Meng Lu waited at the gate of Jiang's Mansion in Quanzhou for a long time, and he didn't see Jiang Gongzi, just waiting for a sentence that Gongzi had just returned from a long trip, and his body was not suitable for seeing guests. However, when he was desperate and leaving, Wei Yue hurried out and took him into the living room of the outer house.

"Childe's health is slightly ill, he can't see guests, so he specially asked me to come out to greet Master Meng, I don't know what happened to Master Meng?"

Wei Yue's words almost made Meng Lu angry, and when I met Jiang Gongzi several times, Gongzi was polite to me, and every time you were there, I don't believe that you don't know what we are discussing. But the current situation is pressing, and without external help, the position of the head of the Meng family will not be with him in this life, and Meng Lu has to squeeze out a smile.

"Mr. Wei, there is nothing else, it is what I discussed with Jiang Gongzi last time, about the dock of the Mengjia fishing village and the position of the patriarch......"

Wei Yue's face was straight and said: "Please rest assured, Master Meng, Gongzi has always supported you as the patriarch, and the cooperation on the dock will not stop, as long as the conditions are suitable, the renovation will start immediately." ”

Meng Lu's heart suddenly became extremely bitter, Mr. Wei, what you said is the same as not saying it, when will the conditions be suitable, can Lao Tzu be suitable if he can't be the patriarch? If it weren't for Jiang Gongzi's teasing, Meng Lu could still wait and continue to cautiously improve his prestige, but now that the fire in his heart has been ignited, where can he still bear it.

The seeds of desire have sprouted, and he will not let go of any possible opportunity, no matter how much harm it will do to the fishing village to report that Cao Jian was burned to death, even if the people who may be implicated and die are connected to his own blood.

"Mr. Wei, I have a very confidential matter that I want to tell Jiang Gongzi, I don't know ......"

This time, Wei Yue was stunned for a moment, he came out to meet Meng Lu and did not continue to woo him, but he had already sent someone to invite the water ghost Han Liutao to go ashore to meet him, and he was talking about how to forcibly occupy the wharf of Meng's fishing village. Wei Yue believed that cause and effect only said, so some thoughts were entangled in his heart, and he came to see Meng Lu just to make himself feel at ease.

"Master Meng, where did the secret matter come from? But it's okay, you still can't believe me, I'll definitely tell my son! ”

Meng Lu was ruthless in his heart, and secretly said in his heart Don't blame me for being unkind, there is no way, I really can't wait, and whispered to Wei Shiyue: "Mr. Wei, do you know about a fire in the Fang City at night a few nights ago, and how many people were burned to death in the house?" I know who did it, and I want to report to Jiang Gongzi to make a decision. ”

"But burning a few of the mischievous idlers in the market is not a big deal! The sergeant who put out the fire has been decided, it is a night robbery and robbery after killing people and destroying people, if Master Meng really has clues, Wei is willing to recommend you to report to the official, and you can get a reward of dozens of taels of silver. "Wei Shiyue is such an old man, how can he not guess Meng Lu's mind and want to bargain? I'll have to say that.

Meng Lu's face was sad, not to mention how aggrieved he was, and his heart was cold when he was closed. Finally, Wei Yue came out to talk, although he was polite and polite, but he knew that the situation had changed, and Jiang Gongzi's interest in cooperating with him was gone.

Although he didn't know what was going on, he firmly believed that Jiang Gongzi's interest in the Mengjia Fishing Village Wharf would not change. At this time, the news of Cao Jian's death was brought out, hoping to regain attention, Jiang Gongzi took advantage of the situation to help him take the position of patriarch, but he didn't think that Wei Yue was not interested at all.

"However, Master Meng, you also know that Jiang Gongzi has traveled extensively, and the state capital, General Sui, Lord Bo Sipu, etc., have come and gone. Murder and arson will never sit idly by, no matter who is involved, it will definitely be investigated to the end, Master Meng, what do you say? ”

Meng Lu couldn't hold on any longer, and hurriedly told what he knew, what he expected was to borrow Jiang Gongzi's ability to arrest Zhao Tianyou and force Meng Wenshan to step down, and then he Meng Lu would come forward to reconcile and resolve the matter, and take the opportunity to take the position of the patriarch.

"Well, that's the case, Master Meng, is your news true?"

"It's true, Mr. Wei! The old man is willing to take the head of the item as a guarantee, and if there is a mistake, he will not give up! ”

"Okay, I'll definitely tell my son about this, you go back and wait for my news! Remember, never mention it to anyone again! After Wei October sent Meng Lu away, he thought about it alone for a while, and did not tell Jiang Gongzi about it.

The water ghost Han Liutao has already agreed to meet, but that kid has always been cautious and slippery, coupled with the relationship between Jiang Gongzi and the government, what if he is a trick. Therefore, the time and place of the meeting were arranged by him, that is, he would come to Quanzhou in the next two days, and Wei October didn't want to be distracted to avoid any mistakes.

and Cao Jian is a nobody, even if he dies ten more, it is also a matter of those gangs in Fang City, and he can't get along with Jiang Gongzi. Meng Lu wanted to take advantage of this matter to exert his authority, and to borrow some official coercion to get the position of patriarch, which is already nonsense, because Jiang Gongzi's intention is already to destroy your Meng family's fishing village, what else can he take the position of patriarch? When Han Liutao's people take the Meng family's fishing village, the wharf market will be surnamed Jiang, and if Meng Lu can finally settle down as a ghost, it can be regarded as his failure to fool around the rivers and lakes over the years.

Zhao Tianyou has accelerated the progress in the past few days, and has been staying in the gunpowder workshop, openly and secretly, and finally let Liu Jinli master the perfect proportion of black powder. Without waiting for another experiment, Zhao Tianyou urged him to keep rushing to make it, and at the same time sent people out to buy high-quality saltpeter sulfur and other materials.

Old man Feng cast a part of the weighted three-edged bow arrow in the first pot of molten iron, which was specially instructed by Zhao Tianyou. The fishing village originally came from dozens of mulberry hemp bows, and there were all kinds of arrows, some of which were made by themselves and some were bought from outside, but the lethality was very weak. Fifty paces away, the target could not penetrate half an inch of wood, and if it was shot at a person, it would be three points if the leather armor penetrated the flesh, and if there were soldiers with silk armor or plate armor, I am afraid that they would not be able to penetrate it.

There were also sixty good longbows in the weapons purchased this time, but unfortunately only arrow shafts were bought, so the blacksmith workshop was arranged to cast arrows first. The first sand turning mold was not very good, thousands of arrows, and less than two percent could be used. Fortunately, the waste arrowhead was destroyed, and it was just loaded into a bamboo grenade, which didn't spoil things at all.

Zhao Tianyou looked at the packed bamboo tubes, which filled a large row of tables, and there were hundreds of them, and he was secretly happy in his heart. With these grenades, the Mengjiazhai soldiers are equivalent to one more big move, and their combat effectiveness has soared by more than three percent.

In addition to strengthening tactical coordination, the soldiers with outstanding arm strength were selected and began throwing training. In this process, Zhao Tianyou found that the strength and reaction speed of his body had changed a lot.