The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 88

"Zhongshan is like a dragon going up to the west alone, trying to break through the huge waves and ride the long wind. The mountains and rivers will not give in to each other, and the shape will win and the world will be strong..."

With his eyes closed and holding a pair of walnuts in his hands, Shen Qi looked very leisurely.

People outside were still guessing lantern riddles, and within an hour, their boat became the brightest one on the entire river.

The outside of the painting boat is full of lanterns, and the whole boat is decorated with lanterns to sparkle.

They went inside when they were tired from playing, even when Liao Fengyuan came in, they were all smiling.Wu Sidao is also talented, and he has guessed a lot.

Gu Huaishu and Liu Shi went outside for a while, and then asked someone to buy some snacks sold on the cruise ship, ate some by himself, and then gave it to the servants, and then went in.

It was getting late, Gu Huaishu asked Ade for the time, but he was a little sleepy, and said: "I'll go to the cubicle to rest for a while, Mrs. Liao, you..."

"Hurry up, Fang saw that you seemed to be sleepy when he was outside, I'll go ahead and make arrangements so that I can take care of you guys."

After all, Mrs. Liu is a businessman's wife, and she has learned many things over the years. Seeing that Gu Huaixiu was indeed sleepy, she hurriedly and considerately told her to go to rest.

There is a compartment on the side of the boat, with a low couch, where Gu Huaixiu and his clothes lay down.

Qing Dai stood by and fanned herself, and when the time came, she would call the Second Young Mistress to watch the excitement.

The second young lady is also the same, knowing that she wants to watch the excitement, she got up so early this morning...

Ade had already gone back to the front, Zhang Tingyu brought wine to drink, although it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, he was not at all worried.

All he was thinking about was what was going to happen when Zi Shi was approaching, and he didn't pay much attention to other things.

Seeing Ade came back, Zhang Tingyu lowered his voice and asked, "Where is Second Young Mistress?"

Ade said: "Second Young Mistress said she was sleepy, so she went to the cubicle for a rest, and let Miss Qingdai start calling her after a while."

Knowing this virtue, Zhang Tingyu said: "Remember to call her later, but don't let her come near, it will not be so quiet tonight."

Shen Qi over there heard this, but he said casually: "Second Master Zhang just said this to look down on someone Shen, so what could happen? It's just that everyone sits together, chats, drinks tea, Eat mooncakes, catch up on the past, and talk about business."

An understatement, as if he really came to enjoy the moon on the Mid-Autumn River.

Zhang Tingyu flicked the tea foam with a smile, took a sip of the tea and ignored it.

The smell of gunpowder between these two people was quite strong, both Liao Fengyuan and Wu Sidao felt it, and although they didn't know why, they also came out to smooth things over.

When the boat came to this point, many people by the river were looking at them, but fortunately Shen Qi was sitting in the innermost place, no one could see if he didn't come in.

I'm afraid that their boat won the first place in the whole lantern festival.

Liao Fengyuan was also in a good mood, although it wasn't entirely his fault, but the ship was his own, and he was going to have good luck for the next year.

In the midst of such jubilation, the boat gradually moved towards the center of the river.

The big boat in the middle is where the merchants who lead the lantern festival enter.

Many boats have passed by one after another. The merchants boarded the boats and talked with each other.

When Liao Fengyuan's boat full of lanterns came over, there was a burst of exclamation.

A man on the boat laughed loudly and said, "Master Liao has got a good start this year, haha, look, the boat is full of lanterns, those who didn't know thought you hung all the lanterns that were full of rivers on your boat! "

"I heard that shopkeeper Liao has hired a new staff member, which is very powerful." The implication is that this gentleman has contributed behind the scenes.

The existence of Wu Sidao was not a big deal, Liao Fengyuan admitted it generously, brought Wu Sidao out, and boarded this big boat.

Zhang Tingyu watched the boat dock to the side, and at the same time waved his hand, telling the second young lady to get up and watch the play.

Shen Chong sat in a dark corner, squinting his eyes at the smiling people on the big boat, probably thinking about something.

The entire south of the Yangtze River is prosperous in commerce and prosperous in population, and it has always been rich in oil and water.

Whether in business or as an official, it can be regarded as a treasured place of geomantic omen.

It's just that there are murderous intentions lurking in such a place, and those who can make their way in Vanity Fair are not simple people.Right now, any one of these people on the big ship is decent and dignified.

It's just that so many people gathered together for nothing more than to carve up the business that Shen Qiang created.

There are two generals under Shen Chao who are his powerful helpers, one is Zhong Heng and the other is Luo Xuanwen.The one who appeared on this boat today was the former Luo Xuanwen.

In addition, there were several merchants who had cooperated closely with Shen Chao at the beginning, and now they met Liao Fengyuan with great enthusiasm.

Shen Qi was on the boat, watching quietly.

Those who unite for profit must also divide for profit, and now it is him, the "dead man", who has nothing to gain from him, or has new interests to gain, so they get together.

I just heard Luo Xuanwen say: "Everyone is here today, watching the Lantern Festival, and now everyone has enjoyed themselves, it's time to talk about business."

"Boss Haha Luo is right, now it's time to talk about business." Another businessman with a big arm and a round waist spoke out, "To be honest, none of us are happy that Master Shen encountered such a thing, after all, Master Shen was young. Why, so clever?... Alas, it's a pity that heaven is jealous of talents..."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone on the field sighed in unison, as if they had a good relationship with Shen Chao before their death.

Gu Huaixiu has already woken up, watching it with Zhang Tingyu at the moment, I just find it very funny.

However, everyone above is acting in a serious manner, which can't be more real.

Zhang Tingyu also found it interesting, let alone Shen Qi.

Shen Qi didn't know that his death made so many people happy.

The businessman is the boss of Zhouji Silk Co., and he and Shen Chao have been collaborators for the past two years. He sold his own silk to Shen Chao and weaved it into silk cloth. The two families have always been in a family relationship.

But now that something happened to Shen Chong, his silk was so piled up that he couldn't sell it, and it turned out that Shen Chong monopolized the silk fabric line by himself, Boss Zhou couldn't find other merchants to swallow as much silk as he did, but Shen Chao would Support the silk line derived from under oneself.Therefore, the purchase price Shen Chong gave him was very low, and Boss Zhou was dissatisfied for many years, but after all, Shen Chong controlled the upstream industry, so he didn't dare to say "no".

Now that Shen Qi disappeared suddenly, the boss Zhou had a chance to fight for it.

As long as Shen Qi's original business is broken up and separated, the matter of cloth and silk weaving will not be decided by Shen Qi alone.

Only when the upstream merchants competed could Boss Zhou benefit from it.

There are quite a few small merchants under Shen Chong's firm, and occasionally there are a few bigger ones whose ambitions are inflated, wishing to swallow up all of Shen Chong's property immediately.

Liao Fengyuan had always been considered to have an enmity with Shen Chao, so if he didn't say a few words at this time, he would be suspicious.

"Now it's Lord Shen who suddenly disappeared. I still take care of the business of the tea shop here, what else..."

"Shopkeeper Liao, you are really polite. I think you have worked so hard to build the tea shop. How can Shen Qi be worthy of fighting with you? Now that Mr. Shen is alive or dead, we don't want to speak ill of him behind his back. .He is capable, but his character is really bad. In business, he pays attention to integrity. Shen Chao is treacherous and cunning, and he is greedy for profit. It may not be God's retribution that he has ended up like this now."

Someone sneered, and said such words, most likely they were hit by Shen Yang once.

Shen Qi smiled from below, only feeling ironic: "As a human being, you really can't be kind to women, and those who should be killed should be killed..."

Hypocrisy is a good mask, Shen Qi can try to wear it.

In a blink of an eye, the atmosphere above became weird.

Someone coughed softly, and said in a low voice: "Master Shen's life and death are unknown now, should we mobilize people to look for it again, in case he comes back..."

"How can a living person disappear for so many days? He is clearly dead!" Someone immediately cut him off, very rude.

Others also slowly echoed: "The water in the Qinhuai River is actually very fast, there is an undercurrent below, maybe it rushed somewhere, and the body was eaten by wild dogs again, so we can't find it? Now the whole Jiangning is in chaos. We can't continue to mess around. Even if Shen Qi is not dead, I'm afraid I don't want to see my business fail. Let's discuss how to solve this matter, okay?"

The person below seemed to want to talk, but he rolled his eyes, looked at the expression of the people in the room who had been dazzled by the interests, and suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and sat there without speaking.

Now they started discussing how to divide the business under Shen Chong's hands.

Someone said, "At the beginning, this cloth village was taken away from me by his tricks, and now this cloth village should belong to me!"

"You put it nicely. Now that the treasurer of the cloth shop has taken refuge in me, why should I let it go to you? Could it be that Boss Xu has eaten too many crabs today, and his mind is a little dizzy?"

"How do you talk about Wang!"

"Calm down, you two, you see, Boss Liao is still sitting on the ground like a god."

"Could he not be there? The tea shop was originally his. Once Shen Qi left, it would definitely fall into his hands. Who would dare to go up and snatch it?"

Liao Fengyuan was very humble: "Everyone is joking, I was originally the second in charge of the guild hall, and Master Shen is not here, so naturally I am still in charge of this tea shop. I will take care of the affairs of Master Shen's side in the name of the guild hall. Liao But I never thought about taking it as my own, if Master Shen comes back one day, I still have to hand it back."

After hearing Liao Fengyuan's words, everyone thought he was joking.

Who can look at the silver in his hands and return it to others?
Liao Fengyuan just didn't participate in other carve-up battles, so he just said this hypocritically.

No one considered the deep meaning of Liao Fengyuan's words.

They continued to argue over who would own the shop and who would take over Jiang Ning's business.

Among them, Luo Xuanwen, Shen Chao's subordinate, seemed to stand on his own, and said, "I have already taken back Jiangning's business, and I don't want much else. As long as this cloth shop, the remaining tea and other businesses, you can share it among yourself." .”

"Jiangning, a land of wealth and prosperity in the Six Dynasties, you asked for Jiangning when you asked, what a face!"

"I am Master Shen's former subordinate. Could it be that you still want to divide up the territory without me? If so, forgive Luo for not being with me."

Luo Xuanwen sneered, and got up to leave.

This person has followed Shen Chong for many years, managed the accounts of various shops, and even knew how many businesses Shen Chong had under his control. Now everyone doesn't know the details of Shen Chong, and they still want Luo Xuanwen to contribute.

Today, I still try my best to roughly divide things down, so as to avoid Jiang Ning's chaos now.

"Hey—boss Luo, don't get angry, everyone still depends on you. If you leave, how can we talk here?"

How can we talk without an account book?Just having a pavement is not enough, and I don't know anything else.

The most important thing is to look at the ledger, check the revenue and expenditure and distribution of the shop. After all, they are not small businessmen, but are they just one or two shops?It is mainly used for the various businesses involved in the following.

Therefore, Luo Xuanwen who held the account book was a very important person.

If Luo Xuanwen wasn't for his lack of strength, he would have swallowed the business left by Shen Chao long ago.

What an old confidant.

Shen Qi was below, counting one by one, then chuckled.

It just so happened that Liao Fengyuan also said: "The bosses have been arguing for so long, but they haven't reached a conclusion. Liao thinks...it's too difficult to divide the business left by Mr. Shen. Next, there is a good idea." Candidate, if he comes out to share the business and territory for everyone, no one will dare to object."

Good candidate?
Everyone was curious. It is common for business matters to be unclear. It is impossible for anyone to separate without objection.

However, there are also sensitive people who are keenly aware of the words in Liao Fengyuan's words——

No one dared to object.

Who would come out and use the word "no one dares"?
Somehow, someone started shaking.

"If shopkeeper Liao really has such a candidate, it's better to introduce it early, than we are wasting words here."

"Yes, please come out."

"I just don't believe that someone can share it and let us be convinced."

"Boss Liao, why don't you invite people out soon?"

Liao Fengyuan stroked the beard on his chin, and smiled softly: "I, Liao, never speak big words, and this one is the one who is most qualified to judge Master Shen's business."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone suddenly sat down on the ground in fright.

"Shen, Shen, Shen Shen..."

"Hey, my name is Master Shen."

At some point, the black-robed man was already standing on the bow of the boat, holding a painting fan in his hand, and knocked on the head of the frightened servant next to him with a half-smile.

"Dingling, clang", the whole ship was in chaos in an instant, no one knew whose desks and chairs fell down, and the rest of the people just sat in fear, watching Shen Qi, who was supposed to be dead, walk in slowly!
The man with big shoulders and round waist looked at Shen Chao in shock, and then looked at Liao Fengyuan in an instant: "Well, you are in the same group!"

Liao Fengyuan got up, bowed slightly, and smiled: "Wouldn't it be a good thing for Master Shen to come back? Why don't you guys look so good?"

When Shen Qi walked up, there was a businessman who didn't know where he came from, and when he was on his way, Shen Qi put his foot on his waist, and he was rolled aside, "Good dogs don't get in the way. "

He stepped forward, stretched out his sleeves, and sat in the top seat, smiling at everyone: "Don't you all want to carve up Shen's business? Who else is more suitable than me? My business is up to you." Isn't it the most appropriate for me to divide?"

Yes, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

It is definitely most suitable for Shen Chao to distribute the business by himself.

But no one thought that Liao Fengyuan was talking about this person before!

Liao Fengyuan knew that Shen Qi was not dead, but he didn't say a word at all, what are they trying to do now?
Everyone's heart trembled, but thinking about it, there are only two people, Shen Yang and Liao Fengyuan, and there are quite a few big merchants here.

Shen Qi was formidable, but how many dared to challenge so many people?
Today is different from the past, Shen Qi has been away for so many days, things are no longer what they used to be.

So, they don't have to be afraid.

That being said, they have heard of Shen Chao's methods. Back then, a cloth merchant opposed him and sank the boat on the way to the capital within two days. How could it be such a coincidence?
Let's see what Shen Qi will do now.

Shen Yang stretched out his hand slowly, and the person standing behind immediately handed over an iron abacus.

He held it in his hand, shook it like this lightly, and said with a smile: "Come on, everyone, let's settle an account. If you want my business, it's not like I won't give it to you if I'm ill. Everyone says that you should be generous to your friends." .”

As he spoke, he flicked the keyboard with his fingers, and said in his mouth: "Shen has a total of six cloth shops, two tea shops, and six Zhuangzi in Jiangning, including the transactions to and from the capital. Eighty-nine thousand, let me see... Eighty-six thousand and 470 two taels of silver and three cents and seven. I think Boss Luo is quite powerful in Jiangning, why don't I give this to you, and you can send the silver to me tomorrow Come up to the house, and I will transfer the business to you."

This was said to Luo Xuanwen.

Luo Xuanwen's face was ashen at this moment, he never expected that Shen Yang would come back.

He was downcast, and he looked young, right?Most of them are about the same age as Shen Yang.

Who has no ambition?
But he was wrong.

Shen Chao's ability was greater than he thought.

Betraying Shen Chao in the back, what good will happen?

Seeing that Luo Xuanwen didn't speak, Shen Qi laughed again, changed to another person, and continued to dial the abacus: "Boss Xu, right? I heard that your silk business in Yangzhou encountered turnover difficulties, and it seems that you can't spend much money. I The shop in Yangzhou might as well be given to you. You can give me 10 taels of silver later on, and you won’t lose money.”

Boss Xu was dripping with cold sweat.

Shen Yang went over one by one, and also counted his net worth in detail, looking calm and unhurried.

Only the big and round businessman sat there like a mountain.

Seeing Shen Chao's behavior exactly the same as in the past, he just sneered: "It's natural for Master Shen to escape from death, but after all we have a large number of people, do you think you have the final say here? Come on! "

He suddenly shouted, taking advantage of the situation, a few men with knives in their hands rushed in and surrounded the crowd.

At this time, the businessman stood up.

He is a Shaanxi businessman, surnamed Qu, known as "Boss Qu". In the early years, he bought goods from Shen Qi, and he didn't think there was anything wrong.But he is also a capable person, and after years of growing up, he also wants to get a piece of the pie here in Jiangnan, so only by getting rid of Shen Qi can a new territory be vacated, otherwise everyone can only continue to be suppressed by him.

The situation in the arena has changed.

Shen Chong temporarily stopped the abacus, and his fingers stopped on the abacus. The sound of the iron abacus beads was a bit muffled, just like Shen Chong's expression at the moment, a little cold.

He looked at Boss Qu with a half-smile, but didn't speak.

The entire large painting boat was floating on the radiant Qinhuai River, but the surroundings suddenly became dark, and there was the sound of water, as if many boats were approaching here.

Gu Huaishu was also completely stunned, Zhang Tingyu put his arms around her waist, watching the good scenes.

"This is……"

"Shh..."

Most of these boats were used to guess lantern riddles just now, Gu Huaishu never thought that there would be so many people on board these boats.

They were all small boats, densely packed with small boats, and there were many people on the small boat, densely packed, it was hard to tell how many people were standing, some were holding knives, some were holding bows and arrows, and they all aimed at the painting boat in the center of the river.

The people on the boat suddenly became confused, "Who is this?!"

"Boss Qu, is this your man?"

"Boss Qu?"

"..."

People suddenly stopped asking, because they had seen Boss Qu's face full of despair, he gave a wry smile, but didn't say anything.

It was dark outside, full of people.

Shen Qi walked to the bow of the boat slowly with his abacus in hand, when the river wind blew, the expression on his face was hidden in the shadows.

"Of course you have courage when an egg hits a stone, but in the eyes of the stone, it's beyond your control..." Shen Qi smiled happily, but the people behind were not reconciled.

He said, "Boss Luo, come out."

Everyone knows that the countless ships in the darkness outside, and the countless ships surrounding the big ship, are all sick people!
Since he has such a great ability, how could he be calculated by others?

No, the reason he escaped from death before was to lure the snake out of the hole.

There must be someone plotting against him behind the scenes, so he wants to see who these people are, but now, Shen Chao has figured it out?
This time, it was Luo Xuanwen who called.

Luo Xuanwen's legs were trembling a little, and he didn't want to go out, but the people around stepped aside, fearing that it would harm them, and wished they could stay farther away from Luo Xuanwen.

"Shen, Lord Shen..."

Before he could finish his sentence, someone kicked him on the crook of his leg, causing him to throw himself forward, kneeling on the ground with both hands stretched forward.

Shen Qi handed the abacus back, but directly drew a knife from the knife-bearer next to him.

Boss Qu was horrified: "What are you doing—"

Shen Chong raised his hand and put the knife on his neck, making a booing gesture.

"Today is the night of Mid-Autumn Festival. If someone like Shen shakes his hands, you won't be able to reunite with your family..."

Boss Qu's three souls frightened the seven souls, and everyone did not expect Shen Qi to be so arrogant.

This is still on the Qinhuai River in Jiangning City!
"You...you...are you still talking about the king's law?!"

Shen Qi patted the side of his face with the long knife, and said leisurely: "Tell me. You, Master Shen, are you Wang Fa?"

Everyone was speechless, thinking that Boss Qu was doomed, but after saying this, Shen Qi retreated.

As soon as he let go, the knife was thrown on the ground, and Shen Chou clapped his hands, "Luo Xuanwen, I have promoted you for so many years, but you have the ability to dare to betray me. Anyway, let's be master and servant. You broke your finger and got out of here." In the Jiangnan area, I will not pursue you."

Want someone to cut off a finger?
Gu Huaishu, who was far away from Xiaohuafang, frowned, she turned her head and stopped looking, but said in a low voice: "This person's methods are too vicious."

But Zhang Tingyu shook his head: "You didn't listen to him, it's better not to be benevolent. In the future, it's better to cut the weeds and root out the roots. This Luo Xuanwen is ambitious, but it's a pity that his eyesight is not good enough and he didn't seize the opportunity. Shen Chaowan If you can't keep him, cutting off his fingers now seems like Shen Chao is soft-hearted, but... once you get off this boat, this Luo Xuanwen will definitely die."

It is impossible for Shen Qi to let go of a person who stabbed him in the back.

Gu Huaishu thought about it too, glanced at the dark boats around him, and suddenly sighed softly: "I can mobilize so many boats and people, except for Cao Gang, I can't think of another one."

"So Shen Chao has reliance from the beginning to the end. He said that the soldiers made a risky move in order to lure the snake out of the hole. In fact, everything is under control."

Don't fight uncertain battles?

Zhang Tingyu narrowed his eyes, but had his own considerations.

That Luo Xuanwen's face turned grim, one could tell his inner struggle.

He raised his face, under the light of the surrounding lanterns, there was an indescribably paleness: "If I cut off my own finger, can Master Shen give me a way out?"

Shen Chao embraced it with both hands, tapped the back of his hand lightly with his fingers, and smiled: "Guess."

Luo Xuanwen knew in his heart that he had no choice, if he died, there might be a way out, and he continued...died here on the spot.

Anyway, there is a place where the king's law exists, and Shen Qi dared to do this.

Since he dared to do it, he was not afraid that someone from above would investigate.How easy is it to kill someone?
With trembling hands, Luo Xuanwen finally grabbed the knife and dropped it...

No one spoke, and Luo Xuanwen didn't scream, but his clothes were instantly soaked in cold sweat, and his whole body was trembling unbearably.

Murderous intent flashed across Shen Chao's eyes, and just as he was about to speak, Luo Xuanwen threw himself into the boat and jumped into the river!
"shoot!"

When Shen Chong gave an order, people in the two boats in front immediately shot arrows into the water, and the river turned red immediately, but after waiting for a while, no one floated up.

After waving his hand, Shen Qi said, "Go down and look for some people."

Mid-autumn night, if you see blood, you may die.

Gu Huaishu turned around, but said: "It's a big disappointment, let's go."

Zhang Tingyu stared at the blood-stained river, and smiled softly, "Then go to the shore."

The two returned to the cabin, but no one stopped the boat, so Zhang Tingyu went out and stood at the stern, asking someone to take down all the surrounding lanterns and blow them out.

The time has passed, and today has passed, so there is no point in keeping the lights on.

As a result, the stern gradually darkened.Zhang Tingyu stood for a while, looking at the sinking oar beside him, but said: "I will save you, you will be my cow and horse, what do you think?"

No one answered.

Zhang Tingyu turned his back and went back leisurely.

After all, he still doesn't like people like Shen Chao. If there is a chance, he must send this person to meet the King of Hades, so that he can feel at ease.

(End of this chapter)