The Liu family is a serious person, and when he heard him say this, he was a little worried: "Chengzu, your behavior like this not only hurts Zhang Xianzun's face, but also forms a big enmity with those big wealthy families, I'm afraid it won't work." After all, we still have to live in the county, and we have a mortal enmity with them, I'm afraid it's not good. ”

Zhao Laoqi said: "Auntie, you are a good person, but I support Brother Yang in this matter." We all know this truth, your fist is fast, the other party has a great enmity with you, and in the end he will still be friends with you. If your fists are soft, you are a good friend, and you may be stabbed in the blink of an eye. We Jianghu people have come here like this, and we are most familiar with this. If Yang Gongzi really exposes this matter easily, those people will think that we are weak and can be bullied, and when the time comes, they will fiddle with how they want, and your life will not be easy. ”

Ruxian nodded, "Okay, old man, I didn't expect you to fall into my sister's appetite." My sister was bullied, and this matter can't be left like that, if Brother Chengzu says it's over, I also want to take revenge. Mother, you are a kind person, but in this world, you can't live with kindness. ”

"We've been knocked on, and if we can't get back, we'll be looked down upon. When the time comes, everyone will think about bullying us, but they won't think about being afraid of us. Even if you bully us, as long as you apologize and find someone to talk about it, you'll be fine. If this continues, how are we going to mix in this county? We dodged the attack this time, what about next time? We must let the people who do it know that it hurts and let them bleed, so that they will know that our Yang family can't be provoked. ”

Seeing that the two women said this, Liu Shi was also a little lively in his heart, and Miao Xiugu said boldly at this time: "What the two of you said makes sense, our Xiaotiezhuang side also pays attention to whoever has thick arms and has a loud voice, and it is useless to be reasonable." ”

Iron Coral went directly to get the spear, "Husband, I'll go with you." Let's get there and stab a few of those bad guys to death. ”

"Stay at home honestly." Yang Chengzu scratched her nose dotingly, "This is a man's business, and there is no need for a woman's family to work hard." Niang, I'll send you after eating, go back and talk to the Ninth Master, and let him be more careful. As for the person who wants to do something to him, it is my enemy, and our two families are on the same line. ”

Half an hour later, a servant came from the county yamen to deliver the news, "The county has a word, saying that it is on the second floor of the proud building in the city to invite you to a banquet, and I hope you will enjoy it." As he spoke, he also sent an invitation post, which looked very grand.

Although the county is better off than other places, after all, food prices are getting higher and the people's livelihoods are becoming more and more difficult. All industries in the county are not very prosperous, and the business of restaurants is not as good as in the past. However, as the largest restaurant in the county, Deyilou still maintains the demeanor of a big restaurant, and has to give up some free meals every day to maintain a good reputation.

Today, the restaurant dispersed people early, just waiting to serve this table of distinguished guests. When Yang Chengzu arrived, he saw more than a dozen small servants standing outside the door, and when he saw him coming, they knelt down and kowtowed. There were two clever ones, leading the way in front of the head, and directly let him go to the second floor of the private seat.

I saw that Zhang Jiayin was already there in the elegant seat, and the other two, one wearing a silk shirt and a ** hat, was Meng Gongran, the richest man in the county. The other person was dressed in a jade-colored straight jacket, wearing a Confucian scarf on his head, fifty miles away, with a dignified appearance and a bit of bearing. This person is Zhang Jingduan, a local lifter, whose son Zhang Xiaoxian and Li Yue'e, the eldest daughter of the Li family, have long been married, I don't know why they haven't passed the door yet.

One of these two represents the local family, and the other represents the local reader, both of whom are forces that cannot be underestimated. Because Zhang Jingduan has already been promoted, he has the qualifications to elect officials, and he is considered to be half of the court, and he does not take Yang Chengzu, a military attache in brocade, very seriously. When I saw him come in, I just nodded my head in courtesy.

As for Meng Gongran, he donated the official body of a seven-rank cabinet secretary, and after seeing Yang Chengzu, he called his nephew, and refused to give a salute according to the rules of the people's officials. Yang Chengzu also nodded with them, pulled a chair and sat down, in addition to these four people, there were also a few servants.

Meng openly ordered: "Let them serve the food." He said to Yang Chengzu: "This restaurant is the old man's property, and the prefect of Weihui also used it here, and when Gao Zhi pointed to the patrol of Huaxian County, he also mentioned poetry here after drinking." You taste it, whether it tastes good or not. ”

The guys put the wine and food on the table like a stream, and it didn't take long for the entire Eight Immortals table to be piled up. Looking at the dishes, there is no difference from before the catastrophe, it is generally rich and luxurious, Yang Chengzu said: "The proud building is really right to give this name, people come here, they are indeed very proud, if they only drink in the building, I am afraid that they will be able to make our Henan grain harvest, and there is no natural disaster." ”

Meng Gongran raised his glass and said, "Yang Baihu, the old man toasts you." After drinking, he said leisurely:

"To do business is to do business, natural disasters **, it has nothing to do with business. All I know is when things sell well and when they don't, and if I have to think about anything else, the business can't be done. I can understand that you are officials and think differently than we do, and I will say that you have done a great job. ”

Zhang Jingduan took over the words, "Of the eight prefectures in Henan, there has been chaos in two prefectures, but the imperial court has dealt with it effectively and quickly suppressed it. The price of grain in various localities is mostly between two and three times higher, and it seems that it is difficult to rise, and many people who speculate on grain this time are afraid that they will lose a lot of money. ”

"It's good to lose money, if they don't lose money, they won't have a good memory, they won't know, they can't reach out anywhere. In some places, if you stretch out your hand indiscriminately, you will be cut off your claws. Let them have a better memory, I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. ”

"Baihu, you poor people, but you are compassionate. It's just that those grain merchants are generally ordinary people. The dynasty does not compete with the people for profit, like this matter of buying and selling grain, it should be handled by the people, and the market will go with it, and the court will forcibly suppress the price of rice, so it will not be afraid that the grain will hurt the peasants? In the event of a large-scale abandonment in the future, next year will not be easy. ”

Yang Chengzu took a bite of the dish, "Abandon the waste? If the imperial court does not intervene in grain prices, whether it is abandoned or not, there will be problems in the taxation of the eight prefectures in Henan next year. At least the land on the books will be reduced by 20%. And the taxes of the imperial court could not be owed, and when the land was less, they had to add taxes to the common people, so that those yeoman farmers would become tenants. I'm curious, this method of operation is not afraid of them abandoning the wasteland, how can the imperial court stabilize the price of rice, but someone will abandon the wasteland, what kind of bird truth is this? ”

"For so many years, everyone has come over like this, and this is already a law." Meng Gongran took over the conversation, "Yang Baihu, Zhang Zhixian, you can stop it." You have done a lot, we will do activities on it for you, and promise to give you a few umbrellas for the people, a few plaques for the blue sky, and no one will be less. But you should also understand what it means to accept what you see. ”