MTL - Feng Xing-Chapter 128
Goodbye to Jin Fu, Feng Sheng felt that time did not seem to pass.
The only difference is that Huang Jinfu is fatter than he was a few years ago.
Back then, Huang Jinfu invested in Fang Fengfu and sold Huang Jiayong's hundred-year-old nest. Everyone said he was a prodigal. The Huang family took the lead.
Today's Huang family holds 20% of Long Risheng's dry stock, and because the surrender was simple enough, most of the official salt shops in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River are held by the Huang family. When Huang Jinfu's father was alive, he was still prosperous.
Feng Sheng has lived in Beijing for the past few years, and her connection with the Huang family has not been broken.
Yu Gong and the Huang family are able to have their current half-private and half-official identities, thanks to Feng Sheng's secret relationship. Even if they changed their identities, relying on King Wei's back was enough for the Huang family to run rampant in Jiangsu, so even if Huang Jinfu had never been to the capital in the past few years, his filial piety had never been less .
Not a doorman, but better than a doorman.
As for private matters, Jiu Yiniang and Huang Ying'er have a close personal relationship with Feng Sheng, and now that Jiu Yiniang can be half of the Huang family, it goes without saying that they have friendship.
"See Princess."
Huang Jinfu was dressed in a brocade robe with money and python patterns, and his physique was fatter than a few years ago, so it was just a salute, which made him sweat profusely and looked embarrassed.
Five of his ten fingers are wearing gemstone rings, which are so bright that they can almost blind people's eyes when they are stretched out, and they haven't changed at all from the style of salt merchants in the past.
Jiu Yiniang is also no different from a few years ago, except that her eyebrows and eyes are a little more capable, as bright as ever.
"Okay, there's no need to salute. I'll dress lightly this time, so you don't need to be too polite." Feng Sheng was still dressed in men's clothes, and raised his hand holding the folding fan.
Jiu Yiniang was also a straightforward person, she stood up immediately, and stretched out her hand to support Huang Jinfu, complaining that he didn't know how to control himself, so that his health was getting worse day by day. In fact, it was to help Huang Jinfu explain, and also to prevent Feng Sheng from misunderstood that he was not respectful enough.
Feng Sheng also said a few words along the way, and also pretended to be the imperial physician in the palace, saying that people who are too fat will have more diseases, and said that they will invite an imperial physician in the name of the palace to help Huang Jinfu give a prescription. Always reduce this weight, so that you can live a long and healthy life.
This statement won the approval of Jiu Yiniang. Although she followed Huang Jinfu back then because the whole family relied on the Huang family for food, but after being favored by Huang Jinfu for so many years, she is also the same as a member of the Huang family except that she does not have a real marriage status. No doubt the housewife.
Among them, Huang Jinfu's eccentric eyes are indispensable, but people's hearts are fleshy, and she and Huang Jinfu also have a husband and wife relationship, so naturally I hope he is healthy and healthy.
Furthermore, she only gave birth to Huang Ying'er, and did not give birth to Huang Jinfu's son. Nowadays, children are the most important thing. If there is a day when Huang Jinfu really has no son to support her, she may still be entangled with the Huang family. Even if she won't be kicked out, her life will not be better than it is now.
Following Feng Sheng's voice, Jiu Yiniang complained to Jin Fu several times.
Huang Jinfu wiped off his sweat and laughed accompaniment, but as for complaining repeatedly in his heart, it is not enough for outsiders to understand.
Just a few simple exchanges of words made the estrangement between the two parties disappear after they hadn't seen each other for a long time, and because of Feng Sheng's status, Huang Jinfu and Jiu Yiniang felt extraordinarily valued.
Thinking back, they also had an unusual friendship with Princess Wei.
In fact, as early as when Feng Sheng was still in Beijing, he wrote a letter to Huang Jinfu, asking him to help raise food in the Jiangnan area. She is not afraid of spending money, what she is afraid of is that there is no place to buy grain with money, and part of the grain in Wei Wangkong's plan is actually from the hands of Huang Jinfu.
It's a pity that the news came too late. By the time Feng Sheng wrote here, the price of grain in the Jiangnan area had already increased several times.
"Since the princess handed over the letter, my master and I have been raising grain in various places in the local area. It is not only our family who are hoarding grain privately. They are all hoarding grain, so the government intervened. Not only severely cracked down on the grain merchants who hoarded grain, but also did not allow To release grain outside without the government’s consent, now only in Jiangsu, grain merchants and grain stores have a fixed amount of grain sold every day, if anyone dares to sell it privately, he will be punished by ransacking his home and beheading.”
Feng Sheng knew all these things, and she had learned the details from Fan Jinchuan as early as yesterday.
Even this series of decrees were implemented by Fan Jinchuan. During this period, how many rich and wealthy households were offended, and how many officials stood behind these wealthy households. Because of the reform of the Lianghuai salt administration, Fan Jinchuan offended all the officials in the Lianghuai and Huaihe Rivers. In order to control the floods in the two Huaihe Rivers and this time, Fan Jinchuan's situation can be described as a raging fire, and every step is difficult.
But it is just like this, under such a difficult environment, the south of the Yangtze River is not in chaos, and can maintain the stability of the flowers on the other side of the bank as always, rather than the price of rice rising to an unbelievable level, so that it will cause chaos in local prices , the common people live in dire straits.
Time is fate, this can't be complained, and Feng Sheng won't complain either.
Only in this way, what she was worried about happened, even if she had money, she couldn't buy food.
"Princess, in fact, even if Daliang can't buy food, it doesn't mean there is no food elsewhere." Jiu Yiniang said with a twinkle in her eyes.
Before Feng Sheng reacted quickly, he heard Huang Jinfu scold him: "What nonsense, you, a woman, can intervene in this matter?"
Jiu Yiniang's lips fluttered, but she remained silent.
This is not Jiu Yiniang's temperament, and seeing Huang Jinfu winking at Jiu Yiniang again and again, Feng Sheng also knows that there may be something wrong with this matter, and Huang Jinfu doesn't want Jiu Yiniang to bring it up.
She is not an ignorant temper, so I can only talk about it later.
It is well known that the salt merchants lived extravagantly.
It was not easy for Feng Sheng to come to the south of the Yangtze River, so Huang Jinfu naturally spent a lot of effort to entertain her.
It's a pity that Feng Sheng had something on his mind, and he didn't want to reveal his whereabouts. He just had a banquet and didn't mention anything else. Even if he had the strength, Huang Jinfu had nowhere to go, but Feng Sheng lived in the garden under his name.
On the second day of their stay, Huang Yinger came.
After many years, Huang Ying'er has married, and it is said that she is also a businessman. Seeing her ruddy complexion and relaxed brows, Feng Sheng knew that she was doing well, so she let go of another worry.
Thinking back to that innocent little girl who sneaked into her room back then to make a good deal with her, but in the end she played chess all night, Feng Sheng couldn't help but feel that time flies. But Huang Ying'er didn't change her nature, she took Feng Sheng's hand and asked questions, it seemed that she was married and became a mother but hadn't grown up yet.
As for Huang Yinger's husband, Jiu Yiniang also told Feng Sheng the inside story.
"This girl is stubborn, and she is also spoiled by me. Her father also picked out many young talents with her, but she didn't like them all. Instead, she had the same eye with a small shopkeeper in the shop at home. She My father disliked the other party's worthlessness, and there was a lot of quarrel at the beginning, but in the end I finally granted this girl's wish, but my son-in-law is also a success, and now he has established his own business, and his business is doing well, so he can finally set foot in the Yellow River The door is open."
After hearing her mother's words, Huang Ying'er was not happy, and retorted: "To put it bluntly, you and your father dislike the poor and love the rich. People have long said that Brother Hao will definitely be promising in the future. You didn't want it back then."
Seeing that the expressions of the mother and daughter were a little strange, Feng Sheng was an outsider and it was not easy to intervene, so he could only change the topic and ask Huang Yinger about something else, and then turned the matter over.
Huang Ying'er didn't stay for long and left soon.
There are still young children in her family, and her husband Chen Hao is an orphan with no relatives. Although there are many servants in the family, Huang Yinger is not at ease leaving a young child at home, and is in a hurry to go back. Feng Sheng didn't keep her any longer, and only asked her to bring the child with her some other day, without formalities.
After Huang Ying'er left, Feng Sheng asked about the matter Jiu Yiniang mentioned yesterday.
In fact, this matter is still related to Chen Hao. Chen Hao is an orphan without father and mother. Thanks to his good character and hard work, he was able to work from an errand boy to the third shopkeeper in the shop under the name of Huang's family.
But no matter how the shopkeeper was, he was nothing more than a servant to the Huang family. After his affair with Huang Yinger was discovered, he naturally encountered many difficulties from the Huang family.
Not only Huang Jinfu disagreed, but Jiu Yiniang was also unwilling, they thought more, they had never seen such a dirty thing in the mall, who knew whether Chen Hao deliberately seduced the young and ignorant lady because of Huang Yinger's identity . This incident violated the bottom line of Huang Jinfu and Jiu Yiniang. If it were Huang Jinfu's personality, he would not spare the boy after beating the mandarin duck with a stick, but Jiu Yiniang spared Chen Hao's life with his kindness.
This Chen Hao is also decisive, knowing that if he doesn't get ahead, he will definitely not have a relationship with the person he likes, and he probably still has the ambition to show the Huang family to get ahead, so he took the risk to go out to sea with others.
Suzhou is close to the sea, Yangzhou is famous for its salt, and Suzhou is famous for its prosperous hand-weaving. There are countless silk silks and satins produced in Suzhou and Hangzhou every year. These are sold not only in Daliang, but also in a large number. Part of it is shipped to those Yi countries overseas.
Daliang is not forbidden to go to the sea, and city ship divisions are set up in various places along the coast to carry out tribute trade.
It's a pity that the imperial court emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce. In addition, Daliang boasted that he was rich in resources and looked down on those barbarians very much. Therefore, the role of the Shibo Department was more reflected in the tribute, but it had no benefit in commerce. The government did nothing. The profits of the trade are enough to make people crazy, and because of this, many smuggling merchants have been born.
Of course, ordinary businessmen would not dare to smuggle, and they would still buy the officials of the Shibo Department through the department of the Shibo Department. The Yi people made a fortune by doing business.
But this kind of wealth is not so easy to make, especially for those small businessmen with little capital in their hands. Many of them have to go to sea in person to buy items that Daliang does not have, and make profits by reselling them. However, the climate on the sea is changeable, and there are pirates infesting, if you are not careful, you will lose your life. Therefore, many people call this kind of going to sea a life-threatening business.
Chen Hao started this business back then, and when he came back from the sea half a year later, he was so emaciated that he brought back a bag of rubies. With this bag of rubies, Chen Hao made his first fortune in life.
When he has cash in hand, Chen Hao will not let go of this business. Just transporting the silk and porcelain from Daliang out, and then transporting gems and spices back from other countries, Chen Hao can still make a lot of money. This kid is bold, and he is also successful, just like this, he has made a bit of a name in Suzhou and Hangzhou.
At this point, he was able to step into the gate of Huang's family dignifiedly and marry Huang Ying'er back home.
As for what Jiu Yiniang said yesterday, it was related to the business Chen Hao was doing. Chen Hao also casually said something to his mother-in-law, mentioning that Luzon is rich in rice and the eating habits of the local people are no different from those in Daliang. Feng Sheng asked the Huang family to help raise food, but he was at a loss what to do, so he remembered this matter.
After listening to Jiu Yiniang's words, Feng Sheng fell into deep thought.
She knew that things were not that simple, how could Jiu Yiniang connect these two things for no reason. In particular, there is no certainty about the matter at sea. A gossip from the past can make Jiu Yiniang mention it in front of Feng Sheng regardless of her identity. It must not be so simple behind it.
Knowing that it is not so easy to hide things, Jiu Yiniang thought about it and told the truth.
In fact, the matter is very simple. Chen Hao's business has encountered difficulties. It is said that the people do not fight with the officials. Business at sea is inherently impermanent. Naturally, huge profits cannot be separated from competitors. In the past, it was fine to make small troubles, but now Chen Hao's business is doing well, which naturally hinders people's eyes.
The Huang family has been operating in the Jiangnan area for many years, so it is naturally related, but the relationship is also divided into places. Just when Chen Hao was in a state of desperation, Feng Sheng suddenly delivered a letter to Huang's family and would visit him in a few days, so Feng Sheng was begging for it.
As for why the Huang family worked so hard, in fact, the Huang family also took part in Chen Hao's business. It was also through Chen Hao, Jiu Yiniang and Huang Jinfu that they came into contact with maritime trade, and it was a matter of personal concern, so naturally they spared no effort.
