Hearing the news, Shen Xi rushed over from the pharmacy, and happened to see the eldest uncle Shen Mingwen being pressed into the wellhead by the third uncle Shen Mingtang and the fourth uncle Shen Mingxin.

Usually Shen Xi would not come to Shen Mingwen's courtyard, because the uncle was not only extremely selfish, but also bullied him as a child, always looking for excuses to cheat money and support him to do things.

Seeing her son being pressed to death at the mouth of the well, the old lady Li didn't even look at it, feeling that the old lady was really ready to "endure the pain and kill her son", but Shen Xi saw at a glance that this was just a game set up to make Shen Mingwen change his mind, but it was used extremely cleverly, so that Shen Mingwen couldn't react at all.

"Mother...... I didn't harm the second brother, he really left by himself, the third and fourth, don't push the eldest brother, or you send me to the yamen, let me explain it clearly to the people in the government......"

Shen Mingwen was completely panicked, the momentum in his body that he had to break with his family was gone, and at this time he could only explain desperately, but the old lady turned a deaf ear.

Shen Mingwen had no choice but to continue to beg, "Mother, you let me go...... As soon as I arrived in Fuzhou, the second child took me to the land of fireworks, thinking that he took the money and ran away with those kiln sisters...... This is really not bad for me, please mother to see everything, I will listen to your old words when I go back, study carefully, and never come out to spread wild again......"

Hearing this, Li's face really changed, and she wanted to open her mouth and ask her two sons to pull Shen Mingwen back, but she thought about Zhou Xiang, if Shen Mingwen just said that he wanted to go back to study seriously, and let him go immediately, Shen Mingwen would definitely be able to figure out the way when he turned around, and he would still run away from home.

"Want to study seriously now? hurt your second brother, only then did you repent, it's too late! You son of a, I don't want to keep you to continue to hurt people! ”

Li's resolute attitude made Shen Mingwen feel extremely desperate.

Shen Mingxin and Shen Mingtang not only simply pressed him into the well, but also wanted to restrain Shen Mingwen's hand holding the edge of the well, Shen Mingwen struggled twice, but he was a scholar, how could Shen Mingtang and Shen Mingxin, who were used to doing farm work, have great strength?

Li Shi said again: "You son of a, you don't listen to any persuasion, throw it into the well, and see if God will spare you!" ”

Li's attitude was resolute, which made Shen Mingjun and his wife think that she was really going to kill the killer, and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade the old lady. Zhou said: "Mother, now that the whereabouts of the second uncle are unknown, you might as well spare the uncle, and it is not too late to punish when the matter is clarified." ”

Shen Mingjun followed and persuaded: "Yes, mother, when the eldest brother arrived at Tingzhou Mansion, he was depressed and didn't eat for a few days, it didn't look like he was running away with money...... It's better to ask clearly. ”

Shen Xi shook his head helplessly at the gate of the courtyard, it seems that the old lady's trick not only stopped to deter Shen Mingwen, but also may have the intention of intimidating Shen Mingjun and his wife.

The son is difficult to manage when he is older, especially if the son has a daughter-in-law, in the heart of the old lady, the son must want the daughter-in-law not the old mother, the Li family used the punishment of Shen Mingwen to let Shen Mingjun and his wife know, as long as I am not happy, if I want my son to die, my son will not be able to live, do you want to separate the family? No way!

Li Shi got up from his chair and shouted angrily: "Throw it into the well!" "She is a majestic body, although Li is a small foot, but her aura of walking towards the door with her sleeves like this is not weaker than that of a seven-foot man.

Shen Mingtang and Shen Mingxin heard the order, one raised his head, and the other directly dragged his feet, preparing to make an "upside-down onion" and stuff Shen Mingwen from the wellhead.

However, Shen Mingxin had been instructed by the old lady before, and at this time, he deliberately leaked some strength in his hands, and a "did not grasp steadily", allowing Shen Mingwen to break free of his feet.

At the moment of life and death, Shen Mingwen had great strength and pushed Shen Mingtang away.

Shen Mingwen's body regained his freedom, he knew that he couldn't run away, and his two legs were definitely not as fast as the three younger brothers around him, he ran to the door with two steps, knelt on the ground with a "poof", pulled the old lady's legs, and said with a handful of snot and tears:

"Mother...... Do you believe that son, son really didn't harm the second brother, it was the second brother who cheated me and ran away with the money...... I originally wanted to live in Tingzhou Mansion for a while, and then go back to Ninghua to relax...... I can't bear my mother, wife and children...... Mother, I must have thought about it behind closed doors after I go back, study hard, spare my son......"

Seeing Shen Mingwen's cowardice, Li Shi was even more angry, but she didn't really throw Shen Mingwen into the well and drowned, seeing that the effect was achieved, she sneered: "Your second brother's whereabouts are unknown now, I will spare you for the time being, but the death penalty can be avoided and the living crime cannot be escaped." Fourth, find a stick! ”

Shen Mingxin looked around the courtyard, found a flat pole from the corner, and handed it to the Li family.

Li shouted: "Press him! ”

Shen Mingtang and Shen Mingxin pressed Shen Mingwen down on the edge of the well again, and Shen Mingxin went directly to untie Shen Mingwen's trouser belt.

Zhou Shi saw this posture, this place was no longer for her to stay in as a woman, and hurriedly walked out of the door with her head down, but found that Shen Xi was watching the excitement outside the door, and she pulled Shen Xi towards the direction of the alley.

Shen Xi was dragged by the old lady, and Shen Mingwen's pig-like howl could still be heard behind him: "Ah! It hurts, mother, lightly. Ahh......h

Shen Xi felt a creepy feeling when she heard this, every time Shen Mingwen shouted, Zhou's body would tremble, obviously the way Li punished Shen Mingwen had a great impact on her.

Zhou has been thinking about how to propose a separation to the old lady, and after this incident, she feels the authority of the old lady, and her daughter-in-law may not dare to challenge the Li family for a long time.

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At sunset, Shen Mingjun was still nowhere to be seen, and Zhou was a little distracted in the pharmacy, and even the people who came to buy medicine were greeted by Xiaoyu's "tent".

Even when Hui Niang came back, Zhou didn't pay attention.

Hui Niang showed an inquiring look to Xie Yun'er who walked out from behind the screen, and Xie Yun'er shook her head slightly, indicating that she didn't know very well.

"Sister, I'm back." Hui Niang stepped forward to greet Zhou.

The six gods of the Zhou family returned to their positions, smiled, and continued to be in a daze after returning to the counter.

Su Shi pulled Shen Xi to the back hall and asked, "Xiaolang, what's wrong with your mother?" ”

Shen Xi sighed and talked about the Shen family's affairs in general, and Hui Niang nodded. She and Zhou are good sisters, and Zhou has many things not to tell her husband, but she has no reservations about her. The Zhou family has always hoped to get out of the control of the old lady of the Shen family as soon as possible, and today the old lady punished Shen Mingwen, which can be described as knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, killing the chicken and setting an example for the monkey, and scaring the Zhou family a lot.

"Your mother is in a bad mood, don't provoke her, you know?" Hui Niang reminded her, but she was going to explain the Zhou family.

This time, it was Shen Xi who pulled Hui Niang back: "Auntie, let your mother think about it for herself." Aren't we fighting for the supply of goods with those surnamed Su these days, can you tell me the specific situation? ”

Hui Niang opened the curtain and looked at Zhou in a daze, and couldn't help sighing, then she turned around and told her in detail about the situation she was facing.

Su Shaqi and his business friends, this time they did a great job, monopolizing the medicinal materials and official salt transported to Tingzhou Mansion from all over the country, one price today, and one higher price tomorrow, Hui Niang sent someone to collect it, and only a small part could be received, because Su Shaqi said it first, no matter how much the Tingzhou Mansion Chamber of Commerce offered, he could give one more price.

"Xiaolang, if this momentum continues, our silver will not last long, and I am afraid that we will lose all our money at that time, and the shopkeepers of the pharmacies and salt shops in the city will begin to retreat, because this is simply burning money. Those pharmacies and salt shops have been in private contact, some want to compromise with the shopkeeper Su, and some are ready to leave the Chamber of Commerce and then raise the price on their own. ”

The Zhou family has the troubles of the Zhou family, and in comparison, Hui Niang is even more worried.

Shen Xi shook his head: "Aunt, you can't retreat now, otherwise your previous efforts will be in vain." In fact, things are not as bad as you think, the price of medicinal materials and official salt in Tingzhou Mansion remains high, and the news will soon spread to the surrounding prefectures and counties, and even the ears of the merchants of the generation in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and then there will naturally be a large number of official salt and medicinal materials shipped, and it will be up to Su Shaqi to see if he can eat them all! ”

Hui Niang nodded, because Shen Xi's words made sense.

This kind of thing, as long as it can be persevered, will definitely win, because no matter how much money Su Shaqi's gang has, it will not last for more than half a year.

The Chamber of Commerce is certainly burning money, and Su Shaqi has spent even more money.

"But Xiaolang, I'm afraid that the Chamber of Commerce won't be able to hold on first. The pharmacy and salt shop in the city are about to be sold out, and if they are really out of stock, the shopkeeper Su will transport the goods to the city and sell them at a high price. At that time, the government will definitely come forward and force us to compromise, and at that time, we will not only lose money, but also have to admit defeat to the shopkeeper Su......"

Hui Niang raised her concerns again.

Shen Xi looked serious: "Aunt, I have a way, I don't know if you are willing to do it?" ”

"Huh?" Hui Niang could see that Shen Xi's strategy must not be very open, otherwise there would be no need to beat around the bush so much," you say. ”

Shen Xi took out a topographic map of Tingzhou Mansion that he had drawn, which he had gradually drawn and perfected in the past few days by referring to the local chronicles he had seen in his previous life and the geographical data he had mastered during the archaeology of the Fujian generation.

"Aunt, you see, Tingzhou Mansion is Shaowu Mansion to the north, Yanping Mansion to the east, Zhangzhou Mansion to the southeast, Chaozhou Mansion to the south of Guangdong, Ganzhou Mansion to the west to Jiangxi, and the surrounding prefectures are not big towns in Tingzhou, although there are several official roads in the territory, but the materials are mainly transported through the Tingjiang River and the Minjiang River."

"Now, Su Shaqi has set up reception offices on the Tingjiang River and Minjiang River at the border with Tingzhou Prefecture, and intercepted the medicinal materials and official salt transported to Tingzhou from all over the country, so that even if we transfer medicinal materials and official salt by land, we cannot meet the supply of the eight counties in the whole prefecture."

Hui Niang carefully inspected, she had never used such a way to look at the land under her feet before, the map was very detailed, not only the towns and the main rivers and their tributaries were clear, the official roads connecting the prefectures and counties were clear at a glance, and even the locations of the guard station, the inspection department, the post station, and the river mooring station were also marked.

Hui Niang even forgot what she was talking about, and was immersed in the shock of "seeing all the mountains at a glance".

"Auntie, did you listen to me?" Shen Xi couldn't help frowning when he saw Hui Niang's concentrated appearance.

Hui Niang smiled apologetically: "Listen, Auntie, you continue." ”

Shen Xi then continued: "Su Shaqi and Jiangnan merchants monopolized the supply of goods, in fact, that group of people is the same as our Chamber of Commerce, there must be internal disputes, Su Shaqi contacts these people to do it together for his own interests, but even if they win in the end, it will be a miserable victory, and he may not be able to compensate these people." ”

"We can start from the inside of the Jiangnan merchants, they buy goods from the Tingjiang and Minjiang rivers at high prices, and they can't always hold them in their hands, so they can only be sent downstream or simply transported by land to Guangdong, Jiangxi and other places to sell at a loss. We secretly contacted these Jiangnan merchants, or used our procurement channels to secretly buy them, and then transported them to Tingzhou Mansion by water. ”

"In order to avoid the matter being revealed, we did not directly ship it back to Tingzhou Capital City for sale, but sold it to Su Shaqi at a high price again. In this way, Su Shaqi has to buy goods at a high price on the one hand, ship at a low price on the other side, and take back the goods he sold at a high price when he turns around...... How long do you think he will last? ”

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