I never thought that the little girl of the Yu family, whom I actually liked, would tell herself in person, saying that the Yu family was ready to promise himself and her family affairs, Xiang Kang was ecstatic for a while, and even couldn't wait to fantasize about the beautiful life after he married the beautiful little girl, forgetting that he was actually at the beginning of the troubled times.

However, things are not as simple as Xiang Kang imagined, after the little girl of the Yu family covered her face and fled into the back door of her house, although the two uncles quickly led the matchmaker and the Xiang brothers out of the gate of the Yu family, but when Xiang Kang went up to salute the two uncles, he was surprised to find that the two uncles did not have any happy smiles on their faces, on the contrary, they were not good, and they looked obviously angry. And almost all of the Xiang brothers were full of anger and their faces were blue - except for Xiang You, of course.

"Kang'er, don't blame Uncle and Aunt for coming here behind your back, we are also here for your good." The second uncle and aunt spoke first, forced out a little smile, and said, "Don't worry, we will continue to find a way to deal with you and the daughter of the Yu family, and we will not let you down." ”

"Yes, Kang'er, don't worry." The third uncle and aunt were more direct, and said with anger: "What Gong Yu said, we will never let him swallow it back, and we will marry the daughter of the Yu family for you." ”

"What's going on?" Xiang Kang was a little dumbfounded, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what's the matter, Duke Yu doesn't agree?" ”

"I didn't say no, but I didn't accept our wild geese." The second uncle and mother pointed to the wild goose carried by Xiang Zhuang, and said very angrily: "I only said that his daughter is still young, and she is reluctant to marry for the time being, and I want to think about it again in the next year and a half." ”

"Don't accept our wild geese? Why? Xiang Kang was really completely confused this time, and he didn't understand what the Yu family's intentions were—why did the little girl of the Yu family tell herself that her family had agreed to her and her family affairs, but Yu Jian refused to accept Nacai Dayan who officially agreed to the family affairs on behalf of her?

"Kang'er, my uncle can see that Duke Yu still looks down on our Xiang family." The second uncle told the truth and said: "I think our Xiang family is ruined, and you are not worthy of his daughter, so I want to regret it and want to drag this family affair out." But he was dreaming, what he had promised himself, uncle, we wouldn't let him swallow it back! ”

"Just now your brothers wanted to do it, but I stopped them." The third uncle and aunt said again: "I also made it clear to Gong Yu, our Xiang family is not the kind of family that relies on more people to bully fewer people, but our Xiang family is not easy to bully!" He wants to keep his daughter for a while, yes, but what he promised, he definitely don't want to regret it! ”

The more Xiang Kang listened, the more confused he became, Yu Jian actually didn't want to marry his daughter to him from the bottom of his heart, Xiang Kang had long known this, and it was also expected by Xiang Kang that he wanted to drag the family affair out, but Xiang Kang didn't understand why the little girl of the Yu family had already told herself that her family had agreed to this family affair? Yu Jian gave his two uncles a delaying plan?

Suddenly fell from heaven to dust, puzzled and unwilling, Xiang Kang, who had always been steady, almost wanted to rush into the Yu family to ask what was going on, but the two uncles grabbed Xiang Kang left and right, and said: "Kang'er, don't be impulsive, if you make a fuss now, you will only give the Yu family an excuse to go back on your word." Calm down, let your uncle and we figure it out for you. ”

"Xiang Kang, listen to your uncle and mother." Xiang Zhuang also grabbed Xiang Kang, and said with a gloomy expression: "Now is not the time to do it, if that surnamed Yu really dares to repent, I don't need you to say hello, I will immediately take my brothers to the door to settle accounts with him!" Let's go home, go back and talk about it. ”

Saying that, Xiang Zhuang pulled Xiang Kang back and forth, and the two uncles and aunts also followed Xiang Kang closely, you persuaded Xiang Kang to calm down and think about it, and repeatedly promised that Yu Jian would fulfill his promise, so that Xiang Kang, who was a little hot-blooded, calmed down a little. And after calming down, Xiang Kang thought of another possibility, and said secretly: "Could it be like this?" Yu Jian was already shaken at first, and persuaded his daughter to agree, and the little girl of the Yu family also accepted her fate, but when it was time to really make a decision, Yu Jian suddenly repented and temporarily decided not to agree? ”

The fact may be just like Xiang Kang's analysis, when he carefully inquired about the details of the matter with the two uncles, the two uncles said that Yu Jian did say that he wanted to ask for his daughter's opinion, and left the living room for a long time, Xiang Kang couldn't help but have some anger and some upsurges, and secretly hated the untrustworthy and capricious Yu Jian to the extreme, and once swore in his heart that he would never care about the life or death of the Yu family in the future, no matter how the right lieutenant of Ling County, surnamed Shan, tossed and cleaned up the Yu family!

Hate to hate, after returning to Shiling Pavilion and calming down carefully in his small black room for a while, Xiang Kang found that Yu Jian's move also had his troubles, and he couldn't be completely blamed for his capriciousness. First of all, the Xiang family is really dilapidated now, and the little girl of the Yu family married to make it clear that she wanted to suffer hardships and suffer crimes. The second is that if Yu Jian really marries his daughter to himself, it is equivalent to offending the powerful Shan Youwei to death, if Shan Youwei is determined to take revenge on the Yu family, he has no money and no power, and he has no confidence to protect the Yu family.

"Ancient society is the same as modern society, it is the same reality of snobbery!" After sighing secretly, the unwilling Xiang Kang couldn't help but feel his blood surging again, and said in his heart: "Okay! Yu Jian, since you are so realistic and snobbish, then I will not pester your family like a leper dog! I'm going to show you what I'll be like in the future, and I'll make you regret it! ”

After making up his mind, and reflecting on what he had done after coming to this era, Xiang Kang suddenly found that he was also at fault, and found that he had actually been in the mix all along, just waiting for Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu to fight the prime minister to help him after they raised troops, and he didn't think that he should pull the Xiang brothers to make some preparations in advance, and he was completely passively waiting for the troubled times to come! And if he continues to mess around like this, even if he can really wait for the Xiang family army to fight the next minister, the little girl of the Yu family may not necessarily be his own - if the little girl of the Yu family is really Yu Ji, his eldest brother Xiang Yu, who can lift the throne, also takes a fancy to her, can he grab it?

"I have to do something to make the Yu family completely impressed with me, and also let Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu impress me! Only in this way can I keep the little girl of the Yu family, and I also have the capital to protect myself in troubled times! ”

With this thought, Xiang Kang, who had been tossing and turning in bed for most of the night, finally fell asleep, and slept until dawn, until he was woken up by the second uncle who was worried that he would not be able to open it.

After pulling Xiang Kang up from the bed, in addition to sending his own meals to supervise Xiang Kang's meal, he has been constantly comforting Xiang Kang, but fortunately, Xiang Kang has already figured it out, and his words and answers are as usual, and his expression is not frustrated, which makes the second uncle and aunt very relieved. As a result, just when Xiang Kang was about to finish eating, another accident happened - Feng Zhong, who had already formed an irreversible friendship with Xiang Kang, suddenly rushed into Xiang Kang's small dilapidated house, and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Brother Xiang Kang, congratulations to me!" The county sent an official letter yesterday, asking me to temporarily act as our Dongxiang tourist! ”

"Acting Hongo Yuyou?" Xiang Kang was stunned and asked suspiciously: "What about Wu You?" What did he do? ”

"Take the guards to the border of Yanmen!" Feng Zhong said with a smile: "He personally told me that when he comes back, he will hope to be promoted to the township, and maybe he can directly become a villager!" When the time comes, as long as there are no accidents, I will be officially on a tour! ”

"Congratulations." Xiang Kang hurriedly congratulated Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong was unceremoniously, pulled Xiang Kang up and walked out, and in the early morning, he was going to pull Xiang Kang to Mrs. Chen's wine shop to drink, Xiang Kang had no choice but to put down the dishes and chopsticks to say goodbye to his uncle, and followed Feng Zhong out to drink and celebrate.

Feng Zhong, who was promoted as he wished, was very excited, and when he arrived at the wine shop, in addition to thanking Xiang Kang without saying anything, he just kept pouring wine into Xiang Kang, and took the initiative to say: "Brother Xiang Kang, I have to ask you to help me again in the future, help me sit this You Stable, so that I can hope to rise to the top again!" Don't worry, big brother, I am developed, and I will never forget you, a good brother! ”

"It's okay to help, but it depends on how you can help." Xiang Kang said with a wry smile: "You is responsible for catching thieves and taking thieves, which I am not good at." ”

"But brother, you have a lot of ideas." Feng Zhong said: "Brother, can you think of some way to let the eldest brother show me something in the position of wandering and make some merits?" ”

Considering that Feng Zhong had already become friends with him and shared interests, Xiang Kang really tried his best to use his brains to think about Feng Zhong, and then immediately found that this was also an opportunity for him, an opportunity to prepare for the troubled times for himself, and an opportunity to control a country militia through Feng Zhong. So after thinking about it for a while, Xiang Kang quickly said: "Brother Feng, I think you should first rectify the discipline of the ten pavilions in your township, and strengthen the armament of the pavilions, so that the ten pavilions in our township will become completely new, and the people in the county will be impressed by you." ”

"How do you rectify discipline? And how to strengthen the armament? Feng Zhong hurriedly asked.

"Use the method of training the army, and train the pavilion soldiers of the ten pavilions under your command." Xiang Kang replied: "There are also those diners who eat and drink in various pavilions all day long, and they should also be asked to participate in training together, so that they can be used by you at any time, and they can also come in handy at any time." ”

"Great idea!" Feng Zhong slapped his thigh and said, "The pavilion guards of the ten pavilions in Dongxiang should have been trained carefully a long time ago, lest they be like Cao Ting next to him, and they can't catch a thief." There are also those diners who eat white rice every day, and they should also be asked to practice, so that they can be used as pavilion guards at any time. ”

"The weapons have to be unified, too." Xiang Kang said again: "I noticed that although all the pavilions on our side of Dongxiang have weapons for the army, they are not uniform, the swords, halberds, bows and crossbows are messy, and some of them are still worn and old, and they are not majestic at all in their hands. Brother, if you can unify their weapons, unify them with new swords and new ge, and then arrange them like an army, they will look majestic, and the people in the county will come down to inspect, but it will be difficult not to praise your eldest brother. ”

Feng Zhong was quite reasonable, he didn't applaud directly this time, and said with a wry smile: "Brother, this has to cost money, where should I go up there to get so much money?" ”

"On this point, I just want to discuss something with you, big brother." Xiang Kang was waiting for Feng Zhong's words, and immediately said, "Big brother, how about the two of us opening a blacksmith shop together?" I will contribute the technology, and you will pay for the ironware, so that we can not only earn some money to subsidize the family, but also build a unified weapon, and equip your soldiers with weapons for a small amount of money. ”

"Blacksmith?" Feng Zhong was stunned and hurriedly said, "How many blacksmith shops are there in the county?" If we open another one, how much business can we have? ”

"Those blacksmith shops in the county, what they make is also worthy of being called iron?" Xiang Kang sneered and said: "I know a kind of Chu State iron smelting method, which is a secret method handed down by the famous sword casting master of Chu State, and the iron smelted by that secret method is the real iron, which is more than ten times stronger than the iron produced in our county." ”

"The iron-making method handed down by the cadre?" Feng Zhong was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Brother, do you still know such a secret method?" ”

"Forget who I am? Forgot I could make Miyue chicken? Xiang Kang asked with a smile, and said: "If the eldest brother is not at ease, get me some nirvana (coal) and iron ore sand, and then borrow me a set of iron-making tools, and I will make a few iron tools for you to see." ”

Having seen the magic of Miyue Chicken, Feng Zhong certainly wouldn't believe Xiang Kang's words, and said with the strength of the wine: "Okay, just do it, I'll find a way to get my brother to ask you for those things, if the ironware made by the secret method of the cadre can really work, we will partner to open a blacksmith shop!" ”

Xiang Kang nodded, and said in his heart: "I didn't expect to deal with fire every day before the crossing, and I had to rely on fire to start after the crossing, but there was no way, if I wanted to pull the army to rebel, I had to have weapons first, and it could only be like this." ”