Yi Zhishu looked at the third brother in front of him with some surprise, who was very familiar but seemed to be a little unfamiliar, with mixed feelings in his heart, he couldn't speak for a long time, what else could he say with such generous conditions? Pity him for a long time, but the other party didn't care at all, and gave him a great favor.

If you want to say that for the change of Yi Zhicontentment, he, the eldest brother, is the most incomprehensible, they all say that the country is easy to change, and his nature is difficult to change, but his third brother seems to have completely changed a person in just a few months, and even he can't believe it, and where did he get so much silver? After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Your Tianbao Watch Factory, shouldn't the Wu family really take out 400,000 real money to buy 20% of the shares?" ”

"Of course you have to buy it with real money." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "Should the eldest brother think that the younger brother is boasting and putting gold on his face?" ”

"So all the rumors out there are true?" Yi Zhishu asked suspiciously, "Are you really proficient in clocks?" But if there is a problem with the clocks and watches at home over the years, they are all repaired by a clockmaker. ”

"I don't know what rumors are out there, but I'm really proficient in clocks and watches, and I learned them secretly." Yi Zhishu blinked his eyes as he spoke, and said, "I'm afraid that you will know and reprimand, where do you dare to recharge at home?" I don't like to read the sages, but you pressure me to read them. ”

"It is also said that you are proficient in Western studies."

"What is proficient, they are all bragging, but they are just a little bit of learning in Huangpu with some Western sailors and sailors."

"A little fur?" Yi Zhishu raised his eyebrows and said, "Just a little fur can make the Governor favor and appreciate you, and you can write "Eighteen Articles on Railway Rejuvenation" and "Theory of National Debts"? ”

"Those two articles were written by Ma Yinglong." Yi Zhisuff smiled and explained: "But when it comes to Western studies, what I know is really just a little scratch, Western studies are broad and profound, especially in astronomy and geography, machinery manufacturing, finance and economics, etc., which are far beyond the reach of Chinese studies, and they are good at applying what they have learned." ”

Speaking of this, he paused and said: "I am recently preparing to set up a machine silk reeling factory, and I want to purchase a large number of machinery and equipment from British and American businessmen, which will have to go through Futai Bank, and I will have to bother my eldest brother at that time." ”

"Preparing for a machine silk reeling factory?" Yi Zhishu frowned and said: "It's important to be single-minded, you have a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, aren't you afraid that you will achieve nothing in the end?" ”

Yi Zhixiang said with a smile: "Big brother doesn't know, I have this temperament since I was a child, and I don't have a long way to do things. Before he finished speaking, the little servant reported outside the door: "Young master, Yan Shikuan, the son of Yan, came to visit. ”

As soon as he heard that Yan Shikuan was coming, Yi Zhi couldn't help but be overjoyed, this was really the time, he really didn't want to continue chatting with this cheap big brother, and even ordered: "Please let him in." ”

If he was serving tea and sending off guests, Yi Zhishu was very dissatisfied, in the past few months, the third brother has changed a lot, but it seems that he has been avoiding him intentionally or unintentionally, it is difficult to find an opportunity to sit down and talk in detail on weekdays, and today I finally caught an opportunity, so I didn't talk a few words, Yan Shikuan came again.

Although he was dissatisfied, Yi Zhishu was also very helpless, now the old man can't stand up in front of the third brother, not to mention his brother, not to mention that the two brothers are more than ten years apart, and they can't get along with each other, I'm afraid that in the other party's heart, my own brother is not as important as Yan Shikuan, a fox friend and dog friend.

Despite his reluctance, he still stood up with interest and advised: "The third brother Shunde and his party were kidnapped, and his mother was very worried, so he was not relieved for a few days, and his father fell ill again, and the third brother took more time to accompany his mother these days." ”

Yi Zhisuff nodded again and again, and sent him out of the courtyard all the way, just met Yan Shikuan at the gate of the courtyard, saw that he was not alone, and there was a small guy behind him, and couldn't help but take a closer look, only to find that the little guy was dressed up by Yan Xiaomei, and couldn't help but smile secretly, and hurriedly bowed his hand to send Yi Zhishu away, turned his head, and chuckled: "This is just entering the house, how do you know?" ”

"It's not easy." Yan Shikuan said: "Shibo is drunk and unconscious, why don't you rush back?" If you return, it will be about this hour. ”

Yan Xiaomei said softly: "I just heard that Shibo has woken up, so it's no big deal?" ”

Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "Lang Zhong said that he had a slight stroke, and it is no longer a problem. ”

The three of them entered the room while talking, Yan Shikuan took out a cigar and handed it over, and he also lit it with a sharp one, and said with a cloud of smoke: "I heard that the third brother was kidnapped in Shunde, I really regretted my intestines, I knew that there was such a fun thing, and I had to follow it anyway!" ”

Yi Zhicontent glanced at him, and said angrily: "I don't regret it, I'll tell them, next time I will tie you up with a vote, so that you can have a good time, but I can get out this time, but it cost 100,000 oceans, you tell Ling Zun to prepare the ocean, and you can enjoy it at any time." ”

"One hundred thousand oceans!" Yan Shikuan said with a sad face: "Then forget it, we are poor and can't afford to play." ”

"Well, hurry up and make money, it's good to save enough money." Yi Zhizu teased, but he thought of Lin Sanniang, and immediately asked: "Tianyuan Street, Lin Sanniang of Li Hengtai Tea, do you know you?" ”

"Lin Sanniang?" Yan Shikuan blinked a pair of small eyes before he said, "The third brother is the Lin Sanniang who persuaded the poison to commit suicide?" For no reason, what do you mention her? As he spoke, he winked at Yi Zhifen a few times.

Is that really the case? Yi Zhishu was speechless for a while, looking at the appearance of the fat man, they did have dealings with Lin Sanniang, could it be that Lin Sanniang's death really had something to do with them? Glancing at Yan Xiaomei, she saw that she looked at herself with a pair of wonderful eyes for a moment, and asked a lot of questions at the moment, and said with a smile: "Little sister seems to have been reduced a little these days." ”

Yan Shikuan pursed his lips and said: "If you don't think about tea all day long, how can you not reduce it?" ”

"The fifth brother is chewing his tongue again." Yan Xiaomei was embarrassed, and said weakly: "People don't have much appetite in summer, and they don't think about anything to eat." ”

Yi Zhifen smiled and said: "Girls are not good-looking when they are fat, but they are not good when they are thin, and they are sick if they are weak. ”

Hearing this, Yan Xiaomei felt sweet in her heart, and said softly: "I know." ”

Yan Shikuan said with a big smile: "I have reminded you a long time ago, the third brother likes not to be fat or thin, to look not fat, but to have meat, what is it called to have even flesh and bones." ”