Li Duan is in a state of desperation.
For the matter of the map, he and Lin Jue haven't been out much during this time, even the annual ceremony at home is also arranged by Lin, but there are a few families that have to be respected by him, the eldest son. Things were not going well.
They finally found out that there was a Master Qian in Hangzhou, who knew that Master Qian had already moved away and disappeared. He asked his father to help again, and invited a master from Rizhao. He didn't know whether it was the master's poor craftsmanship or their bad luck. The painting was indeed divided into three parts in the hands of this master, but the one in the middle However, a small section of the map was destroyed when it was separated.
It would be okay if it was another map, but this is a map, a short section, in actual navigation, it is likely to be a slight difference, a thousand miles away, and there is no way to guarantee safety.
Seeing that the Spring Festival was coming, the Peng family sent someone to give the New Year's gift.
Although the person who came was just a small steward of the Peng family, he was calm when he came, and the things he gave were very ordinary, but he still heard the urging meaning from the small steward's words. Thinking about it deeply, it even revealed the meaning of "If your Li family can't do it, most of them are trying to rush to help the Peng family".
No wonder the Peng family got impatient.
It has been more than half a year since their family took the initiative to take over this matter.
After the Spring Festival, they had to send the painting to Peng's house no matter what.
If they can't send the map to Peng's family before then, their family's ability will be questioned.
They had to find another skilled master to repair the damaged part, and they had to restore the painting and send it to Peng's house.
Who to find to fix it has become a big problem.
Lin Jue didn't leave all the time, and it seemed that the Chinese New Year was coming, and if he dragged on, he would have no time to return to Fujian before the Spring Festival, and the matter of the map was much more complicated than he imagined, so he couldn't help becoming a little impetuous.
"How about taking this painting as a New Year's gift and sending it to Peng's family before the year?" He suggested to Li Duan, "Anyway, we got the painting according to their wishes, and as for ruining it The place where it is... The fleet belongs to the Peng family, maybe they have a way to know how to go? Shouldn't we go to build a fleet? Since the bulk of the business is owned by the Peng family, no matter how much they lose, they will lose a lot. "
That's too nasty to say.
And in this way, the Li family is not so important in the eyes of the Peng family.
To work with tigers and wolves, you have to be more ruthless than them in order to stand firm and gain the respect of these people.
Li Duan frowned and formed the word "Chuan".
Lin Jue said: "Why don't you go to give the New Year's gift first? Staring like this every day, you can't stare at a single flower. You should go to relax."
That's all there is to it.
Li Duan originally wanted to go to Pei's house first, but when he thought of Pei Yan's attitude towards their family, his heart became cold and he decided to go to Tang Zhifu first.
After all, Magistrate Tang is a parent official and a foreigner, so it is not wrong to respect the outsider first and then the inside.
Li Duan pondered for a while, and went to Tang Zhifu.
Tang Zhifu was whispering with his confidant master in the study: "You can see clearly, you are really from the Huzhou Wu family?"
"It's really from the Wu family in Huzhou." When the master mentioned the Wu family, his voice became a little softer, "And it's the elder of the Wu family who is here, the head of the family."
Tang Zhifu scratched his head.
The magistrate of Huzhou was his same year. The place where the two are officials is not far away, and they are of the same rank. They have more languages in common than others, and they have close contacts. Others don't know, but he heard from the prefect of Huzhou that the ancestors of the Wu family said that they were born in water transport. That's really what they said since the daughter of the Wu family married into the Jiang family. , it is still common to kill people now. As far as the prefect of Huzhou has wiped their family's ass several times.
The Wu family is a big killer.
How could they have contact with Pei Yan
He asked the master: "Tell me, should I go to Pei's house to pay respects to Pei Xiaguang in his early years?"
Prefect Tang didn't like Pei Yan very much either. He felt that Pei Yan didn't pay much attention to him as the magistrate compared to Old Mr. Pei who was driving west of Hebei. He was always "Pei Yan" and "Pei Lao San" call. But now that he knew that he actually had contacts with the Huzhou Wu family, he didn't even dare to call "Pei Yan" and "Pei Laosan".
Since he is a confidant, he is the one who knows Tang Zhifu best. The master hurriedly said: "You must go pay homage to Mr. Pei San! In the past, Mr. Zuo once said when he was an official in Zhejiang, that if you want to be a good parent official, you have to establish a good relationship with the local gentry family. Zuo My lord, all the powerful people say such things, ordinary officials like us naturally have to follow suit."
Tang Zhifu heard what he wanted to hear, nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Then it's not too late, go there as soon as possible, lest Pei Xiaguang think that I am arrogant. In fact, I am the most close to the people!"
It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, a servant came in and said that Li Duan had come to give him New Year's gifts. Although he was a little impatient that Li Duan disrupted his arrangements, the Li family's New Year's gifts have always been good, and he still I was very happy to meet Li Duan.
Tang Zhifu and Li Duan exchanged a few words, and then served tea to see off the guests. Li Duan felt that Tang Zhifu did not treat him as warmly as usual.
He couldn't help but feel a little strange, when he came out of the yamen, he let the sedan chair stop at the corner of the yamen, and waited for a while with the curtain of the sedan chair lifted, then he saw Tang Zhifu taking his master to Xiaomei Lane.
Li Duan feels hot and uncomfortable in his heart).
Speaking of which, Pei Yan is only three or four years older than him, but there is a gap between the two of them, and others will never compare them, and even always regard him as Pei Yan's junior. After all, it's just that the Pei family is more powerful than the Li family.
This time, he had to find a way to board the big boat of the Peng family.
Li Duan sent someone to watch Tang Zhifu.
An hour later, he knew that Magistrate Tang had a closed door at Pei's house - Pei Yan did not see Magistrate Tang, but sent Pei Man to accompany Magistrate Tang to drink a cup of tea before dismissing Magistrate Tang.
Li Duan looked at the clump of square bamboos that were still green in front of his study, feeling full of emotions in his heart, and he didn't know what it was like.
Pei Yan didn't miss Magistrate Tang intentionally, it's just that it was a bit of a coincidence that Magistrate Tang came.
The Yu family's lacquerware shop opened on the 12th, and the Yu family came to deliver a post to the Pei family.
Of course Yu Bo and Yu Yuan didn't dare to think that Pei Yan would pay attention to such a thing, nor did they dare to think that this post would be sent to Pei Yan's desk. It can be placed in the most conspicuous place of the shop, and the merchants who come and go know that the shop is protected by the Pei family. Who knew that Yu Bo and Yu Yuan had just sent the post to the steward who was in charge of their neighbors, and they ran into Hu Xing when they went out.
Hu Xing is really proud of himself these days.
The people who came to give the Pei family New Year's Day gifts were all the rich and powerful families in the Jiangnan area, and the people who came to give the gifts were all the heads or powers of those families. Most of the New Year's Day gifts were given to the third master himself. It's for the Pei family.
Doesn't this mean that these people can give New Year's gifts to the Pei family, all because of the third master's face, all because of their personal relationship with the third master!
He did not listen to the words of the former chief executive at the beginning, and did not question the old man's decision, which was really a correct choice.
So when he saw Yu Bo and his son, he immediately thought of Yu Wen and his daughter, as well as the bronze door knocker that the third master put on the bookshelf that he accidentally saw today when he went to ask the third master to show him off.
Hu Xing observed carefully and carefully during this period of time, and felt that the third master was a little eccentric. For example, the newly made clothes, the third master obviously likes them very much, and it will take ten and a half months before they are worn, and some of them will even be put on the next season. Something like this appeared in his study within a few days after it was delivered, and it was a place where he could get it easily, which shows how satisfied the third master is with the gift from the Yu family.
He is someone who serves the third master, since the Yu family has won the favor of the third master, he naturally respects and values the Yu family.
"Oh, isn't this the old man of the Yu family?" He smiled and saluted, and said with concern and intimacy, "What's the matter with you here? Why don't you let me tell you? , but it’s too far-fetched!”
Both Yu Bo and Yu Yuan were a little dumbfounded.
Manager Hu of the Pei family often accompanies Imperial Physician Yang to feel the pulse of the Chen family. If Mr. Hu has friendship with any member of the Yu family, it is also friendship with Yu Wen. When did they become so familiar with Hu Xing? Especially Yu Bo, he just came back, and he didn't know what happened. He came to Pei's house for something in the past, but he had to find a way to get close to those stewards. Let alone a manager like Hu Xing.
He glanced at Yu Yuan.
Yu Yuan was also puzzled, but he knew more than his father, so he guessed the reason after thinking about it.
He reminded his father in a low voice, "It's an uncle", and then smiled and stepped forward to return the gift to Hu Xing, explaining the purpose of coming, and casually said politely to let Hu Xing go to join in the fun.
Hu Xing immediately agreed, talked to Yu and his son, asked them to wait a while on his own initiative, and said: "I'll help you ask the third master for a word before you go, so that you don't make a trip in vain."
Both Yu Bo and Yu Yuan were surprised when they heard this.
Hu Xing ignored them, and went to the ceremony room with a smile, asked for the invitation from Yu's family, and then went to Pei Yan's place, and greeted Pei Yan who was practicing calligraphy with his eyes cracked. , handed the invitation to Pei Yan, and then respectfully said: "The Yu family's lacquerware shop is about to open, and Master Yu and Young Master Yu are here to send you invitations. Look, do you have any orders? "
Is it the Yu family
Pei Yan's mind popped up the face of Ms. Yu threatening Lu Xin with the flag of the Pei family, and then thought of the bronze door beast ring worth two taels of silver.
He said coldly: "Should I tell you how to do this kind of thing? Of course, it's just the usual practice?"
It is the usual practice of the Pei family to send the steward in charge of this matter to pay two taels of silver and give him a seal.
However, Mrs. Pei's practice is that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Since the Pei family settled down in Lin'an City, they have to deal with these squires and neighbors. In addition to Feng Hong, he will also come to those people to send him posts He would ask a few words from time to time to show his concern, and if he could win the respect of his old man, he would come to congratulate him in person.
The Yu family is obviously the practice of Mrs. Pei!
If he hadn't stopped Yu's father and son, how could the Yu family know Pei Yan's decision in the first place
Hu Xing secretly applauded his wit in his heart.
"Okay! I'm going to talk to Mr. Yu right now." He walked away in a hurry.
Pei Yan felt that his mood was a bit wrong, but the boy said that Tao Qing rushed over from Guangzhou, so he didn't think about it for a while, and went to see Tao Qing.