Chapter 44: Contradictions emerge
Yuncheng, Liu's workshop has expanded twice as much as half a year ago, and its income has expanded fivefold, reaching the level of monthly net profit of more than 30,000 yuan, and it is still rising.
As the workshop continued to grow, there were problems with the redistribution of profits, and contradictions arose. Yuncheng magistrate Shi Wenbin is an interesting person, less than half a year Liu Zhenglong is already a Xuande Lang of the seventh grade, although there is no specific position now, but after all, the level is much higher, he is just a magistrate of the eighth grade, how can he offend the other party for the sake of petty profits?
Shi Wenbin took the initiative to withdraw from the workshop, and Liu Zhenglong felt that the other party would do something, so he directly gave 30,000 yuan as compensation. And Lei Heng, Zhu Tong has always received protection money, and now not only has it not been banned, but on the contrary, it has risen by 30%, these two guys are also very happy, and they are more willing to work for Liu Zhenglong.
The problem still appears on Song Jiang's head, this hypocritical guy, his family background is quite solid, he likes to make friends, scatters money like running water, and is destined to make ends meet, and can only rely on some gray income to maintain a balance between income and expenditure. After befriending Liu Zhenglong, he collected money from the workshop, which made Song Jiang's economic situation much more prosperous, and he also had enough money to please Yan Xijiao.
At first, Song Jiang wanted to recognize a righteous sister, wanted to sell at a price, and gave this Yan Xijiao to dignitaries in exchange for benefits, but he didn't expect to be rejected when he gave it to Liu Zhenglong. Song Jiang's wishful thinking was not done well, after all, Shi Wenbin, the county magistrate, already had Bai Xiuying by his side, and there were almost no people in the entire Yuncheng who were worthy of him to send his righteous sister out, in this case, he had an idea, after all, in the face of a beautiful woman like a flower and jade, he would be alive and hell if he was not moved.
After Song Jiang's expenses increased, the demand for workshops gradually increased, so that the contradiction gradually appeared. At the beginning, Liu Rumei, who was in charge of the workshop, could still be patient, but after Liu Zhenglong came back, she was unwilling to endure anymore and wanted to fight back.
Liu Zhenglong didn't expect that there would be trouble here, he held Liu Rumei in his arms, kissed the beauty's white forehead and said: "This workshop can be closed at any time, you can open the workshop to Jinan Mansion, Dongping Mansion or even Yingtian Mansion, there is no need to contradict that hypocrite in Song Jiang." ”
"I just can't swallow this breath, why are you afraid of Song Jiang, it's rare that he is better than the county master?" Liu Rumei is still unwilling to give up the workshop, obviously in the eyes of this big beauty, Song Jiang is just a small boss, and there is no need to take it seriously at all.
Regarding Song Jiang's question, Liu Zhenglong is indeed a little big, he originally didn't want Shuibo Liangshan to become bigger and stronger, so he ate black and snatched the birth gang, but now Chao Gai still went to Liangshan, in this case, it is meaningless to stop Song Jiang from going to Liangshan, but Song Jiang went to Liangshan, is it really good to follow the route described in the original Water Margin?
Now that he is about to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou, Yuncheng can't take care of it, and losing the workshop is nothing more than losing some money, but how to deal with Song Jiang's problem, this problem makes Liu Zhenglong's head headache, and now in the face of Liu Rumei's question, he was upset for a while and wanted to re-sort out his thoughts.
What to do? Liu Zhenglong suddenly remembered that there was a person, that was Zhang Wenyuan, yes, it was Zhang Wenyuan, and only this soft rice king could tie up Song Jiang. After making up his mind, Liu Zhenglong was in a good mood, "Madam, I haven't been intimate for a long time, can you give me a son?" ”
"Don't make a fuss, what about people talking to you about business?"
The next day, Zhang Wenyuan, the king of soft rice, was invited over, and this guy didn't feel anything when he saw Liu Zhenglong, but when he saw the fierce god Bao Xu, the dangerous god Yu Baosi, he was so frightened that his legs and stomach turned tendons, and he peed his pants on the spot.
Liu Zhenglong was too lazy to talk so much about Zhang Wenyuan, so he handed over the matter to Bao Xu to handle, this mourning god quickly got Zhang Wenyuan, for this soft rice king, someone paid for him to hook up with the little girl, so what else did he say, he agreed directly without thinking about it.
Sure enough, Zhang Wenyuan and Song Jiang were jealous because of Yan Xijiao, a little girl, and in the end, Song Jiang killed Yan Xijiao by mistake, and was finally assigned to the army. Of course, this is all later, at least when Liu Zhenglong and the others left Yuncheng, nothing happened.
Just when Liu Zhenglong led the Longxiang army south, Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, was crowned as the pacification envoy of the Jiangnan and Jiangnan Roads, and went out to quell the rebellion, and the actual leader was Pan Jing, the general of the right guard. In fact, Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, only went out to Suzhou and sat here, and as for the counterinsurgency, it was handed over to Pan Jing, the general of the right guard.
Before the army set out, Pan Xu called Pan Jing to his reception room, and he said to his younger brother: "This time the leader of the expedition, second brother, are you sure of victory?" ”
"No, this time I only brought 30,000 forbidden troops, but the rebels are known as millions, how can they win easily?" The right guard general Pan Jing actually has no guessing ability at all, far inferior to his son Pan Yue, this time it can be said that he is rushing ducks to the shelves, so he can only go south.
"Winning is an opportunity for our Pan family to show their talents, defeated, although you will not be held accountable, but even if the career is completely abolished, our Pan family will also sink." Obviously, Pan Xu was very dissatisfied with the second brother's reply, and he said coldly: "Although the rebels claim to be millions, they are actually just a group of rabble, where can they be compared with the forbidden army, as long as you can win, you can defeat the rebels in one fell swoop, if you can capture Fang La, it is definitely a great achievement, then the status of our Pan family will be greatly improved." ”
"Knowing Big Brother, I know what to do." Pan Jing looked a little impatient, he didn't seem to be taking the right person to go on the expedition, this right guard general who grew up with a golden key, where did he think that one day he would really lead the team to the expedition.
Pan Xu said angrily: "This time to go south to quell the rebellion is definitely a great opportunity to make contributions, Liu Zhenglong helped you win it, you must cherish this opportunity." No matter how difficult it is for you, you must take the right one to Hangzhou. By the way, Liu Zhenglong said, you can bring Uncle Zhang, the war and rebellion are Uncle Zhang's, and the credit is yours. ”
"Uncle Zhang? Well, that's all there is to it. "Pan Jing didn't know who Uncle Zhang was at all, but there was nothing difficult to get rid of, the huge bureaucratic system worked very quickly, and this was not a problem at all.
Seeing that his brother's mood had stabilized, Pan Xu continued: "The old lady intends to recruit Liu Zhenglong as the son-in-law of the Pan family, what do you think?" ”
"Let's wait until the counterinsurgency returns." Pan Jing knew that his brother was optimistic about Liu Zhenglong, and he also knew which one he wanted to marry to the other party, but he still looked down on this guy in his heart.
Pan Xu knew that it would be difficult to convince his younger brother, so he had to personally visit the Cao family, the Shi family, the Gao family and other meritorious families, hoping that everyone could work together to complete this counterinsurgency.
Before the counterinsurgency operation began, a huge meritorious group began to operate, from Bianliang to Hangzhou, which seemed to be quiet, but in fact there was only one goal, and that was to quell the rebellion in Fangla.
During this time, Zhu Mian was under a lot of pressure, and all along, the king of the southeast had accumulated tens of millions of fortunes by collecting flowers and stones for the official family. However, the people in the south of the Yangtze River who were tossed were not able to make a living, and they were really white bones exposed in the wild, and there was no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. Of course, these imperial courts are invisible, and the officials will not take it seriously, but Fang La's uprising is not so simple, this gang of thieves is rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a great tendency to fall, and the situation is getting more and more intense, it can be said that it has gotten out of control.
News came from the capital that the official family wanted to take Zhu Mian for surgery, but the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and there was no follow-up soon. Zhu Mian received news from Cai Jing and Li Bangyan, and the officials were very dissatisfied, but they didn't make up their minds, as long as they could assess the rebellion of Fang La, then everything would not be a problem.
For Zhu Mian, the king of the southeast, it can be said that he is greedy, and when the wind came out of the capital, he was ready to flee overseas, but later he finally chose to stay, but he loaded ten big ships with the wealth accumulated over the years, and drove the ship to the Yangtze River.
Speaking of greed, Zhu Mian is far from catching up with his father Zhu Chong, a greedy and lustful old man who has a small official position, but he is greedy and eager to dig three feet into the ground to grab wealth. The father and son are embarrassed and treacherous, but on the issue of treating Fang La, the father and son have a contradiction, and the contradiction is constantly intensifying.
Zhu Mian was ready to forcefully suppress the Fang La uprising from the beginning, after all, this kind of rogue rebellion is very damaging, and sooner or later it will become a big problem for the imperial court. However, Zhu Chong believed that once the Fangla uprising was suppressed, then the imperial court would quickly notice the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhu Mian would be strictly dealt with by the imperial court.
The reason why Zhu Chong opposed the impeachment and suppression of the Fangla uprising was that the core was actually to take the opportunity to make a fortune, and when the wealth reached a certain level, he would find a way to flee overseas.
The contradiction between the father and son became more and more intensified, and in the end it was Zhu Chong who had the upper hand, of course, this was not with the reluctance of most of the entire Zhu group, and even said that they did not dare to suppress Fang La and other thieves.
The intensification of the conflict was mainly due to the fall of Hangzhou, and at this time, Zhu Chong realized the danger and advocated fleeing overseas immediately. However, Zhu Mian got the information of Cai Jing, Li Bangyan and others, as long as it is a counterinsurgency and after exterminating Fang La, he can turn the danger into a disaster, in this case, the king of the southeast is unwilling to take risks, after all, exile overseas is a last resort.
Exile overseas, on this issue, Zhu Chong, Zhu Mian's father and son contradictions have completely intensified, but this time, it is Zhu Mian who takes the initiative, after all, in the Great Song Dynasty, it can be said that he controls the wealth of the southeast half of the country, this kind of life is too comfortable, once he goes into exile, I really don't know what the situation is, Zhu Mian's five sons, dozens of righteous sons, none of them are willing to leave. These people decided to cooperate with the imperial court to exterminate the bandits.