Chapter 991 Thirty Years of War (1/2)

Chapter 991 Thirty Years of War (1/2)

Song Mingze and Qi Wang have known each other since they were children, and they have a close friendship. Although their personalities are completely different, they did not become strangers because of some things that happened in their childhood.

He knew Qi Wan's temperament. Seeing that Qi Wan was still expressionless at this time, Song Mingze touched his nose and smiled helplessly: "Okay, we haven't seen each other for so long, why are you still treating me? With a cold face? Do you really think I'm one of your top soldiers? Come on, give me a smile."

At the end of the sentence, Song Mingze's tone became frivolous. He put his long legs on the back of a chair beside him and leaned lazily on the stool. A slight blush stained the ends of his raised eyes, and his whole body looked... He looks like a libertine playing with flowers.

And now Qi Wang is the flower he was teasing.

"I haven't seen you for a few months. Is your skin itchy? Do you want me to help you relieve the itching?"

After hearing Qi Wang's words, Song Mingze seemed to remember something. He immediately sat up straight and put away his arrogance.

"It's better not to use it. It's good for me to scratch it myself."

Are you kidding me? If he really asked Qi Wang to relieve his itching, he might not be able to get out of bed for more than half a month. This man's hands are extremely black, and his skin is so delicate and tender, how can he stand it? Let a rough guy like him come to practice?

"Okay, okay, I was wrong. I'm here to admit my mistake. You have a lot, so don't argue with me."

Song Mingze was able to bend and stretch, and immediately raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

Qi Wang knew this man's character, and if he really cared about him, he wouldn't be angry enough.

The waiter brought the coffee and desserts and placed them on the table. Then he bowed and retreated. The room soon became quiet. Qi Wang took a sip of the coffee, and the bitter taste instantly spread throughout the room. Mouth, he silently picked up the sugar cubes on the side and put five or six pieces into the cup.

Song Mingze's eyes widened and he let out a strange cry: "Master Qi, don't tell me that you have become so old-fashioned after being out for so long. It's best to drink original coffee. You put so much sugar in it, why are you drinking coffee? ? Just drink sugar water."

Why does he feel that after just a few months of not seeing each other, Master Qi's taste has completely changed? You must know that he used to drink a cup of black coffee without blinking an eye, but now he puts so much sugar in it. Is he the young master Qi he knows?

Could it be that he was being impersonated?

Thinking like this, Song Mingze couldn't help but stretched out his hand, trying to pinch Qi Wang's face to see if it was original or had a personal leather mask attached to it.

Unexpectedly, just as he stretched out his hand, Qi Wang seemed to notice his movement and looked up.

Qi Wang's appearance is very outstanding. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a handsome man. After all, he has such a beautiful sister. Qi Wang, who looks somewhat similar to her, is naturally not much different, but this man is born He has a cold face, and his eyes are pure black, almost ink-colored, and his eyeballs are slightly larger than ordinary people. When he looks at people with such an expressionless face, it gives people a strong sense of oppression.

Song Mingze was so glared at him that he couldn't help but retract his hand and did not dare to continue plucking the beard on the tiger's head.

It seems that he is overthinking. It is difficult to fake such a momentum. It seems that he is overthinking.

Seeing Song Mingze retract his hand, Qi Wan did not continue to look at him, but slowly stirred the coffee cup with a silver spoon.

The sugar cubes in the coffee cup melted in a short time. Qi Huan picked it up and took a sip. The sweetness of the sugar cubes offset the bitterness of the coffee. The taste was much better than before. His eyes twitched slightly. He squinted, obviously enjoying the taste.

Sweets always put people in a good mood, and even the face that was previously annoying seemed to become more pleasing to the eye.

Qing, who was in a better mood, raised her eyes to look at Song Mingze, who was sitting opposite her, and said, "Master Song, why did you come to me? Don't tell me that you just planned to invite me to drink coffee. You probably don't have that much time. "

Song Mingze raised his eyebrows, picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip. However, it was probably because he saw Qi Wang adding so much sugar. Now that he was drinking pure black coffee, he couldn't stand the bitter taste. He just took a sip. , he felt that he could no longer drink, and silently put the beautiful bone china cup back on the table.

The coffee cup hit the white plate below, making a crisp sound. The scornful look on Song Mingze's face also subsided a little, and his whole person became a little more serious.

"What you said is wrong. After all, we are friends who grew up together. We haven't seen each other for a few months. I miss you very much. I happened to meet you today. Wouldn't it be okay if I wanted to catch up with you?"

Qi Huan raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you believe this? The Qi Mansion is a few blocks away from the Song Family. You happen to come here by chance? But if you have nothing to do, the old story is over. , I’ve drank the coffee, then I’ll go back first.”

After saying that, Qi Wang stood up and left. Seeing him like this, Song Mingze felt a little aggrieved. Seeing that this man was really ready to leave, he quickly called him out.

"Okay, okay, I'm really scared of you. I'll come to you if I have something to do. Is that okay?"

Qi Wan turned around and returned to his seat, then used his eyes to signal Song Mingze to speak.

Song Mingze: "..."

So angry, Qi Wang has always had this kind of behavior since he was a child. He has been eating himself up to death, but he still feels so embarrassed. He knows what kind of person the other person is, but he still likes to tease him every time, but in the end, he teases her. He still looked calm and collected, but he was quite angry.

I really don’t know if he has a tendency to be abused. The result is the same every time, but he still enjoys it and has not made any progress in the past twenty years.

Song Mingze, who was originally in a good mood, became a little depressed due to his own troubles. He looked up at the other person and saw that he still looked like an old god. Song Mingze became even more angry, and his words seemed to have a thorn in them. .

"Young Master Qi, you are so powerful with me, how come you are like a little sheep in the Qi family? You are only focused on fighting outside, and your own backyard is on fire, and you are still like an old monk who has entered meditation, and you don't have any idea. urgent."

Qi Wang looked at the other party, as if he didn't notice that the other party was angry at all.

“That’s not how backyard fires work.”

He is still a bachelor, where did the fire in the backyard come from?

Song Mingze: "..."

Is this the point of what he said? ! ! !

"Young Master Qi, do you know what I want to express? Is this the time for you to catch the words?"

Qi Wang let out an ooh, and then asked calmly: "Then what do you want to express?"

Song Mingze: "..."

When he's with Qi Wang, he has a lot more wrinkles on his face, and this guy is so annoying.

Afraid that he would make himself angry by continuing to argue with him, Song Mingze didn't bother to talk about anything else and said directly: "Don't you think your second brother's hand is a little too long?"

Qi Yuanhao is a southern warlord. He controls three divisions and a team of more than 100,000 people. His power is considered huge. Although warlords like him are under the control of the government, this is only in name. In fact, for complete With autonomy, the warlords will not let government personnel intervene, so these teams have to be responsible for their own food, grass, logistics, etc.

Qi Yuanhao's ancestors had been officials for several generations, and he had accumulated a very solid family fortune. In addition to several arsenals he ran, he also owned many textile factories, pharmaceutical factories, etc., totaling three More than ten factories.

In addition, there are countless real estates, gold, silver, jewelry, etc. The large house that the Qi family currently lives in is one of the best in the entire Jinling City, and it is also the old house of the Qi family.

The Qi family has a strong family background and a large business. Qi Yuanhao is better than other warlords in terms of women's sex. He only has one wife and two concubines in his backyard. He is already good with other families who often have seven or eight concubines. There are too many. Even in terms of children, he is better than other families. The main wife has a son and a daughter, and the two aunts gave him a son and a daughter respectively. There are only six people in the next generation of the entire Qi family. .

The three daughters of the Qi family are going to get married, and at most they will be accompanied by some dowry. In terms of the huge family fortune of the Qi family, it is just a drop in the bucket. Most of the Qi family's money is in those teams and factories.

Among the three sons of the Qi family, the eldest, Qi Huan, holds a division of the Qi family. Over the years, that team has followed him in many battles. On the surface, it still belongs to the Qi family, but in fact, this team has completely taken orders. In addition to Qi Huan, Qi Huan also controlled the arsenals of the Qi family. Some other factories and the like were also given to Qi Huan, but most of his thoughts were on In the team, Qin Minyan was basically helping him handle the factories assigned to him.

On the surface, it seems that Qi Yuanhao treats Qi Juan, the eldest son of the first wife, very seriously, and allocates a lot of property to him, and his three teams are also allocated to Qi Juan. It seems that he attaches great importance to his eldest son.

Therefore, Qi Wang also respected his father very much. Although he could not say that he obeyed his father's words, he rarely disobeyed his wishes.

As the elder, I don't get along with my brothers. I fight for some family property to death. I kill my brothers and use dirty tricks. I can do anything for profit. But when it's my turn, I hope that my subordinates will Brothers who are not born from the same mother can love each other, help each other and love each other.

Although Qi Wang's temperament has become colder, he still takes good care of his younger brothers and sisters. Although he is not as good as he treats Qi Yutong, he is not any worse.

He thought he had done his best, but he didn't know that his younger brothers and sisters were not of the same mind as him.

Qi Wang was away fighting all year round and rarely came home. Although Qi Yuanhao's other two sons did not control the team, they were good at fawning over them, and their mother was behind them cheering hard and blowing pillows into Qi Yuanhao's ears. Feng, Qi Yan and Qi Heng also received a lot of benefits from Qi Yuanhao.

Among the two brothers, Qi Yan is the most knowledgeable. According to Song Mingze's observation, most of the Qi family's factories have now fallen into Song Mingze's hands. He has placed many of his close men in those factories and borrowed them. With Qi Yuanhao's name, many people were placed in the factories belonging to Qi Wang.

Qin Minyan is not good at management. She comes from a scholarly family and has a somewhat weak temperament. She has a lot of trust in her subordinates, but those people betrayed her trust and were bribed by Qi Yan.

"According to my investigation, Qi Yan has gained a lot of benefits from the factories you own in the past two years. Haven't you noticed? The profits of your factories are obviously getting better year by year. But the money you took was much less than in previous years?”

Qi Wang didn't know this. After all, the original owner had an arsenal, and Qi Yuanhao would subsidize him some. The money from the factories below was enough for the team's expenses, so he was concerned about the accounting. , but I didn’t care much about it.

The original owner is very similar to Qin Minyan in this aspect. He will not have the slightest doubt about the people he trusts. Because he does not doubt, he will naturally not check the accounts. Instead of being grateful to the original owner for their trust, those people will treat them He was being teased like a fool, and the original owner would eventually die of an illness of unknown origin, also because he trusted the people around him too much.

Song Mingze was born in the Song family, one of the four major families. The Song family has many connections not only in the government, but also in the shopping mall. Song Mingze is the youngest son in the family. He does not like to be in politics, but is very interested in doing business. , and he is also very talented in this area and has made the business prosperous, so Qi Wang has no doubts about the information he provided to him.

"Are you specifically investigating the Qi family?"

After Song Mingze finished speaking, Qi Wang asked abruptly.

The expression on Song Mingze's face was a little hard to explain. He glared at Qi Wang and said angrily: "Who do you think I am doing this for? You are like a dog biting Lu Dongbin. You don't know a good heart. If you didn't know that someone was trying to pry I'm digging a hole for you, can I care about you? Do you think our friendship for so many years is fake?"

Why did he get on the pirate ship and be friends with Qi Wang, a man who looked very smart but was actually a fool?

He, Song Mingze, doesn’t want to be friends with him now, okay?

Seeing that Song Mingze seemed really angry, Qi Wang comforted him: "My fault is that I judged a gentleman with a villain's heart. Can Master Song forgive me this time?"

Song Mingze: "..."

I'm so angry, I want to hit someone, but what should I do if I can't?

"What are you going to do after knowing these things? That Qi Yan was just born by my concubine. Do you really think that just because outsiders call him Second Young Master, he will be a person? Now he acts more and more carelessly. I can do these things I can find out. I don’t believe that your old man doesn’t know. If he didn’t tell me, he was probably protecting Qi Yan.”

When it came to business, Song Mingze didn't bother to stay angry with Qi Wan, but asked him what to do next.

Song Mingze was born to the wife of the main wife, and the Song family is a big family. For a family like theirs, the direct lineage is clear, and the concubine is just a toy. The children born will naturally be inferior to the directing young master. If they are honest As long as they are obedient and don't cause trouble, in the future, at worst, they can be given some of the property and let them go out and set up their own business, which will be considered worthy of them.

But it is unforgivable to covet the position of the first wife as he is now and make small moves behind his back.

If this happened in the Song family, and his concubine brother dared to have such thoughts, he would definitely cut off the other's claws that were about to move.

Qi Yan has a lot of heart, and Qi Juan knows this very well. When the two met before, Qi Yan already knew that he was not a light-hearted person. This can be seen from his control over the Qi family's house.

An ambitious person will not be content with the status quo, even in other times. In this turbulent and turbulent era, his ambition is likely to cause some extremely bad consequences.

The strange death of the original owner may not have been due to Qi Yan's handiwork. He was able to install and endure in the factories controlled by the original owner, and took away the arsenal that the original owner held in his hands. Then there is no one in the team controlled by the original owner. Has he got it?

Seeing that Qi Wang seemed to be deep in thought, Song Mingze did not disturb him anymore. He followed Qi Wang's example and added a few cubes of sugar, and then slowly stirred it.

The two have known each other for so many years, and they still know Qi Wang's friend Song Mingze very well. He seems to be a decisive person, but in fact he is very emotional, and he is even a little indecisive in this regard.

If it were him, he would have already taken action against Qi Yan and Qi Heng when they were secretly engaging in small tricks. Even if he would not get rid of them, he would still make them lose their intention to fight.

But Qi Wang did not do this. He has been fighting in the field all year round, and Qin Minyan is not very powerful. There is no way to help him suppress the demons and monsters in the Qi family. Although the population of the Qi family is not too large, none of them are. The fuel-efficient lamp is now because Qi Yuanhao is still standing on it. He is still leaning towards Qi Huan at this time, so he can control those monsters. However, people's hearts are fickle, especially men. If someone blows the pillow, then If he uses some small tricks, won't he win over Qi Yuanhao's heart?

Qi Yan's actions are getting bigger and bigger now. Isn't Qi Yuanhao's indulgence a signal? If Qi Wang continues to be so indecisive, his position as Marshal Qi may not be secure.

You must know that Qi Yuanhao still holds two teams in his hands. If Qi Yan coaxes Qi Yuanhao to give those two teams to him, it is still unclear whose hands the Qi family will fall into.

This coffee drinking session took a bit long, and it wasn't until almost noon that Qi Wan and Song Mingze walked out of the cafe.

Song Mingze still looked so lazy. He looked at Qi Wang standing beside him and said slowly: "That's all I have to say. You can think about what to do next. You must know that it is easy to dodge hidden arrows. It’s hard to guard against that, if you act like a gentleman, others may not be honest with you.”

It was really difficult for him. He was so worried about his friend. He only hoped that Qi Wang could accept his kindness and become more enlightened so that he wouldn't be plotted by others.

Qi Wan looked at Song Mingze and knew that he was sincerely thinking about himself. In the original plot, the original owner lost several arsenals, and his factories had accidents one after another. When the team's expenses became a problem, Song Mingze also came to the rescue at the right time. , helped him through the most difficult time.

At that time, Song Mingze also reminded the original owner to be wary of those in his family, to have more brains, and not to trust them too much, but the original owner did not listen to Song Mingze's words.

If only he had listened more to Song Mingze, he would not have ended up like that in the end.

With this in mind, Qi Wang said cautiously: "I understand, thank you for reminding me, I will deal with it later."

Song Mingze glanced at Qi Wang in surprise, feeling that he was really enlightened, but he had already said what needed to be said, and saying more would be too much.

He's not a three-year-old child, so a reminder is enough. There's really no need to hold the other person hand in hand.

"Okay, okay, it's good that you know. I'm going back first. I have an appointment at noon. I won't have dinner with you. You can invite me when you have time later."

After saying these words, Song Mingze hailed a rickshaw and got on it. He waved his hand towards Qi Wan, and the rickshaw took him away.

After watching Song Mingze's rickshaw disappear at the corner of the street, Qi Wan just retracted his gaze. He glanced at the bustling crowd on the street, then turned and headed in the direction of Qi's house.

Qi Yuanhao did not come back for lunch today, so each room had lunch in its own room. After a whole morning of adjustment, Qi Yutong's mood had obviously recovered. She sweetly called her mother and brother and served them diligently. With vegetables.

Qin Minyan was very happy that Qi Yutong had recovered, but she was worried about her wandering thoughts. She held her hand and chatted with her all afternoon, so she forgot to tell Qi Yutong about the blind date banquet.

Seeing this, Qi Huan thought that Qin Minyan's enthusiasm had passed. Unexpectedly, after lunch, Qin Minyan mentioned to Qi Huan about hosting a banquet.

"Awan, you have been away for too long this time. Everyone has almost forgotten you. I will hold a banquet to introduce you to everyone. What do you think?"

Qi Wang: "..."

This excuse seems a bit too lame. Do you really think he doesn't know what the banquet is about?