Since Cao Hao went to the Internal Affairs Office, I don't know how many people have paid attention to the Cao family.

These two Xuzhou businessmen entered Caofu for a long time, and almost everyone knew about it. Although there were businessmen who were worried about the Cao family's line before, those big families had their own masters, and retail investors came directly to the door without identity.

This time, it was a revelation for them.

In the afternoon, there were many Hui businessmen who came to visit Li Wei. Li Wei stayed in the capital for several years, and he was used to haunting the Xuzhou Guild Hall, and he was able to get some connections with him from time to time.

Just in time for the New Year's Festival, the gift to the Cao family was also given confidently.

Some big names came directly in the name of asking Cao Yin for peace.

The Hui merchants moved, and the Jin merchants couldn't sit still. After all, in the past, the imperial merchants of the Internal Affairs Office were still dominated by Jin merchants. Looking at Cao Hao's posture, if those merchants in the south were to replace him, wouldn't they have to drink the northwest wind at that time?

Even if there is a master and a backer behind them, it is just a matter of sharing money and filial piety, and they have to drill their own camp in this business and trade.

As a result, the Jin merchants in Beijing also moved.

Those who didn't receive errands from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the past want a piece of the pie; Those who received errands from the Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted a larger share.

Those who are deeply rooted in the Internal Affairs Office also had many friendships with the ancestors of the Cao family in their early years; Those new businessmen even embarked on Jiang Jian's door.

Jiang Jian's surname has a bit of chivalry, otherwise he would not have become close friends with Li Wei. He also looked down on money, and the filial piety silver envelope he received was directly handed over to Cao's account.

Cao Zhong and Cao Yuan had asked Cao Hao twice, like Jiang Jian and Li Wei, where the money should go to the accounts.

Money is a thing, you can't say how precious it is, but if you don't be greedy for money, it's definitely a precious character.

If Jiang Jian is greedy for money, even if he has the ability, Cao Hao will not dare to use it. Otherwise, I don't know when, and I'll be in chaos.

People are so strange, when others want to be greedy for money, it will make people feel obsessed and despised; He who doesn't want money, but wants people to give.

Cao Hao has already asked Li Wei, although Jiang Jian is over 30 years old, he has not yet married because he has been in the curtain for many years. During his time as a staff member, many county officials wanted to give him maids as concubines, but he politely refused.

In his early years, he practiced martial arts in the temple, and he was extremely self-disciplined in life, which was different from ordinary people. I don't pick what I eat and wear, if I don't have braids, I think he is a warrior monk, and some people believe it.

His surname has fallen into Zhiran's eyes.

Mr. Zhuang passed away, not only Cao Hao was sad, but Zhiran was also uncomfortable.

Jiang Jian was quite curious about Zhiran. With such an identity, he lived in the Cao family so calmly, and he did not mean to go to the temple to place orders.

He was originally a clever man, and he had been a staff member for a long time, and his mind was more alive than others.

Even if there is no ** naked inquiry, he quietly observes Zhiran in private.

Zhiran knew it in his heart, and his expression showed gentleness and compassion, and finally Jiang Jian couldn't bear it in his heart, and pressed his heart of inquiry.

The two of them have nothing to do to play chess, and talking about Zen can be regarded as a temper.

In the hands, the competition is between square inches; In and out of the words, what is said is related to the curtain.

The rules of officialdom, the sights and hearings of the local state and county, and so on.

Zhiran didn't do it deliberately, but Jiang Jian could still feel it, and he seemed to pay attention to it.

Zhiran is not very old, but he is a monk who has been officially shaved, so how to care about mundane things without making people suspicious. It's just that there are some doubts, you can think about it in your heart, and it doesn't make much sense to say it.

In this way, the relationship between the two is a little closer.

Li Wei's side, although he is a little bohemian, he still retains some respect for the monks.

On the side of the capital, in addition to the Hui merchants and the Jin merchants, they are the merchants of Shandong.

Shandong businessmen monopolize the restaurants and restaurants in the capital, and over time, some of them have rich family assets.

For a time, there was a lot of traffic at the gate of Caofu, and people kept coming and going.

The grief in Cao Hao's heart has not diminished, but where can he always be immersed in sadness, he must always cheer up, not only to entertain the people who come to the door, but also to give New Year's gifts to some close relatives.

Here in the house, Chu Yu is also quite busy.

This year, it is the first time that Gao Taijun has spent the New Year in Beijing, and the house cannot be too deserted. But Mr. Zhuang has not come out of Qiqi, and it is not too lively.

Sister Liqiu and Niuniu also need to be appeased, and the New Year's goods must be prepared more abundantly than in previous years.

On the side of the shop in Daoxiang Village, Han Jiang's family had already made the accounts, but because Chu Yu's side was never empty, it was delayed until the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month before it was reported to Caofu.

Because the Han Jiang clan had been to Cao's house many times, and there were many foreign guests waiting to see Hou in the front yard, Chu Yu directly asked someone to introduce the Han Jiang clan into Wutong Garden.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Han Jiang felt that there was a flower in front of him, and there was already a person in front of him.

She hurriedly stopped, and when she looked around, it was Cao Hao's eldest son Cao Tianyou, and it was Hengsheng and Niuniu who were chasing after her.

Han Jiang's Mid-Autumn Festival came, Tianyou saw it, and vaguely remembered.

He retracted his steps, first raised his head and glanced at Han Jiang's family, and then nodded slightly, already showing the elegant demeanor of the little son of the family.

Han Jiang took a step back, but his brows furrowed slightly.

Although she is married, she is still a virgin and is not used to contact with people.

However, seeing Tianyou's upright posture and pretending to be an adult, her expression was immediately soothed, with a slight smile on her face, and she nodded in return. She couldn't help but be surprised in her heart, the child's eyes were black and white, not to mention, and the hairy eyes were so fluffy that people wanted to touch them.

Since beating her as a widow, whether it is the Han family or the Jiang family, many people are worried about giving her children as heirs. Under the banner of inheriting incense and raising children to prevent old age, it is just to take a fancy to her family.

The Han Jiang clan saw through the faces of the clansmen's relatives, and they all refused. She was also impatient with children, thinking that those who were naughty and disobedient were children.

Today, looking at the well-behaved appearance of the children in front of me, I don't know why, so that people can't feel disgusted.

Niuniu and Hengsheng have come forward, Niuniu is wearing a white filial piety robe, and Tianyou and Hengsheng are also wearing plain robes.

It turned out that Niuniu was still immersed in the pain of losing her father and was depressed, so Tianyou and Hengsheng thought of an idea to make her happy.

It just so happened that Zuo Cheng shaved his head and made a new deerskin hat and tiger skin hat. did it vividly, Tianyou told Niuniu in a colorful way, and ran to lead Niuniu to see, not wanting to bump into Han Jiang's body.

Han Jiang's smile was rare, and this smile made several people on the side stunned.

Walnut and Une, who followed Tianyou and Hengsheng, couldn't help but look straight at each other.

Even children know beauty and ugliness, and God's blessed little face is flushed, and the smile on his face is even better; Hengsheng also pursed his lips, raised his head and looked at Han Jiang's family, innocently, revealing two small dimples.

Niuniu looked at Hengsheng, then at Tianyou, and said to Xicai, who led Han Jiang's family in: "Sister Xicai, is this a guest?" ”

Niuniu is not very old, but in the house, she has always been loved by everyone. Cao Hao and Chu Yu treat each other like sisters and hurt like women, and no one in the family dares to slack off.

Therefore, listening to her question, Xicai replied respectfully: "Third girl, this is the shopkeeper Han of Daoxiang Village, who came to report to Gege." ”

Hearing the word "Daoxiang Village", Niuniu couldn't help but glance at Han Jiang's a few more times, and said: "It turned out to be from Daoxiang Village, but your family's dim sum is delicious." ”

Speaking of which, remembering that when her father went out for tea and came back, he often carried two packs of snacks or bad meat from Daoxiang Village, and Niuniu's eyes were a little red.

Tianyou had already come back to his senses, and saw that Niuniu was wrong, so he took her hand and said, "Little aunt, let's go to Aunt Tian!" As he spoke, he greeted his younger brother again, and after nodding at Han Jiang's clan, several children went out of the courtyard together.

Han Jiang stood there, looking at the backs of several children, with a rather complicated mood.

Isn't it time to find an heir?

However, thinking of the complicated clan kinship on Jiang Ning's side, as well as those greedy faces, she was busy steady, turned around and followed Xicai into the upper room......* front door, Rui He Zhai.

Because of the New Year's Festival, the business of the silver building is quite prosperous, and it has only opened for an hour, and several businesses have been completed.

The two young men held rags in their hands and wiped a few items on the counter, while the shopkeeper pulled the abacus beads at the counter, calculating the wages that needed to be settled before the year, the craftsman's money, and the goods that needed to be replenished in the first month.

Then the curtain of the door was rolled up, and a young man in a royal blue coat came in.

The young man at the door hurriedly bowed down to greet him, and said with a smile on his face: "Please come in, do you want to pick out jewelry or ornaments?" ”

These two things are in different directions, so the guy asks this question.

The young man was quite uncomfortable, "coughed" twice, his eyes flashed, he quickly swept around the room, pointed to the side, and said, "Ornament, well, look at the silver gall bottle." ”

"Hey, good, this master is just in time, there just happened to be a new arrival of the burnt blue magpie Dengmei ball bottle, this year's gift, the most elegant." The young man's mouth was set one by one: "There are also gold-painted eight-treasure pattern bottles and five hundred Arhat amphorae, which are the most fashionable styles now." ”

The young man nodded in response, but his eyes were looking around, and his expression was a little stiff.

The young man still wondered in his heart, looking at it, it didn't look like he couldn't afford it, why did he look like this?

"This pair of gall bottles, looking gorgeous, weighs only eight catties and eight taels, both rich and real, and it is the most decent to give away." The young man summed up Han, but his mouth was not idle.

The young man's mouth was vague, and he looked at it with no match.

At this time, I saw a maid coming out of the inner room, swept the young man's eyes, and whispered closely: "But Young Master Yun has arrived?" ”

The young man's face flushed a little and nodded.

The maid made a gesture of invitation and led the boy into the inner chamber.

The shopkeeper outside raised his head and looked into the inner room, but there was no surprise on his face. Not only him, but two young men, just glanced at each other and went about their own work.

They are all old men of Ruihezhai, and in addition to the account room, these two guys are the subordinates of the owner's buyout and sale deed, and they can't chew the master's tongue, but what they think in their hearts, I don't know.

The inner room of the shop is a suite, and the outside is a small hall, and the maid is guarding here, and the young man is invited into the inner room.

In the room, a soft couch is placed, and behind the soft couch is a screen embroidered with fox fur, on which two snow foxes are embroidered, looking fluffy and lifelike.

On the soft couch, a beautiful woman with light makeup was lying crookedly, holding her chin with her hand, frowning and contemplating.

When the boy entered the inner room, he felt that something was wrong, and stood at the door, refusing to go any further.

The beauty on the soft couch waited for a long time, didn't see him approaching, raised her head, flew him with a resentful look, and said softly: "Yun Ye is so ruthless, can he become a slave and a tiger, can he still eat you?" ”

"Little sister-in-law......" the young man said with a little embarrassment.

The beautiful woman slowly got up from the soft couch and walked towards the young man.

When she came to her, she leaned over, a little unsteadily.

Seeing this, the young man didn't have time to think about it, so he stretched out his hand to support it, but his hand was soft, even if he was separated by clothes, it still made people's hearts tremble.

The beauty seemed to be boneless, and her body had already fallen on the young man's body.

It wasn't until the faint fragrance of the woman came to his nose that the young man reached out like a dream and stretched out his hand to push the woman in his arms away.

Where can it be pushed?

The beauty had already stretched out her arms, hugged the young man's waist tightly, put the head of the mantis against his neck, and murmured, "Master Yun, you are the first man of the slaves." ”

This beauty is none other than Yang Ruixue, the owner of Ruihezhai, and this young man is Yiduli's cousin Shiyun.

When Shi Yun heard this, his hand had stopped and he didn't push it again.

Even if a man doesn't have the word chastity, he has other feelings for his first woman. Not to mention, this woman was still "broken" by him.

Although the woman in front of her was quite charming on the bed, the red and bright virgin blood seemed to be right in front of her.

Shi Yun was a little unbearable, his hand fell to Yang Ruixue's waist, and he said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, I won't talk to my uncle about that matter." ”

When Yang Ruixue heard this, she didn't respond, and put her face closer and closer to Shiyun's neck.

Shiyun only felt that his neck was hot and wet, and he was shocked, and hurriedly reached out to help Yang Ruixue's shoulder, but it was the pear blossoms that brought rain, which made people feel pity.

"Don't cry, don't cry......" Shiyun couldn't bear it when he saw this, and hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade.

Yang Ruixue looked up at her little face, tears rained down, and shook her head slightly, but she couldn't speak.

"I swear, I really won't tell my uncle, is this something to say?" Shi Yun had seen her panic, so she thought she was afraid that things would fall in the past, and with a little guilt, she said: "Besides, there are also my no, I promised to marry you, but my mother is tightly ......controlled."

The next words were blocked by a pair of small hands...... * Cao Mansion, outside the gate.

Cao Hao sent away a few merchants, and then took his long entourage out to give New Year's gifts, and did not return until dusk.

As soon as I entered, I saw Sun Jue coming out of Cao's mansion, but his face was a little ugly.

"Brother-in-law, I haven't seen you for a few days......" Cao Hao beckoned.

Sun Jue squeezed out a slight smile on his face, said a few words of greeting, and hurried away with his fists clenched.

Cao Hao sent him away and turned back to ask the housekeeper why.

It turned out that Sun Jue came to give New Year's gifts on behalf of the Sun family, and happened to meet the steward of the Li family in Suzhou.

Sun Jue seems to be unable to hold his face, and there is something wrong with it......

(To be continued)