Although it was not yet Dragon Boat Festival, the weather was already very hot. Yi Zhizu lay comfortably under the shade of the tree. Chunmei and Xiahe maids beat their legs and rubbed their shoulders. Yi Zhizu enjoyed while playing with the small and exquisite purple clay teapot. He suddenly asked, "How long have you been with me?"

Chunmei glanced at him, lowered her head and said softly: "In another month, it will be two years."

Two years have passed? The original third young master of the Yi family must have quite understood it. Yi Zhizu thought to himself that his sudden change in his living habits would definitely not be able to hide the sudden change of two maids. Did he send some money to change the two maids?

Then he thought again that Yi Yunchang and Yi Zhishu must have been extremely shocked and surprised by his sudden changes. Will he just changed the servant and changed the two maids for no reason to arouse suspicion between them?

Besides, the third young master of the Yi family has already slept with two maids. Is it a bit unreasonable to drive out? This is not a servant. Also, he can drive the two maids out of the East Cluster Courtyard, but can he drive them out of the Yi Mansion directly? If he is chewing around in the mansion, he may not be beautiful.

After a while of silence, he sighed softly and said, "Time is so fast, it's almost two years in a flash."

Xia Hejue's young master is a bit weird today, and it's so good. Why did he suddenly mention this? Is it possible that the young master is going to get married? The young master is eighteen this year. At this age, he has already got married in a wealthy family. Thinking of this, she asked timidly: "Is the young master going to get engaged?"

Get engaged? Yi Zhizu didn't expect the two maids to think of this. However, Futaixing has stabilized now and with the support of Yi Yunchang, Yi Yunchang has no worries. His marriage is probably on the agenda. This is really a troublesome thing. Going to bed with a woman he doesn't know is a romantic encounter, marrying a woman he never knew... He really can't accept it.

After a while, he followed the conversation and said, "Don't worry, I am not a ruthless person. After getting married, I will definitely give you a title."

When they heard this, Chunmei and Xiahe were stunned. They were maids, and their best way out was to become the concubine of the master. Although the status of the concubine was still low, they were half-slaves and half-masters, but they were much taller than the maid. Neither of them expected that they would actually get a great prize for no reason. They quickly got up and knelt down and said, "I thank you for your servant."

"At up, don't kneel down at any time." Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "Go and clean up the study."

When the two girls left, Yi Zhizu shook the recliner, swaying and listening to the cicadas, he slowly calmed down. Futaixing was not at risk of bankruptcy for the time being, but next year the court will vigorously ban smoking and the Crow and Film War only has two or three years left. After the Crow and Film War, the court was forced to open trades for five people, and the Thirteen Trade War will become history.

It can be imagined that before the 13-Shanghai smoke disappeared, Lin Zexu banned smoking and after the outbreak of the raven war and the defeat, all the 13-Shanghai merchants would definitely be forced to bleed heavily, which is inevitable. In the past two years, Futaixing not only had to repay 400,000 yuan in debt, but also deal with the large blackmail from the court, and accumulate some capital for future development. This is a lot of pressure. For a happy life in the future, we have to plan carefully.

As for the Raven and Film War, he didn't want to worry too much. At least with his current situation, it would be useless to think about it. He neither could stop the court from banning smoking nor had the ability to change the British's ideas.

Perhaps, he could influence Thirteen, but what position did Thirteen take in the Raven and Film War? What was his attitude towards the court's ban on smoking? Guangzhou Raven and Film Smuggling is so rampant, what role does Thirteen play in it? Now he is looking at it and thinking about it is just a fantasy, so why bother to spend his energy?

In Xiguan, Jardinea Bank borrowed 100,000 silver dollars to Futai Bank and guaranteed all of Futai Bank's debts quickly spread under the intention of Yi Yunchang. A group of business merchants who had business dealings with Futai Bank and foreign businessmen who lend to Futai Bank heard the news and went to Jardinea Bank to inquire. After receiving the affirmation of Jardinea Bank, they rushed to Futai Bank.

Their purpose of rushing to Futai Bank is naturally no longer to collect debts or cancel orders and reduce orders, but to make friends almost to increase orders and re-renew orders. The lending not only does not collect debts, but instead indicates that they can continue to increase the amount of loans. With Futai Bank, a giant who is fully supported by Jardine Massachusetts, what else is there to worry about?

Yi Yunchang received the reception group and served tea and saw the guests off again and again. The muscles on his face were frozen, but he felt happy in his heart. He finally sent these people away. The merchants from several small businesses from Thirteen Streets visited one after another.

These merchants all knew what happened to Futaixing and Jardine Run before. Not only did they have no friendship, but they were not very good at it. This is something that everyone knows. Why did Jardine Run help Futai Run at a critical moment? It was both borrowing and guaranteeing, and it was very strong to maintain and support it. They didn't understand the whole story. They all felt like they were tickling in their hearts.

Yi Yunchang naturally would not say much, and he himself really didn't figure out what was going on. With Wu Changqing on the way, he didn't have the chance to ask. He thought about it, but he didn't understand what Yi Zhizu said to Wu Bingjian, which not only won the strong support of Wu Bingjian, but also won the praise of Wu Bingjian.

He sent all the merchants away politely. Yi Yunchang didn't care that it was still early, so he went back to the house in a sedan chair. He was also as if he was scratching his cat, and he couldn't wait to go home to find Yi Zhizu to find out the whole story.

When he got off the sedan chair in the sedan hall, he saw the butler Su Yunqing, and he asked, "Is the Third Young Master in the Mansion?"

Su Yunqing hurriedly said, "Go back to the master, the third young master has not gone out after returning to the mansion in the morning. After paying his respects to his wife, he has been in the East Cross Courtyard."

"Okay." Yi Yunchang immediately ordered: "Get a kitchen to clean up a table of banquets and send them to the East Cross Courtyard. When the eldest young master comes back, he will also let him come." After that, he went straight to the East Cross Courtyard.

Yi Zhizu was practicing calligraphy in the study room. The servant reported to the master outside the door that he had come. He quickly packed up the terrible exercises, and then quickly met Yi Yunchang outside the courtyard gate. After bowing to see him, he smiled and said, "If you have something to do, I'll send someone to call my child over..."

"You are pure here." Yi Yunchang said as he walked straight in, sat in the main room, and left the maid. He smiled and said, "Fu Taixing can be resurrected this time. It still feels like a dream for your father... I have never figured out why Mr. Pinghu strongly supported Fu Taixing. You should understand and tell him now, otherwise I will always feel uneasy in my heart."
Chapter completed!