How to guess this?

Brother Jiu gave him a hint: "A well-known wealthy businessman from other places."

Shu Shu thought for a while, it was not the Ji family.

If it were the Ji family, Brother Jiu would not ask this question.

Scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, if they can be called rich by the prince, they are truly rich.

Shu Shu thought of the Kang family in "Southern Ji Beikang", which was as famous as the Ji family.

"Is it someone from the Kang family who came to Beijing?"

The Kang family is the richest man in the North, and they are from Shanxi. They seem to have followed the path of Prince Yu's palace.

Brother Jiu shook his head and said, "My guess is wrong. Beikang will become 'Xikang' in the future. In the past two years, there has been another 'Bei'an' in the north, and now it is also called 'Bei'an Xikang'!"

install……

Shu Shu heard this surname and said, "Is it the slave released by the Mingzhu family?"

Something strange happened in her heart.

The bad comments about the ninth elder brother in later generations include the incident of embezzling millions of dollars in property from his son-in-law's family.

His son-in-law is Mingzhu's grandson Yongfu.

Shu Shu felt that this statement might not be very accurate.

If it was really about fields, houses and real estate, it would be difficult for Ninth Prince to usurp it, even if he were a prince.

Let’s not talk about the Nalan family, let’s talk about Yongfu himself. His adopted mother is Kangxi’s niece Geng Gege who grew up in the palace.

Kangxi loved his niece very much and pointed out Mingzhu's son. He also cared about his niece's heirs and took the initiative to adopt two heirs.

How could he allow Brother Jiu to bully Geng Gege's heir?

What the ninth elder brother occupied was more like the commercial territory of the Nalan family.

The slave who was released from the house, when the two generations of Nalan family's pearl father and son passed away one after another, and only two young masters could not support the family, he should have switched to the sect of the Nalan family's in-laws, the ninth elder brother.

Brother Jiu nodded and said, "I thought he was an old man before. He has been famous for several years. How old do you think he is?"

This is really unfamiliar, and merchants did not have much weight at this time. It may have been recorded in history, but it is not known to the public.

Shu Shu thought for a while and said, "What's not enough?"

Nowadays, men in their thirties start to grow beards.

There is also the old saying that "a hairless mouth means a weak workmanship", so the age of thirty is considered a dividing line.

Those under thirty are considered young, and thirty are considered middle-aged.

Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "I am Tonggeng..."

Shu Shu was really surprised and said: "It was him who went to Huainan to be a salt merchant, not his father and brother?"

This person has been famous for several years.

If he is 19 this year, he will really be a genius businessman.

Brother Jiu said: "I thought just like you. I thought that An Qi was like Ji Hong, helping the family. But it turned out that he was the one who organized it himself. I heard that he was only fourteen when he was released and had not yet matured.

Ding, after five or six years, he has gained a place not only as famous as the Kang family and the Ji family. The key is that with the money he earned in the past five years, in addition to the shop he bought in Jiangnan, he also bought the Xianghe River.

There are now tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Xianghe..."

Shu Shu listened and said: "Xianghe? The place where Gao Bin took office?"

Gao Bin passed the six-level examination and became an eighth-grade official. He was sent to another place and found a job as magistrate of Xianghe County. He will go to Xianghe to take up his post in a few days.

Xianghe County is 120 miles away from the capital and is under the jurisdiction of Shuntianfu East Road Department.

Gao Bin became a local official in Gyeonggi Province in order to promote corn and potatoes.

Only then did Shu Shu realize that Jiu Age came out to eat out, not just for eating out.

Brother Jiu said: "I just remembered this person. He is a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister. If Gao Bin comes to him on his own and finds it difficult to talk to him, I will come over and see if I can set up a connection."

The main reason is that the Ministry of Internal Affairs plans to follow Gao Bin's plan to cook pot.

When Gao Bin's corn and potatoes are promoted, Guanshao Guo will be able to harvest these two to make wine.

If Gao Bin drags his feet and tries so hard to promote Baali, then the plan of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to cook the official hot pot will also be delayed.

Shu Shu said: "Should we tell An Qi directly? Do we need to tell Mingzhu?"

We are all relatives. The second eldest son in the Mingzhu family is the cousin-in-law of the ninth elder brother, and the third eldest son is the cousin-in-law of Shu Shu.

Even if I don't know Mingzhu personally, I can still talk to him.

Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "Those properties are under the name of An Qi. No matter who the real owner is, it is still An Qi's property on the surface. Just tell An Qi that the Mingzhu family is the eldest brother's power, so we still keep a respectful distance."

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In this way, An Qi will naturally ask for instructions without dealing directly with the Mingzhu family.

alright, that's fine.

Brother Jiu had already made preparations, but if it didn't work out, he asked the emperor for permission to convert the Huangzhuang in Baoding into a corn plantation, and set up the cooking pot directly in Baoding.

Seeing that he knew what he was thinking, Shu Shu said no more.

The tea doctor served tea, and then the table was served.

Huaiyang cuisine is exquisite, and now the canal has been cultivated, and fresh ingredients are now flowing northward.

Shu Shu and Brother Jiu ordered a few signature dishes, braised shredded eel, crab meat lion head, Huainan dried tofu, etc.

For people in the capital, Huaiyang cuisine is a bit light.

Brother Jiu took two bites of the dried tofu, looked at the carved radish flowers on the plate, and said: "It's fancy and tastes ordinary, how can it be so popular? The lobby is full of tables, this is not as good as our Baiweizhai dish...

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Shu Shu said: "It is more suitable for the taste of southerners. Among the Han officials in the imperial court, there are more people who are from the south."

Brother Jiu also knew something about this because Fusong took the provincial examination the year before last.

For the provincial examination held every three years, each province has a quota.

The so-called quota refers to the number of candidates admitted.

This is a limit set by the court based on the level of writing style, population size, and the severity of Ding Fu.

The literary style in Jiangnan was at its peak, and each province had a large number of quotas.

When they came to the capital to take the Jinshi examination, a relatively large proportion of Jiangnan scholars were Jinshi.

Shu Shu prefers the crab meat and lion head dish, which tastes more refreshing and has water chestnuts in it.

After the two of them had finished a round, He Yuzhu at the door came in and said, "Master, Fujin, the owner of the restaurant, An Qi, has come to say hello."

Brother Jiu looked at Shu Shu and said, "Should I ask him to come in, or should I meet him outside?"

Shu Shu was also very curious about this nineteen-year-old wealthy businessman, and said: "Call him in, and let me take a look. There are actually people like me who have managed to accumulate such a large fortune through finance at such a young age."

Brother Jiu hummed softly: "It's just taking advantage of Mingzhu's influence. An in-law of Mingzhu's family was involved in salt affairs a few years ago."

Shu Shu stopped praising.

Brother Jiu ordered He Yuzhu: "Call in!"

He Yuzhu went out and brought someone in.

If Brother Jiu hadn't mentioned it in advance and knew that this person was of the same age as the couple, it would have been hard to tell that he was only nineteen years old. He looked more mature and felt like he was in his late twenties.

He is tall, with a Chinese character face, single eyelids, and an obvious Korean look. He wears plain silk quilted clothes, simple and unpretentious.

"The villain An Qi has met Jiu Ye, Jiu Fu Jin, please invite Jiu Ye, Jiu Fu Jinan..."

When this person came in, he performed a thousand rituals.

He is a member of the Mingzhu family and a bannerman.

Brother Jiu raised his hand and said, "Get up."

When others got up, Brother Ninth glanced at him several times and said: "Manager Jin of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was born in Gao Lizuo. When I look at your appearance, why do you look a bit like him, but are you related?"

An Qi said: "The villain's grandmother is from the Jin family. Manager Jin is the villain's cousin, but the Jin family has been out of town for a long time, so the two families don't move around much."

Brother Jiu felt relieved after hearing this.

Don’t be afraid if you have relatives, the Eight Banners are all relatives trying to control relatives.

It's better not to get close, otherwise, this person's good life will not last long.

He pointed to the seat and said: "In that case, if you are not an outsider, please sit down and talk!"

The merchants were humble, but An Qi relied on the power of the pearl to make money in the south of the Yangtze River, and often dealt with the government.

But the royal family is the royal family. This is the first time for him to deal directly with a noble person like Jiu Age, and he is even more respectful.

Brother Jiu asked: "I heard that you have purchased 26,000 acres of land in Xianghe?"
To be continued...