After Liu Wei thought about it, he said: "Cheng Gongzi laughed, horses are forbidden things in the imperial court, how dare villains sell them privately?" ”

When Han Cheng heard this, his face sank: "Master Liu, I came here on the recommendation of an acquaintance, and I hope you will tell the truth." Zhang He beside him "rubbed", and the sword in his hand was half exposed, and the cold light was shining.

Liu Wei saw that Han Cheng's face changed, knelt down with a "plop", and said with a wronged expression: "Cheng Gongzi, villains have nine lives like cats, and they don't dare to sell horses." That's a matter of killing the whole clan, not for fun. ”

Han Cheng saw that he couldn't be hard, and this "old fritter" saw that he had no evidence.

I had to help Liu Wei up, changed his face, and said softly: "What is the head of the Liu family doing here, I just inquired about the news, why should the head of the family be so flustered?"

Just now, the head of the house also said: I have something to do, the head of the house can help inquire about one or two, can the head of the house help inquire about the way to buy and sell horses? After all, this is my private matter, please help the head of the Liu family. ”

Liu Wei, who was frightened by Zhang He's murderous aura just now, heard this key word: "private matter". Hurriedly said: "The villain must help inquire, please rest assured that Cheng Gongzi." In Liu Wei's heart, he "chuckled": Private matter, today's matter is not good.

Han Cheng thought to himself: "It seems that from this Liu Wei's mouth, he can't ask anything." ”

can only say: "Since the head of the Liu family agreed to help inquire, it will be troublesome for the head of the Liu family to bother." It's just that it's getting late today, and I have nowhere to stay with these 20 brothers, so I don't know if I can disturb the head of the Liu family. ”

Han Cheng's idea was: "It's not a bad thing to make friends with rich businessmen. are all in Jizhou, in case you can't pay your military salary that day, you can bring troops to borrow some money. There is another idea: Han Cheng felt that Liu Wei was not telling the truth, and wanted to go to Liu Fuzhong to find out. ”

Liu Wei and Han Cheng's ideas are very different, after all, the status of businessmen is low, and Han Chenggui is the nephew of the state pastor, and the difference in status is not small. Coupled with Zhang He's intimidation and Han Cheng's "private matter", he has to spend the night, what is this for?

These twenty or so sergeants are not something that their thirty or forty family guards can resist. But do you dare to say that you won't let you stay overnight?

"My Liu family happens to have a lot of first-class rooms, if you don't dislike it, please follow me home."

That night, Liu Fuzhong held a banquet.

Although Han Cheng's army food is good, it is still much worse than the big fish and meat, Han Cheng and the others eat with a full stomach and a comfortable body, and everyone in the Liu family can't figure out Han Cheng's way, so they only accompany them on the side, and this meal is full of flavors.

Liu Wei also saw the matching, and finally knew who the acquaintance Han Cheng said was introduced by an acquaintance.

During the banquet, Han Cheng asked, "Master Liu, do you have any business in the north?" ”

Liu Wei said: "It's just a small business."

Han Cheng then asked, "What about the income?" I also want to open up the trade routes in the north, earn a little money, and borrow the experience of the Liu family. ”

Liu Wei was afraid that if Han Cheng really went to the north, then his own trading of horses would be exposed, so he could only say: "There are some ethnic minorities in the north, they don't have too much financial resources, and they can't earn a lot of money." ”

Han Cheng replied: "That's it." ”

On the other hand, Zhang He drank a lot of wine with the other party's family leader after Han Cheng's guidance.

Although the leader of the other party's family kept saying that he would not drink, Zhang He was a guest, and under Zhang He's repeated persuasion, he drank the first cup.

Wine, as long as it starts, the rest is easy to do, the more you drink, the more you drink, and finally the head of the Liu Mansion drinks in a daze.

And Zhang He has excellent physical fitness, and the amount of alcohol is quite good, but he is slightly drunk. According to Han Cheng's instructions, he asked, "When you go to the north to do business, how many people do you usually go there at one time?" ”

The head of the Liu Mansion was drunk, and he stuck out his big tongue and said, "I went to one hundred and fifty families at a time, and I carefully arranged it. Hehe, you don't know, brother, the last time we encountered a group of 200 horse bandits in Youzhou, I led my family to kill all directions, and the horse bandits scattered and fled. ”

The leader of this Ding was drunk and spoke so loudly that Han Cheng and Liu Wei could hear it. Liu Wei just told Han Cheng that going to the north was a small business, but the leader said that he would go to more than 150 people at a time, and Liu Wei, who was frightened, hurriedly gave his younger brother Liu Feng a look. Liu Feng knew the cause and effect of the incident, and said to a few family members around him: "Your leader is drunk, help him down to rest." ”

When Han Cheng saw this scene, he thought about it in his heart, but he just smiled at Liu Wei on his face.

Late at night, Han Cheng returned to his room and said to Zhang He: "Jun Cheng has done a good job, arrange a few clever soldiers to be on duty tonight, and be careful that the Liu family dog jumps off the wall in a hurry." ”

In the secret room of Liu's Mansion,

Liu Wei faced the main people in the family: his two sons Liu Li and Liu Fu, his younger brother Liu Feng and one of his younger brothers' sons, Liu Hu.

said: "What do you think about what happened today? ”

This Liu Hu is nine feet tall, born with great strength, and Liu Wei has spent a lot of money to ask a famous teacher to guide him, and his martial arts have reached the realm of five grades.

The first one said to Liu Wei: "Don't be afraid, the head of the family, I will take fifty family members and do them tonight." ”

Liu Wei glanced at Liu Hu, "What else do you think?" ”

Liu Feng said: "Big brother, don't listen to Hu'er, this child has developed limbs and rust in his brain, and he only knows how to fight and kill." Zhou Mu's nephew is still a Zhonglang general who leads the army, not to mention whether he can kill it, even if he kills it, my Liu family will be over.

I think there are two paths. The first is to tell everything and buy and sell horses for Han Cheng; The second is to refuse to admit it, what if Han Cheng can't take us? We only need to deal with the cronies of the good state pastor, and we can still turn over one or two. ”

When Liu Feng was speaking, Liu Li communicated with Liu Fu in private, and said to Liu Wei: "Father, my younger brother and I think the second uncle's first approach is feasible. As for the second one, with Han Fu's favor of letting Han Cheng lead the army with 10,000, I don't think there is much room for turnover. ”

Liu Wei saw that his younger brother and son's opinions were basically agreed, so he said: "When Han Cheng arrived today, I realized a problem: my Liu family has wealth, but I have no power to protect it."

Everyone has control of the family's various shops, and everyone knows some news: Now that Dong Zhuo has entered Beijing, the princes from all over the country are recruiting troops and horses. Within a few years, a situation will inevitably be formed in which the court is weak and the local situation is strong, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the world will be in chaos.

What should I do with my Liu family? You must find a side to take refuge in. Although our Liu family has a slight property, the big family and the scholar clan don't look down on our identity, and we just bring humiliation on ourselves when we go to them.

Let's take refuge in a state pastor, to be honest: my Liu family is the richest man in Gonggao County, but what about in the world? It's just a small "nouveau riche", and it's hard to get into the eyes of the state herd.

Besides, the main wealth of my Liu family is in this Gonggao County, do you think Jizhou Pastor will let our wealth flow to other states?

And this Jizhou Mu Han Fu has been in charge of Jizhou for nearly a year, and on the surface he gets along well with the family, but in fact, the family does not look at the face of his "Yuan family's protégé";

Jizhou, which has a large population and abundant grain production, has been in the hands of Han Fu for more than a year, and the available soldiers are no more than 30,000.

However, his nephew Han Cheng, I am more optimistic.

One is that this son treats people well, although he is the nephew of the state pastor, but when he talks with me and other businessmen, he is full of respect for his elders, and he does not mean to despise him, and it does not seem to be pretentious, and it seems that his name of "benevolence and righteousness" is well deserved.

The second is that this son has a lot of means, I think carefully about what he is doing today, so that the generals around him intimidate me, the main purpose is to come to my Liu Mansion. When we arrived at Liu's Mansion, there were so many people in our house, it was inevitable that there would be a lot of people, and we couldn't prevent it.

The third is that this son is not yet eighteen years old, so he has such a scheming, I think it will be a big thing in the future.

Now that we have taken refuge in him, we can have a relationship with Jizhou Mu and have no worries in Jizhou.

Even if in the future, Han Fu is not the pastor of Jizhou, Han Cheng has an army of 10,000, and with the full support of my Liu family, the available soldiers are enough to reach 20,000 people, and it is not a problem to protect a county.

Now we are being asked for a 'private matter', and if we give him great help at this time, the reward at that time is immeasurable. ”