Reborn female match

An Tong lived in Li's house for nearly half a month, and chatted with Li Sunshi and Li Chun every day, making them laugh often, and the two old people were reluctant to let her go back so soon.

Her two aunts also came to see her occasionally, but they all had a little purpose in their chats, hoping that she could find Li Jinxiu and let Li Jinxiu speak well for her two uncles in front of the old man.

She didn't want to intervene in the battle between the two uncles for the family property, so she pretended not to understand, and even though they were eloquent, she remained indifferent. In the end, they could only angrily cut off their plans to start with An Tong.

Correspondingly, after realizing that she seemed to be useless, the attitude of the two uncles and aunts towards her became obviously cold, and Li Bing even asked her when she would return to Fuqiu Village.

An Tong wanted to go back to Fuqiu Village, but Li Chun and Li Sun felt that she hadn't been here for so many years, and now that she was here, she should stay for a while longer, so they pulled her and refused to let her go, so she decided to stay... ...at least until Xu Xiangru comes back?

Although she always wanted Xu Xiangru to stay away from her, she still hoped that Xu Xiangru would come back soon as she said, and their parting was only temporary.

Although she received a cold reception from her second uncle, but fortunately, Li Yan is still quite close to her, the two of them occasionally go out shopping, and occasionally visit famous mountains and ancient temples, and their lives are quite carefree.

However, Li Yan is also busy on weekdays. She has been helping her father with the Li family's business.So Li Chun said to her: "Ma'am, Tong'er has been here for so long and I haven't visited our own place yet. If you go to the salt field this time, take Tong'er to see it!"

Li Yan was slightly surprised, but agreed, but An Tong was a little curious: "Salt farm? Are you going to the seaside?" She is so old, but she has never been to the seaside yet!

Li Yan nodded and replied: "There are twelve salt fields on Liangzhe Road, two of which are in Lin'an, both of which are in Yanguan. However, the salt fields contracted by our Li family are not only in Lin'an, Qingdun Salt Field in Xiuzhou, Shayao The salt farms are all contracted by our Li family, and there are other large and small salt wells in other places..."

There are five types of salt merchants in the world: one is rich merchants or big buyers who have strong financial resources and can contract the production and trading of salt; Traffickers who transport the two Zhejiang provinces to other places and exchange some rice, tea, bamboo and wood for sale; the fourth is merchants who are only responsible for selling salt; The traffickers and pawns.

The Li family and the Chen family undoubtedly belonged to the first category. They contracted the nearby salt fields and salt wells, from salt production to salt sales.However, the salt farms, salt ponds, and salt wells in name all belong to the government. There is a questionable salt system. The Li family can only be regarded as "buying salt" from the government, and they need to buy salt for the government.

The Qin family originally belonged to the third category, but later it slowly developed and connected with the government, so it became the second category.

Although it is the second category, because of the same reason as the An family sells grain to the frontier, the Qin family can make a very rich profit from it every time.The Qin family is no lower than the first category in terms of financial resources and status, which is why the Qin family can be called one of the great salt merchants along with the Li family and the Chen family.

However, because the salt farms and so on are all contracted by others, most of the Qin family bought private salt from salt wells and Fujian, no matter how much profit he can get from the current business, it is still not better than having a salt farm at home, so The Qin family has also been staring at some salt farms.

Li Yan told An Tong that since they are both salt merchants, there is a certain conflict of interests, so the Qin family and the Li family also have a lot of competition in secret, and if she meets people from the Qin family in the future, she has to be careful.

An Tong didn't care at all, but she didn't expect that Li Yan still had a "crow's mouth" physique. As soon as she finished speaking, the carriage stopped, and the driver said: "Little lady, the Qin family's carriage is blocking the way."

An Tong opened the curtain and saw that there were stalls and pedestrians on both sides of the originally spacious road, so there was only a space less than ten feet in the middle to pass through.It was originally enough for two carriages to pass, but the carriages of the Li family and the Qin family are very spacious. If they want to pass like this, they will definitely collide.

But neither the Li family nor the Qin family wanted to back down, so the two sides came to a stalemate.

An Tong said: "Eldest sister, I saw there is Nanshi, why don't we go over and have a taste?"

Li Yan smiled: "Okay."

She asked the coachman to wait here, intending to keep the Qin family in trouble.

However, there were people from the Qin family who thought the same as her. They got out of the carriage together and met each other.

An Tong looked at the serious and arrogant woman who was wearing a white waist-length skirt and a black cloak, and was slightly surprised.It's not that her aura puts pressure on An Tong, but because she is quite outstanding both in appearance and temperament, and she is [-]% similar to Shao Ru.

An Tong secretly compared her with Li Yan, and found that she was better than Li Yan.

"Oh, so it's Mrs. Qin! It's such a coincidence that we met on this road." Li Yan smiled slightly.

An Tong thought to himself that Li Yan looked quite dignified, but he didn't expect that it would be a waste of time to meet him.Isn't that right, it looks like they are "narrow roads to enemies"!

Qin Shaomin sneered: "Ms. Li is wandering outside every day, and this is the only way for the Qin family's car to drive. Is it a coincidence, or did Mrs. Li do it on purpose, you know it well."

Li Yan was a little angry: "I'm busy with business, so I don't have time to come here to block you. Besides, this is not the way of your Qin family. What right do you have to not let me come here?"

Qin Shaomin seemed to disdain to continue arguing with her, but glanced at An Tong, and said, "Since the Li family has guests, I don't want to argue with you, so I'll let you go!"

After finishing speaking, he returned to the carriage and asked the coachman to go further.

Li Yan felt unhappy, so she could only mutter: "You're smart!"

An Tong kept looking at Qin Shaomin, wondering if Qin Shaomin and Shao Ru were related.But Shao Ru is from Qu Chuan, far away from Lin'an, so he has nothing to do with the Qin family, right?And Shao Ru's surname is "Shao".

Li Yan saw that she was looking at Qin Shaomin all the time, so she said: "That is Qin Shaomin, the eldest daughter of the Qin family. She is scheming and good at calculating. If you meet her in the future, you have to be careful."

Hearing what she said, An Tong thought of Xu Xiangru, so he nodded solemnly.

Although Li Yan said a few bad things about Qin Shaomin, she was able to give some pertinent comments.

The head of the Qin family is Qinhuai, but Qinhuai has been in contact with Jianghuai and the northern border all year round, so Qin Shaomin is basically in charge of the family business.

She lost her mother when she was young, and was always taught by Qin Huai. She was only 12 years old and had already learned how to manage the family business with Qin Huai. With her outstanding eloquence, she helped the Qin family get another chance to print salt money. .

Because of this, her status in the Qin family is increasing day by day. Even though Qin Huai has not returned home for two years, she can still manage the Qin family's business in an orderly manner.

Now she is twenty-one, but she has not married for a long time, because the two sons who can inherit Qin Huai's family business are still young and cannot take on important responsibilities, so he wants to wait another two years before considering marrying Qin Shaomin.

Li Yan didn't know whether Qin Shaomin would feel resentful because of Qin Huai's calculations, but her own experience was similar to Qin Shaomin's, but she wanted to support her younger brother to stand up.

On the other side, Qin Shaomin closed his eyes and pondered for a long time in the carriage, and then ordered to the left and right: "Go and find out who is traveling with Li Yan today?"

As a merchant who has been immersed in business for many years, she has keen observation skills and a keen sense of smell. Even if she is only a small person, she can still play a role in key places, let alone someone who can share a carriage with Li Yan. She needs to know the identity of the other party so that she can figure out if there is anything she can use.

But half a day later, the servant girl beside her got the news: "Lady, that is a relative of the Li family who came to visit relatives. It is the daughter of the lady who married into Quchuan outside the Li family. Her name is 'An Tong'."

Qin Shaomin narrowed her eyes, and quickly realized: "The east bed of the Li family seems to have caused a lot of trouble in Quchuan, a magistrate was demoted, a county lieutenant was killed, some were exiled, some were sentenced to prison. "

"Then the An family really has such ability?" the maid asked doubtfully.

"The An family may not have this ability, but there are capable people behind the An family. But let's not mention this for now, but there seems to be a problem within the Li family." Qin Shaomin was quite happy.

Now that she knows An Tong's identity, even though she came to the Li family under the pretext of "visiting relatives", at least after thinking a little deeper, she knows that the two brothers of the Li family have already provoked the Li family to be the head of the family. They are dissatisfied, so they want to take the opportunity to test them, and among them, they must listen to the advice of the married daughter.

Qin Shaomin has been waiting for the Li family to fight among themselves, and in the end both sides will suffer, so that the Qin family can take the opportunity to enter.She is also thankful that her two younger brothers are still young and have not yet been able to compete with her, so she can let her order pass on without hindrance.

The insider of the Qin family wanted to discuss something with her, so when they saw her, they submitted a post, saying: "Miss, this is a post from the transfer department, inviting the owner to drink Laba porridge next month."

After reading the post, Qin Shaomin put it aside and asked, "Did the other family also receive it?"

"The Li family, the Chen family, the Xu family, and the Wu family have all received it." Inside Zhi replied.

The transshipment department invited salt merchants from Lin'an and several nearby states, and it will be set up next month to allow them to prepare.

Naturally, the banquet held by the yamen was not just for eating Laba porridge, but more about discussing the purchases on Zhengdan day and how to get more benefits from the salt merchants. It is presumed that the officials of the Yanyuan Court will also be present at that time.

Qin Shaomin nodded: "Understood, go back to them, and the Qin family will also be there."

The Li family did receive the post, but there was a dispute over the candidates for the banquet.

Li Chun thought that if Qin Huai was not in Lin'an, it must be Qin Shaomin who attended the banquet on his behalf, and if he went, he would inevitably be said to be bullied.If one of the two sons is allowed to go, they will not give in to each other.

Seeing that it will be the twelfth lunar month soon, and there is no news from Li Chun, Li Chongguang and Li Chongming are a little anxious.At this time, a guest came to the Li family, and Li Chun made a final decision: "Since it is the invitation of the envoy Cao, I must go in person so as not to be rude. Auntie and Tong'er will go with me then!"

Li Chongguang and Li Chongming were very dissatisfied. Instead of bringing two sons, he brought a granddaughter and a granddaughter instead.But Li Yan is Li Chongguang's daughter, so he doesn't have as many complaints as Li Chongming.

The reason why Li Chun decided to take An Tong there was because he knew the identity of Xu Xiangru - the guest of Li's family was Xu Xiangru who came back from Jiangning.