Mingmen Family

Chapter 45
He turned his head to look at Ye Chongming, waiting for his instructions.

Ye Chongming glanced at the Gong family with narrowed eyes, and said expressionlessly, "Let's go."

A group of people followed Ye Chongming out of Gongjia Village, and Ye Chongming told Wu Qingping: "We will wait for you here, go to the village and ask what's going on."

Gongjia Village is located in the col, and Gong Daniu's family has the most tea gardens, so he is considered a wealthy household in Gongjia Village.Other families in the village also have a few tea gardens, which were sold to Ye's family along with Gong Daniu's family in previous years.Because the area of ​​the tea field is small, people still rely on hunting or planting and collecting herbs for a living.

There are still mixed surnames in the village, and the wealth is uneven, and the whole village is not monolithic.As long as you give money, you are not afraid that you will not get news.

Wu Qingping has come here to collect tea in the past years, and he has dealt with the villagers here, so he naturally knows the situation in the village.

He promised and walked back. After a cup of tea, he came back out of breath, and said to Ye Chongming: "Old, old man, there is a tea merchant from other places who came here to collect tea before us, and the price is quite high. Originally, if this , people in Gongjia Village would not sell it to him, but he spread rumors that..."

He glanced at Ye Chongming, but didn't dare to continue.

Wu Qingping had been to these villages with Ye Hongchang before, and he was familiar with the roads and conditions in each village, so Ye Chongming called him up.

He didn't know about Meng Chengwei.I just thought there was a trick from a foreign tea merchant.

"Say!" Ye Chongming said in a deep voice.

"That man made a rumor that our Ye family's tea house had a big problem and lost a lot of money. Now there is no money to collect tea. Even if we collect all the spring tea next year, it will not be able to fill the hole. Then their tea will have to be packed. Floating."

Wu Qingping paused at this point: "For this, Gong Daniu sent his son to go out of the mountain to inquire about the place where we collect tea, and found that we did not give cash, but tea coins, and asked everyone to go to the government to sign red coins." Gong Daniu encouraged everyone in the village to agree to order the tea to the out-of-town tea merchant."

Ye Chongming's face darkened.

Although he had expected in his heart that this matter must be caused by Meng Chengwei, but when it was confirmed, he was still very annoyed.

And Gong Daniu obviously took advantage of Liu Qilin, that's why his son misinterpreted the facts, otherwise he wouldn't have told the villagers about the Ye family's situation like this.

The accompanying people were also very angry and cursed a few words in a low voice.

"Let's go back to the other courtyard." Ye Chongming said.

Wu Qingping was taken aback for a moment: "Will Wangjia'ao go?"

Ye Chongming shook his head: "Gong Daniu is worried that we will retaliate against him, so he will definitely join forces with Wang Jiaao."

Wu Qingping nodded, agreeing with Ye Chongming's conjecture.

Wangjiaao is not far from Gongjia Village, and the two villages still have intermarriages.Gong Daniu's mother belonged to Wang Jia'ao.Since he got the news and firmly believed it, he would definitely notify the people in Wang Jia'ao.

"I'd better go for a walk, just in case. And we bought their tea in previous years. If we don't ask this year, they will turn around and say that we broke the contract, which is bad for our reputation." He said.

Ye Chongming also meant the same thing.

But he has his own method.As a rookie, he will make some points.But Wu Qingping has been in charge for so many years, if he can't think of this at all, or if he doesn't want to work hard, pretend that he didn't think of it, Ye Chongming will send another person to Wangjia'ao.But it will be difficult for Wu Qingping to go up in the future.

"Success, I'll let Meng Ji and a nursing home follow you." Ye Chongming said.

Immediately, he ordered a nursing home, followed Wu Qingping to Wangjiaao, Ye Chongming himself went back to another courtyard, and sent Zhou Xiang and two nursing homes to a nearby village that had signed a contract to inquire about the situation.

He wondered if the rumors had spread thither, and what the reactions of the farmers in those villages had been.

When it was dark, Zhou Xiang and Wu Qingping entered the door at the same time.

"How is it?" Ye Chongming rested for a long time, still looking tired.

As you get older, recovery is slower.

Wu Qingping was in charge, with a higher status, and was the first to speak: "Sure enough, Wang Jia'ao and Gong Jiacun ordered tea to that out-of-town tea merchant. As you guessed, it was Gong Daniu who persuaded them."

The attendant who went with Wu Qingping was probably a little annoyed, and said angrily, "Hmph, this Gong Daniu really has no conscience. When his old man fell ill, it was the old man who sent a doctor to see his father. That's why he lived longer." It's been several years. Not only have I betrayed our family, but I've also persuaded the people in Wang Jia'ao to join me, white-eyed wolf!"

Ye Chongming ignored him.It is useless to say these words now.

He turned to look at Zhou Xiang: "How is your place?"

Zhou Xiang said: "Those people should have started to order tea today. They started to go up from the foot of Dongcheng Mountain, first to Gongjia Village, then to Wangjiaao, and then to the south. When we arrived at Banshan Village, they Just entered the village."

The route of these people is exactly the opposite of theirs.

If they hadn't acted quickly, starting with the large villages with a large number of tenants, I'm afraid they would have snatched some tenants away.

Ye Chongming became serious: "Have you seen them? Who is their name?"

Zhou Xiang didn't mention his name at first because Wu Qingping and another housekeeper were here. He didn't know if the old man would let them know the existence of Meng Chengwei and his party.

At this moment Ye Chongming asked, he said: "Looked at it from a distance. The leader is wearing silk and satin, about thirty years old, and his name is Liu Qilin. There are also a few followers and people dressed as nurses accompanying him."

"Liu Qilin!" Ye Chongming narrowed his eyes.

As expected, it was Meng Chengwei.

"What do people in Banshan Village say?" Ye Chongming asked Zhou Xiang again.

"They were dubious, and they argued endlessly. Some people said that you are kind to Banshan Village, and the tea coins can also be exchanged, and there is interest. If you don't want tea coins, you can also ask for cash. It shows that the Ye family is not short of money. Anyway, the contract is very important. It’s signed, and it’s still a red deed, Mr. Li Zheng is not only willing to be surety, but also willing to go to the government to sign the deed, so it can be seen that what the surnamed Meng is talking about is all rumors.”

"Liu Qilin knows that we have reserved tea, what about them?" Ye Chongming asked.

"Hmph." Zhou Xiang laughed mockingly, "They were dumbfounded when they heard from the villagers that we ordered tea before them."

"Because they signed the contract, it was still a red contract. They knew that no matter how much they talked about, no matter how much money they gave, the villagers would not be able to sell them tea anymore, so they had to leave in despair."

"I gave a few copper coins to the children in the village to eavesdrop on their conversation. The two of them decided not to run away, but to find a place to stay. They went back the day after tomorrow and told Meng Chengwei that they had gone to seven or eight villages. All the tea has been ordered by the Ye family with tea coins. They tried their best to persuade them, but those people did not change their minds."

　I will take students to participate in a very important event on weekends. I have been intensively training these days. From morning to night, I have to do single shifts these days. Saturdays and Sundays will make up for double shifts.Alas, before the book was opened, there was a manuscript saved, but I always felt that the writing was rubbish. If I had a manuscript saved, I wanted to repair it, and then thirty thousand became ten thousand, and ten thousand became nothing...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)