Jiang Shunchuan and his wife Xu Qin finally rushed back to Xiaxi Town, and when they saw Ding Kui, who rushed to hear the news, he was about to kneel on the ground, Ding Kui stepped forward to support Jiang Shunchuan and his wife, and complained: "Look at your wife's belly, she is not in good health, so don't go so far." Hurry up and let her go back to her room to rest!"

Xu Qin looked at her husband's face, and when she saw his acquiescence, she said, "Jiang Xu's thank the young master for his grace, because he can't serve the young master because of his inconvenience, the little women are panicking. She was about to say something, but Ding Kui raised his hand to stop her.

"It's okay, you should serve me well if you take care of your body and give birth to a child for Okawa. In the past two days, there is no manpower to take care of you in the house, so I will find two experienced mothers-in-law for you later, and now go back to your room to rest. Ding Kui was very happy, if it weren't for the maids in his yard who had no experience in childbirth, they would have been transferred to take care of Xu Qin.

Xu Qin thanked Ding Kui again and again, and then left her husband to go back to the room to rest.

Jiang Shunchuan said to Ding Kui with a resentful face: "The young master has more people around him now, and there is no need for villains in everything, so change someone to be in charge of my affairs in the future, I want to follow the young master." ”

"Who did you learn this from? What kind of vinegar did you eat? What else is important about a family besides inheritance? Wealth! Do you know how important the things you are responsible for are? What can I do if I don't find someone you trust the most to do it? Who do you want me to do it?" Ding Kui's series of questions like a machine gun made Jiang Shunchuan bow his head in shame.

"Hmph, the children born to your wife are also from my Ding family, and they are also very important, do you know?" Ding Kui stiffened his face.

Jiang Shunchuan knelt on the ground again, and said in a panic: "The villain knows that he is wrong, he has slowed down as much as possible on the way back, and specially invited a mother-in-law to take care of the cheap in the county town, and this time he also came to the old mansion." The villain didn't dare to slack off on the things that the young master explained, and he was staring at them all the time. ”

"Alright, get up. Come back to my room and tell me about this time. Ding Kui turned around and walked towards his small courtyard.

Jiang Shunchuan got up and followed Ding Kui's side step by step, reporting as he went: "According to your wishes, the magazine has steadily expanded in Zhongwangzhou, and its sales have increased by an average of 20 percent every month; under the overall planning of Mu Sen, the wall calendar was printed until it was saturated, and a total of 11 million copies were printed in Anguo County last year, and all of them were sold out; the most considerable income was the gambling house, but this year is the year of the county competition, and the Fuji family asked to keep last year's dividends, and they are ready to make a big deal this year, and they will also pay dividends at the end of this year. I've brought back all the ledgers, and I've loaded a whole wagon. ”

"What are you doing with the ledger? Show me? I have the leisure to look at those things? Just tell me a rough number. ”

"These items that have passed through my hands now have a balance of more than 830,000 gold coins, and if you count the dividends of the gambling house this year, it is estimated that the total amount is about 2.5 million gold coins. ”

Ding Kui's industrial income was basically controlled by Jiang Shunchuan, and the personal attendant who followed him at the earliest time was deeply trusted by him.

"Well, the gambling house is easy to do there, someone from the Lu Chamber of Commerce will help us look at it, the magazines and wall calendars will get bigger and bigger, do you have enough manpower?" Ding Kui's biggest headache is the problem of logistics manpower.

"At first, I asked Shi Heng and the Lu Chamber of Commerce to borrow some manpower, and now there are people in the cottage who have learned the skills to help me. ”

"It's not too critical to recruit more people, you also have to cultivate more loyal henchmen, you don't need me to teach you specifically, your father has enough experience.

In short, you have to remember that you have to spend money where you need to spend money, and if you can use money to recruit loyal talents, you can recruit as many people as you can.

I, Ding Kui, am not a stingy person, as long as I am willing to do things for me, I can get more remuneration from me than others. "Ding Kui understands the importance of talent.

The villain made a note of it. By the way, there are many merchants in the county town who have asked me to cooperate in trading, but all of them have been rejected by me, and the villain does not dare to risk the young master's money. ”

"You are doing a very good job, and our family is not a businessman, even if it is a must-earn business. The wall calendar is a semi-official business, which involves the interests of many people; magazines are a literary matter, and it cannot be regarded as a real business; the gambling house is given by my grandfather, and I will sell it if there is a suitable buyer and price. ”

"Then I see. This time, the villain took the initiative to buy a few carts of gifts for Mrs. Ru in the county town, and there were no things for women at home, so I asked Jiang Xu to prepare three sets of them. You can't let Mrs. Ru pass the door and use her mother's dowry. ”

"You have to be a family like you to do these things, yes, buy a house for Jiang Xu's family in the county town, just say that I gave it to her." Ding Kui felt very cool, and the next shot to reward his subordinates was the house, if he was on earth, he wouldn't dare to think about it.

"Thank you young master for your grace, thank you young master for your grace, thank you young master for your grace!" Jiang Shunchuan could only say this sentence excitedly. A set of houses, Ding Kui hasn't said how big it is, this value is far more than the few cars of gifts bought for Long Yan, Ding Kui just used an excuse to reward him.

Ding Kui's subordinates are all able to fight, or they are very capable of fighting, and the only one who can help him solve his worries is Jiang Shunchuan for the time being.

Many of the guests who came from afar were unknown to Ding Kui, and Ding Qi insisted that Ding Kui receive some of them, and these people all had a characteristic that they didn't talk much, as if they were just to see Ding Kui.

There was a guest who surprised Ding Kui and was also a representative of one of the ten dukes, he was Kong Ren, who was once in the same group as Ding Kui in the national competition.

"Congratulations to Brother Ding, congratulations to Brother Ding, you have completed two major happy events in your life this time, which is rare in the kingdom. "Kong Ren represents Wen Guogong, and his arrival was unexpected by many people.

The Kong family of Wenguo Gong has no grudge against the Ding family, but it is not friendly, and the biggest contradiction in recent times may be Ding Kui's defeat of Kong Ren in the group stage of the national competition. It stands to reason that the Kong family does not need to send people to attend Ding Kui's coming-of-age ceremony and wedding, even if it implies the marriage of Jiang and Long.

However, there is a recent argument in Shaodian that if the General Staff is still controlled by the Protector and the Eighth Army is still in charge of the Ding family, it is impossible for foreign troops to remain on the territory of Shaodian, and they are brutalizing the people of Shaodian Country day and night, and they should have been driven out of the country by the kingdom's army a long time ago.

I don't know where this argument came from, but as soon as it appeared, it was endorsed by many people.

The Protector Marquis as the commander of the staff has been the same as the Shaodian clan as the king, it is a common sense in the minds of the people, and the Eighth Army has almost become the private army of the Ding family, but all this has completely changed eighteen years ago.

It is not uncommon for the country to be occupied in the history of the Shaodian Kingdom, but it was quickly recovered by the kingdom's army, and none of them were occupied for more than a year. Although this time happened more than ten years after the decline of the Ding family, many people think that there is an inevitable connection in it.

The war took place in the Nannuma Prefecture, where the Kong family was located, and they could not bear the invaders to stay in the Nannuma Prefecture for an extra day, and were the most dissatisfied with the performance of the kingdom's army, and the Kong family quickly became supporters of the appeal argument.

The Minister of Culture and Education, Kong Shu, openly proposed at the court meeting that Ding Qi should be appointed as the commander of the Eighth Army Corps, and if it were not for the sake of the Jiang family's face, he would probably suggest that the commander of the General Staff be replaced. This proposal made the court fry on the spot, and Shao Dianzhang's saliva was almost sprayed on Kong Shu's face, and a minister of culture and education actually took charge of the commander's mansion.

Shaodian Dan's face was black at that time, but Kong Shu's reason was that "the Eighth Army went to the war zone and did not win a single battle, and the commander of the war zone, Jiang Xi, was not suitable to concurrently serve as the commander of the army due to his heavy affairs, and the protector of the country should be back in charge of the army to fight the prestige of the kingdom", he was not easy to argue.

Even Shao Dianzhang didn't dare to take it when he said this, anyone could think of Kong Shu's answer, "If you object, you can take the Eighth Legion to win the battle, or recommend someone who can win the battle", this is a fire pit, and no one wants to jump into it.

In the end, the king rejected Kong Shu's proposal to continue to discuss the matter at the court meeting on the grounds that the affairs of the Commander's Mansion should be resolved by the Commander's Mansion itself.

As soon as this incident happened, Ding Qi, who was far away in Xiaxi Town, knew about it, and even held a family meeting to let everyone discuss what the Confucian family was intended to do? Did he deliberately put the Ding family on the fire to roast it? Who actually put out that widely circulated argument among the people? Is it good or bad for the Ding family?

It is absolutely impossible for Ding Qi to regain control of the Eighth Legion, what is the difference between doing this and slapping Jiang Xi in the face, even if Shaodian Dan agrees, Ding Qi will refuse this appointment, on the surface, the Kong family's proposal is harming Ding Qi.

The Eighth Army is in the critical place of Nannuma Prefecture, Jiang Xi has an army of more than one million on hand, although he does not dare to attack the Kong family openly, but secretly making a little action can also make the Kong family bitter and unspeakable, and the Kong family has no reason to make the Ding family unhappy at this time.

"Brother Kong Ren really shouldn't have come, but he should have come. Ding Kui walked with Kong Ren arm in arm and said something that made the side inexplicable.

Kong Ren seemed to understand, walked side by side with Ding Kui, and whispered, "Let's talk in private?" and then laughed loudly: "Hahaha, I'm here, won't my brother drive me away?"

"Brother Kong Ren is a character who can't be invited, how can I drive you away? Come on, come, I'll take you to the 'Poisonous Mist Canyon', which is rare in China, and I don't dare to go there to talk about it early. Ding Kui seemed to have a thorn in his words.

"Go and go, I'm not as good as you in terms of strength, and I'm not bad in terms of guts. Kong Ren was unimpressed and showed great interest.

The two of them each rode a horse, refusing to let the guards follow, neither of them wanted to lose to the other in momentum, so they ran out of Xiaxi Town and ran towards the "Poisonous Mist Canyon".

The guards of the two families were not worried that something would happen to the two of them, not to mention Xiaxi Town, the entire Black Earth City was under strict surveillance, and people who could harm them could not get in at all.