Chapter 1592 The Xinzi Tornado comes from the south of the Yangtze River
No words all night.
When Jia Yuanchun got up, got dressed, got on the sedan and left Rongguo Mansion surrounded by people, Feng Ziying just stood behind the east corner gate and watched from a distance.
I don’t know how the virtuous concubine felt when she came back from this trip, but Feng Ziying estimated that she might have come here to take advantage of the excitement, but she came back uneasy.
It was neither a disappointment nor a failure, but returned in a state of entanglement and anxiety.
Feng Ziying feels that this can be regarded as a lesson to Jia Yuanchun, asking him to calm down and avoid getting carried away and getting involved in things that he shouldn't get involved in, causing irreparable consequences.
But he also felt that this virtuous concubine was still a little unwilling, and always hoped that something similar to a miracle would happen, such as luck or opportunity suddenly falling on her, like pie in the sky.
The moment she got on the sedan, Feng Ziying also noticed Yuan Chun's deep glance in the direction where she was standing.
This glance was full of complex emotions, and it was difficult for Feng Ziying to figure out its meaning for a while, but it was not entirely resentment and disappointment, there were some deeper things in it that needed to be carefully studied.
Before returning home, Feng Ziying met with Li Wan and Tanchun again, mainly to discuss Baoyu's wedding expenses.
The Feng family's money has been lent to Rongguo Mansion through banknotes, but it takes a lot of thinking on how to use it.
The main reason is that the requirements put forward by the Niu family are too high, and the dowry is very generous, so naturally the Rongguo Mansion needs to be treated accordingly. This seems understandable, but for the current Jia family, it is a huge deal. Burdens, such as the maintenance of the entire Rongguo Mansion, are a large sum of money. In addition, the construction of the Grand View Garden last year originally owed some debts to outsiders that have not yet been paid off. Now that they have to be repaired, they will definitely attract those people. People came to ask for debts.
Li Wan's eyes were evasive. Although he tried his best to remain normal, he couldn't do it at all. Fortunately, Tanchun was focused on how to get through Baoyu's marriage and didn't pay too much attention to Li Wan's gaffe.
"Grandma Zhu seems a little afraid of Uncle Feng?" After Li Wan and Feng Ziying left, the servant asked curiously: "The servant noticed that Grandma Zhu looked ugly, her hands were trembling a little, and she didn't dare to look at Uncle Feng. Looking at each other,…”
"Oh?" Tan Chun was still immersed in calculating the difference in silver. She didn't wake up until Shi Shu said the last sentence, frowning and remembering.
There seems to be something unusual. Although Sister-in-law Zhu usually doesn't talk much, her attitude is graceful and elegant, but today she is a little out of sorts. What's wrong with Sister-in-law Zhu?
Is it because of Langeer's problem? But even if Lang Ge'er didn't perform well, he wouldn't make his sister-in-law lose her composure like this.
Tan Chun naturally couldn't think of anything else and shook his head: "Did Brother Lang make Brother Feng angry?"
"No, I just saw Brother Lang talking to Uncle Feng earlier. I was very excited. Uncle Feng also smiled happily and touched Brother Lang's head to encourage him." The servant shook his head repeatedly. "At that time, I saw that Grandma Zhu didn't look very good on her face, so she stood aside and didn't say a word."
"Huh?" Tanchun became confused, "Did the eldest sister-in-law have a quarrel with Uncle Feng? It's just that the eldest sister-in-law has a gentle and quiet temperament, so how can Uncle Feng quarrel with her?"
"I don't know." Shi Shu also felt strange when he saw Li Wan's restless appearance before, but Uncle Feng looked calm and normal, so he didn't know what was going on inside.
However, this situation only made Tanchun think about it temporarily. She didn't have much mind to think about other things now. Li Wan didn't care about anything, and she had to make arrangements for everything.
Feng Ziying didn't know that the little secret between him and Li Wan would be seen through by the girl Tanchun. He didn't pay attention to the ambiguity between him and Li Wan at all. He had no intention of doing anything, so he naturally didn't care.
After returning home, Feng Ziying saw the post sent by Prince Zhongshun.
You can probably guess some of King Zhongshun’s inner worries, but Feng Ziying didn’t care either.
“Who else is there?” Feng Ziying asked casually.
“There are two more posts from Weng Qiyang and Anfu Chamber of Commerce.” Baoxiang looked at them and said.
"Anfu Chamber of Commerce and Weng Qiyang?" Feng Ziying sat up straight, "When did you send it?"
"It seems that they were sent yesterday, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. They also sent some gifts each." Baoxiang said solemnly: "I have seen it. They are not particularly expensive gifts, just some Jiangnan and Dongfan gifts." local specialties.”
The Weng brothers are the leaders of the Dongting Business Gang and have always been in contact with Feng Ziying. After entering the Northland, they also cooperated with businessmen from Shanxi and Shaanxi. They were a major partner in the industrial path of North-South cooperation promoted by Feng Ziying.
The Anfu merchants were the backbone of the Jiangyou (Jiangxi) merchants. After Feng Ziying granted the Dongfan development rights to the Anfu merchants, the Anfu merchants stood firmly behind him.
Gold mines have been discovered in the Dongfan Mountains. The Anfu merchants carefully informed Feng Ziying, and Feng Ziying directly and boldly stated that they should mine first and talk about it later.
In view of the special situation of Dongfan, neither the Fujian Chief Envoy, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Households, or the Ministry of War seem to have direct jurisdiction. However, the Zhongshu Section, which originally contacted Babai and granted the reclamation rights to Dongfan, has already been established in the Ministry of Commerce. After that, the authority returned to the original question-taking responsibilities.
As soon as Guan Yingzhen left Zhongshuke, he took away all the people and materials who were originally responsible for the sea-opening plan in Zhongshuke. Therefore, Dongfan now only needs to pay the prescribed silver tael on a regular basis, and then receive defense support from the Fujian Navy and Penghu Just ask the Inspection Department for guidance.
With the skills of the Anfu merchants, they have naturally already settled the matter with the Fujian Navy and the Penghu Inspection Department. However, when it comes to major policies, the Anfu merchants are still more inclined to follow Feng Ziying's opinions.
After all, Feng Ziying was the one who gave them the right to colonize. This relationship is unbreakable. At the same time, Feng Ziying has risen through the ranks and is now a fourth-rank official. Everyone knows that in less than ten years, at the age of thirty, Feng Ziying will definitely become When you step into the position of Minister of the Secretariat, you can truly be called an important minister of the country.
You can’t see anything on the post, but if you are giving a gift during the Mid-Autumn Festival, you only need to attach a gift list to the gift, but if you send it solemnly and solemnly with a post, it has a different meaning.
This means that the other person wants to meet.
However, Weng Qiyang and the Anfu business representative just sent the post and left without indicating that they would visit at home, which meant that the other party wanted to meet in secret.
Feng Ziying knew very well that since she became the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, she had been targeted by many people, whether it was from the imperial court's Long Jinwei and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or from outside the territory such as Jianzhou Jurchens and Mongols, and perhaps even from internal sources such as People like Yang Yinglong from Bozhou or the White Lotus Sect will probably be calculated and analyzed and judged on whoever comes to visit and how long they stay in their house.
Feng Ziying was silent.
On the Weng side, he is trying his best to win over Shanxi businessmen to cooperate in mining coal and iron ore in Yongping Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture. He is also in the final stage of negotiations with the Ministry of War on the acquisition of Zunhua Iron Works, hoping to bring Jiangnan businessmen into the fold. To prevent the worst situation from happening, Jiangnan will become an iron plate. Even if Huguang can be brought in by then, Jiangnan will completely rely on its control of the Yangtze River and the South Canal, making the entire Northland supplies are in trouble.
As long as the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River can be divided, it will be difficult for the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River alone to complete the blockade of the north. I need to be cautious, but I can't just scratch the surface and just make superficial remarks. I must have some businessmen with great influence in Jiangnan for my use.
“In addition, Miss Bushiyamala is also back.” Baoxiang added.
"Oh? Bushiya Mara is back?" Feng Ziying was delighted, "When did you come back?"
“I also came here yesterday, but I heard that I was not here, so I left.” Baoxiang knew very well that Bushiyamala’s master had an unusual relationship, but he had to pretend to be unaware of it.
"Well, Baoxiang, you find someone to take a message to Mr. Weng and the people from the Anfu Chamber of Commerce, and ask them to go to Busia Mara. I'll go to Busia Mara first." Feng Ziying thought for a while. Then he said: "I will take people out through the back door of Hulunhou Mansion later."
Now Hulunhou Mansion, Yunchuan Bo Mansion and Shenwu General Mansion are juxtaposed and connected to each other. Feng Ziying usually works in Shenwu General Mansion, but stays at night in Hulun Hou Mansion or Yunchuan Bo Mansion. The mansion has front and rear doors and side doors, so the one who really keeps an eye on Feng Ziying’s movements is the front door of General Shenwu’s mansion. After all, there are so many doors in the three mansions. If you have to keep an eye on them every day, unless you really want to dig out something, Ordinary stalkers cannot take care of them all.
Busia Mara has been away for more than two months. Feng Ziying really misses this strange woman who left a different impression on him. Sometimes he dreams about whether she can make the world prosper or destroy it. He didn't know what it would bring to him, but Feng Ziying was too lazy to think about it so much. He simply liked this person and Busia Mara's character.
(End of this chapter)