Xu Yue nodded, he had already seen Zhao Ping unhappy.
He would like to take a look at all aspects involving several big families and see how Zhao Ping can deal with it.
No matter what, he is still the magistrate of Lingquan County, and this is his territory.
He is the landowner here, so naturally he has to do something to his advantage.
Zhao Ping is the chief secretary of Chengdu Mansion, so of course he can come to Lingquan County for inspection.
However, Chidao is the internal affairs of Lingquan County. If Zhao Ping comes here, it will appear to be making a fuss and he will obviously lose his identity.
You know, Zhao Ping is not only the chief secretary of Chengdu Palace and the deputy envoy of the Salt Department, but also a world-famous little saint.
If Zhao Ping doesn't come, I don't know how others can deal with big families like the Xu family, Xie family, and Chen family.
The private room on the second floor of Zui Chunfeng Teahouse in Lingquan County.
"Don't worry, I won't go this time. I want to see how he can negotiate at the Chidao Conference without the Xie family." Xie Fangbai said to Xu Xiao, laughing loudly after speaking.
Xu Xiao looked at another person, who was about the same age as Xie Fangbai.
This man's name is Xu Bo, and he is the shopkeeper of Xujiachi Road Construction.
He nodded and said with a smile while drinking tea: "Of course the Xu family supports the Xu family, there is nothing to say."
There is a meeting hall in Taoyuan Town, which was originally used by the village owner Huang Zhizhao to convene various houses for discussion.
However, the cottage is too poor, it is relatively simple and even ugly.
How crude is it? The mud and bamboo strips inside the string walls are exposed, and the roof is covered with thatch.
When the thatch encounters strong winds on the mountain, the thatch flies around, and there are holes everywhere on the roof. You can directly watch the stars in the sky.
On rainy days, water accumulates directly on the ground, causing pits and pits, which is terrible to see.
Now it has been renovated. The walls are all painted with lime, and the roof is made of tiles instead of thatch. It looks solemn and elegant, and the windows are bright and clean.
The first row of the meeting hall is the main seat, a row of desks, facing the rows of ordinary desks below.
Sitting in the middle of the main seats are Yu Jihan and Jia Li. On either side of them are deputy general managers Xiong Shan and Xu Mou.
Although Yu Jihan is probably over sixty years old, his appearance is only about fifty, and his face is like the ancient moon.
Sitting next to him was Jia Li, the general manager of Chidao. Although Jia Li was ten years younger than Yu Jihan, he looked older than Yu Jihan.
Jia Li is the general shopkeeper. While drinking tea, he glanced at the audience: "The shopkeepers of the Chen family, the Qian family and the shopkeeper Zheng are here. Why aren't the shopkeepers of the Xu family and the Xie family here?"
Xu Xiao stepped forward and bowed respectfully: "Let me tell you, the shopkeeper, that the two shopkeepers are involved in important matters. Please tell me that I can't come."
"This is a very important matter in Chidao. The two shopkeepers' matters are not as big as this one. The two shopkeepers must come." After saying that, Jia Li stared at Xu Xiao, as if he wanted to see through him.
"Report to the general shopkeeper that the two shopkeepers really have important matters and cannot come. The Xie family and the Xu family have specially entrusted this villain to convey anything on their behalf." Xu Xiao bowed respectfully again and said it was not urgent. Speak slowly.
Although he is polite on the surface, anyone with a discerning eye can see the arrogance deep inside him.
Jia Li was furious, this was obviously done for him.
He would get angry whenever he made a few accusations.
Yu Jixian hurriedly took his hand and brought the tea cup to him: "The manager's mouth is dry. Drink tea to quench his thirst."
Jia Li realized that he had lost his composure. He glanced at Yu Jihan gratefully and hurriedly acted like he was drinking tea.
"Is it true that the two shopkeepers of the Xie family and the Xu family can't come?" Yu Jixuan asked calmly while drinking tea.
His tone was extremely calm, as if he were quietly watching the flowers blossom and fall, or sitting and watching the clouds roll.
Xu Xiao never expected that the chief clerk behaved completely differently from the general shopkeeper.
Although he was polite on the surface, he was actually eager to anger the chief shopkeeper and chief clerk who were sitting in the main seats.
The angrier the two became, the happier he felt, which meant that they had no way to deal with the two big families, the Xu family and the Xie family.
Now Yu Jihan looks calm and calm, which is unexpected.
His eyes rolled around, and he quickly came up with an idea: "Exactly, the two shopkeepers do have important matters, and I hope that the chief shopkeeper and the chief registrar will forgive me."
"Do you two shopkeepers know that this Chidao is a road to accumulate good deeds for thousands of people?" Yu Jihan drank tea and looked at Xu Xiao calmly.
Naturally, Xu Xiao couldn't deny it, so he had to answer: "The two shopkeepers know."
"Do the two shopkeepers know that this Chidao was built by the government?" Yu Jihan asked casually while still drinking tea.
Xu Xiao felt something was wrong, but he could only reply: "The two shopkeepers know."
"Do the two shopkeepers know that the establishment of the general shopkeeper, chief bookkeeper, and deputy general shopkeeper of Chidao was approved by the government?" Yu Jixuan continued to ask, but his tone was extremely calm.
Although Yu Jihan's tone was extremely calm, Xu Xiao felt invisible pressure.
These are all well-known things, so he could only answer: "The two shopkeepers know."
"Since we know all this, why don't the two shopkeepers come?" Yu Jixuan's tone was light, but Xu Xiao felt that it was quite penetrating.
He bowed his hands in a salute with a smile on his face: "Let me tell you, the two shopkeepers are indeed busy today and cannot come."
Although he had a smile on his face, a closer look revealed that he was smiling. Jia Li even felt that Xu Xiao was fake-smiling.
Jia Li's eyes were filled with anger, and he wanted to step forward and beat Xu Xiao violently.
This villain didn't take them seriously because he was from the Xu family.
"Do the two shopkeepers want to violate the government's requirements?" Yu Jihan put down his tea cup and looked at him with bright eyes.
Xu Xiao still bowed his hands, still smiling but not smiling: "Let me tell you, the two shopkeepers are really busy."
"Don't the two shopkeepers even pay attention to their good deeds?" Yu Jixuan suddenly asked with a look of contempt in his eyes.
Xu Xiao was shocked, but still looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water: "What the chief clerk said is absolutely inappropriate. Aren't the two shopkeepers building a road of good deeds and good deeds?"
"The Xu family and the Xie family are also building a road to accumulate good deeds? But that is the road dedicated to Qin Shihuang. Could it be that the Xie family and the Xu family want to build a road in Lingquan County specifically for the Xie family and the Xu family?" Although Yu Jihan's tone was calm, every word was like a needle, piercing Xu Xiao's heart.
Xu Xiao couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. He now realized that he would rather deal with Jia Li, who was straight and straight, than talk to Yu Jixuan, who was hiding a needle in his clothes.
He looked towards Jia Li, who also looked calm at this time.
While drinking tea leisurely, he looked at Xu Xiao's embarrassment and thought to himself that he felt as comfortable as he wanted.
Xu Xiao wanted to anger Jia Li again, but Jia Li ignored him at all.
Xu Xiao wanted to get rid of Yu Jihan, but he couldn't get rid of it because he had to answer this fatal question.
His eyes rolled around, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration.
Xu Xiao bowed his hands and said plausibly: "I'm telling you, there is no unified standard for Chidao. It's just that everyone has different understandings of it, so the Chidao they build is different."
"It is true that everyone has his own standard of riding. What puzzles me is that the standard of your Xu family and Xie family is the standard of Qin Shihuang's riding. Zhamoer and others want the people of the world to ride on the carriages made by the Xu family and the Xie family Only then can we hit the road." Yu Jixuan's eyes suddenly shone brightly, and he looked at Xu Xiao without blinking, "Do you, the Xu family and the Xie family, want to take advantage of this to make a lot of money?"
These words were a bit heart-wrenching. Not only did Xu Xiao's face look ugly, but so did Xu Mou who was sitting beside him.
Jia Li didn't speak, and couldn't help but sneer on his face.
The other shopkeepers looked at each other and couldn't help but lose color on their faces. They all thought in their hearts: "The Xie family and the Xu family really have this idea. In this case, this is not a matter of accumulating good deeds, but an accumulation of evil." Evil things.”
Thinking of this, they looked at Xu Xiao and felt extremely complicated about the magistrate gatekeeper.
Xu Xiao didn't expect this, or he didn't expect Yu Jihan to ask this question, so he replied: "People all over the world can also make carriages with this kind of track."
"People all over the world already have tens of thousands of carriages. If we want to replace them with carriages like yours, I don't know how much money will be wasted and how much burden will be added to the people." Yu Jihan's tone was full of disdain, "You and others are like this." Should we do this by accumulating good deeds or accumulating evil deeds?"
"Report to the Registrar, the two shopkeepers definitely did not want to increase the burden on the people of the world, but to increase the speed of the carriage, so they adopted Qin Shihuang's track." Xu Xiao couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, thinking for a long time, and finally Find a reason to answer.
But Yu Jihan did not let him go and continued to ask: "In this way, you admit that the track must use corresponding carriages. Doesn't this increase the burden on the people or something?"
Although the weather was winter, Xu Xiao felt that he was sweating on his forehead. No matter how he tried to quibble, increased costs were inevitable.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look up at Xu Mou.
Xu Mou was drinking tea, and when he saw his eyes pleading for help, he knew he had to step forward.
"What are you doing standing here? Why don't you send someone to invite the two shopkeepers to come over for discussion." He coughed and said.
Xu Mou is not only a staff member of the county magistrate, but also the deputy shopkeeper. This face should be given to Yu Jihan.
While drinking tea, he nodded: "No problem, go out quickly to find a carriage and invite the two shopkeepers. Let's give it an hour. If you don't come, the meeting will continue to be held at your own risk."
Although Yu Jihan didn't mention any consequences, Xu Xiao was already frightened and couldn't wait to agree. He immediately sent someone down the mountain to call the two shopkeepers.
"Official Yudian, what will be the consequences if they don't come?" Seeing Xu Xiao going out, Jia Li looked at Xu Mou who was listening and pointed his ears, and asked deliberately.
The Xu family and the Xie family are so unwilling to give face, they must make the two families feel real pain, but what is the pain.
After all, there are people in both families who serve as husband-in-law in the court, one is a governor participating in politics, and the other is still a prime minister.
If the pain is small, it will only scratch an itch for both families, and the more it is scratched, the more it will get worse.
After saying that, Jia Li looked at Yu Jihan with bright eyes, expecting to get an answer.
After all, he, the general manager, had not thought about the consequences that would make the Xu family and the Xie family feel miserable.
