The younger brother of the Red Chamber is a fighter

The new ship was progressing smoothly. Ouyang Xing's execution ability was astonishing, and his enthusiasm for shipbuilding was unmatched. With his wholehearted dedication, the new ship changed its appearance day by day. Even Lin Mingyu could only marvel when he saw it.

In this era where high-tech machinery is not used and all operations are performed by manpower, it is remarkable to have such progress and precision.

Although there are new ships, the cargo ships of the Song family are still useful.Taking advantage of the opportunity, Song Qingming asked Song Liangchen and his son to be responsible for repairing the cargo ship. With Lin Mingyu on the side to guide them, they also made some modifications. After the ship was repaired, it was completely different from before.

With such a living treasure, Huang Zongci was not far behind. Knowing that Lin Mingyu was in the Song Mansion, she brought her son over to ask for advice that day: "Nephew, look, my boat is also badly damaged and is about to be repaired. How about You also help me design the design? I don't have any requirements, just be the same as Brother Song's."

Song Qingming squinted at him: "I'm so shameless. Brother Huang, I probably remember that your boat is a new type of large cargo ship that was replaced this spring. One is worth two of mine. When it shines, let us The local turtle looked away. Now this... Brother Huang, you say that you are not sincere, and you are here to deceive Nephew Lin?"

After all, they are enemies for many years. Since they formed an alliance, they have become closer, and the way they show their closeness is to undermine each other. This makes the juniors present feel very helpless.

What Huang Zongci was most proud of was his thick skin that was thicker than the city wall. To be honest, he didn't think he was strong enough to tickle him, so he just smiled and said, "Oh, Brother Song is wrong to say that. My boat is new, but our family is no better than yours. We don’t have a shipbuilder, so we can’t buy it outside at a high price. Tell me, the ones bought outside can be good. It’s been so dilapidated since I’ve been out of the sea for a while. Nephew Lin Xian has pity on me. You’re a scholar, and your head is full of beautiful things. A random page or two is enough for me. The boat goes out to sea with pride and earns money for us."

Song Qingming shook his head, and was angrily laughed at by him.

This old man was obviously jealous of his good boat, so he purposely broke his own boat.

As far as Lin Mingyu was concerned, it was just a slight change to the blueprint. Besides, the current Huang-Song alliance was related to his interests, even if Huang Zongci didn't mention it, he would find a way to reveal it.Huang Zongci was a smart person, if he set up a platform for him to go up, if he didn't go up, it would be a waste of other people's painstaking effort.

"Hehe, Mr. Huang, you don't have to be so polite. It's just an extra blueprint. I'll go to see the ship later, and I'll trouble Mr. Song to send two boat builders to explain it to me. I'll draw the blueprint for you tomorrow. "

"It's such a good nephew Laurin." Huang Zongci laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyes.

Song Qingming said: "If nephew Lin Xian needs anything, he will just be in charge of it. I have already told the stewards below that your words are mine, and they will not dare to neglect."

Huang Zongci narrowed his eyes, and quickly expressed his determination: "Yes, yes, yes, that's what I mean too. If you need me, just say it."

"Hey, I can save it." Lin Mingyu agreed, remembering something: "Huang Gong, is there a way to make up for the lost goods in your cargo hold?"

"I came here today to talk about this. Brother Song, I need your help."

Song Qingming said: "What you lost is all high-quality porcelain. Although I have some here, I'm afraid it won't be as good as your quality."

Huang Zongci said: "If it's just because of this, I don't worry about it. It just so happens that one of my batches belongs to a big customer, and it's exclusively for the nobles in Beijing. Back from the sea, I found a box of good tea. The taste is different from ours. My customer is very fond of it. He said that he will vigorously promote it to the palace, so that dignitaries and dignitaries will rush to buy it. He is a powerful person. There are a lot of internal affairs, so it is possible to do what you say. Seeing that it will be the date for him to pick up the goods in five days, where can I get this tea?"

"What do you mean..." Song Qingming was silent for a while, then sighed.

Huang Zongci looked embarrassed, and said with a little guilt: "I know this is difficult for others. It's just that this customer has kindness to me, and I really can't refuse it. If it's for money, even if I pay ten times the compensation, I will I don't know how to say no. I'm afraid that if he has already told the nobleman, my lack of stock will make him an untrustworthy person? If I get into trouble because of this, I won't be at ease. "Brother Song, those are all old grievances, with the current situation, I'm afraid it will be good for him and you if they are resolved."

Lin Mingyu knew from this that Huang Zongci was the person who wanted Song Qingming to contact the Qian family.Qian's family background was in shipping tea, and in this field, ordinary people can't match.If Huang Zongci's burnt goods can be replenished elsewhere, I am afraid that only Qian's has the possibility.

Song Qingming was silent for a long time, and the wrinkles on his face became deeper.

"You should know what happened back then, I..." He lowered his eyes, his loose eyelids drooped, blocking the emotion in his eyes, so he looked like an ordinary old man, without any shrewdness at all sharp.There was some weakness in his voice: "If I am willing to give it a try, what can I do?"

Does Song Qingming want to restore the old relationship with Qian Shipping?Not to mention anything else, but for the sake of the Qian family's mistress, no one in the Song family can deny this.

After all, that is his only daughter, who has been hugged like a baby since she was a child and still feels that she is not enough to love her daughter. He was so arrogant back then, and his daughter was also resolute. Once she made a mistake, she forced her step by step, until she couldn't turn back. the point.Now that he is old, when he is old, he is always easy to soften his heart and think of the past. Although he has never admitted it, but in the dead of night, when he sees someone else's daughter Cheng Huan kneeling, it is a lie that he does not regret it.

But so what if you regret it, he is the father, he is the well-known man of the Song family in Fujian, he is rich, but he can't do anything to his daughter.What happened back then was too big, he didn't have this face!If he admitted his mistake, it should be his daughter who came to ask for forgiveness.He also thought about how he would put on a bad face if his daughter came back, and then reluctantly recognize and reconcile with her.It's a pity that after thinking about it for several years, it was in vain after all.

"This..." Huang Zongci was speechless for a moment.Although he hadn't personally experienced the events of that year, Song Huiniang suddenly married into the Qian family, and Chang Baisui's death after the Song family repented of his marriage caused a lot of uproar, even if he wanted to pretend he didn't hear, it was impossible.Looking at Song Qingming's expression now, he was sure that there must be something hidden inside.This is someone's private matter. He is an outsider, so it's not easy to interfere.

For a moment no one spoke.Lin Mingyu looked at Song Qingming's depression at that moment, and his heart moved. He thought of an incident that was investigated a few days ago. At that time, he wanted to ask for a certificate. Later, when the Shunchang incident happened, he forgot to do it.Thinking about it now, it's just the time.If the news is accurate, it will be easy for Qian's side to talk.

On that day, Lin Mingyu summoned Wang Zhan, the guard, and gave him some instructions.Wang Zhan was prudent and meticulous in his work, and within half a day, he found out the news.After hearing this, Lin Mingyu nodded, thinking about it.

However, on the second day, Huang Zongci invited someone to come to invite him, Lin Mingyu asked: "Did Huang Gong only call me, is there still Mrs. Song?"

The man said: "Mr. Lin is right. My great-grandfather just asked the little people to invite you and the old lady of the Song family to discuss important matters. Your house is farther away. The villain has prepared a carriage. The young master may come OK?"

"Since there is something to do, I'll ride the horse myself." Lin Mingyu thought that the matter should be done, and he also wanted to know the result, so he changed his out clothes and rode to the Huang Mansion.

Song Qingming was already sitting in the lobby of Huang Zongci's house, the expression on his face was either sad or happy, and he couldn't describe it for a while.Lin Mingyu knew that there was no doubt about it.

"Huang Gong, Song Gong. But what happened?"

"Nephew, please take a look." Huang Zongci handed over a post, which listed the names of a bunch of goods and the number of boxes, and the weight was clearly written. Looking at it all, it was exactly the goods that Huang Zongci said was missing that day.Lin Mingyu saw that there was a signature on the post, which was Qian Hua's private seal.

Seeing Lin Mingyu looking up, Huang Zongci said, "Early this morning, the concierge received this post. It was sent by the chief steward of Qian's mansion. He said that his master had prepared a small gift for me when he learned that my cargo hold was flooded. To show the friendship between everyone who is a sea merchant. I don’t understand this, I’m so soft on accepting such a big gift.”

Lin Mingyu laughed and said, "It's because someone gave me a pillow when I fell asleep. It's not useful. You were worrying about how to get money to help me, but today I personally delivered it to you. It's a good thing!"

"What does he mean?" Song Qingming said suddenly, saying he was asking someone else, but it sounded like he was asking himself.

Huang Zongci couldn't see him being so indecisive, so he sneered and said, "Isn't that obvious? Some people know that I have formed an alliance with a certain shipping company, and now they are giving me gifts to show that person their attitude. Some people just don’t make up their minds like this. We are all old, how many years are left to wait, don’t wait until we can’t walk anymore, and the hearts of others are also cold, before we want to understand what people mean that day, That's too late. Flesh and blood, broken bones are still connected, nephew, do you think this is the case?"

Lin Mingyu echoed: "That's right. We often see that on the stage, there is a pair of father, daughter and brother who cut off contact because of a momentary anger. In fact, the younger generation has long since regretted it, because they are worried that the elder will not be able to communicate with each other." I am willing to forgive, but I dare not come to the door for a long time. Although I have cut off communication in the open, I always watch in secret. If the elder is in trouble, I will try my best to help, but I still have to try to hide it. You are pitiful. Don't you feel sorry for this junior?"

Song Qingming was moved by it, "Is what you said true? Hui Niang, is Hui Niang really willing to recognize me as a father?"

Lin Mingyu smiled and said: "It's absolutely true, listen to me tell you slowly, you will understand."