northernbook Chapter 480: Let's do it during the holidays
Chapter 480: Let's do it during the holidays
In the past two years, the Wanhu family has started to deal in the fur-related mink fur business, and their business is quite broad. I'm sure they are making a fuss about this fabric.
What he brought today was a rare thing from his family, silk from a neighboring country, called Gold Silk and Jade Cotton Silk.
This golden jade is thick and although it is made of gold thread, it appears to be a hint of green. The bronze and ancient green just suits Lou Tongzhi's outstanding style. I think Wanhu Jiajia has put some thought into it.
Lai Fu stepped forward immediately when he saw Wan Hu's family coming.
"Thank you for your hard work, Master Wan. I am happy to see you today."
Wan Hu stepped forward and bowed to him.
"Is your Excellency here?"
Lai Fu nodded.
"Yes, the master and the young master are waiting for you on the third floor. Today, Master Wan is the first to arrive and has a prominent position."
After hearing this, Wan Hu naturally felt much happier and took out a bag of silver from his arms and put it in Lai Fu's hand.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Lai Fu took the thing in his hand and did not refuse. He had seen a lot with Lou Tongzhi in his daily life, and taking care of the servants was considered a kind of etiquette. Lai Fu nodded, and another servant came over and took Master Wan to the third floor.
Following closely came a big family. In the city of Gusu, there are five big families, and Wanhu is one of them.
The Wanhu family makes a living by selling cloth, and the remaining family makes a living by selling tea, and is known as the Tea King.
The family's surname is Wang. There are no male members in the family, only women. Outsiders call them the Nun King. Their family's inheritance is not based on the power of the government in the Suzhou area. Although their family is composed of girls, when they choose the head of the family, they also recruit beautiful women from all over the world, and those with both talents and skills are selected.
Behind all this arrogance is the nun who keeps vigil over the body in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Master Mo An.
The nuns who kept vigil in the Taimiao were representing the royal family and guarding the coffins of the deceased retired emperor and imperial consort, and they had served two emperors.
Even if His Majesty saw the nun guarding the body today, he would still have to respectfully call her "Aunt".
Normally, she has the highest status and the greatest value in the Taimiao. The Tea King and his family in Gusu City were born under the protection of Master Mo An.
But this family were not nuns. They were just women that the emperor recruited from all over the place to serve Master Mo An out of pity for her.
However, Master Mo An rejected this request and kept them in Gusu, so that this line of incense could be passed down. The women here were all pretty, but their only shortcoming was that they did not associate with men, nor did they get married and have children. The other group of people were envious, but could only watch and stay away.
Although women in today's dynasty are not considered as human beings and are only slightly higher than beasts, in the Tea King's family, women have an extremely high status. The inheritors of the family in all generations are women, who are both wealthy and beautiful.
The person who arrived today was Wang Qian, the sixth generation head of the Tea King family.
It is said that the name Wang Qian was given by the current queen, who said that she hoped that Master Mo An could guard the mausoleum for another thousand years, so she gave him the name Qian. If an ordinary person dared to use such a taboo name, he would be thrown into death row. However, since this was the name given by the queen, no one dared to say anything nonsense.
Wang Qian is already over 30 years old. As the sixth-generation head, she has pushed the Tea King family to another level. However, it is lonely at the top, and now there is a crisis.
Wang Qian still had her charm. She was well-fed in the Wang family and was famous for her good tea picking skills in Gusu City. She was not as ambitious as men. But she also controlled nearly half of the tea industry in Gusu City. Almost half of the tea mountains in the back mountains of Gusu belonged to her family. All the family members were women.
In the past few years, the Wang family didn't want to bother with Lou Tongzhi and the people in the prefecture. The Wang family felt that they were all dirty and that letting them enter the government would tarnish the reputation of their Wang family and even tarnish their family's pure tea.
For a period of time, their family's tea was offered exclusively to the Empress Dowager and to everyone in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. It was very popular at the time. However, now it was heard that Master Mo An had encountered some problems and was in poor health, so people were afraid that she would die soon.
It was only in recent years that they began to intentionally curry favor with the local government. After all, Master Mo An could not protect them forever. Therefore, Wang Qian began to leave a way out for his own Wang family. The Wang family bribed everyone, and no one knew how much silver it cost, before they could enter the Chamber of Commerce.
The woman came over, wearing a single green silk dress. She was neither worldly nor stealing the limelight. When Wang Qianren saw her, she was a standard beauty. Lai Fu came over and gave her a hand. The woman gently placed her hand on Lai Fu's armrest, and Lai Fu helped her go in.
"Madam, the master is waiting upstairs, waiting for everyone to take their seats."
Wang Qian patted Lai Fu's hand.
"You are usually a smart person, but why are you so confused today? Who is your wife? If others hear it, they will misunderstand you."
After she finished speaking, Wan Qian also began to smile softly with the handkerchief in her hand covering her face. Looking at her smile, Lai Fu also laughed so hard that he was shaking with laughter.
"Look at my mouth, Auntie, please be kind and let this go. The master is waiting for me upstairs..."
Seeing Lai Fu standing there, at a loss, Wang Qian just gave in.
"Alright, alright, I'm just teasing you. You look so ignorant, come here, magpie."
After the little girl behind came over, she looked at her master's eyes and glanced at Lai Fu. Xi Que understood something and took out some silver from her bosom and put it in Lai Fu's hand. Lai Fu spoke shyly.
"Thank you, aunt."
Lai Fu is also a pervert. When Xi Que went over to give him some silver just now, Lai Fu took the opportunity to touch him. Xi Que slapped his hand angrily and left coyly.
Wang Qian looked at Lai Fu, glanced at him, rolled his eyes, and left first. Wang Qian talked to Xi Que as he walked.
"Wash your hands before you come back, you old bastard. Even at this hour, you are still lustful. He is here today. If he fails tomorrow, I will punish him."
The third family to arrive was the Liu family, which was Yan'er's family. Yan'er's family had countless properties and was one of the richest families in Gusu City. Compared with the Wang family and the Wanhu family who only relied on a craft to survive, the Liu family was very different.
The Liu family has made achievements in lacquerware, ironwork, ceramics, and even in land, water conservancy, and housing assets. Of course, the most important thing for their family is the shops in the streets and alleys. There are countless shops on the streets, which represents a steady source of wealth.
Even if it is the Wanhu family and the Wang family, if they want to sell their products, they have to rent a shop, and this place belongs to the Liu family.