Jiang Shang smiled modestly, "As long as you like it."
While the maid was serving dishes, Jiang Shang introduced her to the situation in Jiangzuo City.
Since it is called Jiangzuo City, it is naturally adjacent to the river. The river controlled by the Jiang family is called Xiangjiang. It is a large river that runs through the north and south of Vietnam. It is close to the estuary and controls about one-third of Vietnam's maritime resources. In addition to
In addition, most of the shipping industry on both sides of the Xiangjiang River is within the Jiang family's sphere of influence, which shows how wealthy the Jiang family is.
The Jiang family has relied on this river for food since ancient times. It is unknown when they changed their surname to Jiang and became the largest family in the Yue Kingdom.
Jiang Shang's father is the lord of Jiangzuo City. The Jiang family's ruling area is centered on Jiangzuo City. Only by controlling Jiangzuo City can the Jiang family gain a firm foothold here.
According to Jiang Shang, the Jiang family’s best business is the salt farm and shipping. This is easy to understand. It is difficult to make money even if you want to monopolize things. Salt and travel are both necessary things for people’s lives. No wonder the Jiang family has developed so much.
Quickly, it only took a few generations to change from the underworld to the government.
It relies on water to drink water. Most of Jiangzuo's specialties are aquatic products. It happens that Manmei likes to eat fish and is very happy to eat. Jiang Shang introduced her to many of Jiangzuo City's specialties and characteristics, and also talked about a lot of local customs. She is worthy of being a gang leader in charge of intelligence.
, all of this makes sense, and this meal is not boring at all.
When they came out after dinner, they found that Mr. Qin was actually next door to them. Houses in this era were not particularly soundproof. She and Jiang Shang did not tell any secrets, so they greeted her generously and left.
"Have you met Qin Qifeng before?" Jiang Shang asked her.
She was stunned, "How is it possible? A big shot like him would go to my inn?"
Jiang Shang thought about it. When she was in the Li Kingdom, whether in the Su family or the Hua family, she never left home. Even if Qin Qifeng came to her home, as a female family member, she did not need to come out to entertain him. The only person she could see was Qin Qifeng.
The best opportunity is to open an inn in Mocheng.
Jiang Shang thought about it and was very sure that Qin Qifeng had never been to Manmiao Inn.
Thinking about it, I felt uneasy, so I explained a few sentences to Manmiao, "This Qin Qifeng is a real power figure in the Qin State. The Qin State has no crown prince, and the Emperor of Qin is not in good health. It is Qin Qifeng who is in charge. This man has a deep mind, and
We are bordering the country of Yue, and we have always wanted to win over the Jiang family and merge with the Qin State."
"Then you have to offer enough benefits. I'm afraid it's hard to impress the people in your family just by being the King of Side by Side, right?" Manmei is not interested in politics, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't understand it, it's just that she is too lazy to think about it.
Jiang Shang repeated, "King Bingjian, that's what he said, but the price he offered is really unacceptable to my family. The Jiang family is now committed to annexing other families. We talked about things in Yue State, and when we went to Qin State, we
We can’t help it.”
For the purpose of family taxation, business in various parts of the Yue Kingdom is generally much more prosperous than that of the Li Kingdom. Even if it is already dark, some people choose to set up stalls. Since there are stalls, there are naturally people shopping.
Manmiao and Jiang Shang went shopping in various shops together. Manmiao is a woman, and women all like the feeling of shopping.
Manmiao mostly bought gadgets suitable for decorating the room, and rarely bought things for herself. Faced with Jiang Shang's question, "Of course I have to pay attention to my own inn. It's not like your inn, which is high-end."
, we can only take the warm route."
When paying the bill, she insisted on paying the bill herself, "My brothers have to settle the bill clearly. It's not like I don't have money. Besides, this is for my inn. It's public money and it's not something I bought for myself. You don't have to feel embarrassed."
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These days, men are generally chauvinistic, and even Jiang Shang is not immune to this. However, if you buy something for the inn, there is no need to accept Jiang Shang's favor.
Jiang Shang and she traveled by horse-drawn carriage. She initially thought that Jiang Shang was showing off, and while she was waiting in the lobby of the store to look at something, a third woman was about to accidentally bump into Jiang Shang, but Jiang Shang quickly avoided it.
Afterwards, she looked at Jiang Shang and laughed so hard that he couldn't stand upright.
"What a skill, young hero!" She held out her thumb and praised her sincerely. Being able to avoid those women leaning towards her from all directions was not something ordinary people could do. She had to keep an eye on all directions and listen to all directions.
Jiang Shang explained helplessly, "I usually wear a human skin mask when I go out."
"Handsome and rich, but not yet married. Just by these eight words, you have to put on a mask when you go out." Manmei did not mean to ridicule, she just stated the facts she understood. Even in ancient times, this kind of person was a golden turtle husband.
The first choice, a woman who is thoughtful will not miss it.
"I'm very surprised why your family hasn't arranged a marriage for you. Normally, a big family like yours shouldn't leave your position as the head wife vacant." Manmei asked curiously. Generally, in a family, when the son reaches adulthood, he should think about marrying his son.
He has a wife and Jiang Shang is 25 and 6 years old. It is impossible for the family to let him stay single forever.
When mentioning this matter, Jiang Shang's expression was a little sad, but he still explained in a good-tempered manner, "I have made two marriage arrangements, both of which were chosen by my parents to be well-matched couples. However, the selected young lady did not wait until she came out of the palace.
I went, and there was a crazy rumor out there that I was a wife-suppressant. I don’t know if I was really a wife-suppressant.”
Although his tone was calm, he paid attention to his graceful attitude.
Manmiao was very angry that Jiang Shang was being spoken to like this, and said angrily, "What's wrong with being a wife? If you are not lucky, why should you blame others for being a wife? Why don't you say that his daughter is too poor to support her?"
She patted Jiang Shang's shoulder comfortingly, "It's okay, don't worry about these small-minded people, it doesn't matter what they say, you will definitely find a stunning beauty who can play in harmony with you."
Jiang Shang looked at her with a satisfied smile on his lips, "I think so too."
"You have to believe that I have no control over my destiny! There is no such thing as destiny. It's just idle talk. If you care, you can only make yourself uncomfortable. You'd rather make others uncomfortable than
You can’t make yourself uncomfortable, you know?”
Jiang Shang and Lan Ting are characters who don't appear much in the book. Even if they appear, they shouldn't be the main characters. How could the author have so much thought to write their story? As long as they don't get close to Hua Feng and An Yingying, they can probably do it.
Live your life peacefully and peacefully.
To the extent that Jiang Shang offended Hua Feng, Hua Feng would not take the initiative to give him a beating. Since Jiang Shang likes his type, then An Yingying, who is weak, probably won't like him. Wait.
An Yingying takes revenge on Hua Feng. Who knows whether they will love each other or die together. As long as they promise not to get close to Hua Feng, they can probably avoid An Yingying.
There is still a high possibility that Jiang Shang will have a good ending.