"The old man is not feeling well today." Duan Yancheng didn't accept the invitation, and waved his hand.

"I'm sorry, the county lieutenant asked you to accept the invitation, and be sure to go to the banquet tonight." Kan Ling, who sent the invitation, emphasized expressionlessly.

"I said I wasn't well." Duan Yancheng was slightly unhappy.

Kan Ling ignored it, "The county lieutenant said that if Duan Langjun really doesn't have time to go to the banquet, then there is still something to discuss." As he spoke, he pulled out another post and handed it over.

Duan Yancheng didn't answer, and Kan Leng's hand kept handing it over.

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

Duan Yancheng's nephew stood aside and said, "Presumptuous! Poor man, believe it or not, I beat you to death with one fist? ”

"I'm the county lieutenant Yizi Kan Ling." Kan Ling said unhurriedly.

Duan Yancheng glanced at the tall and thin child, then reached out to stop his nephew, and finally reached out to take the post.

The content of the post is simple, it is a list.

There are some money, grain and materials listed on it, there are 100 stones of food, and at the end, there is a thank you message signed by Luo Cheng.

"What do you mean?" Duan Yanshi frowned and asked.

"Before that, Duan Langjun took the lead in the initiative and led the big households in the county to raise a lot of money, food and labor for the township regiment, and the county lieutenant was very grateful. But now that the bandits are still entrenched in Changbai Mountain, my father-in-law intends to lead troops into the mountains to encircle and suppress, but now the number of men and horses under his command has expanded, and although there are enough soldiers, they lack food, grass and equipment, so I also hope that Duan Langjun can make another effort. ”

"One hundred stone of grain, one hundred pieces of money." Duan Yanshi sneered.

"My father-in-law said, although Duan Langjun's hometown is in Zouping, he is also from our Qi County, and Duan Langjun has also settled in Zhangqiu for many years, and he is one of the largest households in our Zhangqiu County, and this bit of money and food is just a drop in the bucket for you."

At the end, he added, "You used to give Fan Hu and Liu Shouyi every year, but it was far more than that." Of course, they take care of you every year, and you benefit far more than you give. ”

"Child, there are some things that can be eaten indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. Fan Hu and Liu Shouyi are all moth-eaters in this county, and I, Duan Yancheng, are also from everyone, how can I have anything to do with them? ”

"Oh, could my stepfather be mistaken? However, he searched a lot of account books and personal letters from the homes of Fan Liu and other thieves, and it seemed that there were yours in them. ”

"It must have been a misunderstanding." Duan Yanshi's words were not as tough as before.

"Originally, my father-in-law also said that there must be a misunderstanding here, so I want to invite you to a banquet, have a meal together, and then make it clear in person. But now that Duan Langjun is not available, this matter ·······"

"Dare to threaten us? Just by virtue of the Luo family? Duan Yanshi's nephew was furious.

"Zhixuan, don't mess around."

Duan Yanshi reprimanded.

"The old man is really unwell today, but County Lieutenant Luo wants to go into the mountains to suppress bandits, which is also the luck of us Zhangqiu people, I plan to take out a hundred stones of grain and a hundred yuan of money to help the labor army."

"Uncle!"

Duan Zhixuan couldn't help it, this was a lot of money.

"Why should we be afraid of the surnamed Luo, if he dares to come nonsense, he will definitely let him go around without eating!"

"Stand down." Duan Yanshi's face was black.

Kan Ling didn't care about the conversation between their uncle and nephew, but he didn't hear it.

"Duan Langjun, dare to ask when this money and grain will be delivered to the camp, or you can arrange it now, and I will go back with the money and grain in a while?"

"Yes, please wait."

Duan Yanshi asked Kan Ling to take Kan Ling aside to rest and wait.

"Uncle, why are you still afraid that he will become a child?" Duan Zhixuan couldn't help but ask.

"Xiong'er, your temperament is also going to change, you have passed twelve this year, and you will be thirteen soon. Your father has been serving as a judicial assistant in Taiyuan County, and he originally let you stay at home to study, but you like to run around. Usually there is no one to discipline you, you are doing nonsense everywhere, don't think that I don't know about the things between you and Liu Renmei and Fan Hu. ”

"Uncle, I'll play with them."

"It was nothing before, but now they are traitors, and you have to draw a line with them. A mere hundred stones of grain and a hundred yuan of money is nothing to our Yan family, but if we annoy this Luo Cheng, he will implicate us with thieves like Fan Liu, and then it will be a headache. ”

"He's a chicken feather."

"He is nothing, but he has Zhang Yichen and Zhang Xutuo behind him. Who is Zhang Xutuo, a ruthless man who even wants to give three points to Taishou, can we have a hard top with him? ”

"But we can't let that surnamed Liu blackmail like this?" Although Duan Zhixuan is young, he has a great figure, a lofty instrument, and a good skin. It's just that this person was born in a local powerful family since he was a child, and his father was not at home as an official in Taiyuan, and there was no one to control him at home.

Now he is only thirteen years old, he can ride and ejaculate, and he can also make eight horses, which is a ruthless character.

Such a young man has long been vigorous, where is he willing to let Luo Cheng blackmail him like this.

"Originally, I thought that Luo Cheng was young, and he would be arrogant and arrogant just now, so I said that I would mobilize the big households in the county to raise money, and I wanted Luo Cheng to go into the mountains to suppress bandits and kill people with a knife. But now it seems that this Luo Cheng is not an ordinary essence, he probably has seen through our plan, and now he has Zhang Xutuo behind him, Zhang Xutuo asked him to be the vanguard of the bandits, and gave him 2,000 men and horses, with such strength, even if they enter the mountain king Bo, they may not dare to fight, but I miscalculated. ”

The taste of being blackmailed is unpleasant.

But since it is blackmail, then the other party must hold his handle.

Now Luo Chengcheng is holding the handle of his thief, so he has to get this money if he doesn't want to.

"Xiong'er, remember, even if you want to lift the table, you must have this strength to do so. If you don't have the strength, you will flip the table, and the last person to be beaten under the table will be you. ”

Regardless of whether he was happy or not, Duan Yancheng still gave this money and grain, although he secretly gritted his teeth in his heart.

Kan Ling returned to the camp with several carts of money and food and successfully completed the task.

"Xiao Wu, the Duan family gave it, they didn't bargain, they gave it according to the number, and the money and grain have been counted and put into storage." The prince came in with a smile on his face.

Luo Cheng nodded.

"People like Duan Yancheng know how to compromise the most, and he knows how to choose the least price."

"I let him go after only a hundred dollars and a hundred stones, that's too cheap for him, if you want me to say, you should copy the Duan family like copying the Fan family." The fourth child was rubbing his newly acquired bright light armor on the side.

"What is the success of blindly fighting and killing? At this time, at that time, now we can't be so simple and rude, otherwise even the county order will no longer support us. That's good now! Luo Cheng was very satisfied.

The Duan family squeezed out so much money and food, and it was not only him who could squeeze it, but there were many others.

As long as they are willing to pay money and food, it is equivalent to a compromise, and he Luo Cheng can be regarded as a real foothold in this Zhangqiu City for the time being.