Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife

In the city of Yangzhou, the garden that had been meticulously repaired for more than a month was officially hung with the plaque of Buxian Building. After a few firecrackers were hung, fifty tea masters stood on both sides of the garden, gracefully leading the tea guests who had brought invitations into the garden.

Many people around came to watch the excitement. They had also heard of the reputation of Buxianlou in Jingling City. It is said that even the emperor drinks tea from Buxianlou. Just because of this, they also want to go in. Let's have a drink.

Just when the atmosphere was lively, firecrackers were set off at a store opposite Buxian Building, and people were invited to perform lion dances to add to the fun. For a while, Buxian Building was directly suppressed!

The common people couldn't help but stare wide-eyed, only to see the red silk curtain lifted, revealing the huge gold-lettered plaque on the door: Yi Bao Xuan!

"Yi Baoxuan, judging by the name, is it selling jewelry?"

"You can choose this time to open the business opposite Buxian Building. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a tea seller."

"Who said it well, isn't it open now, let's go in and have a look."

Wu Minzhi was naturally invited to the opening of the Buxian Building. Seeing Qi Ming standing at the door of Yibaoxuan, he was keenly aware of the coldness in his eyes, and couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Mr. Here? I think you also received a post from Buxianlou, how about we go in and have a cup of tea together?"

Qi Ming came back to his senses, and when he saw Wu Minzhi, he quickly cupped his hands and saluted: "I have met Chief Wu, so I don't need to drink tea. My Yibaoxuan has just opened, and I still have a lot of things to do. Now come to Yibaoxuan to buy clothes." Jewelry will be presented with high-quality Longjing tea, if Chief Wu is interested, come in and choose one or two pieces for your wife, the clothes I have here are no worse than those in Niyunfang."

Wu Minzhi's eyes moved, and he directly handed over the post to other people, and walked into Yibaoxuan by himself: "Mr. Qi's clothes and jewelry here are really gorgeous, but I heard that the embroidery skills of the small owner of Niyunfang are unparalleled in the world. Hard to beat."

"Her embroidery skills are good, but she has taught everything she knows without reservation. The reputation has earned a lot, but it has also caused a lot of harm. The embroidery skills of the embroiderers I have collected are no better than those of Niyunfang. I have full confidence in this point.”

"Isn't Mr. Qi in the salt business? Why do you want to start Yibaoxuan?"

Qi Ming laughed, and deliberately changed the topic: "It's just for fun, and I can't get on the stage, but it made Chief Wu laugh."

Seeing this, Wu Minzhi didn't ask any more questions, but carefully selected some clothes and jewelry and brought them back to the mansion.

In the next period of time, Qi Ming spent money like water, saying that he was buying Yibaoxuan to give away Longjing tea, but he really did not hesitate to send it out, which affected Buxianlou's business a lot.

Later, some rumors gradually came out, saying that Qi Ming was relying on the eldest prince who was dissatisfied with Niyunfang and ordered him to suppress the industry of Niyunfang. There is an inexplicable relationship.

The Eldest Prince woos Caiyue Pavilion, and it is very likely that Caiyue Pavilion will be included in his pocket. I don't know how much convenience it will bring him, but who would have thought that Caiyue Pavilion would be involved with Niyunfang, and in After helping to teach embroidery stitches, he offended the emperor and was directly ordered to seal it up.

As a result, the eldest prince naturally hated Niyunfang, and since the emperor's gold-lettered plaque could not be sold in the open, he asked someone to open a shop to suppress it. It is said that there is also a Yibaoxuan opened opposite Niyunfang in Jingling City , Business is still booming.

In the flower hall, Wu Minzhi sat in the first seat, and the Cao and Wei families sat below.

Wu Minzhi put down the teacup, and said slowly: "Brother Cao, Brother Wei, I invite you two to come here this time, I think you know a little bit about it, this time the person sent by the emperor to check the salt tax is the governor of Liangjiang, Li Yuan. One, he is the First Prince's cousin, he belongs to the First Prince's faction, and there will be turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River, if we can't grasp the pulse, we may be the ones who will be overthrown in the next moment."

"Brother Wu is right, but we don't have many rules in mind about how to do it."

Wu Minzhi thought about it for a while: "What do you think of Qi Ming?"

They also knew all about Qi Ming's actions in the past few days, and they had different thoughts in their hearts: "The pot of peonies that Qi Ming sent up is definitely not ordinary. To find such a flower proves that he has a wide range of backgrounds. And financial resources are not to be underestimated.”

"After that, he opened Yibaoxuan, and he invested hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the past few days, and his behavior seemed to be bold and unrestrained, but in fact he was meticulous, every move had a purpose, and even the shopkeeper of Buxianlou was under his supervision. We have never heard of such a style of behavior before, and it is very likely that it was released after being cultivated by the big family."

Wu Minzhi frowned slightly: "I already have some doubts in my heart. The timing of his appearance is really too coincidental. We just got the news that the person who came to check the salt tax was Li Yuanyi, and he immediately sent a greeting card , The following actions are quite ostentatious, as if they don't bother to hide, even if they look at us people, there is no lack of contempt in their eyes, and the support behind them must be extremely honorable."

"Hearing what brother Wu said, we are more and more uncertain. Could it be that this person who is equally famous was sent by him?"

Although he didn't say it clearly, everyone present understood that the one he was talking about was the eldest prince Ling Wang who was destined to be in the capital.

Wu Minzhi was silent for a moment: "No matter what, we must deal with it carefully. If it is really sent by that person, maybe we will still rely on him in the future. Even if it is not, it is not a big mistake to be careful."

"Brother Wu is right, what to do next, please give advice to Brother Wu."

"Observe at Qiming carefully, let people support him, and don't conflict with him. In addition, you can send someone to disclose more about the salt tax, as long as it doesn't implicate us, so that even if it does happen later What happened, it’s just words without evidence, and no evidence can be found.”

"Okay, I'll send someone to do it right away."

Wu Minzhi nodded, and said solemnly: "Because of the heavy snowfall in winter and the turbulence in the price of salt before, we have a lot of salt in our hands. In addition, there was a slight deficit in the salt tax before, so we need to find a way to make up for it. They are all silver taels, and we are not sure about Li Yuanyi's behavior style, and we don't know how much benefit we can get from him. It will also take a lot of money to test and manage up and down in the early stage, so this time we will use the name of the official salt to get us It is extremely important to hide your private goods, and we must not make any mistakes, otherwise we may be hurt this time."

There is a large amount of private salt in their hands that has not been shipped out, and the backlog is a large amount of money in their hands. They underpaid a lot of salt tax before. When Li Yuanyi came to check it, he could see the mistakes at a glance, so they need to take out the money Come to make up for it, the salt merchants are rich, but the money is not endless, and it is very distressing to spend a large amount of money in your hands.

After thinking about it, he came up with a good idea, using the name of the government to purchase a large amount of salt, and then the official salt accidentally sank on the way of transportation, and the salt disappeared in the water without a trace. In this way, the shortfall of money can be placed in the name of purchasing salt. The money is spent and the salt is melted. Anyway, it is worthy. As for the real situation, who can go to the river to find out? ?