[Zhong Qiongyao] Laowu does not have barbecued pork

While talking, the sound of hurried footsteps accompanied by a loud shout sounded at the door: "I heard that the fifth is coming? Where is it—oh, you are bringing your daughter-in-law to meet Uncle Wu?"

Upon hearing this voice, Uzaku followed Yongqi and laughed at him: "How do you say in Chinese, 'Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here', it really is like this."

Wasn't it precisely Prince He Hongzhou who came?

It's just that when Uzaku heard the second half of Hongzhou's sentence, he couldn't help raising his brows, and seeing that the other party was still wearing the court clothes of the upper court, he spat: "How old is it? It's so old. My nephew and daughter-in-law are still old." Here, let’s talk nonsense! Why don’t you hurry up and change your clothes before coming back?”

"Fu Jin, don't be angry, I'll go right away. It's rare for Lao Wu to bring his wife here, Fujin, you have to keep someone here."

Uzaku smiled helplessly, and then turned to explain to Lin Bi: "Your fifth uncle has such a virtue that even Long Live God can't cure him. His words are all nonsense, so don't pay attention. But your fifth uncle always loves you. Junior, there is no need to be afraid of him."

"Yeah." Lin Bi didn't understand what the other party said, she was still confused and just nodded in agreement.

Uzaku was overjoyed when he saw it, and pinched Lin Bi's cheek: "Hey, what a silly girl—" Then he looked at Yong Qi sympathetically.

Yong Qi was embarrassed.

Fortunately, the Prince and Prince quickly changed their clothes and came back.

Yong Qi hurriedly pulled Lin Bi forward to greet her.

Prince He had known for a long time that many things in his and Yongqi's factory were made by the little girl in front of him, but it was the first time they met, so he looked up and down with a smile for a while, and had to pat Yongqi on the shoulder, I sigh that the other party is really lucky-there are not many such capable and cute little girls.

After meeting each other, Mrs. Uzaku came over to pull Linbi: "Let the two of them talk about big things, and our mother and I go inside and talk."

After saying that, he took Lin Bi out of the flower hall and came to another place.This is probably also a flower hall, but it is slightly smaller than the previous one, but it is decorated more carefully and more elegantly.There are no decent chairs, but there is a low Kang by the window, with half-worn magenta flower pillows on it, it looks like a very comfortable place.

Seeing Lin Bi looking curiously, Mrs. Wuzaku first served tea to the girls, and then explained to Lin Bi with a smile: "The one in front is for your fifth uncle to entertain guests, and this one is for your aunt to entertain the female relatives." Yes, it took a little more thought.”

Lin Bi turned her head and praised sincerely: "It's all beautiful, and it looks a little more relaxed here."

Wu Zhaku laughed happily when he heard this, and then went to the kang with Lin Bi on his arm.

Lin Bi had never been so particular about it, and she didn't refuse. She kicked off her shoes and climbed up quickly.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wuzaku smiled even more happily, and then turned to tell the little girl: "There are distinguished guests here today, go and invite some grandmas."

Then let the girls put down the kang table and bring tea and snacks, and the two girls chatted.

After talking for a while, I heard the little girl report: "The second grandma, the fourth grandma, and the sixth grandma are here—"

Uzaku let people in with a smile on his face.

Then Lin Bi saw three older sisters who were not much older than her and walked in with a smile.

One of the youngest among them rubbed against Uzaku's side affectionately as soon as he came in: "Er Niang is really in a good mood today, I heard your laughter from a long distance away."

The other two older ones first respectfully greeted Ann, and then the younger one looked at Lin Bi with a smile: "I don't know which family this girl is from? See if you tease Erniang?" You can't keep your mouth shut, our sister-in-law should ask you for advice."

"Sister-in-law Four is right!" The girl at the front looked over from Uzaku's side, and said jokingly, "Ms. Sheng always scolded us for being stupid and unable to speak.

Lin Bi was a little dazed looking at the two, and could only turn to look at Uzaku with a smile on her face.

Mrs. Wuzaku was just happy to hear that, and the oldest one made a gesture to pinch the face of the youngest one: "What the fourth siblings said was sincere, but don't you see that you are saying that our mother-in-law is a fool?" Tianjing is trying to please his daughters-in-law."

"Oh, I really opened my mouth, I should hit, I should hit." The girl pretended to hit herself twice, and then said to Uzaku: "Emiang, whose family is this girl?"

"This is Sige Gexi Linjueluo, the direct relative of Ertai Boss." Uzaku laughed enough, and then introduced, and then introduced to Lin Bi, "This is my family's three sons. This is Fujin. This is your second cousin, Borjijit, this is your fourth cousin, Guarjia, and the youngest one is your sixth cousin, Tong Jia."

Because she was sitting on the kang, Lin Bi could only smile and nod her head, "Hello, three sister-in-laws."

Seeing the honest and stupefied face of this prospective Wu Fujin, the sisters-in-law looked at each other, laughing in their hearts that the mother-in-law was playing tricks on an honest person again—in terms of the identity of this Si Gege who has not yet entered the house, what is called a sister-in-law? It's been a while.But after all, it's in the backyard, and no one is criticizing, so it's fine.

But the mother-in-law dared to tease the little girl like this, but they didn't dare.Several people leaned forward together and called out to my sister affectionately.

Uzaku gave birth to several sons, but only one daughter, and she was taken into the palace by the unreasonable fourth brother of the emperor. This adoption was directly raised by Mongolia, which made Uzaku very special. I like girls, and even my daughter-in-law is a little more tolerant than others.

Lin Bi was a little cautious at the beginning because she was not familiar with her, but although these three were her sister-in-laws, they were not too old. Chat with Uzaku.

——After all, they are all women, and there are still many common topics when chatting.

The four women in the backyard were laughing and talking, and the men in the front yard also got together.

The property in Yongqi Jingzhong was originally taken care of by Prince He, but because he went to Mount Wutai to pay respects to the Buddha in the first half of the year, and Hongzhou got a job in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Hongzhou simply asked his only son Yongkun who has no title to follow him to take care of it. .

——He has many legitimate sons, but unfortunately there is only one who can take over the prince, so he can only spend more time, at least earning them all a good fortune.

In the past two years, with the progress of the Ministry of Industry's armaments, Yong Qi, who had provided yellow explosives, also had a false title in the Ministry of Industry, so the fleet they formed was officially renamed the Qing Royal Ocean Company two years ago. It was under Yongqi's name.And due to the strengthening of the armed forces of merchant ships, trade with Western countries has gradually expanded.And the huge profits basically went into the pockets of Yongqi, Prince He, and some Shanxi merchants who followed the fight together—of course, because of the high tariffs, the household department also made a small fortune.

And before he went to Mount Wutai, he had just drafted a plan for the construction of the Wanguo Commercial Street, so before he left, he gave the plan to Prince He and asked him to find someone to help build it—if something happened, Prince He had already become the two of Yongqi. Years of habit, anyway, you can buy shares if you help, and the prince never thinks too much money.

This time they are talking about the Wan Guo Commercial Street.The so-called Wanguo Commercial Street, as the name suggests, is where all the overseas goods that come ashore from Tianjin Port are sold. If you want to buy some foreign goods, you can also buy them here.

Of course, there are also other places, either too far away, such as in Fujian and Guangdong, or things are not complete, such as in Shanxi.

This job is not difficult. Firstly, they need people and money; secondly, Tianjin Port's foreign trade is basically in their hands, and the supply of goods is even more abundant, so this is actually mainly for Yongkun to practice.

Now Yongkun has gained a lot of experience—although the silk, porcelain and tea of ​​the Qing Dynasty cannot be consumed by the common people at the bottom, it is normal for them, but when they go abroad, they are things that everyone is vying for. .And the persons in charge of those ships, although they were lowly businessmen in the Qing Dynasty, were treated as guests of honor by many dignitaries when they went overseas, and they only wanted to get goods from the East from him; Some cheap gadgets that came out, such as kaleidoscopes, building blocks, etc., even in the Qing Dynasty and were fired to sky-high prices because of their rarity and price, people still rushed to buy them.

Once the price difference between the two sides is out, the profit can be imagined to be considerable.

Another point is that the fifth prince's merchant fleet, whether it is ships or weapons, all took over the research of the Ministry of Industry, and it was also used as a test. Although a feedback report was submitted after each voyage, but also because There is almost no cost, and it saves a lot of effort compared to some merchants who go it alone.

Yong Qi only knew about making money from overseas trade, but she didn't expect that the people in charge of those ships had such a high status in Western countries. After hearing what Yong Kun said, after thinking about it, she felt something was wrong, and asked Hong Zhou: "Although the employment is not good enough?" Doubtful, can we let those merchants associate with foreign nobles? After all, we can all see the wolfish ambitions of England."

Hongzhou was also a little worried when he heard this before, but it was Yongqi’s property after all, so he was not easy to do anything about it, but now he nodded when he heard Yongqi’s doubts: “It’s true. Merchants are after profit. Collusion is not good for us. It's just that if we want to replace them, I'm afraid they will complain."

"That's what Uncle Wu said." Yong Qi nodded, thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Uncle Wu, when we were planning to build a merchant ship, we explained to Huang Ama that we were spying on Europa. Now it has been proven that Europa is not a barbaric place. , on the contrary, there are many merits, should we change our external attitude?"

"You mean?"

"The reason why we are so passive this time is entirely because we don't understand the West, but I'm afraid we don't have a thorough understanding just based on the comings and goings of merchant ships. Why don't we simply send envoys to stay in Europa to keep an eye on the European countries? Secondly, it can also deal with the conflicts between the two parties. My nephew accidentally heard that the crew always leave a few ordinary crew members in Europa every time they go to sea, but they are often bullied by the locals, but they have no place to redress their grievances. There is a person who holds the documents of the Qing court, how can he talk to the court over there and defend our people? In addition, foreign envoys seem to gather in Guangdong, where there are mixed fish and dragons. It’s easy to manage, why not mention the capital, you can always keep an eye on it better, right?”

The author has something to say: The last thing Yongqi said was actually the embassy

I have read the information, but I don’t remember where I saw it. It seems that no matter which era is particularly bad for people who go to sea to do business, not to mention protecting their property and safeguarding their due rights, they don’t even treat them as their own. look.Someone once went to sea, maybe Vietnam, Myanmar or somewhere, and was killed by the locals. As a result, the central government rewarded the murderer, because the government regarded the people who went to sea as defected from the country, and killing them was similar to cleaning up the family.

So the embassy is really necessary

In addition, the poor author Jun intends to take advantage of the discounted train ticket and student ID to go back to his hometown at the last time. My hometown is in the countryside and there is no internet, so I will update it... But I should go back with a small pen, so I will update it after the eleventh day. Yo, beg the little angels not to abandon the nest T^T~~~