"What can our family contribute?!" Tian Feng and Fu Zhu did not make up their minds at first to tie the entire family to Jin Liang's chariot. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Contribute what?! Fields, money, food, soldiers, horses, talents! "You don't want to tie the whole family to the lord's chariot, so I will force you to express your position, Guo Jia violently killed a bottle of wine, and laughed: "Since the general has been selected as the lord, you must abandon your family and business, help each other, don't look forward and backward, swaying from side to side!" ”

"How do I contribute?! Bong-hyo, please speak. Tian Feng and Fu Zhu were originally dizzy, but they were half awakened by Guo Jia's words.

"Fields, money, grain, soldiers, horses, and talents are all ......" Before Guo Jia's words were finished, he was blocked by Jin Liang with his hands.

"Feng Xiao drank too much and said some nonsense." Jin Liang hurriedly apologized.

"My lord, what do you think? If you want our two families to help each other, please announce it! "Tian Feng and Fu Zhu can no longer pretend to be confused.

"Yuan Hao, Gonghe, the two of you must know that I have a right-hand man, Han Hao Han Yuanhei, this person is now serving as the general of Diannong Zhonglang, leading an army of 200,000 Tuntian to start Tuntian in Jingzhou, presumably the two of you have also read the biography of the famous general Zhao Chongguo, and should have an understanding of the benefits of Tuntian?!"

Seeing that Tian Feng and the others nodded, Jin Liang continued: "As far as I know, under the names of the Tian family, the Fu family, and the small and medium-sized families and the landlords of the Han Shu who are attached to the Tian family and the Fu family, there are still a large number of abandoned fertile land. As for the field, I do not want either all your fields nor the good fields that have been cultivated. All I want is the abandoned fields and the mountains, lakes, rivers, and swamps that your family controls. And I won't ask for your family's land for nothing. I'll buy it from you at the current price, I don't know what you think?! ”

Tian Feng and Fu Zhu discussed for a while, and then replied with a smile: "Those mountains, lakes, rivers, and swamps were originally owned by the state, and the lord took them into the state, and we have nothing to say. As for the wastelands, there is no one to cultivate them, and there is no harvest, so let the lord take them back to the state. There is no need to buy from us, it can be regarded as some modest contribution we have made to the great cause of the Lord. ”

"As for the gold, silver and copper coins, I believe you should have heard of the money bank I proposed to establish, I suggest that you go to the shares, the income should be more than your current money, because the donation of money will be a national bank, and I will not force you to take a penny, you can send your housekeeper in charge of the money and silver accounts to negotiate with my father-in-law, Mr. Tang Long, who is the general person in charge of the donation bank. If you're satisfied, take a stake. If you don't think you can do it, you can also not buy shares. However, the Zhen family has already put half of the family property into the shares. The reason why Jin Liang has great confidence in this bank, and even thinks that this money that can accommodate all the families in the world who are obedient to him, is that he saw the current situation that almost everyone was working for the bank during the harmonious years of later generations, and mastered the bank's bank, and mastered the country's financial lifeline.

"This matter is very important, we need to discuss with the elders in the family, and when we figure it out, we will give a clear answer to the lord, it is not that we do not trust the lord, it is really the assets left by our ancestors for generations that cannot be lost in our hands." Although Tian Feng and Fu Zhu are the heads of the family, they are not involved in the family business, and they can't focus on money.

"I understand your situation, this piece really needs to be checked carefully, let's put this piece first, let's talk about the issue of food," Jin Liang is definitely not a waste of time to discuss these things here, he not only wants the loyalty of these two, but also the support of the entire family behind them and the small and medium-sized families and Hanshu attached to their family, so he has to spend a lot of words

"There is no need to say how important food is. I now have 80,000 soldiers, 80,000 auxiliaries, and more than 11,000 horses, as well as 200,000 soldiers from Tuntian, as well as a steady stream of displaced people pouring into Jingzhou. If your family and your affiliated families have surplus grain in stock, you can sell it to the Central Army first, and I will buy it at the market price at this time, and I will not lower the price, please rest assured. ”

Jin Liang received a letter from Tang Long a few days ago, saying that it was difficult to buy grain, and it was even more difficult to transport grain, that the Yellow Turbans were rampant in Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and that thieves were also everywhere in other places, and most of the grain transported was robbed, and the Tang family dart division who escorted the grain suffered heavy casualties, and Song Xian sent a small group of men and horses to meet them, but they were also defeated by the Yellow Turban thieves.

For now, the plan is to buy as much as possible in Jingzhou, and the grain purchase from other states and counties can bring back at most one million stones. The Zhen family has already promised to sell grain to the central army at a price two percent lower than the market price, if the Tian family and the Fu family are also willing, plus Dong Zhao's Dong family also participates, they can gather one million stones in Jizhou, which is enough for a year.

"Please rest assured, in addition to keeping enough food at home for a year, we will lend other food to the central army, and only need the central army to return it in full in the coming year, and the lord does not have to use money to buy it, after all, the lord also has to buy war horses, build weapons, and repair the city, which is very expensive." Tian Feng and Fu Zhu discussed it for a while, and then made a generous decision.

In fact, they have nothing to lose, as long as the situation in Jingzhou is stable, Tuntian will definitely have a bumper harvest, and they will definitely be able to return the lent grain to them at that time.

"Very good, a year later, Tuntian will reap a lot of profits, the grain will be harvested, and the price of grain will inevitably fall, and I will not let you suffer as the lord, so let's give you an extra 10% when the time comes to return the grain to you. If your close family or Hanshu family is willing to lend grain, they will do the same, in fact, if the grain is hoarded for more than two years, it will become moldy and spoiled, so it is better to lend it to us, and then we will give you new grain. Jin Liang knew that if the lord blindly used his power to exploit and oppress his subordinates, although the subordinates did not complain for the time being, but over time, there would inevitably be resentment in his heart, which would be harmful to the common cause, so in order to win over Tian Feng and Frustration for a long time, he did not covet the meager profits.

"Thank you for your generosity." Even if Jin Liang forcibly levied military rations, Tian Feng and Fu Zhi could only obey. But then there is no way to explain it to the family. Jin Liang saw that the two were very concerned about the interests of the family. The loan conditions were very favorable, and the two of them could also explain to the family.

"As for the soldiers and horses, I only need one-fifth of your current private soldiers, which must be elite, and all these private soldiers are under your command to protect you, I don't ask." Jin Liang knew that robbing the private soldiers for his own use would make his lord unpopular in the eyes of other clans.

"We alone can get 10,000 horses from within the family and from other small and medium-sized families that are attached to our family. Elect one-fifth of the elite, each with 2,000 men, and we only need 1,000 men to protect us, and we will each allocate 1,000 men and horses to be called by the lord. "In fact, Tian Feng and Fu Zhu also have a thought, making it clear that following the lord will have great achievements, and the people who were transferred to the lord have installed a large number of family children in Mali, and these children will also follow the lord to rise and rise, and the two families will be very powerful both in the army and the court.

"Very good, but our army is very important for skills and military exploits, and the background is secondary. If your children are not skilled, they will suddenly be placed in a high position. You two need to understand that you are afraid of harming others and yourself. Jin Liang saw their deep meaning, but the ugly words had to be said first.

"We understand that the military is not a court, and if we don't have the ability to die immediately, we will never send wine bags and rice bags into the army, please rest assured." Tian Feng and Fu Zhu are not short-sighted people, so they will naturally select the most capable family children to follow Jin Liang.

"Let's talk about talents, both of them already know that our Zhengshuo Imperial Court has announced the dismissal of Dong Zhuo's official positions as all the thieves and high-ranking officials in the pseudo-imperial court, and now there are many official positions in the imperial court, and there is a shortage of a few Jiuqing alone, and there is a shortage of hundreds of subordinates of the Three Princes and Jiuqing, and there is also a shortage of hundreds of Taishou and county orders in various places, and these vacancies must be filled as soon as possible. If there are people in your two families who are good at governing the government, please do not hesitate to recommend them to me, and I will meet them, and if they are really talented, I will definitely recommend them to the cabinet and the Queen Mother, and choose appropriate positions for them. ”

Jin Liang's words were Tian Feng and Fu Zhu waited for a long time, the two of them listened to it, they were very excited, although Jin Liang's move has the intention of wrapping all the talents of their two families to recognize him as the master, but this is indeed a good opportunity for the two families to grow in a hundred years, the two glanced at each other, knelt down together and said: "Thank you, lord!" ”

Jin Liang stretched out his hand to help them up, and said with a smile: "As long as you and your family are loyal to me wholeheartedly, I will never treat you badly. ”

One thing Jin Liang doesn't want to say explicitly is that the strength of your family's support for me determines my trust in you, and I have given you enough support, if you can't influence your family to devote themselves to me, I have more choices, not just the two of you. Once the details of the cooperation were finalized, the three of them felt relaxed, picked up the wine bottle, and drank to their heart's content.

Tian Feng also wanted to find some beautiful maids to accompany him, but Guo Jia waved his hand and sent away: "Yuan Hao, don't you know how beautiful the wife and concubine in the lord's family are, these vulgar fans, how can the lord see it in his eyes, instead of finding some women to damage the lord's eyes, it is better for us confidants and friends to drink it happily." ”

"Feng Xiao is right, we don't have to find some women to accompany us when we drink in the future, if you want to do that kind of thing, you can go to your room to do it after drinking, why bother hugging and hugging at this banquet, wasting time!" Jin Liang was originally not disgusted by the accompanying courtesans at the banquets in this era, but since Wu Yuan said that their shadow organization used dancing girls and courtesans to set up intelligence, Jin Liang decided to put an end to the phenomenon of escorts in the Xiangyang court and the central army.

Jin Liang knew that the method of collecting information was not unique, and other forces would probably work dancing girls and courtesans, and what was even more terrifying was that they might send some female assassins to mix in, like these people were all drunk, especially Dian Wei was drunk, so wouldn't it be very dangerous for him.

Jin Liang did not want to put an end to courtesans and dancers, he was never a defender, but an out-and-out anti-defender, he even wanted to legalize brothels, wanted to make the business of brothls bigger and stronger, and moved a set of games in the entertainment industry in later generations. It's just that as a lord, he must be careful, cautious, and avoid all dangers.

Jin Liang drank Dian Wei, Guo Jia, and Tian Feng down, but the frustrated person who drank a bottle of wine and got on his face staggered to the end.

"Lord, I've never drunk so happily in my life!" Frustrated with a silver wine bottle and a tongue wide open. There is no trace of morale: "I have only served one person in my life." Now the lord you are the second! ”

"Oh. And who was the first person?! "Jin Liang has never drunk such a refreshing low-alcohol wine, bottle after bottle, the more he drinks, the more comfortable he becomes, his eyes are still clear, but his stomach is very supportive, and he will go to the toilet again.

"When the court is the master of the court, Lord Lu Zhi!" Frustrated, he arched his hand and said, "Lord Lu Zhi can drink a stone, which is really beyond my reach. ”

"Alas, Gong and. As for this wine, it's just a matter of drinking a few buckets to your heart's content, so why do you have to earn more and drink less? Jin Liang's eyes showed a trace of sadness: "Mrs. Lu has serious liver damage due to excessive drinking, and I am afraid that he will not survive for two years." Gonghe, although the wine is good, don't be greedy! ”

"Lord, you are from Jingzhou and belong to the south, but you should have heard of the generous and sad people of Yan Zhao in the north since ancient times. How can you get good wine without singing and singing, if you can't drink happily. What's the fun of life? Rather than live to be seventy or eighty years old without drinking, I would rather live to be forty or fifty years old when I am drunk. Frustrated shook his head disapprovingly.

Jin Liang saw that he couldn't persuade him, so he decided not to persuade him anymore, raised the wine bottle, and laughed: "Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon!" ”

Frustrated's eyes lit up: "Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon!" It turns out that this is the seven unique verses created by the lord, which is really a good sentence! Come, cheers, let's have a great day! ”

For the wise man who has no dream of dominating this kind of frustration, it is the ultimate value of life to have a Ming lord's allegiance to run for his great cause, he has been stumbling for more than 30 years, and has never been able to wait for the Ming Lord in his heart, he originally thought that this life would be so hopelessly waiting, maybe he would wait until he was like Jiang Ziya, who knew that the Ming Lord seemed to fall from the sky, came to Jingzhou, so that his originally bleak life suddenly flashed, once the goal of life was found, the heart was determined, and the joy was overflowing, Non-painful wine cannot be released. And he drank many bottles, and was so drunk that he lay down on the table, and fell asleep.

Jin Liang went to the toilet again, and when he came back, he couldn't help laughing when he saw the drunkenness of Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Guo Jia, Dian Wei and others. He has become the lord, not as relaxed as these subordinates, his smile flew on his face, because he remembered the sad food problem, as if no one in this era does not drink, and one by one a large amount of alcohol, in order to save food in the future, he will inevitably implement a ban on alcohol, I hope these drunkards can take care of the national economy and people's livelihood, and temporarily restrain the wine worms in their stomachs.

Jin Liang was about to call the servants of the Tian family to come in and help these subordinates to rest, when he suddenly saw a servant of the Tian family come in and report: "Qiqi family master, Yuan Shao Yuan originally asked to see!" ”

As soon as the servant of the Tian family walked in, he was stunned, he never dreamed that the ordinary and serious head of the family was so drunk that he and Guo Jia were sleeping on each other's backs, disheveled, and his beard was stained with wine.

Jin Liang stepped forward to wake up Tian Feng: "Yuan Hao, Yuan Shao is here!" ”

"Yuan Shao?! What is he doing here? Let him go! Tian Feng waved his hand, as if to drive away a fly.

Jin Liang hurriedly woke up Dian Wei and signaled him to be vigilant, he knew that Yuan Shao had the second general Yan Liangwen Chou under his command to protect the Dharma, if Yuan Shao saw that he had drunk a lot of wine and had no guards to defend him, he could not guarantee that he would not have any bad intentions.

Dian Wei was in a deep dream, and suddenly he was pushed awake, so he jumped up suddenly, stared at the copper bell with big eyes, and went around to find the pair of halberds, Jin Liang hurriedly put the pair of halberds in his hand, and whispered: "Yan Liangwen Chou followed Yuan Shao to come, you quickly gather a battalion of soldiers to be on urgent alert." ”

Except for Dian Wei, no one else in the first battalion was seated and drunk, and they all stood outside the door, tightening their guard.

Guo Tong, the deputy battalion commander, shouted loudly outside the door: "My father-in-law and Mr. Tian are drinking, idlers are not allowed to enter!" ”

"Bold! My lord is the former general of Runan Taishou and the head of the Dong Coalition Army, you actually say that he is an idler?! Yan Liangwen chou, holding the sword in his hand, glared angrily, it seemed that if Guo Tong said half a word, they would kill him on the spot.

"Don't be reckless, let me ask, who is your lord?!"

It turned out that Tian Yujian was Yuan Shao, who he had admired for a long time, who came to Tian's house, and without hesitation, he opened the gate of Wubao, and the gongs and drums were noisy, and they lined up to greet him. Yuan Shao entered Wubao, didn't even look at Tian Yu, and asked where his brother Tian Feng was, Tian Yu took Yuan Shao angrily to the hall where Tian Feng and others were drinking and laughing, Tian Yu didn't bother to tell Yuan Shao the news of Jin Liang's coming, so Yuan Shao didn't know at all, but when he arrived at the door of the hall, he saw the mighty and majestic five hundred Flying Tiger Army warriors, he suddenly felt cold in his heart, and he knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly asked.

Without waiting for Guo Tong to answer, the slave of the Tian family, who had originally gone in to report, came out and said loudly: "Yuan Shao, the head of my family asks you to leave!" ”

Yuan Shao couldn't believe his ears: "What did you say?!" ”

"My head of the family asks you to leave!"

"What?! Tian Feng dared to let me leave! Yuan Shao originally thought that with his own family background and his prestige, wouldn't it be easy to recruit a Tian Feng who had been in seclusion for many years, even if Tian Feng was a little higher, with the generous gifts he prepared, plus his own kind words to persuade him, he Tian Feng would definitely not be able to escape the palm of his hand, he calculated the scene where everything was going well, but he didn't expect Tian Feng to treat himself so rudely! (To be continued.) )