"! Get back to me before noon, and if you don't, don't come back again. Like a leopard, you follow Xiao Xinzi for a trip, don't let him be sold by others! ”

With Wu Shigong's permission, Tao Xin immediately wiped his tearful face, and then quickly rushed towards Nanjing City with Zhang Rubao.

Early in the morning, after breakfast at the inn, Wu Shigong and the others embarked on the return journey. But as soon as he left, Wu Shigong found that his apprentice Tao Xin's expression was a little unnatural. When asked the reason, Tao Xin immediately said the reason aggrievedly: it turned out that after arriving in Nanjing, Tao Xin had not taken the time to buy gifts for Xiaojie.

So Tao Xin begged Wu Shigong and said: Let Wu Shigong give him a vacation first, and then catch up with Wu Shigong's brigade after he finishes buying gifts in Nanjing.

Tao Xin's plea was like adding fuel to the fire, Wu Shigong was suddenly angry, and immediately scolded, anyway, he scolded whatever he thought, because he knew that Wu Shigong did not go well in Nanjing this time, and there were no guards who dared to persuade his adults.

scolded all the way to the gate of Nanjing, and Tao Xin, who was still a child, scolded Wu Shigong and cried. Seeing that the cat urine was bleeding, Wu Shigong relented, so Kaien threw Tao Xin a hundred taels of silver to allow him to buy a gift. After Tao Xin left, Wu Shigong found a teahouse by the city gate and sat down, waiting for Tao Xin's return.

The current Wu Shigong is like a powder keg, and the guards are far away and dare not approach. Wu Shigong also happened to be quiet, so he sat in the teahouse and quietly thought about countermeasures to plug the silver gap.

One way to do this is to sell the remaining shares of the workshop; Another method was to levy taxes to the gentry of Runing Province; Another way is to borrow it from the officials of the Runing Army; One way to do it is to pay the military in arrears!

However, no matter which method is adopted, it is a practice of killing chickens and taking eggs. Wu Shigong had no choice but to analyze the pros and cons of each method, and wanted to choose a method that would take the lesser of the four evils.

Time flies, and before I know it, the tea has been changed. Suddenly, a guard ran in from outside the teahouse and whispered to Wu Shigong: "My lord, there is a guest surnamed Zheng outside who asks to see you!" ”

Wu Shigong frowned. I thought to myself, I don't know anyone surnamed Zheng in Nanjing? So he made a gesture for the guard to bring the guest in.

Outside the door came a middle-aged man in his early thirties, not tall, but burly and strong. Although he wears a literati's robe, he has dark skin, and at first glance, he knows that he has been walking outdoors for many years. Behind the middle-aged man was a servant holding a plate covered with red silk lacquer.

The middle-aged man walked up to Wu Shigong and saluted deeply, "Lord Wu is invited!" Little Zheng Jiao. When Lord Wen left Nanjing, the owner of the contemptible family specially presented Cheng Yi with a plate to show his meager meaning. ”

The person who came was none other than a cousin of Zheng Zhibao, who was also the principal of the Zheng family in Nanjing. Yesterday on the banknote street, after not knowing Wu Shigong. Early this morning, Zheng Zhibao immediately sent someone to the inn where Wu Shigong stayed to invite Wu Shigong, but the person sent back that Wu Shigong had left and returned to his hometown, so Zheng Zhibao sent Zheng Jiao to chase after him with fifty taels of gold to send Wu Shigong off.

For Zheng Zhibao's entrustment. In fact, Zheng Jiao was very unimpressed. Because the person who inquired about the news yesterday was quite capable, after stuffing some silver into Xu Wenjue's personal entourage. He inquired about Wu Shigong's origin, official position, and purpose of coming to Nanjing. So Zheng Jiao felt that there was no need to befriend Wu Shigong.

But Zheng Zhibao still sent Zheng Jiao out. None of them. That is, one more friend and one more road. Of course, Wu Shigong's sentence yesterday "love to fight to win" also left a deep impression on Zheng Zhibao. Otherwise, the current Wu Shigong and Zheng Zhilong are not related to each other at all, and Zheng Zhibao will definitely not put such a long line. Although the Zheng family is rich, the silver is not blown by the wind.

"Forgive me. Who is your owner? Wu Shigong asked.

"Anping Zheng family! Yesterday, the four masters of the poor family and the adults had a chance to meet on the banknote street. ”

Wu Shigong suddenly recalled yesterday's conflict, and it turned out to be that "Taiwan compatriot"! Since this Zheng family is so polite. He also smiled and said politely: "Yesterday was a misunderstanding, Master Zheng Si was too polite." But it's really lonely and unheard, where is the Zheng family? ”

"Oh! Anping, Fujian. Our eldest lord, Zheng Gong, is a coastal defense guerrilla, and his family has some business overseas. "Between words. Zheng Jiao's expression was a little arrogant, he thought that Wu Shigong should have heard of the name of the Zheng family now.

But Wu Shigong has no impression of this Zheng family at all. In the end, it is too far away, and it is impossible for Wu Shigong to care about the affairs in the corners of Fujian. And it is impossible for the current Yamakawa Division to stretch his hands and feet so far.

However, Wu Shigong connected the scenes of coastal defense guerrillas, sea merchants, and welcoming customers on Bankhouse Street, so a picture came to mind: the image of a military attache who was also in arrears of military salaries and worked hard to raise the army in the maritime business, and went to Nanjing Yamen to run relations.

This made Wu Shigong feel a sense of sympathy. And this Zheng family seems to want to make friends with him, but Wu Shigong also knows that after his own trouble yesterday, he himself has been blacklisted by the Nanjing official eunuch family. So Wu Shigong didn't want to hurt the Zheng family anymore.

So Wu Shigong said calmly: "Since there is fate, I don't want to hide it from you." There are too many people who have offended in the city of Nanjing, and if you get too close to me, it may not only not be beneficial to your family, but will bring disaster, please think twice about it. As for your family's kindness, I will understand it first. ”

After meeting Wu Shigong, Zheng Jiao has been observing Wu Shigong. He found that although Wu Shigong spoke very kindly, the expression of dominance and contempt for the world could not be disguised.

Zheng Jiao, as the head of the Zheng family in Nanjing, has visited many high-ranking officials of various ministries and yamen in Nanjing. To be honest, Zheng Jiao had only seen this kind of bearing in their family master Zheng Zhilong before.

Later, after learning the identity of his Zheng family, Wu Shigong still did not arrange for Zheng Jiao to sit down, which made Zheng Jiao even more upright.

You must know that if Zheng Jiao comes forward now, the prefect level in the general civil service will be polite to him, but the dismissed Du Si in front of him turned a blind eye to himself, which can only be said that he has indeed regarded Zheng Jiao as a subordinate, but Wu Shigong has put himself on an equal footing with Zheng Zhilong. (To be continued......)