Bang!

Zhou family, Zhou Chang angrily smashed the exquisite teacup on the gorgeous carpet. At this moment, he felt a wave of anger at being betrayed.

"What does he, Qin Huaimin, want to do? Why should such an ordinance be pushed without my consent? Yes? What does he want to do? ”

Zhou Chang's roar full of anger echoed in the study, and his hideous appearance made his subordinates tremble and dare not speak. Only Zhou Yun shook his head, unable to believe it, "No, no!" Teachers and brothers don't do such things without our consent! ”

Syllable!

Zhou Chang almost slapped the stamped document on Zhou Yun's face: "See for yourself what this is?" ”

Zhou Yun took the document and looked at it, and his heart suddenly sank to the bottom

"Qin Huaimin!" Zhou Chang roared, "I have been unswervingly supporting you for so many years, why are you doing this to me? ”

"Because that's the only way!" A voice full of majesty suddenly came into the study.

Whew, smm, smm! ——

One by one, his eyes followed the prestige, and he saw Qin Huaimin walking in with Qin Ziyu and a group of subordinates, and the housekeeper of the Zhou family followed behind with a panicked face, and crossed the crowd to show a helpless look towards Zhou Chang.

But Zhou Chang didn't have time to take care of such a trivial matter at this time, he stared at Qin Huaimin, "What do you mean?" ”

"Teacher, senior brother" Zhou Yun also stepped forward and asked with endless doubts, "Why do you want to do this." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, you are smashing our jobs."

"yes, doesn't that push us to the forefront?"

"Your Excellency, please give me an explanation, we have always supported you. It's also chilling if there's no right reason. ”

"Brother Zhou, Ah Yun, and all of you" Qin Huaimin calmly met everyone's eyes, and said without changing his face, "I know you will be angry, so I specially came to explain to you, I wonder if I can say a few words?" ”

"Hmph." Zhou Chang's expression was a little gloomy, but his anger was still there, and he returned to his seat, regardless of Qin Huaimin, who was still standing there, staring at the other party with cold eyes.

Seeing this, Zhou Yun hurriedly said, "I believe you will be able to give you a reasonable explanation." ”

"Of course." Qin Huaimin didn't mind Zhou Chang's 'rude' behavior, and looked around at everyone and said, "Everyone, do you think that since the Sea Clan already knows all the inside story of the sea and land trade, is there any other way to solve this matter than to unify weights and measures?" ”

The officials and nobles in the study all frowned in unison, they actually had a certain expectation of Qin Huaimin's words.

This time, unlike in the past, someone shook the whole story of the sea and land trade to the Sea Clan, and secretly fanned the flames, igniting the anger of the Sea Clan merchants.

In the initial contact with the Sea Chamber of Commerce, a joint delegation hastily formed by the five major powers expressed strong dissatisfaction and demanded that the land merchants give a reasonable explanation and plan, and their attitude was extremely resolute and never retreated.

So in fact, many of you have expected this result, but

Wealth is moving.

Once the sea and land weights and measures are unified, the profits of the future trade with the sea tribe will plummet, and no one wants the situation to develop to that point

Some people even do not hesitate to deceive themselves and others into thinking in that direction.

But Qin Huaimin tore open this fig leaf in such a bloody way, and put the extremely cruel truth in front of them

Zhou Chang's eyes flickered, but he didn't say anything, still staring directly at Qin Huaimin.

Qin Huaimin smiled slightly, and then said, "So, do you still think there is anything wrong with this proposal?" ”

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Qin Huaimin continued, "No! There is no problem with this proposal, it is our only option.

"You remember, the Ancient Moon Kingdom took the lead in promulgating the decree of unified weights and measures, so the initiative is in our hands. If the other four countries don't follow, then we will eat up the entire share of land and sea trade. If the other four countries followed

"Then in the negotiations with the Sea Clan, you must emphasize that it was Gu Yueguo who put forward this proposal first, and you must win the favor of the Sea Clan Chamber of Commerce and make them inclined to trade with us.

"Got it?"

An official who didn't have much background nodded thoughtfully, "In this way, His Excellency the Duke has a point, this matter is indeed sooner rather than later." ”

Zhou Yun also agreed, "The teacher is right, since the reality is already like this, then winning the favor of the Sea Chamber of Commerce is our top priority, and only by winning more trade shares can we make up for the losses caused by unified weights and measures."

"yes, yes."

"That seems to be the case."

"I'll just say, Your Excellency the Duke won't harm us."

"Hmph." Zhou Chang pressed his hand and told everyone to shut up, he looked at Qin Huaimin and asked, "Even if that's the case, why are you in such a hurry?" How can you expose your hole cards as soon as you come up? Wouldn't it be better to put off a bit? ”

"Two reasons." Qin Huaimin raised two fingers and said, "First, you know the financial situation of the Guyue Kingdom, and after the invasion of the Flame Demon King, there are three provinces that need to be rebuilt, and now the finances are already stretched, and we can't afford to drag it off."

"As for the second, let Ziyu talk about it."

"Yes." Qin Ziyu stepped forward, bowed to Zhou Chang and said, "Uncle Zhou, Ah Yun, and everyone, the second reason is that there is news from my Qin family's allies in the Hongji Kingdom, and the Hongji Kingdom is already discussing the matter of unifying weights and measures. ”

"Huh?" Zhou Yun looked shocked, he knew that the Qin family had allies in the Hongji Kingdom, and Qin Ziyu's mother was the eldest daughter of an old nobleman in the Hongji Kingdom.

He didn't expect that Hongji Kingdom would be so bold and was already discussing the matter of unifying weights and measures.

Qin Ziyu continued, "Once Hongji takes the lead in proposing unified weights and measures, we will not have any advantage. ”

"I didn't expect this monarch of the Hongji Kingdom to be so bold."

"Looks like we have to hurry, it's really too late."

"yes, yes."

After Zhou Chang heard these two reasons, his anger subsided by more than half, his expression was even more relaxed, and he looked at Qin Huaimin with three points of complaint and said, "Even if this is the case, can't you discuss it with me in advance?" You didn't even get angry with me and directly asked Ziyu to make a proposal, and you bypassed me to let Li Luo and them stamp, what's going on. ”

"Because I have to." Qin Huaimin also relaxed and explained, "Think about it, if you and I are all on it, what will Li Luo think?" He will surely think that this is our conspiracy and thwart it in every possible way.

"I will only stamp it if I bypass you first and go directly to them to seal it, so that they mistakenly think that there is a conflict between you and me and that we can separate our alliances.

"Do you think that's the truth?"

Zhou Chang thought about it, nodded reluctantly, and said, "At least you should discuss it with me privately first." ”

Qin Huaimin smiled, "Acting, you have to be real to be able to deceive people, I believe that the relationship between you and me will not be so fragile." ”

"Of course." Zhou Chang was persuaded by this statement, and looked at the housekeeper behind him and said, "If you don't have the eyesight to see something, you won't give Brother Qin a seat." ”

"Yes, yes." The housekeeper hurriedly said.

"Don't bother, Your Excellency, sit with me." An official closest to Zhou Chang stood up and said.

"Okay." Qin Huaimin sat down without concessions.

Zhou Yun also arranged for people to arrange seats for Qin Ziyu and Qin Huaimin's subordinates.

"Brother Zhou, no matter what, I'm sorry for you for this." After Qin Huaimin took a sip of the newly served tea, he said, "Therefore, I decided to give you a compensation."

Half an hour later, the two sides reconciled and became intimate again.

Zhou Chang's anger disappeared, and he personally sent Qin Huaimin out.

Zhou Yun watched Qin Huaimin and Qin Ziyu's carriage leave the door, and let out a long sigh of relief, and the big stone hanging in his heart finally fell.

He said goodbye to Zhou Chang and planned to go to the ashram to meditate, these days, he practiced much harder than before.

But at this moment, his footsteps suddenly stopped, his body froze, and a violent stinging pain came from his mind, and a sealed memory triggered the unsealing conditions and automatically emerged

The deep and quiet darkness, the secluded carriage, the strange coachman

The hoarse voice echoed in Zhou Yun's memory, "Little lord, the one who told the Hai Clan is your teacher Qin Huaimin, he did not hesitate to betray your Zhou family in order for his son to be promoted to the fourth grade, I know you don't believe it, but, when you think of this memory, you should understand." ”

Rumble!

Like a thunderclap exploding in his mind, Zhou Yun's body trembled, and the blood on his face faded clean in an instant.

"The informant is the teacher? No, it can't be, it can't be" He stammered several steps back, as if he had been struck hard, and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"Little sir!" A guard was shocked and hurriedly ran over to help Zhou Yun, but Zhou Yun seemed to have lost his backbone in an instant, and he didn't have any strength

When Zhou Chang arrived, he saw his son with an extremely gray face, and he had never seen this kind of expression in Zhou Yun.

Even shouted a few times, Zhou Yun didn't respond, just kept muttering some words in his mouth

"It turns out that the unified weights and measures are the promotion ceremony of 'Shang Yang Fang Sheng'

"It turns out that all this is a ghost you did for your senior brother to be promoted to the fourth grade

"He can obviously be promoted with other transcendent items, and among the transcendent items he binds, there are obviously many transcendent items with the potential of the fourth grade

"You don't need 'Shang Ying Fang Sheng', he can also be promoted.

"But you did not hesitate to betray your most loyal ally

"Huh!"

Zhou Chang, who heard these words, changed his face greatly, and the little joy he had just received was vanished in an instant.

"Your Excellency Marquis" The butler who followed him looked shocked, "Where did this little lord hear these words?" ”

Zhou Chang suddenly turned around, stared at the housekeeper and said, "Send someone to investigate, I want to verify whether Ah Yun's words are true or false, send someone to the sea area, no matter what the price is, I must find out the identity of the informant." ”

The housekeeper's heart sank, "Yes!" ”