Huang Ziren saw that Long Feng and Liang Yinzhi could actually appear at their wedding, and he was full of spirit and joy for a while, and he pushed the cup to change the lamp, and took advantage of the wine to drink two glasses with Long Liang and the others. After two cups, his face became even more rosy.

Long Qianhu wiped off the two drops of wine that fell on his beard, poured a full wine glass and grinned at Huang Ziren, glanced at Xu Liang with his eyes, and said: "Brother is far away in Pingliang, so I heard that Brother Huang is happy today, and I don't care about going home to reunite with my wife and children, so I hurriedly came to drink Brother Huang's happy wine, how about it, brother, I'm interesting enough, right?" Come on, Brother Huang, do this toast! ”

Huang Ziren stared at the glass of wine in front of him, burped, grinned at Long Qianhu, and said dizzily: "As early as when I was in Jingzhou City, I, I could see it, Long Qianhu, you, are a person who speaks and talks about righteousness......"

Long Qianhu laughed even louder, looked at the smiling Xu Liang casually, raised his glass again, his face was full of affection, and said, "Brother Huang looks up to me Long, I'm really happy." In the future, when Brother Huang arrives in Pingliang, you and I will work under Commander Ye together, and we will have to be close to each other. ”

When Xu said this, the faces of Xu Liang, Xing Zhongshan and other Liang generals changed, and they looked at Long Qianhu in surprise.

I only heard Huang Ziren laughing, his head lying on the edge of the table, squinting at Long Qianhu, and waving his hand drunkenly: "Long Qianhu is too polite, this, this is not a word, there is no need to say it......" Before he finished speaking, he saw Huang Ziren's head turned off, and he fell asleep on the edge of the table.

Everyone saw that Xu Liang's face was blue and very ugly. Long Qianhu was surprised when he saw this, and said, "Ah, why is Lord Xu's face so ugly?" Didn't you drink too much? ”

Xu Liang raised his eyes and stared at Long Qianhu, and asked coldly, "Lord Fang Cai Qianhu said that he and Ziren were working under Commander Ye, what do you mean by that?" ”

Long Qianhu's face was full of astonishment, and he asked, "Why doesn't Lord Xu know yet?" Inspector Huang will be promoted to the rank of Andong Zhongwei Qianhu in a few days. This...... Haven't you heard? ”

Xu Liang shook his head and said, "This official has never heard of it. What's going on?,Please tell me about it.。 ”

Seeing this, Long Qianhu clapped his hands together, and suddenly realized and said with remorse: "Alas, look at my quick mouth!" The commander of this matter has not yet been approved by the Yamen, so why should I tell it! He clasped his fists at Xu Liang and Xing Zhongshan and others, and said in a loud voice: "I'm sorry, I'm also hearsay, and the specific situation is not very clear, ha, come, come, I give Lord Xu a cup, and I should make amends!" ”

Xu Liang picked up the cup, touched it with Long Qianhu, brought it to his lips and took a sip, sneering in his heart, what kind of hearsay, lie to the ghost. Today, this Long Feng said such a thing secretly, it must have come to fruition, and even today, Long Qianhu rushed to the town to drink Huang Ziren's happy wine, which itself has an ulterior purpose.

It's just that Long Qianhu's words ended here, and no matter how Xu Liang, Xing Zhongshan and others talked, he was pretending to be stupid, and he didn't even mention a word about him left and right. Xu Liang was helpless, seeing Huang Ziren lying on the table sleeping soundly like no one, a large piece of saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth, shook his head, and called the new housekeeper of Huangfu to arrange for his subordinates to help Huang Ziren into the new house.

If such a thing happens, it will not be interesting to eat the banquet again. Xu Liang confessed, left the table first, and walked along the gravel path in the courtyard of the Huang Mansion to look at the mansion that Huang Ziren bought for 10,000 taels. I saw that the houses in the courtyard were neat, the pavilions and pavilions in the courtyard, flowers and trees, ponds and rockeries, everything, from the layout point of view, this scale was magnificent, and their own Xu Mansion was on par.

Xu Liang walked for a while, and his thoughts returned to what Long Qianhu said about Huang Ziren's promotion. Judging from Long Feng's words and Huang Ziren's reaction, this matter is a certainty. It seems that Huang Ziren has known about the situation for a long time, but why hasn't he talked about it to himself? Xu Liang suddenly remembered that a few days ago, he led the Liang army to relieve the siege of Jingzhou City, and reported to Pingliang after the victory, when he went to see Hong Chengchou, the prefect of Pingliang, and Huang Ziren was taken away by Ye Yanqing, the commander of Anton Zhongwei, before entering the prefect's yamen. In this way, it was probably at that time that Huang Ziren knew about the promotion.

Xu Liang thought of the two rows of sword-and-axe men who stood outside the study of Hong Chengchou, the prefect of Pingliang, that day, and vaguely felt that it was a little inappropriate for Huang Ziren to be promoted for no reason.

"Ah, Lord Xu was originally walking here!" An old voice sounded ten steps away from Xu Liang's side. Xu Liang looked back sharply and saw Liang Yinzhi, a wealthy gentleman from Jingzhou, and the young man in brocade clothes who came with him were smiling and greeting him ten steps away.

Xu Liang arched his hand and said: "Farewell from Jingzhou, don't come to Liang Yuan without harm." ”

Liang Yin said first: "On that day, the adults fought in Jingzhou City, the old man admired the adults very much, and the day before yesterday I heard that Lord Huang was happy to get married, and I took the liberty to congratulate him today, hoping that Lord Xu and Lord Huang would not be surprised." ”

"Where, where. Liang Yuan's words were serious. Xu Liang saw that this Liang member was quite old, with a big beard and eyebrows, but his eyes were bright and abnormal, revealing a shrewd color, so he was polite while guessing the intention of this Liang Yinxian.

Liang Yin knew that congratulating Huang Ziren was just a pretense, and it would be boring to get entangled in this matter, so he smiled and said to the young man in brocade who was standing beside him with a humble face: "Ziqi, this is Lord Xu Liang Xu who led the army to relieve our Jingzhou City that day. He arched his hand to Xu Liang and said, "Lord Xu, this is a dog." ”

Liang Yinxian's son Liang Ziqi said to Xu Liang Shili: "Liang Ziqi meets Lord Xu. ”

Xu Liang looked at the young man in brocade, and saw that his expression was quite similar to Liang Yinxian, and remembered that since this young man entered the Yellow Mansion, he quietly accompanied Liang to sit outside, eat and drink, did not talk much, was humble and polite, and was quite self-contained. The good feeling in his heart increased greatly, so he praised: "Brother Liang is good-looking, a talent, and he will definitely have a great achievement in the future." ”

Liang Ziqi heard this, although he still had a smile on his face, his expression was obviously dark. Liang Yuanwai's expression was also a little unnatural, and he hurriedly diverted the topic and said, "Ahem, Lord Xu has won the award." I heard that Lord Xu's mansion has recently purchased several stores, presumably there are people in the mansion who want to open stores to do business? ”

Xu Liang looked at the look of the Liang family's father and son, thinking that what he had just said was not excessive, and he didn't understand why these two people were secretive about being officials in the court. Hearing Liang Yuanwai talk about Xu Fu's opening of a store in Zhenyuan City, Xu Liang was secretly shocked in his heart, Tsing Yi Wei sealed the original Louji's store industry on a large scale, that is, two days ago, most of the people in Zhenyuan City were not very clear, and they didn't expect that this news could reach the ears of Liang Yinxian, who was far away in Jingzhou.

Xu Liang's tone couldn't help but be a little cautious, staring at Liang Yuanwai and said lukewarmly: "Liang Yuanwai said and laughed, I think my Ming Dynasty court has already issued a clear order, and officials in the court are not allowed to do business for profit. Xu Mou, as the original magistrate of Zhengqipin, how can he know the law and break the law? ”

This is really nonsense with open eyes. Liang Yin inquired clearly, two days ago, there was a lot of trouble in Zhenyuan City, overnight, Loujiabao's business industry around Zhenyuan City was uprooted, although no one has officially recognized it so far, but people with a discerning eye know that there are such means and abilities in Zhenyuan City at present, except for Xu Liang, who has such a secret army and the power of Zhenyuan County, who has such great ability?

But it's not interesting to say that. Although the Liang family in Jingzhou has lived in Pingliang Mansion for generations, the power and influence of the Liang family have been worse than a year after several generations, especially since Liang Yinxian's generation to his son Liang Zi's period, there are few males, and they are passed down from one generation to another. And because of the instructions passed down by the ancestors, the descendants of the Liang family are not allowed to enter the court as officials for generations, because although for hundreds of years, the Liang family has been wealthy, but has always adhered to the ancestral teachings, even if the children of the clan are talented, they can only play their talents in the countryside and businessmen, and they are not allowed to be officials.

At present, the Liang family is weak and the northwest is in turmoil, and as the head of the contemporary Liang family, he has to plan for the descendants of the Liang family. Liang Yinxian has always been the best at judging the situation, and he guessed from Xu Liang's consistent practice since he took office as the magistrate of Zhenyuan County that Xu Liang is very powerful, and he will not be a thing in the pool in the future, and sooner or later he will soar, especially after Xu Liang led his troops to relieve the siege of Jingzhou, Liang Yinxian was more sure of this. Since Xu Liang left Jingzhou that day, Liang Yinxian has done everything possible to find an opportunity to deepen his impression with Xu Liang again.

For this reason, Liang Yin did not hesitate to mobilize the forces in the clan and opened two stores in Zhenyuan City, the purpose of which was to inquire more about Liang's situation. When he heard that Xu Liang sent someone to seal up Lou Ji's storefront, it seemed that he wanted to open the door to do business by himself, Liang Yin was overjoyed as if he had obtained a treasure, and took the opportunity of Huang Ziren to get married, and rushed to the town in person.

Liang Yin saw that Xu Liang said with a righteous and stern face, funny in his heart, but very serious on the surface, he said: "The old man is naturally convinced of Lord Xu's character. As an official of the court, Lord Xu naturally has to try his best to maintain the rules and regulations of the court. It's just that although the old man is not an official in the court, he also knows that a local official like Lord Xu must not only be a decent official, but also maintain the proper food and clothing, and the monthly expenses must be not small. Ahem, the old man visited friends in the capital a few years ago, and I saw that the adults in the capital also abide by the law like Lord Xu, but many of the children of these adults have opened shops and do business. This, the old man heard that the people in the adult's house bought a lot of storefronts, and presumably the children of the adult's clan wanted to support themselves and didn't want to drag the adult down. ”

Xu Liang heard the old man's self-justification, and said a ghost word in a high-sounding manner, he couldn't help but laugh or explain, and nodded again and again along with Liang Yuanwai's words: "Liang Yuanwai said well." This official came to the town this time to be an official, and his family did follow an elder brother, and he also told the official that he would open a few shops in the city for grain, flour, cloth and the like. ”

"Ah, that's it." Liang Yin laughed first, smiling like a thousand-year-old fox, he pointed to Liang Ziqi who was laughing and said: "Don't be afraid of your jokes, Lord Xu, the Liang family can be regarded as a big family in Jingzhou and even the entire Pingliang Mansion, and there are a lot of acres of real estate under their names." There is also a lot of grain, oil, cotton and linen harvested every day, and this one in the adult's house is ...... cough, if my brother happens to want to do the grain, oil and cotton cloth business, my Liang family can help a lot. These things have always been handled by the sub-period, if Lord Xu can use it in the future, he can contact the sub-period, and the Liang family will definitely give Lord Xu, oh no, it is this brother of Lord Xu's family who offers the most affordable price. ”

Liang Ziqi heard the old father say it so bluntly, the meaning of flattery was too obvious, Jun's face was slightly red, and he embarrassedly bowed to Xu Liang and said yes.

At this point, Xu Liang finally figured out the intention of this Liang member, and he was surprised and happy in his heart. The two grain stores opened by Xu Fu in Zhenyuan City are all purchased from Pingliang Mansion and even other provinces, the distance is long, and the transportation cost is high, and they have been worried about not being able to find the local grain merchants in Pingliang Mansion.

Xu Liang didn't think about the reason for it for a while, but it was naturally not a bad thing for the Liang family to send it to the door. Xu Liang smiled very sincerely, held Liang Yuanwai's two thin hands, and shook them lightly and said: "If you can do business with the Liang family in Jingzhou, it will only be profitable and not lost. ”

"Then the old man and the dog are waiting for good news, haha." Liang Yuanwai also laughed very happily, and then talked a few words of gossip with Xu Liang, and the goal of the day in his heart had been achieved, so he happily surrendered his hand.