Chapter 6: Kick out the Ma family
Although Fang Yuan's matter has passed, all the signs point to the Zhang family, Fan Yu has also become the Zhang family's personal doctor, others will not pursue it, but the Ma family will not compromise easily.
The confrontation between the Ma family and the Zhang family is becoming more and more obvious, and the Zhang family is at a disadvantage, all because of the appearance of Ma Kui, he is still very young, and his martial arts are still improving, but Zhang Hao is declining, and his physical strength and combat power are a little unable to keep up.
This situation has been maintained for two years, and it was not alleviated until Zhang Fei and Zhang Feng grew up, but now if you want to say who has the strongest martial arts in Zhuo County, it is undoubtedly Ma Kui, he is like a fish bone stuck in Zhang Xiang's throat, he can't swallow it, and he can't pull it out.
In the past two years, Zhang Xiang has also done a lot of things, opened a few gambling houses, and the restaurant also makes its own wine, which is also very busy, the business is getting bigger and bigger, of course, more and more people are needed, counting the teenagers who were taken in before, and now there are at least more than 600 people under Zhang Xiang's hands.
It's really not a family that doesn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, Zhang Xiang just raised more than 600 people to account for most of his own income, but it was also because of these people that he survived the difficulties of the Ma family in the first two years.
These more than 600 people are Zhang Xiang's treasures, many of these people have seen blood, Zhang Xiang values these people very much, eats the best, wears the warmest, and helps these people find daughters-in-law, it can be said that everything is in every detail.
Of course, these people are also very loyal to Zhang Xiang, if the current Zhang family says who says, it is undoubtedly Zhang Xiang, Zhang Hao has gradually retired in the past two years, it can be said that Zhang Xiang controls all the resources of the Zhang family.
Although there is a long talk, but Zhang Fei doesn't care about this, Zhang Hao also acquiesces, Zhang Xiang naturally became the head of the Zhang family, and he can also be said to be a big man in Zhuo County at a young age.
Especially in the past six months, Zhang Xiang has been in charge, and the contradiction between the Zhang family and the Ma family has become bigger and bigger, which of course also has Zhang Fei's reasons, Zhang Fei's martial arts have increased sharply in the past two years, and he who has long seen the Ma family is not pleasing to the eye, finally broke out one day, and smashed a gambling house of the Ma family with the strength of wine.
This incident was also known to Zhang Xiang after the fact, which made Zhang Xiang have a headache, but Zhang Fei, as the party concerned, slept in bed? Zhang Xiang is also embarrassed to talk about his eldest brother.
I can only resist this matter by myself, and since then the contradictions between the two families have intensified, and the two families often fight and fight, which makes Zhang Fei very happy, Zhang Fei is not a troublemaker, he just simply likes to find others to compete.
The most serious one actually alarmed the county magistrate of Zhuo County, Hong Sheng, he should have ignored these things, this was his last year in office in Zhuo County, and he wanted to spend the last year easily.
But the Zhang and Ma families made too much trouble, they actually smashed the Confucius Temple, the Confucius Temple at that time can be said to have just emerged in the Han Dynasty, there were many scholars to pay homage, unfortunately Hong Sheng is an old pedant.
Hong Sheng used harsh words to warn the two families, and the two families also had some restraint, Zhang Xiang saw that it was not a way to go on like this, so Zhang Xiang thought of a way to provoke the Ma family and make the Ma family withdraw from Zhuo County.
But this method is not easy to say, the Han Dynasty people attached great importance to the family business, and in the end, Zhang Xiang had no choice but to make a bad move to dig graves, which Zhang Xiang did to find Fanhe.
Afterwards, Zhang Xiang regretted it very much, what he regretted was not that he dug the ancestral grave of the Ma family, but that he let Fanhe do it.
It's a pity that Zhang Xiang forgot, Fanhe is loyal to whom, he has always been Zhang Hao's person, although they are both father and son, your person or my person is nothing, but Zhang Hao's personality is completely different from Zhang Xiang.
Zhang Hao can be said to be a very square person, straightforward, but Zhang Xiang is a person who does not compromise the means to achieve the goal, of course he doesn't look down on Zhang Xiang's approach, and feels that it is too inferior.
After returning home that day, Zhang Xiang felt that the atmosphere at home was very solemn, Zhang Fei and Zhang Feng knelt in front of the hall, you must know that Zhang Fei was thirteen years old at this time, and Zhang Xiang had not seen this picture for several years.
Zhang Xiang knew that Zhang Hao was very angry, but what was it for Zhang Xiang didn't know, he would never have thought that this incident was caused by him, and Zhang Fei at this time gave Zhang Xiang countless looks.
But Zhang Xiang didn't notice it, and he thought it was very scary, Zhang Fei's two leopard eyes were already big, and he winked at Zhang Xiang, Zhang Xiang thought that Zhang Fei had something wrong with his eyes?
Zhang Hao saw Zhang Xiang come in, and came up with a mouth, the voice was crisp and loud, Zhang Xiang was blinded at that time, Zhang Hao never slapped Zhang Xiang in the face, and Zhang Xiang also realized that he had offended Zhang Hao.
Chunying next to her couldn't stand it, "Master, what are you doing, you can say it if the child is wrong!" Why hit a child? Xiang'er is not as rough and thick-skinned as Fei'er and Feng'er, and you really have to do it. ”
Zhang Hao: "It's all what you're used to, this little guy is not an ordinary person now, he is a big man in Zhuo County, stomp his feet, Zhuo County will be shocked three times, and he even dares to dig graves, and he is not afraid of damaging his yin virtue." ”
Zhang Xiang knew why Zhang Hao was angry, he immediately realized that there was something wrong with Fanhe, and he was afraid that Fanhe didn't do anything now, so he tested Zhang Hao, "Father, did Fanhe do it?" ”
Zhang Hao: "I was even more angry when I said this, Fanhe was sent by me to take care of you and protect you, and such a big thing happened, not only did not stop it, but also aided the abuse, and even told me afterwards." ”
Zhang Xiang was relieved when he heard this, and now Zhang Xiang's question is how to stabilize this angry old man, "Father, I thought you were angry for something?" It turned out to be such a trivial matter! ”
Zhang Hao: "Digging up people's ancestral graves is still a trivial matter, and I can't do this kind of thing in eight lifetimes." ”
Zhang Xiang: "Father, listen to me first, the Ma family has become more and more restless recently, they have directly threatened our Zhang family's industry, and they will take action if I don't make the first move." ”
Zhang Hao: "Then you can't dig people's graves?" ”
Zhang Xiang: "Father, this is a rare opportunity, a few days ago our two families smashed the Confucius Temple, the county order was angry for Confucianism, and has seriously warned us not to make trouble, at this time, if the Ma family loses their minds, they will be driven out of Zhuo County by the county order, and the territory of Zhuo County is our Zhang family." ”
Zhang Hao: "This? ”
Zhang Xiang: "Don't worry! Father, since you have handed over the home to me, I will definitely keep the Zhang family, but in the next few days, it is best for my father and mother not to go out, there should be many cows, ghosts, snakes and gods outside now. ”
Then Zhang Xiang took Zhang Fei and Zhang Feng away, in fact, Zhang Fei was still a little resistant to Zhang Xiang's approach, but the family centripetal force in the Han Dynasty was very strong, although Zhang Fei did not participate, but he acquiesced in Zhang Xiang's approach.
Sure enough, in the next few days, the Ma family went crazy and kept attacking the Zhang family's industry, since they ignored the many warnings of the county order, things had developed according to what Zhang Xiang wanted to see.
It can be said that it was almost a kick in the door, but this kick had to be kicked by Zhang Xiang himself, Zhang Xiang went to visit the county commander Hongsheng with gifts, and he carried several large boxes over with great fanfare.
When the Ma family heard the news, they were very excited, because Zhang Xiang had always protected himself very well, and he would not show up easily, and this time he finally gave the Ma family a chance.
The Ma family decided to wait for Zhang Xiang to leave the county office and do it, although Ma Kui felt a little strange, but he just didn't know where the strangeness was, so he didn't object, of course it was Ma Kui who did it.
When Ma Kui arrived outside the county office, it can be said that he was very cautious, and he always had an ominous premonition in his heart, but at this time, Zhang Xiang and Hong Sheng had a good conversation, because Zhang Xiang's gift can be said to be a heavy gift!
Just when Hong Sheng was thinking about what the kid in front of him was going to do, a group of masked people broke in and went straight to Zhang Xiang.
Ma Kui said at the front door that he knew what was going on, but the Ma family at the back door didn't know, and they rushed in as soon as they heard the sound of a fight inside.
The people in front saw the people behind them come in, but they cleverly retreated and left the county office quickly, and this matter was completed in an instant, which caught Ma Kui off guard, and Ma Kui knew that this was ruthless.
Ma Kui only thinks of one thing now, to catch the person in front of him, but how can the person selected by Zhang Xiang be easy to match? The early staggering was gone, and Ma Kui only ate a mouthful of dust.
Ma Kui is still only a general, if his position is Zhang Xiang, he will definitely not do this, what he has to do is to immediately rush into the county government to ensure that the Ma family comes out with their whole body, at least not alive.
It's a pity that he didn't do this, so the county order naturally caught the people of the Ma family, in a word, the people don't fight with the officials, although the Ma family is a big family in Zhuo County, and there are many minions, but how can they not compete with the people of the county government?
The county order is still open, and the Ma family paid a lot of money to save their lives, how can anyone follow without money? In the end, the Ma family left Zhuo County in disgrace, and since then the Zhang family has been dominant.
When the Ma family left, the Zhang family naturally took over other people's territory and manpower, and after removing some untrustworthy ones, the Zhang family actually had more than 1,000 people under their hands, although these more than 1,000 people made Zhang Xiang's wallet become fine overnight, but everything was worth it.
At this time, Zhang Xiang can be said to be complacent, but he forgot the truth of the tree, Hong Shenghong County ordered to step down, and before leaving, he specially told Zhang Xiang to take good care of his brother Hong Ying.
Zhang Xiang looked at Hong Ying, although he was strong but already gray-haired, such a person should not have any ambitions, Zhang Xiang was also relieved and agreed, Zhang Xiang also wanted to have his own people in the county government.