Chapter 138: The Face of the Adversary
At night, the princess of Chengguo is in the horse house.
Since the founding of the Wu Dynasty, the Zhou royal family has branched out and has become quite prosperous now. However, due to the strict management of the clan, there are many rich and noble princes, but there are not many who are really valued in military and political affairs. Among them, the colt is naturally the most embarrassing identity title.
However, although Jiangning has more than one person who has the identity of a concubine, but the princess of Chengguo is not the same, generally speaking, although the princess is noble, she is not a very capable person who is willing to be a concubine, but Kang Xian's identity is a contemporary Confucian, and there are real materials in writing. And the most important thing is that the seniority of the two is already older than the average royal family at this time.
Generally speaking, the emperor's nv is called the princess, and the sisters are called the eldest princess, and as the emperor's aunt, Zhou Xuan, the princess of Chengguo, has the title of the eldest princess at this time. It's big and long, and it sounds like it's powerful. In short, although the talented eldest princess Zhou Xuan and the talented and learned concubine Kangxian are already at an age of retirement, it seems that life is leisurely, but in fact, they have unimaginable shopping mall industry and wealth, if they are brought to the surface, it may be enough to make everyone stunned.
Of course, smart people know how to protect themselves, and in the Jiangning area, the power of the princess of Chengguo is basically free from many major events, and many industries under her control are nothing more than an attitude of making a fortune in a muffled voice. Because of this, many royal relatives around are also more willing to get close to this side. This afternoon, King Kang Zhou Yong led a pair of NVs to drink tea with many talents, and then came over to string mén by the way.
At this time, dinner time had passed, and Zhou Yong was chatting with the imperial aunt in the courtyard. Fang Cai's pair NV and Kang Xian are also here, but Xiǎo Pei and Jun Wu often come here, so they are not very idle, and they take Kang Xian to the Treasure Pavilion of the Horse Mansion to see things. Zhou Yong doesn't come to the Horse Mansion much on weekdays, but he was still very close to the eldest princess Zhou Xuan as an aunt when he was xiǎo, and the parents chatted for a while before they came out of the courtyard, and they only saw Kang Xian near the garden, and as for the pair of nv, I don't know where they ran to.
Zhou Yong has always respected Kang Xian, and at this time, the two of them talked and went over to the garden to enjoy the coolness, and after some trivial things, they mentioned this afternoon's incident somewhat casually: "Today, when I took Xiǎo Pei Junwu to the Xiangnuan Tea Shop, and traveled with some talented people, I saw a person, who was mentioned by my uncle before......"
He talked about the whole process of the matter, together with Liu Qingdi's appearance, and his attitude when he said those words: "Oh, it's not easy to get the name of the first talent, this Liu Qingdi seems to be open-minded, and keeps saying that Ning Yi is amazingly talented, but in fact, I am afraid that he is also jealous, and wants to say something right and wrong, these statements are often untrue, but in hindsight, there are many people who know about it." For Na Ning Liheng, my uncle said some time ago that I would let Xiǎo Peijun Wu worship him as a teacher, and I wanted to see him, but I didn't know about the two cloth merchants of Su and Wu, and my uncle knew about it. ”
The two sat down between the gazebos, and after Zhou Yong said these words, Kang Xian's side was already laughing. In fact, if you want to say that Zhou Yong was very concerned about this matter before, Kang Xian naturally didn't believe it, and he has always done more to discipline the two children of Xiǎo Pei Junwu. Earlier I said that let the two children worship Jiang Ning's first talent as a teacher, and they nodded at will, anyway, the first talent, it was Kang Xian who said it, it must be right, Zhou Yong's attitude is to apprentice to the teacher, and he will be on call, as for Ning Yi, it is Kang Xian's check anyway. But perhaps it was what he saw and heard today that made him a little more concerned.
The royal people, after all, still care about hard work in their bones.
"Hehe, similar questions, more than a month ago, I also asked Liheng, at that time, the dispute between the two emperors of Su and Wu was boiling, the dust was settled, the Su family was put together after the most luke, he was still angry in front of people and wrote the poem "Drinking Wine and Pei Di", I thought he was angry, if the matter could not be solved, how much still had to come to me for help, waited at home for a few days, and then met in Lao Qin's house, at this time his face was full of worries, and he was absent-minded when he played chess, but he didn't ask for it, it really made people angry......"
"If that's the case, it's a bit arrogant." Zhou Yong nodded and said, "But my uncle and this Ning Yi are actually acquainted?" And also...... Old Qin?"
He remembered that Ning Yi's appearance, but he was in his early twenties, he was really young, and he thought that his uncle only recognized his talent, but at this time, it sounded like Jiāo.
"Hehe, I was a chess friend, and I didn't have much to do with it, but later, Liheng did a lot of help, tsk, there are many people who benefit." Kang Xian nodded solemnly, and then laughed, "But I learned later that it wasn't arrogant." Oh, I said to him that day, you and I are so affectionate, why don't you have to be so cautious when you ask for it once? This matter has his reputation, and for the Su family, the impact is also very great, I also decided to make a move to end it for him, who knew that he would say a word later, so that I would not be able to mention this matter again for more than a month, hehe......"
He felt funny in his heart and smiled happily, Zhou Yong frowned: "A word?"
"Oh, that's faded."
Kang Xian shook his head, and this simple word also floated lightly near the pavilion, Zhou Yong's expression seemed to be a little confused, for a while, the surroundings were quiet, and after a long time, he really digested the meaning and reacted: "Huh?"
While the conversation was going on, a quarrel and discussion was taking place in the main hall of the Wu family. The family guarded the area from a distance, only occasionally looking back to see the figure swaying, but it was difficult to understand what was happening. At this time, in the room where the people who decided the fate of the entire Wu family gathered, all kinds of strange atmospheres that had never been seen before were floating and permeating, and people's emotions were different from the past, anger, stunned, fearful, absurd, and even mixed with the occasional outbreak of hysteria.
"One way or another, a third of things can't ...... Ridiculous, there has never been anything like this!"
The quarrel had actually been going on for a while, and after listening to Wu Qilong say these things at first, everyone was silent for a long time, and then they felt ridiculous and began to talk about it. Even in the notoriously greedy shopping malls, it is rare for such a thing to happen, one merchant shows the carriage and the other says, "Give me a third of the property." At first glance, this kind of thing sounds like it is not even worth discussing, but when the atmosphere gradually settles down, when they understand from the faces of Wu Chenghou and the others that the situation is not a joke, and that time has brought them space to think, these people are able to clear their minds and consider the seriousness of the whole matter.
"Give them a third? And then take one-third or even half of the family property to do activities? What will my Wu family become when the time comes? We...... Even if we die, how can we be worthy of the ancestors and ancestors of the Wu family, and how much effort they have spent to save their family property! The name of the No. 1 cloth merchant in Jiangning......" Wu Chengluo, who was in charge of the affairs in Hezhou, shook his head, "It's just fading, I don't believe that it will be for the sake of the family!" As long as you do more activities and play more, my Wu family may not be able to withstand this level!"
"The wall is down, everyone pushes it, old seven." Wu Chengyuan said.
On the other side, Wu Chengke blushed: "Give them one-third, and then lose half or one-third, let go of the market share in the future, and only be an imperial businessman, that's what the Su family thinks." After this incident, if this is not the case, do you think the Su family will give up easily?"
"You also said that the Su family will not stop easily, who knows that they will not secretly release news behind their backs or yīn us together!"
"It takes time for them to eat, not to mention...... It's better for their reputation......"
"It's better to have a good reputation without nòng?" Wu Chengluo looked at Wu Chengke with some absurdity.
"At least it won't be said that they took our things and killed ......us," Wu Qilong entered the battle in a low tone.
"It's still a question whether bī or not bī has to die!"
"Uncle Seven, don't talk angry......"
"I'm not talking angry, it's you who was scared by that reader! Who doesn't know what kind of talent those people will talk about!"
"But it's really going to be a war, and the wall is falling down and everyone is pushing it, Uncle Seven! Now it's a group of people staring at the Su family, they haven't finished yet, they are waiting for the Su family to fall by themselves! The Su family hasn't made a big Lou Zi outside. But if this kind of thing happens to our family, everyone can take the handle, and everyone can fall into the well! Is there less opponent for our Wu family than for the Su family?"
"Not necessarily! If we do what he says, what ...... do we get to that level?"
"Shut up!"
Bang, a cane smashed on the ground, arguing for so long, mixed with all kinds of chattering around him, the fifth uncle Wuzhen, who was sitting above, finally went crazy, and stood up tremblingly at this time.
"Less of a vernacular there, it's not to that extent now. It's a copy! Family! Extinguish! Clan!" He knocked on the ground with his cane, "Raid the house and destroy the clan!"
The surrounding voices were quiet for a while, and the old man looked around, fell back into his chair, and spoke while panting: "Don't you understand yet?" It's not the degree, after you are wrong, it is not a difference between 30% or 60%, if you are wrong, it is to destroy the family, now everyone here, here, outside, your wife and children in the family, the dead are dead, and the distribution is distributed. At this time, you all know the way, right...... Stop arguing and say something useful. ”
"I can only ...... I can only go to the mén road of some adults......" Wu Chengyuan hesitated for a while and said.
Wu Chenghou above shook his head: "In ten days, adults at the level of three provinces and six ministries, no matter how much money there is, they can't get through." ”
Fifth Uncle Wuzhen eased his breath: "Actually, if the talk really collapsed, is it really so serious?" Let's think about this first. ”
"The Chen family and the Lu family are also staring at us, they used to be imperial merchants, and now they want to develop bigger, they ...... With the previous officialdom relationship, if our Wu family falls and gives up the share, they must be very happy......"
"The wall is down, and everyone pushes the ...... for sure"
"And it's really going to be a war, if it was ...... before," Wu Qilong frowned, "then there is probably room for turnaround......"
"If there is no war, something will definitely happen, how big is it possible?" Wu Chengluo said.
"I don't know what to do." Wu Qilong said frankly, and then looked around: "Uncles and uncles, what do you think? You guys...... Do you dare to take this risk?"
After all, it depends on the emperor's mood, and if it is just a single item, he may be able to take a risk. However, on the eve of the war, coupled with the possible contribution of various cloth merchants after the incident was exposed, coupled with the comprehensive reaction that the emperor may have heard about this matter, no one can have any good mood, and there was an unspeakable silence. The fifth uncle's crutches struck: "Then what else is there to discuss about this......
"Not necessarily without a chance." Wu Chengke thought for a long time before he said, "Ning Liheng's statement is very simple, it is nothing more than letting my Wu family use money to buy time, but business can always be discussed, and we don't know how much of his speech is bluffing." We now have to see how much the Wu family wants to be stable, if not, how much effort they have to spend, and in the middle, who is planning and who is making decisions, we must first know these things......"
Wu Chenghou nodded: "It's nothing more than Su Yu, Su Tan'er, and Ning Yi......"
Wu Chengyuan frowned and said, "I don't know how Ning Yi is, but Su Yu and Su Tan'er are not fuel-efficient lamps, what if it is really a temptation?"
Wu Chenghou was silent for a moment: "It depends on how decisive they are and how much they want......"
"Su Tan'er hasn't had a good time lately." Wu Qihao raised his head over there, "My Wu family has a chance not to have an accident after all, and even if the situation is bad, it can last for a few months or even half a year now...... Su Tan'er must be desperate to prove her ability now, and she is in charge, I think...... There will definitely be room for negotiation...... The time for the postponement of the news disclosure is the most critical, and if we can delay these few days, we may be able to release fake news, so that the market does not know what to believe. ”
"This is just to avoid some people from noticing, as soon as the news of the Su family is released, there will be believers, and the rumors are just to deceive some people, and we will be active all the way for at least a month or two......" Someone came out and shook his head, "If you want to find a weakness, you can first think about who is in control, but I don't think this bureau is like Su Tan'er is in control." ”
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Su Yu had never used such a method before, unlike ...... But apart from them, it can't really be that Ning Yi, this kind of thing can't be done smartly, you can only rely on people like Su Yu and Su Tan'er, and I've checked him before, and he has no experience at all......"
In the midst of the twitter, buzzing discussion, the fifth uncle sighed over there, and gestured to Wu Qilong, who was sitting there at this time and was silent again: "Qilong, you have the most contact with Ning Yi, what do you say?" Even if it's really his game, what is he?"
Wu Qilong glanced at him, a little hesitant: "I, I have some ideas, but ......" he shook his head, "These are not easy to say......"
In the business field, you can always grasp the outline of the opponent, in order to really start making a fuss, and if you want to formulate a strategy to get out of the crisis, the same is true, if the opponent lays out a seemingly perfect game, then you can only find weaknesses from the opponent's xìng grid, and guess what the other party can't grasp. The Su family and the Xue family have been fighting for many years, and the Wu family has been watching from the side, but for this Ning Liheng, until now, no one can really understand, and perhaps only Wu Qilong, who has been in contact with him for the longest time, can barely spell out some outlines at this time.
"Actually, now that I think about it, there is one thing that we all have skipped ......" After a moment, he sighed, and finally began to speak, "Su Tan'er, the xìng character of the NV person, in fact, everyone already knows the Tao more or less. Su Boyong was assassinated two and a half months ago, she suddenly fell ill, we thought she was really under too much pressure - she was really under a lot of pressure at that time, we inquired, it was true, so there was no suspicion, but later, there was actually a problem. ”
As soon as he said this, someone next to him reacted, and Wu Qihao said: "She didn't show up for a month......
"yes." Wu Qilong nodded, "With Su Tan'er's xìng, the first few days of the wind and cold have passed, and the fever has subsided, and it is impossible for her to stay in bed to recuperate under such circumstances." But at that time, Ning Yi accepted it, which was a little funny, but behind the scenes, the Su family has been promoting the yellow cloth in a high-profile manner, and the steps have not fallen, we all feel that Su Tan'er is unable to deal with detailed things, so he grasps the overall situation, and because of this, after Ning Yi performed a few times, we felt that even if he grasped the overall situation well, there would always be loopholes in the details that could be drilled......"
"Now that I think it's an afterthought, but with Su Tan'er's kind of xìng style, at that time, how could she stay at home, Ning Yi didn't understand, she definitely understood...... It took me to react after Ning Yi told me those things a few days ago, and he said that it was because of the fading of the yellow cloth that Su Tan'er would fall...... Such an NV person, Su Boyong was assassinated, and the Su family's internal and external troubles at that time were impossible for her to lie down for a month on these alone. We were negligent in these things, but looking back, when she fell, the Su family's big house had no backbone at all, and it was impossible for her to make this kind of calculation in her state at that time, it must have been during this time, Ning Yi had made a plan, so she didn't get out of bed after a few days when her fever subsided, and the old man of the Su family didn't interfere......"
"Then everyone entered this bureau, and it seemed that Ning Yi didn't do anything at the time, but now that I think about it, we didn't even feel anything wrong at that time, and we didn't even think about it in our heads. Even more than a month after the decision of the imperial businessman, Ning Yi directly put aside this matter, and we went back and calculated it several times, without the slightest suspicion...... Uncles and uncles, everything is just right, and if such a person were to tell me what kind of opponent he was, it would be ...... at all It's ...... at all."
He frowned, his expression hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't figure out the words. However, the people around can probably see the outline outlined......
“…… In fact, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than simply borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, and if you put it verbally, many people may be able to come up with it. But if you really want to implement it, the difficulty is really too high, you have to make people think, and you can't be too deliberate, every link must be just right, otherwise, the Wu family is also a veteran in the shopping mall, and after so many years, a little xiǎo problem can make people catch the leak......"
In the pavilion of the Horse Mansion, Kang Xian shook his head with a smile.
At that time, the Su family had an inner jiān, and it was impossible for Ning Yi to run to teach anyone and anyone to act at that time, and he was a wealthy person, so it was not easy to control the whole situation. But he is like this little by little aroused people's minds, it seems that no one notices anything, the Wu family thought that he deliberately stole the Su family's recipe, and he didn't know how many lines Ning Yi had after that, at that time, I was also staring at the Su family, heh, I didn't realize it, after he said that sentence that day, I was also stunned for a while like you, and my head was numb after thinking clearly...... That's amazing......"
"If you lift weights lightly, you can do this game bit by bit...... Many things seem magical, and the ideas are simple, but what determines success or failure, or in these details that others can't see or impercept, similar things may only be Lao Qin...... Ahem......"
At this point, he stopped talking and sighed slightly. Zhou Yong frowned: "Uncle said Duke Qin, could it be that he meant ......"
Kang Xian shook his head, in fact, the matter he mentioned is not too strict at the moment, but it is not easy to mention it after all: "What Liheng has done this time is really amazing, and the time is almost the same, to really see it, hehe, when the time comes, you and I will look at the stunned expressions of those people...... It is also a blessing that Xiǎo Pei and Jun Wu can worship him as a teacher, and the German side must not slack off. ”
"This matter is natural, and I will never dare to slack off." Zhou Yong bowed respectfully, indicating that he was now impressed by Ning Yi, "I heard that he didn't want to be a guest of the palace, I don't know why." He had heard it a few days earlier, put it behind him, and then he remembered it again.
"Heh, Liheng is a person, his feelings are different from others, after a long time, you will understand, it's not that he has any opinions about the palace. The Germans know that although he spoke casually about business that day, he was still a little absent-minded when he played chess with others.
"Could it be that you're in trouble?" Zhou Yong frowned and asked, determined to write this down.
Kang Xian smiled funny: "Definitely...... Oh, but it's a problem, but it's just not something that anyone else can solve. At that time, he was very light about the matters involving the life and death of the Su and Wu families, but there were still difficult things, and Qin Lao and I were also a little curious. It turned out that on that day, there was an NV son who confided in him, he was originally the son-in-law of the Su Mansion, so he was a little hesitant about how to arrange it in the future......"
Zhou Yong blinked, and then smiled dumbly: "It's such a thing, the man has three wives and four ...... Uh......" He originally planned to say it very heroically, but considering that the uncle in front of him only had one wife, although he had a deep relationship with his aunt, he finally stopped this paragraph, and the conversation changed: "Cough, this person is indeed the most affectionate to xìng......"
"Hehe, speaking of which, I also know Qin Lao, it's really good, I was originally a man in the dust, but I have always been clean, and then I redeemed myself......"
On a quiet night, on the side of the corridor on the second floor of the Xiǎo Courtyard of Sufu, Ning Yi and Su Tan'er were looking at the full moon in the sky, eating and blowing the wind while talking.
Today the two of them are bored munching on uncreative food, flatbread.
"When negotiating with the Wu family, speak a little more domineering."
"Hmm...... But what can I say about being domineering?"
"Well, like...... Don't be sad, after all, people ...... alive."
"The Xiang Guild will kill people's popularity."
"No, it's all shopping malls...... Well, the moon is also round on the fourteenth......"
"It's a pity it's not August 15......"
"Why did you suddenly think of August 15th? It's a pity that this year's poetry meeting didn't come to fruition?"
"No, I suddenly thought that Xiang Gong couldn't make it that day, so I couldn't see Xiang Gong write Yongyue poems again so that those talented people had no poems to write."
"Not so exaggerated......"
"Otherwise, Xianggong will write another poem today to celebrate the end of the Wu family."
"Okay."
"Huh, really write?"
"Oh, a genius, of course it'......s easy to write poetry."
"......" waits intently.
“…… O sea, you are all water!"
"Hmm......"
"Horse, you four-legged!"
"......" face sè begins chōu twitch.
"Moon, you're so round!" The expression here is calm.
“……”
"Wu family, you're finished."
"......" had already lowered his head, desperately stuffing a large cake into his mouth to stop the trembling of his body.
"It's over, look, Yongyue, Yongwu's family is finished."
"Hmm...... Belch...... Ahem...... Uh......"
"What's wrong with you?"
"Uh-uh-uh......"
"Do you want to strangle yourself......"
Under the moon, Ning Yi began to smile angrily and patted his wife's back. Looking at it like this, Su Tan'er's figure is really a little thin.
She seemed to be about to choke to death, and began to hit Ning Yi's chest with her head.
It's probably the year I've had the most laughs......
In this kind of unladylike action that she had almost never done before, she thought so......