"Someone?" As soon as Zhang Cuiyun heard that the stolen goods were seized, her phoenix eyes widened, and she asked happily.

Zhang Cuiyun is naturally curious about everything, she has seen a lot of opium dealers, and the key is in the words 'people and stolen goods'...... In fact, at that time, opium was all over the streets of Xiangxi, just like cabbage now, and some places even encouraged the cultivation of opium. Unless it is a sworn enemy, no one will stand in the way of this wealth.

"Even people with goods, they are waiting at the gate outside the house."

"Waiting?" Although Zhang Cuiyun is anxious, he is very smart, and when he heard that he was waiting instead of kneeling, he immediately looked at Jiang Shoucheng and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Masterdam, the matter is actually very simple, they bought opium from Sichuan, and they wanted to take the water from Shendao Town to traffick it to other places, but when they passed by us, they heard that the price of our place had doubled or tripled, so they peddled it along the way, and we caught it...... According to the previous order of the head of the family: catch the opium dealer, first parade through the streets, then shoot him, and finally send ** to raid his home. But the problem is that they are Zhao Tianming's people in Zhaojiazhai. I didn't dare to call the shots, so I was in a hurry to ask for instructions. ”

"What are you talking about? So serious? Just when Zhang Cuiyun was thinking about what to do, she saw Wang Shihua coming over with his hands behind his back and asked with a smile.

"Why are you up?"

"I had a nightmare, and I was too scared to sleep." Walking in front of Zhang Cuiyun, he joked with a smile: "I dreamed that there was a tigress running after me with her mouth wide open, I couldn't hide, I turned around and fought with the tigress, as a result, the tigress actually spoke, and I woke up in fright when I heard that the voice was exactly the same as yours." ”

"Humph! The tigers you dream of are all females, and you men really don't have any good things. Zhang Cuiyun scolded angrily and walked out.

"It's time for breakfast, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to see the strange."

Seeing that Wang Shihua looked at him in puzzlement, Jiang Shoucheng hurriedly told Wang Shihua about the arrest of the opium dealer in detail.

Sure enough, Jiang Shoucheng was not easy to deal with this matter, and Wang Shihua frowned slightly when he heard it: on the one hand, since Wang Shihua had issued a decree, in the face of those who dared to commit crimes against the wind, and was the first to touch the decree, if he did not kill, the smoking ban would be abandoned and become a laughing stock; But if you want to kill it, not to mention whether Zhao Jiazhai will retaliate, but the commercial and economic circle formed by the connection of the three territories of the Wang family, Zhangjiabao, and Zhaojiazhai will cause an incident - the person who publicly killed Zhao Jiabao, what do you think of the Zhao family? You must know that Wang Shihua now remembers those ten lives.

Now the commercial and economic circles of the three are thriving, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a daily increase in money, and the reason why Wang Shihua dared to turn a part of the spearmen who were half army and half peasants into professional soldiers was because of this income. Once the commercial and economic circle is affected, it will be extremely unfavorable to the current great cause of the Wang family...... Many businessmen would rather pay more taxes, would rather take dozens of miles of detours, and also take the road of the commercial and economic circle, just because of one point - safety! Compared with being killed by bandits and robbing goods, it is still very cost-effective to pay more taxes. In addition, the three companies jointly promised that in the commercial economic circle, as long as the businessman suffers any loss, the three companies will compensate him for all losses, including the profit of the goods.

Wang Shihua wandered for a short time with his hands behind his back, and when faced with the choice between smoking ban and economy, he did not come up with a way to get the best of both worlds.

"Take me to see it."

When I came to the door, I saw more than 40 men sitting against the wall, some were gambling, some were negotiating, they were all guards and porters, only the three opium dealers were sitting at the table, drinking tea and laughing with Uncle Jiang: the Wang family and the Zhao family fought two battles, and they trusted each other, and everyone was still cooperating, so the relationship was really good...... It is not so much that they were arrested this time, but that they were invited to explain to Wang Shihua: Why do you want to offend the decree of the Wang family? That is, to maintain the face of the Wang family.

As soon as he saw Wang Shihua, the opium dealer led by him hurriedly knelt in front of Wang Shihua with two of his subordinates, kowtowed, and said, "Little Feng Baoguo pays a visit to the head of the Wang family." ”

"You led people to sell opium along the way on my royal family's territory?"

In the face of Wang Shihua's cold words, Feng Baoguo's face was sincerely frightened, but he was not panicked at all: since he was here to protect the face of the Wang family, it would be hellish if he didn't have such an attitude.

hurriedly begged loudly: "The master of the Wang family spares his life~!" It's not a small intentional offense, but a small one who has just come from Sichuan, and the path is a precious place, and I really don't know that the decree you just issued will inadvertently offend Huwei. If the little one had known about this decree earlier, he would have taken advantage of the small one day to be bold, and he would not dare to disobey your order...... I beg the head of the Wang family to spare the life of a small dog for the sake of a seventy-year-old mother and a three-year-old doll to feed. ”

After speaking, Feng Baoguo secretly glanced at Wang Shihua, and saw that Wang Shihua's face was really much better, and he was greatly relieved.

But Wang Shihua was furious: Nima! You peddled all the way, you may not really know this ban at first, but you definitely know it later, but you still dare to sell it, why, do you look down on my Wang family? Now, you insist in front of Lao Tzu that you don't know, you are not slapping my face, but insulting my IQ - this is a typical bull's horn tip. In order to save face for the Wang family, Zhao Baoguo had no better excuse besides saying that he didn't know about this decree and would not inadvertently offend? But Wang Shihua had to raise this excuse to the height of insulting his IQ. It can be seen that Wang Shihua was angry in his heart and wanted to kill this person.

"Humph! No matter how many reasons you have, if you offend my royal family, you must be punished. Come on! Whip this fellow ten times as a punishment, and another five hundred oceans as punishment. Then kick everyone out of me. With that, he turned around and left.

Ergouzi immediately tied him to the head of the column with two guards and smoked him personally. Then he personally drove the people out, but the opium was detained.

After Feng Baoguo and others were driven out of the Wang family's territory by being monitored all the way, they rushed back to Zhaojiazhai overnight to complain, regardless of their pain.

But he didn't know that Wang Shihua's telegram had been slapped on Zhao Tianming's hand early. The content of the telegram was very polite: first he said the matter, and then bluntly said: In order to safeguard the common interests of the three families, I will release it back for you, but what to do, whether to hold the opium in my hands or not, you can do it yourself. The meaning is obvious: I will give you face, and I will not openly kill your people, but you have to go to the Tao, send the heads over, and bring back the opium. Not to mention anything else, just the 5,000 catties of opium that were detained made Zhao Tianming feel distressed...... This is the method that Wang Shihua came up with in a whim: that is, to maintain the face of the two families, not to hurt the harmony, but also to test the depth of Zhao Tianming's bottom line on his side, especially to see if Zhao Tianming is arrogant enough not to give face to the Wang family.

Does Zhao Tianming dare not give face to the Wang family?

The Wang family is no longer what it used to be: more than 23,000 people, well-armed, and financially abundant, can be described as wealthy; On the other hand, Zhaojiazhai, although it has gained a lot of money and money, it is nominally a bandit cottage after all, which greatly restricts the development of the population. Moreover, because of the huge profits from the business circles of the three companies, like Wang Shihua, he did not want to destroy this cooperation. Moreover, Wang Shihua is still very face-saving and asks him to deal with it in private, what else can he say?

To put it bluntly, for the sake of the overall situation, Feng Baoguo has to die if he doesn't die. What's more, this time it was indeed Zhao Baoguo who was greedy for small profits, thinking that everyone would cooperate, and the Wang family would not embarrass him, so he dared to do this-ignorance!

Feng Baoguo's youngest daughter married Zhao Tianming's son Zhao Chuan, and Zhao Tianming couldn't directly order him to be killed, so he summoned his henchmen to discuss. The opening remarks were to show the telegram to everyone while saying: "The head of the Wang family is still saving face, let us deal with Feng Baoguo's ...... by ourselves"

Zhao Chuan naturally wanted to intercede for Feng Baoguo, but he didn't expect that the important people in the cottage were all opposed: first, everyone has someone to take care of in private, and there is a way to make money, and they have gained benefits from the business and economic circle in the past two years, who is willing to give up the peaceful life of a rich man for the sake of a steward to have a family war with the Wang family? Second, Zhao Tianming can deal with this kind of thing directly, but if he gathers everyone to discuss, there are only two choices: kill or not! Three, everyone is an old and refined character, obedient and obedient, Zhao Tianming used to call Feng Baoguo Baoguo, but now he also calls his surname, obviously dissatisfied with Feng Baoguo and wants to kill him.

In this way, what else can everyone think about, naturally ask to kill Feng Baoguo.

In the end, Zhao Tianming obeyed **, and used Feng Baoguo to ignore the overall situation, greedy for small profits, and intended to sabotage the cooperation between Zhao and Wang - kill!

This matter is almost the end of the matter, but Zhao Tianming wants to protect everyone's face, but on the other hand, he wants to let Feng Baoguo have a way to live and maintain everyone's private relationship, so in order to show his fairness and majesty, he actually forcibly sent Zhao Chuan to deal with this matter. Zhao Chuan immediately found a substitute ghost to save Feng Baoguo's life and hide it temporarily...... The Wang family just wants to maintain face, and they need Zhao Jiazhai to admit it, as for whether they really killed Feng Baoguo, they will definitely not seriously investigate it - everyone knows this kind of thing. Moreover, some people have done this before, so everyone naturally thinks that it should be dealt with like this, and naturally didn't see Zhao Chuan's tanuki for the prince, and secretly praised Zhao Chuan's sophistication.

Subsequently, Zhao Chuan personally took 10,000 oceans to Laosi City to make amends. In order to prevent the Wang family from seeing the flaws, he simply smashed the human head with a musket, so that the Wang family could not distinguish it, and at the same time vouched in the name of Zhao Jiazhai, this human head was Feng Baoguo.

Wang Shihua agreed on the spot, but he could wait until he personally sent Zhao Chuan and opium out of the city......

"Master, why do I think there's something wrong with that head? They want to kill Feng Baoguo, and there are many ways, so that they won't just shoot Feng Baoguo in the face because of Feng Baoguo's arrest......"

Wang Shihua's eyes were shining and he sneered: "They are so foolish to me, so let them be proud for a while...... Uncle Jing, immediately send more clever spies to Zhaojiazhai to find out Feng Baoguo's whereabouts. When you find someone, don't be alarmed, just keep an eye on them. ”

After speaking, Wang Shihua sneered like a wolf......

There are pros and cons to everything, even the gods will not calculate: this kind of method that seems to be the best of both worlds that everyone knows is left with a huge hidden danger to Zhaojiazhai, at least nominally speechless - a few years later, when the strength of the Wang family reached its peak, he turned to avenge the ten guards and bloody Zhaojiazhai, the excuse used was 'Zhao Jiazhai fooled the Wang family ......with a fake head', and showed the living Feng Baoguo, so as to become famous.