Jiang Qing

After Mei Shao finished eating the bowl of pomegranates, it was about the appointed time, and the few of them prepared to change their clothes before going to the selected tea room.

"Helian Gouyue doesn't live in the mansion anymore?" Mei Shao saw that there were only three of them in front of the mansion, thinking that he hadn't seen Helian Gouyue in the past half a month, thinking that Meng Ye had failed to keep her, and asked road.

"He is also the selected businessman this time, so he will go to the tea room to get ready." Meng Ye turned around and mounted his horse, and said with a smile, "We call this a distinction between public and private."

He looked at Mei Shao and Bai Bingchen for a long time, feeling very uncomfortable, and thinking that he would see Helian Gouyue soon, he felt better, so he couldn't help showing a smug smile.

Mei Shao raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and pulled Bai Bingchen who was about to get into the carriage with a light smile: "Master Bai, don't we have a clear distinction between public and private?"

Bai Bingchen glanced at him as he grabbed his hand, his eyebrows slightly curved, and a slight smile curled up at the corner of his mouth, "Forget it, so when we talk about things today, Master Mei, please restrain yourself."

"Why, haven't I restrained myself? After sleeping for so long, I have never been willing to touch you." Mei Shao leaned closer, her warm breath brushed against his ear, and her eyes stared at his lips with a smile , paused, and said ambiguously: "Master Bai, do you want to know what I look like when I don't restrain myself?"

Seeing the undisguised aggression in his eyes, Bai Bingchen stretched out his hand and gently pushed his head away from the side, and using the cover of his sleeve robe, he scraped Mei Shao's Adam's apple with his fingertips, and said softly: "Have I ever been afraid of you? "

Mei Shao narrowed her eyes, followed his fingertips to scratch her throat tightly, then gave him a hard look, and sighed, "You will only tease me at critical moments."

After finishing speaking, Mei Shao turned around and got on the horse, clamped the horse's belly, trotted two steps, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Meng Ye in front, and complained: "Why did you choose to talk this afternoon?"

Meng Ye didn't know what he was complaining about for a moment, so he said blindfolded, "Ah, this is the day chosen by Lord Bai..."

Mei Shao snorted lightly, and didn't say anything more, but thinking of Bai Bingchen's actions just now, her heart itched badly.

He just knew that Bai Bingchen did it on purpose, he only showed a bit of sluggish thoughts because he had something serious in front of him, and teased him lightly or hard, which attracted Mei Shao's thoughts, and he hid again went aside.

Sometimes Mei Shao really thinks that he just has a face like a jade boy, but sometimes he is like a fox in his bones, cunning and alluring, what's more, only Mei Shao can see this different scenery.

After riding the horse for only two streets, it stopped at a tea room that was reserved for private use. Mei Shao calmed down his thoughts slowly, and waited for Bai Bingchen to get off the carriage. The three of them walked in together with the guide. .

Meng Ye's place was clean and far away from the busy city. After entering, he walked through two or three corridors, and he could no longer hear the noise of people on the street.

The one who led the way was Mrs. Meng's mansion soldiers. In fact, the entire teahouse was surrounded by people brought by Meng Ye. The envoys of the Jiang and Liang kingdoms also brought two personal guards, but they all stood at the door of the teahouse. When they arrived, they all gave way.

Merchants of various businesses and the envoys of Jiang Guo and Liang Guo had already arrived. When Bai Bingchen and the others opened the door, they saw a crowd of people.

The top few seats are all empty, obviously reserved for the three of them.

The local merchants were obviously familiar with Meng Ye, and when they saw him coming in, they all greeted him politely, but for Bai Bingchen and Mei Shao who had never met before, they only dared to bow their hands from afar and looked at them without leaving a trace.

"Master Bai, it's the first time we meet, I hope you can give me some advice."

Amidst the cluttered and deep middle-aged noise, this youthful voice was particularly ear-piercing. Bai Bingchen looked over, and on Jiang Guo's seat on the left, a young man in his early twenties stood up and walked towards Bai Bingchen. A gift from Jiang Guo, and several Jiang Guo people behind him also stood up one after another.

"Second Prince." Bai Bingchen bowed slightly, returned the same salute, and nodded politely to him.

The goods in the exchange market are nothing more than spices, utensils, silk, tea, fragrant wood and other insignificant things. Important things such as ironware, ores, and medicinal materials will not be proposed in the exchange market. After all, the three countries are only maintaining With the peace on the surface, no one will hand over the sharp blade that can hurt others to the other party.

Therefore, when Li Xunshu suddenly said that he wanted to jointly exploit a mine on the border of Jiang State and Li State, there was a moment of silence during the meeting, and everyone was immersed in surprise.

Bai Bingchen was stunned for a while in such a defenseless situation before he recovered. He looked at Li Xunshu with probing, puzzled, and even faint ridicule, "Does the second prince know what he is talking about?" What?"

"Of course I know. Lord Bai won't reject me for this kind of reciprocity, right?" Li Xunshu raised his eyebrows, surrounded by a very strong grace, he didn't seem to notice that everyone's burning eyes were now focused It was the same with me, I just lowered my head unhurriedly to push away the tea leaves floating on the teacup, and praised: "Good tea."

In order to reconcile the tastes of people from different countries, Meng Ye chose the scented leaf tea that is most acceptable to the public. It is sweet but not astringent, and has a tangy fragrance, which is most suitable for foreigners like them.

Li Xunshu paused for a moment, met Bai Bingchen's eyes, and his eyes flashed with the brilliance of being sure to win. He said again: "It's just that this tea is too fragrant, but I can't taste much. I heard that Master Bai's ancestral home is Jingzhou. The bitter tea that people often drink, just a little bit, can be strong enough to relieve fatigue, and there is a hint of sweetness after the bitterness, this is a treasure that has never been introduced to Jiang Guo."

Bai Bingchen's eyes flickered slightly, evoking a common smile, but his voice was slightly cold, "It's not some expensive tea, if the second prince likes it, I'll give it to the second prince."

"This kind of tea is not uncommon in Jingzhou, but it is very rare in Jiang Country." Li Xun said in a letter, "Just like the mines in Jiang Country, it seems that there has been no new mine in Li Country for two years. right?"

All eyes turned to Bai Bingchen, they were all waiting for his answer.

Li Xunshu's words are really difficult to advance or retreat. On the one hand, mines are the most available capital of Jiang Guo, and Bai Bingchen is not so innocent that he thinks that Li Xunshu can distribute this fat to Li Guo free of charge. On the other hand, Li Xunshu The country has indeed lacked ore in the past two years, which made Zhao Zhen's idea of ​​enriching ordnance delayed in implementation.

The most important thing is that Li Xunshu, as the second prince of Jiang Guo, does have the capital to negotiate, but he is not on the list of officials in the exchange market. In front of so many people, Bai Bingchen can't test what he means.

"The second prince's heart, Bai has his heart, but this matter should be discussed by His Majesty of the two countries. You and I are both courtiers, so it is really not easy to rule for the king." Bai Bingchen said back neither softly nor hard .

"Your Excellency is right, it is the prince who has not considered it." Li Xunshu raised his eyebrows, as if he was not the one who was bound to win just now.

The eyes of the two men met, and there was a hint of competition.

Meng Ye hurriedly came out to make a rescue. After confirming the merchants on the list one by one, he began to negotiate taxes one by one.

Rao knew that Meng Ye had always been in charge of this matter, and he was the best at it, but when Mei Shao and Bai Bingchen heard the quotations from him and those merchants, they were also shocked.

Because Meng Ye was too good at negotiating prices, even if he was facing Helian Gouyue, he didn't have the slightest intention of letting go.

Bai Bingchen finally knew what Ji Pu said about Meng Ye in the past, and he also believed that the rumor that Zhenbei Hou was obsessed with collecting money was actually all because his son was too calculating with money.

Meng Ye didn't seem to notice the increasingly ugly expression on Helian Gouyue's face, he was holding the account book, calculating on the paper, and quickly calculated on the paper with a brush in his hand, pointing to a spice in it and said: "This price is not good. "

"This is based on the price quoted in previous years." Helian Gouyue gritted her teeth.

"It's different." Meng Ye bit the tip of his pen and said, "It used to be more troublesome to grow this kind of spice, the output was less, and the price was more expensive, but your Liang country has improved the planting method in the past two years, and the output has increased. Still at this price, isn’t it kind? Moreover, this spice can only be used to make incense, and it cannot be used for cooking or medicine. The price is so expensive that only wealthy people can afford it. However, in recent years, incense making has become very popular. Its substitutability is too high, and it is no problem to lower the price by [-]%.”

Helian Gouyue looked at his handsome face, clenched her fists in secret, and really wanted to give him a slap: If this spice is really so easy to replace, Li Guohui will be full and insist on listing it as a spice. Are you in the ranks of the mutual market?

"Master Meng, I'm in the business of spices. It's our ability to produce a lot of spices. We can't make it easier for you, can we?"

Suddenly, Meng Ye didn't hear the change in his address, so he choked back, "But our Li country is the biggest buyer of your spices, I think you have to take a long-term view, why not lower the price so that ordinary people can try it?" , It is also a good thing to make small profits but sell quickly, come on, let's do the math, after reducing the price by [-]%..."

Meng Ye thought about the calculation in front of Helian Gouyue, and said in thought: "It seems to be a bit more expensive, and ordinary people still can't afford it, so let's pay another [-]%..."

"If I press it any further, I won't even be able to earn my money back." Helian Gouyue's face was already pale.

"Then [-]%...and another [-]%."

Glancing at Meng Ye, who was walking in front of various merchants and chatting with the envoys of the two countries, Mei Shao sneaked to Bai Bingchen's seat while taking advantage of the confusion, put one hand on the back of the chair, and sighed: "It's true!" Ruthless, if Helian Gouyue was really with him, wouldn't she be bullied to death. I'm different, I'm very generous, as my wife, I'll buy him anything he wants. "

Bai Bingchen didn't seem to understand what he meant, took a sip of tea calmly, and asked, "How much is your annual salary?"

"Two thousand per year."

"Then do you know how much my annual salary is?"

"Five thousand strings?" Mei Shao tentatively said a number.

Bai Bingchen looked at him with a smile, his thin lips parted slightly, "Eight thousand."

There was a trace of surprise in Mei Shao's eyes.

"It's just salary." Bai Bingchen added.

Being in a high position, even if you don't have an annual salary, someone will send countless silver taels to Bai Bingchen.

He caught Mei Shao's slightly bewildered eyes with satisfaction, and said softly: "So who do you think raises whom, and who spends a lot of money on whom?"

Bai Bingchen sat sideways on the chair, raised his head and showed him a slow smile, his eyes were full of tiny lights, his tone was slightly seductive, and he said softly: "Who is so-and-so's wife again?" ?”

The author says:

Meimei: There is no man in the world who is more willing to spend money on his wife than me

Bai Bai: Is that so, are you saying that your salary is only a quarter of my salary?