After taking control of the power, the entrance to the Long family's house was busy with traffic and visitors.
Although the big businessmen of this era were of low status, they were definitely elites with flexible minds.
Yuzhu doesn't see visitors, Long Ke is too evil-minded, but it doesn't matter...
In the capital, the wealthy businessmen at the front of the queue asked their wives to come with generous gifts to ask for an audience with Li Si'er.
With a generous gift as a stepping stone, Li Si'er is naturally happy to gain face.
When Wu Yashi arrived, Li Si'er's room was filled with the wives of wealthy businessmen from all over the capital and beyond.
Li Si'er is the most face-conscious and the most particular about vanity.
She was afraid that Wu Yashi would be embarrassed, so she introduced that Wu Yashi was a concubine in the eldest brother's house.
Businessmen and officials are the two most snobbish groups.
After Wu Yashi sat down, she quickly noticed how perfunctory the businessmen's wives were to her.
There is no way, the eldest brother likes to lead troops, but he has no military power. He carries the title of a county king in vain, but has no serious errands.
The fifth child, although he was only Dorobel, was the serious elder brother of the governor of the vassal academy and the supreme emperor who had the final say.
No matter what, officials from the Lifan Yuan and other departments must give face to Lao Wu.
Wu Yashi kept drinking tea with a smile, not afraid of the embarrassment of being left out.
After the wives of these wealthy businessmen took their leave, Wu Yashi and Li Si'er got together and talked quietly.
It turns out that the eldest brother's house suffered a huge loss due to the incompetence of several big business managers.
It was originally at a loss, but as a result, Yuzhu took office as a new official and became the living ancestor of wealthy businessmen inside and outside Sijiu City.
The eldest brother asked Wu Yashi to come over and talk things over in private to see if the city gate tax could be waived?
In fact, the eldest brother wants to sell private salt, which is extremely profitable and easy to sell. These days, as long as private salt can enter the city, there is no need to worry about sales.
The only difficulty is that the investigation at the city gate is tight, so Yuzhu must be accommodating.
Yuzhu's advantage was too great. Longkodo was in charge of the security of the city gate, and he was in charge of the city gate's tax revenue. As long as he nodded, Longkodo would not deliberately make things difficult.
The main reason why the eldest brother did not find Longkodo was that Longkodo deliberately alienated him.
Because Kangxi had beaten up Longkodo, implying that the boss kept making small moves secretly.
If this person wants to become an important minister and remain in power, he must be good at listening to words and have a profound ability to distinguish subtext.
Longkodo avoided seeing the eldest brother, so the eldest brother decided to pursue Wu Yashi.
Wu Yashi was secretly framed by Dafu Jin and had several miscarriages, and she could no longer get pregnant.
The eldest brother has always pretended to be deaf and refused to give an explanation. How could Wu Yashi be willing to make money for the eldest brother?
Li Si'er and Wu Yashi have been friends for many years. Even Yuzhu calls Wu Yashi his aunt.
After Yuzhu was found by Li Si'er, Wu Yashi talked about the matter in an understatement, and he understood that she was just perfunctory.
If Wu Yashi really wants to help her eldest brother, she will make a few solid promises no matter what.
These days, asking for help is a big help, so why not promise to share the benefits?
The problem is that the eldest brother is a stubborn man. He wants to make huge profits from selling private salt, but he doesn't want to give any benefits.
Hehe, how can anything be so cheap in this world?
Whether to accept it or not is Yuzhu's business. Whether to send it or not is the big brother's intention.
These two must not be confused!
As Li Si'er often said, don't spend so much money next time, just come empty-handed.
If he had come empty-handed and told the truth, he would have severely offended Li Si'er.
Yuzhu went to help Kangxi make money, not to cause trouble for himself, let alone to fight against corruption.
Therefore, even if Wu Yashi didn't mention the dividend, Yuzhu took the initiative to give a private salt a quota to enter the city.
No more, no less, it can only be delivered once a month at most, five hundred liters at a time. Moreover, Yuzhu will notify Wu Yashi of the route into the city at short notice.
"Aunt, this is because you opened your mouth. No matter how difficult it is for your nephew, I still have to give you this face, right? However, it can only be five hundred liters. No matter how much it is, it will be gone." As soon as Yuzhu said this,
How could Wu Yashi not be moved?
Yuzhu's words have been made very clear, and he only let go because of Wu Yashi's face.
According to the market price of table salt, one liter is 800 taels of silver. A liter of 500 liters, that is, giving it to the eldest brother for free every year is a great benefit of at least three thousand taels of silver.
You know, the eldest brother’s annual salary is only five thousand taels.
Wu Yashi's biological father, Bachina, a construction doctor, was the richest man in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As an only daughter, she had been exposed to all kinds of money-making methods since she was a child, so she was naturally a sensible person.
When Yuzhu got married, Wu Yashi secretly added a betrothal gift of thirty thousand taels of silver. For this reason, since Wu Yashi opened her mouth, Yuzhu had to give her face.
As the saying goes, etiquette is less important than friendship. This situation is pitifully rare and is a special case.
The logic that really prevails in society is that only when etiquette is important, friendship is important.
The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, just like a bowl of poisonous chicken soup!
There is no profit, and only poor friends will care about you. How much money can they contribute, and how much effort can they exert to support your rise to power?
Only by understanding this logic can we make progress.
When Yuzhu came back from Li Si'er, he saw Hongmei beside Xiuyun.
As soon as Yuzhu saw Hongmei, his evaluation of Xiuyun naturally became a little higher.
Well, his wife is a woman of great wisdom.
When Hongmei was forced over by Li Si'er, Yuzhu deliberately handed her over to Xingjiao to control. This was to respect the dignity of Xiuyun's wife.
Now, Xiuyun did not torment Hongmei unscrupulously, but let her appear in the main room generously.
It must be admitted that Xiuyun's aura of a royal family cannot be concealed.
Who among the truly smart main wives would lower their stature and take the initiative to quarrel with a girl who has a common relationship?
To put it bluntly, Hongmei is indeed very charming, and her eyes are very seductive. However, as long as Xiuyun is willing to spend a lot of money, he still worries about not being able to buy a beautiful woman?
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"Sir, after all, Hongmei is my wife's most capable person, and the rules are all in order. Why don't we just pick a good day and take my concubine?" Xiuyun said this seriously, and Yuzhu was amused.
Yuzhu has always been a soft-spoken person, so since Xiuyun is so virtuous, he will naturally give her face.
Besides, Yuzhu is not a pervert who lacks a beautiful woman by his side, so why are you panicking?
"How about letting Hongmei follow Hanshuang and serve the pen and ink in the study first?" Yuzhu discussed with Xiuyun with a smile.
"It's my master's." Xiuyun couldn't help but feel sweet. If Yuzhu had taken Hongmei's house directly, no matter how virtuous she was, she would not feel comfortable.
Now, Yuzhu has built a ladder for people to save face. After a transition, Xiuyun feels much better.
Society is very cruel to women. Who can bear it if they take the initiative to give their husbands to other women?
But the problem is, etiquette and rules are greater than heaven.
No matter how wise Xiuyun is, she is unable to resist the overall suppression of women by the entire environment.
As soon as Yuzhu sat down and picked up the tea cup, he heard the porter come to announce that a thirteenth young master had come outside.
Hey, Old Thirteen actually came uninvited. Yuzhu couldn't help but smile. He must be opening the back door just like the elder brother.
Yuzhu received Lao Shisan in the inner study. Lao Shisan said directly without waiting for tea: "Fourth brother and I have some business secretly, and we need you to take care of it."
In this cannibalistic society, there has never been a true saying of doing things impartially. Some people just use their power to bully others and use the big to eat the small.
Even if it is the enterprising fourth child, the difference between him and the evil old nine is that the ninth child takes evil money eight times a month, while the fourth child seizes someone's property once every six months.
The degree of doing bad things is slightly different, but the reputation of occupying people's property is the same.
Where are the truly good people in Hongdong County?
Yuzhu smiled and said: "Do you need to talk about the business between you and Fourth Master? How to take care of it? You can just tell us the regulations."
Objectively speaking, except for the prince and the eighth son, Yuzhu has already left various tax avoidance shares to the princes and buddies, which are somewhat sweet but impossible to fully satisfy.
The prince's brothers, who were originally neutral or pretended to be neutral, all spoke ill of Yuzhu.
If the jade pillar is favored again, as time goes by, drops of water will penetrate the stone, and everyone's opinions will sparkle, and the accumulation will be destroyed and the bones will be destroyed!
"Okay, that's great. I like your straightforward personality. It's not much, just three thousand liters of private salt." Lao Shisan smiled and raised three fingers and waved them in front of Yuzhu's eyes.
Yuzhu didn't hesitate at all, nodded on the spot, and added: "The tree is too big to attract the wind, so I have to decide the time and place for the goods to enter the city, okay?"
"I'm telling you, brother, you are so considerate as my uncle, you are so considerate."
Lao Shisan's quick and easy understanding made Yuzhu admire him with admiration.
In fact, Lao Thirteen is much smarter than Lao Si. Like Lao Twelve, he has no strength to compete for the big position because his mother clan is not good enough.
Those who are inferior to others must hide their clumsiness appropriately and not be too shrewd and expose it.
This is the way to sincerely protect yourself in the long term!
The most striking example is Yang Xiu who supports Cao Zhi.
In the past, Yang Xiu played some clever tricks and had fun, and Cao Aman just forgot about it for his son's sake.
The problem is that Cao Pi has been established as the crown prince of the Wei Dynasty. If a very smart man like Yang Xiu continues to stay by Cao Zhi's side to make suggestions, then ask Cao Aman if he is afraid that bad guys will provoke fratricide?
Therefore, Yang Xiu's head was lost due to his useless words!
In Yuzhu's eyes, Lao Shisan is the truly smart person.
With such a disgusting temperament as the fourth child, the thirteenth child was always able to remain calm, always behave in a low-key manner and do things in a high-profile manner.
When Lao Shisan was alive, he was the executive deputy emperor with great power, and miraculously died a good death.
Among his sons, there are both hereditary princes and descendant princes.
What's even more outrageous is that all of Lao Shisan's sons who died in infancy were named Baylor.
The adventures of kings and ministers, the true brothers and sisters of the heavenly family, are nothing better than this!