Fang Jinshi walked directly to the opposite side of him and sat down. He looked at the tea bowl in his hand and said, "Mr. Da, don't you want me to have a drink?"
He was so thick-skinned. Cai Meng sat opposite him and looked at him with a sullen face for a long time. He didn't even know how to speak. This kid was like a copper pea. He couldn't be crushed or beaten, and he couldn't be coaxed. Cai Meng I have experienced countless storms and waves in my life, and I have never seen an opponent who gave me such a headache but had nowhere to start.
Fang Jinshi saw that he was silent for a long time, then stood up again and said: "When did Mr. Meng Da become so stingy? Think about the last time I came here, Mr. Meng Da invited me to eat dog meat and gave me beautiful women. It hasn¡¯t been too long, but today you don¡¯t even want to buy me a cup of tea.¡±
After this moment, Cai Meng had completely suppressed his anger. He took a tea bowl from the tea tray, poured a bowl and pushed it in front of Fang Jinshi and said, "Mr. Meng Da will never be stingy with his own people."
Fang Jinshi sat down again and reached out to take the tea bowl he pushed over. Cai Meng clasped the bottom of the small tea bowl with his fingers and pressed the tea bowl on the stone table without letting go. Fang Jinshi grabbed the edge of the bowl and snatched it back. Cai Meng was fascinated. Looking at him intently, Fang Jinshi tilted the rim of the bowl and grabbed the tea bowl. He took a sip and said, "I didn't expect that drinking a bowl of Mr. Da's tea would be so difficult and strenuous now."
Cai Meng straightened his back and sat down, and said calmly: "If you don't like the effort, it's better not to grab it. The tea you got after all the effort may not taste good."
Fang Jinshi chuckled and said, "It may not taste good, but this tea will quench my thirst. If I don't grab it, I might die of thirst."
Cai Mengdao: "That's not necessarily the case. If you don't grab it, I will take the initiative to give you half of the tea in this pot. Even if it is only half, I will drink it to death at most, and I will never die of thirst."
Fang Jinshi said: "Mr. Meng Da's words are really interesting. It's just a pity. If Mr. Da invited me to drink tea instead of dog meat for the first time when I came here, I don't think I would come to rob Mr. Da." This is a bowl of tea.¡±
Cai Mengdao: "Then what do you want to say when you come today?"
Fang Jinshi said: "There's nothing special. I haven't seen Mr. Da for a few days. I miss Mr. Da's teachings. I'm bored today, so I came over to ask for a cup of tea from Mr. Da."
Cai Mengdao: "Really?"
Fang Jinshi said: "Of course, the so-called "no need to go to the Three Treasures Palace" means that I came today with nothing to do. There was something wrong with the fleet transporting tea to Japan a few days ago. Mr. Big must have known about it. I am young and have no experience. This is the first time I have encountered this kind of thing. I am crying and have no idea. Mr. Meng Da is well-informed and knows many people. I think Mr. Meng may have encountered this before. I have experienced this kind of thing before, so I came here to ask Mr. Da how to deal with it."
Cai Meng looked at Fang Jinshi for a moment and then said: "Report to the official to seek compensation from the Pai Gang."
Fang Jinshi said: "No more?"
Cai Mengdao: "That's all I can do. Maybe Mr. Fang is very smart and can find another way to think of a good solution that others can't think of."
Fang Jinshi praised loudly: "It's really a good idea, why didn't I think of it?"
Cai Meng watched his performance indifferently and remained silent. Seeing that he didn't respond, Fang Jinshi looked around and said, "Mr. Da, why haven't you seen Shopkeeper Fu during this time?"
Cai Mengdao: "He has no shame in staying in Pingjiang Mansion, so I asked him to go to Yuezhou Mansion."
Fang Jinshi said: "That's it. I thought he had embarrassed Mr. Da and had already been slapped by Mr. Da." As he spoke, he made a beheading gesture. Cai Meng looked at him coldly and did not answer. talk.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Fang Jinshi took the initiative to find a topic and said, "Mr. Da, you asked Mr. Sun to take away a thousand guan. I heard that it was to donate to build some academy. Is it true?"
Cai Mengdao: "Master Fang is not willing to let me take out the money?"
Fang Jinshi hurriedly said: "How could it be possible? Mr. Da is doing a great job for our Sihai Company to win the reputation. Besides, Sihai Company has always followed Mr. Meng Da's lead. Who dares to object to what Mr. Da decides? I just feel that this Isn¡¯t it a little too little to donate a thousand guan to build an academy?¡±
Cai Meng didn¡¯t want to talk too much nonsense with him, so he said casually: ¡°Just expanding one of the academy¡¯s schools should be enough.¡±
Fang Jinshi said: "Since it is a good thing to promote education and benefit the people, then we should carry out the good thing to the end. I will give another thousand guan, plus Mr. Da's 1000 guan. The two of us will cooperate to carry out this great good thing." ?¡±
Cai Meng took a sip of tea and said, "Do you want to cooperate?"
Fang Jinshi said: "If we separate for a long time, we will unite, and if we unite for a long time, we will separate. Mr. Big will sit in the rear, and it will be up to me, the younger brother, to charge into the battle. I don't know??How's the business going, college? "
Cai Meng pondered and said: "Is this" Fang Jinshi immediately said: "Of course, now that the money was taken out from the bank, I should be in charge of it. If Mr. Da wants to transfer it, just let him know and do it." Brothers will never be embarrassed."
Cai Meng raised his eyes and looked at Fang Jinshi. Fang Jinshi said happily: "Of course, I know it will be difficult to make a decision if Mr. Da agrees all at once. If Mr. Da wants to cooperate, let me know and I will send someone immediately. Take this thousand strings away."
Cai Meng said calmly: "I will consider it."
Fang Jinshi stood up and stretched and then said: "I know that taking out the money that has already been put into the bag is definitely not something that everyone is willing to do. It's just a formality. Since we are cooperating, we naturally have to watch. If you realize that the other party is not sincere, if Mr. Da hesitates again and again, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to our cooperation."
Cai Mengdao: "Okay, I will reply to you as soon as possible."
Fang Jinshi said: "Then I will go back and wait for the good news. Thank you for the tea, Mr. Da." He turned around to leave, but Cai Meng said behind him: "Did you come alone?"
Fang Jinshi said: "It's not far, and Mr. Meng Da's manor is not a dragon's den or a tiger's den. It's enough for me alone. By the way, Mr. Da, I heard that Mr. Yu Wenxuzhong has become a political advisor. Does Mr. Da know?" "
Cai Mengdao: "I heard it, is it related to our Sihai Company?"
Fang Jinshi said: "It doesn't matter, Mr. Da will make a decision for himself, so I'll take my leave."
Cai Meng watched his back go further and further, and finally disappeared at the garden gate. He sat there for a long time, suddenly picked up the teapot in front of him, and threw it into the fish pond from a distance with great anger.
Of course Fang Jinshi could not see this scene. He walked out of the gate of Cai Meng's house, looked back and looked up at the four characters "De Ze Tong Zhang" inscribed by Cai Jing on the door plaque, shook his head and said: "Cai Jing, Cai Jing." Then he put his hands behind his back and walked forward. He was in a good mood, with pride on his face. He walked a few steps and even sang the nursery rhyme he heard here before, shaking his head: "Pump the bucket, pour the vegetables, and then It¡¯s a good world on earth¡¡±
The last time he came out of the house in Osmanthus Alley, he came out with a treasure and dog meat hidden in his chest. This time, although he came out without bringing anything, he came out in a good mood. He slowly walked back to Sihai Bank and arrived. On the second floor, Shi Hao, who was sitting inside, saw a smile on his face and came over to ask, "Where have you been? Why are you so happy?"
Fang Jinshi said: "I have nothing to do, so I had a bowl of tea with Mr. Meng Da."
Shi Hao understood and asked: "What's the result of drinking it?"
Fang Jinshi said: "Mr. Meng Da and I discussed a truce and cooperation, but he didn't agree on the spot."
Shi Hao said: "Mr. Meng Da must be unwilling to give in."
Fang Jinshi said: "That's what he meant, but he wanted to stabilize me, and then wait for the instructions from the Cai family in the capital before taking the next step. After all, the one sitting in the Daqing Palace facing south and facing north is the former Prince Yun. .¡±
Shi Hao said: "That shouldn't be taken lightly. If you step on his tail so hard, you'll make him anxious and he won't turn around and bite you."
Fang Jinshi laughed loudly, patted Shi Hao on the shoulder and said, "That's good, then I can only let him stabilize himself first."
After Shi Hao finished laughing, he asked Wang Gui to be found and said to him: "Go to Li Jiupo immediately and ask him to wait for me at the Meilin Port Pier tonight."
Wang Gui asked: "When is tonight?"
Fang Jinshi thought for a moment and said, "Let's just say that I have something important to do at the beginning of Wu Shi. Let him come."
Wang Gui agreed and went out. Fang Jinshi got up and returned home and had dinner with Liang Cuirong. He strolled to the house where Qiao Ling'er lived. Before he reached her door, he heard a slight shout. With a roar, he turned at a right angle to the wall and saw Qiao Ling'er practicing her marksmanship in front of the house where she lived.
Fang Jinshi stopped walking and stood by the door not to disturb her. Qiao Ling'er was wearing a clean pink dress with a green belt around her waist. She was jumping around, looking really heroic. It was dazzling. She was extremely serious when practicing her marksmanship. Even though she knew Fang Jinshi was coming and stood in front of the door to watch her, she would not stop until she finished practicing this set of marksmanship.
Fang Jinshi thought that she looked good with the short spear, and it was even more interesting to watch the girl practice martial arts. Fang Jinshi looked at it for a while and suddenly thought that when he first saw Qiao Ling'er, she was wearing such a pink dress. At that time she spoke Also very stuttering.
After Qiao Ling'er finished her shooting skills and stood upright, Fang Jinshi applauded and said: "Okay, it's really beautiful. Of course, people are even better looking."
When Qiao Ling'er heard his compliment, her expression changedYihong lowered his head and whispered: "You made fun of me again."
Fang Jinshi walked over with a smile, took the short spear in her hand and said, "Looking at how beautifully you use it, I wonder if it is difficult to learn. If it is not difficult, I will worship you as my teacher and ask you to teach me."
Qiao Ling'er murmured: "It's difficultit's not difficultyou can learn it for three to five years and you'll almost get it."
Fang Jinshi said: "Isn't this difficult? I thought that as soon as you taught me, I would learn it in half an hour. Since it is so difficult, I might as well forget it. Anyway, you are here to protect me. I feel relieved." He looked at Qiao Ling'er. Her face was dripping with sweat from her forehead, so she walked closer and wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeves. Qiao Ling'er lowered her head and didn't dare to express her anger. Fang Jinshi said: "Okay, hurry up and wash your face." , I¡¯ll take you out.¡±