Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran's original plan was that he would come to the city to inquire about Tang Mingrui's intentions. If the other party was willing to cooperate, Mo Jiuye would go to the dental clinic in the city to buy several suitable people.
He Zhiran's soul came from the modern times and did not support such human trafficking in ancient times.
But after all, she had come and could no longer go back. Following local customs was inevitable.
Using molds to make jewelry was a secret and it was impossible to casually find a few craftsmen to do it.
In order to prevent such secrets from being spread, the best way was to buy people.
In Da Shun, selling personal bonds was equivalent to the lives of those people. Their lives were in the hands of the master. Unless something unexpected happened, they would not betray the family.
Mo Jiuye was not in a hurry, but Tang Mingrui did not want to wait long.
Seeing that Mo Jiuye still did not respond, he said anxiously:
"Brother Jiu, I know the price of such jewelry must be higher. You are not doing business with me for the first time. Please trust me that I can definitely create the highest profit from this kind of jewelry."
Mo Jiuye knew Tang Mingrui was enthusiastic about doing business, but he had never seen him so anxious before, which made him couldn’t help laughing.
"There are only so many pieces of jewelry I have shown you for now. I came here this time to ask about your willingness to cooperate. Also, the watermelons at my home have partially ripened and can be harvested now."
Hearing Mo Jiuye's words, Tang Mingrui was somewhat disappointed at first, and then became excited again.
As he had expected, the watermelons were ripe. He and his family could not only eat the delicious and refreshing watermelons, but also make a lot of money.
"That's great, Brother Jiu. I will arrange for someone to transport the watermelons immediately."
As for his inability to leave Yuncheng, it had been thrown to the back of his mind for now.
Mo Jiuye also believed in Tang Mingrui's ability. Even if he did not leave Yuncheng, he had a way to sell the watermelons.
He had achieved his goal of finding Tang Mingrui. Before they parted, he had to ask:
"Brother Tang, have you encountered anything strange recently while doing business, or has anyone suspicious appeared?"
Mo Jiuye asked this for a reason.
He had just listened to the entire trial process in the court.
He guessed that someone must have instigated Wang Lin, but that person was definitely not Chen Wu.
Also, he observed Wang Lin had been avoiding eye contact all the time, especially after Tang Mingrui appeared, it became more serious.
All these little actions of his could explain that there was something big going on in this matter.
And Chen Wu was just a pawn being used. He only knew less than Wang Lin.
In addition, there was another possibility that Wang Lin had some handle that had fallen into someone else's hands, so he had no choice but to do this.
Besides, people don't kill like this in the street and get caught by passing government officials!
This was clearly a trap set for Tang Mingrui.
If it wasn't for Meng Huaining's wisdom, Wang Lin and Chen Wu's confessions would have been enough to convict him of hiring someone to commit murder.
When asked, Tang Mingrui's previous excitement disappeared in a flash. He immediately fell into deep thought, recalling what had happened recently.
After pondering for a long time, Tang Mingrui spoke up:
"After taking away those little gangsters from Xiling Village last time, in order to teach them a lesson, I directly sent them to the state government yamen and gave some benefits to Prefect.
The prefect had each of those little gangsters severely beaten twenty times, and then fined them some silver before letting them leave.
Since then, I have rarely seen those people wandering on the streets, and it has been much quieter.
Until five days ago, two restaurants named Jingxian Building opened on the two main streets of the state government. That gang leader who had not shown his face for a long time appeared with several of his men."
Hearing this, Mo Jiuye interjected, "Did you say the restaurant was called Jingxian Building?"
"That's right, Jingxian Building. As far as I know, Jingxian Building has many branches in Da Shun dynasty and belongs to a high-end consumer restaurant. Ordinary common people simply cannot afford to eat there.
Moreover, Jingxian Building's branches are all located in prosperous cities. Even as a state capital, I'm afraid this place does not meet its criteria for opening a branch." Tang Mingrui continued to explain.
Although Tang Mingrui knew about Jingxian Building, he had never thought that such a big restaurant would open in the northwest, let alone know who the real boss behind it was.
However, judging from his experience in business, the person who could open such a luxurious restaurant and had businesses all over the place must have a background. He just didn’t know what kind of background the boss had and what status he was.
Tang Mingrui didn't know, but Mo Jiuye did.
"The boss behind Jingxian Building is a collateral branch of the maternal family of the current queen. The father of the queen is Left Prime Minister Xue Qing of the current dynasty. In addition, she also has several brothers serving as officials in the imperial court.
It can be said that the queen's maternal family is a huge family in Da Shun.
Such a family not only needs people in power, but also huge financial resources behind it.
The source of the Xue family's finances is supported by the Jingxian boss, Xue Jinchuan."
This was not a secret among the aristocratic circles in the imperial capital, especially when Nan Qi fought fiercely with Nan Heng in the past. They would investigate their opponent's background and resources clearly.
Back then, he was as close as brothers with Nan Qi, so Nan Qi would definitely mention it to him after finding out about something like this.
The reason why the Xue family only had a catering business to support their finances was because Jingxian Building had four specialties.
The first specialty - Lion's Head.
The second specialty - Roast Duck.
The third specialty - Red Braised Pork.
The fourth specialty - Steamed Pomfret.
Anyone who had tasted these four dishes would praise them endlessly. The roast duck was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and oozed rich oil with every bite.
Although some people could imitate the Lion’s Head and Red Braised Pork, they couldn’t produce the palatable taste of Jingxian’s.
The Steamed Pomfret was even more highly acclaimed.
It should be known that with the lack of seasonings in ancient times, it was not easy to handle the fishy smell well.
But this steamed pomfret was cooked just right, with no fishy smell at all, and tasted particularly delicious when eating.
Therefore, no matter where Jingxian Building opened, it would be sought after by the nobles.
Speaking of these four dishes, Mo Jiuye had tasted them when he was in the imperial capital.
If he hadn't eaten the delicious dishes made by his wife, he might have thought it was sublime cuisine.
But Mo Jiuye, who had tasted many different delicacies, no longer valued Jingxian's four specialties.
Let alone Renren, even with his current cooking skills and his wife's unique seasonings from her space, the dishes produced would definitely overwhelm Jingxian's.
Moreover, Jingxian's dishes were expensive, only making money from the rich. Because the price of each dish there was beyond what ordinary commoners could afford.
That is to say, Jingxian only did business with the rich. It was not that there were no rich people in the northwest, but compared with other regions, there were far fewer.
