After Ruan Jialin entered the customs, he had to pass through the capital first, and then he could go through the docks near the capital and take a ship south by sea.
Because Miao Wan had set up barriers to the original merchants and customers and had been targeting them, the merchants who came out of the customs this year either formed groups to oppose Miao Wan or were not qualified to purchase goods.
It’s not that I don’t have money or ability, but I was indeed spoiled by Chen Sixu.
They always feel that they have been pampered for the past ten years. Now that General Dingbei has been appointed, the Gubei Army no longer needs them to donate military pay?
And those people who depended on them to transport goods from the inland, they just didn't want the food? They just didn't care about their food, clothing, housing and transportation?
Almost all merchants think that they can challenge Miao Wan with their own abilities and compromise? Dream on!
The worst that could happen to them would be a wasted trip. As time went on, could Miao Wan still go against all the merchants on her own?
Miao Shiren said that she really can do it.
Although it's a bit difficult.
You know, it is not easy to train a caravan that can enter and exit the customs and break through checkpoints in various places after entering the customs.
Most of the merchants who can travel to the northwest have been traveling outside for many years. They have to take care of the chambers of commerce and government offices in various places from time to time, and they also have to take care of the princes and soldiers when entering and leaving the checkpoints.
Even if you encounter bandits, you have to figure out whether they just want to pass on your money or want to rob and kill people. If you give the former gold and silver, you need to fight and kill the latter, at least fewer people under your command will die.
It takes several years or even more than ten years for merchants to have unimpeded access to this route, and it is not without cost, as it is hard work for everyone to do business.
They think, since they work so hard, what's wrong with asking for a higher price?
If it weren't for the huge profits, who would have the time to go to the bitter cold land outside the Great Wall?
The more I thought about the merchants, the angrier they became, especially those who didn't make much money and rushed into the country when the weather was good.
Although they didn't make any money, they had to pay a lot of money to manage the checkpoints in various places, so they were actually losing money.
Since the money has to be spent, then... there's nothing wrong with causing trouble for the Qiao family, right?
"Let the officials know that our business can't be done. Let's not talk about it anymore." Someone wiped his tears and cried.
Others speculated with bitter faces, "It's really hard to say whether we'll have the chance to pay our respects to the officials in the future. The Gubei Army doesn't allow us to trade, and only makes things easier for the locals. I guess we have to cross the border and do business on our own, right?"
After entering the customs, there are still checkpoints to deal with, and he did not forget to say, "My lord, this business of mine can no longer be done. The Qiao family in Xining Town is so domineering that they drove us back from Xiping County. Given their temperament, I'm afraid they won't remember to show respect."
Even after returning to the countryside, the eye drops could not stop. "I heard that the Qiao family still wanted to go through the customs to do business in the capital. The goods must be reserved for the dignitaries in the capital. We told the Qiao family about the hardships of the various checkpoints, but they completely ignored us and repeatedly made sarcastic remarks. I was so angry that I returned without doing any business."
It can be said that any merchant who has no business will always be sarcastic when giving gifts to his old friends.
Therefore, when Ruan Jialin mentioned that he was from the Qiao family and that the Ju Fu Trading Company was about to enter the customs, he was detained along with his goods as soon as he passed Anyong County.
What those vassal soldiers thought was that at least the trading line should not be cut off, otherwise no one would have even soup to drink when traveling all the way from Guannei Road to Jiangnan.
But Ruan Jialin was not a fool. When he entered the pass, he was accompanied by the Cheng family's guards and Kunlun slaves, and the vassal soldiers did not dare to go too far. This gave him the opportunity to establish relationships with others while being imprisoned.
Don't know how to show filial piety? Are you kidding me? The Ruan family was in such a difficult situation back then, how did they survive under the embarrassment of Jingyang Bo's second wife?
You can say that the Ruan family is not good at other things, but when it comes to flattering and giving gifts without making a sound, Ruan Qin and his son, who have to clean up the mess for their family, are very skilled at it.
He first asked the Cheng family's guards to show the token, and then presented them with good wine and goods and the selling prices of these goods. He gave everything except silver.
But his words were particularly pleasant, "My lords, you are certainly not short of gold and silver, but the goods from our Xining Town are now praised by even the saint himself. No matter where we take them, they are the most prestigious.
Those traveling merchants, when they heard that they could get the goods at half price, rushed to grab them like crazy. They would make money if they sold them at full price after grabbing them. But they are all dishonest and want to do bad things to us. They have monopolized the Qiao family's business and don't want us to pay tribute to the officials so that they can get both money and respect.
Our boss was furious and sent me back. He wanted me to go through the customs to find out the situation and find some obedient and honest merchants to cooperate with him."
Anyone with a brain would understand what Ruan Jialin said.
First of all, this commodity is more valuable than gold and silver, and can be used for personal use or sold.
Secondly, this thing is decent. Anything given to a high-ranking official is a good thing. To be honest, merchants are beautiful.
Thirdly, the new batch of merchants that come in the future will be more knowledgeable than the previous ones.
Thinking about it this way, changing people will only benefit them and will not cause any harm. They are being used as guns by those traveling merchants.
The vassal soldiers, who understood the situation, immediately scolded the merchant and released Ruan Jialin and the goods in a gentle manner.
It is one thing to get the benefits, but it is also not possible to let go.
General Dingbei's personal guards were following, and the things had to be delivered to the imperial city. No one knew whether the saint was really waiting to use the things. Moreover, there were goods on the carriage with the general's seal, which no one dared to touch.
The traveling merchant was wrong in that he thought Miao Wan's backer was General Dingbei. He didn't know that General Dingbei called her "sugar daddy". Her backers were the Saint and Concubine Jin.
Ruan Jialin did just that, pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. He didn't say anything at first, and asked someone to lock him up first, so that he could at least know what methods the merchants had used in the past.
After being locked up, before others could divide up their goods, they revealed their identities, offered them good wine and goods, and tricked them again. Then, they moved on to the next place.
It can be said that he relied on being imprisoned time and time again, using the "defective products" that he had prepared in advance and not for sale, and taking advantage of the obstacles set by traveling merchants to break through the checkpoints that he had previously known nothing about.
Oh, thank you to the traveling merchants for their generous donation of eye drops.
If Miao Wan knew about this, she would definitely praise him.
No wonder the Ruan family was able to keep their fortune despite the difficulties caused by the Jingyang Earl's Mansion. It seems that Ruan Qin and his son are the foxes of the Ruan family. They cannot be seen in the simple interpersonal relationships in the northwest, but once you go out, you will find that they are almost spirits.
After arriving in the capital, Ruan Jialin did not make a fuss. He quietly visited the Qiao family and sent the goods specially prepared by Miao Wan to the imperial city through Qiao Shengwen.
Some of them are convenience foods, such as instant noodles, hot pot red oil blocks, ground egg vermicelli, compressed biscuits, etc. These are basically not sold outside and are considered military supplies.
The imperial court had to consider the issue of maintaining troops. Naturally, it was not just the Gubei Army. There were armies south and west of Dayue to prevent foreign invasions.
The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works were controlled by the Regent. Even if the saint controlled the Ministry of War, he would still be short of resources.
The convenience foods sent by Ruan Jialin were of great help to the saint. He took Qi Wangshu and secretly went to the Qiao family.
Of course, Ruan Jialin didn't just bring these, he also brought some goods for Qi Wangshu, which are the main products currently promoted in Xining Town Commercial Street - Baihua series of beauty products and clothing.
Miao Wan thought about it. There are actually a lot of delicious food and drinks, as well as many new things in the capital. Even if there are none, once the goods are discovered, someone capable will be able to imitate them quickly.
Her advantage lies in the fact that no one knows the secret formula of her essential oil, such as the hundred-flower essential oil, and her clothing styles are all classics accumulated over thousands of years. Imitation will always be inferior.
Therefore, she positioned these goods as high-end products, which were meant to cheat the powerful and wealthy out of their money. As the highest-ranking concubine in the imperial city, Qi Wangshu's dress style was fashionable.
In a year at most, Xining Town’s Baihua series and clothing will become items that noble ladies from all over the country will rush to buy.
As for the toiletries, cotton clothes and snacks that take up the most space in the carriage, they only need to be doubled from the base price.
Most of them cost only a few cents, and even if doubled, they would still cost less than ten cents. For the people in the capital, a pound of pork cost more than ten cents, which was considered very cheap.
Naturally, Ruan Jialin didn't plan to sell these things himself. When he came to the capital, he naturally had to help Miao Wan slap the face of the Jingyang Earl's Mansion.
Especially since many of the shops in the Marquis of Jingyang's Mansion were given as dowries by their Ruan family. If they don't clean up the Marquis of Jingyang's Mansion, the Ruan family will not be able to swallow this humiliation.
The saint knew that the second master of the Ruan family had been opposing the shop of the Marquis of Jingyang Mansion during his time in the capital. If the Regent had not come out occasionally to say a word for the Marquis of Jingyang Mansion, the Qiao family alone would have been able to clean up the Marquis of Jingyang Mansion neatly.
Holding the weapon blueprints specially sent by Miao Wan, the saint felt that he could not do nothing. At least the Ruan family had to avoid the trap set by the Regent.
"After I went to the northwest, the people the regent wanted to control the Gubei Army were also captured by Cheng Shao. My cousin's wife's imperial edict played an indispensable role. In addition, the Qiao family is very powerful in the northwest, so it is not difficult for the regent to find out who has made the credit." The saint felt a little nauseous when he said this.
"So he wants to win over my cousin's wife."
Ruan Jialin was confused. Wanting to win over his cousin meant helping her protect the Marquis of Jingyang's Mansion?
If my cousin knew about this, she would probably just thank the Regent’s ancestors for eighteen generations, right?
Ruan Qin, standing by, also looked as if he had eaten shit. "The Jingyang Marquis's Mansion brought out the family tree and added Awan back in. They even opened the ancestral hall and had the Miao family elders come forward, saying that everything Awan knew belonged to the Miao family. They still had the nerve to ask the Qiao family to return it."
Although the concept of filial piety has been ruined in the northwest by Miao Wan and others, filial piety in this era is not just a simple talk.
Even saints have to govern the country with filial piety. They cannot directly order the execution of the old ministers and regents left behind by the previous emperor who helped the previous emperor to conquer the country. Instead, they need to be restrained by them and struggle to regain their own rights.
That's why when "Miao Wan" learned that she was expelled from the clan, she was so heartbroken that she fainted. This meant that she had no roots, and if she was divorced by her husband's family, she wouldn't even have a grave.
The shamelessness of the Jingyang Marquis's Mansion lies in this: Ruan Shi was not murdered in the first place. After her death, her dowry should have been given to Miao Wan by the Miao family, and it should have remained in the hands of the Miao family.
However, because "Miao Wan" had been living a difficult life at home, she was forced to give many things to Uncle Jingyang to take care of.
As time went by, the dowry was returned to the Miao family in various forms, and "Miao Wan" had no chance of getting it back.
Now Uncle Jingyang has written Miao Wan back into the family tree. A father can abandon his daughter, but a daughter cannot abandon her father, at least she cannot abandon her dead mother, otherwise it would be extremely unfilial.
In this way, although the things Miao Wan knows are still considered dowry and the Miao family cannot take them back directly, the Miao family can still make a fuss and say that the recipe Miao Wan uses may also contain things left by the Miao family, and it is possible to ask Miao Wan to take out the secret recipe for verification.
After taking it out and verifying it, is it still a secret recipe?
That is to say, Qiao Shengwen is still a third-rank minister, and the Regent also wants to win over Miao Wan instead of making a mortal enemy of her, otherwise it is possible that Earl Jingyang will directly come to the door to ask for the prescription.
At least it doesn't violate Dayue's laws, and it's shameless enough for Jingyang Bo to take his concubine.
Ruan Jialin's face turned red with anger, "Then we just let them be disgusting?" This is more disgusting than fleas.
Ruan Qin's face was icy. "Of course not. Since they have made all the dowry their own, we can just suppress those shops and wait until they have nowhere else to go before taking them back."
Ruan Jialin still felt uncomfortable. "So we have to waste manpower and financial resources just to get back what originally belonged to Awan?"
Qi Wangshu smiled and said, "It's not a waste. When my cousin's wife returns in the future, Your Majesty and I will naturally take charge of her and get back the dowry that belongs to her mother."
But if the shop and money were squandered by the Jingyang Marquis's Mansion, what would the Jingyang Marquis's Mansion use to compensate them?
This idea was given by Qi Wangshu. This was the way she dealt with the Qi family in the past. Let's see if anyone still knows where the Qi family is now?
Ruan Jialin suddenly realized, yes, they dealt with the Jingyang Earl's Mansion and took back his aunt's dowry with their own abilities, what does that have to do with Awan.
When Awan comes back in the future and wants to get her mother's dowry back, that will be another matter!
Ruan Jialin still needed to go south, so this matter was handed over to Ruan Qin and his wife.
Originally, the Ruan family's business was managed by Ruan Qin and his wife. With the saint around, the regent couldn't be too blatant if he wanted to help the Jingyang Earl's Mansion.
As for serious business, the Miao family wanted to outperform the Ruan family? That was a dream.
Geng smiled and shared with Miao Wan, "When we set out, most of Wang's shops had been sold. It's said that Wang had a quarrel with the Wang family members who came to Beijing to seek refuge with her, and her face was swollen from being beaten by her cousin."
He was really beaten up and came out of Wang's house with half a pig's head, and was seen by everyone.
That day, the Qiao family and the Ruan family living in Qiao's house were so happy that they had an extra bowl of rice.
How shameless is Wang?
She changed the appearance of Ruan's dowry and used the excuse of poor management to take back the shop with the silver from Jingyang Earl's Mansion (left by Ruan). It did not belong to the Miao family, but became Wang's shop.
Although Uncle Jingyang is a scumbag, he is also a scumbag who only cares about romance. He is led by Wang by the nose and is satisfied with having enough money to spend. He has no idea how much property the family has.
So it was natural for the Wang family to keep these shops as assets to pass on the Wang family's bloodline to future generations.
Now most of these assets have been used up due to poor management, and Wang Baogen has been forced to take money from one pocket to pay off another. After a calculation, it is clear that Wang Baogen's assets are almost gone, and what is left may not even be enough for him to live a carefree life.
As the younger brother who was supported by the brother-supporting demon, Wang Baogen certainly refused to accept it. He had a big quarrel with Wang and slapped Wang several times in anger.
After the two families broke up, Wang said she would not care about Wang Baogen, but the old man and old lady of the Wang family came to her house with a tantrum and begged for mercy, so Wang couldn't really ignore it.
"I have never seen such a fierce old lady in my life. In fact, the women in the northwest are not as fierce as her. No wonder Wang is so shameless." Geng was still frightened when she said this.
"A person with dignity can't survive under the hands of an old lady like this."
Geng looked at Miao Wan with some concern. "Although we have recovered most of your mother's dowry, if this old lady comes to harass us when you actually enter the capital, we'll probably suffer."
After drinking a bowl of Tremella soup, Miao Wan was eating fried dough sticks with soy milk. Because she had a strange taste, Aunt Geng and the others used sour berries to make the dough, and the fried dough sticks were sour and sweet, and they were especially delicious with the sweet soy milk.
It’s a pity that she is the only one who thinks it tastes good. Even Taotao almost broke his teeth after eating it once.
Hearing what Geng said, she puffed out her cheeks and raised her head, her eyes a little confused. "My stepmother's biological mother came to harass me? Can she harass me?"
Geng smiled and wiped the oil off the corners of her lips. "How can you still talk about face and rules with such a shameless person?"
"Then don't tell her. I'll just have someone gag her and throw her out the door." Miao Wan didn't think this was a difficult problem and said lightly.
Geng was at a loss for words. "It would be great if we could do that. I'm not a good person, but if you do that, the censors will definitely report you two for being unfilial and unbrotherly. Your father and I will also be criticized by the literati for not disciplining you properly."
Geng and Qiao Shengwen actually don't care about this. They are more concerned about the reputation and marriage of their descendants. If Qiao Rui and Taotao have unfilial parents and their reputation is affected, their marriage will be difficult to say.
The reason why the Jingyang Marquis's Mansion still dares to jump around is nothing more than this. Reputation is extremely important in the capital and even in many other places.
But Miao Wan didn't understand. She was on the road to exile as soon as she came through, and when she finally recovered, she had already reached the northwest.
Although the northwest now belongs to Dayue, people outside the Great Wall are indeed much more indifferent to etiquette and morals than those inside the Great Wall, otherwise filial piety would not be a problem.
It's not surprising. When you can't even eat, who cares about the doctrines of propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame? The most important thing is to survive.
So, after listening to Geng's detailed explanation, Miao Wan's eyes were filled with surprise. "The problem is, everyone knows they're mean to me, so why can't I be mean back? Besides, as long as you, Mom and Dad, don't care, why should I put up with them for a scumbag dad and a bitch? It doesn't matter if my reputation is good or not, as long as I'm rich, as long as I'm rich and powerful, the people vying to marry Taotao and marry into the Qiao family might be lined up from the capital to the northwest."
No matter when, just count and see, which rich man who can protect his wealth needs to worry about the marriage of his daughter and son?
Even if the rich man himself is in his seventies or eighties, there are still countless young girls throwing themselves at him, wishing they could give birth to eight or ten children for him so that they can divide his inheritance.
So why should she care what others think of her? As long as she is happy, that's all.
If it wasn't for the people in the northwest, and if it wasn't for the anger in her heart that made her want to kill the Xiban people, the first thing she would do when she returned to the capital would be to kill those bastards in the Marquis of Jingyang's mansion, okay?
Geng was stunned by what her daughter-in-law said. After thinking about it carefully, she fell silent.
Although the words are rough, but if you think about it carefully, there seems to be nothing wrong with it.
As of now, if Taotao says she wants to find a husband, there will definitely be countless matchmakers coming to her door. As for whether she marries in the capital or not, it is actually not that important.
At worst, I can just live in the Northwest from now on?
After figuring it out, Geng felt much better.
When she was in the capital, although she had embarrassed Wang many times and had dealt with her halfway, she was still unable to deal with her completely due to various concerns.
It’s still the daughter-in-law who thinks more clearly. She has lived to an old age, but she is not as insightful as her daughter-in-law.
"Okay, then you can make more money. When your second uncle and the others come back, we'll go back to Beijing when we have time. Then mother will help you clean up the Jingyang Marquis's mansion."
Miao Wan rubbed her belly and chuckled, "I feel like I can handle them myself."
At the time, Uncle Jingyang and his wife must have thought that their legitimate daughter would not live long, and they even exiled her and kicked her out of the clan to avoid bringing shame to the family.
The bitch never knew how mean that bitch was to her, but this also made it convenient for Miao Wan. She didn't even have to go back to make the couple angry.
Not only did she not die on the road, she also had three children in four years and became the richest person in Northwest China. Isn't that infuriating?
The problem is that they can’t spend a penny of this money, and they even have to pay it out. Isn’t that even more infuriating?
Miao Wan prayed to God in her heart, hoping that they could hold on until she returned to Beijing and give her a chance to slap them in the face.
As for returning to Beijing, it will take at least two years, and we have to wait until the child can stand on his own feet.
Speaking of the richest man, Miao Wan remembered what she had forgotten.
"By the way, mother, is my cousin back too? Didn't he come to see me?"
Geng's body stiffened, and she thought of Ruan Jialin who was still drinking tea in the living room. She was so busy chatting with her daughter-in-law that she had forgotten about him.
"I've asked someone to serve him breakfast first. When you're done, I'll send someone to invite him over."
When Ruan Jialin came over, he had already finished lunch, not to mention breakfast. His eyes were dim, and he said, "Cousin, you've made me wait so long!"
Miao Wan shuddered all over, clutching her stomach and uttering a sigh, "Cousin, have you been reading some storybook again? Didn't Second Cousin kick you off the kang?"
Although Ruan Jialin doesn't like reading, he loves gossip and can't stand reading trivial things, but he reads storybooks more actively than anyone else.
He traveled all over the country, and spent most of his time on the road... and in prison. He was not like other people who indulged in drinking and groping prostitutes, so of course he had to find some entertainment for himself.
Hearing Miao Wan's question, Ruan Jialin touched his nose, his eyes wandering, "Don't ask about our affairs as a couple. Do you still want to know the situation in the capital, Jiangnan Road, and Henan Road?"
Miao Wan chuckled, "You must have been kicked."
Ruan Jialin looked at Geng, who was walking out with a pursed smile, with a bitter face, and asked listlessly, "How did you know? It's been three days since I came back, and I haven't even touched the edge of the kang yet."
You know, he hasn't eaten meat for more than a year, he's so greedy! !
苗婉捂着嘴笑得浑身哆嗦，“你话本子看得大概是忧郁书生？可你现在这样子，这样说话……要是情话，那得多欠揍啊。”
A dark, fat guy imitated the melancholy scholar's style and repeated Aunt Qiong's lines...hiss, Miao Wan shuddered all over.
She felt that since her second cousin's wife didn't spit it out, she must really love her second cousin.
Ruan Jialin: “…”
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Sure enough, I had acute gastroenteritis. I had a fever and sweats in the middle of the night, but no fever during the day. My head and stomach also hurt. This was the second time after 18 years.
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