"I've met the uncle, and I want to say hello to him!"

The honest-looking old farmer knelt down on the ground with a smile on his face and wanted to kowtow to Jia Qiang.

The same goes for the gray-haired woman beside her.

Jia Qiang moved to one side to avoid the ceremony and said, "Get up."

Then he asked: "Are you Feng Su?"

The old farmer responded hurriedly: "Hey, eh, eh, that's it, little old man, that's right, little old man."

Jia Qiang said: "You have a son-in-law named Zhen Shiyin?"

The old farmer was startled when he heard this, but the old woman behind him responded in a trembling voice: "Yes, yes, the husband of the commoner woman is Zhen Shiyin. He... He has been missing for more than ten years. Has anyone seen him, a high official?"

Him?"

Jia Qiang shook her head regretfully and said: "Never...but you have a daughter with a red mole on her eyebrows. This year..."

Before she finished speaking, the old woman Feng's face was filled with tears. She nodded and said: "My little girl Yinglian, this year... is fifteen years old. Is she... is she still alive?"

As soon as the word "yinglian" comes out, there is no need to ask any more questions.

Seeing her like this, Jia Qiang's face became more emotional, she nodded slowly and said: "She is still alive, and not bad at all. Go and see her."

Mrs. Feng was so excited that before she could respond, Feng Su on the side suddenly howled loudly and cried loudly: "My poor granddaughter, you have finally come home. I... my... son... ah!"

However, such a touching cry made Jia Qiang frown.

He winked at Nanny Sun and asked her to take Feng to the inner house to see Xiang Ling.

After Feng left, Liu Cong, the second housekeeper of the Lin family, saw Jia Qiang frowning and was unhappy, and shouted at Feng Su, who was still crying: "What are you crying about? Where is this place, and you are also moaning indiscriminately? You have disturbed the noble man, please be careful.

head!"

When Feng Su heard this, he stopped crying instantly and knelt on the ground motionless, carefully apologizing for a smile.

Seeing him like this, Jia Qiang chuckled, shook her head and said: "You are just a cunning person. You seem to be smart, but in fact you are extremely confused. You only have a daughter named Feng, and your uncle Zhen Shiyin is in trouble.

I took refuge in you, but you secretly made mischief and tried every means to get other people's property to your name. The pain of losing a daughter, coupled with the embarrassment of life, and the pain of being ridiculed and ridiculed by you all day long, made Zhen Shiyin unable to establish himself in the world and could only become a monk.

Go away. Create a good home and make it look like this. If you have a son to inherit the family business, it would make sense. It would make sense to coax the son-in-law's wealth into giving it to his son, although it would be unconscionable, but at least it would make sense. It would be better for you.

, you’re just a daughter, and you’re still doing this, so what are you if you’re not a fool?”

"Sir, little old man, I don't..."

After hearing what Jia Qiang said, Feng Su was shocked, ashamed and regretful, but he just refused to admit it.

But before he could explain anything, Jia Qiang waved her hand and said: "You have no place to speak here. You are so greedy that you harm others and yourself, which is really disgusting. Well, I won't make it difficult for you, just go back.

Have someone send you a letter before you die, and I will send someone to sell the inheritance you left behind to Xiangling."

As soon as these words came out, Feng Suhui's soul surged. He was afraid that this evil-minded young man would be cruel again and send him back to the West on the spot to receive his inheritance, so he hurriedly kowtowed and left in a hurry.

Feng Su felt miserable in his heart. Originally, he was thinking about whether he could live the life of a grandfather for a few years in this government office. Now it seems that the people in the government office are all cruel people with dark hearts...

After sending Feng Su away, Jia Qiang went to Zhonglin Hall to see Lin Ruhai.

The appearance of Feng's father and daughter is definitely not a good thing for Lin Ruhai...

…

Zhonglin Hall.

After Jia Qiang entered the room, she saw Lin Ruhai leaning on the bed with a very bad look on her face, and her heart sank.

After several days of nursing, Lin Ruhai can already sit at the desk.

Today is like this, I think I feel unwell.

But before Jia Qiang could speak to persuade, Lin Ruhai slowly said: "Brother Qiang is here, have you met the Feng family and his daughter?"

Jia Qiang nodded and said: "Yes, Feng is indeed the mother of Xiangling."

Lin Ruhai said "hmm" and asked: "I heard that the girl named Xiangling is now your roommate. How do you plan to arrange the Feng family's father and daughter?"

Jia Qiang told what Feng Su had done back then, and finally frowned and said in disgust: "My mother-in-law covets my son-in-law's wealth. He can do such a shameless thing! I sent him back, threatened him, and waited for him."

After his death, he sent someone to collect his inheritance, which frightened him and left him quickly. As for Xiangling's mother, Feng Shi, let's see, she has nowhere to go, and raising her is nothing."

Lin Ruhai nodded noncommittally, not knowing what he thought of. After pondering for a long time, he sighed and said, "Jia Yucun, what a pity."

But Jia Qiang smiled and said with relief: "It's not a pity. As long as my uncle can take good care of his body and bones, the Jia Yu Village, which has not yet become a mature and ruthless village, will be far from being a nuisance."

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he smiled faintly and said: "I just think that talents are rare, not to mention a disaster, but it's a pity that he is an immoral person. By the way, how have you been planning these days?"

Jia Qiang shook her head and said: "We haven't made any plans yet. We have to go to Qi Garden tonight. The old man who has been raised by the Qi family wants to see me. It just so happens that I also want to find out what he has to say."

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he immediately frowned and reminded: "Brother Qiang, don't let your guard down if you don't keep secrets. That Qi Taizhong of the Qi family is so deep in the city and so scheming that even I am willing to defeat him. The Qi family can

Having been the leader of the eight major salt merchants for more than sixty years, this old fox is about to become a master."

Jia Qiang's face became solemn when she heard this, and she nodded: "It is precisely because of this that I will not be so smart as to think that I can run the Bai family without disturbing them in Yangzhou City, which has been run by others for sixty years! Unless

Use brute force to encircle and suppress, otherwise, it is absolutely impossible. Although my aunt is unwilling to admit it, this Yangzhou Mansion is indeed the Yangzhou Mansion of the Qi family. There is no doubt that Qi Taizhong has long used gold mountains and silver seas to conquer Yangzhou Mansion.

Even the most powerful officials in Jiangnan are well fed. It is almost impossible to avoid him and attack a large salt merchant family with few flaws. Even if you do it forcefully, it will be a disaster."

He is not Han Bin and Han Banshan. For the sake of the stability of the country and the country, Han Banshan can disregard his family and life, so how can he care about the trouble left by killing a few salt merchants?

But just because Han Bin didn't care, it didn't mean that Jia Qiang didn't care.

As the saying goes, killing someone's money is like killing their parents.

Killing the Bai family will cut off the financial resources of many powerful officials behind them. This hatred is simply irreconcilable.

Jia Qiang doesn't want to do such a thing...

Lin Ruhai's face didn't look good. He didn't expect that Jia Qiang would see things so clearly and even say some things that shouldn't be spoken.

Yangzhou Prefecture is the Yangzhou Prefecture of the Qi family?

Lin Ruhai never wanted to admit it, but...

He had to admit it again.

The Qi family has reached this stage and is no longer just a salt merchant.

Any profitable business in Yangzhou includes food, clothing, housing, transportation, salt, rice, noodles, oil, meat, vegetables...

Which one does not have the shadow of the Qi family behind it?

Not to mention the Yangzhou government office, Lin Ruhai also knew very well that many of the salt clerks in the Yanyuan government office, or even most of them, must have received "favor" from the Qi family.

As for the government officials, the prison wardens, etc., all of them are not affected by the Qi family.

At this point, Yangzhou Mansion is the Qi family's Yangzhou Mansion, so what's wrong with it?

But for Lin Ruhai, who was born as a scholar-bureaucrat, it was simply intolerable for the important place of the country to be controlled by a clan of merchants!

Transgression, arrogance!

However, Jia Qiang gently advised: "Actually, my uncle doesn't need to worry too much about his anger. The core of the Qi family's prosperity is the Qi family's grand master. People often say that one person can rejuvenate a country, and naturally one person can rejuvenate a clan.

Qi Taizhong has managed the Qi family to the extreme. It seems that it is at its peak, but in fact it has reached a point of no return. After all, Dayan is the country of scholar-bureaucrats. Qi Taizhong is also a sensible person, so early

In the past ten years, he has gradually retired to the background. Even though the Qi family is as rich as the country, the Qi family has never really reached out to Yangzhou Prefecture. Even if they run Duzhong, Jinling and other places, it is only to protect themselves. I arbitrarily guess that if it were not for the Supreme Emperor, he would have

If you understand this, you will not become close friends with a commoner. Judging from the news that has been discovered in the past few days, the current head of the Qi family, Qi Wannian, is not as far away as his father, Qi Taizhong. Therefore, when Qi Taizhong went to Hexi,

One day is the day when the Qi family gradually becomes weak."

If in Jia Qiang's previous life, there was soil and space for the growth of capital in society, then the Qi family might have been able to truly survive for generations. For example, those companies in the United States have long been hidden in the deep sea, but still control the world's financial lifeline from afar.

family.

But it is a pity that the current Dayan has absolutely no room for the Qi family to expand wantonly. If he dares to take even half a step forward, he will only be turned into ashes.

Lin Ruhai actually understood all of this.

It's just that while he was in charge of the highest salt affairs in Huaihe River, the Qi family could survive for such a long time and always secretly controlled Yangzhou. This was a big humiliation for him.

After all, deep down, Lin Ruhai, who was born as a prince of the fourth generation and Tanhualang, also despises merchants and the like.

Lin Ruhai leaned back, looked at Jia Qiang and said calmly: "Is the Qi family today exactly where you expected it to be?"

Jia Qiang smiled, shook her head and said, "The Qi family is still unstable."

However, he didn't want to say anything more.

Seeing him like this, Lin Ruhai smiled hoarsely, nodded and said: "Okay, since you can also see that the Qi family is unstable, that's fine, then just do whatever you want. In addition, the two long-term followers around you, although they are also

Bloody and brave people, but after all they are still a little bit behind. The two people beside Qi Yun are rare masters, and even the Qi family doesn't have many like them. Now that you are acting outside, we want you to do something small.

It’s a matter of stability, so Banshangong and I will each send you one person."

Jia Qiang was startled when she heard this, looked at Lin Ruhai and said: "Uncle, do you also have martial arts masters under you?"

When Lin Ruhai heard this, a look of bitterness that hurt his bones flashed in his eyes, but it was gone in an instant. He sighed: "In the past, I couldn't stand the so-called Jianghu people. I thought that these kind of knights were not interested in production and only relied on strength to bully the weak.

They should be killed. Later, after suffering great losses, I understood the reason for their existence. You must remember the lessons learned from the past and do not underestimate them."

Jia Qiang vaguely heard that Lin Ruhai had a son who fell into the water and died young, but there seemed to be something different...
To be continued...