This is funny, Wei Bao didn't come by himself, but was called by Wu Xuexia.

And Wu Xiang didn't call Wei Bao to come, and it was his daughter who encouraged him to see Wei Bao.

And Wu Xuexia's original intention was just to alleviate the contradiction between Wei Bao and the Wu family, and wanted to profit from Wei Bao's purchase of grain, and she was a very business-minded girl.

But that's about it.

Wu Xuexia didn't want to rise to emotional matters, but Wu Xiang and Wei Bao obviously had a little misunderstanding, especially Wu Xiang.

"Dad, that's what you said." Wu Sanfu smiled: "Then I'll go back to Wei Gongzi, I'll let him go." However, I just heard Xue Xia say that Wei Gongzi seems to want to compensate our family with a large sum of silver! Don't regret missing this village. ”

When Wu Xiang heard the silver, his eyes immediately lit up, and he glared at Wu Sanfu, "Bastard, our family is short of silver?" Am I going to sell my daughter? ”

Wu Sanfu ignored him and said softly, "Okay." Then he made a gesture and walked out of the house.

However, after all, Wu Xiang couldn't help but ask, "How much silver can Wei Bao compensate?" ”

Burst.

Wu Sanfu restrained his steps to move out, turned his head to look at his father with a smile, and couldn't help laughing: "I don't know, but it shouldn't be less." Isn't that right? If you have silver, you will be fine, and you will not be afraid of much silver. I don't know how much, but I guess it will satisfy you, right? I think Xuexia is very happy. ”

The female university is not staying! Wu Xiang couldn't help but sigh deeply, and said as if he was in pain: "Okay, you let Wei Bao in!" Listen to what he has to say. ”

Wu Sanfu was overjoyed when he heard this, shook his head with a smile and said, "Yes, Dad!" Isn't that something that's easy to figure out? It's been so old for a long time. ”

In fact, Wu Xuexia didn't say anything about silver just now, this was all added by Wu Sanfu himself, he just heard Wu Xuexia talk to his father when he mentioned silver, and secretly thought that Wei Bao should talk about silver, and knew that what his father valued most was silver, so he used this to open the way. I didn't expect it to work very well.

Wu Sanfu went to find Wei Bao, who was enjoying the flowers alone in the courtyard.

In fact, where did he have the heart to enjoy the flowers, he was really embarrassed to stand, anxious, and had nothing to do, and he was more nervous than taking the test show.

Secretly thinking that his courage is getting fatter and fatter, he returned to the Wu family, and Luo Yangxing was with him, this time he dared to come alone, if he was slaughtered by the Wu family, most of them would be used as fertilizer for the flowers and plants in this backyard, right?

Wei Bao is afraid, there is another reason, that is, because he offended Zu Kefa today, that is the son of the double boss of Liaoxi and Liaodong!

Wei Bao was already in a nervous mood at the moment, who knew if Wu Xuexia was looking for him, or Wu Xiang asked Wu Xuexia to send someone to find him?

was killed by the Wu family at home, this was really sent to the door by himself.

"Wei Gongzi." Wu Sanfu said happily: "Go quickly, my father will see you." ”

Wu Sanfu is a Buddhist youth, so he didn't notice Wei Bao's nervousness at all, and thought that Wei Bao was happy and nervous.

Wei Bao couldn't help but ask, "Brother Sanfu, what is the matter with Ling Zun looking for me?" ”

"Didn't Xuexia tell you?" Wu Sanfu said with a smile: "Don't you know if you go?" I guess, eighty percent of it was Xuexia who took a fancy to you, right? Let you come to the relationship with my father, don't worry, it's not a big deal. ”

Burst!

Wei Bao was shocked when he heard this, it was too unexpected, Wu Xuexia took a fancy to me, this is impossible, right?

Although Wei Bao is very confident in his appearance and feels that he gets along with Wu Xuexia very well, he and Wu Xuexia are not less quarrelsome, less unhappy, and with Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfeng and Wu Sangui in the middle, he has repeatedly contradicted him, and he really didn't find out where Wu Xuexia fell in love with him.

Based on Wei Bao's self-judgment, he felt that he had taken a small step more than Wu Xuexia, that is, ordinary friends, but it was not to the point of being a boyfriend and girlfriend, and the relationship between good friends was not enough.

Is there no trace of this development?

Wei Bao searched for Wu Xuexia with his eyes, but there was no one to be seen.

"Let's go, are you still scared? My dad looks fierce, but it's not hard to speak. Wu Sanfu pulled Wei Bao.

Wei Bao was stunned, a little confused, and he couldn't figure out what the situation was now.

Wei Bao followed Wu Sanfu to the back hall, and Wu Xiang, who was originally drinking, put down his wine glass and sat upright.

"I'm out, it's fine." Wu Sanfu whispered to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao snorted, stood a little embarrassed, and looked at Wu Xiang.

"Master Wei, please take a seat." Wu Xiang said.

Wei Bao answered, wanted to find a place to sit down, hesitated, but decided not to sit, and said, "There is no seat in front of the elders, so I'll stand." ”

Wu Xiang nodded, secretly thinking no matter what, this Wei Bao understands etiquette, which is extremely rare for a 14-year-old person, not to mention that Wu Sangui is a wild boy, that is, the eldest son Wu Sanfeng is in his thirties, and there is no right way anywhere, so it is better for Wei Bao to be on a big scene.

"Wei Gongzi is here this time, is there anything wrong?" Wu Xiang asked.

Wei Bao Khan, didn't you come to me? Still ask me? Thinking that Wu Xuexia revealed something about silver, and she also intended to ease relations with the Wu family, she said: "Lord Wu, Miss Wu has helped me a lot today, and I have also done inconsiderate things before, I want to ask Lord Wu to forgive me and don't worry about my mountain children." ”

Wu Xiang was more satisfied with Wei Bao's humility, but his face was expressionless, he didn't say anything, and waited quietly for Wei Bao to continue.

Wei Bao has a kind of student who sees the teacher's restraint, and secretly thinks what do you mean if you don't speak? I'm so polite, why don't you talk about the scene?

"Today, Miss Wu sold me grain at a low price, and the Wu Mansion will probably lose seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver, and I want to supply the Wu Mansion with 200,000 taels of silver at a time."

Wei Bao didn't say much, as for the 200,000 taels of silver, including more than 70,000 taels of silver that the Wu family lost to him, as well as the silver that he had won the batch of high-quality fur before, and the extra tens of thousands of taels of silver that he had made in order to show his determination to reconcile with the Wu family, Wei Bao did not calculate this account to Wu Xiang in detail, knowing that with Wu Xiang's shrewdness, he could naturally calculate it.

Wu Xiang was very satisfied with the price offered by Wei Bao, and he didn't say anything to Wei Bao, he was even more satisfied, this was another benefit, and he gave himself enough face, secretly thinking that Wei Bao was indeed generous enough, would be a man, and be sociable! Generosity is the greatest foundation of communication.

Wu Xuexia, who was hiding in the dark and eavesdropping on the conversation between the two people, was also very happy, she didn't expect Wei Bao to really take out so many silver taels for her family, her heart was sweet and happy.

"Wei Gongzi is generous, we have no merit, right? I believe that Xue Xia is also for the local people to avoid the suffering of famine, and when she sees Wei Gongzi doing good deeds, she will help her. Wu Xiang showed a hint of a smile, stretched out his hand and said, "Master Wei, sit down and talk, right?" Have you eaten it? ”

Wei Bao sat down: "Not yet, I still don't disturb Lord Wu's meal, if Lord Wu doesn't have anything else, he will retire later." ”

"I'm not busy, since I haven't eaten, let's eat together, right? The rough and simple food I usually eat must not be as good as Wei Gongzi's brocade clothes and jade food. Wu Xiang invited.

Wei Bao's mood was much calmer now, and he didn't expect Wu Xiang to take the initiative to invite him to dinner, which was a very reassuring signal for face, and he was not pretentious: "Then I'll have a drink with the adults." ”

Wu Xiang smiled and asked the little guy waiting outside to fetch Wei Bao's bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses, and bring the tableware.

Wu Xuexia was even happier when she saw Wei Bao and her father drinking, and hid behind alone, happily playing with her handkerchief.

Although his father was holding the shelf and talking some gossip in the clouds, Wei Bao listened to it and occasionally responded, but the atmosphere seemed to be okay.

Wu Xiang saw that Wei Bao was very good, and promised to give himself so much silver, so he intended to let Wu Sangui release water in the competition the day after tomorrow, but this is just that Wei Bao should take the initiative to put it forward, it is inconvenient for him to say it directly, but Wei Bao seems to be a long time old, and he doesn't seem to want to talk about it.

This made Wu Xiang a little surprised, he knew that Wei Bao had already opened a bet on the competition, and everyone was optimistic about Wu Sangui, the bet was the same as the previous Wei Bao test Xiucai, almost one-sided, Wu Xiang couldn't understand what Wei Bao was thinking, could Wei Bao be so sure that he could win Sangui?

"Wei Gongzi, what do you think about entering the family?" Wu Xiang suddenly asked. He didn't say who he was in, but this kind of topic is still very sensitive.

Wei Bao was stunned and didn't know how to answer. I don't understand what Wu Xiang means by asking?

Wu Xuexia, who was hiding behind and eavesdropping, was even more heartbeat, she didn't expect her father to ask like this. Extremely nervous about Wei Bao's answer.

"Money? There is nothing wrong with the mutual approval. Most of the time the woman's family lacks men, and the man's family is weak, so everyone has to take what they need. Wei Bao replied. He is originally a person who is not subjective about anything, and the answers he gives are generally very official and modest, and it is not easy to find Wei Bao's loopholes.

"What if the woman has three sons in the family and there is no shortage of men?" Wu Xiang picked up the wine glass, took a sip and asked casually.

Wei Bao sweated, this is too obvious, he is not stupid, three men, doesn't that mean your own home? Are you looking for someone to join your family? You still ask me like this, can't it be that you take a fancy to me, I want me to join your Wu family, right? What do you think? Don't say that I am an only child in Lao Tzu's family, and being rich is equivalent to cutting off the incense, even if I have ten or eight brothers in my family, you see my brother's magnificent demeanor, can he be a person who does such a disgusting thing as a son-in-law?

"If there is no shortage of men in the woman's family, it must be a big family, in that case, you have to find the kind of man who yearns for a wealthy family and has no prospects, right?" Wei Bao sealed the door without being salty or light.

When Wu Xiang heard this, he immediately pulled his face down!

The wife he asked for was Zu Dashou's sister, the Wu family's family background is not as good as the ancestral family, he can have today's climate, and it has a lot to do with the ancestral family, although he Wu Xiang is not considered to be rich, but listening to Wei Bao say this, he will naturally be unhappy.

Wu Xuexia also nervously grasped the handkerchief tightly with her two hands, as if she wanted to crush the handkerchief, although Wei Bao's words were within her expectations, she knew Wei Bao's personality and could not do anything as a son-in-law, but when she heard this answer, she was still a little frustrated.

Wei Bao saw that Wu Xiang's face was wrong, and secretly wondered if he had hit him at something? I can immediately understand why Wu Xiang is unhappy, but it's impossible for me anyway! "Lord Wu, it's not too early, so let's retire first, right? Did the silver be sent to the Wu Mansion in Shanhaiguan, or was it sent here? I'm not going to let people know about it. ”

"Just send it here!" Wu Xiang said coldly: "Don't send it." ”

Wei Bao is a little unhappy, you came to me, right? Even if it's not you, it's your daughter, I've always been polite, and I gave you such a large sum of silver, you make it look like Lao Tzu is stammering you? Lao Tzu is now a person who has a relationship with Wang Tiqian, plus he is a native of Liaoxi, and he is not afraid of you in terms of power, what else can you do to me?

Wei Bao endured his little anger, acted indifferently, and then walked out.

Wu Xuexiafang, who was hiding behind, was pounding, Wu Zi did not ease, her father suddenly talked about the topic of getting rich, Wei Bao categorically refused, everything was too sudden, just a few breaths, and then the two of them seemed to talk about it, which she didn't expect in advance, she originally wanted to make a handful of silver, so that her father's perception of Wei Bao changed, but she didn't expect it to suddenly become like this.

Wei Bao walked out of the back hall, simply said a few words to Wu Sanfu who was outside, and left.

Wu Sanfu was also puzzled, and when he turned in, he saw that his father was sulking.

Wu Sanfu knows Wu Xiang, and knows that when his father is angry, he won't throw things and scold people, he is sulking, but that belongs to the time when he is really angry, so he asked strangely: "Dad, what's wrong?" Didn't Wei Gongzi say to compensate our family? ”

"Make up 200,000 taels of silver! But am I short of silver? 200,000 taels in the Wu family, what kind of silver? Wu Xiang said angrily: "Do you know? He said that the men who are rich are all unproductive! Look at how arrogant he is, do you really think that just with a lot of enthusiasm and a little brain, you can become a climate? It's completely stunned, I mistook this Wei Bao! Sangui and Wei Bao's competition, let Sangui beat me hard! Also, immediately contact the ancestral family and tell them that this time I will compete with Wei Bao, I want to bet and bet heavily! 100,000 taels of gold! ”

Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia, who eavesdropped, were shocked, 100,000 taels of gold?

One tael of gold and ten taels of silver, this is common sense, and in this troubled world, gold is particularly valuable, one tael of gold for twenty taels of silver, or even thirty taels of silver is normal, at this time the gold is extremely valuable, large families need to hoard, but dad actually wants to take it out to make a bet? It's really angry.

One hundred thousand taels of gold is equal to two or three million taels of silver, so you don't need to bet this kind of bet, right? Isn't this a situation where Wei Bao has completely torn his face and never died?

Moreover, with the appeal of the Wu family and the ancestral family, who will dare to be affected by Wei Bao in the future of the entire big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong?

"Dad, don't be so angry, right?" Wu Sanfu asked weakly.

Wu Xiang glared at Wu Sanfu, "This family, you are in charge?" I've spoken now, can't I do it? ”

"No, no, no." Wu Sanfu hurriedly said: "I didn't mean that, I just thought, is there some misunderstanding?" Even if Wei Bao refuses to join our family, he doesn't need to be so ruthless, right? In that case, isn't there no way out for both sides? said that Wei Bao didn't do anything to offend our family, you also have to take into account that Wei Bao has someone in Beijing, right? ”

"Go get your eldest brother, I can't talk to you!" Wu Xiang said angrily: "He has someone, what can he be?" I'm just going to take advantage of this to see who's behind him! Also, even if there is something weighty, this is Liaoxi! Who can take care of this serious competition? Besides, doesn't he Wei Bao like to hold the big? Since he doesn't ask us to play this double reed with him, he thinks that he can beat Sangui, I want to see what he will be beaten by Sangui! Even if it's fifty to one, I'll let him spit out two or three hundred thousand taels of silver for nothing! Also, didn't his heaven and earth firm pull many people to partner together? I want him to have no place in Liaoxi, so he will hide in his hometown and don't come out! No one dares to do business with him, and there are people constantly looking for trouble in his business, but I want to see who dares to partner with him! ”

Wu Xiang said a lot of crackling, and the more Wu Sanfu listened, the more frightened he became, secretly thinking that Wei Bao was really finished now, with the power of the ancestral family and the Wu family, to deal with him, and on the ground in western Liaoning, it was difficult for Wei Bao to even protect himself.

Wu Xuexia, who was hiding in the shadows, had red circles in her eyes, she didn't expect her father to be so angry, which completely went against her original intention of matching today.

"Dad, I'll go find my eldest brother." Wu Sanfu knew his father's temper, and at this time, he was afraid that the gods would not be able to persuade him, so he could only go out hard.

Wu Xuexia hurriedly chased out of the side door, grabbed Wu Sanfu, and said softly: "I can't find the eldest brother." ”

Wu Sanfu sighed and said, "It's useless, when will the things that my father decides change?" Now no one can save Wei Bao. You don't want to make any more troubles, even if you go and tell Wei Bao, it's useless. ”

Wu Xuexia's nose was sour, "How can this be?" I didn't want to find Wei Bao as a husband, what did they say? ”

"Silly girl, you help Wei Bao so much, Wei Bao has nothing to do with our family, why let him reap the benefits for nothing?" Wu Sanfu sighed and said, "Do you think our family is short of silver?" If Wei Bao wants to get involved in our family, he will either be a son-in-law, or he will be a subordinate, just like those business owners who are attached to our family, he has to listen to us! What qualifications does he have to sit on an equal footing? ”

Wu Xuexia stomped her feet anxiously, knowing that it was useless to say anything more, so she left in a distraught.

After Wei Bao came out of the Wu family, he was also afraid, and linked the matter of offending Zu Kefa today with Wu Xiang and Wu Xuexia looking for him to talk about the past, secretly wondering if the ancestral family wanted to deal with him, Wu Xiang and Wu Xuexia felt that they were talents, and they cherished their talents, so they wanted to protect themselves by entering the family?

Even if he dies, he will never be able to be a door-to-door son-in-law! Wei Bao's face turned pale.

Wei Bao didn't know that the reason why Wu Xiang was tempting to get into the family was just that he felt that his daughter was interesting to Wei Bao, so he just asked casually, as for asking this, he didn't look down on Wei Bao's identity, and his daughter definitely couldn't marry into Wei Bao's family, it would become a big joke, and it would completely offend the ancestral family.

But when I got to Wei Bao, simple things were complicated by Wei Bao's brain, and the more I thought about it, the more scared I became.

Wei Bao was originally a bit paranoid, thinking about things more extremely, and not very bold, so he would adopt a steady and conservative style in doing things.

"Childe, what's wrong?" Fan Datou saw that after the son came out of the Wu family, his face was very ugly, and he seemed to be trembling slightly, looking very scared, and couldn't help but care: "Don't be afraid of anything, it's a big deal, let's go back to Weijiazhuang first!" ”

Wei Bao nodded and said in the carriage: "Yes, go back to Weijiazhuang first!" You notify the various businesses and ask them to post an announcement, and the competition between me and Wu Sangui will be placed in the Bulao Pavilion outside Weijiazhuang! It's not in Yongping Mansion! ”

Originally, Wei Bao and Wu Sangui competed, but they only agreed on the time, and did not agree on a specific address, he is afraid now, if the ancestral family and the Wu family want to force him, whether it is Yongping Mansion or Shanhaiguan, this kind of place far away from Weijiazhuang and where there is a large army stationed nearby, it will not work!

Bulao Pavilion is a warehouse, just outside Weijiazhuang, on the road from Funingwei to Shanhaiguan, between which is a fork in the road, this fork leads directly to Weijiazhuang, and the Bulao Pavilion Warehouse is at this fork in the road.

In the Immortal Pavilion, Wei Bao's people can protect him at any time, even if he comes to the army and retreats to Weijiazhuang, he can resist for a period of time, which can give him enough time to run away.

"Got it, Childe." Fan hurriedly agreed, and also felt the tension of the situation.

"Childe, don't be afraid, each family in western Liaoning has its own territory, our current strength is not the largest, but it is not small, it is really going to provoke a fire, let's continue to be a willow!" Chang Wuye cheered Wei Bao up very proudly.

Wei Bao secretly thought that Lao Tzu was not even willing to rebel, what kind of willow to do? Isn't it a shame to say it?

No matter what era it is, Wei Bao really doesn't look down on bandits, and if he rebels, he will openly rebel, which is not a shame, but it is just a bit riskier.

Wei Bao ignored them, closed the curtains, and said to Fan Toutou, "Brother Toutou, you come in." ”

Fan said yes and got into the carriage.

"You are now rushing to Jingshi in person! Inform the Fang family Hutong that the ancestral family and the Wu family are going to join forces to deal with me! He told Zu Kefa about his contempt for the court law and contempt for the students at the banquet in the palace, saying that it was useless for me to take out a gold-faced fan. Anyway, add oil and vinegar appropriately! Within two days, you will rush back with the rescuers when I am competing with Wu Sangui! Wei Bao quickly instructed Fan Toutou.

Fangjia Hutong is a secret mansion opened by the relatives of Wang Tiqian's cronies and eunuchs to receive benefits for Wang Tiqian, and Wei Bao's contact with Wang Tiqian is through verbal contact.

When Wei Bao was at the banquet, he deliberately took out a gold-faced fan, and he didn't let people know that it was given by Wang Tiqian, so he had this consideration, just to add oil and vinegar to make use of right and wrong.

Although this trick is a bit pediatric, Wei Bao knows that people in the officialdom have good faces, especially Wang Tiqian's great power, but it is almost equal to invisibility, and his reputation is far less than Wei Zhongxian, but the energy is actually not very bad, at least one-tenth of Wei Zhongxian's, and when it is time to stretch his thighs, he will definitely exert his power a little.

Fan hurriedly said: "Childe, I have written it down, don't worry, even if you run a dead horse, I will definitely complete what Childe explained." ”

Wei Bao nodded: "Wait a minute, go back to the Maritime Chamber of Commerce Pavilion first, I didn't bring so many silver tickets with me, let's make up 30,000 taels first, and you can bring it over." Last time I took the exam for Xiucai, I got some silver, but if you want to cry poor, we actually got 100,000 taels of silver, and it costs most of it to do good deeds, so I can only raise so much now, and I will thank you again if I have silver in the future. ”

Wei Bao deeply knows that money can make ghosts grind, every time he asks Wang Tiqian to do something, he has to spend money, this time the matter is so big, 30,000 taels is the guaranteed price.

"Don't worry, Childe. I can't do anything wrong. Fan heard that he was going to send so much silver out at one time, so he hurriedly agreed, his flesh hurt tightly, and he knew even more.

"I'll send more people to escort them." After Wei Bao finished speaking, he was a little relieved.

Everything that can be done has been done, but as for what will happen, it is not clear.

Although he was scared, Wei Bao didn't regret it, even if the knife was on his neck now, Wei Bao still wouldn't consider joining a wealthy family, eating soft rice is not a man!

Returning to the Maritime Chamber of Commerce, Wei Bao collected money and arranged for Fan's head to travel overnight.

I have to go back and forth, and I have to talk to Wang Tiqian, go to Beijing within two days, and then return from Beijing, which is not easy! However, it is barely possible without sports cargo and fast horse galloping.

Wei Bao pinned his hopes on Fan's head.

"Childe, my brother left with so many silver tickets, and he left in such a hurry, what happened?" Although she knew that there were many things around Gongzi that needed to be kept secret, Fan Xiaolin couldn't help but ask.

Wei Bao said: "Don't say more, pack up your things, and hurry back to Weijiazhuang!" ”

Fan Xiaolin and Wang Qiuya didn't dare to ask more, and promised to hurry up and clean up.

Wei Bao looked at the deep night outside the window, the dark color revealed a terrifying atmosphere, sighed, it was cool when he was scared, and he couldn't control it if he wanted to, but when he turned over, it was all worry and fear.

Although he had tasted this taste a few times, this time, Wei Bao was really scared.

As the days go by in this era, the more Wei Bao can feel the powerful power of the family!

Rushed from Yongping Mansion to Weijiazhuang overnight, and at this time the city gate of Yongping Mansion was closed.

But fortunately, Wei Bao now has some face, and the gatekeeper did not let him go.

In the internal activities of Liaoxi, it is still very free, especially for people like Wei Bao, who already have fame and a certain status.

Only by crossing the state and transporting supplies is it more tricky.

It took more than three hours on the road, and by the time it was ugly, it was already late at night, and Wei Bao's carriage and a team of entourages rushed to the outside of Funingwei.

Wei Bao did not enter Funingwei, continued to hurry, bypassed Funingwei, took the path, crossed the fork in the road, and soon saw the Bulao Pavilion.

Bulao Pavilion said it was a warehouse.

In fact, it is a castle-style building, which is not high, less than eight meters high, and is only two and a half stories high.