Chapter 272: Something Happened
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Hearing this, Yi Zhixiang smiled and didn't answer, Su Mengdie is a widow, even if she doesn't think about her own reputation, she has to take care of his reputation as the big shopkeeper of Yuanqi, how can she go to Lei Yuan, so it's just a coquette. He turned his head to look at Bai Xue, who was sitting quietly on the side, and said, "Would you like to go to Lei Garden?" ”
Bai Xue is naturally willing to do so, she and Ling Xuan stayed in Rongqing Garden, their identities are unknown, they entered Lei Garden, at least the identity of the concubine, they are the life of the concubine, and it is already a previous life to burn high incense when they meet a master like Yi Zhicontent, she knows that this is not the time to be reserved, so she quickly got up and squatted down and said: "The slave is willing to serve the son wholeheartedly." ”
"Get up." Yi Zhishu said with a smile: "Go to the kitchen and see Ling Xuan, and let her fry two or three dishes at will." ”
"Gongzi Xie." Bai Xue stood up happily and was blessed before turning to leave.
Seeing him break away from the snow, Su Mengdie estimated that he had something to say, got up and walked to the door, and retreated the few maids outside the door, then turned around and sat down again, and said with a smile: "San Lang came here today for something?" ”
Yi Zhishu rubbed his hands with a wet towel, took a sip of tea, and then said casually: "Is there any connection between the three o'clock meeting and the Tiandi meeting in Nanyang?" ”
After hesitating, Su Mengdie said: "If the slave family wants to say that there is no contact, San Lang may not believe it even if he is afraid." ”
Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "Heaven and earth in various places are not subordinate to each other, right?" ”
"Saburo is right." Su Mengdie said slowly: "Nanyang and Fujian only have business dealings, and there is no domination between them. ”
"Is there any subordination between the Heaven and Earth Society organizations in various parts of Nanyang?"
"Probably not." Su Mengdie shook her head slowly and said, "Heaven and earth will be equal everywhere. ”
"In other words, it's all a plate of loose sand?"
"It's not necessarily a plate of loose sand." Su Mengdie said slowly: "Although the heaven and earth associations in various places do not belong to each other, they are all in the same breath. Once there is a big event, all places will respond positively, and all the words and gestures of the Heaven and Earth Society are passed down in the same vein, even if it is the first time to meet, as long as the gestures are right, you can say the hidden words of the Spring Festival. If you tie the knot, you will be regarded as a brother, warm hospitality, and do your best to help. ”
Hearing this, Yi Zhixiang took out a cigar and lit it slowly, he dared to send a warship to the South Seas to rob the crows of the Heaven and Earth Society. The smuggling ship will inevitably arouse public anger, not only Nanyang, but also Guangdong and Fujian, and the Heaven and Earth Association will spare no effort to target Yuan Qi. That's tantamount to poking a hornet's nest, it's really worth the loss, it seems that for the Heaven and Earth Society, it is best to use it, not to oppose it!
After a long silence, he spoke: "Dieniang helped me tell Brother Huang that I want to get acquainted with the Tiandi Society in Annan and Manila. ”
Annan and Manila? Su Mengdie secretly wondered in her heart. What does Yuanqi want to do? She knew in her heart that this was not what she should ask. nodded at the moment and said, "San Lang rest assured, the slave family will tell you as soon as possible." ”
Seeing that he was no longer silent, Su Mengdie said tentatively: "San Lang won't leave tonight, right?" ”
"The land has been barren for more than half a year, and if I don't plough it anymore, I'm afraid it will be barren."
"If it is deserted, it is also the land of your family."
Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "Can Die Niang tell what is wrong. Female or not? ”
Su Mengdie gave him a blank look. said: "Messing with flowers and grass outside, being slandered? ”
"The amorous debt that I owed when I was ridiculous before." Yi Zhizhi smiled: "Can you?" ”
"What's not to be able to do about this?" Su Mengdie said: "Find an experienced stable woman, just check the eyebrows and breasts." ”
Yi Zhizhi said: "It's okay to look at the eyebrows, but it's not appropriate to look at the breasts." ”
"Powerful stable woman, although I don't dare to say that I am nine out of ten. But you can also have six or seven points of certainty. ”
"Okay." Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "In two days, I will have a banquet in Lei Garden, and I will call a maid to point someone to you." ”
Yi Zhizhi wants to check the natural Yan Xiaomei, yesterday he knocked on the side and inquired, only to know that the freedom of marriage is completely out of reach in these years, why do marriage events have to obey the orders of parents? Because marriage is not a matter of two people, but a matter of two families, the most obvious is the nine clans, the four clans of the father, the three clans of the mother, and the two clans of the wife.
In other words, if the wife clan commits the great sin of the nine clans, their clan will be implicated and exterminated! With this thing, who would dare to let you marry freely? It is precisely because of the Lian that no one dares to rebel unless forced to do so.
Yan family smuggling crows. The piece is not so much that it is connected to the nine clans, but the smuggling crow. The piece is definitely not a good reputation, the Yan family smuggles crows. For more than a year, how could a group of businessmen not hear a little rumor? The Yi family will definitely oppose it, it's no problem to be a concubine, but the Yan family will oppose it, which makes him quite entangled, if Yan Xiaomei is still a virgin, he will resolutely cut through the mess quickly.
In the late dawn of winter, the maid Daiqing got up early at four o'clock in the morning, and after hastily freshening up, she went to the back kitchen to take a look, and saw Ling Xuan tasting porridge, and hurriedly saluted: "Miss Ling is early." ”
Turning around and seeing that it was her, Ling Xuan smiled and said, "I was just about to ask someone to call you, the hour is almost up, it's time to tell them to get up." ”
"At this time, it is late to dawn, and it will be called again." Dai Qing said two steps forward, bit her ear and said, "Tossed to the third watch last night to let him sleep a little longer." ”
"You're a thoughtful person." Ling Xuan smiled and quipped, and then said, "I'm afraid it's too late to eat breakfast." ”
"Okay, let's call it." Dai Qing smiled: "You can't let the girl work all morning. ”
Dai Qing, who listened to it, called softly outside the door, Su Mengdie opened her eyes in a daze, and then came to her senses, thinking of the people around her, she didn't know when she would be able to meet, she hugged him reluctantly, just thinking that she could hug him for a while.
There was no movement in the room where she listened, and Dai Qing couldn't help but urge: "Miss, it's time to get up, it's time." ”
Is it time? Su Mengdie was startled, quickly let go of her hand and sat up, and called softly: "San Lang, San Lang, it's time to get up." ”
Listening to the movement, Dai Qing pushed the door in and lit the candlestick. Picking up the clothes that were thrown on the ground one by one, Su Mengdie smiled lazily: "Change the set, Le Gongzi's have also been changed." Dai Qing went out with the door closed, and when she looked back, Yi Zhicontent, who looked back at her, looked at her with big eyes, hurriedly slipped into the quilt, hugged him and said softly: "I really want to leave San Lang here." ”
Yi Zhifen smiled and took her into his arms. Said: "Where do you think?" Think before or later? ”
"There's a dull pain in the back." Su Mengdie said and punched him lightly.
Yi Zhizu gently stroked his back and said, "I never thought about leaving the three o'clock meeting?" ”
Su Mengdie lay on his chest and muttered dreamily: "The slave family knows too much. ”
I know too much about what, and it is clear that he will use her to win over the relationship with him at three points, and he is too lazy to pick it out, wait for two years, and when Yuanqi grows stronger, everything will fall into place.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Su Mengdie was afraid that he would be unhappy, so she gently kissed him on the face. Cai said: "As long as you are in Guangzhou, you can see San Lang from time to time, the slave family will be satisfied, and the identity of the slave family will not be able to enter the door of the Yi family, and the slave family will not ask for anything else." ”
Su Mengdie's identity lies in the fact that she is a widow, but that she is too hard, and Kefuke's father and mother. It is known as the 'Broom Star' and the 'Heavenly Evil Lone Star'. Yi Zhishu didn't believe this, patted her on the back gently, and said softly, "Don't think too much." ”
Hearing his soft tone, Su Mengdie said boldly: "San Lang walks around a lot in the official face, and the sources are wider than the slave family, can you properly disclose some to the slave family?" ”
Yi Zhishu slapped her ****. Said: "Tu Poor Dagger has you seen?" ”
Su Mengdie said weakly: "Three points will only care about crows. Pieces and wars. ”
After a slight sigh, Yi Zhizhi said: "Okay, but to exchange, I need to understand the situation in Guangzhou, Guangdong, Fujian, Nanyang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang." ”
"Why exchange?" Su Mengdie said: "If San Lang wants to understand, as long as the slave family knows." You must know everything. ”
The genius was bright, and the contented clipper had already entered the White Goose Pond, Fang Xiaoliu walked into the cabin and asked, "Young Master, where are we going?" ”
"Go to the Los Angeles Wharf." Yi Zhizhi said that out of the cabin, paced to the bow of the boat to enjoy the morning river scenery, although the genius is bright, there are many boats shuttling on the white goose pond, the fast boat rowed an arc to turn south, at a glance, the most eye-catching is a few huge towering chimneys on Henan Island and Luoxi Island.
In later generations, these tall chimneys were a symbol of pollution, but in these years, they are a symbol of industry, and Yi Zhizhi naturally knows the consequences of pollution, but he can't help it now, he can't solve the problem of pollution, so he can only take the old road of polluting first and then remediation.
The clipper docked at Luoxi Wharf, seeing that the time was still early, Yi Zhixin walked slowly all the way after going ashore, Lin Zexu suddenly asked yesterday whether Changle Machinery Factory could imitate Western firearms, although he was perfunctory, but he did not dare to be negligent.
He didn't know whether Lin Zexu asked casually, or if he was suspicious, Lin Zexu was serious about his work, and he had to prevent him from making a surprise attack to inspect the factory, making firearms privately is not a small crime, if he is really caught, it will not be an ordinary trouble.
The Luoxi Ammunition Bureau is more than a mile away from the wharf, and there is a dirt road connecting from the factory to the wharf, and the raw materials and finished products are transported by mule carts, which is quite inconvenient.
First, the production of gunpowder itself is not safe, and secondly, it is also to prevent sudden inspections by the government, more than one mile is enough for the workers in the factory to have enough time to clean up and cover up, and secondly, in his opinion, more than one mile is not far at all, slow down for a year or two, build a cement road, and then drum out rubber tires, even if it is transported by mule cart, the speed is not slow.
Cement is not a big problem, Britain has long developed cement, rubber is a bit troublesome, he spent a high price to let Citi merchants buy rubber seedlings, until the second half of last year to transport a batch of seedlings, in Changhua opened up a garden to plant, to be honest, he has no bottom at all.
He hasn't seen that batch of saplings, he doesn't know if the saplings are rubber saplings, besides, even if he sees it, he doesn't know, not to mention that he can grow up in a few years to tap rubber, whether he can live or not is difficult to say, to say, the bicycle he has been thinking about for a few years, this year, the bicycle is definitely the most ideal means of transportation, but the rubber problem is not solved, it is all utopian.
"Driving" a mule cart slowly chased up from behind, Yi Zhi saw that the handlebar style was a man in his thirties, so he asked with a smile: "What is this car pulling?" ”
The man in the car glanced at him and said, "What else can it be from the Ammunition Bureau?" ”
Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly and said, "Listening to the brother's accent, you're not a local?" ”
The man simply ignored him lazily, shook a whip, and drove the mule cart to overtake him, Yi Zhizhi couldn't help but laugh dumbly, it seems that these handlebar types of goods are extremely vigilant, of course he knows that these handlebar styles are the villagers of Yuanqi Resettlement Village, and even these animals are bought by the factory with silver loaned for them.
The Ammunition Bureau began to build last year, because it was used as a military factory, Yi Zhicontent not only enclosed a wide area, but also the wall is exceptionally tall and thick, you can see it from afar, just after eight o'clock, Yi Zhizhi arrived outside the gate of the Ammunition Bureau, there are not many people at the door, but the inspection is strict, Yi Zhicontent takes the initiative to hand over the cigar smoke and matches on his body.
The doorman saw that he was a new face, but he didn't let him in, so Yi Zhizhi had to say: "Go and ask your factory director Feng Qigui to come and see me." ”
Seeing that he had an extraordinary bearing and a big tone, the doorman said very politely: "I don't know what to call the son." ”
Li Wang took it in one bite, "Li Wang." ”
After a while, Feng Qigui hurried over and said with a happy face: "The son is here, please come inside." ”
Entering the factory, Feng Qigui said: "They didn't make it difficult for the big shopkeeper, right?" ”
"Nope." Yi Zhizhi said: "Strictly order, the new official took office with three fires, Lord Lin just took over as the governor of Liangguang, and asked if Changle can produce firearms when they met yesterday, and in the recent period, we must be cautious and vigilant, and there must be no mistakes." ”
"The big shopkeeper can rest assured." Feng Qigui nodded and said: "The factory is still installing and debugging machines, and there is no production, and outsiders can't understand it when they come in." ”
Yi Zhizu nodded, and said: "Don't worry, don't rush to produce in the next month or two, don't rush for such a little time, first transfer the trial production, practice your hands, Lord Lin attaches great importance to the Changle Machinery Factory and the Luoxi Ammunition Bureau, and it is estimated that he will come to inspect." ”
After a turn from Luoxi to Changle to Huangpu, Yi Zhishu returned to Yuanqi at noon, and entered Rongyuan, as soon as he entered the door, Yan Shikuan rolled over like a ball, and said with an anxious face: "Where did the third brother go?" Nowhere to be found. ”
"What's so urgent?" Yi Zhizu looked at him with some doubts, secretly wondering what tricks this kid was playing?
Yan Shikuan grabbed him and went straight to the big banyan tree, and said in his ear: "There is a warehouse that has been lit with water. ”
Yi Zhishu asked in a deep voice, "Crow. Slice? ”
Seeing Yan Shikuan nodding his head again and again as if pecking rice, Yi Zhi's heart couldn't help sinking, and he asked in a deep voice, "How many?" ”
"Four hundred boxes."
"Where is the warehouse located?"
"Pantang."
After being silent for a long time, Yi Zhizhi said, "Go back to the room and talk about it." ”
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