Zhang Ruofeng's heart is in turmoil, financial power is a very important power no matter which family it is, according to the family rules, it should be held by the head of the family, but the eldest brother has been an official in Beijing, so he handed over the financial power to him to manage, this management is nearly ten years, and now he is suddenly asked to hand it over, it is one thing to be emotionally unacceptable, Zhang Ruofeng is more worried about what to do if that thing is shaken out?

However, the rule of the clan that the concubine cannot hold the clan power has been abolished fifteen years ago, so how should this be?

"Big brother, Eighteen Lang has to finish his studies, I'm afraid he doesn't have time."

Zhang Ruohao waved his hand and said with a slight smile: "It's not that he is asked to do the accounts, just to approve the income and expenditure, it doesn't cost anything, besides, he is going to participate in the imperial examination next spring, and if he passes the examination, he will enter the official career, I just want him to hone for a few months, and he has no other intentions, and the third brother doesn't have to worry too much." ”

But even if you hone it, it will take half a year, how can that account be hidden, seeing that the eldest brother is about to settle the matter, Zhang Ruofeng blurted out in a hurry, "Big brother, he is a concubine, and he is the illegitimate son brought back by the sixth brother from outside, how can he be in charge of the clan power, has the eldest brother forgotten about Zhang Potian?" ”

He slammed his mouth shut, he knew he had lost his words.

At this time, Zhang Ruohao slowly walked to the window with his hands behind his back, it has only been ten years, but Bai Yun Youyou seems to have passed a thousand years, he looked at the sky silently, and a touch of sadness flashed in his eyes.

What Zhang Ruofeng said was the most serious crisis of the Zhang family in more than 100 years, and it was this incident that made Zhang Ruohao never get the position of right minister.

Fifteen years ago, the Hui people drank the Central Plains, the major families have recruited volunteers to expel the Tatars, the Zhang family also produced a hundred years of generals, a partial house Zhang Potian, just when Taiyuan fell, the Zhang family will face the catastrophe, it is he in Changshan County to recruit the rebels, Shi Qi plan to break back to the Hui Jing cavalry, three battles and three victories, the recovery of Taiyuan, the Zhang family also mastered the 80,000 Hedong Army, enough to compete with the major families, after the war, the seven families meet, take turns to be the phase, each holds the power of the DPRK for five years.

Ten years ago, it should have been Zhang Ruohao's turn to be the prime minister, but Cui Yuan, the head of the Cui family, successfully provoked the internal contradictions of the Zhang family, and the descendants of the Zhang family unanimously forced Zhang Potian to hand over the military power, Zhang Potian betrayed the Zhang family in a rage, and also took away 80,000 Hedong Army, he opened his own mansion, was recognized by the Cui family as the authentic Zhang family, and supported him as the right minister, but in less than half a year, his military power was taken away by the Cui family, and the position of the right minister was also replaced by Cui Yuan.

And the Hedong Zhang family was also greatly injured by this, leaving a shell in vain, and had no strength to compete with other families, this matter has always been a big hatred in the hearts of the Zhang family, and no one is allowed to mention it, and it happened very secretly at that time, so except for the six brothers of Zhang Ruohao, no one knows the truth of this matter.

Today, Zhang Ruofeng suddenly mentioned this matter in a hurry, just to say that the concubine is not available, Zhang Ruohao was silent for a long time, he suddenly sighed softly, and said slowly: "We have been wrong once, we can't be wrong for the second time, there are some things I can't tell you, and you don't have to know, the matter of Eighteen Lang is so decided!" ”

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The September sun is like the love of a forty-year-old man, warm and lacking in heat, and under its illumination, passers-by have become a little lazy, and the pace of rushing is much slower.

Zhang Huan came out of the main gate of Zhang's mansion, strode across a crescent-shaped wooden bridge, and then walked two miles forward to the south city of Taiyuan Mansion, and Linzhitang was at the very edge of the south market.

Taiyuan is the land of the dragon of the Tang Empire, so it was named the northern capital, it is the political and economic center of Hedong again, the population is dense, the business is developed, the layout of Taiyuan City is a chessboard, there are forty squares, there are three main streets in the east and west, north and south respectively, running through the whole city.

Both sides of the street are high walls, the squares are divided, all commercial activities are distributed in the squares, and in order to facilitate tax collection and management, the sale of goods must also be carried out in a special city, not arbitrarily occupy land to operate, each square has a bazaar, which is equivalent to the bazaar of later generations, there are also grass markets in each township, but for the purchase and sale of bulk commodities, there are also special north markets and south markets, the north market sells silk and satin, jewelry and jade and other luxury goods, while the south market sells daily necessities such as grain, rice and groceries, etc., Business is far more prosperous than North City.

The reason why the Zhang clan mansion is adjacent to Nanshi is that the land of the entire Nanshi belongs to their Zhang family, and the shop is also built by the Zhang family, and the annual rent income is more than 100,000 yuan, which is the largest source of wealth for the Zhang family in addition to the manor rent.

After the war subsided, in order to breed the population and expand financial resources, the imperial court formulated a series of incentives, one of which was to relax the restrictions on merchants, such as abolishing merchant status, allowing merchants to wear the same clothes as civilians, allowing merchants to ride horses, and so on.

Passing through the noisy and lively cloth trading area, in front of which is the shop concentration area of medicinal materials, there is a street here are all pharmacies, there are more than a dozen, operating a variety of medicinal materials, and according to the custom, there are several doctors sitting in each pharmacy, the most interesting thing is that at the end of the street is a coffin shop, which also sells paper longevity clothes, and the one-stop service of birth, old age, sickness and death, this street is complete.

Lin Zhi Tang is located on the very edge, is the coffin shop next door, although the feng shui is not good, but its business is the most prosperous, there are still a hundred steps away from Lin Zhi Tang, but the patients in line have reached the corner of the street, some patients are supported by their families, some patients are lying on stretchers, covered with thick bedding, and their expressions are very painful and haggard.

But the only thing that smiled was the shopkeeper of the coffin shop, he walked around in the queue, touching this forehead from time to time, looking at the tongue coating of that one, like a famous doctor, but the words he said were angry, "You are incurable, our store provides all kinds of coffins, ten years of store celebration, all 20% discount." ”

Zhang Huan walked by, knocked him casually, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Yan is hurting people again, beware that I tell the master to go and dismantle your old bones." ”

The shopkeeper Yan, who looked like a black-faced man, turned his head, and when he saw that it was Zhang Huan, he hurriedly arched his hand and said with a bitter face: "Lord Lin always has a good hand to rejuvenate, making the business of the shop bleak, and there is no way, so I ask Eighteen Lang's subordinates to show mercy." ”

Zhang Huan patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Just kidding you, my master won't care about this little thing." ”

"That's it! Is that! Lin Dongzhu was so busy that he didn't even have time to go to the toilet, so he couldn't take care of my little thing. Shopkeeper Yan laughed dryly, he suddenly remembered something again, and squeezed his eyebrows at him and said, "Pingping seems to be in trouble again, it's at the back door, you go and take a look!" ”

After speaking, he lifted a patient's quilt again, suddenly covered his nose, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Our store also provides a large amount of quicklime, three cents and four catties, the cheapest ........ in the city."

Zhang Huan heard that Lin Pingping was in trouble again, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, then turned around and walked through the alley next to the pharmacy, and walked towards the back door of Linzhi Hall.

"Pingping, you're in trouble again?"

Zhang Huan smiled and squatted down, seeing that she drew three circles on the ground, separating the three ants in the circles and preventing them from going out, he smiled again: "Are you worrying about what happened yesterday?" ”

Lin Pingping raised his head, his eyes were blank, "What happened yesterday?" ”

Zhang Huan couldn't help but be angry and funny, she was afraid that she would be scolded by her father, so she rushed to the head of the house early in the morning to plead, she was so good that she forgot about it completely.

"I want the Zhang family to take back the Lin Zhitang incident."

Lin Pingping was stunned for a moment, and suddenly 'Ah! The ground jumped up, "It's broken!" Broken! I forgot to tell Daddy. After that, she couldn't take care of Zhang Huan, she got up and was about to leave in a panic, Zhang Huan grabbed her and said with a smile: "No need, I have already solved it for you, and the Zhang family will not drive away Lin Zhitang." ”

"Solved? That's good! Lin Pingping let out a long breath, then put the matter behind him, glanced at him again, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here today?" ”

Zhang Huan was angry, "Didn't you run to the academy and tell me that the master had something to look for me?" ”

"Oh!" Lin Pingping's face flushed, and he hurriedly explained his forgetfulness: "I'm upset, so I forgot about these things." ”

"Tell me about it! Do you have any troubles that you need to help you solve? ”

Lin Pingping glanced at him and said, "Then you, do you have five dollars?" ”

"Five-dollar money?" Zhang Huan spread his hands and smiled: "I only have two times a month, only enough to eat, how can there be more?" ”

"It's useless to tell you." Lin Pingping squatted down again sullenly and caught the three little ants that had run away.

"If you don't want to say it, forget it, I still have a way to borrow it for you."

"But the borrowed money will have to be repaid sooner or later." Lin Pingping muttered, but it's better to have money than no money, she thought about it and said, "Then I said that you are not allowed to tell others." ”

"Yes!"

"Here's the thing, my father cured a patient, and the patient secretly gave me an extra five times for consultation, but my father found out, and he ordered me to send the money back to others early in the morning."

Speaking of this, Lin Pingping's face showed a melancholy look, she sighed and continued: "I just walked to the gate of Nanshi, and I saw an old woman kneeling on the ground with a little girl in her arms and asking for food, it's really pitiful! ”

"So you gave them all the money as soon as your mind was hot?" Zhang Huan couldn't help laughing, she could guess the plot without saying it, Lin Pingping walked to the patient's door and remembered that the money was gone, and turned around to go back to find the old man who asked for food, but the old man who asked for food was gone.

"What are you laughing at!" Lin Ping stood up calmly, she stared at Zhang Huan angrily, "Do you think I'll ask them to get the money back?" No, they're so pitiful, you don't see that little girl, she's only so thin. Lin Pingping made a small shape with her hand, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she bit her lip tightly and said: "That little girl's father and mother were sold into slavery, and it takes ten yuan to redeem them back, I want to help them." ”

Zhang Huan was silent for a long time, he patted her cheek lightly, and said with a slight smile: "You stupid frying pan, I'll find a way for you with the five yuan, let's go!" ”

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