It was nearly noon the next day.

It has always been located in the middle of nowhere, few people come to the entrance of Lizhuang Village, one after another small sedan chair from the village road to carry across the wooden bridge, to the front of the Shen Shi Pavilion to stop, the carriage can not pass, also stopped seven or eight cars at the entrance of the village, the master and the long walk over.

Ma Chaoren's face was disgraced, this time his family was tied to his only son who was only six years old, he had a wife and five concubines, and gave birth to six daughters before giving birth to this son, usually love like a treasure, yesterday evening someone jumped in from the wall of his yard, straight into the backyard, familiar with the way to his son's house in front of the courtyard, drove away the mother-in-law and maid, tied up and left, before and after adding up to a quarter of an hour, waiting for the family to report to him to know, Ma Chaoren asked the family to look for it, but where to find the trace?

Coupled with what happened to the rest of the families, it can be determined that the person named He Yusheng kidnapped him, and the time of sending the post was very consistent, so everyone didn't dare to slack off, so they all left the city early in the morning and rushed to Li Zhuang.

Liang Xing and Yang Qiu and others transferred the manpower of Tianchengwei and several nearby branches overnight, and when Ma Chaoren and others rushed over, there were dart masters on both sides of the village road in the Shenming Pavilion, most of them were armed with iron guns and long knives, and there were some people who pressed their waist knives and held short axes, all of them were five short and strong figures, and the muscles in the body seemed to bulge out.

These dart masters, either fierce foot walkers, or are born in the line of tigers, these months have been fighting every once in a while, and they need to use knives and guns every time, plus Wang Changfu's drills, this time there is quite a bit of killing gas out.

Ma Chaoren and Jiang Dalin, Zhang Yanhong and others also brought a lot of hands, adding up to nearly 100 people, each of whom was hiding weapons with them, but looking at the situation in front of them, all his thoughts disappeared without a trace, and the number of people looked about the same, but there were still a lot of villagers with fork rakes, even if there were no hundreds of villagers, just the nearly 100 dart masters in front of them, everyone had a number in their hearts, and the people they brought were not enough for others to fight.

"Commander Zhang is hateful." Jiang Dalin said in a low voice: "Ask him to borrow a hundred guards and ten family members, but he just refuses to borrow." ”

Ma Chaoren smiled bitterly: "There must be a reason here, when you didn't see us go out of the city, the soldiers outside the East Gate and Yusheng Branch were all withdrawn, and only the green skin we hired was still there." ”

Robin Zhang said: "Things are bound to change. ”

"It's not nonsense!" Ma Chaoren sneered and said, "But just because of this, he wants to pinch us, don't think about it." He bit his cheek and said hatefully: "Even if my son dies, we still have to fight!" ”

Ma Chaoren is so ruthless, but in fact, everyone is reluctant, everyone is grinning, and they can't speak for a while.

"Ma Dongzhu, Jiang Dongzhu, Zhang Dongzhu, deigned to come here today, and there are far away, sins and sins. Please go to the village and prepare a few glasses of water and wine, and everyone will talk while drinking. ”

Zhang Han's smile was light and light, but in the eyes of Ma Chaoren and others, he couldn't hide his pride, after all, several grain merchants were the leaders, and after all, they still walked over with their waists straight.

"Proprietor Zhang," Ma Chaoren stared at Zhang Han and said in a deep voice: "Let's have something to say, it's good to have something to say, don't dare to take the wine, who knows if there is any medicine in it." ”

Jiang Dalin said: "What about my two concubines? Zhang Dongzhu, you violated the king's law like this, can you really cover the sky with one hand? ”

Zhang Han smiled slightly, looked at Jiang Dalin and said: "Can you cover the sky with one hand, Jiang Dongzhu can try to go to the guard and Yanghe Dao, or go to Datong, Xuanfu, not Jingshi Jingkong, see if this lawsuit can be brought down, can your two concubines be returned to you by the imperial court?" ”

Previously, Zhang Han had a smile on his face, but unexpectedly, the color changed, but his speech was so sharp, Jiang Dalin's face turned red, but he didn't dare to refute it at all.

Zhang Han turned to Ma Chaoren again, and said with a smile: "Master Ma, I know that you have the status of a lifter, but you have not held a real position, and the Zun family is also a cultivator and heirloom, and there are also clansmen who are officials in the court, but if Zun Jia chooses to fight to the end with Zaixia, among the new fire people who enter the palace at the end of this year, there must be one Ling Gongzi." ”

"What do you say? Thief, I'll fight with you! Ma Chaoren was first shocked when he heard this, and then spread his hands, intending to rush forward to fight Zhang Han.

Zhang Han's eyes were cold, and he said, "Master Ma, please respect yourself." ”

The people around were like chilling cicadas, and no one put on a desperate look.

Ma Chaoren was shocked by Zhang Han and retreated, then he covered his face with both hands, and he didn't dare to make a sound again, and two lines of tears flowed down his eyes.

Zhang Han also felt despicable and shameless, but if this matter is not done like this, I am afraid that it will take a long time to solve, and Zhang Han cannot afford to spend this time and energy.

Even if Zhang Han threatens to kill his son, Ma Chaoren will not collapse, but Zhang Han wants to send his son to the palace and castrate him as a eunuch, such a thing will be devastating to the Ma family, who are studying and heirlooms, and in the future, the Ma family will have no face to stand in Shilin at all, and will become the laughing stock of the entire Datong, even if the family's two-hundred-year inheritance is completely destroyed in the hands of Ma Chaoren, this responsibility, Ma Chaoren can't afford to bear.

"Okay, are you calm?" After all, Zhang Han's heart was refreshed, this time because these guys had to suspend the collection of grain, and they also hurt themselves Datongyang and back and forth, and they had to spend a lot of money to operate the officialdom of Shanxi and Beijing, and the governors of the three sides also had to deal with it, and it was estimated that it would cost at least about 5,000 taels to do it, of course, Zhang Quanchang's family also had to operate, even so, Zhang Han's loss was big enough.

The advantage is that he can integrate his own veins in Datong officialdom, deepen and strengthen the relationship with Ma Chengen and Zheng Guochang, and at the same time take the line of the two governors of Sanbian and Xuanda, Zhang Han couldn't figure out where the door of officialdom was at the beginning of the crossing, and now he can not only touch the edge, but also be able to operate the whereabouts of the general army of a town, thinking about it, he should also be proud.

Proud to be proud, this group of guys in front of him should be beaten, otherwise there is a vicious anger in his heart that can't get out, and now Zhang Han is much more comfortable.

"Everyone, please."

Zhang Han had a smile on his face again, he smiled very amiably, and he was a teenager, and he was close to him, but at this time, everyone already knew his color, and they all followed him tremblingly.

The banquet was really set up, a few in front of each person, a pot of wine, a few dishes, Zhang Han sat on the main seat, and let everyone say: "I'm really sorry, there is no market in this village, and you can't get some good dishes if you want to. ”

Everyone rushed all the way, and then sat down and smelled the aroma of wine and coriander, although it was up and down in the heart, hunger in the stomach was still inevitable, but the heart was really uneasy, so no one raised chopsticks.

"I'm joking with you." Zhang Han took a bite of food first, and then said with a smile: "I'm not a bandit leader, no matter what, when you leave, you will leave with your family." ”

With this promise, even Ma Chaoren, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a slight sound of cups and saucers, and everyone began to eat with vegetables, but just now they were still tense, and now they are eating and drinking, and the awkwardness in everyone's hearts is mentioned, and I always feel that this meal is the most bizarre meal I have ever eaten in my life.

Zhang Han actually toasted Ma Chaoren, Jiang Dalin and others one after another, and the rest of the grain merchants also toasted one by one, and there was no shortage of etiquette.

"Ugh." The atmosphere was still very strange, Ma Chaoren sighed, and finally got up and said to Zhang Han: "Proprietor Zhang, I am finally convinced, you draw a charter, and we will listen." ”

Jiang Dalin was also convinced at this time, and followed: "It's the same below, as long as Zhang Dongzhu can still reward us with a bowl of rice to eat." ”

Zhang Yanhong said through the words: "It's not that we are determined to get along with Zhang Dongzhu's He Yusheng, it's just that we really can't support the price of your grain." To tell the truth, if we don't hold together, there are no bones left for people to eat, we have more acres of land, heavy burden, no hidden fields, no preferential exemptions, life is difficult, and now there is an additional party, if you don't want to make a little money in business, you really can't hold on. ”

"It's not our turn to put in the money."

"To open a pawnshop, a money bank, at least you have to have a reputation, Brother Ma is unwilling to make this conscience money, otherwise you don't have to do this business with us."

Zhang Han listened with a smile, and when everyone was almost done, he said with a smile: "I know what everyone said, and I also have a way here to discuss with you." ”

Everyone knows that it is a critical time, for a while the house is quiet and scary, at this time there are some sounds outside, there are villagers and children outside the noisy sound comes in, many people stick their heads out to see, at this time Li Xiangfu and other Zhuang people understand that their owner is so powerful, the next post, so that these gentry and businessmen in the Acropolis ran dozens of miles to this Li Zhuang to discuss matters, and the owner is so young, he can actually control the overall situation, of course, except for Li Xiangfu, Few people know that there are a lot of people locked up in the house, and with these hostages, these gentry and grain merchants are obedient, and of course, Zhang Han himself can really shake the scene.

Zhang Han looked at everyone and said, "Grain, we and Yusheng must accept it." ”

In a word, everyone's hearts sank, Zhang Han's words showed incomparable determination, this time he ran twice in Datong and Yanghe, Ma Chengen, the general soldier, and Zheng Guochang persuaded him, although grain is the bulk of trade, but it is difficult to make money if it is not a certain scale, since the account bureau and the mule and horse shops are very profitable, it seems that there is no need to stick to the grain business.

Zhang Han didn't say much to Zheng Guochang, but ordered a few words with Ma Chengen.

After all, he is the chief soldier, a person in the army, and suddenly thought that once the affairs in the east deteriorated, the imperial court would ban food, or at least continue to trade under control, and whether it was the eastern captives or Mongolians, the lack of grain was inevitable, and ordinary people could not do the grain business in the future.

Ma Chengen was immediately persuaded, and promised Zhang Han to contact Xuanda's Jiangmen, the Yang family, the Lai family, and the Liaoxi Jiangmen, and the most important thing is the Li family and the ancestral family, the Ma family can talk.

It is profitable, and if someone pulls the strings, how can there be any reason not to do this business?