Number of People

  Chapter 585 T-roll father and daughter

"My sister may not have such a heart. It turns out that she was only young. Some fortune tellers said that she had to stay in the Buddhist Pure Land for eighteen years before she could overcome her ordeals. Now that she has reached eighteen, naturally there will be no such things. Restraint." Daiyu explained: "Daddy is not in good health now, so naturally he hopes to make arrangements for my sister's follow-up, and returning to the clan to recognize the ancestors is also what it should be."

  "But Sister Miaoyu said that she just came back to protect her uncle, and she will return to Buddhism once the matter is over." Shi Xiangyun shook his head, "I don't know what Sister Miaoyu thinks."

   "Daddy will have a good talk with sister. Daddy always owes sister and the others."

   Daiyu's mind is delicate and sensitive, and she compares her heart to herself. If she is like this, I'm afraid it's hard to accept the same thing, even some resentment is normal.

  However, the bloodline of father and daughter cannot be wiped out after all. Dad must think about the future of his daughter for his daughter's good. Daiyu also feels that Miaoyu will understand and accept it after all.

"Sister is really kind-hearted." Shi Xiangyun smiled and propped his head up, turning over, "Sister Miaoyu is already eighteen, and my uncle should have reminded Sister Miaoyu to think about life's major events earlier, but my younger sister looks at uncle. It seems to have a well-thought-out plan."

   Daiyu didn't know what her father thought about her sister, but when she inadvertently asked about her father, her father was a little dazed, and didn't even speak for a long time, and finally only responded with "I have my own consideration for my father".

   While Daiyu and Xiangyun were discussing Miaoyu's marriage, Lin Ruhai was also talking to Miaoyu.

   "My daughter won't marry!"

Miaoyu's face was flushed, and her whole body trembled violently due to the mixture of shock, humiliation, anger, fear and bewilderment, even her lips trembled, "If the father really wants to force the daughter, the daughter would rather die!"

Lin Ruhai was full of helplessness and melancholy, "Miaoyu, could daddy harm you? You are eighteen years old. At this age, any girl who is not married is at least already engaged. Yes, daddy is at fault. , delayed you, but Dad will make arrangements for you to make up for it,..."

   "Daddy just arranged for his daughter to be a concubine as a compensation?" Miaoyu's face turned from red to white, and her eyes became a little colder, "This kind of compensation, Daddy should leave it as it is, my daughter doesn't need it!"

  Lin Ruhai didn't know how to persuade her concubine daughter.

   "Miaoyu, Dad knows that you have bitterness in your heart, and you also know that you have resentment in your heart, but the fate is like this, so what?" Lin Ruhai took a deep breath, trying to control her emotions.

"Ziying was selected by the Shangke Jinshi Hall, and he was dismissed from the Imperial Academy. He has a bright future. Even if you don't hear anything out of the window, you should know that he is now in charge of sea affairs. This is the imperial court. The top priority, if this is done well, his future will be even brighter, and he is upright and friendly, if you marry him as your wife, your children will also have the opportunity to be kind,..."

  Miaoyu didn't know that what Lin Ruhai said was true, but when she thought of her half-sister as his wife and she was going to be his wife, she felt a strong sense of resentment in her heart.

  Why?

  If some other noble girl wanted to marry Feng Ziying as his wife and herself as his concubine, she might feel better.

  But I didn't expect that the half-sister was the main wife. As the older sister, I had to be the concubine instead. The humiliation and discomfort caused by this contrast were really hard to face.

Although she also knew that it was time for her to get married at her age, she never thought that she would have to face this matter as soon as she returned home, let alone that her father had already made arrangements for this matter, and she never thought about it. She wants to marry Feng Ziying, and she is still his concubine.

  Even though this person does seem to have an extraordinary bearing and a promising future, it is precisely her father's arrangement that made her feel a sense of hatred for Feng Ziying for no reason.

   Could it be that this person came up with such shameless thoughts after seeing his own beauty? Miaoyu became more and more sad and angry.

   "Father, there is no need to talk about this matter. If the father insists on doing this, the daughter will have to die for it!" Miao Yu interrupted Lin Ruhai abruptly.

  Lin Ruhai was also dizzy for a while. This girl's personality is as paranoid and stubborn as her mother's, and she will not look back on the things she believes in. But how to explain this matter to Feng Ziying?

   "Miaoyu, you are eighteen years old, and your father will not live long enough to arrange things for you. If you don't want to marry Feng Ziying, then your father will find another suitable marriage for you..."

"Father, if you really feel pity for your daughter's eighteen years of suffering, please ask daddy to give her a piece of freedom. When she comes back this time, she will also stay by daddy's side and fulfill her filial piety as a daughter. She has no other thoughts, let alone Marriage,..." Miaoyu gritted her teeth and said: "My daughter only thinks about this matter, so she returns to the master's knees, purifies her heart, and has nothing else to think about."

  Lin Ruhai was full of regret, "Miaoyu, how could father let you enter Buddhism at a young age? Father will never allow it!"

Seeing that Miaoyu was still looking at him stubbornly, Lin Ruhai felt a little helpless, "Well, Miaoyu, if you don't want to marry Ziying, father doesn't force it. Although father and Ziying had an agreement before, but father is sincere. Sincerely think about it for your own good, but if you really don’t want to, dad won’t force you, over there, dad will go and tell Ziying, you say you don’t have the heart to think about marriage now, dad is up to you, but you have to promise dad , you can't entrust yourself to Buddhism, this is the only request of father, you must agree to father!"

  The father and daughter just looked at each other like this, and neither would let the other. After a while, Miaoyu lowered her eyelids unwillingly, and said in a low voice: "Okay."

"Miaoyu, you are my father's blood and flesh. Even though my father was wrong in every way before, would he harm you? My father has eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. I have never seen anything before. All these arrangements It's all for you." Lin Ruhai said earnestly, "If dad goes, who will take care of your affairs? If you really don't want to, then dad can only let Ziying find a suitable one for you in the future..."

  Miaoyu just bowed his head and remained silent, and Lin Ruhai had no choice but to deal with such a daughter whose temperament was almost like his mother, he was helpless.

  *******

   "Cousin is here." Seeing Duan Xigui coming in, followed by a few teenagers of different ages, he reckoned that they should be the ones chosen by him.

   "I've met you, my lord." Duan Xigui was very reliable at this time, he bowed first, and then motioned to the people behind him to salute.

  The teenagers in the back saluted hurriedly.

   It was also the first time for Feng Ziying to wear official uniforms for office work. Helu Buzi, a green uniform, used to wear more casual clothes in the Hanlin Academy or when she went to the south of the Yangtze River.

"According to the request of the adults, five people were selected in total, three of them had worked in the shop, and one had been invited by the Shanshan Guild to teach..." Duan Xigui said concisely, "The other two are from the recent batch. The best of the best,…”

  Feng Ziying's eyes fell on these people.

Whether it is to build a bank or to raise debt, it involves specific capital flows. He naturally does not have so much energy to manage these specific affairs, and Wang Wenyan and the others naturally did not talk about the general direction, but in these specific funds In terms of inflow and outflow, they are also unfamiliar, and this group of children from poor families who have been continuously cultivated over the past few years can play a role.

Fengrunxiang has been developing well over the years, and the short-term training courses that Duan Xigui held in Linqing are very effective. One takes three, three takes nine, and then selects the best of them to work in Fengrunxiang as an accountant. Finally, choose those with quick minds and articulate words to come back as teachers.

  In this two or three years, hundreds of such talents have been cultivated, and Duan Xigui also adhered to Feng Ziying's intention and kept no secrets.

After merchants like the Shanshan Guild Hall discovered the advantages of using Arabic numerals for counting and double-entry bookkeeping, some of them sent their nephews to study, and some simply recruited them from poor families. , Duan Xigui is also happy to see the results.

This method began to spread slowly among the merchants along the canals in Shandong. Many merchants in Dongchangfu, Linqing, Xiazhen, Zhangqiu, and Jining have already started to hire or send people to Qing to study. This method of counting and bookkeeping has spread to Tongzhou to the north along the canal, and to Xuzhou and Yangzhou to the south.

"Well, you settle them down first, familiarize yourself with the situation, wait for a while, I'm afraid I will get busy, well, I will explain the specific situation to my cousin after I come down, this is not only an official business, but also some of our own affairs, quite complicated,…"

   Those who can be selected by Duan Xigui to bring them here should have no major problem with their loyalty. Although there is no need for too much secrecy in such matters, after all, they still need to be more cautious and safer.

   Seeing Feng Ziying speak carefully, Duan Xigui was also a little excited.

No matter how good Fengrunxiang's business is, it is nothing more than a jewelry plus **** shop business. In the past, Duan Xigui would have been satisfied with being a big shopkeeper of Fengrunxiang, but now the more knowledge he has, the more he understands, especially when he sees himself The cousin's growth rate, listening to the sighs and sighs of the merchants when they mentioned the Kaihai incident, made him more and more eager to have more exciting encounters with this cousin.

   "Don't worry, my lord, they are all carefully selected. Not only are they top-notch in calculation and bookkeeping, they are also quick-witted and have a strong ability to learn new things..." Duan Xigui's expression was beaming with joy.

Seeing her cousin's appearance, Feng Ziying didn't understand what he was thinking. He was afraid that he was not satisfied with just being a small businessman, but also wanted to perform in this sea-opening business, and maybe even wanted to earn an official position. body.

  Feng Ziying can also understand that no matter how much money you earn as a businessman these days, you can't compare with a seventh-rank official.

  This status is there, so businessmen hope that their children can study and pass the exam to become a Jinshi, but if it is really bad, they have to donate to buy an official.

  (end of this chapter)