The news of Ye Pingrong's great victory soon spread all over the capital.

Because it was a good news, the messenger rode on horse. after entering the city, he held up the express news and shouted at the same time, "good news at the border, good news at the border!"

After passing many shopkeepers along the way, the news spread quickly.

When Ye Jiao heard that she didn't have time to eat, the steamed stuffed bun she had just picked up was put back. She looked at Qi Yun excitedly and said, "does that mean you won the battle?"

Qi Yun smiled and nodded: "Yes."

"will the eldest brother be back soon?"

"it will take a while, I'm afraid." Qi Yun picked up the steamed buns and put them in Ye Jiao's bowl and said faintly, "although it is to suppress the bandits this time, in fact, most of the bandits are foreign enemies who harass the people, disguised as bandits, and it is inevitable that some enemy spies will be mixed with them."

When Ye Jiao was eating steamed buns, she was a little puzzled and asked, "I've seen the map before. The small countries outside are so small. How could they still do such a thing?"

Qi Yun explained slowly: "now that the country is rich and the people are strong, the army is strong, but I have never been able to do those unjust acts, and I have been particularly lenient to foreigners." It's just that too much benevolence will always give those people the wrong impression that I can be deceived. Such harassment is common and not new. "

In order to form a caravan, Qi Yun bought several shops near the border and arranged for competent people to pass by. He knew a lot about the situation there.

Although there is only one wall inside and outside the city, it is two worlds.

In the city, the people are rich, the life is happy, and the merchants are in close contact with each other, which is naturally a scene of prosperity.

But outside the city, it is still in the stage of barter, many small countries still have no fixed residence, not to mention the development of business, even food and clothing is a problem.

People who have nothing are often the boldest and most ruthless, disguised as bandits and thieves who frequently attack and rob their homes at the border.

The first emperor was gentle and soft and did not like war. The battle Ye Pingrong fought with General Guo was finally counterattacked under resentment, but it did not do much good after winning. As soon as the other side was soft, the emperor let them go.

Now some people are watching the new emperor ascend to the throne, and he is also a "scholar" emperor who likes calligraphy, painting and calligraphy, so they want to repeat the old tricks and try Chu Chengyun's temper.

Qi Yun can also guess some of their ideas. Left and right barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes. If they get into a fight and lose, they can only plead guilty and surrender. According to previous experience, they can always be spared by saying something nice and crying bitterly.

But if they can win, they can blackmail Chu to promise to give money to the land, isn't it a lucrative deal?

But Chu Chengyun did not hesitate and sent Ye Pingrong and the elite general directly to suppress the bandits. it was known from such a decisive counterattack that the young emperor might have been gloved by Qi, but he was not going to be trapped by the barbarians.

If not, why would tens of thousands of elite troops be deployed only to suppress the bandits?

It is clear that Chu Chengyun is determined to let those small countries know how strong, not only to fight, but also to hurt them, let them learn a lesson, this allows Ye Pingrong to go out to demonstrate.

When he thought of this, Qi Yun felt that those people still did not understand what the so-called scholarly mood was.

You know, the character of the literati has never been said casually. Although Chu Chengyun is benevolent, he is not stupid. What he said privately to Qi Sanlang is a matter of family, country and the world, and this man is by no means a temperament of sitting on a dragon chair and eating old money.

Some people's bones are bent, it is caused by external things, whether it is money or power may bend the backbone of some people, but Chu promised the Ninth five-year Plan, whatever he wants, his bones can be harder than anyone else.

He dared to deal with anyone who dared to interfere with his strategy of governing the country. From the elimination of officials before to the clearance of the two kings behind him, he had never been soft.

What's more, we are now dealing with evil enemies, and there is no reason to let it go lightly.

It's just that a big victory is far from satisfying Chu Chengyun, and then Ye Pingrong is afraid to be busy for a while.

It's just that Qi Yun will take these things to heart when he guesses, and won't say anything about it easily. "it's not common to fight a war," Qi Yun said in a slow voice to his wife. "after this success, I'm afraid the eldest brother will have to lead troops to clean up the battlefield and appease the people. There are a lot of things to deal with, but it's still going to be delayed for some time."

In fact, Ye Pingrong talked to Qi Yun about these things, but Qi Erlang never talked to Ye Jiao for fear that his wife would follow.

Now that he has won a great victory, there is no need to worry about Ye Pingrong's safety. Qi Yun will tell Ye Jiao about these things.

Sure enough, apart from the exclamation of "husband you know so much" and no other worries, Qi Yun was relieved and calmly sandwiched a steamed stuffed bun for her.

Then, saw Ye Jiao take a boiled egg, peel it, and put the raw egg in Qi Yun's bowl.

It probably happened so many times that Qi Yun didn't need Ye Jiao to say anything, so he picked up the eggs and ate them.

As a matter of fact, Qi Erlang did not like to eat boiled eggs very much, but every night he gave the gift of the Duke of Zhou, and the next day his wife would insist on boiling an egg for him to make up for it. Since eating eggs was what Qi Yun said himself, he could only accept it all according to the order.

But after eating this, Ye Jiao peeled another one for him.

Qi Yun stared at it and ate it silently.

After breakfast, Ye Jiao went to Huaning House again.

Knowing that Ye Pingrong would not come back for the time being, Ye Jiao wanted to spend more time with Huanning, not only because she was her sister-in-law, but also because Ye Jiao was friends with Huanning, always thinking about Huanning and Xiao an.

Qi Yun, on the other hand, took advantage of this period of time to ask Qin to be in charge of the wine shop.

Previously, due to the lack of suitable porcelain, the original plan to launch new wine has been shelved, but now the Wu shop has opened and promised to cooperate with Qijia Wine Store, so this matter should be handled early.

On that day, Qin went to the study to look for Qi Yun, and there was a child beside him.

Qi Erlang put down his pen, looked at it and recognized it: "Miss Wu, are you looking for a stone today?"

Wu Miaoer was still dressed in men's clothes, with her hair tied up high and dressed in a blue cloth shirt. She looked at her unfeminine and looked like a handsome little boy.

After listening to Qi Yun's words, Wu Miaoer said, as usual in the academy, "Master Qi, I'm here to talk business with you this time."

As soon as these words came out, Qi Yun raised the tip of his eyebrow.

There are a lot of people who want to talk business with him. In this capital alone, people who want a piece of the Qi family can be lined up on the street from this end of the alley, but Wu Miaoer is still the first seven-or eight-year-old child who says he wants to do business with him.

However, Qi Yun did not despise Wu Miaoer because she was young. Since Qin was able to bring her, it showed that this business could be done as soon as possible.

Qi Yun stood up, raised his hand, looked calm and said, "Miss Wu, sit down."

In fact, Wu Miaoer was particularly nervous when she walked into the Qi family. She came here to look for stones before, but now it is for the Wu family. Even if she comes here often, she can't help thinking more about it.

In her heart, Qi Yun was the benefactor who saved her family from fire and water and saved the old man of the Wu family. The Wu family has been tied up with the Qi family since it reopened.

But Wu Miaoer also knew how shrewd Qi Yun was, and even talking to him could make Wu Miaoer feel nervous.

Qi Yun's attitude at the moment was to treat her as a partner rather than a child. Wu Miaoer felt much more stable, so she saluted again and sat down in the chair.

Qin steward led Wu Miaoer to one side to take a seat, but soon Qin found an interesting thing.

Since all the people who usually come to Qi Yun's study are adults, and the tables and chairs are not specially prepared for children, this chair is a little high for Wu Miaoer.

After she sat on it, her feet could not reach the ground at all, dangling to and fro, coupled with Wu Miaoer's serious look on her face, and Qin unconsciously bent the corners of her mouth.

But he soon reined in his smile and returned to his usual elegant appearance. "second young master, I invited Miss Wu to come with me this time because I want to ask you to see if this batch of newly fired porcelain can be used," he said gently. "

Qi Yun nodded and then saw Wu Miaoer holding out a box.

Her movements were particularly serious, her expression was much more serious, she moved very lightly when she put the box on the table, and there was a faint smile on her face when she opened the lid, which she obviously liked very much.

Qi Yun only glanced at it, but did not pay much attention to Wu Miaoer's expression. He bowed his head and saw the porcelain bottle lying quietly in the box.

This porcelain bottle is extremely bright cyanotic, with a touch of red lines, which is very eye-catching, while the bottle itself has a smooth curve, a big belly and a small mouth, has a good color in the sun, and has a faint sense of transparency.

Qi Yun could not help but reach out and pick up the bottle, look at the sun, a little surprised: "so thin?"

Although Qin knew a lot about business, he knew nothing about porcelain, so he turned to Wu Miaoer.

On the other hand, young Wu Miaoer was usually a little immature, and she could still see a trace of nervousness even when she was strong, but when it came to porcelain, Wu Miaoer smiled, obviously very confident, and her voice was much more fluent: "this is thin-shell porcelain, also known as eggshell porcelain, thin as cicada wings, light as silk gauze, transparent to light, and difficult to burn." seeing Qi Yun turning the bottle, Wu Miaoer said hurriedly. "the second young master is still lighter, and the bottle can't help bumping."

As soon as these words came out, Qin was in charge of the matter with a sigh in his heart.

In his opinion, although Wu Miaoer is already an excellent little girl, she is still young and lacks words.

Although there was a tacit understanding between the Wu family and the Qi family, the Wu family wanted to specialize in porcelain for the Qi family, but Qi Yun never asked the Wu family to sell their craftsmanship unconditionally, but paid the bill seriously every time without any arrears.

Today, Wu Miaoer is holding this kind of thin-tire porcelain, which is also rare on the market. if it can really be bought and loaded by the Qi family, it will be a lucrative business, and it will not even come.

But this thin porcelain is beautiful, but it is so fragile that it will break at the slightest touch.

This is a shortcoming. If you are serious about business, it would be better to keep your mouth shut, but Wu Miaoer talked about it at the very beginning. If Qi Yun didn't want it, wouldn't it be impossible to talk about it?

But to Qin's surprise, Qi Yun not only did not dislike it, but slightly bent the corners of his mouth and whispered, "can't help bumping?" Good, very good. "

Qin couldn't figure out where to go, but when he looked at Qi Yun, he knew that the bottle had been liked by him, and it was probably going to be settled.

So the manager Qin immediately said, "second young master, I have tried to fill this bottle with wine. When I pour it into the light, I can still see the flow of the wine into the bottle. It is very beautiful."

Qi Yun glanced at Qin's steward and knew in his heart that Qin wanted to sell wine madly. There was a voice of making money in his hand, but it could not be turned into silver. was afraid that Qin had already been in a great hurry in private, and now he naturally wanted to sell wine in a bottle early.

However, instead of responding to Qin's words, Qi Yun sat down, carefully put the bottle back in the box, and turned to Wu Miaoer and said, "I like this bottle. Three hundred a month. Can you afford it?"

As soon as Qin was in charge of the matter, he was in a hurry. How could three hundred be enough?

But Wu Miaoer hesitated at first, then nodded and said, "it should be possible, but it depends on the price." She has been running her own business with the old man, and she can still know more or less.

This porcelain does not guarantee that every time it comes out is perfect, so much of it is broken after burning failure.

Thin-body porcelain is particularly difficult to burn. If you want 300 finished products, I'm afraid you'll have to occupy more than half of your own kiln.

Wu Miaoer felt a little embarrassed. was afraid that the price she had thought was going to be doubled, but the Qi family was kind to her family, and she always felt a little bad because it was too expensive, and Wu Miaoer didn't know what to do for a while.

At this time, I heard Qi Yun say, "how is ten taels of silver per bottle?"

As soon as these words came out, Wu Miaoer froze, and Qin's manager stared wide-eyed.

Ten taels of silver is ten pieces of copper, which is not a small amount, which is nothing to the rich and wealthy, but for ordinary people, there are not many people who can save three or two silver a year.

In particular, Wu Miaoer originally only wanted a bottle of consistent money, but now it has been increased tenfold, which really makes Wu Miaoer feel that she has been hit by a pie.

She didn't mind asking for an increase in price, so she nodded immediately, as if she were afraid that Qi Yun would go back on his promise.

However, Qi Yun did not finish his words: "these ten taels of silver are not given in vain. I hope that these thin-shell porcelain will not only have solid color, but also burn them as white as jade, and there will be poems and paintings on them. I will find craftsmen in this area to send them to your shop, and the Qi family will pay for them."

Wu Miaoer naturally agreed that Qi Yun had taken everything into consideration, but she was light-hearted.

Qi Yun smiled and asked someone to draw up a list and give it to Wu Miaoer, asking her to go back and discuss it carefully with the old man, and then talk about the specific rules and regulations when we meet next time.

When Wu Miaoer walked out of the study, she looked a little dazed, obviously not reflected in the fact that she had to make a fixed income of 3200 a month.

Instead of seeing her off, Qin stayed in the study. After Wu Miaoer left, he got up and saluted Qi Li and said, "second young master, I'm a little confused."

Qi Yun was taking the bottle and examining it carefully. Smelling the words without raising his eyes, Qi Yun said faintly, "ask."

The steward Qin saluted again and said, "although this thin porcelain is not easy to burn, it is also more expensive, but it is neither an antique nor unique. This ten taels of silver is a bit too high, and there are only three hundred bottles a month. I'm afraid it won't sell for a profit."

Instead of answering immediately, Qi Yun put the bottle on the table, pointed to it, and asked, "does this bottle look good?"

The manager of Qin nodded: "good-looking."

"if I buy you ten taels, will you take it?"

Qin steward immediately shook his head, thin porcelain is rare but not worth ten taels.

Qi Yun did not care, and then said, "what if it is filled with a golden bottle of wine?"

Qin calculated in mind and shook his head: "it's still not worth it."

"if I ask someone to draw a pattern on it and sell it for only three hundred or 52 a month, I have to treasure it so as not to break it, and each person can only buy no more than two bottles at a time, do you still want it?"

Qin steward listened to the first reaction is that the second young master of his family is crazy, such a small bottle of wine, 52, is it filled with melted gold pulp?

But soon the manager Qin reacted and stared at the bottle with a sudden look on his face.

When Qi Yun saw his reaction, he knew that Qin was in charge and was satisfied. After all, there was a clever steward who could save a lot of trouble and said in his mouth, "this bottle and wine are not worth much money, but they are in one place. Plus some gimmicks, there are plenty of buyers."

The manager of Qin immediately followed up and said, "what they buy wine is not whether it is worth it or not, but whether it is worth it or not."

There is no shortage of wealthy families in this capital. Gold bottles are already very expensive. In other places, it would be nice to sell one jar a day, but in this capital, the best-selling wine in Qi's restaurant is always gold bottles.

Is gold bottle wine really much better than jade liquid wine? Not really.

But there is a market, even if the price of gold is still asked for.

Now that Qi Yun really wants to sell things at gold prices, and sells only 300 bottles a month, the manager Qin can almost imagine what will happen to the regular customers in the liquor store.

What these people dislike most is that everyone else has you or not.

I'm afraid the supply of this thing will fall short of demand.

After thinking about the twists and turns, the way Qin looked at Qi Yun was very different. When the matter was opened, he felt that it was easy to understand, but he just grasped the psychology of these rich and powerful families, but Qi Yun could think of it and was able to endure it for so long. It was really amazing to wait until such a suitable bottle before starting to do it.

The abacus in Qin's mind crackled, and his face flushed with excitement at the thought of the profits he was going to make.

At this time, the manager of Qin remembered and asked, "second young master, what's the name of this wine?"

Qi Huan thought for a moment and said, "since it is similar to the method of making golden bottle wine, let's call Jinling drunk."

Jinling is drunk. Good name, it's expensive when you hear it!

Without Qi Yunduo's orders at all, the Qin steward happily went to prepare, reached a tacit understanding with the Wu family as quickly as possible, and found craftsmen with good calligraphy and painting to do the first batch. After the first ten bottles came out, the Qin steward roared eagerly to sell them.

Qi Yun stopped him and said, "Let's not sell any of these ten. We'll put them all in good wooden boxes. I'll give them away later."

As soon as Qin was in charge of the matter, there was some pain in his flesh, and he was the most stingy. Now looking at these Jinling drunken bars, it was like looking at the little gold bars one by one, and he felt a pain in his heart when he wanted to give them away.

But the manager of Qin also knew that the second young master of his family had never been a person who liked to do charity. he naturally had his own reasons for doing so, and he did not ask any more questions, but said, "second young master, who do you give it to?"

"two days later, I will send it to the eldest father's house and count it as a gift to my nephew. Then take word that if the eldest princess is interested in doing business with the Qi family, she can also discuss one or two. "

As soon as Qin steward heard this, he knew that Qi Yun was going to do the drunken business of Jinling with the elder father's mansion, which was purely a concession to the elder father's mansion, but it was not strange to think that it was Ye Jiao's brother's home over there, so Qin said nothing more and retired with a reply.

Two days later, it was Ye Anhe's full moon banquet.

Although Ye Pingrong has not returned yet, the news of his great victory at the border has been well known in the capital, coupled with the fact that Princess Huanning is the most popular with the emperor, and there are not a few people who want to make friends, so this full moon feast is particularly lively.

There was an endless stream of carriages outside the archduke's mansion, including royal relatives and dignitaries who came to congratulate them. no matter what the usual relationship was, they all had a smiling face and a friendly appearance.

On the other hand, Ye Jiao came earlier than anyone else and stayed with Huanning all the time.

Probably because of the good foundation, Huanning did not have any problems because of giving birth. Huanning, who had just given birth, looked as slim and slim as ever, his face was white and clean, and he was radiant with a little powder.

She didn't take Anhe out. Although it was hot now, Anhe was still young, and Huanning loved him again, for fear that she might touch him when it was cold, so she just let the little guy be looked after in the house.

The guests who came to the full moon banquet did not come for peace, but for the signboard of Princess Huanning and Yefu.

Everyone with a discerning eye knows that Ye Pingrong will be reused in the future. Coupled with the military meritorious service this time, the promotion of the general is to see the meritorious service, and when he comes back this time, he is afraid that he will have to make a triple jump, and he is bound to be a hot figure.

Although Huanning is not very sociable, she now has to think not only for herself, but also for her child's husband, so Huanning appears to be particularly busy.

Ye Jiao found a place to sit down after making sure that Huanning was all right, and Shi said, "Yingxiu, what are you looking at?"

Shi Shi held up the porcelain bottle on his hand to Ye Jiao with an exclamation in her eyes: "this wine is delicious, sweet as honey, but not intoxicating, and the bottle is also good-looking. You see, the calligraphy and painting above are all written by famous experts."

Ye Jiao said at a glance, "this is Jinling drunken. It's from my wine shop. It hasn't been sold yet. Now I bring it to Huanning for a banquet."

Shi smelled the words, turned the bottle on his hand, and soon understood the meaning.

This Jinling drunkenness is not cheap, but now it can be sent not only as a gift, but also to let the dignitaries who sit at the table know the reputation of the wine. when they have curiosity, they will inquire about it. At that time, Qi's wine shop is selling it out. Jinling drunkenness will soon become popular.

If it is really business material, Shi thought, this Qi Jia Jilang has a head made of gold.

Ye Jiao did not know that Shi had thought so much. her eyes looked at a pendant on Shi's waist, reached out and touched it curiously, and asked, "this sculpture is good-looking. Where did you buy it?"

Shi looked down and his ears turned red before he opened his mouth.

Ye Jiao saw the carved carp she wore around her waist. She didn't buy it, but Liu Rong gave it to her.

Since the last time Liu Rong knew that Shi liked wood carving, he began to learn to carve it himself. This carp was a finished product that Liu Rong practiced for a long time. He came to give it to Shi.

Although Shi said nothing, he took off the priceless jade dress and took the wooden carp with him every day for a moment.

Ye Jiao saw that she was silent and was about to say something when she saw Huanning coming in a hurry.

Seeing Huanning's face with some eagerness, the people who originally wanted to come up to chat were silent, and withdrew to one side with a wink, and did not move forward.

Huanning, on the other hand, sat next to the two men, regardless of the polite words, and said directly, "just now there was news from the palace that something had happened in Dingzhou, and that someone had taken advantage of the first criminal to make a riot, and the court would send troops to suppress it."

Ye Jiao did not speak, she did not understand these, only looked at Huanning, while Shi frowned and said, "can it have anything to do with you?"

After all, this dynasty has a vast territory and many local adults, and there are always some people who do not want to make trouble. There are usually such troubles, and I have never seen any such anxiety in Huanning.

Huanning shook his head and said to Shi, "it has nothing to do with me, but it has something to do with you."

Shi was stunned and subconsciously asked, "what do you mean?"

Huanning clasped Shi's hand and said in a low voice, "I heard that Liu Rongfang just entered the palace and volunteered to lead troops to suppress the rebellion."

The author has something to say: manager Qin: I think a bottle of ten or two is too much.

Qi Yun: fifty taels of wine is sold

Manager Qin: good! I think it‘s okay! Money!

Qi Yun: [money fans are also good. Jpg]