The story of 《Family Property》 takes place in Huizhou Prefecture in the mid-Ming Dynasty.Li's Ink Shop is founded on Hui ink, and its century-old reputation relies on the rigorous processes of selecting tobacco, mixing rubber, mixing incense, and molding, as well as the craftsmen's cherishment of reputation and ancestral heritage.Li Zhen, the eldest daughter of the Li family, has been familiar with the operation of the ink workshop since she was a child. She originally only learned ink-making skills under the protection of her family, but she was pushed to the forefront due to a tribute ink case.
The Gongmo incident brought about business competition, old grievances within the clan, and pressure from the officialdom. Li's Family Property was severely damaged, and the innocence of his father and brother was questioned. The clan members had their own agendas, and external forces also took the opportunity to encircle them.Li Zhen was forced to move from the boudoir to the workshop, shopping mall and court. She not only wanted to find out the truth about the Gongmo case, but also stabilized the Mo workshop that was on the verge of overturning, so that the Li family could regain its footing in the wind and rain.
The series revolves around Li Zhen starting a business, investigating crimes and revitalizing Huimo.She faces not only business gains and losses, but also the restrictions placed on women by family disciplines, the situation of traditional craftsmanship in the changing times, and the trade-off between family affection, emotion and responsibility.The character line played by Han Dongjun is intertwined with Li Zhen's fate. The two witness each other's choices in the inheritance of Huimo and the crisis of the family.
《Family Property》 combines female growth, family narrative and the texture of intangible cultural heritage craftsmanship.Hui ink in the play is not just a utensil, but a symbol of family memory, craftsman belief and cultural inheritance.What Li Zhen holds on to is not just a sign, but the process of re-understanding the true weight of “Family Property” amidst conflicting interests and the constraints of old regulations.
As the investigation progressed, the chain of interests behind the Gongmo case gradually emerged, and Li Zhen went from being forced to take responsibility to taking the initiative to take the helm.She wants to maintain her identity amidst the doubts of her tribe, find a way out of the siege of shopping malls, and keep her traditional crafts from being swallowed up by the storm.The story uses Hui ink to describe the battle between innocence, credibility and inheritance, and presents the broader atmosphere of the times behind the rise and fall of the family.
During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the streets of Huizhou were very lively, with an endless stream of merchants coming from the south and the north, and street stalls lined up in rows.At this time, a young and pretty girl was walking on the street. She was Li Jian, the youngest daughter of Li Mo's eighth room. Looking at this familiar scene, she couldn't help but fall into memories.At that time, the imperial court sent officials to select ink painters, and the four major ink-making families in Huizhou, Li, Luo, Chen, and Pan, all participated in the competition. The Li Mo and Luo Mo families each had their own merits, and it was difficult to distinguish them.Li Jian, who was still young, proposed a new selection method. In the end, after a rigorous competition, Li Mo won and won the right to pay tribute to the imperial court. The chief selector, Mr. Huang, came to celebrate in person. The Li family made preparations with great sincerity. The female relatives of each house were busy in the kitchen with their servants.
The Li family has been making ink for generations, and there are currently six, seven, and eight rooms. Wang Ru, the old lady of the seventh room, governs the Li family, and Li Jinshui, the eighth room of the Li family, is responsible for the ink-making technology.According to the order of Li family heirlooms, there should be seven heads of the Li family. Wang Rujun is now old and is ready to pass the headship to his son Jing Qi. In addition, Li Mo has won the honor of tribute, which can be said to be a double blessing.Master Huang sincerely congratulated the Li family on their many happy events, but he also repeatedly told the old lady to arrange the manpower properly to send Gongmo to the capital.Wang Rujun arranged for Jingdong, Jingqi and Jingfu from the sixth, seventh and eighth rooms to lead a team and personally escort Gong Mo to Beijing.When they come back, they will pass the title of head of the family to Jing Qi.
The adults were busy discussing important matters, while Li Zhenze was having a great time with his friends. Luo Wenqian was the second son of Luo Hanzhang, the head of the Luo Mo family. He was raised in the capital since he was a child. Luo Hanzhang hoped that he would be able to take the exam, so he had very strict requirements for him.When he returned to Huizhou, he was bullied by a group of naughty boys. Li Zhen stepped forward to fight against the injustice and rescued Luo Wenqian. However, she asked Luo Wenqian to do something for her as a thank you.It turned out that the naughty Li Jian was going to steal melons with his friends, and Luo Wenqian's duty was to watch the melons. As soon as the melon watchers came over, Luo Wenqian hurriedly reminded Li Jian to escape with his friends, but he still stubbornly said that they were not stealing melons, but touching the melons.
Li Jian took Luo Wenqian back home and found that his arm was injured, so he took out his rouge ink to apply it on him and gave the rest to him.The two discussed the future together, and Li Jian said that he would be a master of ink making in the future and carry forward Li Mo.Luo Wenqian said that he did not want to immerse himself in studying to obtain fame, but just wanted to walk around and see the scenery and appreciate different customs.The Li family gathered together and began to test the juniors' ability to recognize Mo. Only Li Zhen answered quickly and well.Grandma Qi held Li Jian in her arms lovingly.After Luo Wenqian was brought back by his father, he was scolded severely and blamed him for not going to play with Li Zhen.
Today is the day when Jingdong, Jing Qi and Jing Fu return from sending tribute ink. Mrs. Wang Rujun and her family gathered at the dock early to wait for the return of sending ink.But the scene on board was miserable.Jingdong and Jingfu were covered in scars, while Jingqi simply died in the capital.It turned out that on the night when he was on duty in Jingfu, he drank some wine. When he woke up, he found that a raging fire had started in Gongmo and burned it completely.The court was furious and punished them, throwing the three brothers into prison to be tortured every day. Jingqi's body couldn't bear it and she died. In the end, it was Master Huang's mediation that allowed them to return.When something like this happened, Li Jinshui felt speechless and had no choice but to take his room and eliminate the clan in accordance with family rules.
The Li Zhen family was expelled from the Li family. Mrs. Jing Qi, Jiang Yueji, hated Jing Fu for killing her husband, so she was extremely mean. Under her supervision, the Li Zhen family left the Li family house empty-handed, but the sister-in-law chased them out and gave them some supplies, and gave them the birthday ink of Li Zhen and his brother Li Zhengliang.Tian Benchang, the son of the Tian family, was a righteous man and had played with Li Zhen since he was a child. When he learned that the Li family had suffered an accident, he immediately took his saved pocket money to help the Li Zhen family.Luo Hanzhang forced his younger son Luo Wenqian to go to the capital to listen to his master's lectures. Luo Wenqian wanted to see Li Zhen. His elder brother Luo Wensong understood his intentions and patiently advised his younger brother to have his own ideas and observations so that he could be the kind of traveling businessman Li Zhen said in the future. He would also inquire about Li Zhen's family and write to him in a letter. Finally, Luo Wenqian happily drove back to the capital.
Li Zhen's family settled in a hut. His father Jing Fu was seriously injured and his body collapsed quickly due to excessive thoughts. He vomited out a mouthful of blood and was dying. Li Zhen and his brother ran back to Li's house and begged the seventh lady to come forward and ask for a famous doctor, but Jiang Yue coldly turned them away. Although the old lady finally learned about it and invited a famous doctor for Jing Fu, it was too late, and Jing Fu finally died angrily.Li Zhen couldn't understand why a family could die without saving the family after the clan was eliminated. Her mother advised her to forget about that family. From now on, they would grow vegetables and raise poultry in their own home and live a good life.
Ten years later, Li Zhen has grown into a tall and graceful girl. She works in Shui Bo's teahouse. She is loved by everyone because of her warm hospitality and her ability to put herself in the shoes of the merchants who come to drink tea.The rest of the family are also working hard to earn money. Although life is hard, they are very successful.Li Zhen is already engaged to Tian Benchang. According to Huizhou custom, a girl must prepare half a Luanjia's dowry to prevent her daughter from being looked down upon by her husband's family, so the whole family is preparing a dowry for Li Zhen.Tian Benchang was ready to take on a big business. After earning the money, he married Li Zhen and went home with great pride.Li Zhen gave his birthday ink to Tian Benchang and shyly said that he would wait for him.
The Tian family's ink is made according to Luo's ink. For some unknown reason, the Tian family has problems during the ink making process and it seems that it cannot deliver the goods as scheduled. The huge liquidated damages will put the Tian family in a desperate situation. The Tian family and his son are very worried about this.Luo Wensong is now in charge of the Luo family. He also encountered trouble in the process of making ink. For this reason, he came to his aunt who had been widowed for many years for advice, but was coldly rejected by her aunt.The Tian family father and son came to see Luo Wensong, hoping that he would help him out of the fact that he was about to get married to Tian Benchang's sister Tian Ronghua.
However, Luo Wensong made a request that seemed very excessive. He asked Tian Benchang to bring him the Mo Fang from Li Zhen's family.Tian Benchang firmly disagreed, but his father only agreed.His father scolded Tian Benchang for not considering the Tian family, but he worked hard for the Tian family. The reason why he agreed with Tian Benchang to help Li Zhen, including the marriage between the two families and his intention to marry his daughter to Luo Wensong, who had already died of two wives, was all for the Tian family.So he tasked Tian Benchang to get Li Momo no matter what.Ten years later, when Li Zhen grew up, he worked hard to make money to supplement his family's income, and got engaged to his childhood sweetheart, Tian Mo's eldest son, Tian Benchang. His grandfather, mother, and brother also secretly saved a dowry for Li Zhen.As the wedding day was approaching, Li Zhen gave his birthday ink to Tian Benchang. Tian Benchang was deeply moved and told Li Zhen that he had signed a large order with Master Zhang. As long as the order was completed, Tian Mo would be able to gain a foothold in Huizhou Ink Industry, and at the same time, it would also allow Li Zhen to live a better life after his marriage.Looking at such a large list, Li Zhen felt vaguely worried. She gently advised Tian Benchang not to be too aggressive and just live a peaceful life.Sure enough, there was a problem with the Tian family's newly built tobacco shed. After repeated attempts to burn smoke, the order might not be delivered on time.Because the Tian family was once a slave of the Luo family, Tian Benchang's father, Tian Huaian, thought of asking Luo Wensong, the eldest young master of the Luo family, for help.It happened that Luo Wensong's development of new ink ran into a bottleneck. Luo Wensong learned that Tian Benchang was about to marry Li Zhen, so he asked the Tian family to borrow an ink recipe from the eighth room of the Li family to show him before he would help.Tian Benchang did not want his relationship with Li Zhen to be mixed with utilitarian elements, so he sternly refused, but was given a lesson by Tian Huaian.It turned out that Tian Huaian had long wanted to win over Bafang to strengthen Tian Mo, so he tried his best to help Bafang after his clan was eliminated. He also arranged for Tian Benchang to get engaged with Li Zhen. After Li Zhen got married, all Li Jinshui's knowledge could be used by Tian Mo.
The seventh lady was having breakfast with her family. During the dinner, she talked about the current situation of the ink shop. She lamented that business was getting harder and harder, and expenses were getting bigger and bigger. In order to retain the ink-making masters, they had to pay higher wages, resulting in less and less profits.Jiangyue complained dissatisfiedly. She checked the accounts yesterday and found that her sister-in-law had paid another twenty taels of silver, saying that she wanted to add a dowry to Li Zhen. She had already exterminated the clan and still had to spend it on her!After hearing this, the seventh lady said that no matter what, Li Zhen was still her own child, and it was appropriate to add a dowry.The sixth lao Li Jinhe said that after dinner, he would go to Lao Ba's house by himself. After not seeing him for such a long time, it was time to catch up on old times. It would be better to explain some things to Li Zhen before he leaves the cabinet.
Tian Benchang came to see Li Zhen with a sad face and told Li Zhen about the difficulties encountered by their Tian family. After hearing this, Li Zhen said that Mo was determined not to give it to him. If he lost money, he could use the dowry money to help him first.The sixth master, Li Jinhe, came to Li Jinshui's house with gold, silver and jade articles. He first expressed the blessings of the seventh wife and the whole family to Li Zhen's coming out of the cabinet. Then he changed the subject and reminded Li Jinshui and Li Zhen in a meaningful way that when you marry, you are marrying, and you cannot bring the Li family's Mo Fang with you.Li Jinshui seemed to be greatly insulted after hearing this. The ink maker is the most important bottom line for the ink maker. The ink maker of the Li family is the foundation of the ink maker. How could he do that?
Li Zhen felt uncomfortable after hearing this. She put the soft gold and silver coins brought by Mr. Six on the table and said with integrity that she didn't want these things, but she should take back what Mr. Six had said.Tian Benchang's parents came to Li Zhen's mother crying, saying that if they didn't get the Li family's Mo recipe, Luo Wensong would not help them, and then marrying Li Zhen would not be so smooth.Mother Li understood the meaning of their words, but still did not spit out the matter of handing over Mo Fang.Tian Benchang asked Li Zhengliang for a drink, saying that if he couldn't get the Li family's ink recipe, the Tian family would lose money, and Li Zhen would have to endure hardships when he married.Li Zhengliang felt relieved after hearing this.
The big day arrived, and Li Zhen happily sat in the big sedan. The tall horse in front of her was her childhood sweetheart, Tian Benchang. Li Zhen in the sedan looked at his handsome back and was filled with joy.The wedding team walked to the middle of the street beating gongs and drums, and was stopped by Li Jingdong, who was carrying crutches. He kept claiming that Li Zhen's dowry contained Li's Mo recipe and must be handed over.Li Jinshui swore not, and Li Jingdong said that he had received the exact information. Li Zhen took Mo Fangtian's family to marry her smoothly.Li Jinshui and Li Zhen believed that they were aboveboard and openly let Li Jingdong's people search, but they really found Mo Fang.
Li Jinshui and Li Zhen were shocked. Li Zhengliang knelt down with a plop and said that he only agreed to Tian Benchang because he was worried that his sister would suffer if she married. Now everyone was in an uproar.Li Jinshui couldn't stand it anymore. In order to give everyone an explanation, he directly followed the instructions of his ancestors, smashed a tooth and wedged it against the pillar of the house, and vowed that he would never get involved in the ink-making industry from now on.Li Zhen also tore Mo Fang apart and expressed righteously to Tian Benchang that their fate had ended. It was not that he would not marry, but that he would not marry.After that, he and his brother Li Zhengliang helped his grandfather Li Jinshui, got up and went home.
In order to get Luo Wensong to help, Tian Benchang bit the bullet and asked Li Zhen to borrow Li Mo Mo Fang, but Li Zhen bluntly refused.After Tian Benchang was blocked, Tian Huai'an and his wife invited Li Zhen's mother, Zhao Jin, to tell Zhao Jin the truth. They once again offered to borrow money from Mo, and tactfully threatened to break off the engagement.For Li Zhen, Zhao Jin was in a dilemma and was at a loss. He could only mutter to himself in the room to the memorial tablet of his late husband Li Jingfu, which was heard by his eldest son Li Zhengliang.When Tian Benchang learned that his parents had made the decision to break off the engagement without giving Mo the convenience of the eighth room of the Li family, he was so anxious that he had to go to Li Zhen's brother Li Zhengliang.Tian Benchang used drunkenness to instigate Li Zhengliang to do something for the happiness of his sister. The honest and dull Li Zhengliang secretly stole the ink manuscript of his grandfather Li Jinshui and put it in Li Zhen's dowry.On the wedding day of Li Zhen and Tian Benchang, Li Jingdong stopped the sedan chair in the street and accused Bafang of secretly giving the Li family's Mo Fang to others. Li Zhen, Li Jinshui and others were shocked.In the end, Mo Fang was indeed found in the dowry. Li Jingdong scolded Li Jinshui for acting unfairly. Li Zhengliang, seeing his grandfather and sister being accused in public, admitted that he had stolen Mo Fang.In order to protect his granddaughter's marriage and keep his grandson safe, Li Jinshui swore an oath in public and never made ink.Li Zhen looked at her grandfather with a bleeding mouth, her brother with a face full of shame, her distressed and anxious mother, and Tian Benchang who was pretending to be stupid. She understood the charlatanism behind this marriage, tore up Mo Fang on the spot, and broke off the engagement with Tian Benchang.
Li Zhen worked in Qiu'e's tailor shop. Qiu'e saw her working hard and advised her not to work so hard. Li Zhen said that her family had spent a lot of money on herself recently and she had to make up for the shortfall as soon as possible. Qiu'e used her own savings to help her, but Li Zhen hurriedly refused. Sister Qiu'e and her brother were of the same mind. Good things were coming soon and big money was going to be spent. How could she spend her money.When Li Zhen closed the clothing store, he was stopped by Tian Benchang. He begged Li Zhen to forgive him and that he would be twice as kind to Li Zhen and her family in the future.However, Li Zhen said that they were over since he started scheming against his brother Li Zhengliang.Then she asked Masaru Tamoto for her birthday ink, which was the only thought her father left for her.Tian Benchang had to return it to Li Zhen after hesitation.When Li Jian returned home, Li Jian's mother was talking to herself and her late husband, worried that Li Zhen would have a hard time after suffering this blow. After Li Jian sent his mother away, he cried in pain, which was a complete farewell to the past.
There were several merchants sitting in Shui Bo's tea shop. A stooped ink maker came to rest with a load. He took out a square of ink for the merchants to take a closer look at. When he was told that it cost one tael of silver, the merchants sneered and thought that in Huizhou's territory, everyone only recognized Luo, Li, and Pan ink, and others were not allowed to enter the stream.Li Jian, who was pouring tea for the guests, glanced at it and asked the ink maker to sit down, while he carefully observed the ink.But when she saw that the ink was of fine quality and high-quality color, the ink seller told her that it was made from dwarf pine, a specialty of the coast, and was of better quality than the local ones. It was a pity that the locals did not know the goods.Li Jian persuaded the man that since everyone recognized the ink from the Luo Lipan family, it would be better to sell the ink to these three families to avoid arguing with the buyer.The ink seller was convinced after hearing this. After giving her the piece of ink, he picked up the bag and left.
Since Luo Mo was selected as Gong Mo, his business has doubled, and his orders have increased by several percent. These days are the days when his family is selecting pine trees, and many people are pulling pine trees to wait for Luo Mo to choose.Seeing the merchant pull down the order of pine wood, Li Zhen hurriedly chased after him to deliver it, but the merchant shook his head and sighed, saying that it was no longer needed. Luo Wensong didn't even look at their short-legged pine, and was eliminated. It seemed that he could only return the same way.Li Zhen looked at the wood and said that he had a way to get Luo Wensong to buy it at a high price and asked them to wait a moment.Luo Wensong was busy inspecting the wood, but the wood inspector was temporarily unavailable. Just when he was getting angry, Li Zhen volunteered to inspect the wood. Luo Wensong didn't believe her, so Li Zhen proposed that if he chose the same wood as him, he would win.
Luo Wensong accepted the challenge, and there was no difference between the two. Luo Wensong had long heard of Li Zhen's talent in the ink industry, and it was indeed well-deserved when he saw it today. Li Zhen took the opportunity to recommend the best short-footed pine wood to him and told him how to preserve it.Luo Wensong invited her to work at Luo's house. Li Zhen thought that it was unheard of for a woman to make ink. Luo Wensong talked about his aunt Luo Mengzhen. In fact, Luo Mengzhen played an important role in making Luo Mo what it is today, but Li Zhen did not agree and only took the salary and left.When she returned home, she happily showed off the money she had earned to her mother, but Mother Li told her in a depressed tone that today was the Li family's sacrificial ceremony, and Li Jinshui insisted on dragging Li Zhengliang to attend. Wouldn't this be humiliating himself.Li Zhen ran away after hearing this.The Li family's sacrifice was in progress. As the master of ceremonies called for birthday, Li Jinshui and Li Zhengliang knelt down and saluted outside the door.
After Jiangyue learned about it, she immediately came out to stop them angrily, and kept humiliating them, thinking that they had brought shame to their ancestors and were not qualified to come to worship.After speaking, he started to beat people. Li Zhen and his mother came one after another and stepped forward to protect his grandfather. However, Jiangyue and Li Jingdong still refused to let go and insulted Li Jian's family without restraint.After hearing this, Li Zhen simply explained without hesitation that since they were exterminated, they had always endured humiliation and humiliation. Grandpa even swore never to get involved in the ink industry, but he was still hated by the Li family. They were just worried that his grandfather's ink-making skills would one day surpass theirs. Now she made it clear that in the future, she, Li Zhen, announced that she would enter the ink-making industry, and she wanted to get back everything she had lost and the insults she had received from the ink industry.
When she returned home, she hung up the portrait of her ancestor and wanted to build her own temple. Li Jinshui thought this was treason, but Li Zhen said she could offer sacrifices without going to Li's house. She knelt down to Li Jinshui and begged his grandfather to teach her how to make ink.
Li Zhen knelt down to Li Jinshui and begged him to teach him how to make ink, but Li Jinshui believed that he had already set his sights and made it clear that there was no way he could teach her how to make ink.Li's mother also persuaded her to give up her ambition. Her father died on Mo, and her grandfather also suffered unbearable humiliation because of Mo. The family also fell into this situation because of Mo. She firmly disagreed with Li Zhen's involvement in the Mo industry.But Li Zhen was determined, and her grandfather did not teach her to learn on her own. She asked her brother Li Zhengliang to cover for her, and quietly came to the Chenjia Mo workshop where she was friends with Li Baye to learn calligraphy. Li Zhen came here disguised as a man, and learned from the first step, paying attention to everything and working diligently at all times.Mr. Chen recognized her at first sight and wanted to cultivate her when he saw her aura. In order to find out what Mr. Li Ba was thinking, Mr. Chen told her about Li Zhen being an apprentice in his own ink shop.
Li Jinshui was furious when he heard this, and he went to call Li Zhen back angrily.Naturally, Li Zhen would not give up easily, and then came to Luojia Mo Workshop to become an apprentice. Unfortunately, his identity was discovered by Zeng Yipin, the master of ink painting. Later, on the grounds that women could not get involved in the old rules of the Mo Workshop, Li Zhen was dragged to the Wenhui for evaluation.Li Zhenling spoke eloquently and directly cited Luo Mengzhen as the founder of Luo Mo. He believed that they were following an old custom and were simply ungrateful for enjoying the foundation created by Luo Mengzhen.After hearing this, Luo Wensong was even more impressed with Li Zhen. Not only was she talented at Mo, but her eloquence was also good.
In the end, Chen Sanye overcame all opinions and asked Li Zhen to use it for tasting when he returned. If he really has talent, the ink industry cannot bury the talent.After hearing this, Li Zhen naturally agreed readily.Tian's father proposed his daughter Tian Ronghua to Luo Wensong as a matchmaker. Just when Tian Ronghua was about to express his objection, Tian's father thought that she had learned badly from Li Zhen and would contradict her parents, and threatened her not to play with Li Zhen in the future.Tian Ronghua gave Li Zhen a small amount of the materials used in making ink in her family's ink shop, so that she would not have to buy everything when making ink, and her family would not notice if she didn't get much. She pretended to smile and said that she and Young Master Luo would be happy, and let Li Zhen do the big things that she couldn't do on her behalf.
After returning home, Zhenniang studied the ink-making technique behind closed doors, put in a lot of effort and repeatedly debugged it, and finally developed a Chuxin ink.She took the ink to the Huizhou Literary Association and wanted everyone to taste it, but she was ridiculed and despised by Li Jingdong in public. He bluntly said that such poor ink could not be put on the stage. His words were full of contempt, but in fact he was afraid that Zhenniang would show her talent and threaten her status in the future.In the face of critical criticism from everyone, Zhenniang was calm and magnanimous, saying frankly that she had tried her best and had a clear conscience.Luo Wensong on the side saw through the thoughts of Li Jingdong and others, and revealed the truth with one sentence: everyone did not really dislike the poor quality of the ink, but they were afraid that Zhenniang, who was just learning to make ink, would make a name for herself in the Hui ink industry in the future and surpass the other heads of the Li family.
Mr. Chen Sanye carefully looked at the ink recipes made by Li Zhen. It was true that the craftsmanship was rough and not worthy of elegance, but what was rare was that Li Zhen was honest and upright. He persuaded Mr. Li Ba to accept his granddaughter's ink-making craftsmanship.Li Jinshui begged the seventh sister-in-law to allow him to teach Li Zhen how to make ink. The seventh sister-in-law agreed repeatedly, hoping that there would be successors to his skills.Li Jinshui set up an incense table in front of the memorial tablet of his ancestor at home, burned incense and prayed, and asked Li Zhen to come over and perform a grand ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times. Li Zhen was so excited that he burst into tears when he knew that his grandfather had agreed to accept him as his disciple.
Li Jinshui took Li Zhen to the small workshop where the Li family's ink making began, and told Li Zhen about the hardships and the glory gained by his ancestors at the beginning of their business, and urged Li Zhen to remember that the foundation of the Li family's ink workshop is cleanliness and integrity.Aunt Li Zhen sent them various materials needed for making ink. Although they were not the most sophisticated, they were enough for Li Zhen, a beginner.Only then did Li Zhen know that Grandma Qi already knew about her learning to make ink, otherwise they wouldn't be able to use this old workshop.Li Jinshui's first step in teaching Li Zhen was to rub lamp grass. Li Zhen disagreed, thinking that now Mofang only buys lamp grass and there is no need to rub it to waste time. However, Li Jinshui insisted on letting her do this. After Li Zhen rubbed it unwillingly, Li Jinshui found it useless, either uneven in thickness or length. Li Zhen complained a little, so Li Jinshui gave him a lesson, saying that if he wanted to learn from him, he should follow his own rules.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Every household is busy celebrating the festival, and the lantern show at night is even more beautiful and bright.Luo Wensong, however, had his face covered with ink and was still studying his ink in the ink workshop. In his heart, nothing was more important than ink.Tanaka Huai insisted that her daughter marry Luo Wensong. According to custom, before the marriage, her mother's family had to dig a well at her husband's house.The Tian family was originally a serious merchant family. Due to changes in their family in their early years, they had no choice but to become slaves of the Luo family. Although Luo Hanzhang finally freed them from slavery, in the eyes of others, they have always been inferior slaves. Therefore, Tian Zhonghuai dreams of climbing the high branch of the Luo family.
The Tian family's father and son arrived at Luo's house, but Luo Wensong was busy making ink and did not come out to greet her. Only the housekeeper came safely to send a message, allowing them and his son to make their own arrangements. He also said that they would use a small sedan to carry the bride over and come in through a side door, and all other red tape would be dispensed with.Her father and son did not dare to resist, so they had no choice but to endure the humiliation and agree. After returning home, Tian Ronghua learned that he would be allowed to enter the house as a concubine, and his father and brother actually agreed, so he ran out to find inspiration to cry out.Li Zhen was furious and took Tian Ronghua directly to Luo Wensong to argue.
Luo Wensong said that this was the order of his parents and the words of the matchmaker, so they said it didn't count, but as long as Li Zhen agreed to work at his house, he could write a letter of divorce.When Tian Zhonghuai learned about it, he came over and dragged Tian Ronghua home and locked him in the room. No matter how much she begged, he was indifferent.Li Zhen also received the same treatment.In the Luo family in the capital, Luo Hanzhang received a secret report that something happened to Mr. Yan and was investigated. As his staff, he would definitely be implicated.Therefore, Luo Hanzhang arranged the family affairs overnight. He first wrote a letter for Luo Wenqian to take to General Yu Dayong, and then sent someone to notify Luo Wensong
, and asked him to transfer the property title deeds, Mofang and other properties to the name of Tanaka Huai.Then let Luo Wen find his second son Luo Wenqian to join him.Tian Zhonghuai was overjoyed, thinking that this was an opportunity for the Tian family to get ahead. Tian Benchang was even more ruthless, preparing to report to the officials to arrest Luo Wensong, and he would definitely kill them all.At this time, Li Zhen quietly slipped out of the room while his brother who was guarding him fell asleep.Luo Wenqian, who originally went out in joy, was shocked to learn that his father had been beheaded, and immediately fled the place of trouble and trouble.Li Baye took Li Zhen to the Li family's old ink workshop. Wang Rujun also asked his eldest daughter-in-law Sun Wanyi to bring various utensils and materials for ink making, and Li Zhen officially began to learn ink.Li Jinshui asked Li Zhen to start by rubbing lamp grass from the beginning, and his requirements were very strict.Li Zhen still couldn't meet his grandfather's requirements, so he rubbed the lantern grass while feeling angry.It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Li Zhengliang came to Mofang to call his grandfather and grandson home for dinner.Luo Wensong received a letter from his younger brother Luo Wenqian from the capital. Luo Wenqian has grown into a dandy in the capital. He talks about his daily life with his brother. He also made a bet with the bookstore owner to win the only copy - Mo Ji - and gave it to his brother Luo Wensong.After breaking off the engagement, Tian Benchang became decadent and alcoholic. He was scolded by his father Tian Huaian. He mentioned the humiliation of being a domestic slave and was eventually woken up by the scolding.The Tian family father and son went to the Luo family to dig a well for Tian Ronghua. Luo Wensong suggested that because it was a critical moment for making ink and he did not want to make a big deal, he let Tian Ronghua enter as a concubine.Tian Ronghua couldn't accept it, but everyone in the Tian family persuaded her to accept the reality. Tian Ronghua cried and asked Li Zhen for help.Li Zhen took Tian Ronghua to Luo's house to ask for a divorce certificate but failed. Tian Huaian locked Tian Ronghua in the house. Li Zhen was also locked in the house by Zhao Jin, and Li Zhen was not allowed to get involved in this matter.At the same time in the capital, Luo Hanzhang, the master of the Luo family, secretly received news that due to the turmoil in the court, the Luo family was implicated and suffered a disaster. Luo Hanzhang immediately made arrangements and wrote a letter to Luo Wensong asking him to prepare in advance. At the same time, on the pretext that Luo Wenqian did not study hard, he arranged for him to go to the military camp to find his friend General Yu.
Seeing the officers and soldiers approaching, Luo Wensong was still concentrating on developing new ink. His face and mouth were stained with ink, and his whole body was stained with ink.Li Zhen sneaked out and came directly to Luo Wensong, begging him to write a letter of divorce to let Tian Ronghua live, completely unaware that the Luo family had undergone earth-shaking changes.The housekeeper Ping An anxiously urged Luo Wensong to leave quickly, but Luo Wensong was making new ink at this moment. He pulled Li Zhen to watch the color of the ink together, and his surprise was beyond words.Ping An reminded him that officers and soldiers would be arriving soon, and Li Zhen learned that their family had encountered a sudden change.Luo Wensong burned the formula, not wanting his research results to fall into the hands of others.Li Zhen persuaded him not to act out of emotion, but to avoid being happy with things and not being sad with oneself.Luo Wensong listened to Li Zhen's persuasion and gave a book - Mo Ji - to Li Zhen and asked her to keep it for him.
Afterwards, Luo Wensong immediately pulled Li Zhen and hid in the warehouse, fearing that she would be implicated by him, so he closed the door and evacuated safely.Tian Benchang arrived with officers and soldiers. He took the lead in breaking into Luo's house to search for people, but found Li Zhen in the warehouse. After hesitating for a moment, he quickly closed the door and told the officers and soldiers outside that there was no one inside.After searching to no avail, Tian Benchang volunteered that he knew another place, so he led the officers and soldiers straight to Yangxinzhai. Yangxinzhai was the place where Luo Wensong's aunt Luo Mengzhen lived. Tian Benchang guessed that Luo Wensong would definitely hide here.Sure enough, Luo Wensong saw the officers and soldiers chasing him, and hurriedly arranged for others to take his aunt to escape, while he, Ping An and others opened the door to meet the enemy.
Seeing Tian Benchang bringing people to arrest him, Luo Wensong sneered and said that there was indeed a thief in the family.He asked the officers and soldiers to let his aunt go. After all, she was already married and widowed, and she was no longer part of the Luo family.However, Tian Benchang refused to give up, thinking that he, a wanted criminal by the court, was not qualified to negotiate conditions with the officers and soldiers.Luo Wensong firmly stated that he would not agree if his aunt was involved.As a result, a conflict broke out between the two parties, and Luo Wensong's family members protected him and hid in Yangxinzhai and closed the door tightly.Tian Benchang threw the torch directly into the wall, and Yangxinzhai immediately burst into flames.Li Zhen, who came over later, saw this tragedy with his own eyes and felt very sad that Luo Wensong died tragically in the fire.
Luo Wenqian and book boy Jixiang, who came back from running all night, also saw this scene. They came back too late. Jixiang grabbed Luo Wenqian tightly and told him to keep quiet.Otherwise, both the master and the young master will die in vain.After the officers and soldiers retreated, Luo Wenqian and Jixiang could only continue to look for Yu Dayong, but misfortune never came singly. They were robbed by bandits, who not only took away their money, but also prepared to kill them.Fortunately, they were rescued by the passing businesswoman Wang Cuiqiao, and the two followed Wang Cuiqiao on the same road.The Tian family took over the Luo family's fields and mills, and immediately became wealthy.Tian Benchang found Li Zhen and prepared to renew their relationship, but Li Zhen had already seen Tian Benchang's true face and slapped him hard in the face for his entanglement.
Grandpa was filled with emotion after learning what happened to the Luo family, and Li Zhen was deeply shocked after seeing the Luo family's tragedy with his own eyes.From then on, Li Zhen devoted himself to learning ink making from his grandfather. Three years later, Li Zhen finally left the profession and developed super-quality ink. Li Jinshui knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to his ancestor, thanking him for blessing Li Mo's successor.The Lijia Mofang is worried. Due to wage problems, the master master resigned. In addition, after the Tian family stole the Luojia Mofang, they became a strong competitor. Although Li Jingdong tried his best, he was unable to survive. His son Li Zhengshen was not doing his job all day long, which made him even more worried.Li Zhen was going to work at Lijia Mofang to earn money. Li Zhengliang had just married his wife. Her sister-in-law knew that Li Zhen was using money and insisted on giving her his own money.
Li Zhen came to Lijia Mofang and lined up to get lanterns to burn soot. Sun Baiyi, the foreman, had evil intentions. He not only looked down on Li Zhen but also made rude remarks. Li Zhen was angered by him and handed over the deposit money in anger. He took back thirty lanterns at a time and had to hand over a pound of soot in order to get the deposit money back.Wang Hua'er, the grand-niece of the seventh grandmother, has been close to Li Zhen since she was a child. Over the years, she traveled to various docks with merchant ships. When she just returned to the Li family this time, she encountered Sun Baiyi bullying Li Zhen.She asked her aunt to help Li Zhen, but the seventh grandmother wanted to take the opportunity to see how Li Zhen would solve this problem. After all, she was old and would not be able to protect them all the time in the future.Li Zhen was worried when she took the lanterns home. Back then, her grandfather burned soot and lit thirty-five lanterns at one time. It was too rash for her to dare to take thirty lanterns when she was just a fledgling.
Li Jinshui was angry that she didn't do things properly, so he let her go and let her solve it on her own, which was a good way to gain wisdom.In fact, Li Jinshui was a talkative man, and he would not just watch his granddaughter in trouble, so he asked Li Zhengliang to speak to Li Zhen, telling her to be focused and calm before lighting the lamp and burning the soot.When it was time to hand over the soot, Li Zhen confidently brought the high-quality soot he had burned to inspect and accept it, but Sun Bai made things difficult for him. Li Zhen simply took to the streets and bid on the street with Wang Hua'er. She told the wonderful things about the soot she had made, and several experts repeatedly praised it after checking it.
Luo Wenqian brought his men back to his hometown and learned that the Tian family was now dominating, saying that this would be interesting.Then he quickly entered the middle of the street and saw Li Zhen bidding for soot on the street.At this time, Tian Benchang was also among the crowd. He also bid to participate in the auction, but was outgunned by Luo Wenqian at every turn. In the end, the price was raised to 15 taels, and Luo Wenqian offered gold instead of silver.Sun Baiyi's father, Master Sun, came over after learning the news. He said that Li Zhen took back the soot in full and at the price, and ordered Sun Baiyi to apologize to Li Zhen in public. Li Zhen originally wanted to punish Sun Baiyi, but when he saw this situation, he accepted the situation and stopped accepting Luo Wenqian's gold.
After many years, she no longer recognized Luo Wenqian. In order to express her gratitude, she offered to bake soot specifically for Luo Wenqian. Luo Wenqian admired her for not being greedy for small profits and expressed that she would not pursue the matter.However, Tian Mo's people thanked me without deletion and brought in President Hu of the Literary Society to criticize Li Jinshui, insisting that Li Zhen couldn't burn such good soot, so it must have been Li Jinshui's hand.Li Jinshui couldn't argue, and they wouldn't listen no matter how he explained. Especially Li Jingdong and his son, they simply didn't believe that Li Jian, who had been making ink for three years, could have such skill.The seventh grandmother also came. In order to verify Li Zhen's ability, Tian Mo asked Li Zhen to light lamps and burn soot in public, and also to light thirty lamps together.In full view of the public, Li Zhen entered the ink-making workshop and was supervised by so many experts in firing the soot. She couldn't help but feel a little flustered. In order to calm herself down, she simply covered her eyes with a cloth and fired while blindfolded. She recalled her father's treatment of the soot when she was a child.With his own guidance, his heart gradually calmed down, and he lit up the lamps one by one. After careful firing, the super-grade smoke was successfully fired again in Li Zhen's hands. Everyone present was speechless. The seventh grandmother looked at Li Zhen whose face was full of ink and was very excited.
Li Zhen came to Li Mo to collect the materials, but was maliciously set up by Li Mo's foreman Sun Baiyi to make things difficult, and had to burn the excess amount of soot within the deadline.Wang Hua'er, the granddaughter of the seventh grandmother, couldn't stand it and criticized Sun Baiyi. Li Zhen was very surprised to see Hua'er, whom he hadn't seen for many years.Li Zhen was in trouble while burning cigarettes, and his mother Zhao Jin asked his grandfather for advice, but his grandfather believed that this was a sign that Li Zhen had a unclear understanding of himself and was mentally unstable, and refused to help.Li Zhengliang came to give Li Zhen some advice and admitted that his grandfather was hard-spoken and had a soft heart, so he deliberately gave his advice to Li Zhengliang.In the end, Li Zhen kept trying and burned enough super-quality soot within the time limit.Li Zhen went to Li Mo to deliver goods, but Sun Baiyi did not know about the super-grade cigarette soot. He accused Li Zhen of adulterating the weight of the cigarette soot and insisted on receiving the lower-grade cigarette soot.Li Zhen had no choice but to auction this can of super-grade cigarette soot on the street with Wang Huaer.Li Zhen and Hua'er sang together and secretly arranged for a broker to guide the bidding, attracting attention.Tian Benchang suddenly appeared to bid, and everyone was talking a lot. At this time, a mysterious man Qi Jiu appeared and bid with Tian Benchang. The price kept rising. Sun Dahe, the master of the Li family, finally showed up with his son Sun Baiyi. Sun Dahe asked Sun Baiyi to publicly apologize and stated that the Li family would buy the soot at the highest auction price.Qi Jiu deliberately provoked the general and raised the price to fifteen taels of gold.Li Zhen stopped in time and thanked Qi Jiu for his appreciation. However, because the cigarette material he received belonged to the Li family, he still followed the industry regulations and sold the cigarette soot to Li Mo at the original price.
Li Zhen burned soot while blindfolded in public. He even lit thirty lamps at one time and succeeded in one fell swoop. This incident caused a huge sensation in the Shexian ink industry.Li Zhen's family was also very happy. The family sat together to eat. Li's mother even drank wine excitedly to calm down her shock.Li Zhen is even more confident. She has seen with her own eyes how difficult it has been for her family over the years.It's not a bad thing to burn soot in public this time. At least those ink shops will no longer make things difficult for me. In the future, I can earn money to support my family with my own skills, help my brother and sister-in-law to support the family, and when I earn money, I can buy a big house for my family.Li Zhen is thinking about the good days in the future.Unexpectedly, Grandpa Li Jinshui got up angrily. He scolded Li Zhen and taught her how to make ink, not to let her earn money as a small laborer.
Li Jinshui was sitting in her room sulking, and Li Zhen came in with tea and apologized knowingly. She knew that she was a little complacent.Li Jinshui reminded her that the most important thing in making ink is to be consistent. She must understand the way to make ink, and the great way is to be simple.Li Zhen quickly said that he would keep his grandfather's teachings in mind and would never follow the heretical path. Even if he occasionally earned a small amount of money, it would not delay his understanding of how to make ink.Luo Wenqian came back this time with a heavy responsibility. Publicly, he wanted to raise military pay and military resources for Qi Shuai. Privately, he wanted to avenge the Tian family who had embezzled the Luo family's property, Mofang, and made them fall to the ground.
Back then, Luo Wenqian went with Wang Cuiqiao to meet General Yu Dayong. It turned out that Wang Cuiqiao and General Yu had always been close to each other.General Yu lamented the Luo family's misfortune and took the risk to keep Luo Wenqian in the army, and at the same time asked him to change his name to Qi Jiu to deceive others.Because they cooperated well with Wang Cuiqiao and had a good relationship, the two became sworn brothers and became brother-in-law.Luo Wenqian wanted to restore Luo Mo, but he didn't know how to do it, so he could only open a pawn shop - Yihousheng - as a cover so that he could act according to the opportunity when the time came.When he came to the Luo family ancestral hall, he saw the dilapidation everywhere. Recalling the past when the Luo family was in its heyday, he became more determined to regain the glory of the Luo family.When the new Lord Mo Guanyan came to She County to take office, Luo Wenqian intercepted him immediately and gave him a generous gift.
Several large ink-making companies in She County greeted Mr. Yan respectfully on the roadside, but in the end they only waited for his butler.The housekeeper said that Mr. Yan disappeared immediately after a long journey. However, Mr. Yan had already arranged a dinner to invite several bosses to the banquet. He distributed the invitations to everyone while talking, and the Li family received two invitations.Li Jinshui was in trouble after receiving the invitation from the Seventh Madam. He didn't know whether he should go.Li Zhen suggested that she should accompany him and act according to the circumstances when the time comes. She was a junior, and if she said something inappropriate, Master Yan would not blame her.
At the dinner, Mr. Yan and all the ink shops were all present, but he had no intention of starting the dinner. It turned out that he was waiting for Luo Wenqian, who was known as Boss Qi.During the dinner, Mr. Yan was filled with emotion. He started with the imperial court's tribute to ink. He mentioned that Hui Mo was at its peak in those days. Both Li Mo and Luo Mo were tribute ink, but now they are no longer popular, which is very sad.Luo Wenqian took out a piece of Hui ink and gave it to Mr. Yan. He learned that it was an ancient Qiyan ink whose craft had been lost for a long time. Mr. Yan hoped that everyone here could cheer up and recreate it successfully so that Hui ink can be carried forward.Every ink shop expressed its position one after another, and Li Zhen also said in public that he would go all out to bake. Lord Yan was very excited after hearing this.In order to prevent other ink shops from firing lacquer smoke and ancient ink, the Tian family bought and monopolized all the raw lacquer on the market.Luo Wenqian decided to meet Tian Huaian.
Luo Wenqian came to the Tian family. This was the old Luo family house that he was very familiar with. When he was a child, it was called Boya Garden. After it was stolen by Tian Huai'an, it was renamed Changsheng Garden. He recalled the past when he was unwilling to return to the capital to study when he was a child. His father Luo Hanzhang scolded him, and his brother Luo Wensong secretly rescued him.Tian Huaian and Tian Benchang hurried out to greet Luo Wenqian. He apologized profusely, saying that he should visit Qi Dong's house first.Luo Wenqian sighed with emotion, saying that the Tian family was so grand and powerful, and it must be the Mo family in Shexian County, which has accumulated rich family wealth for generations.
Tian Huaian waved his hand and said that Tian Mo was not deeply involved in She County and had only made some achievements in his own hands.He changed the subject and said that Qi Dong's family would come with his family this time, so that he could visit them with gifts in the future.Luo Wenqian said in a meaningful way that his family members were killed by thieves back then, and now they have all ascended to heaven.Tian Huaian hurriedly comforted him and said that good deeds and evil deeds will be rewarded, and his family will be redressed sooner or later.Tian Benchang on the side tested Luo Wenqian and asked him whether he would spend a lot of money to establish Yihousheng. He thought he would make great achievements here.Luo Wenqian pushed back calmly. He had been investigated so clearly by Master Tian as soon as he settled down. It seemed that the Tian family's influence in the local area should not be underestimated.At this time, the servants came to report that the county magistrate Zhao Shen was visiting. Luo Wenqian stood up and left. Seeing with his own eyes that Tian Huaian and Zhao Shen had a close relationship, Luo Wenqian had a plan in mind.
Li Zhen and his brother went home dejectedly. They had been busy for a day but could not buy raw lacquer because Tian Mo had bought up all the raw lacquer on the market.Just when they were at a loss, the Seventh Lady came and thanked Li Zhen. It was she who stood up at the critical moment and solved the problem of developing Qiyan ancient ink for Li Mo.And Li Zhen no longer knows what others say. Even though she loves her seventh grandmother, she still puts forward her own ideas.Li Zhen negotiated terms with his seventh grandmother and agreed to return to the Li Family Ink Workshop to develop the lost ancient Qiyan ink. It was agreed that after the development was successful, the Li family would take the lion's share, and the eight households would also get a share of the profits.
Since the Tian family bought out all the raw lacquer on the market, Li Zhen had no lacquer available, so she followed the instructions of her seventh grandmother to find her sixth grandfather, Li Jinhe. Li Jinhe took out a piece of ancient ink to test her. Li Zhen relied on his ability to smell the fragrance and distinguish the ink, and accurately identified the type of ancient ink, and was completely recognized by the sixth grandfather.Master Liu gave her a note and asked her to go to Zhuangzi in the suburbs to get raw lacquer from her aunt. Because her uncle received benefits from the Tian family, she secretly adulterated the raw lacquer. Li Zhen saw through it but remained calm and successfully obtained a sufficient amount of qualified raw lacquer.When Li Zhen entered the main ink workshop of the Li family to work, the elders and craftsmen of the clan questioned the woman's ink-making and made disdain for Li Zhen. She did not care and was determined to rely on her skills to gain a foothold.
Foreman Shao tried to push and fiddle with Li Zhen in every possible way when he received the ink-making materials. Li Zhen did not give up without knowing the difficulty, and the development of Qiyan ancient ink was extremely difficult. Li Zhen was busy in the workshop all day long, but many experiments failed one after another, and other craftsmen were unwilling to sincerely help. Li Zhen did not give up, but withstood the pressure and explored and adjusted the formula and heat alone.Luo Wenqian has also been paying attention to Li Zhen's ancient ink development process, and asked Wang Cuiqiao to purchase a batch of raw lacquer from coastal areas to supplement the market gap.Qi Jiu, Tian Huaian and Tian Benchang, their father and son, had a false relationship. He also saw the county magistrate Zhao Shen coming to the Tian family and had a close relationship with the Tian family. Qi Jiu understood that if he wanted to eradicate the Tian family, he needed to kill the person behind it first.All the raw lacquer in the city was bought out by the Tian family, and Li Zhen could not start restoration research. At this time, the seventh grandmother came to the city gate and asked Li Zhen to return to the Li family to restore the ancient lacquer ink.Li Zhen agreed, but in business talks with the seventh grandmother about dividends, the seventh grandmother saw that Li Zhen spoke eloquently and was pleased that Li Zhen had grown up.The Seventh Grandmother reached a cooperation agreement with Li Zhen.Wang Huaer accompanied Li Zhen to find Li Liuye. Li Liuye took out the ancient ink to test Li Zhen. Li Zhen smelled the unique lotus smell in the ink and recognized that it was the world-famous dragon incense agent.The blindfolded burning of smoke and the smell of ink now convinced Li Liuye to recognize Li Zhen's talent in making ink. Li Liuye took out a receipt and asked Li Zhen to go to Zhuangzi in the suburbs to find his daughter Li Chunhua to make ink.Li Zhen had not seen Aunt Chunhua for many years, and this was the first time he met his uncle Li Decai, who had just married into the family.Li Decai took the initiative to bring raw lacquer, but it was mixed with something. It turned out that Li De had selfish motives. In order to protect Aunt Chunhua, Li Zhen pretended not to notice anything, only took the new raw lacquer and left.Li Zhen came to work in Li Mo, but as soon as he received the materials, he was tossed by manager Shao several times. In addition, he couldn't find the right ratio of paint smoke after trying for a long time, so he went home to eat in frustration.
Luo Wenqian came to see Mrs. Qi and brought her the original painting of the ink maker named Li. Mrs. Qi knew that he had visited the Tian family, Chen family and Pan family before, so she asked him what his plan was.Luo Wenqian said that he was a new arrival from outside, and if he wanted to establish himself here, he must get the support of the seventh lady.Mrs. Qi was very surprised that since he wanted to get involved in the ink industry, why didn't he open an ink shop but start a pawn shop instead.Luo Wenqian said that he did not have in-depth research on the ink industry, and jumping into it rashly would ruin things.The seventh old lady nodded to express her understanding, so he set up a test question, asking each ink workshop to make Qiyan ancient ink. Whoever can win will choose the best to cooperate. Luo Wenqian expressed his favorite desire to cooperate with Li Mo.
Li Zhen was busy developing super-grade soot in Mofang, his face and hands were all black.Luo Wenqian came over with good black tea. He wanted to go into the smoke shed to have a look, but Li Zhen finally allowed him to come in. After Luo Wenqian came in, he found the book - Mo Ji - that he was opening. He spent a lot of money to buy it and gave it to his brother Luo Wensong after meeting him in the capital.When he saw this book, he thought of his brother and couldn't help but get red eyes. He wanted to buy the book back from Li Zhen at a high price, but Li Zhen said that this book was of great significance to him and would not be exchanged for a thousand dollars.Luo Wenqian had no choice but to give up. He opened the book and saw his brother's dense red-letter comments and insights inside, which made him even more emotional.
Seeing that the materials he received had been withheld, Li Zhen angrily ran to Foreman Shao, thinking that he was deliberately making things difficult for him.Foreman Shao said that because she had received someone else’s before, she wanted to keep it this time.This was still the rule set by Mr. Li Ba when he was still here.Li Zhen looked through the materials inventory recorded by his grandfather before and saw that his father and others had records in the materials inventory. He understood that there is no rule without rules, so he no longer misunderstood Foreman Shao and apologized to him seriously.At this time, Sun Baiyi led Master Wei in angrily to ask for the crime, thinking that Li Zhen entered the tobacco shed privately, causing air leakage and destroying the soot made by Master Wei.
Li Zhen thought that there was no one inside when he entered the smoke shed, so he couldn't check the inventory of materials to see who was using the smoke shed. As a result, he found out that Master Wei had made it out of thin air. He had not received materials at all recently, so what was he doing in the smoke shed.Foreman Shao ordered Master Wei to apologize to Li Zhen and help her clear up the injustice.Super-grade soot requires the offal of livestock, but what kind it is requires countless experiments. Thanks to Luo Wenqian's accurate materials, the development progress was greatly accelerated.Li Zhen worked day and night for many days, and finally developed the super-quality soot for making lacquer smoke and ancient ink.Foreman Shao quickly gave it to Mr. Li Ba. After being appraised by the five masters of ink making, Li Zhen gave the smoke to Grandma Qi.
The seventh grandmother was so excited that she entrusted all the tasks of making Qiyan ancient ink to Li Zhen. The masters and workers in the ink shop also looked at Li Zhen with admiration, and Li Zhen quickly became one with everyone.Finally, she finally made lacquered ancient ink, and foreman Shao himself painted gold and decorated it.The seventh grandmother solemnly bowed and thanked Li Zhen, and now Li Mo was really saved.Smelling the fragrance of lacquered ancient ink, Mr. Li Ba sighed excitedly. The body of the ink is as strong as jade, and he indeed has the character of Li Mo!Qi Jiu came to Li's house to visit the seventh grandmother and presented an ancient painting with ink made by Li Mo's ancestor to express his sincerity in cooperation to Wang Rujun, but Wang Rujun did not respond directly.Qi Jiu came to Mofang to see the progress of Li Zhen's recovery. Li Zhen was full of hostility towards Qi Jiu, and the two quarreled over the old ink and investment.Qi Jiu saw the book - Mo Ji - that he had given to his brother on Li Zhen's desk, but Li Zhen didn't tell him where it came from, so Qi Jiu didn't dare to ask too much.Qi Jiu saw that the hint marked by Li Zhen on Moji was vague and offered to look for the object. Li Zhen ignored it and continued to try.Li Zhengang lamented the benefits of Da Mo Fang, which was that the raw material utensils were of high quality and superior quality. He found that the newly delivered raw materials delivered by Butler Shao were 2“ short and 2” short.Li Zhen went to argue, but Manager Shao stated that he was just acting according to the rules, but Li Zhen refused to accept it. Manager Shao mentioned that he followed Master Eight and formulated the rules step by step, so that Li Mo could operate. Only then did Li Zhen understand Manager Shao's good intentions.It just so happened that at this time, Sun Baiyi was still unhappy because of Li Zhen's auction of soot. He brought everyone to Manager Shao and falsely accused Li Zhen of not following the rules and causing damage to the burned ink soot. Li Zhen used detailed usage records to expose the lie and prove his innocence.Qi Jiu visited famous experts and found out that the vague records in ancient books were "Zhongqing Zhifu" animal gallbladders. He brought various animal gallbladders to Li Zhen. Li Zhen tried them one by one and finally succeeded in firing the soot of lacquer smoke and ancient ink.
Li Zhen divided the successfully developed lacquer smoke ancient ink into four parts: spring, summer, autumn and winter, and then gave them to his family as souvenirs.Mother Li asked her what her next plan was.Li Zhen said that she would wait until the ink test meeting was over. She said with emotion that the ink test shed contained beautiful things and there were countless good things. When she was a child, she only played in it, but now she knows how good it is.Mother Li was worried that after the ink test meeting, Qiyan Gumo would have nothing to do with her, and the Li family would not sincerely accept her.Li Zhen smiled nonchalantly and said that it didn't matter. Anyway, his ability was with him and he couldn't bury it wherever he went.Li Jinshui solemnly wrote the words "Li Zhai" on the lantern with ancient ink, and Li's mother and Li Zhengliang also left ink marks on it.Li Zhen's ink-testing session begins now.
But Li Jinshui said that he would not attend the real ink test meeting because he had already announced his retirement from the ink industry.However, he wished Li Zhen success.Tian Huaian has been very dissatisfied recently and has been urging Tian Benchang to seize the time to develop lacquer smoke ancient ink.At this time, Tian Laoer hurried over and told his father and brother that it was too late because Li Zhen had restored the ancient Qiyan ink and was going to hold an ink test meeting soon.After hearing this, Tian Benchang snorted and said that the ink test meeting must be attended by someone to be able to hold it.The sixth master, Li Jinhe, was going to distribute the invitations to colleagues and friends who would participate in the ink test party, but Li Zhen was asked to send them by himself because she had restored the ancient ink of Qiyan.
Tian Benchang had already arrived at Master Yan's house with an invitation. He deliberately chose to hold an ink test meeting with Li Mo on the same day. He proudly said that the new ink developed by the Tian family had been approved by Master Xu in the capital, and he hoped that Master Yan would definitely attend.At this moment, Li Zhen came, and Master Yan said that it was a coincidence that their ink test meeting was held.After coming out, Tian Benchang said that he was not targeting Li Zhen, but Li Zhen thought that it was not certain whether he would win or lose, and we could wait and see.Knowing that Tian Mo was also holding a test meeting on the same day, the Li family gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
The Seventh Grandmother listened to Li Zhen's opinion and decided not to change the time. At that time, she would just invite a few well-known people who could suppress the situation.The person who is best at using ancient ink is Mr. Dong Tu. He is very famous and only has good relations with Mr. Chen San. Li Jingdong thinks they can’t invite him, but Li Zhen says that if he doesn’t try, how will he know that he can’t invite him?Li Zhen came to Qi Jiu and first thanked him for sending him the Zhongqing Zhifu, and then asked him to invite calligraphers and painters to participate in the ink test meeting.Qi Jiu finally expressed his full support.Li Zhen asked for a letter of recommendation from Mr. Chen Sanye, and then prepared to go to Qiming Mountain alone to invite Mr. Dongtu.
The master Qi Jiu was looking for happened to be Mr. Dongtu, so the two of them traveled together.On the way, the two of them sat down to rest and saw that Qi Jiu had scratched his arm. Li Zhen talked about rouge and medicinal ink, and thought of Luo Wenqian when he was a child. He was worried that he would no longer be alive after the accident in his family, because at that time, he had already regarded the little boy as a friend.Qi Jiu was filled with emotion after hearing this.With Chen Sanye's recommendation, Li Zhen and Qi met Mr. Dongtu smoothly. Due to the prosperity of the ink industry, there were fewer and fewer pine trees. Li Zhen promised to plant pine trees every year in the future.The ink test meeting was about to be held, but the raw lacquer on the market was monopolized by the Tian family. Just when Li Mo was at a loss, Qi Jiu sent 78 cars of raw lacquer. Not only did he want to give it to Li Mo for free, but he also spent a thousand taels of gold to invest in Qi Yan Gu Mo.
The Li and Tian family's ink test meeting has begun. The Tian family has already made full preparations and offered a 30% discount to merchants who came to participate. Therefore, many ink merchants were attracted, leaving the Li family with few people.Li Jingdong was discouraged, but Li Zhen ran to the middle of the street early to wait for Mr. Yan, because this was a crossroads, and Mr. Yan would be in a dilemma when he walked here, not knowing whether to go to Tian's house or Li's house. After she stood here to lead the way, Mr. Yan could go to Li Mo as a matter of course.After hearing this, Master Yan suddenly became enlightened and immediately prepared to follow Li Zhen to Li Mo.After Tian Benchang learned about it, he rushed to stop him, and he also called Zhao Shen, the magistrate of She County. Master Yan couldn't lose face, so he had to follow Tian Benchang to Tian's house.
And Li Mo is not lonely here, because Li Zhen and Qi Jiu invited Mr. Dong Tu, who made a new picture of Xin'anjiang with lacquer smoke ancient ink on the street. The lacquer smoke ancient ink was flexible and elegant under Dong Tu's pen, and the whole picture was lifelike, winning bursts of applause from his colleagues.Zhao Shen praised the Tian family's newly developed Baibao ink at Tian's house. His Excellency took the opportunity to point out that the Li family's Qiyan ancient ink was still a test question proposed by himself. As an ink officer, it would be unreasonable for him to not come to the Li's ink test meeting. He heard that Mr. Dongtu was also there, so why not go over with Zhao Shen to join in the fun. After saying this, he couldn't help but drag Zhao Shen to Li Mo.Li Zhen hurriedly invited two officials to write inscriptions on the painting, and they each mentioned the words and left words. The Li family's ink-testing meeting reached its climax at this time.
Qi Jiu also fulfilled his promise on the spot and gave a bounty of 200 taels directly to Li Zhen who restored the ancient ink.Everyone present was envious.Not only that, Qi Jiu also invited the big businessman Fan Sihai. He was indeed a rich businessman, and he could sell hundreds of thousands of square meters of ancient ink.The Seventh Old Lady knew that Qi Jiu’s energy should not be underestimated, so Qi Jiu took the opportunity to once again propose the idea of investing in Qiyan Ancient Mo. The last time he proposed it, the Seventh Old Lady did not agree because Li Ruyu had made ink that had been passed down from generation to generation, and there was no precedent for people with other surnames to take shares.Qi Jiu took out the agreement he had already drawn up, which stated that he would invest 10 million taels in shares, and would only participate in dividends, and would not participate in anything else, and it was limited to three years.
Seeing Qi Jiu's sincerity, Mrs. Qi could no longer refuse, so she celebrated the happy cooperation with Qi Jiu with tea instead of wine.After the ink test meeting, Li Mo’s orders mushroomed like mushrooms after a rain.The seventh old lady came to Li Zhen in person and planned to sign a contract with her for another year, but Li Zhen did not agree at that time.Li Jingdong was very resistant, thinking that this would give Li Mo away.Li Jinhe reprimanded him for being short-sighted and only remembering the past thirteen years ago. He didn't know that Li Zhen is now very popular and is a talent that even Mofang outside can't grab.The seventh lady also said sincerely that she was doing this for the long-term development of Li Mo.
Li's mother knew that Li Zhen had not agreed, but she still resented the extermination of the clan. Li Zhen believed that she could learn more by going to Li Mo, but she could still be as comfortable as a fish in water without Li Mo.Jiangyue was worried that Li Zhen would enter Li Mo again, so she secretly came to Sun Baiyi to discuss countermeasures. Sun Baiyi hated Li Zhen for suppressing him in every way, so of course he was willing to prevent Li Zhen from entering smoothly.Li Mo's atmosphere was solemn this morning because he found a lot of secret materials about Li Mo's ink making in the streets and alleys.Li Zhen rushed over after hearing the news.On the day of the ink test meeting, the Tian family relied on their background as senior officials in the capital to arrange the scene with great momentum.Yan Gongzheng was hesitant about which house to go to first. Li Zhen was waiting halfway ahead and took him to take a shortcut to Li's house first. However, he was stopped halfway by Tian Benchang, and he accidentally bumped into the county magistrate Zhao Shen.Zhao Shen wanted to support the Tian family, but Eunuch Yan had no choice but to go to the Tian family first.Li Zhen found another way and planned an open-air ink test meeting.Qi Jiu arrived in time with Mr. Dong Tu. Dong Tu painted a picture of Xin'an River scenery with a splash of ink.Li Zhen and Qi Jiu jointly promoted it, and Eunuch Yan took the opportunity to drag Zhao Shen to Li's house to try out the Mohui.The Li family's ink test meeting became a blockbuster, and Qi Jiu cashed in the 100 taels of lottery prizes given to Li Zhen in public.Qi Jiu also invited the big businessman Fan Sihai to place a large order on the spot.After the trial meeting, Qi Jiu once again proposed cooperation with the Li family, making it clear that he would only invest in capital and would not interfere in the operation.The seventh grandmother was moved by this sincerity and reached a cooperation.That night, Qi Jiu recalled how Zhao Shen stood up for the Tian family during the day, and arranged for Xiao Qi to keep an eye on Zhao Shen secretly.On the other side, the seventh grandmother once again extended an invitation to Li Zhen to renew the contract for one year. This move was for the continued development of Li Mo, and also to cultivate Li Zhen and ease the relationship with Bafang.Li Zhen hesitated, and Zhao Jin enlightened her, asking her to listen to her inner voice and not be bothered by the grudges of the previous generation.The seventh grandmother's decision to renew the contract made Li Jingdong and Tian Jiangyue very dissatisfied.
Li Zhen learned that Qi Yan Gu Mo's formula was leaked on the market, and rushed to Li Mo immediately. However, Li Jingdong and Jiang Yue beat her up, thinking that she did it. Li Zhen said that Qi Yan Gu Mo was also her own hard work, and she had no reason to do this.However, Li Jingdong and Jiangyue insisted that there had been constant disputes since Li Zhen came to the Li family, and there was no one else involved in this matter except her.The seventh old lady stopped everyone from making noise and said that this time was not to shirk responsibility, but to solve the problem.Li Zhen said that he would find a way to wash away the unfair accusations framed against him.Li Zhen came to Foreman Shao and asked to borrow the employee roster because she found that the handwriting on the handwritten Qiyan ancient ink prescription was very distinctive and should be related to the people who worked in Li Mo.
The leak of Qiyan Gumo Fangzi spread quickly. After hearing this, Qi Jiu thought that someone must be behind it to target Li Zhen.After investigation, Li Zhen found the signature of the ink worker who had the same handwriting as Mo Fang. This ink worker was driven away early by foreman Shao because his hands and feet were unclean. He heard that he was an abusive gambler and hung out in the market all day long.Li Zhen and his brother Li Zhengliang followed together and saw that the other party was really drunk after coming out of the card game.The two took the opportunity to attack, but they underestimated the strength of the other party and almost suffered a loss. Thanks to Qi Jiu and Ji Xiang, they arrived in time and captured the other party. Li Zhen expressed that he would interrogate him personally.
Qi Jiu handed the man to Li Zhen, and Li Zhen borrowed Qi Jiu's sword from Ji Xiang's hand, and then coaxed and threatened the man, saying that Qi Shuai and Li Mo had cooperated to develop Qiyan Ancient Ink, and that his destruction would be a serious crime of beheading.Let him recruit from the real facts, whose instructions he was receiving.The man was frightened, so he had to tell the truth that Sun Baiyi gave him some money and gave him the ancient ink prescription to copy.Seeing Li Zhen's wit, Qi Jiu in the back room couldn't help but admire him.Li Zhen and his men got all the stolen goods and returned directly to Li Mo.Mrs. Qi ordered Sun Baiyi to be arrested, and Sun Baiyi confessed under pressure.
Jiangyue secretly arranged to find Sun Baiyi's father, Sun Dahe, and other workers, in an attempt to use more people to put pressure on the seventh old lady.Sun Baiyi is the cousin of the eldest daughter-in-law Sun Wanyi, and she was very angry after what happened.However, Jiang Yue repeatedly fanned the flames and said that Li Zhen wanted to take this opportunity to dominate Li Mo and seize the family property of Sun Wanyi's son Li Zhengyou.According to the rules of Li Mo's family, Sun Baiyi would have his hands chopped off and be kicked out of Mofang and never hired. However, Li Zhen was grateful that his eldest aunt had always taken good care of him, so for the sake of her eldest aunt's plea, he said he could keep his hands.The seventh old lady also said that they should leave Mofang immediately and never use it again in the future.Jiangyue suddenly stood up and said sharply that Li Zhen was ungrateful and forced the old lady to do unkind things.
Li Zhen has seen that Li Mo is now in a state of intrigue and trouble both internally and externally. She came here to learn how to make ink, not to fall into such meaningless internal strife.She resolutely rejected the seventh lady's suggestion of cooperation, expressing her unwillingness to be with these people who were always living in a coward, and then turned around and left decisively.When she returned home, she announced that she would not cooperate with Li Mo. Everyone advised her to take a rest, but Li Zhen said that he would open a small Li Mo shop and work alone.Li Jinshui was very angry after hearing this. He got up and locked himself in the room.Li Zhen begged her grandpa to open the door and talk in detail, but grandpa ignored her.Then Li Zhen went to see the shop by himself.
Li Zhen is planning to open a small Li Mo workshop to compete with Li Mo. Naturally, his grandfather Li Jinshui cannot agree. Although he has been exterminated, he still thinks that he is a member of the Li family in his heart. Every word and deed is to protect the big family that does not tolerate him at all.Seeing that Li Zhen insisted on competing with Li Mo, Li Jinshui angrily took Li Zhengliang and his wife to Wuyuan to do inkstone business.Li Zhengyou, the son of the eldest aunt, suddenly came to Li Zhen's house with a basket. He was bewitched by Jiang Yue and said some excessive things to Li Zhen in anger. Finally he realized his mistake. This time, he was entrusted by the seventh grandmother to bring the gifts and letter from the seventh grandmother to Li Zhen
I also made pastries and brought them with me, and even apologized to Li Zhen specifically.After Li Zhengyou left, Li Zhen opened the basket and saw the white money.The seventh grandmother wrote in a letter to Li Zhen that Li Zhen had suffered a lot of grievances in Li Mo recently, especially the incident involving the Mo side.Nowadays, the Li family is suffering from internal and external troubles, and the people are distracted. The seventh grandmother is powerless even if she wants to protect her.So the seventh grandmother let her go boldly and do what she wanted to do.Li Zhen came to the literary society to get approval for establishing Xiao Li Mo Fang, but President Hu was concerned about Li Mo's face and interests and refused to grant it to her.Li Zhen knew that it was Li Jingdong who was obstructing, so he caught up with him and expressed his dissatisfaction angrily. Li Jingdong said that he would never allow Li Zhen, a child with a yellow mouth, to act arbitrarily and let her mess around outside to affect Li Mo's reputation.
Qi Jiu learned that Li Zhen wanted to start her own business and admired her courage. She thought that she would not have enough money because the rent on Sibao Street was not cheap.Li Zhen came to Master Yan and wanted to ask him to persuade Wenhui to approve him. However, Master Yan believed that the foundation of the ink industry like Li Mo should be protected first. Although the establishment of Xiao Li Mo Workshop was a contribution to Huizhou's ink industry, its influence was too small.At this time, Li Zhen saw Master Yan's daughter, Miss Yan, driving away the doctor out of control. It turned out that she had been troubled by skin diseases on her face since she was a child, and had seen many doctors to no avail
, so I felt depressed.Li Zhen was inspired to find a new way to develop rouge ink, just like the one his father made for himself when he was a child, which could be applied to wounds to treat diseases without leaving scars.So Li Zhen did what he said and got busy with Wang Hua'er in Li's old ink workshop. She was matching materials according to the records in the Mo Ji. Li Jingdong led someone in. He said that since Li Zhen wanted to start his own business, he should stop using Li's ink workshop. After that, he forced Li Zhen to move her things.It was raining heavily at this time, and Li Zhen was pulling the wooden cart alone in the rain, and his tears mixed with the raindrops.Li's mother arrived in time, and mother and daughter worked together to pull the cart back home.
Knowing that Li Zhen was going to develop Jiuzhen Baomo, Li's mother took out the notes left by Li's father and took Li Zhen up the mountain to collect medicine. She also told her the wonderful memories of her and Li's father's acquaintance.Li Jinshui, who was in Wuyuan, learned that his granddaughter was going to develop medicinal ink, so he couldn't help but pass on his experience through Li Zhengliang's letter.Qi Jiu came to Li Zhen for investment with money. Li Zhen didn't want to be controlled by others, not to mention that Xiao Li Mofang didn't have a single character yet, so she calmly rejected Qi Jiu's investment.After Li Zhen developed the medicinal ink, he first conducted clinical trials in major medical clinics.Then he went to see Mr. Yan, but Mr. Yan didn't want his daughter to take risks. He couldn't trust Li Zhen and didn't use it immediately.
Li Zhen received a letter from Master Yan. He wanted to try Jiuzhen medicinal ink on his daughter Lan Xiang's face, but he had to have her agree, so he wanted to ask Li Zhen to go to his house to persuade his daughter.Li Zhen arrived immediately. Lan Xiang saw that Li Zhen was not a flatterer, he spoke sincerely and was straightforward, so she quickly fell in love with Li Zhen. Li Zhen borrowed the makeup skills used by concubines in ancient palaces and cleverly used flower petals to cover the sores on Lan Xiang's face. She proposed to take her out for a walk, and Lan Xiang readily agreed.The two came to the mountain grassland to talk. Lan Xiang breathed the fresh air and felt the most comfortable since arriving in Huizhou.
Li Zhen guessed what Lan Xiang was worried about. She also sought medical treatment in the capital, but she was inevitably disappointed after a long period of unsuccessful treatment. In addition, her father was demoted to She County. She did not want to become her father's fetters or weakness because of herself. She only wanted her father to be promoted by the emperor and transferred back to the capital as soon as possible, so she did not want her old illness to cause any complications.Li Zhen told Lanxiang that she had never mentioned her concerns to her father. In fact, what adults worry about most is her daughter's facial disease.Both people consider each other but do not communicate with each other.Diseases on the face and body are easy to cure, but diseases in the heart are difficult to cure.
Back at the house, Lan Xiang thought about Li Zhen's words for a long time and her father's previous concerns about her. She decided to give it a try no matter what.So Li Zhen applied Jiuzhen medicinal ink on her.Seven days later, Lan Xiang wanted to take off the bandage on her face. Both Master Yan and she were a little uneasy. When Lan Xiang pulled off the bandage on her face, everyone present cried with joy. Her face was as shiny as jade, and all the stubborn diseases were gone.Xiaoli Mofang was officially opened, and Mr. Yan personally came to leave a message to cheer for the business.The big businessman Fan Sihai also came to place an order, and hundreds of bottles of medicine and ink were sold out instantly.
Li's mother brought Li Zhen to pay homage to Li's father. Li Zhen told her mother that her father was deeply devoted to her and remembered one of the herbs as Yue Lao Cao. Today, she expressed her unspeakable love to her mother on behalf of her father and officially named this medicinal ink “Fujin Mo”, after her father and mother's names.Li Zhen came to Qi Jiu with a cooperation agreement to discuss buying shares, and Qi Jiu said that he would take her to meet someone.Qi Jiu introduced Li Zhen to Wang Cuiqiao. When the two women met, one admired and the other admired each other, and they both cherished each other.Wang Cuiqiao specially asked Li Zhen to choose tea for the test. Wang Cuiqiao liked Li Zhen's good conversation even more
He directly offered to buy 500 gold shares for Qi Jiu.Li Jingdong got very drunk when he learned that Xiao Li's ink shop was successfully opened. He bought a piece of Fujin ink from an ink dealer for three times the price, and felt even more lonely after reading it.Jiangyue came over and saw his appearance, and complained bitterly, saying that Li Mo would definitely lose power in the future and fall into the hands of Li Zhen.Tian Huai'an's family is also complaining about the opening of Li Zhenmofang.At this time, Tian Huaian received a letter from the capital. He slapped his thigh and said that the Tian family had a backer this time. It turned out that in order to get along with Mr. Xu, he actually wanted to marry his daughter Tian Ronghua to Mr. Xu's demented grandson.Qi Jiu caught Gao Kun, the minion of the county magistrate Zhao Shen, obtained conclusive evidence of Zhao Shen's corruption, and presented it to the prefect of Huizhou.
Eunuch Yan relented and told Li Zhen that Yan Xianglan needed to agree to this matter.Li Zhen heals people and hearts. He first painted Yan Xianglan with slanted red makeup and cleverly covered the sores, allowing Yan Xianglan to walk freely on the street without a veil for the first time.Yan Xianglan was very happy and opened her heart to Li Zhen. Li Zhen pointed out that Yan Xianglan refused treatment because she was afraid that her illness would become her father's weakness. However, if this alienated the father and daughter, it would be putting the cart before the horse.In the end, Yan Xianglan let go of her worries and accepted Li Zhen's treatment. Li Zhen successfully cured Yan Xianglan's malignant sores with Jiuzhenbaomo.Li Zhen named the nine-zhen treasure ink “Fujinmo” after her parents. She told her mother that the most important herb in the ink was named “Yelaocao” by her father, which was the herb Zhao Jin used when he rescued Li Jingfu who was trapped in a trap.Li Jingfu could not express it, but he hid his love in the names of the herbs.Li Zhen took the initiative to find Qi Jiu to discuss cooperation. Qi Jiu introduced Li Zhen to Wang Cuiqiao. Wang Cuiqiao wanted to test and asked Li Zhen to help select a tea merchant.Li Zhen's thinking on business won Wang Cuiqiao's recognition and Qi Jiu's investment of 500 taels.Xiaoli Mofang opened, and Yan's father-in-law came to the platform. Qi Jiu did not come, but asked Fan Sihai to come and congratulate him on his behalf. The scene was very lively.Li Baye did not come back, but asked someone to send Li Zhen an inkstone made by himself as a gift for the opening. The gap between ancestors and grandchildren gradually disappeared.Li Jingdong looked at %Fujin's ink, unwilling to face the fact that Li Zhen was talented in making ink, so he got drunk and escaped.
Qi Jiu handed the evidence of Zhao Shen's corruption to Mr. He, the magistrate of Huizhou. Unexpectedly, Mr. He was very angry and believed that Qi Jiu was ignoring the government and overstepping his bounds by arresting the suspect Gao Kun privately.Qi Jiu calmly reported Qi Shuai's name and his true identity as working for Qi Shuai.Master He is a veteran in officialdom. As soon as he heard the name Qi Shuai, he immediately became friendly and said that he must strictly investigate Zhao Shen's crime of colluding with the Tian family and his son and misappropriating other people's money.Soon Tianjia Mofang was investigated, and Mr. Wang Chengde, the accountant, and the Tianjia father and son were all imprisoned
Tian's mother cried and begged Tian Ronghua to save the three of them.Tian Ronghua had no choice but to pack his things and prepare to go to Beijing to marry Mr. Xu, the man who killed his nephew Hu Qier, and then find a way to rescue his father and brother.After hearing this, Li Zhen hurriedly came to dissuade him, but Tian Ronghua was determined and just wanted to sacrifice himself to save his family.Li Zhen could only wish her well.After the Tian family father and son and Zhao Shen were arrested, Qi Jiu breathed a sigh of relief. He went to Wang Cuiqiao to express his gratitude. Wang Cuiqiao was also happy for him and asked him to calm down and work for Qi Shuai.However, Qi Jiu was still worried that the Tian family would have a backup plan.Sure enough, Tian Ronghua and his mother came to the capital and moved directly into Hu Qi's house. Mrs. Hu entertained her so well, but Hu Qi'er was so stupid that he was so happy that he drooled around Tian Ronghua.Tian Ronghua was devastated, but he could only endure the humiliation and take good care of Hu Qi.
Mrs. Hu observed secretly and saw that Tian Ronghua treated her son sincerely, so she put down her guard and asked Tian Ronghua what he planned.Tian Ronghua didn't mince words, he said bluntly that he was doing this for his father and brother at home. If Mr. Xu could save him, he would treat Hu Qi sincerely.Mrs. Hu said that she loved her son very much and would definitely treat Tian Ronghua as her biological daughter in the future.Then she went to Master Xu and wrote a letter, asking Tian's mother to go directly to Master He, the magistrate of Huizhou, so that the lives of the Tian family, father and son, would be safe.Tian's mother rushed back to She County with great gratitude, and Tian Ronghua stayed in Hu Mansion.
After receiving Mr. Xu's letter, Mr. He came to the prison in person and said that the Tian family and Zhao Shen had a deep connection. Now that the evidence was conclusive and Mr. Xu was involved, how should he judge the case.Tian Benchang immediately said that Mr. Wang Chengde, the accountant, colluded with Zhao Shen to make false accounts secretly. None of the three of them knew the inside story, but they should accept the punishment for the crime of negligence and were willing to pay a fine of 5,000 taels. They also selflessly donated 1,000 taels to the prefect's Yamen to subsidize expenses.Master He agreed with this idea.After being interrogated in court, Wang Chengde had to admit his guilt. The Tian family and his son paid the fine and were released without charge.
The imperial court issued an edict instructing the Huizhou ink industry to participate in the election of tribute ink power this year. The official ink officer Yan ordered the Wenhui to do a good job in this matter.Qi Jiu learned that the Tian family's father and son were released due to Mr. Xu's influence, and angrily said that the Tian family sold their daughters for glory.Wang Cuiqiao asked him not to act out of emotion. The most important thing at the moment was that Gong Mo Quan should not be left aside, otherwise his cooperation with Li Mo would be affected.Master Yan personally came to Li Mo to persuade them to run for Gongmo Quan, but Li Mo couldn't produce any new ink now. Master Yan suggested using Li Zhen's Fujin Mo, but Li Jingfu fiercely opposed it, thinking that they were not an ink shop.Li Zhen also visited the house in person, saying that she had no intention of doing this and hoped that Master Yan would not embarrass her.Seeing that the two parties had no intention of reconciling, Mr. Yan stood up and left angrily.
Li Zhen was unwilling to participate in the election for Gong Mo Quan, so Li Mo was not sure of winning the election. Jiang Yue said that Li Zhen had to run with Qi Yan Gu Mo and Fu Jin Mo, and she had no reason to do so.Li Jingdong believed that he could not rely on others for this matter. He could still run for the Gongmo power competition without Li Zhen. His father Li Jinhe interrupted him and said that he was not overestimating his abilities now. Li Jingdong was indignant. The whole family did not believe in him. If he could not do it, he would set up another school to run for the election. Li Jinhe slapped him in anger after hearing this.At this time, Foreman Shao came with all the craftsmen and begged Li Jinhe to invite Li Zhen back to run for Gongmo Quan, because they knew that currently, Li Mo was the only one with the ability to lead everyone to a bright future.
Wang Cuiqiao was very worried when she learned that Li Zhen was unwilling to run for Gongmo Quan. Now the Tian family has not been affected. If the Tian family gets Gongmo Quan, the issue of military resources for Qi Shuai will definitely be affected. She asked Qi Jiu to persuade Li Zhen to change his mind.Qi Jiu had other thoughts in mind. He was unwilling to force Li Zhen and believed that she had her reasons for doing so.When he saw Li Zhen in his later years, Qi Jiu said nothing about his candidacy for Gong Mo Quan.Li Zhen took him to the pine nursery forest, where Li Zhen promised Mr. Dongtu to plant small pine trees every year. Qi Jiu was also very happy to see these vigorously growing small pine trees.
Li Zhen told Qi Jiu that it would be good for her to develop new ink and make money to support her family. The issue of Gongmo was a pain that she did not want to touch. His father died because of this, and his grandfather made his ambition clear. The family was exterminated by the Li family and lived a life of depression and oppression, so she no longer wanted to be implicated in Gongmo's power.Qi Jiu understood very well and didn't mention anything more, but he believed that even if Li Zhen did not participate in tribute to Mo Quan, he would be unique in Huizhou and become a master of the Mo industry.After hearing this, Li Zhen said that he was very familiar with it. It was what the little boy said before.Tian Ronghua originally took care of the stupid Hu Qi, but he suddenly passed away from a serious illness. Tian Ronghua expressed his willingness to stay with Mrs. Hu and perform filial piety for Hu Qi
.A problem suddenly occurred in a pine forest in Li Mo's house. The material turned black and had no bright color, making it unusable.After looking at it, Li Jinhe realized that these pine trees had tree plague.Li Zhen wrote many letters to Tian Jiaronghua. Tian Ronghua carefully collected them after reading them, but Tian Jiaronghua did not reply.Wang Huaer came to Li Zhen happily. It turned out that the seventh grandmother had promised to let her come to work in Li Zhen's Xiaoli Mofang.The two best sisters will be able to see each other every day from now on.Grandpa Li Zhen heard that Li Mo's pine farm had chicken plague, so he hurried back from Wuyuan.Without saying a word, he ran to the seventh lady's house and agreed with the seventh lady's words. Now he has no choice but to withdraw from Gongmo Quan.
Li Jingdong exploded when he heard this. He, Li Jinshui, a person who had been exterminated from his clan, had the right to come here to give orders. Li Jinshui's crime was unforgivable.Li Jinshui hurriedly knelt down to the Seventh Madam.Li Jin beat his son severely.In order to find more high-quality bamboo, Li Jinhe was about to go through the selection process. Before leaving, he came to Li Zhen and asked Li Zhen to come over and be the manager of the Mofang since he was not around these days.Gongmo is the hidden pain that Li Zhen doesn't want to touch, and it's also the wound that the Li family has buried deep in their hearts for many years.When the Li family's ink workers heard about running for Gong Mo, they took the initiative to petition the master's family, hoping that Li Zhen could come back. However, Li Jingdong thought that everyone did not believe in his ability and fell into paranoia.Mr. Li Liu looked at the deadlock in front of him, feeling extremely sad in his heart.Wang Cuiqiao reminded Qi Jiu that this tribute was very important. Once it failed, Qi Jiu's military resource mission would also be in vain, and asked Qi Jiu to persuade Li Zhen.Qi Jiu came to see Li Zhen, but did not mention Gong Mo and only chatted with Li Zhen. Li Zhen expressed his feelings for Gong Mo. Qi Jiu opened his eyes to Li Zhen and admitted that no matter what, his support for her would not change and he would always believe in her.Li Zhen thanked Qi Jiu, and the relationship between the two took a further step.Wang Hua'er came to Li Zhen. Firstly, the seventh grandmother agreed to Hua'er coming to Xiao Li Mo to study calligraphy. Secondly, the seventh grandmother asked Hua'er to tell Li Zhen not to be influenced by Gong Mo and just do her own thing.Hua'er also specially brought pine branches picked from Li's pine farm, but Li Zhen discovered something strange on the pine branches, and rushed to Li's pine farm with Hua'er and found that Li's pine farm was infected with pine plague.Grandpa Six, who came after receiving the notice, saw Song Wen panicking.The core of the Li family has always been Songyanmo, and this pine plague was a fatal blow to the Li family.
Grandfather Li Jinhe came to ask Li Zhen to take care of Li Mo. Because of the pine plague, there was a shortage of pine wood, the raw material for making paint, and the Li family ink shop relied on pine smoke and ink, so pine wood was particularly important to Li Mo.Now that the selection of Gong Mo Quan is about to take place, Li Jinhe urgently needs to go into the mountains to inspect new pine wood raw materials, and his family must entrust it to a reliable person.But Li Zhen refused unceremoniously. She worked hard to restore Qiyan Ancient Mo, but was eventually kicked out of Li Mo, and was framed and lost Mo Fang.She was not dissatisfied with Mr. Liu, but was wary of Li Mo's internal intrigue and did not want to get involved in it anymore.Li Jinhe knew that Li Mo had made Li Zhen suffer a lot.He completely understood Li Zhen's rejection of him and could only leave in anger.
Grandma Qi went from house to house on Sibao Street looking for pine wood, but the merchants all said that they did not have much inventory.Li Zhen saw the seventh grandmother's staggering steps from a distance, her rickets becoming more and more obvious, and felt very uncomfortable.In the evening, Wang Hua'er hurriedly came to tell Li Zhen that the seventh grandmother was ill in bed because she failed to buy pine wood.Li Zhen hurriedly came to visit and complained that the seventh grandmother did everything herself regardless of her health.The seventh grandmother was concerned that Li Zhen had lost a lot of weight since opening Little Li Mo Fang. She told her to go back and ask her mother to make some delicious tonic for her. She also encouraged her not to be distracted by the big Li Mo Fang and just focus on doing what she likes. After hearing this, Li Zhen was so moved that she fell into the arms of the seventh grandmother and felt the long-lost warmth.
Li Zhen was busy in Xiaoli Mofang. When he saw Grandpa Six wandering around outside, he walked over and said that he agreed to what he said.However, I have to put forward a few conditions. My own management is only temporary. Everyone must be united and not engage in internal intrigues or cliques for personal gain. If I find out, I will be severely punished. I hope Grandpa Six will not blame himself for being harsh.After hearing this, Mr. Liu agreed repeatedly.Worried that his son Li Jingdong was causing trouble, Li Jinhe went to his grandson Li Zhengshen and asked him to take good care of his father.Li Zhen officially joined the Lijia Ink Workshop as the head of the company. He followed a very eclectic approach and rewarded ink workers who used less materials and had high output. He broke the traditional promotion channels to promote them, which caused a sensation among the ink workers.
From then on, everyone worked hard and skillfully in the ink workshop, and the ink workshop quickly improved. Li Zhen adjusted the order and turned the original pine smoke into lacquer smoke ancient ink, reducing the dependence on pine raw materials.As a result, the amount of raw lacquer used increased, so she went to find her aunt Chunhua. Chunhua said that there was not much raw lacquer in the garden because she distributed the raw lacquer to other businesses in order to increase sales.Li Zhen said that now it is necessary to increase the raw lacquer raw materials to adjust the products, and asked his aunt to find a way to take back the separated ones.Chunhua looked embarrassed but immediately promised that she would find a way.
As a shareholder of Li Mo, Qi Jiu was very concerned about going into the mountains to find pine wood raw materials, and specially arranged for Jixiang to take someone to accompany Liu Ye.Li Zhen noticed that Chunhua looked strange, so he sent Li Zhengshen to Suzhou to investigate his uncle Li Decai, who had been doing business there for a long time. Only then did he find out that he had raised an outhouse in Suzhou and had been lining his own pockets and embezzling the profits of raw lacquer.And these Chunhua knew it completely, but she was a coward and didn't want her son to have no biological father, so she swallowed her anger.Later, Li Zhen led people to Suzhou and raided Li Decai.
Li Decai was caught in the house he bought for his wife. He even claimed that he was Li Zhen's uncle. If Chunhua knew about it, he would not be able to spare her. When Li Zhen saw that he had the nerve to mention his aunt, he became even more angry and went directly to the house.Go and beat him up with a stick. Over the years, he has been living inside and outside, relying on reselling the raw paint of the Li family to keep him in captivity. In order to give her son a biological father, aunt Chunhua endured the humiliation and helped him make false accounts to hide the truth. Nothing he did was worthy of his aunt and the Li family!Li Decai was captured and brought back to Huizhou. When he saw Chunhua, he cried bitterly. Chunhua still insisted on leaving him. Li Decai said that he had a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for. He was ready to resign from all positions in Mofang and come back to be with his wife and children.The house in Suzhou was sold to offset the losses in the lacquer business.
Li Zhen remained calm after doing all this, just to protect Chunhua's face.Li Jingdong, who was completely unaware, believed that Li Zhen resigned from Li Decai just to make the Sixth Master look bad. He limped to go to Li Zhen to settle the score, but his son Li Zhengshen stopped him and told him the whole story. Li Jingdong was silent after hearing this and understood that Li Zhen was superior in handling things.Seeing Li Zhen running Mo Fang prosperously, Li Jingdong admired her even more. He told Li Zhen that Liufang owed her something that he would keep in mind in the future.In the evening, Li Zhen returned home and saw his grandfather Li Jinshui still rubbing lamp grass, so he came over to accompany him. Li Jinshui was worried about the safety of his sixth brother who went into the mountain, and told the old stories of his brothers running the ink workshop.
It was the unity of the Li brothers that enabled Li Mo to flourish and become unique among Hui Mo.At this time, Li Jinhe, the sixth master, was nervously instructing everyone to load the cars and set off in the mountains. Ji Xiang saw the dark clouds in the sky and guessed that the weather was about to change, so he suggested that Li Jinhe take a detour home.But Li Jinhe still decided to take the shortest way in order to rush for time.Thinking that Li Jinhe would be back that day, the seventh lady and her family members greeted the intersection early. Finally, they saw the convoy transporting pine wood gradually approaching, but the atmosphere was lifeless. Ji Xiang came to the eighth master Li Jinshui in a mess and told him in a serious tone that something happened!
It turned out that Li Jinhe did not want to take a detour and encountered a flash flood. As a result, he was washed downstream by the flood. It took a long time for everyone to find his body.Li Jinhe died suddenly. The seventh lady couldn't bear the blow and fainted.The Li family was busy taking care of the funeral arrangements for the Sixth Master, but the Seventh Lady was unconscious for a long time. The sister-in-law Sun Wanyi took out the will left by the Seventh Lady when she was awake. It clearly stated that the Li Family Ink Workshop would be taken over by Li Zhen. After hearing this, Jiang Yue could not accept it and was forced to suffer.Among them, Li Jingdong stated that he must never agree to hand over the Li family to Li Zhen. Seeing him crying and making a fuss at Master Liu's funeral, Li Zhen angrily stepped forward to stop her. Jiang Yue started to mess around, and was eventually taught a lesson by Li Zhen and ran back to the inner room crying.
Because he was busy with his father's funeral these days, all the ink-making medicinal materials collected by Li Jingdong were rotten and useless. In order not to make him sad, Li Zhen quietly asked foreman Shao to buy new ones.Li Jingdong was so disappointed with himself after hearing this that he set fire to the warehouse in anger, wanting to die with him.Li Zhengshen rushed in desperately to rescue his father, but fortunately there was no danger.Sun Wanyi felt powerless when she saw the chaos in front of her. Li Zhen comforted her carefully and said that he would take over the family!Foreman Shao hurried over to report that the fire had destroyed all the finished ink that needed to be delivered in the near future!
Li Jingdong burned himself in despair, and Li Zhengshen rescued his father regardless of the danger. However, the fire burned a lot of finished ink that had been prepared for delivery. Foreman Shao came over anxiously to report. Li Zhen knew that there was no way to make up for it, so he could only negotiate with other ink dealers to back off the delivery. Li Mo would definitely pay liquidated damages in accordance with the agreement to maintain Li Mo's reputation for many years.However, a large amount of finished ink was destroyed this time. A large part of the compensation had to be prepared, but the money in the account was not enough.Li Zhen immediately considered taking out the income and profits of his little Li Mofang, and his eldest aunt Sun Wanyi also expressed that she would take out her dowry.Li Zhengshen and his mother came over after learning about it, saying that the incident was caused by their sixth house, and it was their duty to raise money.
After Li Jinshui and Li's mother Zhao Jin heard about it, they each took out the money they had saved. Even foreman Shao volunteered to suspend his wages for half a year.Aunt Chunhua also expressed her intention to contribute.In this way, everyone, led by Li Zhen, donated money and efforts one after another, trying their best to support Li Mo.Mr. Mo Wu Guanyan sent an invitation letter, and the swearing-in ceremony for Gong Mo Quan's candidacy for Mo Fang is scheduled to be held in the near future. Those who do not attend will be deemed to have given up.Now that the Li family is in troubled times, Li Zhen thinks that he still has to wait until Li Jingdong wakes up before making a decision on this matter.Li Jingdong woke up. He complained that everyone saved him, thinking that he was a useless person and did not deserve to live.Seeing that Li Jingdong was still half-dead, Li Zhen was so angry that he ordered someone to pull him to Liu Ye's mourning hall.
Li Zhen angrily reprimanded Li Jingdong. He burned the inventory of finished products produced by Mo Factory for many days, resulting in the inability to deliver goods on time. In order to maintain Li Mo's credibility, the whole family united as one to raise money to tide over the difficulties. Li Zhengcheng's arm was severely burned in order to save him.The inheritance of Mo and the rise and fall of the Li family, regardless of his age, went to the mountains and even sacrificed his life. Unexpectedly, it was such a descendant that he risked his life to protect. He has already said this. It is up to Li Jingdong whether he lives or dies. If he still wants to die, then he will die in front of Liu Ye's coffin!
Li Zhen's words were like a heavy hammer that woke up Li Jingdong. He suddenly came to his senses. Looking at his wife and children in front of him, he felt filled with emotion and hugged his family tightly.The next day, he was waiting at Li Zhen's door early. When he saw Li Zhen opening the door and coming out, Li Jingdong went up and kowtowed to apologize. He knew that he had been ridiculing Li Zhen a lot over the years and had always hindered her career.He has been decadent. It was Li Zhen who supported the Li family. He really wanted to seriously apologize to Li Zhen.Li Zhen hurriedly helped him up, and then the uncle and nephew openly planned Li Mo's future with each other.Li Jingdong handed his Songyanmo ink recipe to Li Zhen, saying that he was not wary of her.The two people discussed together that the traditional product of Lijia Mofang, Songyan Mo, should be selected as a tribute ink.
The oath-taking meeting for Gong Mo Quan's candidates to be elected merchants hosted by Master Yan was about to begin, but Li Mo had not arrived yet. Qi Jiu begged Master Yan to wait a little longer.The Li family was mourning the sixth master. After it was over, Li Zhen hurried over with Li Jingdong in his arms to formally participate in the Gongmo election.The Chen family's new ink was well received during the ink test. Tian Benchang seemed to have a back-up for playing hard to get, and Li Jingdong was a little unconfident about his Songyan ink.Li Zhen encouraged him to believe in himself. Back then, Li Jingdong and his brothers worked together to create this ink. Now it has been passed on to new and old products and has been promoted. Li Jingdong asked Li Zhen to name the ink "Yi Yuan Mo".
The Gong Mo Quan selection competition is in full swing. In order to increase his chances of winning, Qi Jiu specially arranged for Wang Cuiqiao to invest in Chen Mo. In this way, whether Li Mo or Chen Mo is running, he can win, and Qi Shuai's military resources can be successfully completed.After repeated deliberation by the ink testers, Tian Mo, Chen Mo and Li Zhen were finally the top three.However, Li Mo's Songyan ink was only ranked third and was rated as a first-grade ink. Chen Mo and Tian Mo were equally ranked and both were rated as super-grade ink.The Li family held a ceremony in front of the ancestral hall to welcome Yipinmo.Li Jingdong could not afford to kneel down, thinking that he was useless and had failed his ancestors.Li Zhen persuaded him that he had already won the title of Yipin Mo when he ran for the first time, and believed that Li Mo's time to be glorious again would soon come.
At the ink selection site, all the ink testers held their own opinions and couldn't argue for a long time. Master Yan also had a hard time making a choice. He didn't know which one to choose as the tribute ink.At this time, the emperor's master Qinghe Immortal, who had a childish face and white hair, came to the scene accompanied by Tian Ronghua. He almost didn't look at it and appointed Tian Mo as a tribute. Master Yan naturally did not dare to disobey him. He also expected Immortal Qinghe to say a few nice words for him in front of the Holy Master and let him return to the capital as soon as possible!Seeing that a tribute to Mo Quan, which was supposed to be strictly selected, ended like this, Qi Jiu left in anger.Chen Sanye was so shocked that he almost fell to the ground when he came out.
The Tian family framed the words “Mokui” and hung them high. Tian Huaian was very excited, thinking that the Tian family would be shining on the lintel.He ordered that a feast must be held to entertain Immortal Qinghe and Lord Yan.Tian Ronghua returned to her hometown honorably, and it was precisely because of her that the Tian family won the honor of tribute, so everyone in the Tian family respected her.During the dinner, the Tian family showed great respect to Immortal Qinghe, but Immortal Qinghe said that among Hui ink, only pine smoke ink is the best.Tian Benchang hurriedly reported that there was a pine plague this year, so pine smoke ink could not be developed.Seeing that Immortal Qinghe was a little disappointed, Tian Ronghua hurriedly offered to accompany him to Qiyun Mountain for inspection. Immortal Qinghe held Tian Ronghua's hand affectionately and praised her as a well-behaved child.
Qi Jiu's investment in the Chen and Li families failed, and Qi Shuai's military resources were also lost. Therefore, he was punished and no longer served in Qi Shuai's army.What made him most dissatisfied was that the Tian family had taken advantage of this tribute to Mo Quan to become more prosperous. The great hatred of his father, brother and aunt had not been avenged. How could he be willing to do so?Wang Cuiqiao was very worried about him, so she told Li Zhen about his situation.Qi Jiu was in a daze by the river. Li Zhen found him and encouraged him based on his own experience that any setbacks were temporary and he should not lose confidence.Then he took him back to his home. Seeing the table of delicious food prepared by Li's mother for him, Qi Jiu was not polite. The happy atmosphere of Li Zhen's family also made him feel the warmth of home. He couldn't help but think of his father and brother.
With worries on his mind, Qi Jiu soon drank too much and refused to leave, thinking that this was his home.The next morning he woke up from Li Zhen's house and was about to leave in a panic. Li Zhen smiled and asked him where he was going. Qi Jiu said that he was a shareholder turned long-term employee and was going to work in Lijia Mofang.Due to the need to repair the burned ink workshop, Li Zhen and Li Jingdong discussed temporarily mortgaging the Li family's fields and properties to raise money. Jiang Yue was extremely dissatisfied after hearing this, thinking that Li Zhen was scheming against the Li family. She said she firmly disagreed.The competition for tribute ink began, and the Tian family's entry was indeed a new ink that was expensive and well-made - “Jin Zhangzong Xiangbi Fumozi”. The Li family's %Yiyuan ink lost to the Chen family and Tian family in the first round of competition. Unfortunately, it failed and was awarded the first grade.Li Zhen asked his aunt in advance to prepare an offering table outside the Li family ancestral hall, and invited his grandfather and other ink workers.Li Zhen borrowed the meaning of "one yuan of ink" and "one yuan to start again" and all things to be renewed, to reunite people's hearts and lead everyone out of the haze of Liu Ye's death and the burning of Mofang.The Chen family and the Tian family are equally powerful. The Chen family originally had a slight advantage. Unexpectedly, Tian Ronghua accompanied the imperial master Qinghe Immortal to the scene. Qinghe deliberately pointed out that there was a fly on the painting painted by Chen Mo, saying that it symbolized uncleanness. In this way, the Tian family won the first place.Chen Sanye couldn't accept the result of such childish play and was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted.Qi Jiu had no hope of revenge because the Tian family had seized tribute, and his military mission failed, so he handed over all his property.Wang Cuiqiao couldn't bear that he was so depressed, so she asked Li Zhen to help persuade him.Li Zhen sent an invitation to Qi Jiu, inviting him to work in Li Mo Fang.Later, Li Zhen took Qi Jiu back to Chengmendong for dinner. The warmth in the eighth room reminded Qi Jiu of his father, aunt and brother.Li Mofang needed money to repair the Mofang. Li Zhen proposed to mortgage the Li family's property. Tian Jiangyue strongly opposed this, but was surprised to find that no one agreed. She suddenly realized that everyone had been won over by Li Zhen.
Qi Jiuhe Jixiang stayed in Lijia Mo Workshop to work. He firmly believed that Li Zhen would be able to revive Li Mo. This was also an opportunity for him to start anew, regain his righteousness, and return to Qi Shuai's command. Therefore, he decided to stay and advance and retreat with Li Mo.Li Zhen sent dogs to send greetings to various Mo dealers. Unexpectedly, everyone knew that the Li family was selling houses and buying land to support it. It felt that the building was about to collapse, so no one was willing to continue doing business with Li Mo. Li Jingdong said that it must be Tian Jiangyue who deliberately revealed the news, and he was going to argue with her.Li Zhen said that the most important thing now is how to solve the problem. She thought of Qi Jiu. Qi Jiu was so tired from repairing the Mo Workshop that he fell asleep covered in dirt. Li Zhen came over and woke him up. The two discussed the next step. Li Zhen said that he wanted Qi Jiu to sing a double act with him.Therefore, Qi Jiu planned to take the initiative to invite those Moh merchants who had flattered him before to have dinner.
Ji Xiang felt that he didn't deserve it. He didn't even look at them in the eyes before, but now he has wronged himself like this for Li Zhen.Qi Jiu said that he had underestimated the Tian family before, thinking that they were just rat thieves and dog thieves, but now it turns out that they are hibernating snakes, and the best chance to catch a snake is to wait until it is full.So now it's just a matter of waiting for the opportunity.He asked Jixiang to go to Wang Cuiqiao and borrow the expensive clothes he wore before, and he would dress well to entertain the merchants.The merchants didn't know that Qi Jiu had fallen, so they came to the banquet in a hurry.Qi Jiu still looked enigmatic, and the ink dealers all expressed their desire to guide him to an ink shop for cooperation.
So Qi Jiu took the ink merchants to Li Mo's old ink shop. The ink merchants originally wanted to go back, but after meeting the eighth master Li Jinshui, they couldn't save their face, so they had to go in for a visit. Seeing that Li Mo's strength was still the same, they felt much more at ease.And Li Zhen gave them reassurance when he entertained them. If Li Mo could not deliver the goods on time, the merchants would be the shareholders of Xiao Li Mo Fang, and they would be divided into no less than 500 taels a year. Qi Jiu was on the side to prove that this was indeed the case. The merchants then let down their guard and agreed to continue to cooperate with Li Mo.After the business was settled, Qi Jiu and Li Zhen came back to finish the rest of the wine. As a result, Li Zhen got drunk and still had a headache the next day. Mother Li made a sobering soup for her in distress.
Tian Ronghua brought Gong Mo back to Beijing. The Tian family kept asking her to fight for the interests of the Tian family after returning to Beijing. However, Tian Ronghua kept a cold face. Tian Huaian was very dissatisfied. Tian Benchang confidently stated that he had climbed up to Qinghe Immortal. He wanted Song Yanmo, so he agreed.Tian Huaian was surprised. There was a pine plague at the moment. Where could I find good pine wood raw materials?Tian Benchang said that Li Liuye had just transported it from Huangshan, and he would find a way to get it back for his own use.Tian Bensheng came to Li's house to requisition pine wood raw materials under the banner of making tribute ink with the instructions of Mr. Ink Officer Yan. Foreman Shao angrily sent someone to drive him away.Tian Bensheng said that the limit was seven days, and if the pine wood was not handed over after seven days, the door would be closed.
Li Jingdong was filled with righteous indignation when he learned about it. He would never allow the pine wood that his father had sacrificed his life to take away from pickled things like the Tian family, so he moved bedding, food and accommodation to the stockyard.Li Zhen felt tremendous pressure. She came to visit the seventh lady who was still unconscious. Her old friend Li Choupo came to take care of her these days, and the seventh grandmother's complexion also improved a lot.Li Jinshui was worried that not handing over the pine wood would bring disaster to Li Mo, so he persuaded Li Jingdong, but Li Jingdong firmly disagreed.Li Zhen expressed that he would put the portrait of Grandpa Six into the ancestral hall to worship together with his ancestors.
Li Zhen told Li Jingdong that it was not just these pine trees that Grandpa Six was protecting with his life, but the long-standing inheritance of the Li family.If the Li family is in danger by holding on to these timbers, this may not be Grandpa Six's original intention.Li Jingdong woke up suddenly. Seeing that he no longer resisted, Li Zhen expressed his thoughts.A week later, Tian Benchang personally brought people over to force him to seize the pine wood. Li Jingdong tried his best to protect the wood, but even wanted to light a fire to kill the pine wood. Li Zhen pretended to dissuade Tian Benchang and asked Tian Benchang to go back first and wait for her to persuade Li Jingdong.After this conflict, Tian Benchang saw that the entire Li family shared the same hatred, and only Li Zhen seemed to be able to negotiate. Then he negotiated with her privately and asked her how much she would sell it for.
Li Zhen pretended to be in trouble and said that it was not a question of how much money he spent. Li Jingdong would not agree easily if Grandpa Liu risked his life for these pine trees.Under Tian Benchang's repeated questioning, Li Zhen pretended to be forced and said that he would trade the Tian family's pine farm. Tian Benchang asked her puzzledly that there was a pine plague now, and the Tian family's pine farm had long been barren of grass.Tian Benchang was dubious and said he would go home to discuss it, but in fact he wanted to find out whether what Li Zhen said was true or false.And Li Zhen also told Li Jingdong his true intentions.
It turned out that she discovered that the rosin under the pine trees could be used to make soot. The Tian family's pine farm was the largest in She County, and the rosin was completely sufficient without the need for pine wood.After hearing this, Li Jingdong felt that the idea was wonderful and expressed his willingness to act together with Li Zhen to lure Tian Benchang into the game.Qi Jiu followed Li Zhen's instructions and went around buying tung tree saplings with great fanfare. Tian Benchang was humiliated after seeing him on the street. Ji Xiang couldn't help but wanted to teach him a lesson. Qi Jiu held him down to signal to be calm and calm. The opportunity will come when Tian Benchang becomes completely rampant and forgets his true nature.When Tian Jiangyue heard that Tongmo was going to be remade, she also encouraged the master named Liu to resign. Li Zhen used the trick and pretended to have a falling out with Li Jingdong.Tian Bensheng brought the news home, and Tian Benchang no longer had any doubts. In addition, Qinghe Immortal urged Song Yanmo, so he hurriedly drafted the transfer document of Songchang and sent it.
Seeing that the plan succeeded, Li Zhen and Li Jingdong were relieved, and the uncle and nephew looked at each other and smiled.Li Zhen then told his aunt Sun Wanyi about the plan. Several old masters who were loyal to Li Mo were overjoyed when they saw that the soot made from rosin was no worse than pine wood. Now Li Mo was really saved.The huge amount of rosin in Tianjia Pine Farm is enough to support Li Mo's order production.Li Zhen concealed them and apologized to everyone. The eldest aunt and several masters all expressed their understanding.Given Tamoto Masaru's cunning nature, if he were to suspect him, this matter would never be accomplished.
The Tian family urged to send pine wood, but Li Zhen said it was not that easy to give.So everyone in the Li family dressed in mourning clothes, tied white mourning cloths on every car, and meandered toward the Tian family with paper money scattered in the sky.The Tian family father and son said angrily that how could they take over?Pedestrians on the roadside were talking a lot, saying that the Tian family had gone too far to bully others, and they dared to rob the pine wood that Li Liuye had exchanged for his life, and then plundered Li Jinhe's portrait and enshrined it in the ancestral hall to enjoy incense with his ancestors.Li Zhen asked Tian Jiangyue to go to the front hall and reprimanded her for spreading rumors that put Li Mo in crisis. He also instigated Master Liu to resign to disrupt the morale of the army. He grounded her and forfeited her monthly salary. Tian Jiangyue was furious and yelled like crazy, but it was of no avail.
In the evening, the eighth master Li Jinshui came to see the third master Chen. Chen Sanye claimed that he had been depressed and depressed since he lost to the Tian family in the Gong Mo Quan selection competition. Li Jinshui came to persuade him to take a longer view. He used to always compete with the sixth master Li Jinhe, but now his portrait has been hung in the ancestral hall to enjoy incense. He has made a lot of money all his life, but it seems that he can't compete.Master Chen San is also better than himself. He also has a son, and his son Jingfu passed away earlier than him.Chen Sanye's son said that he was reading a book to study how the Tian family's Mo was better than Chen Mo. Except for the old Taoist priest who interfered, Li Jinshui said that his son could see further than him.Chen Sanye has actually woken up. He said that after he carved the chess pieces, he would have a good game with Li Jinshui.
Tian Benchang looked at the pine smoke ink made from pine wood, and proudly expressed his satisfaction. At this moment, Tian Huaian came in angrily and told him that Li Zhen had dug up rosin in the pine forest farm they transferred, and could still use it to make soot. They were fooled.Tian Benchang hurriedly went to find another pine forest farm in She County, but he arrived a step late. Qi Jiu had just signed the purchase agreement with the other party and was about to leave.Qi Jiu came to Li Zhen happily and asked her to pay the money quickly.After speaking, he took out the acquisition agreement of the forest farm. Li Zhen was very happy after reading it. Qi Jiu always considered it before him.
Li Mo renovated it after the fire. Today is the day to unveil the plaque. Li Jingdong said that this plaque must be unveiled by Li Zhen.Li Zhen was not polite and stepped forward to reveal it domineeringly. The two powerful characters "Li Mo" written by Mr. Dong Tu appeared in front of everyone. The relatives and friends who came to congratulate warmly applauded and congratulated.In the evening, the Li family held a banquet to entertain relatives, friends and the ink workers who had always been loyal to Li Mo. Qi Jiu repeatedly told Li Zhen not to drink too much.Li Zhen took the opportunity to escape and watched the lanterns with Qi Jiu outside. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival and the streets were very lively.Qi Jiu thought of his encounter with Li Zhen that year and went to buy a fish lantern.
Li Zhen took Qi Jiu to touch Qiu again. Qi Jiu went to look for the wind naturally. Li Zhen felt that he did it very skillfully.The two of them were discovered by the farmer again, and they ran away in a panic with the pumpkin they had picked up, feeling as relaxed and comfortable as they did when they were children.Qi Jiu came to his home's pine farm during the day, saw the dilapidated thatched cottage, recalled his family, and was filled with emotion. He told Li Zhen who came over that he would definitely buy this place when he got rich, and it would be a wonderful experience to live in that cottage in his spare time.Li Zhen took advantage of the situation and handed over the management of Songchang to him, which fulfilled Li Zhen's idea.
After Li Mo reopened, the ink masters worked hard to develop new ink. Because of its high quality, the academic leaders praised it and specially named it “Shize Mo”. As a result, the students in the school expressed their intention to use it for a long time in the future.Li Zhen breathed a long sigh of relief, Li Mo was finally out of the woods.The private school teacher came to Tian Benchang and said that he could not cooperate with Tian Mo in the future because the academic master personally named Li Mo.Tian Benchang asked him to be calm and wait until he could think of a solution.Tian Jiangyue burned paper money for her husband, and Tian Benchang came to see her. It turned out that she was Tian Benchang's cousin.The two people conspired to drive Li Zhen out of Li Mo so that Bafang would never be able to stand up again.
Due to the failure of Gongmo, Chen Sanye was in a state of despair. Li Baye came to enlighten him and regain his strength.When Tian Benchang learned that Li Zhen had exchanged pine wood for the Linxi pine farm, and the real purpose was for the rosin under the tree roots, he was furious and wanted to buy more pine farms from everywhere, but found that Qi Jiu had already taken advantage of the nearby pine farms and took them all.Li Zhen took the ink workers to the Linxi Pine Farm to dig turpentine balls.The Linxi pine farm was originally owned by the Luo family, but was taken over by the Tian family due to family changes. When he returned to the pine farm, Qi Jiu saw the thatched house where his aunt lived, and recalled the scale tube candy and usnea tea that his aunt gave him when he was a child.In order to thank Qi Jiu for his help when he was in Mofang, Li Zhen gave him the Linxi Pine Farm to take care of. Although she didn't know the relationship between the pine farm and Qi Jiu, she inadvertently gave him the best gift.After the repair of Mofang was completed, Li Mo got out of the predicament under the leadership of Li Zhen.It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Li Zhen, as the head of Li Mo, hosted a regular banquet for the masters of Mo Workshop.During the dinner, Li Zhen secretly escaped and watched fish lanterns and touched autumn with Qi Jiu, triggering memories of Qi Jiu's childhood.Under the full moon, the two secretly fell in love.The ink made from turpentine oil was put on the market, and it was named "Shi Ze Mo" by the academic administration.Shi Zemo was very popular in major academies, and Li Mo's orders surged.
Tian Jiangyue and Tian Benchang hit it off and prepared to deal with Li Zhen secretly. Tian Jiangyue asked Tian Benchang to find the outer room where Li Decai was raised in Suzhou, and took back the other party's hairpin for Li Decai to see. Li Decai saw that she already knew that he was relying onTian Jiangyue begged Tian Jiangyue not to tell anyone about the old and foreign ties. When Tian Jiangyue asked him, he hated Li Zhen, and Li Decai gritted his teeth and said that his current appearance was all thanks to Li Zhen. How could he not hate him in his heart.Tian Jiangyue said that she wanted him to find a way to return to Li Mo and deal with Li Zhen according to the situation, and that she would fully support him behind the scenes.Let him not have any worries.
Chunhua came to Li Zhen and expressed hesitantly that Li Decai wanted to re-enter Li Mo. For Chunhua's sake, Li Zhen arranged for Li Decai to rub the lamp grass first, and then use it for other purposes after he had really lost his temper.A new batch of "Shi Ze Mo" is being produced. In order not to delay the numerous students using ink to take the imperial examination, Li Zhen, foreman Shao and Qi Jiu, prepared enough raw materials. The isinglass inside is the most precious. Li Zhen personally checked it and locked it in the warehouse after inspecting each barrel.Li Jingdong went to other places to look for wood, and Li Zhen was the only one left at home to support him.In the evening, Li Zhen worked overtime with the masters, and Qi Jiu brought her the chicken soup made by Li's mother.
Li Zhen suddenly smelled a pungent odor and hurriedly came out to check. He found that all the isinglass had deteriorated and damaged, and immediately ordered the production to stop.Something very strange happened. It seemed that a problem occurred after entering the warehouse.However, Li Decai was extremely active. Wada Jiangyue sang along and said that he could use his previous connections to collect some finished ink from other places and ensure on-time delivery within the delivery period. He then asked Li Zhen to hand over the Li Mo seal and pay a batch of silver. Tian Jiangyue also echoed and supported Li Decai.Li Zhen sneered and said that as soon as the incident happened, Li Decai had a full set of solutions. It seemed that he had been thinking about it for a long time.Is there some expert guidance behind this?
Then, Master Zhang came in person with Master Xuezheng, saying that he had heard that Li Mo could not deliver Shi Zemo on time. Li Zhen hurriedly said that Li Mo would not delay the delivery, and asked Master Xuezheng not to believe the rumors.Although she persuaded Master Xuezheng to leave, her eldest aunt Sun Wanyi was still worried. Tian Jiangyue took the opportunity to instigate her and asked her to come forward to invite the clan elders to put pressure on Li Zhen and force her to hand over the power.Sun Wanyi first persuaded Li Zhen, and Li Zhen reminded her not to believe Li Decai.After careful inspection, Li Zhen found that the bottom of the barrel containing the isinglass had been changed, and the isinglass was completely broken after it saw water.
The soft-hearted Sun Wanyi finally listened to Tian Jiangyue's suggestion and invited the clan elders.These old academics forced Li Zhen to hand over his power. Li Zhen said that his power was given by his seventh grandmother. Only she could take it back, and no one else could. Moreover, she had already discovered the problem. As long as the saboteurs were caught, the truth would come to light.Tian Jiangyue took advantage of the situation to cause trouble, and the elders of the clan were furious. They believed that Li Zhen was disobedient and wanted to use family methods against him.Just when Li Zhen was under tremendous pressure alone, Li Jingdong came back and supported Li Zhen unconditionally.
They were given five days to find out the truth, and then the clan elders left angrily.Tian Jiangyue seized on Li Decai's connection with the outer chamber and forced Li Decai to help her deal with Li Zhen.Li Decai originally had a grudge against Li Zhen, but under Tian Jiangyue's coercion and inducement, he agreed.Li Decai returned to Li Mo Mo Fang and looked for opportunities everywhere.In order to rush to make Shizemo, Li Zhen purchased fish bladder glue from a glue merchant. Li Decai secretly colluded with the glue merchant and secretly changed the bottom of the wooden barrel containing the fish bladder glue in advance, causing the fish bladder glue to deteriorate during storage.The fish bladder glue rotted and the Shi Ze Mo that was produced before could not be used.In order to find out the whole story, Li Zhen sent people to search for the glue merchants, but to no avail.In order to cope with the order of Shizemo, the Li family discussed countermeasures. Li Decai proposed that he could purchase ink of the same quality from a businessman he was familiar with to replace Shizemo, and also asked Li Zhen to lend him the seal of the master.Li Zhen knew that Li Decai had evil intentions and stated that this move violated Li Mo's principles of honest business and rejected his proposal. He also stated that he would thoroughly investigate the matter of fish bladder glue.The academic administration was provoked and came to inspect the delivery status of Shi Zemo.In order to buy time, Li Zhen concealed the fish bladder glue and showed that he would definitely deliver the goods on time.Sun Wanyi, who didn't want to see this scene, was confused. She persuaded Li Zhen to use Li Decai's method to alleviate the urgent need.Li Zhen's rejection of Sun Wanyi made Sun Wanyi's misunderstanding of Li Zhen even deeper.Tian Jiangyue took the opportunity to fan the flames, and finally, Sun Wanyi decided to invite the clan elders to force Li Zhen to hand over the master's seal.
Li Jingdong came back in time and used himself as a guarantee to support Li Zhen, so the elders left in anger.This was the first time that Li Jingdong said that he was an uncle and nephew in front of outsiders, and Li Zhen was very moved.The two people discussed that the most important thing at the moment was to find the isinglass merchant and see who was behind the scenes.Li Zhen told Li Jingdong that Li Decai and Tian Jiangyue had been at odds with each other, and that Tian Jiangyue was probably behind the incident.Tian Jiangyue and Li Decai sent a letter to Tian Benchang, asking him to find a way to notify the rubber merchants to escape and find a way out for Li Decai, but Tian Benchang ignored it.Li Decai came to Tian Jiangyue in a panic and wanted her to protect him.Unexpectedly, Tian Jiangyue turned her back and kicked him out.
The fish glue merchant raised a lot of fish. Although he was worried about being caught by Li Zhen's men, he couldn't bear to part with the fish he raised, so he came back to check in the dead of night. As a result, he was caught by Qi Jiu and Ji Xiang. Under Qi Jiu's intimidation, the fish glue merchant had to tell the truth.Li Decai gave him a large amount of money in advance and instructed him to tamper with the bottom of the glue barrel, causing the isinglass to rot and become unusable.Qi Jiu came back and told Li Zhen that Li Decai had been planning behind the scenes, preparing to sabotage Li Mo when he was making “Shizemo”.The aunt he raised in Suzhou was also brought back to She County. This person was Tian Benchang.
Li Decai knew that the matter was exposed and hurriedly tried to escape, but Li Zhen had already arranged his men to capture him. Li Decai seized Li Zhengyou as a hostage threat, and Zhao Jin and Li Zhen's mother and daughter cooperated with him. With the joint efforts of others, he soon stopped being arrogant and was captured.But he still wanted to repeat his old plan and let Chunhua come to save him, but Chunhua was completely disappointed with him. She slapped Li Decai hard in the face, reprimanded him for being unworthy of being the father of his son Runge, and then asked Li Zhen to deal with it according to family rules.Li Choupo served the seventh wife, Wang Rujun, and murmured to the unconscious woman, asking her to wake up quickly. The house was already in chaos.
Wang Rujun, who had been in a coma, suddenly woke up and slowly opened his eyes.Wang Huaer called Li Zhen urgently. When she saw the seventh grandmother waking up, Li Zhen cried with joy and hugged the seventh grandmother with tears in her eyes.Wang Hua'er had already told Grandma Seven about what had happened recently, and she expressed pity that Li Zhen had been wronged again this time.Li Zhen said that he was full of energy after seeing his seventh grandmother's health improving, and he would never back down this time.I must live up to the expectations of my seventh grandmother and do Li Mo's job well.Li Decai confessed that he was instructed by Tian Jiangyue, but Tian Jiangyue didn't know where he went.
The eldest aunt said that Tian Jiangyue must have burned paper for Jingqi. Gouer went to check and found that Jingqi's tablet was missing in the ancestral hall.At this time, Tian Jiangyue was praying to Jing Qi's memorial tablet by the river. She thought that Li Mo was now obeying Li Zhen's words and completely forgot that she was the culprit who killed Jing Qi.Li Zhen brought people over, and everyone worked together to save Tian Jiangyue.Tian Jiangyue still looked like a shrew, and Wang Rujun suddenly came and said he wanted to talk to Tian Jiangyue.She talked about the past with sincerity. On the one hand, she was grateful for Tian Jiangyue's widowhood for Jingdong, but on the other hand, she felt that it was her own indulgence that made her like this.She said to Li Zhen
Now that she is in charge of the Li family, it is up to her to decide how to deal with Tian Jiangyue.On the side, Wang Rujun, who had been unconscious for a long time, finally woke up.Li Zhen was very happy to see his seventh grandmother waking up.Li Zhen and Qi Jiu designed to capture the glue merchant.The glue merchant revealed that the man behind the scenes was Li Decai.Seeing that the incident was exposed, Li Decai took Li Zhengyou hostage and tried to escape.Hearing that something had happened to the Li family, Zhao Jin rushed into the Li family to save people, regardless of years of resentment.After Li Decai was arrested, he still tried to use Chunhua to escape. Fortunately, Chunhua suddenly woke up, took out the letter and Li Decai, and broke off with Li Decai.At this time, everyone learned that Tian Jiangyue stole Li Jingqi's tablet and escaped from the Li family.Everyone guessed that Tian Jiangyue was going to Yuliangdu Pier to jump into the river, and Li Zhen and others hurried to Yuliangdu Pier.Li Zhen and Qi Jiu cooperated to pull Tian Jiangyue back from the river, who wanted to die.Tian Jiangyue was brought back to the Li family for interrogation. Wang Rujun broke her knot with one word. She would not let Bafang go, but in fact she refused to let herself go. After all, when Jingqi went to Beijing to send ink, Tian Jiangyue was behind it.Tian Jiangyue finally woke up. Over the years, she had been entangled with Li Zhen and Bafang, causing deep harm, all because of this knot.For this reason, Wang Rujun asked Li Zhen to decide how to deal with Tian Jiangyue.
Li Zhen and her mother met on the bridge. Mother Li saw that she was worried and knew that she was still worried about Tian Jiangyue, so she used her own thoughts to enlighten her. She originally hated the Li family in her heart and swore that she would never step into that door in her life. But yesterday, when she heard that Li Zhen and Zhengyou had something to do, she went in without thinking about anything.So people should take a step forward and not always be stuck in the past.Tian Jiangyue was detained in the woodshed waiting for disposal, but Li Zhenlai informed her to pack her things and go to the western suburbs.Tian Jiangyue wondered, she must hate herself to death, why didn't she take the opportunity to trample herself to death?Li Zhen said that it was pointless to hate her again and again. She was ready to let go of the past and move forward. She hoped that her fourth aunt would take care of herself.Tian Jiangyue, however, remained unyielding, chasing Li Zhen and shouting that she would hate their eighth house for the rest of her life.Li Zhen ignored it and still walked forward like the wind.
Holding the Li family's palm print, Li Zhen came to see the Seventh Grandmother, thinking that he had made many omissions in this matter, which gave the Tian family an opportunity to use villains like Li Decai and Tian Jiangyue to cause destruction. He had failed the Seventh Grandmother's trust. Now that the Seventh Grandmother wakes up, Li Zhen wants to return Li Mo's palm print.The seventh grandmother and Li Jingdong both advised her that without her, where would Li Mo's current prosperity come from? She must continue to be the boss.Li Zhen saw that both of them trusted him so much, and his eyes were red and he said that he would continue to work hard.After careful research, Li Zhen developed the remixed ink. This process allows some old inks that were previously unusable or obsolete to be reused, reducing waste and saving costs.
Although he worked overtime, Shi Zemo, who was delayed, still had a big gap to finish.Li Zhen then convened all the major ink workshops to discuss matters.After Tian Benchang learned about it, he also came to find out the details.When Li Zhen met the shopkeepers of major ink shops, he directly took out the Zaihe Mo formula and wanted to share it with them.At the same time, a request was made to ask major ink shops to help Li Mo rush to make orders.Mo Fang is the foundation of all major ink shops, and Li Zhen actually shared it with everyone, which is enough to prove her sincerity. Moreover, each ink shop has a lot of waste ink and old ink, so she and Mo Fang helped everyone solve the problem of how to consume it.Therefore, everyone expressed their agreement one after another. Tamoto Masaru wanted to stop him, but after being unanimously opposed by everyone, he could only leave angrily.
All orders were delivered on time, and Li Zhen led Li Mo out of another crisis.Now the eldest aunt's son Li Zhengyou also learned to make ink from Li Zhen, and he was so smart at a young age that he actually made ink with his own hands, which is really commendable.Today, at the beginning of winter, Mrs. Seven invited Li Jinshui's family to return to their old house for a reunion. The whole family was having a great time.The Seventh Lady proposed that Li Jinshui return to the Li family with the Eighth Fang, but Li Jinshui said that losing Gongmo Power had humiliated Li Mo. Now he would assist Li Jingdong and Li Zhen to regain Gongmo Power, and only then would he have the face to come back
Ji Xiang brought back Xiao Li Mo Fang's shareholder dividends, and Li Zhen also gave Qi Jiu a lot of extra bonuses to reward him for working hard for Li Mo these days. The money was enough to make up for Qi Shuai's military shortage, and Qi Jiu could return to Qi Shuai's account in a grand manner, and return to Yihousheng as the real boss.Qi Jiu couldn't bear to spend these days together with Li Zhen.Wang Cuiqiao knew that he was attracted to Li Zhen, but Qi Jiu said that with his shady status, everything he thought about was wishful thinking.Princess Shouzheng's biological mother, Concubine Du Guifei, was about to have her birthday. Princess Shouzheng wanted to make a birthday ink for her mother, so Mr. Yan specially invited Li Mo to send someone to Nanjing.
Li Zhen proposed to his seventh grandmother that he should go to Nanjing to run for the right to make birthday inks, because Nanjing is a prosperous place. If Li Mo wants to flourish, he must go out and get in touch with a larger platform. It would also be a good idea to open a branch in Nanjing to sell Li Mo.The seventh grandmother agreed with Li Zhen's idea. She reminded Li Zhen that there was a better world and left the matter of participating in the birthday ink to Li Zhen.Li Zhen proposed to take Li Zhengshen and Li Zhengyou with him. Firstly, there would be people to discuss when they were out, and secondly, they could see the world, which would be more beneficial to Li Mo's development in the future.Qi Jiu has been depressed since he was about to leave Li Mo. That night, Yihousheng closed the door early and suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. Jixiang opened the door and saw that it was Li Zhen.
Li Zhen gave Qi Jiu a luxurious hat, which matched his expensive fur cloak, so that when he went to Nanjing, he would be a proper rich man.However, Qi Jiu looked troubled and said that he had just returned to Yihousheng and needed to take care of everything. I was afraid that he would not be able to accompany her to Nanjing this time, and he would not be able to take part in Li Mo's business in the future.Li Zhen felt a little sudden after hearing this. She also knew that Qi Jiu was a man who lived all over the world, and it was impossible for her to be restricted to Li Mo, but she was very reluctant to give up. In order to cover up her emotions, Li Zhen hurriedly said goodbye and left.Qi Jiu also had mixed emotions and reluctantly watched her leave.He was about to go to Nanjing, and Li Zhen was still uneasy about Qi Jiu's departure.
Lan'er asked her to ask what she was thinking in her heart. If after going to the prosperous place of Nanjing, she wanted to share everything she saw and heard with Qi Jiu, then she probably took Qi Jiu into her heart.These are what she saw in the story book.In order to accompany Li Zhen, Lan'er also asked her father, Mr. Yan, for instructions and came to Nanjing with Li Zhen.This place is worthy of being a prosperous place in Qinhuai. After Li Zhen and the others arrived, they were quickly attracted by the prosperous scenery here, but Li Zhen still had to get down to business and hurry up to prepare for his birthday.Wang Cuiqiao brought a letter from the capital and asked Qi Jiu to open it. It turned out that Immortal Qinghe was no longer favored because of the corruption scandal. It seemed that the Tian family had nothing to rely on in the capital.
But after receiving the news, Tian Benchang sold the ink stored in his home at a low price, collected a lot of money and rushed to Nanjing. In order to find out the truth, Qi Jiu decided to go to Nanjing.Princess Shoushang received ink-making masters from all over the country, and Tian Ronghua invited Qi Chun, a famous ink-making master, to stand in line.Li Zhen was overjoyed when he saw her, but Tian Ronghua ignored her at all.After looking at the finished inks from each ink shop, Princess Shousheng said that although everyone's inks were very good, she wanted to choose a unique one for her mother-in-law, so she gave everyone a month to develop it when they return, and then it was up to her to choose.Li Zhen wanted to wait for Tian Ronghua to speak, but this former friend asked the maid to take the message, saying that the two of them were different today and there was no need to meet.
Lan'er heard that Concubine Du went to the temple to worship Buddha, so she went to see the abbot with Li Zhen, hoping to get Concubine Du's calligraphy treasure to study her preference for ink, but the abbot said he was powerless, so Li Zhen and the others had to return without success.It was raining heavily, and suddenly a monk brought an umbrella, saying it was a gift from a donor.Li Zhen hurriedly followed, and it turned out that Qi Jiu and Ji Xiang were praying for the soldiers who died in Qi Shuai's army.The meeting between the two people was a bit unexpected. Li Zhen invited Qi Jiu to get together with them, but Qi Jiu said that it was inconvenient for him to have official duties. Li Zhen was so angry that he threw the umbrella to him and turned around to leave.Tian Benchang, on the other hand, made friends with powerful people through his sister Tian Ronghua, hosted banquets every day, and prepared to climb high.
After returning to his residence, Li Zhen was puzzled. It is said that the imperial concubine must be able to copy scriptures when worshiping Buddha. Why did the abbot say he had never seen the imperial concubine's calligraphy?She asked Lan'er if there was any way to see Concubine Du.Lan'er thought for a moment and said that Nanjing Wu Shoubei was going to have a banquet for Concubine Du Gui and Princess Shou Yang recently. According to the usual practice, family members of famous families would be invited to accompany them. She must be among the invitees. When the time comes, Li Zhen could pretend to be her maid and go in together.Li Zhen was very happy after hearing this. Only by meeting Du Guifei can he know her personality and what she likes, so that he can figure out the right medicine for her.Li Zhengshen brought back bad news. Qi Ying bought out all the spices on the market on behalf of the Tian family.
After many inquiries, Lan'er also asked many details about the princess and the concubine's mother and daughter.It turns out that because Concubine Du was an embroiderer, the princess was raised by the Queen Mother and the Empress as soon as she was born. Concubine Du and her were separated when they were young, and only in the past two years have they been able to see each other often.Mrs. Wu Shoubei hosted a banquet for the concubine and princess, and all local ladies and ladies in Nanjing came to attend.Mrs. Wu Shoubei implored the imperial concubine to write an inscription for her family. The imperial concubine showed displeasure after hearing this, but it was inconvenient for her to get angry. The situation was very embarrassing for a time.Li Zhen guessed that Concubine Du might not be able to write, so he quietly sent the message through the nun next to the princess.
The princess adapted to the situation and asked her mother to draw a picture and inscribe it. The concubine happily agreed, and the embarrassment was immediately resolved.At the same time, Wu Shoubei's son also hosted a banquet for a group of noble men to drink. Qi Jiu mingled among them and saw Tian Ben Masheng and several dandy boys exchanging glasses of wine in a very lively manner.He deliberately pretended to be drunk and spilled wine on Tian Benchang's clothes. Tian Benchang had to go out to take care of it, and Jixiang took the opportunity to follow him.I got the letter from Masaru Tamoto, and it turned out that he gave these dandy boys a gift of one hundred taels of silver each. It seems that he has made a lot of money, and he should be planning to donate his official position to join the officialdom.
Afterwards, Princess Shousheng ordered someone to find Li Zhen and asked her how she dared to let her nanny send a message to her. Li Zhen hurriedly knelt down and said that he just didn't want to put the imperial concubine in a dilemma. If she had overstepped, she would also ask the princess to atone for her sins.The princess thought for a moment and did not get angry, but asked her to stand down, impressed at the same time.Qi Jiu was very worried when he learned that Li Zhen was called in. He also entered the inner courtyard on the pretext of giving a gift. He was relieved when he saw that Li Zhen had escaped unscathed.Li Zhen pulled him aside and asked him why he was avoiding her when he knew she was in his heart. She clearly told Qi Jiu that she liked him and wanted to move forward side by side with him, instead of being submissive and forbearing like him.
Of course Lan'er was happy to see Li Zhen unscathed, but when they came out, they encountered several wealthy daughters humiliating Tian Ronghua, who was of low origin. Only then did Li Zhen realize that Tian Ronghua had a hard time surviving among these ladies. In order not to embarrass her, she and Lan'er chose to leave through a side door.When the time limit came, all the major ink shops came up with their best works, but only Tian's ink made the princess a little tempted, because only Tian's ink exuded a faint fragrance.Li Zhen came to offer ink. She learned in advance that Concubine Du missed her daughter very much and liked to fly kites, hoping that her daughter would see it.
So Li Mo was made into twelve kites, indicating that mother and daughter could meet each other every month in the name of sending ink.Princess Shousheng was indeed impressed, and Li Mo was selected as the birthday ink.Tian Benchang wanted to buy an official position, and the only option was the position of imperial eunuch.Qi Jiu found out that the current imperial eunuch was drinking in a restaurant, so he led someone to talk loudly next door, revealing that through Wu Shoubei's son, he could buy an imperial eunuch for one thousand taels of silver.The imperial eunuch heard next door and became furious.
Tian Benchang went to Mr. Wu and asked him how his donation of an official position was going. Mr. Wu regretted that he didn't know how the news leaked out. The road of Eunuch Chen, the eunuch who was the eunuch of the imperial eunuch, was dead. Now he would have to spend twice as much money to find connections.Tian Benchang looked embarrassed after hearing this. He had been mediating in Nanjing these days and spent money like water every day. He could no longer support it.He asked Mr. Wu to raise money for his grace time, but Mr. Wu said that he did not have it. There were many rich people.He changed the subject and said that there was another way, and that was to do Tong Fanmo. Tian Benchang was shocked after hearing this. This matter is not trivial and he still needs to consider it.
In the evening, when Tian Benchang returned home, Tian Ronghua scolded him for not taking the concubine's birthday seriously, and even not showing his face in front of the princess. Tian Benchang was dissatisfied with Tian Ronghua's teaching him a lesson, and said smugly that he wanted to donate an official position as a royal eunuch, so that he would not be suppressed by those high-ranking officials, which was the foundation of the Tian family's stability.Tian Ronghua was just using sex to get people along. Since things didn't go well, he should go back to the capital.Tian Ronghua was so angry that he couldn't speak.At night, Tian Benchang had a dream. He dreamed that Mr. Wu was going to kill him and silence him if he didn't agree to do Tongfanmo. He was so frightened that he woke up from his dream and was sweating.
When Qi Jiu came to the Communications Bureau to send a letter, he learned that the road was blocked by heavy snow and all the mail and letters to Huizhou were stranded. Qi Jiu saw that the package sent by Li Zhen to Huizhou had not been sent yet, so he proposed that he would send the package by water and bring Li Zhen's package with him. The boss saw that he had named the sender of Li Zhen's letter, and believed that they knew each other, so he naturally agreed.Tian Benchang found Mr. Wu again and expressed his willingness to try according to Mr. Wu's suggestion.Qi Jiu, who was following him later, was also discovered by Mr. Wu's people.Tian Benchang proposed to kill Qi Jiu.Mr. Wu said that it would not be difficult to leave it to his own hands.
On the way to the communications bureau, Qi Jiu was chased by an unknown person. As a result, he was seriously injured and his hands kept bleeding. When the boss saw it, he was inconvenient to ask about it and just handed Li Zhen's letter to him as he wished.Li Zhen came over to inquire about the logistics of his letters and packages, only to find out that Qi Jiu helped send them. He also heard that he was injured, and he was worried about them.Qi Jiu worshiped at Luoxia Temple and confided in the mage, who encouraged him to bravely express his inner thoughts.In the evening, Li Zhen and Qi Jiu both came to watch the lantern festival. They were both thinking about each other, but they met unexpectedly under a huge lantern.
The two people ran in both directions in surprise. Qi Jiu was the first to reveal his true feelings. He had always had Li Zhen in his heart. Now he would no longer hide it and expressed his love bravely. He would tell Li Zhen all his inner secrets soon.Li Zhen said that she believed in Qi Jiu unconditionally.The two embraced and kissed passionately.After the matter in Nanjing was over, Li Zhen handed over the rented shop to Li Zhengshen to take care of it, and he was preparing to take Li Zhengyou back to Huizhou.Concubine Du sent someone to return the Sihe Mo that Li Mo's ancestor had dedicated to the royal family to them. Li Zhen knelt down to thank her, and returned to Huizhou by boat with Qi Jiu and others. Regardless of her old age and frailty, the seventh lady took a large family to greet her at the pier, and asked Li Zhen to personally deliver the Sihe Mo to the ink warehouse.
Tian Benchang learned that because someone was obstructing him, the money for the imperial eunuch's position had to be doubled.Wu Weishi pointed out to Tian Benchang a shortcut to make money-Tongfanmo.Tian Benchang hesitated again and again, and finally decided to take the risk.At the same time, Qi Jiu was discovered following Tian Benchang, and Tian Benchang decided to get rid of Qi Jiu.Qi Jiu went to the letter bureau to post a letter and found that Li Zhen's family letter to Huizhou could not be sent due to heavy snow and road closures. Qi Jiu knew that Li Zhen's family letter was very precious, so he fetched a carrier pigeon to help deliver the letter.On the way to deliver the carrier pigeon, Qi Jiu was assassinated by Wu Weishi's men. After a fight, Qi Jiu was injured.Qi Jiu came to the bookstore injured and gave away the family letter.Li Zhen learned that the road was blocked by heavy snow, so he came to the bookstore to confirm the letter. Through the bookstore owner, he learned that a friend helped him mail the letter. Li Zhen knew that that person was Qi Jiu. When he learned that Qi Jiu was injured, Li Zhen was worried.Li Zhen and Qi Jiu coincidentally went to the Sanshan Hall mentioned before to watch the lanterns. They went around and met unexpectedly. Qi Jiu mustered up the courage to step forward. Li Zhen bravely showed his true feelings first, saying that even if Qi Jiu had secrets that he could not confess to her, she did not want to miss Qi Jiu anymore or escape from her emotions.Qi Jiu stared at Li Zhen, his eyes full of tenderness and determination.Before returning to Huizhou, Princess Shouyang rewarded Li Zhen by giving Li Zhen the only piece of Sihe ink in Ouchi's collection.Wang Rujun learned about Li Zhen's return date and led his whole family to the dock to greet him.Li Zhen returned home with Sihe Mo, and the Li family cried with joy.
The seventh lady took Li Zhen alone into Li Mo's ink library. This was Li Mo's forbidden area and ordinary people were not allowed to come in casually. It contained various ancient inks that Li Mo had made since he started making ink. Li Zhen placed the four-piece ink in front of the portrait of the ancestor and bowed respectfully to the ancestor.The seventh lady looked on, feeling very pleased. She solemnly handed the key to Li Momo's library to Li Zhen.Li Zhen also promised to take Li Mo further.The seventh lady talked to Li Chou Po about her handover. She said that Li Zhen was very similar to Li Chou Po when she was young, but it was a pity that her great pride was buried within that high wall.
In order to celebrate Li Zhen's successful trip to Nanjing, the Li family specially invited relatives and friends to a dinner.As the leader of the new generation of Li Mo, Li Zhen would inevitably have to drink with everyone to entertain her. Qi Jiu followed her and told her to drink less from time to time.Li Zhengshen, who stayed in Nanjing, fell in love with Lan Xiang. He started to write to her as soon as he separated from Lan Xiang. Lan Xiang's face turned red when she saw it, and she was embarrassed by Wang Hua'er. The two of them were making a fuss, and Mr. Yan came in. He said that he had invited a big show for the Li family, and asked the seventh lady to move to watch it as soon as it started.So the seventh lady took the women to the theater, while the lord drank and had fun with the men.
Performed on the stage is the heroine Liang Hongyu, which was Madam Seven's favorite play when she was young. She can also sing the lyrics of the play. Looking back on her young self, she still feels high-spirited.In the evening, Li Zhen stayed with the seventh grandmother to spend the night. The grandfather and grandson chatted until very late. The seventh lady encouraged Li Zhen to boldly and bravely take the path he wanted to take.The next morning, Li Zhen got up early to buy the local traditional snack package Lu Qian for the seventh grandmother, which she had always liked to eat. It turned out that the seventh grandmother died without any illness and passed away peacefully.The life of the seventh lady is a legendary life. It was she who led Li Mo to create new glory.Therefore, her portrait was hung in the ancestral hall, which represented the end of a milestone for Li Mo.
Li Zhen was busy taking care of the seventh grandmother's funeral affairs. Qi Jiu felt sorry for her that she had been busy, and asked her not to hold on to it all the time, and to cry when she wanted to vent her emotions.Only in front of Qi Jiu, Li Zhen stopped pretending to be strong and cried on his shoulder.Li Choupo and Gou'er saw each other, and felt very relieved. The seventh lady was no longer here, and she was leaving here too.Seeing Po Li Chou drop something when she passed by, Qi Jiu quickly helped her pick it up.Li Choupo became emotional after seeing him. In fact, she was Qi Jiu's aunt Luo Mengzhen. She was lucky enough to save her life in the fire.Li Zhengshen also had to leave for Nanjing quickly. Li Moxuan, who had just opened his business, was too busy.
Tian Benchang has made a lot of money since he became a Tongfanmo and did business with Japanese pirates. He did not forget to use the money to honor Mr. Wu. Mr. Wu told him to be clean and thorough. They could not leave any clues in their hands. If anyone did something bad, they would kill him.Tian Benchang once again asked Mr. Wu to help him investigate Qi Jiu's background. Mr. Wu said that with his father's connections in the capital, it would not be difficult to do this.Tian Bensheng was afraid of his brother's business and lied that he did not have a seal, but Tian Bensheng forced him to stamp the contract.The seventh grandmother showed Li Zhen the foundation inherited by the Li family for hundreds of years. These collections and inheritance are things that the Li family is sworn to protect. Wang Rujun handed the key to the ink library to Li Zhen. From then on, Li Zhen officially became the head of the Li family and shouldered the heavy responsibility of the Li family.At the banquet, the Li family was filled with unprecedented laughter and joy.The relationship between Yan Xianglan and Zheng Shen was made public. Li Zhen toasted, Qi Jiu accompanied him, and Zhao Jin also recognized the son-in-law.Eunuch Yan asked Wang Cuiqiao to invite a theater troupe to celebrate Li Mo's birthday.As the play unfolds, the seventh grandmother seems to be back in her prime, with passion shining in her eyes.Now that Sihemo has returned and Li Zhen has taken over the important responsibility, all the seventh grandmother's wishes have been fulfilled. It is rare to be able to unload all the burdens and relax and get drunk.Accompanied by Li Zhen, the seventh grandmother passed away peacefully.Li Zhen calmly conducted the funeral of the seventh grandmother and hung the statue of the seventh grandmother in the temple.Only in front of Qi Jiu could Li Zhen be as sad as a little girl.At the funeral, the ugly woman who had been taking care of Wang Rujun saw Qi Jiu for the first time and recognized her nephew Luo Wenqian.Tian Benchang made huge profits by smuggling Tongfanmo.Tian Benchang brought silver to Wu Weishi as a tribute. Wu Weishi reminded Tian Benchang to have a substitute. Tian Benchang decided to make his younger brother Tian Bensheng the scapegoat.Wu Weishi was very impressed by Tian Benchang's successful move. Tian Benchang took the opportunity to ask Wu Weishi to help investigate Qi Jiu's identity.Miners in the southeast rioted, and refugees poured into Huizhou City.
At that time, miners launched riots because of their unsafe livelihood. For a time, people were displaced and all walks of life fell into depression. Because of the poor sales of Huizhou ink and the inability to transport costs, operations could not proceed normally. Many ink shops were struggling to support it.Everyone gathered at the cultural meeting to discuss the next step. Li Zhen proposed that all ink shops must unite as one to overcome the difficulties. Everyone agreed and were willing to abide by the rules and not privately lower prices to suppress peers.But they are also worried that someone will not follow the rules and become the black sheep.Back home, my brother Li Zhengliang finally managed to grab a bag of rice for the family.Grandpa asked about Li Mo's situation, and Li Zhen said that he could still persist for a while if he lived a tight life.
Qi Jiu was worried that the road would be uneven, so he ran out to pick up Li Zhen and brought her the pancakes she liked to eat. Qi Jiu suggested that Li Zhen's family move to the city. Li Zhen said that her sister-in-law was about to give birth, and her grandfather and mother didn't want to trouble others too much. Now they heard that General Yu was outside to maintain order, so there should be no problem.Tian Benchang now seeks refuge with Wu Weiren, launders the recovered Japanese silver, and returns it to Wu Weiren, so the two sides are closely connected.Tian Benchang asked him to inquire about Qi Jiu's details, but Qi Jiu's information was surprisingly clean. However, judging from his age and place of origin, Tian Benchang felt that he seemed to have an ulterior secret.Therefore, he wrote a letter asking Wu Weiren to investigate the criminal background of Luo Wenqian.
On this day, a tragic scene was staged in front of Pan Mo. Tian Bensheng led people to remove Pan Mo's sign and took it as his own.It turned out that Pan Mo had to mortgage the store due to financial constraints on his books, but the Tian family took advantage of the situation and took it away at a low price.Moreover, the Tian family also intended to lower the price of finished ink, resulting in increasingly fewer orders from various ink shops.Boss Pan felt extremely painful when he saw that the Mofang sign that he had been running for decades was trampled under the feet of Tian Bensheng. He fell on the ground and cried bitterly. Tian Bensheng set a deadline for him and walked away.Li Zhen came over and saw this scene and was very worried. She was determined to lead everyone to fight against the Tian family to the end.
Jixiang tracked the Tian family merchant ship and found that they went to the deep sea and the draft was very deep. The goods they transported should be heavy and the distance was not close. Nowadays, Japanese pirates are prevalent along the coast, and it is almost impossible to do business with other overseas countries. Qi Jiu analyzed that Tian Benchang was most likely to take the risk and do Tongbanmo. This discovery shocked him. As long as he did it, he would leave clues. Tongfan is a capital crime in foreign countries. This time he must be caught no matter what.He ordered Ji Xiang to send a few more brothers to investigate further.Be sure to get evidence of the Tian family's collaboration with the enemy.Boss Pan couldn't bear the constant harassment and insults from the Tian family, so he threw himself into the river.Li Zhen decided to go to General Yu's barracks in person and implore him to escort him to open up sales for Huimo.
General Yu was in a dilemma because the coastal war against Japanese aggression was tight and he could not allocate more troops. However, seeing Li Zhen's sincere words, he still agreed to mobilize troops to help restore the sales of the ink industry.Tian Benchang suspected that Qi Jiu was Luo Wenqian, so he planned to tell Wu Weiren about the matter after a thorough investigation. Covering the imperial convict was the best opportunity to bring down Qi Shuai.In order not to cause trouble for Qi Shuai, Wang Cuiqiao persuaded Qi Jiu to leave quickly, but Qi Jiu believed that he could not escape at this time, but would fight back to find out the evidence of Tian Jiatong and dig out Wu Shoubei, the protective umbrella behind him.Huizhou city was in short supply of supplies and trade routes were cut off.The Wenhui Association united with various ink shops to stabilize prices and tide over the difficulties together, and Li Mo was also struggling to support it.Qi Jiu wanted to help Li Zhen transport some goods out of the city, but Li Zhen asked Qi Jiu to help other merchants transport the goods as well. After all, when Li Mo was in trouble, all the ink shops lent a helping hand.However, the Tian family took advantage of this chaos to provoke a price war and arbitrarily annexed Xiaomofang.In order to make ends meet, Pan Mo borrowed money from everywhere. Because he was unable to repay on time, his shop was taken away by the Tian family.Shopkeeper Pan was forced to jump into the Xin'an River.In order to protect the Huizhou ink industry and fight against the Tian family, Li Zhen asked Yu Dayong, who was stationed outside Huizhou City, for help.Tian Benchang discovered that Qi Jiu appeared in Qi Shuai's army in the 39th year of Jiajing. Combining previous clues, he guessed Qi Jiu's identity.Qi Jiu introduced Li Zhen to General Yu. General Yu was originally unwilling to interfere in the business, but Li Zhen persuaded General Yu on the grounds that the trade routes would be open, the people would be safe, and the bandit chaos could be resolved, and finally the trade routes would be cleared and the crisis would be resolved.Qi Jiu secretly investigated the evidence of Tian Jia Tong's crimes and finally determined that the Tian family had set up a private ink shop in Huizhou. However, at the same time, Wang Cuiqiao also received news from Beijing and Beijing that someone was checking Qi Jiu's identity.Wang Cuiqiao asked Qi Jiu to leave quickly, but Qi Jiu refused.Now that the matter has come to this, if he escapes, General Yu and the Li family will be implicated. Only by taking action first and obtaining the evidence of Tamoto Masatoshi can we ensure that everyone is safe.
Qi Jiu and Li Zhen came to the pine forest they planted. Looking at the lush pine trees, Li Zhen was in a good mood, thinking about the bright future for her and Qi Jiu.Qi Jiu, on the other hand, was in a bad mood. He said that he had fought on the battlefield before and never thought that anyone would collect his body for him. However, after meeting Li Zhen, he had many ties. He begged Li Zhen that if anything happened to him, Li Zhen would bury him under the pine tree they planted together.Li Zhen hurriedly stopped him from talking nonsense. Their good days would still last.Seeing Li Zhen's happy face, Qi Jiu didn't want to spoil her mood, so he had to hide it and said that he was joking just now.
Jixiang followed Tian Bensheng from a distance and saw him sneaking into a store. He followed him and smelled it carefully. There was a smell of ink. It seemed that this was an ink shop secretly owned by the Tian family.After Qi Jiu learned about it, he decided to go and check it out in person. Before leaving, he handed the cooperation document between Yihousheng and Li Mo to Wang Cuiqiao, so that even if something happened to him, he would not be able to harm the Li family.Tian Benchang received a letter from Nanjing and found Luo Wenqian's former schoolmate in the capital. In this way, it could not be easier to identify Qi Jiu as Luo Wenqian.When he learned that Tian Bensheng had gone to the ink shop privately, he immediately had a premonition that the ink shop had been exposed, so he immediately packed up the things inside to hide them, and secretly ambush people.
Foreman Shao went to Yihousheng to deliver dividends to Qi Jiu, but saw that Yihousheng had closed its doors. Li Zhen was shocked after hearing this.After learning about it, Mrs. Li Chou hurriedly came over to check. When she saw that Yihousheng was no longer open for business, she knew that Luo Wenqian must have gone for revenge. She hurried back to see Li Zhen, and Li Baye also came later.Li Choupo told them her true identity. It turned out that she was Luo Mengzhen. She was thrown into a mass grave by officers and soldiers after being burned unconscious by the fire. It was her good friend Wang Rujun who risked his life to rescue her back to the Li family. He saved her without telling everyone. Only Sun Wanyi knew about this. She followed her mother-in-law's teachings and kept her mouth shut.
Luo Mengzhen knew that Luo Wenqian was looking for revenge from the Tian family. In order to prevent him from doing stupid things, she hurriedly ran to Li Zhen to rescue him.At night, Luo Wenqian dressed in black sneaked into the ink workshop secretly set up by the Tian family, but was caught by Tian Benchang. He reported to the official and found his crony Zhang Yamen, and took Luo Wenqian into prison without any explanation.By the time Li Zhen arrived, it was already too late.Li Zhen implored General Yu to save Qi Jiu, but General Yu said there was nothing he could do about it.Wang Cuiqiao handed the cutting document left by Qi Jiu to Li Zhen and told her that neither General Yu nor Qi Shuai could come forward because the crime of harboring Qin was not allowed to be forgiven.
As Li Zhen walked on the road, she recalled the encounter with Luo Wenqian over and over again in her mind. Only then did she realize that Luo Wenqian was hiding this from her because he didn't want to bring trouble to herself and the Li family.Li Zhen came to visit the prison and encouraged Luo Wenqian not to lose heart. He and his relatives and friends outside would definitely continue to investigate Tian Jia Tongfan's criminal evidence.Yamen Zhang brought someone to tell the Li family to the magistrate to clarify how Luo Wenqian cooperated with Li Zhen. Li Zhen took out the cutting documents that Luo Wenqian had prepared. Yamen Zhang had nothing to say and had to leave angrily.Seeing Tian Benchang sneaking around outside the door, Li Zhen stepped forward and named him as the one who falsely accused Luo Wenqian and the Li family. Tian Benchang did not shy away, saying that Luo Wenqian would not escape the death penalty this time. Li Zhen said he would wait and see.Then she began a careful investigation of Tian Jia Tongfan.
Li Zhen and Wang Cuiqiao met. They worked for a long time but still found nothing. They could have investigated and collected evidence from the ink workers used by the Tian family, but there was no trace.The two of them were distressed, and the words of the teahouse clerk woke them up. At this time, there was a famine among refugees. The Tian family must have used the refugees as ink workers. After producing a batch, they immediately sent them back to their place of origin, leaving no trace of their whereabouts.It happened that Qi Jiu also sent information from prison. When he visited Tianjia's ink shop that night, he discovered the straw mats that the refugees liked to use, so the ink checker could start with the refugees.The three of them came up with an idea, and Li Zhen and Jixiang immediately started investigating.
When Mr. Xu in the capital learned that Tian Benchang had colluded with Nanjing garrison Wu Ru to commit such a treasonous crime as Tong Fanmo, he immediately sent Tian Ronghua home, not wanting to have anything to do with the Tian family.Tian Ronghua returned to She County in a sedan chair and raised the curtain on the street to look out. She happened to be seen by Li Zhen who was passing by. She greeted Tian Ronghua and treated Tian Ronghua as her best friend as before. Tian Ronghua was moved out of the sedan chair and hugged Li Zhen and cried bitterly, saying that she had done something wrong before. Li Zhen comforted her and asked her to go home and have a rest.Tian Benchang showed no pity for his sister when she came back, and even ridiculed her for being useless now.
Tian Ronghua accused Tian Benchang of doing extremely evil things. Not only did he collude with Wu Shoubei to do Tongfanmo, but he was now an enemy of Qi Shuai. Master Xu naturally did not want to have anything to do with him.Tian Benchang didn't want to listen to Tian Ronghua's lecture and scolded her impatiently. Tian Ronghua got up angrily and walked back to the inner room.Tian Bensheng took out the letter from Nanjing, and Tian Benchang was very angry after reading it, because someone actually competed with him for the position of imperial eunuch, and Mr. Wu asked him to give him another five thousand taels of silver before he could handle it.Nowadays, they don’t have much Tongfan ink on hand, and it seems they have to increase their efforts to produce it.Tian Bensheng told him that Li Zhen was now investigating the refugees. He advised Tian Benchang not to be polite to the Li family and to directly take them down.
Li Zhen learned that Jixiang had captured a refugee named Wu Xin, who had worked as a Tongfanmo in the Tian family and had Japanese silver on him.Li Zhen came to interrogate him, but the other party said nothing. At this moment, Zhang Yamen, who was close to Tian Bensheng, came with people. Wu Xin immediately bit back and said that he was caught by Li Mo to make Tongfanmo.In this way, both Li Zhen and Li Jingdong were taken back to the prefect's Yamen for trial, while Tian Benchang on the side witnessed everything he directed, with a smug look on his face.In the lobby, Wu Xin still insisted that he was caught by Li Mo to make Tongfanmo. However, when Li Zhen asked about the internal facilities of Lijia Mo Workshop, Wu Xin's answer was full of loopholes.Magistrate He was able to enforce the law impartially at first, but when he received a letter from the Nanjing Arm, he announced that the Li family would be detained without any hesitation.
Chairman Hu of the Cultural Society led the bosses of major ink shops in She County to come to vouch for Li Mo, and begged Master He to give the Li family a chance to prove their innocence.Master He was hesitant. Li Jingdong proposed that Li Zhen had been exterminated and she should not be guilty this time. Under pressure, Master He limited Li Zhen to prove his innocence within fifteen days, while Li Jingdong and others were imprisoned.Li Zhen then went to Princess Shousheng's house and begged the princess to come forward for help. Although the princess was cryptic, she still told Li Zhen the inside story of Tian Bensheng's high-priced donation to the imperial prison.In order to raise funds as quickly as possible, Tian Benchang not only married Tian Ronghua to an old official again, but also secretly hid the dowry with Fan Mo to prepare for export and sale.Li Zhen pretended to be a maid and met Tian Ronghua and told her the truth to the point.
Tian Ronghua pretended to check the dowry with his mother. After leaving his mother, he found a huge amount of Tongfanmo in the dowry.After Tian Benchang learned about it, he hurriedly came over to check and found that the boxes had already been opened.Tian Ronghua made an excuse to come out to meet Li Zhen. Li Zhen decided to get on the sedan instead of Tian Ronghua, and arranged for people to intercept him in Sifang Street in advance, letting Tian Benchang steal the stolen goods in public.However, the Tian Benchang brothers had been following Tian Ronghua secretly and heard clearly the plan discussed between her and Li Zhen.On the day of Tian Ronghua's wedding, Li Zhen arrived on time, but was caught and tied up by Tian Benchang's men.And Tian Ronghua was also tied up and stuffed into the sedan chair by her.
Tian Benchang proudly told Li Zhen that today is a good day. Not only is Tian Ronghua getting married, he has also been thinking about completely possessing Li Zhen and making her surrender to him.Li Zhen angrily reprimanded him for wishful thinking. Tian Benchang said that he always remembered Li Zhen's deep love for him before, but he didn't know when his eyes became so sharp. Not only did she choose the wrong path, but she even hooked up with Luo Wenqian and was always against her.Li Zhen said that he was not worthy of him. Although Luo Wenqian was behind bars now, he still didn't know how many times higher than Tian Benchang in his heart.Tamoto Masaru is greedy and selfish by nature, and he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He looks down upon this kind of character.
Tian Benchang was furious and rushed towards Li Zhen. Li Zhen dodged and knocked down the tea cup. Tian Benchang used porcelain pieces in an attempt to force Li Zhen to submit. Li Zhen would rather die than obey him. At this moment, Tian Bensheng came in and reminded Tian Benchang that they should get down to business.Later, the Tian Benchang brothers escorted Tongfanmo on horseback to the dock from another road, preparing to transport it by waterway, and the people who took over were also waiting at the meeting point. At the same time, Chen Junshan and other major ink shop owners in She County followed closely, and finally surrounded the Tian Benchang brothers and the carriage. Mr. He then arrived. The Tian brothers looked at each other, and Tian Benchang couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw Li Zhen appearing in front of him.
It turned out that Jixiang discovered that the Tian Benchang brothers had been following Tian Ronghua, and knew that Li Zhen's plan had been stolen. Li Zhen simply used the trick and kept everything as planned. Later, he discussed with the bosses of major ink shops how to steal Tian Benchang's stolen goods.And be sure to inform Mr. He to rush to the scene.In this way, Mr. He sent people to directly search out the Tongfanmo that Tian Benchang's brothers had transported away. All the people were taken back to the Yamen for interrogation. Unexpectedly, Tian Benchang saw that he could not deny it and directly blamed everything on Tian Bensheng, saying that his brother was secretly doing Tongfanmo and he did not know that it was an oversight.
Seeing that Tian Bensheng was so shameless, everyone present was angry. Tian Bensheng begged his father to save him, but Tian Ruhuai also forced him to confess quickly.Even the person who came to help him insisted that he was Tian Bensheng's contact person. Tian Bensheng was about to cry, knowing that he was the scapegoat.Li Zhen teamed up with Tian Ronghua. Tian Ronghua pretended to agree to marry, but secretly discovered that Tongfanmo was really hidden in the dowry.Li Zhen and Tian Ronghua discussed carefully and decided that Li Zhen would marry Tian Ronghua. On the way to the wedding, Tongfan ink was found in the dowry in public, and the stolen goods could be stolen, which would serve as ironclad evidence of Tian Benchang's Tongfan.Unexpectedly, Tian Benchang has been secretly keeping an eye on Tian Ronghua, and Tian Benchang learned of this plan.On the day of the wedding, Tian Benchang captured Li Zhen, the substitute bride, and forced Tian Ronghua to get married. At the same time, he arranged for another team of people to transport Tong Fanmo.Tian Benchang thought he had a chance to win, but he never expected that he would be surrounded by Mo industry people on the outskirts of the city, and Magistrate He also arrived in time.It turned out that Li Zhen discovered that Tian Benchang had known the plan, so he used the trick and pretended to be in the game. On the one hand, he was captured to confuse Tian Benchang, and on the other hand, he only waited for him to transport Tongfanmo outside and captured them all.Tian Jiatong's people seized the stolen goods, and Tian Ronghua killed his relatives out of justice, exposing Tian Jiatong's various evil deeds in buying officials and Gongmo's campaign.Tian Benchang pinned the crime on Tian Bensheng and coerced Tian Huaian to give false testimony.
The Li family's grievances were cleared and everyone was released from prison.Tian Benchang used huge profits to lure Zhang Yamen to deliver a letter to Jinling for him, and threatened to use Tong Fanmo's account book to share the stolen goods, forcing the guards to send someone to rescue him from prison.The guards asked Tian Benchang where his account books were buried. Tian Benchang persuaded people in Jinling to take him out of prison.Li Zhen and Tian Ronghua searched for clues about Tian Benchang's passage at Tian's house, and found the route Tian Benchang prepared for his escape in the Qinghe Immortal Qingci hanging in Tian Benchang's study.After learning that Tian Benchang escaped from prison, Li Zhen asked Magistrate He for orders, went to the prison in person, and used words to attack Tian Huaian and Wang Xiu, explaining that their so-called method of protecting their eldest son would only harm everyone. Only by telling the truth can the Tian family survive.Tian Huaian was finally convinced and took the officers and soldiers to the address where the account books were buried.Tian Benchang led the defender to the place where the account books were buried, and when he was greedy for gold and silver and had no time to think about anything else, he strangled the opponent with a rope from behind.Just as he was about to escape, he suddenly saw his father leading officers and soldiers, and Tamoto Masaru was finally captured.Li Zhen went to Dalao to visit Luo Wenqian and informed him that the Tian family and his son had all been arrested, and Luo Wenqian's great revenge had been avenged.However, the two of them knew that Luo Wenqian's identity as a fugitive would also lead to punishment. In order not to delay Li Zhen, Luo Wenqian took the initiative to cut off contact with her, but Li Zhen refused, stating that no matter what the outcome, the two of them would bear it together.
After Tian Benchang was escorted back, he still refused to admit defeat. He knew that once the account book for sharing the stolen goods fell into the hands of the government, the Tian family would have no chance to turn around, so he put his final bargaining chip on the Jinling garrison.Zhang Yamen, greedy for huge profits, sent the news for him, while Tian Benchang pretended to be willing to hand over the location of the account book, which attracted the guards to send people into the prison to rescue him.Li Zhen was not disturbed by Tian Benchang's escape. She and Tian Ronghua searched the Tian family's old belongings separately, and saw clues from the Qinghe Immortal Qingci hanging in the study, judging that Tian Benchang had already prepared a retreat.She was subsequently imprisoned to persuade Tian Huaian and Wang Xiu, pointing out that Tian Benchang's so-called method of protecting his family would only drag the Tian family into a deeper dead end.Tian Huaian finally wavered and led the officers and soldiers to the place where the account books were buried.
Tian Benchang killed the money-grubbing guard men and was about to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but he ran into his father and officers and soldiers.He used family affection, interests and lies to manipulate everyone around him, but in the end he was personally brought to justice by his father, who wanted to protect him most.After the officers and soldiers took control of the scene, Li Zhen also confirmed that the account book clues had not been transferred again. The grievances of the Li family and the Luo family finally had evidence that could be put on the surface.Tian Huaian watched her son being taken away, feeling pained and powerless. She could only accept that the Tian family was dragged to the end by greed.When Li Zhen went to see Luo Wenqian again, the news that the Tian family father and son had been arrested finally brought Luo Wenqian's years of hatred to fruition, but his status as a fugitive had also reached a time when he had to face punishment.Luo Wenqian was afraid of dragging down Li Zhen, so he cruelly proposed to cut off contact, but Li Zhen did not accept it.She knew that the road ahead for the two of them would not be easy, but she was unwilling to leave Luo Wenqian alone in prison when the truth was about to be revealed.
Li Zhen turned every obstacle in this episode into specific actions: continue to check the account books that should be checked, continue to guard the Mofang that should be guarded, and no longer bypass the old grievances that should be faced.She knew that if Li Mo wanted to stand up again, she couldn't just rely on temporary victory or defeat. She had to let her tribe, craftsmen and external merchants see that she had the ability to take over Family Property.Luo Wenqian was there to help but did not make a decision for her. The two confirmed each other in the storm and each shouldered their own difficulties.
The prefect, Mr. He, summoned all the prisoners to the lobby to pronounce their sentences one by one. Luo Wenqian was sentenced to twenty years of exile in the South because he was a prisoner of the imperial court and pretended to be someone else's life to avoid being investigated by the government.The Tian family's father-son conspiracy was found to be true. Tian Huai'an and Tian Bensheng were sentenced to ten years of exile in the North. The mastermind Tian Ben Chang was put on death row for serious crimes and was to be executed at a later date.Master He asked the prisoner if he was convinced. Tian Benchang suddenly went crazy and told the story of the Gongmo case.Thirteen years ago, the Li family sent three brothers to Beijing to deliver tribute ink. Luo Hanzhang was dissatisfied and ordered Tian Huaian to sabotage it. It was not Li Jingdong who drank and caused trouble, but Tian Huaian followed them and drugged Li Jingfu's wine.Then while he was sleeping, Gong Mo was set on fire, which led to the tragedy that the three Li brothers were imprisoned, Jing Qi was beaten to death, Jing Dong had his legs broken, and Jing Fu died unhappy shortly after returning.
Everyone present was shocked after hearing this.Luo Wenqian first didn't believe that his father could do such a thing, and Tian Huaian also retorted wildly and refused to admit it.The Li family was even more shocked after hearing this.Li Jingdong hated Bafang for more than ten years because of this, but he never expected this result.Li Zhen couldn't accept that the culprit behind his father's death with hatred turned out to be Luo Wenqian's father, Luo Hanzhang.The prefect, Mr. He, believed that the matter was serious and immediately detained the persons involved for investigation.The truth is indeed cruel. Tian Benchang did not lie about this matter. The reason why he told it was, firstly, that Tian Huaian did not protect him, and secondly, he did not want to see Luo Wenqian and Li Zhen get together. Now that he had killed his father, it was really difficult for Li Zhen to accept Luo Wenqian.
Li Jing led his family to formally kowtow to the eighth master Li Jinshui and apologize. Because of this misunderstanding, he had hated the eighth master for more than ten years, and he had always hindered Li Zhen from making ink.Li's mother, Zhao Jin, also lost her voice in pain. Her husband had been stigmatized for more than ten years during his lifetime and after his death. He had always been considered to be a drunkard and derelict in his duties, and she took the blame alone for being wronged. Today, she got a break.The whole family came to Li Jingfu's grave with sacrifices, poured wine in front of the tomb, and told him the truth about that year. Luo Hanzhang was the mastermind of the arson, and Tian Huaian was the one who actually carried out the arson. The two families secretly conspired to destroy the Li family's tribute ink, and jointly divided up the tribute ink quota and the interests of the ink industry. They deliberately framed Li Jingfu, causing him to bear years of stigma.
Wang Cuiqiao brought a food box to visit Luo Wenqian. Luo Wenqian bowed down to her and thanked her for rescuing him in times of crisis. Since then, he has always treated him like his biological brother.Now that he is about to be exiled, and there is no possibility for him to be with Li Zhen anymore, he asks Wang Cuiqiao to take care of Li Zhen on his behalf in the future.Li Zhen has been depressed these days. When he saw his grandfather fishing, he came over and sat down, saying that there should be no way for the fish in this stagnant water to survive, and the only fate waiting for them was to be caught.Li Jinshui enlightened her that as long as there was hope, they would find a way to swim out and survive.Wang Cuiqiao came to Li Zhen and told her about the days when Luo Wenqian was exiled. Originally Luo Wenqian didn't want Li Zhen to know, but Wang Cuiqiao still felt that she should be told to Li Zhen. After all, she was what Luo Wenqian thought about day and night.When Luo Wenqian was leaving, Wang Cuiqiao and General Yu came to see him off. Luo Wenqian thanked them again for taking care of him, and told Jixiang to practice well in General Yu's military camp.Li Zhen hurriedly came to say goodbye to him, and the two of them had complicated emotions and told each other to take care of each other.
Luo Wenqian was exiled and prepared to go on the road, but the government servant reminded him to look back, because it would be twenty years since he left.Luo Wenbo looked back and saw his aunt Luo Meng really staring at him affectionately. Luo Wenqian was so excited that he gave a deep bow to suppress his inner turmoil and turned around and strode away.It was snowing heavily, and Li Jinshui stood outside the house in deep thought. Li Zhen came over to hold her grandfather's arm, and said with a hint of exhaustion that these days felt like a lifetime for her.Li Jinshui asked her how she felt since she had experienced it all her life.Li Zhen said that it has everything from sweet to bitter.Li Jinshui asked her if she was ever afraid?Li Zhen expressed that he would go on even if he was afraid.Li Jinshui said that he would work hard to survive and move forward with her.
The Li family is waiting for a big event today.Li Zhengliang and Qiu'e's child was about to be born, and it had been five hours since the midwife came in. Everyone was waiting anxiously.Finally, a baby's cry broke the silence, and a healthy little boy was successfully born.Li Zhen couldn't wait to go in and pick up his nephew, and asked his sister-in-law what name she was going to give the child.Qiu'e said that the Li family has experienced many major events these days, and now everything is going well, and the Li family has opened a new chapter.She and Li Zhengliang discussed that the child should be named Li Tianxin.In the blink of an eye, in the first year of Longqing, the new emperor ascended the throne, granted amnesty to the world, new people and new figures, and everything was waiting to be done.Sun Wanyi came to the Li family ancestral hall to worship her ancestors and pray for them to bless the Li family for everything going well. Li Zhen led Li Mo to achieve greater success again.
Lan Xiang sat bored in her boudoir, wondering when Li Zhengshen would come to pay the betrothal gift.Her father, Mr. Yan, came in and told her that she could retire and return to her hometown after the selection of Gong Moquan. When Li Zhengshen came to pay the betrothal gift, it would not be regarded as clinging to power, and she could marry into the Li family openly.Lan Xiang immediately became happy after hearing this.At this time, the servants came to report that Eunuch Zhao was in the capital. He wanted to convey the new decree of the Holy Emperor at the Wenhui, and asked Master Yan to come over immediately.At the cultural meeting, President Hu was discussing this year's selection of Gongmo Quan with several leaders of Huimo in Shexian County.Back then, the Chen family was misunderstood by Immortal Qinghe, and their true level was buried.Now the Li family has temporarily taken charge of Gongmo for three years. Now the two families are the leaders of Huimo. This time Gongmo Quan must live up to expectations.
The Holy Emperor's decree has been received, and the Forbidden Sea has been opened this year, and the Kuroda family of Japan has been specially allowed to participate in the selection of Gong Mo Quan. The one who comes out on top will have the title of "The Best Mo in the World" personally signed by the Holy Emperor.After hearing this, everyone talked a lot, thinking that this increased the uncertainty in the selection of Gong Moquan.Li Zhen took an objective view and believed that once the forbidden sea was opened, exchanges with overseas countries would definitely increase. Outsiders could come in and inside people could go out. Through exchanges, it would promote the improvement of ink-making skills and expand the scope of business.Subsequently, major ink shops immediately began to prepare new products to participate in the selection of tribute ink. Li Zhen decided to restore Sihe ink. The old master believed that this was very risky and suggested that Qiyan ancient ink be used as a candidate. Li Zhen said that if it cannot be destroyed, it cannot be established. Restoring Sihe ink can bring out the old and bring out the new, and increase the variety of Li ink.Li Jingdong expressed his full support for Li Zhen's choice.
Tian Ronghua brought the account book to Li Zhen, but Li Zhen ignored it and expressed his unconditional trust in her. However, Tian Ronghua submitted his resignation to Li Zhen. Her mother and second brother were about to return from exile, and Tian Rong wanted to stay with them for the rest of his life.Li Zhen understands this very well.Tian Ronghua asked about Luo Wenqian, and Li Zhen said that he knew that he was pardoned from exile and returned to Qi Shuai after the new emperor ascended the throne, but he didn't know the rest.In order to restore Sihe Mo, Li Mo worked tirelessly to develop it. Li Jinshui asked Li Zhen to go to the warehouse to compare Sihe Mo. A thief who was breaking into the house almost hurt her, but Luo Wenqian who followed him took action in time to save Li Zhen.It turned out that Qi Shuai discovered that Japanese people had been sneaking into various places, and Luo Wenqian was sent to follow them to see what their intentions were.Princess Shousheng arrived, and all the ink shop bosses gathered to welcome her. The Japanese Kuroda family also came, and gave Chen Mo and Li Mo Japanese ink made by themselves, which was quite a demonstration.
What Kuroda gave to the Li family was the long-lost Sihe Mo.Li Zhen felt heavy after getting it, but she did not show any timidity in her momentum. Instead, she said eloquently that Kuroda's ink was of high quality and the ink body was delicate. It was indeed a rare product. However, he was using Li Mo's skills from a hundred years ago. Now that Li Mo has introduced new ones, the ink-making skills are no longer the same.Kuroda was speechless.Princess Shousheng admired Li Zhen's performance very much. She was satisfied with breaking the embarrassment and asked Japanese Kuroda and his party to go to the inn to rest first.
Li Zhen came to meet the princess.The princess asked if she was sure of defeating the Kuroda family this time. Li Zhen told the truth that it would be quite difficult, but she stated that she would go all out.The princess was then satisfied and said that the head of Lijia Mofang should have such a magnanimous attitude.At this time, Luo Wenqian went to the palace to deliver a letter on the order of Marshal Qi. Luo Wenqian brought a secret report: The Japanese Kuroda family used Gongmo to bid for the commercial rights of Zhangzhou Yuegang. Once Kuroda wins the top spot in Gongmo, they will take the opportunity to encroach on the coastal trade of the Ming Dynasty. This is related to the national policy of the court. Qi Shuai specially reminded the princess not to underestimate the enemy.The princess gave Li Zhen a death order. In this selection of Guan Gong Mo Quan, Li Mo could only win but not lose.
Li Zhen accepted the order in the face of danger and said that he must win the selection and win glory for the country.Luo Wenqian unexpectedly met Li Zhen this time. The two seemed to have endless things to say, but for a while they didn't know where to start.The two sides asked about their respective lives after separation. Luo Wenqian said that his task this time was to secretly protect the smooth selection of Gong Moquan and prevent the Kuroda family from colluding with Japanese pirates.Li Zhen compared the Li family's ancient Sihe ink with Kuroda's pine smoke ink on the spot, and found that the other party relied on high-quality imported pine wood to dominate, and it was difficult for the conventional ancient method to win.After thinking hard about a way to break the situation, Li Zhen decided to break through the inheritance and develop the long-lost Liuhe ink, using formula and technology to overcome the advantages of raw materials.
Chen Sanye also studied hard, but failed to make a breakthrough after several attempts. For this reason, he felt depressed.Li Zhen hosted a banquet for all the heads of Mohist workshops in the city at Sibao Restaurant in Huizhou. He publicly announced that the Li family was preparing to refine Liuhe ink and compete with Japanese tribute ink. He called on local ink merchants to unite and prevent foreign ink merchants from monopolizing the tribute ink industry.Most of the craftsmen are grateful to the Li family for supporting the ink business for many years and are willing to fully cooperate and share raw materials and craftsman resources. Li Junshan is even more willing to help Li Zhen with his unique glue boiling technology.Wang Cuiqiao was very happy when Luo Wenqian came back brand new. She asked Luo Wenqian what he planned. Luo Wenqian said that he had to complete his official duties first, and it was impossible for him and Li Zhen
He could only secretly help her complete the selection of Gong Moquan, and then rebuild the Luo family ancestral hall and invite her father and brother back to worship her.The Luo family ancestral hall was renovated. Luo Wenqian paid deep respect to the memorial tablets of his father and brother, and expressed deep regret for the harm caused by the Luo family to the Li family. He wanted to make atonement for his father's sins in the years to come.Luo Mengzhen stood at the door of the ancestral hall. Luo Wenqian came over and asked her to go in and take a look. Luo Mengzhen said that he had died in the fire. From then on, there was only Li Choupo without Luo Mengzhen in the world.She gave Luo Wenqian the Luo family's Mo formula that she had studied carefully, and asked him to pass it on to Li Zhen on her behalf. Firstly, it was to atone for the Luo family's sins, and secondly, she was very optimistic about Li Zhen and wanted to help her go further.Luo Wenqian came to see Li Zhen and saw that Li Zhen was engrossed in his work and almost got burned. He hurriedly came to protect her, but his arm was burned.Li Zhen was very nervous. Luo Wenqian took out the rouge ink and asked Li Zhen to apply it on him. After experiencing so many hardships, the two people felt uncomfortable when they reunited again.Li Zhen got inspiration from the Luo family's ink recipe and improved the formula and process. With the joint efforts of everyone, Liuhe ink was finally synthesized, the last step
, Li Jinshui said that important people should participate, and Li Zhen asked Li Choupo to come.After Li Zhen left, Li Jinshui left Luo Wenqian alone.
Li Jinshui left Luo Wenqian alone, and the conversation was not about the Mofang affairs, but the worries that Li Zhen had hidden in his heart over the years.He could see that Li Zhen and Luo Wenqian had experienced misunderstandings, separations and reunions along the way, and neither had truly let go of each other.Li Zhen is now the helmsman of Li Mo. He has the eight families returning to the clan, the Gongmo campaign and Huimo's reputation on his shoulders. He cannot easily put his personal affairs at the forefront.However, Luo Wenqian has always been burdened by the past events of the Luo family. He feels that the Luo family has harmed the Li family and caused the eighth master to suffer humiliation for many years. He is not qualified to approach Li Zhen again.After hearing this, Li Jinshui did not blame him, but only reminded him that the sins of the past should not be blamed on a child. If he still has Li Zhen in his heart, he should take the initiative to take one more step.
Before Luo Wenqian could fully digest these words, Li Jinshui coughed violently due to his weakness.He did not allow Luo Wenqian to speak out because Liuhe Mo had reached the final stage, and Li Zhen and all the craftsmen were waiting for the last time to combine Mo.Li Jinshui once swore on his teeth that he would never make ink with his own hands again, but this time he still walked into the ink workshop and stood side by side in front of the ink pond with Li Zhen.For him, Liuhe Mo is not only the ink product that Li Mo can turn around, but also the answer sheet that Bafang must hand in after years of humiliation, wandering and endurance.Even if he breaks his old oath, he still wants to see Li Zhen clear this road with his own eyes.
After the ink mixing began, everyone added soot and gelatin according to the process, and Li Zhen and Li Jinshui pounded the ink themselves.Punching ink was extremely tiring, Li Jinshui held himself up, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.Seeing that he could not support himself, Luo Wenqian took the initiative to replace him, but he still failed to solve the most critical problem.After the ink combined to the fourth level, the soot and glue could never be completely integrated. The nature of the ink in the pool was unstable, and the previous efforts were forced to be overturned and restarted again and again.After the first failure, Li Zhen was still able to stabilize everyone; the second and third time still failed, and the atmosphere in Mofang gradually darkened.The Gongmo campaign is about to begin, and the Kuroda family's Sihemo is coming fiercely. If Liuhemo fails, it will be difficult for Li Mo to stand in the final battle.
Li Jinshui was helped aside to rest, feeling as if he had returned to his youth in a daze.When he saw his seventh brother Li Jintai, he also recalled the story of swords forged with blood in ancient books he read when he was young.At that time, he once naively said that making ink is similar to making weapons. Since swords can be drawn with blood, ink may not be useless either.In a daze, Brother Seven seemed to be taking him away, but he saw Li Jingdong with a broken leg, Li Jingfu with a disappointed face, and countless faces after the eighth house fell into the dust.Li Jinshui suddenly woke up, as if he had finally grasped the final answer.
He picked up the knife and walked into the ink shop again. Before anyone could react, he had cut his palm and dripped blood into the ink.Li Zhen cried and stopped her, saying that if she wanted to exchange her grandfather's blood for Liuhe Mo, she would rather not do it.Li Jinshui did not stop.He had abided by Li Mo's rules all his life and had to bear the pain of Bafang. Now at the last moment, he just wanted to give all his remaining strength to this Mo.He said that he would use blood as a guide and soul as ink to let Li Zhen continue.Li Zhen held back his tears and speeded up the stirring with Luo Wenqian and the craftsmen. Everyone shouted in unison: Tianhe, Earthhe, Renhe, Xinhe, Daohe, Jihe. The ink that had been reluctant to merge finally stabilized in the pool, and Liuhe ink was completed.
At the moment when Liuhe Mo was completed, Li Jinshui seemed to have exhausted his last breath.He asked Li Zhen to accompany him back to the ancestral hall and report to his ancestors and elder brother that Liuhe Mo had been established and that Bafang had lived up to Li Mo.Facing Li Zhen, he finally put aside his usual harshness and said that she had always been his best granddaughter and that she was also his pride.Li Zhen knelt beside him, wanting to hear his grandfather say a few more words, but Li Jinshui no longer had the strength to raise his hands and closed his eyes An Ran.Li Zhen said goodbye sadly, then walked out of the ancestral hall with Liuhe ink in his hand, and announced to his relatives and friends standing outside that he would use Liuhe ink to send off the eighth master on his last journey.
The Li family held a grand funeral for Li Jinshui, and Huizhou ink industry colleagues and people took to the streets to bid farewell.Master Ba was lonely and harsh throughout his life, but he gave all his efforts to Li Mo and spent his last life to regain dignity for Ba Fang.Li Zhen hung the portrait of the eighth master in the ancestral hall, and returned the memorial tablets of the eighth master and Li Jingfu to the Li family ancestral hall. The eighth house finally returned to the clan.After the funeral, the Gongmo campaign officially entered the final showdown.The Li family's Liuhe Mo and the Kuroda family's Sihe Mo competed for several rounds, and their performance was comparable.Lian Jiyingsong, the ink maker of the Kuroda family, proposed to test the ink by submerging it in water, hoping to force Li Zhen to accept the move by relying on the legend that his ancestor Tinggui's ink did not break when submerged in water.Li Zhen did not back down and accepted the challenge on the spot, making the final battle a reality in the water.
After the submerged ink test officially began, Li Mo and Kuroda Mo entered the water together.The Kuroda family seems to be confident, and even Jiyingsong is sure that his Mo Zeng can withstand long-term immersion and will never lose to the Li family in this competition.Li Zhen stood in front of everyone, knowing that Li Mo's ancestor had a reputation of being able to stay in water for a year, but she did not underestimate the enemy because of this.Liuhe Mo has just combined the life of the eighth master and everyone's blood. Whether it can really defeat the Kuroda family's Sihe Mo at the last level depends on water and time.
In the first few rounds of ink testing, there was no obvious damage to the ink blocks on both sides.The Kuroda family took advantage of the situation to put forward a new argument, saying that they had come all the way and were a rising star. If they continued to try until the 15th and still couldn't tell, Kuroda Mo should be considered the winner.This statement seems to be a concession, but in fact it is an attempt to push the rules in a direction that is beneficial to them.Everyone at the scene was talking a lot, worried that if Li Zhen agreed, it would be equivalent to handing over the victory or defeat to the deadline set by the other party.Li Zhen was not led away by Lian Jiyingsong's words. She saw that the other party wanted to take advantage of “study”, so she still accepted the challenge in public.She believed in Liuhe Mo, and also believed that Ba Ye's last breath was not in vain.
The fifteen-day deadline came to the last ink test, and everyone’s eyes were focused on the water tank.On the surface, Li Mo and Kuroda Mo still seem to be indistinguishable. Just when Lian Jiyingsong is about to stabilize the situation, small cracks slowly appear on Kuroda Mo.Cracks spread from the surface, eventually defeating Kuroda Mo.Lian Jiyingsong refused to be convinced and questioned how his ink could fail here after being soaked in the pond for a long time.Li Zhen explained the reason on the spot: The pond used by the Kuroda family to test ink in the past was deep and the temperature was stable, but this time they used a shallow tank to test ink, and the temperature difference between day and night changed even more.The materials used in Kuroda ink are more sensitive to temperature, while Liuhe ink goes further in the fusion of glue and soot to stabilize the ink properties in this environmental change.
The Kuroda family could no longer argue and could only admit that Li Mo won and dedicated the knife-making craftsmanship to the Ming Dynasty as agreed.Princess Shousheng announced in public that the Li family's Liuhe ink had won the honor of being the best ink in the world.The news spread in Huizhou City, and the literary society, Mofang and streets were all abuzz.President Hu and the bosses of various Mofang shops gathered at the literary meeting, originally waiting for Li Zhen to bring the imperial plaque back to the Li family, but Li Zhen did not do so.She told everyone that although Liuhe ink was made from Li ink, it embodies the care and hard work of all Huizhou ink industry families over the years. This plaque should not just be hung on the lintel of the Li family, but should stay in Wenhui and become the glory of the entire Hui ink industry.
Li Zhen divided Liuhe ink into several pieces and gave them to various ink shops as souvenirs.After experiencing exclusion, competition and turmoil, she finally brought the Huizhou Ink Industry back together with her own mind.Then she made a request: Master Ba had sworn on his teeth that the tooth would remain in the cultural pillar. Now that Master Ba has passed away, she wants to get the tooth back and let him return home intact.No one had any objection, so Li Zhen took out the tooth with his own hands and carefully put it into the box.To her, this is not only a relic, but also a testimony of Master Ba’s persistence for many years.Liuhe Mo is complete and the No. 1 Mo in the world is settled, and the Eighth Master can finally truly return to the Li family.
庆功宴上,李家亲友和徽州同仁齐聚一堂。Li Jingdong and Eunuch Yan chatted about the marriage of their descendants, and everyone at the table also started to match-match for Li Zhen. The atmosphere was lively and warm.Luo Wenqian sat next to him, feeling increasingly anxious as he listened to these words.Master Ba's words of "take one more step" kept echoing in his ears. He knew that if he backed down again, he and Li Zhen might miss each other again.Late at night, Li Zhen came to the bridge alone. She couldn't help but shed tears when she remembered that her grandfather had taught her how to make ink, be a good person, and keep family property.Luo Wenqian chased her and said what he had been suppressing in his heart for many years. He admitted that he had never let go of her and was unwilling to leave their fate to misunderstanding and hesitation.
Li Zhen heard Luo Wenqian's confession and finally said that he had never stopped thinking about him all these years.For Li Mo, for Bafang, and for her grandfather, she has always kept her worries deepest in her heart. Now that Li Mo has returned to the clan and Huimo has been revitalized, she doesn't want to push Luo Wenqian away anymore.The two embraced each other by the bridge. After experiencing family feuds, separation and life and death, they finally joined hands again.Life soon became stable, and Li Zhen continued to run Li Mo, and also began to teach Li Tianxin how to make lamp grass, passing on the ink making skills to the next generation.However, Japanese rebellion broke out again along the coast, and General Yu wrote a letter ordering Luo Wenqian to go to Fujian to quell the rebellion.Even if Luo Wenqian is reluctant to give up, he must rush to the battlefield.Li Zhen understood that he had great interests in his family and country, so he bid farewell with tears and promised to wait for him to come back.Later, Luo Wenqian took off his military uniform and returned, and the two smiled at each other by the river. Li Mo's Family Property and their love continued to move forward in the new years.