On the seventh day of the first month of March, Shunqing Mansion City, the Huang family compound.

"Did the people sent out find out?" , Huang Hongyi was lying on the rocking chair in the main hall and squinted and asked Huang Du, the steward standing in front of him.

Huang Du nodded with a sneer and confirmed: "Back to the master, I have found out clearly, except for the 2,000 soldiers and horses transferred from Chongqing, who stayed here, the rest of the horses have already withdrawn to Chongqing." ”

Huang Ruiyan laughed on the side: "There are few officers and soldiers, so I guess I won't be nosy, Dad, let's do it now?" ”

Huang Hongyi slowly opened his eyes and asked Huang Ruiyan: "Before, you said that you saw the Liu family's dogs at the dock and left on the Chen family's boat, how is this confirmed?" ”

"Hehe, this is really something, I sent someone to investigate, the Chen family has been missing a two-masted passenger ship since the beginning of the year, it should be the one that Liu Ximing sits, as for how this ship got into the hands of the Liu family, those people of the Chen family can't say why."

Huang Hongyi kept playing with the jade pendant in his hand, and smiled a little happily, "This matter is also the will of God, who would have thought that the Liu family did not paint the ship thoroughly, and actually let you see the mark on it, the Chen family is also from the cloth village, what can he do to this surnamed Liu, you Lao Tzu I can also think of it, let's go, accompany me to visit the Chen family." ”

"What are you doing at Chen's house now? Why don't we do this? Huang Ruiyan asked with some confusion.

"Hmph, idiot, I told you to plan and then act, if you want to do it, you have to make sure that nothing goes wrong, since the Chen family may also have a gap with this little bastard, then we may be able to find a foreign aid."

Huang Ruiyan's eyes lit up, "Dad, you mean the Chen family ......"

Huang Hongyi had an expression of hatred that iron could not become steel, "You, you, tell you not to patronize and study, this person has to learn more or less from the world, otherwise wouldn't he recognize people in the officialdom?" ”

"Hehe", Huang Ruiyan had a flattering expression, "Isn't this a foil from my father." ”

Huang Hongyi shook his head and said no more, and instructed Huang Du to send someone to prepare a sedan chair.

The Chen family's mansion, Chen Lekang looked at the people who came to report with some surprise, this Huang family has never dealt with his own family, why did he suddenly come to his house, but the person who came is a guest, and he is not easy to treat slowly, so as not to be laughed at by outsiders The Chen family does not know how to be polite.

"Please come to the main hall and call the fifth child too", Chen Lekang commanded as he put on his clothes.

"Rare guests, Huang shopkeeper, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, why did you think of coming to my house today", Chen Lekang looked at Huang Hongyi who walked into the lobby, stood up and made a gesture of invitation to him with a smirk.

Huang Hongyi hurriedly took two quick steps, and kept laughing: "How dare Mr. Chen greet me and torment me, Mr. is blaming me for moving around less, hahaha." ”

Chen Lixin also invited Huang Hongyi and others to sit with a fake face on the side, and the two families obviously looked at each other unpleasantly, but they also patiently greeted each other for a while.

Huang Hongyi finally got to the point after a few nonsense words, he asked Chen Lekang with a mysterious look: "Mr. Chen, you and I are both in the cloth business, and in the past six months, there has been a kind of cotton cloth called fine weaving on the market, and the selling price is as high as seven or eight dollars of silver, I don't know if Mr. Chen has heard of it?" ”

Chen Lekang's face was suspicious, and he glanced at Chen Lixin before turning his head and replying: "I heard it, it is said that this fine weaving touches like silk, but it is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is a baby, but we don't have this cash at home, why, Huang Shopkeeper has a way to get the goods?" ”

"Hahaha, Mr. Chen, we don't talk darkly, I can know that this fine weaving is still due to your family."

"Please say", how old is Chen Lekang, where can he be tricked by this kind of trick, seeing that Huang Hongyi wanted to deliberately manipulate it, he looked impassive and just tasted tea slowly.

Huang Hongyi saw that Chen Lekang didn't answer, so he had to smile awkwardly: "In September last year, someone took this fine weaving to Chen's house to sell, and finally left without negotiating. ”

"What if you know? Then shouldn't I congratulate the shopkeeper Huang? Chen Lixin flicked the dust on his placket and asked calmly.

"Don't misunderstand Shopkeeper Chen, my family hasn't negotiated this matter", Huang Hongyi hurriedly clarified: "Don't hide it from the two of you, the Liu family who sells cloth has a ...... with me."

Chen Lekang listened to Huang Hongyi talk about his grievances with Liu Ximing, and hurriedly pretended to drink tea to hide his smile, what kind of fucking Rashomon is this, even such a bloody thing can be touched.

"Some time ago, my son Ruiyan found that this kid surnamed Liu took a passenger boat back to Liujia Village, and the hull paint was not dry and there were still Chen family marks, which ......"

"Yes, that boat should be my family", Chen Lekang put the tea cup on the table, since the Huang family also has a grudge against the Liu family, then there is nothing to hide in this matter.

He pointed at Chen Lixin and explained: "This unsuccessful guy started to think about the meticulous weaving of others, and sent several groups of people to Liujia Village to investigate, but I didn't expect that in the end, even the people and the boat were folded inside, and I didn't even hear a sound. ”

Huang Hongyi was immediately overjoyed, "Mr. Chen, how can this Liu family's child be able to occupy this secret recipe, and there are only three or four people who can talk about this cloth business in the territory of Shunqing Mansion, if the two of us join forces to get this secret recipe, won't there be only you and me left in the future, will you do this business or not?" ”

"Hahaha, Shopkeeper Huang is quite sincere in what he said, but this Liujia Village is not a soft persimmon, I heard that his family is constantly recruiting manpower, and the whole village is strictly guarded by him, I can't think of any way for him to hand over this secret recipe."

Huang Hongyi smiled and said: "As the saying goes, there are only a thousand days to be a thief, there is no thousand days to prevent thieves, although this Liujia Village looks solid now, but now he is in the light, you and I are in the dark, as long as you are willing to work hard, there will always be a time to break it." Now Liujiacun is like a turtle with a shrunken head, so let's start from other places first, I heard that the Hexi Inspection Department ......"

"Eh", Chen Lekang waved his hand, "That's useless, I heard that many officials and gentry in the city have gone to collude with Yu Yongkai, but I didn't expect this splash to be inviolable, no one cares about it, if you want to beat him, it's better to slow down." ”

"Hahaha, Chen Gong, I'm not saying to win him over, but to ...... him"

Huang Hongyi's face was full of ferocious gestures, and Chen Lekang exclaimed: "Do you want to cut off its wings first?" ”

"That's right, since Liu Ximing wants this inspection position, he must have some schemes, and he won't let go easily, we can try to use this method to hollow out his family little by little, and then Liujiacun will be captured."

Chen Lekang looked at Huang Hongyi with a sinister smile, and his heart moved, "What is the Huang shopkeeper going to do, what do you want my Chen family to do?" ”

"Hexi Town is on the side of the Jialing River, I heard that the Jialing River is raging with bandits, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no thieves who want to sneak attack......"

Huang Hongyi said this vaguely, and Chen Lekang and Chen Lixin's eyes lit up.

"At present, most of the garrison in Chongqing has been withdrawn, but there are still 2,000 soldiers and horses in the city, in case the water bandits attack, these soldiers and horses appear in Hexi Town, and the time will be ......."

Chen Lekang waved his hand, "Don't worry, if you know that the bandits are coming, the soldiers and horses in the city will naturally stick to the city, so as not to be exploited by the thieves." ”

Huang Hongyi raised his head and sighed, "Hey, in this way, isn't Hexi Town just relying on itself to resist the water bandits, it's really pitiful." ”

Hahaha, after saying this, a group of people in the room burst into laughter.

However, Chen Lekang still reminded, "It is said that the training method of the people and horses under the inspection is different from the ordinary people, and the yellow shopkeeper should be careful, at least don't leave any tricks behind." ”

"I can naturally save this, Mr. Chen, please rest assured."

Chen Lekang saw Huang Hongyi's expression of victory, thinking that he was also an old shopkeeper for many years after all, and he should know about these things, so he didn't say anything more at the moment.

Within a few days, a few horsemen and horses in the courtyard of the Huang family rushed out of the city, and the news of the exchange continued to reach Huang Hongyi's ears, and now he was only waiting for his own means to work.