Chu Huan bowed slightly, knowing that Linlang was gentle and considerate in front of him, but in the eyes of outsiders, it was a thorny rose, which could only be viewed from a distance and could not be blasphemed.

Only Chu Huan understands that Linlang seems to be very tough, but her heart is actually very fragile, she is just an ordinary woman with a beautiful appearance, no different from what ordinary women need, but because she is shouldering the burden of He Shengquan, she has to bear the pressure that others cannot understand.

But Chu Huan knew that her heart was actually very soft.

The Su family suffered this catastrophe, and Linlang was contained, which was also something Chu Huan expected.

"The old uncle said that he didn't say anything at first, he said that he was sorry for his father at the beginning, and he was ashamed ......!" Linlang sighed: "I sent Su Bo to invite him, but he didn't come, and he was old, and he was in poor health after such a displacement, so I went to Tongzhou in person, so I let him agree to come over." ”

Chu Huan asked: "I heard from my uncle earlier that hundreds of people have come over, are they all from the Su family?" ”

Linlang shook his head and said with a wry smile: "When the old uncle was in Tongzhou, he was with the Qian family, and the Qian family was also one of the seven surnames in Xiguan. When they were in Tongzhou, the two families helped each other. I heard that when they were in Xiguan Road before, although the two families were both surnamed Xiguan, they were fighting openly and secretly in business, and the relationship was not harmonious, but this catastrophe not only allowed the two families to release their previous suspicions, but also helped each other, which may be the biggest gain of the two families in this catastrophe. When I arrived in Tongzhou, the Qian family and the Su family were together, and when I met them, their situation was indeed ...... It's really bad......! Speaking of this, Linlang shook his head and said: "The two families combined, there are more than 200 people up and down, I thought about it, and let these 200 people all come to Yunshan temporarily, except for the old uncle, who is not in good health, I received the house for recuperation, and the seventh uncle and Su Zhen said that they came to take care of them, and I have arranged for everyone else to be in the wine shop." ”

"The winery?"

"It's the wine shop I built when you entered Beijing." Linlang blinked her beautiful eyes: "The winery was built very quickly, and it has been roughly completed, if it weren't for this matter, the guys would have been allowed to enter the workshop, but after the old uncle came over, I will temporarily place everyone else in the winery." ”

Chu Huan hugged Linlang and said with a smile: "Big Boss, there are more than two hundred people, that is, more than two hundred mouths, and eating and drinking Lazar every day is a lot of expenses, and only a rich person like you can afford it." ”

Linlang's two fingers pinched Chu Huan's wrist lightly, and he glanced at him, full of amorous feelings: "You make fun of people again." After a pause, he sighed: "Fortunately, we and Shengquan are now the home of the imperial wine, although for the war in the northwest, I heard that the government of Anyi Road and our Xishan Road are raising and requisitioning grain and grass, but the food we and Shengquan need is not lacking, and the household department of Yunshan Mansion takes great care of Heshengquan, and now we have a lot of grain in stock, which is enough to support the major wineries below to make wine at the same time...... Although it is 200 mouths, it is not a problem to eat and drink, although it is not good, it can make them full! ”

Chu Huan sighed: "The seven surnames of Xiguan, which one of them was not a wealthy family in the northwest, and they would never have thought that one day it would be my family Linlang to help them through the most dangerous moment." ”

Linlang smiled and said: "Fortunately, the war in the northwest has ended, and I also got the news, I heard that the Xiliang people have withdrawn from the northwest, and now the northwest is just some civil unrest, the government is suppressing bandits, it won't be long before the northwest will be peaceful, the old uncle and they are now inquiring about the situation in the northwest every day, as long as the northwest is a little more peaceful, they will return to their hometown and make a comeback." ”

"It's not easy for the northwest to want peace in a short period of time." Chu Huan shook his head and said: "The biggest problem in the northwest today is that the people's hearts are unstable, and the people's hearts are not stable. ”

Linlang frowned and said, "The imperial court will always think of something, right?" Do you want the Northwest to continue to be chaotic? ”

"The common people can't eat enough, how can they settle down?" Chu Huan sighed: "To stabilize the northwest, the first thing is to let the people have a full stomach, at least let them see the hope that they can eat a full stomach, but now that the war in the southeast is blazing, what the imperial court lacks is food, where can I get food to go to the northwest to calm the people's hearts?" ”

Although Linlang has a hand in running a business, she naturally doesn't know much about military and political affairs, and Liu Ye'er, who was playing, frowned and asked, "You mean to say that uncle, they can't go back?" ”

"At least for now, it's a little bit difficult." Chu Huan said: "The government is suppressing bandits, and now the grain in the northwest can still allow the soldiers to work hard to suppress the bandits, if the food problem has not been solved, and even the soldiers have no food to eat, guess what the consequences will be?" ”

Although Linlang doesn't understand military politics, he is a smart person after all, and he understands something in an instant, and his color changes slightly.

"Chu Lang, is the matter really that serious?"

"I'm afraid it's worse than I said."

"But...... But why did the imperial court have no grain, these years, the taxes have not been light, and the grain harvest is not bad. ”

"The grain harvest is indeed not bad, which does not mean that the imperial court is not short of grain." Chu Huan sighed: "Even in the northwest, it seems that there is a lack of grain and grass, but the granaries of many wealthy families are full of grain, and this is still the case outside the customs, and those wealthy families in the customs naturally have a large amount of grain stored behind them. Part of the food that the people worked hard was collected by the imperial court, but in fact, most of it fell into the hands of those wealthy families, the expenses of the imperial court were too large, and the treasury was empty, but there was no shortage of food in the hands of those wealthy families. ”

Linlang understood.

"Besides, what can they do when they return to the northwest, uncle?" Chu Huan said: "Their belongings have been looted, which can be regarded as a ruined family, and now when they go back, they are in ruins, how can they settle down?" I think they need to settle down in a different way. ”

Linlang said: "It's not in a hurry. Although the loss of money is huge, they still have land in their hands. The seven surnames of Kansai, each of which owns a large area of cultivated land, as long as they return to the northwest, even if they have no silver in their hands, as long as they have a title deed in hand, they can still make a comeback. ”

"Title deeds?" Chu Huan frowned and said, "Linlang, are you saying that after they go back, they still want to rely on the title deed to make a comeback?" ”

"What's wrong?" Seeing Chu Huan's grim expression, Linlang's heart tightened: "Chu Lang, is something wrong?" ”

Chu Huan groaned slightly, and finally said, "I'm afraid that the old uncle won't be able to get back their land." ”

Lin Langqi said: "Why? When the old uncle and they fled, the title deed was not lost. At that time, of course, it was impossible to take away the shop, they all knew that the most important thing was the title deed, as long as there was a title deed in hand, unless the Xiliang people really occupied the northwest, otherwise as long as the Xiliang retreated, the land would naturally be theirs. ”

Chu Huan asked, "Uncle, have they always thought like this?" ”

"That's what I thought, naturally." Linlang saw that Chu Huan asked strangely, she was a smart woman, and felt that something was wrong, "Old uncle, they know that the Xiliang people have withdrawn their troops, but they have been happy for a few days, Chu Lang, do you know something?" What's going on? ”

Chu Huan finally said: "Someone wants to take advantage of the fire to rob!" ”

"Robbing while it's hot?"

"Not bad." Chu Huan bowed slightly: "I told you before, when the mission passed through the northwest, Qingzhou Gao Lian led a large group of gentry to set up a reception banquet for the mission in Jiazhou, and their drunkards did not mean to drink, nominally to catch the wind for the mission, but in fact, they wanted Lord Xue of the Ministry of Rites to talk about a big matter to the imperial court. ”

"Big thing!" Linlang twisted her body and was facing Chu Huan: "Chu Lang, what is the big thing you are talking about?" After a pause, he added, "I...... Can I know? ”

She had already thought in her heart that although Chu Huan was her lover, he was now also an official of the imperial court, and there were some major military and political affairs in the imperial court, which were not convenient for ordinary people to know, she was only afraid that her inquiry would embarrass Chu Huan, and said: "If you can't say it, don't say it." ”

Chu Huan wrapped his hands around Linlang's soft and slender waist and said with a smile: "What else can I say to you." His expression became serious: "The squires of Tianshan Road and Beishan Road are ready to give out grain and occupy an area!" ”

"Grain land?"

Chu Huan immediately explained the intentions of Gao Lian and the others, and Linlang frowned and said, "That surname Gao is really not a good thing, he ...... How could they do that? A little anxious: "Chu Lang, those real estate are the hard work of the Su family for several generations, if they say that they are gone, how can they be willing?" If this is the case, if the old uncle knows, he is afraid that he will die of anger. ”

"The three provinces in the northwest, the gentry and wealthy families in Xiguan Road have suffered heavy losses and suffered great losses, and now the northwest is almost controlled by the two wealthy families of Beishan and Tianshan." Chu Huan said slowly: "This time, they just want to take the opportunity to completely infiltrate Xiguan Dao and completely destroy the foundation of the wealthy family of Xiguan Dao. Official land, they naturally dare not move, they want to destroy the foundation of the Xiguan Dao family, the first thing is to completely cut off the possibility of the resurgence of the Xiguan Seven surnames, before I only thought that they were going to make a big move in Xiguan Dao, but after you said this, I now understand a little that they are going to occupy the land of the seven surnames of Xiguan, and their purpose is to occupy the land of the seven surnames of Xiguan, so that the seven surnames of Xiguan have no possibility of turning over. After a pause, he squinted his eyes and said: "The seven surnames of Xiguan are the heads of the big and small wealthy families of Xiguan, as long as these seven surnames are suppressed, then the entire Xiguan Dao big and small wealthy clans will naturally have no strength to compete with the other two wealthy families, once they succeed, Xiguan Dao will also be in their hands." ”

Linlang frowned and said, "Chu Lang, they are acting so recklessly, will the imperial court really let them do this?" ”

Chu Huan thought for a while, and finally said, "In my estimation, the imperial court will agree to their request seven or eight times out of ten!" ”