Chapter 31: The Tide Rises on the River-8
"I really don't know." The same words just came out of Leng Zheng's mouth. Just now, the Jiang family brothers were entrusted by Suning to ask him for help, wanting him to collect evidence of the Song family's crimes.
The Song family has been rampant and domineering in Liangzhou for a long time, and Leng Zheng has a lot of available evidence on hand, but Suning said that it is best to be a big living person, which will have to waste a lot of effort, maybe he will have to go to Caohan.
It's okay to run so far, after all, Suning saved his life, but you have to give him an explanation, is it possible to run for no reason?
However, when he asked this question, Jiang Xu on the other side only gave such an answer.
"What do you mean you 'really don't know'? Did he tell you anything? ”
"I really don't have this, and I'm confused." Jiang Xuke didn't have the powerful analytical ability of Huangfu Song, so he only vaguely guessed, "It may have something to do with dealing with the Song family." But all we heard was that he sent people to procure paper-making materials, and hired a few local craftsmen along the way. But we really don't know what exactly to do and what purpose. ”
"That's right." Leng Zheng pondered for a while before he said, "It seems that a lot of relationships have been used, but they don't tell us what they do." Isn't this guy going to take a desperate gamble? ”
Jiang Jia Kunzhong was startled when he heard this, and quickly stood up and said, "Why don't we go to see him outside the city together." The affairs of the Song family can be resolved slowly, and we can't watch our brothers take risks. ”
Leng Zheng gave a loud praise, and then asked people to prepare their horses, and soon after galloped out of the city gate!
Almost at the same time, a group of people galloped by, it was Ma Yi and his subordinates.
A few pillars of incense ago, Jia Xu came to his house with a smile and conveyed Suning's plea with a smile, the content of which was similar to what the Jiang brothers brought to Leng Zheng, except that they did not ask to go to Caohan to reconnoitre, but focused on collecting the Song family's illegal actions in Hanyang County. Ma Yi understood after listening to the beginning, Suning was preparing to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth. He instructed his nephew Ma Chao to take care of his son Ma Dai at home, which is not suitable for children to participate in after all. Then he came to the study, where there was a large box in the corner, which was the accumulation of the crimes of the local family, including the Jiang family.
Naturally, some of the contents of the big box had already been carried by him. To a certain extent, the trilogy is also protecting the fateful records.
It took almost half a sheepskin to peel off, and the two men and horses arrived at the shore of Weishui one after another. But just as they turned over and dismounted, a young man in fluttering clothes broke into their afterlook.
The young man is the Wei Qi who came here in advance. He had already handed over the letter in his hand to Suning, and was standing quietly aside at the moment, silently observing the young man's expression.
Suning read the letter in front of him without hesitation. The content did not exceed his expectations, although the wording was different, but the central idea was one meaning: the official Liangzhou Thorn Shi Liang Hu, Chengxin Zhengbier and others are subordinate officials, by the way, please look at the old man's face and help my students teach in the newly established school.
Suning burst out laughing, he turned around and asked Wei Qian, "Brother Boru, did my teacher let you pass the word?" ”
"Not really." Wei Qi replied after a little recollection, "But he once told me that he was worried that he didn't understand the temper of these people, and that he was afraid that he would inadvertently offend them, so they wouldn't come to Liangzhou, so wouldn't he complain to you?" That's why I showed it to you. ”
Suning smiled, and said in his heart that this old bird is not stupid, and he knows how to ask himself. But he said: "The tutor has always been cautious and careful, and as a student, he naturally can't live up to his kindness." I'm going to write a few letters and attach them to the back of the teacher's handwriting. ”
So in everyone's field of vision, Suning got into his tent, and Wei Qi actually walked in.
Ma Yi and Leng Zheng glanced at each other, although they had only had a few sides before, but the two didn't know where the tacit understanding came from, and when they saw Wei Qi walking in, they were afraid that something would happen inside, so they rushed to stuff themselves in.
Leng Zheng smelled a smell of spying in his demeanor, and Ma Yi saw a look of curiosity in his eyes. This person doesn't have to be malicious, but he's also not a good person!
However, this son of the family behaved decently for a period of time after that. When Suning was writing the letter, he didn't show a trace of curiosity, let alone come forward to peep. When Suning was done, the dozen or so letters were sealed firmly, and Liang Hu's letters were returned to him together, he actually put on a look of cherishment, and stuffed the thick two stacks of letters into his arms with difficulty.
Ma Yi narrowed his eyes, this person was either extremely faithful or extremely hypocritical. I just don't know if Suning's vision will be wrong, and whether the matter of delivering the letter will be entrusted to someone else.
Leng Zheng is more reckless. He hated to arrest this guy into the barracks, torture him about the purpose of this trip, and then sent his cronies to deliver a letter to Suning.
But Suning obviously didn't doubt Wei Qi, on the contrary, he would trust to leave certain things to this curious cat to do. It may not be understood by others, but it is the people who settle in the ivory tower who understand the nature of curiosity and the expectation of knowledge.
Taking a sip of tea gently, Suning looked at Ma Yi and Leng Zheng, and seeing the slightly nervous and worried looks on their faces, he guessed what they were thinking about.
"Why did the two brothers come so soon? Could it be that the things entrusted by the younger brother have been done? Or just didn't you understand? ”
Leng Zheng sneered: "It's true that there are some things I don't understand. ”
Ma Yi glanced at Leng Zheng and said without giving face: "It's done!" ”
Leng Zheng had a look of embarrassment on his face. Suning got up and walked up to him and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we still have time." Then he walked up to Ma Yi and asked, "Did you bring it?" ”
"Of course, it's on me."
"Don't dig out! Come with me somewhere. Suning made a gesture of please while giving Leng Zheng and Wei Qi a look.
"Me, can I go too?" Wei Qi was a little surprised. He knew where he was going next, and it was likely to be related to Suning's next move, and it was inconvenient for him, an outsider, to know. Just look at Ma Yi's cautious look. But Suning didn't play his cards according to the convention, looking at his warm spring breeze-like smile, he couldn't wait to show the whole world his bright and upright appearance, Wei Qi was really a little confused.
Leng Zheng didn't think so much. Suning asked Ma Yi to follow him, and he must have to take further action. The purpose of his trip is to prevent Suning from making a desperate bet, so why wouldn't he take a look?
Seeing Leng Zheng's footsteps, Wei Qi seemed to react. Suning wouldn't eat himself again, otherwise he wouldn't have entrusted him with the letter to bring back to Liang Hu. So what does he have to worry about?
- Since you treat me with sincerity, I naturally want to go and see it.
In fact, he originally came with this purpose in mind.
When you get out of the tent, the tall waterwheel by the river occupies most of the view, and it has become an unavoidable topic.
Leng Zheng was the first to ask about the secret of the waterwheel, and Ma Yi on the side acted as a narrator because he had seen it a few times. But he obviously couldn't explain the principle either.
When Wei Qi first came here, he saw these waterwheels. But he couldn't help but ask, but pretended to be commonplace, so as to prevent his timid expression from being ridiculed.
Now seeing that the two of them were also surprised and unfamiliar, he had the courage to ask Suning.
Suning just smiled stupidly, and said when he was in a hurry: "I'll let you know soon." ”
A group of four people came to the newly established printing workshop and met the Jiang brothers who hurried here. It turned out that although they set off with Leng Zheng, they took a detour to the Jiang family's manor on the way, took out a lot of papermaking materials stored there, and brought all the craftsmen in the village with them at the same time.
"You're really fast." Leng Zheng smiled wryly.
Of the few people in front of him, it seems that he is the only one who has not completed what Suning has entrusted. At this moment, he had secretly made up his mind that he would go to Caohan overnight tonight and definitely find a few living victims to bring back to Suning.
Jiang Jian didn't know what he was thinking, and quickly stimulated him with some words.
"There are friends and brothers, can we not hurry? Captain Leng, you don't know yet, our Jiang family has just signed an alliance with Brother Youpeng, and in the future, we will be allies in the industry. ”
"Really?" Leng Zheng blinked, "Why didn't I know about this?" ”
Suning interrupted: "My brother is busy with affairs, and his old injuries have not healed, if it is not a matter of life and death, how can he dare to bother his brother?" ”
Leng Zheng tasted this passage, and his heart Dao Caohan's trip really had to go, it seemed that it was really a major matter of life and death.
Seeing his expression solemn, Suning sighed lightly and turned around and entered the printing shop. Others followed.
When Ackright saw Suning coming, he greeted him with a smile and reported to Suning the progress of the past few days.
Bi Sheng has spent the past few days making a lot of clay type, Wang Zhen's rotary typesetting frame has also been built, and the water conservancy drive scheme is designed and manufactured by Ackwright.
With the various craftsmen provided by the professional minion system, the work process of all three of them went smoothly. More than 200 of these craftsmen have contributed to the great work, but others have not been idle.
They don't have a high level of historical knowledge, so they don't know much about the papermaking process in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, so they are waiting for craftsmen from this time and space to come and communicate.
In fact, there is no need to rush the manufacture of paper, and the inventory "borrowed" from the Thorn Mansion is enough to last for a while.
Suning asked Bi Sheng to evaluate the quality of the paper, and after receiving an affirmative answer, he stretched out his right hand that did not pop out his claws to the horse's wings.
Ma Yi didn't know what his next move would be, but he understood what Suning meant.
The two volumes were taken out of Ma Yi's arms, and Suning gently took them and handed them to Bi Sheng.
A group of people realized in the dark that the most important link in Suning's counterattack should be this step.
But he only said one sentence: "Let's typeset!" ”