The younger brother of the Red Chamber is a fighter

Ouyang Xing was busy studying, and Lin Mingyu was not idle while waiting for the news.While taking Zhang Cheng, Wang Zhan and others around the city of Fujian every day to investigate the situation of various docks, he kept in touch with Song Qingming and obtained information about Huang's shipping from the Song family from time to time.

Song Qingming's cooperation this time can be described as wholehearted, and Lin Mingyu did not take out the bargaining chips he promised for a long time. Song Qingming was not in a hurry, but it was Lin Mingyu's confession, and he followed it without asking.Lin Mingyu felt even more satisfied with this.

Three days later, Ouyang Xing brought good news.

"Mr. Lin, I can tell you with certainty that the production of the new ship can start!" Ouyang Xing's voice was loud and full of confidence.

Lin Mingyu smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Lord Ouyang, to worry about it. The new ship can be made, so I don't know what arrangements Master Ouyang has?"

Ouyang Xing pondered for a while: "Young Master Lin is the designer of the new ship, so I won't say those false words. When I was always building a ship, I hated layman pointing and pointing, and secondly, I hated interested people coming here to confuse their qualifications. Therefore, I When building a ship, it is natural to bring the manpower that I use, and all of them are trustworthy."

Lin Mingyu didn't answer, Ouyang Xing was slightly disappointed, after thinking for a while, he was relieved: "Of course, this boat was originally Mr. Lin's ingenious idea, and it was Mr. Lin who drew the blueprint so that I could see it personally. I won’t bring out my stinking problems. Even so, I’ve said my ugly words first. You know that there are a few places here that are very delicate. If ordinary people come, it’s okay to do other things. These places need skilled hands to make successfully. , and, as I said before, I will manage the shipbuilding, and I don’t want other people to intervene. I don’t know if this arrangement, the young master may accept it?”

"Why not? Lord Ouyang, don't worry, I will not interfere with you in the matter of shipbuilding. The people I sent here are veterans with many years of experience. If they cause trouble, you can just tell me." To be honest, Lin Mingyu He was not so relieved of Ouyang Xing, but for Tu Lingguang's sake, he was willing to try to cooperate.This does not conflict with him sending people to cooperate. The Song family is the base for his future development. He must ensure that the most advanced technology can be in his own hands.

Lin Mingyu has no doubts that the Song family will be attached to her in the future for mutual benefit and win-win.

Song Qingming had already been waiting in the General's Mansion for a long time, Lin Mingyu sent someone over to deliver a message, and he was ready to bring Song Wenning and his most trusted shipwrights to see Ouyang Xing.

Needless to say, Lin Mingyu introduced each other for the two sides.Don't gossip for a while, it's convenient for both parties to divide the tasks.By the time the details were negotiated, it was getting late.Lin Mingyu greeted and prepared a table, and while drinking wine, Ouyang Xing relaxed his guard against Song Qingming and his party a lot.

Satisfied with wine and food, Lin Mingyu personally sent Ouyang Xing to the soft sedan chair. Song Qingming leaned over and smiled and said, "I never thought that nephew would have such abilities. Today is an eye-opener for me." He drank some wine, When he was three points drunk, his tone of speech was different from usual, with a little more high-spirited feeling.

Maybe it was because of his alcoholism, Song Qingming felt in a trance that he had returned to the time when he was young. At that time, he took over the Song family and had to start all over again, but he never had any fear. He only knew to rush forward. This is how he developed into one of the four major shipping companies in Fujian.

Now, in his twilight years, he has always dealt with a great crisis in the foundation he has laid down all his life. However, today's banquet let him see the possibility of the Song family's rise in the future, and he couldn't help feeling relieved up.

"How confident is Mr. Song in convincing Huang's Shipping?"

"If it's hard for others to say, with Huang Zongci's nature that regards money as life, if this boat is sailed in front of him to show off, he will definitely post it upside down. Hahaha, thinking of this day, I feel very happy! Lin Nephew, just wait and see, I will definitely take this old thing down!"

The shipbuilding was going on secretly and nervously, Lin Mingyu ordered Lin Da to monitor the progress from time to time, and he wandered around Sichuan as usual.On this day, Fang Fang finished washing and was about to go out when he received a letter.

The letter was sent by Lin Rui, and it mentioned some new things in Kyoto, and the news from Jia's mansion was also mentioned.Jia Baoyu chose to be a companion, to accompany the grandson of Yizhong's palace and the great-grandson of the empress.Concubine Xian is pregnant with the emperor's heir, and the royal family is even more gracious to Jia's mansion.Not only will Jia Zheng be promoted to a higher level, but at the same time, concubines will be allowed to visit their relatives on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month next year.Everyone in Jia's mansion was overjoyed, Jia Zhenjia Rong and others were rampant outside, Jia's mansion was full of flowers and brocades, and it looked like burning oil.

Mother Jia ordered someone to go to the Lin Mansion to inquire about Lin Mingyu several times. What is ridiculous is that the woman who came to invite someone did not know what it was. Spectrum, was squeezed back by Lin Cong sarcastically.I have been here several times and returned without success, but the people from Jia's mansion came more frequently.Lin Rui said: "If it wasn't for knowing that Uncle is going to Beijing soon, the people in Jia's Mansion would not be so enthusiastic."

Seeing this, Lin Mingyu couldn't help but snorted coldly, Jia's family really had a good plan.Lin Ruhaijian is a capable minister in the emperor's heart. He has presided over the salt transportation in Suzhou for many years and has made no mistakes. This time he returns to Beijing to report on his duties, which is a signal for promotion.At this time, Jia's family came to express their affection for relatives, but it was not obvious to curry favor with him?Furthermore, outsiders can see that Jia's family is so honored and favored, and they still care about kinship in their eyes, but they put herself in the position of benevolence and righteousness.

The Jia Mansion's face is really thick-skinned!

Although the affairs of Jia's mansion are disgusting, Lin Mingyu is very happy about the good news that Lin Ruhai will arrive in Beijing soon. After all, he has been away from Beijing for more than a month. When things are over here, he should go back to the capital to see his father and sister. .

Lin Rui mentioned something at the end of the letter, which surprised Lin Mingyu.Lin Rui's status as a Tanhualang, he naturally joined the Imperial Academy.It just so happened that this time Liangying Kingdom sent a letter to ask to see Tianyan, and the Holy Dragon was overjoyed, so he personally appointed Tanhualang to temporarily serve as the official reception envoy of the Fan Kingdom, and ordered him to lead the left and right deputy envoys and the guard of honor to Fujian Receive the ambassador of Liangying Kingdom.

This matter is a bit unbelievable to say, Liang Ying, a small vassal state, came to court to see the emperor and offered to pay tribute. It would be great to send a team to escort it. It is too grand to let Tan Hualang travel long distances to greet him. .However, the Holy Majesty insisted on this regardless of the opinions of his subjects. This shows how rare it is for Liangying to pay tribute, and today he can't help being curious.

Lin Mingyu just slandered, looking at the date of writing the letter, Lin Ruiying was about to set off, the guard of honor walked slowly, and should arrive at the beginning of next month, when his boat was built, just in time for Lin Rui to take a look .Thinking of this, Lin Mingyu couldn't sit still, and wished that time would grow wings, so that she could fly to the next month.

After a few more days like this, Song Wenning came to the door.

"Mingyu, grandfather invites you to come to the house."

Song Wenning came in a hurry, Lin Mingyu asked doubtfully, "What's the matter?"

"Huang's shipping was attacked last night, and half of the cargo hold was burned. As soon as we got the news, grandfather went out, and just came back, so he asked me to come and invite you. I think Mr. Huang is also there."

The opportunity has come.Lin Mingyu immediately thought of what Song Qingming meant, so she didn't say any more, left a message with Tu Lingguang, and rode away with Song Wenning.The place Lin Mingyu came from looked familiar, but after a closer look, it turned out to be the dark house where he first met the Song family.

Song Wenning handed over the reins to his servants, and led Lin Mingyu into the study.Song Liangchen, the Elder Song outside the study, was already waiting. Seeing them, he bowed his hands to Lin Mingyu, then gently opened the door, letting them in.

Turning around the partition of the study, Lin Mingyu saw that there were already three people in the study. Song Qingming and an old man in brocade clothes were sitting on the left and right sides respectively. Standing beside the old man was a young man in his thirties with a square face and purple-black skin. Simple Chinese characters.However, Lin Mingyu knew that someone who could stand in this study room must be an extraordinary person, so he only looked around quietly and then looked away.

What surprised him was that Master Song Er was not here today.

The people in the study had already heard the commotion and stopped talking and looked over together. Song Qingming stood up and introduced to the old man: "This is Mr. Lin I mentioned just now. You can also tell him your request." Lin Mingyu said: "Nephew, this is Mr. Huang Zongci, the helmsman of Huang's shipping company. This is Mr. Huang's only son, Huang Yun. No one is more familiar with the Nanyang route than Huang Yun."

Lin Mingyu greeted Huang's father and son.Huang Zongci still had a bitter look on his face, which made his round, white and fat face with a natural smile extraordinarily funny.

"Brother Song, don't praise him. So what if you are familiar with Nanyang. Right now, it is unknown whether our ship can run or not. Even if you have all the skills, you can't use it!"

Lin Mingyu didn't know the details, so Song Qingming told the story.

"Huang's Shipping was attacked last night and burned most of the cargo hold. Fortunately, it was a spare cargo hold. Now it is the clearing season, and there is not much cargo in the cargo hold, so there is not much loss."

Huang Zongci had a bitter face: "Oh, this is not too much. Brother Song, you are not the master of suffering. You don't understand. Our family only has a small family business, and most of this fire has gone away. It all took blood and sweat In exchange, this heartless thief is too conscientious! It will fall into my hands sooner or later!"

Song Qingming smiled and shook his head: "Okay, brother Huang, I don't know your family background yet? You don't want to cry poorly here. We are here to talk about cooperation, and it is possible only when everyone sees sincerity. First, you will Tell the truth, we can help you think of a way."

Huang Zongci complained twice, feeling better, and stopped putting on airs: "Look at what you said, isn't my heart hurting? Come on, Brother Song remembers to look for me today, which shows that you are an important person. A friendly person. We have no enmity in the past. If we talk about cooperation, I have nothing to do with it. However, Brother Song, you have also seen that the current situation cannot be solved by our cooperation. The power of Shunchang Shipping is expanding rapidly. , now it’s high above us, if you can burn my warehouse today, you may not be able to burn your Song’s cargo hold tomorrow. I still remember that your cargo ship couldn’t enter the pier at the beginning of the month? In such a situation, why do you want me to believe you? , take the risk of offending Shunchang to cooperate with you?"

Song Qingming said: "You are right. If the Song family and the Huang family were in partnership in the past, they might not be inferior to Shunchang Shipping, but now you and I have been squeezed. We are not as powerful as before. It is indeed not as powerful as Shunchang. But you One thing is wrong, even if you don't partner with me, you have offended Shunchang, and Shunchang will not let you go."

Huang Zongci waved his hand indifferently, and said with a sneer, "That's not necessarily the case. Brother Song, it's no secret that your Song's shipping was listed as an annexation target by Shunchang. I'm good, let me help him deal with you. Of course, I, Huang Zongci, am not the kind of person who is easily persuaded. After all, the four of us have been friends for many years, so I didn't take this hand. But you also saw that, Fujian is not our world now, and I will not harm you. Naturally, other people who are willing to join Shunchang will step on you. In the end, you, the Song family, have to fight Shunchang to the death, but I have not reached this point. Retire Ten thousand steps, I have other options."

"Old Huang, the choice you mentioned is to belong to Shunchang Shipping? Give up your status and reputation as the four major shipping companies in Fujian, and be willing to become the pawn of Shunchang Shipping to annex other shipping forces? Even your name of Huang's Shipping will not be preserved. Don’t tell me, maybe one day I will be kicked out by Shunchang Shipping.”

Lin Mingyu asked back slowly, his tone was very relaxed, as if he was joking, but the mockery in his words was beyond words, which made Huang Zongci's original indifferent expression crack, and his face turned dark.

Lin Mingyu said again: "Are you trying to say that I'm scaremongering? I don't think you need me, an outsider, to tell you how Shunchang Hai operates. The reason why Shunchang has developed so fast is because of the Think about what that person needs, do you think Shunchang will allow you to share his share of the pie in Fujian? You must have heard the rumors about the forbidden sea from the imperial court, right?"

Both Huang Zongci and Song Qingming's expressions became serious.Rumors of the Forbidden Sea have been spreading, and the biggest worry is these big merchants.It can be said that all of their interests come from the sea. If the sea is forbidden, although there are still ways to do this business, the risks involved are not what can be expected today.Furthermore, in this way, the interests of shipping will be reduced, and more officials need to be managed. No matter how deep their relationship network is, can they compare with Shunchang, which is backed by the Zhongshun Palace?Unless they can find a support as strong as the Zhongshun Palace, they will only end up as Shunchang's dim sum.

If you want to find a strong support, the scope is too small, not to mention whether they can climb this precious branch, but if they do, it is different from being attached to Shunchang.

No matter how they choose, if they can't resist Shunchang Shipping's annexation of them, their fate will be one word-miserable!

It was just thinking of this that these two big businessmen, who were each thinking about their own calculations, changed their colors one after another.

"Old Huang, I heard that you had cooperated with Shunchang earlier, why did yesterday's calamity happen?" Lin Mingyu stabbed him again.

Huang Zongci was really surprised.

"Father..." The dark-faced man who had been standing silently beside Huang Zongci finally spoke. He looked at Lin Mingyu, who was young and soft-spoken but often unconsciously revealing a sharp edge, and then slowly Said: "Young master Lin is right. Shunchang Shipping has asked us to join us many times, and promised us to choose a piece of land from the four big masters in the future. My father just didn't want to touch the other three companies. Remember the grudge, that's why we set fire to the warehouse yesterday. We have offended Shun Chang, and his arrogance must become even more arrogant. We have no better way than to resist."

Song Qingming said knowingly: "Brother Huang, it is really benevolent and righteous for you to protect the interests of the four major families. I, Song Qingming, accept your favor. In fact, I would know your difficulties if I came to you today. If I'm sure, I won't bother with it."

Hearing this, Huang Zongci raised his eyelids and glanced around, with a look of interest on his face: "Oh, what Brother Song said, is there something good for me to see?"

Song Qingming looked at Lin Mingyu, who nodded slightly.So, Song Qingming turned around and took out a blueprint from the dark compartment of the study, and spread it on the table: "Brother Huang, please."

Huang Zongci looked at it suspiciously, and when he saw that it was a shipbuilding plan, he showed a disappointed expression.

Song and Lin were not in a hurry, they had expected this situation a long time ago, even Song Qingming saw the blueprint for the first time, and he behaved just like Huang Zongci at this time, but as long as someone who knows a little bit carefully looks at it, he will be able to see it. Know how precious the things on this picture are.

Huang Zongci has been in charge of shipping for many years, and Huang Yun is a good ship operator. He has been leading ships between oceans and lands as a captain all the year round, so he is very familiar with ships, and soon saw something strange.As soon as he talked to his father, the father and son began to talk about the drawings, and the more they studied, the more subtle they felt.

"How? Brother Huang, do you think this bargaining chip is enough for you to cooperate with us?"

Song Qingming laughed.

Huang Zongciyou caressed the structure of the ship on the picture in disbelief, and said, "Oh, brother Song, where did you find this treasure, it's just, it's just..." He sighed for a while, but couldn't express it with these words. His extreme astonishment.

Song Qingming laughed like an old fox.

Huang Zongci couldn't bear to take back his hands, wishing he could take the blueprint back in his arms, but he knew it was impossible, so he just looked at it hard without blinking.

Song Wenning couldn't take it anymore, so he joked: "Master Huang, you can't make it yourself even if you see through the blueprint today. The blueprint is not complete yet."

Huang Zongci's white and fat face didn't blush even a bit, and when he was told that he was out of his mind, he just followed the trend and said: "Haha, if you can see that you can see that you are ugly, it is also your old man Huang's ability. How dare I With this great power, I can’t put it down! Brother Song, you are not authentic, you have such a good thing and you still hide it, tell me earlier, brother, I’m not coming here, waste our brother’s time of intimacy .”

Master Song Song Qingming and Song Wenning laughed.This old guy has a thick skin, Lin Mingyu didn't hold back and smiled.