Outside Jinling City, on a galloping carriage, Cao Huachun stared out the window blankly, full of thoughts.

I'm about to see my fifth brother, and I don't know how he's doing for so many years.

At the beginning, it was really helpless for the family to send the fifth brother into the palace, and the old mother even cried for several months.

However, there is no way, the family is too poor, the third and fourth brothers died of hunger and cold, and the fifth brother was sent to the palace, at least so that he could have food and clothing by himself, as for whether he could bring some help to the family, it was only fate.

Fortunately, the fifth brother is talented and intelligent, and he is also quite hard in the palace, and after more than ten years, he was finally appreciated by the eunuch Wang An, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, and became a steward eunuch.

Since then, life at home has gradually improved.

The fifth brother is quite a Gu family, saving money in the palace, bringing all the money home, and also asking someone to invite Mr. Teach, teaching him and his second brother to read and write, they also got married and had children one after another, and the days are becoming more and more prosperous day by day.

However, in the first year of the Apocalypse, the fifth brother's backer, Wang Gonggong, suddenly fell, and by the way, even the fifth brother was implicated and demoted to Jinling, and since then he has lost contact with his family.

At this moment, the entire Cao family almost collapsed, but fortunately, he and his second brother were successful in their studies, looking for some work everywhere, and they could barely maintain the life of the family, but life has been tight.

Seeing that he and his second brother's son have reached the age of marriage, but they have no money to marry a daughter-in-law, he is so anxious.

Just a few days ago, a few people suddenly came to the house, saying that they were sent by the fifth brother's friend in Jinling, and they wanted to take them to Jinling to live a good life, and the road guide was opened for them!

However, they did not bring the fifth brother's handwritten letter, but only brought a few calligraphy and paintings of the fifth brother, saying that it was inconvenient to write a letter.

To be honest, he didn't trust them much at first.

However, he couldn't think of anything else to deceive the Cao family after thinking about it, plus the life at home was too hard, and there was no hope for it to survive, in the end, he gritted his teeth, took his family, and followed these people on the road.

Along the way, he slowly believed in these young men.

Because they have always been very polite to themselves and their second brother, and they have never asked them to pay for food or staying in a hotel, and their food and accommodation are very good.

If it's a liar, then it's strange, and if you sell their whole family, I'm afraid it won't cover the cost of this journey.

The carriage finally entered the city, and his heart was also nervous, after five years, he was finally going to see the fifth brother!

He couldn't help but turn back to his eldest son and said, "Defu, do you still remember the poem you memorized?" ”

Cao Defu, who was nearly twenty years old, nodded hurriedly and said, "Dad, I remember it, don't worry." ”

When Cao Huachun heard this, he carefully advised: "Don't be nervous when you see your fifth uncle, your father will read it if you ask you to read it, your voice will be amplified, with a little worry, you know?" ”

Cao Defu nodded again and again: "I know, I know, Dad, you have said it I don't know how many times." ”

While the family was talking, the carriage slowly entered the Zheliu Lane outside the Zhengyang Gate, and finally directly entered Zhang Jun's mansion and stopped in the courtyard of Yijin.

At this time, Zhang Bin and Zhang Jun had already received the news and had been waiting here for a long time.

As soon as Cao Huachun and Cao Huayu got out of the car, Zhang Bin stepped forward and said cordially: "I've seen Brother Cao, Second Brother Cao." ”

Cao Huayu looked honest and didn't dare to speak, but Cao Huachun looked a little elegant, and his performance was also generous, he looked around, didn't see Cao Huachun, and couldn't help but say suspiciously: "Are you?" What about my fifth brother? ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly explained: "Junior brother Zhang Bin is Brother Ziru's best friend, Brother Cao just calls me Shuangquan." ”

When Cao Huachun heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Brother Shuangquanxian, because I miss the fifth brother in my heart, I have a lot of slackness, rudeness, rudeness." ”

Zhang Bin smiled and said: "Brother hasn't seen me for many years, it's normal to be worried, Brother Cao doesn't have to mind." ”

Cao Huachun still couldn't help but ask: "I don't know where my five disciples are now, I'm really worried about it." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he shook his head with a smile and said: "Brother Ziru is in the palace at this time, there is no way to come out, you have to wait a few days, and the younger brother can take you to see him when he is on vacation." ”

At this time, Cao Huachun and Cao Huayu's families all got off the carriage, and Zhang Bin took the opportunity to introduce him: "This is my fourth brother Zhang Jun." ”

Cao Huachun and Cao Huayu hurriedly bowed their hands, and after greeting people on both sides for a while, Zhang Bin led them into the lobby.

At this time, there was already a table of good wine and food in the lobby, and under Zhang Bin's diligent persuasion, the Cao brothers quickly got slightly drunk.

When everyone had eaten about the same, Zhang Bin said his arrangement, it turned out that Cao Huachun was the shopkeeper that Zhang Bin found for his fourth brother.

According to his meaning, the shops in Jinling South Street will be handed over to Cao Huachun to take care of, and the semicolon on Dingyuan's side will be handed over to Chen Zhi to take care of, and Cao Huayu will first follow Zhang Jun to learn how to buy goods.

Zhang Jun had already received Zhang Bin's explanation, so naturally he had no opinion, and as soon as the Cao family brothers heard that the monthly salary was ten taels, their jaws were about to drop, how could they refuse such a lucrative errand.

In fact, Cao Huachun and Cao Huayu are not incompetent, especially Cao Huachun, the official of the Chongzhen Dynasty to the right governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion, although he relied on Cao Huachun's relationship, but he also did a decent job, at least no one said that he was a vegetarian meal.

The generals of Zhengyipin are all deserved, and a small shopkeeper is naturally not a problem.

Zhang Bin did this, of course, to win over the relationship, the so-called icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow, in the most difficult time for their family, he reached out to help them, it is unlikely that they are not grateful.

No matter how Cao Huachun arranges his two elder brothers after taking power, at least, his two elder brothers will be familiar with their families after two or three years, and when the time comes, the relationship between the two of them will naturally be more solid.

After being full of wine and food, Zhang Bin temporarily arranged the two families in the courtyard that was originally used as a warehouse, although there were piles of fabrics everywhere, which did not look so neat, but it was already a rare mansion for the Cao brothers who were born in poverty, and they were naturally grateful.

In the next few days, Zhang Bin was even more diligent, not only accompanying the two families to eat every day, but also specially taking them to meet their mother Huang, and asking someone to make a lot of new clothes for their two families.

When Brother Cao Huachun inadvertently learned that Zhang Bin, who took care of them like a younger brother, was actually a member of the Ministry of War, he was simply moved, this person, but from the five grades, the official actually cared for them so much, how iron his relationship with the fifth brother Cao Huachun should be!

Of course, Cao Huachun didn't know that he would be the general of the Houjun Governor's Mansion in the future, and he wanted to know that a dignified and upright court member was invited to be the shopkeeper, and it was estimated that a mouthful of old blood would spurt out.