.com Gu Siming opened the car curtain and glanced at Lin Fu, who was riding in front of him. He vaguely heard his hearty laughter. He could not hear clearly what he was saying. He only knew that he was chatting and laughing with his aunt who was sitting in the carriage in front.
, there was a surge of sourness in my heart, and I felt strange: My aunt obviously looked down on this sour scholar, why did she treat him so affectionately today?
When the carriage and horses arrived at the Gu Mansion in the north of Tianhan Bridge, eight or nine servants, grooms, maids, and servants sent by the Inspectorate were standing outside the house, waiting to recognize the new master. There were also a few
Gongs and drummers were beating at the side, attracting a group of neighbors to watch the new official family move into the compound, which was very lively. Gu family, Gu Siyuan, and Gu Junxun got off the carriage, and distributed profit money in red paper envelopes to the old and new servants. Gu Siming saw Gu
Seeing that he had no intention of introducing him to his servants as a young master, Shi felt sour and followed everyone into the house with a sullen face. He saw Lin Fu following Gu and pointing at Zhou Pu, and Zhao Hu and two followers were helping him.
Lifting the suitcase cage out of the carriage, he walked over and said sourly: "Lin Juren is so eager to help, why didn't Madam Xiao let her come over to help? Maybe she couldn't bear to hide her beauty in the golden house, right?"
Lin Fu glanced at Gu Siming and thought to himself, this boy really doesn't know how to look at people's faces. He can bring anyone to help the Gu family, but he can't bring Liu Yuer here. This boy just brings up such troubles in front of the Gu family.
, he replied with a smile: "On behalf of Miss Liu, I would like to thank Mr. Tang for your concern..."
Mrs. Gu frowned and glanced at Gu Siming, feeling more and more disgusting about his appearance. She thought to herself that Lin Fu was really good-tempered. After all, Gu Siming was the master's closest nephew. Mrs. Gu did not lose her temper even if she was unhappy in her heart.
, only said to Gu Siming: "Call Tianqiao over, I just have something to tell you two..."
"Yes, aunt." Gu Siming went to look for Gu Tianqiao who was instructing his servants to move the suitcase cage into the house. Gu Siyuan, the son of Gu Wuchen, casually asked his mother: "What's the matter? General Siming and Tianqiao are together."
Call me here?"
"Last year your father was released by the imperial court, and the Gu family became one of the eight major tea merchants in Dongyang Prefecture again. When we were in Dongyang, we always heard several elderly people from the Gu family complaining that even if they became official tea merchants again, their family would be
Tea mountains, tea produced in tea gardens, and tea collected from tea farmers cannot be sold to Dongyang, and can only be sold to the Lin family warehouse at a low price..." At this time, Gu Siming pulled Gu Tianqiao over and stood respectfully at the foot of the steps.
After listening to Mrs. Gu talking to Gu Siyuan about the tea merchant, Mrs. Gu said to herself, "They complained several times in front of your father. I think about it. We can't let the Lin family bully the Gu family like this. I just
I'm thinking, can't the Gu family sell tea to other companies, and they have to be tied to the Lin family?"
"I've also looked for other shops," Gu Tianqiao replied honestly as he stood at the foot of the steps. "I don't know if we've reached an agreement with the Lin family. Other shops don't accept our tea, and we don't have the ability to transport tea out of Dongyang for distribution.
----This time I came to Jiangning with my uncle and aunt, hoping to find a business in Jiangning that is willing to transport Gujia tea out of Dongyang."
"I think you don't have to look for it," Gu said. "Lin Juren has a business in Jiangning..." Lin Fu added next to him: "Our business is Jiyunshe..." Gu said "oh"
, continuing to speak to Gu Siming in a commanding tone, Gu Tianqiao said: "I think in the future, all the Gu family's tea will be handed over to Jiyun Society. You don't have to worry about Lin Juren lowering the Gu family's price..."
Gu Siming was dumbfounded after hearing Gu's words. He turned to look at Lin Fu, his eyes filled with confusion and hostility, and asked: "Lin Juren only entered the city seven or eight days earlier than us, how come he has a business name under his name? Besides,
What's the difference between the Gu family selling tea to you and the Lin family selling it?"
Although Gu Tianqiao was equally surprised, he and Yang Pu had been to the Dongyang Guild Hall with Lin Fu a few days ago, and he felt that Lin Fu was quite famous in Jiangning. Besides, he was also serious by nature. Although he had doubts in his heart, he was not willing to stand.
Come out to contradict Mr. Gu.
Gu Siming's grab for the spot made Mrs. Gu very angry. She asked in a lowered voice: "Is the wise nephew Siming worried that I have been deceived by Lin Juren? Or is he worried that I will repay the kindness that two generations of Lin Juren have shown to the Gu family and favor Lin Juren?"
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Only then did Gu Siming feel Gu's strong dissatisfaction with him. He felt a little panicked and hurriedly argued: "Aunt, Siming didn't mean that. It's just that Lin Fu doesn't really have a good reputation in Shanglin... The Gu family has its own tea garden.
There are more than 2,000 acres, with an annual output of nearly 40,000 kilograms of dried tea buds. How can Lin Fu have the capital to sell the Gu family's tea?"
Mrs. Gu didn't know about the economy or how much 40,000 kilograms of tea was worth. She gave Lin Fu a confused look.
Lin Fu stood on the steps and looked at Gu Siming, smiled and said: "The official price of 40,000 kilograms of tea is only two thousand taels of silver. The young master is looking down on me, Lin Fu..."
The official price is the guide price set by tea merchants and tea farms to purchase tea from tea farmers. It is also the base price from which the government extracts tea tax. The official price of tea in Dongyang Tiemu Mountain is only 50 yuan per catty, which is of course higher than the actual price.
The market price is much lower.
Mrs. Gu thought that Lin Fu's gift to his family this time was not less than a thousand taels, and the two thousand taels of tea collection capital was definitely not within his reach. She also thought that Lin Fu would give his family an additional one thousand taels of silver every year.
This amount of money was almost half of the principal amount of the tea collection. He thought that Lin Fu was really generous. Comparing the two, he became more and more disgusted with Gu Siming and said: "Whether it can be done or not is up to the old man of the Gu family. You are not here."
It's noisy here." Gu Siming didn't want to pay attention to him, so he turned to Gu Tianqiao and said, "Tianqiao, write a letter and spell out the matter in detail, and send it to Shiliang County today so that the old man of the Gu family can make up his mind."
Gu Siming felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him on a cold day, and his gut felt chilled to the core; Gu Tianqiao nodded honestly and agreed: "I will write a letter after everything is sorted here..."
Gu Siyuan knew that everything in the family was decided by his mother and he had no say in it. Although he disliked Lin Fu, he would not argue with his mother on this matter.
Lin Fu said: "The shopkeeper of Jiyun Society will take a boat back to Shiliang in the afternoon. I saw the letter written by Tianqiao and he will take it back to Shiliang County..."
"That's fine." Mrs. Gu wished she could immediately get all the elders of the Gu family to nod and agree to this matter. Lin Fu directly sent a shopkeeper back to Shiliang County to discuss the matter. This suited her best and didn't care what the Gu family would think.
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Lin Fu added: "Jiyun Society is underwriting Gujia Tea. We need to find someone who understands Gujia Tea to help. Brother Tianqiao is not aggrieved. Can you come to Jiyun Society to help? Others dare not promise anything. This is a small tea shop.
Shopkeeper, are you feeling too wronged by Brother Tianqiao?"
Gu Tianqiao and the others followed Jiang Ning. They originally expected to rely on Gu Wuchen's connections to find a good job in Jiang Ning, increase their knowledge and experience, and be able to work as a shopkeeper in a tea shop. For him, it was a step to the sky, but he did not get carried away.
Said: "Let's wait until the elders at home make up their minds before deciding..."
Lin Fu knew that Gu Siming could follow him to Jiangning because his family had a close blood relationship with Gu Wuchen's family. Gu Tianqiao could follow him because he was smart and studious, and had a way of dealing with people. His work was valued by the Gu family.
Yun She was short of manpower in Jiangning and couldn't bear to pull Gu Tianqiao over directly. On the other hand, he was not worried at all that the Gu family would object. The Gu family had finally hugged Gu Wuchen's thick thigh, how could he let go easily? Besides, he asked Lin Jingzhong to directly
Go to Hutang to negotiate with the Gu family. The price of tea will be much higher than that of the Lin family. It will give the Gu family a step down. He said: "In this case, why don't you go to Brother Tianqiao? It's better to tell him face to face than to believe it."
It is written clearly in the letter that if the elders of the Gu family have any questions, they can also ask Brother Tianqiao in person."
Gu Tianqiao thought to himself: What do I know about the situation? After hearing Gu's promise, he agreed: "I'll just go there, it's not hard or not."
Gu Siming was ignored and ignored. He was filled with nameless resentment towards Lin Fu, panic at being reprimanded by Gu, and didn't know what to say to save the situation.
Gu Junxun stood aside curiously, listening to Lin Fu and the others discussing the matter of underwriting Gu's tea in a few words. She stood behind Gu and looked at Lin Fu with a bolder look, looking at the expression on his handsome face.
Calmly and calmly, when Lin Fu's eyes accidentally turned around, she turned to look at others, her heart beating like a deer.
Gu Wuchen didn't come back from the Yamen until noon. Here he had already negotiated the deal with Jiyun Club to underwrite Gu's tea, and had set up a banquet waiting for them to come back.
When Gu Wuchen was changing out of his official uniform at home, he heard Mrs. Gu talk about Jiyun Club and the congratulatory gift sent by Lin Fu.
"How can you accept such a heavy gift from him?" Gu Wuchen complained, "It's not easy for him to come to Jiangning. He was kicked out by the Lin family. This gift will be returned to him after the banquet, and a return gift will be added."
After all, he was thinking of the kindness that Lin Fu and his two generations had shown to the Gu family, and was unwilling to be greedy for Lin Fu's generous gifts.
"This is also his intention. Can't we push it away?" Mrs. Gu was reluctant to return Lin Fu's gift and said, "Si Yuan liked those two bay-red horses after seeing them.
You can't just ignore your son's feelings in the past. Besides, if you help Lin Fu more, is it possible that if we accept this gift from him today, we will treat him less favorably than this in the future? This push of yours shows our mutual affection.
Wouldn’t it fade away?”
Gu Wuchen thought for a moment, then stopped arguing with his old wife, changed into casual clothes, walked to the front hall and sat down at the table, called Lin Fu to sit next to him, and said: "It's good for you to open a business in Jiangning, but you can't miss it."
A bright future..."
"It's natural. When the company was founded, Lin Fu spent some time taking care of it. When everything is on track, of course Lin Fu still wants a future." Lin Fu said, not only in Gu Wuchen's heart, but also in this era almost
In everyone's mind, being an official is the most important thing. As the saying goes, "Three years to clear the prefecture, it costs a hundred thousand snowflakes of silver." There is also a saying, "Destroy a family and prefecture, and destroy a family prefecture." Being an official holds power with one hand and makes money with the other.
The best profession in the world.
"It's good that you know," Gu Wuchen said with great satisfaction when he saw that Lin Fu was able to handle the important matters clearly. "Today I officially took up my post at the Yamen of the Inspector General's Office and handed over my duties to the Inspector General Zhang. I wasted time and asked you to
I've been waiting for a long time in the mansion. Let me briefly check with you at the Yamen. There are still some vacancies in the Inspectorate Department. The rank is not high. Let's see if you like which one?" How many vacancies are there in the Inspectorate Department? But Gu Wuchen has not yet taken up his post.
He might not place people within his own scope of authority. Since Lin Fu didn't want to be a staff member, but wanted to directly find an official position, Gu Wuchen felt that Lin Fu was trustworthy and his talents could be relied on, so he thought of letting him work in his area of responsibility.
Being a subordinate within the scope can be considered as indirect use of him as a staff member.
Gu Wuchen's words made Gu Siming and other people around him feel envious and jealous. Wouldn't it mean that Lin Fu could choose between the rich and the poor in the Inspector's Office?
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