Time passed day by day, and the interests of the Hong family were cut and divided little by little with the passage of time. The fall of Hong Chengen, www.biquge.info pen & fun & pavilion, does not prevent others from dividing the benefits of the Hong family, on the contrary, it makes this behavior more unscrupulous.

First, the post of grain chief was handed over, and then the transfer of the position in the yamen, and the change of land and shop. Hu Erdi happily became the shopkeeper and yamen helper, and even with Hu Butcher with a smile on his face every day, he spoke louder in the market, and one stall occupied the position of two stalls, but he didn't have to pay half a penny. It's just that people don't belong to happy events, and the scales are more and more uncertain, and they used to lose a pound at most one or two, and now they are running towards a deficit of three taels.

Everything seems to be moving in a good direction, with the exception of the weather.

In hot weather, even if you sit still, you can't control your sweating. Doing manual labor in such weather is like being tortured, and the price of the coolies in the warehouse is two more copper coins than on a normal day.

Although the warehouse does not need to be exposed to the sun, the ventilation effect is not good, and the whole warehouse is like a huge steamer, and people in it are constantly drilling out with sweat. If you can't hydrate in time, it's easy to faint from heat stroke.

Although the men in the warehouse were so hot, they didn't dare to take off their shirts, and even if they didn't have a short coat, they put a handkerchief on their shoulders, and they held sweat from time to time. If you can't wipe it a few times, you have to twist the towel vigorously, and the dirty juice will drip down from the towel as the man twists it.

People are constantly coming and going in the warehouse, some are delivering goods, some are picking up goods, and they are busy. A few stewards complained about the weather while scrutinizing the numbers, checking their pockets, and doing their job seriously.

With a shout, a dozen Lifu pushed a large cart forward, and the sacks on it were stacked like small hills. One person took the order and made the delivery to the warehouse, "The economy of the tooth bank has been spent, this is thirty stone rice, please sign here." ”

A tall and strong man greeted him, took the document handed in by the delivery person, but did not look at it, and put it aside. "We are rough people, where do we know words? You say it's thirty stone rice? Come on, weigh it! ”

The delivery man was stunned, and then his face was a little embarrassed, "This brother, this is thirty stones, won't it be too troublesome to weigh it?" ”

"Is this still troublesome? We'll have a spot check later. We have large scales, it doesn't take much work, move quickly. ”

When the delivery man saw that someone was starting to unload the package, he hurriedly pulled the big man's arm and gave a salute. "This brother, haven't asked your surname yet?"

"Guan Qing."

"Oh...... I remembered, Brother Guan, right? I have heard of the name of my brother, and he is a famous hero on our side, and he is disrespectful and disrespectful. Brother, you have also seen that the weather is so hot, and the people below are working too hard, so they all want to unload the goods quickly so that they can go to rest. You check and say it like this, it's too much of a delay, in my opinion, it's good for everyone to just do it, why do it so serious? The economy of the dental store is spent, isn't it? ”

"Teeth are teeth, we are us, we are not the same thing. The money spent by the imperial court is to buy second-class rice, and if we use brown rice, inferior rice, or even fake rice to fool us, we can't accept it. A few days ago, someone still wanted to use some empty sacks to punch the number, how can I do it without checking it? Hurry up, hurry up and finish the inspection, and your people can rest. ”

The delivery man's face changed, and he hurriedly pulled Guan Qing's hand and handed over a piece of silver. "Brother, we met for the first time, and we will come and go often in the future, and we will inevitably help each other. To tell you the truth, I also have a way in the yamen of the army, as long as I report my name, even if it is an empty sack, they will accept it. Please also raise your noble hand and make it convenient. ”

"What a convenience! Since your name is so easy to use, then go to Zhaoqing to hand over the food yourself, don't come to the name of the bad lady! I want to see which economy of the tooth store will give you a bet, and I will personally go to Chen Lao to reason. ”

The coquettish man from the top of his head startled the delivery man, and when he looked up, he first saw two dangling embroidered shoes of matching colors, and then saw a young woman sitting high on the grain hoard and supervising the work. He was wearing a tight-fitting pink satin jacket with a pair of leggings instead of a skirt. Only in this way can you dare to sit on the head of a man without worrying about leaking the scenery. This is probably the reason why those coolies would rather sweat in the heat than take off their clothes.

The position of the young woman was very high, and the people who entered the door to deliver the food were only busy delivering the materials, and no one looked up, so naturally they did not notice. At this time, the delivery person found that there was actually a woman on his head, and at a glance, he saw that this woman had a purple complexion, phoenix eyes and eyebrows, and her facial features were extremely moving. Before he could take a closer look, the woman had already shouted and put her hand on the sack, and the person fell from the sack like a bird. The slender toes were unloaded on several sacks, and the delivery man didn't even see the woman's movements clearly, and the person was in front of him.

The woman is also very hot, her smooth forehead is covered with sweat, she is wiping it with Luo Pa in one hand, and she can't help shaking it with a light Luo fan in the other hand. Women who can work in this environment, of course, don't care about what men and women are defense, people are almost standing close to this delivery person, and the aggressive momentum makes this man keep retreating.

"You're amazing, aren't you? The army control yamen has something to do with it, right? I don't care how powerful your backer is, how capable you are, my Liang Pandi is a famous money-grabbing Liang, who only recognizes silver and not people. However, I earn money by relying on my strength and duty, and I don't engage in crooked ways. If anything goes wrong with the rations that pass through my hands, I can't afford to lose this man. I want to see how your food is. ”

As she spoke, the woman had already come to the sack, and without beckoning anyone to help, she shoved the handkerchief around her waist and threw it lightly. casually pulled a sack, lifted the 100-kilogram rice bag one by one, threw it aside, and kicked it violently on the rice bag with his slender feet.

A low thud sounded, and a hole appeared in the rice bag, and the rice flowed down the breach like a flood water breaking the embankment, flowing everywhere. Liang Pandi's eyes were staring at these rices like torches, and he saw that in the rice flowing out, the colors were mixed, obviously mixed with a lot of old rice and brown rice, and there were also a lot of rice husks mixed in it.

She snorted coldly, grabbed the manifest in her hand and glanced at it, and came to the delivery person again, and the manifest almost slapped the man's face.

"That's what you call a drawing? Do you think that the old lady is illiterate and doesn't know what the hell you wrote! Let me tell you, my mother knows more words than you, and she was taught by the head of the Nanhai case. It is written on this that the rice is collected for twenty stones, where is the difference of ten stone meters in the middle? What's going on with all this stuff? ”

Guan Qing had already grabbed the delivery man's arm at this time, and easily parted back, holding him down firmly. "So bold, you dare to cheat! If I believe you, I'm afraid I won't have to pay for these ten stone meters myself? I'll send you to the Jinyi Yamen and hand it over to the Tiqi masters to deal with. ”

Liang Pandi came to the delivery man and blew into his face, "If you have time to look at a woman's feet, it's better to think about how to do a good job." I will give you two ways now, the first is that I will send you to Zhaoqing, and let you go to the backer of your army and yamen to see how he can help you. The second is that if nothing has happened, you can transport the grain back and exchange it for 30 stone of rice, and everyone will pay the account. All of this was just a joke. Whichever path you choose, you choose. ”

The delivery man was busy and said: "I choose two, choose two!" The third sister gave a way to go, and the small one promised to transport good grain. ”

Liang Pandi waved his hand, "Guan Qing releases, everyone is a Sven person, what do you look like, my face has been lost by you." This friend, my third sister Liang is the most reasonable, if someone else gives me a point, I will pay him back ten points, and if someone slashes me, I will cut him all over the door! This time, I have a large market of more than 20,000 stone of grain, everyone do it well, and ensure that everyone has meat to eat. If you only covet a small profit in front of you and spoil the overall situation, then how can you do business, do you say this is the truth? ”

She smiled at the man again, reached out to help him straighten out his ripped clothes, and shook the bill in front of his eyes. "My subordinates are all rough people, no light or heavy, I didn't hurt you, did I? If there's anything bad, I apologize, but you're always slow. Pull all this grain back, make up enough thirty stones, and then come back, and when the time comes, I will collect this list first, and then return it to you after drawing the pledge. ”

The delivery man was so confused by her two-faced methods that he didn't dare to say anything more, and hurriedly ordered Lifu to push the cart out again. Looking back at the warehouse, thinking about Liang Pandi's movements, he shook his head and said: "This woman is really a tigress, her means are so powerful, if you want to get a few pennies from her, I'm afraid it's not so easy." This time, it was in her hands, and she was in a bad situation. ”

In the warehouse, Liang Pandi pointed to the broken bag of rice and the rice flowing freely on the ground, and instructed the coolies, "Find a broom and put away all this rice." Although there are not 100 catties in this bag, there are always 60 or 70 catties, and everyone will share a point, which is considered your reward. I'll ask Wang Lao to send two barrels of herbal tea over, everyone has worked a little hard, but follow me Third Sister Liang, to ensure that all of you have money to earn and rice to eat. ”

Sixty catties of rice were distributed to the warehouse, and each person also had two catties of profits, which was an extra fortune for these coolies. These people don't care if the rice is good or bad, as long as they can fill their stomachs, they can eat anything. The people cheered loudly, praising the kindness of the female treasurer. Liang Pandi was about to return to the grain hoard, and Gu Bai walked in from outside at this time.

Although the military food business of more than 20,000 stone is not in and out at one time, one warehouse is not enough. Through Chen Ji Yaxing, a total of five large warehouses were rented to be responsible for circulation. Liang Pandi sits in a warehouse from time to time to supervise, and the daily management of the warehouse is Guan Qinggu Bai and the help of the housekeeper borrowed from the Sa family.

Gu Bai himself was also in charge of the receipt and dispatch of goods in a warehouse, and he knew that something was wrong when he came. With such a big business, it is naturally impossible to be undisturbed from beginning to end, and the interference or intervention from the business community, the government and the forces of the rivers and lakes has never stopped.

With the support of the Jinyi Guard and the Governor's Yamen, most of these troubles can be resolved, and some troubles can also be solved by means of interests. But some emergencies are always unavoidable, Liang Pandi frowned and asked, "What?" And who is looking for trouble? ”

"No, it's not looking for trouble, it's someone who is delivering rice. However, he named to see the proprietress and said that he had to settle with the proprietress in person, otherwise he would not do business. He also said that he was a fellow villager of Uncle Jiu, and he was also a fellow villager with the proprietress. ”

"Troublesome, it must be the Hong family's street, they will send rice when they come, and they will do so many things, they deserve to be unlucky." Fan Jin had already come to Liang Pandi, and while his ears and temples were grinding, he had already explained the matter of blackmailing the Hong family's hundreds of stones of rice. Thinking that this was the Hong family's life-buying food, it was reasonable to be more careful when delivering, she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and see what they want to say." In fact, it's good to pay the grain obediently, but you have to do so many things and be troublesome. ”

Guan Qing handed over a cup of herbal tea, she raised her head and drank it, cranked her fan in one hand and held the handkerchief in the other, and went straight to the warehouse that Gu Bai was in charge of. She is already a heavenly foot, and she has martial arts, and she walks very fast, but Gu Bai can't catch up with her. The warehouse was full of wheelbarrows, full of sacks, and a dozen able-bodied men stood beside them. The leader was looking around, looking at everything in the warehouse, Liang Pandi walked over and asked, "Who is looking for me?" ”

Someone came to look at Brother Liang Pan, and asked instead of answering: "The girl is Third Sister Liang?" ”

His accent doesn't sound local, but the origin of the grain merchant is very complicated, and Liang Pandi didn't think much about it, only nodded and said, "Yes, I am Third Sister Liang." If you deliver the grain, why should you care about my name? ”

"Okay, I'll mention someone to the girl, do you know Brother Liang?"

Liang Pandi was stunned, "How do you know the name of my fourth sister?" ”

"Not only do I know the name of the fourth sister, but I also know where she is now. If the third sister is interested, please move, let's talk slowly in another place. You see, you always know this thing, right? ”

While speaking, the man took off a sachet from his waist and handed it over, Liang Pandi took the sachet, looked at it for a while, and grabbed the man's wrist suddenly: "Where is the fourth sister?" This is the sachet I embroidered for her, why is it on you? ”

"Third sister, don't be impulsive, if I have any malice, why should I take the initiative to find death? Who doesn't know that the third sister is now a well-known ruthless character in Guangzhou, and even Tiqi sells you face, how dare I swatt flies on the tiger's head? Besides, even if I have any bad intentions, I can't afford to give a favor with hundreds of stones. These grains are the gifts that the fourth sister asked me to give to the third sister. We will give this food with both hands, and we will not receive a penny. Who would take so much rice for favors these days? To tell you the truth, the fourth sister is living a good life now, she just thinks about her relatives, and she wants to talk to you, who is a sister, but it is inconvenient for there to be many people here, so let's talk slowly in a clean place. ”

Liang Pandi looked at these men, looked at the rice, nodded and said, "Okay, you can talk anywhere, you lead the way." ”

Noon.

Fan Jinfang had eaten for his own use, and while he was sitting idly in the governor's yamen, a Tsing Yi servant hurriedly came to see Fan Jin and sent a note. On it was written by Liang Pandi, asking Fan to come into her house, saying that there was a very important guest and talking to her face.

Ling Yunyi was meeting guests at this time, and after calculating the time, he would not delay anything back and forth. I think that most of them are grain merchants to negotiate business, and they need to support themselves as a governor and staff. I've done this kind of thing a few times, and I'm familiar with it, so I don't think it's strange. told Ling Yunyi's attendants about the situation, left the governor's yamen and went straight to Liang Pandi's house.

Liang Pandi's family has moved out of the slums, and through the relationship between the tooth shop, he rented a passable courtyard in the city, and he will not lose face when he talks about business with others. The location of this courtyard is not too lively, it is better to have a quiet environment, whether it is to talk about business now, or to steal incense in the future, it is very convenient, and the most satisfactory thing in this site is Fan Jin.

Pushed open the courtyard door and shouted the third sister, but no one answered, and Liang Pandi did not come out to pick it up. Fan Jinhu suspiciously pushed open the door of the main room, but saw that on the chair facing the Taishi in the room, it was not Liang Pandi who was sitting, but an old man with gray hair.

The old man nodded at Fan Jin, and greeted him in a calm tone, "Jin Zai, I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm sorry to have you take care of Brother Pan for so long." Today, our brothers are just having a chat, let me repay you for your great kindness. ”

For this old man, Fan Jin is extremely familiar, even if he has been a human being for two lives, at first glance, he is still a little at a loss when he sees a theoretically dead person appear in front of him and greet him in a dignified manner. What's more, he has been pursuing this dead man's wife all along, and now that her husband has appeared, no matter how bold he is, he can't help but feel a little creepy.

"Tong ...... Brother Tong, you're not dead? What about the third sister? ”