134、Small house
Jing Wen came to the perfume shop and found two people. Brother Du Jing Wen knew him and was still someone he had met once, so Jing Wen knew his identity.
"Oh, isn't this Du Gou and Young Master Du? What wind blows you?" Jing Wen asked hello quickly.
Mr. Du Gou looked back and seemed to think Jing Wen looked familiar, but for a moment he didn't know who he was.
"You are..." Du Gou seemed to be a little confused.
"Mr. Du Gou, last time we were in Du Shangshu's mansion, I met you. At that time, I was next to General Cheng Yaojin, so Mr. Du didn't pay attention for a while!" Jing Wen said.
"Oh! It's you! Are you the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?" Du Gou replied.
"Mr. Du has a good memory. I am the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I haven't seen Mr. Du for a long time, but Mr. Du is still in the same style! Mr. Du, what's the matter with you when you come to my perfume shop? If you like any perfume, even if you take it well, as long as it's not too much, I can give it to Mr. Du!" Jing Wen said generously.
Anyway, Du Gou is Du Ruhui's son, and Du Ruhui will probably become the Minister of Shangshu Pushe soon, and he will be a prime minister. Anyway, it would be good to use this kind of worthless perfume to make good friends with the prime minister's son. Anyway, the friendship with Du Ruhui will still be long in the future, so there is no need to worry about losing money.
"Who is this young master?" Jing Wen asked.
"In the Xiafang Yizhi, Brother Jingwen, I am lucky to watch your masterpiece Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It is indeed very literary and intoxicating!" Fang Yizhi said.
Jing Wen smiled but said nothing because his Romance of the Three Kingdoms was all polished by Cheng Lin. If the original manuscript was directly given to these high-ranking young men, they would probably vomit three liters of blood. However, Jing Wen would not take the initiative to confess that such a thing is not a glorious thing after all, so it is better not to say it.
"This virtuous brother Fang Yizhi is the eldest son of Fang Xiang." Du Gou replied.
"Oh, the two young men are the little house Du!" Jing Wen praised it again.
The so-called Fang Du refers to the two capable ministers under Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui. One of them is meticulous and good at strategy, while the other is decisive, has strong analytical skills, and is good at decisiveness, so they are good at making decisions together. Fang Du Du is the abbreviation of these two people. Now Jing Wen uses "Little Fang Du" to describe the sons of these two guys, which means flattering.
"Where are, how dare we compete with our fathers! Of course, we are not as good as our fathers!" Du Gou replied.
In ancient times, no matter what, as a junior, one cannot say that one's abilities surpass one's parents. Although countless fathers hope that their sons can surpass one's, as a junior, one cannot explicitly say that one's abilities surpass one's parents. This is suspected of disrespect! At most, one can say that one's abilities are no less than a father, and rarely directly says that one's abilities surpass one's father.
"Young Master Du, do you like any perfume?" Jing Wen asked.
Du Gou picked up a bottle of perfume of light sandalwood and said, "We fell in love with this perfume. The guy in the store said he would cost 300 guan. We were a little cash-strapped, so..."
Although Du Gou is the son of the future prime minister, his worth is not very large. Three hundred stagnant coins is already very high. If Du Ruhui had not had a title and could have the income from a fief, Du Gou would not be able to afford the consumption. Strictly speaking, this is equivalent to more than 100,000 in later generations. As a descendant of a clean official, it is almost difficult to rely on the salary of the government to maintain such a huge consumption.
Jing Wen looked at the employee and immediately knew that the employee was slaughtering fat sheep. He was wearing expensive and sophisticated clothes like Du Gou and Fang Yizhi, and looked like he was not diligent in all his limbs, and looked like he had never seen the world. Obviously, he wanted to have countless fat sheep! If he didn't slaughter this fat sheep, he would be really sorry for his purse.
Du Gou didn't know that in Jing Wen's eyes, he had become a big fat sheep and was ready to slaughter! A young man from a wealthy family had no idea of much money. And because he didn't come from the bottom, he didn't know how to cherish money. Moreover, they didn't know how to understand prices, so they were naturally the targets of those merchants slaughtering them casually. Of course, if those guys who rely on their father's power to eat and drink for nothing, that would be another matter.
"Young Master Du, if you want it, I will give it to you! Anyway, it is my property, so you don't have to worry." Jing Wen said.
"Brother Jingwen is really good at doing business! Recently, the most profitable businesses in Chang'an City were all made by you, Jingwen. You are indeed a business expert. Now, the emperor still owes you money, which is something that everyone in Chang'an City knows! When a businessman reaches your level, he has reached the peak." Du Gou said.
Jing Wen immediately took the perfume and stuffed it into Du Gou's hand, and then said, "Brother Du, I hit it off at first sight. If I could be two years older, I would probably have to kill the chicken head with Du Shangshu and become sworn brothers with the young yellow paper!"
Du Gou felt a little angry and thought to himself: "Even if you are two years older, you are younger than me. You still want to be sworn brothers with my father. You are taking advantage of me!"
"Since Brother Jingwen is so generous, I will accept your perfume. You and my father are both officials in the same dynasty and assist the emperor together, so you will naturally have to have more contact. I may also be in office in the next two years, so please take care of Brother Jingwen!" Du Gou said.
Although Jing Wen is currently a seventh-rank censor, he has a much higher status than Du Gou in name, because Du Gou does not have any official position. However, in this world, the prime minister's family members are all seventh-rank officials, which means that the prime minister's servants are equivalent to the seventh-rank official, let alone the prime minister's son! Although Du Gou has no official position, his status is no less than Jing Wen. This is why Du Gou did not have a momentum in front of Jing Wen, a seventh-rank official.
As for what Du Gou said to ask Jing Wen to take care of him in the future, it was completely polite and could not be taken seriously. He had a future slaughter, so why should he care about the care of a seventh-rank official? On the contrary, it should be that Jing Wen asked him to take care of him, because once a young man of this level enters the officialdom, he will start at least the sixth-rank real-time job!
"Mr. Du, should you try to make your own perfume? Maybe Mr. Du, Fang, can you make a bottle of his own perfume?" Jing Wen said.
Chapter completed!