The next morning, Wu Jin opened his eyes in a daze, and what caught his eyes was a sea-blue gauze tent, and he only felt a pain in his head, maybe he drank a little too much wine last night.

The place where Wu Jin lives is located near the gate of the Huangfu Mansion, a little remote, but very quiet, the room is also good, spacious and bright, all kinds of household items are readily available, and it is a single residence, which is only the treatment that the concubine can enjoy in the Huangfu family.

"Bang! Bang! ”

Someone knocked on the door, and Wu Jin turned over and sat up, "Who! ”

"It's me! Butler Liu. ”

"It's Uncle Liu! Hold on. ”

Wu Jin quickly put on a robe and opened the door, and sure enough, there was Steward Liu standing outside, his face was a little serious, "Wu Jin, the old man told you to go!" In the inner hall, you hurry up! ”

"What's wrong?"

"Don't ask, you'll know when you go, I'll wait for you."

Steward Liu left in a hurry, Wu Jin was puzzled, he hurriedly washed up briefly, and rushed to the inner hall, the inner hall is one level higher than the hall where the family meeting is held, the hall can be entered regardless of the concubine, there are more than 20 participants, but the inner hall is the place where several core figures of the Huangfu family meet, in the small red building where Huangfu Bailing lives.

There are seven or eight brightly dressed descendants standing at the door of the inner hall, they are the three generations of grandchildren of the Huangfu family, today's task is to stand guard and sentry, not to let outsiders break in, the arrival of Wujin makes the eyes of these grandchildren unconsciously flash a trace of jealousy, what is he, a grandson who is not in the stream, he was still a fool in the past, and he is only seventeen years old, but his grandfather just pointed out that he also wanted him to participate in the inner hall meeting, and he was just a gatekeeper, and the jealousy in his heart made the sour water of these grandchildren overflow from his eyes, The only expectation now is that Wu Jin will be interested in himself, bend down and bow to them, and satisfy their little self-esteem.

Unexpectedly, Wujin didn't know this group of grandchildren, he had something in his heart, so he didn't take them into his eyes at all, and he walked in front of them, sweeping away his self-esteem.

"What kind of person is this! It's just hubris and arrogance. ”

"He's a fool! Don't you know? ”

"That's right! Right! Fool, he's a fool......"

Ah Q has found the method of spiritual victory, they are the grandiose grandchildren of the Huangfu family, how can they be like a fool.

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The doors and windows of the inner hall are tightly closed, it seems very secret, the inner hall is not big, the layout is very simple, the front wall is the family emblem of the Huangfu family, a blood head that soars thousands of miles.

There is a pineapple wood Taishi chair in the middle, Huangfu Bailing is sitting in the middle, his face is gloomy, there are three slightly smaller Taishi chairs on the left and right, and there are four people, these four people are the core figures of the Huangfu family, each of them has a solemn face, as if something big has happened.

There was a person kneeling on the ground, and as soon as Wu Jin entered the door, he saw that it was the heir of the head of the Huangfu family, the second uncle Huangfu Xu.

Wu Jin hesitated for a moment, he realized that the Huangfu family was holding a meeting at the highest level, just like the board of directors in later generations, if he knew that this was the case, he would find an excuse to be sick and not come, Wu Jin didn't want to get too involved in the internal affairs of the Huangfu family, he knew that it would definitely not be a good thing to come to him.

But now it's impossible to quit, Huangfu Bailing saw him, majestically pointed to the empty chair, motioned for him to sit down, Wujin had to sit down on the very side, next to his second grandfather Huangfu Baile, who was kind and kind, was one of the few people who liked him when Wujin was a child, and he smiled at Wujin.

I only heard Huangfu Bailing angrily reprimand: "Brute, in addition to selling pig iron overseas, what other illegal things have you done?" ”

Wu Jin chuckled in his heart, he suddenly remembered what the fifth uncle said when he was gambling, Huang Fuxu was doing illegal things, it turned out to be smuggling pig iron overseas, Wu Jin had been in the sea for a long time, he knew that the Daning Dynasty had some prohibitions on maritime trade, including three prohibited items that were not allowed to be sold overseas.

The first is silver, the Central Plains has not been rich in silver since ancient times, only a hundred years ago in Poyang County and Lingnan area after the discovery of several extra-large silver mines, silver gradually began to circulate as currency, coupled with the prosperity of trade with Fusang, there is also a large amount of silver inflow, but despite this, the Daning Dynasty is still not allowed to flow silver, overseas traders must not carry more than five hundred taels of silver.

Secondly, some species technology, such as tea seedlings, silkworm seeds, gunpowder manufacturing, etc., are also strictly prohibited from exporting to prevent damage to the trade advantages of the Daning Dynasty.

Then there is pig iron, the Daning Dynasty is worried that pig iron will flow into the Mobei grassland through overseas trade, and it will be obtained by the Hu people in the north, and the nomads will be rampant in the grassland in history, and it has been the biggest threat to the Central Plains for thousands of years.

These three kinds of prohibited goods are strictly restricted by law, and those who violate the order to smuggle out of the sea will not only have their property confiscated, but will also be punished by exile or beheading depending on the severity of the situation, and the weight of pig iron on the big ship going to sea is not allowed to exceed 2,000 catties.

Generally speaking, there are not many people interested in silver and species, silver goes to sea without profit, or even at a loss, the number of species is too small to make much money, and once it is seized and beheaded on the spot, the risk and benefit are seriously asymmetrical.

However, pig iron is different, the price of pig iron in Fusang, Goryeo and the South China Sea is three times that of the Daning Dynasty, so there is no shortage of smugglers who are quite risky, and it is difficult for the imperial court to determine whether the pig iron on the ship exceeds 2,000 catties, so it is difficult to ban pig iron smuggling.

Although there are many smugglers, as a big family in Donghai County, openly smuggling pig iron, which will harm the entire family, is indeed a very serious matter, no wonder the fifth uncle is indignant when he talks about it.

The Huangfu Baile next to him didn't understand the situation because Wujin had just arrived, so he whispered to him: "Your second uncle started smuggling pig iron three years ago, and it has been more than 100,000 catties so far, which is enough to make our Huangfu family all over the house, and we have been hidden." ”

Huangfu Baile sighed, "It's just smuggling, but he still keeps accounts privately, and just last night, the account book he hid in the bedroom was stolen." ”

"Who is it?"

"Xiao Ji, his stepwife, we just learned that this Xiao Ji was not married by him from Beijing, it turned out to be Huangfuqu's concubine, and it was given to him, this fool! It was hidden from the entire family. ”

In fact, with Xiao Ji's charm and beauty, if he is given Huangfu Baile a small one, maybe he is willing to be this fool, people are like this, and they always speak righteously when they say others.

Wu Jin immediately understood, needless to say, this account has now fallen into the hands of Huangfu Qu, and the Donghai Huangfu clan wants to take refuge in Su Hanzhen, how can this Huangfu County Duke easily spare them, no! used Xiao Ji, an undercover agent, to attack the Huangfu family.

It was not easy for the ancients to change jobs!

Huang Fu Xu knelt on the ground, his face was pale, he was full of remorse in his heart, hating that he shouldn't have pasted Huang Fuqu's monster who ate people and didn't spit out bones, and hated himself for not daring to get drunk that night and show off the secret of the account book to Xiao Ji, but the remorse was useless, the big leak had been poked out, and now that Huang Fuqu got the account book, it was not as simple as 50,000 taels of silver, the price would definitely be restored to 100,000 taels, or even more than, if he didn't squeeze their family dry, he wouldn't stop.

Fear enveloped his body, causing him to kneel on the ground and huddle into a small ball, humbled to the point of shame, the things he had done in the past three years came back to him one after another, the successes that had made him smug now seemed to be death traps that completely surrounded him, what should he do? How should he deal with his family and his father? He trembled with fear.

But the instinct to exonerate himself in the surname gave him a hint of luck, maybe he could hide other things from the past, maybe he could find a way out of the edge of the death trap.

Huangfu Xu's lips trembled, and he said tremblingly: "Except for smuggling pig iron, there is nothing else." ”

Wu Jin's eyesight is so powerful, looking at Huang Fuxu's appearance, and listening to his tone, he immediately guessed that there must be something else, he didn't say a word, just watched quietly.

"Really?" Huangfu Bailing confirmed again.

"Really, no."

Huangfu Xu timidly lowered his head, Huangfu Bailing sighed, and said to the others: "Brothers, my unfilial son is bold and reckless, harming our entire family, I am guilty, the first thing I want to say, remove Huang Fuxu's family head heir qualifications, and be replaced by the second son, Huang Fumi. ”

Everyone was silent, such a serious incident, dismissal is inevitable, Huangfu Baile stood up, bowed his hand to everyone, and didn't say much, Huangfu Xu was dismissed, it must be his eldest son Huangfu Meng to take over.

Huang Fuxu knew that he was guilty of a lot of sin, and the position of the successor of the head of the family would definitely not be kept, and when he heard his father's announcement, his heart was like a knife, and he couldn't help but whimper.

"Shut up, brute!"

Huangfu Bailing scolded him angrily, and said to everyone: "The matter has happened, now it depends on how to calm down, I am going to go to the capital, find the king of Lanling to think of a way, the money must be spent, it is inconvenient to bring it from Donghai County, I want to ask everyone to agree, I am ready to use the capital's 80,000 taels of emergency reserve silver." ”

The father's last sentence made Huangfu Xu like five thunderbolts, the 80,000 taels of emergency reserve silver has been used by him to buy an official for his son, he originally planned to smuggle pig iron to fill it up slowly, but in the past few years, the money from smuggling pig iron has been squandered by his second son in the capital.

He was so frightened that he trembled, his teeth chattered, and then Huangfu Bailing also reacted a little, he stared at his son deadly, and asked word by word: "Is the eighty thousand taels of silver in the capital still there?" ”

"No.... Without! ”

"Brute!"

Huangfu Bailing Huo Di stood up, and with a loud shout, his eyes suddenly turned black and fell softly.

There was a great chaos in the inner hall, and everyone rushed forward to rescue Huangfu Bailing, who shouted: "Quick! Get to the doctor! ”

Everyone carried Huangfu Bailing into the bed in the back room, and the other person ran out to find a doctor, and no one cared about Huangfu Xu.

Huang Fu Xu got up slowly, ready to slip away quietly, he was going to beg Huang Fu Qu to return the account book to him, he committed two great crimes, except to go to Huang Fu Qu, he really couldn't think of any other way.

Wu Jin kept staring at him, and when he saw that he was about to slip away, he stepped forward and grabbed his arm, "Second uncle, I have something to say to you." ”

At this time, Huang Fuxu was like a castrated rooster, he no longer had the slightest temper, he nodded obediently, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Where to go?" ”

"Just go to the second uncle's study."

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