Wei Tingyu thought for a moment, and then said, "Let's settle down with the title of marquis."

The eyes of Mr. Zhao next to him shrank slightly, but Mrs. Zhao still smiled and said, "Then I may have asked the wrong question just now. It should be my niece-in-law. What do you do?"

Wei Tingyu smiled suddenly and said, "What Mrs. Zhao said, what can I do as a poor and seriously ill person? I probably can't find many people who are more idle and wasteful than me."

Mr. Zhao rolled his eyes and almost wrote the words "I believe you are the only one who is a ghost" on his face.

Wei Tingyu smiled and said nothing. Naturally, what he did could not be known to others at will. However, it was not a lie now, but he was so idle that he had nothing to do. He was also too idle to be able to help his Xuan'er at all.

no.

Mr. Zhao leisurely sat back on his old man's chair, holding a small teapot in his hand, "When I was young, I went to the Imperial City several times, and met two noble people by chance. Seriously, maybe

That is to say, you are pampered, and you have your own set of rules since childhood, which makes you appear aloof. Other than that, it seems that there is not much difference from ordinary people. You..."

Mr. Zhao's smile is a little more meaningful. He is a few years older than Divine Doctor Lin, and he is also a businessman. In his life, he has seen too many people from all walks of life, so his eyesight is definitely not bad.

.

When Wei Tingyu is around Xiaocao, his body will become soft unconsciously. It is not forced, it is natural. It is just that when she is not around, it will be somewhat different. You must know that in the imperial city, those things about him

The rumors are not all false.

However, no matter what the Zhao family guessed, Wei Tingyu remained unmoved. After all, there really wasn't much of a relationship between them, so guessing or not, that's not always the case.

Mr. Zhao secretly sighed, the little fox cub now is even smarter than the old fox.

Xiaocao and Wei Tingyu settled down in the Zhao family. Of course, it was not the wife of the Zhao family's uncle who was in charge of the Zhao family's inner house, but she was also his mother, and the old lady was more able to manage things, although she favored her younger son to a certain extent.

, she is still very clear about right and wrong, so there may be some minor friction in the inner house, but it will never affect her eldest son's affairs outside.

Speaking of which, when I came here more than ten years ago, this old lady was taking care of the Zhao family's inner house. Her husband was not very good and was not favored by her father-in-law, but she was quite capable. However, this old lady,

She is a bit snobbish. When Xiaocao and Divine Doctor Lin stayed at Zhao's house, she might have disliked them for being poor and thought they were just like poor relatives who came to visit the autumn wind. She didn't like it very much.

Under her hands, things were indeed getting better, and since they were invited by Mrs. Zhao, she didn't dare to neglect them, but she probably still felt bad for those good things used on "broken households".

This time, after learning Xiaocao's identity, her expression became a bit unsightly. There were no patients in the Zhao family now, and she was not Dr. Lin, so she brought someone to the door, so she came here to take advantage.

It is not difficult to deal with such a person. After Xiaocao saw her, he immediately revealed his current identity, and just said clearly that we are not "settled" now, we are just borrowing a place to stay for a while, and we will not occupy it.

You are cheap.

Sure enough, the old lady's eyes immediately changed. Her enthusiasm clearly indicated that she wanted to have a relationship.

Xiaocao smiled indifferently. She stayed because of Mr. Zhao's kindness. If it interfered with her treatment of Tingyu, she could just move out. As for whether the old lady would be taken advantage of by Mr. Zhao by then.

It's her business to blame.

However, two accommodations were originally arranged separately for the inner and outer courtyards. Xiaocao refused to live in the inner courtyard and lived directly with Wei Tingyu in the outer courtyard. As for whether anyone would make irresponsible remarks, she didn't care at all.

Xiaocao's identity was not concealed, but Wei Tingyu's identity was only known to Mrs. Zhao and the head of the Zhao family. However, since he was the fiancé of a girl from the family of the Minister of Rites, he must have some status.

It should be noted that during the Qi Dynasty, except for the descendants of those with low status, those who were directly demoted by the imperial decree, and some special groups of people who are prohibited from taking scientific examinations, others are not prohibited. Of course, those with business status are definitely not included.

Within the prohibited range.

A family like the Zhao family naturally hopes that someone can pursue an official career, not to mention how much it will help the family, but if someone is in the officialdom, the family background will look different, right?

It’s just that the Zhao family seems to have nothing to do with the official career. It’s not that they can’t read it no matter how they read it. Otherwise, if they can read it, there will always be various mistakes. So far, the Zhao family has only two scholars who have the title of scholar.

, looks really pitiful.

However, even so, the Zhao family still has a lot of scholars, and they spend a lot of money on them, not only pens, inks, paper and inkstones, but also hiring famous teachers. Of course, this teacher is actually limited.

No matter what happens in the future, now that a nobleman from the imperial city suddenly came to the family, he naturally wanted to take this opportunity to build a good relationship. He searched for Xiaocao among the female relatives to no avail - in fact, there was no one at all - so the male member of the Zhao family found Wei Tingyu.

On top of that, even if his background is not that high and he is a useless person, he most likely has no right to speak, but the so-called "husband and wife", and no matter how bad his connections in the imperial city are, are thousands of times stronger than theirs, why?

It won't be a loss at all.

However, who is Wei Tingyu, and trying to get any benefits from him is simply nonsense. To be honest, even if you just want to get something like a promise from him, it is basically impossible.

Xiaocao was focused on studying her things, and accidentally learned that Wei Tingyu was being harassed by people from the Zhao family. It should be noted that those people were not only Mrs. Zhao's family, but also people from the collateral family. Xiaocao immediately questioned the people who stayed in the Zhao family.

Correctness.

Wei Tingyu, on the other hand, pulled Xiaocao and said with a smile: "It's okay. In fact, I'm quite bored during this period. These people are good for me to relieve my boredom. If I'm tired, I can just refuse to see you, so you don't have to worry.

.”

After Xiaocao confirmed the authenticity of what he said, he just stopped flirting with her.

Of course, Mrs. Zhao and the head of the Zhao family also knew about this situation. The head of the Zhao family was a little worried, but the old man Zhao took it seriously, and even looked like he was watching a show. Wei Tingyu was a tough nut to crack at such a young age, which made him weak.

Just a little "revenge".

The head of the Zhao family is helpless. They say that old children are old children, but grandfather is really getting more and more...

After a few days, Wei Tingyu lost interest in this way of relieving his boredom, and then directly approached the Zhao family's owner, meaning that he wanted to see the Zhao family's medicinal materials business. This request seemed a bit unruly, and the Zhao family's owner's heart changed.

I went around for several times with various thoughts, but I didn't show it on my face and smiled.

Wei Tingyu has never been in business, but there is a kind of person who is an all-rounder. He can learn everything quickly. Of course, he will not become proficient immediately, but he can figure out what is going on in a short time.

Speaking of which, in less than ten days, Wei Tingyu understood everything about the Zhao family's business. Even if some things were deliberately avoided by him, the results were still known to him.

Seeing what was going on, the Zhao family leader secretly sighed in his heart that this was too smart. Grandfather said that he was a human spirit, which was really not an exaggeration.

Correspondingly, naturally there are unstoppable worries and even conspiracy theories in my heart, wondering if he has any plans for the Zhao family. He was born in a marquis mansion and is the heir apparent, but what can he do? There is no shortage of fights everywhere, especially especially

This prince does not have a healthy body. When he was in the imperial city, he did not know what kind of life he lived. As far as the Zhao family is concerned, the Zhao family may still not be ranked among the medicinal merchants of Qi Dynasty. However, this family has no bottom.

2 is really not thin, and it is not impossible.

However, the facts told the Zhao family leader that he really thought too much. After Wei Tingyu understood almost everything about the Zhao family, he asked the Zhao family leader to take him to see Mr. Zhao.

Wei Tingyu didn't waste any time and went straight to the point, "I wonder if Mrs. Zhao and the head of the Zhao family are interested in becoming imperial merchants?"

As soon as these words came out, the grandfather and grandson looked a little uneasy. After a while, they slowly put down the tea cups in their hands and looked at Wei Tingyu, "Master Wei, are you serious about what you said?"

"There is a limit to joking. Do you two think I would joke about this matter? This matter should be related to the development of the entire Zhao family. I am the kind of person who doesn't take other people's entire family seriously.

person?"

"Young Master Wei, please forgive me. We didn't mean this. We were just too surprised and couldn't believe it for a moment." The head of the Zhao family said hurriedly. There was no way. This matter was really of great importance and it was really difficult to treat it with a normal attitude.

Wei Tingyu smiled and said, "It's nothing. In the past few days, I have found that the medicinal materials of the Zhao family are of high quality. The reputation in this industry is very good. The leader of the Zhao family is also commendable for his conduct. Although the Zhao family and the entire Qi Dynasty

Compared with the big medicinal herb dealers, the background may be inferior, but this kind of thing cannot be generalized."

The key is that Xuan'er chose to settle here, which shows that she recognizes the medicinal materials here.

"However, the royal merchants are all determined. We don't know the others. But in terms of medicinal materials, it has been the same company for many years. It is said that the relationship behind it is very deep. Even with the help of Mr. Wei, we have to go in

I'm afraid it's very difficult to get a share of the pie. After all, once we go in, the benefits of other people will be divided. If we take away the power of others, we will have a big feud with the murderous parents. I'm afraid it will also bring troubles to Mr. Wei.

Trouble." Neither the head of the Zhao family nor Mr. Zhao was carried away.

In fact, the benefits of becoming an Huangshang are obvious. The brand of Huangshang means "the best". In the minds of ordinary people, can the things used by emperors be bad? So,

The same thing is sold by two different people. If one of them carries the name of Imperial Merchant, then the business will definitely be much more prosperous.

Moreover, medicinal materials are no better than other things. No one will try their best to search for them. As long as they are well organized, there will be no such thing as a large number of "suitors" because a certain thing is favored by the superiors, and it will be effective.

with disastrous results.

With the background of the Zhao family, have you never thought about becoming an imperial merchant? In fact, you have, but in the end, you gave up the idea. Now, this uncle of the Zhao family is expanding the Zhao family's medicinal materials business, but it is an indisputable fact.

Although it is said that if the Zhao family grows bigger, it will squeeze the living space of other families, but he uses normal means and never plays any conspiracy behind his back. Even when others are calculating the cost, he will fight back in the same way.

He is upright and has a clear conscience.

Even so, he never thought that he could lead the Zhao family to become an imperial merchant. If he did well enough and cultivated excellent heirs, he might be able to achieve this with them.

But now, a gold brick fell directly in front of him from the sky, but he had to consider whether he could pick it up easily.

"There is one thing, it doesn't hurt to let you know now, but it needs to be kept secret. Regarding medicinal materials, an imperial merchant will probably be removed from the list this year. The people behind them are plundering too hard. This family is different from the past. Some

Being short-sighted, the medicinal materials presented as tribute were defective and were passed off as good ones. Of course, it would not be a problem to get some inferior goods. The main issue is the vintage."

This was actually not within the scope of Wei Tingyu's cleaning up. However, by chance, I heard Xuan'er muttering that a certain medicine in the Tai Hospital was not old enough. This may not have been a problem at first. However, the nature of the things Wei Tingyu was engaged in was inherently different, and some matters were

He was very perceptive and immediately sent someone to investigate. This investigation really revealed the problem.

The other minor problems can be dealt with as soon as they are dealt with. However, medicines may be needed to save lives at critical times, so how could something go wrong?

If Xuan'er hadn't brought him out to look for medicine, this matter would have been almost solved.

If an imperial merchant goes down, then he either needs to make up for it, or this piece will be divided among several other imperial merchants, increasing the quantity and type of their tribute. Wei Tingyu was not interested in this brother before, but now, he doesn't mind paying tribute.

An opportunity for the Zhao family.

The hearts of Mrs. Zhao and the head of the Zhao family were pounding. They had thought that Wei Tingyu would be too simple, but they didn't expect that he could even know such a thing. However, "Even so, the competition is probably very fierce. Our Zhao family...

…” Stop what you say next, saying it out loud is to make others’ ambitions destroy your own prestige.

"What you said before actually needs to be corrected. This matter has nothing to do with me. I will not be involved in it. In fact, it is related to Xuan'er. Things are as complicated as you think. As long as Xuan'er says a word, you Zhao

It is a sure thing that you will become an imperial merchant. No one will compete with you, and no one will hinder you behind your back. Even if you want to do something, the master behind them will stop it as soon as possible."

This time, he was even more surprised than calling them the Zhao family to be royal merchants, "What kind of statement is this?"
Chapter completed!