Pang Tong's statement made Wang Xu pause, and then looked back: "Shiyuan, the general's treasury and my inner treasury have always been separated, and the inner treasury is also allocated by the treasury on time, which is no different from the Linglu, and the remaining wealth is earned by my wife who opened the workshop, and has never touched the treasury in vain!" ”

"This ......" Pang Tong was surprised, his face was quite shocked, such as Wang Xu's practice, it is really rare in this era of war.

Wang Xu smiled and sighed: "It's not a secret, when the army was raised in the early years, the treasury was empty, not only could not receive the money, but had to save from the inner mansion in every possible way, so as to contribute to the treasury." At that time, my house was so poor that I could hardly even afford to support my maidservants, and I had no gold, silver and jade ornaments, so I relied on my wife to run the workshop to support my livelihood, and I had to do my best to supply the general's treasury. ”

"I see!" Pang Tong was suddenly shocked, and then praised: "No wonder the general's mansion has a frugal style and works together to create today's great cause, it turns out that it is all because of the master's work by example!" ”

"That's it, those are all things in the past, don't mention it!" Wang Xu waved his hand. "Now that the places are rich and the treasury is full, I have already passed the difficulties, and my current income has reached 3,000 stone per year, which is not only enough to afford the use of the house, but also more than enough, and I can't use it up! And the workshop opened by my wife has long been all over the territory, and it also trades with merchants from all walks of life throughout the Han Dynasty, and all the fresh utensils and clothes today are mostly made by her workshop, and there is a lot of money, and it is only a drop in the bucket to send a few mansions such as you. ”

"The amount of money in the lord's mansion is only 3,000 stones a year?" Pang Tong was stunned.

"How can you use so much, the value of what you use in a year is about more than a thousand stones!" Wang Xu said uncertainly.

"How many maidservants are there in the lord's mansion?"

"There are no valets in my house. There are only a few grooms. The rest were handmaidens. About thirty or forty people, I don't know the specifics, it's all my wife taking care of it! Wang Xu replied.

Pang Tong was silent, and after a long time, he sighed leisurely: "Does the lord know the situation in Cao Cao's mansion?" ”

"Didn't inquire!" Wang Xu shook his head: "You know? ”

"In Cao Cao's mansion, in addition to his wife and children, there are hundreds of maidservants, hundreds of servants, and dozens of singers. Dozens of musicians, dozens of concubines, all kinds of gold and silver are innumerable, the frame of its sleeping couch and other things is still made of gold, copper and other valuable things, and its house is used for a year, worth more than 20,000 stones. Pang Tong said.

"Tut-tut......" Wang Xu was dumbfounded, compared to this, the little expenses in his house were really nothing, and even looked cold. Shi Yuan, do you think I should buy or hire more maidservants? Hold up the façade? ”

"With the current status of the lord and his reputation, it should be slightly atmospheric to highlight the majesty of the General's Mansion. Isn't it a good thing to keep money in the house? Pang Tong persuaded.

"Keeping money?" Wang Xu was stunned, and then thought that Pang Tong had misunderstood, and must have thought that he was a miser, and said with a smile: "Shiyuan misunderstood, the huge amount of property in the inner government was not put away, and it was all used to relieve the poor people, and the hoarding of the government treasury was used for development and construction and pacification of the world, and it was not able to be used to relieve those poor people." All the money in the government has been used for the relief of the elderly, the abandoned children, and those who have lost their ability to work due to accidents, and has not been saved. ”

"Lord ......" Pang Tong's eyes widened instantly, his voice trembled, he was greatly shocked at the moment, he suddenly took a step back, and knelt on the ground with a "poof".

"Shi Yuan, why is this?" Wang Xu hurriedly bent over to help.

"Lord!" Pang Tong's voice was a little choked: "My subordinates are taken by the sword of the lord, and I don't dare to get up!" ”

"Sword? Where is the sword? Wang Xu was stunned.

"In the hands of the lord!"

"In my hands?"

Wang Xu was confused, what happened to this Pang Tong? Isn't it stupid?

"What does Shiyuan mean, I hope to say it clearly!"

Pang Tong raised his head, his face was full of admiration, and he said angrily: "The sword of the lord is the sword of the king, the sword of benevolence!" The advantage of this sword, on the reverse split, can cut the hearts of the people, the world is not fair, subordinates by this sword, poured their hearts into worship, in the future willing to sacrifice this life, go to the soup and fire, in the future! ”

"Shiyuan!" Wang Xu was moved in his heart and helped Pang Tong up. "I am very relieved that you have said this! Although I have this sword, I lack the arm to wield, and I only hope that Shiyuan will be this arm! ”

"The subordinates are willing to work with all the virtuous ministers and good generals to hold the sword for the lord!"

After Pang Tong finished speaking, his eyes were full of determination, and then he got up and said: "The lord has this sword in his hand, and he will obey Kong Ming!" ”

"Okay, then let's go to Liqiu now!"

Wang Xu didn't expect that his actions would make Pang Tong so convinced.

The two of them left the study, didn't care about talking to Pang Shanmin, explained a little, and hurriedly left.

In order to avoid being too abrupt, Wang Xu sent back the dragon and tiger guards of the Feng group who were waiting outside the Pang family's mansion, and let them go back first, only allowing Wang Yueying, the leader of the Feng group, to accompany him with three or five people, while he and Pang Tong each took fast horses and rushed to Liqiu.

On the way, Pang Tong also briefly talked about Lu Xun.

His father Lu Jun was originally the governor of Jiujiang County, but unfortunately he died of illness early, so he followed his ancestors, when Lujiang was too guarded by Lu Kang to live, and later Yuan Shu fled to Huainan, Lu Kang refused to surrender to him, so he fought, but was defeated and died with his eldest son.

Fortunately, he expected that he would be difficult to defeat Yuan Shu earlier, and ordered his eldest grandson Lu Shang in advance to let him take his young son Lu Ji, as well as Sun Lu Xun and others to avoid trouble in the Yangtze River, Lu Xun also escaped because of this, and later lived in Wu County, but he did not show his talent, but Lu Ji was quite famous.

Pang Tong traveled, visited celebrities all over the world, and heard that Lu Ji was quite famous, so he went to visit Lu's house, but after talking in detail, he found that although he was talented, he was far inferior to Lu Xun, who was not famous.

Later, he stayed at Lu's house for a few days, and he cherished each other and became friends with these people.

It's a pity that he saw that the Lu family lived a solid life and lived and worked in peace and contentment, so he did not rise up to persuade him to come to Jingzhou.

Along the way, Pang Tong told about the events during his travels, and Wang Xu listened quietly, sometimes talking about what he had seen and heard, which was quite happy.

Half a day later, they arrived at Shangqiu, and Pang Tong led the way to his small farm.

Wang Xu rode his horse and looked at the small farm of Pangtong. The pattern is clear. There are clear hierarchies. I couldn't help but smile and said, "Shiyuan, your farm is running well!" ”

"The lord has won the award, and his subordinates have only divided a few areas, and they have not managed much, and those fields have been rented to farmers who need them to plant." Pang Tong said with a smile.

"You sit back and wait for the rent to be collected, but you are free!" Wang Xu smiled with relief.

Pang Tong smiled, shook his head and said, "This land was given to me by the Pang family, and I didn't care much about it. I've only collected taxes once in recent years! ”

"Then where do you spend your time on weekdays? Is it supplied by the Pang family? Wang Xuqi said.

"It's not easy to make some spare money!" Pang Tong didn't care, and replied: "Write documents for others, come up with ideas, and earn money, sometimes help the local government to judge the case, set up a bureau to catch the thief, you can also have a lot of gains." Sometimes friends I make will give some gifts, and money is nothing more than things outside the body, everything is easy to do! When he was in Jiangdong, his friend Lu Su also gave dozens of catties of silver. The subordinates didn't accept it, so they came up with some small plans for it. He took half a pound of silver. ”

Wang Xu was speechless, this Pang Tong is really clever enough.

"Lord, we have arrived, and the Zhuge family is in the small courtyard in front." Pang Tong suddenly pointed ahead.

"Oh?" Wang Xu raised his head and saw a small courtyard in front of him, although it was not spacious, it was very chic and bookish. "This courtyard is nice!"

"My subordinates arranged it when I was a child, and I studied here for a few years!" Pang Tong said with a smile.

"Not bad, not bad!" Wang Xu said, he had already reined in the horse's reins, turned over and dismounted. "Let's go, let's go on foot! Moon Shadow, you take everyone here to rest! ”

"No!" The dragons and tigers of the Feng group are all women, and their voices are very crisp.

Wang Xu's gaze quickly swept over the surrounding environment, and he strode forward. "Shi Yuan, let's go in!"

"Subordinates lead the way for the lord!" Pang Tong hurriedly stepped forward and led the line to the small courtyard.

Walking outside the fence of the small courtyard, Pang Tong was already laughing and shouting: "Kong Ming, Ziyu! When a distinguished guest comes, don't hurry up to greet you! ”

"Hahaha......" A magnetic laugh soon came from the room, and quipped: "You Pang Shiyuan, how can you have such a noisy reason for guests!" ”

"Hah! Kong Ming, I'm not a distinguished guest, your guest is by my side! Pang Tong smiled familiarly, obviously the relationship between the two is very good.

"Oh? Another guest? ”

With the voice, a person quickly walked out of the room, eight feet tall, with clear eyebrows, deep eyes, moderate posture, and a plump spirit like jade.

His black and shiny hair was coiled high, wrapped in a scarf, and he was dressed in a coarse cloth and green coat, but he was clean and tidy, holding a gossip feather fan, shaking slightly, full of elegance and dust.

When Wang Xu was looking at him, he also looked at it, the moment the two looked at each other, it made Wang Xu's heart jump fiercely, it was a very strange feeling, I can't tell why, but it happened unnaturally.

After a while, before he could speak, Zhuge Liang over there had already approached briskly and saluted quite respectfully: "The grass people meet General Wang!" ”

"Huh?" Wang Xu was stunned: "Have you ever seen me?" ”

"I haven't seen it!" Zhuge Liang straightened up and said with a calm smile.

Even Pang Tong next to him was very surprised, and asked out loud: "Kong Ming, since you haven't seen it, how can you know it?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and didn't say anything, but looked at Pang Tong, and the feather fan inadvertently pointed at his feet.

In an instant, Pang Tong realized and laughed: "It turns out that I sued you!" ”

The conversation between the two made Wang Xu confused, and he didn't understand it at all, so he couldn't help but interject and ask: "What do you two mean?" ”

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong looked at each other for a moment, and then laughed in unison.

After a while, Pang Tong replied in Wang Xu's confused gaze: "Lord, it is the subordinate who inadvertently stood and told him the identity of the lord of Kong Ming!" ”

"Standing?" Wang Xu looked at it, immediately understood, and laughed loudly: "Hahaha...... Mr. Zhuge is really extraordinary, so keen! ”

"It's a prize, but be careful!" Zhuge Liang shook his head modestly: "Shiyuan's heart is extremely high, if it is not a respectful elder or a servant, how can he maintain a respectful attitude even when he stands side by side, and the general's temperament is obviously a battle-hardened hegemon, and at present, Jingzhou can combine the two, I am afraid that there is only General Wang!" (To be continued......)