xu Zhen So I thought I understood Jia Qiang's thoughts...

At this point, the matter of the bookstore and the theater building will be put aside.

There is not much benefit left and right...

Jia Qiang smiled inwardly when she saw that the two of them were no longer entangled in this section.

Everything else is easy to say, no matter how big the money is, the business can be partnered, how can one person earn all the gold and silver?

only……

There is no room for outsiders to intervene in the matter of publicity.

He didn't even think about making money in this regard.

Even for a long period of time, it can only be subsidized with a lot of money, used for mergers and expansion...

But it is about the right to speak, and there is no room for a second voice!