Tongzhou Mansion.

In the conference hall on the left, Wang Chen met Zeng Huan and Zeng Zhizhou, and of course, there were also officials such as general judgment, manager joining the army, judicial joining the army, household joining the army, recording and joining the army, pushing officials, signing judgments, and inspections.

The group seemed to have come prepared and gathered early.

Zeng Huan was the first to say hello, and he smiled without a smile: "Wang Zhizhou, here?"

Wang Chen replied: "I've seen Zeng Zhizhou.

The other officials greeted each other in unison.

"Wang Zhizhou. ”

"Long time no see. ”

"Sit down, we're looking for you. ”

The crowd seemed very enthusiastic on the surface, but in fact, only they knew what they thought in their hearts.

Wang Chen pulled Xiao Jianhua and sat down opposite Zeng Zhizhou.

Zeng Huan let people serve fragrant tea.

The group of people chatted for about half an hour, and they never got to the point.

was talking about tea, Xu Tongju suddenly asked: "Alas, this is the best tea house in Tongzhou, Yanyunxing, for sale, it will be difficult to drink it in the future, Wang Zhizhou, do you say?"

Wang Chen pretended not to hear and did not answer.

It was the turn of the ancient magistrate to perform, and his expression was exaggerated and showed surprise: "Why can't you drink it? Yan Yunxing is in the city." ”

Xu Tongju sighed and said: "Just because I can't drink it in the city, now the imperial court has divided Tongzhou into two, Jinghai is under the care of Wang Zhizhou, and the rest is Zeng Zhizhou, I am about to leave here, how difficult is it to drink Yan Yunxing's tea then?"

Ling Qian said with a puzzled expression: "Although Tongzhou is divided into two, the government has always been located here, why do we want to leave?"

"yes. ”

"The court did not issue an official document. ”

"Didn't you say let's go to another place to rebuild the government, right?"

"The government is an important place for the government, and the court has not issued an order, so why should we rebuild it?

Wang Chen drank tea and didn't speak, watching everyone perform.

To be precise, this group of people are all from Tongzhou Mansion, and they have nothing to do with Wang Chen's Jinghai Mansion, so he understands very well why these people want to attack him, because the interests are related.

Not to mention that the economic development of Tongzhou City can reap a lot of benefits, let's just say that in terms of political performance, eat Tongzhou City, the officials of Tongzhou Mansion do not have to worry about taxes, in addition, developed places are easier to attract people from other places to settle down, population, taxes, fertile land, etc., here are better than Haimen, naturally, no one in this group of officials wants to leave.

Zeng Huan, who had not spoken, patted the table, frowned and said, "Be quiet, what kind of chaos is it?"

The officials were silent.

Wang Chen knew that it was Zeng Huan's turn to perform at this time.

Sure enough, when everyone quieted down, Zeng Huan looked at Wang Chen and said with a smile: "Wang Zhizhou, since Jinghai broke away from Tongzhou and became an independent state, I and other Tongzhou officials should leave from the government, you say?" What he thought was to retreat as advance, Chinese, even if he thought about it in his heart, his mouth would be humble, Zeng Huan thought about it, as long as Wang Chen answered the words and gave in, he would immediately hit the snake with the stick.

Who knew that Wang Chen blinked and said, "Thank you Zeng Zhizhou." ”

Zeng Zhizhou: "......, why don't you play your cards according to common sense?" He didn't know how to answer.

Fortunately, Xu Tongju came back with the words, "Zeng Zhizhou, it's not up to you to decide whether to leave or not, the court has the final say, if there is an official document, I will naturally leave without saying a word, but there is no official document in this court, we can't act rashly, otherwise the court will blame it, count it on the head of Tongzhou Mansion, or on the head of Jinghai Mansion?"

Lu Shen said in military uniform: "Xu Tong's judgment is reasonable. ”

Wang Chen can see that these people in Tongzhou Mansion are not ready to give up their territory at all, it is exactly the same as they guessed before they came, if they let other parties give up, they will just give in, this is related to the possibility of emptying themselves, how could Wang Chen back down?

"In that case, what are you going to do?" Wang Chen was not ready to beat around the bush.

The officials of the Tongzhou Mansion glanced at each other, and finally their eyes converged on Zeng Huan.

Everyone can see that it is time for a showdown.

Zeng Huan stood up to expectations, he got up with his hands behind his back, slowly swayed in front of Wang Chen, and said with a smile: "Wang Zhizhou, do you think our mansion is big?"

Wang Chen glanced at Xiao Jianhua, and when he saw that the other party was smiling at himself, he couldn't help laughing, sure enough, just as they guessed before they came, the other party would say such a thing, the corners of Wang Chen's mouth were slightly hooked, and he deliberately said: "The mansion is not big, it's not half the size of my house." ”

Zeng Huan, Xu Tongju and others were speechless.

In fact, the government is already big enough, generally speaking, the main officials of the entire state government add up to only about 30 people, and the two state capitals together are only about 60 people, and they can be squeezed into the government office to work together, one in the left council room, and the other in the right council hall, which are not related to each other.

But just like Xiao Jianhua said before, Zeng Huan has been operating in Tongzhou for so many years, if that is the case, Wang Chen, the governor of the state, will definitely be regarded as a puppet, and his power will be completely hollowed out.

Wang Chen smacked his lips and said: "Although there is no explicit rule in the imperial court, but whose state capital is not located on its own territory, is it possible to make a special point for the state capital, and it has to be located outside the jurisdiction area? ”

"That's not what I said. Zeng Huan argued: "Let me ask you, what is the name of this city?"

"That's right. ”

"This place is called Tongzhou City. ”

"Isn't the Tongzhou Mansion located in Tongzhou City? That's a joke!"

"Wang Zhizhou, you think about it carefully, is this the truth?"

Seeing that Wang Chen didn't speak, Zeng Huan added with a smile, "Besides, we didn't let you Jinghai Mansion find another place to build a mansion, everyone will save some money for the imperial court, and don't build another mansion or a mansion, just deal with affairs here, anyway, the place is so big, if you like it, the old man in the left council hall can also let it out, so it's done, right?"

Hey.

These are the officials.

Do you have to stay in Tongzhou Mansion and not leave?

Wang Chen disagreed, took a sip of tea, and said lightly: "Today this place can be called Tongzhou City, and tomorrow it can also be called Jinghai City, it's just a name, if you are afraid that I will ruin your Tongzhou name, I will pass on the order later, and change the name of the city to Jinghai City, what do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, the officials of the Tongzhou Mansion instantly didn't know how to answer, they looked at each other, obviously they didn't expect Wang Chen to say such a thing.

Seeing that this plan didn't work, Zeng Huan made another plan and said, "What Wang Zhizhou said makes sense. He paused, "Since you don't want to work with us, then the old man is not reluctant." ”

Well?

What's your idea?

To tell the truth, Wang Chen was a little incomprehensible, but he knew that the group of officials in the Tongzhou Mansion would not give up so easily, so he didn't open his mouth, wanting to hear what Zeng Huan said next.

Zeng Huan pulled a chair and sat down next to Wang Chen, turned his head sideways and said, "But you also know that there is only one county government over Haimen, so we can't handle political affairs with Haimen magistrates, right?"

Wang Chen frowned and said, "What do you want to say?"

Zeng Huan showed his fox tail, he pretended to arch his hand and said: "I implore Wang Zhizhou to make it convenient, let me wait to borrow this government for a year, wait until the new government is built, and then move over, what do you think?"

Borrowed for a year?

I'm afraid that in a year's time, the dove will occupy the magpie's nest!

One year was enough for Zeng Huan to completely override Wang Chen, and when that time came, the people under his command listened to Zeng Huan's words and wanted the people from the Tongzhou Mansion to move out?

But what the other party said was reasonable, there was no government office on the Haimen side, and it would take time to rebuild one, so what happened to the borrowed place? Wang Chen even believed that Zeng Huan would say later that if he refused, Zeng Huan would write to the imperial court, and he would definitely allow the imperial court to allow the officials of Tongzhou to borrow the government for a period of time.

As soon as he thought about it, Zeng Huan said: "If Wang Zhizhou really doesn't allow it, then the official has to go to the court, and he will definitely be able to use this place to deal with important affairs, and then don't say that I will tear my face and not give you Wang Zhizhou's face." ”

"Yes. ”

"We just need a place to work. ”

"Wang Zhizhou, you can't force us to a dead end. ”

"It's okay to borrow this place for a year, right? It's really not okay, even if we pay you rent from the Tongzhou Mansion?"

Xu Tong, Ling Jianju and the others all shouted.

Wang Chen looked at Xiao Jianhua and saw that the other party was shaking his head slightly to himself, he knew that he couldn't agree, but Zeng Huan and the others obviously didn't care if they agreed or not, they would definitely stay here and not leave, and he and Zeng Huan couldn't afford it, what should I do?

The officials of the Jinghai Mansion will definitely not be able to work with the officials of the Tongzhou Mansion, this is a certain thing.

And if the other party doesn't leave here, will it be possible to go by himself?

For a while, Wang Chen felt a little aggrieved, how could he drive Zeng Huan and the others away?

Eh, wait.

Maybe you can really go on your own.

Wang Chen suddenly thought of one thing, today's Haimen is close to the sea and Changqi, and in comparison, Jinghai belongs to the "inland".

It's not the same if there is sea or river transportation, things can be transported quickly.

As for taxes?

Does that matter?

You must know that last year, the economic metropolis of the Northern Song Dynasty like Yangzhou was only 40,000 or 50,000 yuan a year, if Wang Chen opened the Wang Ji franchise model, he could earn this money back casually, and he didn't care about what taxes were not taxed.

Didn't Zeng Huan want Tongzhou City?

Buddies can give them the city, but only if you give me the place near the sea and the river.

What is the city worth?

It's a big deal to go back and pay for it yourself, and build an impregnable city made of reinforced concrete, which is definitely much safer than Tongzhou City.

Once he has mastered the territory of shipping and Changqi, Wang Chen feels that Wang Ji's franchise business can take off all of a sudden, and if it is close to the sea and the river, the seafood and river fresh food will not be eaten until he doesn't want to eat it?

Think about the big yellow croaker in the sea, think about the saury in the long cockroach, Wang Cheng's saliva is going to flow down.

Yes, that's it.

Tongzhou City was given to Zeng Huan and them, and the buddies asked for the sea and Changyi.

I just don't know if the people from the Tongzhou Mansion will agree to this proposal, Wang Chen pondered in his heart, raised his head and said: "It's not impossible for you to stay in the Tongzhou City Mansion, but I have a few conditions." ”

Yes?

Did you really say yes?

Zeng Huan, Xu Tongju, Ling Judge and others were all a little dumbfounded, they were all ready to fight a protracted battle with Wang Chen at the beginning, how could they easily agree?