After hearing what Wang Yue said, Boss Zhou couldn't help but stood up, as if he was stunned, and said word by word, "Xing, the people are suffering, death, the people are suffering! What a rise and fall, the people are suffering! This One sentence tells the story of the people's situation for thousands of years. The prince is a great talent! I, Zhou Ye, am ashamed of myself!"
Among the people present, Ye Yun'er's family is pure and she wants to study hard. Boss Zhou If you are a military general, of course you must be familiar with military books. Gu Jiusi's family is a merchant. Although he is uneducated and has no skills, he still studied at Bailu Academy. Liu Siyu's family is a noble family, and like Ye Yun'er, she never leaves her hand with books. Although Liu Yuru was born into a merchant family, she only studied with her mother, who came from a noble family;
Therefore, not only Boss Zhou felt this way, but other people also thought so. When they all looked at Wang Yue, their eyes showed a little more admiration.
Wang Yue is so thick-skinned. Under the eyes of so many people, he said firmly, "One day when I make the decision in Qingzhou, I plan to test my ideas in Qingzhou, re-measure the land, and divide the fields into equal taxes. I hope that one day, I can promote this idea to the whole country."
These people have studied these poems and songs very deeply, and can read a kind of emotion from the words. They are very touched by the emotions expressed in the poems. Very admired.
After hearing Wang Yue's thoughts, Gu Jiusi took the lead and asked, "Brother, if you do this, your family will become sinners in Langya forever." Wang Yue glanced at
Gu Jiusi and said disdainfully, "You don't have to Test me with these words. Once this plan is implemented, in the eyes of the gentry, they will indeed become eternal sinners, but in the hearts of ordinary people, it will be the birth of Buddhas. For the benefit of the majority of the people, the interests of the few gentry will be sacrificed. I think it's worth it."
After Liu Yuru heard Wang Yue's words, she said excitedly, "The husband has such a big heart, even if he goes through fire and water, I will follow him."
Ye Yuner looked at Wang Yue . , as if looking at stars, she said incoherently, "I will tell my grandmother when I get back that I am going to Qingzhou. I want to see what kind of world you are talking about?"
After she finished speaking, she realized that she had missed a trace. She glanced at Wang Yue with a red face, and then saw Liu Yuru. After meeting Liu Yuru's searching eyes, she said in a panic, "Sister Liu, I, I, I have something to do at home, so I will come and play with you another day."
After she finished speaking, she ran away quickly, leaving everyone present looking at each other.
Gu Jiusi immediately saw the secret, and said with some humor, "Brother, it's really the eldest brother. Just a few words can make people fall in love!" Wang Yue lightly
punched Gu Jiusi with his fist, and then explained to Liu Yuru, "Yuru , I..."
Liu Yuru saw that Wang Yue wanted to explain, so she quickly stopped Wang Yue from talking, and said very gently, "Husband, you don't need to say anything, I understand!" After she finished speaking, she quickly saluted everyone
, Then he said with a smile, "Sit down for a moment, let's go to the kitchen and give you some food to go with your wine. We'll be back soon." After
hearing this, Liu Siyu stood up and said quickly, "Sister Yuru, wait for me. , let's go together."
After the two of them finished speaking, they walked towards the kitchen, leaving only Wang Yue, Gu Jiusi and Zhou Ye.
Zhou Ye looked at the embarrassed Wang Yue and the gloating Gu Jiusi, and quickly smoothed things over and said, "It's normal for beautiful women to love heroes. Brother Wang, I admire you!" Gu Jiusi
also knew that he was gloating too much, so he immediately fell into a trap. He said in a loud voice, "Brother, if we really want to implement this plan in Qingzhou, I will convince my mother to donate two million taels of silver to you when I get back, as a token of appreciation for our Gu family." Wang Yue glanced at Gu Jiusi in surprise
, He nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, I will keep your words in mind. When I go back, I will have someone find a flat stone wall on Mount Tai and engrave your Gu family's donation on it, so that people will remember your contribution." ."
When Gu Jiusi heard what Wang Yue said, she felt a little embarrassed and said, "Brother, aren't you marrying our Gu family into a barbecue?"
Wang Yue waved his hand and said in a funny way, "You are overthinking, there must be some part of it. People will still think that the richest man in Jiangnan was only given 2 million taels, which is really too little!"
When Zhou Ye heard what Wang Yue said, he couldn't help but laugh. He nodded quickly and said, "Yes, if all your Gu family's property is realized, it will be worth tens of millions. Why don't you pay for two million cars?" , It’s indeed a bit shabby.”
When Gu Jiusi heard what the two said, he said speechlessly, “Who has so much cash? If you exchange it for supplies, it would be easier.” Wang Yue saw that
Gu Jiusi was still serious, and Wang Yue He said seriously, "How about you go to Qingzhou with your wife, and we can go and test my idea together. You don't have to worry that I will be thinking about your family's property. After all, you have no land in Qingzhou." Ting
Wang When Yue said this, Gu Jiusi hesitated for a moment, and then said with some shame, "I still have to think about it. I'm actually quite confused. My family is now the richest man in Jiangnan. What can I do no matter how hard I work? Even if I go to Qingzhou , In fact, it can’t be of much help. It’s better to work with Siyu to help you sell goods in Qingzhou.”
Seeing what he said, Wang Yue didn’t force him, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, “Second brother, Just remember one sentence, you are always welcome in Qingzhou, eldest brother."
Seeing how close Wang Yue and Gu Jiusi's eldest brother and second brother were shouting, Zhou Ye quickly said, "You two have become sworn brothers. Am I the only one? I just like to deal with people like you."
After hearing what Gu Jiusi said, Gu Jiusi immediately said excitedly, "I heard that the back garden of eldest brother's house is full of peach trees. Brother and sister-in-law are there. We met, how about the three of us come to Taoyuan to become sworn brothers?"
Wang Yue didn't care, since he must be the eldest brother at his age anyway. He thought that Zhou Ye had a pretty good personality, so he pretended to agree and said, "No problem. The three of you and I share the same loyalty and we are sworn brothers. It's natural for us to do so. I wonder if Boss Zhou is willing?" After hearing Wang Yue's
words, Zhou Ye stood up immediately and said excitedly, "Of course I admire Young Master Wang's talents and ambitions, and I also appreciate Brother Gu's generosity and wealth. Of course I would be very willing to sworn sworn brothers with you." Liu Yuru and Liu Siyu happened to bring people over with wine and food. When they heard the three of them saying
this Then he quickly said, "Since you want to sworn sworn brothers, I'll let my servants make preparations."
Liu Siyu was also very excited. Her husband-in-law's move was so wonderful. He immediately found two backers in Youzhou and Qingzhou for the Gu family, which really surprised her.
No matter what these two women thought, Wang Yue and the others imitated the peach garden marriage ceremony, and they made their vows in the pavilion where Liu Yuru often stayed in the peach grove in the backyard.
Wang Yue is the eldest brother, Zhou Ye is the second brother, and Gu Jiusi is the third. As for Chen Xun and Yang Wenchang, they will only be the fourth and fifth in the future.
After the three of them had sworn sworn vows, they went back to the front hall to drink. Naturally, the guests and hosts had a good time until late in the night, when they were ready to leave.
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Wang Yue originally wanted to leave a few people to live at home, but Zhou Ye insisted on going back to his inn, saying that one of his cousins was still there, and he was really uneasy.
Seeing that Zhou Ye was about to leave, Gu Jiusi and Liu Siyu didn't want to stay at Wang Yue's house for a long time, so they took their servants and helped the drunk Gu Jiusi away.
After Wang Yue saw off a few people, he walked back with Liu Yuru. He also said with some sigh, "It seems that my second brother and that cousin may have an extraordinary status."
Liu Yuru didn't know much. He asked with some confusion, "Why did Mr. Xian say that?"
Wang Yue said helplessly as he walked in, "Think about it, my second brother is the son of General Youzhou. If he is just an ordinary Cousin, you just need to send someone to inform her, why do you need to go back in person?"
Since they had already sworn sworn friends, Wang Yue went to Mrs. Gu and told Mrs. Gu about his sworn sworn relationship with Gu Jiusi, and again He proposed that the Gu family move to Qingzhou.
Mrs. Gu had already heard from her daughter-in-law yesterday. Seeing that Wang Yue had come to invite her for the third time, she was not ready to refuse, but she was still ready to ask.
So, she asked with some curiosity, "I heard from Siyu that you are planning to implement a plan to equalize land taxes in Qingzhou. Those gentry have no land. What will the merchants do?" Wang Yue shrugged and said nonchalantly
, "As long as you don't put your hands on the land, you can do the rest of the business."
When Mrs. Gu heard what Wang Yue said, she knew for sure that Wang Yue's Qingzhou was simply a blessed land for businessmen.
So, he immediately changed his mind and said resolutely, "In that case, please trouble Mr. Wang and move all our property to Qingzhou instead of Youzhou." Wang Yue finally looked after Mrs. Gu
. After changing his mind, he immediately said with a smile, "You don't have to completely offend Youzhou because of me. There is no need to move the property back to Youzhou, just leave it to Youzhou for development. Also, Zhou Ye After all, he is my second brother and should be able to take care of him. I also suggest that Mrs. Zhou speed up and try to prepare the things Youzhou needs earlier. Even if you pay some money, let them remember your kindness. ."
After hearing what Wang Yue said, Mrs. Gu asked with some confusion, "Why do you do this? Logically speaking, Youzhou and Qingzhou are so close, so you wouldn't help Youzhou." Wang Yue seemed to need to look at Mrs. Gu
. With an answer, he said seriously, "Mrs. Gu is right, I just want a favor from this second brother." The reason why he did this was
because the time left for him was too short. Only by letting him take out the gunpowder again can the situation be reversed. Otherwise, Qingzhou's current strength would not be enough to resist Youzhou's army or dominate the world.
Of course, there was another reason. He also wanted to see Luo Zishang's reaction. If Luo Zishang stopped competing with the Gu family, it would prove that he was either from Youzhou or not aligned with Wang Shanquan.
You know, everyone knows that Youzhou soldiers and horses have been fighting with foreign races all year round, and their strength is extremely powerful, which makes Beiliang dare not think of going south.
However, no one knows the specific number of Youzhou Army, how many cavalry and how many infantry.
Only through this large purchase can we understand a rough figure.
As long as Luo Zishang wins orders from Youzhou, he can not only attack the Gu family, but also work for Wang Shanquan.
However, he would not tell Mrs. Gu about all this. He said that for the sake of friendship, Mrs. Gu could go to Qingzhou with peace of mind.
Sure enough, Mrs. Gu was not happy after hearing Wang Yue's reasons. She felt that Wang Yue really regarded Gu Jiusi as his third brother, otherwise he would not have considered it so thoughtfully.
Based on this beautiful misunderstanding, when the two talked about the Gu family's move later, they were more harmonious and smooth than before.
It just so happened that during this period, the new warships and merchant ships built in Qingzhou had been moved to Zhoushan one after another. He originally wanted to use more money and food, but now it became easier for the Gu family to move.
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Because of Wang Yue's suggestion, Mrs. Gu personally arranged it, and Liu Siyu quickly negotiated the price. After Luo Zishang heard that it was not profitable, they stopped fighting for it. Single business, this made Wang Yue understand that Luo Zishang was not Wang Shanquan's person.
Originally, he thought that if Luo Zishang was from Wang Shanquan, he would consider poaching him. After all, he believed that no place in the world would be more suitable for doing business than Qingzhou.
Just seeing Luo Zishang's attitude towards Wang Shanquan, Wang Yue gave up this idea.
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The Gu family quickly prepared what Zhou Ye wanted, which also made Liu Siyu know how powerful her mother-in-law was, and she sincerely admired her.
Seeing that his goal of going south had been achieved, Zhou Ye was ready to return to Youzhou in advance.
Gu Jiusi booked a restaurant and invited Zhou Ye to get together at the restaurant as a farewell.
Wang Yue was originally planning to have a good meal at home, but Gu Jiusi felt that Zhou Ye had finally come to Yangzhou once. He didn't know when he would come again next time, but he still wanted to experience the life in Yangzhou.
Wang Yue was speechless, so he let Gu Jiusi show off. Anyway, this kid had a lot of money. It was said that he had five thousand taels of pocket money a month. He didn't mind helping this kid spend more.
Because it was mainly for Zhou Ye to see it, although Gu Jiusi spent a lot of money, he didn't actually drink. He mainly wanted to take Zhou Ye to take a good tour of Yangzhou in the afternoon.
After dinner, the three brothers walked around Yangzhou together. They went to places that Zhou Ye had never been to before. Unexpectedly, they happened to see Liu Yuru, Liu Siyu and Ye Yun'er outside a security guard.
Seeing Wang Yue coming, Liu Yuru quickly stopped and explained to Wang Yue very obediently, "Husband, aren't we leaving Yangzhou soon? I just wanted to see Yangzhou again, but I didn't expect to be here. Meet you."