Chapter 715: Staying at home the most

From the end of February to the beginning of March, the capital was drizzling for several days.

After coming out of Qingshou Temple, Yao Fang, who lived in seclusion, saw the people coming and going on in the capital market, felt that there was no change from half a year ago, but she felt that it was a little different.

Maybe it's just that his mood is different.

The Yao family and the Qin family completed the process of adoption and recruitment. They thought it would be inconvenient to rain during the wedding; but unexpectedly, the weather suddenly cleared up when the good day came.

The guests all used the weather to express their congratulations to Guilli.

Yao Fang's sister is a concubine and her father is a nobleman, but the emperor seemed to deliberately avoid it and did not send envoys to give gifts.

However, there were many nobles and nobles attending the banquet that day. The Empress's family, the Guo family, the Imperial Concubine Mu family, the Jing family, the Shu concubine Du family, and even the Korean envoys in Beijing all sent people to the banquet to give gifts.

It can be seen that Yao Fang's sister handled her relationship in the palace very well.

After entertaining the guests, Yao Fang walked into the bridal chamber wearing a robe made of ninth-rank official rituals.

He has no official position now, but people have customs. People can also wear ninth-rank official uniforms during weddings, and people are still very persistent in becoming officials.

A wedding night is a great joy in life.The bride sat by the bed, covering her red veil. Yao Fang looked at her, but her heart was filled with mixed feelings.

What made him feel a little relieved was that after uncovering the veil, he saw the bride Qin Shi again, and saw that she was still very beautiful.

She is delicate and gentle, and she is a woman from a scholarly family, and her father is a juren.

Qin's eyes were hung down, and she looked very complicated and didn't dare to look at Yao Fang at all.She picked up the wine pot silently and poured the wine step by step.An old woman must have taught her before getting married.

Yao Fang's mood was no longer the same as when she first met Qin. He was very calm at this time and said with some apology: You are well in the wounded and bleeding area, it doesn't matter?

Unexpectedly, as soon as this said, Qin's face turned red. She turned her face slightly and nodded, and responded um.

Yao Fang only realized at this time that something was wrong.He then remembered the doubts from last year and asked: On the day I was captured by the Jinyiwei, you asked me if I had really been to that temple, what was the intention?

Qin's wine was poured, but he seemed embarrassed to take it up and drink the wine. The atmosphere was a bit weird.

She sat beside the bed and said: I have indeed been to the temple to burn incense, but I didn’t notice... my husband, so I asked.

There was a silence in the bridal chamber for a while.Yao Fang was originally a martial artist, sometimes she was quite straightforward and didn't want to hide it. Moreover, now that Qin has become a person by his side, he directly expressed his doubts.

It was a very fierce fight at the Xiao family that day, and you heard it from the side. You should understand the reason for that incident. It was the personal grudge between me and Xiao Wencai.The later explanation was just that some friends in the court helped me and wanted to save me from death.After all, I admire you and rob a bride to save the Qin family from being implicated by the Xiao family. This reason is much better; at least it is more lighter than taking revenge and venting anger to harm innocent people.

So Yao Fang felt that Qin's question was because he came up with a means after helplessness (being defiled) and was deceiving.

It is normal for Yao Fang to speculate like this.

During his life of working hard for Monk Daoyan, he had seen too many intrigues, and he would inevitably think that many things were just a means of weighing the pros and cons.

At this time, Qin's voice said: I was very scared at that time, and I didn't think much about it, so I wanted to believe that those things (the admiration of the temple) were true.Her voice showed timidity, but later I realized that it was just a lie to me.

When Yao Fang heard this, she felt pity and felt repentant about what she did that time.

He sighed, and remembered that after he got married, he would still do nothing, so he remembered the way out his sister showed him.

So Yao Fang said again: My father is a marquis, but not all the titles of the Ming Dynasty can be hereditary. There are differences, and I have to ask for permission to be approved.And you know what I have done. In the future, my father may not be able to inherit the title after a hundred years.I plan to go to the Shen family merchants to find some livelihood. What do you think?

Qin said softly: Since I have married my husband, no matter whether you are a businessman or a nobleman, it is my life and I will never complain.I just wish my husband would treat each other well.

When Yao Fang heard this, she felt warm, she held up the wine glass, took Qin's slender hand, and said: The emperor once said that time is a good medicine.What should be forgotten, and you can't stand the time if you want to forget it.Only now do I understand that being together is the truest friendship.

The two of them drank a glass of wine carefully, and Qin finally glanced at Yao Fang with embarrassment.

...In less than two days, Yao Fang really went to visit the Shen family.

The person who received him was a talented middle-aged man who called himself Xu Caiqi.

Xu Cai is seven words, and the head of the family, Mrs. Chen, is widowed and is inconvenient to meet him; he is Mrs. Chen's cousin of the same clan, and he is in a misfortune to welcome him.

Then he said some nice things very politely.

Yao Fang knew in her heart that he could still be respected by many people in this way, because of his family situation.

Although Mrs. Chen did not show up, Yao Fang's eyes were sharp and she found an ear room with a curtain hanging on the side of the living room.

He had worked as the Jinyiwei and had a lot of thoughts. He immediately speculated: Mrs. Chen might be listening in the room. After all, Yao Fang is the eldest brother of the imperial concubine, so the head of the family would not ignore it.

The two of them sat on the Grand Master's chairs on both sides of a few cases. The maid served tea and went out.

Yao Fang explained his purpose.

Xu Caiqi seemed to be in a good mood, and his spirit was like a person seeing a bright future and preparing to do something big.

He said: After returning from the Northern Expedition, his vision seemed to be overseas. The emperor probably believes that the increase in annual income from maritime trade can in turn solve domestic affairs. Mr. Yao actually respects our Chen and Xu families. When they come to join forces, they must have received some news from the concubine Xian?

Yao Fang has already realized his current situation and the court will not give him an official position.

So he said with a half-joking and half-serious expression: It’s not considered a partnership, I really came to join Mrs. Chen. Concubine Xian lives in the deep palace and rarely interacts with her family now, but Concubine Xian does agree with this matter.

Xu Caiqi savored the meaning in Yao Fang's words. After a moment, he seemed to have more confidence and praised: Mr. Yao has a good vision!Although we are just businessmen, we have encountered good times and have great potential in the future.Now it seems that only we businessmen who are recognized by the emperor can get the benefits of maritime trade.

Xu Caiqi invited Yao Fang to have tea and continued: The Shen family estimated that merchants from Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong would be very dissatisfied soon. But what are the solutions? Who told us to have the support of the emperor? The situation is very beneficial to the Shen family!

This is how business is. With more people doing it, everyone will calculate each other, lower the price of goods, and reduce profits.Therefore, the most favorable business is to monopolize the trade route; we are in such a situation now.

He talked enthusiastically: During the Hongwu period, the imperial court repeatedly banned the country, and this national policy has not been changed until now.However, after the founding of the Wen Dynasty, the court's supervision of local officials was weakened; some merchants colluded with local officials and began to trade with foreign vassals privately without paying taxes.

Until the beginning of Yongle and the imperial navy went to the West, but the people were not allowed to go out to sea. At this time, the officials and businessmen who were privately engaged in maritime trade were scared, and the maritime trade business was once depressed.

The court wanted to monopolize the benefits, but the court wanted to build and maintain a large number of naval ships, which was very costly; eunuchs and officials were not very clear about the transaction, so Yongle must have suffered losses when he first went to the West.

Now the emperor allows the Shen family to participate and monopolize the maritime trade business, and the situation will change again.

Yao Fang listened and thought, and then said: Things are probably not that simple.Many of the people in the court who are officials from Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong are from the mainland.The big merchants in these places will definitely find ways to ask the fellow officials to speak in the court, so that the court can change its national policy.

Xu Caiqi comforted his hands and said: Mr. Yao is very knowledgeable!But by then, we have opened up our business path and taken the lead, and we are strong, so we are not afraid of other companies fighting for it.Besides, the Shen family is now considered a royal relative, so it is not certain who can speak.

Mrs. Chen should have told him what Xu Caiqi said.

Yao Fang nodded and said yes, and he thought to himself: The Shen family is very happy about its resignation, and I am afraid it is precisely because of its own relationship.

The merchants of this dynasty cling to the powerful and the officials and colluded with officials and businessmen. After several wealthy businessmen such as Wansan were ruled at the beginning of the country, they became more and more intense.

The landlords and merchants have learned to be smart and know that they need power to protect them; so some bribe officials, while some even run their own academies, cultivate clan children and take up an imperial examination, and occupy a place in the officialdom.

The Shen family seemed to be reluctant to seek refuge with royal relatives like Yao Fang.The two sides hit it off and were ready to join in.

Xu Caiqi said: We have opened a new business group called the "Western Shipping Factory", which is called the Western, but it also includes North Korea, Japan and domestic business.

As long as the imperial army controls the northern part of Annan Kingdom, we can open the Yuanjiang River (called Dajiang and Honghe in Annan Kingdom) water transportation, transport the gold, silver, copper, jade, rubies and other water from Yunnan to the coast of Annan Kingdom, and then transport it back to the prosperous southeast trade.

Although the journey is long, it still consumes less than the land transportation.

If Mr. Yao doesn’t dislike him, how about becoming the second shopkeeper of the “Western Shipping Factory”?

Yao Fang was secretly surprised. As soon as he came over, the Shen family immediately asked him to be the second shopkeeper?However, when he thought of his family situation and relationships, he immediately understood his own value.

Because Yao Fang did not answer immediately, Xu Caiqi was still a little worried and advised carefully: Be the big shopkeeper, and Mr. Yao is the second shopkeeper, but don’t worry, the benefits must be indispensable.

Yao Fang immediately clasped her fists and said: Manager Xu is so kind, it is better to obey orders than to be respectful.

Haha... Xu Caiqi laughed loudly.Yao Fang also laughed with her, and the two of them looked like they wished they had met too late.