Chapter 26

A group of maids and maidservants gathered around to enjoy Qin mubai for a while, and then they left happily.

"All the idle people are gone. Come on, what do you want to do?" Qin mubai sat down on the chair, drank tea and asked.

"Oh, is the conversation between husband and wife so stiff?" Wu Meiniang, with a sly smile, walked slowly around Qin mubai with the ball, but she didn't speak.

Little girl, are you still fighting with me?

Qin mubai couldn't help laughing, but his face was still serious. He said, "I'm busy in my job, and I don't have time to waste with you. Say, you send a girl with no brain, make up a lie with no brain, what do you want me to do? "

"Well, it's boring! You are not good at all. You are not as good as Wu Yuanqing Wu Meiniang seemed a little annoyed. She threw the ball, stamped her feet and sat down beside Qin mubai, but did not look at him.

"It's boring to admit defeat so soon." Qin mubai was drinking tea and laughing.

"You Hum, you fellow Wu Meiniang's little trick was exposed. She felt very shameless and puffed up her mouth angrily.

"I knew that your two silly brothers, how could they have the courage to bully your mother and daughter?" Qin mubai said with a smile, "the result is not what I expected. Not only did they not dare to bully you, but they became your slaves and obediently listened to you and were bullied by you. Tell me, what kind of Magic have you done to them? "

"Well, your idea is stratagem, and mine is magic?" Wu Meiniang disdained to curl her lips, but her face showed a trace of pride. She said mysteriously, "it's not because I have a powerful backstage, and I've got their handle?"

"What's the matter?"

"Want to know?" Wu Meiniang smiles, takes a cup of tea and drinks it slowly. After a long time, she says, "I won't tell you!"

"Don't tell me. I don't care. It's your own business." Qin mubai said, "I just think that your family is always fighting. Is it interesting to fight back and forth? They don't provoke you, but you bully them. "It's a lot of fun to be sure to pay back?"

"Qin mubai!" Wu Meiniang suddenly gave a big drink, jumped up, pointed at him, and scolded angrily, "don't pretend to be a real gentleman in front of me! Well, isn't it because of you? "

Qin mubai was not angry, but a little surprised and surprised: "what's the matter with me?"

"Didn't you make me act as a villain, a witch, and a villain to annoy the emperor? I'll do it now. You teach me the opposite. You're not a man Wu Meiniang angrily scolded, "the emperor likes a woman like the eldest granddaughter. She is filial and fraternal, so I will bully my elder brother. She is virtuous and wise, so I will be overbearing and dandy. She is reserved, so I will be dissolute. I will buy a bunch of beautiful concubines to sing songs with me every night. More than that, I will let them accompany me to have a spring night."

"Er!..." The corners of Qin Mu Bai's mouth twitched a few times, and his eyes were a little straight? Grinding glass?

It's not too much to bully people like Wu Yuanqing. With a group of Maggie I'm afraid it's a bit exaggerated to be debauchery in the same bed.

Debauchery is debauchery. If you are a man, you will have bad conduct at most. If you are a woman Well, my daughter-in-law's sexual orientation is not right, but it's really a big head!

A moment later, Qin Mu Bai's heart was shining, and he couldn't help laughing to himself: she was still a little girl who didn't know anything about her. That shouldn't be possible. This little girl is deliberately angry with me, and she's almost in her way!

"Why don't you talk? Everything goes against empress Chang sun and makes me infamous. Isn't it all the result you want? " Wu Meiniang angrily said, "you should be very satisfied, praise me a lot, right?"

"Meiniang, even if you say that, you should be careful? You haven't been through the door yet. You're with a bunch of women Where do you put my face? " Qin mubai teases her to talk along with her meaning, but he wants to laugh in his heart.

"Well, smelly man, do you know about fame? If you dare, I'm shameless. I don't care about reputation! " Wu Meiniang really scolded back tit for tat.

"Well, I know you're smart and won't do anything extraordinary. It's just that you're angry with me and deliberately angry with me. " Qin mubai said with a smile, "tell me, what's the matter with calling me here?"

"Can't you be a little bit excited, angry, or even yelling at me? It's not fun! No sense of achievement at all! " Wu Meiniang sat down angrily.

"Ha ha, it's rare to see you. I don't want to quarrel with you. If I really beat you and scold you for bullying you, wouldn't I really let you down? "

Wu Meiniang was angry for a long time, then she turned her lips and snorted: "don't worry, I'm not a Yin Yang weirdo. It's just that the winter in Guannei is much colder than that in Jingzhou. I pull a few sisters to sleep together to get warm. It's not as dirty and unbearable as you think!.Qin mubai said with a smile, "well, don't play with temperament. Come on, what's the matter?"

"I want to do business!" Wu Meiniang finally got down to business.

"Business? Why do you talk about this for no reason? " Qin mubai asked suspiciously, "now your Wu family is the government of Yipin country. What kind of businessman are you, the second lady?"

Originally, in Qin mubai's mind, business is a great thing. With his talent and knowledge, business in this era must be profitable. But the current environment has placed a great shackle on his business.

In the consciousness of the Tang Dynasty, businessmen are very humble. Among the four major classes of "scholars, peasants, industry and commerce", businessmen came at the bottom. The law of Tang Dynasty even explicitly stipulated that the sons of Shang Zi were not allowed to take part in the imperial examination or join the army as officials. In the eyes of the world, businessmen are also cunning, mercenary and mean people. Even if you are as rich as your country, you will also be looked down upon. It's not as good as a farmer's social status.

In fact, the Wu family was also founded by businessmen. Wu Meiniang's father, samurai Yu, was a timber merchant in the late Sui Dynasty. At the beginning, he invested all his property in Li Yuan, the Duke of the Tang Dynasty, who set up troops in Taiyuan. Later, Li Yuan won the world. Only then did the Wu family succeed in becoming a dragon, and from then on sparrow became a Phoenix.

However, in the eyes of the court and officials of the Tang Dynasty, the Wu family still couldn't wash away the shadow of the merchant's family background. No matter how much official Samurai Yu had been, his colleagues still looked down upon him. In fact, this is one of the reasons why the family of Wu family is declining.

Although the emperor took care of the former Emperor's face to pursue the posthumous title of samurai Yu as a three grade minister, he also retained the title of Yipin Yingguo Gong. It is reasonable to say that Samurai yu should be replaced by his eldest son, Wu Yuanqing. At least he should be transferred to a post of official. However, Wu Yuanqing and Wu yuanshuang, the two sons of the Wu family, did not even get a job in Jiupin, so they had to live in luxury houses and land and wait to die. One of the main reasons is that they are not from a good family background - the children of businessmen are not allowed to be officials.

"What's wrong with being a businessman? My father used to be a businessman. " Wu Meiniang had a little bit of a broken temper, and hummed, "anyway, now our Wu family is like this. Even if we are not in business, people treat us as the children of businessmen. Moreover, because of the trouble with you, the emperor hates our Wu family even more. It is impossible to make achievements in official career. Then why don't I accept my life and go into business obediently to earn some money to make my life better? I just love money. What's the matter? You can't give it to me. Don't you let me earn it myself? "

Qin mubai was speechless for a while. Although Wu Meiniang is a bit fierce and extreme, she is a very enterprising person who dares to break through the old conventions and customs, showing the businessman's willingness to work. But I think so. If she hadn't had such a spirit since childhood, how could she have directed a feminist movement in history, overturned all stereotypes in the patriarchal world and become a female emperor for the first time?

"You speak!" Wu Meiniang was a little anxious and stamped her foot to ask.

"If you want to do business, do business. In fact, I think it's nothing. If it wasn't for my father, I would like to do business myself. But what do you want me to do when you are in business? Is there anything I can do for you? " Qin mubai said.

"Well, you are not trying to make me happy. Do you really want to do business? Hum, would the third son of the Qin family want to become a businessman? You'll cheat! But forget it, I don't care about you! " Wu Meiniang clapped her hands and gave a mysterious smile. "I asked you to come, of course, because you can help me. Otherwise, do you think I will miss you? I'll just say three words and you'll understand. "

"He said

"Qin Xian wine!"

"Well?" Qin mubai's heart brightened, "how do you know?"

"Of course I didn't know, because none of us in the Wu family was able to participate in the grand banquet of the imperial court." Wu Meiniang laughed a little queer and said, "but businessmen are the most diligent and informed people in the world. They want to know something, and they always get the first information. The imperial palace is often the place where the biggest business opportunities emerge. But one day what the emperor likes and praises will be popular in the world. You should understand that? "

"That's true." Qin mubai said, "Qin Xian wine is made by me. I'm afraid I'm the only one who can brew in the whole Tang Dynasty. The emperor personally visited our Qin family and granted it the name of "Qin immortal wine". At that time, I also had a strong impulse to go into business and sell wine. However, my father is a stubborn and law-abiding person. He is in poor health. I don't want to make him angry, so I've always kept it a secret. "

"Well, here's the chance!" Wu Meiniang slapped her hand and said with a giggle, "yesterday, a big businessman came to our Wu family. He named me and said that he would cooperate with me to sell this kind of" Qin immortal wine. "

"Which businessman?"

"Zheng Fengchi, the richest businessman in Chang'an!" Wu Meiniang said, "it's the big businessman who once boasted to Emperor Gaozu. He once said that no matter how many trees there are in Zhongnan mountain, even if each tree is wrapped with a piece of silk, his family's silk can't be used up. It's a bit exaggerated, but this man is really rich, even richer than the national treasury. In the early years of Zhenguan, when the emperor used military forces against Turks, he asked him for money and food. Zheng Fengchi alone financed all the expenses of the 100000 troops, so the emperor personally granted him the title of "righteous merchant of the Tang Dynasty" and gave him the monopoly of salt and iron in the Tang Dynasty. ""Zheng Fengchi is famous. I have heard of him." Qin mubai said, "this man is different from ordinary businessmen. He was not only not discriminated against, but also made friends with some powerful people. Most of the business he does is related to the imperial court. It is a metaphor for the monopoly of salt and iron you just mentioned. Therefore, this man should have a certain position in the eyes of the emperor. "

"Well said." Wu Meiniang stood up and cut her hands like an adult. She paced and said, "this Zheng Fengchi really has a good eye! The emperor had just invited the meritorious officials with Qin Xian's banquet, and he knew the news. Not only that, he got the emperor's permission to sell this kind of tribute "Qinxian wine". Now the only thing you lack is the brewing method of master Qin mubai. He knows that your Qin family is very strict, so he may be kicked out by your father if he goes directly to you. So, he came to me by twists and turns. First, he talked me into action, and then he asked me to come to you. Hehe, do you think this man is extremely intelligent and destined to be the richest man and the biggest businessman in the world

"A clever businessman indeed." Qin mubai said, "did he tell you how to cooperate?"

"Yes." Wu Meiniang said, "he said, it's not about you. Just cooperate with me. This will not tarnish the reputation of your Qin family, will it? What's more, I just need to provide a way to make wine and promise not to tell other people about it. In this way, I can share 40% of the profit of selling wine. I don't care about anything else. "

"Oh, this Zheng Fengchi is really good at business." Qin Mu Bai couldn't help shaking her head and laughing, thinking: Wu Meiniang grew up in a merchant's family environment. Deep in her heart, she had the idea of "interests first" and had a business mind. The method she proposed seems feasible. Anyway, I didn't lose anything. It's just a very simple distilling method. Let her do it!

As she was about to agree, Wu Meiniang said, "the most obvious advantage of my business is that I can make a lot of money. Businessmen are shameless, but few people really hate money. Money is a good thing. Moreover, when the emperor knew that Wu Meiniang was in business, he must have looked down upon me from the bottom of his heart. Isn't that a good thing? However, if your father, Qin Shubao, knows that he despises me and orders you to divorce your wife, he can't blame me! "

"Rest assured, although my father is stubborn, he is not very old-fashioned. He is more open-minded, especially trusting my son." Qin mubai said with a smile, "I'll explain it to him clearly. I'm sure it's OK. My husband has agreed that you should go into business. When you are free, you can teach you to steam wine. As for how to cooperate with Zheng Fengchi, I don't care. "

"Yes, you are the son of a famous official. How can you manage business? Let the humble Wu Zhao do it! " Wu Meiniang gave Qin mubai a white look and murmured in a low voice, "hum, I hope your old man hates me and orders you to leave me!"

"Are you really willing?"

“…… Eat, eat

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