They whispered during the operation and discussed the secrets of their own processes. When doing key operations, they no longer turned their backs on Huang Huang, but operated in front of Huang Huang for him to see.
Ding Youdi knew that these people must have taken advantage of Huang Huang and began to sell the secrets of the process to Huang Ming.
Ding Youdi wanted to report Huang Huang, but he suffered from the lack of evidence and was afraid that he would offend other employees in the brothel who had taken refuge with Huang Huang, and would be framed by them collectively in the future.
Finally, on March 7th, Huang Huang found Ding Youdi and invited him to have a drink at Jixianlou, the largest restaurant in Fanjiazhuang. At the wine table, taking advantage of the strength of two bowls of soju, Huang Huang leaned into Ding Youdi's ear.
, whispered that he would give him one hundred taels of silver to buy him the secret of this process. As long as Ding Youdi agreed, Huang Huang immediately gave him fifty taels of silver, and then Ding Youdi told Huang Huang what materials were added to the crucible, how many kilograms at a time, and the key was
What! After everything is said, the operation will be done in front of Huang Huang tomorrow, and Huang Huang will give another fifty taels of silver to Ding Youdi.
One hundred taels of silver is enough for Ding Youdi to buy two small villas in Fanjiazhuang.
Ding Youdi was also shocked by Huang Huang's generosity. He was in a daze for a few seconds, but soon he found his backbone: This can't be done!
In these turbulent years, what can you do with a hundred taels after betraying your employer?
Are you going to buy dozens of acres of dry land? These days, the gentry and the royal family don’t pay land taxes, and all the land taxes fall on common people like Ding Youdi. You can’t make a few taels of money by digging in the soil all year round, and you have to be exploited by subordinate officials.
, working so hard, and being hungry every year during the lean season!
Looking for a job elsewhere? Who will hire someone who betrays his employer? Even if others don't know his true identity and hire him, a job that can get him one, two or five dollars is considered a high-end job these days. Generally, it's like this
Errands are strenuous work that can wear people down. Errands like those provided by Mr. Conduct will never be found again.
What's more, Master Chengsheng is not easy to get along with. If you betray him, you won't be able to survive in Tianjin, and you will have no choice but to fly away!
Ding Youdi is not a greedy person. He is very calm. He knows that he is harming himself by taking the one hundred taels of silver.
But Huang Huang was very arrogant. He patted Ding Youdi on the shoulder and said coldly: "We are serious about spending so much money on your secret recipe. If you think about it, you will know that we have a lot of background! If you don't cooperate,
I guarantee that you will not have a good life. We can’t touch you in Fanjiazhuang, and I guarantee that your hands and feet will be cut off as soon as you leave Fanjiazhuang!"
After listening to Huang Huang's words, Ding Youdi felt a chill in his heart and sweat broke out on his back.
Could it be that I really couldn't keep such a good job, so I could only accept the one hundred taels of silver and fly away?
Ding Youdi was not a coward. He held a wine glass and thought about a cup of tea before making up his mind. He was determined to keep his good life and fight this Huang Huang to the end. He pretended to agree to Huang Huang and accepted it.
Huang Huang gave him fifty taels of silver and told Huang Huang that what he purchased was arsenic and he added fifteen kilograms of it into the crucible at a time.
Huang Huang was overjoyed and kept serving wine to Ding Youdi. Finally, he was half drunk before going back.
Ding Youdi took the money and did not return to his villa. He walked around Fan's Village to make sure no one was following him, then rushed into the commanding officer's office.
The soldiers guarding the door refused to let Ding Youdi in at first, but Ding Youdi took out fifty taels of silver from his arms and said that someone wanted to steal the secret recipe for Fanjiazhuang glass. The soldiers quickly went in to report. Soon, Ding Youdi saw Master Cheng personally
Walked out.
The moment he saw Master Cheng, Ding Youdi understood that his good life in Fanjiazhuang had been saved!
Looking at the fifty taels of silver, Li Zhi believed Ding Youdi's words that someone was stealing his formula.
Li Zhi never imagined that even though he was fortified at all levels, someone would still try his best to steal his formula. He gave the kiln head three or two months of money, but he didn't expect that he would not be grateful to him and instead join forces with outsiders to steal the glass formula. Who is coveting it?
Use your own formula and want to produce hugely profitable glass?
Li Zhi asked Ding Youdi and Huang Huangxu to deal with it, while he himself sent people overnight to secretly follow Huang Huang to see who was in contact with him.
Two days later, there was news. Four outsiders pretending to be in the rice and noodle business contacted Huang Huang every day and spread the news outside the city. Li Zhi asked people to keep an eye on these fake rice and noodle businessmen to see where they were spreading the news.
After following for several days, the whistle finally found out that these rice noodle merchants had entered the home of Lu Siqi. Lu Siqi was the boss of Longshengxing, one of the eight major merchant houses in Tianjin, and the cousin of Chao Pichang, the chief military officer of Tianjin.
It turned out that someone from the general army wanted to imitate his own glass. Lu Siqi usually liked to make friends and watch movies, and he looked like a knight, but he didn't expect to be so ruthless when he stole the formula, and thousands of taels of silver were poured in. With this kind of energy,
Obviously, the recipe for glass is prepared in one go.
Li Zhi's official position was small and he could not touch Lu Siqi, but he could still deal with unruly people in his territory.
Li Zhi gave an order, and the servants went out to arrest Huang Huang and the fake rice noodle merchants. They were put into prison for interrogation. Under torture, several unscrupulous people quickly revealed the main messenger.
And the employees who had been bribed. The main messenger was indeed Lu Siqi. Several fake rice and noodle merchants reported directly to Lu Siqi's brother and used money to do things. And with this money, Huang Ming had already bribed eight workers in the No. 1 kiln of the glass workshop.
Li Zhi immediately arrested the eight workers who were suspected of betraying him and interrogated them. In the end, the execution officer confirmed that these eight people had indeed sold their work secrets. These secrets had been passed to Lu Siqi through Huang Huang. Fortunately, the core
The three purchasing personnel were not bribed, nor were the workers who added saltpeter to remove color. Lu Siqi could not produce glass with limited information.
However, the result of the interrogation still made Li Zhi very angry. He supported these workers with high wages, but these workers repaid him by depriving themselves of money.
Li Zhi ordered that Huang Huang, the fake rice noodle merchant and eight workers who sold the formula be shot collectively. The charge was that they communicated with the slaves and leaked military information. Li Zhi arranged it a little and produced some false evidence pointing to the nine workers and Lu Siqi.
Li Zhi sentenced thirteen criminals to death based on this evidence.
The conduct officer had the power to arrest thieves if he had money and grain, so he had the power to kill lawbreakers. The crime of revealing a merchant's secret recipe was too small to be beheaded, so Li Zhi simply said that these people were prisoners of war.
It's not that Li Zhi is cruel, it's not that he is not cruel and can't deter Chuan Xiao. These nine workers, including Huang Ming, know the steps of glass production and have already had different intentions. They can neither stay in the glass workshop and continue working, nor can they continue to work in the glass workshop.
If you fire them like this and let them spread the production methods of the glass workshop outside, you can only silence them.
With Li Zhi's high salary, he naturally has to take responsibility. Leaking secrets will end like this.
When he heard that Li Zhi had sentenced his four fake rice noodle merchants to death, Lu Siqi didn't say anything. He didn't seem to want to reveal that he had stolen Li Zhi's formula, and he didn't want to break up with Li Zhi.
