Smuggling Daming

After breakfast, Zhou Zhong learned many things he didn't know before, such as the powerful forces behind the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce and the Hong Family Chamber of Commerce, and some things about his father Zhou Hai.

According to Xie Lingyun, Zhou Hai suddenly appeared in Songjiang Mansion more than ten years ago, and Zhou Zhong was with him at that time, and then bought land and repaired houses in the local area, and started a business. All these seemed normal. But soon Zhou Hai began to participate in the smuggling business. It was just a small chamber of commerce at the beginning, and some people were recruited to start sailing. Sanniang and Uncle Tuo also followed Zhou Hai from then on to help him run the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce. of.

But as soon as Zhou Hai gained a firm foothold in Shuangyu Port, he quickly rose at an astonishing speed, and he didn't know where he got the Nanyang navigation chart, and he was very familiar with the routes and countries in the Nanyang area. , the local natives are also willing to trade with the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, which made the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce quickly overwhelm some other chambers of commerce that went to Nanyang, becoming the overlord of the Nanyang route, and also became one of the four major chambers of commerce in Shuangyu Port. .

It can be said that the rise of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is full of legends, and the speed is incredible, so many people speculate that there must be a powerful support behind Zhou Hai, but no one knows who this person is, even Xie Lingyun's father Xie Da only had two words for Zhou Hai's evaluation, and that was "mysterious".Because even with their power, they didn't find out Zhou Hai's origin, let alone who is behind Zhou Hai, but they can be sure of one thing, that is, the power behind Zhou Hai must be very powerful.

After listening to Xie Lingyun's introduction to his father Zhou Hai, Zhou Zhong fell silent.In fact, even if Xie Lingyun didn't say it, he could feel it, especially after he took over the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, there were too many problems in the Chamber of Commerce that only Zhou Hai knew about, and through these problems, Zhou Zhong also found that Zhou Hai seemed to be shrouded in a Like a mysterious veil, people can't see his true face clearly.

There are too many mysteries about Zhou Hai, but unfortunately there is no way to find the answer now, after all Zhou Hai is dead.Those inside the chamber of commerce who probably knew some inside information died with him, so Zhou Zhong couldn't find the answer at all. Unless the forces behind Zhou Hai took the initiative to come to the door, otherwise it would be impossible for Zhou Zhong to guess. What a result.

It is precisely because of this that after Zhou Zhong and Xie Lingyun discussed for a long time without any result.Although Zhou Zhong was still a little worried about the forces behind Zhou Hai, he could only put this matter aside for the time being.

After breakfast, Xie Lingyun asked someone to prepare the boat, and then returned to Songjiang Mansion with Zhou Zhong, but the two separated after arriving at Qingcun Port. Xie Lingyun wanted to go back to Xie's house to see her mother.And Zhou Zhong wanted to go home to comfort his family during the time he was missing.Aunt Wang and the others don't know what to worry about?

Xie's carriage rushed to Zhou Mansion under the urging of Zhou Zhong. When he knocked on the door, Wangcai poked his head out from inside. When he saw Zhou Zhong standing outside, Wangcai was startled and surprised. Hi, shouted loudly: "Master, you are finally back. The family is in a hurry during this time!"

"Hehe, it took a little longer to deal with things this time. It's all right now. How are the aunts and the others? Nothing happened at home, right?" Zhou Zhong was not surprised to see Wangcai open the door, after all, he was almost half an hour away from home. It's been a month, Wangcai and the others will definitely tell Aunt Wang and the others about their situation.

"Everything is fine at home, but Aunt Wang and the two ladies are very worried about the young master." Wangcai said excitedly, and then he immediately reacted, hurriedly let Zhou Zhong into the gate, and then shouted loudly, " The young master is back, hurry up and notify Butler Xu!"

Following Wangcai's shout, Fugui and some other guards also ran out from the gatehouse. They were also ecstatic when they saw Zhou Zhong. Report to the steward.Soon the news of Zhou Zhong's return spread to the backyard. When Aunt Wang and Biao'er heard the news, they all wept with joy, and their hanging hearts finally let go.

Zhou Zhong also rushed to the backyard in a hurry. Before he saw Aunt Wang, she was pulled into her arms by Aunt Wang and wept bitterly. When she was brought up, the relationship between each other was not much different than that of a real mother and child. Now that Zhou Zhong finally came back, she wanted to scold Zhou Zhong severely, but after this meeting, all the anger turned into tears of joy. Biao'er and Duo'er also tugged on Zhou Zhong's sleeve and cried non-stop.

It would have been fine if it was normal, after all, the backyard is full of my family, but now the Bai sisters are also present, and they have been staring at Zhou Zhong, which makes him feel very uncomfortable, and finally managed to coax Aunt Wang and Bracelet live.

The family returned to the courtyard where Aunt Wang lived. Steward Xu, Su Niang, and the Bai sisters said a few words, and then retreated respectively. After all, they all knew that Zhou Zhong's family must have a lot to say. After all, they are outsiders, and some words are inconvenient for them to hear.

After Steward Xu closed the courtyard door, Aunt Wang, who was wiping tears, suddenly darkened and said, "Chonger, you are too nonsense, you obviously have a bright future, but you are going to do something like your father." Smuggling businessmen, this is simply a small loss, no matter how much money you earn, it can't compare to the fame of a person!"

Aunt Wang has a gentle temper, and this is the first time she has spoken to Zhou Zhong in such a strong tone.Zhou Zhong also knew that Aunt Wang was in a fit of anger, and he absolutely couldn't stand up to her, so he immediately admitted his mistake after hearing this: "What Auntie taught me is that Chonger didn't consider the facts this time, and I won't dare to do it again next time!"

Seeing Zhou Zhong admitting his mistakes again and again, Zhuo'er was helping his brother and said: "Mother, don't blame brother too much, he did this for our needs, if it wasn't because we still have us to support at home, brother How could you take the risk to take over your father's overseas chamber of commerce?"

Aunt Wang also felt uncomfortable when she heard Zhuan'er's words, and she was no longer angry with Zhou Zhong, she just wiped her tears on her own, now she is the same as Zhuan'er, thinking that she has dragged Zhou Zhong down, otherwise he would I will not leave a good book unread and venture overseas.

But Zhou Zhong couldn’t laugh or cry, he obviously participated in the smuggling because he couldn’t take part in the imperial examination, but now in the mouth of Zhuaner, it turned out that he participated in the smuggling in order to make life at home better. Wrong, but there is an essential difference.

Zhou Zhong didn't know how to explain this, and seeing Aunt Wang and Biao'er were sad, he could only comfort them first: "Aunt Wang, Biao'er, in fact, you don't have to be too sad, even though I took over my father's Chamber of Commerce, but it does not prevent me from participating in the imperial examination, plus I have to observe mourning for three years, and it will not be too late for me to arrange the Chamber of Commerce on the right track and study hard."

As a last resort, Zhou Zhong brought up this plan of delay again. Although it could only be delayed for a while, it at least gave him a few years of buffer time. As for what to do after a few years, this Zhou Zhong has not yet figured it out .But he believes that there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, and he will just figure out a way in the future.

Hearing what Zhou Zhong said, although Aunt Wang and Biao'er felt that this method would distract Zhou Zhong's energy, they couldn't think of any rebuttals, so they had no choice but to nod in the end, and stopped crying at the same time.

"Brother, where did you go this time? Why didn't you come back for the Chinese New Year? And from your appearance, you are obviously much thinner than before. Did you suffer a lot?" As soon as Biao'er stayed and cried, she immediately grabbed Asked with Zhou Zhong's hand.

"It's not just that you've lost weight. Chong'er, you're much darker than before. Tell my aunt quickly, where did you go this trip? Does it have something to do with the Xie family?" Aunt Wang also asked impatiently. Sister Bai was there, so she and Zhuo'er had a tacit understanding and didn't ask.

Of course Zhou Zhong didn't dare to tell Aunt Wang and Biao'er that he was plotted against by Xie's family, and then he was kidnapped and exiled on a deserted island. First, this incident has passed, so there is no need to worry them. Second, his relationship with Xie Lingyun It also needs to be approved by the family. If Aunt Wang and Bracelet know what happened before, they will definitely have a bad impression on Xie Lingyun.

Considering the above, Zhou made up a half-truth and half-false lie: "The last time I received news from Xie's family, they wanted to discuss with me about cooperating with the soap workshop, and in order to keep it secret, they put the workshop on the ground. On a deserted island overseas, I also want to inspect it, but I didn’t expect that we encountered a big storm just after we arrived there, and our boat was destroyed. It was originally a deserted island, but now there is no boat , we were trapped on the island, and there was a lack of food on the island, so we suffered a little bit, but the Xie family found out that it was not moving, and sent a boat to the island, and we came back by boat."

Aunt Wang is a woman from a Taoist family. Although Biao'er has read a lot of books, she has no experience, so the two of them can't tell whether these are lies. In addition, Zhou Zhong's lies are true and false. It was indeed reasonable, so Aunt Wang and Zhuan'er didn't doubt it, but they were heartbroken that Zhou Zhong had suffered a lot on the island.

After Zhou Zhong finished talking about himself, he asked if there was any accident at home, especially how they lived this year?Unexpectedly, Zhuaner complained again. After all, he was not at home during the Chinese New Year, and the whole family was worried about his safety, so naturally they had no intention of celebrating the New Year.

But after complaining, Bracelet suddenly remembered something, and said with a change of expression: "Brother, you are not at home during the Chinese New Year, I will go to the ancestral hall for you to worship, but I found a few things inside. After reading it, the housekeeper told us not to spread it, saying that it is of great importance, and we can only deal with it when you come back." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is mine maximum motivation.)