After the banquet was over, Guan Kai Huisheng returned to the mansion in a carriage first, leaving He Xiu and Qiao Shenming here to discuss some details in detail.

Chang Xin was very happy in his heart, and now he was very drunk, leaving his son to entertain the two of them: "Brother He, let's talk about some details, how should I cooperate with you?"

"Chang Gongzi, what you have to do is very simple, that is, to share the construction of five thousand spear weapons, so that the two of us can complete the construction of all ten thousand weapons within half a month, and then use half a month to deliver them to Chang Zhou. He Xiu knew the seriousness of this matter, so when he was drinking just now, he deliberately didn't dare to drink heavily, and at this moment, his mind remained clear enough.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to me, and I promise to hand over five thousand spears and weapons to you within half a month. Chang An also knew that this matter was extraordinary, so he didn't dare to drink just now, and patted his chest and said.

"Chang Gongzi, we are all traders, since we are doing business, then we have to have black and white as evidence, if you don't mind, we will draw up a contract now, preliminarily settle this matter, and wait for the two families to wake up tomorrow, make the final decision." ”

Qiao Shenming was the main writer, and He Xiu explained the terms one by one, listing a total of thirty-eight items, and these terms cannot be detailed.

Chang An then supplemented these articles and listed 12 more treaties, for a total of 50 treaties written on two sheets of paper.

Qiao Shenming re-transcribed a copy and handed it to Chang An, and the two returned to the Guan Mansion in the dark.

"Master, aren't you drunk, why are you sitting in the living room at the moment?" Qiao Shenming asked casually when he saw that Guan Kaihui didn't have the drunkenness he had just now.

"Brother Qiao, can't you see it? Uncle Guan was pretending to be drunk just now, how could Uncle Guan be drunk for such a big thing?"

"Yes, the old man is indeed not drunk, and he does not dare to get drunk, show me those contracts. ”

After Guan Kaihui looked through it carefully, he didn't make a sound, but put his hands behind his back, raised his head and closed his eyes and walked around the hall, as if thinking about something: "There is still a little thing missing in these contracts, but what is it? You two also think about it carefully." ”

The two of them looked at each other, filtered the terms and conditions that had just come to mind, and still didn't find anything they wanted to add.

After half a ring, Guan Kaihui suddenly turned around: "Think about it, if there is a problem with some weapons among these 10,000 weapons, you say, how should we distinguish whose weapons have problems?"

"Yes, Uncle Guan has thought it out very well, if the Chang family gets in the way and wants to murder us, this is the best way. He Xiu was woken up by the reminder, and suddenly realized: "This is called killing people with a knife." ”

"What Brother He said is true, but what can be done to distinguish the weapons built by our two families?" Qiao Shenming's mind spun rapidly: "Can you tie some marks and other things to the weapons to distinguish them?"

Guan Kaihui immediately denied: "No, this will look a little unsightly, but it will smash the signboard of our own home, think about it again, there will definitely be a better way to solve this matter." ”

"Uncle Guan, Xiu'er has an idea that I don't know if it's appropriate or not. ”

Guan Kaihui couldn't wait, anxious to know the answer: "Hurry up!"

"If we carved each other's surnames on the bodies of these spears, wouldn't that affect the aesthetics?" He Xiu thought of the statues and came up with the idea.

"That's a good idea, but after all, these weapons are meant to be sent to the military department, and if we leave our surnames, will we attract the impeachment of those treacherous villains in the DPRK? Although Guan Kaihui agreed with this idea, he was also very hesitant.

"Uncle Guan, this is easy to do, it can be engraved at the bottom of the spear shaft," He Xiu said here and saw that the two of them were going to oppose it again, so he hurriedly said: " Don't deny this statement yet, listen to me slowly, these spears are used for battlefield battles, and their own weight will be much heavier than those swords, it is impossible to stand these spears in the air for a long time, so the bottom of these spear shafts will often touch the ground, and we will engrave our surname at the bottom, so that over time our surname will be smoothed until it disappears. ”

Qiao Shenming listened to him, and he was secretly thinking about it in his heart, thinking that this idea was the most suitable, "Haha, good idea, Brother He really has you," and then added: "Since this is the case, we have to add one more, that is, let the Chang family keep this secret and not tell it to others, otherwise it will be counted as a breach of contract, master, is this good?"

After hearing this, Guan Kaihui nodded with satisfaction: "Well, yes, what you two said makes sense, with these marks, it indirectly leaves us with a way back, but what about quality? How to monitor them in terms of quality?"

He Xiu immediately put forward a solution to the problem: "This is easy to do, we can send someone there to supervise, and Brother Qiao will trouble you in this matter." ”

"Master, I am willing to take on the heavy responsibility and go to the Chang family's armory shop to supervise them. Qiao Shenming did not hesitate, and directly asked for battle: "There is no one more suitable for this matter than me." ”

"Okay, Steward Qiao, the lives of more than a thousand people of our Guan family will be handed over to you!" Guan Kaihui patted his shoulders with both hands, and his eyes showed emotions that he had never felt before: "As long as you get this matter done, I will personally come forward to help you solve it." ”

"Thank you, Master, I'll write these contracts on it now, Master, it's not too early, I'll go back to the bedroom, ponder this matter carefully, and see if there are any details that have been dropped. ”

He Xiu had been dealing with Qiao Shenming for so long, and he had never heard him say anything on his mind, and he was aroused by curiosity for a while: "Uncle Guan, what did you say just now, what is that matter in Brother Qiao's heart?"

Guan Kaihui was asked by him, he was very surprised, he felt that with the relationship between the two of them, it should have reached the point where there was nothing to talk about, nothing to say: "Haha, Steward Qiao is really hidden, he didn't tell you about this matter, no matter what, this is not an unsightly thing, Steward Qiao fell in love with a woman, and he was cowardly in his heart, and he didn't dare to confess to him, I already had this idea in my heart, and I wanted to match the two of them, but I didn't know what the woman thought in her heart, so I didn't open my mouth for a long time." ”

"Ah, there is such a good thing, this Brother Qiao has been hiding from me for so long, it really shouldn't be, whose woman is this, so blessed to be favored by our Steward Qiao!" He Xiu was even happier when he heard that Qiao Shenming belonged in his heart.

"Haha, you also know this woman, it's Gu Tiantian. ”

was in a happy mood for a while, but after hearing this, a layer of contradiction was cast in his heart, he always felt that Gu Tiantian was favored by Guan Kaihui and wanted to continue the string, but he didn't expect it to be Qiao Shenming, who got along with him day and night.

The things that I thought of before have suddenly become clear, it turned out that Guan Kaihui invited Gu Tiantian to his home in order to match the two of them and create some opportunities for the two of them to meet, but he was blinded by the illusion in front of him, and smiled bitterly in his heart.

Just when I was silently blessing the two of them in my heart, I suddenly felt a strange feeling.

A woman like Gu Tiantian should be said to like it if she is a man, and a question mark suddenly appeared in her heart: Do you like her too...... No, no, no, no, no, I only have He'er in my heart, not to mention that this is Brother Qiao's sweetheart, how can I have such a dirty idea......

"Haha, Xiu'er, it seems that you were really surprised, okay, put this matter aside for the time being, you go back and rest, think about those contracts, and see if there are any missing places. ”

The cool breeze of the late spring night blew the candlelight in the house, swaying from side to side, He Xiu climbed on the table and silently wrote those contracts on a piece of paper, biting the tip of the pen and thinking carefully.

Even thought of the Guo family, after all, the two of them have a marriage contract, if there is a mistake in this matter, then his Guo family should not be able to escape, and the first minister of the court, Guo Fengli will naturally be dragged into the water.

If you follow this line, nothing should happen, after all, no one will joke about their heads, let alone the heads of everyone in the two families.

There is also Xiankang, since he handed over this matter to the Guan family, he should also have a plan in his heart, even if he is for his own safety, he will not let this matter go wrong.

After thinking about it, I went through all the most powerful relationships again, and made sure that I didn't miss any details, and then I took off my clothes and fell asleep.

On the morning of the second day, Guo's father and son came to visit and said that they all accepted the contracts last night and had no objections.

The details that the three of them thought of together last night were all written on a piece of paper, and He Xiu let them decide between father and son.

After reading it, Guo's father and son said that they still had no objections, and took the lead in signing the contract.

Guan Kaihui then also signed and drew a pledge on it, which means that the two of them are now tied to a rope, and they want to die, everyone dies together, they want to get rich, and everyone gets rich together.

Guan Kaihui added another point verbally, he said that before this matter is completed, no one is allowed to drink, not to go to Fengyue place, and not to leave the town for half a step.

Everyone nodded, and then everyone went their separate ways, and Qiao Shenming followed their father and son to the armory.

Everything is already there, but the more this happens, the more something bigger is missing.

"Uncle Guan, we're still careless!"

When they signed the pledge just now, He Xiu had already thought of this matter, but the scene was so angry that he couldn't allow himself to stop.

"Xiu'er, what do you want to say?" Guan Kaihui looked at him nervously, and beads of sweat the size of beans had appeared on his forehead.

He Xiu clenched his fists, and spit out four words heavily in his mouth: "Taoyuan Ore Vein!"

The beads of sweat on Guan Kaihui's forehead have rolled down: "Taoyuan Ore Vein, Xiu'er, what do you want to say? Did you notice something?"

"Uncle Guan still remembers the Chang family's 100 or so miners who took refuge in us? Their performance has always been tangled in my heart, and I have secretly laid a lot of eyeliner, but I still haven't found anything strange...... Uncle Guan, you say, are they waiting for something......"

The second layer of sweat beads on Guan Kaihui's forehead rolled down in an instant, everything was taken into account, and he forgot the most important detail: "Xiu'er, what do you say we should do now?"

He Xiu said all the methods he thought of: "If you want to be foolproof, the best way is to dismiss them immediately, but it will also cause dissatisfaction among other mine servants, I am afraid that it will cause greater incitement at that time, and we will be passive at that time." ”

These suggestions can't even convince himself, and Guan Kaihui won't agree to it, but the matter is already like this, and the only solution is that He Xiu personally goes to Taoyuan to supervise the battle.

This matter seems to be a business, but in fact it is a smokeless war, with many conspiracies and schemes, and if you are not careful, you will lose your head and money.

As a common man, he was already in a weak position, and the emperor's family, born noble, from the day he was born, held all the power of life and death tightly in his hands, which can be described as a real turning over his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain.