Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

Zhen Yingjia heard Lin Ruhai's words, but before she recovered her senses, the master had rearranged the booklet, handed it to Zhen Yingjia and said, "If that's the case, please ask Mr. Zhen to mark it."

Zhen Yingjia was stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses and found that every step she took seemed to be in Lin Ruhai's calculations.Even if Lin Ruhai's name didn't appear on the pledge book, it was also a trap to lure himself into being fooled.So Zhen Yingjia said angrily: "Lin Ruhai, are you plotting against me?"

Lin Ruhai smiled modestly and said, "Where did Mr. Zhen say this? All the volunteers who came here today, like this official, are willing to contribute to the country. If Mr. Zhen is not willing, just don't pledge. The money and food donated by Mr. Zhen are also suitable." Everyone registers and compiles the book, quickly reports it to Beijing, and none of the property donated by Lord Zhen falls into Lin's personal pocket, where does the word calculation come from?"

When Zhen Yingjia saw Lin Ruhai talking eloquently, handsome, gentle, and personable, it was even more dazzling, and she hated her even more.At this moment, Piansheng pinched his lifeline in the opponent's hand, snorted coldly, took the lake pen, and signed his name.Lin Ruhai looked at it, and with a warm smile, he took the pen and signed it in Lin Hai's name.At the end, he did not forget to thank Zhen Yingjia with a salute, and ordered the yamen servant to send him out respectfully.

Zhen Yingjia left the Yanzheng Yamen, got into the carriage, and went back to Jinling angrily to collect food.

Not to mention that this year's drought has spread far and wide, and major rice and grain stores have limited stocks. Zhen Yingjia sent people to ask all over Jinling.After inquiring around for a few days, I found out that a Luojia rice shop with extremely high stocks offered five taels of silver for a stone.The Zhen family's warehouse only has 5000 taels of grain in stock. If it is purchased from outsiders, it needs [-] taels of cash in cash. There are tens of thousands of taels of silver for silkworm cocoons that are one and a half times the price of previous years. The Zhen family's warehouse may not have this much cash in silver.

Zhen Yingjia was thinking, who in Jinling would dare not sell their face?So he handed over the post to Luo Mishang's residence, who knew that Luo Mishang saw the post and unfolded it, and the steward of Zhen's family saw that Luo Mishang had a friendly smile on his face.Seeing that Luo Mishang wrote a post with a pen, the ink dries quickly in the summer, and after a while, Luo Mishang folded the post and handed it to the steward of Zhen's family, saying: "Just give this post to Master Zhen , He will naturally understand after seeing it."

Who wouldn't flatter the Zhen family steward when he went out to do errands?He thought that this little millet merchant didn't dare to offend his master, and what was the smiling expression on his face not flattery?So he didn't read the post, just picked it up and put it in his arms, sniffed, gave a half bow to Luo Mi, turned around and left.

Back at Zhen's house, Zhen Yingjia saw the steward talking back and forth, and asked how the negotiation went.The steward said with a smile on his face, "Who dares to offend the master for nothing in the Jinling area? I went there only to talk about my future intentions, but Luo Mishang replied to the post without saying a word, and dare not have any complaints." Pass the post to Zhen Yingjia.

Zhen Yingjia thought to herself: If I want to come to a rice merchant, I dare not offend myself for nothing. In the past, rice was two taels of silver for one stone, and if I was willing to pay this price, I would not be bullying the market and stealing.But he didn't care about the disaster year at all, even if he went to the market, the rice also rose to four taels of silver a stone.

Zhen Yingjia smiled and opened the post confidently. The manager looked at Zhen Yingjia flatteringly, hoping to get a few words of praise from Zhen Yingjia for his ability to do things.But seeing Zhen Yingjia opened the post and only glanced at it, his complexion suddenly sank, and he raised his hand full of anger and slapped the steward.

The steward only felt numbness and pain on his face, but he didn't dare to ask, he just stood shivering and lowered his head.Zhen Yingjia threw the post into the steward's arms and roared angrily, "Look for yourself!"

Seeing Zhen Yingjia furious, the steward of the Zhen family was very disturbed.Shaking his hands, he picked up the post and opened it to read, that Luo Mishang was so bold, the post was written in black and white: From now on, Luojia Rice Shop purchases more than [-] shi of rice, and the price is [-] taels of silver for one shi!

When the steward opened his eyes and looked carefully, he saw that the word was correct, and it clearly said six taels and one stone. Only the paper of the post was slightly blue, not the usual white paper.

The steward was stunned for a long time, and stepped forward to say something: "Master Mingjian, the slave did not expect that a small millet merchant would dare to make trouble with the master, so he thought about the post to the master, what is the status of the slave, and dare to read it first? So I didn’t dare to read the post first, so I let such wild words be passed in front of the master, which stained the master’s eyes.”

Zhen Yingjia calmed down and thought: I don't know what this Luo Mishang has eaten. The ambitious leopard dared to play himself like a monkey. At this time, he can't blame the manager.Luo Mishang was so arrogant, he said that he couldn't think of it, and he himself didn't expect it either.So he ordered to go down, and brought a group of burly servants, and he sat in a sedan chair, mighty and mighty, so proud that he forgot to come up to the main store of Luojia Mihang.

Zhen Yingjia rushed in aggressively, and no waiter stopped her. When she entered the door, she saw that Luo Mishang had set up a coffee table and chairs in the living room, and was making tea leisurely.

Before Zhen Yingjia could open his mouth, the steward who had just been slapped by Zhen Yingjia stepped forward and shouted: "Luo, you are so courageous! Our master wants to purchase a large amount of your rice, so he thinks highly of you. I don't want you to be arrogant and rude, and offend me." Our master, don't you even look at how many heads you have?"

The middle-aged man, who was neither tall nor short, had a slightly fat body and a round face, even if he was expressionless, he was also a smiling face, and when he smiled, he was even more amiable.Naromi merchant said: "What did the steward say? Opening the door for business is about making money through harmony. I make an offer, and the buyer counters the price. If the steward thinks that the price I offer is unreasonable, just find another house. Why bring so many people to embarrass Zhengshang merchants?"

The steward of Zhen's family is also a dog, now that there are many people behind him, and no one is stopping him when he enters the door, he feels more and more that Luo Mishang is a lunatic?She doesn't seem to have a strong background, so she dares to offend the Zhen family?Playing with my master like this, there is not even a decent nursing home in the shop, so he became more and more rampant: "I don't know what kind of a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, dare to act insolently like this. But there is not even a decent nursing home, so I can persuade you with words , Seeing that our master purchases a lot of food, the quantity is large and the price is good, one tael and eight dollars a stone can make this business, make friends with our family, and make a long-term livelihood, are you afraid of losing money?"

This is so unreasonable, this year is a year of disaster, even if this Luomi merchant has a unique vision, he will focus on buying last year's grain in the beginning of spring, and it will be more than two taels and one stone, but the steward of the Zhen family is using the price of a good year to suppress people .But the steward thought that he did not do a good job before, which made the master angry, and now he lowered the price of two coins to pay off his merits.Anyway, it is good to say that the quantity is large and the quality is good. It is said that every yamen in the south of the Yangtze River sells the face of their masters.The steward of the Zhen family thought he was proud of himself, and looked at Luo Mishang with an arrogant expression.

But Luo Mishang smiled kindly again, and said: "The steward said that, even if my family has hundreds of guards with high martial arts skills, who would dare to stop you, a person who has been deeply poisoned?"

The steward of the Zhen family didn't know what was going on, so he shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

After hearing this, Zhen Yingjia looked back at her housekeeper and asked, "What's wrong with your face?"

When Zhen Yingjia asked, the steward of Zhen's family felt a little itchy on his face, but it didn't hurt much, and his hands were also normal.If Zhen Yingjia didn't say anything, it wouldn't be too hard to bear.But when Zhen Yingjia mentioned this, when the other servants of the Zhen family looked up, they saw half of the steward's face was purple and black like ink, faintly shining, and they all asked each other: "I said, big housekeeper, what's wrong with your face?"Someone said, butler, did you fall into the inkstone?

The members of the Zhen family came in without knowing it, and the steward of the Zhen family heard Luo Mishang's words that he was already poisoned, but he felt more and more itchy on his face and hands, and his heart was hairy.When she looked up at Zhen Yingjia, she saw Zhen Yingjia's palms were as black as ink in a blink of an eye.The steward of the Zhen family said: "Master...Master, your hand..." He raised his hand, which was normal.

Zhen Yingjia also felt numbness in her palms when she heard this, and when she raised her hands to look, her palms were pitch black, the same color as the steward's face and hands.

Zhen Yingjia looked at Luo Mishang and said: "Boldly harassing the people, daring to murder the imperial court official, be careful that I report to the prefect to confiscate your rice shop! And don't offer the antidote!"

Luo Mishang still smiled like a respectful Arhat and said: "Oh, the villain kindly reminded Master Zhen and the housekeeper, why did you mess with the villain and murder the court officials? The villain has always been responsible for opening the door to do business, Master Zhen does not You're such a mess with Lai Liangmin. Master Zhen doesn't need to be so angry, come over and have a cup of tea."

Zhen Yingjia said angrily: "Your rice store is full of evil spirits, who dares to eat the food in your store. Tomorrow, the rice will be delivered to my house, and I will ask the steward to settle the money with you. The two families will not hurt the harmony. Otherwise , let's ride a donkey to look at the ledger, we'll see!"

Luo Mishang still smiled and said: "If Master Zhen places an order and pays the deposit, I will naturally deliver the goods to the Master's house tomorrow. Open the door to do business, can I push the business out? Six taels of silver per stone, if Master agrees Yes, so I signed the contract. If it is not allowed, the master will just purchase from other provinces. He said that the surrounding provinces have been hit by disasters, and it is difficult to purchase the amount that the master needs. I can be sure that there is no one that can lower the price of the villain." After speaking, he looked at Zhen Yingjia and said, "Master Zhen really doesn't drink this tea? If you drink it late, I'm afraid you will suffer." After finishing speaking, his face was sympathetic. It's a pity to keep talking.

Although Zhen Yingjia is domineering, she is not stupid after all. Hearing the words "you will suffer if you drink too late", she thought to herself: Could it be that this tea contains an antidote?He thought again: I didn't know how I was poisoned, and I have already suffered the Tao, and now I can't get any better from this evil rice merchant, so I bravely picked up the tea bowl and drank it all in one gulp.I just felt that the tea was sour and astringent, it really didn't taste like usual tea.

Seeing that Zhen Yingjia had drunk tea, Luo Mishang smiled and said, "Master Zhen is indeed quite straightforward. Now that you have drunk tea, you might as well sign the deed and ask someone to bring the deposit so that we can do business."

After Zhen Yingjia drank the tea, she kept secretly checking her body for any abnormalities. It was strange to say that after drinking the tea, the numbness in her hands really eased.Luo Mishang didn't want to bother him too much, he took out two packs of medicinal powder from his arms and said: "Go back and pour a little into the wine, soak the affected area for a quarter of an hour every day, soak for seven days, and the poison will go away." After speaking, he laughed and said: " The post I gave to the master, the master may as well return me."

Only now did Zhen Yingjia know that the poison was on the post, but it had to be opened to be poisoned.Therefore, when the steward sent the post back, his hands were normal and not poisoned.I was slapped by myself, but was poisoned. Later, the steward read the post, and my hands were also poisoned.After hearing this, the steward quickly threw the post on the ground, as if the post was a poisonous snake and a beast.

Luo Mishang picked up a bowl of tea with a smile and poured it on the post.Then he asked the steward if he wanted some tea.The steward also guessed that the tea might have a detoxifying effect, so he hurriedly picked up a bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

Zhen Yingjia has been in contact with the Gu sect, and knows that some people who are good at using poison can't be offended, so after getting rid of Luo Mishang, who knows if he has a son or nephew who is good at using poison?And at that time, if the merchants did not have a reliance, it would be really difficult for them to move forward. Therefore, some merchants naturally relied on rich officials, and some were backed by gangsters.I'm afraid that behind this Luomi merchant, there are also some powerful forces in the world, so he dares to offend him without fear.

Zhen Yingjia thought that a good man would not suffer immediate losses, and the rice merchant was right. Now that he can buy [-] shi of rice in Jinling, six taels of silver a shi is already the lowest cost.If you buy it from other places, not to mention the shipping cost, I'm afraid you will encounter refugees and bandits desperately.It is necessary to sign the contract and go back to raise money.

Sending off Zhen Yingjia and others, Luo Mishang returned to the backyard of the rice shop.The outside of this rice store is open for business, but the backyard is a house with several people living in it.Luo Mishang went to the backyard and entered an inconspicuous wing room. Li Han had already stood at the door, and saluted Luo Mishang: "On behalf of the master, I thank the uncle."

Luo Mishang laughed and said, "Interesting and interesting, Mr. Lin really knows things like a god. This Zhen Yingjia's reaction to every step is exactly as Mr. Lin said. My ability to adapt to changes is useless."