"When he does something bad, it's too late!"

Xie Lang walked around in front of her with his hands in his hands, showing that this matter was very important to him.

Xie Wan had to be appeased: "No matter what, I have to wait until I find out that there is something wrong with him before dealing with it, right?" Now for a while, where are you going to let people go? ”

Xie Lang is not a hard-hearted person, on the contrary, he is still very soft-hearted, and when he heard Xie Wan's words, he hesitated. Yes, it was not easy to save people from death, have a place to live, and suddenly drive people away, which is indeed not in line with the behavior of a gentleman.

But he couldn't let his sister leave a disaster by his side, he thought about it, so he said: "In a few days, I will go to Nanwazhuang to live for a few days to inspect and inspect Nongsang, you let this Huo Jue go with me." ”

Xie Wan was busy with his hand, and there was nothing to disagree with, so he said, "What's wrong with this?" You take him with you, and I'll ask Yu Sanhu to draw two more people out and go with you. ”

Xie Lang smiled brightly.

That night, when Huo Yao learned from Luo Sheng that Xie Lang took the initiative to ask him to go to the Grange with him, he also laughed heartlessly.

On the third day after they returned to Qinghe, the news of Xie Lang's ninth place in the Mid-Autumn Festival was announced by the county government, and such a happy event naturally made the people in the streets and alleys rush to tell each other, especially the words "Xie Mansion Second Room".

Originally, this kind of thing was always the sole leader of the Xie Mansion, but now that the second room is separated, I didn't expect that there would be a person so soon, among whom there are people who know the Xie family's brothers and sisters, and naturally their anecdotes in the past few years will be like a storyteller. Those who don't know each other, because of such a spread, have gradually learned a little bit about Xie Zhai.

So some people with ulterior motives began to come to the door in the name of congratulations, and after saying less than three sentences, they turned to Xie Lang's marriage, or asked if Xie Wan had any thoughts about opening a new shop recently, and they had a suitable girl or shop to choose from.

Xie Lang always smiled slightly and coped with the past.

He is seventeen years old this year, and it is said that he should be said to be a pro-etiquette matchmaker, but he has his plans, Xie Wan is the daughter of a widow, and he has been disliked by many people. He didn't get into the Jinshi. He wouldn't think about himself until he found a reliable marriage for her.

As for business matters, if the person who comes has a heart, he will naturally know that Xie Wan is in charge of the house and not him. He just ignored it. Sooner or later, they will also find Xie Wan.

Of course, there are also those who come to congratulate sincerely. For example, the He family in the west of the city, and the county order Xu Wei. Xu Ju was able to handle the case they had never handled so satisfactorily for Xie Wan, and brought the real murderer to them. He didn't dare to have any contempt for Xie Wan.

Xie Wan had to help the female guests at home every day, so he didn't go anywhere these days.

It was estimated that there would be a letter from the Jingshi to ask Wu Xing to go to Ningfu to have a look, but the old man Ning actually came to the door in person with his baggage. In addition to a bag of letters disguised in an account book, there is also a crystal clear jade cabbage.

"Xie Erye High School, the entire Qinghe County has face, and now you and I are not outsiders, so the old man naturally wants to come to congratulate him!"

Old Man Ning had a big belly and smiled like Maitreya Buddha, Xie Lang had also slightly changed his opinion of the Ning family because he had been to his Lanting with Xie Wan twice, and said sincerely at the moment: "Master Ning's heart of caring for his younger generations makes his later life very admirable." Today, I will stay in the mansion and eat before leaving! ”

Master Ning resigned twice and stayed.

Xie Wan guessed that in addition to congratulating Master Ning, there was something else to come. took advantage of Xie Lang's arrival to greet the guests, so he invited him to the flower hall to speak.

"Has the second master ever come back with a letter during this time?"

Master Ning stroked his beard and said: "Don't hide it from my nephew and daughter, in recent months, there have been letters every month, and from time to time I have brought some ginseng or something to make up for our old couple. You have a niece and nephew who you discipline for me, but I don't have to worry about him. ”

Xie Wan heard his words, and said, "Besides, I don't know what else worries my uncle?" ”

Old Man Ning let out a long sigh and said, "Other than that, it's a matter of buying and selling. I have come today to ask for you. ”

Xie Wan hurriedly waited with a solemn face.

Master Ning said: "Last month, I bought ten truckloads of local single fir in Guangdong, which was also transported by water, but I hired a private boat and did not take the water transport. But I didn't expect that there was a small collision with the boat in front of me in the Cangzhou River section. Then the men on the boat stopped us, not because we wanted to get along with them.

"I thought that our second child didn't have acquaintances in the Cao Gang, or the Tian Kong who bet rice and grain for the third girl, I reported the name of the Tian Duo master, and the other party actually said: It's okay if you don't mention this guy! Speaking of this, I can't let you go!

"The man then intercepted our ship, and we had to pay for their ship. I thought I was unlucky, so I had to pay a thousand taels of silver as required. But after the brute took my money, he actually scuttled my ship, and he wanted me to lose both the goods and the money! In a panic, I asked my subordinates to grab the tea to the dock, and then found Tian Kong, who was sitting in Cangzhou, and asked him to help transport it to Beijing.

But Tian Kong said that now is the time when the autumn harvest in the south is busy, and there are no empty boats. Finally, when he saw that I was really anxious, he told me that he had a boat in his hand that you had hired the third girl. When I heard this, I hurried to you, and begged you, if you don't need it, can you lend me this boat for two days?" You can be back in two days at most! ”

Xie Wan heard that it was a borrowed boat, and he also fell silent.

At present, everyone is busy transporting grain to the north, not to mention that she already has six rice shops in her hands, and Luo Ju has taken on several large customers from the whole house, and her boat can't be pulled away. Although the delay is only two days, it is likely to affect half a month's business after two days. Everyone is a merchant, and she also wants to take the opportunity to make a lot of money.

But since it was Old Man Ning who came to the door in person, she couldn't help but sell this face.

So after thinking about it, she said: "If it's only for a day or two, then I'll write a letter and stamp it, and my uncle will take it to negotiate with Lord Tian Helm." ”

Master Ning hurriedly stood up and made a few deep bows at her: "Old man, thank you for the third girl here!" Do you know that helping me with this is equivalent to helping me get back 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver! I remember your favor! I don't dare you have any difficulties in the future, just come to me, I will help you go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire! ”

Xie Wan smiled and let Wu Xing pick him up, "Uncle is really out of sight." If I don't want to be someone else, what else can I say since you come uncle? ”

Master Ning couldn't help but sigh again here.

Xie Wan said a few words modestly, and then said: "Uncle Fang Cai said that the person who intercepted the Ning family's tea boat, listening to his tone, it seems that he has something to do with the master of Tian Kong and Tian Helm?" ”

Old Man Ning sighed: "The things in this gang are actually very complicated. Don't look at the fact that they are all in charge of their heads, but they are actually chaotic in private. The income of each terminal in the Cao Gang is unequal, and I don't know how they were in charge of the income, but I know that there have been changes in recent years.

"Today, there are thirteen helmsmen, and the dividends of each helmsman are fixed, but because the wharf is located in different locations and the number of people is different, the expenses are also high and low. In this way, the competition between the docks is also fierce, and it is stipulated that between the helmsman and the helmsman, between the superior and the subordinate, the face looks good, but sometimes in order to make a few more profits, they also do some things that stab the knife in the nest.

"So in the same gang, it's not strange that the Tian Duo Master has a rivalry."

After speaking, Old Man Ning shook his head and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.

Xie Wan thought for a while and asked: "This Cao Gang has been built for more than 100 years, how to control it, leaders at all levels should have already had a set of mature methods." Especially their chief helmsman, how did he suddenly change the rules in the past few years, making the chaos like this? ”

"It's a long story." After Master Ning's affairs were done, he started to talk about it, and said: "This has to start with a maritime event in the spring seven years ago.

It is said that when Marshal Huo defeated the Japanese invaders, he once set a rule for the envoy Oda Taro at the time of surrender, that is, he required that the Emperor must send envoys to the East China Sea every 12 years to accompany the naval generals stationed in the border of our dynasty to conduct maritime inspections, and if any misdeeds were found, they would be ordered to remove and correct them on the spot.

"After Dongying Island suffered the heavy blow of Marshal Huo at the beginning, with their strength, in fact, there is no one who has not been able to recover at all for more than three or five decades. There was no dispute between the two sides that year, and even the envoy Liu Shenggong sent over there was still very humble and jealous of us, but when Liu Shenggong and they returned to Dongying, I also reported to the first emperor to the generals here, but the general died suddenly! ”

When Master Ning said this, he sighed regretfully.

Xie Wan never knew about this past, so he asked, "I don't know who this dead general is?" How did he die? ”

The old man said: "The general is now Dou Jin, the head of Dali Temple, and Dou Zhun, the father of Lord Dou." The Dou family was originally a military general. This General Dou was killed in the study, and he was wounded by more than a dozen stabs, which was very miserable. Until now, the cause of death remains a mystery. Some people say that it was killed by a killer sent by the envoy Yanagi Gong, while others say that it was killed by the enemy.

"The imperial court sent a messenger to conduct a secret investigation, but no traces of spiders and worms were found."

Because this matter was too bizarre and fruitless, the court finally discussed with the Dou family and announced the reason for his violent death. But

Where is there a paper that can hold the fire, such a bizarre thing will always be spread by someone. Speaking of which, I also heard it occasionally because I had been doing business over the years and had walked around the yamen a lot. (To be continued.) )