Speaking of this, Qi Wannian stopped the topic and muttered for a while, he turned around and asked the sixth brother Qi Wanxiang on the side: "What progress has been made in the latest anti-counterfeiting technology of silver tickets?" ”

Qi Wanxiang's face turned red, lowered his head and whispered, "There is no breakthrough yet!" ”

Three years ago, he took over the management of the craftsmen of Qi Ruifu Commercial Bank, including the convening of craftsmen to develop new anti-counterfeiting technology, but three years have passed, and the shadow of the new technology is gone, if Qi Wanxiang has repeatedly failed, everyone can understand, but he is idle all day long, indulging in love, which makes everyone very dissatisfied with him.

In fact, Qi Wannian was also dissatisfied with this young brother, but several of his brothers had opinions on him handing over all the power of the family property to his son, so although he was dissatisfied, he also endured it, at the beginning of the year, his granddaughter Feng Wu found out that the sixth brother privately used 3,000 taels of silver to develop technology in October last year to buy land and buy a house in Yongjing for his son, which made Qi Wannian decide to remove the sixth brother from the authority to manage craftsmen, but he has been waiting for the opportunity, and today is the best opportunity.

"Sixth brother, it is urgent to research new anti-counterfeiting technology, since you have no results for three years, then you can stop for a while, and tomorrow will be taken over by Juan'er, and the management craftsmen will not have to ask."

Qi Jian is the seventh son of Qi Wannian, who is responsible for the printing industry and the paper industry in the Qi family, and is related to the research of anti-counterfeiting technology.

Qi Wanxiang lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything, after Qi Fengwu found out that he privately used the family money to buy land and a house for his son, the eldest brother warned him, but he didn't say anything, it was reasonable for him to be dismissed today, he was weak and didn't dare to defend himself.

The second brother next to him, Qi Wanfu, laughed dryly and said: "Big brother, I don't think it's important to study anti-counterfeiting technology, the key is to have the imperial court support us, and we can also make Qi Dafu Silver Ticket and Donglai Silver Ticket and Baifu Silver Ticket the same, the imitator will raid the family and exterminate the family, this is the effective way, what does the eldest brother think?" ”

Qi Wanfu and Qi Wanxiang have a very good relationship, he is actually a little dissatisfied with the eldest brother taking the opportunity to take away the management of the craftsman, but his words are also reasonable, since ten years ago, the Qi family has been applying to the imperial court, and the imperial court issued an order to strictly prohibit the forgery of Qi Dafu silver tickets, but due to the obstruction of Donglai Qian Zhuang and Baifu Qian Zhuang, Qi Dafu silver tickets have not been protected by the imperial court, since this year, the situation in the imperial court has changed dramatically, and Uncle Shen Guo has begun to deliberately envelop the Qi family, so that the Qi family has seen a glimmer of hope.

"Originally, I also wanted to use Uncle Shen's relationship to make Qi Dafu's silver ticket be protected by the government like the silver ticket of the other two families, but today Uncle Shen Guo gave us a problem, Wei'er, you can tell everyone!"

Qi Wei sighed slightly, and said to everyone: "Uncle Shen Guo clearly asked us to stop cashing the one million taels of silver tickets, and asked us to reply to him before noon tomorrow." ”

"It's impossible!"

Qi Fengwu said angrily on the side: "Qi Dafu has never done this in the twenty years since its establishment, if we stop cashing silver bills, it will seriously damage Qi Dafu's credibility, and it will also be caught by the other two to publicize it, I think this is a matter of principle, and we must not make concessions in principle." ”

"I agree with Xiao Wu."

Qi Linglong next to him also said: "And the second brother also made it very clear just now, the million silver tickets are the tax silver of the East Palace, if we stop paying, we will inevitably offend the prince, so the gains outweigh the losses, and I am resolutely against it!" ”

"Nope! No! No! ”

Qi Wanfu hurriedly raised his hand and said: "Although Linglong and Xiao Wu are reasonable, but we have to weigh the pros and cons, it is a pity to offend the East Palace, but we can rely on the big tree of Uncle Shen from now on, you know, Uncle Shen is the head of the household department, in charge of the household department, and the money in the world is within the jurisdiction of the household department, so that Qi Dafu's silver ticket is protected by the imperial court, in fact, it is a sentence of Uncle Shen, I think we should agree to Uncle Shen's request, refuse to pay or delay the payment of the million taels of silver bills." ”

After speaking, he glanced at the eldest brother, and in the end, it was up to the eldest brother to decide, in the lobby, everyone was gossiping, some agreed, some opposed, but Qi Wei had been paying attention to his father's attitude, he saw that his father seemed to have something to say, he quickly clapped his hands, "Everyone be quiet!" Listen to the decision of the head of the house. ”

The hall was quiet again, everyone's eyes were on the old master, Qi Wannian also seemed to have just woken up from his contemplation, he turned around and ordered the two young disciples, the two immediately ran out, and in a moment they carried in a heavy bronze tablet, several people by the door hurriedly stepped forward to help, and there was a slight twitch in the hall, this is the ancestral training bronze tablet, placed in a pavilion in the compound.

The bronze tablet is engraved with the words "letter as home", which is the founder of Qi Ruifu Commercial Bank three hundred years ago, the ancestor of the first generation of abandoned agriculture and business, Qi Chengye's legacy, under the light, the dark red copper tablet flashes with a long metallic luster.

Qi Wannian slowly walked to the bronze tablet, touching this bronze tablet with a history of two hundred and seventy years, he said to everyone with emotion: "Three hundred years ago, the ancestor Qi Chengye was just a small silkworm farmer in Songling Town, Pingjiang County, because he saw that the silkworm cocoons he had worked so hard to raise, after becoming the brocade clothes of the rich and noble, the price had increased more than 20 times, he was unwilling to become the lowest silkworm farmer, so he gave up farming and business, and opened the first Qi Rui Fu Silk Store in Pingjiang County ten years later. Our Qi family has become the most powerful private firm in the Daning Dynasty, people often say, a door of wealth, Ze is only three generations, but our Qi Ruifu firm has gone through ten generations and has not declined, why is this? It is because of these four words: 'faith as home', this is the most precious inheritance left to us by our ancestors, losing this inheritance, it means that Qi Ruifu Commercial Bank will go into decline from now on, just like Xiao Wu said, this is the principle, we would rather offend the powerful than give up the principle, so I decided that our Qi family does not accept Uncle Shen's suggestion, and the millions of silver tickets will be paid normally. ”

．．．．．．．．． The Qi family children in the lobby were all dispersed, Qi Linglong happened to go back to the back house, and when she turned around, she didn't see Qi Fengwu, only to see her running out of the door, "Xiao Wu!" She hurriedly shouted, "Where are you going?" ”

"I have something to do with the fourth uncle, second aunt, you go back first!"

Qi Fengwu had already chased out, and faintly heard her shouting: "Fourth uncle, wait a minute!" ”

Qi Linglong smiled and shook her head, then turned around and walked towards the side door.

Qi Fengwu caught up with the fourth uncle, "Fourth uncle, I have something I want to ask you." ”

"What's the matter?"

Qi Fengwu saw that the uncles and brothers next to her were laughing at her, so she hurriedly pulled Qi Huan, "Fourth uncle, talk here." ”

Qi Huan smiled and walked to the side with her, "What is mysterious?" ”

"Fourth uncle, I heard you just now, you bought a piece of his land, that stinky boy named Huangfu Wujin, how much did it cost?"

"Oh! Actually, I was about to tell you about my land purchase. ”

"Say what?" Qi Fengwu felt a little uneasy in her heart, it couldn't be that what she was worried about really happened!

"The fourth uncle won't tell me about the land at the north bridgehead!" This is what Qi Fengwu is most worried about, she forgot to tell the fourth uncle, that piece of land can be sold to anyone, but it can't be sold to that stinky boy.

"Hmmm! I just want to say that the land in the north bridgehead, I exchanged a piece of land with Huangfu Wujin, and exchanged your piece of land in the north bridgehead for two acres in the south, without adding a penny..."

"Fourth uncle!"

Qi Fengwu stomped his feet angrily, "Why are you exchanging with him, you really want to kill me!" ”

Qi Huan couldn't help but be startled when he saw that she was in a hurry, "What's wrong?" ”

"If I give him that piece of land, I will lose a lot."

"Lost?" Qi Huan hurriedly shook his head, "It's not a loss at all, your piece of land was bought for a thousand taels of silver, and I think it's quite cost-effective to exchange it for two acres in the south of the bridge, and you also know that the north of the bridge is a residential area, which is not suitable for opening a store." ”

"Fourth uncle, it's not about money! It's ...... me."

Qi Fengwu couldn't say a reason for a long time, she was angry and hateful in her heart, of course she knew that the stinky boy was doing everything possible to recapture the land in Beiqiaotou, not to open a store to make money, but to defeat her, although she won last time, but he took advantage of her absence to take it back lightly and skillfully, she could imagine that the stinky boy got carried away, hehe smiled, she couldn't wait to dig a pit in the two acres of land in Beiqiaotou, bury him in it, and let him go proudly.

Qi Huan didn't take that incident to heart, the night was already very deep, and he was a little sleepy, so he smiled, "It's sold anyway, forget it!" Just assume that the fourth uncle owes you a personal favor, and the fourth uncle will go back first. ”

He turned around and left, Qi Fengwu had a fire in her heart, but there was nowhere to vent, she was about to go back to her room, a little maid ran over in a panic, "Third Miss, the old lady asked you to go." ”

．．．．．．． The night has come to two o'clock, but the light in Qi Wannian's room is still on, Qi Wannian has not stayed up like this for many years, although he categorically rejected Uncle Shen's suggestion in the lobby, but it was just a gesture, to let the juniors understand the principles of the Qi family, and the gesture is not to solve the problem, he still has to think about countermeasures.

There are two people in his room, one is the eldest son Qi Mao, and the other is the second son Qi Wei, Qi Mao is Qi Fengwu's father, the eldest son of the Qi family, and has been identified as the heir to the head of the Qi family.

Qi Mao is sitting on a small chair, his body is not very good, and he is weak, while several of his younger brothers are tall and fat, very imposing, but he is relatively thin, but he is very brainy, clear thinking, he probably has a little countermeasure to the two crises.

"Father, I don't think the situation is too bad, at least it hasn't happened before, and this time it only appeared in response to the entry of tax silver into Beijing, which shows two things: first, the person who made the silver ticket did not think of using it for profit, and did not even think of making it available, but only printed it because of the need to transport tax silver; Second, the key to the fake silver ticket is this Huangfu Wujin, who transports the silver money, he seems to be able to control this person who makes the silver ticket, and even I suspect that it is his subordinate, so as long as this Huangfu Wujin agrees, the fake silver ticket will not appear again. ”

"Hmmm! Your analysis is clear and makes sense! ”

Qi Wannian nodded with satisfaction, sighed again and said: "Actually, I think there is still time to redeem the fake silver ticket, and now I am worried about Uncle Shen's suggestion, I think this is the big problem of burning eyebrows." ”

Qi Wei next to him also said: "I'm also worried, Uncle Shen's tone is very cold and hard, if we refuse, he will definitely be annoyed and angry, and we can't afford to offend Uncle Shen." ”

"But we can't afford to offend the prince either, can we?" Qi Mao smiled slightly.

"Mao'er, tell me what you think."

"Yes!"

Qi Mao owed her father, "Father, what I mean is that the Qi family should neither really turn to Uncle Shen nor support the crown prince, and should maintain a kind of neutrality as before, and stay away from the power struggle of the imperial court, so it is very wise for my father to refuse Uncle Shen's suggestion!" ”

"Why?" Qi Wannian felt that his son seemed to have something to say.

"Because the child thinks that Uncle Shen Guo asked us to stop cashing the prince's silver ticket, it is actually a strategy, he just wants us to offend the prince, and we have to take refuge in him wholeheartedly, father, his plan is very vicious, if we really agree, the Qi family will not be able to turn over from now on."

Qi Wannian and Qi Wei both nodded at the same time, Qi Wei admired the eldest brother's thinking even more, the eldest brother's analysis was very correct, he didn't see the viciousness of Uncle Shen's plan.

"Tomorrow, I will go and clearly reject Uncle Shen!"

Qi Mao smiled faintly, "Actually, we can look at this matter in reverse, why is Uncle Shen in a hurry to let us offend the prince, it means that he is afraid that we will take refuge in the prince, then we can use his mentality and make another gesture, maybe we can be left and right." ”

At this moment, even Qi Wannian admired his son, and he hurriedly asked, "What posture?" ”

Qi Mao smiled mysteriously, "It's actually very simple!" Didn't grandfather have a birthday? If we find a way to invite the prince here, Uncle Shen will be nervous. ”

Qi Wannian laughed, "Very good, I will personally go to the East Palace tomorrow to meet the prince and send him an invitation." ”

Qi Mao and Qi Wei were startled at the same time, "Father, how can you go in person, just let us go." ”

Qi Wannian waved his hand, "Don't fight about this, your qualifications are not enough, you can't see the prince yet, only I can see him, hey!" If my knighthood were still there, we wouldn't be passive today. ”

Qi Mao and Qi Wei were silent, this matter has always been a scandal of the Qi family, no one wants to mention it, originally their grandfather, the former head of the family Qi Sheng was named Baron Wuling, and his father inherited the title, but ten years ago, Qi Yuming, the eldest son of the second master Qi Wanxiang, was arrested for cheating in the Ming Jing Imperial Examination, which caused the emperor to be angry and removed the title of the Qi family, which became a shame for the Qi family.

At this moment, Qi Fengwu's voice appeared at the door, "Grandfather, are you looking for me?" ”

"Huh! Come in, three girls! ”

Qi Fengwu is Qi Wannian's most beloved granddaughter, even more than the eldest grandson, and it is precisely because of this love that he disregarded the opposition of other brothers and appointed Qi Fengwu, who was only thirteen years old, as the examiner of the Qi family's account books, to review the Qi family's property all over the country.

Yesterday, he agreed to his granddaughter's suggestion to hire back 20 retired old Qi family account keepers to form a review room, and regularly go to all counties across the country to review the account books, so as to form a system and reduce Qi Fengwu's burden.

Qi Fengwu walked into the room, and when she saw that her father and second uncle were also there, she hurriedly saluted.

Qi Mao also loved his daughter very much, he smiled and said, "Xiao Wu, grandfather wants to give you a task." ”

Qi Fengwu nodded hurriedly, "Grandfather, please say, granddaughter must obey." ”

Qi Wannian smiled and said: "I asked your fourth uncle just now, and said that you also know that Huangfu Wujin, he should also be in the capital, and grandfather will give you a task, you find him for your grandfather, and grandfather wants to talk to him!" ”

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(To be continued)