Zhang Chao had also heard of the eldest brother's attitude towards Zhang Xing, and for this matter, he even considered passing on one of his sons to the eldest brother, but Zhang Miao refused at that time.

Now it seems that the eldest brother really treats this Zhang Xing as a son, if this is the case, I am afraid that things will be a little difficult.

Zhang Chao can do some ruthless things in order to maintain the laws he has formulated, even if the things are detrimental to himself, he will do it, but when it comes to the eldest brother, the only brother, and the relatives who have helped him a lot, he can't do it.

On the way here, Zhang Chao had thought that about Zhang Xing's affairs, he could only listen to the will of the eldest brother, he would never make any rash decisions, even if some people were dissatisfied because of this, he couldn't care so much, this is his own eldest brother.

Zhang Chao is waiting for his eldest brother to make a decision.

Zhang Miao was in pain at this time.

To say that the proudest thing in his life is not that he has been a county guard, but that he has such an outstanding younger brother, and he even thought that with such a younger brother, he will have the face to go underground to meet his parents after a hundred years. For this reason, he also made a decision, that is, to support his younger brother unconditionally.

For this decision, Zhang Miao has also been doing it, and he has been doing it very well. Although he can't help with it, he does try his best to protect his brother in terms of reputation.

But who would have thought that such a thing would happen now, his big housekeeper, Zhang Xing, who was most valued and treated like a son, had a problem, so he was a little overwhelmed.

Defend your brother, but you can't bear it.

Protect Zhang Xing, my brother will definitely be embarrassed.

In the dilemma, Zhang Miao was a little at a loss, and finally had to look at Zhang Chao and said, "Zhiyuan, how do you think this matter should be done?" ”

"Everything is at my brother's command." Zhang Chao kicked the ball back directly. It's not that he wants to cheat, but it's really not easy for him to make this decision.

"That's... Is this serious? Is there any room for redemption? After Zhang Miao heard what Zhang Chao meant, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, at least he could guarantee that Zhang Xing would not die.

Listening to the eldest brother say this, Zhang Chao also knew the general meaning, so he also replied: "Fortunately, the matter is still under control within a certain range, if Zhang Xing returns everything now, and takes the initiative to admit the mistake, and guarantees that he will not make it in the future, he can still be lightly punished." ”

"Okay, then I'll arrange for him to admit his mistake immediately, and promise that he won't be contaminated with anything about opium in the future, how about Zhiyuan?" Zhang Miao heard that he could fall lightly, and said in a tone of assurance.

Seeing that the eldest brother said this, Zhang Chao also nodded, "That's very good." ”

After Zhang Chao left his eldest brother's house, Zhang Miao called Zhang Xing to the inner room. As soon as they met, he was so angry that he couldn't help but scold, "Who made you touch that thing with opium 0?" Why are you doing this? ”

Zhang Xing was originally still arrogant, after all, he had such a status and achievements at a young age, which was very enviable, but he never expected that he would be scolded by a stinking meal, and under habit, he still wanted to explain a few words, but when he saw Zhang Miao with an angry face, he knew that he was afraid that the matter would be revealed, so he immediately reacted, and quickly said with a look of admitting his mistake: "Master, it was my mistake, I was confused for a while." ”

"Confused, then let me ask you, this is the first time I've done something like this?" Zhang Miao watched Zhang Xing admit his mistake, his heart softened, and his tone was a little relieved when he asked.

Zhang Xing ponders every day how to please Zhang Miao, and he naturally has the ability to observe words and colors. As soon as he heard this tone, he immediately said with relief: "Master, this is the first time." I also heard people say that this thing makes money, and I want to generate more income for our house, so that people will also thank the master, so I did it. ”

Zhang Xing's statement that he thought that the people in the house were making profits. persuaded Zhang Miao, so that his already somewhat loose attitude slowly slowed down. "Hey, I know it's not easy to be a housekeeper, but if you want to do something like this in the future, you must talk to me."

"Yes, sir, this time I was wrong, I made my own decisions." Zhang Xing saw that things had taken a turn for the better, and even hurriedly admitted his mistake.

Zhang Xing's attitude is good, and Zhang Miao doesn't really want to punish the other party, so this matter is over. "Okay, this matter was known to the people in the court, they told Zhiyuan, fortunately, the matter was suppressed by me, what you have to do now is to hand over all the opium 0 tablets, and at the same time go to the court to admit the mistake, understand?"

"Ahh If you have to pay it all back, that's a lot of money. Hearing that he not only had to admit his mistake, but also had to hand it back, Zhang Xing suddenly had a distressed expression on his face.

It's just that no matter whether Zhang Xing wants to or not, even if Zhang Miao says so, there is no possibility of changing this matter.

The next day, Zhang Xing really came to the Supreme Court of Jinyang City with a few carriages of opium, and after handing over the things, he was personally received by Tian Feng, so he was naturally reprimanded.

This matter seems to be over, Zhang Xing did not receive any punishment because of the relationship between his master Zhang Miao, but only reprimanded himself. But several of the stewards who managed the opium were indeed transferred afterwards, and then they were held accountable one by one.

The management of opium has become stricter after this incident, which seems to be a good thing. It's just that no one knows how much fire Zhang Xing has held back in this matter.

The matter of selling opium 0 chips without permission, but Zhang Xing did it himself, in other words, the money involved was also borne by him alone. Although he is the housekeeper of the Zhang Mansion, he has a lot of money at his disposal, and this time it almost smashed into half of his life savings.

But now, all handed over to the male, he has nothing. Although relying on the identity of Zhangfu's housekeeper, there is still a chance to make money in the future, but after all, it is his own money that he has handed over, how can he be willing? A wave of anger was held back in his heart, and he began to hate the Zhang family.

...... ......

March 202 A.D.

The southern land and the Central Plains have long been full of spring, but there is still snow in the northern land that has not melted.

It's just that in the same north, the imperial city of Goryeo is indeed doubly lively, because there are too many merchants here and all kinds of businesses are operated, so that the nearby Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Rus' merchants are also focused here, making it even more lively.

Such a lively scene was unprecedented in the previous Goryeo Kingdom. And all this is thanks to the Zhangjia trading company here, and it is precisely because of the steady stream of merchants and goods from Bingzhou that the business here has become prosperous.

It's just that behind this prosperity, it has little to do with the local regime that rules here, and as the host, the Goryeo State can only receive a small benefit from it, which is obviously extremely unbalanced.

Once things are out of balance, all sorts of problems will follow. Just like the current Imperial City of Goryeo, Yu Feilong, as the commander of the soldiers and horses, looked at all this with a gloomy face.

This is the second month since Yu Feilong returned from Cao Pi. On the grounds of inspecting the army, he faded out of the sight of Zhao Yun and others. And not long after returning to China, I saw this scene in front of me.

Originally, commerce was so developed that the country didn't know how much it would benefit from it. But now, a few months have passed, and the number of conscripts in a country has only risen by a mere 5,000, which shows who has earned this money.

Yu Feilong, who had been living peacefully for a while, seemed to have begun to forget in his heart what scene he was struggling with a few months ago, and all he was thinking about now was who the interests of all this in front of him belonged to.

"Humph!" An unhappy nasal voice sounded, and then Yu Feilong walked away with a few personal soldiers, at this time he was already angry, and the thought in his heart seemed to have made a final decision.

...... ......

"Report." The Han General's Mansion in the Imperial City, which was built under the permission of the Goryeo Queen Park Jin-ri, and this is also the usual place for General Zhao Yun to rest and work.

At this time, a personal soldier outside the door ran over, and five steps away from Zhao Yun, who was sitting at the end, he knelt down on the ground and said: "General, a convoy of Zhangjia Trading Company was robbed, of which five hundred taels of silver were lost. ”

"What?" After hearing this, General Zhao Yun, who was sitting there watching the military newspapers and documents sent by all parties, immediately got up, "How could such a thing happen?" Can you find out who did it? ”

"Report to the general, General Zhou Cang has already brought people there, and I believe that news will come back soon." The soldier still bowed his head, kneeling on the ground with a very respectful expression.

"Let's go, let's see." Zhao Yun heard that it was the Zhangjia Trading Company that was robbed, so he didn't dare to be careless, so he stretched out his hand, took the bright silver gun, and strode out.

Zhao Yun, who walked out of the main hall, quickly followed a column of personal soldiers, but before he could walk out of the mansion, a man with a wide black face outside the door had already walked in, and there was still some distance from him, so he said loudly: "General, the matter has been investigated, it was the Goryeo soldiers who attacked our Zhangjia Trading Company, and the five people who are doing it now have been captured, what do you see." ”

The person who came was General Zhou Cang, the deputy commander of the Dragon and Tiger Legion, who was quite calm, so he followed Zhao Yun's side as a deputy.

Hearing that the matter had been clarified, and that the perpetrator was still a soldier of the Goryeo Kingdom, Zhao Yun's face immediately sank.