[Comprehensive] The five elements are short of money

Just do what you say, Xue Xun is a straightforward person. After discussing it with Xue Wang, he immediately notified him and asked him to set up etiquette.A group of people who followed Xue's merchant ship just happened to invite them to be a witness.

The fifth day of the Lunar New Year is a good day. The Xue family has always been efficient in doing things. Even Xue Xun, who wanted to recognize his righteous sister on a whim, managed to arrange everything neatly and neatly in just a few days, in line with etiquette standards. It will not embarrass the century-old Xue family.It coincided with the auspicious day of Xue Pan's [-]th day, and the businessmen who received the invitation all prepared generous gifts to congratulate him.

The banquet of the Xue family was held in the hall on the second floor of the main ship. The spacious cabins on the second floor almost took up half of the ship. The high beams and enlarged windows were fixed on the candle racks around the height of a person. On the upper floor was a bright carpet from the Westman, and the air was full of the fragrance of orchids.The merchants who were lucky enough to get an invitation closed their eyes and sniffed the fragrance, sighing that they are indeed the Xue family.Boss Wang thinks he has some family background, but compared with Xue's family now, it is really inferior... Cough cough, there is a little gap.

A dozen or so large round tables were neatly set up in the hall, and the bosses and shopkeepers were ushered to their seats by maids in scarlet dresses. The steaming delicious food was already on the table, but everyone was only focused on drinking, in a foggy atmosphere. The front of the machine, staring at the main table, waiting for the arrival of the host.

Xue Xun didn't put on airs to make everyone wait for a long time. The dishes were ready and everyone was there. Xue Xun joined hands with Xue Wangshi, followed by Zhu Qing, and slowly walked down from the third floor.

The originally humming hall suddenly fell silent.

Xue Xun bowed to the three sides and said: "Xue is late, I have neglected you."

There was a sound of clothes rubbing against each other, and everyone stood up to return the salute, saying: "Mr. Xue is polite."

Xue Xun straightened up and said with a smile: "Today, I take the liberty to invite all of you to come here. I have three happy events to share with you. First, we will meet each other during the Spring Festival to celebrate the festive season and tide over the difficulties together. Such a happy event." , It should be clear. Xue Mou respects you all."

Xue Xun drank the white wine in the glass in one gulp, and showed the bottom of the glass to the guests.The guests also drank one after another. This time they were able to pass the customs smoothly from Guazhou City. Everyone here would like to thank the Xue family for their help, and they did a good job.

"Secondly, it's a hundred days for a child, and I invite you all to celebrate." Xue Xun shook his head and sighed, and said: "My son was born with hardships, the full moon banquet was disturbed, and he was wandering with me when he was still a baby. Use it, I have wronged my son."

Xue Xun was excellent in singing and writing. He hugged his son from Xue Wang's hand and began to cry.

"Husband..." Xue Wang whispered worriedly, and hurriedly put on the veil.

Xue Xun took the handkerchief and wiped his tears, "The Xue family has been loyal and good for generations, and has contributed countless wealth to the court, but now they can't even save their lives. Xue is ashamed of his ancestors!"

Xue Xun cried so sadly that others only thought Xue Xun was showing off. At Xue Pan's full moon banquet, His Majesty wanted to make him a marquis. Xue Xun, who took advantage of it, cried so sadly, then they are not as good as Xue Xun Go to hell.

"Well, the imperial court has been contemptuous of suppressing merchants for a long time. If we hadn't been merchants traveling north and south, bringing cattle and horses from the north to the south, and transporting grain from the south to the north, the food and clothing of the people in the north who cultivated in the south would not be able to solve the problem. Value exchanges, trade and prosperity, if there are no merchants, how can there be the convenience and comfort of today's common people's life. It is those noble people, food, clothing, housing and transportation, which one can not be separated from the contribution of our merchants. Back then, I also visited the thatched cottage, please let my Xue family integrate business resources , The foundation of the national treasury that was raised up, but now it is crossing the river and demolishing the bridge!"

"Mr. Xue's words are wrong, Your Majesty has the grace to be canonized as a Marquis!" A boss clasped his fists and said.

Xue Xun said with a naive expression that you are still young: "If you have nothing to do, you will never be beautiful, and if you have nothing to do, Xia Yingchun, a false title of Marquis, wants Xue to calm down the refugees in the south and manage naval warfare intelligence. National war, don't talk about Xue Xun. Even if three or five Xue family properties are invested in, there will be no splashes. Alas, the court has always been like this, and I am used to it. Are there few examples of seizing business properties for no reason these years? Don’t look at my special case, just Speaking of the Guazhou City in front of you, besides us businessmen, who else has been innocently made things difficult and detained in the city. Why don’t you see Wang Yun detaining the ships of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the official ships of various officials?”

The blockade of Guazhou City was mainly because Xiang Ding and others wanted money, and Wang Yun was also a scapegoat.They are indeed only targeting businessmen. It is useless for farmers and small workshop owners to detain them.

"Xue finally understands that it is necessary to stay in groups to survive at any time. Many colleagues have asked my righteous sister, why should I help everyone trapped in the city to escape together for nothing, ah, it's just pity for each other and help each other." Xue Xun sighed three times. , very emotional.

Nothing Xue Xun said was a lie. A businessman who has been traveling all over the world for so many years also knows the difficulties of doing business.Those literati talk about businessmen as "smell of copper", "death for money", "profiteers" and the like, but they don't know that it is not easy for businessmen.In other words, there is no easy job in this world. Is everyone successful and rich as a businessman?Don’t you see how many people are drowned in the Yangtze River every year, losing their blood and losing their face? Seeing their fathers and villagers commit suicide by diving into the river, those who were killed by water bandits and drowned in the river, and those who were exploited by the government so much that they couldn’t even pay for the travel expenses back to their hometown... Every year in rural counties Li She porridge administers medicine, and when the new officials arrive, the first ones to be enshrined are merchants; like this refugee attack, the most favorite attacks are also merchants. "Being rich and not benevolent" is really a good word!

The eight words "sympathize with each other, watch and help each other" really speak to the hearts of everyone at the table.But they didn't know what Xue Xun had to say, so they didn't dare to express their attitude.

Xue Xun stopped, and Shi Shiran introduced to everyone: "This is the younger sister Zhu. Uncle Zhu and Aunt Zhu were also merchants back then. Unfortunately, they were killed by bandits. The younger sister has been fostered by Xue's family to prevent the enemy from provoking troubles." , I have been pretending to be a maid, and now I have finally returned to my position, and these years, I have been the wronged little sister of my elder brother."

Xue Xun led Zhu Qing out and bowed to her.Zhu Qing's acting skills are in the same line as Xue Xun's. The hero who kills with bare hands is now teary-eyed and weak. He said: "Why did you say that, your parents are unfortunate. Thanks to the care of your adoptive father and brother, you can save your life."

Xue Xun helped Zhu Qing, and said: "The third joy today is that my righteous sister Zhu Shi has recovered her real body. Please bear witness with me. In the future, this will be my real sister. When my sister goes out in the future, I will follow the Xue family's order. The standard for a girl to marry is to buy a dowry for her."

"Mr. Xue is so righteous!"

"No wonder Ms. Zhu is so capable. After all, she has the same origin as Boss Xue. Mr. Xue is a good teacher!"

"Miss Zhu is polite."

Xue Xun talked about the three big joys, but the first two were taboos, and he finally found a topic where he could express his attitude casually. After holding back for a long time, everyone couldn't help making noise, flattering Zhu Qing.

Zhu Qing haunts the inn in the city. Who doesn't know that her identity is not simple. With the identity of the Xue family, what kind of powerful enemy can force the so-called "righteous sister" to act as a maid?Xue Xun's words are lying to the coffin, cheating ghosts!But since Xue Xun made such a big effort to rectify his name, he must be trying to use this woman to marry him.Everyone was carrying the sedan chair, and everyone was also thinking in their hearts, whether they could have a concubine or a side branch to match, not to mention the identity of the righteous sister of the Xue family, but Xue Xun promised that the standard distribution of the prostitute's daughter's marriage, which is better than the daughters of ordinary officials and eunuchs. But also affordable.If you only want money, it's a good choice.

Everyone had good calculations in their hearts, but their faces were full of kindness and kindness. They sent people to present gifts one after another. Those for Xue Pan and those for Zhu Qing were actually for Xue Xun.

After Xue Xun finished talking about his three major happy events, he asked Xue Wangshi, Zhu Qing and Xue Pan to greet everyone, and then let them go back to the third floor.Businessmen are not very particular about men and women. In fact, Xue Xun made the two female family members face the man directly, which is already very inappropriate.However, when you are away from home, you should follow the authority, and everyone will tolerate it.

Xue Xun also said that there are only a small number of people who take their female relatives with them when they go out, and there is no need for Mrs. Xue to bother. I only found out after posting the post, but there are none at all.Daughters of good families seldom travel far these days. Even if they are officials, their main wives stay at home to honor their elders and raise their children, and those who go out with them are all concubines.Those who came to the banquet did not dare to bring concubine Ji to hinder Mrs. Xue's eyes, and tearing her face is not the way to do it.

After singing, Xue Xun greeted the guests to eat with chopsticks. At first, everyone was a little restrained, afraid that Xue Xun would bring up topics such as "three great joys" and "seven great hates", so they waited in fear.Later, after drinking for three rounds, the atmosphere was in full swing, and Xue Xun only talked about interesting things on the business trip, business experience, etc., and the guests who came to the banquet let go of their old hearts of worrying about the country and the people, so don't worry about Xue Xun's words being rude. Everyone they listened to went to the prison for a walk.

There are those who are cautious, and those who are bold will naturally be thinking about what Xue Xun's words mean. We are all businessmen. If some industry standards can be achieved, it will be like an enlarged version of a local chamber of commerce, and it will not be unprofitable.

The banquet ended amidst laughter, Xue Xun bid farewell to everyone, and the task of escorting the guests back to his own ship was left to Sangvis.

Xue Xun was leaning on the imperial concubine's chair, his head was throbbing in pain, his face was glowing red, he was toasting from table to table, even though he had mixed white water, he was still drunk.

The golden beast handed over a cup of strong tea, and said with concern: "Is the master all right? Do you have a headache? I invite Dr. Lin to take a look."

"No need. Anyone who drinks it will hurt. Don't bother the doctor. I'll just drink a cup of sober tea and sleep." Xue Xun waved his hand to signal that he was well, and asked, "Have everyone been sent back? Be sure to pay attention to safety." .”

"Master, don't worry, you can do things with iron and blood, and you can't be more prudent and meticulous." The golden beast walked around the back, rubbed its fingers to warm it up, and gently pressed the acupuncture points on Xue Xun's head. What's the use, those are old foxes, no matter how nice the master said, they won't spread the eagle until they see the real money."

"If I said bluntly that I wanted to fight against the imperial court, everyone would have scared away and thought I was talking nonsense. Now give them a general impression, and when they encounter problems in the future, they will naturally think of my Xue family. The world will be chaotic. The time is coming soon!"