While the two were talking, a villager from the front yard came to report, saying that the county government had sent Tong Huatong, the shopkeeper, to find Wu Ye Tianxiao. When the old village chief of Najia heard this, he got up and said with a smile: "It seems that everything was expected by Wu Ye." This Tong shopkeeper is an official businessman, and he has an indescribable relationship with the magistrate. I'll greet you. With that, he walked to the front yard.

For Tong Hua, Wu Tianxiao is not familiar with it. It's just that after exterminating the pirates, Yuchi County asked people to bring merchants who bought the stolen goods. After a while, the village chief came to him with Tong Hua.

Tong Hua is a businessman and is very good at building relationships. As soon as they met, they saluted: "Oops." Wu Ye, fortunately, I will be fortunate to meet, and the contemptible Tong Hua is polite. ”

Wu Tianxiao also bowed his fist and saluted: "The shopkeeper Tong is good." I don't know what happened to the shopkeeper looking for me? ”

Tong Hua saw that Wu Tianxiao was a little rough and straight, but he had heard Tang Zhixian say that the person in front of him had returned to the Ming Dynasty from overseas, so he didn't make a fuss. Hurriedly took out an invitation card from his bosom and said: "Wu Ye is a great hero who killed Kou." The contemptible people prepared some thin wine at the Ronglai Inn in the county seat tonight, and invited Wu Ye to come with a face. ”

Wu Tianxiao has been very busy lately. During the day, the first thing to do is to train those Ding Zhuang, and then to take care of the match workshop, after all, this match workshop is very important for fire prevention. Although it is said that it is good to be managed by the village chief, how can I be completely at ease. Not only to stir gunpowder glue, but also to take care of the craftsmanship. Now it looks like he is chatting and drinking tea with the village chief, but in fact, he is instructing the workers how to operate more efficiently and how to dry and prevent fire. I'm going to go back to the ship later. As for the matter of Yu Haichuan in Tang Zhixian County, he had said that he was worried, but he had already been thrown out of the Nine Heavens Cloud.

All along, Wu Tianxiao took advantage of a little time to take the village heroes to manipulate the sea boats. Now, although the fire can make HNA drift, it is not familiar with it, and it has not even been out to sea.

So at the end of the day, people are tired and half dead, where is the energy to deal with the drinking situation. It was Chen Qianhe who invited him to drink, and he only used the wine bureau to discuss things when he had something to discuss. Now this shopkeeper naturally won't ask for wine for no reason, there must be something to discuss.

Wu Tianxiao was born in special forces, and he did not have the Taoism of administrative officials, and he was straightforward. So even when he accepted the invitation, he bluntly said: "There is something wrong with the shopkeeper Tong's thoughts." It's better to say it in this courtyard now, but I have something to do at night, and I'm afraid I won't be able to leave for a while. ”

Tong Hua felt contempt in his heart when he heard this, and he was really an open-sea barbarian, and he didn't know how to be polite at all. However, he is also a businessman, talking about business, and discussing things in this courtyard, although he lacks the etiquette rules of the Ming magnates, but he also feels that this barbarian who has returned from overseas does not need to be too polite to him. What's more, it's also a good thing that I don't have a secret relationship with the magistrate. So he laughed and said, "Haha··· Wu Ye is really a straightforward person, and contemptible people do have something to ask for. It's good. I consulted with Wu Ye here. At this time, the village chief also brought a farmer's stool, poured tea for Tong Hua, and the three of them sat down in the courtyard. Tong Hua couldn't get used to drinking the coarse tea of this villager, but he didn't show it on his face, and kept smiling and taking a sip of tea.

Wu Tianxiao asked again: "I don't know what happened to the shopkeeper Tong?" ”

Tong Hua looked back at the villagers who were making matches in the front yard and smiled: "This match thing is really a good thing." In just a few days, everyone in Ningbo Mansion knew about it. Cooking on the fire during the day, lighting candles at night, everything is useless, and it is much more convenient and easy to use than the fire fold. And the price is fair, and it is deeply liked by ordinary people. ”

As soon as Wu Tianxiao heard this, he knew that the shopkeeper was here for matches, and he knew what he meant immediately. He smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Tong wants to buy this match in bulk and sell it back?" ”

Tong Hua smiled: "Hahaha... Wu Ye is straightforward. Tong came to discuss with Wu Ye for this matter. ”

Wu Tianxiao had already discussed with Tang Zhixian and Chen Qianhe that the matches of Ningbo Mansion would not allow a third party to interfere. When he shook his head, he said: "Shopkeeper Tong, it's not me Wu who doesn't know what to do." It's just that the match sales in Ningbo Mansion have already been sold with Tang Zhixian and Chen Qianhu. If you want to, I'm afraid you have to go to Chen Qianhu or Tang Zhixian. ”

Tong Hua smiled: "Master Wu misunderstood, I just came from the county magistrate, and it was Tang Zhixian who asked me to place the invitation." ”

Wu Tianxiao was puzzled: "Tang Zhixian knows that you came to me?" ”

Tong Hua glanced at the village chief with a smile and said implicitly: "There is some connection between the contemptible people and the magistrate..."

Wu Tianxiao saw that Tong Hua might have something that was difficult to say, and the old village chief of Jia Yuan also wanted to get up and avoid it. Wu Tianxiao pulled Jia Yuan and said to Tong Hua: "Tong shopkeeper." I am now also a hundred households in Zhoushan Zuozhongwei, and it is inevitable that I will have to lead troops for training in the future, and some things should not be too open. After everything is normal, the affairs of the match workshop will be fully managed by the village chief Jia. As long as it's something to do with matches, there's no need to shy away from it. ”

Tong Hua was very enterprising, and when he handed over to the old village chief Jia: "Oh, then I will call you the shopkeeper Jia in the future." The old village chief Jia hurriedly replied: "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Tong Hua explained: "Since this is the case, then I will say it directly." The household registration rules of the Ming Dynasty are that all people are registered and have their own industries, scholars study and lecture as officials, merchants as businessmen, military households in the army, and craftsmen and craftsmen are not allowed to be offside. However, due to various reasons, many families are unable to pay their incomes and make life difficult. If an official does not earn much money per month, it is difficult to support his family, and the salary of military households is also uninterrupted, and it is inevitable that there will be some gray income over time. The relationship between the contemptible people and the magistrate is also like the shopkeeper Jia and Wu Ye. ”

Wu Tianxiao nodded and understood, this Tang Zhixian was Tong Hua's secret old club: "Oh... I see. What does Tang Zhixian mean, is it that in the future, the Zhoushan County Yasu will ask for matches, and it will be handed over to the shopkeeper Tong? ”

Tong Hua nodded: "Exactly." ”

Wu Tianxiao was not afraid that this Tong Hua would deceive him. If he, a businessman, dares to deceive people with the magistrate of the broken family, then he will wait for this to be ruined. So I don't doubt the truth of Tong Hua's words.

Then Tong Hua said: "Master Wu." Today, there is really something to ask for? ”

Wu Tianxiao said: "Since it is the meaning of Tang Zhixian, there is nothing to ask for, you just have to say it." This match workshop also has a dry stock in Tangzhi County. ”

Tong Hua said: "Then I will make it clear." In the future, the contemptible people will ask for 100,000 boxes of matches per month, I don't know if Wu Ye can hand over the goods? ”

Old Village Chief Jia was taken aback when he heard this, and Wu Tianxiao was also puzzled and asked, "One hundred thousand boxes?" How can a small county in Zhoushan consume so many matches? Tangzhi County should have told you that Ningbo Mansion, except for Zhoushan, is under the jurisdiction of Chen Qianhu. Chen Qianhu took the road of the health office, and the three of us had already made an agreement not to fight with each other, and each to perform his own duties. I am in charge of manufacturing, and Chen Qianhu and Tangzhi County are in charge of sales. ”

Tong Hua said with a smile: "The county magistrate naturally told me about this, and the contemptible people naturally didn't dare to compete with Chen Qianhu for food." It's just that Chen Qianhu took the road of the health office, and our county magistrates naturally took the official road. Tell the truth. At the beginning, the magistrate of the county only promised a county in Zhoushan, but he didn't know how much benefit this match could have, so he just gave it a try. Now that the benefits of this match have been demonstrated, it is natural that there is no longer any concern. ”