Chapter 212: Scorched
Master Ning didn't sleep all night last night, and he personally ran to Huacai Garden during the day, and after he came back, he was pulled by Ning Yongjing to cry a lot, which annoyed Master Ning is headache.
Finally sent Ning Yongjing away, Master Ning wanted to close his eyes for a while, but after getting older, his sleep was no longer as dense as that of young people, and he couldn't sleep after lying in bed for a long time. had no choice but to curse Ning Yongjing in his mouth for not being good at teaching his son, and at the same time got up helplessly.
Tonight is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Master Ning has lived for so many years, and it is the first time he has had such an aggrieved Mid-Autumn Festival.
Master Ning was sitting alone in the side hall of his home, and he was sleepy at the moment, but he had to wait for news, so he had to drink strong tea to get rid of his sleepiness. From the second and third masters' houses, there was a faint sound of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, which made Master Ning even more desolate.
"Damn, this Ning Zhiheng! What a mess for Lao Tzu! Master Ning scolded angrily.
At this moment, the housekeeper ran back from outside and hurriedly said, "Master, it's done, that sister has promised to speak for us." ”
Ning Xia Qing did not agree to the eldest master's request, but he did not sit idly by and ignore this matter, but pointed out another way out for the eldest lord. Ning Xia Qing said that since Ning Zhiheng fought with someone for Zhao Xiang'e, and the murder happened near Ning Zhiheng's location, the government should definitely listen to Zhao Xiang'e's testimony.
Now that the lawsuit has not yet been tried, Master Ning might as well contact Zhao Xiang'e as soon as possible and ask Zhao Xiang'e to help prove Ning Zhiheng's innocence. Zhao Xiang'e has nothing to do with Ning's family, and if Zhao Xiang'e can testify, the credibility is much higher than that of Ning Ningqing, a person surnamed Ning, who came forward to testify.
After Master Ning learned about this, he recognized the method that Ning Xia Qing pointed out, but went to Zhao Xiang'e...... Could Master Ning not know how important Zhao Xiang'e was in this matter? I have already sent someone over, but I haven't even seen Zhao Xiang'e's face at all!
Although the Ning family is a wealthy local businessman, Zhao Xiang'e is just a laughing sister, but Zhao Xiang'e is favored by many dignitaries and nobles, and if she wants to show Ning's face, she can show Ning's face.
However, when Master Ning's people went to see Zhao Xiang'e for the seventh time, Zhao Xiang'e didn't know if she was impatient, and finally agreed to meet her with a displeased face, and under the heavy promise of Master Ning's side, she promised to go to the government early in the morning and come forward to speak for Ning Zhiheng.
Early the next morning, according to Ning Ningqing's instructions, Dong Zizhen finally put the matter of recruiting partners in front of everything and did it quickly.
Now there are only two people in the store, Gu Feng and Dong Zizhen, although Zhen Fu was also brought in to help run errands, but Zhen Fu had never done this before, his hands and feet were really rusty, he couldn't help much, not to mention, and sometimes he would do the wrong job, which made Dong Zizhen die of a headache. Therefore, Dong Zizhen had to put down everything else first, and hurriedly went to recruit the guys to come back first.
A few days later, Dong Zizhen recruited two guys.
In fact, Dong Zizhen didn't find a guy who was willing to come here before, but he never found the one he liked, but now there is no time for Dong Zizhen to choose slowly, and Dong Zizhen had to find two of them. These two are not clever, they don't know how to greet guests, and the only good thing is that they are willing to do it.
As for the affairs of the warehouse, naturally he was not worried about letting these two newcomers take care of it, so he had to ask the elderly Gu Feng to take over again and put more thought into it.
Since Zhao Xiang'e came forward to testify, the Qi family's arrogance has not been as arrogant as before. But even so, the Qi family still came to the Ning family all day long.
Today's Qi family is no longer as aggressive as it was at the beginning, and has become a bit of a scoundrel.
Ning Zhiheng ate and drank in prison in a good manner, but Qi Kaifeng was different, Qi Kaifeng was lying unconscious on the bed, even if the government believed Zhao Xiang'e's words, it was Qi Kaifeng's hand that made the first move, but Ning Zhiheng beat Qi Kaifeng like this after all, completely exceeding the limit of counterattack, Ning Zhiheng definitely couldn't eat and walked around!
Therefore, the Qi family came to the Ning mansion all day long.
Master Ning pondered, now there is only one way, that is, to be hard with one hand, let Zhao Xiang'e come forward to speak for Ning Zhiheng, and with the other hand, he will be soft, and he will fight for a private reconciliation with the Qi family in a good voice.
Master Ning is so soft and hard, in order to get Ning Zhiheng out of prison first. After all, there is still an unsolved murder case at the moment, and if Ning Zhiheng stays in prison for one more day, there is an extra risk of being beaten into a murderer.
However, the Qi family didn't buy it at all, and even pinched the mind of Master Ning who was in a hurry to save Ning Zhiheng, that is, he was unwilling to reconcile, and he wanted to block the Ning family.
Master Ning has said all the good things to the Qi family, but the Qi family doesn't eat this set of soft at all. Master Ning can only continue to follow the Qi family.
Zhao Xiang'e had already pointed out that it was Qi Kaifeng who made the first move, so Master Ning took advantage of this to make a big fuss and deliberately spread the news, so that everyone who heard about the brawl in Wan Yanfang thought that Qi Kaifeng made the first move. Because of this, the brawl in Wan Yanfang that night spread more and more widely, and everyone knew about it.
Moreover, Master Ning also bought a few doctors with a lot of money, and asked those doctors to go to the prison to examine Ning Zhiheng's injuries, proving that Ning Zhiheng was also beaten by Qi Kaifeng, saying that his organs were damaged, and his injuries were extremely serious.
The Qi family was so angry that they smoked and accused the Ning family of first buying Zhao Xiang'e, and then buying off those doctors who had no medical ethics, and scolded the Ning family to the blood.
In this way, the fire between the Qi family and the Ning family will be even stronger, and as for the reconciliation method that Master Ning originally thought, it is almost impossible to achieve it again.
In short, in the confrontation between the Qi family and the Ning family, this matter is getting bigger and bigger, and the city is full of turmoil, everyone knows that the Ning family and the Qi family are married, and the fate of Ning Zhiheng in prison is becoming more and more confusing.
A layer of autumn rain and a layer of cool, the autumn rain is long, and the autumn is long. The autumn sky is high and blue. The autumn wind blows, the leaves fall to the ground one by one, fiery red, so red that people are frightened, so red that people palpitate, in the autumn wind under the vigorous drift, deep into the soil, turned into silt, fell to the underworld, returned to silence.
Ning Xia Qing sat in Ning Er's workshop, sipping a teacup, and Ning Er's master was also drinking tea leisurely on the side, chatting with her from time to time about the silk market, chatting and chatting about the topic far away. Second Master Ning couldn't help frowning, and sighed worriedly: "This matter has been making trouble for so many days, and I don't know when it will be a head." ”
Ning Xia Qing knew that the second master Ning was talking about the matter with the Qi family, although this matter had nothing to do with the second master Ning, but the Ning family was all worried about this matter, and the second master Ning was no exception.
Second Master Ning said: "Originally, it was just the boss who was on the same side as the Qi family, but the third brother also intervened at this time." Alas, what you said is true, this matter is quite big, it would be nice if it could turn a big thing into a small thing, but now the third child is not dealing with the Qi family, and this matter will definitely not end one day! ”
Ning Xia Qing looked at the teacup silently and did not speak.
Speaking of which, although the Ning family and the Qi family did not have any big names in the past, it is certain that they will not deal with each other. After all, in the past, the Meigong County Chamber of Commerce had always been controlled by the Ning family, but just a few years ago, a Qi plateau who came out of nowhere was suddenly pushed to the position of manager.
It can't be said that Qi Gaoyuan appeared suddenly, after all, the Qi family is also a well-known material merchant in the county, but the Qi family has always been inconspicuous, and Qi Gaoyuan was able to suddenly stand up and take away the rights of the Ning family, no one expected.
Because of this, the Ning family has always been a little worried about the Qi family. Now that he has a quarrel with the Qi family, it can be regarded as a new hatred and an old hatred that broke out together, so Master Ning San also mixed up and put on a momentum of wanting to fight with the Qi family.
"If you want me to say, if this thing goes on like this, it will definitely be endless. I think we should try to reconcile with the Qi family, but ...... But the eldest and third didn't mean that at all. Second Master Ning said with emotion.
"Does Uncle Ertang really think so?" Ning Xia Qing asked calmly.
She looked at Second Master Ning and said rationally: "The reason why the inconspicuous Qi Gaoyuan was able to descend to the position of the manager of the Chamber of Commerce back then was because he had a promoter behind him, and the people on whom the Qi family relied wanted to use the Qi family to balance the Ning family. At this time, the reliance behind him will naturally not let go of the Ning family easily. ”
"Therefore, even if the Ning family wants to settle the matter now, the Qi family will not agree. Since it is destined to never die, the Ning family might as well fight with all their might. This truth, the second cousin must understand. Ning Ningqing's tone was indifferent, as if he was not talking about his own family.
Second Master Ning couldn't help but sigh heavily, and said helplessly, "I don't understand this truth. In the end, I was just anxious in my heart, afraid that this matter would go on endlessly, but I also knew in my heart that there could be no better outcome in this matter. ”
Second Master Ning glanced at Ning Xia Qing, and seeing that Ning Ningqing's face looked more indifferent and detached than usual, Second Master Ning couldn't help but ask with concern, "Are you okay?" ”
Ning Xia Qing was stunned for a moment, shook his head, squeezed out a smile, and changed the topic: "The person behind the Qi family is the Xiao family, right?" ”
Second Master Ning was stunned for a moment and asked, "You know?" ”
Ning Ningqing nodded and said worriedly: "The silk weaving market is about to start, and now it is almost winter, and the annual industry ranking is about to start." These two things can't get around the Chamber of Commerce, but the Chamber of Commerce is now controlled by the Qi family, and now we are having a good time with the Qi family, it seems that it is difficult for us to have any advantages in these two things this year. ”
Second Master Ning snorted and said with some disdain: "Even if there is no such thing as this year, the Ning clan has not had much advantage in these two things in the past. Even if there was no Qi family, the Ning family would have been much worse than before. ”
Ning Xia Qing glanced at Second Master Ning, and understood what Second Master Ning meant.
The infighting in the Ning clan is very strong, the three masters of the Ning family have formed a faction, and the rest of the clansmen have stood in line, over the years, the Ning family has spent almost all their efforts on eliminating dissidents, like this Ning, outsiders only need to hold their arms and watch, and the Ning family itself can fight themselves to death.
Although the former Ning family could not be compared with the Xiao family who produced imperial satin, it was not too far behind, but now the Ning family can only get hold of silk satin, and the others are gradually becoming the last goods.
She had also heard Second Master Ning say that although Ning's materials came out of Second Master Ning's workshop, Second Master Ning could not control everything in the workshop.
Because Master Ning San's hand had already reached out to the weaving piece, when Master Ning San had not yet opened a workshop, he had already bought a lot of craftsmen on Ning Er's side.
This is also why, after the third master Ning opened the workshop, he was able to snatch a large number of excellent craftsmen from the second master so quickly, almost so that the second master Ning was evacuated by surprise.
Those craftsmen who were bought by Ning San were all as mercenary as Ning San Lao, and even under the instruction of Ning San Lao, they deliberately sabotaged Ning Er's work. These people are short of catties and short of raw materials, and they are shoddy, but they report to Ning Er Master according to the price of high-quality raw materials, and the difference flows into these people's pockets.
Master Ning San laid out a big game of chess on Ning's weaving, and in order to secretly sabotage the second master's business, Ning San even did not hesitate to smash Ning's signboard. Now that Master Ning San's workshop has fallen into the hands of Master Ning Er, Master Ning San's vitality is greatly damaged, and his hand can no longer reach for weaving, and Master Ning Er only feels very happy.
Ningxia Qing paused for a moment and continued to discuss the matter of the silk weaving market: "What does the second cousin plan to take to the silk weaving market?" ”
Second Master Ning replied without hesitation: "Silk satin, quxiang satin, that batch of phoenix grass and wood dyed materials, and 'merit consummation'." ”
Ning Xia Qing thought for a while and said, "Second Uncle thinks, can that batch of phoenix grass and wood dyed materials be a blockbuster?" ”
Second Master Ning pursed his lips and said: "The incident with the third child before made this material leave a very bad first impression on outsiders, even if we want to push this material up, Qi Gaoyuan will definitely take advantage of the previous incident of the third child to make a big fuss and further ruin the reputation of this material, and not let us get our wish." ”
Ning Xia Qing couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he didn't expect that Xiao Jingyuanbu's game could actually cause this impact in addition to almost bringing down Ning's workshop.
Ning Xia Qing tilted his head slightly, and said casually: "Now the one who doesn't deal with the Ning family is the Qi family, if Qi Gaoyuan can come down from that position, presumably, others will not be bored to turn over the matter in the third master's workshop." ”
Second Master Ning only thought she was joking, haha, and said, "Okay, well, since our young girl has spoken, Ming'er will drive Qi Gaoyuan out of the Chamber of Commerce!" ”
Ning Xia Qing knew that Second Master Ning was not mocking, but deliberately amusing her. Ning Xia Qing also knew that Second Master Ning didn't take seriously what she said about letting Qi Gaoyuan come down from that position.
The position of steward of the Chamber of Commerce is jointly selected by everyone in the Chamber of Commerce, how can it be influenced by Ningxia Qing's words? Not to mention that the Qi family is backed by the Xiao family, the Xiao family will try their best to protect the position of the steward of the Qi Plateau. Even if there was no Xiao family, other peers would be more willing to see the Qi family in that position than the Ning family sitting in that position.
The Qi family's power is meager, let the Qi family sit in that position, the Qi family will not be too biased in handling the affairs of the business bank, and the Qi family is also better controlled.
The Ning family is a wealthy local businessman, if the Ning family is allowed to sit in that seat, the Ning family will not cover the sky in Meigong County? When the time comes, will there be no way for others to live?
Ning Xia Qing tugged at the corners of his mouth slightly, and asked Second Master Ning: "If the person sitting in that seat is not Qi Gaoyuan, does the second cousin think that with the strength of Phoenix Grass and Tree Dyeing, can he be a blockbuster?" ”
Second Master Ning still didn't take what Ning Xia Qing said about letting Qi Gaoyuan come down from that position, but he still answered Ning Ningqing's words seriously.
Ning Er said while pondering: "If you want me to say, our Ning's signature silk satin is not to mention, and the 'merit consummation' is pure satin after all, and there will not be a very good ranking, but Quxiang satin and phoenix grass and wood dyeing are both masterpieces that can be taken on their own, if you only rely on strength, Quxiang satin and phoenix grass and wood dyeing will definitely surprise people." ”
Ning Xia Qing nodded calmly as she listened.