Although it is not yet the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is already very hot, Yi Zhizhi is lying comfortably in the shade of the tree, the two maidens of Chunmei and Xiahe are beating their legs and rubbing their shoulders, Yi Zhizhi is enjoying while playing with the small and delicate purple sand teapot, and asks coldly: "How long have you two been following Master Ben?" ”

Chunmei glanced at him, lowered her head and said softly, "In one month, it will be two years." ”

Two years? That must be quite familiar with the original Yi family Sanshao, Yi Zhizhi secretly wondered, his living habits suddenly changed, and he definitely couldn't hide it from the two maids, did he send some money and change the two maids?

After thinking about it, he thought that Yi Yunchang and Yi Zhishu must have been extremely shocked and surprised by his sudden change, he had just changed his little maid, and there was no reason to change the two maids, would it cause the suspicion of the two of them?

Besides, the three young men of the Yi family have already slept with the two maids, is it a little unauthentic to drive them out? This is not a small house, and besides, he can drive the two maids out of the East Cross Courtyard, but can he expel the two of them directly from the Yi Mansion? If you chew your tongue in the house, I'm afraid it won't be beautiful.

After a long silence, he sighed lightly and said, "Time is really fast, it's been almost two years in a flash." ”

Xia Hejue's young master is a little weird today, so dignified, why did he suddenly mention this talk, could it be that the young master is going to get married? The young master has turned eighteen this year, and at this age, he has already married in a big family, thinking of this, she asked timidly: "Is the young master going to be engaged?" ”

Engagement? Yi Zhixiang didn't expect the two maids to think of this, but Fu Tai Xing is now stable, with the support of Jardine Bank, Yi Yunchang has no worries, and his family affairs are afraid that they will be put on the agenda, this is really a troublesome thing, sleeping with a woman he doesn't know, it is an affair, and marrying a woman he has never known ......, he really can't accept it.

After a while, he followed the conversation and said, "Don't worry, Young Master Ben is not a ruthless person, and after getting married, he will definitely give you a name." ”

As soon as they heard this, Chunmei and Xiahe were stunned, they were born as maids, and the best way out was to become the master's concubine, although the status of the concubine was still low, but how to say that it was also half a slave and half master, compared to the maid, it was much higher, neither of them expected that they would get a big prize for no reason, and quickly got up and knelt down and said: "Slave and maid Xie Young Master." ”

"Get up, don't kneel without moving." Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "Go and clean up the study." ”

The second daughter left, Yi Zhifen shook the recliner, swayed for a long time, listened to the cicadas, and slowly calmed down, Fu Tai Xing is not in danger of bankruptcy for the time being, but next year the court will vigorously ban smoking. There are only two or three years left in the war. After the war, the imperial court was forced to trade with five mouths, and the Thirteen Lines would become history.

It is conceivable that before the thirteen lines disappeared, Lin Zexu banned smoking. After the outbreak of the war and the defeat, the thirteen commercial banks will definitely be forced to hemorrhage, which is unavoidable, more than two years, Fu Tai Bank not only has to pay off 400,000 debts, to deal with the large amount of extortion from the imperial court, but also to accumulate a little capital for future development, this pressure is not small, for the future happy life, how to plan well.

As for the crows. He didn't want to bother thinking about the war, at least in his current situation, it was in vain to think that he had no way to stop the imperial court from banning smoking, and he had no ability to change the minds of the British.

Perhaps, he can influence the thirteen elements, but the thirteen elements are in the crow. What is your position in the war? What is your attitude towards the imperial court's strict ban on smoking? Canton crow. Film smuggling is so rampant, what role does the Thirteen Elements play in it? His eyes are black now, and his thoughts are also utopian, so why bother with that.

In Xiguan, the news that Jardine Bank borrowed 100,000 silver dollars to Futai Bank and guaranteed all the debts of Futai Bank spread quickly under Yi Yunchang's intentional dissemination.

The purpose of their rush to the Futai Bank is naturally no longer to collect debts or cancel orders to reduce orders, but to set up a relationship, to increase orders and renew orders, money lenders not only do not collect debts, but say that they can continue to increase the amount of loans, with the full support of the behemoth of Jardine Bank, what else is there to worry about?

Yi Yunchang dialed the reception, served tea again and again, the muscles on his face stiffened, but his heart was happy, and he finally sent these people away, and the merchants of several small commercial houses in the thirteen lines came to visit one after another.

These merchants all knew what was going on before Fu Tai and Jardine - not only did they not have a friendship, but they were not quite on the right path, which is a well-known thing, why did Jardine Matheson help Fu Tai at a critical juncture? It's a loan and a guarantee, trying their best to maintain and support it, and if they don't understand the reason, they are like cats scratching in their hearts.

Yi Yunchang naturally didn't say anything, and he really didn't figure out what was going on, there was Wu Changqing along the way, and he didn't have a chance to ask, he pondered and pondered, and he didn't understand what Yi Zhishu said to Wu Bingjian, not only won Wu Bingjian's strong support, but also won Wu Bingjian's appreciation.

politely sent a group of merchants away, Yi Yunchang didn't care that it was still early, so he took a sedan chair back to his house, his heart was also like a cat scratching, and he couldn't wait to go home to find Yi Zhishu to figure out what happened.

When he got off the sedan car in the sedan hall and saw the housekeeper Su Yunqing, he split his head and asked, "Is the third young master in the house?" ”

Su Yun hurriedly said: "Back to the master, the third young master has not gone out since returning to the house in the morning, and has been in the East Cross Courtyard since he asked his wife to say goodbye. ”

"Okay." Yi Yunchang immediately ordered: "Tidy up the kitchen and send a table of banquets to the East Cross Courtyard, the eldest young master is back, let him come over." With that, he went straight to the east across the courtyard.

Yi Zhizu was practicing calligraphy in the study, and the little guy who listened to it reported outside the door that the master was coming, and hurriedly packed up the miserable homework, and then quickly greeted Yi Yunchang outside the courtyard gate, and after bowing down to see him, he smiled and said: "Father has something, send someone to call the child over is ......." ”

"You're clean here." Yi Yunchang said and walked straight inside, sat down in the main room, and retreated from the maid, before he smiled and said: "Fu Taixing can come back to life this time, and it still feels like a dream for my father... My father has never figured out why Pinghu Gong would vigorously support Fu Taixing, you should now understand and tell your father, otherwise your father will always feel unsteady in his heart. ”

"Dad, I can't say this." Yi Zhisuff said solemnly: "Now Fu Tai Xing has no British East India Company to rely on, with the wealth of the Wu family, to collapse Fu Tai Xing, it can be said that it is effortless, as the so-called, can not be clear, confused, this matter, father and eldest brother do not need to be clear, do not ask again in the future, the child can not say, and dare not say." ”