Chapter XXIV

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Lian Ruohan hurriedly jumped aside, did not accept Zheng Hao's salute, and said with a smile: "Zheng Tong sentenced not to kill the little woman, the little woman is just for business, where is it for the emperor to share worries and benefit the people?" ”

Seeing that Lian Ruohan always refused to say the real reason for the interception of the iron ore supply, Xia Xiang guessed that Lian Ruohan must have a hard time, so he stopped asking. However, he knew that Lian Ruohan's move was not just for business, but a plan to encircle Guangjin Commercial Bank. What Guangjin Commercial Bank is planning in Zhending, Lian Ruohan must be clear.

"It is not fundamental to only intercept the supply of iron ore, but to cut off the supply of horses, leather and food, so that the bottom of the kettle can be extracted." Zheng Hao pondered for a moment, "Xia Xianzun, according to the official's opinion, it is better to let Haojing Chang directly buy Guangjin Commercial Bank, so that Guangjin Commercial Bank can't toss anything anymore." ”

"It's not good, it's not good." Xia Xiang shook his head with a mysterious smile on his face, "If you want to achieve great things, food, horses, bows and arrows, and weapons are all indispensable. Not to mention that it is impossible to buy Guangjin Commercial Bank, and Guangjin Commercial Bank will not sell it. It is only said that the good times are always there, as long as they propose to buy Guangjin Commercial Bank, they will be startled. If you are in a hurry, the other party's dog jumps off the wall in a hurry, but it will ruin a big thing. It's better to let them continue, and when the time comes, then take it in one fell swoop. ”

"What if there is a problem with a tiger?" Zheng Hao thought about it for a while and felt that it was inappropriate, "It's inappropriate, it's really inappropriate." When the other party is strong and the tail is too big to fall, and even the emperor can't control it, wouldn't he let the other party do whatever he wanted? ”

Xia Xiang sighed and shook his head: "His Royal Highness the Star King is already in the tail now, so there is no need to wait until later." ”

"So, wouldn't we have the slightest chance of winning?" Zheng Hao looked depressed, and turned around a few times in place, "I might as well resign and go home, stay out of the matter, how good it is to be a carefree outsider, why risk death?" If you lose, you will be ruined. If you win, what can you do if you are promoted to the rank of knight and three levels in a row? I have a lot of good land and a lot of property, and I am not an official to seek wealth. ”

"Well said, a good official is not for money!" Xia Xiang saw that Zheng Hao's mind was shaken, so he intended to persuade Zheng Hao, after all, as the general judgment that can best contain Cui Xiang, Zheng Hao's importance is self-evident, "Zheng Tong is a child of a family, with fine clothes and food, and he never knows the hardships of the people's existence, but he is an official and seeks benefits for the people, which is for the great good." It has always been difficult to be poor and charitable, and it is difficult to cultivate the way of wealth and nobility, and it is also a practice to be an official, and it is good to practice in the public. Zheng Tong was born rich and noble, did not forget the people's suffering, sympathized with the people's livelihood, and was in line with the avenue of 'the impermanence of the saint, with the heart of the people as the heart'. ”

Xia Xiang crossed his hands and bowed deeply.

Zheng Hao was put on by Xia Xiang's high hat, and suddenly fluttered up, his heart surged with pride, he stretched out his hand to help Xia Xiang, and laughed: "Xia County is respectful, and the award has been awarded." Although he does not forget the suffering of the people and can sympathize with the hardships of the people's livelihood, he still has not reached the avenue of 'the impermanence of the saint and the heart of the people'. This official should be self-denying and repenting, and work hard to make the country prosperous, hoping that one day he can truly achieve the worries of the world first and the joy of the world after the worries of the world. ”

Cao Shuli and Lian Ruohan looked at each other and smiled, Xia Xiang was sometimes solemn and upright, looking righteous and strict, which made people look awe-inspired. Sometimes he has a hippie smile, and he doesn't look like a proper shape, which makes people suspect that he has not grown up yet, and he is still a child. What he did just now, but he used a high hat to make Zheng Hao obey without a trace, is he a serious Xia Xianzun, or a young man with a childlike heart, or a scheming officialdom? Both of them couldn't help but rejoice in Xia Xiang's wit.

"It's calculated, Xia Xianzun, I've figured it out, the first, the first!"

Cao Shujun jumped up and waved vigorously at Xia Xiang and the others, overjoyed: "I won today!" ”

A few people didn't stop at the moment, and walked quickly to Cao Shujun and a few people. Cao Shuli asked in a low voice as she walked, "Sister Lian, why did Xia Langjun let them compete and count?" ”

Lian Ruohan's gaze stayed on Xia Xiang's back for a moment, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes: "Of course, it's for the sake of calculating how much it will cost to resettle the displaced people." It's really hard for him, thinking about the people everywhere. How old he is, it is really rare to have the heart of a parent. ”

"Hmph, don't even praise him too much, he thinks about the homeless people and the people, why didn't he think about it for you? After all, they calculated how much it would cost to resettle a homeless family, and you would save yourself trouble. Cao Shuli guessed Xia Xiang's intention.

"Count him as having a conscience." Of course, Lian Ruohan knew Xia Xiang's intentions, but she just saw through it and didn't say it, and she didn't want Cao Shuli to say it, so she no longer hid it, "After all, in the final analysis, I am not only for the homeless, but also to help him, and I hope that he can benefit the party for the first term of office." ”

"I've figured it out." Li Zhi was not to be left behind, and also took a few steps forward to Xia Xiang, "Xia Xianzun, I propose that Cao Langjun and I each write the answer on a piece of paper, and then submit it to Xia Xianzun to prevent anyone from cheating." ”

"Okay, that's for the best. I'm afraid you'll listen to my answer and secretly revise your answer. Not to be outdone, Cao Shujun hurriedly jumped up, "Bring the pen, the ink, and the paper." ”

Xia Xiang and his entourage came out to play, naturally they would not carry pen and ink with them, but fortunately, Cai Wen had eyes, and hurriedly ran to the kiln to get pen and ink and paper, and after Cao Shujun and Li Zhi finished writing, they handed it to Xia Xiang. Xia Xiang opened it and looked at it, pulled Cai Wen aside, and the two whispered something.

Cao Shujun glared at Li Zhi a few times unconvinced: "Li Qilang, you are doomed, when you want to apologize to me later, be serious, be serious, don't deal with it, you know?" ”

Li Zhi laughed, turned around and glanced at Zheng Mingrui: "Brother Zheng has been proficient in arithmetic since he was a child, he is known as a god operator, and he is a person in the field. Am I lost? Cao Shujun, you are the one who is lost. ”

"Xia Xianzun, announce the answer quickly, who is the most accurate?" Cao Shujun was angry, and hurriedly urged Xia Xiang, "I don't believe it, I have Xiao Niangzi, who is known as the world's most strange woman, to help me, and I can still lose to you a scoundrel?" What a child of a family, but just a child of a gentleman. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zheng Mingrui's face changed slightly, and Zheng Hao was also slightly unkind. Fortunately, Lian Ruohan's face was calm and did not show any dissatisfaction.

Xia Xiang glared at Cao Shujun, blaming Cao Shujun for not opening his mouth, he put away Li Zhi and Cao Shujun's answer sheets, did not open them, and said loudly: "According to the judgment of this official and Cai Wen, Cao Langjun and Li Qilang's calculations are correct, so the two of them do not distinguish between victory and defeat. Draw! ”

Everyone looked at each other, unable to believe that it was the result of a draw. Cao Shujun leaned in front of Xia Xiang and smiled shyly: "Xia Xianzun, how can it be a draw?" I'm sure I've won, no, let me see the answer, I don't believe Li Zhi will be as accurate as I am. ”

"I don't believe it either." Li Zhi was even more unconvinced.

"The official decided that the two of you were tied, if the two of you are not satisfied, the official will not care, hum!" Xia Xiang's face changed, with an angry look on his face, and he brushed his sleeves away.

What's wrong with this? Cao Shujun couldn't understand why Xia Xiang was suddenly angry, he glanced at Li Zhi a few times, and asked hesitantly: "Xia Xianzun doesn't administer justice anymore, do you still want to continue the competition with me?" ”

Li Zhi was also a little hesitant, he was originally worried that Xia Xiang would be biased towards Cao Shujun if he was pretending to be public and private, and he didn't want Xia Xiang to be impartial, but he actually judged that the two were indistinguishable, if he insisted on competing with Cao Shujun, he might not win, and Cao Shujun was now surrounded by many people, and there were many people, and he only had Zheng Mingrui alone, the gentleman took revenge, ten years is not too late, so thinking about it, he simply went downhill and bowed: "Since Xia Xianzun decided that you and I had a tie, today's matter will end here." There will be a period later! ”

As soon as Li finished speaking, he turned around and left, only walked a few steps, but stood again, turned around and looked at Lian Ruohan: "Lian Niangzi, you are a businessman, why do you have to meddle in the affairs of Guangjin Commercial Bank?" When doing business, you should make money in harmony, and it is convenient for you to be convenient with others and yourself, and you must not be rash, because when the time comes, it will be too late to regret it. ”

Lian Ruohan smiled indifferently, his eyes calm: "Thank you Li Qilang for your concern, the little woman is worthy of heaven and earth and Shengming, she has her own measure, and you don't have to talk too much." ”

Li Zhi was bored, his face changed, and he snorted coldly: "Toast and don't eat and drink, even the lady, there will be a day when you regret it." ”

When Li Zhi and Zheng Mingrui walked away, Lu Zhiyue retracted her gaze, shook her head helplessly, and turned around to see that there was no one around her, and Xia Xiang and the others had already walked into Caijiayao. He was stunned for a moment, looked at the figures of Li Zhi and Zheng Mingrui in the distance, and then looked at Xia Xiang and the others, stomped his feet, and caught up with Xia Xiang and the others.

Xia Xiang heard the footsteps behind him, and when he turned around and saw that it was Lu Zhiyue, he couldn't help laughing: "Why didn't Master Lu leave with Li Zhi and Zheng Mingrui?" ”

Lu Zhiyue's face turned pale: "Xia Guan is the head of Zhending County, and it is his duty to accompany Xia County." ”

"This official is on an outing, not on official business, so you don't have to accompany him." Xia Xiang intends to test Lu Zhiyue, Lu Zhiyue accompanies Li Zhi and Zheng Mingrui to play, it is not a great event, but Lu Zhiyue is already in the officialdom, but it is not good to be unable to distinguish priorities. If you say something you shouldn't say, at this critical time, it's a trivial matter to ruin your future, and it's a pity to lose your life.

"Xia Xianzun, the lower officials know that they are wrong." Lu Zhiyue hurriedly took a few steps forward and gave a deep salute, "It's not that Xia Guan doesn't understand the affairs of officialdom, Li Zhi and Zheng Mingrui asked Xia Xianzun about Xia Xianzun to Xia Xianzun, Xia Guan didn't reveal much, and he also overheard some unknown things from the two of them......"

"You have a heart." Even Ruohan could see that Xia Xiang was deliberately beating Lu Zhiyue, and he was not really angry, so he took the opportunity to say, "Don't report to Xia County Zun soon." ”

Lu Zhiyue glanced at Lian Ruohan gratefully, and hurriedly said: "Xia Guan overheard Li Zhi say that the Li family is helping Guangjin Commercial Bank transport horses from Taiyuan, and when needed, they will also transport grain. ”

It turned out that the Li family in Taiyuan was helping Guangjin Commercial Bank to operate horses, so is it that the Zheng family in Xingyang is also helping Guangjin Commercial Bank to do things? Xia Xiang turned his head to look at Zheng Hao.

Zheng Hao waved his hand: "As far as I know, the Zheng family does not have any business dealings with Guangjin Commercial Bank, and the head of the Zheng family has always been timid and afraid, and will not have much contact with His Royal Highness the Star King." ”

"What else?" Xia Xiang nodded, very happy with the news that Lu Zhiyue heard, and had no intention of inserting willows into the shade.

"And ......" Lu Zhiyue thought for a while, glanced at Lian Ruohan hesitantly, and stopped talking, "And ......"

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Lian Ruohan smiled lightly, "No matter which family is involved, it has nothing to do with me, I don't have the surname Cui, my surname is Lian." ”

Lu Zhiyue let out a sigh of relief: "If the children of the family are as open as even a lady, how can the family fall to today's field?" The children of the family, although they were of noble birth, but they were burdened by their life experience, they were far away, and they talked too much, back to the topic, I also heard that the Boling Cui family and the Fanyang Lu family were also secretly helping Guangjin Commercial Bank to buy grain and recruit troops. ”

"Really?" Xia Xiang was shocked in his heart, if it was not so shocking to say that the Li family in Taiyuan or the Zheng family in Xingyang secretly helped His Royal Highness the Star King to do things, the addition of the Boling Cui family and the Fan Yang Lu family would definitely make the Star King like a tiger, not that the Boling Cui family and the Fan Yang Lu family were much stronger than the Taiyuan Li family and the Xingyang Zheng family, but that the Boling Cui family and the Fan Yang Lu family were the closest to Zhending, and they could make the Star King like an arm.

What's more, Boling, where Boling's Cui family is located, is a grain-producing land, and if you go all out, you can supply the entire Zhending Forbidden Army's military rations. And Fan Yang has always been a military powerhouse, producing the first military horses in the world, and the bows and arrows produced are unparalleled in the world. Boling is only three hundred miles away from Zhending, and Fanyang is a little farther away, but it is not more than four hundred miles.

"Bolingcui's family?" Lian Ruohan thought for a moment, and his face was worried, "Since I can remember, the Qinghe Cui family and the Boling Cui family have rarely interacted, and the head of the Qinghe family and the head of the Boling family have not seen each other for several years. Although it is not to the point of not getting along with each other, they basically go their own way, and no one pays attention to the other. It is said that it is the four great families, but in fact, it should be the five great families, the Qinghe Cui family and the Boling Cui family should be regarded as two families. ”

"It's understandable that the Boling Cui family secretly helped the Star King, why did the Fan Yang Lu family also join the Star King's camp?" Xia Xiang's words seemed to be talking to himself, and it was like asking Lu Zhiyue.

Lu Zhiyue looked ashamed: "Xia Xianzun doesn't know, although Xia Xianzun is a descendant in the Lu family, he is still the eldest son and grandson, but he has always regarded himself as an outsider and never asked about family affairs. The ambition of the lower officials is among the white clouds on the high mountains, not in the court. It is a major event in the family, and the lower officials don't know anything. ”

Xia Xiang nodded, although Lu Zhiyue has the usual arrogance of the children of the family, but also has the meaning of being indifferent, which is somewhat similar to Cao Shujun, but lacks Cao Shujun's free and uninhibited.

Now that the major families have heard the wind and want to take the opportunity to rise again, and the Star King family is dominant, and it is normal for the Boling Cui family and the Fan Yang Lu family to fall to the Star King.