The son-in-law is a thief

Chapter 73

Looking at the flowers sent by Zhaoyang, Gu Ruyang felt various feelings in his heart, the first one that popped into his heart was naturally happy, she is a rough person, she can't understand the subtleties of flower arrangement, but she still thinks it looks good looking at the style, The most important thing is that Zhaoyang took the initiative to have someone deliver it to her door. Although Fengdi had rolled her eyes several times, she just felt beautiful in her heart, but the beauty was not as long as a stick of incense. She became worried again, and now she simply doesn't know How to deal with the relationship with Zhaoyang, although the purpose of Zhaoyang's marriage is to get married, but the two clearly love each other, sitting together and talking about things that have nothing to do with them, Gu Ruyang has to suspect that Zhaoyang is Not really loving myself anymore.

Gu Ruyang stretched out her hand to poke the lotus again, as if the lotus in her yard had only bloomed when she made things difficult for Zhaoyang that day, Zhaoyang and Du Yong were discussing the deal, she just sat aside and looked at the pond. In Zhaoyang, people are more beautiful than flowers.Presumably, the two got together because of a deal from the beginning, but I was too romantic, always hoping that love is love, and business is just business.

"The flower arrangement is really good. I didn't expect the head of the house to be so elegant after half a month's absence."

Gu Ruyang turned around, and saw Du Yong standing at attention at the door of her room with his hands behind his back. The pair of glasses he wore in the past seemed to have changed. He was smiling and triumphant. This scholar seemed to be a triumphant general .

"Uncle Du Jiu! You're back." Gu Ruyang even changed to a more intimate address.

"Say hello to the head of the family." Gu Ruyang was affectionate, but Du Yong still followed the rules. She made a long bow to Gu Ruyang before stepping into Gu Ruyang's room door.

"Master Du, take your seat quickly."

Gu Ruyang greeted and arranged, and Du Yong sat obediently in the guest seat, and Gu Ruyang followed suit. She said to Du Yong, "Why is it a few days earlier than planned?"

"I'm homesick, so I'll come back early." Du Yong called a servant outside the door and asked the servant to prepare some hot water and tea.

"Master, this flower arrangement is really excellent." Du Yong's gaze was still on the flower arrangement: "I have stayed in Niangui City for more than half a month, and I have traveled a lot. This flower arrangement is not inferior to everyone."

Gu Ruyang doesn't know flower art, but she knows Du Yong is an expert, so she is naturally very proud of Du Yong's high praise.

"Zhaoyang made it." Gu Ruyang said.

"The works of Her Royal Highness, it's no wonder." Du Yong said, keeping his eyes on the flower arrangement, and kept nodding his head.

"How is Master Du doing with his return to the city?" Gu Ruyang asked, "Has the chamber of commerce been built? The construction of the road should have started, right?"

Du Yong braced his glasses, and replied: "The head of the family is worried, and he lived up to the expectations of the head of the house. The meeting was naturally completed. I bought a building in the north of Niangui City. The roads there are wide and easy to enter and exit. It is listed as the Wanshi Chamber of Commerce. , is currently renovating the interior, and there will be more secret doors and secret passages, so it will be easy to do things. As for the road, I have killed three animals the day before yesterday, and invited Taoist priests from Longhu Mountain to perform rituals. Give it to the cronies over there, and then moved back."

Gu Ruyang doesn't like to be involved in these serious matters, especially if it's not about the sea, but she also knows that Du Yong is dedicated to Wanshi Port. When the official road is built, Nianguicheng's goods will come in a steady stream. They There is no need to smuggle to Hokuriku anymore.

"Thanks to my ninth uncle."

"This is what I should do," said Du Yong, taking out another painting tube from his side, and said mysteriously, "But this time, I also brought a big gift to the master."

Gu Ruyang was also curious about what strange things Du Yong brought, and hurriedly said: "Take out the good things and have a look."

Du Yong opened the painting tube, but he didn't take out anything unusual, but there were drawings one by one. He spread out the drawings one by one. There were about five or six drawings, some big and some small, but Gu Ruyang You can recognize what it is.

"This is the map of Niangui City?" Gu Ruyang looked at the city composed of three walls. Every street in the city was marked one by one. The location of the well on each street and the purpose of each pavement. The business is also clearly described, and then every sentry post in the city is also drawn with a Chinese ink brush, and the staffing is also written on the side of the sentry post.

"More than that." Du Yong uncovered the map to reveal the second picture. He pointed to the picture and said, "This is the picture of the Palace of Longevity. The guards at the gate of the palace will be equipped with guards at the palace gate. When the guards change, they will be investigated one by one. Then you can see Here, I have drawn Qin Wuyong's daily activity route with my head, and I have also checked the shift changes of Habayashi Guard."

Seeing Gu Ruyang's surprised face, Du Yong revealed the third picture, which is Wu'an Port, and Du Yong said again: "Look, the layout of Wu'an Port, here is the layout of the sailor battalion on the shore. The layout of ships at sea will be adjusted and rearranged every three days, and the brothers who want to return to the city are still looking for rules, but it should be soon."

"In addition to these pictures, here are..."

"Master Du, why are you doing this?" Gu Ruyang interrupted Du Yong: "We are doing business with Nian Guicheng, we just need to do a little poking around, this... it looks like we are going to fight. "

Du Yong took his pendant and knocked on the table: "You are right as the one in charge."

Gu Ruyang had a look of disbelief. As the owner of Wanshigang, she never thought of going to war against Niangui City.

"You mean we want to lay down Niangui City?"

"It's not impossible." Du Yong said and was about to introduce the next map. Gu Ruyang saw the word Donggong written on the upper left corner of the map.

"No, no, no, no..." Gu Ruyang pressed Du Yong's hand down: "Uncle Nine, make it clear, why are we going back to the city again? Don't do business?"

Du Yong waved his hand and laughed again: "Master, don't be nervous, you don't want to fight now, you should prepare early. Master, did you meet Qi Bing when you came back?"

"Yes, vulnerable." Gu Ruyang said very proudly.

"Then you said that Qi soldiers are going to fight Niangui City, do you support them?" Du Yong asked.

"My lips are dead and my teeth are cold, I will definitely go." Gu Ruyang said, even if it wasn't for this relationship, she would send troops for Zhaoyang.

"Then you said that if Qi's soldiers attack my Wanshigang first, do you want to return to the city and send troops?" Du Yong smiled like a fox.

"This..." Gu Ruyang was stunned, but she smiled relaxedly: "Their group of wine bags and rice bags can't be beaten."

"What if it really comes? Do you think Nian Guicheng will send troops for us?" Du Yong saw that Gu Ruyang couldn't answer, so he continued: "They can't tell for sure. You have been there and seen it at the Dragon Boat Festival." , is already a group of subjugated ministers, but they still have sex all day long, and their lives are extremely extravagant. This group of selfish people will definitely not help us."

"If the Qi soldiers really come and we can't fight back, it's not a big deal. My Gu family's ports are all over the Sea of ​​Vermilion Birds. It's a big deal to go to Malacca and push the business westward. It's possible that the Qi soldiers came and we went to fight back instead. Isn't this an enemy?" Gu Ruyang said, Du Yong also taught her to read and write when she was young, and Gu Ruyang also read a lot of military books.

"What the master said is also reasonable." Du Yong clasped his hands, but then continued: "However, with Qi's situation, we won't call for a while, but if we can return to the city before Qi Nan enters. The treasures, craftsmen, and seeds are all taken as their own, so whether or not Taiping Island, the Wanshi Port, is not so important."

"What's the difference between you and us going to loot those disobedient ports back then?" Gu Ruyang said. She was like this when she was just a fledgling. Burn down the port and it will be clean, but this is the way of the pirates. Later, the power of the Gu family gradually grew, and they still do business mainly in shipping, so now they attach so much importance to Nianguicheng.

Du Yong said with a straight face: "There is no difference."

"Uncle Du Jiu, you are a scholar. You said that being a pirate is not a long-term solution. We just started to become a sea merchant slowly." Gu Ruyang said, she felt that she suddenly became serious, but the real Only she knew that she didn't want to make Zhaoyang sad.

"What kind of scholar, I'm a pirate." Du Yong admitted frankly: "Otherwise, how could you think that I, a scholar, would become the brother of the old master, and still have such a status in the Gu family?"

How could it be possible that Gu Ruyang hadn't heard of Du Yong's deeds? This is a well-known old fox in the sea. To him, there was never any way of Confucianism, only the best interests. s reason.

"Then what about Zhaoyang?" Gu Ruyang said, with a look of displeasure.

"You don't care what she does." Du Yong stroked his beard: "If you don't want to go back to the city, she will be worthless."

Gu Ruyang didn't know that Du Yong had such calculations in his heart. In fact, he wanted to. He was the one who asked Zhaoyang to marry back then. The purpose at that time was to open up the relationship with Nian Guicheng, but Gu Ruyang agreed. She pointed at Du Yong. Said: "Du Laojiu, this matter is not discussed, Zhaoyang is with me, then I must not hurt her or her family in the slightest, just think about what I said just now, it is definitely not possible to do."

Du Yong saw that Gu Ruyang's face changed, and he guessed it right. It was still the same smiling face. Du Yong said: "The head of the family, you married Zhaoyang just for business with Nian Guicheng. You are a woman, and so is she." Girl, you are not really moved, are you?"

Gu Ruyang never concealed it, she spread her hands and said, "It's really moving."

"Then did she move?" Who would have expected Du Yong to ask back.

"Naturally, the truth was moved." Gu Ruyang said.

"The head of the family, can you guarantee that she didn't have any ideas about my Wanshigang?" Du Yong said, "I heard that the Southern Court said that it would collect taxes from Fei County."

It's okay not to mention this matter, but when it is mentioned, Gu Ruyang's face sank again. Recently, all kinds of unhappiness with Zhaoyang, isn't it because of this matter? I thought it was just Zhaoyang plotting against me, but when Du Yong came back to her Only then did I realize that the old fox is much stronger than the young fox, and the result of my Wanshigang is no different.