Honglouchun

Back then, Qi Taizhong didn't just start from scratch, relying on scheming, wisdom and means to cut a way through the thorns, and only then did he have the Qi family today.

It's a pity that time is not forgiving, and the wind is always blown away by the rain...

"Jun'er, do you still hit it off with my little friend Liangchen?"

Qi Taizhong looked at the most valued eldest grandson beside him and asked.

Qi Yun hurriedly bowed and replied: "Old ancestor, grandson and good minister have different paths in civil and military affairs, but they do have a lot to talk about, and they hit it off very well."

Seeing Qi Taizhong looking over, Jia Qiang chuckled and said, "I haven't seen Brother De'ang before, and it's hard for me to imagine that the eldest grandson of a wealthy salt merchant family would be so gentle and refined. The wind is really rare."

Qi Taizhong chuckled, and said: "My little friend, tell me, Yun'er is so temperamental. For the Qi family, is it a good thing or a bad thing?"

Qi Yun's complexion changed slightly, but Jia Qiang waved her hands and said with a smile: "I haven't figured out my own family affairs yet, how dare I speak about Qi family affairs?"

Qi Taizhong smiled and said: "It's just a small talk, why should you be restrained?"

Hearing this, Jia Qiang thought for a while and said, "In my opinion, brother De'ang is by no means a pedantic gentleman who just immerses himself in his studies. His determination and eyesight, presumably because he has been taught by you, old man, belong to the superior. Wait, I can't make it. 20 years later, brother De'ang will definitely be the best candidate to take charge of the Qi family. However, in the current situation... Only brother De'ang is alone, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up, and I still need a wise man like you take the helm."

Qi Taizhong chuckled and said, "20 years..."

Seeing that the old man seemed to be lost in thought again, Jia Qiang looked at Qi Yun and asked, "Has the discussion on the construction of the workshop on Jufeng Island been settled?"

Qi Yun first glanced at Qi Taizhong, who was unresponsive, and whispered to Jia Qiang: "The family has discussed it several times, and I thought...it would be difficult to build so many houses in two months, and it was still during the New Year's Eve. Besides, you How can there be such a reason in the world to ask the Qi family to pay the money first..."

The last sentence is obviously difficult to have a good tone.

The hundreds of acres of land in Jufeng Island is not for building gardens and looking at the scenery, but for building houses, paving roads, and building bridges and docks.

If there is enough time, this is certainly not a difficult task for the Qi family.

But it will be a bit difficult to build this in two months.

And it's almost New Years Eve...

Chinese descendants rarely work during the month of Chinese New Year.

If all of these can be overcome by relying on the Qi family's background, but Jia Qiang wants the Qi family to advance funds to do these things, it will be too deceiving...

Qi Yun thought to herself that the Qi family was not taken advantage of, how could such a cheap thing happen?

Empty glove white wolves have been put on Qi's head, and such an excessive thing has never happened in Yangzhou Mansion.

Unexpectedly, Jia Qiang frowned and reprimanded: "It's your fault that the Qi family is going to be defeated. You don't have any foresight at all. After a hundred years from your old lady, your Qi family will be like this."

Qi Yun turned dark when he heard the words, and retorted: "Don't you say you are too black-hearted! You just want to order people to do things for nothing."

Jia Qiang said speechlessly: "Who doesn't pull out a penny? How much wages are needed? Your family will have a penny. When the icehouse grows bigger, it will be deducted from the dividends. Your family is responsible for running the icehouse, and all the money is held by your family. Worried that I won't admit it? How big is the business of the ice room, and you are so stingy by taking you into the industry to share a piece of the pie, I think your Qi family is worthless!"

Qi Yunsheng smiled angrily: "Even if the ice room can earn money, how much can it earn in a year? Jufeng Island has only a few hundred acres of land, plus bridges, docks, and flood embankments. How much will it cost?" Put money in? If I want to take a share, you don’t want to do it. If you only use the money from the ice room to pay back, it will be good if you can pay it off in ten years!"

Jia Qiang sighed helplessly: "Why don't you say that without your father's guidance, you are short-sighted and have no foresight? What's the matter after ten years? Your Qi family has less than ten years left? I can pay interest. You Doesn’t it count, how much can this business earn in ten years? Don’t just think about the shady profiteering of selling private salt, that’s drinking salt blood, and it’s doomed to no good results. I’ll teach you this way, It’s the right way. It can make a lot of money and be safe.”

Qi Yun was so angry that he was speechless. At this time, Qi Taizhong came back to his senses, looked at Jia Qiang and said, "Hehe, the little business on Jufeng Island is just a small thing, not worth mentioning. Good minister, what do you say?" My Qi family sells private salt to drink the salt blood of the common people. Do you know that the price of private salt is far lower than official salt. If no one sells private salt, how many people can’t afford salt? People are alive, yes Salt is unavoidable. Furthermore, since 30 years ago, the money my Qi family has obtained from the salt industry has been decreasing year by year. Donate. Except for the Supreme Emperor, from Beijing to Jinling and then to Yangzhou, there are very few public officials who did not take money from my Qi family. Tell me, who is drinking salt blood?"

Jia Qiang waved her hand and said, "You don't need to say such things, it's boring."

Qi Taizhong raised his white eyebrows slightly when he heard the words, but he was not annoyed, he smiled and said: "Why, don't you believe it?"

Jia Qiang said with a smile: "I naturally believe that the money the Qi family earns from the salt industry is decreasing, and there is even a possibility of losing money. But how can the benefits that the Qi family get from the salt industry be measurable?"

When Qi Taizhong heard the words, his eyes, which had always been as calm as a deep lake, finally became turbulent. He stared at Jia Qiang and asked, "What do you mean?"

Jia Qiang laughed and said: "The Qi family is in Yangzhou Mansion, and they are the true uncrowned kings. This Yangzhou Mansion is not so much the Yangzhou Mansion of the imperial court, but the Yangzhou Mansion of the Qi Family. The gold mountains and silver seas that the Qi Family has sent out over the past few decades , Let the Yan court acquiesce in this state from top to bottom, as long as the Qi family does not go further and step out of Yangzhou mansion. This is why you have not left Yangzhou mansion for decades? Relying on the salt industry, the Qi family If you can do this, how dare you say that the salt industry lost money? Since ancient times, those big merchants, including Lu Buwei, are not as clever as you. It's a pity..."

"What a pity?"

Qi Taizhong narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked lightly.

Jia Qiang said: "It's a pity that the money sent by the Qi family comes from drinking salt and blood in the final analysis. The Qi family just faked the generosity of the people in the world to strengthen the wealth of the Qi family. This approach was not bad in Jingchu years. , everyone is satisfied. But now it is the Long'an Dynasty, the emperor loves the people, and reuses the half monkey. If the Qi family does not change its ways and continues to practice this way, I dare say that within ten years, the Qi family will be defeated!"

Unlike Qi Yun whose complexion changed drastically, Qi Taizhong's complexion became more indifferent, and he said, "Even if my Qi family doesn't do salt business, can't we survive?"

Jia Qiang shook her head, sighed softly and said, "You always understand people, so why do you say these things on purpose? Just look at Han Banshan's attitude towards you... Even if he doesn't pursue it, the so-called emperor and courtier, etc. The next wave of courtiers will come to power, and his subordinates will not be held accountable? If they are not held accountable, who will they eat? Does the Qi family still have Yinshan to continue to make offerings? Will they have the patience to wait for you to make a little offering? Just copied the Qi family Isn't it sweet...

Therefore, at this step, your Qi family is unwilling to retreat, will not retreat, and cannot retreat.To put it bluntly, the Qi family is now a pig made of gold, raised to be extremely fat, fat and delicious!If you take a step back, you will never be able to recover.Moreover, even if you can escape this time with your old superb methods, what about the next time?What about next time?One day you won't be able to escape.

The Qi family and the Supreme Emperor can have a tacit understanding, relying on your previous filial piety, you are allowed to occupy Yangzhou Mansion.But I really can't imagine that today's emperor, the successor king, will allow you to do so.Mrs. Qi, what do you think? "

Under Qi Taizhong's white eyebrows, his old eyes were frighteningly bright, he only heard him say in a deep voice, "Yun'er!"

The pale-faced Qi Yun hurriedly responded, "Yes, old ancestor."

Qi Taizhong said: "Go and tell your father, just according to what Liangchen Xiaoyou said, two months... no, within one month, Jufeng Island will be built according to the drawings given by Liangchen Xiaoyou, and it will be completed! There are not enough cars and horses , just take the horse-drawn carriage they were riding in, and they will go to dig mud and burn bricks by themselves. In a word, after one month, Jufeng Island must satisfy Liangchen Xiaoyou. If you can’t do it, let him and your second uncle Third Uncle should be honored and raised in advance."

Qi Yun was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Grandfather is nothing to worry about, father and the others will definitely be able to do it."

After all, hurry to inform him Lao Tzu Qi Wannian.

When even Qi Yun left, Qi Taizhong looked at Jia Qiang, looked at Jia Qiang with bright eyes, and said word by word: "Little friend, tell me, is there any way for my Qi family to survive? If so, where is it?" where?"

It wasn't that he was too confused to ask Yu Juvenile.

It's just that Jia Qiang can see through things, so why can't he see through them as well?

It's just that if you see through, you can see through, but it's hard to find a way out.

Although I only hold hope in case, I might as well give it a try.

As for the little money to build Jufeng Island...

For the Qi family, money is really not a big deal.

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Chapter 188

On this day, Jia Qiang stayed in Qi's thatched cottage until the first moment of Yinshi.

First, he talked about Zishi with Qi Taizhong, and then Qi Taizhong recruited the old housekeeper who was in charge of foreign affairs of the Qi family to the thatched cottage.

After talking for an hour, Qi Wannian, the head of the Qi family, was recruited again, and the discussion ended at Yinshi. Jia Qiang left Qi Yuan and returned to the Yamen of Yanyuan.

It's time, it's almost Mao time.