Yutai Bi

Chapter 221 Food
Cen Sanniang was startled: "He wants to rebel?"

Du Yansui smiled wryly and said, "I don't know. I saw him treat Wu Zhaoyi with my own eyes. With such deep affection, he would be so easy to forgive and help. He will not do things without purpose."

"He will not succeed even if he wants to rebel," Cen Sanniang said.Unless, this is not the Tang Dynasty that produced the only female emperor in history.

Du Yansui closed her eyes: "One step is one step. I hope that by the end of the year, when we go back, the emperor won't need me so urgently."

Although the Cen family desperately wanted to suppress the news.There were many servants waiting on the scene, and the scene was chaotic. In addition, King Teng didn't intend to cover it up. The news spread throughout Longzhou City the next day.

The story itself is enriched with rumors.People have summed up all kinds of inside stories that they think are the most true.

Among them, the most acceptable by everyone is that the third room of the Cen family adopted a young child to the fourth room, and took away all the properties of the fourth room.Mrs. Cai Guogong raised her eyebrows once, looking for the third bedroom's bad luck.The sixth girl from the third room married into the palace and became a side concubine, and her younger brother, the ninth young master Cen Zhilin, was adopted as her adopted son, so there was no reason not to help her mother's family.So Cai Guogong wanted to help his wife seek justice.King Teng dotes on his side concubine and empress.Ever since, Cai Guogong and Teng Wang made an appointment for a duel.

"My lord has a noble status, and he's not a martial artist. Naturally, he lost a bit in this fight..." The busybody in the teahouse took a sip of wine, glanced at the listeners with stretched ears, and a mysterious look appeared on his face. Smiling, "Cai Guogong is said to have singled out ten thousand rebels with a long spear and a white horse in winter, and captured the female bandit leader alive." The voice dropped a little, "Before the Cen family saw it clearly, King Teng was kicked into the palace by Cai Guogong." In the lake, Xiaoxiao took his wife and left."

"Wow!" Everyone opened their mouths wide, "That's the prince!"

"What about the prince? But he is in charge of Longzhou City. Cai Guogong is a close minister of the emperor. He was originally the general Qianniuwei who personally protected the emperor."

In the elegant room separated by the curtain, Cen Sanniang was dressed as an ordinary woman, and she listened with great interest.

"San Niang, do you really want to seek justice?" Sitting opposite her, Fang Ming grew richer and richer.The earlier delicate face was completely submerged in fat.

On a May day, the room wasn't too hot. With the windows open and the river breeze blowing, he kept fanning with a folding fan.

"After adopting Zhilin, Sifang's blood continues. Parents also have incense to worship. The property belongs to Brother Jiu, and I have no complaints at all." Cen Sanniang thought to herself, she only blamed Sanfang for deceiving herself to Hongzhou to dedicate herself to him. King Teng.

Can go through so many things.Knowing Yuan Tiangang's comment.Even if the Cen family is not obedient, King Teng has a lot to do.If Sanfang didn't get her to Hongzhou, she wouldn't have met Du Yansui.The resentment dissipated quite a bit.It can only be said that it is impossible for her to make friends with Sanfang.

She quietly made an appointment with Fang Ming today, but she wanted to ask him something else. She didn't want to let him misunderstand, so she shook her head and said, "It's just that Liu Niang's words caused trouble during the dinner. The Duke and the Prince are both strong people. They started arguing all of a sudden..." She paused, and only talked about what was on the surface, "I never thought that the prince should not have written the life and death certificate if the two of them wanted a fair duel. Too much wine, and kicked the prince into the lake."

Fang Ming has always believed in Cen Sanniang's words, thinking that he was forced to marry a daughter-in-law for no reason because of Cen Qiniang, and angrily closed his fan and said, "Cen Liuniang is really domineering. Fortunately, she is only a side concubine. If she becomes the main concubine, she might want you in public." Mrs. Yipin bowed to her."

"It's also the Duke of the country who has a bad temper... Well, Prince Teng is the emperor's uncle. No matter what the reason is, our family always loses manners. After offering sacrifices to our parents, we must carry medicinal gifts to the palace to make amends. I don't know. Did the Duke's kick hurt the lord?" Cen Sanniang sighed softly.

Fang Ming took Cen Sanniang's line by himself.The business of the Wang family's Longzhou cloth shop in Chang'an lost [-]%, but they beat the Fang family and organized a caravan to go to the Western Regions.The Fang family has only been based in Chang'an for about a year, and already has the momentum to spread the fabric business to the whole country.In addition to the help of nobles attracted by Cen Sanniang's matchmaking, there is also the reason why the Zou family gave two points.

The five sons of the Fang family seem to have given Fang Ming the lead.Master Fang's external affairs were gradually handed over to Fang Ming.The matter of Cen Qiniang was just an opportunity for Master Fang.Master Fang has always felt that if a man does not have a family or have children, he will lose a lot of life's hardships.Tell Fang Ming that if you don't get married, you won't be able to control the power of the Fang family.

In the past, he was forced by Cen Qiniang's affairs, and in the future, he was lured by the words of Fang's family taking power.Fang Ming carefully chose a girl with a gentle appearance and a gentle temperament to marry.

After getting married, it turns out that the bondage of the family is smaller and more businesses are involved.The wife is also virtuous.He is getting fatter and fatter.

Fang Ming is not stupid.Hearing that Cen Sanniang sighed and said that she was going to make amends, she felt sorry for her in an instant: "The Duke of the country has a good face, so it is not convenient to go to the palace to make amends. I can only wrong you. I heard that you used to be considered sisters with the princess in Beijing. It’s probably just a formality, and I won’t embarrass you.”

"Yes, Yuchi Kingdom also entrusted me to visit the princess. How is she doing?" Cen Sanniang wanted to check the situation from the side.

Fang Ming smiled wryly and said, "The princess lives in seclusion and does not leave the house. This year, she was sick and did not leave the palace during the dragon boat race during the Dragon Boat Festival. The prince is accompanied by Liu Niang. I don't even know what the princess looks like."

Cen Sanniang was taken aback.The dragon boat race on the Dragon Boat Festival is a big event.King Teng was actually accompanied by Liuniang, Yuchi Baozhu never had the temperament to stay quietly in the mansion before.Immediately decided to go to the palace to visit the day after tomorrow after offering sacrifices tomorrow.

Seeing her frowning, Fang Ming only said that Liu Niang was being favored, and if the princess didn't show up, she would go to the palace to make amends and would have to suffer from Liu Niang.He knew that Cen Sanniang was a money-loving person just like himself, so he changed the subject to comfort her and said, "There is a business right now, would you like to invest in it?"

Cen Sanniang was holding tens of thousands of taels of silver and didn't know what to do.Fang Ming was trustworthy again, so he managed to divert his attention and said, "What business?"

When it came to business, Fang Ming's eyes narrowed into slits, and he said in a low voice, "The Western Expeditionary Army is on the way. We need to rush to make military uniforms for the winter. The Zou family will share 30% of their own share with the Fang family. 6 troops The 6000% is not to be underestimated, and it can make a profit of [-] taels. The Fang family is collecting all the Houge Ma overnight. However, if the water is pumped to drive this end, other places may not be able to turn around. If you have Money, if you invest [-] silver, you will get [-] taels of profit at the end of the year."

This is high profit.There is no reason for Cen Sanniang to refuse.I just told Fang Ming again: "Don't pretend to be good."

Fang Ming stretched out his folding fan, smiling so hard that he couldn't see his teeth: "Don't worry, it's related to military affairs, and it's a crime of family robbery. I'm a businessman, and I just want to earn tens of thousands of taels of silver safely. thing."

Cen Sanniang smiled and said: "Since you are willing to give up the profit, I will naturally do it. But first of all, let me clarify that the deed only states that I will borrow high interest silver. It does not state that I will participate in the military uniform business."

Even if something happened in the future, she just borrowed 2 taels of silver with an interest of [-] taels of usury to Fang's family.

"You're safe, I'm more at ease." Fang Ming knew what Cen Sanniang was worried about.Merchant is always a cheap business, and it is always unpleasant to be known that the Du family is earning money for military uniforms.Even if the rich and powerful opened restaurants and shops, they were still remembered by their servants.

After two finalizations, Cen Sanniang's eyes flickered, and she casually asked if Prince Teng had any business cooperation with the Fang family.

King Teng is the governor of Longzhou.The Fang family has been doing business in Longzhou for a hundred years.If King Teng wanted to do business, he couldn't hide it from the Fang family.This is what Du Yansui told her to inquire about.

Cen Sanniang was wondering why she asked about this.It needs to be known that in addition to the imperial court's allocation of money, part of the local tax revenue is also in the hands of King Teng.

Unexpectedly, Fang Ming pondered for a while, and said something that surprised her: "Since you asked me about Prince Teng, there is one thing that I have always been uneasy about. Since the prince took office, he has partnered with the Fang family to do the food business. The Fang family came forward to buy grain, using the Fang family's boat, the buyer was contacted by the prince, and the Fang family was not allowed to intervene, and the people of the prince's mansion escorted the shipment. I only know that it took at least four trips, three boats each, to Yichang So I put the boat back and went on land, and then I disappeared. The settlement of money and money is clear. It is only said that it is the business of the Fang family, and there is no suspicion at all. It is easy to talk about other businesses, after all, it is food. Sanniang, apart from this Only my father, me, and you know about the palace."

Cen Sanniang was silent in her heart, Jiannan Road bordered Tubo.After entering Sichuan, he found a caravan and took the mountain road, which was able to avoid the government's interrogation and transport grain into Tubo.Last year, there was a severe drought and food shortage in the south of the Yangtze River. King Teng did not sell the grain to the south of the Yangtze River to make money, but shipped it to Jiannan Road.It cannot but be thought-provoking.

She thought for a while and said, "The Fang family should separate as soon as possible. No one can tell what will happen in the future. Maybe it's okay. If something happens, it won't be a catastrophe. Don't worry, except for the Duke, we won't tell anyone."

She spoke vaguely, but Fang Ming gasped.This means that if there is a problem with the buyer of King Teng's grain, the Fang family will bear the brunt of it.

He got up and bowed solemnly to Cen Sanniang: "I will go back and discuss with my father."

Cen Sanniang couldn't sit still anymore.She put on her bonnet and went out by the back door.Ah Qiu also wore a veiled hat, and called a sedan chair to wait.Cen Sanniang quietly went back to the four-bedroom old house.

Fang Ming sat there until sunset before leaving.

(End of this chapter)