Ninefold Purple

The boy came back and reported, "My son is reconciling the accounts."

Zeng Wu raised his foot and gave the boy a slap: "I don't know Shizi is reconciling accounts! Who is Shizi reconciling with? When will the account be reconciled? What is the income of Guangdong No. [-] Bank? You don't know." I will use my brain to inquire about it. It is really a tung oil lamp, turn it on and turn it on!"

The boy clutched his kicked thigh, and murmured: "Even the Duke of the Kingdom doesn't know how much the Guangdong Thirteen Bank's income is. I, how would I know?"

"You say you're stupid, but you dare to talk back!" Zeng Wu kicked the boy again, "You don't know whether the son is happy or not? No wonder you haven't made any progress after being a boy for several years! Hurry up and find out more!"

The servant didn't dare to reply, and limped to Yizhitang. [

Zeng Wu brushed off his sleeves, and muttered in his heart: I'm not Lu Zheng's idiot, why am I sent to the door to be beaten by the eldest son?

Thinking that from now on, Lu Zheng could only eat in the counting room and wait to die, so he felt complacent for a while, and grabbed a passing maid: "Go, make me a cup of Dahongpao."

The servant girl gave him a blank look, and said: "The Dahongpao is a tribute, and it can only be taken after the Duke of the State orders it."

Zeng Wu sneered: "It's the Duke who wants to explain it. If you don't believe me, just ask the Duke."

The servant girl blushed, even though she knew he was a fake tiger, she didn't dare to question Song Yichun, she went to the tea room with her head down to make a pot of Dahongpao for him.

He sat on the master chair in the tea room and slowly sipped tea. The well-behaved boy finally spoke with something to say this time: "Here are the big shopkeeper Zhong Bingxiang of the Guangdong Thirteenth General Headquarters and the heads of the farms. , It has been open for five days, the son of the world is very happy, and last night he hosted a banquet in Zuixianlou, entertaining the shopkeepers and the head of the village."

Zeng Wu was a little distracted when he heard that.

In the past, when the British government and Yizhitang were not separated, the shopkeeper Zhong Da came to Kyoto from Guangdong every year to reconcile accounts.They will bring some small things for these maids and servants, even in the pawn shop on Dongda Street, they can be pawned for a tael of silver.But since the people in Yizhitang stopped eating in the same pot as the people in the British government, they can no longer see the stuff of Master Zhong.

It's even cheaper than the stuff in Yizhitang!

He is jealous and envious.Thinking that one year, Lu Zheng entrusted Zhong Bingxiang with 200 taels of silver to go to Guangdong to invest in shares. In the second year, the 200 taels of silver became 200 taels of silver.He looked at it, and was moved at that time, but he didn't have any money in his hand.It's just coveted.But now...Yesterday I went to Zuixianlou with the Duke of the State to socialize, and the soldier rewarded me with five taels of silver; two days ago, the Duke of the State wanted to eat sesame cakes, so he ran away and dropped two coins... He has only been able to serve the Duke of the country for seven or eight days, and he already has about ten taels of silver in his hand.Although it's not as good as Lu Zheng, it's not too bad. Why don't you entrust Zhong Bingxiang to invest in that stock.

It's just that I don't know if Zhong Bingxiang is still willing to help this favor?

He thought about it, and went to Song Yichun's place: "My lord is reconciling the account with Zhong Da, the shopkeeper of Guangdong Shisanhang, and the heads of other farms have also arrived. Although I don't know how Yizhitang's income is this year, but my lord is happy Very, yesterday I invited shopkeeper Zhong Da and others to drink in Zuixianlou."

Song Yichun was talking to Zhuangtou of Tianjin Wei: "The mountains and forests in Tunkou all earned 2000 taels of silver last year. Why is it only 800 taels this year?"

Hearing Zeng Wu's words, a ball of fire suddenly rose in his heart, and he couldn't stop it.

He picked up the handkerchief and smashed it on the head of Tianjin Wei Zhuang: "Idiot, I can't answer any questions you ask. What do you want?"

All of a sudden, the head of the village in Tianjin Wei was so frightened that his legs were like sieves, and he knelt down with a plop: "Please calm down, the weather was good last year. There was a strong wind this summer, and some trees were blown up by the roots - this year's trees are not as good as last year's." The income is not as much as last year."

Why are there strong winds in his mountains and forests, and Song Mo's thirteen lines are calm, and there is not even a tornado throughout the year.

Song Yichun's face was livid, but from the corner of his eye, he glanced over Tao Qizhong's face inadvertently—a hint of surprise flashed in Tao Qizhong's eyes.Song Yichun is a suspicious person. Seeing his heart suddenly burst, he opened his mouth and shouted "Come here", pointing to the head of Tianjin Wei's village, "Drag me to this nonsense thing and beat me twenty big boards, I think He's not telling the truth!"

Hearing this, Zhuangtou of Tianjin Wei's whole body fell limp to the ground, crying and shouting "forgive me": "It's not the strong wind, it's the little one who wants to please the Duke of the country. Last year he sold all the trees that could be sold. This year There are only some small saplings left, and they cannot be sold for a price...I’m not lying, if the Duke of the Kingdom doesn’t believe it, you can ask Liu Da, he knows best.”[

Liu Da was the former boss of Tianjin Wei. Song Yichun was dissatisfied with Tianjin Wei's income, so the servant who was close to him took over his cousin. Seeing that this man spoke clearly, he asked him to replace Liu Da... Unexpectedly But he is a guy who talks on paper!

He was trembling with anger, stepped forward and kicked the man's head a few times: "Get out of here! Don't let me see you again!"

Zhuangtou stumbled up and ran out with a face full of horror.

Tao Qizhong couldn't help coughing softly.

Song Yichun came to his senses, and hurriedly called the servants beside him: "Throw that guy into the firewood room for me, and if you don't account clearly, send him directly to the yamen."

Several guards waiting outside rushed up and dragged Zhuangtou away.

Zeng Wu shrank his shoulders.

Song Yichun also lost the mood to continue reconciling accounts, waved his hand, and drove everyone away.

Grandpa Guo said that the wind is rain, and he had to save some money while he was still with Grandpa Guo. Even if he was down and out, he would not be poor.

Zeng Wu thought for a while, and called a confidant boy: "Go and see what shopkeeper Zhong is doing?"

The boy went away quietly.Come to call him at noon: "The business of Mr. Zhong is over, and he only talks and chats with people in the side hall every day. The son is reconciling accounts with several farm heads."

Zeng Wu decided to go see Zhong Bingxiang now. If he waited until evening, he might not have seen him, but he was tied up and handed over to the Duke by the Yizhitang people.

The concierge of Yizhitang stopped him at the door with a half-smile: "Who is Fifth Master Zeng looking for? Shall we inform you? You are a distinguished guest!"

Zeng Wu didn't dare to show off in front of the gatekeeper of Yizhitang, and smiled obsequiously: "Look at what my brother said, I'm not an honored guest, but I'm just an errand in front of the Duke..." He just talked about a big basket, and seeing that The concierge's expression was slightly ashen, which explained the intention of coming.

The porter was about to report to him.I saw Zhong Bingxiang and Chen Qushui walking towards this side talking and laughing.

Zeng's five eyeballs almost fell off.

Subconsciously, he wanted to dodge, and hurriedly said: "Since the shopkeeper Zhong Da has a customer, I'll talk about it later." Then he ran away in a hurry.

But when he turned into the woods, he stopped immediately, without thinking, and got into the woods.

Through the bushes at the height of a person, Zeng Wu saw Zhong Bingxiang and Chen Qushui standing on the steps of the gate of Yizhi Hall, glanced casually in the direction he was running away, and talked again with a smile Come.

After a while.A carriage drove in.

A 20-year-old young man got off the carriage.

Zhong Bingxiang and Chen Qushui saw it and went up to meet him. [

Chen Qushui introduced the young man to Zhong Bingxiang.

The young man saluted Zhong Bingxiang respectfully.

Zhong Bingxiang hurriedly took the man with him, smiling and talking to Chen Qushui.

Five or six servants jumped out of the carriage behind the young man and carried down several camphor wood boxes.

Chen Qushui, Zhong Bingxiang and the young man walked towards Yizhitang.

Several young men carried the box and followed behind.

The figures of a group of people quickly disappeared at the side door of Yizhitang.

Zeng Wu's eyes rolled quickly, and he took a small path out of the British government.Pretending to have just come in from the outside, he approached the carriage parked next to Yizhitang, and curiously asked the carriage driver who was "hairing" the horse: "Hey, which prefecture are you from? Why do you stop here?"

The coachman spoke in a dialect: "We came from Zhending. Shopkeeper Zhao ordered us to rest here."

Are you sure?

Madam's natal family!

Zeng Wu thought of the two boxes of banknotes that Dou Zhao married as a dowry, and then thought of the boxes carried in, and couldn't help trembling. He wanted to ask again, but he saw the porter of Yizhitang walking towards him with a teapot and a teacup. come over.He faltered twice, got into the nearby woods, and ran into the flower hall of Xixiangyuan in a rampage.

"Master Guo, Lord Guo." He pretended to be bluffing and shouted, "I saw a visitor from Yizhitang!"

Song Yichun said angrily, "What are you shouting for? There are no rules at all."

Zeng Wu hurriedly saluted respectfully.

Song Yichun said: "What happened?"

Zeng Wu took a few steps forward and said in a low voice: "Grandpa, I was going to inquire about Yizhitang's account reconciliation just now. Who knew that Mr. Chen who lived in Yizhitang used to bring the shopkeeper Zhong to greet him. A strange young man went in, and the man brought several suitcases with him."

Song Mo was rescued.So far only Song Yichun, Tao Qizhong and Chang Huwei know about the British government.Zeng Wu just felt that Chen Qushui's appearance was very abrupt and weird, and didn't think of anything else.

Song Yichun's expression changed: "Chen Bo and Chen Bingxiang welcomed a young man in together?"

A trace of cunning flashed across Zeng Wu's eyes, and he said, "I also found out clearly that the man's surname is Zhao, he is from Zhending, and he is from Madam's natal family... Those boxes are camphorwood boxes, which are used for Books, banknotes, insect-resistant camphorwood boxes."

Song Yichun also thought of the two boxes of banknotes that Dou Zhao married.

His complexion became very ugly.

Dou family, what do you want to do?

Song Yichun called Tao Qi to come back.

Tao Qi said with a heavy headache: "Master, why don't you invite the son to ask if the boxes contained silver bills, as the son, he would not deny it. If we go to inquire, we may not be able to find out. .”

What do you mean by "unable to find out"?

Song Yichun was so angry that his mouth was twisted, but there was no better way, so he had to tell Tao Qizhong: "Go and invite the son over!"

This is really whoever came up with the idea and whoever will do it!

Tao Qizhong smiled wryly.

Zhong Bingxiang, however, jumped up from the grand master's chair, pointed to a few mouthfuls of camphor wood incense seeds in the flower hall, and said dumbfoundedly: "This, what is this?"

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Sisters and brothers, today's update.

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