Little husband's market life

There are tall buildings in the capital city of Bingzhou, and there are many winds and rains in the Tea Horse Division.

Sheng Yao hurriedly walked under the eaves and among the corridors.

Every time the servant girls in Yushi's Mansion saw him, they couldn't help but follow him. Today he was wearing an indigo brocade robe, and a green hairpin fixed his long black hair on the top of his head. Looking at it from the side, his eyebrows were slightly raised, and the height was just right. The lower bridge of the nose is naturally tall, the lines from the eyebrows to the nose to the chin are excessively smooth, and the facial features are large and gorgeous. When you face the face directly, you will never forget it.

It wasn't until Sheng Yao stepped into Wang Jiangwei's study in Yushifu that these sights disappeared.

"Sheng Yao came late, my lord forgive me, I don't know if my lord invited you late at night, what happened?"

Wang Jiangwei was still sitting on the teacher's chair reading letters. When he saw Sheng Yao coming, he got up immediately, picked up the letter paper, and took the initiative to greet him.

"I dug you up from the bed in the middle of the night. I am ashamed of my brother. How can I blame you for being late?" Wang Jiangwei handed the letter paper to Sheng Yao, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand. Someone came to visit, and the Wanli Tea Ceremony is about to start, and he told me to lie about the quantity to the court!"

Sheng Yao raised his eyes to look at Wang Jiangwei, saw that his forehead was sweating, and he spoke anxiously and flusteredly. He lamented that he was cowardly and weak. When the consorts frightened him a little, he gave up everything. Afterwards, he sighed and complained. Next time it will be the same, without principle.

However, this person also has merits. Although he is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, his heart is not bad. If Wang Jiangwei has loyal ministers to support him, he will be a good official loved by the people.

After reading the letter, Sheng Yao didn't express his opinion immediately, but asked, "Does your lord agree?"

"I, I didn't agree!" Wang Jiangwei stammered, "Every checkpoint of this Wanli Tea Ceremony has been inspected by the local government and recorded in the book. The son-in-law asked me to quote [-] citations, but actually shipped [-] citations to the frontier. The ones that come out are sold to Ulan Kingdom, and they say they won’t reveal their secrets at the end, but if the incident comes out, the emperor will find out that I lied..."

If there was a third person in the study room, he would definitely be surprised. The censor was submissive and flustered, as if he was reporting his duties to a superior official.

"I don't agree, but the son-in-law said that I don't need to worry about it. If something goes wrong, someone will take care of it. It's not my fault. I, I too..."

Sheng Yao lowered his head, carefully folded the letter paper with his slender fingers, and quickly calculated the consequences in his mind.

Wang Jiangwei walked back and forth in front of Sheng Yao, "Since you persuaded me that day, I have tried to prevaricate and refuse, and I have also shown that I just want to keep my black hat, not to get promoted and get rich, but...but you said, I What else can I say?"

As soon as he took office, he was dismissed, and from time to time, he was taken by the concubine to take a walk in the tea and horse department, and he went through a cutscene. After he returned, he had nowhere to vent his anger. So he put forward a few suggestions, but he has been with this temper for more than [-] years, and now he is in his thirties, it is really difficult to straighten his waist within a few months!Otherwise, he couldn't be transferred. Who doesn't know that there is enough oil and water for salt?

Sheng Yao came to a conclusion in his mind, and walked slowly towards the reception table in the study, and after sitting down, he said: "Being able to export trade in the border area, it seems that the power behind the Prince Consort is not small. According to my calculations, this matter is really difficult for adults. , Your Excellency has just taken office, and there is no political achievement to go up, but if you go down... I am afraid that even if the court approves, you will not be able to leave this state capital."

Wang Jiangwei gasped, as if he had seen himself being carried out of Bingzhou... How could the Prince Consort allow an insider like Wang Jiangwei to leave his control alive?

"Wouldn't it mean that as a brother, you can only become grasshoppers on the same boat with the son-in-law?"

Sheng Yao nodded slowly.

Wang Jiangwei sighed, "Saving your life is the most important thing, so I can only pray that nothing will happen..."

Or if he wants to send it, he will wait until after he is dead, otherwise he will have no face to face his ancestors when he sees the nine clans being implicated with his own eyes.

Sheng Yao: "Although this is a necessary cooperation, my lord may take the risk and take a life-saving chess piece."

"Ouch! What time is it, Brother Xian, hurry up and tell me."

"Adults can turn a blind eye and close one eye on the bright side, and then collect evidence in secret. Once there is a sign, these things may save lives."

That's all Sheng Yao said, it depends on whether Wang Jiangwei has the guts, because once the son-in-law party discovers it first, it must be a dead word, but if it is not discovered, it will be "Shangfang Sword".

……

A few days later, Wang Jiangwei once again invited Sheng Yao to discuss matters late at night.

"My dear brother, I have followed your advice and went to arrange an official tea merchant. The man's surname is Yang, and he is a relative of my father-in-law's family. He is leading a small caravan in the Wanli tea ceremony and thousand merchants. I have arranged for him to go with The official team set off on the same day to inquire about news and collect evidence."

Hearing that the businessman surnamed Yang has a reliable background, Sheng Yao nodded.

Seeing this, Wang Jiangwei went to take out the five tea tickets he had prepared and handed them over.

"It's still my virtuous brother's foresight. For half a year, he went back and forth in the market every day, watching chess and birds, and drinking tea to compose poems. Otherwise, the consort would not believe that you were a businessman and let you leave the tea and horse department. But these five tea tickets But the [-] catties of tea, didn’t my brother’s silver be spent on the way to Bingzhou with me?”

Sheng Yao chuckled, even if he didn't spend all the money, his ten taels of silver would not be enough to buy five tickets of tea.

"Sheng Yao has something to trouble your lord."

"Brother, let me just say that you went to the frontier under the banner of running a business, and secretly advised Yang Shang, and you are also acting for me, so there is no need to mention the word trouble."

Sheng Yao nodded his chin lightly, "To be honest, Sheng Yao hasn't got a catty of tea yet, so I want to borrow 300 taels of silver from your lord."

"300 taels is not much, I can still afford it, but with this little money, where can I buy five tickets of tea?"

One vote is equal to one hundred catties of tea.

Naturally, Sheng Yao also knew, and the 300 taels was just money, it was money for recruiting workers to build a caravan, he didn't plan to invest a cent of the principal in tea, he wanted to pay on credit.

Sheng Yao used a price that was [-]% higher than the market to pay the tea garden households on credit. He had tea guides, and he had tea horses around him. There were quite a few tea farmers who were willing to give him credit. Jin, just collecting money scattered here and there like this really allowed him to get five hundred catties of tea on credit.

Sheng Yao made a dense list of every credit account he had with the tea garden households, with a full seven pages!

He had big ideas in the first place, but this time he has the potential to take advantage of, so it would be a pity if he didn't make a gamble.

In this way, Sheng Yao set out to run a business, Qiao Zhishu opened a teahouse to lead the Sun family Xiaofu, and Gang'er began to master tea art...

**

During the three-year period, Sheng Yao missed the appointment and did not return to Jiangzhou.

When Qiao Zhishu was 15 years old, the number of tea farmers who starved to death in the whole south increased every year, and local officials kept concealing it until the county magistrate was killed in Ruzhou, and the entire county government was bloodbathed by tea farmers, which shocked the government and the public!

The emperor was furious, and pointed out that General Weiyuan led the army to suppress the mob, and all the elite soldiers went there, and the senior official Ye of Dali Temple was ordered to investigate.But in fact, it is not the rebels who are flat, but the desperate tea farmers...

Qiao Zhishu was originally sitting on the second floor of the teahouse. When he heard the officials downstairs asking for the account books, he got up and walked to the fence on the second floor, quietly watching his uncle deal with these officials.

Sun Hongrun asked Mr. Accountant to move out all the books of the teahouse, and said carefully: "Don't worry, the official, my shop was inspected at the beginning of the month, and everyone knows that the tea sold in my shop is grown by myself. I went to the county government and changed it to a tea merchant."

Their teahouse business is booming in the county town, and even those who don't drink tea come to make pastries, and they pay a lot of tax to the county government every year.

The official sent the dishes, "Master Sun, don't worry, the Ruzhou tea farmer case is really involved, and the higher ups are putting pressure on us, so we have to go through the motions."

Sun Hongrun nodded in understanding.

Another official officer often came to their teahouse to catch a seat, and said, "Don't worry, teahouses are rarely implicated, mainly tea shops, and [-]% of our county wants that..."

He made a gesture, which meant that the house would be ransacked.

Qiao Zhishu, standing on a high place, was thoughtful. The horns on his head were no longer there, and it was already half-twist and half-dotted. The half-twist hair was fixed with a scarf, which was made of silk. Two long white silk The silk hangs on the back of the head, at the same level as the hair.He has grown into a beautiful young boy. His eyebrows are low, and his expression of lowering his eyes to think is fragile and helpless, which gives people a delicate and deceitful beauty, but those who are familiar with him know that Qiao Zhishu is smart and strong.

Sun Hongrun took a breath, "So much?"

"It doesn't lose your head, so what if there are too many? Alright, let's go first, and there are still a lot of people to investigate later." The official did not want to reveal too much. Eat shrimp, these tea merchants are shrimp, not the worst, but the worst are tea farmers, not even shrimp.

Sun Hongrun nodded again and again, and asked the buddy to pack two large bags of tea cakes and send them up.

The officials took it and stuffed it into the basket containing the ledgers.

After seeing off the officials, Sun Sheng just came back from the county office, and rushed to the second floor, shouting, "Qiaoer, the letter from my cousin has indeed arrived."

The three sat in the private room on the second floor, Sun Sheng and Qiao Zhishu read the letter next to each other, and Sun Hongrun made tea beside them, waiting for them to read the letter.

After reading the beginning, Sun Sheng shouted in disappointment: "I'm not coming back again, is my cousin in Bingzhou happy to leave?"

Qiao Zhi Shu Xin also sank, and continued to look down without saying a word.

"Bingzhou is in chaos..." Qiao Zhishu said in a low voice after reading the letter.

Sun Hongrun shook his hand holding the teapot, "What about Yaoer?"

"Brother is fine. He remembers every account clearly, buying tea, paying customs duties, and all these evidences of paying taxes are well preserved. However, he had some relationship with the Tea Horse Company before, so he can't leave Bingzhou."

Sun Hongrun was worried, "This kid just can't be persuaded to come back! It's really annoying!"

Although Qiao Zhishu was also worried, he had an indescribable blind trust in Sheng Yao.

"The letter said—there are kudzu roots in the ground, which need to be uprooted. It means that there are tree roots and beards in the ground, and the ground beard...Emperor! I guess the main purpose of his stay is to secretly assist Lord Yushi, and return to the state The tea market is clear."

Every year in Sheng Yao's letters, he writes some hidden poems. Qiao Zhishu has already established a deep understanding with him. Some words and sentences seem to be that Sheng Yao misses their childhood life, but Qiao Zhishu can tell at a glance. the meaning behind it.

Sun Hongrun sighed, "I can imagine the chaos in Bingzhou just by looking at the chaos in our county this month. He is only 21, and he dares to interfere with such a big matter. Tomorrow, you will follow me to the Wolong Temple and kneel down for him Kneel down to the Buddha!"

Qiao Zhishu nodded in agreement, and he had already decided in his heart that after helping the family collect the winter tea for the second half of the year, he would go to Bingzhou himself!