The sun was warm, Xi Junyu walked through the courtyard under the eaves, and after a slight pause, he entered the room on the side and nodded with the two people inside.

"Shopkeeper Chen, how is the reaction from Rong Ji?"

The man he called Chen's shopkeeper was named Chen Youhe, and when he heard Xi Junyu ask, he shook his head: "Rongli still insists on raising the price, and they plan to raise it to four taels and two dollars." ”

"That's robbing." Xi Junyu frowned, "However, because similar bad news has been common in recent times, he didn't show much bō movement, just sat down at the table with a calm face" "Lu Ji can talk about four taels over there. ”

"It's already been said, but Rong Li said that at the moment, the eldest master is no longer in charge, once Sister Erxiǎo comes down, "The Su family's vitality is difficult to recover, and they are waiting to lose money, so they must be at this price." ”

"Sister Erxiǎo won't come down!" Xi Junyu paused, "Su Yu won't be so short-sighted, even if he dies" He will also help to prop up the big house there, with the ability of Sister Erxiǎo, sooner or later he will come up again! ”

His words were unequivocal, but the room was silent. I know my own family affairs, the current situation is really bad, the second and third rooms desperately want to tear down the big house, even if Su Yu seems to be a little powerless now, the old man can't hold back so many people to say this. The voice of the Su family's big house has been affected near Jiangning in the past month, the most important thing is that some supply or distribution merchants ask for price increases or raise profits, most of them are still dragging it out, the Su family is biting this side and not letting go, let this side wait and so on, etc., but in the influence of the hidden xìng, I am afraid that the total profit of the big house has been dragged down by two percent, and the most terrible thing is the future development problem.

"...... One wrong step, one wrong step, one wrong step,..."

Xi Junyu held his breath and cursed, and then yīn shook his head with a calm face, and began to deal with some things on the table, "Import and export manifests and the like." The two shopkeepers next to him also sank their faces, and Chen Youhe also shook his head: "If it weren't for the negligence of the imperial merchant during that time...... several people in the room did not say any more, but no one knew what Lu Dao meant by this paragraph. Recently, there is a saying that has begun to circulate within the scope of the Su family, mainly after self-examination of the situation of the Ming Yellow Cloth Workshop during the period of the Imperial Merchants.

For example, the shopkeeper who has a lot of things can be responsible for himself, but there are also many things that need a person who is in charge of the whole situation. The xiǎo workshop that was responsible for researching the new cloth was originally in the hands of Su Tan'er herself, and there was no problem, but after Su Tan'er fell ill, "there was negligence on some levels." Now, from the perspective of the shopkeepers of the Su family, who have a lot of operational experience, if it weren't for the fact that Ning Yi was too excited in the operation of Ming Huangbu during that time, "too bold" and had many problems in details, it should not have appeared in the first place.

If Su Tan'er had been in charge of the bureau during that time, when they had chosen the direction of jījin in terms of their propaganda strategy, they would definitely have made some fine-tuning to the secrecy of the Xiǎo workshop to adapt to this direction. But after Ning Yi took charge, "after all, he didn't understand these details, and the policy in the workshop remained the same", "Zhou shopkeeper Bai shopkeeper tried to keep it secret", but on the other hand, he had to cooperate with the high-profile propaganda above, "there will always be a lot of traces", so the Wu family took advantage of these most fundamental strategic levels.

This thing made everyone feel extremely aggrieved when they thought about it, they did everything well, and they still lost to that stunned young man in the end. Experience, all the problems lie in experience" At that time, no matter which shopkeeper was allowed to control the overall situation, I am afraid that there would be no such problems.

It's a shame that the scholar was particularly indignant and wrote "Prime Minister Bai knows how to press the sword," which is embarrassing......

In the past, everyone still ignored Ning Yi a little, and felt that if he won, he would definitely have nothing to do, "There is no way to defeat him." But such a statement has only begun to become clear in the last half a month, and it is for this reason that "recently, the Su family's arguments against Ning Yi have also become intense." Shopkeeper Xi was originally kind to others, and it was understandable to say that he was reasonable, but at this time, he still felt depressed after all, in the eyes of Shopkeeper Chen and others, Xi Junyu's slight gaffe at this time came for this.

The room was quiet for a while, with the sound of rustling and rustling business. In the silence, Xi Junyu looked to the side, and Fang Cai's somewhat annoyed gaze had calmed down.

Probably already prepared, "The clan conference will start in half a month, and when Tan'er is dismissed, it is best to let such a statement go to the highest level." If the people in the second and third rooms made such accusations, it might cause her hostility, but if it was always said that the people around her were saying this, she would still be angry after all. The human heart is nothing more than that. ,

After the imperial merchants, the Su family exploded the pot "all kinds of mixed ups, all kinds of words." No one knows what to say, these words about Ning Yi are all driven and guided by him behind the scenes, there is no need to ask people to preach them, as long as a few words are enough to provoke people to think in the conversation on some occasions, "let them think, let them deduce." On the other hand, it increases the feeling that everyone "did nothing wrong but lost", and increases the sense of grievance and depression...... From beginning to end, he watched from the sidelines as a sane person, and even helped Ning Yi say some words, of course, these words only had a rebellious effect in the end.

Everything is laid out very well, and he is good at it. Originally, a more ideal situation was that Ning Yi finally couldn't help but do a few gaffes at home, but unfortunately the scholar was indeed very tolerant, and in the face of various provocations, he didn't say anything when it was useless to defend himself, and pretended to have a leisurely attitude, but it didn't matter" Now he has begun to hint to these people in the family: This guy has no guilt at all.

Thinking about this casually in his mind, all of a sudden, "Wu Qilong's face flashed through his mind, and he frowned.

"Shopkeeper Chen, how is the Wu family doing recently, I seem to have heard that something is wrong."

"It's not very clear, I heard that a steward was so busy that he fell ill, Qin Ye, he hit Jiāo Dao once in the past two years." Chen Youhe raised his head, "Some people are talking about saying that the Wu family is going to do such and such things, and it is estimated that the Xue family put it behind their backs." The imperial merchant is about to have jiāo goods, "Next, the Wu family will be busy for a while for the matter of Suibu," the Xue family estimated that they wanted to take advantage of it. ”

"Oh."

The Su family definitely doesn't like the Wu family at the moment, but as a defeated subordinate, he has just been cheated over there, and at this time, he definitely doesn't like to listen to others talk about the Wu family's gossip all day long. Chen Youhe said casually" Xi Junyu also nodded, and then thought about it, what can the Wu family do, no matter what it is, what the Wu family is going to do now is no longer at the same level as the Su family, and they will go farther and farther. Let them do anything" for now, and it's all about getting things done by themselves.

All in all, everything went well.

He glanced at the afternoon sun in the courtyard outside the window, the atmosphere was peaceful, but there was a vague feeling of dead silence. There is less than half a month left before the Su family clan conference, and everything will be settled. These people who belong to the big house are a little stubborn at the moment, and they are doing their best, "The destiny of heaven is unknown." Perhaps he is the only one who can clearly know where he is and what he is doing. He is the only one who has a home.

So he smiled, "It's as easy as that sunshine."

………………

The quiet room in the afternoon, which was a little dim due to the closed mén window. The room was full of yào smells, and at this time, in front of the tightly covered sick chuáng, Rong Sè Xiuya's nv Zizi held the porridge bowl in his hand, raised the spoon and blew it, and then sent it to the patient's mouth.

“…… The clan assembly heard that the seventh grandfather also decided to let me come down, "The second uncle finally persuaded him......, and the third uncle was busy digging people" In the past few days, he has been saying that it is a pity that the shopkeeper Liao has been sent out now, and Rong Ji wants to raise the price, "Lu Ji is too, how troublesome, after a while, they have to run back and forth......"

Spoonful by spoonful feeding the patient to drink porridge, slowly talking about things at home, the nv sub-god sè on the side of chuáng is actually a little tired" just with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, tired, and a little ironic, she reached out and stroked her hair and sideburns, "tilted her head to look at the father on chuáng." In fact, there is also a bit of bitterness in my heart" Originally, I came to visit the patient, and I didn't want to talk about these troubles anymore, but in retrospect, "The jiāo flow that has always been between the father and the nv, except for those words that are purely social, it seems that there are only these."

Two and a half months have passed since Su Boyong's assassination, and during this time, Su Boyong has been confirmed to be paralyzed, the two tuǐ have lost their senses, and the movement of his left hand has actually been affected to a certain extent. Now he is still in a state of being weak and "changing yào every day, unable to get off chuáng, and the god jīng seems to have been affected to a certain extent, and many times he is in a bad mood. Su Tan'er comes over every day, but the father and NV talk about these things, and many times the mother and aunt are there, just saying a few words of greeting. At this time, Su Tan'er was silent for a moment.

"Today on the street, I saw a lot of citrus sellers, and my father used to like to eat them...... Well, it's not windy today, Daddy will see if you want to open the window a little more............ Xianggong said that it is better to open it, uh, what air convection...... Then the sun shines in and the mood will be good......

That's all she can find the sincere words," said Ning Yi, smiling happily. Su Boyong nodded over there" and then shook his head: "Don't open it" It's cold ......, feeling cold, besides, Tan'er, what have you been doing lately? ”,

Su Tan'er smiled slightly: "Didn't Xianggong come to see you every day, he recently taught those children to go out for a walk and play every day", Su Tan'er's smile had actually faded, and she said lightly about Ning Yi's recent events. In fact, I knew in my heart what the reason for my father to ask these things, and my father sighed a few times before on this illness: "I can't see through him." In fact, it is also a reminder to her.

These things are incomprehensible, how powerful is Xianggong and what can he do, Su Tan'er is also curious in her heart, but her father's thoughts are different from her own. "She called out to Mén, asked her father's maid Xiuhe to come in, handed her the porridge bowl, and then began to get up and take her leave.

In the past month and a half, she has a lot of things to do every day, and it is not easy to stabilize the current situation" She also worked hard, but at this time she was no longer as clueless as before the emperor Shang "When she started to do things, her heart was actually stable, and her mind was good" was just physically busy. After coming out, "Juan'er, who followed, also greeted her, and it could be seen that Sister Xiǎo's mood was actually not good.

There was still a place to go in the afternoon, and there were still things to be busy, and the master and servant went out of the courtyard, but they heard some hurried voices coming from the courtyard next to them.

"It's already like this, what are you still thinking......"

"It's not that simple, sister......"

"I've heard about it" but this big house is not her alone, she wants to do the well, everyone accompanies her, now it's like this, the big house is Boyong's, "You have to help Boyong keep this ......"

"I know ......"

"If it weren't for that, Ning Yi wouldn't know anything" and "Heng chā kicked ......"

Vaguely like this, "When the two figures appeared at the mouth of the mén over there, they were suddenly stunned. Su Tan'er saluted dignifiedly: "Erniang, Uncle Gu............"

"Uh, Tan'er, come here...... Come and see the old man......"

"Sister Erxiǎo."

It was the second aunt of the family and her younger brother who spoke, and they were also one of the shopkeepers in the big house at this time. After saying hello in embarrassment, the two sides also parted ways, and when they walked to a place where there was no one" Juan'er pursed her lips: "Sister xiǎo" The second lady and the ancient shopkeeper discussed surrender......

"I know it." Su Tan'er smiled slightly, "It's not just them......

Recently, there have been such things in the big house, and there are actually a lot of internal disagreements. Some people think that the big house will definitely not be able to get the head of the house, so don't fight more, and protect some of the interests that originally belonged to them, "Even if it is Su Zhongkan or Su Yunfang who is in charge of this family in the future, they will not be driven out of the house, and the more they can stay, the better their lives will be in the future." The two aunts, and even their own mother, seem to have this attitude. Of course, "if Su Tan'er really wants to talk openly and honestly", most of them will say, "There is absolutely no such thing", "We don't care about business".

In the other direction, they are actually thinking about these things for the big house, for Su Boyong, and for their own good, but they are a little short-sighted and cool, and they are thinking about these things with the minds of the NV people they only use for house fighting.

"Juan'er" It's good that you weren't born in a big family......"

"Huh?" Juan'er blinked.

"In this family, there is no human touch."

Su Tan'er smiled slightly, "Juan'er pursed her lips, as a maid, it's not good for her to express her opinion on this." The two stopped at the Xiǎo Bridge in the pond near Huā Garden, and Su Tan'er looked at the reflection in the water, straightened her hair, and muttered, "Actually, I don't have much human touch......

"No, Sister Xiǎo and Uncle are very good."

"Between me and my father, I can't get close, but I'm wronged, well, he's been outside during the day for a while now."

"Well, some people in the family talk very hard, and my uncle is too lazy to fight with them, but he definitely doesn't like to listen to them............ Last time, Chan'er was angry and cried. ”

Su Tan'er frowned, a hint of fierceness flashed in her eyes, and she took a deep breath for a long time. Angry, Zhao Juan'er smiled: "Everyone has written it down, right?" ”

"Uh," Juan'er was slightly stunned, then lowered her head, "How does Sister Xiǎo know about Lu Dao?"

"Because I'm my sister."

Su Tan'er said as a matter of course, Juan'er was a little embarrassed, bowed her head and smiled embarrassedly: "I, me and Chan'er have all written it down" last time...... Last time, I secretly remembered my name with Chan'er at home, and I was seen by my uncle. ”

"Oh? What did Xianggong say? ”

"Say we're xiǎo heart eye."

"Huh." Su Tan'er burst out laughing, and then restrained her smile, "Remember to show me, don't tell Xianggong." "Hmm. Juan'er nodded, now that she had won the gold medal for avoiding death, she then began to sue with a straight face: "Sister Xiǎo, in fact, in the past few days" They have been talking more and more excessively, and some even let their uncle leave the Su family by himself...... How long do we have to get things done...... In fact, my uncle is the most aggrieved, "Sometimes, Juan'er can't listen to it anymore......"

"Father-in-law......"

Su Tan'er paused, thinking back to the events of the past two months, especially after the annual meeting of the imperial merchants, her own busyness was actually secondary, and Ning Yi was in the midst of everyone's abuse and accusations. Not only is Juan'er Chan'er Xing'er can't stand it, she wants to stand up and scold every time in her heart, and even a few times, it was Ning Yi who patted her on the shoulder and asked her to go back, only she could clearly feel the force behind every thing "The abruptness and firmness behind the casual figure." And every time something like this happens, it also makes her feel that she is actually a little sorry for her husband. At the beginning of marriage, I thought that these were all things that I had to carry down, and I tried very hard to do them, but in the end, it was the figure that stood up and lightly blocked these.

"It won't drag on for long, the news has already started, if the reaction from the Wu family's side is normal" is almost ......" she looked at the surrounding Jing Sè, "The showdown can start in the next few days......"

After saying this, she seemed to be slightly relieved in her heart: "It's been a long two and a half months", she muttered a sigh, "After the matter is over, after it's over", what thought in her heart "There was a sudden flush on her face" She looked down at the reflection in the water, and then subconsciously raised her hand to brush her hair, and looked at herself in the water with a sideways face. Sure enough, I have to wait until it's over, and now I'm really haggard, so I don't deserve him......

She smiled in the water, let go of her hair, and walked forward.

"Let's go, let's get ready for a showdown."

In the afternoon sun, "the free and confident pace of NV Zi was illuminated, and Xiǎo Ya followed happily. This day is the 14th day of the 10th lunar month of the eighth year of Jinghan. Although it has been decided that there will be a showdown, after going through some procedures, "naturally there will be a few days to wait." But in fact, something happened "just this afternoon", which seems quite natural, but when you think about it in hindsight, it may feel a little abrupt.

This afternoon in a teahouse, Ning Yi may have been in a hurry, and casually did a collection of threads for a xiǎo thing, "Of course" in his opinion, this xiǎo thing "For others, it may be unimaginable, Ning Yi and Wu Qilong met on the street a day earlier, and that thing looked like a chance encounter" The two sides also seemed to say hello smoothly. In the past month and a half, "This is not the first time they have met, but it is indeed the first time they have said hello" Wu Qilong was chatting with a certain merchant at the time about something, and when he saw Ning Yi, he arched his hand from afar: "Brother Ning" has been good lately. Ning Yi also returned the salute: "It's okay." After parting ways, Ning Yi didn't bother to take this matter to heart at that time.

Then today, after class, he went to Dongji to buy an old book. This is probably a book brought in by Hu Shang from the Western Arab region, and there are a lot of graphics on it, probably involving knowledge such as alchemy. Ning Yi also bought it casually, and decided to find someone to translate it on his behalf, "After buying the book, I went to the teahouse to drink tea or something, also called xiǎo, and brought paper and pencils, he looked at those graphics, guessing what the book was about, this conjecture can also be regarded as a way to recall past knowledge, and he was immersed in writing and painting, "A figure also walked to the side."

"Brother Ning, what a coincidence, what is this?"

Ning Yi looked up, and sure enough, it was a coincidence, "It's Wu Qilong" and nodded and said hello at the moment. Then, Wu Qilong sat down on the other side of the tea table, so Ning Yi casually introduced.

"It should belong to the Arabian region, this is a little north of the bōsven, I can't read it, but the graphics look like it, it should be a chemical reaction involving several metals, do you understand? Uh, similar to alchemy......"

"Brother Ning is really extensive. Belch............ Chemical reactions of metals? ”

"Purification and conversion of metals and so on."

"Oh?" Wu Qilong solemnized, "Wouldn't that be very useful?" ”

"General" is what we say above, most of our blacksmiths and the like should have mastered it, "it's just that the stones of other mountains can be attacked, and their ways of thinking are different, which can be used for reference." Ning Yi said this, raised his head and looked at Wu Qilong, "Brother Wu is waiting for someone?" "Heh, it's fine, just wandering around casually, I happened to see Brother Ning here, and I was a little curious.

Ning Yi nodded, his eyes did not take his eyes away, Wu Qilong smiled, the two looked at each other like this for a while, after a while, Ning Yi squinted his eyes, nodded again, and waved his hand and called xiǎo two: "Add a cup." ”

He lowered his head again, began to draw the figure on the book on the paper, frowned and thought about it, after the cup came, he didn't look at Wu Qilong, but just stretched out his hand: "Brother Wu, please take care of yourself."

"Thank you." Wu Qilong smiled and poured himself tea, Ning Yi was still looking down to deal with those figures, and sighed softly, as if he had heard some other answers that Wu Qilong had just said, so he muttered to himself abruptly: "Oh, the cloth is starting to fall......"

Wu Qilong's smile froze there instantly, and his hand shook for a moment, but he finally held the teapot steady, "Gently put it back." Tilting his head, his eyes stared at Ning Yi seriously and a little fiercely, and his face moved slightly. Something came up from the bottom of his heart, it was the touch of a nightmare finally turning into reality" and a little stunned, in his expectation, "These conversations shouldn't be like this, and Ning Yi shouldn't say these things so lightly."

But in front of his eyes, everything was presented like this, and Ning Yi was still bowing his head to write and paint, "It seems that for him, all this is as ordinary as snacks and tea in this early winter and summer in front of him, and he just said this sentence in an attitude of chatting with people: Oh, the cloth is starting to fall, no wonder you have to sit down."

It's a very common thing.

"Sure enough...... You did it......"

It will take a lot of effort for Wu Qilong to suppress this tone and not gnash his teeth or tremble.

In the early winter sunshine," Ning Yi put down his pen, raised his head, and glanced at him,............!。