In the evening of summer, Kaiping Mansion was cloaked in a peaceful and festive layer, Shui Lian read Li Xiaoqi's letter countless times, and instructed people to invite Zhao Wuge and Zhang Gouzi to Shuitong Mansion, and carefully folded the letter and put it close to him, came out to ask for a car, and went straight to Shuitong Mansion.

Shui Tong had just rushed back from the Salesian Bureau, and was looking at his son Ah Ming's red painting one by one, and when he saw Shui Lian coming in, he didn't stand up, but only held up his hand full of red paper and complained: "Look at it, Ah Ming's character is described like this!" How can this be seen?! Shuilian stepped forward and took a few and looked at them carefully, laughing while looking at them: "I won't tell you, I see this word now, how good it is, you haven't seen it bad." Shui Tong took the red and asked, "You said there was an emergency, what is the matter?" Shui Lian was about to answer, and the mother-in-law outside hurriedly came in to report that Fifth Brother Zhao and Zhang Gouzi had arrived, Shui Tong looked at Shui Lian with surprise and amusement, and Shui Lian hurriedly blushed and explained: "Where does Sister Tong want to go!" It's not like that! It was the fifth master who brought me a letter and asked me to pass a message to the two of them! Shui Tong smiled and waved his hand to call in, a moment of effort, Zhao Wuge and Zhang Gouzi came in together, Chang Yi saw the salute, Shui Lian stood upright and passed Li Xiaoyi's words: "The fifth master brought a letter, saying that Huainan Road has a good year this year, and the raw silk is harvested, and now because of the war, they are stuck in Huainan Road, let the two of you, bring silver, and then bring Chen Da, hurry over to Huainan Road to buy raw silk, there are about other businesses, the fifth master did not elaborate, only said to bring more silver, first go to Chuzhou to find the fifth master." ”

Zhang Gouzi and Fifth Brother Zhao glanced at each other, nodded first and then asked, "Did the Fifth Master say that the matter of this family is the matter of this place, who will take care of it?" Shui Lian's face turned red all of a sudden, and she shook her head hurriedly, Fifth Brother Zhao turned his head to look at Shui Tong, Shui Tong hesitated, and suggested with a smile: "Why don't you hand it over to Mama Zhang in advance?" It's just her, and I'll help Zhang Luo with the rest. Fifth Brother Zhao and Zhang Gouzi glanced at each other, bowed down with a smile and thanked: "Then it's a big annoyance." With that, the two of them asked a few more questions, and then withdrew.

Shui Lian watched the two of them walk away, waved her hand and retreated from the girls, took out the letter from her arms and handed it to Shui Tong, frowned and said, "You take a look at this letter first." Shui Tong took the letter and unfolded it, and laughed first: "No wonder you praised Amin's words just now, it's true!" Shui Tong said, while reading the letter at a glance, slowly folding the letter and returning it to Shui Lian, looking at her and waiting for her to speak, Shui Lian took the letter back and put it away, sighed and said: "I want to discuss with my sister, this matter, do you want to tell the eldest brother, really, the second brother is not here, if the second brother is here, show him the letter, I don't care, now •••••• is really embarrassing!" ”

"What's in your mind?" Shui Tong asked in a low voice, Shui Lian pressed the letter on her chest, and said with a sense of thought: "My sister also read this letter, what is written in this letter, how is the grain, how is the silk, and what is the things that come from overseas, this is one, two, the fifth master wants to explain to the housekeeper, can you still use me to pass on this word?" Shui Tong nodded again and again in agreement: "I also mean this, the fifth master is exquisite, this letter has to be passed on like this, then you hurry up and find the uncle to say, this business matter, one step faster and one step slower, the difference between heaven and earth, go quickly!" Shuilian agreed, stood up with a smile and walked out, got into the car in the second gate, and went straight to the Anyuan Marquis Mansion to find Shuilian.

Shui Li just came back home to bathe and change clothes, I heard that Shui Lian was in a hurry, and hurriedly came out in surprise, Shui Lian entered the second door, and did not go much inside, stopped at a pavilion and waited for Shui Lian to come out, saw Shui Lian coming from a distance, and hurriedly beckoned, Shui Lian entered the pavilion, took the letter handed over by Shui Lian, read it carefully, and handed it back to Shui Lian and smiled: "This is an excellent thing, I know, when will Fifth Brother Zhao leave?" ”

"I said I would pack up tomorrow and leave early the day after tomorrow."

"Well, okay, it's late tonight, I won't leave you in vain, go back quickly, I often come to talk to your sister-in-law when I have time, and your sister-in-law often talks to you." Shui Li said gently, and Shui Lian bent her knees a little embarrassedly and said goodbye.

Shui Li watched Shui Lian come out of the pavilion, beckoned a housekeeper to come over, and told her to hurry up and invite the Marquis of Jingjiang to come over, and he hurried to the backyard to find his father.

Jingjianghou hurried all the way over, sitting in the garden water pavilion with the window open in a fine sweat, constantly shaking the folding fan, staring at his brother with longing in his eyes, An Yuanhou twisted his brows, twisted his beard with one hand, and paced back and forth with one hand behind his back, Shui Li looked at his father and smiled: "Now it's a matter of who to send over!" Jingjiang Hou hurriedly nodded in agreement: "That's it, the harvest in Zhuangzi is just that, and several businesses have lost a lot in the past few years, and I don't want to do anything more, this is •••••• New Year."

"That's it! It's useless to say this! An Yuanhou blocked his younger brother's words, Jingjianghou swallowed the words behind, and muttered with a smile: "You must send a competent steward!" ”

"Well, there is some truth in this, I think, let Ruan Da go, bring more people, bring more silver." An Yuanhou turned his head to look at his son and discussed, Shui Li bowed slightly with a smile on his face and responded: "Uncle Ruan, that's the safest, Fifth Brother Zhao and they will leave early the day after tomorrow, should we have a companion with them?" An Yuanhou twisted his beard and twisted his eyebrows for a while, shook his head lightly and said: "It's not proper, the two families are one, it's too eye-catching, let's go their own way, I told Ruan Da to go to find Fifth Brother Zhao tomorrow, talk, get to know each other, and always breathe in the future." ”

"Or is my father thoughtful," Shui Li smiled and flattered: "I'll let someone bring 100,000 taels of silver tomorrow?" An Yuanhou thought about it and nodded. Marquis of Jingjiang breathed a sigh of relief, patted the folding fan comfortably and said with a smile: "When I earn the money, I will be able to do this book repair business!" An Yuanhou snorted sullenly, glared at his younger brother, and Jingjianghou didn't care, he stood up and hugged his fists and said goodbye and went back.

At the same time as Shuilian, Yu Yuanshan also received a letter from Li Xiaoyi, just half a sheet, Liao Liao said a few words, but Yu Yuanshan's heart was tightened and hot for a while, he pressed his mind, and was busy with his face until the end of the day, he hurriedly locked the tent and came out of the tent of King Liang's mansion, ran two steps in the direction of Yuanfeng Hall, suddenly stopped his steps, raised his hand and patted his forehead heavily, shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, turned around and ran towards An Zaihai's house in Kaiping Mansion.

The housekeeper of Yao, who was stationed in Kaiping Mansion, heard Yu Yuanshan say a few words, his eyes widened, and he suddenly tasted it, and he was busy with a smile on his face, and kept bending down to thank him: "Lord Yu's great kindness•••••• our family master doesn't know how grateful he is••••••"

"That's not to be grateful, it's wrong, this is the great grace of the fifth master! I just pass on a word, and I don't dare not pass it on, right? Okay, hurry up and follow me to the Yuanfeng Hall, with your family's strength, that's far away. Yu Yuanshan patted Steward Yao's shoulder, and said with a hearty smile, Steward Yao respectfully agreed: "Needless to say, the fifth master has already confessed, that is the master, Lord Yu also has to thank you, Lord Yu wait a moment, I'll go get something, a moment!" As he spoke, he rushed in, and it really came out in a moment, and while following Yu Yuanshan out, he quietly stuffed a roll of tissue paper into Yu Yuanshan's palm and said with a smile: "Lord Yu has a lot of affairs, this weather is like this, don't be polite to buy ice money." Yu Yuanshan paused, twisted the piece of paper in his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, just be a little Anzi and honor me!" Steward Yao let out a burst of happy laughter, respectfully let Yu Yuanshan get into the car, and went straight to the Yuanfeng Hall.

The next morning, the chief steward of Yao followed closely behind President Qian, and then followed by a dozen brightly dressed Liangdi businessmen, and went out of the main hall together, President Qian had red silk in his eyes, but his expression was refreshing and excited, he went down the steps, turned around and smiled: "Everyone hurry up and go back to prepare, just received the letter, Zhao Ye and Zhang Ye are busy all day, I can spare a little time this morning, I and Lao Yao have to hurry over and wait, this trip can get a few points of interest, but they are all in the hands of the fifth master, Hurry up and get busy, and leave early tomorrow morning! More than a dozen people smiled chaotically, and they didn't dare to delay, they said goodbye and went back to busy, President Qian let Yao take care of things, and the two walked out of the gate of the hall side by side, Yu Yuanshan made an appointment with Zhao Wuge and Zhang Gouzi to use the breakfast place on the side, and the two did not need to ride horses, walked for a quarter of an hour into the door of the wine store, and went to the private room set inside.

After waiting for a long time, Yu Yuanshan accompanied Zhao Wuge and Zhang Gouzi all the way into the private room with a smile, Qian Huier and Yao Steward hurriedly forced their hands to respectfully greet them, Zhao Wuge and Zhang Gouzi politely returned the salute, and the group greeted and sat down politely, Yu Yuanshan sat on the top, Yao Steward accompanied him at the end, the five of them laughed and had breakfast, Zhao Wuge and Zhang Gouzi did not dare to delay if they had a lot of things, and made an appointment with President Qian about the time and place of departure tomorrow morning, and said goodbye to the three of them, and went to be busy.

Qian Hui'er pulled Yu Yuanshan, and while walking in the direction of Liang Wangfu, he said in a low voice: "Yu Ye, I discussed it all night last night, this time, there are a total of fourteen big households in the Chamber of Commerce, each family will take two dry shares, one will be filial to the fifth master, and one will be filial to Yu Ye, our Yuanfeng Chamber of Commerce, we will have to rely on Yu Ye to take care of it in the future." Yu Yuanshan shook the folding fan, stared at his eyebrows and was silent for a long time, as if he had made up his mind, he accepted the folding fan, looked at President Qian and Steward Yao and said in a low voice: "We are all fellow villagers in Liangdi, we have to take care of each other to have a good life, and I am not the only one under the fifth master's door, I think so, the An family only takes one share to honor the fifth master, and the other share is forgotten, and the remaining thirteen families, this dry share is divided into four parts, as well as Lord An, Lord Qian and Lord Tang, this alone can not be eaten!" Yu Yuanshan tapped Chairman Qian's shoulder with a folding fan and joked, and without waiting for President Qian to speak, Chief Steward Yao smiled and said: "I can't save these two copies, I went back and told our family master, it must be what it means, and besides, our sixth master also received a big share!" ”

"What Lao Yao said is reasonable." Chairman Qian hurriedly smiled and agreed, Yu Yuanshan laughed and didn't say more, the three of them discussed a few more words, and seeing that they were not far from Liang Wang's Mansion, they dispersed.