A Clash of Gods - Chapter 970

[Chapter 960 The mystery behind]

Jiang Mantian got up and said with a smile: “Tian Dongjia, in the future your Tianjia Pharmacy will be a member of my East China Sea Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce is to allow every merchant in the East China Sea to do business smoothly. If you have any difficulties in the East China Sea, you can come to me at any time, as long as I can help, I will never refuse.”

“Thank you, President Jiang. In the future, President Lao will take care of the Tianjia Pharmacy.”

“Tian Dong’s family, you only need to sign and put your fingerprints on those documents to take effect.” Jiang Mantian smiled and said, “After signing, you can keep it yourself. If Mr. Lu goes back and takes out the documents, you won’t be afraid of the lawsuit. of.”

Lu Feihang hurriedly smiled and said, “I dare not dare.”

Jiang Mantian said to Qi Ning again, “Master Marquis, the humble house is hosting a banquet tonight, which is considered as an apology wine for Master Hou and Tian Dong’s family. I wonder if Master Hou can appreciate the honor?”

“President Jiang, I have seen your sincerity today, so I don’t need dinner.” Qi Ning smiled: “There will always be opportunities in the future. By the way, I heard that President Jiang and Mr. Zhuo Qingyang are old friends?”

Jiang Mantian nodded and said, “I did get Mr. Zhuo’s advice once. Mr. Zhuo never gave up, and he often took a nap in the humble house.”

“Mr. Zhuo is also my teacher.” Qi Ning said with a smile, “I wonder if President Jiang and Mr. Zhuo have written letters recently?”

Jiang Mantian shook his head and said, “Mr. Zhuo sent a letter half a year ago. He was a warm-hearted person and recommended Gouzi to the court. With such kindness, it was not easy for the people to refuse, so Gouzi also went to the capital. Before leaving, Caomin also asked Inuzi to bring a letter there, but Mr. Zhuo has not replied since then, and he has never received a letter from Mr. Zhuo.” After a pause, he asked, “Master Hou, Inuzi was not long ago. There is a letter, it is said that Mr. Zhuo left without saying goodbye and has disappeared, I wonder if he has returned to Beijing now?”

Qi Ning sighed softly, “Mr. Xianyun Yehe, I also want to know where he went.”

“Yes, Mr. Zhuo is a literary leader, but he has the temperament of a lazy cloud and a wild crane.” Jiang Mantian said with emotion: “He has taught in the capital for many years, and he has not seen each other for many years. Goodbye.” There was a bit of sadness in the words.

Qi Ning said: “Mr. and President Jiang are old friends. If President Jiang finds out about Mr.’s whereabouts one day, please let me know.”

“Your Majesty has ordered you to obey your orders.” Jiang Mantian got up and cupped his hands and said, “Your Majesty has a lot of time to deal with, and the grass-minders don’t dare to disturb them. I will wait for the Hou-ye to be free on another day, and then invite the Hou-ye to come to the poor house. ”

“If that’s the case, I won’t send you off.” Qi Ning called out, “Come here, see off!”

Someone came over and led Jiang Mantian and the two to leave. After the two left, Tian Xuerong frowned and said, “Master Hou, the Lu family donated the storefront to the Lu family. This is really inappropriate. .”

Qi Ning didn’t answer, went to the lady’s chair and sat down, opened another brocade box, which was also full of high-quality pearls, and asked with a smile, “Ma’am, you also said that applying pearl powder to face can delay aging. , now they have sent two boxes of pearls over, it seems that these two really have the ability to predict.” Two fingers twitched a pearl and asked, “Can these two boxes of beads make you ten years younger? ”

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Tian Xuerong rolled her eyes at Qi Ning, now that he, she and Qi Ning are alone, they are not as nervous as before, much more relaxed, and said softly: “It just makes the skin whiter and tenderer, but it is not really able to Rejuvenate.” He frowned and said, “But these things are too precious, Marquis, it’s all because of your face.”

“You said that these two boxes of pearls really cost money, how much money do you get?”

Madam thought for a moment, and then said: “The pearls I bought before are far inferior in color and luster, and they are much smaller than this, and each has three or four taels of silver. Some pearls are cultivated by themselves, while others are naturally obtained from the sea. Pearls, natural pearls of this size, are very rare in the capital. Even if there are, they are taken away by the dignitaries, and we can’t find them if we want to buy them.

After making an estimate, he said, “It would cost seven or eight taels of silver to say the least.

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“Seven or eight taels?” Qi Ning made a visual observation: “This box is about sixty taels, and the two boxes add up to about one hundred taels, which is seven or eight hundred taels of silver, which is not too precious.”

The lady smiled helplessly and said, “Master Hou, you are from a rich and noble background, and silver is nothing to you. For an ordinary family of six, twenty taels of silver are enough for them to live happily for a year. Here are two of them. It’s their annual expenses, do you think it’s still less?”

Qi Ning smiled, then pointed at the blood coral and said, “How much is that blood coral worth?”

“I also saw a blood coral in the capital a few years ago. It is much smaller and far less exquisite. It was bought for three thousand taels of silver at that time.” Madam said: “This one, put it in In the capital, I’m afraid some people will buy them at an asking price of 10,000.”

Qi Ning said “Oh” and suddenly stretched out her hand to hold Madam’s hand, Madam was startled, her first reaction was to look out the door, seeing no one outside, she felt relieved and said in a low voice, “What’s wrong? ”

However, Qi Ning walked to his previous seat, opened the brocade box that Jiang Mantian had given him, pointed at the book of the East China Sea and asked with a smile, “Madam, how much money do you think this book is worth?”

Madam pulled out the soft weed quietly, blinked her eyes, and shook her head. Qi Ning had already picked up the book and sighed softly, “I guess it’s worth a few thousand taels.”

Madam was startled and wondered if this young man had a fever, even if it was an out-of-print collection, it wouldn’t be worth so much money, but she saw Qi Ning open the book, took out a few banknotes from it, and shook out the banknotes. , Madam glanced at her and was taken aback. Only then did she realize that Jiang Mantian had actually put a bank note in the book, and Qi Ning seemed to have known for a long time that when Qi Ning handed the bank note to his wife, Madam was taken aback and did not dare to pick it up. , Qi Ning has already said: “Put it on your side, I will ask you for it when I need it.”

Madam hesitated for a while, then took it, clicked, no more, no less, exactly ten thousand taels.

Madam was a little horrified. Although she knew that there were so many things like this in the officialdom, Jiang Mantian’s shot was really generous. A blood coral plus ten thousand taels of silver would be nearly twenty thousand taels of silver, the largest in the East China Sea. Wealth is indeed a well-deserved reputation.

“Master Hou, do we really want to accept these things?” Madam was a little uneasy: “All together, they sent tens of thousands of taels of silver. If someone knew, would it be?”

“Are you worried that someone will tell me about taking bribes?” Qi Ning asked with a smile.

Isn’t it obvious, Madame thought?

But it’s not easy to say it directly, nor to follow up.

Qi Ning’s expression gradually became stern, and he said lightly, “These gifts must be accepted!” There was no relaxed expression on his face when he was teasing with his wife before. The wife observed his words and expressions, and naturally saw that, only that Qi Ning’s words were wrong. Simple, whispered: “Master Hou, what’s wrong with you? Why do you say you have to accept it?”

“How do you feel about my performance just now, Madam?” Qi Ning stared into Madam’s eyes. Before Madam could speak, she added, “Don’t agree, let alone tell lies.”

Madam hesitated for a while, then said, “If you didn’t know the temperament of Lord Hou, I would have thought that Lord Hou was a greedy person, and there were some things that Lord Hou just didn’t need to say.”

“You mean to explain it for you?” Qi Ning asked: “Beijing epidemic poison, you have made a contribution, so the hospital will use the medicinal materials from your Tianjia medicine store?”

Madam was startled, he thought that Qi Ning didn’t realize this, but he didn’t want Qi Ning to know it, he frowned: “Since Lord Hou knows, why do you say it? You are a Jin Yi Hou after all, you don’t need Explain it to them.”

Qi Ning nodded and said, “Madam is right. In fact, logically, I don’t have to explain anything to them at all.”

“Then the Marquis is still for me?” Madam said a little ashamed: “The Marquis has done a lot for me, but there is no need to explain it to them for me.”

“Does the lady feel that it would be childish for me to explain to them?”

Madam was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and then said softly: “There are some, but!”

“So, I can do it well.” Qi Ning smiled lightly: “The first time we meet today, at least they will feel that I am not only greedy for money, but also childish and childish.”

After all, Mrs. is also a shrewd person. She understood something and said in surprise, “Master Hou, could it be that you were acting just now?”

Qi Ning said softly, “Qin Yuege just said that since the Golden Swordsman has pacified the East China Sea, the Han family has been wiped out, and the remaining three families have rarely communicated with each other, do you remember?”

“Remember.” Madam nodded and said, “Master Qin said that they are no longer married.”

“Recently in Guanchao Tower, you can see clearly, when Chen Kun and Lu Ziheng met, they were very close and seemed to be greeting each other, but in the words, the relationship between the two families was not the same. There is no alienation.” Qi Ning thought thoughtfully and said slowly, “Today Jiang Mantian and Lu Feihang came together, what can you see?”

Madam thought for a while before saying, “Lu Feihang doesn’t seem to be good at words, and it seems that he is obedient to Jiang Mantian.”

“Madam’s observation is subtle, that’s true.” Qi Ning chuckled lightly, “But Lu Feihang is the head of the Lu family, and the Lu family is involved in all businesses in the East China Sea, and it has become the second only to the Jiang family in the East China Sea. The second-largest richest family in the world can manage the Lu family for this purpose. Do you think this Lu Feihang is a bad person? His wife was only in the boudoir back then, but in order to support the Tian family medicine store, she managed it herself. In business, talking to outsiders now, you can advance and retreat in an orderly manner without chaotic proportions, how could someone like Lu Feihang not be good at words?”

“Master Hou, are you saying that Lu Feihang did it on purpose?”

“He may not be intentional.” Qi Ning said, “But before they came here, they naturally negotiated. Looking at his son, he can see that his father, Lu Ziheng Feihang is domineering. Although Lu Feihang is old, his temperament must be very domineering. This kind of Humans have one of their greatest weaknesses, do you know what it is?”

“This kind of person is self-righteous, and when he speaks, he will not take into account the feelings of others.” Madam said cautiously.

Qi Ning nodded and smiled and said, “I said that Madam’s eyes are like torches, and her words are straight to the point. It’s true that Lu Feihang has such strength in the East China Sea. He is naturally domineering and domineering when he comes into contact with people on weekdays. I accidentally revealed a weakness.” He held his chin and said softly: “Today’s trip, Lu Feihang had to come, but Jiang Mantian came with him, and Lu Feihang kept his words, because Jiang Mantian wanted to help him get through it. This off.” (https:)