Chapter 51 Fire and Water Are Incompatible
With the arrogant voice outside the door, a well-dressed boy walked in surrounded by a group of young people, and looked coldly at Li Hongyu and the others in the room.
Seeing those people breaking in, Liu Dongfu and the others stood up and glared at each other angrily, it was obvious that they knew these intruders, and the relationship between the two sides looked bad.
Li Hongyu, Li Hongyi and Zhao Xin sat there and did not move, the identities of the three of them were the highest among these candidates in Baihe Town on the scene, Li Hongyu and Li Hongyi needless to say that they were the upper-class children of the Li family, Zhao Xin was the son of the Zhao family of Fuxiang, and his identity was equivalent to the two of them.
After glancing at the people who broke in, Li Hongyu lowered his head, although it was the first time he had seen these people, he immediately guessed that these guys must be candidates from the county seat, and the son who led the way was from the Wang family.
This is not only because of the expressionless Wang Kuiju standing next to that son-in-law, but also related to the grievances between the Wang family and the Li family, and the only people who dare to trouble the children of the Li family in Jiangkou County are the children of the Wang family.
The grievances between the Wang family and the Li family originated from the Baihe Town Wharf, as an important land and water freight transit station, the Baihe Town Wharf naturally became the focus of the local family power competition in Jiangkou County, the most important being the Wang family and the Li family.
Although the foundation of the Wang family is not in Baihe Town, it used to be the largest family in Jiangkou County, and it can be said that there are many people, and the power of discourse in the ancient local area was controlled by clan forces, and whoever has a hard fist has the right to speak.
As a result, the Wang family controlled the docks of Baihe Town for a long time, but this situation changed more than a hundred years ago.
Because of the expansion of business, the Li family in Baihe Town became more and more powerful, so they began to seize the right to speak with the Wang family on the wharf in Baihe Town, and the two sides have been merged many times, which makes the control of the wharf rotate in the hands of the two families.
More than 30 years ago, Li Hongyu's grandfather fought a large-scale fire with the Wang family in order to recapture the dock in Baihe Town, and the Wang family was defeated in one fell swoop, and the dock has been owned by the Li family until now.
Now, the Li family has replaced the Wang family as the first family in Jiangkou County, and has firmly consolidated its position in Jiangkou County through business, which makes it more and more difficult for the Wang family to shake the Li family.
The reason why the Li family can surpass the Wang family is that it is the advantages of business, as the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, and some things are naturally easy to do under the dredging of money, and it is more and more difficult for the Wang family to turn over.
It was precisely because of the great success of the Li family in business that Zhao Guangfeng opposed the marriage between Li Renhai and the Zhao family back then.
It's also a little ridiculous to say, although the Li family and the Wang family fought to the death for the dock in Baihe Town, but the Li family did not prevent the Wang family's business from using the dock, and the Wang family did not prevent the Li family from using the dock when they were in power, after all, there is no need for the villagers in the big hometown to do things too much, otherwise the fish will definitely die and the net will be broken, and the gains outweigh the losses.
It is precisely because of the grievances at the wharf in Baihe Town that the children of the Wang family and the Li family have endless disputes in private, and as long as they meet, they will fight, and no one is willing to show weakness.
Now, the people of the Li family have come to the county seat, and the county seat is regarded as the territory of the Wang family, so it is not surprising that people from the Wang family come here to stir up trouble.
"Isn't this private room set by Young Master Ben? How can a swarm of flies fly in! Glancing at Li Hongyu and the others in the room, the boy brother who was the leader of the Wang family stretched out his hand and beckoned a shopkeeper who nodded and followed behind him, and looked at Li Hongyi with a proud face and said.
"Young Master An, this young master of the private room was decided last year, you better change to another room, the little ones are ready." Hearing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly bowed down and explained with a smile.
"Young Master Ben likes this private room, if you know each other, quickly drive those flies away, otherwise don't blame Young Master Ben for being polite and smashing your broken shop!" When the leading boy brother heard this, he stretched out his hand, and while reaching out to pat the second shopkeeper's cheek, he threatened gloomily.
"Wang Kui'an, there is a kind of rushing at me, embarrassing a guy's ability to calculate." Seeing this, Li Hongyi's brows furrowed slightly, and he said coldly to the leading son.
The leading son's name is Wang Kuian, the second son of the head of the Wang family, and Li Hongyi is an out-and-out rival, and the two often fight and always want to compete.
"Hey, it turns out that the second young master of the Li family is also here, no wonder there is a copper smell permeating the house." When Wang Kuianyan heard this, he deliberately pretended to have just seen Li Hongyi, stretched out his hand and fanned his nose, and said in a weird manner, clearly mocking the Li family for rising by business.
Wang Kui'an has enough confidence to do this, the Wang family can be described as a scholarly family in Jiangkou County, and it is precisely because of this that they lost to the Li family in business.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Wang family has produced a jinshi and two lifters, while the Li family is more embarrassed, there has only been one lifter over the years, and it cannot be compared with the Wang family at all.
Although the strength of the Li family is stronger, the status of the Wang family in Jiangkou County is higher, after all, this is an era of "Shinong Industry and Commerce", and everyone values the achievements in their careers, which is why the businessmen do everything possible to let the children of the family gain fame.
Wang Kuian's voice lagged behind, and the people who followed him suddenly burst into laughter, everyone knew that Wang Kuian'an was sarcastic about Li Hongyi.
"Wang Kuian, that's all you have to do, you hang the smell of copper on your mouth all day long, and put on a high face, if Young Master Ben is not mistaken, your outfit is much more expensive than Young Master Ben's, this kind of fame and reputation thing can only be done by villains."
In the face of Wang Kuian's provocation, Li Hongyi's brows furrowed slightly, and then said with a disdainful face, and made a sharp counterattack.
Hearing this, everyone at the scene couldn't help but look at Wang Kuian, Wang Kuian's clothes are made of good fabrics, and the accessories on his body are also expensive, compared with Li Hongyi, he looks more rich and generous.
Therefore, the faces of Liu Dongfu and the others showed disdain, and Wang Kuian's body was full of copper smell.
"Damn!"
Wang Kuian's face changed suddenly, and he cursed secretly in his heart, he knew that his eloquence was not Li Hongyi's opponent, so he said to Li Hongyi expressionlessly, "Don't talk nonsense between you and me, this private room must only belong to one party today, do you dare to bet with me, the winner stays, and the loser leaves!" ”
"I don't seem to have a reason to refuse." Li Hongyi saw Wang Kuian's challenge, smiled slightly and said proudly, "What do you want to bet on?" ”
"When I came to the restaurant, I naturally drank." Seeing that Li Hongyi agreed, a smug smile flashed at the corner of Wang Kuian's mouth, and then he said with a smile, "Let's each send one person, whoever drinks first will lose!" ”
Li Hongyu suddenly felt depressed in his heart when he heard this, Wang Kui'an must have come prepared, he must have brought someone who could drink, the matter of him fighting with people in the Chunfeng Pavilion of Xiangyang City has spread to Baihe Town, so he will definitely be sent out to drink, now is the county test period, if he drinks too much, he will definitely be blamed by Li Renbo.
After all, Li Hongyu's county test journey is not over yet, he will definitely take the next three exams, and he should not drink too much this time.
"Prince Wang, since it is a gambling game, then the rules should be decided by both parties." Li Hongyi was just about to agree, but he sat there coldly, Zhao Xin opened his mouth, and said quietly, "It's better to look like this, for the sake of fairness, both sides will pick one person from the other party to compete, and whoever drinks first will lose." ”
Wang Kuian never expected that he would come out halfway to kill Cheng Biting Jin, and he disrupted his plan at once, and couldn't help frowning and looking at Zhao Xin.
If Zhao Xin's way is followed, then the rules of the game will have undergone a fundamental change, and the original two sides will definitely send their own people who can drink the most, but now the two sides will choose the person who the other side can drink the least.
Li Hongyu was slightly stunned when he heard this, although he didn't know if Zhao Xin made such a suggestion to help him, but obviously he didn't have to worry about being deliberately pushed out to drink.
Although Li Hongyu really wanted to observe Zhao Xin's expression at this time to judge Zhao Xin's intention to do this, he knew that he couldn't act rashly now, otherwise it would definitely arouse Zhao Xin's suspicions, and according to his previous character, he should now sit there with his head down and ignore what happened at the scene.
"That's a good idea!" Li Hongyi's eyes lit up, and in this way, Wang Kuian's trick was broken, so he looked at Wang Kuian'an with a smile, "Life and death depend on life and wealth, let God decide our victory this time." ”
"Good!" Wang Kuian's face changed again, and the things that were originally caught suddenly became confusing, but Zhao Xin's proposal was reasonable, and he really couldn't find a reason to oppose it, so after thinking about it, he agreed, no matter what, he also had a fifty percent chance of winning, so it was worth betting.
"The one who comes is a guest, you choose first!" Li Hongyi immediately stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, which was very generous.
Wang Kuian glanced around at the people at the wine table, and finally his eyes fell on Li Hongyu, only three people present did not get up, Li Hongyi and Zhao Xin had already opened their mouths, only Li Hongyu was left there and was silent, so it was naturally eye-catching.
Li Hongyu has actually realized this, but he has no choice, and if he acts rashly now, it will be even more noticeable.
"I choose him!" Sure enough, Wang Kuian looked Li Hongyu up and down, and saw that he had kept his head down and didn't dare to look at him, a smile suddenly flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he thought that Li Hongyu was weak because he couldn't drink, so he stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Hongyu and said loudly, in his opinion, Li Hongyu is a soft persimmon.
"Are you sure you've chosen?" Hearing this, a strange look suddenly flashed on Li Hongyi's face, and he asked in a deep voice quietly.
He naturally knew what happened to Li Hongyu in the Chunfeng Pavilion of Xiangyang City, so Li Hongyu should be the most capable of drinking among them, Wang Kuian's luck was really not ordinary, and he picked up the killer weapon he prepared as soon as he came up!