Chapter 403 Preparing for a Marriage

King Nanhuai only knew that Murong Zhuangzhuang was rich, but he didn't know that he was so rich. He immediately became excited, "Concubine Mu, with this money, we can buy more weapons."

The noble concubine said: "Last time you ordered someone to send a message saying that you want to buy a batch of bows and crossbows in the Great Moon Kingdom, now you can contact me."

"I have to wait for the next batch. I contacted the weapon dealer the day I entered the city. They have already planned to sell this batch of weapons to people from the Wulin League."

The noble concubine said coldly: "We can't wait for the next batch, just grab it."

"Here, I asked, and they said that they have reached an agreement with the Wulin League and paid a deposit."

"Then let them double the deposit. This batch of weapons has to be taken first. You didn't bring too many people with you when you returned to Beijing this time. Aijia has people under his command, but they lack weapons. You have to keep them as a backup just in case. "

"Unsubscribe? But once they unsubscribe, we have to pay the deposit for the compensation. Now that the little aunt's money hasn't arrived, where do we have money?"

"Aijia still can afford to pay the double deposit. Discuss with him and ask him to keep the bow and crossbow first. When the money comes down, we will take it higher than the 10% they give to the Wulin League. These weapon dealers only look at the money, and the money is too much." They won't care about honesty."

King Nanhuai thought for a while, "However, money is not guaranteed."

"Now it's very safe, you go, listen to Ai's family, without weapons in hand, no matter how many people there are, it's useless." Gui Taifei said.

Seeing that she was confident, King Nanhuai said, "Well, my son will contact you right away."

However, he said worriedly: "Mother, if we want to intercept this batch of weapons, we must ensure that there is enough money to pay them, otherwise, I will be a person who has no trust in the future, and they may not be with me again." To do business, besides, those people are not easy to mess with, although we are not afraid of them, but there is no need to make a fuss."

"Okay, look at your temperament, which is afraid of wolves and tigers. How can you do great things? You are indecisive and have no courage. You really have to learn from your brother. Although he is not filial to his mother and concubine, he is indeed better than you. Courageous and capable." The Grand Concubine said impatiently.

A trace of hatred flashed in King Nanhuai's eyes, but it quickly disappeared, "Yes, I have to deal with it."

The imperial concubine took out the key and took out a receipt from the cabinet, "This is the silver deposit of the concubine mother in the state-owned bank, you take it all out, go!"

"Okay, I'll go now, my son." King Nanhuai took the ticket and left.

The so-called state-owned bank is a bank opened by the imperial court for the marquis and royal relatives to deposit silver. The state-owned bank takes out these deposits for loans and collects interest. It is used as a dining place for eating under the corridor and for the knighted royal relatives.

Ordinary people are not allowed to deposit state-owned bank accounts. There are rich people in the private sector who open banks and bank accounts. However, private banks are troublesome because they cannot be used by everyone.

For example, Hu Huanxi’s Dingfeng Bank opened a bank, and the people’s money was deposited in it, and the bank issued a bank note. This bank note can only be exchanged for silver at the bank of the Dingfeng Bank. The bank notes cannot be exchanged to other banks.

Because the bank notes of the state-owned bank can only be exchanged at the state-owned bank, the bill cannot be given directly to the weapon dealers, but the silver can only be taken out and deposited in the private bank for them to withdraw by themselves.

Therefore, King Nanhuai was a little worried. Taking out such a large amount of gold or silver and depositing it in a private bank would be too big a move, which would arouse suspicion.

So he asked people to find Mr. Liang Hou, and gave Mr. Liang the ticket of the state-owned bank account, and exchanged Mr. Liang's bank note of Dingfeng, because Mr. Liang had a business cooperation with the Hu family of Dingfeng, so it would be a miracle. Unknowingly.

Lord Liang Hou exchanged the bank notes, but told Hu Huanxi about the matter. Hu Huanxi paid attention to who was taking Lord Liang's bank notes to exchange for silver.

Hu Huanxi also told Zi'an about this that night, and Zi'an told Murong Jie that Murong Jie was worried that he couldn't find this weapon dealer. Hu Huanxi's news was very useful. Murong Jie said to Zi'an: "Hu Huanxi is a born businessman. , her sense of touch is very keen, you should spend more time with her."

"Yeah, I know." Zian brought him outer clothes, "It's a bit cold today, wear more."

"It's not cold, where are you going?" Murong Jie asked.

"I'll sleep again. It's only five o'clock. After I sleep, I'll go to the princess mansion to prepare for your big event." Zi'an rubbed his eyes, feeling a little sleepy. Murong Jie is a diligent person, and he goes to court early every five or nine, so, There are always several days in a month when I wake up so early.

"Well, then you go to sleep first, don't waste the time." Murong Jie kissed her forehead with rare tenderness.

Zian hugged him and sighed: "I regret to teach my husband and son-in-law to seek a title, the ancients will never deceive me!"

"Ah?" Murong Jie was puzzled for a moment.

"It's okay, act like a baby." Zian raised his head and smiled playfully.

Murong Jie poked her on the forehead, "How old is he, why are you acting coquettish? Go, go to sleep!"

Zi An crawled back to the bed, it was really hard to argue with that, she was not sixteen years old, and she seemed to have accidentally revealed something before, blurting out that she had been a military doctor for many years, but he never asked.

Concubine Gui entered the palace early this morning, and went out with Murong Jie one after another, but she went straight to the harem.

Naturally, she euphemistically called it to assist the empress dowager in handling a strong marriage.

"Are you here so early?" The Empress Dowager asked in surprise when she saw her coming while she was dressing up.

The noble concubine said: "I can't sleep all night, the princess is going to get married, it's a big deal, but I just can't be happy in my heart."

The empress dowager also said sadly: "Isn't it? Ai's family didn't sleep. For many years, they have been looking forward to her getting married, but they are really going to get married, but it's not what Ai's family thought. I feel panicked and feel sorry for her." .”

The noble concubine said: "Then Liang Shulin, I'm afraid the princess didn't care about it at all, so she married him like this. Even though she had to, she also wronged the princess."

"Yeah, Aijia doesn't know whether it's right or wrong, but it's definitely the same. The princess won't be happy. Sometimes Aijia thinks, does this person really have a soul after death? If not, why force her? But The custom is like this, especially since she is a member of the royal family, she cannot be neglected."

"Forget it, don't think about it too much, when will the national teacher come? Do you want the national teacher to go to the princess mansion first?" the noble concubine asked.

Royal ghost marriages are all presided over by the national teacher. Although they are not considered ghost marriages now, to put it bluntly, Liang Shulin married a dead person, so according to the rules, the national teacher should also be allowed to go.

"The Ai family has already delivered the decree last night, let him wait for the decree to be promulgated and then go directly to the Princess Mansion to prepare." The Empress Dowager said.

The noble concubine got up and asked the maids to leave. She combed the empress dowager's hair herself. Looking at the person in the mirror, she said, "Remember when we were at my mother's house? I always combed your hair and you put on my makeup. In the blink of an eye, our sisters are all old."

The empress dowager also felt that time flies, "Yeah, in the blink of an eye, I'm old."

She turned her head and held the Concubine Gui's hand, and said earnestly: "Aijia hopes that our sisters can be so good for the rest of our lives, just like teenagers."

The noble concubine smiled lightly, "I really wish I could go back to those days."