Yi Zhizu came to Shanghai to take up his post naturally with his family, although he is not very old, but he has not come out, he came to Shanghai, and brought the two concubines - Bai Xue, Ling Xuan and the two personal maids - Chunmei and Xia He together, and there is also a tail that can't be shaken off - Jin Ying. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

I heard that there was an old and beautiful woman at the back door, and the tone seemed to be the good friend of the big shopkeeper, and several bored women who were bored in the backyard were surprised and vigilant, and immediately rushed over, Jin Ying rushed to the back door first, glanced at Yan Xiaomei, who lowered her eyebrows, and looked at the maid who straddled two burdens behind her, and looked at the dress, they were all from big families, and immediately asked with a big grin: "What is your name?" How do you know my young master? ”

Yan Xiaomei glanced up at her, and saw that she was dressed as a maid, and secretly thought in her heart that this girl had no rules, these things should you ask as a maid? Immediately, his body turned slightly, ignoring it.

was ignored by the other party, Jin Ying was not annoyed, the other party looked up and glanced at it, she had seen clearly, she was indeed as beautiful as a flower, compared to her senior sister Bai Zhi, she was not much better, and her body was also tall, at least half a head taller than her, she couldn't help but secretly wonder in her heart, this cheap junior brother has only been in Shanghai for a few days, and he hooked up with such a beautiful little lady, it can be seen that his nature has not changed, but how can he just ignore Senior Sister Bai?

Jin Ying slowly approached, took a closer look at the burden on the maid's body, and said with a smile: "Look at this appearance, it won't be an appointment with our young master to elope, right?" ”

Hearing this, Yan Xiaomei glanced up at her, and said with a cold face: "How can the big shopkeeper have a maid like you, so presumptuous?" Isn't there anyone in charge of this backyard? ”

"Tsk, this hasn't even entered the door, and you're training people?" Jin Ying said with a smile and said, "Listen to the accent, you are from Guangzhou, could it be that you chased from Guangzhou?" ”

"Ying girl, don't be presumptuous." With the words, Bai Xue and Ling Xuan walked over slowly with a group of girls, and when they saw the appearance of Yan Xiaomei's master and servant, Bai Xue roughly guessed the clue, and immediately waved her hand and said, "It's all scattered, there's nothing to see." Then he said to Jin Ying: "Ying girl, go and help me buy some rouge back, I want the best in Jiangnan." As he spoke, he turned around and motioned to the maid behind him to give money.

Jin Ying is the most fun, although she knows that this is to support her, but for her, going out to play is more attractive, and she said with a smile: "Aunt Bai is too relieved, I will buy you the best." ”

The maids who were waiting for all dispersed, and Bai Xue looked at Yan Xiaomei and said, "Who is the big shopkeeper in my sister's mouth?" ”

Yan Xiaomei glanced up at Bai Xue, then at Ling Xuan, secretly thinking that she had married two concubines? I didn't feel aggrieved in my heart, and hesitated for a moment before saying: "Yi Da shopkeeper, easy to be content." ”

Bai Xue nodded and said, "Sister, come with me." ”

After Yan Xiaomei was put in the main room and tea and snacks were served, Bai Xueyun retreated from the maid, and then said gently: "I heard that my sister's accent is from Guangzhou, how can she be in Shanghai?" ”

Yan Xiaomei didn't want to reveal her identity, so she immediately avoided answering, and asked: "My sister speaks Wu Nong's soft language, but how can she get acquainted with the big shopkeeper?" ”

Seeing her like this, Bai Xue glanced at Ling Xuan and said with a smile: "My sister sat down for a while, and someone has already gone to invite the master." As soon as she arrived at the courtyard, she couldn't wait to ask, "What is the situation?" ”

Bai Xue shook her head and said, "Look at this appearance, I'm afraid we have to have one more sister." ”

"Sooner or later." Ling Xuan said disapprerovingly: "Like the old man, it's not unusual to have ten rooms and eight rooms. As soon as the words fell, she looked up and saw Yi Zhishu walking quickly into the courtyard, she stuck out her tongue and hurriedly stepped forward.

Seeing the two girls in the courtyard, Yi Zhixiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and when Bai Xue and Ling Xuan came up, he smiled and said, "There was no misunderstanding, right?" ”

"How can a concubine be so ignorant." Bai Xue said with a smile: "People are in the hall." ”

Seeing Yi Zhifen striding in, Yan Xiaomei was excited and aggrieved, stood up but couldn't say a word, Yi Zhizu slowly paced over and gently held her in his arms, and after a while, he asked softly: "Sneaking out without your fifth brother?" ”

"Hmm." Yan Xiaomei buried her head in his arms and said softly, "Fifth brother doesn't seem to be very willing. ”

"If I were your fifth brother, I wouldn't want to." Yi Zhizhi said: "It's not that there is no way, which brother is willing to watch his sister become a concubine?" ”

"The third brother is different."

"The world is as black as a crow."

"The slave family is also willing."

Yi Zhishu let go of her and said seriously: "You can think clearly, I now have two concubine rooms, and two girls in the room, and I will marry the main room in the future, and I will have to take concubines, and the girls in the room will not be ......." ”

Yan Xiaomei nodded and said, "As long as I can see the third brother every day, the slave family will be satisfied." ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "Then take care of this backyard for the third brother." ”

Taking care of the backyard is generally the responsibility of the wife, Yan Xiaomei will start to manage the backyard now, even if Yi Zhixin marries the wife in the future, her status will not be low, seeing him take care of him like this, Yan Xiaomei felt sweet in her heart, and said with some twists: "The slave family has not taken care of it, I'm afraid it's ......" ”

"If you don't have experience, learn slowly." Yi Zhicontent said with a smile: "Where is the fifth brother, you don't have to worry, I will invite him to dinner in the evening." ”

Yan Shikuan arrived at the Daotai Yamen when it was dark, Yi Zhizu met him in the study, smelled his wine, couldn't help frowning, and ordered the little guy to make another pot of hot tea, as soon as the little guy left, Yan Shikuan asked anxiously: "Little sister is here for the big shopkeeper?" ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, threw a cigar over, lit one by himself, and then said slowly: "I'll let her take care of the backyard, let's do this first." ”

Yan Shikuan naturally understood what it meant to take care of the backyard, but he didn't say anything for a long time, and after a long time, he said in a muffled voice: "Old man, how can I explain?" ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "Let's talk about it when I go back to Guangzhou." ”

Yan Shikuan nodded and said, "It's better to hide it first, it's best to hide the identity of the little sister first." ”

"Little sister has taken this into account, don't worry." Yi Zhizhi said and changed his head, "What is the situation when it opens today?" ”

"Surprisingly good." Yan Shikuan said: "More than 30 public offices in Shanghai have all come to congratulate, and more than 620 accounts have been opened in one day today, it can be said that Yuanqi Branch has gained a firm foothold in Shanghai, and what should be considered now is how to unify Shanghai's money industry." ”

"I went to the money office in the morning." Yi Zhizhi said: "There should be no problem, I will go to Jiangning tomorrow, they may send someone to negotiate with you, Shanghai is the bridgehead of Yuanqi's expansion of the two rivers, we must set a good example, and the shareholding will follow the example of Guangdong, in addition, in terms of valuation, you might as well give preferential treatment and unify the Shanghai money industry as soon as possible." ”

Hearing this, Yan Shikuan couldn't help but smile and said: "I said that when I opened today, there was no movement at all in the Qianye Office, and it turned out that the big shopkeeper personally came to lobby for it, okay, everything must be in accordance with the orders of the big shopkeeper." As he spoke, he said with concern: "When will the big shopkeeper come back?" ”

"It's hard to say." Yi Zhizu shook his head slightly, flicked the cigarette ash, and then he said in a relaxed tone: "However, I will strive to come back as soon as possible, and I, the new official, can't just slip away as soon as I take office." ”

Yan Shikuan followed and smiled, Yi Zhicontent, the new Shanghai Dao, has not been in office for a long time, and if he has not seen anyone for a long time after taking office, he really can't say it, and he sighed slightly, and then he said: "The reunification of Shanghai's money industry is going well, should Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion also speed up their preparations?" ”

"There's no hurry." Yi Zhizhi said: "Let's take a look at the reaction of Liangjiang and the imperial court, this period of time is mainly to consolidate Shanghai, Liangjiang is not better than Guangdong, in Liangjiang, we are in a guest position, we can't try to be fast, we have to seek stability first, step by step." ”

After a slight sigh, he continued: "The two rivers are far richer than Guangdong, and the two Huai salt merchants and Jiangxi copper merchants who are as famous as our Guangdong merchants are in Liangjiang, in addition, Shanxi merchants, Huizhou merchants, Dongting merchants, Jiangyou merchants, Shandong merchants, Fujian merchants, Ningbo merchants, and Longyou merchants are all gathered in Liangjiang.

The water of the two rivers is not ordinary deep, and the abundance of private capital is far from being comparable to Guangdong, even if there is the full support of Lin Butang, we must also be cautious, walking on thin ice, at present, it is the time when Yuanqi's funds are the weakest, and it is necessary to avoid being greedy for more and faster. ”

Yan Shikuan listened to it secretly, he also paid attention to the Lianghuai Salt Merchants and the Ningbo Merchants in Shanghai, but he didn't know that there were so many merchants gathered in the land of Liangjiang, and after a while, he said worriedly: "Right now, Yuanqi is the weakest time, isn't it ..... time for us to enter Liangjiang?" ”

"I also want to wait, just wait another seven or eight years, Yuanqi is completely enough to sweep the two rivers and the merchants, but the opportunity waits for no one." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "If you miss this opportunity now, we will lose countless opportunities, you don't understand what you say now, ten years later, you may be able to understand." ”

Yan Shikuan's small eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "The big shopkeeper can see through what has happened in ten years?" ”

"How many ten years can I see?" Yi Zhicontent said with a smile: "I don't dare to say it in five hundred years, but I am still sure in two hundred years." ”

"Then hurry up and calculate ..... for me."

"Roll ——。"

The two were laughing to themselves, Li Wang came in with a tea tray, and said, "Young Master, Ni Siyuan, the deputy director of the Qianye Office, asks to see you." Putting down the tea tray, he handed over a name sticker.

"Ask him to come in." Yi Zhishu said and lifted the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Yan Shikuan, poured a cup himself, took a shallow sip, and said, "Ni Siyuan's situation, do you understand?" ”

The deputy director of the Qianye Office, Yan Shikuan, didn't know, opened his mouth and said: "Ni Siyuan, the word Jing'an, is a native of Songjiang Mansion, the Ni family is a little famous in Songjiang Mansion, and the family has run a money village for three generations, 'Ni Shenghe' Qian Zhuang is in Shanghai County, and it is a little famous in Songjiang Mansion, this person is the third in the family, just over not confused, and he is quite popular in Shanghai Qian Xing, oh, he also donated a county." As he spoke, he asked, "Shall I avoid it?" ”

"Evade what? He came to talk about the affairs of the money industry. Yi Zhizhi said: "You Yan shopkeeper is the person in charge of the Shanghai branch, don't push everything to me, I don't have so much spare time, I will introduce you today, and you will go to negotiate by yourself in the future." ”

While the two were talking, Ni Siyuan had already walked in under the guidance of Li Wang, and he was slightly surprised when he saw that there were still guests, but he quickly reacted that the fat man should be Yan Shikuan, the shopkeeper of the Shanghai branch, and immediately bowed down and said, "I've seen Master Yi below." ”

Yi Zhishu got up and bowed back: "Brother Jing'an doesn't need to be polite. As he spoke, he pointed at Yan Shikuan and said, "This is the ...... of the Yan shopkeeper of Yuanqi Shanghai Branch." After the two of them saluted, he stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Jing'an, please take a seat." ”

Ni Siyuan was worried that Yi Zhizhi would not come back after leaving Shanghai in a short time, and it was not good to come to the Taoist government during the day, so he rushed over at night, and Yan Shikuan, who saw him, was also there, and he was secretly glad that this trip was right, and after sitting down, he said politely: "Lord Yi is busy with official business, and he took the liberty to come to visit, and there was a lot of disturbance." ”

Yi Zhishu didn't have the heart to go around in circles with him, and said directly: "Fang Cai is talking to the shopkeeper Yan about Shanghai Qianxing, and Brother Jing'an came just in time. ”

Seeing that he spoke directly, Ni Siyuan didn't go around in circles, and said straight to the point: "I came to visit tonight for the sake of Shanghai Qianye." After a slight pause, he said straightforwardly: "Yuanqi Shanghai Branch was listed and opened, and thirty-two branches were opened at the same time. ”

Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "Of course, Yuanqi hopes to monopolize the Shanghai money industry, after all, monopoly can grab the greatest profits, Yuanqi welcomes all large and small money banks in Shanghai to merge into the Shanghai branch, but doing business is about your love and my willingness, Yuanqi will not take coercive measures, moreover, Yuanqi advocates free competition and opposes all unfair competition." ”

Yuanqi Shanghai Branch does not join the money industry office in Shanghai, does not participate in the joint transfer of foreign exchange, does not abide by the rules formulated by the office, absorbs deposits at high interest rates, and does not let go of even small deposits, but it is a low-interest loan, which has strong capital as the backing and the government behind it, but it keeps saying that it is free competition.

Is this free competition? They have no chance to compete in the money of the Shanghai Money Industry Office, Shanghai is the intersection of the two routes of Nanyang and Beiyang, Guangzhou and Shanghai can be exchanged together, all the merchants of the Nanyang route will not hesitate to choose Yuanqi, and Yuanqi also controls the Jianghai Customs, but all the businessmen who deal with the Jianghai Customs, dare not choose Yuanqi? And all the business that has dealings with the government, they will not have a chance to get involved again.

Competition? The resources in the hands of the two sides are fundamentally different, and if the local money banks in Shanghai really dare to compete freely, there is only one result, they will close down!

But then again, Yuan Qi can have this posture, at least let the Qian Zhuang have the freedom to choose, and after a slight groan, he looked at Yi Zhizhi and said, "Lord Yi, with all due respect, Yuan Qi is so large-scale, don't you worry about the big wind?" (To be continued.) )