In the early morning, the sun had only risen halfway up the mountain, but the heat wave had already taken over the entire Yinzhou City. Before noon, it was already so hot that you had to sweat at any time.
Bingcao Yamen. As he walked out, He Wanming wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief and cursed "the weather is crazy".
The chief steward, He Zhi, followed him step by step, fanning him all the time.
Si Denghan, who was a step behind and seemed to be taking a leisurely stroll, had a proud look on his face and talked to the housekeeper Si Yuan, "Today is really clear and clear, with a clear sky."
Si Yuan laughed, "God must have opened his eyes today."
Stenghan laughed heartily, "Boss He, don't walk in such a hurry. You'll break out in a sweat when you walk in such a hurry. The problem is not with God."
He Wanming let out a long breath, stopped, turned around and looked at Stenghan expressionlessly, "Boss Si, He learned a lesson today."
Si Denghan walked to him with a smile and said, "I don't dare to be a teacher. Si is a scholar and only has benevolence, justice, filial piety and virtue in his mind, and cannot hold anything else.
On the other hand, Boss He, since you can't take care of such a big business, don't keep thinking about swallowing a fat man in one go, lest you burst your belly in the end and the gain outweighs the loss." After saying that, he laughed and went out.
He Wanming looked at his proud back and was so angry that he stamped his feet a few times, and then angrily said to He Zhi: "Hurry up and send someone to Pingpo Village and send the bad guy Zhuangtou to me for investigation."
Damn the village head, I didn't expect that such a big business would be ruined by a small village head. He Wanming wished he could cut that bad guy into pieces.
The He family has a lot of land, and naturally there are many village heads. He knows that the village heads below will definitely make money, but as long as there is no big trouble, he will turn a blind eye. After all, the He family has many businesses, and he also
I can't pay attention to such details.
But I didn't expect that my little indulgence would actually make some people get carried away.
"Except for Pingpo Village, all other village heads must be inspected. Anyone who has done something wrong to me will be arrested and sent to the official." He Wanming said bitterly, "It's time to control these moths."
He Zhi responded quickly.
He Wanming hummed again and left the yamen. Suddenly he remembered something, "By the way, does the barefoot doctor have any clues?"
He Zhi was a little embarrassed, "We have already investigated most of the doctors in the city. It's just that there are too few clues. The handwriting on a prescription, plus the fact that he came from the desert, there are no extra clues, it is really not easy to find it in a short time."
"We must find him. The He family is allowed to bear such a big blame. I want to see who he is." He Wanming said bitterly.
He Zhi responded yes again.
After the master and servant returned to the He family compound in a carriage, He Zhi sent people to Pingpo Village to pick up people without stopping. Then he assigned a certain number of villagers to each of the other stewards and asked them to be responsible for investigating what happened in the village.
Zhuangtou, you don't care about small fights, but if there is a big disturbance, you will be sent to the official.
As for He Wanming, when he returned home, he couldn't vent his sullenness, so he grabbed the tea cup and threw it. After throwing the tea cup, he couldn't help but throw the table and stool, which made a lot of noise. The servants in the courtyard were frightened and stayed away, not daring to come forward.
provoke.
He Wanming's second son, He Shengtao, heard the commotion and rushed over. As soon as he entered the door, he saw He Wanming grabbing a blue and white porcelain vase and trying to throw it.
He quickly stepped forward to stop him, "Father, I can't help it. Even if someone makes you angry, don't take it out at home. Even if you want to throw it, go and throw it at the person who made you angry. If you throw your own things, isn't it just another mistake?"
I feel angry and suffer a loss."
He Wanming was so angry that his eyes were red, he slammed the porcelain bottle at his feet, and the porcelain pieces flew to the ground, and shouted, "Is it your turn to teach me?"
He Shengtao's expression was stagnant. He looked around the room, moved a few porcelain bottles in the corner to the table, and then sat down:
"Okay, you throw it. If it's not enough, I'll move it for you. You're very angry today. I think it's not enough to throw all the things in the house. Do you want me to go buy you a bunch more now? What do you want?
Like, porcelain? Porcelain is good, and it makes a nice sound when dropped..."
"Pah~" Before he could finish his words, he received a firm slap on his face.
He Wanming was so angry that he couldn't stand, took a step back, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Don't give me such weird energy."
He Shengtao smiled as if nothing happened, "Why am I so angry? I care about you. If you want to get angry, I wish I could buy you all the porcelain vases in the city. Is there such a filial son as me in the world?"
"You..." He Wanming pointed at He Shengtao, complaining and hating, "I can't blame you for being ineffective. With your temper, you still want to do business, and you are not worthy of carrying someone's shoes."
He Shengtao crossed his legs and said, "Yeah, it's a pity that I'm not as smart as my elder brother, so I can't run as fast as him."
"You..." Before He Wanming could take a breath, he was angered again. He pointed at He Shengtao angrily and was speechless for a long time. After a long time, he sat down angrily and said angrily:
"That old man Sdenhan was checking us out behind our backs. He got the handle and joined me in front of Cai Yingheng. Cai Yingheng handed over the ointment business to him."
He Shengtao hesitated for a moment, but finally calmed down and said comfortingly: "Isn't it just a matter of tens of thousands of taels of silver? We are not short of that, so we should treat it as charity to them."
Unexpectedly, He Wanming's face darkened again, "Is this a matter of tens of thousands of taels of silver? That is military ointment. For the medicine store, it is glory and reputation.
Do I care about those tens of thousands of taels of silver? What I care about is that in the next year, people will go to his house to buy medicine. Tell me about you, what the hell is going on in your head all day long? You can’t even figure this out.
, you are eating for nothing."
He Shengtao's face, which had just softened a little, suddenly turned down, and he sneered: "I don't understand, I am stupid, but it was also your child. I didn't blame you for giving birth to me so stupid. It was a good thing, but you blame me."
, if you have the ability, don’t do it in the first place.
Yes, brother is smart, but he hasn't run away yet. If you have the ability, go catch him back. Why do you need me?" After saying that, he stood up coldly and went out.
"You bastard, I really wish I hadn't given birth to such a rebellious son like you." He Wanming grabbed a porcelain bottle on the table and smashed it over.
He Shengtao listened to the sound of the porcelain bottle falling to the ground behind him, and his eyes were filled with resentment that seemed to bleed.
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But he said that Zhufeng went to the countryside early in the morning and first went to Tian Debao's house. After being told that old man Xu had gone to the fields, he went to Luo Sanqi's house.
Luo Sanqi did not go to the ground. As soon as Zhufeng entered the courtyard, he saw several tall and thick people standing in the yard, holding sticks in their hands. They were all unfamiliar with them, but they thought they were helpers Luo Sanqi had hired.
There are also two people with similar faces to Luo Sanqi, who should be his brothers. In total, there are about ten people in the yard.
Seeing Zhu Feng come in, Luo Sanqi quickly stood up to greet him, "Boss Zhu, why are you going to the countryside again after only two days of training? How is your foot? Are you feeling better?"
"It's much better. You can see that walking is no problem." Zhufeng took two steps and asked with a smile: "Who is this person you are looking for?"
Luo Sanqi whispered: "I asked someone to find someone in the city. He is someone from the escort agency. He knows a lot about it."
No wonder. Zhufeng nodded and stepped forward to bow to several strong men. The strong men also stood up and returned the greeting.
Luo Sanqi then introduced his two brothers to Zhufeng, "This is my eldest brother and third brother." Then he said to the two brothers: "This is the Zhufeng boss I am giving you."
The two brothers smiled and greeted Zhufeng again. After several greetings, everyone took their seats one after another.
After Luo Sanqi sat down, he made a fierce determination: "If they dare to come again today, I will fight them to the death."
Zhufeng raised his hand to hold him down, "If you really want to fight, you have to fight when your life is really in danger."