Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 678
"Forget it, let's not talk about this!" Gao Wuniang sighed: "By the way, today you go to Chief Di's place and tell us what you have learned."

"What have you seen?" Gao Wen was startled when he heard this: "By the way, I don't know why today, there are a lot of people coming to see Master Di. Some come to see him, and some invite him to go to his home to reminisce about the past. Anyway, there are so many people. Just me While I was standing at the door waiting for the announcement, three or four people came. I heard from them that they were all high-ranking officials! If it hadn't been for the generous gifts, I probably wouldn't have seen him!"

"So Mr. Di didn't even see them?"

"I didn't see any of them. He said he was infected with wind and cold, so he dismissed them all! In fact, he was infected with wind and cold. It was just an excuse!" Gao Wen said.

"It seems that Director Di is about to be promoted!"

"You want to be promoted? Why do you say that?" Gawain asked in confusion.

"This is not simple. He used the excuse of being infected with the cold to refuse to see visitors. He will definitely not be able to hide it from others. This kind of thing will definitely offend people. If it is ordinary people, it would be fine. But you said that most of the people who come to visit are officials. Offending so many officials at once, unless he is about to be promoted and is not afraid of offending the officials in Shaanzhou City, then Chief Di will definitely not dare to do this!"

"That's true!" Gawain nodded, and then his face changed drastically: "If he is promoted, his successor may not recognize what he promised, then will the many Shu silks and gold and silver utensils we gave away be in vain? ?”

"Don't worry too much about this!" Gao Wanniang smiled: "I have heard of the reputation of Director Di when he was in Luoyang, and it is not bad. Since he has received such a big fortune from us, even if he is promoted, He will also say a few words to our successor, and at most we will make up some money for him when the time comes!"

"Then, isn't that a loss-making business?" Gawain asked anxiously, "Then why is it necessary?"

"This is not a matter of losing money or losing money!" Gao Wuniang said with a bitter smile: "I am asking for a talisman! You also know about the fight for the yard in Luoyang. Life and property are almost unsafe, so it is still time to calculate the price. ?”

"Wu Niang, I still don't understand? If you want to seek help from Master Di, why don't you come directly to ask for help and promise huge profits? Why go around such a big circle?" Gawain asked in confusion.

"How can things be so simple!" Gao Wuniang sighed: "We have nothing to do with Master Di, how do you know that he will definitely stand up for us?"

"Well -, we can send more money and silk. There is no official who doesn't love money, and Director Di will be no exception. For the sake of money, he will definitely stand up for us!"

"Awen, officials love money, but they are not brainless. If we send money to him to ask for protection, he will definitely send someone to find out the details. We are not the only people in Luoyang who regard our property as food. Family, after learning about this, will Director Di risk public outrage to stand up for us? Well, even if he is willing to risk public outrage to stand up for us, will he become greedy and simply do it himself? How about we eat it? After all, no matter how much money we give, we can’t eat more than the whole family can eat!”

"Then, isn't there nothing we can do?" Gawain asked anxiously.

"There is a way, but it requires a bit of luck!" Wu Niang said: "I have already inquired about it. The mission of building the canal ship, which is being built by Master Di, is being promoted by a big shot in Chang'an. If it is done well, Then you can go up to heaven to listen. Officials love money, but they love power even more. After all, if you have power, will you still be short of money? If we give him money, he may not like it, but if we can help him get promoted, He will definitely not allow others to cause trouble for us and ruin his big event!"

"I understand!" Gawain suddenly realized when he heard this: "No wonder Wu Niang you put so much effort into the hinge business. It turns out you are not doing it to make money, but to use it as a talisman!"

"Yes, that's why I asked you to quote [-]% of the price, just to make Mr. Di happy, comfortable and inseparable from us. Only in this way, when we encounter trouble in the future, he will He doesn't even need to come forward to help us, as long as those people know that we are working for the imperial court's canal boats and have some scruples, that's enough!"

"So that's what happened!" Gawain sighed: "I didn't expect so much, so what should I do now?"

"Then that's the only way!" Wu Niang thought for a moment and said, "Don't Mr. Di want to send a thousand pieces within a month? Then we will send it in half a month. If he wants a thousand pieces, we will send it to him. He asked for [-] pieces. As long as he paid for [-] pieces, he said that we were afraid of substandard quality, so we made [-] more pieces and asked them to choose [-] good ones. Of course, these [-] pieces Everything must be of high quality, and you will personally supervise the manufacturing, do you understand?"

"I understand! Don't worry, Wu Niang, I will stay in the workshop for food and accommodation for the past half month. Even if I stop all other business, I must take down this hinge matter!"

"Well, I'll leave this matter to you. Remember, you must satisfy Master Di, otherwise no matter how much of our property we have, it will all belong to others!"

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Fifteen days later, Shaanzhou transferred to the ambassador's office.

"Mr. Di Lang, these are the first batch of hinges made by our account. Please watch them!" Gao Wenchui said.

Di Renjie did not speak. He walked to the rows of rattan boxes and picked up a hinge from a certain rattan box. He first turned it, then checked its iron color and material, and finally put it back into the rattan box with satisfaction, and then took it out again. He picked up one and inspected it carefully. In this way, he checked three or four hinges in each rattan box. After spending half a while, he finally nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, I thought a month would still be enough." Come on, I didn’t expect you to deliver it in half a month, and the goods are of such good quality! Okay, from now on, the hinges of this ship will be made by your family!"

"Thank you for your love, sir!" Gawain sang: "There are a hundred hinges in this rattan box. Where should I move them to store them?"

"One hundred rattan boxes?" Di Renjie frowned: "Isn't it right? There are obviously fifteen rattan boxes here. If there are one hundred rattan boxes, wouldn't the total number be fifteen hundred?"

"That's right!" Gawain said with an apologetic smile: "The master has warned in advance that these are for the imperial court to build canals, and there must be no mistakes, so he asked the craftsmen to make five hundred more and send them together. If If there are any inappropriate ones, replace them immediately, and just bring back the bad ones!"

Di Renjie was stunned when he heard this. He walked to the rattan box, opened two rattan boxes at random, and sampled a dozen hinges for inspection. Finally, he asked: "So, you only pay for a thousand hinges, but Sent [-] hinges?"

"My master said that as long as the imperial ships are built well, the other ships can still survive!" Di Renjie raised his head and stared at the man in front of him. Gawain lowered his head to avoid Di Renjie's gaze.Obviously, the other party didn't care whether they could make money in business. In other words, they had other demands, so they were more diligent than usual. He threw the hinge in his hand back to the rattan box, clapped his hands, and returned to his chair. superior.

"Tell me? What do you want?"

"Ah?" Gao Wen opened his mouth in surprise and looked at Di Renjie.

"If you don't want money, you must want something else. Tell me! What is it! If you don't tell the truth, then I will have these hinges thrown out!"

Gawain wanted to turn his head to avoid looking into Di Renjie's eyes, but the other person's voice made him dare not move. The huge fear made his hands stiff and his tongue tied, and it was difficult for him to speak.

"Little man, I hope that Mr. Master, the master, can help my master!"

"Help? Help for what?"

Gawain recounted the dilemma faced by Wu Niang, and finally said: "My master is also desperate now. There is really no other way. If that guy succeeds, he will not only lose his money, but also his life!"

"Since your master is a widow, it's not bad to choose a good family to marry into. Why do you say that your life can't be saved?"

"My master, I don't know. Although my master is very beautiful and has some wealth, she is a widow who has been married twice. Who of those people would marry her? She is just a concubine at most. And she has There are so many family members, and they are smart and capable. Those people are here for the property. If they don't kill her, how can they take the property as their own? We all work in the owner's property to make a living. , if the master is killed, we will most likely be dismissed, and there will be no way to make a living!"

Di Renjie's right hand gently tapped the armrest of the seat. Judging from the rumors about Wuniang he heard in Luoyang, Gao Wen's words were quite credible.A young widow like this who has money, looks, and business ability is a piece of fat to many powerful people.The reason why no one has taken action yet may be that the opportunity has not come yet; another possibility is that they are worried about each other, but no one has taken action; now that the first one has taken action, the rest of the people have no worries. If there is no protection from external forces, the final result will definitely be that Wu Niang and her family property will fall into the mouth of some greedy person, and her body will be wiped out.It's really extraordinary that this fifth lady can understand this. No wonder she can build such a big foundation. It's a pity that she is a weak woman who doesn't even have a husband. Once she enters the yamen, she doesn't even have the ability to defend herself.

"So, your master wants me to rescue her?" Di Renjie asked.

"My master does not dare to ask you to come forward in person. He just wants to give her the task of making hinges for the canal. If it is done well, it would be great if you could name my name!"

"Name? Is that enough?"

"That's enough!" Gao Wen saw that Di Renjie was about to relent, so he hurriedly said: "This is enough. My director said that with the words you wrote, my number will have a talisman. We don't have to worry about villains secretly plotting against us. !”

"I understand!" Di Renjie couldn't help but laugh when he heard the word "talisman": "Go back and tell your master to do your job well. Please note that this is the world of the Tang Dynasty, and the world is bright. Even if some villains are rampant for a while, they can't help but laugh. It won’t last long after all!”

"Yes! I have remembered it!" Gawain responded. He saw the other person pick up the tea cup and took a sip. He knew that the other party was giving an order to exclude guests, so he hurriedly bowed, got up and left.He went out and thought to himself: "Did Mr. Di agree or not? How can I explain this to Wu Niang?"

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Inn.

"That's what Chief Di said! As for whether he agreed or not, I don't know!" Gao Wen said.

"This should be regarded as an agreement, right?" Gao Wanniang was not sure. From a literal sense, Di Renjie should have agreed. After all, villains are said to not last long; Gao Wuniang's affairs are much more visible, not to mention that Di Renjie didn't even say anything.But the words have reached this point, and I can't ask anymore, otherwise I will annoy the other party. It may be difficult to provide help when the time is right, but it is easy to add insult to injury.

"Now we can only do our own things well first!" Gao Wuniang sighed: "As for the matters in those yards, we will just suffer some financial losses. If you can deal with it, just deal with it!"

Facts have proved that Gao Wuniang was overly worried. A few days later, she received news from Luoyang: The official who was reviewing the case changed his face overnight. The man who failed to compete with Gao Wuniang for the courtyard was angry and accused Gao Wuniang of money. The man whose origin was unknown was found guilty of rebellion, beaten with dozens of sticks, and sent to the miasmatic land of the southwest; as for those who were originally hiding behind and coveting Gao Wuniang's property and beauty, they also disappeared overnight. Disappeared completely.According to unconfirmed information provided by an insider, Luoyang Prefecture Yin personally spoke out about this case: She is obviously a pure and good woman, but she is bullied by those messy guys. Is there any justice in this?Then everything changed immediately.And how did Luoyang Prefecture know about this trivial matter?But he only said this after meeting an old friend from Shaanzhou, and the details are not enough for outsiders to understand.

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The Yin residence of the Prince of Luoyang.

"Huaiying!" Wang Fuyin drank a glass of wine: "Because of your matter, I have offended a lot of people! Hey, I am not afraid of them now when I am in office. I am afraid there will be a lot of trouble after I leave office! "

"I am deeply grateful to you for your righteous deeds!" Di Renjie bowed to Wang Fuyin.

"You kid, stop looking at me!" Wang Fuyin snorted coldly: "What a righteous act, I have been in the officialdom for decades, and I never do things based on justice and unrighteousness, let alone when I am old." Well, why do you want me to step in and drag that high-ranking lady? Do you have a crush on that pretty widow? "

"How is that possible?" Di Renjie said with a smile: "I already have a wife, and I have never seen the high-ranking mother, so how can I know whether she is beautiful or ugly!"

(End of this chapter)