The younger brother of the Red Chamber is a fighter

Qian Hua received the post and came together with his wife, Mrs. Song, got off the carriage outside the Song residence, and was welcomed in.As soon as Madam Qian entered the door, she turned her head to the left and right. This was the place she used to play in and out of when she was a child, and she hadn't returned for many years. Now, at first glance, every scene that caught her eye brought countless memories before her eyes.

"Huiniang, sister." A hesitant voice caught her attention.Madam Qian heard the sound and looked, and saw a middle-aged man of medium build standing in front of the hall, wearing a dark blue wrought-flowered gown, with dark eyebrows and eyes, even though he was old, he was still handsome and handsome.

Madam Qian was filled with sadness and joy, she took two steps forward, and saluted her body: "Second brother, don't come here without any problems."

Song Lianggong's eyes were glued to her face, as if he couldn't believe it, but he couldn't bear to look away.He was sent by his father to buy the goods for the next trip to sea, and he ran around outside. When he heard that his sister had reconciled with his father and hurried back, he didn't have time to see her in the future.

These days, he was too busy to hand over the goods every day, so he just wanted to visit, because his father didn't say anything, and he didn't dare to act rashly. When he heard the news today, he specially waited in front of the hall.When he finally saw his old friend, Song Lianggong's words all melted on the tip of his tongue, and his tongue, which was extremely flexible in the past, seemed to be unable to move, unable to utter a word.

Being stared at by him, Madam Qian's excited mood stabilized, and she also felt that it was a little too much.Qian Hua frowned slightly, took a step forward, half blocked in front of Song Huiniang, "Second brother, Ah Hui and I entered the door, and we didn't have time to meet your father-in-law, why don't you find a good time some other day, and I invite you to come over to the house for a while." Xu, how are you?"

Song Lianggong felt that he had lost his composure, so he took advantage of the situation and said: "It should be like this. Father should also get up. I will go with you to pay my respects."

Song Qingming had already had breakfast under the service of Song Liangchen, and when he saw his daughter and son-in-law coming, he said, "Ziguang and Huiniang are here, come to meet your brothers, and then go to the backyard to Mrs. Tai, brothers and sisters-in-law, please be well." Bar."

Qian Hua and his wife hurriedly met the ceremony, and Qian Hua talked to the Song brothers, but Song Huiniang didn't mention it since she went to the backyard.

Song Liangchen is an extremely gentle person, compared with his concubine brother, he is much more loyal.Qian Hua has always known the temper of this lady's brother, and it is quite pleasant to chat with him.On the contrary, the second master, for some reason, had two tentative sentences in between the three sentences. Qian Hua was the head of a shipping company, so he was very shrewd.Song Lianggong's performance made him sensitively smell something unusual.The second master seems to have a lot of opinions on him.

Qian Hua has a bottom in his heart, and the more watertight he speaks.While observing the expression of his father-in-law Song Qingming, I wonder if the old man has something he wants to say but is hard to say, and he needs to pay attention to it?

In fact, Qian Hua was thinking too much. Song Qingming just because his daughter recognized him and got the help of Qian's Shipping, it was the time when he saw Qian Hua more and more satisfied, so how could he have other thoughts to think about.Therefore, Song Lianggong was not as quick as Qian Hua to react to this anomaly.

Not long after, Huang Zongci and his son, Lin Mingyu and others all came.Song Qingming saw that Huang Zongci didn't seem to be happy, so he said: "Brother Huang, but the Chang family has not received a reply?"

Huang Zongci looked disappointed: "Oh, I handed in the post, but it was returned after a while, saying that Chang Bainian was not in good health and couldn't come."

Everyone knows the old grievances of Song Qianchang's family, but they don't know how to speak at this time.Song Qingming said: "The relationship between the Chang family and my Song family is still unresolved. This is because they hate me. If you want to invite him, you have to find a way to resolve this personal grievance. Our three families have already united into one, but the Chang family Shipping is the most dangerous place. There must be a regulation for this matter."

"I shouldn't have done that back then, so I should have an argument with the Chang family. This matter needs to be carefully considered. I'm afraid we won't be able to invite people from the Chang family today. Let's take a look at the boat first, and then we'll make a fuss later." Qian Hua He looked at everyone questioningly, and finally his eyes fell on Lin Mingyu.

Qian Hua had already seen that the Song and Huang families were now vaguely headed by Lin Mingyu, although he had doubts in his heart, he was a safe person, and his posture was sufficient.

Lin Mingyu said: "What the Qian family said is reasonable, let's go to see the new ship today. The reason why we invited people from the Chang family so rashly was to tell them that if he wants to join us, we will not refuse. This matter I was not fully sure, and his reaction was expected. Let’s just achieve our goal. The rest will be theorized later.”

There was no more to say at the moment, everyone got into their own carriages and headed towards Song's new dock with great fanfare.Such movements attracted the people of Fujian to look around one after another, and even large and small maritime merchants were also alarmed.Among them was the eyeliner of Shunchang Haiyun, who was struggling in the front. Those people did not dare to follow too hard, but Lin Mingyu's sneaky behavior did not escape Lin Mingyu's eyes and ears.

"Master, do you want to drive them away?" Lin Da opened the curtain and looked outside, with disgust in his eyes.

Lin Mingyu closed his eyes and rested in the carriage, only slightly curled up the corners of his lips, and said with a smile: "The fish is hooked, wouldn't it be a waste of effort to drive it away? Don't worry, I just want people to guess, guess what we will do , and people can't see it. The more muddy the water in Fujian, the more opportunities we have to fish in troubled waters. Just wait and see."

When the carriage arrived at the dock, it was stopped by a line of solemn soldiers.Lin Mingyu asked Lin Da to show him the private seal that Tu Lingguang had given him, and was able to let him go.Song and Huang were not the first to come back, so they were not surprised.On the contrary, Qian Hua and the others were stunned, and they were even more wary of Lin Mingyu's identity.Song Lianggong sat in the last carriage, and when the curtain fell, the expression on his face became gloomy.

Tu Lingguang had already listened to the orders from the soldiers outside in the dock, so he waited outside first.Seeing Lin Mingyu and the others, he smiled and said, "The boat is ready, get ready to board."

Qian Hua blinked again, realizing that Tu Lingguang really appeared here.Although he found out that the Song family had a good relationship with General Tu, he did not expect it to be so good.Looking at Lin Mingyu, who was standing side by side with Tu Lingguang, not having an intimate conversation, Qian Hua decided to take a new look at this young master.

The boat set off, and this time, it was Wu Dalang who steered the boat.On the deck, Lin Mingyu and Tu Lingguang stood together, and the others avoided them intentionally or unintentionally, leaving a space for them.Of course, this boat is big enough, so that such a small number of people can find a place to stay and it won't be crowded.

This is how Zhou Zhaoqing appeared in front of Lin Mingyu.He is darker and thinner than before, but he looks very high-spirited. Wearing a suit of capable bunts on his body, it also conceals the literati aura on him by six points, revealing a bit of leanness and bravery. Come.

"My lord, I'm ready to set sail."

Lin Mingyu nodded, and he turned around and shouted.The boat shook gently for a while, and soon felt that it was moving smoothly.Lin Mingyu looked Zhou Zhaoqing up and down, and said with a satisfied expression: "Zhaoqing, seeing your vigor and vigor, I know that you must have completed your mission well."

"Hehe, I finally lived up to my son's expectations. With the help of General Tu, Dalang and I have taken back the most important pier in Changping. The person you are looking for has also been found. Although it cost a lot of money and It takes effort, but I believe that if you see it, you will know it is worth it."

"I trust your vision. You can make your own decisions about money. How is the situation in the school?" Lin Mingyu is most concerned about this.Before he recommended Wu Dalang and his wife to Song Qingming, he thought that when he was in charge of shipping in the future, he would have useful people around him.But seeing the Song family being suppressed by Shunchang, he had another idea.

If there are few talents to use, it is easy for the opponent to see the weakness, whether it is money or other means, it is easy to poach the original people.To solve this problem, you have to have enough manpower first. If there are people, it's okay to weed out some disloyal ones.With this thought in mind, Lin Mingyu transferred Wu Dalang and Zhou Zhaoqing back again.He gave them a secret mission, which was to set up a school for him to train sea merchants.

This school is completely under his control, and it must be able to provide him with talents in a timely manner, so the location chosen should not be too far away from Fujian.Zhou Zhaoqing proposed to choose Changping Town. Although Changping is a small town, it only takes half a day to get to the city of Fujian. Moreover, it has a port that connects the river to the sea. It only needs a little rest to form an excellent port. .This place was originally a small wharf, and it was within Wu Dalang's sphere of influence that day.It's just that Wu Dalang let Song's shipping ship dock without permission, and Shunchang retaliated by taking away all the docks in his hands.

Now relying on the forces of Lin Mingyu and Tu Lingguang, Wu Dalang successfully took back the pier.And such a small pier did not attract the attention of others.Wu Dalang's work was carried out secretly, with his husband and wife in charge, and with the assistance of Tu Lingguang's troops, this small port has been partially dredged, and it will be completely completed in less than a month.

There is no rush.The school had already been built, and Lin Mingyu had already sent Zhang Cheng and four other guards there, and first recruited a group of strong and strong men to act as guards.This move is inseparable from Tu Lingguang's strong support. The men who came to sign up are all top soldiers in the army. Although being a nursing home is not as promising as being a soldier, Lin Mingyu's treatment is quite generous. The welfare, calculated in this way, is more than ten times more than the money earned by being a soldier.These men are also people with a family and a family, otherwise they have parents and brothers, so they are very satisfied with the profession of school nursing and do their work with dedication.

In this way, the school has been repaired, the nursing home has been prepared, and famous teachers have been invited to come, just waiting for the students to come, and then they can start classes.The news that Lin Mingyu got it first was that the school had already recruited four young disciples, which was not enough for a class.It was another ten days later, when I saw Zhou Zhaoqing, I asked this question.

Zhou Zhaoqing raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help showing his face and smiling: "My lord, you didn't see that our school already has two classes." That day, Lin Mingyu assigned a class of 12 students, which was convenient for the elite class. educate.At that time, I thought about it roughly, so I didn't divide it by age. When there are enough people to manage the school in the future, I have to divide it in detail.

"Are there 24 people? What kind of students are they?"

Zhou Zhaoqing said with a smile: "24, not one less. I also think it's a coincidence. Most of these people are fishermen's children who have lived a hard life, and some are street children. Those who can enter the school are all with my own eyes. You see, those who know how to swim, those who are clever, or those with one or two talents, in short, all of them can accomplish things, and only those who are worthy of effort can be admitted. Our school does not need to pay for repairs, and provides food and accommodation , With such good conditions, there are still some fishermen around who are preparing to send their children over."

Lin Mingyu was happy, smiled for a while, and said: "You have done a good job. Even so, we still have to continue to select the students who will enter the school. We don't want many people, but the quality. If we train them later, we can Take responsibility. You have worked so hard."

Zhou Zhaoqing said seriously: "I can save it all. Besides, it's not hard work, and I'm happy to do it. I just hope that our influence will rise soon, so that we can not be persecuted by any influence."

"Yes." Tu Lingguang listened to the side and didn't say much. At this time, he interjected: "With me, no one will dare to go past me to find Mingyu's trouble. Just do your thing, you need someone's help." I'll send someone over in time."

"Thank you, General."

Tu Lingguang nodded, but did not answer, just looked at Lin Mingyu.

Lin Mingyu turned back to look at him, without saying thanks, her beautiful eyes turned round and crescent towards him, looking at him made people feel sweet, like eating the sweetest caramel.

The boat is sailing on the sea, looking from a distance, there are dark blue waters in all directions, the sky and the sea are connected into a shallow line, the sky is high and the earth is far away, which makes people suddenly feel proud.

"This sea will be ours from now on." Lin Mingyu swept his finger and drew a 180-degree arc, "Song Gong, Huang Gong, Qian Dangjia, I am going to unite our four parties to establish a sea alliance. Only In this way, our interests can be unified and we can firmly resist external forces, what do you think?"

After a while of silence, it was Song Qingming who spoke first: "Nephew, the Haimeng you mentioned, have you considered how we each join, how to enjoy the benefits, and how to bear the danger? This Haimeng has someone to preside over it. How can you be sure?"

"Exactly, if we form an alliance, how will our interests be guaranteed? If my nephew can clarify these issues, I, Huang's Shipping, will be the first to join!" Huang Zongci's eyes were shining brightly, showing the seriousness of a businessman True color.

Lin Mingyu said: "I have considered what Song Gong and Huang Gong said. I have prepared a contract, which specifies the nature of the Haimeng, that is, what the Haimeng does, what we all need to do, and what we can do." What you enjoy, and the division of labor in the management of the Haimeng are clearly written. You will know after reading it. Ada, take out the contract and send a copy to everyone."

Lin Da took out the prepared rattan box, took out a stack of bound booklets from inside, and distributed one by one.

Qian Hua was actually a little displeased. As soon as Lin Mingyu said that, he felt that this was a grand banquet. Seeing that Song and Huang were so active, he couldn't help suspecting that this was a game set up by the three of them, just waiting to invite himself into the urn.This feeling of being teased makes him a little concerned. After all, he has broken off relations with Song and Huang for too long, and his people's hearts have changed. With the grievances of the past, now the relationship has been mended and he can withstand it What a test.

Qian Hua had many worries in his heart, and these worries told him to wait and see what happened.If he disagrees, forgive Lin Mingyu, no matter how powerful he is, he may not dare to force him, he has his own confidence.

Therefore, when he held the so-called "Sea Union Convention" in his hand, his mood was still calm and he did not take it seriously.

"The so-called sea alliance means that today's maritime forces such as Lin's Shipping, Song's Shipping, Huang's Shipping, and Qian's Shipping follow the regulations of the Sea Alliance Convention and devote all their efforts to maintaining an equal and fair maritime trade. environment, safeguard the due interests of the joining party, punish the intruder’s malicious contention, advance and retreat together, and establish a merchant organization that jointly abides by relevant constraints based on this. The Sea Alliance’s convention is..."

The more he looked at it, the more moved Qian Hua became.If it is true as stated in this booklet, the establishment of the Sea Alliance is not a fig leaf that Lin Mingyu used to plunder the power of the sea merchants, but a method that is truly beneficial to the unity and development of the sea merchants.And what he is worried about is that once he joins the Sea League, the position of the leader will be fixed.This point is also clearly written on the Sea League, the leader is voted by the Sea League Standing Committee.As for the qualifications of the Standing Committee of the Sea Alliance, it is the shipping force that joined today.In the future, if there is another force to join, it needs to be voted by the four parties today, and any one who disagrees will not be allowed to join.If any maritime forces want to be promoted to the Standing Committee, the conditions will be even more stringent.In short, the regulations in this book seem to be impeccable, and Qian Hua couldn't help but feel a little moved.

"How, do you still have any doubts?" Seeing that everyone had finished watching, Lin Mingyu waited for a while, then Fang asked with a smile.

Huang Zongci and Huang Yun whispered a few words, and then his face showed a relieved expression. He looked at Lin Mingyu and said, "Nephew, if you can guarantee that the Sea Alliance will be as stated in the agreement, then I will still say that." If so, I'll be the first to join."

"Yes, today's agreement is the rules that we, the Sea Alliance, need to abide by in the future. If anyone can't do it, there are also punishment clauses on it. This paper constraint is not what I say, everyone is experienced. People, don't you all know what this agreement represents?"

Lin Mingyu looked into the eyes of everyone frankly.Those present who are not the elite among the merchants, if they do not understand the benefits of the Sea Alliance, they will not be so hesitant.

Lin Mingyu's words only made them believe in their own judgment more, Song Qingming narrowed his eyes and wanted to speak.

"Father, this matter is very important. Do you want to go back and discuss it before giving Mr. Lin an answer?" Song Lianggong said beforehand. "Besides, I need to make a decision when I look at my brother-in-law."