"Weasel, there is a restaurant in front of you, you have to fight with me again, play tricks, and when you enter the restaurant, I want to talk about wine, and I won't admit it afterwards."

"This ...... This ......"

"Don't talk about pulling to."

"Wait a minute, Shihua, I really want to cooperate with you and do a big business."

"Big business?" After Wang Shihua asked casually, he immediately shook his head and asked again: "It's not right~!" Weasel, I, Wang Shihua, either don't make a move now, but if I make a move, it's a business of hundreds of thousands, millions of oceans. First of all, do you have so much money to talk to me about cooperation? ”

"I don't have any money, but I have something else."

"What the hell?"

"If you want to make paper, you can't do without bamboo. The bamboo forests in the Grand Canyon that are dozens of miles full of mountains and wilderness are the ...... I have with you."

"Stop! Stop! Let's figure it out first, those dozens of miles of bamboo forests belong to my Wang family, and they don't have anything to do with the government. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, the whole world belongs to the government, including you and your royal family."

Wang Shihua turned around, looked directly at Fang Jue carefully, and asked, "Fang Jue, whose is it, you know it in your heart." Now I suddenly find that I am in a bad mood again, so I should be less troubled with me and be happy. ”

"Good! Shihua, don't you want to make paper money? I just thought ......"

"Wait a minute!" Wang Shihua was shocked, glanced around, grabbed Fang Jue's collar, lifted it over, and asked in a low voice, "How do you know that I want to make paper money instead of white paper?" ”

"Let go, let go!"

As soon as Wang Shihua let go, Fang Jue looked at Wang Shihua with disdain while arranging his collar, glanced at his mouth, and said: "Those dozens of miles of bamboo forests, most of them are bamboo, you don't make paper money, do you really plan to use the money to waste?" ”

The white paper made of bamboo is of low quality, and not many people are willing to buy it, so it goes without saying that it is competitive. But bamboo is the best material for paper money.

Hearing this, Wang Shihua's heart was relieved: Fortunately, you analyzed it, otherwise, Lao Tzu would still think that there was a spy around him. But that's not right, why are you so concerned about my business? Otherwise, if you don't investigate, how can you know that it's basically all bamboo?

"Even if I make paper money, how are you going to cooperate? Is it to throw money in? ”

"You don't know, I don't see any industry in the county, so I was anxious, so I asked for a sum of money from above, planning to build an incense and candle factory...... Hey! Hey! I want to talk to you, when the time comes, you and I will cooperate and package and sell together, how about it? ”

Upon hearing Fang Jue's plan, Wang Shihua really admired Fang Jue. Opportunities are always available, but if you can spot them and seize them. To be honest, even Wang Shihua himself didn't think of this, after others heard about it, no one came to talk about it, but Fang Jue could find it, I have to say that his acumen and intelligence have to be admired.

In particular, Wang Shihua dared to conclude that Fang Jue definitely thought of the sales method of his paper money once it was made, so he had the intention of borrowing the east wind: paper money is easy to make, there are manufacturers or small workshops in various places, and they have formed their own sales channels and territoriality. The Wang family's purpose and ambition to build a paper mill specializing in paper money for hundreds of people with such fanfare will definitely dominate the paper money market in several surrounding provinces. At that time, in order to enter the paper money market in various places with the least loss and the fastest way, in addition to the normal competition of business, the cooperation of force is absolutely indispensable. To put it bluntly, it is to suppress the lord by strong guests, and use the wealth and strength of the Wang family to squeeze out all the small forces in this industry.

In fact, on the one hand, the paper money business itself is related to dead people, which makes people feel unlucky. Second, the paper money business is an absolute small business in everyone's hearts, so in this industry, there is really no force that can compete with the Wang family, and it is not even a mantis arm as a car. It was precisely when Wang Shihua saw this that he had the intention of monopolizing this industry.

To buy paper money, it is natural to burn it to the dead, so it is absolutely indispensable to buy some incense and candles. According to people's normal thinking, they often buy some incense candles in the same store after buying paper money. To put it bluntly, as long as the Wang family agrees, Fang Jue can take advantage of the business channels opened by the Wang family to follow suit, which is absolutely cheap, and even the hiring of sales staff and their salaries can be saved.

"I kill, you take the reward. Weasel, good means, good strategy. You didn't go into business, and when you became an official, you really lost money. After Wang Shihua gave Fang Jue a thumbs up, he smiled faintly and said, "But why do I want to be your pawn for no reason?" ”

The two of them stood by the gate of the restaurant, and neither of them had the heart to go in to eat.

"Since it's a collaboration, I naturally have to contribute. Well, I'm in charge of the Hunan side. How is it? ”

What are you kidding, your father is the vice governor, you are the county magistrate, and if you go out in person, others will embarrass you for the sake of such a seemingly small business as valuable...... It can be seen from this that Fang Jue and Wang Shihua have a fight in terms of protecting their shortcomings: they only care about the dishes on their plates, and they are too lazy to think about what will happen to others.

"Weasel, if you really want to cooperate, you have to be responsible for the part of Hunan, and you have to be responsible for the part of Hubei."

"Shihua, it's not like you don't know, there are people above me who are in charge, and I really can't do anything about Hubei."

"Officialdom has not been paying attention to 'official protection' since ancient times, if you don't even have this ability, hum!" Wang Shihua turned around and was about to leave, Fang Jue hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Shihua, if I designate a few counties and cities, I can still be cheeky to ask for personal favors, but if I am in charge of Hubei Province, Shihua, I really can't do anything." ”

"There's nothing to talk about. Leave! ”

"Don't! Shihua, you see if this will work, I swear I will do my best to open up the market, but how much can be opened, I can't guarantee...... When necessary, how about we go together to open the market? ”

Wang Shihua thought about it, gradually smiled, and said: "Since you can't be responsible for everything, you have to rely on me to help, and besides, you sell incense and candles, more than me, so, how much do you plan to share with me?" ”

"Ichisei!"

"Half!"

"Wang Papi, why don't you grab it?"

Wang Shihua's smile became even stronger, but he hugged his fists and said, "Thank you!" ”

Fang Jue was stunned for a moment, knowing that this was the opposite, but he still didn't understand it.

"Shihua, what do you mean?"

"County Magistrate Fang, I didn't expect to sell incense and candles at the same time in addition to selling paper money, but fortunately, you reminded me in time, and I will build an incense and candle factory when I turn around...... Tell me, am I going to thank you? ”

Fang Jue was stunned for a moment, and then, his face showed a look of anger, and he shouted: "Wang Peeling...... Belch~! What do you see? Eat your meal! ”

After scolding the audience who came over after hearing the sound, Fang Jue pulled Wang Shihua a little farther away and said, "Shihua, you can't be so unkind...... At most, two percent, no more can be added. ”

"Thirty percent."

"Twenty-fifty. Moreover, after the market opens, I don't care about sales, I just hand over the incense candles to you, and then wait to collect the money. ”

"Deal."

The two hands shook for a moment, and Fang Jue turned to leave.

"County Magistrate Fang, didn't you invite me to dinner? Why did you just leave? ”

"I'm not in the mood to treat you to dinner right now."

Wang Shihua squeezed his eyebrows and smiled.

Who knows, after Fang Jue walked out a few meters, he walked back suddenly, and said to Wang Shihua angrily: "Go!" Eat and go. ”

This meal was particularly boring, but it was very interesting: from beginning to end, Fang Jue didn't say a word to Wang Shihua, and tried his best to deal with the meal, like a starving ghost, sweeping wildly. Completely opposite to him, Wang Shihua held a wine glass, drank a small wine, and only occasionally moved a chopstick.

As soon as Fang Jue finished eating, he wiped his mouth with a napkin and said to Wang Shihua: "I'll go to settle the bill." ”

Wang Shihua was stunned: Are you really inviting me to dinner?

As a result, the men standing guard at the door came to report: Fang Jue didn't pass through the gate at all, and slipped through the back door, and this account was naturally not settled.

"It's really interesting for this county magistrate to be a real person." Wang Shihua shook his head and smiled bitterly, but his eyes were a little complicated.

When I returned to Lao Sicheng, I saw Zhang Shuhua chatting with several sisters at the tea stall at the city gate.

As soon as he saw Wang Shihua, Zhang Shuhua ran over like a fast bird, took Wang Shihua's hand and chattered endlessly. Wang Shihua gave her a silver bracelet, saying that it was specially bought for her from the county seat, and Zhang Shuhua danced excitedly.

"By the way, Brother Shihua, I asked the fortune teller to calculate, he said that our eight characters are a little incompatible, and I can't marry you until I am single years old."

"Which one?" After asking, Wang Shihua was stunned: Why would I ask like that? Could it be that I'm also anxious?

"I asked three fortune tellers to do the math, and they all said so."

Seeing Zhang Shuhua pouting angrily, Wang Shihua understood: If one or two are fine, but all three are like this, it can only explain one problem: it must be that Zhang Cuiyun sent someone to greet all the fortune tellers in the town in advance, otherwise, the answers would not all be so consistent.

"Brother Shihua, you promised me that you would marry me first."

"Yes!"

After chatting with Zhang Shuhua for a while, when I returned home, several girls were playing mahjong, and when I saw Wang Shihua, Zhang Cuiyun looked up and smiled: "How about you go to Yushu's house to worship the door?" ”

Wang Shihua wanted to protect Gu Yushu's face, nodded with a smile: "Very good, although my husband is still a little angry and didn't invite me to dinner, he invited me to tea and talked to me a lot, especially asking me to take care of Yushu." ”

None of the women are stupid, knowing that this is Wang Shihua giving Gu Yushu a face, and it is not easy to break it.

Gu Yushu glanced at Wang Shihua gratefully, and then, bowed her head, pretended to be shy, and continued to play mahjong. It's just that at night, when she held a comb and listened to Wang Shihua talk about it, tears fell down her eyes, and finally, she buried her head in Wang Shihua's chest and cried loudly.

Next, Wang Shihua was busy with his feet not touching the ground: building a paper mill, expanding each battalion of the Baojing Regiment to 800 people, and how the people of the Wang family would profit after the opening of the Chonghu Trade Road-It was necessary to open more shops and restaurants...... For now, the Wang family, like the giant python that has just devoured a goat, belongs to the digestion period, is very quiet and self-disciplined.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to February 9, 1939, that is, the fourth day of the first lunar month......