Chapter 153: Internal and External Troubles
Qi Wannian had already woken up, listening to his granddaughter Qi Fengwu tell him the truth about the fake silver ticket, he closed his eyes and didn't say a word, for a long time, he slowly opened his eyes, waved his hand, and asked everyone next to him to go down, leaving only Qi Fengwu and Wujin in the room.
He smiled miserably and said to Wu Jin: "Qi Ruifu paid too much tax, which aroused the jealousy of the other two families, and worked together to deal with Qi Ruifu, this time the Qi family is really on the edge of the cliff of life and death, but this time, the Qi family will be doomed, can His Royal Highness help the Qi family this time?" ”
Wu Jin nodded silently, he glanced at Qi Fengwu, "I have already told Miss Fengwu just now, I will do my best to help the Qi family tide over this difficulty, if time permits, I will go to Weiyang County with her tomorrow afternoon." ”
Qi Wannian smiled with satisfaction, and said to Qi Fengwu: "Second girl, this time I will let you take full responsibility for this matter, assist Your Highness, and make sure that our Qi family will tide over this difficulty." ”
"Grandfather, don't worry! The granddaughter knows what to do. ”
Wu Jin still had something to do, so he stood up and said, "Old master, the situation is urgent, I'll leave first, and I will immediately send a letter to Su Tingshi and ask him to delay Qi Dafu's taxes as much as possible." ”
Qi Wannian nodded, "Your Highness, thank you for your great kindness, the Qi family will remember the kindness of the son!" ”
Wu Jin left the room, Qi Fengwu sent him out, at this time, Qi Huan walked into the room quickly, he held his father's hand, and said in a low voice: "Father, how do you feel?" ”
"It's alright! There is no problem with the heart. ”
Qi Wannian sighed for a long time, "I thought that Qi Ruifu would be able to be a businessman as calmly as before when he left the circle of officialdom and power, it seems that I was wrong, once I stepped into the power field, and then wanted to retreat, it was impossible, Baifu and Donglai have teamed up to deal with us, they are jackals, if they don't put Qi Ruifu to death, they will never stop, I can see it, from now on, our Qi family can no longer lose the support of power." ”
"What does my father mean, do you want to go back to the capital again?"
Qi Wannian shook his head, "The emperor will not allow us to go back, nor will he allow us to intervene in the battle for the heir, whether it is the crown prince or the king of Chu, the Qi family will face a catastrophe, I have already decided, if Wujin can help us survive this catastrophe this time, our Qi family will take refuge in the Liang Wang family." ”
"Father, in fact, the child also has this idea, I feel that the Liang Wang family may form an alliance with Zhang Xiangguo, if this is the case, the Liang Wang family will become one of the four major forces in the imperial court, this is our opportunity."
Qi Wannian closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "What do you think of marrying the second girl to Wu Jin?" ”
Qi Huan was stunned for a moment, "But Wujin is already married." ”
"I know, I mean let the second girl be his second wife or equal wife, he is a descendant of the royal family, of course he will not marry the daughter of a merchant as his wife, I have repeatedly considered that only by connecting the marriage bond with the Liang Wang family, the Qi family can be regarded as truly powerful, this is our Qi Ruifu's century-old plan."
Qi Huan nodded, his father's decision was correct, although there was a risk in marrying with the royal family, but the Qi family had become a pivotal family, so it was necessary to embark on the road of risk.
"Father, when are we going to bring this up?"
"Don't rush, take your time, I'm already working on it!" Qi Wannian laughed like an old fox.
......... Wu Jin walked out of the side door of Qi Mansion, only to see a group of black-clothed people with weapons entering Qi Mansion and guarding Qi Mansion tightly, he saw that there were as many as two or three hundred people in black with knives, and he couldn't help but glance at Qi Fengwu strangely.
Qi Fengwu said calmly: "The Qi family has two dart bureaus in Jiangning Mansion, these are the people of the dart bureau, and our Qi family's own nursing home, there are about five hundred people in total. ”
Wu Jin nodded, he bowed to Qi Fengwu, "Miss Fengwu, then I'll go first." ”
After speaking, he walked up the steps quickly and got into the carriage of the Qi family, "Childe! Qi Fengwu couldn't help but stop him again.
Wu Jin stopped and looked back at her with a smile, "Is there anything else?" ”
"Where can I find you tomorrow?"
Wu Jin thought for a while and said: "You can go to my house first, if you have something urgent to find me, you tell Su Han, she will let her soldiers come to me, in addition, my boat is very large, I can transport a part of the silver taels for the Qi family, four or five million, you can prepare first." ”
Wu Jin took two steps, he remembered something again, turned back to Qi Feng Wu and said, "Miss Feng Wu, I have a sentence, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”
"Childe just say!"
Wu Jin opened the car door and beckoned to Qi Fengwu, "You get in the car, I'll tell you." ”
Qi Fengwu hesitated for a moment, got into the carriage with him, and Wu Jin closed the door, only then did he whisper to her: "I have an intuition, this time Donglai and Baifu attacked Qi Ruifu very accurately, and it is very likely that Qi Ruifu has internal ghosts." ”
Qi Fengwu nodded, "My grandfather also thinks so, it is very likely that the chief steward of a certain money bank betrayed us." ”
"Nope! It's not that simple, I think someone within the Qi family betrayed you. ”
"How is it possible that we are a family?"
Qi Fengwu was stunned, she hurriedly shook her head, "No, it is impossible, this is the life and death of the Qi family, no family will do this, no." ”
"Don't say it's impossible, the family is big, anything can happen, when I had dinner tonight, I found out that your second grandfather Qi Wanfu didn't buy it so much from your old master, of course, I didn't mean him, but I feel that the Qi family is not monolithic."
Wu Jin saw Qi Fengwu lowered his head and fell into deep thought, knowing that he had hit the point, a small family like the Donghai Huangfu clan had infighting, not to mention that the Qi family had such a big family business, and when he was eating, he found that the second Qi Wanfu didn't buy Qi Wannian's account a little.
He also found that when Qi Wannian had a bad heart, Qi Wanfu's face was full of sneers, and he felt that the Qi family was not united, and the problem might be that Qi Wannian not only monopolized power, but also gave Qi Ruifu's main property to his son.
And the other brothers of the Qi family did not get the power of the Qi family, or they were in charge of the worst industries, such as the weak transportation of the Qi family, that is, Qi Wanfu was in charge, and this kind of monopoly of fat power would of course lead to contradictions within the family.
"Miss Feng Wu, now we know that this time is the life and death of the Qi family, but no one knew before, that person may not know that such a big disaster has been created, you should also know, a hundred-legged insect, death is not stiff, with such a big industry of the Qi family, even if the other two families are ruthless, they will not be able to hurt the Qi family's muscles and bones for a while, but if the Qi family has internal ghosts, it will be different, it will split the Qi family from the inside, and internal and external troubles will occur at the same time, think about it yourself!"
Qi Fengwu nodded silently, opened the door and got out of the carriage, the carriage started, she looked at the carriage galloping away, her heart was heavy, Wu Jin's words made her heart a mess, could it be that the Qi family really has an internal ghost? Who would that be?
........ Just when Qi Wannian fainted, a carriage quietly drove out of Qi Mansion and galloped away into the night, with Qi Wannian's second son Qi Wei and Qi Wannian's sixth brother Qi Wanxiang sitting in the carriage.
Qi Wanxiang used to be responsible for the study of Qi Dafu silver ticket anti-counterfeiting new technology, but he was idle, and secretly intercepted the research money for his son to buy a house in Yongjing, his inaction led to Qi Dafu silver ticket anti-counterfeiting technology for ten years without progress.
After the last fake silver ticket incident, Qi Wannian took away all the management rights of the sixth brother Qi Wanxiang, so that Qi Wanxiang lost his financial resources, and his life immediately became embarrassed.
This result not only made him lose his two granges in Chuzhou, but even his two sons also lost their qualifications to be the stewards of the store in Yongzhou, and Qi Wanxiang's heart was full of hatred for his eldest brother.
But at the same time, one of the things that annoyed him the most was that he was in charge of Qi Dafu silver ticket anti-counterfeiting technology for ten years, but he never took his duty to heart, so that he did not even copy a Qi Dafu silver ticket color bar anti-counterfeiting technology, not long ago Donglai Qian Zhuang people found him, willing to buy this technology for 100,000 taels of silver, but he couldn't take it out, and now he has no chance to contact the core secret of the Qi family.
But he was not reconciled, he has been continuing to look for opportunities, yesterday, Qi Wei was deprived of the management of Qi Dafu Qian Zhuang by his eldest brother, and his mood was extremely low, which made Qi Wanxiang feel that the opportunity had come.
"Sixth uncle, where are you going to take me?" Qi Wei asked suspiciously.
"Don't ask, the sixth uncle will take you to see the evidence of your fourth brother's embezzlement of the Qi family's property, and I will give you an unexpected surprise to ensure that you can return to Qi Dafu tomorrow."
"But can't you go back tomorrow during the day? It's so late now, even if you find something, it's not good to report it to your father at night. ”
"You stupid boy, it's too late tomorrow, your father has a banquet for Huangfu Wujin in your guest room tonight, why don't you let you go, but let the fourth child go, it's because he has decided to let the fourth child replace you, and it will definitely be officially announced tomorrow morning, I'm not wrong!"
Qi Wei was silent, the words of the sixth uncle poked the most sore spot in his heart, he was resolutely opposed to the Qi family's withdrawal from officialdom, and he had always advocated an alliance with Uncle Shen, and finally his father removed his power to take charge of Qi Dafu, and let him take care of silk instead, although the reason was that he had not been in good health recently, let him take a break, but in fact, Qi Wei knew that it was because his ideas had run counter to his father's decision, and there was a conflict in principle, so he was demoted.
The sixth uncle's words made Qi Wei's heart ache sharply, but he was still silent, he didn't like to show his inner weakness in front of others, but he also had a glimmer of hope in his heart, if he could really grasp the handle of the fourth brother, maybe he could really recapture Qi Dafu.
Qi Wanxiang glanced at his nephew, and sneered in his heart, don't take care of the money village, just take care of the silk, how selfish his eldest brother is, everything is given to his son, and other brothers don't give it, it's not that he Qi Wanxiang is dissatisfied, all the brothers are dissatisfied, you know, Qi Ruifu is the property of the Qi family, not he Qi Wannian alone.
The carriage stopped in front of a house, Qi Wanxiang jumped out of the carriage, but the door of the house opened, and a square-faced man came out, he glanced at the carriage and asked, "Is he here?" ”
(To be continued)