A delicate courtyard on the bank of the Yangzhou City River, several ginkgo trees in the courtyard are vibrant, luxuriant, a cicada lying on the branch, singing a ballad happily, completely ignoring the mantis behind him is making a posture to kill, the mantis is also preoccupied with a blow, I don't know that the sparrow behind him has been lurking for a long time.

Behind the treacherous ginkgo tree is an antique study, where three men in Confucian shirts are whispering.

"Second brother, third brother, today invite two virtuous brothers to come to discuss countermeasures, presumably you should also be notified, this little nephew patriarch, want us to discuss it together tomorrow, it is certain that it is to urge us to return the silver. Originally, I thought that my father would pass on the position of patriarch to one of our four brothers, and no matter which one of them became the patriarch, the eldest brother would definitely give full support and pay off the loan immediately. However, I don't know if my father was hurt by illness before he died, and he actually made a milky little nephew the patriarch, which is really laughing and generous! Our brothers had to obey my father's will, but for the long-term development of the family, we must give this little nephew a little hardship, and let him give up the position of patriarch, so as not to mistake my Zhang family, let alone his own future. ”

The person who spoke was clearly Zhang Xian's eldest uncle, and as he spoke, he pressed his finger joints, and there was a snapping sound.

"Big brother, what you said, our brothers understand, but how to make our nephew suffer? The fourth child will definitely defend his children, and if this matter spreads and says that our uncles and nephews are embarrassed, it won't be good for the neighbors to say! Besides, if this little nephew doesn't give up the position of patriarch to death, we will be helpless! ”

"Second brother, you should think like this, let the little nephew have a meritorious reputation, he doesn't be the patriarch, not only for his good future, but also for the good of the family, as for the gossip of others, will the second brother and the third brother go out and talk nonsense? There are only a few of us in the know, what are you afraid of? You said that the little nephew would not give up the position of patriarch, it would be even more impossible, unless he would play a trick and make up the family's loan of more than 20,000 taels of silver! As long as our three brothers have one heart, that is, if we don't repay this family loan, where will he find more than 20,000 taels of silver to repay the debt? Could he still turn the sky upside down and dare to go to his uncles' house to rob him? Who doesn't have a home of one or twenty people in their house? ”

"Or is the eldest brother old, as long as this silver, if we don't return it on time, how can we give up? Qian Zhuang has a relationship with the government, and the little nephew can't afford to be guilty, so he, the patriarch, can't do it! What a plan! Third brother, I absolutely obey the arrangement of the eldest brother! The eldest brother says one, and the third brother I will never say two! However, our three brothers also opened the skylight to speak brightly, and the brothers also had to settle accounts, when our three brothers borrowed money from the patriarch's father, we helped each other borrow a lot of money. If the eldest brother becomes the patriarch in the future, how is the eldest brother going to repay the borrowed money? ”

"Mmmmmm, the third brother is reasonable, eldest brother, you see that what the third brother said is not unreasonable, the second brother and I absolutely support the eldest brother as the patriarch, as for the silver of our brothers, how does the eldest brother plan to deal with it?"

"Second brother, third brother, you are all my own brothers, how can the eldest brother not take care of you? You don't see if it's going to work! If the position of the little nephew's patriarch can't continue, the eldest brother and I will reluctantly become the patriarch, and each of you will only repay seven percent of your borrowed silver, and I will figure out the rest by myself! How is it? ”

"Hahaha, okay, it's still the eldest brother, the second brother and I will fully support the eldest brother!"

"Yes, yes, the second brother, I definitely support the eldest brother, anyway, the eldest brother is also for the good of the family!"

"Okay, then it's decided, brothers work together, the profits will be broken, and tomorrow we will do what we agreed! Let's go, today's eldest brother will be the east, entertain the two virtuous brothers, and drink! ”

Zhang Xian was standing in the courtyard of his hometown in the countryside at this time, and there were thirty burly and tall housekeepers standing in front of him, dressed in uniform black tight-fitting short shirts, standing neatly in three rows, each holding a wooden gun with a length of one zhang in his hand. When Zhang Xian shouted the password "two" again, the family members continued to end their guns, stride, and stab forward again and again, and then burst out with a shout of "Kill!" ”

Zhang Xian looked at the family members who had been practicing for an hour, their bodies were full of sweat, and he knew in his heart that the physical fitness of this group of family members was okay, and he trained with the military training methods of later generations, and many people couldn't even distinguish between left and right for the time being. However, this kind of momentum is more than enough to deal with other untrained family members, Zhang Xian said:

"Okay, that's the end of today, tomorrow everyone will gather in the Zhangfu compound in the city on time, this son said, in my hand as an errand, the most important thing is absolute obedience, orders and prohibitions, do a good job, this son will definitely be rewarded, eat meat and reward silver! If you do it poorly, you will be warned the first time, and you will have to get out of it with your family the second time! Do you have any comments? ”

As soon as this team heard that the scholarly son of Wen Crepe not only understood the military and Han drills, but also said such rude and straightforward words, they all immediately felt that they had the right temper! In the past two or three days of contact, everyone has two words for the son of the Zhang family, "convinced!" ”

One of the most burly family members in the row, with a leopard head and ringed eyes, beard and hair, and a fierce image of Zhang Fei alive, said: "Where did the prince come from?" We rough men, either the tenants of the prince, or the relatives of these tenants, are all knowledgeable, the prince recruited us to be a family, and gave us three times the salary, this is the treatment that only the old master who teaches in the county town, it is better to plant land for three years than to work for a year! Who would have an opinion when encountering such a good thing, that is his grandmother's foolishness! We are all straightforward people, and we ate the bowl of rice of the son, but we were sent by the son. In the end, I Niu Dameng made amends to Gongzi, I was also a person with Shaolin martial arts background, and I did not look down on the assassination technique taught by Gongzi at first, but Gongzi used a wooden gun to stab me to the ground three times in a row, and I Niu Dameng is now completely convinced, from now on, I must train hard according to Gongzi's requirements, and this life will be Gongzi's in the future! ”

As soon as all the family members heard Niu Dameng's words, they all echoed: "Yes, yes, yes, Gongzi, you are our great benefactor, and we are all willing to be sent by Gongzi, and there is nothing to say!" The prince not only let us have food, but also arranged our mother-in-law to work as female workers in the Zhang family, we people have no other skills, but the conscience is still there, the body is okay, and we will never live up to the love of the son! ”

"Niu Dameng is doing a good job, you are all doing well, this son didn't misread you, what you want is a straightforward rough man, if you are a little scholar, this son doesn't want it! However, this life is still your own, and if you train well, even if you beat others, you will live a long life; If you don't train hard, if you go out and be beaten to death, that's what will harm your own family! Through these two or three days of training, Niu Dameng performed outstandingly, trained hard, and made the greatest progress. Now this son announced, Niu Dameng is the temporary captain of my Zhang family's Ding team, you can choose three more deputy captains from it to assist you in training the team in the future, after you determine the candidate, report to me for approval even if you get the appointment, and you Niu Dameng is directly responsible for this son, tomorrow according to the previous deployment of this son, you will be officially appointed as the captain, get five times the salary, and the deputy captain will get four times the salary! It's all up to you! Well, disband! ”