Facing the shopkeeper's questioning, Ye Yuanwai sneered a few times, "Do you think I'm talking angry?" It's really going to be urgent, and it's not impossible. ”

Shopkeeper Liu said in disbelief: "My generation has left his hometown, and he always has to talk about some hometown friendship..."

With a wave of his hand, General Ye stopped Shopkeeper Liu and continued, "That's all old and antique!" Besides, there was an accident this time, and seeing that we unfortunately became the target of attracting the attention of the imperial court, people's hearts were separated from their stomachs. Who knows if others talk about hometown friendship? Maybe the backhand will push us out to pacify the court! That's when I..."

Just as he was saying this, suddenly the guy in front of him stood outside the door in a panic and shouted: "The owner is not good!" Two criminal department messengers sent summonses to ask Yinzhuang to send someone to come over tomorrow. ”

Ye Yuanwai was taken aback, glanced at Shopkeeper Liu, and muttered, "It's so fast." ”

Before the words fell, someone came to report: "The owner! A message was sent from the hall, saying that tomorrow's colleagues from the Japan Bank would discuss matters at the hall and invite the owner to join the party. ”

The two things actually collided together, Ye Yuanwai thought for a while, and then instructed the shopkeeper Liu: "Tomorrow, you will come forward as the side of Yinzhuang and go to the lobby of the criminal department to listen; I'll go to the guild hall and meet Hongo for a while to see what kind of limelight is going on. ”

Shopkeeper Liu should go down, and the next day, he went to the lobby of the criminal department on behalf of Yinzhuang, while Ye Yuanwai went to the Shanxi Hall to meet his peers. Although the twenty-one families have not been able to do it today, there are 16 or 7 people here, which is enough to represent the Western Commercial Bank and money industry.

The theme of this discussion is, of course, the recent storm of official debts. There are all kinds of people who lend official debts in Beijing, and there are all kinds of people, but the Western business group is definitely the group of people who occupy the largest market share. The fuse of this turmoil was the five creditors borrowed by Shangzhi County. It's all Western businessmen, so Western businessmen feel burned.

Someone said in public: "This turmoil may have been an accident, and it was very easy to calm down." But it's getting worse. According to the following judgment, it was used by the envoy of the Li court, and Mingli Bao must have been instructed by him. Its purpose is obvious, it wants to escort the Huichang Silver by attacking us. ”

Someone else answered: "Now this fire is burning on Heyuan Yinzhuang, I heard that the criminal department has been sent for questioning, Brother Ye is really unlucky, and he has suffered on behalf of everyone in my generation." ”

Lei Yuanwai, who is quite important in the Western businessmen, suddenly spoke up at this time: "Although Brother Ye is in front now, it has been a long time. I'm afraid that we're all going to suffer, so we have to solve it quickly. But there is only one simple way to settle this matter as soon as possible. ”

"What's the method?"

Lei Yuanwai looked around and glanced at Ye Cheng again, "Whether it is reasonable or not." The imperial court always occupies the righteousness, so we are not good at hard topping this time, and it is better to retreat as advance. Brother Ye simply admitted his mistake, took the matter to himself, and closed his business in the capital with Yuan Yinzhuang, and how about Ye Yuanwai returning to his hometown and opening another business? In this way, the pressure faced by our generation will naturally dissipate. ”

Lei Yuanwai's move is to retreat into advance, to put it bluntly, it is to make Heyuan Yinzhuang who hit the muzzle of the gun to break off and admit his mistake, instead of the whole industry to withstand the pressure from the imperial court on the cusp of this storm, so that other Zhuang shops can survive this turmoil safely.

Sure enough, someone had this idea! Ye Yuanwai was furious. While it was the easiest and most effective way to do it, he definitely didn't want to sacrifice himself. refuted: "Senior Lei's short-sighted opinion! It is not advisable to look at the rats! ”

Lei Yuanwai frowned, "It's not the time to talk about reasoning, what we have to do is to solve the problem, as long as it can solve the problem, why not?" Besides, it's not that I'm abandoning you. It's just that you can avoid the edge for a while, go back to your hometown and wait for the opportunity, if we can help you, we will naturally help, and we will never make you unable to make a living! ”

Everyone in the hall talked about the feasibility.

Ye Yuanwai laughed angrily, "Senior Lei is so calculating, you can say it!" If you lose your car in an accident, what is the significance of our 21st alliance? Don't forget, there are a total of five families involved in that Shangzhi County this time, and the fire will burn to me today, and maybe it will burn to someone tomorrow, does Senior Lei mean that they are all left to their own devices? There would be no need for the union of the twenty-one families. ”

At this time, someone saw that Ye Yuanwai was emotional, so he came forward to play a round. Ye Yuanwai breathed a few breaths, looked at the faces of his peers around him, and said loudly: "Hugh blames the ugly words of the little brother in front, if the seniors really have the heart of treating me and Yuanyinzhuang as outcasts, then the little brother I will launch a union, and I should cooperate with the Huichang Yinhao, presumably the Li Yuan will welcome it very much!" The troubles encountered in our place will naturally be solved! ”

This is a threat to Ye Yuanwai to bet on his own industry. It was not easy for them to form a situation of isolating the Huichang Silver in Beijing, and it was the time to shake its foundation. If at this time, Heyuan Yinzhuang suddenly renounced the alliance and threw himself into Huichang Yinhao and the forces behind it, it would inevitably become a sign of breaking the complex deadlock, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a thousand catties.

Of course, everyone didn't want this to happen, and they all said: "Brother Ye should be impulsive, we have no intention of treating you as an outcast!" Lei Yuanwai was just putting forward some ideas of his own. ”

Ye Yuan saw that the threat of breaking the jar and breaking it had an effect, so he accepted it and sat back. He stopped talking, just bowed his head and drank tea.

At this time, there was a short cold scene, and everyone didn't have any good ideas for a while, after all, the opponent they faced this time was a bit complicated. The court officials they befriended were not easy to stand up and say anything, and no one had to cherish their feathers.

In the quiet atmosphere, Lei Yuanwai opened his mouth again, "The ancients shot people first and captured the thief first, and captured the king first, after thinking about it, the key to this matter lies in two people, one is Feng Shangshu who was instructed to review official debts, and the other is Li You who tried to use Mingli to fish in troubled waters. As long as these two people are put on an equal footing, nothing else is a problem. ”

Someone said: "Everyone understands the truth, the key is how to do it?" Feng Shangshu didn't know, but Li You was famous for not eating hard and soft, and he vowed not to give up until he achieved his goal. This time, his goal is to monopolize the silver and money industry, what can he do to settle him? ”

Lei Yuanwai said in a deep voice: "I naturally have a way to settle the two of them, and I am also out of the way, and I need to keep it absolutely confidential and cannot leak it." There are many people here, and it is inconvenient to make it public. If you can trust you, let you try it down. ”

Ye Yuanwai's brows moved, he didn't feel at ease at all, if Lei Yuanwai said it well in person, but he still secretly sold him behind his back, then where did he go to reason? He questioned: "Senior Lei has always been above board, why is he hiding it this time, I'm afraid there is still a ghost in my heart." ”

Lei Yuanwai still refused: "It is indeed inconvenient to make it public, if it is spread out, it will be easy to have accidents, and it will definitely not be a blessing for my generation." ”

But the more he is like this, the more uneasy Ye Yuanwai becomes. Someone came up with an idea: "Since Brother Lei emphasizes confidentiality, he can't discuss it with us." In that case, two of the rest of us sent to hear Brother Lei's idea in our place, and if we all thought it would work, then we would have no doubts. In the next suggestion, Brother Ye and Senior Fang should listen to Brother Lei's ideas instead of us, so that we don't have to worry about leaking. ”

Ye Yuanwai is very hostile to Lei Yuanwai today, if even he thinks that Lei Yuanwai's idea is feasible, then there is nothing to worry about. The other one who was honored as Fang Senior was the eldest one, and he was the elder.

Lei Yuanwai hesitated for a moment, feeling that if he wanted to dispel the suspicions of others, he had to do so, so he could only reluctantly accept the proposal.

The others took the initiative to withdraw from the hall, leaving only Lei, Ye, and Fang. Lei Yuan looked around, and after repeatedly confirming that there was no one else around, he lowered his voice and said: "I learned about a shocking event a few days ago. ”

Ye and Fang didn't say anything, holding their breath and waiting for Lei Yuanwai to continue.

"You have all heard of the Qianli Haitang Embankment in Zhejiang, a few years ago, the reserve stone was stolen and sold in large quantities, and it is said that the amount is as much as hundreds of thousands of taels."

This is really a shocking secret, Ye Yuanwai and Fang Lao couldn't help but be shocked when they heard about it. Zhejiang Haitang involves the safety of millions of soldiers and civilians on the seaside, and if this kind of thing has serious consequences, it will be difficult to get people rolling.

The two remembered almost at the same time that a few years ago, the governor of Zhejiang was now Feng Shangshu of the Criminal Department! It must be inseparable! But there is still a question, what does this matter have to do with Li You?

"I heard that at that time, Xujiang County repaired the Xujiang River stone embankment and used a lot of sea pond stones, and Li You was in the Xujiang County River Engineering Institute at that time, so it should also have something to do with it."

Old Man Fang said in a trembling voice: "You mean, you want to use this as a handle to make them raise their noble hands this time?" These things are not necessarily broken, especially for Li You. ”

Lei Yuanwai explained: "Whether they can break their bones or not, they definitely don't want this matter to be poked out and their names contacted." Besides, I don't want to blackmail anything, but I just want to calm things down, so that from now on, the well water will not interfere with the river water, or we will honor them more, and they should understand these painstaking efforts. Therefore, I have to meet them in person, so that I can be careful. ”

"Since Brother Xian is sure, you can give it a try." Old Man Fang nodded outside.

Lei Yuanwai looked at Ye Cheng again, Ye Cheng thought about it a few times, and also said: "Please ask Senior Lei to make the decision on this matter." ”

In this way, the plan was agreed, and the proprietors of each family went back to each place and entrusted the matter to the Lei Yuanwai operation.

However, it was said that Shangzhi County had indeed moved to Li's residence, and after Li You took over the courtyard next door, there would be extra guest rooms, and it would not be a problem to accommodate Shangzhi County. This night, after Li You and Shang Zhixian had dinner, they sat down and chatted about tea.

Shang Zhixian said worriedly: "This time, my lord, you have made too much noise, and the old man is a little worried." ”

Li You smiled lightly: "Don't worry, the fortune is on our side, everything is under control!" ”

At this time, there was a report from the Li family's disciples: "There was a shabby-dressed man from outside the door who asked to see the master, claiming to be from Heyuan Yinzhuang." ”

"I said no!" Li You reprimanded casually.

Menzi explained: "That person claims to be the owner of Yinzhuang, and he has 100,000 urgent confidential matters to inform the master, and the small one does not dare to call the shots. ”

100,000 urgent confidential matters? Li You was puzzled, thought for a while, waved his hand and ordered, "Please come in over there." (To be continued)