Chapter 164
No one asked Wen Lianggong why the nobles in the court did not allow him to open a warehouse with them to sell the grain they stocked up. Wen, Qian, Wen, and Wen, the three families who had grain stocks, Qiu, Dan, and Shan, agreed to advance and retreat with Wen, but weren't it all because of the nobles in the court?
Although Qiu Shuyu, Shan Yudong, and Shan Deyan didn't know who the nobles in the court were, and even Qian Hengduo and Wen Shannan actually didn't know much about the nobles in the court. But they knew better, don't look at their glory and wealth in the house, but for those nobles in the court, they were just a slightly stronger ant.
Some things that should not be asked or understood must be fools.
"I heard from my brother-in-law that noble man is asking us to sell the food we stocked up at a low price?" Qian Hengduo's face looked extremely ugly, and he stared at Wen Lianggong with a gloomy face and said slowly.
Except for Wen Shannan, the other two Qiu Shuyu, Shan Yudong and Shan Deyan heard Qian Hengduo's words and said nothing, but their faces were extremely ugly.
Yes, no matter who worked hard to hoard so much food and even offends Jia Sidao, who was at the peak of his life, just wanted to make a fortune, but in the end he was made to look like that. Who would feel better if he was?
Especially Qiu Shuyu, Shan Yudong, and Shandeyan, the family business was much smaller than Wen Lianggong, Wen Shannan, and Qian Hengduo. He put so much money on the grain, so he saw that Wen Lianggong and others had a backer, and no matter how bad he was, he would not be able to cook a rabbit or a dog. After all, he thought about the law and did not blame the public, so he agreed to advance and retreat with the three families. Now it seems that it is not said that people offended it, but it seems that it would be good to get the money back. If I had known this, it would have been better to accept Jia Guojiu and buy the grain to the court at the price. Although he made less money, he would still have some profits after all, right? And he could also leave some incense in the uncle Jia Guojiu.
Now it seems that it is going to steal a chicken but lose a handful of rice.
Unfortunately, everything is sold in this world, but there is no regret medicine to sell.
"Don't worry, uncle. The situation in the court is not something that we can guess. I think that nobleman has his considerations and has made such arrangements. Brothers, now we have offended uncle Jia Guogong and Shi Youqiao because of the matter of hoarding grain. If we offend this nobleman again, we will probably have no place for us to establish a foothold in the Song Dynasty.
So I think that even if I make less money this time, it would be fine if I lose some money. The noble man still has some understanding of the character, and he is definitely not the one who broke the bridge across the river. If I help him this time, the noble man will definitely compensate me in the rest of the world in the future."
Wen Lianggong's words mean full of confidence. This is also the news conveyed by the noble confidant just now.
As soon as these words were said, Qian Hengduo, Wen Shannan and others' expressions finally improved.
"I wonder who the noble man Brother Suichang mentioned was in the court? It would be better for me to be at ease, right?"
Wen Shannan, who had not spoken, swept around, touched his beard twice, and said slowly.
Li Mingfu, Li Shao, Yuan Fu and others have had relationships with his literary family. During the holidays, all kinds of etiquettes are not enough, so they are very friendly with each other. However, he has never seen the noble people mentioned by Wen Lianggong. Even if he asks, Wen Lianggong always makes him vaguely, which has long made him extremely dissatisfied. Naturally, he will not miss this opportunity at this time.
Although the Wen family, Qian family, Wen family, and the three families have always shown a common sense, the real situation is not as harmonious as outsiders see. When facing outsiders, the three families are naturally unanimous to the outsiders, but in private, the three families actually have some disputes. What's more, the most important thing about the three families in the first place was that the three families fought for too long, and the ancestors were careful to be taken advantage of by outsiders, so they had the helpless move of this marriage.
Although marriage can keep the three families consistent, it is also different from closeness and distantness.
Wen Lianggong married Qian Hengduo's sister, while Wen Shannan's son married Wen Lianggong's daughter. The difference between the distance is naturally different. After all, Wen Lianggong does not have only one daughter, and Wen Shannan does not have only one son. So relatively speaking, among the three families, the Wen family and the Qian family naturally get closer. After all, Qian Hengduo's sister is Wen Lianggong's wife.
Hearing Wen Shannan's words, Wen Lianggong not only frowned slightly.
At this time, it is obvious that the three families should unite to appease the other three Qiu families, so as not to get confused and disturb the nobleman's arrangement. However, Wen Shannan's words implicitly imply the temptation of the palace. Obviously, he did not believe in Wen Lianggong very much, and wanted to see if the nobleman Wen Lianggong said was qualified to make several families pay so much to please him.
"Yixuan said this very well. Brother-in-law, it's time now. Just tell me who is the noble person is, so I can rest assured, right?"
What Wen Lianggong did not expect was that his elder brother-in-law Qian Hengduo had already stood on the side of Wenshannan at this time.
Look at the expressions of the other three Qiu Shuyu, Shan Yudong and Shan Deyan. Wen Lianggong looked at Wen Shannan again with anger.
Wen Lianggong's only concern for the six people in this hall is Wen Shannan. Although Qian Hengduo is his elder brother-in-law, Wen Lianggong looked down on this elder brother-in-law very much. Of course, this idea only exists in his heart, so he naturally cannot tell everyone.
In Wen Lianggong's opinion, Qian Hengduo was simple-minded and could only sell food and play with women. The rest did not have much ability to make moves. The reason why the Qian family still existed was that because his wife was Qian Hengduo's sister, more importantly, Wen Shannan interfered, so he never had the opportunity to swallow the entire Qian family in one bite.
The rest are like Qiu Shuyu, Shan Yudong, and Shandeyan. The family is small and the business is small. Although he is a little smart, the gap in strength makes him not take the three of them seriously at all.
As for Wenshan Nan, it was gentle and slow, and he didn't talk much. In fact, at the beginning, the Wen family should have been the weakest among the three families. However, in recent years, the Wen family has been in a vague position in his hands. Only Qian Hengduo, a fool who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, doesn't know that the Wen family's financial resources are now higher than that of Qian family, and they are vaguely in line with the Wen family. After all, Wenshan Nan is what Wen Lianggong is most worried about.
This is also the main reason why Wen Lianggong wanted to hide the noble man firmly behind the scenes. After all, with the relationship between the three families, at least on the surface, it is not a situation where one prospers and one loses the other?
Even though the nobleman really didn't want to expose his identity, Wen Lianggong would have nothing to tell Wen Shannan and Qian Hengduo. After all, he had already revealed his identity in front of Wen Lianggong, so it would be okay to let the Qian family and Wen family know. Moreover, the nobleman didn't have to tell the Wen family and Qian family, but Wen Lianggong didn't want to tell it.
Chapter completed!