"PS: Thank you [Time to cook the rain of Beibei] The big guy rewarded him with 10,000 coins~ In addition, I won't add more updates recently, it's the New Year's Day, not many people see it, the subscription is miserable, let's go after a while. In other words, why does it feel more and more serious, and what is the cause? Bats?'

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"Hire a swordsman to kill the Zhao family's father and son!"

"This grievance must be avenged!"

"Don't talk about Ruyang now, the whole of Henan is watching my Zheng family's jokes."

At the beginning of May, Zheng Zhong, Marquis of Ruyang, held a family meeting in his house, gathering members of different families in different houses of the Zheng family to discuss the current crisis.

I saw that in the main hall of the main house of the Marquis Mansion in Ruyang, the Zheng family was furious, and only a small number of people could keep their composure, including Zhengzhou and Zheng Zixiang, the county magistrates of Yangcheng County.

Unlike the rest of the uncles and brothers here, Zhengzhou was a righteous Yangcheng county commander and court official, and he was the defender of the order of the Jin Kingdom, and he couldn't listen to the words of these clansmen.

There are still people who are ready to buy murder in front of him......

Zhengzhou shook his head slightly.

But then again, he could understand the indignation of these clansmen, after all, this time, his Zheng clan had really suffered heavy losses.

Just ten days ago, when the Zhao and Zheng families were losing their battles for land, a group of organized Yexian merchants suddenly poured into Ruyang, and opened shops in the county like mushrooms after a rain, providing a lot of daily utensils such as iron pots, tables, chairs, wooden basins, etc., to attract the people of Ruyang City in exchange for surplus grain and rice in their hands.

Previously, the Zhaojia rice shop provided the Ruyang people with the way of selling grain in exchange for old things, and the Ruyang people who had a hot head moved all the old things such as old clothes and old furniture to the Zhao's rice shop to exchange rice and grain, so that at that time, many people were left with piles of grain and rice at once, and they could almost eat for two or three years.

And just when these Ruyang people gradually calmed down and realized that the loss of those old things in life caused inconvenience in life, those Yexian merchants happened to appear, and they also happened to provide a channel for 'exchanging rice for things', so the people of Ruyang took the excess rice grain and went to the shops of these Yexian merchants to exchange various daily utensils......

Don't you think it's a bit of a coincidence?

The Zheng family was not stupid, they immediately realized that something was wrong, and immediately sent someone to investigate, only to know that those organized Ye County businessmen belonged to the same chamber of commerce - Luye Freemasonry!

And the president of the Luye Freemasonry is precisely the Luyang Zhao family!

The Luyang Zhao family openly provoked and fought a price war with the Zheng family, causing the two families to sell countless rice grains cheaply, and now, through the Luye Freemasonry, the excess rice and grain in the hands of the people of Ruyang have been recovered, even if it is impossible to recover them all, and the losses of the Zhao family have been minimized.

With the help of trade with Wancheng Military Market, the Zhao family was able to earn back the losses in a short period of time, but the Zheng family was the only one......

Heavy losses!

It is conservatively estimated that the Zheng family has lost 70,000 or 80,000 stone of grain this time, and if it is exchanged for a loss of 50 yuan per stone of rice, it will be enough to have 3 million yuan, not to mention that the Zheng family has lost far more than 50 yuan in order to have a righteous dispute with the Zhao family.

The Zheng family was tricked!

Zhao Yu, the second son of Zhao Jing, the marquis of Luyang Township, was played around by the 'second son' who is now famous in Ruyang and Rushui counties.

The Zheng family was angry because of this, and they wanted to take revenge, but in Zhengzhou's opinion, instead of retaliating against the Zhao family, it was better to think about how this matter would end.

You must know that so far, Zhao's rice shop is still implementing the strategy of 'exchanging old things for rice' in Rushui counties, they stopped buying rice with money and changed to exchanging things for rice, while on the contrary, the merchants and shops of the Luye Freemasons have gone the opposite way, implementing 'exchanging rice for things', or even more simply implementing 'exchanging rice for money', and fools can see that these two forces are joining forces against the Zheng family.

Even, even the merchants in Henan came out one after another, and together with the Luye Freemasonry, they rushed to buy the surplus rice and grain in the hands of the local people in Ruyang and even Rushui counties.

All in all, the Zhao family didn't lose much, everyone else had to earn, but the Zheng family had nothing to lose.

In this kind of situation where the wall is falling down and everyone is pushing it, of course, the Zheng family will not be stupid enough to continue to act as the wronged leader, and the Zheng family's shops, which originally sold grain and rice at the price of 'ninety yuan and one stone', have stopped selling grain, but in exchange for the complaints of Ruyang and even the entire Rushui counties.

Yes, it was the locals in Ruyang and even Rushui counties who took the lead in attacking the Zheng family, because the Zheng family's 'retreat' made them unable to take advantage.

For a time, public opinion completely fell to the Zhao family, and the Zheng family became a loser.

"The price is too heavy."

In the family meeting, Zhengzhou shook his head slightly.

He couldn't help but recall the night when his cousin Ruyang Marquis Zheng Zhong banqueted the Luyang Township Marquis and the county magistrate of Rushui County at the end of last year, in fact, he had a guess at that time, thinking that his Zheng family would inevitably pay a heavy price for humiliating the Zhao family's father and son, but he never imagined that this price would be so heavy, so heavy that it was difficult for his huge family to bear.

Seeing that the deliberations of the clansmen gradually tended to be indiscriminate, and even what to buy murder came out, Zhengzhou coughed and interrupted: "Uncles, uncles, brothers in the clan, and listen to Zhengzhou. ”

I have to say that in fact, Zhengzhou and Zheng Qian's cousins can only be counted as juniors in the Zheng family, and those who are two generations higher than them are still there, but it is undeniable that this pair of cousins has a special status in the family, Zheng Qian is because he is the son-in-law of his family, and Zhengzhou is because he is the county magistrate of Yangcheng County.

Therefore, when Zhengzhou spoke, the uncles, uncles, and brothers in his clan gradually quieted down and listened to him quietly.

I saw him stand up in his seat, arch his hand towards the dozens of clansmen present, and then said with a smile: "Before telling my thoughts, let me make a suggestion, don't say stupid things like buying murder, although I know that your uncles and brothers are angry in their hearts, but this kind of thing should not be said nonsense, and it will not be good to spread it." …… How many county magistrates are staring at this now? Even if the father and son of the Zhao family appear in front of us at this moment, do we really dare to disadvantage them? ”

Hearing Zhengzhou's words, although his uncles and brothers showed resentment on their faces one by one, they couldn't refute it.

Indeed, buying murder is indeed just a stupid thing for them to vent their hatred, you must know that the struggle between the Zhao and Zheng families, there are several county orders staring at it, Luyang County Commander Liu Xuan, Ye County Commander Mao Jue, Ruyang County Commander Wang Dan, Lunshi County Commander Zhai Yu, etc., etc., and among them, Luyang County Commander Liu Jue and Ye County Commander Mao Jue clearly support the Zhao family, and Ruyang County Commander Wang Dan and the rest of the Rushui County Commanders are now also showing signs of gradually falling to the Zhao family.

Buying a murderer under the nose of these county magistrates? And it was a townsman who was killed.

Even the Zheng family can't afford the serious consequences of this incident.

"Zixiang, what do you say?"

In the chief on the east side, an old man asked, "The Zhao family is still aggressive......

"Uncle." Zhengzhou arched his hand and replied, "Let the juniors talk to the Zhao family father and son." …… The father and son of the Zhao family are not unreasonable people, looking at the counties of Rushui today, only my Yangcheng, whether it is the Zhao family or the Luye Freemasonry, have never set foot in it, are the father and son of the Zhao family afraid of me? Or is it that the Luye Freemasons, which include more than 200 businessmen in Luyang and Yexian counties, are afraid of me? Neither! That's just because, my Yangcheng has never cut off the money and grain subsidies given to Luyang County, and the Zhao family father and son know that they don't want to embarrass Yangcheng. …… It can be seen that the father and son of the Zhao family are actually principled people, and such people are not incompatible. ”

“……”

The old man stroked his gray beard and pondered for a moment, then turned his head and asked Zheng Zhong, Marquis of Ruyang, who was sitting on the main seat: "What does this family think?" ”

Seeing dozens of pairs of eyes in the room looking at him in unison, Ruyang Hou Zheng Zhong barely squeezed out a few smiles: "That...... Just ask the elephant. ”

"Uncle, please rest assured."

Zhengzhou arched his hand and said.

Without further ado, on the same day, Zhengzhou went to Ruyang to visit the second son of the Zhao family, Zhao Yu, who is said to be still in Ruyang City.

Although he kept saying that he wanted to talk to the Zhao family father and son in the family meeting, as far as he knew, the Luyang townsman had not been involved in this matter at all, and in the past few months, the Zhao townsman had only appeared in Luyang, Yexian, and Yuncheng, and the matter on Ruyang's side was actually done by his son Zhao Yu - this was also confirmed by his cousin Zheng Qian.

After entering Ruyang County, Zhengzhou first went to Zheng's rice shop on West Street and met his cousin Zheng Qian, who was hiding in it.

Compared with a few months ago, Zheng Qian looked much haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot, especially when he saw his cousin Zhengzhou, Zheng Qian's face was full of shame, and he didn't know what to say except for shouting 'cousin'.

Zhengzhou patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "The rest of the matter will be handed over to the foolish brother, you can go and rest for a while." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Qian asked Zhengzhou, "Cousin is going to see that Zhao Yu?" ”

Zhengzhou nodded.

Seeing this, Zheng Qian gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go with you." ”

Hearing this, Zhengzhou frowned and looked at Zheng Qian.

As if he had guessed Zhengzhou's thoughts, Zheng Qian Zhengse said: "My cousin came to clean up the aftermath for me, I will never spoil my cousin's affairs, and I also want to meet that Zhao Yu...... If Zhao Yu takes the opportunity to make any requests, I can also help my cousin refuse. He glanced at Zhengzhou and added: "Although the clan is dissatisfied with me, I am the one who knows the strength of the Zhao family best, and I know very well that Zhao Yu actually has no other tricks." ”

"Having said that, you can't break the current situation......

Zhengzhou muttered to himself, but still did not refuse his cousin's request, firstly, the cousin is the son-in-law of the family, so he has to give him some face, and secondly, this cousin can indeed talk about the person who knows the Zhao family's style best.

After thinking about it, Zhengzhou nodded and said: "Okay, remember to stay calm, whether it is the third uncle or the uncle in the rest of the clan, they don't want to fight with the Zhao family anymore, you know this best, behind the Zhao family is the support of Liu Jue, the commander of Luyang County, and Mao Jue, the county commander of Yexian County, as well as Wancheng Military City and Luye Freemasonry, if I continue to fight, even my Zheng family may not be able to win." ”

Not necessarily ......

Zhengzhou said it very tactfully, but in fact he also knew that in fact, his Zheng family had already lost, at least in this confrontation with the Zhao family.

"I know."

Zheng Qian nodded with a complicated expression.

After the negotiation was completed, Zhengzhou sent the servants of Zheng's rice shop to the opposite Zhao's rice shop to pay their respects.