Chapter 163: Turning Enemies into Friends

Qiu Laodong's full name is Qiu Yunsheng, they are a group of more than a dozen people, a small sedan chair, and they arrived at the kiln gang when the sun is on the day. Li Zhi reported that Qiu Laodong's family had brought more than 50 people to Xiurong yesterday, and as soon as they left Xiurong City today, Yaogang got a report. This is all the credit of Li Zhi.

To Xiurong with more than 50 people, which is consistent with the identity of Qiu's old owner. This time, he will not use force, not to say whether there is a chance of victory. If his son had stayed in the kiln, he would not have done so.

When Qiu's old owner arrived at the post of Yaogang, Zhang Zhimu and others took Qiu Jiye, who had eaten red in the past few days, to welcome him to the laid-off.

This old Qiu owner is in his sixties, with a thin face, a pair of thin eyes, a medium build, a black cotton coat with a lambskin shoulder, a mink hat, and a pair of soft-soled leather boots. He just lifted his legs and stepped out of the sedan chair, and when he looked up, his son Qiu Jiye and the people from Yaogang greeted him with a smile. This made him wonder for a while.

The family went back and reported that Qiu Jiye had been beaten very lightly, and that they had also fired muskets, and that more than 20 of them could not be beaten, and they were all captured with their swords. When the old Qiu family heard the report of the family who ran back, they angrily dropped a few cups. He knew that his stupid son had caused trouble for himself again. If you mess with others, it's okay, but this time it's because of Zhang Zhimu, a kiln gang that no one knows about in the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this a tiger whisker?

Originally, the leaders of the Salt Gang had several secret meetings to study this new kiln Zhang Zhimu, and with years of experience in the rivers and lakes, these people had already faintly felt the threat of this person. Because the expansion of the kiln is too powerful. In the past, there were few people from the non-salt gang in Shanxi who were involved in the salt trade, and they were afraid of offending the people of the salt gang. Although the kiln gang is quite well-behaved and does not interfere in the salt industry of Yuncheng, they are Huai salt transported from the south. But in the end, their traditional interests were moved. The result of their secret meeting was that they could not ignore it, otherwise the kiln people would have to make inches, and it would be too late for them to reach here.

Someone said: "Zhang Zhimu from Yaogang won't come to the tiger's mouth to grab food, right?" ”

Another person said: "In killing Hukou, Zhang Zhimu has done the thing of snatching food from the tiger's mouth." bought horses directly from the official horse farm, and none of the powerful businessmen who had killed Hukou for many years dared to touch them. ”

"Then what reason do we take care of other people's affairs?" Someone asked again. "Besides, with the strength of the kiln, we can't control it!"

In the end, although the result of the discussion was that it could not be ignored, I still didn't know what to do later.

In this case, if his son goes to provoke someone else's kiln, can this old Qiu not be angry?

However, after listening to the family members who came back, Jiye went to theorize because he thought that Jianye was killed by Zhang Zhimu, and Qiu's old family was silent for a while. He was thinking that if Jianye was really killed by Zhang Zhimu, it would be a desperate fight to break the net. But now it's just a suspicion, not a certainty. What to do?

After thinking about it, Qiu's old owner decided to do it anyway. Let's take my son back first. Regarding the second Jianye, listen to what Zhang Zhimu said. And then make a decision.

Before leaving Yuncheng, Qiu Laodong's family summoned several big proprietors of the Salt Gang and explained to them that he was going to meet Zhang Zhimu. Qiu Laodong said: "I went to Yaogang this time, first, to bring back the foundation, and also to ask Jianye whether Zhang Zhimu killed him." If Jianye was killed by them, my Qiu family would have tried all their strength to avenge this. If it weren't for them, I would also like to see where this Zhang Zhimu is sacred. If possible, let's talk to him and live in peace. After all, they are already full-fledged, and since we cannot be enemies with them, we might as well be friends with them. That's the best way to go. ”

Some people were worried about the safety of Mr. Qiu's family, and Mr. Qiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely go and come back safely." With the current strength of the kiln gang, maybe they will know as soon as I leave the house. They are more concerned about my safety. ”

Seeing a small sedan chair and a few entourages in Qiu Laodong's house, Zhang Zhimu suddenly thought of the Huang Maung gentleman in Yangzhou, who came out with a small sedan chair and a few entourages. It seems that these people know how to rein in their edge. However, Zhang Zhimu could see from the glint in the eyes of Qiu Laodong when he raised his eyes to look at him that Qiu Laodong was still a master of internal strength. Without decades of cultivation, there is absolutely no such essence in his eyes.

Before Zhang Zhimu stepped forward to speak, Qiu Jiye stepped forward to speak first, "Daddy, why did you come." ”

This old Qiu boss waved his cane angrily and said, "You brute, make trouble for me." ”

At this time, Zhang Zhimu went over to give a gift and said: "Old Qiu's family has worked hard all the way. ”

Qiu Laodong's family also returned the salute and said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the rebel son has caused trouble to Zhang's family, and please forgive me." ”

Zhang Zhimu also politely said: "Where is it." ”

In the past few days, Qiu Jiye has lived very comfortably here, and he has to take a hot bath every day. Especially willing to eat the big steamed buns of Yaogang and drink fish soup. Because of the good food, he took a hot bath every day, and his face was red and white, and Qiu Laodong saw it in his eyes. I know in my heart that my son has been well taken care of here, so it is easy to have a good result in this incident, and from the perspective of the other party's kindness to the foundation, the other party is also sincere. This old Qiu family also let go of most of his heart. A lot of rhetoric prepared on the road seems to be useless.

Zhang Zhimu introduced Chen Yufeng, Lu Chengxiang, Ouyang He and others to Qiu Laodong's family one by one, and then led Qiu's Laodong family to the slope until he came to Zhang Zhimu's office. The people of Yaogang are as always busy as ever, and everyone who comes over sees that Qiu Laodong's family is a guest who comes to Yaogang, as long as Qiu Laodong's eyes meet them, the people on the other side will smile and nod. This made Qiu Laodong's heart feel that he had never had Su Chang before, along the way, Qiu Jiye continued to introduce what this and what was in the kiln gang, it seems that he is already very familiar with the kiln, and the angry Qiu Laodong thought, this little rabbit cub seems to be detained by others, how does it look like he is playing here. He won't say it's a vacation yet.

Coming to Zhang Zhimu's office opened the eyes of Qiu's old family. Several semi-floor-to-ceiling large glass windows made Zhang Zhimu's reception room look very bright, and the old owner who sat on the sofa for the first time was even more shocked. His precious son rejoiced first. Apparently he made a joke the first time he sat on the sofa, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw his dad sitting on the sofa. It made Qiu's old boss laugh or be angry. Wait for Yang Yulin to bring Song Jiaxin and Yang Qinglian over to finish serving tea to everyone. This old Qiu family thinks that the women in Yaogang are also so extraordinary and different. The maids in their own homes are also carefully selected, but there is no such spiritual head of the kiln people. It's funny that his precious son keeps sending the beauties out of the room with his eyes and closing the door, and he can't take his eyes back. It was useless for the angry Qiu Laodong to cough.

It was Ouyang He who began to evaluate this superb Longjing to break the embarrassment.

Qiu Laodong said: "It's a pity, it's a pity that it's been a war for many years, and the trade route has been blocked. I want to drink the Longjing of the year. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It will be fine in the future, and we want to make great efforts next year to ensure that the trade routes are unimpeded." ”

Qiu Laodong said: "That's great. If the trade route is blocked, everyone will have no way to live. Salt like ours can't be shipped. It is not cost-effective to spend a lot of money on salt to hire a dart game, and some of our families have been able to get by over the years, and those who rely on their efforts to eat and wait for the rice to be put into the pot will be sad. My second child, Qiu Jianye, didn't listen to persuasion, and relied on his own kung fu to force himself to lead the caravan out to break through, and the body was thrown into the wild. ”

This old Qiu owner is very smart, he sees that Qiu Jiye and the people in Yaogang are already very familiar, and this matter is no problem. The biggest question is whether the second Qiu Jianye is a kiln gang. The old club has been lukewarm when he speaks, but before this matter is decided, he is not good at showing his attitude. Therefore, he lost no time in bringing the conversation to this topic.

Zhang Zhimu also admired his old club's ability to control the scene, and he quietly brought the topic on the right track.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Old owner Qiu, we heard about the murder of Qiu Jianye, the second son of Gui, and I think this is also one of the reasons why we are here today. I have explained to your third son many times that this matter has nothing to do with our kiln. To tell the truth, I hadn't arrived at the kiln when your son was killed, so how could I harm my son. ”

The old owner asked: "Is my son's 'Red Dragon Horse' the Zhang Dongjia shot in Xiurong Horse City?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It's true that I shot the horse. ”

Then Zhang Zhimu told how he killed the "Northern Jin Twin Heroes" and Xiurong sold horses.

After hearing this, the old owner of Qiu said: "Don't hide it from the Zhang owner, I have a total of three sons, and the eldest Qiu is honest and honest, but he is too real; You have all seen the third child, in Zhang Dongjia's dialect, it should be more pleasant, called 'straightforward and cute'; only the second child can be literary and martial, which is the hope of my Qiu family. However, he was strong in martial arts, and he insisted on bringing people out by himself, but he was injured by thieves. ”

The second Qiu Jiye interjected next to him and said: "It was they who suddenly killed the second brother, not that the second brother couldn't beat them." ”

The old boss sighed, and then said: "After his accident, my family went crazy looking for information about his accident, and now the only news I found has reached you." But you can't make us fully believe it. Thank you for your understanding. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "That's it, there is still that living Meng Si'er, you can ask him how he is?" ”

The old proprietor said, "If you don't bother you, let's invite Meng Si'er to come here." This matter is too important to my Qiu family, please understand Zhang Dongjia. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "No problem. I'll ask Meng Si'er to come right away. Li Jing pushed the door out and asked Yang Yulin to go to find Meng Si'er.

In the process of waiting for Meng Si'er, Lu Chengxiang introduced to Qiu Laodong's family that Yaogang would open a transportation company and ticket number next year. Although Qiu Laodong's face changed expressionlessly, his heart was already interested, and it could already be seen from his eyes. Years of experience made him not express any attitude without figuring out the cause of Qiu Jianye's death.

After a while, Meng Si'er came over, and Zhang Zhimu said to him: "Old Dongdong Qiu wants to know about the period of time when you and the 'Northern Jin Twin Heroes' met to the end, you can tell me." ”

Meng Si'er told the story in detail.

Meng Si'er met the "Jinbei Shuangxiong" in a casino in Xiurong, and Meng Si'er lost a lot in the casino that day. And the "Jinbei Twin Heroes" had a very good luck that day and won some silver, and they saw that Meng Si'er was also very happy to lose, so they called Meng Si'er to drink together. At the wine table, Meng Si'er knew that these two were the famous "Jinbei Twin Heroes". After drinking, these two revealed that they had intercepted and killed a caravan a few days ago. It turned out that on that day, the "two heroes of Jin and the north" were ambushed on the side of the road, and they saw a caravan coming from a distance, and there were not too many people, so when they came to the front of them, they suddenly shot a leader who was riding a horse and holding a gun with a bow and arrow, and then killed all the people in the caravan and robbed the caravan. Later, the "Jinbei Twin Heroes" hid in Xiuronglai. They went out to deal with the stolen goods alone, leaving Meng Si'er and the other to hang out in Xiurong when they had nothing to do, they met Huang Yukun. Later, it was the same as Zhang Zhimu said.

Old Dongjia Qiu suddenly said: "Dongjia Zhang, I have a reluctant request, I don't know what to say?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Old club, please speak." ”

"I want to dig it out and take a look at the 'Jinbei Shuangxiong', so that I can avenge my son." Said the old club.

Zhang Zhimu was stunned when he heard such a request from the old boss Qiu, and said: "Since the old boss wants to figure things out, there is no reason for me not to cooperate." Meng Si'er, you take someone to take a shovel and pickaxe and take the people of the old club, go to the place where the 'Jinbei Shuangxiong' was buried that day, and help the people of the old club to dig people out. ”

Although Meng Si'er was reluctant to do this, but the matter had come to this point, and it would not work if he didn't go, so he agreed and took the people of Qiu's old family to dig up the "Northern Jin Shuangxiong". Maybe it's because this "Jin and Northern Heroes" did too much evil during his lifetime, and he will be dug up after his death.

Seeing that it was almost noon, because the ground had been frozen, the matter of digging the grave was not a matter of a while, Zhang Zhimu arranged lunch and a guest room first, and then let Qiu's old owner rest. It wasn't until late in the afternoon that a person from the Qiu family who went to dig the grave came back and told the old owner that the one in the grave was likely to be the murderer of the second young master, because the news that Gu had obtained said that Han Menqing, the fat man of the "Northern Jin Twin Heroes", was missing the little finger of his right hand, and a jade belt was tied to his body, which the second young master liked very much during his lifetime. It is impossible for someone who did not kill the second young master to get the jade belt of the second young master.

After listening to the family's words, the old Qiu family burst into tears and said to the air: "Son, your revenge has finally been avenged." The graves of those who killed you have been dug up, and the Father will go to the place where they have done you harm, and avenge you by crushing their bones and scattering them to ashes. ”

The old boss dried his tears and came to Zhang Zhimu's office again. It just so happened that Lu Chengxiang, Chen Yufeng and others were here.

When the old owner Qiu saw Zhang Zhimu, he gave a deep gift and said: "The Zhang family is really a large number of adults, which makes the old man embarrassed." In the past, there were rebels who came to make trouble, and now there are old people who have repeatedly acted reluctantly. But Zhang Dongjia can be frank, which really makes me admire. Zhang Dongjia killed the 'Jinbei Shuangxiong' for me to avenge my son's death, and my Qiu family will be rewarded. Today I helped my Qiu family solve the mystery that has been pressing on my Qiu family for a long time, and my Qiu family will not forget the great kindness of Zhang Dongjia. ”

Zhang Zhimu hurriedly stepped forward, helped the old club sit down, and said, "The old boss has said it. Don't be so polite. ”

After the old boss sat down, he said, "I want to take away the corpses of these two traitors, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Just follow the old club's convenience." ”

Qiu Laodong said: "We, the Qiu family, have long sworn that the murderer of my son will be broken into thousands of pieces if he is alive; and the dead shall be crushed and ashes to avenge my son. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay. In this way, we can comfort the souls of the Jianye brothers in heaven. ”

Speaking of this, the old club's tears couldn't be stopped again.

Zhang Zhimu hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Last time, I left the Jiye brothers and asked people to invite the old club out of a moment of righteous indignation, and I felt that no one could break into the kiln gang. Later, I found out that the Jiye brothers were straightforward and cute, and I felt that we were a little reckless. But after thinking about it again, since I have already gone to Qiu's old club, I will take the opportunity to ask my old boss for more advice. So the old club is staying here tonight. You're a senior in the business world, and we're going to ask you for advice at the wine table in the evening. ”

Old Dongdong Qiu saw that Zhang Zhimu gave him face very much, and today's incident made him put a big stone in his heart, so he readily agreed, saying: "Okay, since Zhang Dongjia invited me to come, then I will stay, and you can't leave me if you push me away." I'm going to sleep on your wire bed too, and I've heard Jiye say that it's very comfortable to take a hot shower and sleep every night. I'm going to enjoy it too. In the evening you will bring me your good wine, and the foundation will say that your good wine is very good. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't worry, good wine is enough." I heard Jiye say that the old club is just like this. I'll bring you two jars of good wine when I go back. ”

Old Qiu said, "Okay. Let's talk about the wine slowly. In the morning, Lu Da's shopkeeper said, you want to handle the ticket number, but I listened to it in my heart. We have too much silver to and fro in Hukou and Zhangjiakou every year, and it has always been a sad thing. If you get the ticket number, the silver of our salt gang can go to the city of Hukou and Zhangjiakou to open bills of exchange, and go to Yaogang to exchange them, and it will be much easier to get to Yuncheng from here. ”

Lu Chengxiang was so smart, and hurriedly said, "I'll interject a sentence from Old Boss Qiu." In the future, you don't have to go to Yaogang to exchange silver, because next year we will open a ticket number business in Yuncheng, and you can go to Yuncheng to exchange silver after we finish opening a bill of exchange in Hukou and Zhangjiakou. ”

Qiu said, "That's great. But will you be able to redeem your money? Every time we traded more silver, it was a dozen or even hundreds of thousands of taels. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Please rest assured that the old owner Qiu is at this point, in fact, when you exchange hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, you will first deposit the silver in our cabinet, and then we will cash the silver to you in another place." If you have too much silver, and if you don't have enough silver in Yuncheng, we will send musketeers to escort the silver to Yuncheng. In fact, we are just making money to carry silver. Since we transport a lot of silver at one time, it is troublesome and unsafe to hire a dart bureau that is more important than you yourself to carry a little bit each time. Leave it to us and you will be relieved. ”

Qiu Laodong said: "In this way, you have done a great thing for the people of Shanxi." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is not only the benefit of Shanxi people, our ticket number will be opened to Tongguan, Xuzhou, Yangzhou next year, and soon it will develop to the south." I am going to go to Huizhou to do business with Huizhou merchants. ”

Qiu Laodong said: "Great, it will be much easier to do business in the future." But when you go to do business with Hui merchants, be careful, they generally don't do business with other people. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I have already been to meet the merchants of Huizhou, and I think they will do business with the merchants who let them make money. ”

Mr. Qiu said: "This time I came was an eye-opener. You are the ones who do big business, with a wide vision and a big measure. Admire, admire, admire. In the future, if there is any need for my Qiu family's words, my Qiu family will definitely help. ”

In fact, Zhang Zhimu is waiting for this sentence. Zhang Zhimu said: "Next year, our transportation company will set up a station in Yuncheng, and we will go to you for help if there is any difficulty." ”

"No problem, it's not a big deal. With my Qiu family here, no one dares to trouble you. In the future, you are the transport company plus the ticket number has it. In the future, there was no need to carry goods or silver in business. This time the business is easy to do. Qiu Laodong said.

Lu Chengxiang said: "There will be no silver in the future, and you can do business by borrowing money from us." Someone will do. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "There is one more thing I want to make clear with Mr. Qiu." We will never interfere in the salt industry when we go to Yuncheng. That's what you've done for generations, and that's what we do. But we can't guarantee that we won't be in the salt business elsewhere. Because our stall is so large, it is impossible not to do the salt business. ”

Qiu Laodongjia said: "Zhang Dongjia's words have been made very clear, and the old man has been grateful, in fact, with the current strength of Yaogang, it is to do the salt business in Yuncheng, and we have no way to stop it." With Zhang Dongjia's guarantee, our salt gang is grateful to Zhang Dongjia. We don't have to be nervous anymore. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "We understand a truth, if you respect others, others can respect you." ”

Qiu Laodong said: "Okay, this is the spirit of a big businessman." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "We don't move the salt in the salt pond, but we may have to use some carnallite in the salt pond in the future, and we will have to ask Qiu's old owner to help when the time comes." ”

Qiu Laodong said: "That's no problem, don't say anything about taking up space in the salt pond, and don't dare to throw it elsewhere." For as soon as the good ground remains, they will not grow anything. What do you want this thing for? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "We need to turn them into things that can grow more in the ground." ”

After hearing this, Qiu Laodong shook his head and didn't understand, so he didn't say anything about it.

Lu Chengxiang is a shrewd person and said: "Old boss, after I go back, I will help keep an eye on it, and see if there is a bigger place in the city, we will buy one, which will not only be used as a transportation station, but also as a ticket number." ”

Old Qiu said: "This matter is not difficult, I will ask you when I go back." Nowadays, there are not many people who can buy houses and land, and they are not expensive. ”

This meal in the evening, but I drank it. Qiu Laodong's family doesn't look like he is in his sixties, but the amount of alcohol is amazing, and he drinks with Chen Yufeng and others, and he doesn't fall behind at all. At first, the old club still wanted to stare at Zhang Zhimu and drink. But when he saw that Zhang Zhimu was really not good at drinking, he let go of Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng and the others. Qiu Laodong's family kept drinking until he couldn't do it anymore, and he kept praising the wine in Yaogang for being so good.

After breakfast the next day, Qiu's old owner said goodbye and left. Before leaving, the old boss said: "I remind you that people can't live too comfortably. It's so comfortable in Yaogang, I'm afraid that if I don't leave, I won't be able to go. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In the future, I will build more houses, the weather is cold, I am old, like you, I will come to the kiln for winter if I am not busy in the future." ”

Qiu Laodong said: "When I go back, I will slowly hand over the matter to them, and I will come to the kiln for the winter in the future, and I can live for a few more years." ”

When the old club left, Zhang Zhimu brought two jars of good wine. also brought Qiu Jiye two baskets of kiln gang steamed buns that he liked to eat. He also brought him some soda ash and told his entourage how to use this thing to send out big steamed buns like Yaogang.

Qiu Laodong's family left happily, and Zhang Zhimu, Lu Chengxiang and others also returned satisfied.

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