In the tea shed made of simple bamboo and wood, the teapot on the stove is steaming, smoking the snow on the roof of the shed, and occasionally water droplets fall from the cracks in the bamboo, dripping on the wall of the pot, turning into a puff of white smoke.

Min Xingzhi withdrew his gaze from the officers and soldiers in the distance, caught a glimpse of Wang Ning's expected expression, and mentioned: "The owner has something to do with this?" ”

Wang Ning looked back at Min Xingzhi, shook his shoulders, wrapped the big coat on his body tightly, and then pursed his lips and laughed, "How can I definitely have something to do with this matter, the Jiangning Military Reserve Division already has the responsibility of supervision and inspection, and now that so many ships are docked here, they are also afraid that something will happen, of course they have to be careful." ”

Min Xingzhi obviously wouldn't believe Wang Ning's statements, Wang Ning didn't want to elaborate, so he stopped asking no more. Then Wang Ning swept the merchant ships on the dock again, and said with some disappointment: "You said that an old family like the Qi family has done business almost all over the entire Jiangnan, why don't you be reluctant to build a few more big ships?" As far as I know, most of the Qi family's transportation is contracted out for others, and in the long run, those freight costs add up to enough to buy a ship. ”

"Is the owner planning to sell the ship to the Qi family?" Min Xingzhi also knew that Yun Ji's business in Hangzhou was basically shipbuilding, and at present, the imperial court and even the people did not seem to pay much attention to shipbuilding, except for a few warships needed by the sailor battalion, the entire shipbuilding industry seemed to be depressed. This also led to the fact that in addition to domestic sales, Yunji's ships basically had no external buyers, and even the ones that Wang Ning instructed Chen Yuying to find were withdrawn after the chaos in Hangzhou, so today's Yunji's Hangzhou shipyard is in urgent need of new funds.

Wang Ning didn't know that Min Xingzhi had thought about it so much, and took the other party's words and said: "The Qi family is not a good partner, I'm just curious, the Qi family's business on the bright side is indeed big, involving tea, silk, porcelain, and many other aspects, but these don't seem to be all of the Qi family!" ”

Wang Ning paused, didn't say anything more about this topic, and turned to: "My guest has arrived, let's go." ”

Speaking of this, he had already walked out first, and a small boat on the side of the dock leaned over, followed by a young man with a tight package, looked around for a while, and greeted Wang Ning.

The young man named Gao Che clenched his fists towards the king, and when he got up, he said: "There is Lao Dong's family coming in person, this snowy day." ”

Although he was polite when he spoke, he was neither humble nor arrogant, Wang Ning nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "It's good to come out and take a look." Saying that, he introduced, "This is Min Xingzhi, who is currently working in Yunji, and he is also the housekeeper of my palace." ”

Min Xingzhi secretly slandered himself, and the part-time network didn't see you give an extra sum of silver, but the movements in his hands were not slow, and he arched his hand towards Gao Che.

Wang Ning followed and introduced: "This is the senior shopkeeper in Hangzhou, who has a thousand acres of flower beds at home, rich and extremely romantic. ”

Gao Che didn't care about Wang Ning's nonsense, he and Min Xingzhi each gave up their hands again, after the routine was over, the three of them went back to the small shed before, Li Er had already sent the officers and soldiers back, and after seeing the three of them, they were polite for a while, Wang Ning called Li Er to greet the carriage, and the three of them left the dock.

On the carriage, Wang Ning handed the stove in his hand to Gao Che, rubbed his hands and received it in his sleeve, shrunk and said: "Since it is snowing, you can come here and stay for a few days, things are not in a hurry for the time being, you can take the opportunity to get familiar with the business with Xingzhi, and you still need to think about things when you go back there." ”

Gao Che bowed his head: "That's what the owner commands." ”

Gao Che since Wang Ning's wedding, escorted a whole boatload of flowers from Hangzhou, and after seeing Wang Ning's style, the two became familiar with each other, and for a while in Hangzhou, the Gao family avoided a lot of trouble because of getting close to Wang Ning, and the sequelae were not a little embarrassed after Fang Mingye and others failed. At this time, taking Wang Ning's cloud path can only be chosen by the Gao family.

Now that the Gao family has been merged into the Yunji system, it will be a win-win situation for both parties, and as the leader of the Gao family, Gao Che has a good impression of Wang Ning.

Yun Ji's development to Fujian was shelved because of the Maitreya uprising, and now everything is recovering, and this plan has been started again, and this matter has fallen on Gao Che again.

Gao Che also has some hope for this, the Gao family is very inconspicuous in Hangzhou, and now there is such a relationship, and the platform set up is enough for him to display his ambitions.

Min Xingzhi listened to the conversation between the two on one side, and did not mean to interject.

The carriage stopped in front of the house, and Wang Ning, who had just gotten off the car, was intercepted by the officers and soldiers of the government who were waiting here, Wang Ning had to enter the door and explain a few words, and after changing a new stove, he got into the carriage to the government office.

The prefect's yamen, Du Chung was already waiting for him in front of the door, it really seemed like something big.

As soon as they met, Wang Ning complained and said: "My lord, I am just a little ordinary person, you call me over for three days and two times, who else will dare to do business with me in the future?" ”

Chung Du sneered: "Since you are a small common person, you should settle down and do some business." ”

Saying that, the two entered the door, and in the flower hall where the guests were seen, Du Cong broke the silence and said: "The lines you said have been reported and have been taken." However, because there is no direct participation of the Qi family, as long as the Qi family bites to death and does not admit it, the government will at most send the Qi family to come over and ask a few words, which has no practical effect. ”

Wang Ning was a little surprised: "I didn't expect it to be so fast." This time it was originally the news that the Qi family deliberately penetrated, and it doesn't matter if you don't admit it, I think this kind of thing should come a few times in the future, I don't know if you got the deed of those people? ”

Du Cong shook his head: "The Qi family didn't leave any traces on it, they were looking for a small gang in the city." Although everyone knew that this little gang couldn't afford to send so much silver, as long as the Qi family didn't admit it, everything was meaningless. ”

"Let's get rid of this little gang first." Wang Ning laughed, "Although the Qi family doesn't admit it, after all, it cost money, so many deeds, not a small amount of money, the big people of the Qi family may not care, but the small ones will definitely be tempted." ”

Chung To's head bowed: "What do you think these people should do?" ”

"Repatriated."

Du Cong glanced at Wang Ning, "They are all people from the north, how can they be sent?" ”

Wang Ning smiled: "The imperial court clearly stipulates that those who buy and sell human beings privately will have to flow for a thousand miles, and the adults will do some publicity about this outside, saying that the deed can only be legal through the channels recognized by the government, and by the way, you might as well tell those who want to buy children, so that they know that the imperial court has a low price guarantee for human traffic......

"......" Chung was stunned for a moment, "It is theoretically possible, but have you ever thought that those outside are disaster victims, do you think they will care about the price?" ”

Wang Ning nodded: "But I won't buy my own children unless I have to." Wang Ning's face was serious, "Now they don't have to think about food and clothing, at least they won't starve to death, in this situation, even if they still want to buy children, they will think about buying more money and buying better people......

More than half an hour later, Wang Ning came out of the mansion, rubbed his forehead, and when he looked up, the gray sky was snowing again.

Wang Ning sat at home and played erhu

The government's net for the Qi family has been collected.

(End of chapter)