Chapter Seventy-Four: It's Over Before It Begins

"I've seen the county honor," Tian Dalang respectfully saluted Wang An. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang An felt very happy, and stepped forward to pat Tian Dalang on the shoulder: "I'm still worried that your family won't agree, but I didn't expect you to come over so soon." ”

"My father knows that the county needs manpower, and he supports him to come down to help the county."

"It's not about business now, so you don't have to call me a county honor."

"My father's words should not be wasted."

Prudence is probably Tian Li's way of survival, and now he has taught it to his son, Wang An didn't say anything more. Tian Dalang took out a letter and handed it to Wang An: "This is the income of Wangjiazhuang during this period, and the steward knows that Lang Jun has a lot of money, so let him bring some money and food." ”

"I don't have time to take care of Wangjiazhuang, I'm going to find a suitable time to return it to the Kong family." Wangjiazhuang was previously given to his mother Wang by the Kong family, and the Wang family transferred it to Wang An, and now Wang An is an official and has no time and energy to manage, plus Wang An owes so much money to the Kong family, which can also offset some of it.

"This is a letter written by Miss Duan to the county honor," Tian Dalang took out another letter and handed it to Wang An, "Miss Duan is here to attend Miss Xia's wedding, and I heard that the county zun wants me to come to Dangyang, so I wrote this letter to the county zun." ”

Wang An hurriedly asked, "Is Miss Duan still in Wangjiazhuang?" Wang An wanted to know where this powerful figure was now, since he helped him kill a few bandits, this one was nowhere to be found.

"After the wedding, Miss Duan left." Tian Dalang said.

After Tian Dalang left, Wang An opened Miss Duan's letter, the content of the letter was very simple, Miss Duan's teacher had an accident, she wanted to go back, the letter also mentioned that Miss Duan owed Nanjun Shui Kou Chengzhong a favor, and hoped that Wang An would help this person.

Wang An also knew that the biggest water gang in Nanjun was Chengzhong, and as soon as General Long arrived, he was rectifying the water army, wanted the water gang, and recruiting the water gang. How could Cheng Zhong accept Zhao'an, many charges were in his name, and Zhao'an did not end well. Skirmishes between the two sides continued. In order to strictly prevent bandits from attacking and harassing, Wu Jianglong recruited a lot of county soldiers to protect Jiangling and not give Shui Kou a chance. Wang An estimated that after the beginning of spring, Wu Jianglong should also make a big move

When Wang An was still thinking, Kong Xun came to report: "Dangyang's Qinglou is controlled by the Chang family, the district family and the Li family, and the subordinates have already notified the three heads of the family to go to the county government tomorrow to discuss matters according to the instructions of the county honor. ”

"Thank you for your hard work," Wang An said, "I have already written to Yin Lu and asked him to come over as the chief flag, and help you share some things by the way." After the New Year, Du Shi and Uncle Xia will come over, and everyone will be a lot more relaxed. ”

"If the gentleman has something, the disciple will obey him. These are all things that a disciple should do. ”

Wang An smiled and was very useful to this sentence: "When the county school is about to open, the official still lacks a literary scholar, I don't know if your brother is willing to serve as one?" ”

"Didn't the Feng family agree?"

Wang An nodded: "The Feng family has suffered a great disaster, and they don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, so they have refused." "The rotten ship still has three catties of iron, and the Feng family is only in the same vein as the Empress Dowager Feng and the Marquis of Yixiang, and the others have not been affected. Wang An felt that it should be the Feng family's own identity, and he didn't want to deign to be a small literary figure in Dangyang.

Kong Xun knows his brother's personality and likes to be touted, but once he is touted, he can't find the north: "Is my brother suitable?" ”

Wang An nodded: "It's appropriate, the official position of literary Peng should be famous, profitable, and there is no need to use your brain." As long as you make more friends with these wealthy families in Dangyang, it would be better if you could bring money and food for the county school, your brother is well-informed, and he is from the Kong family of Wanxian County, this official position is just right for him. You write to him and ask him, whether you want to or not, let him go to Dangyang with Mr. Yang to have a look. ”

Kong Xun reluctantly agreed.

After the Chang family, the Li family and the Ou family received Wang An's invitation, they immediately went to the Chu family to discuss.

The head of the Chang family looked at it and asked the head of the Chu family, "Why didn't the head of the Zhao family come?" ”

The head of the Chu family said: "The three of you should think about why you received the invitation, but the Chu family and the Zhao family did not?" Do you want to attack the three of you? ”

The head of the Chang family said: "During this time, soldiers often come to our territory to make trouble, and I haven't accused him of not governing the army strictly, but he wants to deal with us." ”

"Poor governance?" The head of the Chu family said with a smile, "The imperial court has repeatedly ordered the release of the slaves and maids who were sold into slavery due to the disaster, if the boy of the Wang family wants you to release these slaves and maids, what will you do?" You went to the Taishou Mansion to sue him? ”

The head of the Ou family said: "The court just wants to release the slaves and maids, and it doesn't say that it wants to release those Qinglou women, see what he can do with me?" ”

The head of the Chu family said: "How many hidden households are there in the mansion of the head of the district family? How much less tax was paid? If the boy of the Wang family wants to check the hidden household, what should the head of the district family do? ”

"Who doesn't have a hidden household, why does the Wang family only check the district family?"

"Just the invitation in your hand." The head of the Chu family said loudly, "There are five of us, why only give you three, because you are the only one who runs the Qinglou, because the strength of your three families is the weakest, and the things you do are unpopular, and the district family is the weakest of the three, and the first thing the Wang family kid has to deal with is the district family." ”

The head of the district family panicked, and hurriedly said: "Our families are each other's appearances, if the Wang family boy finds out, it will not only be the district family that will be embarrassed." ”

"So let's not give the boy of the Wang family a reason to do it, isn't he trying to attract the hearts of the army, isn't he trying to rescue the relatives of those soldiers? We will send the person to the county government and let him accept it when he sees it, otherwise the next step, the Wang family boy should take the opportunity to check the hidden household. The three of them should consider and don't lose the big because of the small. ”

After the three heads of the family left, Chu Yuan asked, "Why did my father help the county honor?" ”

"Help him? I'm helping myself. The head of the Chu family said, "Several family owners used to have a discord with the Chu family, and secretly ganged up against the Chu family, but now the Wang family is pressing step by step, so they came to the door for help." The big and the small, the police lure them. If they can't withstand the suppression of the Wang family's boy, and fall to this person, it will be the turn of the Chu family. As soon as these three families let go, it will be difficult for the Wang family to deal with them. The Chu family also has time to do more. ”