In the ancient rich house, if a distinguished guest came, the host would usually send a maidservant or a singer to accompany the guest to sleep, so that the guest felt at home. Of course, according to modern people, it is a great disrespect and persecution of female surnames, but in ancient times it was a very common thing. Of course, this kind of treatment is not just a cat and a dog can enjoy, it must be extremely important to the owner or respected guests can enjoy, there is no doubt that Pang Gang at this time belongs to the kind of guests who are extremely important to the owner.

Before this, Pang Gang did not expect that the story of "birds and beasts are not as good as beasts" that was widely spread in later generations would appear on him so bloodily, and in the face of Kong Lin's hospitality, he was unprepared for a moment and was stunned on the spot.

Seeing this huge man sitting silently, Kong Lin thought that the other party still had some concerns in his heart, and explained on the side: "Huge people, these singers have all grown up in grass people's homes, and grass farmers can guarantee that these singers are still perfect. ”

Secretly swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Pang Gang said with great perseverance: "It's better not to use it, if the official is still here, how can he indulge in the gentle township." ”

As if seeing Pang Gang's insincerity, Kong Lin just smiled slightly and stopped persuading, but instead raised his wine glass and continued to persuade him to drink, but Kong Lin's evaluation of this hundred households in his heart was a few points higher.

In fact, it's not that Pang Gang is hypocritical, but when a person first arrives in another unfamiliar environment, he will instinctively be wary of the people and things around him, and Pang Gang still has something on his mind, so he subconsciously refused.

In the persuasion of Kong Lin and the others, an hour passed quickly, and Pang Gang was unconsciously drunk. Pang Gang, who felt that he couldn't drink it, quickly stood up and said goodbye to Kong Wen, the head of the Kong family, and Kong Wen did not force him to stay, and ordered a maid to send Pang Gang back to the room.

After seeing Pang Gang walk out of the hall, Kong Wen, who was originally full of smiles, turned his head and said lightly to Kong Lin who was standing next to him: "Lin'er, you follow your father to the study." After speaking, Kong Wen walked towards a small courtyard next to him with steady steps.

"Yes, Father." Kong Lin replied respectfully and followed behind Kong Wen respectfully.

Kong Wen came to a small room with a faint candlelight, sat down on a chair, rested his arm on the desk next to him, and gently tapped his fingers on the table in a rhythmic manner, before he asked: "Lin'er, you have been walking with this Pang Baihu for nearly ten days, and your father asked you how this Pang Baihu is a person?" ”

Kong Lin thought for a while and said: "Although the child is not as well-informed as his father, according to what the child has seen and heard along the way, this Pang Baihu is quite fair, although he has some love for money, but he is also reasonable, and the child has been to Wanghai Fort under his jurisdiction, although this Tunbao has just been rebuilt for less than half a year, but the military households in the fort can also live and work in peace and contentment. Moreover, the child listened to this huge man's conversation and had great ambitions, so the child believed that this person would have something to achieve in the future. ”

"Well, what else?" Kong Wen then asked, with a look on his face that seemed to be a smile but not a smile.

"And?" Kong Lin couldn't help but wonder: "What else?" The child does not know, so please ask the father to show it. ”

"You, you, you!" Kong Wen sighed and shook his head, "How did Ping said that my father taught you, you can even forget such an important thing." ”

Kong Lin thought about it and felt that he hadn't missed anything, so he asked puzzledly: "The child is frightened, please make it clear to my father!" ”

"In the past few days, you have been with this Pang Baihu every day, haven't you seen the most important and obvious thing about him?" Kong Wen said with some hatred: "It's the soldiers around him, don't you notice that there are so many elite soldiers around him?" ”

"But father!" Kong Lin didn't understand, "As an official and soldier of 100 households, he will naturally have soldiers around him, as for the elite, as long as he practices hard, isn't it?" ”

"Lin'er, it seems that you still lack experience." Kong Lin explained helplessly: "The ancients knew the autumn by looking at the leaves, although the father did not dare to expect you to reach such a realm, but you have been around him for so many days, don't you realize that the soldiers around him are too elite?" This shows at least one thing, that is, he is very good at training. Also, if you think about it carefully, all over our Yangzhou territory, which guard station has such elite soldiers? And if you look at the clothes of those ordinary soldiers, they are wearing chain mail, even those baggage soldiers are wearing fine scale armor, and even the waist knife held by the shield hand is an excellent Yanxiang knife, can't you think of something else from here? ”

"Could it be" After listening to his father's explanation, Kong Lin, who suddenly realized it, sounded that those soldiers who walked behind him every day were so elite, and the armor or weapons they were wearing were all refined equipment one by one. Where did he get such a large amount of energy from a small hundred households to equip his subordinates with such sophisticated weapons.

"Father, do you want to tell me that there is anyone else behind this Pang Baihu to support?" Kong Lin couldn't help but ask with some surprise.

Kong Lin shook his head, "This is not necessarily, judging from the fact that he will accept your 10,000 taels of silver and personally escort you back, he is not very rich, so we can conclude that even if there is someone behind him, the energy will not be too great, otherwise he will not do this kind of work that can only be done by a dart game." But at least one thing is certain, this Pang Baihu is definitely a good leader in leading troops, otherwise he would never be able to bring out such an elite army! For him, we have to show favor as much as possible. ”

"Hello!" Kong Lin scratched his head, "Father, he will go back in a few days, is it useful for you to show him?" ”

"Stupid!" Kong Wen, who couldn't hold back his anger anymore, talked to his son's head.

"Didn't you promise to set up a shop in his Wanghai Fort and try to invest in him to open up the wasteland? If you don't have a good relationship with him, you won't be afraid that the money you invested will be wasted. ”

"Father, you promised!" Kong Lin's face showed a smile of surprise.

Kong Wen showed a wry smile on his face: "Alas, even if you don't agree, what can you do." As a father, there is only one son like you, and this family will be handed over to you sooner or later, so this time I should let you experience it first."

Kong Lin hesitated for a moment and asked, "What about the voice of Jubao Zhai?" ”

Kong Wen pondered for a while: "After this batch of goods, the business of Jubao Zhai will slowly stop, the huge man is right, in the troubled times, not many people will buy those jewelry that cannot be eaten or worn, and food is the most important thing at this time." ”

"Hmm!" Kong Lin nodded and said: "The child thinks the same way, a few days ago, the child saw a large piece of wasteland waiting to be reclaimed in Wanghai Fort, and the old and young in Wanghai Fort are repairing the canal and digging a well, which is very lively." ”

"That's good, it seems that this Pang Baihu really wants to do a big job next year." Kong Wen continued: "Now that the Sun family is pressing step by step, this time our Treasure Zhai has a good life, and we finally escaped the catastrophe, but my father can conclude that the little beast of the Sun family will never give up if he doesn't swallow our Treasure Zhai." Do you know? A few days ago, after you left, he actually sent someone to propose to your sister, hum! His Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by! ”

"What, he dared to come to our house to propose!" Kong Lin's eyes widened in disbelief, he couldn't believe that there were such shameless people in the world, on the one hand, he suppressed the other party in the business field, and sent out a splash to kill people, and on the other hand, he was brazen and shameless to marry the other party, how much of a cheeky person could do such a thing.

"Father, you must not promise him, once you promise, our family will be ruined!"

"Hmph, my father is not old and confused, so naturally he will not do anything to lure wolves into the house. A shameless and lustful person like this is a father, even if he dies, he will not marry Ruolan to him. Kong Wen said angrily, "But this incident also reminds my father that now that Ruolan has grown up, it's time to find him a good mother-in-law."

"Find Ruolan's in-laws?" After hearing this, a thoughtful glint flashed in Kong Lin's eyes!

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