At night, in the manor on the outskirts of Yangzhou City. 『Nature』

Li Hongyu sat in front of the oil lamp and looked at a newly sent piece of information in his hand, his brows furrowed slightly.

This information is related to overseas smuggling, according to the secret report of the spies under the jurisdiction of the Customs Department, since the beginning of this year, the value of goods smuggled into Daming from Ningbo has exceeded 10 million taels, and many overseas goods seen in Jiangnan have been smuggled in, which is an out-and-out profiteering business.

At the same time, this means that at least more than 10 million taels of silver have not been charged tariffs on overseas goods since the beginning of this year, and it also means that the local smuggling forces are huge.

As a matter of fact, the reason why Li Hongyu moved Ningbo's customs to Shanghai County was that in addition to Shanghai County, which is more suitable for building into an international port, there was another important purpose, that is, to avoid premature conflicts with the local smuggling forces in Ningbo before the Customs Department was fledgling.

Considering the depth of the local overseas smuggling forces in Ningbo, once Li Hongyu sets up a customs office in Ningbo, I am afraid that every move of the Ningbo Customs will be controlled by those smuggling forces, but Shanghai County does not have this worry.

On the surface, it seems that Li Hongyu is making a compromise with the smuggling forces, but in fact he is advancing by retreating, deliberately showing weakness to the enemy, secretly hiberning to accumulate strength, and launching a counterattack after everything is on the right track.

"Sir, I'm Zining, can I come in?" Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door.

"Come in." Hearing this, Li Hongyu pressed the information in his hand under a book in front of him, and said quietly.

"Sir, Zi Ning has something to ask for, I hope Mr. can help Zi Ning." The door creaked open, Zi Ning walked in, bent her legs, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said with a pleading expression.

"If you have something to say, if you kneel, don't talk about anything." Seeing this, Li Hongyu hurriedly got up and stepped forward and helped Zining, who was kneeling.

"Sir, save Zishuang, our owner wants to sell her to the southwest, where the remote area is full of uncivilized barbarians, if she goes, she will definitely live rather than die." Zi Ning's eyes turned rosy in an instant, and she bit her lip and said to Li Hongyu.

"Zishuang is not the number one brand in the future of your Drunken Moon Pavilion, your owner has spent so long cultivating her, how could you sell her?" Li Hongyu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and his face showed a look of surprise.

Zishuang's talent is only slightly inferior to Zi Ning, since Zi Ning can win the top spot of the Oiran Conference, then it can be seen that Zi Shuang is also a very good Qing person, even if she doesn't agree with Zi Ning, but the owner of the Drunken Moon Pavilion completely ignored and sold her.

Moreover, listening to Zi Ning's meaning, the proprietor of the Drunken Moon Pavilion wanted to sell Zishuang to a remote place, where even rich merchants might not be able to offer a very good price, far less than those rich gentry in Jiangnan.

Therefore, what the owner of the Drunken Moon Pavilion did seemed to be a money-losing deal, which seemed to be a bit unreasonable, unless......

"Is Zishuang involved in Hongxia's affairs?" Li Hongyu thought of something and asked Zi Ning in a deep voice.

"Hmm!"

Zi Ning's eyes suddenly showed a look of surprise when she heard this, she didn't expect Li Hongyu to be able to guess that Zishuang was related to Hongxia, and then nodded to Li Hongyu, and said with a gloomy expression:

"Sister Hongxia doesn't know where she was sent by the owner, Zishuang has always been good friends with Sister Hongxia, so she colluded with the sisters who were close to her on weekdays to force the palace, and wanted the owner to release Sister Hongxia back, which angered the owner."

"I really didn't expect that Zishuang is also a lover!" Li Hongyu felt a little surprised, he couldn't see that Zishuang was so affectionate.

Hongxia's bad luck is inevitable, especially after Zining won the Oiran of the Oiran Conference, everything Hongxia did before had to be liquidated by the owner of the Drunken Moon Pavilion, and no one could tolerate the "chess pieces" in their hands to do something that harmed their own interests, and it was such a serious thing.

Zishuang went to the owner of the Drunken Moon Pavilion to force the palace at this time, so the owner of the Drunken Moon Pavilion would definitely make an example of him, make Zishuang suffer in the remote mountains, and warn the other women of the Drunken Moon Pavilion not to make trouble.

"Sir, Zishuang and I grew up together, and we were very good at that time, but later I was taken by Aunt Hong, and the relationship changed."

Zi Ning's tears couldn't help but moisten, and she choked up and said to Li Hongyu, "Don't look at Zishuang's cold appearance, she is the kind of person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, I can't watch her suffer, but Aunt Hong said that the owner of this matter has made up her mind, and she can't do anything." ”

"Hongxia made a big mistake, you shouldn't have colluded with the people of the Yandao Yamen to arrest your father and brother, and tried to force you to lose the Oiran Conference, this kind of thing is the most taboo for your host, otherwise you wouldn't have disregarded the old feelings with such a heavy hand."

Li Hongyu groaned for a moment when he heard this, and then said to Zi Ning, "Judging from the current situation, if you want to save Zishuang, you must find a way to get Hongxia out, otherwise Zishuang will not accept our love!" ”

"Is there a way sir can do it?" Seeing that Li Hongyu saw through the crux of Zishuang's matter at a glance, Zining's eyes suddenly showed a look of expectation, and he hurriedly asked.

"There are ways, but Hongxia threatens you with your father and brother, don't you really hate her?"

Li Hongyu looked at Zi Ning when he heard this, looked at her with a serious expression and asked, although there is no evidence that Zi Ning's father and brother did it by Hongxia, but when he thought of the ambiguous relationship between Hongxia and Ma Dahai, the judge of the two Huai Yan Dao who handled the case, then who was the main messenger behind the scenes was about to come out.

"This matter is over, my father and brother are safe and sound, and I don't want to worry about this matter anymore."

Zi Ning's eyes showed a complicated look, and she said to Li Hongyu with a sad expression, "When Zishuang and I were young, we were bullied by others, but it was Sister Hongxia who supported us and taught us a lot of things, I just want to hate it, but I can't hate it." ”

"Alas! Your heart is too kind, if it weren't for Boss Liu's support, I'm afraid you would have no place in the Drunken Moon Pavilion. ”

Li Hongyu sighed when he heard this, Zi Ning is so tolerant Sometimes this is not a good thing, after all, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, this sentence is particularly important in this deceitful world, as long as there is a little negligence, it may lead to death.

"I hope Mr. will be fulfilled!"

Zi Ning smiled bitterly and pleaded with Li Hongyu, she knew that the only person who could save Zishuang now was Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu turned the tide and made the Drunken Moon Pavilion win the top of the Oiran Conference, and the owner of the Drunken Moon Pavilion owed Li Hongyu a favor.

Besides, Li Hongyu's lyrics are now famous all over the world, and the owner of Drunken Moon Pavilion doesn't want to offend Li Hongyu, and he is counting on Li Hongyu to write a few more good tunes for Drunken Moon Pavilion.

"That's it, since this is your wish, then I'll think of a way, and I don't know if I can do it."

Li Hongyu sighed helplessly when he saw this, what he hated most in his life was the person who attacked his family, so Hongxia also committed his taboo, if it wasn't for the sake of making Zi Ning feel at ease, he really didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing.

"Thank you, sir!" Zi Ning suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly thanked her, she has now done what she can do, and how things will unfold next can only depend on the will of God.

At noon the next day, Li Hongyu left the manor in the suburbs and entered Yangzhou City, went to the Drunken Moon Pavilion to find Liu Hongmei, and asked her for Zishuang on the grounds of lack of manpower.

"Don't hide it from Gongzi Li, Zishuang is getting married, and she can't go to Shanghai County." After learning about Li Hongyu's intention, Liu Hongmei's face suddenly appeared embarrassed, and then said with a smile.

"Marry?" Li Hongyu deliberately frowned when he heard this, then stared at Liu Hongmei and said coldly, "Boss Liu, since this is the case, then I will leave below." ”

With that, Li Hongyu got up and bowed his hand to 6 Hongmei and strode out the door.

"Li Gongzi, please stay." Liu Hongmei's heart suddenly became anxious, how could she not see that Li Hongyu was quite displeased, and hurriedly stepped forward and stopped in front of Li Hongyu, and said with a wry smile, "Li Gongzi, I don't sincerely want to hide it from you, it's really inconvenient, and I can't say more." ”

"Boss Liu, I thought we were friends, but I didn't expect you to perfunctory me, it's really disappointing."

Li Hongyu stopped, looked at Liu Hongmei and said in a deep voice, "Ming people don't say dark words, since Ben Gongzi is here today, then he wants to take away Zishuang and Hongxia, Ben Gongzi knows the rules, how much redemption money is required Even if he speaks, Ben Gongzi still has a few rich friends!" ”

"Li Gongzi, I can't make the decision on this matter, you wait here for a while, I will definitely give you an answer."

Liu Hongmei knew that Li Hongyu was coming for Zishuang and Hongxia, and it must have something to do with Zining, otherwise Li Hongyu would have come here to ask for someone for no reason, so she smiled bitterly and comforted Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu is now a golden signboard, and she can't afford to offend.

"Okay, I'll wait here." Li Hongyu knew that Liu Hongmei couldn't be the master, so he sat back in his seat after bowing slightly, waiting for Liu Hongmei to go and ask for instructions.

Liu Hongmei naturally didn't dare to slack off, so she hurriedly went to the owner to report and let the owner come to get an idea.

Li Hongyu sat on the chair and tasted the good tea slowly, he believed that the owner of the Drunken Moon Pavilion would not let him down, but it was just two "abandoned children", rather than just discarding it, it was better to let it play a greater role and leave a favor on himself.

Sure enough, when Liu Hongmei came back, she was followed by Zishuang with a gloomy expression, dressed in the coarse cloth clothes of her subordinates, and Zhu Hai was completely removed, and she had already lost the style of going to Wanhuatang to participate in the Oiran Conference that day.

"Li Gongzi, you are a friend of our Drunken Moon Pavilion, since you have spoken, then Zishuang and Hongxia are your people."

Liu Hongmei came to Li Hongyu with a smile, put the two deed of sale on the table beside him, and then said, "Hongxia is not in Yangzhou now, let her go to see you outside the city as soon as she comes back." ”

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