In the Afang Garden.

After hearing the young master's shocking words, Xu Ying was shocked and waved her hands, saying, "Don't do that. I was just talking nonsense. I will never admit it after we leave this room."

"I say, why are you so timid? What does this old man's idea have to do with you?" Xu Bangning rolled his eyes at him, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became:

"Let's just treat it as a casual chat while drinking. Tell me, is this a good idea?"

"First of all, you definitely can't do this." Xu Ying made it clear first. Anyway, these noble children are used to being lawless. The more they are forbidden to do something, the more they will do it.

Then he analyzed them one by one.

"But if you're talking nonsense, this is a very cruel move, hitting the snake at its most vulnerable part. The levee that cost a huge amount of money to build collapsed just half a month after it was built. Who can withstand such a thing?"

"Before the news reaches the capital, Lin Run will remove his father's official hat first." Xu Ying said in a sinister voice: "The six secretaries hate Zhao Shouzheng so much that they will attack him without any warning. By then, let alone his father being the princess's adopted relative, even if his father is the princess's biological husband, he will still be in trouble!"

"How dare a kid named Zhao meddle in your family's affairs? Even if he wanted to, the princess might not recognize him as her adopted son!"

Xu Ying said this with a sinister look on her face, then she and Xu Bangning burst into laughter.

"Of course she won't recognize him. How noble is the eldest princess? She recognized that boy as her godson just because he can help her make money. It would be strange for her to recognize him when she is in such a big trouble!"

"Well said!" Xu Bangning was very happy to hear that, as if he had already seen the beautiful scene of Zhao Hao and his son being disgraced, living on the streets and being trampled under his feet. "Then let's do it! Tear down his broken dam and let them die!"

"I told you it was nonsense, why do you take it so seriously?" Xu Ying said with a wry smile, "They spent a lot of effort to build this levee, so they must be treating it like a treasure. You can't just dig it if you want!"

After a pause, Xu Ying helped him analyze the situation: "Besides, that's a stone embankment. Even if I ask you to dig it, you may not be able to dig it."

"Hey, you don't understand." Xu Bangning said unconcernedly, "My family has also built river embankments, and I supervised them for a while. Let me tell you, even the best glutinous rice mortar will take a month to harden completely. So you have to put iron hoops on it to fix it. I haven't seen what the cement in Kunshan County is like, but it can't be better than glutinous rice mortar, right?"

"When the time comes, have someone pry the iron hoop open, and the waves will directly break the dike!"

"Really? It turns out cement isn't as magical as people say." This was indeed Mr. Xu San's blind spot. He looked at Xu Bangning with a new respect, thinking that this guy wasn't a complete fool after all.

"Of course!" Xu Bangning sneered, "That guy is good at bragging. When he was in Nanjing, he boasted about his shabby hotel as if it was the best in the world. But it's just that. What comes out of his stomach is shit. I've never seen anyone poop out gold."

"Hahaha!" The two of them burst into laughter again.

~~

"But this kind of thing is just something you can talk about, don't really do it." Xu Ying poured a glass of wine for Xu Bangning and said hypocritically, "Be careful that the kid might bite you back before he dies."

"Humph, just let him come!" Xu Bangning said disdainfully, "I will make him understand thoroughly that in front of the real nobles, an upstart like him is nothing but pathetic, weak and helpless!"

The young master was so excited by what he said that he felt that the gloom of the past few days was swept away, and he wished that a typhoon would come immediately!

Seeing Xu Bangning rubbing his hands and eager to try, Xu Ying had an imperceptible smug look on his face.

He instigated Xu Bangning to take action against Zhao Hao mainly for two reasons.

One is to show my abilities to my old father.

Even if Xu Jie refused to admit it, the shame and embarrassment that Zhao Hao brought to the Xu family were obvious.

His eldest brother had been defeated repeatedly by the Zhao father and son, and had completely lost his humanity.

My second brother also started to burn night incense in the West Hill.

Now the eldest nephew has directly become Zhao Hao's disciple and has become a surrenderist.

As the number one family in Jiangnan, none of them in two generations could defeat Zhao Hao.

If he could easily overthrow the Zhao father and son without any consequences, he could easily defeat all his brothers, nephews and nieces. Then the old father would have to give up the idea of ​​handing over the family business to the eldest son.

Secondly, the last meeting of the eight major parties ended in a bad mood, which made him very angry.

In particular, the Wang family, which had always followed the Xu family's footsteps, actually joined forces with the Hua family and the Gu family to oppose the distribution plan he proposed.

The Hua and Gu families are still okay, but the Wang family is the dog of the Xu family! If it weren't for the old man's protection, the Wang Shizhen brothers would have been killed by Yan Shifan. Not to mention, last year the old man helped Wang Rong to be ordinary, and this year he reinstated Wang Shizhen as the deputy envoy of Henan Province.

The Xu family was very kind to the Wang family, but they raised an ungrateful person. What is tolerable?

When Xu Ying came back and inquired, she found out that this group of people had contacted Jiangnan Company. They thought they could start a new business with the cement that boy had tinkered with, so they dared to challenge him openly.

Therefore, Mr. Xu Sanye had to dig up the dam for Kunshan County, expose Zhao Hao's lies, let the Xu family vent their anger, and let those fence-sitters see which way the wind is blowing - Susong was, is, and will be the world of the Xu family!

However, Xu Ying was still frightened by what had happened to her eldest and second brothers, and was worried that if the situation got out of hand, she wouldn’t be able to handle it.

He didn't want to ruin the night nor get beaten, so he decided to use the young master as a gun, which would be safer and less stressful.

~~

From that day on, Xu Bangning looked forward to the typhoon every day, and he didn't know how many incense sticks he burned.

As soon as he heard the rustling of the treetops, he asked if there was any wind. But his wish came true, and the weather really changed within a few days.

On the eighth day of the eighth month, it was dark at noon. A strong wind blew up dust all over the ground and blew the trees in the Afang Garden to this and that.

People in the mansion quickly brought in the flower pots placed outside and closed the windows and doors to prevent the typhoon.

Xu Bangning excitedly rushed to the yard, dancing with joy. "You are worthy of being my master. You can get whatever you want!"

Then he ordered his attendant in a cold voice: "What are you standing there for? Follow the plan!"

"Yes, young master, please take care of it." The attendant had already received the instructions and immediately responded and turned away.

Xu Bangning put his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky with low-hanging leaden clouds, and laughed out loud.

One year has passed, a whole year has passed. I have finally waited for the day of revenge!

A flash of silver lightning streaked across the dark sky and struck a ginkgo tree not far from him.

With just a loud snap, the huge ginkgo tree that was over a hundred years old was actually split in half.

Xu Bangning was so frightened that he trembled and quickly hid in the house.

Damn it, it missed the target.

ps. The first of three consecutive updates.