Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

He didn't know this because the ancient texts were obscure and difficult to understand, and punctuation depended on intuition. It was difficult for a child like Ye Xi, who was spoiled by modern terms and punctuation, to keep up for a while. Although Pei Zhu had doubts, he felt warm in his heart when he heard Ye Xi's concern for him in his words.

Pei Zhu's injury was almost healed after resting for a while, and he immediately went to visit Yang Jian who was still staying in Suzhou. Yang Jian was not staying in an inn, but a house called Yunmoju.

When Pei Zhu was a child, he heard that this house was originally the private residence of a high-ranking official. After so many years, could it be that this house has been sold to Yang Jian? If it has not been sold, then Yang Jian has a special relationship with that high-ranking official. If it has been sold, then Yang Jian's financial resources to buy it are amazing.

This house seems to have been named after a certain mansion or house for some reason, so it was given this name. The decoration inside the house is also quite luxurious, even more so than the Yang Mansion in Yangzhou.

Pei Zhu explained his purpose after meeting Yang Jian, so Yang Jian asked him to discuss the specific business matters with Kuang Zhen who came to Suzhou in two days. Pei Zhu was cautious and said that he could only participate in the silk business that he was familiar with, and would not get involved in other things that he did not understand, after all, he did not have such big ambitions. Yang Jian was quite surprised, but said that Pei Zhu could discuss this with Kuang Zhen, and he was just an introducer, revealing that he was not very interested in this small business.

Pei Zhu thought of what Ye Xi said. This so-called business was actually a cover-up for Kuang Zhen to support a thin horse. The other party probably didn't care too much and didn't want to invest a lot. Yang Jian was not interested in small businesses, so he could only recommend people who were interested to Kuang Zhen. Pei Zhu thought of this and felt that his request should be acceptable. After all, if Kuang Zhen didn't want to expand, he certainly wouldn't mind what kind of business Pei Zhu wanted to participate in. As long as there was a substantial business in operation and he could explain it to his wife in the capital, it would be fine. Thinking of this, Pei Zhu gradually felt relieved. He would know the rest after meeting Kuang Zhen.

Sure enough, two days later, Kuang Zhen really came to Suzhou. Pei Zhu took him around to see shops and understand the business atmosphere of Suzhou. Kuang Zhen was not familiar with Suzhou, so he asked Pei Zhu to decide on a few shops and agreed with Pei Zhu's idea of ​​only doing silk business. After a conversation, Pei Zhu found that Kuang Zhen really didn't care much about the business in Suzhou. However, the other party was a little concerned about the business in Yangzhou. From what he said, Kuang Zhen's business in Yangzhou involved several aspects, and he wanted Pei Zhu to be responsible for the silk business there. In this way, Pei Zhu was equivalent to being responsible for Kuang Zhen's silk business in Yangzhou and Suzhou. He was a "shopkeeper", but he had invested the capital and was also a small shareholder. Pei Zhu was quite satisfied with this situation.

Because of Kuang Zhen's urging, Pei Zhu spent the next year running between Yangzhou and Suzhou. Opening a store was a small matter, but the most difficult thing was to establish a series of things from silk production to silk weaving, and from dyeing to selling. Pei Zhu was originally just a seller. He only understood the early processes but had never actually participated in them, which was a big difficulty for him. He also worked day and night to study and run around for the past year.