Regardless of the brains of the Song army and the Xia army in the northwest, the city of Tokyo is still a scene full of flowers. The war in the northwest doesn't seem to have any effect on them, they should sing, they should eat, they should still have fun, and they should still enjoy themselves.

This scene made Tao Fugui, who had just returned from the northwest, speechless, the air in the northwest was always filled with a smell of blood, but the air in Tokyo City had the smell of rot.

His wife and daughter had never seen the world, and the first time they came to Tokyo City, they both occupied one of the windows of the carriage and peeked out.

Tao Fugui has been to Tokyo before, but only once. This time he came with his family because he had found a good job here.

After entering the outer city, Tao Fugui came to a teahouse near the left according to the boss's instructions.

In the teahouse, there was a young man drinking tea with Erlang's legs crossed.

It's cold in winter, and I don't know why he has a folding fan on his desk. But after Tao Fugui saw the folding fan, he walked straight over.

"You are Tao Fugui, Tao Shopkeeper?" After the young man saw Tao Fugui, he asked with a smile.

Tao Fugui nodded, and said with a smile: "That's right, that's right, a certain family is Tao Fugui, dare to ask Your Excellency if you are from the Tang Mansion?" ”

The young man nodded generously and said, "Yes, the head of the family has sent a letter saying that you will bring your family into the house, so I will wait for you here."

The letter you received on the road was written below. ”

Tao Fugui suddenly realized, and immediately got up and arched his hand: "It turned out to be Your Excellency, dare to ask Your Excellency's surname?" ”

"Free of expensive, surname Guan, single name and one Ze character." The young man also stood up and replied with a smile: "Now I am working as a trainee housekeeper in the Tang Mansion." ”

"Trainee butler?" Tao Fugui was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head and said, "This Tao is the first time I've heard of it, what did he do?" ”

Guan Ze waved his hand and said, "Actually, it's just a housekeeper who is being trained." ”

Tao Fugui was stunned for a moment, and then began to look the young man up and down.

Although he has a somewhat ordinary appearance, he is very tall. It looks a little immature, not like it is more than twenty years old. I wrote a letter to myself before, and the words in the letter were very particular, and I looked like a literate person, not to mention that I also wrote a good hand.

At such a young age, he studied again, and he didn't go to the exam to become an official, but he actually nested in the Tang Mansion as a housekeeper?

Tao Fugui scratched his head vigorously, could it be that the treatment of the Tang Mansion is better than that of officials?

At this moment, Mrs. Tao came in with her daughter. When he saw his father, his daughter pouted and said, "Daddy, I'm hungry!" ”

It was noon, and it was time for lunch. Before Tao Fugui could speak, Guan Ze smiled and said: "It seems that the Tao shopkeeper's family hasn't eaten yet, and it just so happens that they are also empty in the stomach."

Now that lunch has almost been prepared in the house, here we are

Let's go back to the house and eat together. ”

Tao Fugui naturally nodded and said yes, so Guan Ze paid for the tea, and after the group got into the carriage, they rushed to the inner city.

After about a stick of incense, they arrived at the Tang Mansion. When the porter heard Guan Ze's voice, he opened the door and asked Guan Ze to bring someone in.

It was the end of the year, and the weather was very cold. As soon as the door was opened, a cold wind blew in, which made the porter shiver.

The Tang Mansion, that is, a mansion that Zhao Xukai gave to Tang Ning, is not bad in itself. After Wang Shi moved in with his family, the three women made a lot of efforts to decorate the home, and now they feel bright as soon as they enter the door.

It was only a group of people who came in and saw a small dot running on the ground. He just passed, and chased after a little girl with her hair, and while chasing, she said in a milky voice: "Brother, don't run away, eat." ”

"I don't eat it!" Xiao Budian, who had just run in front of him, said loudly: "I don't eat!" ”

Guan Ze was used to it, and just looked at it with a smile on his face. But Tao Fugui's family of three widened their eyes, is this a rich family? Are the children free-range?

Just as they were thinking like this, they suddenly felt a very powerful aura coming towards them.

"Wen'er, come back quickly, don't run around." The female voice is very soft, but it gives people a chilling feeling.

Tao Fugui looked up and saw that it was an extremely beautiful woman. After thinking about it, he knew that this must be the wife of the Tang commander.

Just as he was about to go up to say hello, he heard the woman speak again.

"Can't you let Sister Xiaoyu save some snacks? I have to chase you from the backyard to the front yard every day when I eat, to be honest, I don't bother to care about you if you starve to death, what if your sister Xiaoyu falls because she chases you?

You and your dad are really carved out of the same mold and have no conscience, can't you learn from your little brother? Day by day, it has never made people worry, it really me off.

Hurry up, don't force me to do it. After washing my hands, I didn't bother to touch your dirty doll. ”

"Mother?" The Tao girl couldn't help but ask.

After saying this, the woman noticed this. She just crossed her waist and scolded people, and her eyes were not good. When it fell on Tao Fugui, he even shuddered with Tao Fugui.

"Got guests? Who is it? The woman definitely didn't say this to Tao Fugui, so Tao Fugui wisely closed his mouth.

Guan Ze stood up and said, "Third lady, this is the shopkeeper Tao, which was mentioned in the letter from the head of the family. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Tao." The woman's face softened a little, and then she looked around, but she didn't see Tang Wen come out obediently, only saw Tang Yu standing outside the door of a side room and kept knocking on the door, and whispered that the third brother would come out quickly.

The woman was furious, staggered to the door, pushed the door open, and then took out the frightened little dot inside.

"I don't eat! Wow! I don't want to eat! Let me go! Mother, let me go! The child's voice was already very sharp, and the shouting was very miserable, which made people unbearable.

"Shut your mouth! Let people see the joke and don't even know! The woman carried Tang Wen with one hand and Tang Yu with the other hand and walked to the backyard.

After the woman walked through the front hall, Guan Ze turned his head and said to Tao Fugui's family of three: "Third young master, only two and a half years old, smart, right?" ”

Without waiting for Tao Fugui to speak, Guan Ze said to himself again: "I'm so smart, I'm only two and a half years old, and I speak so neatly, I guess when I was two and a half years old, I couldn't eat milk......

“……”

Now Tao Fugui didn't know how to answer this, and Mrs. Tao and the girl didn't know how to speak. But Guan Ze didn't care, and led the three of them to the front hall.

After the third lady returned to the backyard, she came back again. This time she came by herself, and ordered her entourage to set a table of food, and the third lady graciously invited a few people to eat together.

The rule of the Tao family is that female dependents cannot be served, but the Tang family does not talk about this. So the three members of the old Tao family were uncomfortable eating this meal, Guan Ze didn't feel that there was a problem at all, but he still seemed to be a little unable to let go in front of the third lady.

After eating, Guan Ze took Mrs. Tao and Miss Tao to the residence of the two, while Liu Yier looked at Tao Fugui and said with a smile: "I heard the master say, the shopkeeper Tao is a perennial businessman?" ”

"Yes." Speaking of this, Tao Fugui sighed a little: "In the early years, in order to make money, I went everywhere. Liaoguo, Dangxiang, Jiaozhi, Dali, Goryeo...... One family even did a fur business with the Jurchens. ”

Liu Yi'er dragged a long voice and said: "Even so, the Tao shopkeeper is also a person who has seen the world." ”

"Awards, awards." Tao Fugui arched his hand and said very modestly.

"To tell you the truth, my lord has already written to you before, saying that he is very optimistic about you. It just so happens that you also fell in love with my master, so I can discuss with you today.

The head of the family wants to have an extra trade route income for his family, so he invited you, a connoisseur, to let you go to business. Although the Jurchens were barbaric, their fur was always good...... I don't know what you think? ”

Tao Fugui immediately got up and said: "Since Mrs. is open and honest, then Tao also opened the skylight and said something." Before going into business, Tao had never made much money. Thanks to the favor of the Tang commander, Tao was given this opportunity, and Tao went to the soup to fight the fire, and he did not hesitate! ”

Liu Yi'er said in her heart that Tang Ning did have a way of buying people's hearts, and so many people in the family were eaten to death by him.

Including yourself. Liu Yier quietly added in her heart, and then secretly enjoyed herself.

Then she put away her smile, looked at Tao Fugui and said, "Since that's the case, then it's even better." Let's talk about the specific affairs in detail tomorrow, and please rest well today! ”

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