The autumn rain fell continuously, falling in every yard as far as the eye could see.
Incense was burning in the room, and a bamboo curtain separated the middle of the house. Next to the window on the side of the bamboo curtain, Ning Yi was sketching numbers with a brush in front of the long table. He turned his head and looked at the rain curtain outside, and then put this
The book is classified aside.
There were not many notebooks on the table, and it was not even halfway through the last hour. If in later generations, it would have been before two o'clock, more than half of those notebooks would have been processed. The same work seemed to be being done on the other side of the bamboo curtain.
After a while, a woman's laughter came: "Haha."
The laughter was not loud, as if he had seen or thought of something interesting, and laughed to himself. Ning Yi lowered his head and wrote, and ignored it until a moment later, the woman over there seemed to remind him.
He chuckled again. Ning Yi just closed the book in his hand, threw it aside, and asked casually: "Why are you laughing, my lord?"
"A few days ago, a stone was brought from the mountain. It's blue and looks very nice..."
The words were not loud and he stopped mid-sentence. Ning Yi was used to it and did not answer. He held the pen in one hand and looked at the information in the notebook with the other. After a while, another sentence came.
"I want to carve a big knife and put it at the door. Because of the stone carving, I think of Wang Yin... You have never seen him. He is a stone chisel. I feel that if I ask him to help, he will definitely be angry, angry.
If so, there will be a fight."
"I may not be able to beat him." The figure on the other side of the bamboo curtain nodded, ended with this sentence, and continued writing. Ning Yi raised his eyebrows while writing: "I should be able to help with this matter of fighting.
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"Hmm." The woman didn't have any big reaction. She just stayed quiet for a moment, probably blinked her eyes on the other side of the curtain, nodded and said, "That's very good."
"Tsk, naturally it's very good..."
There was a bit of pretentious sourness in the words of one side, and the other side basically just picked a random topic to socialize. In this room with the rain falling, Liu Dabiao, who already had the status of "Lord", probably thought that sometimes he shouldn't go too far.
Silent and free to speak. However, she has an eccentric temperament, and her laughter is often different from others. It is said that several scholars in Ba Dao camp used to deal with things with her, which would only make her more silent.
Ning Yi is somewhat different. Of course, when encountering this kind of situation a few days ago, he would often be stunned for a moment. Later, he roughly understood that the other party wanted to be courteous to the corporal and relax the atmosphere, so he nodded and answered a few words.
Both parties have unique personalities when it comes to dealing with people. Liu Dabiao told a joke because she felt that as a superior, she should provide a relaxed atmosphere for her hard-working subordinates. But she did not deliberately pursue results. In short, the joke said itself, laugh.
If you don't laugh, let it be. Sometimes Ning Yi treats people with calculations, and sometimes he doesn't care about others' ability to accept it. In a few words, sometimes he makes random nonsense, sometimes he talks to himself, in this big room waiting for the rain...
It also added a bit of a chilled atmosphere.
Because of these few words of conversation, the room was quiet for a long time. The maid in white clothes brought tea, walked under the eaves, and then left silently.
"The batch of military supplies was sold according to the method you said a few days ago. I didn't buy much food from Zhou Pingfu. Now that I've shipped half of it back, I'm afraid it's still not enough. Food is always a big problem... Morning
These days, from July to the beginning of the month, so many of these books are delivered every day. I start reading them every afternoon, and then I ask people to sort them out before I can finish them by the time I turn on the lamp. There are still so many books now, and I haven’t finished them yet.
After an hour, I was almost done. I felt like I was getting lazy. Looking back, this kind of thing started happening a few days ago..."
The plain and straightforward tone did not sound like it contained much emotion or feeling. Ning Yi had only seen the girl behind the curtain a few times. She was wearing a bamboo hat and a national dress on the streets of Hangzhou. Later, in
The look in Taiping Lane, he had vaguely seen the girl's eyes behind the veil when he shot her, but it was difficult to connect it with the style behind the curtain that imitated the man's thoughts and tone.
But after these days of contact, the girl behind the curtain is still quite powerful in this mode. On the one hand, she is a student who is eager to learn, and on the other hand, she has various seemingly weird and certain personalities.
There are some childish ways of acting in some aspects, but it is obvious that after long-term training, this behavior pattern has formed a unique temperament. At least it can be seen from the reactions among the members of the Ba Dao Camp today. For this
Everyone has universal support and admiration for a woman who has inherited her father's mantle. The former can be said to be the cohesion retained by her father, but the latter is by no means simple. The confidence and reliance it contains on her must be long-term.
Only by being correct and making no mistakes can we cultivate it.
He closed the book in his hand and asked, "Does the lord have any dissatisfaction with this?"
"Mr. Ning handled these matters a few days ago. The questions he asked and the words he said were quite thought-provoking. However, looking back over the past two days, Mr. Ning's methods of handling things were extremely conservative. There was nothing really surprising about following the rules.
If this is the case, I can just ask anyone to do it. Why should I ask you? I hope Mr. Ning can teach me."
Ning Yi glanced over there: "In the beginning, if you want to sell yourself, you have to say a few nice words to leave an impression on others. But the most important thing when doing things is the rules. It is not an amazing move. A village with thousands of people
, there can be many important things, the rules themselves are there, just leave it to the people below to compare with the previous ones. If everything is carefully weighed, in the long run, if the rules are broken by human relations, it will be bad."
"So..." The girl inside paused slightly, seeming a little unhappy, "I have been involved in everything in the past few years, and I have done it myself, but I am stupid?"
"It's good to have such a heart and do things this way. Why not go to other places?"
"Why can't it be used here?"
"Compared to others, it is indeed much better, but I have seen how you handled it two years ago. Amao should have a good position in the village. You have to think carefully. Agou has a wife. Where is she from?
, you should pay attention. The handling of things is indeed comprehensive. I think I can't do it. Although you don't show up at ordinary times, everyone knows that you have good intentions and appreciate your kindness. The village is better than other places.
There is human touch. But human touch overwhelms the rules. When people do good things, they know that you are supporting them behind the scenes, but what if they do bad things? They don’t think about the rules. They only think about how you will deal with it in the future. Those who have meritorious deeds, something will happen to them.
, you can’t bear it, who is willing to follow the rules after you want to be merciful as appropriate? This kind of thing has happened several times in recent years..."
The abrupt words from the other side of the curtain interrupted Ning Yi's words: "The law is nothing more than human relationships. I treat the people in my village as my brothers and sisters. Under the command of Shenggong, they are the most courageous in fighting.
Yes, they rushed at the front and shed the most blood. In Tiannan Wulin, no one dared to mess with my people in Ba Dao Village. Everyone liked this and lived a good life. They couldn't see me, but what I did, they
Everyone will see that if I only follow the rules, one day everyone will betray me."
She seemed slightly angry in the first half of her words, then she calmed down and simply stated her thoughts. Ning Yi smiled: "There must be both human feelings and rules. There is no place without such things as human feelings. But there are in the village.
Rules, the country has laws, let me tell you, what is the simplest way to measure whether a place is healthy: When a person has some conflicts or commits something, and he wants to solve it, the first thing he thinks of is through rules or
If you want to directly find someone to come forward and see what the proportion is. If he only thinks about rules and thinks about lawsuits, this world is very inhumane. Of course, I have never seen or heard of such a place.
But if he only wants to find so-and-so, then the law is in vain. If you want to manage this village, you must have both. Now, when there are more people killed and injured, more things happen, everyone is looking at you.
, you just exhausted yourself to death..."
The rain was still falling. The two people in the room argued about this matter for a long time. In the end, it seemed that there was no result. Earlier, I read some information, asked some questions, and learned some things. Liu Dabiao, who was behind the curtain, had no idea about the village.
He was a little amazed at his intention. Not many people could do it to this extent.
In today's world, whether you are managing a village or ruling the world, human feelings are higher than rules after all. It is natural that the modern management concept in his mind, which is completely focused on triangular checks and balances, is not accepted. But theory is theory, and work is done.
It depends on the results. These days, Ning Yi's seemingly conservative but clean handling and classification methods have indeed made Liu Dabiao, who is currently in a hurry, breathe a sigh of relief. The girl on the other side of the curtain also knows this.
Ming, so the two sides argued wildly for a long time, and she snorted coldly: "I will consider your opinion." Then she sulked and stopped talking. She also curled her lips and started to do what she was about to finish.
After a while, the other side of the curtain said: "In the past few days, I heard that Mr. Ning is making friends with people outside? Are there social activities every day?"
Ning Yi thought for a while and nodded: "Well, since I want to live here, I should know some talents."
"I thought you would always be in Ba Dao Camp and not be involved in too many chores, that would be fine. But now you want to go out to meet people, but the ones you make friends with are all from different religions..."
"My wife is a businessman." Ning Yi corrected him slightly.
Liu Dabiao snorted: "Anyway, they are some people who are not worth making friends with. Manager Liu said that you are tainting yourself. I said that since you have entered my Ba Dao camp, I can keep you safe. You
I want to thank you for handling a lot of things for me recently. I don’t need you to do things you don’t want to do. If you don’t want to go, the banquet of officials the day after tomorrow is just because you are sick, so I promise you not to go.
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When she said this, Ning Yi blinked in amusement. In the three or four days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, he began to go out to make friends with some people and participate in some small entertainment. In Hangzhou today, all kinds of people
People from all walks of life gather together, so there are still opportunities like this. However, once you start to communicate and get acquainted with the people around you, you will gradually be involved in this circle, just like participating in the banquet of hundreds of officials. Once you are marked by the government,
If anything happens in the future, he will not be able to escape once he is introduced as a scholar.
If he was unwilling to make friends with people in Fang La's system from the beginning, it would be noble, but naturally it would be difficult for people to truly trust him. But taking the initiative to make friends with various people would be tantamount to starting to recruit people. Liu Dabiao called this
Although it is not appropriate to insult oneself, the meaning is always clear. Ning Yi actually admired the girl a little, and he naturally insisted on his own affairs with a smile. The other party did not force it, but just hummed: "
As you like.
Although the two of them are talking and arguing every day, they are not close to each other. After a while, the things were done and they discussed for a while. Ning Yi stood up and left, and the other side of the curtain told him to take an umbrella and leave. After Ning Yi left,
Someone came in from the side door. This man was tall and tall. He was Liu Tiannan, the general manager of the Batao Camp. Before Hangzhou fell, he followed Liu Xigua into the city. He also had a relationship with Ning Yi. He was once thought to be Liu Dabiao himself.
Ning Yi was in the room just now, and he waited outside the side door for a while. When he came in, he mainly wanted to ask about the handling of various things in the Ba Dao camp every day.
Nowadays, with the Fang La uprising, the families of Batao Villa are distributed in Batao Villa and Hangzhou. The young and strong people who can really fight and resist are still participating in the war in Jiaxing. Every day, big and small things are reported.
, Liu Xigua is a hands-on character. He was injured recently, and Liu Tiannan was a little anxious when he saw the hard work all day long. But the girl was very strict with herself, and she regarded this kind of thing as a test for herself, even if Liu Tiannan wanted to persuade him
The girl casually skipped a few sentences.
Liu Tiannan is actually quite a shrewd person. He is an old man from Ba Dao Camp who is highly skilled in martial arts, has more than enough dignity, and has the ability to handle things. Otherwise, the real Liu Dabiao would not have let him serve as the general manager.
Chen. But there have been a lot of things going on recently. Although he and Liu Xigua tried their best, they were still very busy every day. But after Ning Liheng came, he started gesticulating and said, "You go here."
"You go there", he noticed that the situation seemed to have calmed down.
"Speaking of which, Mr. Ning is indeed a talented and learned person. However, when I was in Hangzhou, I saw that he was very brave and brave. When he led the crowd to break out of the encirclement in Huzhou, he was also brave and resourceful. I thought he should have a free and uninhibited temperament.
But these days, it seems that he is more organized than those old scholars. Haha, owner of the village, if this person really takes refuge, he will really find a treasure."
"So what if it's not sincere." The girl sat on the big bed, flicked a stone in her hand, and opened the window with a bang. "He has made many friends now. If we lose in the future, the court will investigate and investigate.
Someone must have accused him. I asked him to attend the banquet of officials, and he understood it and started doing these things."
"I'm a bit more decisive." Liu Tiannan frowned. He had seen people who would rather die than surrender, and he had also seen people who were greedy for life and afraid of death. But he couldn't see much of what Ning Yi did.
This kind of thing makes people feel a little weird.
"Everything follows the rules. When we came over, he helped the court beat us. When he was caught, he started to help us. I asked him to attend the banquet of hundreds of officials. He knew he couldn't push it away, so he just did it more thoroughly. These days
, the same is true when dealing with things. He knows what should be done, but does not care about what he wants to do. But at this point, he should also know that he has no way out." Liu Xigua thought for a while, "...
···Boring people.”
People in this world each have their own persistence and desires. There are many bad people under the Holy Gong who are full of selfish desires, have dirty thoughts and do dirty things. But there are also people who are admired, even if their ideas and persistence are not the same.
It's different. For example, Fo Shuai has worked hard for this foundation, Lou Minzhong wants to be famous forever, Chen Fan seems to be reckless, but in fact he is careful, but in some things, he is also a strong-tempered person, while An Xifu is indifferent and fights in battle.
Killing your own people is like cutting grass, but you have your own efforts and persistence.
She knew in Hangzhou that there was a man like Ning Liheng setting up a trap for the imperial court, and later in Taiping Alley, she saw him blowing up the entire alley, leaving herself, Shi Bao and others helpless with one person's power.
Then when Huzhou counterattacked vigorously, she also thought that this person might be a free and uninhibited man, a romantic celebrity who knows everything when talking and laughing, just like the Mr. Wolong that her father said when she was a child, but now it seems that the other party has no intention at all.
Keep those things in mind.
The most important thing is the rules, what should be done, not what you want to do. He came to kill him, and he wanted to set up a trap to save his life, so he almost killed himself and others. In Huzhou, he was among the escapees.
So he manipulated people's hearts and asked the remnant soldiers to rise up and kill more than 3,000 people on his side. When he was caught, he asked him to do something, but he couldn't push him away. He just kept doing this and asked him to participate in the banquet of hundreds of officials. He knew that things couldn't be done.
To avoid it, just go out and make friends with various people, even if he doesn't like it - if his life is like this, what's the point?
She thought this, and Liu Tiannan knew what she was thinking and laughed: "If he is so interesting, we probably won't be able to get him to do things for us."
"Hmm..." Liu Xigua nodded. But I always hope he is more interesting... He doesn't have to be too thorough. He originally thought of many ways to make him surrender or move him.
Yes, in the end he happily agreed, and of course she thought he was the right one, but when she felt the other person's temperament in the past few days, it was like a knife cutting into the void, and she couldn't help but feel a little bored.
But whatever, the Villa needs such a person the most. If he does good work in the future, he will naturally act as the owner of the Villa and never treat him badly. As for the other things, it doesn't matter.
Of course, I really want to know what this person really wants to do. But there is no rush, so just take your time...
Her curiosity ends here. She already knows what kind of person the other person is. From now on, there will probably be nothing to explore... or so she thinks.