[Chapter 4, Volume 4]

Chapter 140 Chapter 140 The threat is coming

In the past, it was a student who came out of the same college, and he walked closer to each other on weekdays. I finally met and sat down for a drink and chatted, which seems to outsiders to be a very ordinary thing. But this 'classmate' is Liao Wenbo, but it gives people a very strange feeling.

Although Liao Wenbo and Xiang Qingya calculated Lu Xiang'er, the person who brought the most harm to Lu Xiang'er was not Liao Wenbo but Xiang Qingya. Liao Wenbo's goal has always been to get Lu Xiang'er's favor and marry her home, and naturally get the soju process. Unexpectedly, Liao Wenbo did a fake show, and he fell in love with Lu Xianger. In the end, he got the soju process, but he lost Lu Xiang'er's good impression of him.

"Brother Wei has just eaten with a friend, so let's have a drink with Senior Brother Lu at this time and talk." Liao Wenbo smiled gently and poured a glass of wine for Lu Hong. Lu Hong stabilized his mind before chatting with Liao Wenbo. In fact, he mainly wanted to see what Liao Wenbo's purpose was, and whether he would still entangle Lu Xiang'er like in Jiangling Mansion.

Unexpectedly, after sitting down, except for Huo Qingsong, who was quiet, Lu Hong and Lu Xiang'er all felt that Liao Wenbo in front of them was very different from the person they saw in Jiangling Mansion. is the attitude towards a few people, which also surprised the brother and sister.

Thinking back to when he was in Jiangling Mansion before, after everything Liao Wenbo did was spread out, he still desperately pestered Lu Xiang'er. But when they met today, he only talked to Lu Hong about the things in Luming Academy, rarely looked at Lu Xiang'er, and didn't say a few words to her.

Not only that, but it was Chaoxia and Huo Qingqing, and Liao Wenbo also guarded the courtesy of a gentleman as if they met for the first time. As for Huo Qingsong, Liao Wenbo ignored him even more strangely. From beginning to end, there was not a few words from this hot young general in Beijing.

You must know that Huo Qingsong is now a loyal general of the fourth grade, and a celebrity in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor today. Looking at the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, at Huo Qingsong's age, he can be called the first person to be a loyal general. Moreover, with His Majesty the Emperor's current attitude, Huo Qingsong seems to be able to surpass his father Huo Changfeng and compete with his grandfather Huo Jing.

Any student who also came to Beijing to participate in the examination knew that the person in front of him was Huo Qingsong, and he would definitely step forward to say a few words. Even if he doesn't speak, he will try his best to make a good impression in front of Huo Qingsong. In any case, getting to know more of a hot official is also a good thing that will be useful for one's future.

Liao Wenbo seemed to have forgotten this, and basically ignored Huo Qingsong's existence. Maybe he disdains to have a relationship with Huo Qingsong, after all, the Jiangling Liao family and General Huo's mansion still have a long-standing grudge before. But Lu Xiang'er looked at how Liao Wenbo felt weird, and she was more vigilant about him.

Lu Hong talked to Liao Wenbo for a long time, but he didn't understand what he meant. But seeing the sky outside, Lu Hong remembered something and said, "Senior Brother Liao, it just so happens that I met Brother Feng last night and made an appointment with him to have tea. At this time, it's almost time, I don't know ...... Senior Brother Liao"

"Brother Feng is the top name in the Jiangling Township Test, so I naturally want to be close to Brother Feng. Now that it's time to meet, let's not let Brother Feng wait for a long time. Liao Wenbo heard that Lu Hong had met Feng Wen, and immediately nodded and wanted to go with him to see Feng Wen.

didn't find out Liao Wenbo's intentions, and Lu Hong didn't want Liao Wenbo to stay and face Lu Xiang'er. Hearing that he agreed to leave, Lu Hong was also very straightforward, and asked Huo Qingsong to send Lu Xiang'er and Chaoxia back, so he got up and prepared to leave. Lu Xianger and the others also had almost eaten, so they naturally prepared to go home, so they left the restaurant with Lu Hong and Liao Wenbo.

But when a few people just walked out of the gate, a little guy trotted to Liao Wenbo's side with a thick envelope and handed over the things in his hand to him. Liao Wenbo took the things in his hand, lowered his head and was silent for a long time before turning to look at Lu Hong.

"Senior Brother Lu, before leaving Jiangling Mansion, Brother Wei had handed over all the family's business to the most trusted steward. This is the account of all the shops that operate the brewing shochu liquor in Gangneung Province, and 10% of the profits in it are for you. After all, the soju process came from the Lu family. ”

Liao Wenbo handed the big envelope in his hand to Lu Hong, turned around and got into the car. Before he was about to enter the car, he glanced back at Lu Xiang'er. The affection in Liao Wenbo's eyes frightened Lu Xiang'er for a moment.

But Huo Qingsong didn't wait for Lu Xiang'er to react, then turned sideways slightly, blocking Liao Wenbo's sight. Looking at Lu Xiang'er and the three of them, Huo Qingsong's face was the same for ten thousand years, and his voice was faint: "The carriage is here, you guys get in the car." ”

"Oh, get in the car." Lu Xiang'er nodded a little stunned and got into the carriage.

Unable to feel Liao Wenbo's gaze, Lu Xiang'er's heart just now calmed down slightly. To be honest, Liao Wenbo's sudden gaze really made Lu Xianger a little overwhelmed. If Liao Wenbo came to pester Lu Xiang'er as soon as they met, she wouldn't care too much about him. But after a period of 'no beginning', Liao Wenbo showed something with his gaze, and Lu Xianger was really a little uncomfortable.

Liao Wenbo didn't expect Huo Qingsong to suddenly intervene and block his gaze at Lu Xiang'er. Looking at Huo Qingsong's back, Liao Wenbo narrowed his eyes, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he got into the carriage and sat in it without stopping.

Of course, all this happened in a very short time, and Lu Hong didn't react to what Liao Wenbo gave him and what Liao Wenbo meant by what he said. Recalling the soju process mentioned by Liao Wenbo, Lu Hong immediately opened the big envelope in his hand.

Inside the big envelope was a thick booklet that had been bound, and Lu Hong just looked at a few pages, and his face changed. Closing the booklet, Lu Hong raised his head and said, "Senior Brother Liao, you, what does this mean?" ”

Lu Hong's inquiry, Lu Xiang'er and several people heard it. Moreover, Lu Xianger also heard that Lu Hong called 'Senior Brother Liao' this time, and she had a lot of sincerity. When she was strange in her heart, Lu Xiang'er asked Xiao Wuxian to wait, she wanted to see what Liao Wenbo gave Lu Hong.

Liao Wenbo, who was sitting in the carriage, chuckled and said, "Senior Brother Lu, it is very clear in that booklet, and I don't need to explain anything." As for the division of some time ago, it is all sandwiched in the booklet. After that, it will be settled once every six months, and I will send someone to the house. ”

After saying this, Liao Wenbo paused again, changed his tone and said, "Senior Brother Lu, I will go to see Brother Feng first, I hope Senior Brother Lu will not come too late." ”

As the words fell, the carriage in which Liao Wenbo was sitting slowly left. Lu Hong stood in place, still wanting to say something, but he didn't say a word. Looking at the booklet in his hand, Lu Hong suddenly shook his head with a smile, and said secretly: I am not a businessman, and I can't understand it, so I'd better leave it to Xiang'er. Anyway, Liao Wenbo's final intention was to hand over this account book to Xiang'er.

Thinking of the appointment with Feng Wen, Lu Hong immediately walked to Huo Qingsong's wide carriage and handed the things in his hand to Huo Bao, but said to Lu Xiang'er in the car: "Xiang'er, this account book is still handed over to you, what you want to do with it is up to you, my brother will go first." ”

When Huo Bao took the big envelope and handed it to Lu Xiang'er, Lu Hong had already walked away in the carriage driven by Xiao Wu. Seeing Lu Hong leaving in such a hurry, Huo Qingqing and Chaoxia were a little curious about what was written in this 'account book'. Although Huo Qingsong, who was sitting in the corner, was as steady as Mount Tai, his eyes were secretly looking at this side.

Seeing Huo Qingqing and Chaoxia's expressions, Lu Xiang'er opened the account book and looked through the pages one by one. Lu Xiang'er didn't mean to avoid people, so Huo Qingqing also leaned over and followed along. Although Huo Qingqing had never been through business, the page by page of the contract inside made her open her mouth in surprise. And when she saw the silver tickets in the ledger, she covered her mouth that she wanted to exclaim.

It turned out that after Lu Xianger gave the process of soju to Liao Wenbo, he did not only brew soju in his own distillery. Liao Wenbo let out a message in Jiangling Mansion, and he had the secret recipe for the soju process in his hand. Because the owner of this secret recipe doesn't want to enjoy the craft of soju alone, as long as the brewery in Gangneung Mansion wants to brew soju, he can go to Liao's house to apply for this recipe.

Of course, this secret recipe was not given for nothing. In addition to the fact that the distillery had to pay a sum of money when it got the secret recipe, two of the net profits from the distillery due to the soju were sold to the Liao family every year. Then the Liao family will give one of them to the owner of this secret recipe. If these breweries sell their shochu craft privately to other breweries, the brewery is violating the contract it has signed. The Liao family will not only inform the government office, but also ask this winery to compensate for huge losses.

In Jiangling Mansion, anyone knows that the Liao family has such a ability. Therefore, the Liao family will only sell this soju craft to large and small wineries within the jurisdiction of Jiangling Prefecture. Distilleries in other state capitals want to deal in shochu, so they have to go to the mysterious shochu brewer.

"Xiang'er, no matter how Liao Wenbo calculated you before, he did this to let you sit at home and get the silver without doing anything." Chaoxia put away the silver tickets in the account book and counted them carefully. Counting out a total of 20,000 silver tickets, Chaoxia couldn't help but take a breath. That's just the money for the soju process, that's all. At the end of that year, when she received the pure profit money, Chaoxia didn't dare to imagine how much silver there would be.

Huo Qingqing also looked at Lu Xiang'er straight for a long time, and then with an 'ah' sound, he hugged Lu Xiang'er and said in surprise: "Xiang'er, you are really a cornucopia." If you let outsiders know, you are the brewer of shochu, and your door will definitely make a new ...... in a few days."

No, as long as I'm here, the threshold won't change again. Huo Qingsong looked at the three grinning little ladies, and finally spit out a few words gently. However, Huo Qingqing's voice was relatively loud, and Lu Xiang'er didn't hear anything. And Chaoxia just moved her eyes, and talked to Lu Xiang'er about having a good meal at night.