As soon as Wang Duo, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, left, Gu Hengbo pinched a note he had just written into a paper ball, and then directly opened the window and instructed the little guy who was waiting outside dressed up by the inner factory: "Send someone to hand it over to Gonggong Wei, in addition, there is a big order today, which is the family of Wang Duo, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, a total of 20,000 catties, and his housekeeper Zhou will bring the goods later and prepare for unloading." ”

Saying that, Gu Hengbo flashed into the pavilion, and after bathing, he changed into a man's outfit, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, handsome and extraordinary, holding a jade bone ancient fan, and came to the lobby in a dignified manner, and someone had already opened the warehouse, and a small servant pretended to be from the inner factory also changed into a short dress, rolled up his sleeves, and stood behind Gu Hengbo with his backhand.

It didn't take long for the palace housekeeper Zhou to come here with a mighty cart of smoke and earth, and Steward Zhou saw that although this place was also a lively street market, it was very quiet at the moment, and it was enough to see that this girl surnamed Gu Fusang and his party must have met a not simple character, otherwise it would not have been so easy to make this lively alley on the bank of the Qinhuai River suddenly become so deserted.

Thinking about himself along the way, no one from the inner factory appeared, it seemed that it might also be the result of the energy of the people behind Gu Hengbo, and therefore, the housekeeper Zhou and his master in Wang Duo's mansion were convinced of Gu Hengbo's ability at a glance, and simply handed over 15,000 catties of tobacco to Gu Hengbo.

Gu Hengbo couldn't help but smile and asked: "Didn't you say that all the 20,000 catties were purchased by the imperial court at three times the price of Gu, why did you lose 5,000 catties?" ”

"Miss Gu, forgive me, although you have the ability, but you are not the only one who has the ability in the world, my lord still wants to see if there is anyone else who is willing to accept the five thousand catties, such as the Wei Gonggong of the inner factory", after the housekeeper said this week, Gu Hengbo did not say anything, and after everything was settled, he instructed a small servant: "There are still five thousand catties of tobacco and soil in the palace, so you don't have to worry about anything, tell you that Wei Gonggong can copy his house." ”

At this time, Li Dingguo had already rushed to Shu Danian's mansion with two hundred internal factory officials, but it just so happened that Wang Duo was also here at Shu Danian at this time.

"Father-in-law, now that the people in the inner factory have arrested several other cigarette dealers in Nanjing City, I'm afraid that I will be more than lucky, how can this be good?" Shu Danian personally presented the Longjing tea before the rain to his father-in-law Wang Duo, and Wang Duo said with a calm face: "Don't worry, it's hard to be in Nanjing City, no one doesn't know what the relationship between you and me is, even the people in the inner factory have to weigh the impact of offending a six-book book, you give me an honest explanation, how much tobacco do you still have in your hands?" ”

"There are still 20,000 catties, of which 10,000 catties belong to your old man", Shu Danian whispered in Wang Duo's ear and replied.

Wang Duo pondered for a moment: "Take out 15,000 catties and transport them to my house, I will give you twice the price of the imperial court, and the remaining 5,000 catties will be handed over to the household department, which can be regarded as a clear explanation, after all, it is the imperial court that prohibits smoking, and there must be losses, but in this case, you can also get some money back, otherwise, the old man will not be able to protect you!" ”

Seeing that his father-in-law said so seriously, Shu Danian thought about it again, thinking that what his father-in-law said was reasonable, although he didn't know what way his father-in-law could digest this tobacco, but it was indeed more cost-effective for him to be able to buy twice as much as the imperial court's purchase price, so he agreed: "Then please ask your father-in-law to move with your son-in-law." ”

However, just when Shu Danian took Wang Duo into his secret room where he stored tobacco soil, and looked at the tobacco boxes piled up in the entire secret room, Li Dingguo outside had also broken in directly.

The Shufu family still wanted to stop it, but they were directly shot on the grounds of blocking tolerance, and almost at the same time that the Shu Fu family urgently ran to his secret room to inform Shu Danian, Li Dingguo had already taken a few capable people to climb over the wall and cross the ditch to the outside of the secret room, and cut off the connection of the secret room with a knife.

At the same time, Li Dingguo had already raised the token in his hand: "The inner factory handled the case, Shu Danian smuggled tobacco and soil, and it was not handed over to the imperial court within the time limit, contrary to His Majesty's will, he was immediately arrested, and all the property in the family was sealed, and the family was not confiscated!" ”

As he spoke, Li Dingguo waved his hand again: "Search for me!" ”

"Wait!" At this time, Wang Duo walked out, Li Dingguo had seen Wang Duo at a banquet of Nanjing officials, so he also recognized Wang Duo's identity, but just when Li Dingguo thought that this Wang Duo would rely on his identity as a scholar to support his son-in-law, this Wang Duo suddenly slapped Shu Danian: "Bastard thing!" ”

Just listened to the snap, Shu Danian just bought a pair of glass anti-farsighted glasses sold by the Royal Industrial Company this year was smashed to the ground, and even he himself was drawn out of the nosebleed, only to hear Wang Duo scolded: "Why did the official marry his daughter to you such a money-eyed thing, the court repeatedly banned the sale of cigarettes, as the son-in-law of the official, you dared to commit a crime against the wind, and deceived the official that he was just doing tea business, and now Wei's father-in-law came to the door, see how you explain!" ”

Shu Danian saw that his father-in-law Wang Duo was giving him a look, and he also guessed that his father-in-law did this deliberately to get rid of himself, so as to show that he, the Shangshu, did not know anything about this, so that even if he was captured by the people in the inner factory, his official position could still be kept and he could have a chance to rescue himself.

Therefore, Shu Danian also covered his face very cooperatively, and knelt down directly towards Wang Duo, and kept kowtowing and said: "Father-in-law forgives sins, the son-in-law is obsessed with wealth for a while, so he made such a big mistake, and the son-in-law is sorry for the father-in-law's respectful teachings, woo!" ”

Wang Duo understands that for the people of the factory guards, they generally don't come to the door easily, but as long as they come to the door, it means that they have already obtained a clear order, even if they are dignified Nanjing Rite Department Shangshu, it is impossible for him to disobey Wei Zhongxian of the inner factory, he can't even guess whether Wei Zhongxian suddenly behaved so iron-faced and selfless whether he wanted to extort some money from himself or what he wanted to do, so what he had to do now was to remove himself first, and he could only improvise on what his son-in-law would face next, the only thing that made him regret was that It was this tobacco soil worth 150,000 silver dollars, and before it could be transferred, it was intercepted by the people of the inner factory first.

According to his original intention, he wanted to buy his son-in-law's 20,000 catties of tobacco at a price twice the purchase price of the imperial court, and then transfer it to Gu Hengbo, so that he could make another difference in the price before ending the tobacco business, and he could further make up for his losses.

And people are not as good as heaven, he can only lose the car to protect the handsome now.

"Lord Li, you don't have to worry about the old man's face, since my son-in-law has violated the royal law of the court, I will arrest him, investigate what should be investigated, and punish what should be punished", said Wang Duo and left Shu Mansion directly, showing great righteousness.

And Li Dingguo did not stop it, but only ordered the seizure of Shu Danian's tobacco soil, and secretly sighed that this Shu Danian is really a big fish, fortunately, Wei Gonggong is not emotional, otherwise if this big fish is let go, he really can't explain.