Chapter 983 Wang Ziteng: Brother Rong, stop messing around
The Zhongqiu Banquet in Rong Mansion was quite lively.
Of course, given Rongfu's style of conduct, luxury is a given.
Just to avoid unnecessary trouble, the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet in Rong Mansion is a closed-door banquet, and there are no outsiders, so the cooks in Rong Mansion can express themselves freely.
Rongfu's dishes are exquisite and delicious, and are quite famous among the dignitaries' mansions in the capital.
Even, it can be said that it is not worse than the royal meal in the palace.
It's not that the level of the imperial kitchen is not good, everyone knows it.
If the food given to the emperor is too good, how can you get used to it?
Some precious materials are not so easy to come by.
In addition, if the emperor eats too well and spends too much money, he may attract the saliva of the censors.
When the time comes, what should we do if the emperor is angry with the imperial dining room?
The emperor of the Han Dynasty was still very shameless in this regard, and he basically hit the mark every time he sprayed.
Of course, there are also safety considerations. The more precious and special the materials used to make dishes, the easier they are to be manipulated.
Without further ado, at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in Rong Mansion, the guests had a great time eating and drinking.
The old lady was complimented by Mrs. Gaoming from other houses, and she was in a very good mood, and the smile on her face never disappeared.
Here, the banquet here for the male guest was broken up, and the group of people moved directly to Master Zheng's big study room outside the second door to discuss matters.
Including the pardon master, the second master Zheng, and Jia Baoyu accompanied them as additional heads, helping to serve tea and water.
As a half-master, Jia Rong of Ning Mansion had no intention of being polite.
As for the guests, there were Wang Ziteng, Shi Laoer, Baoling Hou of the Shi family, and the second uncle of the Xue family. Xue Pan was with the second uncle Xue. They were all the core bosses of the four major families in Jinling.
"Brother Rong, do you have any thoughts of going overseas to develop?"
They were all our own people, and Wang Ziteng was not polite. He held the tea cup and asked directly without drinking tea.
"There is indeed a plan for this!"
Jia Rong smiled and nodded, not hiding anything at all.
Wang Ziteng and Shi Jia Baolinghou's expressions changed in shock. They looked at each other and saw the surprise and uneasiness in each other's hearts.
"Brother Rong, is it possible that you still want to imitate the person in the novel?"
The second son of the Baoling Hou Shi family said in a deep voice: "You know, the foundation of our family is all in the Central Plains!"
The atmosphere in the big study suddenly became a little solemn.
Master Shengda and Master Zheng were both confused. They didn't know what was happening in front of them. Why couldn't they understand a word?
What kind of riddles are you making about going overseas to establish power, or establishing a family foundation?
Mr. Zheng Er calls himself an orthodox scholar, so naturally he is not interested in so-called novels. He has never heard of the content and plot of the novel "Overseas Founding of the Nation".
As for Mr. Pardon, he basically lives in the east courtyard of Rong Mansion as a stay-at-home guy. He occasionally hears about "Overseas Jianguo", but he doesn't care or have any interest in it.
As for Jia Baoyu, after entering the big study room, he felt a little distracted. His mind was not here at all. How could he realize that he was angry?
On the other hand, Uncle Xue and Xue Pan had a good idea after discussing it carefully with Xue Baochai before coming.
But I didn't expect Wang Ziteng and Shi Jia Baolinghou to be so straightforward. Jia Rong did not hesitate to reveal their secrets. Feeling that the atmosphere was not right, he felt uneasy and did not dare to speak at all.
"Haha, it's just an insurance method for the family, so there's no need to be too nervous!"
Jia Rong smiled softly, breaking the dull atmosphere in the big study room, and said leisurely: "Since I did this, I naturally have my reasons!"
"Appreciate further details!"
Wang Ziteng and Shi Jia Baolinghou looked at each other again, then stared at Jia Rong closely and spoke slowly.
It's not that their emperor is not anxious about the eunuchs, but they feel that some of Jia Rong's ideas are too weird and are detrimental to the future development of their small group.
Seeing that the interest alliance of the four major Jinling families was quite powerful and important within the Founding Group, he did not want any unexpected situation to arise in such a good situation.
Jia Rong's ability to control the overall situation is quite powerful, not to mention that he is also a top-notch person in terms of operating and making money. It can be said that this guy definitely accounts for half of the credit for the current situation of the four major families in Jinling.
Although Wang Ziteng and Shi Jia Baolinghou each have their own small thoughts, they feel that they do not have the ability and strength to replace them in a short period of time. They still hope that Jia Rong can continue to be the leader of their small mountain and not create extraneous matters.
"The maritime trade at Jinmen Port is getting more and more prosperous. Do you think that the big families on the southeast coast, who have always controlled the maritime trade of Daqian, will give up easily?"
Jia Rong chuckled and said leisurely: "As far as I know, those maritime merchant families basically support one or two pirate forces!"
"No one knows whether they will take the risk and directly use pirate forces to intercept and kill ships entering and leaving Tianjin Port in the open sea!"
"Also, what if they spend a lot of money to invite martial arts masters to assassinate us, or target our family members?"
His words made everyone present look at each other in shock.
Master Shengda and Master Zheng felt that something was wrong. After hearing that Jia Rong was both a pirate and an assassin, they felt quite frightened.
As for Wang Ziteng and Shi Jia Baolinghou, their faces were more solemn than ever.
The second uncle of the Xue family and Xue Pan were now pale and trembling.
"Brother Rong, what are you talking about? Why do you feel so tight?"
Mr. Zheng Er suppressed the fear in his heart and asked with a straight face.
Just the trembling tone revealed the tension in his heart.
I don't blame him. Although he is the head of the Rong Mansion, he prides himself on being an upright gentleman, and he still has a certain bottom line in his actions and rarely gets involved in dirty things outside.
It's not that he hasn't seen or heard of it, but it's because of his own status.
As long as he expresses his attitude, the people around him will keep him away from those unflattering things.
But now, he was both a pirate and a killer, which shocked him greatly.
"Brother Cunzhou, have you heard of the novel "Overseas Jianguo"?"
Wang Ziteng asked, and when Jia Zheng shook his head as expected, he chuckled and said, "That novel was written by Brother Rong!"
Jia Zheng was still at a loss, and so was Master Pardon, but Phoenix Egg looked surprised and a bit in disbelief.
"The content of the novel is very simple. It is the story of a poor official from Nanming who, for various reasons, finally established his country overseas!"
Wang Ziteng briefly explained and then said: "Because we know that the novel was written by Brother Rong, we are worried that Brother Rong's ambition is not within Daqian!"
Now, Mr. Zheng and Mr. She understood, and looked at Jia Rong with strange eyes.
Isn't it just that I wrote a novel? Why make such a fuss?
They didn't take it to heart at all that Wang Ziteng said that his ambition was not within Daqian territory, and they had no such concept.
Are you kidding me?
The Jia family has its foundation in Daqian, and is one of the top dignitaries in Daqian.
Only in the territory of Daqian can the Jia family's glory be realized. If you are not in Daqian, who knows who your Jia family is?
"Then what happened to the pirates and killers you just mentioned?"
Mr. Zheng Er served as deputy envoy in the General Affairs Department for several years. After a lot of local news washed away, he is no longer the wooden head he was in the Ministry of Works.
It is not easy to have your own opinions and thoughts on some local matters.
"Brother Cunzhou should know what someone did at the Jinmen Taoist platform!"
Wang Ziteng continued to answer: "Tinmen Port is currently developing rapidly and has even become the center of the entire northern offshore trade!"
"But Brother Cunzhou doesn't know that in the past, Daqian's overseas trade was all controlled by the big families on the southeast coast. If we join in hastily, we will rob each other's interests!"
"Those guys may not have a good reputation, but they all have a long heritage and are powerful, and they act quite unscrupulously!"
"What Brother Rong said is just a guess at the other party's possible actions!"
"Do the big families on the southeastern coast really dare to do this?"
Mr. Zheng Er was surprised and asked curiously: "Tinmen Port is not far from the capital. How can they be so bold?"
"Boy, are you confused?"
At this time, Master Pardon couldn't hold it back, rolled his eyes and said angrily: "The interests involved must be too huge, so I can't bear to give up!"
"Don't you think about it. Back then, the Wang family only controlled a few shipping companies and had the power to receive foreign vassals. Have you forgotten how wealthy they were back then?"
"Not to mention direct overseas trade, the benefits involved must be even more amazing!"
The embarrassment on Wang Ziteng's face flashed away, and he didn't feel that Master Pardon was being sarcastic, but nodded in agreement: "That's exactly it!"
"The profits earned by the two trading partners of Korea and Japan alone are at least tens of millions of taels of silver each year!"
Silk……
Even though we know that overseas trade is definitely profitable, how could it be possible for Tianjin Port to directly act ruthlessly if it was just a matter of tampering with the interests of France?
Even the big bosses in the cabinet cannot act in such a domineering manner!
After all, Jinmen Port involves the interests of many powerful people in Beijing. Once it is forcibly destroyed by someone, it will be a lot of fun.
Now I understand, the interests involved are too staggering.
A profit of more than 10 million taels is indeed worthy of the other party's desperate madness.
However, if the other party acts so arrogantly, it will easily cause disaster. I really think that the powerful people in the capital are soft persimmons.
"That……"
Mr. Zheng Er wanted to continue asking Wang Ziteng if he had any way to deal with it, but he couldn't say it out loud because it seemed like he was scared.
"Brother Cunzhou, don't worry!"
Wang Ziteng saw what Master Zheng was thinking and smiled softly and comforted him.
Originally, Master Zheng was his biological brother-in-law, so it seemed inappropriate to keep Brother Zhou alone.
He called it this, which just shows that this gathering is a dialogue between the core bosses of the four major families in Jinling, and the status of relatives is put aside for the first time.
Otherwise, if the distribution of interests is involved and relatives are involved, it will be very difficult to handle.
"The novel written by Brother Rong has already helped us get rid of our troubles!"
"How do you say this?"
The second master Zheng was surprised, and the pardon for the first master was also incredible.
Are you kidding me, can a novel help resolve such a huge dispute over interests?
If this is true, then Jia Rong is an out-and-out god.
"Haha, you two don't know that the promotion of the novel written by Brother Rong has attracted many powerful forces who plan to participate in overseas trade!"
At this time, Shi Jia Baolinghou smiled and explained: "As long as this momentum grows, the eyes of the big families on the southeast coast will not be completely focused on us, the instigators!"
"After all, we don't have much energy invested in it!"
"If they annoy us and directly spend money to participate in foreign trade, they will lose more than they gain!"
Just kidding, the heritage of the four major families in Jinling is probably not as good as that of the major families on the southeast coast.
But in terms of power and resources that can be mobilized, the four major families in Jinling at this time cannot be underestimated.
In fact, as long as Jia Rong is willing to put in the effort and even exchange the coal resources of Jin Province, he may be able to bring down the entire Founding Group.
If this is really the case, with all their momentum and power, what can the big families on the southeast coast do to support them?
The most feared thing about the other side is its influence and actual force at sea. No matter how tyrannical the other side is on land, it cannot be the opponent of the imperial court and the government.
The second master Zheng and the first master opened their eyes with disbelief on their faces: Is this possible?
At the same time, I felt a little reluctant. How could such a huge benefit be publicized to the world? Why not quietly get a piece of the pie?
With a profit of more than ten million taels per year, even if you can only get one million taels, it is still a huge fortune.
If Jia Rong knew what they were thinking, he would definitely laugh out loud. Sure enough, it's not like a family doesn't want to enter a house.
It is indeed a good idea to steal a piece of the pie quietly, but the problem is that the wealthy people on the southeast coast are willing to share the profits.
These guys are used to being domineering at sea. Do you really think that Ning Rong's second mansion's signature can scare the other party?
"Then what are you talking about now?"
Although he felt very regretful, but now that the matter was over, Mr. Zheng quickly returned to his normal state and asked out of curiosity whether he had seen the money in vain with his own eyes.
"We are a little worried that Brother Rong will put most of his attention and resources on the open sea!"
Wang Ziteng smiled bitterly and said: "Seeing that the situation of our four major families in Jinling is getting better and better, I don't want to distract my energy and attention at this time!"
"Brother Rong, don't think that one thing is the same!"
Master Pardon spoke, and he asked curiously: "What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing to worry about!"
Jia Rong chuckled and said: "Everyone, ask yourselves, if all the power of our four major families in Jinling is fully exerted, will it just be the current momentum?"
Wang Ziteng and Shi Jia Baolinghou both shook their heads, isn't this nonsense?
In the story of Red Mansions, the Rongfu at that time was not as good as it is now. Not only was it easy to help Jia Yucun get reinstated, but he was also a third-rank prefect of Jinling.
That’s a standard feudal official!
Later, Fu Shi, a disciple, could easily get the position of general judge in Shuntian Mansion. You can imagine how powerful he is.
The rest of the Ning family, the Wang family, the Shi family, and the Xue family all have considerable influence in the officialdom.
The current four major families in Jinling are stronger than in the story of Red Mansions, but they are not as powerful. After all, the position of the Jingying Jiedushi is too important...