Compared with Lou Shuwan, people from other forces in Qingmuzhai learned about Ning Yi a little earlier. The first one was He Shuyuan and He Yuanwai, who had a background in the Qi family, the day after they met the Blood Bodhisattva
In the afternoon, someone secretly invited him to the courtyard above the mountainside for an interview.
He had visited this inconspicuous little courtyard on the mountainside twice before to visit Liang Bingfu. He knew in his heart that compared to the lobby of Qingmuzhai, this courtyard was the real core of power in Qingmuzhai. If the other party could call him here, it was probably
I made a decision to finalize the deal with him secretly.
He Shuyuan is not surprised by this result. Among the various forces that came here this time, the Qi family is the most knowledgeable. As long as it can be combined with the forces of the Qi family, Luliang can play a great role and make the most profits.
.By taking this trip, He Shuyuan has given Qingmuzhai enough face.
Once Qingmuzhai cooperates with the Qi family, is recruited, and enters the military system. Although it sounds like it does not interfere with Qingmuzhai's affairs, on a practical level, when you join the army, you have to be an officer and you have to be supervised. This is where you can
Insert manpower in. Under the impact of various interests such as money and power, these village owners and leaders in Luliang Mountain will also become part of the interests of the Qi family. After exploiting every opportunity, who will say who Qingmuzhai will be in a few years?
After all, it’s really hard to say.
With this in mind, after entering the room in the courtyard, what he saw was a young man who was writing something at his desk. The other person's expression was focused and indifferent. He didn't stop writing in his hand. He just raised the fingers of his left hand without even turning his head.
lift it up.
"Wait a moment, it will be ready soon. Mr. He, please sit down."
He Shuyuan, who was originally full of joy, frowned and stood at the door with his hands behind his back, staring at the young man. He was thinking about the people in Qingmuzhai, and his expression was already a little serious and angry.
The other party ignored him and continued to write on the paper. After he finished writing, he picked it up and took a look at it, then folded it and put it into his sleeve and stopped the brush. Then he looked into the eyes of the middle-aged man at the door and stood.
He got up and picked up the teacup on the table.
"He Shuyuan, please get to know me, Ning Yi, Ning Liheng. Have you heard of the Secret Investigation Department?" The young man took a sip of tea and walked out from behind the desk, with a slight smile on his face, but also with a smile on his face.
Leng Yi said, "If anyone in the Qi family has told you, we still had fights from last year to this year. During the food crisis, He Yuanwai also made a lot of money, right?"
The moment he heard the words "Secret Investigations Division", He Shuyuan's heart sank. He had the feeling that later generations of criminals were doing bad things and suddenly met their contact person who was the FBI. Of course, his feeling was not so specific, but then.
He also realized the meaning of the name Ning Liheng, and had no idea why this person appeared in Luliang now.
"Ning Liheng... you are the one in charge of food distribution and disaster relief in the Prime Minister's Mansion..."
From last year to this year, the Youxiang Mansion almost went to war with the Wu Dynasty in the north and south of the world in order to eliminate the harm of food disasters. The person responsible for mobilizing food and suppressing food prices in the north and south was the young man in front of me. As the Qi family once said
Some of the information is also consistent. The man named Ning Liheng in the Prime Minister's Mansion can do such a thing. Even if he cannot be said to be a national scholar, he is at least a poisonous scholar who cannot be messed with around the prime minister. How can anyone outside the prime minister rely on the connections of the Qi family?
Giving orders was not enough in front of a person who represented the prime minister's authority. He spoke with difficulty, but the other party had already walked over.
"Well, I am exactly the same. In a place like Luliang, there are people in the rivers and lakes who send bandits to slaughter people with bloody hands, and there are also people who talk about inner demons. They are all rumors. I am just like He Yuanwai. I am a businessman. Trading,
Even if there was some friction before, it was just about money. There is no hurt between us personally. Do you think so, He Yuanwai?"
There was a smile on the other party's face. He Shuyuan was not new to the world after all. He now knew that things must have changed, but he still regained his composure: "That's right. It's just that He didn't know why Mr. Ning appeared here now.
"
"Actually, it's very simple. It's similar to He Yuanwai's idea." Ning Yi smiled, patted his arm, and walked out of the door first, "Let's go for a walk and talk as we go."
The atmosphere of the current conversation has been taken away by Ning Yi from the beginning. But He Shuyuan can't do anything about it. The other party is not only the core staff of the prime minister's house, but also related to those vicious Green Forest people. The name of the inner demon has caused a lot of trouble.
The gangsters were crying like ghosts and wolves howling. If they didn't agree with what they said, let alone using the Prime Minister's Mansion to pressure them, the other party would probably beat him to death here. He followed him all the way out and stopped when he reached the outside of the door, where he could overlook the Qingmuzhai Valley.
Come down.
"He Yuanwai." The young man tilted his head, "Look at Qingmuzhai, it's developing pretty well. It wasn't like this two years ago. Do you think it's because the village owner here suddenly became so talented?
, made this place big all of a sudden? And started doing border trade?”
He Shuyuan looked at the scene below and hesitated for a moment: "You mean, your prime minister's office has already intervened?"
"There is no such thing. The Prime Minister's Office will not admit this, and we will never cooperate with the gangsters." Ning Yi smiled, "What happened today came out of my mouth and entered your ears, and it has never happened to the outside world.
Pass. You know, Mr. He, that the Xiangfu family has a big business. Just like you, everything requires money. We have some businesses, such as helping people plan their businesses. If anyone needs something, we know where to find it. We can help
People pull the strings, sometimes how much money is earned, how much money is spent, and the rough people don’t know how to manage accounts. We will help with the accounting, and then try our best to give good income and expenditure suggestions. These are all win-win small businesses.
Only when everyone makes money is real money made, and when everyone is good is it really good, don’t you think so?"
As Ning Yi spoke, he already moved forward, and He Shuyuan followed beside him with a confused look on his face.
"In business, the most important thing is not what you sell or what you buy, the most important thing is to make friends. Just like the food disaster from last year to this year, we also made many friends. As long as we have friends, the relationship will be
Connect it. What is needed, what to produce, what to sell, and how to sell it. If there are people in every link, it can be quickly started. Then everyone can make money, and things can grow bigger and bigger. During this period, even if you follow others
There's a little friction. Like I said, it's just money. People can still get to know each other. This is a good thing. If we hadn't gotten to know each other, you and I wouldn't be able to talk like this.
Harmony. Mr. He, you are a senior in business, tell me, do I make sense?"
He Shuyuan: "Haha... yes..."
Ning Yi continued: "As I said, the Secret Investigation Department just walks around and makes suggestions. Well, Luliang has been a problem on the border a long time ago. We have always wanted to solve its problems, and then we have
The current situation. However, it is impossible for a single company to do business. In the past, it just opened the door to do business and only collected a few small changes. It was much more affordable than other places. And here in Qingmuzhai, people have long admired the king.
We will all be our own people in the future. He Yuanwai can rest assured that opening the door to the outside world for business will not change at any time. However, we have preferential treatment for people like He Yuanwai who do big business. This is Ning
According to a recent survey, these are the most profitable things, and what we charge will be less than usual. Why don’t you take a look."
As he spoke, he put the piece of paper he had written on before into He Shuyuan's hand. He Shuyuan held the piece of paper but did not open it to read. He just looked at Ning Yi: "So, this is also Prime Minister Qin's opinion?"
"It's not anyone's specific opinion, but border crossing has always been a big problem, how to control it. It has its own rules. We can't catch all the benefits, and we can't just see one or two years. These things are the considerations of the people above, Prime Minister Li, Prime Minister Qin and others.
Thinking about it, I’m not very clear either.”
Ning Yi said with a bright smile. But what he meant at the moment was: This is the result of our consideration. It is not something you can know at your level. He Shuyuan frowned. He didn't know how much the Secret Investigation Department had done here.
However, he knew that it was useless to wallow and act in front of this man. After thinking about it, he said: "What should we do with the army? Vice General Xiao and the others are here. Can you explain clearly the matter of the prime minister's house snatching food from the tiger's mouth?"
"
Border trade played an important role in Wu Dynasty's tax revenue, but there were also all kinds of people involved, and the prime minister's office was definitely not clean here. However, this kind of division of interests is like a political struggle. There will be friction between each other, but they will not break up. Once the distribution of interests is determined,
Everyone will abide by the tacit agreement. If the Prime Minister opens a smuggling port privately here, it will be a big or small matter, but of course, there are only so many benefits at the border. Everyone takes advantage of every opportunity to grab it, and they can get what they can in Luliang in the past.
It can be regarded as a skill to make a definite opening where there are interests. As long as the impact is not too big and you don't go it alone, there are still ways to manage it.
Ning Yi shook his head: "Of course we have arrangements for these things. As I said, the Prime Minister's Office did not actually intervene in the affairs of Qingmuzhai. At most, we lobbied for it and made a suggestion. To be honest,
What the Prime Minister is interested in is actually the coal mines in Luliang Mountain. I don’t know if He Yuanwai has heard of it, but there are several open-pit coal mines here, which are easy to mine. We did some business in Mang, called... lotus root coal
, we need this thing. So we also hope that Luliang can be in peace and stability for a long time."
He Shuyuan said: "I've heard about that stove. However, charcoal is cheap. Wouldn't it be troublesome to transport it from here?"
"We need to expand our business. Since there is coal here, we can develop the coal stove business to the north. The stoves are still very useful."
He Shuyuan nodded, and after a moment he said with a smile: "If we want to do this business, He would be very willing to participate in individual stocks, so that he can enjoy what the stable people like."
"Haha, Yuanwai He is serious about what he said. Strong dragons cannot overwhelm local snakes. If we want to do business in the north, I will be the first to find Yuanwai He. I will provide the technology and you will provide the manpower. How about. As for the matter of Luliang Mountain..."
What kind of coal business, lotus root coal business, is just a small business that fills the gap between the He family and the He family. Just saying this narrowed the distance. He Shuyuan interrupted Ning Yi with a smile: "I understand Brother Ning's business about Luliang Mountain."
I mean, but there is the Qi family behind my brother, and I can’t tell what their views are. But no matter what, as Brother Ning said, it’s just business, and it doesn’t hurt the harmony, how about it?”
Ning Yi reached over and patted the hand holding the paper: "Well, as everyone is doing things, friction is inevitable. Follow the rules and don't hurt the harmony."
The two were chatting and laughing. Ning Yi escorted He Shuyuan to the mountain pass and waved goodbye. After turning around, their smiles instantly faded. Ning Yi frowned and walked back boredly, while He Shuyuan gritted his teeth for a while.
The Secret Investigation Department has been involved in this for a long time, and I can’t express my anger. However, this kind of thing is indeed a matter of first come, first served. Everyone is secretly managing their own interests. If the Secret Investigation Department really started to control Luliang two years ago, and others want to intervene, that is
It's true that the tiger's mouth is snatching food from the tiger's mouth, so what if he gets angry.
Also in the afternoon, Ning Yi met Xiao Cheng, the deputy general of Wu Shengjun. As a member of the army, this deputy general was the easiest to deal with. After revealing the backgrounds of Qin Siyuan, Qin Shaoqian, and the Secret Investigation Department, he promised a
With a large sum of money, the other party immediately became Ning Yi's iron brother. Even if he helped Wu Shengjun handle Lu Liang, how much money could he make? Only the money that goes into his own pocket is real money...
Just like Ning Yi said, people who do business will not quarrel with each other casually. Even if they can quarrel with Qingmuzhai, they are not willing to quarrel with the Secret Investigation Department and Qin Siyuan. However, under such rules, with luck,
Psychologically, making some small moves, or waiting for the situation to change, worsening is still a choice. After Ning Yi roughly greeted these people, the grass on the hills near Qingmuzhai also began to gather here. First, the spies
, spies, and then some.[,!] people sent out leaders of all sizes to prepare to pay a visit to the Blood Bodhisattva.
In the beginning, Lou Shuwan complained bitterly to the people around him. Once someone on the surrounding hills believed it, they couldn't help but start discussing privately and connecting with each other. Everyone felt a huge crisis about the possible recruitment of Qingmuzhai.
Emotions. In this way, the outer gathering of Qingmuzhai, which was already overcrowded, seems to be even more crowded and chaotic these days. And inside Qingmuzhai, the people who became confident because of the appearance of so many outsiders at first, these
On the contrary, Tianli calmed down and silently began to shrink the defense line and consolidate the stronghold.
Qingmuzhai has developed its business in the past two years and has also absorbed most of the foreign population. Now it even seems to be in chaos during the expansion process. Once a war breaks out, the business and the village will definitely be affected. On the other hand, this time the alliance
It seems that most of the forces in Luliang Mountain except Qingmuzhai are amazing. No matter who looks at it, Qingmuzhai will not want to fight this war. And if Qingmuzhai does not want to see the war
Under the circumstances, the current phenomenon of consolidating the defense line can only be said to be the most passive defense.
The whole situation began to tighten in this atmosphere. Three days after arriving in Dede, at night, the leader of the village, Blood Bodhisattva, held a banquet to entertain these distinguished guests who came up the mountain. Everyone attended. At the banquet in the main hall of Dede, Lou Shuwan
Suppressing her trembling mood, she waited for a certain guest to appear. However, until the flowing banquet began, Ning Yi and others did not appear among the guests. Halfway through the banquet, she almost stood up to test the Blood Bodhisattva.
, asking her where the inner demons who went up the mountain this time were now. At this moment, Qiu Guyan came in from outside the palace and whispered some news behind her ear.
"...I heard some rumors from the people in the mountains, but I don't know if they are true for the time being. The Blood Bodhisattva did not compete in martial arts to recruit a bride, but...she already has a sweetheart. I heard that the insiders already know that that person is Ning Li.
Heng, he went to the mountain to get married to the Blood Bodhisattva...so in this business, he is not a guest, but the host..."
Not far away, in the position of the leader of the village, a woman nicknamed Blood Bodhisattva was talking to the guests with a smile and distance. Lou Shuwan held the wine glass, and there was a "buzzing" sound in her head, and the light left for a moment.
, and then she returned to her eyes tremblingly. She found that her hands were shaking slightly, and the pictures in her eyes were also shaking.
"... Even if he is the master." She found that her voice was hoarse, so she repeated it again, "Even if he is the master... People from outside the mountain are coming around, why doesn't he move? He is waiting.
Do you want to die? Does he know that many people will die in a fight..."
"This...that's clear..."
"A lot of people will die in the fight...Does he know...what he is thinking..."
That night, she didn't know how she walked out of the hall. She walked on the mountain road, the night wind was cold, the distant mountains were lonely, and the lights in the distant courtyards seemed to be mocking her. She returned to her yard,
After sitting in the room for a long time, he put on his cloak and went out. He walked to the door of the courtyard where Zhu Biao and others lived. When he was about to go inside, someone stopped him. Qiu Guyan, who was responsible for protecting her, also came over to block the person.
"I want to see Ning Yi!"
She said this. However, after experiencing the little thief incident, everyone knew that the Tianhu force she represented was the enemy, and the blocker did not intend to look good on him.
"Girl, none of us want to see you."
"I want to see Ning Yi!" she shouted loudly, "I know him! I know he has seen me too! Let him come out to see me -"
In Shawanshi's yard at the rear, Dong Pang'er's subordinates were alerted and came over to watch the fun. The blocker was also startled. This woman sounded very familiar to the boss... I didn't know what to do for a while.
, in the rear room, Zhu Biao had already ran out: "Ah, you..."
"Tell Ning Yi to come out to see me! Just say that the enemies of the Lou family have come to look for him——"
"Uh, wait a minute." Zhu Biao thought for a while and then disappeared behind the courtyard.
Lou Shuwan put on her cloak, stood at the entrance of the courtyard, and closed her eyes. After a long time, Zhu Biao came down from the mountain and said to her: "He can see you tomorrow morning."
Lou Shuwan closed her eyes, took a breath, turned and left.
The next morning, she met Ning Yi.
Chapter completed!