readx;? Chapter 184

Zhang Munian visited Gongzi and thanked Gongzi for saving his life. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Looking at Wang Chong in the courtyard, Zhang Munian trembled slightly, bent down respectfully, and bowed.

"It's you!"

Wang Chong's face was overjoyed. Meng Long only said that there was an old man of his own outside, and he had been waiting outside for a long time, but he didn't say that this person was Zhang Munian.

"Sir, hurry up inside, please. ”

Even if this Mu Nian didn't come forward, Wang Chong had to find him by himself. Not for the sake of extorting favors, but for another thing.

Now Zhang Munian took the initiative to come to the door, but he saved Wang Chong a lot of effort.

Wang Chong welcomed Zhang Munian into the living room and let the maids serve fragrant tea, and then they both sat down.

"Don't blame Childe, Childe was released from prison yesterday, and the old man should have gone over to greet him. It's just that many nobles in the old man's door come and go, and they don't dare to be abrupt, so they waited for a day and waited until they came to the door in person to thank them. ”

Zhang Munian said.

"Haha, so you came here yesterday. If my husband had reported it yesterday, I would have gone out to greet him in person. ”

Wang Chong's eyes lit up when he heard this:

"Where is the gentleman now?"

"This ...... Among the maple culverts in the west of the city. ”

Zhang Munian didn't expect Wang Chong to ask about this, so he hesitated and couldn't speak.

"What?"

Wang Chong was taken aback, didn't Zhang Munian say that he had been wandering these days: "Didn't that Gao Gonggong give you silver?"

"Nope. Instead, one of the janissaries below him gave me some loose silver. ”

Zhang Munian said.

Wang Chong was stunned, that high father-in-law was not only a high position, but also a saintly favor. And at the same time, he is also a "big businessman". Wang Chong originally thought that when Zhang Munian was released from prison, he would give him some silver.

"Nobles forget things. With that person's status, he would not necessarily notice such a trivial matter. Perhaps, he thought that I was an old acquaintance with him, and I had already arranged it for him. - I was negligent. ”

Wang Chong immediately reacted.

With that person's identity and status, he will never care about a few hundred or thousands of taels of gold and silver, and it is more likely that he has forgotten or misunderstood.

"Do you have any arrangements for the future?"

Wang Chong said.

Zhang Munian was silent. Wang Chong asked these questions that were difficult for him to answer. What is the future of a person on death row?

When he was released from prison this time, he originally wanted to return to his hometown. It's just that, don't talk about the long distance and the problem of not being entangled enough. Even if he goes back, with his current reputation, will those villagers still accept him like before?

And, what does he do for a living?

"I haven't thought about it yet, let's take one step at a time. ”

Zhang Munian sighed. He didn't hesitate in prison, but when he came out, he really felt hesitant. Where does he know where the future holds?

"Sir, if you have nowhere to go, you might as well follow me, how about it?"

Wang Zheng said abruptly.

"Is Childe kidding?"

Zhang Munian was stunned and laughed at himself, "I'm an old man, what is the value of my son?"

Wang Chong smiled, knowing that this request was too sudden, Zhang Munian didn't believe that he was serious. However, Wang Chong did not argue, and took a sip of the fragrant tea on the table.

"I heard that my husband used to work in the Ministry of Agriculture. This time he was imprisoned for embezzling 20,000 taels of gold!"

Wang Chong put down the fragrant tea and said casually.

"Buzz!"

Hearing this, Zhang Munian's expression changed drastically, and his mind suddenly roared. This matter is the deepest secret in his heart.

In prison, even when he was beaten, including in front of Wang Chong, Zhang Munian never mentioned it. Unexpectedly, it would be broken by Wang Chong.

"You...... You...... How do you know?"

Zhang Munian seemed to have changed at this time, staring at Wang Chong with wide eyes, his face full of horror, cold sweat on his forehead like rain, and he looked extremely uneasy.

"Don't worry, I didn't mean to oppress you. ”

Wang Chong talked and laughed freely, and his expression was as usual.

A small peasant with a low status, but he embezzled 20,000 taels of gold. This number, before Wang Chong was developed, was a huge amount of money even for a wealthy family like the Wang family, let alone others.

Zhang Munian can be greedy for so much money, for people who don't know, he is definitely a lawless and bold man. However, for Wang Chong, the meaning of all this is completely different.

"If I'm not mistaken, the 20,000 taels of gold...... You should have compensated the peasants!"

Wang Chong's words are ordinary, and when he speaks, his voice is neither high nor low. But when it fell into Zhang Munian's ears, it was like a lightning strike.

"How do you know?"

This sentence blurted out, Zhang Munian's eyes widened in shock, looking at the rich boy in front of him, as if he had seen a ghost, and the whole person was stunned.

If Wang Chong said that the reason why he was imprisoned was because of 20,000 taels of gold, which revealed his secret and made him feel weak.

So now, Zhang Munian is really incredible.

The fact that he distributed the gold to the farmers and farmers could not even be found out by the criminal department in charge of the investigation. No one knows where the 20,000 taels went.

But the young man in front of him can actually explain it for him in one word!! ！

If this is a big night, Zhang Munian will be scared out of his body immediately.

"Sure enough!"

Wang Chong ignored Zhang Munian, who looked shocked, and let out a long sigh in his heart. Zhang Munian can't spend so much money.

Wang Chong already knew what was going on from the time he saw his file. There is no way to embezzle tens of thousands of taels of gold, but there are no traces of spiders and worms, and even the masters of the criminal department can't find out.

Unless...... This man is not greedy at all!

Any reform comes at a price!

The process of reform is tortuous, and it is destined to require a lot of things to pay, and there will be many failures in the middle before we can finally find the right path!

In this world, apart from himself, I am afraid that even Zhang Munian himself does not know what kind of significance he has carried out in the past few decades secretly, in the name of the public, and in private, what kind of significance he has to this world!

Zhang Munian was definitely a crucial part of Wang Chong's plan, far outnumbering Hyderabad ore or meteorites on overseas islands.

Even the "Great Yin and Yang Heaven and Earth Creation Technique" and "The Destruction of Ghosts and Gods" are far from being compared!

The people live on food!

In this world of martial arts, everyone is seeking power, status, wealth, fame, and power. However, no one knows that there is one more thing than Wang Chong, and its role is far beyond any wealth, status, power, and power.

It's unremarkable, but it's the foundation of this world.

It is "food"!

How long does it take for the most powerful empire to degenerate from the pinnacle of its glory with fine clothes and food and a barn full of corn to cannibalism, eating grass roots and eating tree bark?

Ten years, twenty years, fifty years, one hundred years?

Neither!

The real answer is only "two years"!

This is a fact that Wang Chong personally saw with his own eyes. Wang Chong has experienced the brilliance of the Tang Dynasty, and has also seen its decay, decay, and misery.

For those who live in this world, this sadness is indescribable.

During the period when the family was defeated and the Wang family was lonely and wandering, Wang Chong often starved for two days, three days, or even longer.

In those lonely and wandering days, Wang Chong had seen the scene of starvation all over the ground. And Wang Chong's mother finally fell into her arms, skinny.

At that moment, Wang Chong will never forget!

The people live on food, and this is a constant theme in any time and space.

Wang Shichong and Li Shimin fought, and silk piled up in the Luoyang Palace (silk was the most valuable wealth, and the emperor rewarded his ministers with silk), but because there was no food in the city, the army was hungry and lost to Li Shimin.

In Wang Chong's memory of another time and space, 755 was still a peaceful and prosperous era during the Tianbao period, and Emperor Tang Ming went to the treasury to check, and all the precious, weapons, and grain were still piled up like a mountain, and there was no end in sight.

And in 759, Du Fu wrote "Three Officials and Three Farewells"!

Once war comes, no one will grow the arable land, and grain will be the biggest problem. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made great achievements, leveled the Xiongnu, fixed the Western Regions, and went down to Jiaozhi, but because of the war killed and injured a large number of people, the fields were uncultivated, resulting in the decline of the Han Dynasty.

In history, he was convicted of "reckless military force"!

Sometimes, in war, the competition is not only about troops, equipment, military appearance, but also "food"!

Wang Chong didn't think that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was wrong for "reckless warfare", but he was really wrong if he didn't leave enough manpower to cultivate "grain".

Only with enough "food" can the population multiply, and even if the war is consumed, more warriors will eventually be replenished.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not see this, so he became the emperor of "reckless warfare".

The Tang Dynasty faced four enemies, the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates, the Us-Tibetan Empire, the Goguryeo Empire, the Black-clothed Great Food, and the Erhai Mengshe Edict...... All the mighty enemies are full-fledged.

No one understands better than Wang Chong how many frequent wars Datang will face in the future.

In this frequent and protracted war, whoever has "food" has hope, and whoever has "food" has "future".

In this empire, there is no one person who has more weight than the "Zhang Munian" in front of him! No one will make the greatest contribution to the entire empire than Zhang Munian.

Wang Chong said in front of Gao Lishi that Zhang Munian is beneficial to the Tang Dynasty and the empire, it is not nonsense, nor is it a lie.

This person pins the "future" of the empire!

- Even though he doesn't know anything about it!

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and Wang Chong quickly calmed down.

"Mr. Zhang, if I say, if I say, I will provide you with enough funds, status, and experimental site support, what do you think?"

Wang Chong looked at Zhang Munian beside him and suddenly spoke.

In a word, Zhang Munian was dumbfounded.