The Precious Lady – Chapter 67

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第67章 结下梁子
元敬真想一拳捶死眼前这女子,好在钻地鼠和老猪紧赶慢赶的来救场,拉着双眼血红的元敬往后走,“六爷,息怒息怒!别跟一个娘儿们计较!留得青山在不愁没柴烧,今天的损失,咱回去慢慢想办法。”

很快,骂骂咧咧的元敬被那两人拉走。

温婉一屁股坐起来,拍拍身上的泥土,在温维明和马昌顺震惊的目光中,镇定自若的撩了撩头发,“咋了?招数好不好看不重要,好用就行。”

看见温婉这混不吝的模样,温维明忽然觉得很丢人。

乖巧可爱的女儿,有朝一日变成了老油条——

这到底是教育的缺失还是道德的沦丧啊?
老父亲心里很复杂。

马昌顺也表示没眼看,“少东家,实在不行,让姑爷教您两招防身的招数吧。”

“今天没准备好。”温婉摸着头憨厚的笑,“嘿嘿,下次一定。”

再配点匕首刀剑之类的防身。

温维明这回回过味来了,“所以你今天根本没打算买粮,只是哄抬粮价?”

温婉笑着说道:“也不是。我是想着,万一有愿意卖给我们的村子呢。至于遛狗…举手之劳。他不是要买粮吗,那就让他一个人包圆平县的粮食,看会不会撑死他!”

温维明却想得更多,“老朱何时有这样财力雄厚的亲戚?他们铁了心的扩张粮站,咱们酒坊会很被动。”

“刚才那个是元敬。元家六郎。”温婉嗤然一笑,眸色却凝重了一分,“父亲,播州程家冲咱们来了。”

回家路上,温维明仍觉得心惊肉跳。

他拉着温婉开始复盘,温婉便将自己的怀疑告知老爹,从石金泉到鑫隆钱庄,再到今日的朱记钱庄,桩桩件件,事无巨细。

温维明不亏征战商场多年,一下理清关窍,“他是冲着咱们酒坊那块地来的!”

温婉微微蹙眉,“咱家酒坊那块地…有什么特殊之处吗?”

“制酒最关键的便是水源,整个平县只有我们酒坊那处才有山泉源头活水流下。当年你爹我可是花了大价钱请大师来看过的,几经波折才确定了打井点。而且……”

温维明面容一凝。

他经常走南闯北,消息自然比温婉更为灵通。

“前几年我在播州的时候就隐隐听闻,说是程家播州靠东海岸的酒坊已经陆续关闭。”

马昌顺立刻问道:“那东家知道是什么原因吗?”

温维明摇头。

温婉却在想:靠东海岸,难不成海水倒灌,盐度影响了水质?

温维明越想越觉得可能,面色愈发凝重,“那元六郎定是冲着我们来的!”

温维明和马昌顺两人皆是一脸颓唐。

温家在平县小打小闹,或许能一隅偏安。

但是如果真是播州程家出手,温家焉有还手之力?
温维明感受到前所未有的危机,尤其是当温婉说起她怀疑石金泉和程家勾结的时候,心中更是如坠寒渊。

马师傅呼吸都乱了一分,想起刚才温婉溜着元六郎满山跑,这会子倒是后怕起来,“东家,咱们这样对付那元六郎…可会遭程家记恨?”

温婉嗤笑,“人家打我左脸,难不成我还要伸右脸过去?顺便再问一句,您手疼不疼?”

呀。不好。

上一辈子她好像还真是一个受虐的贱兮兮的乙方。

温维明也道:“程家既然打我温家酒坊的主意,那两家迟早都要撕破脸,他既先对我不仁,我何必对他有义?”

很好。

温家两父女达成共识,决心捍卫温家酒坊。

只有马师傅一脸愧色的解释,“东家,我不是求饶的意思…也不是害怕得罪程家…我只是想着,在程家没有图穷匕见的时候,我们可以先隐藏起来杀他个措手不及。”

温婉却全然不介意,“马师傅说得对。我们不惹事,却也不怕事。鹿死谁手,得斗一斗才知道。”

温维明看着一脸坚毅的女儿,心中大呼一个“好”字!

不愧是他温维明的种!
这份不服输的牛劲儿,像他!

“程家家大业大,老宅那边能够源源不断的给元敬输血,他可以跟咱们天长地久的耗下去,但是温家家底薄,耗不起。所以此战得速战速决。”

小娘子声音轻轻柔柔,却莫名将两个人吸引过去。

温维明自己都没发现,不知道什么时候开始,自己隐隐约约以温婉马首是瞻。

“如何速战速决?”

温婉轻轻一笑,眸色透亮,落日霞光落在她眼底,将她眸子染成深茶色。

“两条腿走路。”温婉敲敲桌,“爹,这几天你带着人再去附近城镇转转,看有没有人愿意卖粮给咱酒坊。”

温老爹如今身体大好,鸡一下应该没啥问题。

五十岁嘛,正是闯的年纪。

如果鸡爹成功,她这个大孝子就能躺平啦!

温婉又看向马昌顺。

不知怎的,马昌顺只觉得少东家眼里仿佛冒着绿光。

他后背的寒毛一下子全部立了起来。

“马师傅,您有没有考虑过…开发新品?”

马昌顺闭了闭眼,舌头打颤,老实了一辈子的马师傅在生死面前也学会了开玩笑,“少东家…你还是杀了我吧。”

温婉哈哈大笑。

温维明则苦笑连连。

温婉道:“事情虽难,但确实是釜底抽薪的好办法。”

马昌顺叹气,“理是这个理。但是时机不对。研究新品耗费人力物力财力,需久久为功。目前酒坊是要求生,少东家在这个时候研究新品…怕是…”

马昌顺向来是个老实人,说话也是说一半藏一半。

不过大概意思,温婉明白了。

没想到温老爹倒是赞成她这个大胆的计划,“如果程家铁了心的要卡住买粮这一关,我们别无他法,只能另辟新径夹缝求生。”

马昌顺眉头一凝,狠狠喘出一口浊气,似下定了某种决心,“两位东家既然都这样说了,那我便尽力一试!”

而不远处的元家马车内,元敬狠狠的砸了好几下桌子。

那位周账房眼皮直跳,缩在角落,愣生生等着元敬发完这通火。

呵。

这位元家六爷从前在播州的时候,头上有爹娘叔伯们关照着,自幼顺风顺水,自然养成心高气傲的性子,只以为下放到平县来能大展拳脚,最好闪瞎程家众人的钛合金眼,从此以后平步青云。

哪知今日吃了温婉这么大一个亏!

一整天,被温婉当狗一样满山溜也就算了,还在原有买粮的基础上加了七百多两的银子!

元六郎本想大展宏图,哪知在鸡窝就被温婉摁住剪断了羽毛。

“可恨!可恨!那臭娘们,我跟她没完!”

(本章完)

The Precious Lady

The Precious Lady

万金娘子
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The text is as follows: "【The Merchant Lady vs. The Cunning Power Lord】 It is said that the Wen family in Ping County has a fortune made of gold and jewels, even the bowls for eating are made of gold. Unfortunately, Old Master Wen has difficulty producing heirs, with only two daughters. With Old Master Wen gravely ill, the Wen family is about to be stripped bare by relatives. The newly arrived Wen Wan is quite anxious. She desperately needs a well-behaved and docile son-in-law—just as Wei Zheng, the Marquis of Huai'an, who was sent to Jiangnan to investigate a case, is ambushed and left in critical condition, he is knocked unconscious and urgently delivered to Wen Wan’s bed. The amnesiac Wei Zheng becomes the Wen family's son-in-law Zhao Heng. His hand that once wielded a sword turns into one that cooks soup. Finally, Wen Wan diagnoses a pregnancy and without hesitation throws the drugged Wei Zheng into the snow-capped mountains five hundred miles away, leaving him to fend for himself. Meanwhile, she dons a white flower on her head and black gauze on her arm, throwing a banquet to bid farewell to her "suddenly deceased" husband. When the citizens of Ping County mention the merchant lady, they all sigh: This young woman is suffering! Her man is dead, leaving her to live with her old father and two children. Don’t let her wealth fool you; she must be in immense pain. Wen Wan wipes her tears with a handkerchief, repeatedly agreeing, fearing others might see her secretly delighted heart. Later, as the Wen family's fortunes attract envy, Wen Wan is thrown into prison. The one handling the case is none other than the renowned Marquis of Huai'an. The Wen family exhausts all their wealth in efforts, but the case makes no progress. In the prison, a cold-eyed man in a blue shirt asks her, “Merchant Wen, I’ve heard that you once vowed to remain faithful to your deceased husband for life?” Wen Wan trembles: Brother, I was being honest, please let me go."

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