"Lord Zhao is a third-grade official, right? He is also our student here, and Du Jinning is still the head of his case. If he opened his mouth to say something, not saying that Governor Yang and Zeng Tongju could sell him face, even Du Jinning would not dare to make a fuss about this matter, wouldn't this matter be settled? "Du Zheyan is clear.

Qi Siyu didn't have half confidence in whether Zhao Liang was willing to help him in this bullshit matter.

He shook his head and said, "You don't know, he went to Beijing some time ago. You should do this, if it was half a month earlier, it would have been easier to do it when he was still in Gui Province. Helplessly, far water can't save the thirst. When we send the letter over, he will write back again, and the battle between Governor Yang and Zeng Tongju will probably have subsided long ago. ”

Du Zheyan was very disappointed.

In this matter, the one who can help them the most is Zhao Liang. But now that he's not here, what's going on?

"You go back first, I'll go to my grandfather and find a way." Qi Siyu said.

"Okay, then please." Du Zheyan had no choice but to trust each other again and again, and then left with a lot of heart.

Qi Siyu watched him leave his yard, thought about it, and went to his grandfather and told him about it.

At the end, he said: "Du Zheyan is my brother anyway, he is in trouble now, grandfather, can we do his family a favor?" For example, write a letter to Zhao Liang? ”

Qi Yuandao looked at him like a fool: "Do you think Zhao Liang will help?" Two magistrates grabbed land, what is the matter with him studying politics? What position does he have to mediate? What benefits can he give to Yang Zhifu and Zeng Tong? If there is no benefit, will others listen to him? If he doesn't listen to him, where will he put his face? ”

Qi Siyu was speechless when asked.

He sneered, "Then we can't help it, right?" ”

"Not to mention that this matter has nothing to do with us, but it is related, and those people will not necessarily help us. Brother Yu, you must know, 'The world is bustling, all for profit; The world is crowded, all for profit'. Although they are also a little honest and willing to remember their grandfather's kindness to them, their affection is also used once less. They are not our family minions, let us call them at will. Now let's ask them to help for the sake of the Du family, when your father has an accident, you have an accident, will they still be willing to help? Now that you are older, you have become a father, don't do things like a child, you have to be mature. ”

Qi Siyu didn't get things done, but was taught a lesson by his grandfather again, and finally went back to his yard in disgrace.

However, he didn't tell Du Zheyan about his situation here, Du Zheyan sent someone to ask, and he only said that he had written a letter and sent it out, and there was no reply for a while, so Du Zheyan waited patiently.

But Du Zheyan is patient, but Yang Yuntao is impatient. He took down Zhang Zhu's head vigorously and resolutely, and proposed a catcher who was willing to listen to his own words; took advantage of this matter to go to his boss and read a copy of Zeng Tong's sentence; At the same time, he used Qi Bokun's connections to publicize it in the officialdom. This matter is a big trouble, the boss wants to cover up Zeng Tongju, and finally can only write a letter to reprimand Zeng Tongju, and fined him half a year's salary, this year's evaluation wants to evaluate it is impossible, Zeng Tongju's idea of wanting to rise is also shattered.

At the same time, Yang Yuntao took advantage of Zeng Tong's judgment when he had no time to take care of him, quickly directed several incidents, took down the people who originally belonged to Zeng Tong's camp, and replaced them with his own people. So the government changed from the original that he and Zeng Tongju each owned half of the country, and Yang Yuntao had the final say. Zeng Tong judged that the general trend had gone, so he could only clamp his tail and be a man, and bow down to Yang Yuntao.

Because of the Du family's affairs, Zeng Tong was sentenced to suffer such a big loss, how dare he give up? Immediately asked people to go to Du's restaurant to find trouble. The Du family carried out the Qi family on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were willing to send a restaurant to the Zeng family.

On this cusp, Zeng Tongju did not dare to use any more unsightly means against the Du family, for fear of being caught by Yang Yuntao again; Old lady Zeng also felt that the loss had been suffered anyway, and it would be useless to pursue the Du family again, it was better to get some benefits; Besides, there are also their ancestors and grandchildren who are angry in this matter, and blame the Du family. So he took the restaurant and asked the Du family to take a few hundred taels of silver out as compensation, which can be regarded as giving this matter. It's just that the Du Zeng family has a bad relationship, and the old lady Zeng is no longer willing to interact with the Du family.

The Du family not only gave the restaurant and a few hundred taels of silver, but also paid 400 taels of silver to Du Jinning, which can be regarded as compensation for the money and apology for the gate. And on the plaque at the head of Du Jinning's newly built gate, there are two big characters written by Guan Lehe: Du House.

The loss of money is small, but the Du family has a bad reputation in this alley, and the residents in the alley are unwilling to interact with the Du family anymore, so the Du family uses a hot face to stick to people's cold butts, and people don't take care of their family. The Du family's connections to the upper class of society are broken.

And those residents have another attitude towards the Qi family and Du Jinning's family, often sending their young master over to talk to Qi Muyuan and Du Jinning, and from time to time they also give small gifts. The attitude towards the two Du families is one cold and one hot, which makes Old Lady Du and Du Zheyan angry.

The second master of the Du family, who was the chief bookkeeper in Xingning County, learned of this and wrote a letter back to scold Du Zheyan. The Du family's big house made a lot of trouble at home because of the loss of money in the family, and finally the old lady Du gave some rights to the big house, so there was no separation. In the end, these losses were all counted on the second room.

"Well, you say, what are we going to do? lost half of the family business, offended the Zeng family, and didn't get any benefits. Du Zhexin was very unwilling to take this opportunity to break up, so he kept slandering in front of Mrs. Du.

Old lady Du thought of the loss of so much silver at home, and her heart ached, and from time to time she arrested Du Zheyan and punished him for kneeling and reprimanding.

Du Zheyan hated Du Jinning half to death, and swore that he would go to Fuxue and make Du Jinning look good.

Of course, that's all for later.

Let's say that after Du Jinning sent Yang Yuntao away that day, he had dinner with Qi Bokun and others, comforted his mother and sisters, and stayed in the kitchen of Qi Mansion for the next few days, teaching those people to cook.

She doesn't teach how to cook by herself, and then teach them by hand. She first asked people to report what dish she was best at, and then said the method of a dish in a targeted manner, and asked the other party to write down the method and make it herself. Each person first teaches a dish, and when it is done, she tastes it, picking out the faults and letting them improve until she is satisfied.

In addition, some apprentices were recruited to come in to make piers, and they only cut vegetables, regardless of cooking.