Chapter Forty-Nine: An Unexpected Harvest
Soon after Zhou Cang returned to Shangdang, the news of Dian Wei came, luck was good, Fang Yue's life was saved by Hua Tuo, but his body was still very weak, and it was not convenient to hurry, so he needed to stay in Qian County for a while.
"Drink ......"
Zhou Cang lived in the mansion of Shangdang Taishou, and got up in the morning to move a few times in the small garden.
I feel that the whole person is a lot more comfortable, although I sat in the office in my previous life, but the chair is at least very comfortable sofa chair, and now no matter how big or small, everyone gathers together, either sitting on the ground, or standing, the better one will have a straw mat, a morning meeting, basically down to a sore back and legs.
"My lord, Mr. Wenshan and the others have been waiting in the council hall for a long time."
Seeing that Zhou Cang's 'movement' was over, a personal guard immediately came to Zhou Cang's side and said.
"Let's go." Zhou Cang picked up the towel handed over by another guard and wiped the beads of sweat on his face.
In the conference hall, in addition to Xue Wenshan, there were two other people, one was middle-aged, and the other was a little older, his hair was slightly white, but his spirit was very good. On the contrary, the middle-aged man frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.
"My lord." Seeing Zhou Cang coming, Xue Wenshan immediately saluted.
"Wenshan, why do you need to be so polite."
"See your Excellency." The middle-aged man and the old man were busier and saluted Zhou Cang.
"There's no need to be polite, you two are the heads of the Zhang family in the east of the city and the Li family in the south of the city?"
Zhou Cang looked the two of them up and down, and felt the composure and calmness of the middle-aged man, and the shrewdness and ability of Zhou Cang in the old man's divine gaze.
"The villain is the head of the Zhang family, Zhang Bozi Wenxuan."
"The old head of the Li family, Li Mingzi is wise."
"The two heads of the family don't have to be polite, please take a seat." Zhou Cang motioned for the two to sit, and it was really uncomfortable to stand and talk.
"Master Xie."
"Master Xie."
"I heard Wenshan say that you two are willing to submit to me, but I don't know if the second statement is true?"
"My lord, my Zhang family is indeed willing to submit to my lord, and I am also willing to donate 100,000 yuan to help raise military funds for my lord......"
The Zhang family advocated that Wen Xuan was the first to speak.
"Oh? Thank you for your generosity. Zhou Cang just smiled and hugged his fists and thanked Zhang Wenxuan.
Zhou Cang's move made Zhang Wenxuan, who was already bottomless in his heart, even more bottomless.
"The old Li family is not as wealthy as the Zhang family, and they can barely provide the adults with 5,000 catties of fine iron, 1,000 pieces of cloth, 50,000 stones of grain, and dozens of family children for the adults to send."
As soon as Li Huizhi's words fell, the head of the Zhang family's face was not good, and he couldn't help but curse in his heart.
"This old guy is too sinister......"
The battle between the families was originally an open and secret battle, and it was deceitful.
"This old guy is not simple, just fine iron, cloth, and grain are no less than 100,000 yuan, and there are dozens of children of the family, the value is even greater......" The head of the Li family obviously figured out what Zhou Cang lacked the most now.
"Good, good, good"
What Zhou Cang lacks most at the moment is talent, there are not many people available at the moment, and there are even fewer people who can read and hyphenation.
"My lord, my Li family also has dozens of family members at the disposal of adults." The head of the Li family suddenly woke up at this moment, what can be better than giving away, the money is used up, and the people are different, as long as their children can be an official and a half-post under Zhou Cang, as long as Zhou Cang does not fall down for a day, it is absolutely awesome, and there are people in the so-called court who are easy to do.
"Okay, the two heads of the family really really took refuge in my Zhou Cang, I am very relieved, the two heads of the family can say whatever they want......"
Zhou Cang's idea is very simple, who can help me solve the current dilemma, then I will be well rewarded, and Zhou Cang still understands the truth of buying horse bones.
"I can share the worries of adults, how dare we have other requirements......" At this moment, the head of the Zhang family also became smarter and did not make requests.
"Uh...... So? ”
Zhou Cang thought for a moment, and then said to the two.
"There were five or six families who opposed me before, and the property they left behind now will be divided between the two of you, as long as you do everything for me, I will not treat you badly......"
Of course, the so-called property left behind cannot be money and food, but only those land and buying and selling for a living.
Zhou Cang was only thinking about strengthening his military strength at the moment, and as for the development of internal affairs, he would leave it to those who were good at it.
Now there is a shortage of talents, Zhou Cang has to let the family share these, of course, it is impossible to give the family benefits for free, all the benefits are five or five, to ensure that the family has sweetness to earn, then Zhou Cang will harvest more.
On the third day, the Zhang and Li families sent a list of their children, and Zhou Cang found three names in the list that they had known each other.
Zhang Ren, Zhang Jiashu's son.
Li Fu, the grandson of Li Baozhi, the head of the Li family.
Li Tong, Li Jiashu's son.
When Zhou Cang looked at the names of these three people, he began to ponder in his heart.
"Isn't this Zhang Ren from Yizhou? How did you become a son of the Shangdang Zhang family? The names Li Fu and Li Tong, when Zhou Cang was watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he seemed to vaguely remember these two characters, since they can have names and surnames in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, then they can definitely not be small. ”
Zhou Cang immediately ordered someone to summon the three of them.
The two are dressed in armor, and one is dressed as a scholar, and their styles are completely different.
"See Adults"
"See Adults"
"See Adults"
The three of them said in unison.
"No need to be polite"
"Are the three of you really the children of the Zhang and Li families?" Although Zhou Cang didn't dare to confirm whether the three people in front of him were really the three people mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
"Lord Qiyu, the villain Zhang Ren is indeed the son of the Zhang family, and the current head of the Zhang family is my father's cousin......"
The man named Zhang Ren said.
"And where does your father live now?"
"Lord Qiyu, my father left home to study everywhere in his early years, and later settled in Shu County, Yizhou......" As for why Zhang Ren is here now, Zhou Cang is not so concerned, Zhou Cang can now be very sure that the man named Zhang Ren in front of him is the bull who ambushed and killed Pang Tong in Luofengpo in history.
Li Fu and Li Tong also briefly explained the situation to Zhou Cang. It's almost the same as what Zhou Cang knows, and they are all rare talents anyway.
Li Fu is a literati and is a good hand at handling government affairs, so Zhou Cang sent him to Xue Wenshan, Zhang Ren and Li Tong, a military general in the early stage of the Transformation God Realm, and a military general in the late stage of Gangqi was naturally arranged by Zhou Cang to the military camp.
In order to hone the two, Zhou Cang first let the two be the big soldiers for a month, and then directly promoted to the captain, and let the two recruit sergeants on their own.
Zhou Cang's undoubted employment has won unanimous praise from the children of the new family who have joined this 'group'.
With the addition of these children of the family, everything in Shangdang County is changing in an orderly manner.
However, at this time, Zhou Cang received a piece of information from the north.