Calculations

The night is quiet, the wind is slightly cool, and there are bursts of flowers.

In the study of the Huo Mansion, Huo Xi, the Patriarch of the Huo Family, was sitting at the tea table with a stick of tobacco in his mouth.

A servant girl next to him lit the tobacco leaves in the pipe with a torch. He took a deep breath, and then exhaled a long puff of white mist.

Sitting across from him was his nephew, Huo Chuanming, the judge of Guangling.

"That wine, he didn't even sell it, you said... Then what does Li Chenan mean by that?"

"Back to Uncle, I think one is that he doesn't have the money to expand the scale, and the other is that the Shen family has let the grain merchants in the entire Guangling City not sell grain to him."

"Of course, his small tavern sells ten catties of wine a day, but he doesn't need much food. He can also buy it secretly from some small vendors. But if he wants to grow big, it is absolutely impossible, so his painting screen Spring will not pose any threat to our Guangling San."

Horsey took another drag on his cigarette, and the smoke clouded his old face.

He squinted his eyes, looked out of the window, and asked after a while, "Shen Qianshan...Shen Qianshan has done a good job these years. But in Guangling City, he still can't control all the grain merchants with one hand, such as his old enemy. Cai Zhengyao."

"Uncle, Shen Qiaoxi mentioned that Cai Zhengyao had been to that tavern, and my nephew also sent someone to check it out. Cai Zhengyao did go to his tavern for drinks these days."

"However... Cai Zhengyao's business in Guangling City is quite big, and he probably doesn't think much of the dozens of catties of grain that Li Chenan needs."

"Even if he can like it, it doesn't matter if he really cooperates with Li Chenan."

"As long as Shen Qianshan handles this year's Jiangnan autumn grain business, his Cai Zhengyao's business will have no supply, and it will be too late for him to protect himself, let alone sell grain to Li Chen'an."

"Well," Huo Xi nodded, and asked again, "Is Cheng Guogong gone?"

"Back to Uncle, I heard from Zhongli Qiuyang that Cheng Guogong will probably spend some time in Guangling City."

"You said... Cheng Guogong brought his grandson Cheng Zhe to Zhongli Mansion to propose marriage. It has been five or six days, why haven't you heard any news?"

"This... After all, that third Miss Zhongli has a tough temper, and she shouldn't like that Mr. Cheng, otherwise she wouldn't have done that thing about recruiting a son-in-law with words."

"This is obviously embarrassing for Cheng Guogong, and it's normal that there is no news."

Huo Xi took another puff of cigarette, the tobacco leaves in the pipe had been burned out, he turned the pipe over, knocked on his heel, and handed the pipe to the maid behind him.

"This matter is still a bit weird. The old man thought that since Cheng Guogong has arrived in Guangling City, the Huo family should pay a visit to him. After all, Cheng Guogong's mansion, one of the five great kingdoms, still has great influence in our Ning country."

"Mingyang has a close relationship with Duke Luo's mansion in the capital, but if he can get closer to Duke Cheng's mansion, it will help him somewhat in his official career."

"But the old man asked the housekeeper to send the invitation to Zhongli's mansion...it didn't send it out, and he didn't even see Cheng Guogong's face."

"Speaking of which, this Cheng Guogong has been in Guangling City for a few days, but he has been living in Zhongli's mansion, and he hasn't even left the house... What does this mean?"

Huo Chuanming thought for a while, "Perhaps he was talking about the marriage with Zhong Lisu, or maybe my nephew will spy on Zhongli Qiuyang someday."

"Well," Huo Xi nodded, "Zhongli's mansion is too tall, and Cheng Guogong's mansion is also too tall. If they really get married... it will be a huge pressure on Luo Guogong's mansion."

"Fortunately, the third lady in Zhongli Mansion has no intention of doing this, which is actually a good thing. Let's not talk about this, after all, Huo Mansion's current strength is still far behind them."

Huo Xi picked up the teacup and took a sip, looked at Huo Chuanming and asked another question

"Has Master Huamanting left Guangling City yet?"

"Hua Lao has left Guangling City for the capital today, and Liu Zhuo personally sent him off."

Huoxi pondered for a moment and then nodded. He sat up straight from the chair, "Then wait for Cheng Guogong to leave Guangling City, and then... I will use the brewing method of Huapingchun."

"My nephew knows!"

"Also, even though it's only the end of March, Shen Qianshan has to be told to hurry up about the autumn grain in the south of the Yangtze River. There must be no mistakes in that matter!"

"Write two letters, one to Lao Wu in Huyin County, and one to Lao Ba in Yi County. These two counties are big grain-producing counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and ask them to keep an eye on them."

"In addition, I also got a piece of news that the daughter of Mr. Cao weaving in the south of the Yangtze River just happened to be a daughter. The meaning of fame is... Let the old man go to Pingjiang to propose marriage to Huo Zigui."

"In the past few days, you should prepare more gifts, and the old man will take them with you."

Huo Chuanming's eyes lit up immediately. Although Jiangnan Weaving is only a fifth-rank official, he is one of the two big jobs in Ningguo!

The other is Yantiesi.

If the Guangling Huo family can marry the Jiangnan Cao family, it will of course be of great benefit to the Huo family.

Cousin Huo Baiyang is in the capital, although he is a close minister of the crown prince, he still needs a lot of help.

He suddenly thought of another question, so he leaned over and asked in a low voice

"Uncle, my nephew heard that in Kyoto... His Royal Highness the Second Prince seems to overwhelm His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Huo Xi raised his eyes, his eyes were a little cold.

"Don't ask about these things, don't talk about them, let alone take care of them!"

"You only need to do your job well, and Baiyang will arrange the rest."

"The most important thing now is the matter of our Guangling City. Huapingchun is pressing on our Guanglingsan's head, which makes me a little uneasy, uncle!"

"Li Chen'an also makes this old man a little uneasy!"

"Although I can't touch him for the time being, but...you can also lick and block him. For example, aren't there a lot of ruffians in Guangling City?"

Huo Chuanming bowed, and his expression became ruthless, "My nephew knows what to do!"

The Huo family in Guangling was thinking about Li Chenan, and there were also people in Zhongli Ruoshui's Peach Blossom Villa who were thinking about him.

"I said, Your Highness Fourth Princess, don't you really want to try it?"

In Peach Blossom Villa, there are a large number of red lanterns hanging in a large peach forest.

In one of the pavilions, Zhongli Ruoshui looked at Ning Chuchu who was facing him with a smile, and said happily, "It's really delicious. That guy Cheng Zhe and Qi Zhixue almost fought over the wine. For a few days, the two of them waited anxiously in front of the door of his tavern every day, waiting for the door to open."

"Because it's a little late, but it's gone."

"Hey, let me say, what do you think of him...how is he?"

Ning Chuchu curled her lips, "What?"

"It's just compared with Shangbuqi Shangcheng, how is it?"

Ning Chuchu immediately glared at Zhongli Ruoshui, "Isn't it just brewing a pretty good wine? This is just a small way, what Prime Minister Shang did is a real way!"

Zhongli Ruoshui shrugged his little nose, "But Qi Zhixue said that if he can walk out of a narrow path, it would be a great skill!"

"Besides..." Zhongli Ruoshui bit his lips, "Everyone in Guangling City once thought he was a fool, who would have thought that he could brew such good wine?"

"Now everyone thinks that he is the shopkeeper of a small tavern. Who knows if one day he has a chance, will he also have the great ability to govern the country and the world?"

Ning Chuchu felt that Zhongli Ruoshui was poisoned by that person these days.

But thinking about it carefully, although Zhongli Ruoshui's fantasies are somewhat unrealistic, that kid Li Chen'an is indeed capable.

Since he brewed such a good wine at one time, it means that he already knew that this wine-making technique is better than Ruilu, but he has kept a low profile for seventeen years, and would rather sell the steamed cakes with extremely low profits than this A great wine.

He knows how powerful it is.

He didn't brew the wine until he had the status of Embroiderer of Lijing Division.

So his temperament is really as calm as Hua Lao said, and his actions are not as frivolous as most young people in the world.

From this point of view, the arduous task of Division Li Jing can be entrusted to him to try.

Ning Chuchu leaned over to look at Zhongli Ruoshui, her face did not have the slightest seriousness of the head of the Lijing Division, showing a playful look that belongs only to a girl, "Hey, let me tell you, if you really like him, in order to show your unique vision of Zhongli Ruoshui, Also to let the entire Zhongli Mansion not gossip about you..."

"Should you help him?"

"If he can really be granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister, I think that would be the most perfect. After all, the status of the shopkeeper of a small tavern... Even if you don't dislike it, don't you have some regrets after all?"

When Zhongli Ruoshui heard this, he thought for a moment and nodded, "Which woman in the world doesn't want her husband to be brilliant? But how can I help him?"

"Think about it, is his Huapingchun in short supply right now?"

"yes!"

"Since Hua Pingchun is so good, but his backyard is so small..."

Zhongli Ruoshui understood.

She suddenly realized something, and a bright light flashed in her eyes.

"Build a wine shop!!"

"Build a big wine shop!"

"Increase the output of Huapingchun above Guangling San!"

"Higher selling price, higher profit, bigger market...Even if he has no ambition to become a marquis or prime minister, there is no problem in becoming the richest man in Guangling...Good idea!"

Ning Chuchu laughed.

Zhongli Ruoshui fell into the girl's fantasy, "I will give him all the thousands of acres of land outside to build a workshop!"

"It's just...it's definitely not good to sell it in a dental store. First, he doesn't have that much money. Second, what if other merchants want to buy it?"

"By the way, you can lend it to him."

"But he doesn't really like to be favored by others, so what if he doesn't want to?"

The girl was talking to herself, sometimes frowning, sometimes smiling, and finally rolled her eyes, "I almost forgot, I can be his friend!"

"He doesn't know my name, and I can't let him know my name for the time being."

"The scene where the hero saves the beauty hasn't been played yet... He has already met Cheng Zhe... In the past two days, I will arrange for a few generals to let Cheng Zhe wear a mask, and let's go to his tavern to perform in front of the door." This play!"