However, Gao Yuan did not have any aversion to Ba Qing's request, because it was a matter of course for businessmen to pursue profits, and they did help themselves, and sent themselves to Handan safely, so it was reasonable that they should help them, anyway, they made Dai Jun paper, just to find a stable source of income for Dai Jun, who to buy is not to buy, to be able to establish business contacts with a giant businessman like Ba Qing, and there is no loss to Dai Jun, so Gao Yuan nodded and said: "Okay, this matter, I can help Mrs. Qing and Miss Xueyuan think of a way, but whether it will succeed or not, I dare not guarantee it. ”

After Xue Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately bowed to the plateau, and said: "Then Xue Yuan's aunt thank you Mr. Zhou, if Mr. Zhou sends him in the future, please just give me the order." Although Gao Yuan said that he did not dare to guarantee that it would not succeed, Xue Yuan was also a person who had been in the business world for a long time, of course, he could hear that Gao Yuan was apologetic, since he said so, he was naturally sure enough.

Gao Yuan smiled slightly and said, "This is just a trivial matter, and it is not enough to thank you, Miss is not welcome." ”

Xue Yuan sighed lightly and said, "For Mr., it may be just a small matter, but for my aunt, it is a big deal, because if I can't get the business of Daijun Paper this time, my aunt may be difficult to gain a foothold in the family." ”

Gao Yuan was also a little strange, and said, "Why is this?" Although he is lonely and unheard of, he has also heard the name of the widow Qing of Bashu for a long time, who is rich and rivals the country, and can be called Tao Zhu in the female middle, why is it difficult to gain a foothold in the family? ”

Xue Yuan lowered her head slightly, and said: "Tao Zhu, the female middle school, said lightly, but outsiders have our hardships, Mr. does not know, in fact, now my aunt is living a very difficult life in the family, although my aunt has served as the patriarch for nearly thirty hills, but over the years, some elders in the clan are very dissatisfied with the aunt, and make things difficult in many ways, hoping to drive the aunt out of the position of the patriarch, and because our business in Bashu has become stable, the business in the clan has not developed much in recent years, Therefore, the elders of the clan have taken advantage of this to challenge the aunt, inciting the clan to oppose the aunt's continued tenure as the patriarch, and want to seize the power of the clan's business management. ”

Gao Yuan listened to it, and he was quite surprised, but it is not strange to think about it, although the atmosphere of this era is relatively open, and there is no restriction on women by Cheng Zhu Lixue, but after all, it is still a patriarchal society, and it is very difficult for a woman to get ahead and make some career achievements. And Ba Qing is in charge of a big family as a daughter, and has become the richest man in Bashu, which makes a big family embarrassed, and now Ba Qing has praised such a big family business, which naturally makes people blush, so it is reasonable for the men in the clan to join forces and want to oust Ba Qing from power.

Gao Yuan also couldn't help but think of a famous saying in later generations: "It's hard to be a woman, and it's even harder to be a successful woman." ”

Xue Yuan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but say sincerely: "Sir's words are really appropriate to my aunt's situation." ”

Gao Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I'm talking nonsense, but since someone is going to remove Mrs. Qing from the position of patriarch now, I don't know how Mrs. Qing became the patriarch in the first place?" After a pause, Gao Yuan said again: "It's just a casual question, if Miss Xueyuan is inconvenient to say, it should be that you haven't asked." ”

Xue Yuan smiled and said: "Actually, this matter is not a secret in Bashu, but it is a long story, our family was the huge wealth of Bashu, mainly operating cinnabar, when my aunt married into our family, the patriarch was my aunt's father-in-law, and my uncle was the heir of the patriarch." It's just that my aunt has been married for less than a year, the plague is epidemic in Bashu, my aunt's father-in-law, and my uncle, and many other clansmen have been infected with the plague and died, and the dragons in the clan have no leader, and the elders of other distant clans are fighting each other for the position of the patriarch, and more than ten people have died, and the family's business has plummeted. ”

"At this time, the Chisong Immortal Master traveled to Bashu, and was requested by the clan to instruct the clansmen, only the direct clan members served as the patriarch, in order to save the family and revive the family, but at this time, almost all the direct clansmen had died, leaving only the aunt alone, and there were no children and no daughters, so several elders of the distant clan had to come forward together and ask the aunt to come out as the patriarch, and the aunt said: 'If you ask me to be the patriarch, you need to swear in the clan temple, everything must listen to my orders, and you must not disobey, within ten years, I will make the family prosperous, Otherwise, the patriarch will not be accepted. After deliberation, the elders agreed to the aunt's request, but also put forward a condition, that is, the aunt should not marry a foreigner. Therefore, the aunt became the patriarch in this way, and then led the family to open cinnabar, painstakingly operated, and it only took seven years to restore the family as before, and then the aunt persuaded the elders of the clan to get involved in tea-making, Shu silk, shipbuilding, farming, etc., and the family's wealth also increased day by day, and finally became the richest man in Bashu, and the aunt also kept her oath, did not remarry, and always had a full cumin life. ”

"And my family was originally a branch of the clan, because my father was loyal and cautious, so he was reused by my aunt, and was deeply used by my aunt, but unfortunately my parents died early, only I was left alone, and my aunt did not have a daughter, when my parents were there, my aunt loved me very much, so she adopted me, and regarded me as a daughter, and sent someone to teach me to read and write, all kinds of etiquette, and when I grew up, I also began to learn to do business, help my aunt do some things, and share her worries, Later, my aunt sent me to Xianyang to pay for the business of the shop, but I didn't expect to meet the Chisong Immortal here, and he introduced me, so I made friends with Princess Langyu, but unfortunately the princess has a limited impact on things in the Bashu region, and I am just a daughter, and I was born in the lineage, so I don't help my aunt much in the clan. Sometimes I think that if I can marry a powerful husband, I may be able to help my aunt, but I am only the daughter of a merchant, and although I am still a little beautiful, the powerful family will look up to me and will never gather me as the main house. ”

"Just last year, the elders of the clan were secretly planning, planning to join forces to remove the position of the patriarch of the aunt, fortunately, the aunt was aware in advance, and dedicated the three thousand gold accumulated for many years to the king of Qin, which relieved the financial situation of the Qin Dynasty, and was rewarded by the king of Qin, and invited the aunt to Xianyang to watch the ceremony, and built the Huaiqing platform in Xianyang. If you can get the business of Daijun paper this time, one can win the support of another part of the clan in the clan, and the other can use the sale of Daijun paper to make friends with some powerful officials to respect yourself, so the relationship is important.

After listening to Xue Yuan's chatter a lot, Gao Yuan could only sigh secretly, sure enough, every family has a difficult scripture, I didn't expect that the widow Qing who went down in history would have such a difficult time, it was really unpredictable. However, this kind of thing is really commonplace and common in big families.

Gao Yuan thought for a while, and then said: "Miss Xueyuan, although I am willing to help you in this matter, but there is one problem you may not have noticed, all the Daijun paper is produced in Daijun, but now the Qin State is fighting against Daijun, this time the food and materials you transported are sent to the Qin army attacking Daijun, so even if I can help you get the operation of Daijun paper, but the two sides are at war, how can you get Daijun paper?" ”

Xue Yuan smiled slightly, and said: "This gentleman, please rest assured, this time the Qin State sent troops, just to destroy the Yan State, in order to avenge the Yan State's assassination, and will not attack Daijun, so even if the two sides are at war, it will not be too long, once the two sides strike the war, business transactions can be resumed again, as long as Mr. can help pull the strings, it is really a great help to me and my aunt." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, since Miss Xue Yuan said so, let's give it a try." However, I originally wanted to say goodbye to Miss before the caravan arrived in Handan, and leave the caravan, if I could help Miss contact the operator of the Shangdai County Paper, someone would naturally come to contact Miss, and at that time, the transaction method, price, and other matters of the club would be decided by Miss and the person who came through detailed negotiation. ”

Xue Yuan listened, and gave another salute to the plateau, saying, "Whether it succeeds or not, my aunt and I are grateful to Mr. If there is anything that my aunt and I need to do, please feel free to ask, as long as we can do it, even if it is a matter of going to the soup and fire. ”

Gao Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, if I have something, I will also ask someone to convey it to Miss, but I don't know how to contact Miss at that time?" ”

Xue Yuan said: "This is easy to do, we are in Handan this time, and we will establish our business hall in Handan, so Mr. can get through a good relationship, and you can send someone to the Bashu business house in Handan to find me." As he spoke, Xue Yuan turned around and took a wooden box at the head of the couch, opened it and took out a jade pendant, handed it to Gao Yuan, and said, "Whether it is a gentleman or a visitor, as long as you show this jade pendant, others will notify me immediately, even if I am not in the shop, someone will naturally receive me." ”

Gao Yuan took the jade pendant, looked at it, received it in his arms, and said, "This is very good." Then I will say goodbye to the young lady first. After saying that, he bowed to Snow Edge, and then got up and walked out of Snow Edge's tent.