Summary of the previous chapter: Jiang Batian led people to search Jiang Houhou’s house, but unfortunately nothing was found...
Jiang Batian frowned and glanced at Jiang Houhou's wife. Hey, she is almost forty after all, and her figure is a little out of shape. She doesn't look good.
"Humph Jiang Hou, you old boy are lucky, Jiang Long, let's go!" Jiang Batian waved his hand and led Jiang Long and several other men away in a hurry.
Jiang Houhou collapsed to the ground with a pop, but his wife put on her coat very calmly, walked up to him, slapped him on the head, and cursed: "What are you doing, useless man, standing still? Get up."
Jiang Hou came to his senses, stood up quickly, pulled his wife into the room, and asked: "Daughter-in-law, what on earth did you do? Where is the money?"
Jiang Houhou's wife giggled, took off her shoes, knocked the soles of her shoes, and pulled out a few banknotes: "Here, here they are."
Jiang Hou was so excited that he hugged his wife and kissed her twice: "Daughter-in-law, you are simply amazing."
"Hmph, I knew you had gotten the money from something wrong, so I was extra cautious. I originally took out a banknote to show you. Although it was exchanged by a black bank, the banknote was actually from a regular big bank.
The ticket... Who would have thought that you, a worthless person, actually shook the banknote out and was discovered by Jiang Batian. Fortunately, my eyesight and hands were so bad that I almost ate it."
Jiang Houhe chuckled and said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's not a pity, it's not a pity, most of them are saved..."
"Hmph, you are so useless. Jiang Batian is here today and will definitely come back later. I don't think it's going to work, so let's go. The kids are all at home anyway."
Jiang Hou nodded: "Okay, then go home, hum, but I will never forgive Jiang Batian for what he did to us today."
"Yes, I will never spare him, monkey, what do you think?"
Jiang Houyue chuckled: "Jiang Batian and Huang Tianhu have been having a fierce quarrel recently. It seems that the previous alliance is about to collapse. Before we leave, let's add fuel to the fire to him, huh?"
"Hey, okay, I listen to you"
...
Two nights later, Jiang Houhou suddenly came to Ma Xiaoquan and said that he wanted to ask the chief steward for a favor. He wanted to meet Huang Tianhu.
Ma Xiaoquan knew Jiang Houhou's motives, so he agreed simply. However...since Huang Tianhu was not in Caobang recently, this matter could not be done for a while, so Ma Xiaoquan suggested that Jiang Houhou have anything to do with him.
He said that when Huang Tianhu came back, he could help explain it first.
Jiang Hou wanted to talk to Huang Tianhu about Jiang Batian in person, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that he had to leave anyway, so he might as well talk to the chief steward.
After listening to Jiang Houhou's retelling, Ma Xiaoquan was secretly surprised. He originally thought that a person like Jiang Houhou was just a gambler, a person who did nothing all day long. Unexpectedly, what he said from his mouth was very orderly and his thinking was clear.
Ma Xiaoquan frowned the whole time. After listening to Jiang Houhou's retelling, his brows suddenly relaxed and he said with a smile: "Jiang Houhou, listening to your retelling, it seems that you have also read the book, right?"
Jiang Hou nodded and said: "To tell you what my lord, I did read books and was a scholar, but because my family was poor, I married a wife hastily... Later I heard that Jiang Batian was in Cao
He was doing well in the gang, and he felt somewhat related to him, so he came here to join him and stayed there for more than ten years..."
"I see, then why do you want to go back to your hometown this time? Isn't Caobang good?"
Jiang Hou's face turned red and he said: "To be honest, I have exchanged the silver ingots given by you for banknotes. Now that I have money on hand, I don't want to stay here any longer."
"Oh, so, you changed all the money?"
"Um"
Ma Xiaoquan dragged his chin: "Did you go to a bank in the town to change it? Doesn't anyone doubt you?"
Jiang Houyue chuckled and said: "My wife went to a black bank to exchange it. She lost a little bit, but she can still exchange it. What she exchanged is a regular bank note..."
"Haha, Jiang Monkey, Jiang Monkey, you are really smart. Okay, how much have you lost, I will replenish it for you."
"Ah ah ah... How is that possible, sir, you..." Jiang Hou said, but he had already stretched out his hand.
Ma Xiaoquan did not hesitate, and directly took out a twenty-tael silver note from his sleeve pocket and threw it to Jiang Houhou: "Take it, since you want to go back to your hometown, you should be more prosperous. Well, you are talking about Jiang Batian
I will record everything, Jiang Hou, you have made great contributions to the court."
Jiang Hou was a scholar before, so naturally he always wanted to be an official. Now that Ma Xiaoquan said that he had done meritorious service for the court, Jiang Hou was naturally very happy.
"Sir, I have a heartfelt request."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly and said: "Jiang Hou, do you want to serve the imperial court?"
Jiang Hou was stunned, fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, you are wise."
"Haha, it's a good idea to have this intention, but do you know that you said so many bad things about Jiang Batian, even if you join the court, you will probably be reviled by your fellow villagers, Jiang Hou, can you bear it?
?”
Jiang Hou raised his head and said: "What is unbearable? This is all temporary."
Ma Xiaoquan secretly sighed in his heart. It must be said that from ancient times to the present, people in the Celestial Dynasty have always respected official power. The so-called county magistrate has a hundred thousand snowflakes and silver in three years. Which official has a clean butt, including Ma Xiaoquan himself, no matter how unbearable this person is.
, as long as Yi becomes an official, it won’t take long for people around him to come back to fawn over him and worship him...
Facing Jiang Houhou kneeling in front of him, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly felt very unbearable. If he were not the deacon of Jinyiwei and the general manager of the salt industry, what status would he have now? Jiang Houhou would still kneel before him like his grandson Yi.
In front of you?
"Jiang Houhou, you should go down first when you get up. I will consider your affairs..."
"Yes, my lord"
...
After Jiang Houhou left, Ma Xiaoquan immediately sent someone to find Fang Yun and ordered him to spread the news about Jiang Houhou's money exchange plan to Jiang Batian.
The next day, Jiang Batian sent Jiang Long to the town secretly, pretending to exchange money to get information. Sure enough, the people in the black bank heard that their accents were all from Fujian, so they talked a lot about a woman carrying ten ingots two days ago.
The silver came and was exchanged for money.
Jiang Long was attentive and asked what kind of silver ingots they were. The people at the black bank were not suspicious and took out a silver ingot that had not yet been melted and showed it to Jiang Long.
Jiang Long held the silver ingot in his hand and took a closer look. He was secretly surprised because he found that the silver ingot had Huang Tianhu's unique mark on it, which meant that the silver ingot was the banknote silver flowing out from Huang Tianhu.
Jiang Long pretended to be moved, and with tears streaming down his face, he begged the black bank store owner to give him the silver ingot. In return, he was willing to exchange it for twenty taels of silver. When the store owner asked the reason, Jiang Long lied and said that he saw this
The silver ingot reminds me of a former savior.
The shopkeepers of the black money bank are also human beings and are "reasonable". Of course, the most important reason is that Jiang Long is willing to buy this silver ingot at a high price. Anyway, he does not lose money and makes money anyway. It would be a fool not to do such a transaction.
...
Jiang Long hurried back to Caobang with the silver ingot, handed the silver ingot to Jiang Batian, and repeated the words of the black money store owner to Jiang Batian.
Jiang Batian weighed the silver ingot in his hand and frowned. After a moment, he put down the silver ingot and asked, "Jiang Long, so Jiang Hou's wife went to exchange for this silver ingot?"
"Well, the store owner of Black Bank said it himself, and there is absolutely nothing false about it."
"Then how did this money come out of the steward's house?"
Jiang Long guessed: "Brother Ba Tianhu, Huang Tianhu has not been in Caogang recently, but before he left, he did go to the chief steward's house. It is possible that he has colluded with Ma San. This money is most likely what Huang Tianhu had when he left.
Let go..."
Jiang Batian nodded, he agreed with Jiang Long's conclusion.
Jiang Long received Jiang Batian's affirmation and continued: "Huang Tianhu is very insidious. He knows that if he conflicts with us head-on, he will not be able to maintain stability, and something may happen. Ma San will take the opportunity to grab straws, so he asked Ma
San Lai bribed Jiang Hou, so Ma San thought Huang Tianhu had surrendered to him... Actually... Brother Ba Tianhu, Huang Tianhu is probably killing two birds with one stone."
"Damn it!" Jiang Batian threw the silver ingot to the ground and cursed, "Jiang Long, get some people and go to Jiang Houhou now."
"Brother Batian, wait a minute." Jiang Long stopped Jiang Batian and said, "Even if we go now, Jiang Houhou will definitely not admit it. After all, the things are no longer with him."
"Well" Jiang Batian calmed down and asked, "What should I do? It would be great if the third uncle was here. By the way, why haven't I seen the third uncle recently?"
Jiang Long said angrily: "The third uncle was invited to his home by Ma San. I heard through the grapevine that the third uncle often lives in the house of the chief steward of Ma San."
"What?" Jiang Batian was furious when he heard this, "Third uncle betrayed me?"
Jiang Long sighed and said: "Brother Batian, don't worry, we still have a chance now, it just depends on whether Brother Batian decides."
"Opportunity? What opportunity?"
Jiang Long's eyes flickered, and he suddenly said sinisterly: "Huang Tianhu happened to be away, Brother Batian, his Henan faction is more powerful than our Fujian faction, so Huang Tianhu has nothing to fear, and he even stole your woman...I
Let’s take advantage of his absence and throw the blame on the Henan faction’s grandsons..."
Jiang Batian hesitated and said nothing.
Jiang Long said: "Brother Ba Tian, the situation is very unfavorable to us now. If we don't take action, even if we are not killed by Ma Sanduan, we will probably be gradually cannibalized by Huang Tianhu. We have already lost two warehouses. If we don't do anything,
If we take action, I'm afraid there will be no way to save the day..."
