Mrs. Xu has always been a decent person, relying on her son's power, calling for wind and rain in the place, everyone has to respect and hold, but now she is bullied by a little acquaintance, she hates this ungrateful silence in her heart, for the sake of her reputation of honesty and integrity, even the teacher's house has to be rectified, which is obviously to establish authority...... I'm going to kill the monkey and show it to the chickens!

Looking at the list that starts with the word Xu, she will never be ignored according to her ordinary surname. However, Jingli's son wrote to say that Yan Ge Lao was making a fuss about this matter now, and he was sneering and sneering from time to time, which made him very uncomfortable. What's more, the power of heaven is unpredictable, although Your Majesty didn't say anything for a while, but who knows what he thinks in his heart.

So even if the old lady was unwilling, she had to bow her 'noble' head, sighed and said: "Alas, humble words, oh no, Lord Shen, the last time you came to ask about the situation of my slave, it was my old lady who was negligent and talked too much. "Putting your posture so low is simply the limit for the old lady.

Glancing at the two grandsons, Mrs. Xu continued: "After you left, I asked again and again, and they spit out the truth, they are really two fools with eyes and no beads. Shaking his head as he spoke, he said again and again: "I don't know that those things that look at people are five or six, but in fact, they are full of male thieves and female prostitutes, and now they have been found out by Lord Shen, and the old woman really has to thank you." ”

Everyone can hear this clearly, obviously the Xu family plans to give up the 'five rats'.

"The old lady understands the righteousness and admires it in her later life." Shen Mo said with a smile on his face: "Please rest assured, a little villain can't damage the reputation of the elder of the pavilion." As long as it is handled properly, it will make the people of the world understand how rigorous the self-cultivation of the old man is and how strict the Qi family is, and it will definitely be praised! ”

As soon as she wore this high hat, Mrs. Xu's face looked much better, and she bowed her head and said: "Yes, my Xu family is a scholarly family, a pure family, and there has never been a man who has broken the law, nor a daughter who has remarried, how can I allow some evil demons to ruin the court?" As soon as she said fat, she really gasped, and clapped her hands and said, "Bring it up!" ”

There were eight family members with tigers on their backs, and four people with five flowers tied up came in from outside.

"This is what the four human-faced beasts have hearts," the old lady pointed to the four 'big zongzi' and said, "Lord Shen just take it and let you dispose of it, you don't have to look at the face of my Xu family." ”

Shen Mo was not surprised by Mrs. Xu's reaction, because in the eyes of the wealthy families, those slaves who did bad things for them have always been an endless stream of consumables, and it would not be a pity to sacrifice a group at all.

The classic history of Kunshan County brought people over, verified the identity of the four people, and escorted them down.

Old Madam Xu saw Shen sitting there silently drinking tea, without any intention of saying goodbye, and said in her heart: "I have given you everything, what are you doing here?" Do you still want me to take care of the food? Look at the sky, it's not too late, it's a little early.

I saw that the silent face had a contemplative look, as if there was something on his mind, and the three ancestors and grandchildren of the Xu family had to sit with him. After looking at each other for a while, the second child of the Xu family finally couldn't hold back and said: "I said Lord Shen, if you have anything to say, just say it, if you continue to think about it like this, it will really make people anxious." ”

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point." Shen Mo immediately nodded and said, "There is another matter, I have to talk to the old lady...... Most of the people who sued these villains were because their land and property were taken away, and now that the case has been solved, the villains have also been punished, but the matter is still not understood. ”

"Why?" Old Lady Xu frowned, she felt a little uneasy.

"What are people suing for? Even if those villains are steamed in the pot, it will not be enough for so many bitter masters to eat. He said silently, "They are here to get back to their own land!" You have to return the property to the bitter lord to put an end to this matter once and for all! ”

Speaking of this, the faces of the Xu family changed, but Shen Mo still said to himself: "So you have checked the land sales files in Kunshan County, and want to find out how many people have been occupied, how many acres are there, and whose name is now, so as to return the bitter master......"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Zhen finally couldn't suppress his anger, slapped the table and said, "Enough!" The two eyes stared at Shen Mo like small lanterns, and said angrily: "The surname is Shen, you can't be too uncounted!" Our Xu family gives you an inch, and you have to make an inch! "They originally made a good calculation, took the initiative to hand over those few minions, and let Shen Mo take a step first, there is a way that 'people respect me an inch, I respect people a foot', presumably he will be embarrassed to make any more requests, so that the Xu family's nearly 50,000 acres of land in Kunshan County will be saved.

But this silence is unexpectedly unrecognizable, grabbing people with his left hand, and asking for their land with his right hand, how can the Xu family, who has always taken advantage of it, feel embarrassed? When he landed, he was really angry, only to hear the third son of Xu aggressively: "Silence, you ask yourself, how does my father treat you?" ”

"Entong reinvents." Shen Mo already knew that the other party would definitely use this killer weapon.

"It's good to know!" Xu Sangongzi accused with an angry face: "At the beginning, you were just a small seven-grade patrol, first you hated Zhao Zhenji, and then you provoked Li Shiyan, which of them moved their fingers and couldn't crush you into powder?" If it weren't for my father protecting you everywhere, you would have saved your life. As he spoke, his fingers trembled and pointed at him: "Imagine, if you had lost your life back then, would you still have the later Lianzhong Sanyuan?" Glory to the ancestors, the current pastoral side, high-ranking officials? Although Xu Ge Lao has never supported Shen Mo with great fanfare, his just right secret protection is indeed a necessary condition for Shen Mo to turn danger into a disaster repeatedly, and this kindness is not insignificant.

This is also the question he has been asking himself recently, if he can't answer it, he won't come to Songjiang for this trip. Now that he is here and facing the Xu family, it means that he is ready to face this heart-wrenching question!

I saw him put down the teacup, took a deep breath, and calmly looked back at Xu Zhen and said, "Third son, what you said is a little inconsiderate. Yes, I can have today, fortunately thanks to the cultivation and support of the elder Ge, I always remember this kindness, and I never dare to forget it for a moment. ”

The Xu family just thought that he was going to be soft, but after listening to Shen Mo's words, he changed his mind and said: "It is precisely because of this that I have to think about the elder of the pavilion and sweep away his worries, this is my obligation as a student, even if the third prince does not understand, I must do this." ”

"Hehe, it's better to say than to sing!" Xu Zhen slapped his palm and smiled: "What are you doing to clear the worries of the teacher?" You are clearly cutting off the back road of our Xu family! As he spoke, he raised his chin high, looked at the sky and said, "I don't understand, isn't it just a little ground?" It's not our family, everyone is like this. Why are you holding on to our house? ”

His second brother also interjected: "That's it, let outsiders see the joke, they have to ask whether this is a teacher and a student, or an enemy?!" As soon as the two brothers sang and harmonized, they were replaced by a thin-skinned and soft-hearted one, and they really had to let them run away.

But who is Silence? In front of the emperor's cabinet elders and feudal officials, they are still not chaotic and talk eloquently, how can they let the two gentlemen be bluffed? I saw him pry the hem of his official robe, his face was solemn, and he said coldly: "You are not thinking about the old man, you are harming his old man!" ”

"You're not talking too much...... Xu Zhen said angrily.

"I'm telling the truth." Shen Mo said with a sad face: "When I was in the capital, I heard about the teacher's incorruptible name, and I also saw with my own eyes that he only had three sets of clothes, and only five diners, and the courtyard at home was simple, only the fragrance of books. The people in Beijing praised the elder for his honesty and integrity! Saying that, he glared at Xu Zhen and said: "If you let the people in Beijing know, the Xu family now has hundreds of family members and more than 10,000 slaves, and there are 200,000 acres of land in Songjiang alone, and the family business is so big, I'm afraid that Jiangsu and Zhejiang are also the only ones several times, what will you say about my teacher?" ”

In the end, Shen Mo was already heartbroken, his eyes flashed with tears: "When I think of this matter making a big fuss, they will say that my teacher is a hypocrite, pretending to be honest, and really corrupt, my heart is like a knife, and I can't sleep all night in pain." I saw him pounding his heart, glaring at Xu Zhen and saying: "The third prince said that I cut off the elder Ge's pension field, but I want to say that you are going to cut off the elder Ge's honest voice, the evening festival, and the name behind him!" ”

The old lady of the Xu family lowered her head silently, as if she was thinking about a silent question.

But Brother Xu Zhen couldn't listen to it, and still said in a heartfelt manner: "Our family has a little more land, but it is handed down from our ancestors, and our brother has managed it well, so we have today's scale, which has nothing to do with our father." ”

"You have to be convincing," Shen Mo said coldly: "As far as I know, thirty years ago, the yield of Xujiatian was only a few hundred mu, which has only expanded hundreds of times in the past few decades, reaching 200,000 mu. ”

"This ......" the Xu family brother said, "No comment!" ”

"Can you explain it to the people of the world like that?" Unconsciously, the situation has been reversed, and the Xu brothers blamed Shen Mo to silently question the Xu family brothers.

I only heard Shen Moyi's righteous words: "Let's open the skylight and say something, how much of your family's more than 200,000 acres of land is forcibly occupied, and how much is eaten with a clear conscience, your brothers know, I also know, and the people of Susong and Song know even more!" He said to the two brothers of the Xu family and said sharply: "Now that the matter has become a big problem, if you still drag on and don't immediately calm down the people's anger, then the matter will go through the sky and spread to Yanjing City, and you will be caught by those officials, how do you want the elder to deal with himself?!" ”

These words completely calmed down the two Xu Zhen brothers, and the two of them asked in a panic: "Then, what should I do?" ”

"For the sake of today, we are only trying to appease the people's anger." Shen Mo said slowly: "I issued a notice to ask the squire to return to the land within a time limit, and the Xu Mansion took the lead and sent the people of Kunshan County away, so naturally no one chewed the tongue of the old man." Saying that, he arched his hand towards Mrs. Xu, and said earnestly: "Please take the old lady's reputation as important, the old lady is the leader of the clear stream who is expected by everyone, and shoulders the heavy responsibility of resisting the strict party and supporting the country, so you can't afford to lose it!" ”

The words were true and false, and even scared and coaxed, and finally completely frightened the three grandchildren. Mrs. Xu pondered for a long time and said: "It is true that there are more than 200,000 mu of land under the name of the Han family, but the vast majority of them are others who are attached to the Han family, counting on the protection of the Han family and being able to pay less taxes. Then he said with a painful face: "In fact, there is no land in Kunshan County, which is attached to them, if the adults feel that it is inappropriate, they will help deliver it back, so that we can worry about it and complain." ”

Shen Mo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, nodded his head and said: "That's right, it's still the teacher's reputation that is important!" ”

"yes...... Hehe...... "The three ancestors and grandchildren of the Xu family have the heart to die, and that's a full 50,000 acres!" Just let this ruthless guy have to go back at once, it's really worse than cutting off one of their arms...... Shen Mo knew that this slap was hard enough, and if he didn't give a sweet date to eat anymore, the Xu family was afraid that he would resent himself to death. Although he has already made up his mind to peel off their skin, for the sake of Xu Ge Lao is likely to be the first assistant in the future, he is destined to be killed with a stick to treat the Xu family, and he has to let them suffer a loss and then take advantage of it.

smiled and said, "There is one more thing in the late life......

"And?" The three ancestors and grandchildren shouted in unison: "Is there an end? ”

"This is a good thing," Shen Mo said solemnly, "Just like last time, as soon as there is a good thing, the first thing to think of in the late life is the teacher's house." ”

He said about buying grain last time, it doesn't matter if he doesn't mention it, his face is green when he mentions the Xu family brothers...... At the beginning, if they sold the grain to Shen Mo, they would have earned four or five million taels of silver, but they were not greedy enough and sold it to the Lu family with a higher bid, but after the Lu family gave the down payment, they completely defaulted on the debt.

But the more green the face, the more you have to listen carefully, if you miss another chance to make a fortune, the brothers will really have to jump into the river. So even if he was unhappy, he had to squeeze out a smile and said, "My lord, please speak." ”

Shen Mo said: "I heard that the Xu family has 30,000 acres of mulberry orchards and 80,000 acres of cotton fields, is that so?" ”

"Not so much, not so much...... the brothers' heads shook like rattles, lest the silence flood a little more bad water and deprive them of these fields.

"yes, that's a shame." Shen Mo sighed and said: "Suzhou Weaving Bureau wants to buy a large number of raw silk and cotton for a long time. That Huang Jin wanted to give me this opportunity because he owed me a favor, I wanted to refuse, but I thought of the teacher's ......family, "Speaking of this, he saw the three ancestors and grandchildren of the Xu family, staring at him deadly, with green eyes shining green, like hungry wolves.

Suzhou's silk and Songjiang's cotton cloth are all world-famous good things, which sell well overseas and are extremely sought-after, and the big households of the two prefectures are all profitable! Although the Xu family does not directly operate the factory, it monopolizes a considerable share of raw materials and makes huge profits.

But that's all the old yellow calendar, since the southeast is in turmoil, the original trade route has been cut off, if you want to export again, you have to endure the sea merchants almost exploited the price of the price, but if you don't export it, you can't sell it even more. In the past few years, the Xu family not only did not make any money, but also suffered heavy losses because of the robbery of the Japanese robbers.

So it's not difficult to understand the excitement of the Xu family when they heard that there was an official channel where they could buy their products! In this way, there will be a market just for production, and you won't have to worry about it at any time! And this kind of official acquisition, as long as you take care of the main business, it is no problem to negotiate a good price!

The three ancestors and grandchildren of the Xu family seem to see that the backlog of products has all turned into white silver, and the mountain that has been pressing on their hearts seems to have moved away, and even the silence of the 'hateful' looks less hateful.

"How much?" Old Lady Xu said in a trembling voice.

"As many as you want!" Shen Mohao said angrily.

"What price?"

"Market price." Shen Mo smiled: "I said, I will not let the teacher's family suffer." ”

"Great!" Mrs. Xu's face flushed with excitement and said, "Sure enough, it's still a family......"

It's funny in my heart, I still treat me like an enemy, how can I become a family in a blink of an eye?

Seeing that it was almost noon, Mrs. Xu ordered someone to set up a wine and asked her two grandsons to toast to Shen Mo. These two grandsons are very affectionate in their words, and they are a 'clumsy brother', completely forgetting that they are still tense just now, and they want to eat him alive.

Shen Mo also behaved very appropriately, toasted to the old lady, and said that Fang Cai was all impressed, although it was all for the good of the old man, but I was too anxious, don't take it to heart. He has a sweet mouth and can speak, and when he divides five by two, he coaxes Mrs. Xu to smile, and it is much more pleasing to look at him. The heart said, 'This boy, though he is frivolous, has a good heart. ’

So, the guests and the host enjoyed themselves, and the two parties agreed that after Xu Zhen went to Suzhou once and met Huang Jin, the contract would take effect immediately. In other words, from next month, it will be possible to ship to the Suzhou Weaving Bureau!

Under the mutual send-off of the Xu brothers, Shen Mo left the Xu family satisfied.

Returning to the sedan chair, Gui Youguang, who was waiting outside, asked anxiously: "Look at this, didn't you want the land back?" ”

"I'm coming back." A silent smile said: "Xu Zhen Ming said that he would go to Kunshan and handle the settlement with Zhu Qianshou." ”

"No, it won't." Gui Youguang said in disbelief: "You cut such a big piece of meat from their family, how can you still keep you to eat, and the guests and hosts are happy, and they are reluctant?" ”

After thinking about it silently, he said in a voice rich in magnetic surname: "This is the legendary personal charm." After speaking, he put down the sedan curtain and said, "Little people, go home!" ”

(To be continued)