It has not rained so much for many years, and floods have swept through many counties, causing landslides in many places, damaging land harvests and affecting countless families.

A few days later, the wind and rain finally stopped. However, the storm in heaven has stopped, and the storm on earth has just begun.

Second Master Ning had already scolded Ning Zhiqi for a long time, and his throat was hoarse.

The second master's slap kept patting the forehead of the green tendons, and suddenly the case stood up, sweeping all the things on the table to the ground, the tea cup was shattered, and the precious Xuan pen also broke the pen shaft, and shouted in a dumb voice: "Get out!" Get out of here! ”

Ning Zhiqi, the eldest son of the second master, stood in front of the table, the broken tea cup fell at his feet, the tea splashed on the corner of his robe, he lowered his head and replied "yes", and then immediately fled.

Ning Zhiqi slipped away, and Wei San, a confidant of the second master, walked in. Wei San carefully packed up the things on the ground, and said with a smile: "The second master actually doesn't need to be so angry, in the final analysis, it's not all Qi Ge'er's fault, it was someone else who set up Qi Ge'er, and Qi Ge'er fell for someone else's trick." ”

The second master immediately blew his beard and glared: "Don't I know this?" Isn't it the ghost that the boss and the third child teamed up to do? What really makes me angry is that this kid is so useless, and when others set him up, he stupidly drills into it! ”

Wei San smiled and flattered: "Second master, don't say that, our Qi Ge'er is not stupid!" It's just that the eldest master and the third master are both old rivers and lakes, and Qi Ge'er is still young, so he naturally can't cope with it. ”

The second old man snorted coldly, narrowed his eyes and said: "I really didn't expect that my brother and sister have been fighting for so many years, and they have always been like fire and water, and now in order to deal with me, they have actually joined forces!" Isn't the theft of raw silk the ghost of the two of them? As a result, I was not only reprimanded by the old lady, but also had to fill the holes in this batch of raw silk myself! I can't wait to eat their meat raw! ”

Wei San looked up at the smiling face that he had practiced for many years, and said, "Second master, don't worry, you also said it, after fighting for so many years, it has always been the same thing." Therefore, even if the eldest lord and the third lord are allied, they are just a rabble, and they have to be suspicious of each other. Since they are suspicious of each other, it is the opportunity for the second master. ”

The second old man was angry from his heart: "What will the opportunity? What is the chance? I've been miserable by them! Do you know how much money I will lose just to plug the holes in this batch of raw silk? Tens of thousands of taels! That's white silver! ”

Wei San always smiled, and when the second master finished venting, he said unhurriedly: "The second master has strong family assets, even if he loses tens of thousands of taels, he will definitely not be able to defeat our wise second master!" The matter of raw silk is a foregone conclusion, and the second master must not worry about it anymore. However, the third master has been busy with the work of the Meigong County Weaving Bureau recently, and the second master may be able to take advantage of this matter to attack the third master. ”

After being flattered by Wei San for a long time, the second master naturally would not be completely angry, but his face had calmed down and let Wei San talk carefully.

Wei San said while making tea: "Last year, the third master took over the work of the Weaving Bureau and earned seven or eight thousand taels. This year, the third master is bound to work in the Weaving Bureau, and these days are being done everywhere. ”

The second old man took the tea from Wei San's hand, took a sip to moisten his throat, and said disdainfully: "The old lady has always attached importance to the relationship with the government, and the third old man has always been very sycophant to the government in order to please the old lady. His hard work was not in vain, just because he got into the government, and the old lady was full of praise for him. ”

Wei San pretended to be suddenly enlightened, nodded and flattered: "So that's the case." ”

"Next spring, the imperial court will send a group of big survivors, which is much fatter than the work of the Weaving Bureau, if you can get that, it will be equivalent to having something to do with the imperial court! As long as he can do a good job in the Weaving Bureau and gain the trust of the Weaving Bureau, the great work of the imperial court will definitely be given to him. When the time comes, as soon as the old lady is happy, maybe he can directly make him the patriarch! ”

Wei San pretended to be at a loss, and asked in a panic, "How is that good?" If the third master gets the job of the weaving bureau, our workshop is destined to not be able to turn over! ”

The second master finished drinking the tea, lowered the fire, put the tea cup on the table, and asked, "Say it." What exactly are you trying to say? ”

"Alas, I really can't hide anything from the eyes of the second master!" Wei San said with a smile: "Actually, as long as we can snatch the work of the Weaving Bureau from the hands of the third master, not only can we make a little profit, but more importantly, we can make the third master plant, and you will be connected with the government." When the time comes, the old lady will definitely be dissatisfied with the third master and look at you differently! ”

The second old man laughed: "Do you think I haven't thought about it?" Merely...... Alas, the workshop is messy enough now, and I really don't have the energy to think about it. The eldest and the third have been connected again, and they must have guarded against me a long time ago. Besides, the third child is a shopkeeper, we are a workshop, how can our connections be compared with the third? Besides, we are not like the third child, we have no supply at all. ”

Wei San laughed a few times: "Second master, you are right. But you don't know, this network and source of goods have already found their own door! ”

"What did you say?"

Wei San showed an envelope to the second master: "Just now, Ning Yongda and Gu Feng came, brought you a letter, and showed me the approval document, I have seen it, that batch of documents is a real thing!" ”

The second master's eyes widened: "What did you say?" Ning Yongda? He actually ......"

Wei San said again and again: "I didn't expect that Ning Yongda to actually have this thought, and he actually did it!" When he came to tell me, I was shocked and couldn't believe it for a long time! This is a dog that bites people and doesn't bark. ”

The second master opened the letter, read it roughly, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Wei San persuaded from the side: "Second master, at the moment, the eldest master and the third master don't know about this matter, this is a good opportunity to deal with the third master!" ”

Only then did the second master gradually come to his senses and asked, "However, this Ning Yongda is not really stupid!" Why did he come to me for such a good thing? And offered to divide more than half of me? ”

"The second master forgot, although I got the approval, I still have to spend some money! How could Ning Yongda have so much silver? The weaving bureau asked for a total of 4,000 taels, and Ning Yongda hoped that the second master would pay this silver. ”

"I see." The second master gradually recovered from the shock, his eyes began to roll, pondered for a moment, and said, "This is not right." Ning Yongda and I have never had much contact with each other, and I have never been involved in business. When he got this batch of documents, it was reasonable to go to the third child. ”

"The second master is really wise!" Wei San said in a low voice: "When he came to me, I also wondered, but when I asked him, he refused to say. I sent someone to follow him, and I heard him talking to Gu Feng, it turned out that this batch of documents and supplies were all made for him by others, and it was also that person who asked him to come to the second master. ”

"Someone else got it for him? Hmph, I knew that Ning Yongda himself couldn't have this ability! Who is that man? ”

"When Ning Yongda and Gu Feng mentioned that person, they kept calling that person 'Tan Ye'."

"The surname Tan? Who is it? ”

Wei San said leisurely: "Speaking of the surname Tan, I think of a person. Second master, do you remember that the third master has a steward under him, called Tan Wenshi, and people call him 'Tan Ye'. That Tan Wenshi has a little relationship with the old lady, and he does have some real skills, and he has been under the hands of the third master for more than ten years, and he is very valued by the third master. ”

The second master narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Tan Wenshi...... I have a little impression that I seem to be helping the third child take care of a lot of things. ”

"It's him! Tan Wenshi has a wide range of connections, and both the underworld and the white way have to sell him a little face. I heard that last year, the reason why the third master was able to get the approval of the Weaving Bureau was because Tan Wenshi had a lot of connections in secret. ”

"Hmm...... If it was Tan Wenshi, he did have the ability to manipulate Ning Yongda to snatch the third child's work. And if it weren't for Tan Wenshi's instructions, how could Ning Yongda dare to go against the third child? ”

"That's it! I also heard that the batch of goods that Ning Yongda was looking for came from the Luo family in Zizhou County, and the Luo family's output was not high, and they had always only been in the business of regular customers. If Tan Wenshi hadn't made a move, how could he have gotten the Luo family's materials? ”

The second master's eyes showed a look of doubt: "It's just that Tan Wenshi...... The third child relies on him so much, he has been with the third child for so many years, and now betraying the third child is not good for him at all? Does he want to leave the third child and go it alone? No, no, no, with his current ability, he shouldn't be able to do it. ”

Wei San lowered his eyes and said, "I pondered, if it was Tan Wenshi himself, it would indeed be no good for him to do this." So I thought about it, and I guess it might have something to do with the old man. ”

The second master asked, "What's the matter with the boss?" ”

"You just said that if the third master gets the job next spring through the weaving bureau, the old lady will be happy, maybe he will directly give the position of the patriarch to the third master. You don't want to see this kind of thing happen, and the big man naturally doesn't want to. Therefore, on the surface, he formed an alliance with the third master, but in fact, he had already started to prevent the third master from becoming dominant. ”

The second master nodded. "Yes. In the entire Meigong County, except for the boss, no one may be Tan Wenshi's comrade. Eighty percent should be the boss who bought Tan Wenshi. Speaking of this, the second old man changed his words: "It's just that even if the boss is willing to spend money, will Tan Wenshi easily agree?" ”

Wei San was stunned when asked: "This ......"

Once this matter is exposed, Tan Wenshi will definitely be retaliated by the third child, and he will also be infamous for being disloyal and unjust, and then he will be like a rat crossing the street, and others will not deal with him anymore because they are afraid of his reputation. Would Tan Wenshi be stupid enough to agree to do such a thing for the boss? ”

Wei San clapped his hands and said, "That's right! I think it must be because Tan Wenshi has long been dissatisfied with the third master. You also know the third master's personality, and it is said outside that those people who follow the third master are only superficial, but in fact they can't share much oil and water. ”

The second master nodded: "It also makes sense." ”

Wei San continued: "I guess that the eldest master doesn't want to tear his face with the third master openly, so they pushed Ning Yongda in front of you." In this case, even if the third master knows about this, he will think that you did it, and it will not be so easy to think of the eldest master. ”

The second old man snorted coldly: "The boss is really an old traitor!" The second old man stroked his beard and thought for a while, and then ordered Wei San in a deep voice: "You go to Ning Yongda and tell him that I will come out with four thousand taels of silver!" Hmph, what if the third child knows that I did it? Anyway, the new hatred and old hatred between me and him have long been settled, and this time it is not bad at all! ”

Ning Xia Qing got the news that Ning Er's four thousand taels of silver had arrived, and he agreed to Ning Yongda's request in the letter, and Ning Er's master would come forward to deal with the Weaving Bureau, so as not to let Ning Yongda show up. Ning Xia Qing couldn't help laughing, it seems that the little reward given to Wei San was not in vain, Wei San was really as good as rumored.

Ning Xia Qing couldn't help but start looking forward to the storm that had begun to hover on the Ning family's own family and Tan Wen's stone.