Chapter 277: Jiaojiao's good old friend

Nan Baoyi nodded and shook his head again.
She didn't want to show her timidity in front of him, so she changed the subject, "I didn't expect that the minister of imperial commission this time was actually Xichang nine thousand years old."
"Yes, it's Jiaojiao's old friend."
Xiao Yi said in a negative way.
Nan Baoyi choked.
She did mention that her archery was taught by Gu Chongshan in her dream, but it's not an old friend, okay!
The Honourable Minister's words are really wrong.
She looked down and drank a few sips of almond tea.
The reception of the wind banquet was about to begin, she looked around, but did not see Dudu Xue and Taishou Cheng coming to the banquet, but saw a lot of Shu County businessmen.
Especially Shu brocade merchants, several of whom had business dealings with her family.
She was curious: "Second elder brother, with a high status of nine thousand years old, why didn't he see Dudu Xue and Taishou Cheng personally entertain him at the reception banquet?"
"No matter how high his status is, he is just an eunuch. Schrodinger and Cheng Taishou don't like them."
Nan Baoyi was silent.
Also, even though Gu Chongshan is of high authority, even when he meets the prime minister, he would even call him "nine thousand years old", but privately, the courtiers often insulted him as a castrate without roots.
She said again: "It's fine if the two of them don't come to receive it. Why are there many merchants here? Is the court planning to deal with our Shu merchants?"
"This time Gu Chongshan went to Shu County. In addition to verifying the robbery of the relief bank, he also selected the imperial merchants to be responsible for the annual supply of Shu brocade in Shengjing City."
Royal merchant...
Nan Baoyi had bright eyes.
It's great to be an emperor. In addition to getting high orders of Shu brocade from Shengjing City every year, you can also avoid 70% of the tax!
And because of the backing of the royal family, the status of the family has risen, and other merchants in the business field not only dare not default on their goods and debts, but even take the initiative to ask for cooperation!
In the previous life, the Xia family used to be an imperial merchant, and later moved to Shengjing City with his family.
If her family can also be an imperial merchant, then not only can she go to Shengjing City, but also have a relationship with the royal family, which is very beneficial to opening a bank.
but……
She hesitated, "Second brother, why didn't our family receive the invitation? Obviously our family is the largest Shu brocade merchant in Shu County."
The voice fell to the ground, and a warm greeting came from behind:
"Jiaojiao!"
Nan Baoyi had a bad feeling in her heart.
She looked back slowly.
Her father was dressed luxuriously and came over with a smile.
"I was in the concierge a few days ago and I ran into someone sending a golden and jade invitation." Nan Guang sat down with emotion, "I wondered, this kind of good thing, of course, I cannot be without me, so I came to the banquet specially on behalf of the family. Don't tell your grandmother, I secretly intercepted the invitation, or I will be scolded!"
He reached out his hand to pull off a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth, "Um... this roast chicken is good!"
He hurriedly pulled off the other chicken leg and put it in the Nan Baoyi bowl, "Jiaojiao, eat quickly, don't be robbed!"
Nan Baoyi chatted.
She looked around.
Those sent by other families to the banquet were all ruthless characters in the family.
There are ancestors who have been operating Shu brocade for more than 60 years, there are family members who know brocade well, and there are big shopkeepers who are good at running business across the country...
All of them are gearing up to run for imperial merchants.
Only their home...
She looked at her father disgustingly.
Nan Guang chewed the chicken thighs deliciously, and said with a mouth full of oil: "Jiaojiao, look at what I am doing, eat! Such a good banquet, you can't eat it anywhere else! Nephew, can you hold it in your sleeve pocket? Put back that plate of hairy crabs and don't waste it!"
Nan Baoyi really didn't want to talk to him.
She tactfully said: "Second elder brother, what does the royal merchant campaign compare to? The scale of the family's business or the exquisiteness of the brocade?"
"Donate silver."
"Donate silver?"
"The imperial court allocated one million taels of silver for disaster relief, and the old emperor is distressed. The drought does not know when it will end, and the old emperor is reluctant to continue to allocate funds, so he wants the wealthy merchants of Shu County to pay for it. Business account."
Nan Baoyi: "..."
With a glimmer of hope in her arms, she tentatively said: "Father, when you came in, did anyone ask you to donate money?"
"With the gift? I'll do it!" Nan Guangzheng said, "With two taels of silver! Jiaojiao, don't follow your grandmother's profligacy, let's come out to have a wedding wine, with a gift of two taels of silver. No."
Two or two, silver...
Nan Baoyi watched him chewing on the chicken legs blankly, and wanted to push his face into the rice bowl.
At this moment, a little sang loudly:
"Supervisor is here—"
Gu Chongshan is an eunuch.
Although many people look down on him privately, no one wants to offend him face to face.
Except for Xiao Yi's high enough status, everyone else got up and saluted.
Gu Chongshan occupies the table alone, sitting with his sleeves in a cool posture.
He didn't bother to say anything about the scene, pouring himself without anyone else.
An older said loudly: "My sire came on the order of the emperor to check the case of the theft of relief silver, and select the emperor merchant of Shu brocade. The emperor is grateful for the drought and suffering of the people, and asks you wealthy merchants to donate relief silver. The person who donated the most is the imperial imperial merchant. In order to show justice, our family will read out your donations in public."
All the Shujin merchants in the hall were nervous.
They didn't know how much the other party had donated, but undoubtedly, it was the Nan family who most expected to win the top spot.
People who set aside 600,000 taels of silver for disaster relief every year, how could they stand idly by in the drought this time?
Nan Baoyi felt the sight from all directions.
Those eyes were filled with fear, as if her family was a strong competitor.
Watching the posture of the old man gorging himself, Nan Baoyi expressed his exhaustion.
"Wang family, fifty thousand taels of silver with snow patterns!"
"Li Family, seventy thousand taels of silver with snow patterns!"
"Zheng family, one hundred thousand taels of silver with snow pattern!"
With the singing, everyone's expressions were different.
The one with the least donation was Ge's family, 20,000 taels of silver with snow pattern.
The Ge family felt very embarrassed and their cheeks were hot.
Mrs. Ge's family happened to be at the next table and had a good relationship with the Nan family. She grudgingly smiled at Nan Baoyi: "My husband lost too much money at the gambling shop the day before, so I was tight on hand. It's a shame to talk about it... Baoyi The family is rich and noble, this time the Nan family will definitely become a royal merchant in one fell swoop."
Nan Baoyi: "..."
No, not only did her family fail to become a royal merchant, but they were also ridiculed by the audience.
Twenty thousand taels is already ten thousand times the donation from her family, alright!
She whispered: "Second brother, shall we hurry up?!"
"Don't slip away."
Xiao Yi drank watermelon juice slowly.
"Then I slipped by myself..."
Nan Baoyi catted her waist like a thief, with her hands drooping on her chest like dog paws, preparing to apply oil on the soles of her feet.
Nan Guang finally realized that it was wrong, and quickly lowered her voice: "Jiaojiao wait for me!"
He said, picking up the sweet-scented osmanthus crispy duck and the five-spice braised chicken, "I can't get it, Jiaojiao will help Dad!"
In the hall, the old has read aloud to the last two:
"Zou family, two hundred thousand taels of silver with snow patterns!"
"Nanjia, two hundred thousand taels of snowflakes-oh no, twenty thousand liang-oh no, two or two, two or two?! Well, Nan, two and two silver patterns!"
Two two? !
In an uproar!
All kinds of eyes fell on the Nan family father and daughter at the same time.
Nan Baoyi, who had just slipped out of two steps: "..."
In her hand, she also held a whole sweet-scented osmanthus crispy duck that Dad stuffed her.
And Nanguang cat was behind her with her waist, holding the whole spiced braised chicken.
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There will be a reversal, Huang Shang must be Jiaojiao's family, rest assured