For this meeting, Yangzhou salt merchants can be said to have done their homework. Those salt merchants invited a person that Wu Shigong couldn't refuse to be an introducer, and that person was the old lady Hou of the Hou Mansion of Guide Mansion.

Of course, Old Lady Hou would not deign to go to Runing Mansion to meet Wu Shigong directly, he just sent a housekeeper to send a letter to Wu Shigong. In this letter, there are only three simple big words: "Don't mess around!" ”

It can be seen from these three big characters that Mrs. Hou's writing skills and conduct are first-class. He just described Wu Shigong's heinous criminal behavior as "nonsense", and obviously showed an attitude of favoring Wu Shigong.

However, Mrs. Hou's letter was indeed a reprimand for Wu Shigong. And this kind of behavior is also particularly prominent in the silence of the civil officials of Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion.

Anyway, it is very meaningful, if you think about it carefully, you may say no less than a dozen meanings, and there may be some meanings for jokes, but Mrs. Hou herself is not aware of it.

As soon as Wu Shigong received this letter, he immediately began to perform wonderfully:

In front of the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, Wu Shigong first expressed deep repentance for his misconduct and the trouble he brought to the old lady Hou;

Then, Wu Shigong swore that he would definitely listen to the teachings of Mrs. Hou and negotiate a satisfactory result with the representatives of the salt merchants in Yangzhou;

Zuihou, Wu Shigong expressed to the housekeeper his thoughts and admiration for Mrs. Hou and Mrs. Hou, and said that if he was free in the future, he would definitely go to the Hou Mansion of Defu and kowtow to Mrs. Hou.

Of course, in the most zuihou, Wu Shigong must also let the housekeeper carry it back, and Wu Shigong gave a generous gift to the Hou Mansion. The housekeeper would definitely not pull it down, and also stuffed a big red envelope.

So, seeing that his Hou Mansion had both a lining and a face, the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion happily returned to the German Mansion.

Wu Shigong's performance, of course, is to show his relationship with Hou Fulianghaode. Of course, Wu Shigong did not agree to reconcile with Yangzhou salt merchants just because Mrs. Hou was the introducer. On the contrary, in fact, Wu Shigong had long been looking forward to Yangzhou salt merchants having a good talk with him.

Wu Shigong's behavior is actually quite normal. In fact, the essence of this salt turmoil between the two prefectures was a miniature war between Wu Shigong and Yangzhou salt merchants.

But Clausewitz famously said, "War is the continuation of politics!" Although Wu Shigong didn't know who Clausewitz was, when he was the boss in his previous life, every time he got into a fight with other gangs, if both sides couldn't eat each other, he often had to go to the teahouse to drink tea to solve the problem.

So now that the war is over, it's time to talk about politics and diplomacy.

After receiving the news that Wu Shigong agreed to meet, the representatives of the Yangzhou salt merchants immediately sent the gifts they brought to Wu Shigong's house. Wu Shigong also unceremoniously accepted these gifts.

However, among these gifts, there were two things that caught Wu Shigong's attention. The same is that the goods left by Wu Shigong in Huai'an Customs were also sent to Wu Shigong by the representatives of the salt merchants this time. The other thing is that the Tang Mei that Wu Shigong was holding at that time, the Yangzhou salt merchant also ransomed her body and sent Tang Mei to Wu Shigong's house. This made Wu Shigong a little surprised, and not only sighed in his heart: "The success of those Yangzhou salt merchants is really not a fluke!" ”

The leading salt merchant representative is none other than Guo Zeng'an. Don't look at the salt merchant conference at that time, Guo Zeng'an was stunned. But those who know him know that Guo Zeng'an is also a delicate-minded character. That kind of recklessness on the outside is just a protective color for him.

In addition, Guo Zeng'an, a salt merchant, is only a small role in Yangzhou salt merchants. Therefore, it is just right to let him take the lead this time, which not only shows the importance of Yangzhou salt merchants to Wu Shigong, but also allows Yangzhou salt merchants not to lose face.

After the two sides met, Guo Zeng'an first greeted: "This time I came down to visit the general and brought some vulgar gifts, which is really not respectful." I wonder if the general is satisfied? ”

Wu Shigong thought to himself, not counting that Tang Mei, the gifts from those salt merchants this time were worth more than two thousand taels of silver, what was there to be vulgar. Wu Shigong is really desperate, how many times have someone come to be rude.

However, Wu Shigong still replied with a smile quite politely: "It's really good." I like it very much. ”

Seeing Wu Shigong's answer, he released goodwill, and the atmosphere of the meeting suddenly relaxed. Guo Zeng'an also said with a smile: "This time, our colleagues in Yangzhou have some misunderstandings with the general, which is really ashamed!" ”

"It doesn't matter! Anyway! This official is not accountable. Wu Shigong still said with a smile. But these words almost didn't hold Guo Zeng'an out of breath.

This time, the salt goods lost by the Yangzhou salt merchants were counted, but more than 400 people were killed. But Wu Shigong said lightly, "Don't count!" He doesn't take those people's lives seriously.

But then Guo Zeng'an's ears came again: "But the assassination of this official, you Yangzhou salt merchants also have to give an explanation." ”

Guo Zeng'an reacted suddenly. This time, Guo Zeng'an's mission is to make up for the relationship between the two sides, and to pursue those previous things, it is no longer necessary to know who is who is wrong. So let's look forward.

Guo Zeng'an immediately said: "These colleagues in the salt industry were also very shocked when they heard that the general had been assassinated. But in this world, in addition to the assassination of the general, the head of our Yangzhou Qi family was also assassinated. This time, before coming down to Runing Mansion, our colleagues in the salt industry unanimously agreed that the murderers of the assassination of the general and the head of the Qi family must be arrested. However, this sea of people is vast, and the assassin is difficult to find! ”

Of course, Guo Zeng'an wanted to bite Yangzhou salt merchants to death, and he did not send anyone to assassinate Wu Shigong.

But Guo Zeng'an immediately heard Wu Shigong say sharply: "Then you salt merchants from Yangzhou didn't have any sincerity when they came over this time?" ”

(Last night, I should say I wrote this morning, and then I was very unwell, semi-comatose until now.) I wanted to take a leave of absence, but my family refused to let me touch the computer. I have to take advantage of the rest of my family to explain it to readers and friends.

Some time ago, I changed jobs. The intensity of work and overtime have increased dramatically. I've been holding on to the daily updates and have very little time to sleep every day.

I thought I was still young and could hold on, but now I really see it. During this time, I can only try to make sure that I have one shift every day and that my body is well conditioned.

I'm so sorry! ）