The room is not big, the furnishings are antique, four maids on both sides stand on both sides of a white jade screen, there are three people sitting behind the screen, one person in the middle is the old man of the Qi family, today's Shou Weng Qi Wannian, one person on the left is his second son Qi Wei, responsible for Qi Dafu Qianzhuang, on the right is a beautiful young woman, is his daughter Qi Linglong, she is responsible for taking care of her father.

Qi Wannian also has a daughter, named Qi Meifeng, who is very spicy and capable, she is responsible for greeting female guests and is busy in the big tent.

Hearing that Wujin was coming, the Qi family's father and son got up at the same time and greeted him, not only because he was asking for him, but because he was already the Duke of Liangguo, and he was also the deputy governor of the Chuzhou Navy, and his status had far surpassed that of the Qi family.

Because of this, Qi Wannian did not dare to slack off, "General Huangfu came to the cold house, the Qi family was not well entertained, please bear with me!" ”

Wu Jin finally met the old proprietor of the Qi family he once admired in Donghai County, when he only opened a small pawnshop, and he didn't even have the qualifications to carry shoes for the world-famous Qi Ruifu, but fate made people, when he entered Beijing, his identity suddenly changed, just like Sun Wukong recited the mantra, so that the once unattainable mountain became a small stone at his feet.

Compared to him, the old proprietor of the Qi family is indeed nothing.

But Wu Jin still politely replied with a smile: "Congratulations to Elder Qi, I wish you a birthday than Nanshan, and blessings like the East China Sea." ”

"Thank you General Li for your kind words, please be seated!"

Qi Wannian asked him to sit down, waved his hand, asked the maids to retreat, and he introduced Qi Wei to Wujin, "I am my second son Wei, and I am in charge of Qianzhuang in the Qi family." ”

If it was before, Qi Wannian would not have told Wu Jin so implicitly that he was looking for him for the silver ticket, at least he would get straight to the point and take out a bunch of fake silver tickets to confront him, but now Qi Wannian didn't dare to be so direct, and he didn't dare to offend Wu Jin.

Wu Jin smiled, he already understood what the Qi family was looking for him, he knew that the Qi family was embarrassed to speak, so he took out a hundred taels of Qi Dafu's silver ticket and said with a smile: "I myself am also using Qi Dafu's silver ticket, compared with the Baifu silver ticket and the Donglai silver ticket, the Qi Dafu silver ticket is beautifully printed, and there are peculiarities, it is extremely difficult to fake, but if someone wants to fake the silver ticket, they will still choose Qi Dafu, and will not fight the idea of the other two silver tickets, what does the old family owner think is this?" ”

Wu Jin also told the old master of Qi very implicitly that even if he didn't fake silver tickets, others would also fake silver tickets, the key was not the technology of counterfeiting, he hoped that the Qi family would not put the cart before the horse.

Qi Wannian understood in his heart, he sighed and said: "Counterfeiting Baifu silver tickets, found out is full of beheading, five years ago Handan County appeared to fake Baifu silver tickets, the government caught five fake silver tickets of the small people, the amount involved is less than 2,000 taels of silver, as a result, the five family members of 124 were all escorted to the vegetable market to cut off their heads, more than 100 heads hung at the city gate for a year, since then, no one dares to make Baifu Qian Zhuang and Donglai Qian Zhuang fake silver tickets, the deterrent is too great, but Qi Dafu silver tickets are not protected by the government, fake is fake, so the Qi family did everything possible to make a fuss from printing to prevent others from counterfeiting. ”

"Then why doesn't the Qi family want to find a way to get the same protection?"

"Why didn't I think of a way, for a few years, my Qi family applied to the household department through this door and that door, but there was no news, the household department did not approve, and I guess the other two money banks would not agree."

Wu Jin pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Does the old master know whose hands the household is in his hands?" ”

There was silence in the room for a moment, and Wu Jin's words were asked to the point, and Qi Wei, who had not spoken, finally couldn't help but say angrily: "It was in the hands of Uncle Shen Guo at that time, do you think we don't understand?" Last time, because of your million taels of fake silver tickets, Uncle Shen forced us to be loyal to him, how did we resist, you don't know this! ”

"Wei'er!"

Qi Wannian's face sank, and he reprimanded his son, "Don't be rude to General Huangfu, he is a guest we invited." ”

Qi Wei was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything, Wujin was a little embarrassed, and couldn't find anything to say for a while, Qi Wannian hurriedly waved his hand and said: "My son is not light or heavy, General Huangfu must not go to his heart, our Qi family does not have the slightest intention of complaining about the general." ”

Qi Fengwu next to him also sighed: "Childe doesn't know, we don't agree to Uncle Shen's coercion, because now Qi Ruifu is in the hands of our Qi family, if we agree to Uncle Shen, I'm afraid Qi Ruifu will be difficult for us to control." ”

Wu Jin smiled indifferently and asked, "Is it wise for the Qi family to offend Uncle Shen like this?" ”

Qi Wei said: "The powerful person is not Uncle Shen Guo alone, and the crown prince is the same.....

Before he finished speaking, he was glared at him fiercely by Qi Wannian, Qi Wei was so frightened that he swallowed back the words behind, but he had actually said it, Qi Wannian's expression was a little embarrassed, in fact, he didn't want to talk about these things with this Huangfu general, after all, he had no friendship with him, and it was taboo to talk about it in officialdom and shopping malls.

"General Huangfu, I wonder if the person who made and printed the million-dollar silver ticket is your friend?"

Qi Wannian changed the topic and turned the topic to today's right path, Wu Jin understood that Qi Wannian didn't want to talk to him about Uncle Shen, so he smiled and said: "Please rest assured, that person is my friend, a genius, he mastered the secret of the Qi family's glue five years ago, but he disdains to do this kind of thing, has the Qi family ever found a fake silver ticket on the market?" It won't appear in the future, this time it's just my emergency measure, I have apologized to the eldest son, and now I apologize to the old master of Qi again. ”

After speaking, Wu Jin gave an apologetic salute, Qi Wannian hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The general's apology I already knew last time, I don't care about this matter, I just want to ask that person to help the Qi family strengthen the anti-counterfeiting of the silver ticket, the anti-counterfeiting technology of our Qi family's silver ticket has not been able to break through for many years." ”

This is Qi Wannian's true intention to invite Wu Jin, last time Wu Jin had apologized to Qi Mao, they didn't need to dig deeper, but later the Qi family found that the five-color lines of those fake silver tickets were clearer than the real silver tickets, and they were easy to identify, which was also a big problem for the Qi family, their color lines were a little blurred, and they had to be distinguished by the people of Qi Dafu Qianzhuang, and it was not easy for ordinary businessmen to identify, and the space for counterfeiting would appear, but the color line of the million taels of fake silver tickets was very clear, and ordinary people could also clearly identify them. It shows that the counterfeiter's technology is higher than that of the Qi family, which makes the Qi family shocked and excited, and the technical problem of more than ten years has been solved, and the Qi family has to find this person no matter how to help the Qi family solve this problem, and Wu Jin is the only way to find this person.

Only then did Wu Jin understand what Old Man Qi meant, he smiled and nodded, "This problem is not big, I will talk to that person when I go back to Donghai County, and he should be able to help." ”

"Thank you so much General Huangfu, it's really a shame to delay General Huangfu for so much precious time."

Qi Wannian took out a horizontal knife and handed it to Wu Jin with both hands, "This knife is the work of Duan Yehuo, the first swordsmith in the world three hundred years ago, the name of the knife is 'Zhantian', the Qi family inadvertently got it in Yongjing thirty years ago, and it was given to the general, which is a little heart of the Qi family." ”

Wu Jin was not polite, he took the knife and pulled out a section, only to feel that the blade was cold, cold and light, and palpitating, he nodded, "Thank you, old master, I accepted it!" ”

He got up to say goodbye, Qi Wannian gave his granddaughter a look, Qi Fengwu hurriedly stood up and sent him out, Qi Wei also wanted to send it, but Qi Wannian grabbed his son and shook his head at him, Qi Wannian was very shrewd, he asked his granddaughter to send it for good intentions, he saw that Wujin had something to say, if Qi Wei went out, this Huangfu general might not say anything.

After all, among the Qi family, only his granddaughter Qi Fengwu and the young Huangfu general were the most familiar.

Wu Jin and Qi Fengwu walked out of the small building, the carriage was still waiting outside, Wu Jin smiled at her: "I'll go to the tent by myself, and the young lady doesn't have to send it." ”

Qi Fengwu was also anxious to tell her grandfather about the four of them, so she nodded and said with a smile: "My grandfather is very good to you, this knife is my great-grandfather's beloved thing, and it has always been hung in the inner hall of the Qi family, but I didn't expect my grandfather to give it to you, unexpectedly." ”

This made Wu Jin a little surprised, he thought that this knife had no effect on the merchant's family, so he happily accepted it, but he didn't expect it to be the beloved thing of the previous family master, which made him embarrassed, since the old family master Qi was so generous, he didn't hide some words.

"Miss Qi, please tell your grandfather, I will make a suggestion to him, if I choose the backstage, I would rather choose Uncle Shen Guo than the crown prince."

He bowed, got into the carriage and left, Qi Fengwu kept looking at the carriage and walked away, and then turned back to the small building with doubts.

In the room, Qi Wannian's daughter Qi Linglong complained to her father a little unhappily, "Father, that knife is my grandfather's beloved thing, why did you give this person?" ”

"Compared to the Qi family's family business, a knife is nothing, although your grandfather likes it, he just uses it as an ornament, and never uses it, it is better to give it to useful people, so that the knife can play a real role, and it can also get a big favor."

Qi Linglong hesitated for a moment, and then said, "But..... He may not know the importance of this knife to the Qi family, we are merchants, he thinks it is just a warehouse display, I am afraid that he will not appreciate it. ”

Qi Wannian smiled slightly, "Do you think that girl will not say it?" I asked her to go out, just to let her say, you don't have to worry about this. ”

"It turns out that my grandfather asked me to send him, that's what it means!"

Qi Fengwu walked into the room quickly and said coquettishly: "Next time, I will resolutely not send him." ”

She sat down and couldn't help but smile, "I told him how important that knife was, and I could see that he was very grateful to his grandfather." ”

"And what did he say?"

The smile on Qi Fengwu's face disappeared, and she told her grandfather very seriously, "This Huangfu general asked me to tell my grandfather that if he chooses the backstage, he would rather choose Uncle Shen Guo than the crown prince." ”

"What!"

The father and son of the Qi family were taken aback at the same time, and Qi Wannian's brows furrowed, "Isn't he himself the prince's person?" How could he say such a thing. ”

(To be continued)