The little man is born to make money

"My lord, are you thinking about your son again?" The servant put a cup of tea by Xie Jinyu's hand, with a hint of worry on his face.Since Qi Lin went to Beijing, apart from going out to check the business of various shops, Xie Jinyu has locked herself in the house all day long, not going out the door, not going in the second door, and she doesn't know what's in her mind.

In her opinion, her son is good at everything, but he is too affectionate.What's so good about those men, can they be worth the money?If she had the mental ability of a son, he and she would not look down on any stinky man, even if the other party is a prince!

Count the silver at home well, isn't it fragrant?

"Not really, I just remembered the letter from Guanshi Qian and the others, saying that they wanted to test the waters in the capital." Xie Jinyu shook his head. Although he did miss Qi Lin a little in his heart, he did not forget the serious business at hand.

"Testing the water? Testing the water for what?" The servant was puzzled. The business of Xie's family has already spread out, and they have established a foothold in the southwest area. Isn't it good to occupy the entire southwest market at this time?Why would you want to go to the capital to test the water suddenly?

Where is that in Beijing?At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are countless dignitaries!Where does the Xie family dare to spend this little capital?Don't let any splashes come out at that time, but put this meager family fortune into it.

"Our celadon is very famous now, not only in the southwest, but also in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Many big customers have come. Qian Guanshi said in the letter that the nobles in the south of the Yangtze River like this kind of exquisite and elegant porcelain. Things that don't lose their status are extremely popular whether they are given away as gifts or kept as decorations at home." Xie Jinyu frowned, a little undecided for a while.

"Guanshi Qian said that the porcelain merchants in the south of the Yangtze River intentionally bought celadon from us, and then resold it to the nobles in the capital. According to his thinking, it is not a matter of selling it to anyone. If this is the case, why should the market in the capital be Let it go, it's just cheaper for the merchants in Jiangnan!"

The Xie family's foundation is shallow, and they never thought about expanding their business to the capital, at least not yet.It's just that this time, Xie's celadon is suddenly famous in the southwest, and even merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are a little jealous.

If the Xie family is unwilling to give up the market in the capital, someone will naturally help them. However, Xie Jinyu is a little worried that he won't be able to eat a fat man in one breath. If he goes to the capital rashly like this, he will fold the celadon inside if he can't keep it.

The most important thing is that Xie Jinyu is worried that once the celadon flows into the capital and attracts the attention of those nobles, and then discovers his relationship with Qi Lin and misses Qi Lin's major event, then it will really be fatal!

So Xie Jinyu has been unable to make up her mind since she received the letter from Guanshi Qian.He was unwilling to let go of an opportunity to expand Xie's business, and he was afraid that Qi Lin would be harmed by his ostentation.

He was caught in a dilemma for a while, but his face was quite haggard.

"My lord, why don't you ask Shi Ziye? Anyway, Shi Ziye is also in the capital now, and he must know more information than us. It's not wrong to ask him!" Shi Mo didn't think too much, only thought that Shi Ziye had arrived in the capital, and he He is the emperor's grandson. With such a good status, no one would dare to embarrass him. He is not a good candidate to inquire about the wind direction of the capital.

Xie Jinyu chuckled, he wanted to ask Qi Lin, but every time he opened his mouth, he didn't know how to say it.Qi Lin's help to the Xie family's business is not insignificant. Without his help, the Xie family would never have developed to the present grand occasion.

But precisely because Qi Lin helped too much, Xie Jinyu felt a heavy burden on her heart.He and Qi Lin have clarified their relationship, and the two have a tacit understanding, and it is no longer an ordinary partner relationship.If you blindly seek Qi Lin's help, it will make the relationship between the two of them even more complicated.

He was afraid that Qi Lin would underestimate him, and he was even more afraid that he would lose his heart.

"It would be great if everything was as simple as you think." Xie Jinyu sighed softly, and couldn't help rubbing her forehead.

"Our family's business is still too small. If the family is big, you don't have to worry about it." The servant rolled his eyes and said suddenly, "Why don't you think of a way to open a seafood restaurant in the capital? For one thing, we not only have celadon porcelain but also a seafood restaurant, if the porcelain workshop works harder and produces better and more novel porcelain, our chances of winning will be even greater."

Xie Jinyu paused, what Shi Shu said was not unreasonable, but how to open the seafood restaurant to the capital?

"Jiangning City is close to the inland sea. Even in several other counties, although there is no sea, there are still lakes. Our place is relatively close to other counties, so the rare food in the sea can be easily transported to other places for preservation. The food is relatively intact. But even so, the taste of those seafood is not as delicious as ours. If we really open the restaurant to the capital, only a little, where should we find these ingredients?

The hottest items on sale are octopus, hairy belly, and small yellow croaker. Lobsters and crabs can still be caught in the small rivers in the capital, but what about the others?Moreover, the weather in summer is hot, and these fresh products are probably spoiled and smelly before they are transported to the capital. "

Xie Jinyu never thought of opening a seafood restaurant bigger and more, but it's a pity that he has more energy than he wants.The ingredients alone are already disappointing.

Xie Jinyu tried hard to recall what Xu Yucheng did in his previous life, but he only had a vague idea, not clear at all.It seems that from the beginning, Xu Yucheng only opened an ordinary hot pot restaurant, and there was no special seafood at all.

Is it just hot pot, so why is it popular all over the country?What is the reason for this?

"Forget it, let's take a step and take a look!" Xie Jinyu sighed, thinking that there must be something that he had overlooked that he hadn't noticed yet.

"I send my respects to my father, my father, long live my father, long live my father!"

"Grandson pays homage to the emperor's grandfather, wishing his grandfather a long life and endless happiness!"

Qi Lin entered the palace together with Prince An, and he didn't dare to look at him privately along the way. After entering the Qianqing Hall, he kowtowed to Prince An and waited for the people above to question him.

Emperor Qi Yuan didn't say a word, nor did he call out immediately, he just looked at the two kneeling below lightly, with no expression of joy or anger.

Prince An was wearing a super high-grade princely official uniform. He was tall and dark-skinned. He didn't look like a pampered prince. He thought he was a general who had been guarding the border for a long time.

suffer!

This was the first thought that popped up in Emperor Qi Yuan's mind.The wind and rain in the southwestern borderlands are not as good as the blooming flowers in the capital. It can only be seen from the change in Wang An's face.

"Get up!" Emperor Qi Yuan said calmly, not as joyful and excited as everyone imagined when father and son reunited after a long absence.

"Thank you father/grandfather!" Prince An and Qi Lin slowly stood up one after the other, waiting respectfully for Emperor Qi Yuan to speak.

Emperor Qi Yuan raised his head and shifted his eyes to the young man behind Prince An, his eyes paused, showing a hint of affection.

The young man was dressed in a purple robe, his face was like a crown of jade, his eyes were like stars, standing there straight, like a hundred-year-old pine, gorgeous.He has the nobility of a child of the royal family, but also has a hint of aloofness and ease. It seems that he is really a very well-educated young man.

Qi Lin——

Emperor Qi Yuan silently recited Qi Lin's name in his heart, and it was indeed the Qi Lin that the boy Lao Liu had been talking about all day long.

Unexpectedly, the sixth son has become a big and thick man himself, but he has cultivated his son into a noble son with fine skin and tender flesh. It's really interesting!

"Give me a seat." Emperor Qi Yuan had a smile in his eyes and asked for a seat.

Prince An hurriedly took Qi Lin to thank him again.

"Why, after going out for a few years, you have behaved a lot." Seeing Prince An's cautious appearance, Emperor Qi Yuan immediately felt uncomfortable.After all, he is different from that bastard back then, if...

"Father, my son misses you so much!" Emperor Qi Yuan's disorienting mind was interrupted by a wail, and Prince An knelt on the ground with a plop, crying loudly, "Father, you don't know what happened to your son all these years?" What a miserable life for my son. I went to such a place where the birds don’t shit. There is no love from my father or mother, and I am surrounded by a group of bad embryos who want to get money from me. , fear endlessly..."

Prince An's face was full of tears and snot, and he would pull his sleeves to wipe the corners of his eyes from time to time, looking extremely pitiful.

When he cried like this, Emperor Qi Yuan's eyes were slightly moistened, and he couldn't bear it in his heart.

How old was the sixth child when he left the capital?It's just that at Qi Lin's age, he is spoiled lawlessly by himself and Concubine Hui again, not to mention being scheming, even if someone sells him, he is still helping to count the money!

It was precisely because of this that Concubine Hui sent her capable people to help, but he didn't bother to ask, but secretly sent some people there.

At that time, there was a lot of fighting in the capital, and he still had the heart to pay attention to a prince who had been abandoned by him. Therefore, he didn't know how the sixth son took root in Jiang Ning, just looking at his current appearance , I'm afraid I have suffered a lot.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh To fight the Northern Qiang, my son recruited troops to fight the Northern Qiang. You told me to go east, but I dare not go west, for fear of offending you!

But father, my son really misses you and concubine mother!Why didn't you ask your son to come back for more than 20 years? Every New Year's day, my son sat alone in the study and wondered if he didn't do well this year. Why didn't the father announce that his son would come to Beijing for the New Year?

Is it because the father hasn't forgiven his son yet, why hasn't he even had a will for so many years?Is it because the son didn't do well enough, so the father hasn't thought of his son yet? "

Prince An wiped his tears, staring at Emperor Qiyuan above with red eyes, and said with a straight neck, "My son made you angry back then, but after so many years, my son knew he was wrong, but why are you so cruel? Really I don't want to see my son anymore!

You blame your son, hate your son, you are disappointed in your son, and your son recognizes it, but why don't you even want your own grandson! "

Speaking of this, Prince An seemed to choke for a moment, coughed several times, and then burst into tears, "You don't know how happy my son was when Lin'er was born, and he wanted to make it known to the world! At that moment, The son really understands your feeling of being a father, and he really wants to admit his mistakes to you!

My son is excited to write you a letter, and I want to tell you that my son has become a father and you have become a grandfather!My son knows that you have many grandchildren, but this is different for my son!The son waited and waited happily, waiting for what reward you would give Lin'er, even if it was not as rich as the eldest brother's family or the second brother's honor, but as long as it was given by you, it would be different.

But the son didn't get anything, he didn't even send someone to come and see—"

Prince An smiled miserably, and his whole body trembled. He must have reached the peak of his emotions, trembling badly.

Qi Lin was startled, and quickly supported Prince An, worried, "Father——"

Both of them knew that Emperor Qi Yuan wanted to ask questions today.Before Qi Lin left, he wanted to tell Prince An a few words, but Prince An told him not to worry.He is his father's son, no one knows more about his father's temperament and who he is.

Qi Lin knew that Prince An had a plan in mind, so he didn't say much.But he did not expect that his father would be so courageous that he would not only spit out all his complaints for many years, but even complained about his dissatisfaction in front of Emperor Qiyuan!

"Do you know what your son felt at that time? It's not an exaggeration to feel the pain!" Prince An patted Qi Lin's hand and said in a hoarse voice, "But after the pain passed, what followed was Endless regret and fear! It was your son who harmed Lin'er, making him dislike you from the moment he was born. My son's son is not even worthy of being rewarded with a funny object by you!

The son is afraid, not being loved by you, this is a serious sin for the royal family!My son is afraid that one day you will call us back to the capital on a whim. When the time comes, how will an unfavored feudal lord and grandson whom you despise, how will we live in that day?I'm afraid that anyone in the capital will step on our heads.

At that time, my son really wanted to strangle Lin'er to death with one hand, so that he could suffer from other people's bullying and eyes like me! "

Qi Lin paused, the sour feeling in his heart disappeared, and he glanced at Prince An faintly, his expression was indescribable.His father's level of lying was getting higher and higher, and he was almost deceived!

Qi Lin really believed in the previous ones, but why did the latter become more and more outrageous, and even the words of strangling him came out?

If he remembers correctly, when he was a child, his mother and concubine often chanted in front of him, saying that on the day he was born, his father was so happy that he ran around outside the delivery room with his bare buttocks, waiting for him to come out of the mother's concubine's belly , After eating the first milk, the father realized that he hurriedly crawled out of the bed to call the midwife, so that he didn't even wear pants!

"Hehe——" Qi Lin lowered his head and covered his eyes: I really believed in your ghost!