Chapter 24 Chapter Twenty-three

Ning Xi took a silk scarf and tied it around his waist, tied up his trouser legs, took a five-foot long knife and went out with Tao Zi, just like a chivalrous woman.It was Tao Zi who came to tell her that the officer had brought officers and soldiers to the coal mine to make trouble again, and each of them threatened to seal the coal mine in a threatening manner.She was angry, and she didn't believe in this evil, so she wanted to discuss with them why the coal mine was shut down. Ma Yi has been in the coal kiln for more than a year. Not only has he mastered good technology, he has also summoned a group of kiln workers from his hometown in Hubei. The progress of coal mining has been accelerated, and the quality of the coal is good. A load of black gold has been turned into an ingot of silver.She was so happy that she often accompanied the fleet to deliver coal into the city.The mined coal could not be sold in Rongchang County, so his son Guangsheng led a team of mules and horses from a sedan chair company to transport it to Chongqing for sale.I didn't want to, but I attracted the officers and soldiers from Chongqing.The leading officer said: "If you come to Chongqing to sell coal, you have to raise taxes." She had no choice but to agree.Later, the officer increased taxes even more.Guangsheng said: "This guy is blackmailing." He gave the officer two gold bars and calmed down for a while.I don't want to, this guy can't fill his stomach full, and he often brings officers and soldiers to the coal mine to harass and extort money.Ning Yi said to Lao Han: "I won't give you a penny, let's see what he dares to do."

Now, he actually came to seal up the coal mine! Ning Yi, who had passed the time, was still so nimble, and Tao Zi lagged behind: "Madam, you are doing well, you can walk so fast on the mountain road." She said: "From the west of Fujian to Sichuan, it is thousands of miles away. What is this mountain road?" The June sun followed her like a stove over her head, soaking her dress with sweat.Zhao Shulin hurried over with his daughter Zhao Ying, and when he saw Ning Yi in front of him, he was amazed, just like the back of a young woman. "Ning Yi, I just heard from Zhao Ying that they are going to seal up your coal mine!" Zhao Shulin came up and panted.Ning Yu didn't stop: "Thank you for your concern, I have to reason with them." Zhao Shulin said: "I'll go with you."

The four of them hurried up the mountain, walked past the small temple of "Land Bodhisattva" on the back mountain, walked past the waterfall on the back mountain, turned around the ridge, and saw the "Xiaorong Coal Kiln". In front of the coal kiln, the officers and soldiers confronted the kiln workers. The officers and soldiers guarded the entrance of the cave and did not allow the kiln workers to enter the cave to mine coal.Ma Yiyi was filled with indignation: "My son, you are trying to force the people to rebel against the government!" He raised his shovel in his hand, "We kiln workers earn their living by digging coal, and you are smashing our jobs!" The kiln workers were angry , have accused.The officer frowned: "Ma Yi, you dare to lead the rebellion, come on, tie me up!" The officers and soldiers stepped forward to grab Ma Yi.Chang Guanglian, holding a shovel, stood in front of Ma Yi and said, "I'll see who dares to do it!" The officer said, "This little girl is trying to be brave, so tie me together!" The officers and soldiers tied Ma Yi and Chang Guanglian together.Laohan spit fire from his eyes, and shouted to the kiln workers: "What are you doing in a daze, you all stand up and pee, come with me!" The kiln workers holding coal tools stared at the officers and soldiers.The officers yelled at the officers and soldiers: "The weapons in your hands are vegetarians, let me kill them!" The officers and soldiers used knives and weapons to attack the kiln workers, and the kiln workers resisted with coal tools.

In an iron and blood fight, several kiln workers were injured and fell to the ground. "Stop, stop!" Ning Yu rushed over. Both sides stopped. Zhao Shulin and Zhao Ying hurried to untie Chang Guanglian and Ma Yi, while Laohan and Taozi bandaged the wounds of several injured kiln workers. The officer stared at Ning Yi: "The real Buddha has appeared, Ning Yi, you are finally here." Ning Yi said: "My family's coal mine can come anytime." The officer grinned grimly: "Your coal mine? Hmph, do you know, 'Under the whole world, is it the land of the king, and the shore of the land, is it the minister of the king', you have alarmed the dragon veins of the royal family!"

Ning Yi sneered, Zhao Shulin told her that Lord Kangxi banned coal digging for this reason, but now Lord Qianlong is in charge: "Who are you scaring, did the emperor say that coal digging is not allowed?" "Here," the officer was speechless, and shouted, "Ning Yi, you are so courageous to refuse to pay the tax money of the Qing Dynasty!" Ning Yi said: "Did I refuse to pay, I have a tax bill." The officer said: "You, you withheld tax money and didn't pay enough!" Ning Yi said: "Not only did I pay enough, but I also paid too much."

Zhao Shulin was out of breath, and shouted: "You should know that the emperor has just issued an imperial decree to exempt the whole world from money and food, and to exempt all grain from eight provinces and taxes from Guangxi. .” Ning Yi added: "The emperor also rectified the administration of officials and severely punished corrupt officials. Even the relatives of the emperor could not escape the law." The officer listened, his face pale, worried that Ning Yi would tell about his corruption, and it would be difficult to make a decision if he wanted to withdraw from the army and return to Chongqing.It was his boss Chuandong Daotai who ordered him to come, and told him to shut down the "Xiaorong Coal Kiln" and force Ning Yi to see him.At this time, he was angry and wronged because he was unable to get off the tiger, so he gave one of the two gold bars to Mr. Daotai.

Ning Yi asked: "Why, you have nothing to say?" The officer said softly: "I was also ordered to do business. Boss Ning, do you think this is worth it? If you want to open a kiln to dig coal, come with me to Chongqing and talk to Mr. Daotai, maybe things will be fine. manage." Ning Yi had heard about the Master Daotai, and he understood the sentiments of the people: "I can go with you, but we have to open a kiln to dig coal today, otherwise, how can I pay the kiln workers?" The kiln workers stared at the officer angrily. The officer was timid: "This is fine."

Zhao Shulin was worried about Ning Yi, so he pulled her aside and said, "Ning Yi, you can't go, the yamen is as deep as the sea, and the evils are as serious as the sky." Ning Yi said: "I have to go, if you don't believe me, there is no place to be reasonable!" Staring at Zhao Shulin, his heart was boiling hot, "Shulin, thank you, I will be fine. Ah, in case something happens, my family's affairs You're taking care of yourself." Zhao Shulin was even more worried: "Otherwise, I will go with you." Ning Yi smiled: "You have a lot of ink in your belly, but you don't have the power to restrain the chicken. I'll take Laohan there. Don't worry, my son Guangsheng and his sedan chair are still in Chongqing. I really don't have to worry about anything."

Accompanied by Lao Han, Ning Yi rode a horse and followed the officers and soldiers to the gate of Daotai Mansion in Chongqing City.The officer ran to report, came back and said with a smile: "Your Excellency is waiting for you!" He took her to see Master Daotai, and asked Lao Han to wait outside the door. The Daotai mansion is very large, and Ning Yi and the officer walked through the corridor, through the main room, the second hall, the third hall, and the east study room, and walked into a luxurious bedroom.The officer made tea for her, and said respectfully: "Master Daotai has just renovated this room, and he is currently on business. Let you wait a moment, please sit down." Exit the door.Ning Xi sat down, took a teacup and drank tea, and saw that the room was newly painted, the bed, cabinet, tables and chairs were antique, and there was a banner on the wall: "Your salary is rich, the people are anointed with the people's fat, the people are easy to abuse, and the gods are hard to bully." .” I thought, this Taoist platform with a good reputation is insightful.Hearing coughing, an official entered the room.When Ning Yi looked at it, he was stunned, it was his enemy Xuan Guichang!

Xuan Guichang sat on the carved lacquered wooden chair: "Ning Yi, you are surprised that it is me, my predecessor has committed crimes and lost his job." He spent a lot of money to buy this fat job. Ning Yi understood that the current Chuandong Daotai is Xuan Guichang: "Your ex was a good man." Xuan Guichang said: "A good man? He doesn't know how to be a man or an official." He thought to himself, this has been the principle since ancient times, the more ruthless the person, the higher the promotion, "Ning Yi, let's not talk about him, what about me? , just came to take office, I hope you, a fellow villager, will take care of you."

Ning Yi curled his lips: "My fellow, I don't have you as a fellow. I will take care of you? Hmph, just don't punish me." Xuan Guichang pulled a chair close to Ning Yi and said sincerely: "Ning Yi, it's been so many years, do you still hate me? In fact, I also followed orders. Cough, even if I am wrong, please forgive me. I am now a provincial The government is stationed in the Daotai of Chuandong Road, and the huge boundary of Chuandong is under my control, I can help you, do you want to kiss the people in your hometown..." Ning Xi listened, his ears buzzing, remembering that Wei Han was treated so badly by him, and his life and death are still unknown.I remembered that the upright official Jiao Da was framed to death by him.Recalling that both she and Shulin had received a family letter from her son from Guiyang, saying that he had married Jiao Sidi, daughter of Jiao Da, explaining in detail why the marriage was rushed without their consent, except that they really loved each other. , It is also related to the force of Xuan Guichang who is not as good as the beast in front of him.In a fit of rage, she drew back her chair and said: "Xuan Guichang, preaching platform, you are nothing!" Xuan Guichang smirked: "I am not a thing, I am a person." Ning Yi trembled all over: "You are not worthy of being a human being, you are not as good as a beast!" Xuan Guichang was not angry: "Ning Yi, look at you, you are still so aggressive. As for me, I still like your temper. Let's talk to each other, okay?" Ning Mi wanted to scold him angrily and held back, telling him these things was like talking to a beast: "Okay, talk carefully, let me ask you, which king's law did I violate by digging coal in my family's field?" Xuan Guichang said: "Well, why do you say that, I just came to take office, when did I say that you violated the king's law, I just want to see you!" Ning Xi told the officer about the many times that the officer came to the coal mine to extort money: "I know, your heart is darker than coal, and you won't give up until we bring down our Chang family!" Xuan Guichang pretended to be angry: "There is such a thing, I must investigate this guy!" Ning Yi smiled wryly: "I hope." Xuan Guichang said: "Ning Yi, don't worry, this kind of thing will never happen again." He knew that the current emperor is reducing the tax, but he just wanted to coerce Ning Yi and get Ning Yi, "Ning Yi, actually? , I have no grievances with Chang Weihan. The three of us grew up together. I, cough, I am all for you. I am telling the truth. Yes, I have a family now, But how can my yellow-faced woman compare to you. I let you come because I want to get back together with you, really!" Ning Yi was disgusted: "Xuan Guichang, I, Ning Yi, still love Weihan so far, I am at odds with you! I know that you have power and power, you can deal with me as you like, even if I become a ghost, I will find you to settle accounts! " Xuan Guichang wanted to get angry but couldn't get angry. When he saw Ning Yi, he felt pity in his heart: "Ning Yi, you, don't be angry. I said everything in my heart, think about it again, ah... ..." Xuan Guichang wanted to stay with Ning Xi for dinner, but Ning Xi rushed out angrily.After walking out of the gate of Daotai Mansion, the tears fell.Lao Han asked: "Ma'am, didn't you agree?" Ning Yi said: "I met a ghost!" He talked about meeting his arch-rival Xuan Guichang.The old man was furious: "This bastard is a villain, I will kill him!" Ning Yi pulled the old man away: "Be patient, there will be such a day." Ning Yi and Lao Han went to Guangsheng Office to visit their son and ask about the business of the sedan chair shop. Ning Yi and Lao Han walked into the lobby of "Ning Sheng Sedan Car Company", and saw Guang Sheng talking and laughing with a handsome woman in front of the counter.Seeing his mother coming, Chang Guangsheng was very happy: "Mom, you came just as I was talking about you!" Ning Yi didn't answer, staring at the well-dressed young woman.Chang Guangsheng introduced: "Mom, her name is Li Xiaoya, she is the daughter of the owner of the 'Shushan accountant', the actual head of the house. I have exchanged the coins from the sedan chair shop to her family's accountant." Ning Yi was worried, and his son I'm afraid I was fascinated by her, so why did I change the accountant without telling her?Li Xiaoya said politely: "Hi, Mama Chang!" with a Chongqing accent.Ning Mi seemed to be nodding but not nodding.Li Xiaoya grandly invited Ning Xi and Chang Guangsheng to have dinner, and Chang Guangsheng promised, "Mom, you must go!" Ning Xi didn't shirk, and wanted to know more about this woman. Eating in the private room of the Yanbinyuan restaurant in Linjiang, the river rushes outside the window, the green hills on the other side stretch, and the river breeze blows, which makes me feel cool. Li Xiaoya ordered wine and dishes, and toasted Ning Yi: "Chang Ma, this is wine brewed in Guizhou Shaofang. According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Tang Meng to go to Renhuai, Guizhou, and found that the wine brewed there was delicious. After returning to Chang'an, he was praised by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, leaving behind the legend of 'Tang Meng drank the sauce and made Yelang'." Ning Yi took a sip of wine: "Not bad." He thought to himself, this Li Xiaoya still has some knowledge, "Xiaoya, your boss, ah, why didn't your father come?" Li Xiaoya said: "My father died when I was born, and my mother is the boss. Come, eat vegetables, eat vegetables." Pick up vegetables for Ning Yi, and toast Chang Guangsheng, "Guangsheng, thank you for taking care of my accountant. " Chang Guangsheng drank and said with a smile: "Just say polite words in front of my mother, I am optimistic about your family accountant." Ning Yi was suspicious, she actually called "Guangsheng", there is a problem.Why doesn't she have a father?Wanted to ask but didn't ask, afraid of stabbing her scar.I want to test her real talent and learning, and ask about the accountant. Li Xiaoya talked eloquently: "During the Yongzheng period, there were account bureaus in the north that operated lending business, also known as account houses. There were commercial ports such as Beijing, Tianjin, Zhangjiakou, and Taiyuan, and most of the operators were from Shanxi. At that time, China and Russia In the Qiaktu trade, Shanxi merchants traded silk, satin, cloth and other goods from Zhangjiakou in exchange for furs. Because of long-distance trafficking, the circulation period of goods is long, and it takes about a year. Some Shanxi merchants opened account bureaus and account houses. Working capital. In the first year of Qianlong, Zhangjiakou’s Xiangfa Permanent Account Bureau was opened by Fenyang businessman Wang Tingrong, with a capital of more than 40,000 taels.” Ning Yi sighed secretly, not wanting this little girl to know so much, and asked, "Xiaoya, is your husband also in the accountant?" Li Xiaoya smiled: "Mom Chang, they are not married yet." Ning Yi asked: "Have you taken a fancy to it?" Li Xiaoya said: "Yes." Ning Yi felt inexplicable regret, thinking, this woman is so upright: "Where is she from?" Li Xiaoya stared at Chang Guangsheng: "Let him talk." Chang Guangsheng scratched his ears and cheeks: "Mom, she..." Li Xiaoya smiled generously: "Mom Chang, my mother and I both like your Guangsheng." He talked about her acquaintance and love with Guangsheng. That day, Li Xiaoya came to "Ningsheng Sedan Company" to solicit business, but was reprimanded by Chang Guangsheng with black eyes.Chang Guangsheng is suffering a lot from the downfall of the government-run account bureau: "Go away, I will never deal with the account bureau or the account dealer!" She is not angry, but still smiles: "Boss Chang, business is not about love." Chang Guangsheng's face turned red: "Go away, I have no affection for you money-hungry account bureaus and account houses! Get out!" Pushed her out.A few days later, she came again: "Boss Chang, you are so angry, not all account bureaus and account houses will collapse. Our 'Shu Shan account shop'..." Chang Guangsheng rolled up his sleeves and said: " You don’t want to go away, I’m sorry if you don’t go!” She still smiled: “I know, Boss Chang suffered from the loss of the government’s accounting bureau, and you, why are you always afraid of well ropes when you are bitten by a snake. "Chang Guangsheng looked at her, calmed down his anger, thought to himself, anger is anger, but business still cannot be separated from the accountant: "Okay, okay, a girl's family, why don't you run around, let your family talk if you want to talk. The boss came to talk!" She said: "My mother is the boss, she is sick in bed, and I am the second boss." Chang Guangsheng didn't believe it: "You little girl will be the second boss?" She said: "I am not young anymore, eat Nineteen years old." Chang Guangsheng asked: "Where is your father?" She replied: "My father is dead." Chang Guangsheng felt sympathetic: "That's it." She smiled and said: "Don't look down on my family account Zhuang, my accountant has hundreds of customers!" Chang Guangsheng was dubious.She led him to the "Shushan Zhangzhuang", and he was convinced after seeing it on the spot.Back and forth, the two became acquainted.He secretly sighed for her talent and generosity, and found that she had a heart-stopping beauty despite her unremarkable appearance, especially her undisguised smile.At dusk that day, the two of them stepped down the winding stone ladder and walked through the grass trees to the edge of the Yangtze River. The afterglow of the setting sun made the grass trees, the beach, the boats, and the river hazy and charming.Under the backlight, there was a tracker crawling and pulling the boat: "Hey, my sister, the boat is being pulled by the rapids. My brother can't finish it, so I just wait for my sister to speak." She giggled, and her laughter echoed in the waves. Jumping up and down, his heart was aroused, and he sang with the tracker: "My brother can't finish his work, just wait for my sister to speak!" Seeing her smile.She also saw him smile, and sang: "The boat sails with the wind, and if you want to catch fish, you lower the net. Don't wait for the fish to go and the wind blows, leaving you full of melancholy." After hearing this, he sang: "Small sails with the wind It's already stretched, brother fishing has already cast the net, just wait for the wind to blow the fish, the sky is the matchmaker and the ground is the bed." She smiled brightly, and leaned against him: "You can make up." He hugged her slender waist: " I learned it from you." He kissed her. Ning Yi listened, what son, why did he just kiss a girl from another family casually? Thinking of Weihan, hey, his father has such a temperament.Also relieved, Zhao Shulin told her that when he saw Guangsheng and Zhao Ying together, he was worried that the two young people would get along, and that his aunt would make trouble again. Now it seems that he was too worried. After dinner, Chang Guangsheng encouraged his mother to visit Li Xiaoya's house, and Ning Yi felt that he should go for a field trip, so he went. The gable-roofed house of Li Xiaoya's house is located at Dongshuimen, facing the Yangtze River, surrounded by offices and shops opened by immigrants or businessmen.The gold-plated plaque of "Shu-Shaan Account Village" at the gate is shining brightly in the setting sun.It was dusk, and the account store of this house and store had not yet closed. In front of the counter in the lobby, the guys were orderly handling the entry and exit accounts for customers.Ning Yi asked: "How much capital does your family accountant have?" Li Xiaoya said: "I will not tell lies to Chang Mama, it is not much, only a hundred thousand taels of silver." The clerks in the store inquired about the incoming and outgoing accounts, and the clerks answered enthusiastically and clearly.Ning Mi knew it well.After entering the back room and seeing Li Xiaoya's mother, Ning Yi suddenly felt sympathetic.Her mother's name is Li Huixian, she is paralyzed in bed, she is a beauty.Li Xiaoya introduced Ning Yi to her mother, and moved a stool for Ning Yi to sit beside her mother's bed.Li Huixian smiled at Ning Yi: "It's Guangsheng's mother, I often hear Xiaoya talk about you, it's really extraordinary." The two mothers talked, and the two young men went out. Ning Yi said: "Listen to the accent, you are from another province." Li Huixian replied: "I am from Shaanxi." Ning Yi asked: "Is it also an immigrant?" Li Huixian nodded: "I came to Chongqing with my parents. My mother died on the way here, and my father died of illness here." Ning Yi felt the same: "Hey, my mother also died on the way here." Li Huixian said: "The road to Sichuan is too difficult." Ning Yi thought she was going to ask about her parents and husband, but she didn't ask, and invited her to drink tea.She took a cup of tea and drank tea: "Boss Li, your daughter Xiaoya is not bad, she is very smart." "I was born with a boy's temper, very wild." Li Huixian said, smiling happily without any derogatory intentions. "Her father emigrated with you, right?" Ning Yi asked. Li Huixian hooked his head and drank tea: "Boss Ning, drink tea." Looking at the sunset outside the window, "Well, the weather is fine!" When Ning Xi saw that she was distracted, he didn't ask further, but asked concerned: "Why are you so paralyzed?" Li Huixian said: "If you don't understand, you will be paralyzed." "How long?" "Not long after, I went to many doctors and took a lot of medicine, but nothing worked." Ning Yi said: "I have learned some medical skills, let me show you?" Li Huixian smiled: "Okay, thank you!" Ning Xi asked about his illness and felt his pulse.I thought, she has no trauma, no history of rheumatism, and her pulse condition is the same, could it be hysteria?Recalling what happened in Wangyueling, my hometown in western Fujian, the businessman Xuan Congwu who went to Taiwan to do business and returned to Fujian made a fortune. The head of the clan at that time was Xuan Guichang's father. The amount of borrowed money was too large, and he did not agree to borrow any more.Xuan Guichang's father ordered his clansmen to dig up his family's ancestral grave and extort money. He had no choice but to lend them more money. He was so angry that he became paralyzed.Later, the old doctor who taught her medical skills instructed her to do acupuncture and moxibustion for Xuan Congwu, not asking her to choose the "Dazhui", "Xuanshu", "Baihui" and "Huantiao" points on the Stomach Meridian, but The selected "Ashi" point.She was puzzled at first, why use the "A Shi" point?The old doctor said to her alone: ​​"This is suggestive treatment. You can choose the 'Ashi' point according to the situation. You have good skills, and you are diligent and enthusiastic. It will be effective. To treat such a patient, the most important thing is to obtain his treatment for you. Absolute trust." The old doctor said to Xuan Congwu again: "Ning Yi is my disciple, and her acupuncture technique is very good. She treats you according to the acupuncture points I selected, and treats you once a day. On the seventh day of the treatment, You will definitely stand up." Xuan Congwu was dubious and accepted Ning Yi's enthusiastic treatment.When the treatment reached the last time, Ning Yi was beating drums in his heart, would it really be effective?The old doctor stood beside her and said decisively, take the needle.She takes the needle.The old Langzhong suddenly shouted at the businessman: "Hurry up and open the door, your old father has returned from Taiwan!" Xuan Congwu is a dutiful son, so he got up quickly, and he quickly walked over to open the door.Ning Mi was in tears at that time.Xuan Congwu saw that there was no one outside the door, but he jumped up and down and shouted: "Ha, I'm well, I'm standing up!" He thanked his master and apprentice a thousand times, and repeatedly called great doctor and miracle doctor!Later, Xuan Congwu went to Taiwan to do business.She didn't tell Li Huixian about this, implying that the treatment should not be known by the patient, and said with a smile: "Your disease can be cured." All patients worked. Li Huixian smiled: "I hope." Ning Yi wanted to ask her if she had any painful things, but she didn't ask, which would aggravate her heart: "You can eat and drink, have a smart daughter, and your business is good, so you should think about happy things. I'm sure it won't be long before you're on your feet." Li Huixian smiled: "I'm looking forward to this day." Looking at Ning Yi, "Boss Ning, your son Chang Guangsheng is doing well. He gets along well with my Xiaoya. We are in-laws." Li Huixian's frankness made Ning Yi feel a sense of trust: "I don't know what the two children think." Li Huixian said: "They are worried that you will not agree." Ning Yi smiled and said: "I met Xiaoya today, she is a good girl, it is also a blessing for our Chang family that she has a crush on my Guangsheng." Li Huixian smiled brightly: "So, you agree!" Ning Yi nodded: "I agree."