December 2nd, Night!

"Boom!"

A long-lost electric light suddenly pierced the darkness and illuminated the earth. Immediately afterward, a earth-shattering thunder shook the heavens and the earth - thunder and lightning came.

Today is the second day of quitting smoking, and Wang Shihua, who was instructing the smokers on their daily expenses in the study, suddenly looked up at the window. Immediately, he put down his pen and walked out the door quickly, standing under the eaves outside the door, looking at the sky.

Dark clouds cover the moon!

"Great, it's finally going to rain hard."

Wang Shihua glanced at the guard coldly, and then looked up at the sky...... If this heavy rain can be delayed for half a month, many of his deployments can be completed: for example, he is going to talk to the other three about exchanging land for food. But now that this heavy rain has taken place, everyone has hope in their hearts, so when it comes to negotiations, the resistance on their side will inevitably increase greatly. It's still the same thing: Whether other people's families can live or not is my business, I only care about whether the interests of my Wang family can get the greatest return" Boom! ”

Another lightning bolt and another thunder, Wang Shihua's expression became more solemn.

The bean-sized raindrops fell, and soon it became a downpour...... From the beginning of the drought to the present, it has been a full five months, although there have been several rains during this period, but the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, and even the heavy rain that ambushed Fang Jue last time, although it rained heavily, ended quickly, and it only wet the ground. Now this heavy rain not only announces the end of the dry season, but also inevitably accelerates Wang Shihua's actions.

Looking at the rain curtain, Wang Shihua's expression was complicated, his eyes were uncertain, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Master of the house, don't worry, although the means that forced us to advance a little, but fortunately, we all expected this, and it is not a good thing."

I don't know when Uncle Jiang came, but when he heard Uncle Jiang's words of relief, Wang Shihua nodded, glanced at him, looked at the sky again, sighed, and said, "I always feel that it is not perfect enough." ”

"Huh! Scold! The head of the family, in life, nine times out of ten is unsatisfactory, you must not force everything to go well. ”

Wang Shihua looked at Uncle Jiang and said with a smile: "Uncle Jiang, you are right, everything has a degree, and if it is over, it will backfire." Ay~! It's me who is greedy, and just now I was also a little confused by God's hand. ”

"Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, family master, this heavy rain is a little bad for us, but for others, it must be a good thing."

"Oh~! Uncle Jiang, what do you say? ”

"If a person has been thirsty for too long and is about to die, but suddenly finds that there is water in the well, but there is no bucket to draw water, at this time, you take the bucket and talk to him about the water, you say, will he take everything out to change with you?"

Wang Shihua was stunned for a moment, and then understood: This heavy rain is the water in the well, which seems to save everyone and give everyone hope next year, but the problem is that it is precisely because of the hope for next year, and now, they will take food to negotiate with them, and they will inevitably make greater concessions in this anxious and anxious state of mind...... Just now, he was worried that the other three families would gradually harden their attitudes because of this heavy rain, but now after Uncle Jiang's analysis, he realized that it was just the opposite.

"Hah! Ha! Uncle Jiang, the most correct thing I have done in my life is to make you an emeritus person. ”

"However, the head of the family, this point must be grasped." If the negotiation is too early, the other party will not accept too excessive requirements, but if the negotiation is too late, the other party will inevitably grit its teeth and hold on until next year's autumn harvest, so it is not possible sooner or later, we must see the right time and grasp the middle point in order to maximize the benefits.

"That's natural, but, Uncle Jiang, do you always think that this point is the best?"

"Master of the family, when the old slave becomes a god, he will definitely inform you." Uncle Jiang was in a very good mood, and he actually made fun of Wang Shihua.

At this moment, I heard the guard report: "The head of the family, Uncle Jixiang asks to see." ”

"Please!"

Wang Jixiang is the father of the dog, and he came to ask to see him at this time, most of which has something to do with the dog. Thinking of this, Wang Shihua asked casually: "Uncle Jiang, the dog came out on the 11th of last month, right?" ”

"Yes!"

"Has there ever been a telegram back?"

Seeing Uncle Jiang shaking his head, Wang Shihua frowned slightly, and said suspiciously: "It's been more than twenty days, why hasn't there been any news yet?" ”

"Don't worry, head of the house. The dog is clever in itself, and his marksmanship and martial arts are good, so he won't suffer a loss outside. It's going out with the other three again, and it shouldn't be fine. After speaking, seeing that Wang Shihua's brows were still furrowed, Uncle Jiang smiled and said with relief: "Come to think of it, something should have happened to delay it." However, the head of the family can rest assured that there will never be any major incidents, otherwise, even if the dog can't leave, the people of the other three families will pass the news over. They will not and dare not hide such things. ”

Wang Shihua breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon, Wang Jixiang came to Wang Shihua's study.

"Meet the head of the house."

"Uncle Jixiang, hurry up, everyone is their own person, there is no need to be like this."

Wang Jixiang suffered a gunshot wound when he was young, and now that he is old, his health is getting worse and worse.

Wang Shihua helped him sit down, personally served him tea, and asked with a smile: "Uncle Jixiang, are you here for dogs?" ”

"That's right! This dog didn't come home for a month or two last time, and he just came back less than seven days last month, no, I haven't seen him for more than 20 days. His cousin was worried about him, and it was not easy to come to see him, so I had to come and see what he was doing with a cheeky face, and by the way, I asked him if he wanted that home. ”

"He didn't tell you?"

Wang Jixiang was stunned for a moment and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Wang Shihua could only briefly say what the dog was doing.

"The head of the house, it's all because I don't know how important it is. Since the head of the family trusts him, it is his blessing, and it should be kept secret. I still rely on the old man to force the head of the family to speak out, I really deserve it. Wang Jixiang stood up and saluted Wang Shihua and said, "But please rest assured, I will not tell others." ”

"Wherever you are, even if you keep it from anyone, you shouldn't keep it a secret."

"Thank you for your trust. Scold! Scold! Now that I know that this kid is doing business, instead of fooling around outside and forgetting about his home, I am relieved. As he spoke, he was about to leave: "Master of the family, you have a lot of nobles, so I won't bother you." Leave. ”

"Uncle Jixiang, wait a minute." Wang Shihua picked up the box prepared from the table, and said with a smile while handing it to Wang Jixiang: "Your health has not been good all these years, I specially asked someone to buy a century-old ginseng, you take it, take it well." ”

"How's that going to work? You can't ask for it. ”

"Where are these words? You've always been hurt for the sake of your family. In the past, my family was poor and couldn't honor you, but now that my family is rich, I naturally can't forget you heroes...... Uncle Jixiang, if you don't accept it, you just dislike me for being polite. ”

"This ...... Well, thank you for the generous reward. ”

After sending Wang Jixiang away, Wang Shihua instructed the two dogs to send a messenger to the other three overnight to ask, is there any news from Suzhou and Shanghai?

Then I found Uncle Jiang again, and the two talked for most of the night...... With the end of the dry season, deployment will inevitably be brought forward.

Early the next morning, Wang Shihua practiced his fists and feet in the courtyard in the morning, and stayed in Zhang Cuiyun and A Xia's room for a while, teased the two baby daughters, and then went to the horse walking field to contact the migrant workers who carried wood and built pergolas, and then went to the town for a walk, mainly to see everyone's views on the smoking ban. Naturally, the response was enthusiastic, which made Wang Shihua very satisfied, and instructed everyone from time to time: Early tomorrow morning, send the opium ghost at home to the west gate of Lao Sicheng to gather.

In the afternoon, the three evil youths visited at the same time...... For so long, the four major families have not received any news, and now, everyone understands: something happened, and it can only be a big incident, otherwise, it is impossible for the people of the four families to have no news back. Therefore, Wang Shihua did not be polite to the three evildoers, and directly took them to discuss in the study.

But the people who can be sent out are thousands of miles away, and there is no news coming back, what can they do? In the end, the four of them agreed: wait another five days, and if there is no news, they will send a second group of people to investigate...... They all suspected that the invisible behind-the-scenes force had directly detained everyone this time.

After the three evil youths left, Wang Shihua lingered under the eaves outside the study for a long time.

"Ergouzi, Shaoxun called last time, didn't he go to Shanghai?"

"Yes!"

"Do you remember that Shaoxun told me about how many Japanese friends he had?"

"I remember, he asked you what you thought about it."

"Now that there's a war going on over there, I'm thinking that the dogs are probably the ones who are red in the eyes of people because their money is exposed."

"Master, it's impossible, right? The dozens of people sent here are all elites of each family, even if they are calculated, it is impossible for none of them to slip out. ”

"If I could sneak out, I would have sent a telegram to my family asking for help." Wang Shihua glanced at Ergouzi with a gloomy face, and continued: "It is precisely because they are all elite and good at that the number of people that the other party uses to deal with them is at least several times, and in the war zone, so many people can be openly mobilized, either the national army or the Japanese. ”

Ergouzi thought for a moment and nodded in approval: If you want to besiege these dozens of good players, and you can't let any of them escape, at least a few hundred people must participate in the roundup. Besides, these dozens of people will definitely not sit idly by, and will definitely fight with each other, so if you think about it, it can only be the national army or the Japanese, otherwise, if it is done by the local gangs, whether it is the national army or the Japanese, it is impossible to sit idly by and watch the existence of such armed forces, and they will definitely be involved a long time ago.

"You send him a telegram according to the codebook and address left by Shaoxun, ask him to help inquire about the whereabouts of Goudan and others, and ask him to help rescue him as much as possible." After speaking, he muttered: "No matter how you say it, there are forty or fifty people, all of whom are armed with weapons, even if they let people make dumplings, they should make some noise, it should be easy to inquire." ”

"Yes! I'll do it. ”

Wang Shihua didn't know that if this telegram was delayed for half an hour, the forty-eight people sent by the four major families to Suzhou and Shanghai would all have to lose their heads......