A knife in love

Chapter 890

Nie Dingnan was silent when he heard the old man speak.

Li Qiufeng hid under the bed in the inner room, thinking to himself, this old man is indeed a remarkable person.He commanded the Nie family, hiding behind the three families of Lu, Zhao, and Du for no apparent reason. Not only did he control the real power of the four families in Fengmen Village, but he also made the other three families a shield against arrows.Nie Laowu and others couldn't see the stakes in it, they were really stupid.

While he was thinking about it, the old man went on to say: "Through these years, our Nie family children have worked hard, but firstly, there is no danger of life, and secondly, we have never owed you money. Fifth, you The example silver is 2000 taels? In addition, there are two houses in Kaifeng. They teach, drink tea, and visit mountains and rivers every day. How leisurely. I am afraid that the governor of Henan who sits in Kaifeng is not as good as you Happy."

Only Nie Laowu laughed and said: "Uncle Nie is right. You are the old man who takes care of my nephew and adds 4000 taels of silver to my nephew every year."

The old man said: "Silver is still a small matter. For example, the fifth is a private school teacher, the sixth is a peanut seller, the seventh is a horse doctor, the eighth is a brick kiln, the ninth is a cattle seller outside the pass, and the eleventh is a woodworking shop in Fenglingdu. The old twelve opened a dyeing house in Ruyang. The other children of the Dingzi generation also had a job. Because of this, when we were sent to various places to inquire about the whereabouts of the Xu family in the past few years, the children and nephews of the Dingzi generation avoided it. In the past, the Lu, Zhao, and Du families could not find any faults. When it came time for the decisive battle in Haizhou, our Nie family sent the largest number of people, but they were all descendants from distant branches. The Lu, Zhao, and Du families were elites. The fifth, the sixth, and the seventh, you might as well think about it, if you don’t show off the mountains and don’t show the water on weekdays, you just make a small living, but become officials and make a fortune, all of you have infinite scenery, Haizhou Can you not participate in the battle?"

Nie Laowu and the others remained silent, apparently having no objection to what the old man said.

The old man went on to say: "Each of you has more than 1 taels of silver per year. If you have a son in your family, you will have to add 3000 taels. After a few years, each of you has a wealth of wealth, and you can eat delicious food and drink spicy food." Look at Lu, Zhao, and Du's families. Although there are 50 or 2000 of their children who came out to become officials and make a fortune, the remaining 3 people still have to run around for their livelihood? Their routine money is only a few hundred per person per year. Two, they have to fight for life and death with the Xu family from time to time. If they can exchange with you guys, I don’t know how happy they will be. Even if Hu Kun, Han Qusi and others are in high positions and look good, but they ask each other every year. Qian Yindong paid [-] taels of silver and [-] taels of silver respectively, and the silver left in his hands is probably not much more than you. Fifth, what else can you not think about?"

Old Wu Nie smiled and said: "Uncle Nie taught you well, my nephew will always remember your old man's teachings. It's just that my nephew didn't have any dissatisfaction at first, but I couldn't get used to the domineering appearance of the children of Lu, Zhao and Du. Last year we closed the door At the village meeting, apart from the Du family being respectful and courteous to our Nie family, Uncle Lu, Hu Kun and others all spoke with arrogance. My nephew thinks that our four families have been prosperous these years. It is all because of Nie Bobo’s foresight and good planning that this situation is possible. Among other things, Nie Bobo bought land and mulberry fields in the south of the Yangtze River more than 20 years ago, and now the annual rent for a single field is more than 50 The income of two silvers, not to mention the Sangtian and weaving factories. In the past hundreds of years, our five families have confronted the Xu family and bought fellow Jianghu to do things for us. The money in Yindong. Although the ancestors of the past dynasties bought land and set up pawnshops and silk shops for the sake of the livelihood of future generations, the descendants of the five families multiplied, and there were more and more places to use silver. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, only Qianyindong Gold, silver and jewelry were actually beyond their means, so they had to sell some jewelry, calligraphy and paintings. After Mr. Nie Bobo took charge of the old man, he not only made up for the deficit over the years, but also accumulated a huge amount of silver in Qianyindong. This battle in Haizhou is certainly a certain Eldest Brother Zhong planned cleverly, but if Uncle Nie hadn't offered [-] taels of silver to bribe the pirates to help him, how could he have wiped out the Xu family in one fell swoop?"

Hearing this, Li Qiufeng's heart was greatly shaken, and he thought to himself that the Nie, Lu, Zhao, and Du families actually spent huge sums of money to buy pirates to help them fight against the Xu family.When I was on duty in Jinyiwei, I heard that Jinyiwei who was sent to the southeast coast to inquire about the military situation mentioned that most of the pirates along the coast were in secret collusion with the Japanese pirates and accepted the orders of the Japanese pirates.No wonder the Japanese pirates sneaked into the Central Plains. It is probably related to the Nie, Lu, Zhao, and Du families buying pirates to encircle and suppress the Xu family.But what kind of hatred do these five families have with the Xu family, so that they did not hesitate to collude with Japanese pirates?There must be a huge conspiracy hidden behind this matter.

The old man sighed, and then said: "Lao Wu's words are on point. Whether it's in the rivers and lakes or in the temple, in fact, the principles of dealing with people are the same. Our five families are fighting with the Xu family. In 600, there is no difference between wars with the two countries. Not only do you need to face the enemy upright on the battlefield, but you also have to use methods such as spying, assassination, and bribery. And all these things, if there is no money, it is impossible Don't even think about it. When fighting on the battlefield, we fight for money. We also rely on money when we fight against the Xu family. The Xu family is vicious and cunning. Ever since our Nie family became the leader of the five families, the Xu family lost their helmets Abandoned armor, in a state of distress. After these murderers fell into a desperate situation, they even colluded with the Japanese pirates, and they did not hesitate to become traitors, and wanted to destroy our five families. I asked myself that in order to destroy the Xu family, I had done some things against my will, but in life, There is one thing that must never be done. Do you know what it is?"

Nie Laowu said: "I would like to listen to Uncle Nie's teaching."

I just heard the old man say word by word: "You must not be a traitor!"

Nie Dingnan and others said in unison: "Yes, we will follow the instructions."

Li Qiufeng didn't have a good impression of the old man at first, but he was quite shocked when he heard his righteous words.I thought to myself that although the old man is cunning, he has not forgotten that he is a descendant of Yan and Huang, and he has not made any mistakes in major festivals.Just thinking about this, he suddenly remembered that Nie Lao Wu just said that the old man spent 50 taels of silver to buy pirates to deal with Xu's family, and he couldn't help but become suspicious of the old man again.

I only heard the old man say: "After we found out that the Xu family was in collusion with the Japanese pirates, we knew that we had reached the critical point of life and death. Although we have had hundreds of years of hatred with the Xu family, we are all Han Chinese after all, no matter what you say, we can't take advantage of the Japanese pirates. Once The Xu family introduced the Japanese pirates into the Central Plains, and the two sides cooperated internally and externally. It is not just our five families who suffer, I am afraid that Daming will never live in peace. After discussing with Dingzhong, I decided to use the Japanese pirates to deal with the Xu family. Those Japanese pirates are extremely greedy. To meddle in the Ming Dynasty, and even to plunder the money of our Han people. Therefore, I spent 50 taels of silver to impress the leader of the Japanese pirates, and fought back at a critical moment. Only then did he fall into our trap and end up with a genocide.

"Now that the Xu family has been destroyed, the Japanese pirates are not very popular. They not only took our 50 taels of silver, but also wanted to expand their power to Henan. Hehe, it's just that although their Qingqiu Dream is doing well, they don't know us I have already thought of a way to deal with them. This time the Japanese pirates rushed to Henan in a big way, thinking that we can accomplish great success. And we have already set up a trap, but because the big boss of the Japanese pirates has not yet arrived, we just forbear. The Japanese pirates are too vicious. I don’t know where Wuji Temple, Xiaoyao Temple, and Kongming Temple offended them. They were burned to the ground by the Japanese pirates. Now the Japanese pirates have gathered inside and outside Xiuwu County. Although they are already under our surveillance, But we need to guard against these Japanese pirates having other plans, so we can't be careless for a moment. After the big boss of the Japanese pirates arrives, we will wipe them all out, and then we can sit back and relax."

The more Li Qiufeng heard it, the more frightened he became, and he finally understood why the Japanese pirates sneaked into the Central Plains.It turned out that these Fusang people wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of helping the five families of Fengmen Village to eliminate the Xu family and enter the Central Plains on a large scale.If this conspiracy is realized, and these Japanese pirates make trouble in the Central Plains and the southeast coast at the same time, I am afraid that Ming Dynasty will never have peace.Fortunately, the Nie family doesn't really want to cooperate with the Japanese pirates, and is preparing to wipe them out in one fell swoop.From this point of view, no matter what hatred the Nie family has with the Xu family, I have to help the Nie family to get rid of the pirates first.

(End of this chapter)