Winter has gone, chūn has not arrived, last night a cold wind swept by, and the newborn young girl outside the wall of the Ming Garden was suddenly frozen to death again, with an unlucky whiteness.

Ming Qingda closed his eyes slightly.

He had already guessed that the other party would choose this plan, and if the humiliation of the family being calculated was abandoned, if the owner of China Merchants Money Village really entered the shares of the Ming family, the two sides would be together, and the funds would immediately become abundant, and the future development would be unlimited...... Even the faces of Dongyi City and Taiping Qianzhuang don't need to be looked at anymore.

Ming Qingda's mood eased slightly, and after thinking for a while, he said, "How much?"

"Thirty percent. The big shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, raised his face and smiled gently: "All thirty percent is a deed by the government, and a death deed." ”

General Ming Qingda was in a better mood, and immediately fell into infinite anger and ridicule, he looked at the big shopkeeper and said contemptuously: "Sancheng? Hasn't your owner seen the world? It's just four million taels of silver...... Do you want thirty percent of my Ming family?"

"The lord has misunderstood. The big shopkeeper said respectfully: "All thirty percent is the shares of the specified family, and the total amount does not include the dry shares of those nobles in the court...... Although my owner is ambitious, he does not have such a big appetite and guts. ”

Ming Qingda sneered, the eldest princess and the Qin family have a huge number of dry shares in their own family, if you say thirty percent includes the number of these dry shares, then it is really good, it depends on how you die in the future, but the other party wants the remaining thirty percent, this number is also extremely excessive.

"It's not worth so much. He said indifferently, ready to send off the guests.

The big shopkeeper smiled and said: "The Ming family is rich in the world, holding the people's livelihood in the south of the Yangtze River, thousands of hectares of fertile land, and countless real estates...... However, at this time and at that time, cash silver is not the same as an asset, the same one or two silver, at different times, but has different values. ”

He continued: "If these four million taels of silver were placed in the past, it would only be a year's cash income of the Ming family, and of course it would not be worth thirty percent of the shares. But now that the Ming family is short of running water, and needs cash to save the emergency, after my owner becomes a shareholder, he will naturally vigorously provide silver support...... These four million taels represent a more important value...... Now he is not greedy for 30% of the shares of the Ming family. The old man is also an understanding person, of course he knows that the price shouted by my owner is quite fair. ”

Ming Qingda was silent for a moment, knowing that the other party was telling the truth.

"It's a big matter, even though I'm the patriarch, I can't be arbitrary, I have to think again. He picked up his teacup, and the big shopkeeper of China Merchants Bank said goodbye to the young man behind him.

............ Ming Lanshi walked in from the side, looked at his father and said anxiously, "Father, I can't give it to them." Then he said indignantly: "Now I know that this merchant money bank is really fucking black! I actually started planning our family's industry a year ago." ”

Ming Qingda glanced at his son, shook his head a little unhappily, disagreed with his words, and said: "In business, if it weren't for the support of China Merchants Money Village this year, our family's rì would be even more miserable. ”

"But ......"

Ming Qingda waved his hand a little tiredly, in today's negotiations with China Merchants Qianzhuang, he seemed to be confident, but he was retreating step by step, so that he had some doubts about himself in his heart - is it that in this year, after being repeatedly hit by the Supervision Yuan, his confidence is no longer enough, is it that he knelt in front of Fan Xian once, and after making countless forbearance retreats, he has lacked some courage and is used to being led by the nose?

But...... He is the contemporary master of the Ming family!

Ming Qingda said slowly: "In business, but since China Merchants Qianzhuang uses yīn's...... Why should we pretend that our hands are clean all the time?"

Ming Lanshi felt a cold sweat gushing out of his back, and said, "Father, once the matter is defeated, it will be a capital crime to rob the family and destroy the clan." ”

Ming Qingda sneered: "With the eldest princess to protect her, even Fan Xian doesn't dare to mess around...... What is a mere investment bank?"

"But the head office of China Merchants Bank in Dongyi must have accounts. Ming Lanshi looked at his father, and suddenly felt a cold, and felt that his father, who usually seemed extremely wise, was now ...... But he gradually became stupid and angry.

"No matter!" A trace of hideousness flashed in Ming Qingda's calm and wise eyes, and he said coldly: "The people of Dongyi City are looking for us Daqing to ask for money...... Who's impatient to bother?"

"Or else...... Otherwise......" Ming Lanshi muttered, "Let's sell the land and sell the house, right? Although this money is a lot, it is not unaffordable." ”

Ming Qingda yīn Shen said: "What you can think of, they can't think of it? The imperial court strictly prohibits the private buying and selling of fields, and if it is a small sect, it is fine, but if so many fields are to be sold, how can they not alarm the government? Once the formalities are completed, it will take at least a year...... China Merchants Qian Zhuang would rather lose 30 percent of its debts than repay its debts in advance, for what? Isn't it just to force us to split our shares?"

The old man's heart suddenly sank, and he thought that the law of the imperial court to strictly control land sales was one of the new policies that the hostess of the Ye family strongly implemented when she was alive.

Minglan left with a stone face, he guessed what his father would do, but he didn't know what his father would do, only that his father finally lost his mind under the pressure of this year when the Ming family was facing a storm...... And although he still struggled to maintain a trace of clarity, thinking that it was better to cooperate with China Merchants Bank, he did not dare to persuade anything based on the matter that he had been hiding and not reporting.

——————————————————— night, on the bluestone street of Suzhou City, there were suddenly more sounds of Suosuo, like a mouse trapped in a hole for a long time in winter, and suddenly smelled the smell of fragrant pastries, and poured out of the nest under the cover of night sè.

However, there were only three rats, and the three masters wearing black sè night suits easily broke through the defense of China Merchants Qianzhuang and directly entered the back hall.

Qianzhuang's security force has always been strict, coupled with the behind-the-scenes identity of China Merchants Qianzhuang, he secretly invited a lot of good players in the rivers and lakes, but it is such a defensive force that can't stop the thunderous blow of the three night walkers, which shows the super strength of these three night walkers.

The most terrifying thing is the long sword in the hands of the attacker, the sword seems to be branded with some kind of magic power, breaking through the air silently, the sword can't come out, and the straight stab is like the wrath of the nine heavens, the momentum is unstoppable, and it never looks back, leaving more than a dozen corpses and blood all over the ground in the bunk of the money village in a moment.

And no one had time to scream and cry for help.

However, such three extremely clever swordsmen encountered great obstacles in the back garden of Qian Zhuang. They obviously saw the box of IOUs in the arms of the big shopkeeper of China Merchants Bank, but they couldn't stab the tip of their swords into each other's throats.

Not even the supreme master who was the leader of the three couldn't do it.

Because the supreme green sword in his hand that opened mountains and rivers was surrounded by a seemingly weak green banner cloth that actually contained infinite strength.

With three hissing sounds, the swordsman put away his sword and returned, clasped his hands, and saluted the young man holding the green flag.

There is dignity in martial arts, and assassination has become a contest in martial arts to the point where it is now.

At this time, the green banner has been twisted into countless pieces by the extremely clever and calm sword intent, and the word Tie Xiang written on it has also become a small black dot on the rags, the young man who used to be known as Tie Xiang, and now has the pseudonym Wang Shisanlang, holding the bare banner stick in his hand, looked at the black-clothed man holding the green sword and had a master's demeanor, and slowly bowed his head and saluted back.

"Please. ”

The man in black took off the masked cloth scarf, his face was solemn, his light beard fluttered slightly, he held the sword sincerely, and penetrated all the jīng qi of his whole body into this sword, and said lightly with his lips.

With Wang Shisanlang's heart of not being afraid of heaven and earth, he suddenly saw this person's face, and couldn't help but be moved!

If Fan Xian was here and saw the face of the man in black clearly, he was afraid that he would turn around and leave immediately, without leaving a moment.

............ Yun Zhilan, the first apprentice of the sword in Dongyi City, a generation of nine-grade swordsmanship, Yun Zhilan!

Wang Shisanlang held the stick tightly in his right hand, his pupils shrunk, and he was very nervous.

The two night walkers who followed Yun Zhilan into the backyard of China Merchants Qian Zhuang were the masters of Dongyi City, they saw Yun Zhilan holding a sword and facing chaos, and retreated very respectfully, in their hearts, although the young man holding the banner on the opposite side was extremely unfathomable, as long as he was not a great grandmaster or a perverted figure like Qingguo Fan Xian, it must not be Yun Zhilan's sword rebellion.

Wang Shisanlang looked at him in a daze, and suddenly said, "You...... Are your injuries healed?"

Yun Zhilan frowned slightly, and said slowly, "Your Excellency knows me?"

Last year, Yun Zhilan went to Jiangnan alone, on the one hand, he secretly watched his female apprentices cultivate, but the most important goal was to assassinate Fan Xian of Jiangnan Road, but the end of the matter was a little painful, a generation of swordsmanship, actually just sat on the fishing boat and glanced at Fan Xian upstairs from a distance, and fell into the ambush of the Supervision Yuan.

To this day, Yun Zhilan still remembers the sword that appeared like a ghost from the water, and secretly feels a chill, because the elusive sword light has caused him to suffer the most serious injury since his debut. However, the news of his injury has been strictly controlled, and presumably the Nanqing Imperial Court is not willing to cause a diplomatic turmoil, so when Wang Shisanlang asked if his injury was healed, Yun Zhilan felt a little surprised in his heart.

Wang Shisanlang smiled a little helplessly and said, "Jun is a generation of swordsmen, so why should he be a thief. ”

Yun Zhilan smiled and said, "Your Excellency is different?"

"Even if you kill all the people in China Merchants Bank and burn these deeds, you won't be able to help the Ming family. Wang Shisanlang sighed and said, "What is left here is only a copy, and the original is naturally not in Suzhou." ”

"If the original is in Dongyi City, it should be gone tomorrow. Yun Zhilan said slowly: "I don't know where Your Excellency is, but the Ming family is too important to my Dongyi City, and I ask Your Excellency not to stop me." ”

Wang Shisanlang said: "Ming Qingda is finished. ”

Before he could continue to finish, the man in black who had been waiting quietly beside Yun Zhilan spoke, "Master, this person is dragging time. ”

Wang Shisanlang was slightly stunned, and found that the man in black turned out to be a woman, and his voice was extremely crisp, so he couldn't help tilting his head and laughing: "Sisi is also here?"

The black-clothed body was shocked, and Yun Zhilan also looked at Wang Shisanlang curiously, and sighed and said, "I didn't expect you to know my master so well...... It's really a little curious, but it's a pity that there is not much time, and someone from Suzhou Mansion is coming soon. ”

He slowly raised the sword in his hand, the tip of the sword trembled slightly, and pointed at Wang Shisanlang's throat from afar.

"You're not going to kill me. Wang Shisanlang said.

"Why?"

"Because ......"

Wang Shisanlang suddenly looked stunned, his left leg retreated half a step, the green banner suddenly split down, his left hand held the tail of the stick from behind, and his right hand pressed it, and the tip of the stick pressed down with a lot of strength!

The sound of breaking wind flickered and flickered, and only a line was cut in the air!

What a powerful sword intent!

............ Yun Zhilan's pupils shrank, and he asked slowly, "Who is the owner of China Merchants Bank?"

Wang Shisanlang hesitated for a moment, slowly withdrew the green flag, and opened his mouth to make a silent lip shape.

Yun Zhilan's face was full of astonishment, he smiled helplessly, and without saying a word, he turned around and left the backyard with the two female apprentices. When he was about to leave the backyard, he suddenly turned around and said, "Senior brother, take care, Fan Xian is more dangerous than you think." ”

Wang Shisanlang smiled bitterly and said, "Senior brother, if you sue Ming Qingda, I believe I will have a chance to watch how Fan Xian slowly killed me." ”

Yun Zhilan didn't look back, his shoulders were as steady as iron, and he was silent for a moment before saying, "He used such a big interest as a bet to test your loyalty to him...... I don't understand. ”

"I don't understand either. Wang Shisanlang said slowly: "Maybe he is very confident, even if I betray him, he has a way to kill the Ming family, he just asked me to preside over this matter, by the way, take a look at my attitude." ”

Yun Zhilan said: "What does the master mean? Is the Ming family important, or is Fan Xian's trust in you important? ”

"The trust of Lord Fan is the most important. Wang Shisanlang said sincerely: "Even if I join forces with you to tell Ming Qingda the truth of the matter and help the Ming family survive this catastrophe, what about next time?...... After all, Neku belongs to Xiao Fan, and Shizun doesn't mind establishing some kind of friendship with children from other countries. ”

"Then you shouldn't have sued me just now. Yun Zhilan said slowly.

Wang Shisanlang smiled and glanced at the big shopkeeper of China Merchants Money Bank, who was holding the paperwork behind him and had a jǐng face full of jǐng: "Even if I didn't sue you, no one knows if I will notify you in secret, so it's better to sue you in person." ”

"It seems that Dongyi City will not do anything. Yun Zhilan sighed, he didn't sigh that he had run in vain, but admired the profound wit under the stupid face of the master, and he didn't know until today that the most mysterious little junior brother had been following Fan Xian to do things since he came out.

"Yes. Wang Shisanlang lowered his head and said, "Now I am attacking, so please retreat for the time being, please remain silent." ”

"I can retreat, but why should I be silent?" Yun Zhilan said calmly.

Wang Shisanlang took out a small jade plaque from his bosom and showed it to him. Yun Zhilan immediately sighed when he saw this jade card, shook his head and smiled: "I always knew in the door that you didn't have a sword card, but I didn't expect that the master gave you this piece." ”

............ In this world, all the people and all the forces are doing the wall-riding grass, and Dongyi City is undoubtedly a towering tree, if he falls in either direction, he may have some unexpected ending, and he will never be able to float back.

Therefore, Sigu Sword can't fall, because his sword is going to protect Dongyi City, and he must completely judge the situation in Qingguo before he can make a decision, or rather, if there is a strong enough fatal temptation, he will make a move.

Because of Fan Xian's sudden rise, he must be sincere enough on Fan Xian's side, and part of his attitude is Wang Shisanlang. And he also retained some of his attitudes on the eldest princess's side, such as Yun Zhilan.

Only in this way, no matter which side wins in the Hou Qing Kingdom, he can get the corresponding benefits.

This is to grasp with both hands, and both hands should be hard.

And tonight's surprise attack on China Merchants Qianzhuang made Si Gu Jian's two hands hold together and start to fight, but I am afraid that this situation even this great master did not expect.

Fan Xian made the first move, so Yun Zhilan had no choice but to retreat, but he didn't have to be silent, he could tell Ming Qingda the truth and let him refuse to accept the investment of China Merchants Qianzhuang, but he saw Shizun's sword card, so he understood which side the great master was more inclined to in the current temporary situation.

............ There was silence in the Merchants Village, and there was a faint smell of blood in the front yard.

The big shopkeeper of Qianzhuang, who had been holding jǐng before, had already returned to calm and gentleness on his face at this time, and he solemnly saluted Wang Shisanlang, who was holding a green flag, and said respectfully: "Congratulations to the thirteen adults for passing the test." ”

Wang Shisanlang tilted his head a little stupidly, and sighed after a while: "The human heart is really complicated, and Shizun and Fan Xian are really ...... Very interesting two people. ”

——————————————————— Ming Qingda once again habitually looked at the trees outside the high wall of the Ming Garden, feeling a little desolate, thinking that the winter was over, the chūn wind was already blowing, and the green and tender branches born from the previous rìzi were frozen to death again.

He knew that the situation in front of him and his family was like a harsh winter. The hundred-year-old foundation of the Ming family, where was it so easy to be played to death, but since becoming the imperial merchant who distributes the products produced by the inner library, the Ming family has made a lot of money, but it has also fallen too deep, and it can't be pulled out at all, and it has gradually become a place for the major forces of the imperial court to wrestle.

No matter how strong a businessman is, how can he withstand the manipulation of the imperial court? Whether it is the suppression of this year, or the price control of goods in the past few months, and the vicious and even a little scoundrel stone smashing silver mirror...... The Ming family has paid too much blood and sweat, lost too much strength, and the operation of the entire family business house has become more and more difficult.

If he can get out, the Ming family can still be saved.

But he can't get out, so he needs to solve the problem. At present, the most urgent problem in front of the Ming family is the lack of turnover and the lack of flowing water. To solve this problem, external support is needed. However, Taiping Qianzhuang is not a bottomless pit after all, and it is impossible to transfuse blood to the Ming family forever, and it is said that some people in Dongyi City have begun to raise objections. And that damn China Merchants Bank...... Ming Qingda's brows furrowed, and he coughed, coughing so much that his chest was torn and painful.

If China Merchants Bank didn't want the Ming family's three percent of the shares, and he had enough chips in his hand, Ming Qingda would not have made such an irrational reaction, and he was even willing to cooperate with China Merchants Bank at a deeper level.

But...... Want your own family property? This touched Ming Qingda's bottom line, this is the family property that he earned by killing his mother and kneeling down to endure humiliation and seeking glory, how could he give it away with both hands for four million taels of silver?

But...... The current Ming family really can't draw silver to repay the four million taels of silver, even if China Merchants Bank uses shallow water price to repay the deed, close to three million taels of silver, Ming Qingda can't take it out.

He coughed even harder, and a hint of gloomy loss and resignation flashed in his coughing eyes.

Yun Zhilan took his people away again, but last time this swordsman was injured at the hands of the Supervision Yuan, but this time he left in a dashing manner, and the two made Ming Qingda smell extremely dangerous. The night before yesterday, although many people died in China Merchants Qianzhuang, the account books and IOUs were not snatched, and the action in Dongyi City was not moved at all.

At the same time, the private soldiers of the Ming family were all closely watched by the state troops of Xue Qing, the governor of Jiangnan Road.

Ming Qingda knew that he could no longer use thunderous means and was stared at by the imperial court, so he could only find a way to solve the current crisis of the Ming family, and he had to bow his head.

He was a little tired and said to his aunt beside him, "Go and invite someone from China Merchants Bank to come over...... You go in person, and the attitude is better. ”

The big girl who was the old lady of Ming nodded back then, and then reminded: "Hurry up and ask for help from Jingli." ”