The younger brother of the Red Chamber is a fighter

Song Qingming said it lightly, but he didn't understand in his heart that Shunchang's fire had really affected the Huang family.Huang Zongci is a person who regards money as his life, and it is true that he feels distressed, but it may not be all distressed.

Because of the drawings presented by Lin Mingyu, Huang Zongci decided to join forces with Song Shipping to fight against Shunchang Shipping.At the end of the day, it's time to share our worries and solve our problems.

Huang Zongci said solemnly: "Yesterday, the fire burned too badly. Although the damaged warehouse is a spare warehouse, the things inside are the best. I have been in business for many years, and the goods that come out of my hands are just as good. There are no bad goods, so there are many merchants who come to my place to trade. Some regular customers, because of the long distance, often book the goods from me in advance, and they will come to pick up the goods in an hour. Such goods, the cargo hold In order to distinguish them inside, they are moved to the spare warehouse for storage. This is the rule of my Huang family, and no one outside knows."

Song Qingming said: "In this way, there are internal thieves in your family?"

Huang Zongci said: "That's not necessarily the case. I'm not as big as you, Brother Song. I only have this single seedling, and Yun'er only has one son and one daughter under his knees. The servants in the family are either old people who have been around for many years, or family members." Birth, I can trust this."

Lin Mingyu thought for a while, then said: "Hearing what Mr. Huang said, I feel that there is a root cause for this arson incident. The members of the Huang family may not collude with outsiders, but Shunchang Shipping has also been operating here for many years. With such an ambition, it may not be impossible to send people in to monitor the situation of the major shipping companies in advance. Although Mr. Huang's rules are not mentioned to outsiders, they cannot escape the stalking of interested people, so it may be that some foreign thieves have sneaked in."

Huang Zongci said angrily: "Sure enough, Shunchang is really deceiving people too much! Brother Song, since I have an inner ghost here, it is impossible to say that your shipping is not clean. I have learned from the past, you have to be careful."

Song Qingming said coldly: "I have long suspected that someone was playing tricks, but I didn't expect him to act so boldly. Now it's time to free up my hands and clean it up."

"That's right, Yun'er, you've checked it out carefully for me, I'm going to find out this ghost!"

Lin Mingyu shook his head and stopped him: "Wait a minute. Uncle Song wants to investigate the inner ghost, so he doesn't need to make a fuss, just keep an eye on him quietly. Since they can send people in to inquire about our news, we can use this to make good use of these hidden stakes and settle down. Let them have a hard time."

"What does nephew mean, is that we want to release fake news?"

"Exactly. I think the purpose of Shunchang's operation this time is to force Mr. Huang to submit Huang's Shipping to his banner. It is also a test. If Huang's Shipping does not respond to this temptation, Shunchang's next step will be It is blatantly fighting for it, and it is bound to make it known to the whole city, so that the maritime merchants in Fujian City can see the situation clearly, in short, it is to scare the chickens and monkeys."

Huang Zongci continued: "If I behave dissatisfied with this, he did not intentionally conceal his identity when he carried out this poisonous plan, so he deliberately let me know who the enemy is. If I go to fight with him, it happens to be given to him." If he makes an excuse, he can come to reason with me openly, if the fight is improper, and my Huang's shipping is destroyed by carelessness, I have nowhere to reason. What a vicious mind!"

"So what do we do now?"

"If it was only Huang's shipping, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to compete with him, but it's different now." Lin Mingyu laughed, her beautiful eyes shining brightly, giving people a feeling that he is very powerful: "If Song's stand up , the effect brought about is not only the reinforcement of the Huang Song shipping forces, but more importantly, it is a gesture. During these days, I have specially inspected the large and small maritime forces in Fujian. The expansion of Shunchang is indeed Quickly, but those who are attached to them are mainly small forces. These forces, when mentioned alone, are naturally not worth mentioning in front of the four big merchants. So I voted first. The middle forces other than Shunchang and the four big merchants are still in a wait-and-see attitude."

Lin Mingyu looked at Huang Zongci and said with a smile, "I'm afraid this is one of the reasons why Shunchang chose to use the Huang family."

"That's right. There are no fewer than a hundred families in Fujian, big and small. Besides our four most famous companies, there are indeed some medium-power maritime merchants. If these people are singled out, their power should not be underestimated, and they like Grouping. Before Shunchang was up, when my four families in Fujian were talking, those people often formed groups to grab our business. It’s just that they have a lot of local people after all, so they don’t go too far. If you want to come here It is the reason why Shunchang dare not touch them."

Huang Zongci sighed, and Song Qingming said: "Exactly. We are supposed to be the pioneers of Fujian maritime merchants, to say what they dare not say, to do what they dare not do, but we are not as good as they are." Thorough. If our strength could be united earlier, why would we have been squeezed out by Shunchang all these years and let him be the only one to claim the power? We were wrong."

"Brother Song, what you said is true, we were wrong."

Lin Mingyu said: "It's not too late for the two of you to change your minds now. Since Shunchang wants to use Huang's knife as a threat, we might as well 'return him in the same way' and build a high platform for him. Let him have the confidence to continue singing this play, and let him sing lively and well-known."

There was silence in the room for a while, Huang Zongci and Song Qingming both recalled it, and couldn't help laughing: "Wonderful, wonderful!"

"Brother Song, where did you find such a noble person? I envy your blessing!"

"Haha, Brother Huang envies me, why don't you envy yourself. Now, we are in the same boat as Nephew Lin. Only by working together can our boat go smoothly and in the long run."

Not to mention how to care about this side, just say that within Shunchang Shipping, they are also doing their best to calculate this matter.

Wang Zhong was the biggest person in charge in Shunchang Shipping, and he was sitting in the main hall of the shipping office at this time, listening to a group of staff chattering and arguing for nothing.

He is an impatient person, and he was on duty in Zhongshun Palace earlier, just like his cousin.Because of his bad temper, he often offends people on weekdays, so his cousin, who is also of ordinary status, has climbed up to the position of chief steward early, and he is still a minor steward.

Relying on his cousin Wang Qin's stewardship, even if he bullied anyone, no one would dare to argue with him.Among the servants, he can be said to be one-sided and steal the limelight, but unfortunately he is also a servant after all, and he can't straighten up in front of his master.That time, he assaulted the prince's adopted son because of drunkenness, he didn't know the identity of that person at first, but saw that he was born beautiful, and he was young and ignorant, so he started to play tricks on him.For this mistake, the cousin couldn't defend him, and he was punished with a rod, and was almost kicked out of the palace.

After all, his cousin is only his own brother, and he tried his best to find a way out for him, that is, he came to Fujian to take care of the prince's maritime affairs.

At that time, he was full of resentment, and thousands of people were unwilling to leave the rich and gentle town of the palace, but he couldn't. He could only bring a box of silver, a team of attendants, tents, shopkeepers and others to come here. How much can you afford?He was already desperate at the time, so he simply broke the jar.

The folk customs in Fujian are tough, and he has a violent temper. If he disagreed with him, he made a local maritime merchant.Even when he killed someone, he didn't panic. He ransacked his house and set it on fire.

It was the first time he knew that maritime merchants were such a wealthy business.He searched out the red coral of the East China Sea from the house of the unlucky sea merchant. It was more than two feet high, and it was a valuable thing in Kyoto. There were also some East China Sea pearls, which were about the same size as the pearls. The beads were moist and shiny, and they were flawless. .

He did it without anyone noticing it, and no one knew it was his ruthless hand. He only thought that the life of that person was suffering, and the house was in trouble.Someone from the government once came to investigate, and because of his background in the palace of Zhongshun, no one dared to ask more questions, so it was better to let it go.

Since then, he has been determined to settle down in Fujian.He asked his subordinates to pretend to be bandits, and from time to time, he would pick on the lonely and lonely maritime merchants. If the robbery was not enough, they would definitely take the lives of a whole house when they left.Everyone thought it was the pirates who went to the case, but no one knew that he was instigating behind the scenes.

With this ingenious plan, he quickly accumulated wealth and was able to support the sea freight.Afterwards, it became a matter of course and continued to annex the power of the small sea merchants. Over time, there will be that villain who is stalking the power to take the initiative to vote, until today.

Wang Zhong drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, his eyes were more white than black, and his eyes opened angrily. Thinking of the person who hindered his power expansion, the wine glass in his hand slammed down the hall, and "wow" was smashed. rotten.

"Noisy, noisy, fuck your mother. A pile of rubbish. If you can't find a way to clean up Song Qianchang and Huang's family, I will throw you out to sacrifice the boat!"

The hall was suddenly quiet, and a needle could be heard.

"Say it, the uncle told you to say it, are you pretending to be a dumb thief for me? Say it!"

When he roared like this, the staff below really broke out in a cold sweat.At the beginning, he was not favored by his master, which was also related to his appearance.If Wang Qin is a great manager, he is a natural manager, with a square face, and he is trustworthy at first glance.Wang Zhong, who is a cousin, was born with a pair of white eyes, which looked scary when they were wide open, and they seemed to have malicious intentions when they were closed.Wang Zhong didn't suffer from his appearance, so he hated people looking into his eyes the most.

The staff members pointed at by him did not dare to look up, and kept silent.After a while, someone boldly replied: "Master, we have discussed a plan, please listen to it."

The man said: "Yesterday, the cargo hold of Huang's shipping company caught fire, and it has been spread to the whole city today. Huang Zongci is really hateful. We invited him with nice words, but he just refused to let go of the words and return, forcing us to do nothing. Don't show sincerity to test his intentions. If he has the heart to resist, by now, he must have known who gave him the warning, but now we haven't found out what he did. Our calculations should be correct, Huang Zong Ci must not dare to embarrass the uncle, and is willing to submit to the uncle!"

Wang Zhong squinted his head, with a look of contempt in his eyes: "He is only a sea merchant, and he has no foundation, so he would not dare to be my enemy. I don't have such a good temper now that I don't eat toasts and fine wines. .”

"Go on!"

The aide only promised: "Our people are still transported by Huang's shipping. To ensure that the plan is correct, we have to wait for him to send a message to verify it before we can act. We can do this, this, this..."

Hearing the strategy presented by his staff, Wang Zhong's face showed one or two complacency: "Haha, that's the case, this Fujian is already in my hands, let me see who can escape from my Wuzhi Mountain!"

The incident of Huang's shipping being lost was widely spread in Fujian city. Maritime merchants, large and small, knew it well.There are also those smarter sea merchants who have already smelled the conspiracy.The lips are dead and the teeth are cold. If the local tycoons like the Huang family also fall, how will they, the less powerful maritime merchants, deal with themselves in the future.

Everyone has their own calculations, but coincidentally, on this day, all major shipping merchants sent out their eyes and ears to keep an eye on the movement of Huang's Shipping and Shunchang Shipping.

This is not the end, just the prelude to the storm.Maritime merchants can't wait to know the result of the two tigers' struggle.

In front of the courtyard of Huang's shipping mansion, there seemed to be a lot less queues for loading and unloading goods that used to be pulled in and out. On the open space in front of the door, the figures passing by from time to time seemed particularly uncoordinated. At this time, the shadows downstairs, I don't know how many eyes and ears have grown in the corner of the courtyard wall, looking forward to the upcoming drama.

A gong and drum sounded, and everyone's eyes were drawn there.On the intercity avenue paved with blue bricks and large stones, a group of extremely brightly dressed people suddenly appeared.

At the beginning, there was a guard of honor with gongs and drums, and after the guard of honor, there was an eight-carried sedan chair full of wealth and honor.This outfit is neither fish nor fowl, even in a place like Fujian where big merchants gather and rich people are numerous, there is not a single person who puts on such a prestige, he really looks like a buffoon on the stage, making people laugh.

On the streets at this time, no one dared to joke.

A nameplate was hung on the big sedan chair, and the flag of Shunchang Shipping was planted. A black dragon opened its teeth and claws in the clouds. If one looked at it at first glance, one would really think it was a real black dragon.This imposing manner is so impressive, who else can there be besides Wang Zhong, the man in charge of Shunchang?

The guard of honor was followed by a troop of cavalry.In this place of Fujian, apart from the Coast Defense Department, even in front of the magistrate's gate, I'm afraid they can't find such a vigorous cavalry team. These are the soldiers that Wang Zhongcai brought out from the palace of Zhongshun Wang.Although there were only eight real soldiers in the government, Wang Zhong was not willing to be so ostentatious. He picked out the burly and scary-looking people from the helpers at the boatman's wharf, and managed to assemble a cavalry team of 30 people.

It stands to reason that the imperial court would not allow such an armed force, but everyone in the officialdom in Fujian knew who was standing behind Shunchang.Wang Zhong's cavalry team is the only one in Fujian.

Now, Shunchang put on such a posture, could it be that he wants to challenge Huang's shipping?

The battle is just around the corner, and in the dark there are people who are happy and others who are sad.

Wang Zhong stopped the sedan chair in front of Huang's Haiyun Gate, he didn't come out immediately, he just sat in the sedan chair, holding a young and beautiful boy on his lap.The young man was eleven or twelve years old, his appearance was indistinguishable, but his features were full of charm, obviously his body was broken.

Wang Zhong likes this one, he doesn't like the water in front of the hall, but prefers flowers in the back door.

He had already heard the news from Nei Ying, Huang was very flustered about the flood in the cargo hold, the young master Huang Yun was like a headless fly, he didn't know what to do, so he restrained the servants wholeheartedly, only questioning who it was Set fire.Even so, she didn't dare to use any means, so the insiders found out that Huang only wanted to calm things down, and knew who ordered the arsonist, so she didn't dare to make a fuss.

Nei Ying was clever, so he immediately pretended to have a stomach ailment, took advantage of the opportunity to climb out of the courtyard wall, and came to Shunchang to report.Wang Zhong didn't expect that Huang's father and son would be so useless, and proudly played a small trick on himself, so he took Huang's into his pocket. Because there is still room for his internal support in the future, he rewarded him heavily, and still made him quietly Back to Huang's Shipping.

After taking this reassurance pill, Wang Zhong began to implement the second strategy that his staff said, and then he went to Huang's shipping gate with great fanfare today.

"Master, Mrs. Huang must be scared, so I'm going to call the door now?"

An aide came to ask for instructions, Wang Zhong patted the buttocks of the man in his arms heavily, and the young man moaned, then lifted a corner of the soft curtain so that Wang Zhong could see the situation outside.

The beating of gongs and drums attracted many people who watched the excitement.With a smile on the corner of Wang Zhong's mouth, he put his hands dishonestly into the clothes on the chest of the man in his arms, and said slowly: "What's the hurry? play?"

"Wait, let me blow hard enough to blow all the sea merchants in Fujian City before it stops."

The staff member wanted to say something, but he was afraid of Wang Chong's violent temper, so he kept his disapproving words under his tongue, and only meekly ordered the outsiders to do so.

Wang Zhong pinched the soft flesh in his hand, moved his mouth closer, and laughed unbearably: "My dear, come and blow for the uncle."

For a while, the clouds in the sedan chair were turned over by rain, and the sound of waves continued.The gongs and drums were loud outside, and people who didn't know it thought that someone's bride had left the house.

Not to mention Wang Zhongjia scored twice in the sedan chair, but let's talk about the master of Huang's shipping, how will Huang Zongci and others deal with it?With such noise outside, even the dead are brought back to life, but Huang's Haiyun's mansion looks like a tomb of the living dead. The people who cleaned these cars in threes and twos also disappeared.

The gate of the mansion was open, and a huge stone screen blocked the movement inside. Wang Zhong pretended to be himself and refused to go in. He had to force Huang Zongci to come out in person, and he was willing to surrender to him in public.

He waited and waited until the sound of the gongs and drums also weakened. It was because the blower was so tired that his hands were sore and his mouth was numb.There was already a lot of people outside, but there was still no movement in Huang's house.His face darkened, and with a wave of his hand, the boy who was nestled in his arms like a cat was thrown out of the sedan chair by him, revealing a large white and immature chest, and two white legs peeking out from the broken robe. The room was exposed, causing a commotion.

The young man's face was red and his ears were red, he wished he could get into the ground, he didn't dare to raise his head and got into the crowd to hide his shame.

Wang Zhong finally couldn't hold his breath anymore, he opened the curtain and walked out.

"Huang Zongci is so ostentatious, you dare to give me face. Give me shameless things, smash this screen for me! Get him out!"

As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, as if he was accompanying him, there was a loud bang, and half of the sky was dyed black and red.Everyone looked up, and saw a thick black smoke rising from the north. The black smoke was billowing with flames, which were blown away by the wind in a short while, and one could tell that the fire was fierce and irreversible.

People around were talking about it, and Wang Zhong suddenly felt an ominous premonition.

Just to verify what he thought, an aide murmured: "In the north...there seems to be only the largest cargo hold of our Shunchang Shipping, where the army..." He spoke softly, but he heard Wang Zhong In the ears, it was like thunder.It made his heart feel cold, that warehouse, that warehouse can store the most important things of the palace, even ten heads are not enough to bear the consequences!

He was lucky, but because of the valuable deposits in that place, the surrounding houses had already been occupied by him forcefully, and there was not even half a family, but he couldn't believe it.

However, this last straw was also torn by a messenger who rushed over: "Master, it's terrible, our cargo hold was burned!"