In a certain inn in Liangtian Tunbao, in a high-end guest room, it was the Zhuolushan people led by Zhiwen who sat down, and in the hall of the room, there were two large boxes of rosewood.

"Are you ready?" Zhiwen asked.

Before leaving the mountain, Song Xiance had talked with Zhiwen, with the names and letterheads of several adults, it was not difficult to solve the current predicament of Zhuolu Trading Company, but He Zhizhou had not arrived, and in the face of You Hongyuan, a fellow intellectual, it was not appropriate to touch it, and it should be Huairou as the top.

Although the security state is small, the level is not low, directly subordinate to the governor of Xuanda, the post of Zhizhou is from the level of the five products, the same knowledge is the second official, is the deputy of the Zhizhou, from the six products, although the level of authority is lower than the Zhizhou, but it is not the subordinate officials of the Zhizhou, the Zhizhou has no right to recall, the appointment and removal authority belongs to the Ministry of Officials, and the same knowledge of some states can even set aside the Zhizhou and control the real power.

Although Zhuolu Trading Company has Lord He Wenrui as a backer, it can't act arbitrarily, and before he arrives, he will provoke a strong opponent for nothing, and it is best to turn war into jade silk.

Of course, there is no shortage of means to teach people a lesson, so the news of killing people at the door of the trading company cannot be revealed for the time being, and it is better to conceal it for a period of time, otherwise this fellow knows that he has been slapped in the face, and if he wants to communicate with him, I am afraid it will be a little difficult.

As for how to turn the war into jade silk, it is naturally with silver money, the so-called thousands of miles to be an official is to ask for money, this is especially difficult for the Zhuolu Trading Company, no matter whether there is someone behind the instigation, the temptation of money is indispensable, in Song Xiance wants to come, as long as he gives him enough benefits on his side, plus the face of Lord Zhizhou, I think it can make him let go of his prejudices and smile at his enmity.

After listening to Song Xiance's explanation, Zhiwen naturally agreed, anyway, in his eyes, silver was far less important than food, and there were many in the system warehouse, so he specially moved 20,000 taels of silver out from the front of the mountain, and carried it with horses, all the way to Liangtian Tunbao.

According to the money manager, this amount of silver taels is already the Thai half of a medium-sized merchant in the western part of Jinxi, and it is all the property that can be taken out in a short period of time, and the rest of the assets are just fields, stores and goods, etc., and it is not a matter of time and a half to realize it.

Song Xiance and Ma Er nodded and replied in unison, "It's all ready." ”

This thing was done separately by the two of them, when they arrived at Liangtian Tunbao, Ma Er found someone to exchange more than 10,000 taels of silver for 5,000 taels of gold, and the gift of gold always looked more atmospheric than silver, and Song Xiance exchanged more than 4,000 taels of antique calligraphy and paintings.

"Brother Zhi, do you want to take another look before you go?" Song Xiance asked.

At present, these things were placed in the rosewood box in front of them, and in addition to gold and antique calligraphy and paintings, there were also five thousand taels of silver, which were also neatly stacked inside.

Zhiwen waved his hand, he had seen it all, and it didn't make sense to look at it again, "Let them come in." ”

As soon as the words fell, Ma Er opened the door, and several tall and burly Mongolian people, dressed in the clothes of ordinary servants, came in, picked up two rosewood boxes with their burdens, and walked out.

Song Xiance stood up, dusted off the royal blue straight body on his body, and followed first, among this group of people, he was just the right age, and he had read books, and his temperament was like that, so this trip to the prefect's mansion was headed by him.

Zhiwen, Song Caijie and Ma Er immediately changed their low-eyed expressions and followed, Ma Er was older and pretended to be a long-term follower, and Zhiwen and Song Caijie became Song Xiance's attendants.

The Tongzhi Mansion was not far from the Yamen, all north of Liangtian Tunbao, and they had inquired about it and arrived not long after.

There are many lanterns hanging in this street, and the main entrance of each mansion is very spacious, and there are dismounting stones and bolting horses and stones in front of the door, and some have pavilions for the servants of the guests to wait, and there are soldiers to patrol back and forth, and the atmosphere is completely different from the lively scene in other places in the fort, and it seems to be rejected from thousands of miles away.

As soon as Zhiwen and the others walked in, they felt very uncomfortable.

Song Xiance looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "Brother Zhi, Xiaojie, you will wait at the door later, and I will go in alone." ”

"Why is that?" Zhiwen asked, he still wanted to open his eyes in these mansions, see for a long time, and see what was the difference between it and the mansion outside the Zhang Yuanwai in northern Shaanxi County.

Although Song Caijie didn't speak, he also looked at Song Xiance with his eyes, obviously puzzled.

Song Xiance sighed and asked a few people behind him, "After entering You Tongzhi's mansion for a while, there are many rules, you can't look around, you can't talk loudly, you should kneel quickly..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhiwen hurriedly interrupted, "Okay, listen to you, we'll wait for you outside." ”

Zhiwen was very uncomfortable with this set in his heart, and he had been a leader before the crossing, but he was really not used to the rule of kowtowing when he saw someone, and he didn't know much about the other rules, so it was better to stay outside.

Song Xiance smiled slightly, secretly glad that his plan succeeded, in fact, as a small servant, even if he entered the door, he was just waiting at the gatehouse, and he didn't need so many rules, but during the time he got along with Zhiwen, Song Xiance knew a lot about them, except for reading less, he really didn't know the rules, all of them were high-spirited, and they didn't want to kowtow to people when they met them.

When he arrived at the door of the Tongzhi Mansion, Song Xiance was about to step forward to post a post, and Song Caijie reminded in a low voice, "Do you want to attach the letter from Lord He to the gift list and throw it in together?" ”

Song Xiance thought about it, shook his head and said, "Forget it, Lord He is less than a day, this letter is our talisman, and I boldly handed it in, You Tongzhi If we are bent on embarrassing us, I am afraid that it will be damaged, and then our Zhuolu Mountain and Zhuolu Trading Company will be passive." Speaking of this, I regretted a little in my heart, I should have prepared a letter earlier, and then I could hand the fake in, even if it was destroyed, it didn't matter.

Song Caijie still doesn't know how thick these people's hearts are, He Zhizhou's letter, if the Zhuolu Trading Company did not have such a strong force deterrence that day, the head of the government service team would not dare to tear it up, and the head of the team knew that even if he could destroy the letter and take the trading company, he would inevitably be liquidated by Lord Zhizhou afterwards.

And this is different with You Tongzhi, he can completely tear up the letterhead, and then before He Zhizhou arrives, he will do his best to destroy the Zhuolu Trading Company, and in the face of He Zhizhou afterwards, he can find an excuse casually and prevaricate lightly and skillfully.

Even if you can't take a trading company, you can bite to death if you haven't seen it.

Anyway, although Zhizhou is his peak, he can't remove his official position immediately, so he can only make a small report to the top, and it's a big deal to change places to be an official after a while.

The name of the Zhizhou of He could not avoid this situation, and the following mountain front Zhiwen left all the name posts to Li Dingguo, and Song Xiance did not object.

Zhang Zongbing's name post is useless for a civil official like Tongzhi, whether it is useful or not depends on You Hongyuan's mood, and although Governor Geng's official position is high, he is not You Hongyuan's top boss now, if You Hongyuan wants to deal with Zhuolu Trading Company, he can also ignore it.