Luo Yangxing, Wu Xuexia, Wu Sanfeng, Wei Bao, everyone present thought that there was something wrong with their ears, but Wu Xiang actually agreed to Wei Bao's request without hesitation?

So that Wei Bao can build a large number of buildings in Jinshan and the surrounding three?

Happiness came too suddenly, Wei Bao was speechless, he also knew that his ideas were too advanced, this is Liaoxi, next to the important town of Shanhaiguan, if you want to develop such a large piece of land, it is not a trivial matter!

If it is the Great Southwest, or the undeveloped poor countryside on the Hainan side, or the sparsely populated Great Northwest, it is also possible, where will there be no one in other places in the Ming Dynasty? In the area of Wei Bao's house, although the population is not dense, there must be four or five thousand people in four miles.

In modern times, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Qinhuangdao Port was an extremely important commercial port, which was a place that could grow a lot of people at once, and it was not a barren land.

In such a place, Wu Xiang could actually let a township boy take it to 'develop', which was unimaginable to anyone present.

Luo Yangxing pushed Wei Bao's arm: "Master Wei, Lord Wu agreed." ”

Wei Bao sighed, then came back to his senses, with a solemn expression: "Lord Wu, I thank you on behalf of the people of my hometown, in recent years, there have been many disasters, and there are more and more displaced people, I really don't want to see people in the township continue to leave their hometowns, and end up with no one caring about the bones in another country, so I have these thoughts, thank you Lord Wu for being able to understand my mind." ”

"Wei Gongzi doesn't need to be polite, this is a good thing, if the entire rich family of the Ming Dynasty has such ambition as Wei Gongzi, so benevolent, my Ming people will be blessed." Wu Xiang said with a smile.

The more Wu Xiang was like this, the more curious Wei Bao became, he felt that Wu Xiang could not be defenseless against him, without relatives and for no reason, this matter was strange.

Seeing that things were going so well, Luo Yangxing was very happy for Wei Bao, and praised Wu Xiangken for thinking about the local people.

"Big brother, what's wrong with Daddy? Why is it so good for this Wei Bao? I'm so angry, are you really afraid of Jinyiwei? Wu Xuexia asked Wu Sanfeng softly.

Wu Sanfeng would only be more angry than Wu Xuexia, and said in a deep voice: "Don't believe it, I have to stop Dad!" If Wei Bao is allowed to get such a large area, with Wei Bao's business methods, it is very likely to develop faster, and then it will really become the Liaoxi Wang clan and compete with our Wu family, it is unknown! ”

Wu Sanfeng has unconsciously no longer regarded Wei Bao as a teenager, but as a competitor of the Wu family who has gradually surfaced.

Wu Xuexia was angry, and when she saw that her eldest brother wanted to go out to stop the conversation between her father and Wei Bao, she still grabbed Wu Sanfeng: "Big brother, don't go out, if you go out at this time, your father will not listen to you, and it is indispensable to increase the punishment of the eldest brother." ”

Wu Sanfeng gritted his teeth and clenched his fists angrily, feeling that his father was confused. Or did Dad really start to appreciate this Wei Bao? Do you also think that Wei Bao is a rare young talent in western Liaoning? Thinking of this, Wu Sanfeng couldn't help but feel jealous in his heart, and wanted to put Wei Bao to death.

Wu Xuexia secretly looked at Wei Bao from the back of the hall, but with Wei Bao's young age, he could talk to his father and was very organized. At this point, Wu Xuexia felt more and more that Wei Bao still had some advantages. It's just that every time Wu Xuexia discovers a little advantage in Wei Bao, she unconsciously thinks of the deed of sale, and her eyes are full of disdain when she looks at Wei Bao. I think Wei Bao looks at it, how it is not pleasing to the eye.

"Lord Wu, this matter still needs to be explained by the Lord to the leaders of Jinshanli, Dongbai Tower, Xinqueli and Houmafang, no one has such a high prestige as Lord Wu in Yongping Mansion." Wei Bao hit the railroad while it was hot.

Wu Xiang smiled slightly: "I won't participate in this, I agree with Wei Gongzi to do this, and I want Commander Yang to nod, as for how to say it to the neighbors, it's better for Wei Gongzi to say it himself." ”

Wei Bao had expected that even if Wu Xiang agreed, he would never easily help him to persuade the four Li Zheng Jia chiefs, as for asking Yang Qi to nod, this is all rhetoric, Wei Bao does not need to ask the Yang family for help at all, because Li Zheng and his parents only recognize the Wu family's signboard.

Wei Bao took out a stack of silver tickets from his bosom.

Wu Xiang was stunned, looked at Wei Bao, and then at Luo Yangxing, and said sternly: "Master Wei, what are you doing?" What do you think of me Wu Xiang? ”

"Lord Wu, don't get me wrong." Wei Bao smiled slightly: "This is not a bribe for Lord Wu, but a sum of money that Miss Wu fell on me, please transfer it on my behalf." ”

Wu Xiang naturally understood what this money meant, it was the profit that his family's goods were taken by Wei Bao, Wei Bao was asking for peace with himself, seeing that Wei Bao said that it was Wu Xuexia's silver that fell on him, he secretly said that this young man was really extraordinary, very thoughtful everywhere, and very good at being a person.

For Yang Qi's gift, Wei Bao is to put the silver ticket in the gift box, to Wu Xiang, Wei Bao is very direct to take out the silver ticket, not obscure at all, he is well versed in the mentality of a businessman, see the money open, although today is the first contact with Wu Xiang, but Wei Bao knows that Wu Xiang is a businessman, essentially still a businessman.

Although Wu Xiang did not accept the silver ticket, he let Wei Bao put the silver ticket in his hand, and no longer asked about it, which was tacit, and continued to chat with Wei Bao and Luo Yangxing, Wei Bao no longer asked whether Wu Xiang would let people go to the four to help him do something to persuade the captains of the Lizheng Jia, and people were willing to accept the money, which in itself explains the attitude.

Wu Xiang kept Luo Yangxing to eat, Luo Yangxing agreed, and Wei Bao had a light meal at Wu's house, this meal is really a light meal, basically a vegetarian dish, only one braised pork is a meat dish, compared to Wu Xiang's value and status, it is considered simple.

Wu Xiang is not very good at drinking, Luo Yangxing has no opponents, and he is not very interested in drinking, so after eating, he left with Wei Bao.

"Dad, why did you accept Wei Bao's silver? Our family is not short of silver, and you also invited Luo Yangxing and Wei Bao to dinner, as if our Wu family was afraid of Jinyiwei. Also, Jinshanli, Dongbaitali, Xinqueli, and Houmafang, these four li together, such a large piece of land, are all built by Wei Bao to build river embankments and seawalls, then such a large piece of land, sooner or later, it will become his, there are so many lands, there are so many people, Wei Bao will not be able to become a climate in western Liaoning in a few years, Dad, aren't you raising tigers for trouble? Wu Sanfeng rushed out from the back of the hall and asked a series of questions.

Wu Xiang had long expected that Wu Sanfeng would eavesdrop and come to him to theorize, so he didn't say anything, and his face was calm.

"Dad, don't take it seriously, this time I also think what the eldest brother said is very right, although this Wei Bao is young, he must not be underestimated, he has a lot of ghosts, and he is very good at settling with people in the officialdom." Wu Xuexia saw that her father didn't speak, and said to Wu Sanfeng's words.

Wu Xiang still didn't speak, by Wu Sanfeng and Wu Xuexia brother and sister, you and I said one by one, he just listened quietly, and when the two of them stopped talking, Wu Xiang said, "It's all over?" You guys. A man in his thirties still sees things so short-sightedly. Xuexia, you seem to hate this Wei Bao very much? This is not good, putting too many emotions of liking and disgust on a person will affect the judgment of things. ”

"Dad, he really hates it, robbed our family's goods, what does it mean to give such a little silver now?" Wu Xuexia said angrily: "It seems that he is smart alone, and everyone else is stupid." ”

Wu Xiang beckoned, motioned for Wu Xuexia and Wu Sanfeng to sit down beside him, and then said: "Wei Bao is very smart, he is indeed a rare talent, but Dad will not fail to see his ambition, smart people, most of them are ambitious." ”

You know everything, so what are you doing for him according to Wei Bao's wishes?

Wu Sanfeng and Wu Xuexia both had questions in their hearts, and they couldn't help but not ask.

Wu Xiang continued: "We have the upper hand against Wei Bao, but the world is so big, and we are at a disadvantage for many more powerful people. Therefore, it is necessary to learn how to deal with those who are in the upper hand and how to deal with those who are in the lower hand. Even in Liaoxi, we can't be pampered and willful, we can do whatever we want, if a rising star comes out, we will suppress it openly and secretly, and don't let people make money, then what will others think of our Wu family? Treat prey, contact them, understand them, and then raise them, let them neglect their precautions, and then slaughter them at the right time, which is easy and will not make people guard, and will not let too many people doubt us. ”

Wu Sanfeng and Wu Xuexia only then knew their father's true intentions, and they all understood the truth, but they just felt that for Wei Bao, a person who had no official body and had just risen up, there was no need to be so troublesome, but Wu Xuexia was also secretly relieved, I was really afraid that my father would be like a big brother, always thinking about how to secretly send someone to kill Wei Bao. In that case, as soon as Wei Bao dies, the deed of sale she signed with Wei Bao will be found out immediately.

"Dad, raising tigers is a problem, raising tigers, it's not easy to catch them again." Wu Sanfeng reminded.

"We are above, Wei Bao is below, and you are still so afraid. Then if you change to a bigger force to deal with our Wu family, what will you do? Wu Xiang said: "It is necessary to leave a tolerant impression that people can tolerate people and be able to tolerate the progress of younger generations, so that they can last for a long time." If even a village boy like Wei Bao is afraid of someone who has neither an official body nor a big backer, what else can you do? ”

"I'm afraid I'm not afraid, I just don't want to see the villagers talking blindly all day long." Wu Sanfeng muttered.

"I think Dad is right, let's see what this Wei Bao is going to do, anyway, he can't escape from the palm of Daddy's Buddha." Wu Xuexia said with a smile: "When he gets a little fatter, Daddy will kill him again, and there will be more meat, if Wei Bao can really control the four miles, then Wei Bao will be completely destroyed by us, won't he be able to pick up a big bargain for nothing?" Although Jinshanli, Dongbaitali, Xinqueli and Houmafang are poor and remote, they are very close to Shanhaiguan and Funingwei, and they are close to the sea, which is suitable for ships to dock. ”

Wu Xiang smiled with relief and patted her daughter's snow-white little hand: "Xuexia, that's right, you have to rest assured that you hate or like it, don't put it on your face, and even if you put it in your heart, don't let your likes and dislikes dominate your eyes to see things as a whole." ”

"Yes, Daddy, my daughter understands." Wu Xuexia said.

Wu Sanfeng couldn't help but laugh and said, "You can make a sycophant!" Who doesn't know the truth? I still think that for a person like Wei Bao who wants to go up, he should be ruthless and don't leave him a chance. Really let him become the climate one day, and then unite outsiders to bite us, it's too late to regret it. ”

Wu Xiang nodded and said: "Sanfeng's words are not bad, you can think like this, it means that you are much calmer, this is a good thing." We must not let Wei Bao be so strong that we can't control it. ”

Wu Sanfeng heard his father praise him, and he was a lot more angry, "Yes, daddy." ”

"Brother Wei, Wu Xiang won't take a fancy to you and want to recruit you as a son-in-law, right? It's good to be handsome. On the way back to Shanhailou, Wu Sanfeng quipped.

Li Chengnei also looked at Wei Bao enviously: "Brother, Wu Xiang has taken a fancy to you and wants you to be your son-in-law?" A good thing. ”

Wei Bao snorted and shrugged his shoulders, "Big brother, Brother Luo, don't be kidding, what kind of family is the Wu family?" How can you fall in love with me as a villager? ”

"I can't tell." Luo Yangxing said: "His Wu family is not short of money, looking for a son-in-law will not put silver in the first place, what do the villagers say, who dares to say that they are not villagers?" ”

"Wu Xiang just wants me to make a fuss, ease up on the surface, and when the time comes, when I am unprepared, find an opportunity to kill me, and get benefits, and will not arouse suspicion, Wu Xiang is much more ruthless than his son." Wei Bao narrowed his eyes and said.

Luo Yangxing nodded: "Brother has the ability in the end, he thinks well, it's not that there is no such possibility." At my brother's age, I don't understand anything. At such a young age, my brother can fight with Wu Xiang. ”

"Wu Xiang is so ruthless? Xiaobao has Lord Luo behind him, and he dares to mistreat Xiaobao? Li Chengnei put gold on Luo Yangxing's face, and by the way, he encouraged Luo Yangxing's antipathy to the Wu family, so as to support Wei Bao.

Luo Yangxing said: "I can't support Brother Wei, when we leave tomorrow, Liaoxi is still the world." Even if we don't go, Liaoxi is also the world of people, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and here from top to bottom are people who have taken root here for generations, and they recognize the local family. ”

"What the eldest brother said is that the eldest brother has helped me a lot. Wei Bao was grateful. Wei Bao said sincerely to Luo Yang.

Luo Yangxing smiled slightly: "With a little effort, brothers don't need to be polite." ”

Luo Yangxing, Wei Bao, Li Chengne, followed by a few Jinyi guards and more than a dozen followers of Wei Bao, when everyone returned to Shanhailou, Shanhailou was almost closed.

Uncle Sun Jiu didn't expect Wei Bao to be here, and originally thought that Sister Fang and Wei Bao would go to Jinshan together.

"Shopkeeper Sun, are you ready to close?" Wei Bao said hello politely.

"Wei Gongzi, hurry, Wei Gongzi is back, hurry up and make a pot of high-quality tea for Wei Gongzi." Uncle Sun Jiu hurriedly greeted warmly.

The guy said yes and went.

"After drinking wine, drink tea to relieve hangover." Uncle Sun Jiu said with a smile.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "I didn't drink anything, but Lord Luo drank some, just making a pot of tea to quench Lord Luo's thirst." ”

Luo Yangxing was in a good mood, grabbed Uncle Sun Jiu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, let's go, let's have a drink again, I didn't have a good time in Lord Wu's mansion today." ”

"I don't dare, Lord Luo has tormented the villain." Uncle Sun Jiu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "How can a person like me be worthy of sharing the same table with Lord Luo?" ”

"What is not worthy, don't you give face?" After Luo Yangxing finished speaking, he looked at Wei Bao: "Xiaobao, you can also eat some more, what kind of food is in Lord Wu's mansion?" The clear soup is watery and has no taste at all. If you enter the Wu Mansion as a son-in-law in the future, you will be able to bear it. ”

Wei Bao sweated, just joking on the road just now, don't you talk nonsense everywhere? When this matter reached Wu Xuexia's ears, she thought that I had revealed the deed of sale.

Luo Yangxing saw Wei Bao's embarrassed face, and smiled: "What are you afraid of making a joke?" Okay, okay, let's not talk about it. ”

When Uncle Sun Jiu heard this, he felt a little lost inexplicably, he didn't regard Wei Bao as a candidate for son-in-law, it was his own side, but seeing that Wei Bao had the intention of pursuing his daughter, it was still a little useful.

Wei Bao and Sister Fang actually have nothing to do, and Wei Bao is very clear about the relationship between him and Sister Fang. Both of them have a bit of a good impression of each other, but at most they like each other.

Sister Fang is two years older than Wei Bao, in the age of a Ming woman, this is enough to talk about marriage, she thinks that she and Wei Bao are sisters and brothers more than anything else, so on Sister Fang'er's side, the feeling for Wei Bao is by no means impulsive.

Wei Bao likes Sister Fang, but it does not exceed the level of liking Wang Qiuya, Fan Xiaolin and Xu Rui, Sister Fang is in Wei Bao's heart, and there is no way to compete with Zhao Jinfeng, in fact, Sister Fang's appearance is not much lost to Zhao Jinfeng, and her temperament is also the type that Wei Bao likes, mature and glamorous beauties are pleasing in any era. The main thing is that Wei Bao has a little love at first sight for Zhao Jinfeng, which other women have not brought him.

Wei Bao is not a person who cares about appearance, among the three daughters of Wang Qiuya, Xu Rui and Fan Xiaolin, Wei Bao is the best for Wang Qiuya, and Wang Qiuya's appearance is not better than Xu Rui. A large part of the reason why Wang Qiuya is the best is that the previous Wei Bao's crush was Wang Qiuya, and now Wei Bao has the idea of wanting to make up for the shortcomings of the original Wei Bao in his heart, so Wei Bao will always be close and distant to Wang Qiuya, both like and a little hate Wang Qiuya's inner philistine, but on the surface it is extremely gentle and extremely feminine.

"Don't rub it off, drink early and go to bed early." Luo Yangxing smiled and said: "Shopkeeper, have you taken a fancy to my brother and want my brother to be your son-in-law?" ”

Wei Bao sweated when he heard this, but he didn't expect that this guy Luo Yangxing would come as soon as he opened his mouth, and he would dare to spray anything out.

Uncle Sun Jiu couldn't help but be embarrassed when he heard this, and thought that Wei Bao had said something to Luo Yangxing, and when he thought of testing Wei Bao that day, he told Wei Bao that his son-in-law must be from a human background, and his face was red.

Uncle Sun Jiu saw that he couldn't shirk it, so he had to ask the guy to shout in the back kitchen to fry three more good dishes, "It's better to be respectful, and the little old man will accompany Lord Luo to drink a little." ”

Luo Yangxing laughed: "That's right." You should be a few years older than me, don't say anything about the little old man, let's talk about each other as equals, you still want to take advantage of me? ”

Uncle Sun Jiu is angry and funny, calling himself a little old man, is that taking advantage of you? Who dares to take advantage of your dignified Jinyi Wei Qianhu? "What Lord Luo said is that I can't speak, please forgive Lord Luo."

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm not a stingy person, don't be so nervous. Besides, I'm joking with you. Luo Yangxing smiled: "If you really find my brother as a son-in-law, I have to call you my husband." ”

Wei Bao secretly thought that Luo Yang was so polite to himself, on the one hand, he was already very good at doing things, and on the other hand, it was for Tian Ergeng's face. But you don't have to live like this, do you? Just said that Wu Xiang wanted to recruit himself as a son-in-law, but now he is trying to pry Uncle Sun Jiu to do something?

Uncle Sun Jiu smiled awkwardly, did not answer, and led Luo Yangxing, Wei Bao and Li Chengnei to the private room.

This private room at the head of the mountain and sea building is very good, you can overlook the sea view, you can also look at the peaks from the side, the space is not big or small, there is a lantern hanging on each side, the lantern emits a halo of yellow brilliance, and it is very much the atmosphere of a martial arts drama.

If it weren't for the fact that there are all rough people here, people with no culture, someone must have improvised a poem.

Even if Wei Bao's cultural level is high, Wei Bao doesn't have that habit, and secondly, he doesn't have the ability to compose poems independently, this is not an important occasion, and there is no need to search for the poems of the Qing Dynasty that can be remembered in his memory.

Wei Bao couldn't compose poems, but he warmly greeted Luo Yangxing, Uncle Sun Jiu and Li Chengnei to drink a few more glasses.

The three of them drank a little too much after a while.

"By the way, Shopkeeper Sun, there is something I want to tell you, I won't cover the upper room that I have contracted for a long time, and I will go back to the Maritime Chamber of Commerce to live later." Wei Bao Road.

Uncle Sun Jiu was taken aback, Wei Bao's upper room is the best room in Shanhailou, if it is not vacant for a long time, this is a very objective amount of silver, so he is naturally reluctant to let Wei Bao not cover it: "Wei Gongzi, is there something wrong with our waiting?" Wei Gongzi told me that I will definitely punish those guys who don't use their eyesight and can't do things. ”

"No, no, don't worry about shopkeeper Sun." Wei Bao smiled: "I will still come to eat often in the future, and it is more comfortable to live in my own territory." ”

Uncle Sun Jiu saw that Wei Bao had already made up his mind, and persuaded a few words regretfully, so he stopped mentioning it, where people want to live is their business, and he said that no matter how much he wants, it is useless.

A few people were drinking, and a guy who accompanied Sun Yuefang to Jinshan stumbled upstairs and shouted: "Shopkeeper, Sister Fang has an accident!" ”

Originally, at this time, the gate of Shanhaiguan had been closed, and Shanhailou and Uncle Sun Jiu had a wide network, so this guy could rush back.

Wei Baohui stood up and asked, "Don't worry, you speak slowly, what's going on?" Wei Bao couldn't figure it out that now he has returned to his hometown with Jinyiwei to show off his swagger, except for the people in Jinshan, one is counted as one, and he has the strength to fight with himself alone?