Thinking of this, Tian Chunlai sighed again in his heart, since the Zheng clan lost troops in the battle of Huoqiu, the balance of the entire Shouzhou has been broken. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Zheng family, which has lost the support of force, has become a big piece of fat in the eyes of the two Umeda families.

The Umeda family had long coveted the Zheng family's monopoly on the iron-smelting industry in Shouzhou, but the grain merchant business did not care too much.

After all, although Huoqiu is a large grain-producing county, it is much inferior to Anfeng and Shouchun, which have more benefits of Shaobi irrigation.

The Umeda family also owned a lot of land of their own, so they didn't care much about the Zheng family's dominance in the grain business, but the iron smelting industry was different.

The iron smelting industry is not only lucrative, but also strategic.

The weapons of the three Shouzhou companies are basically provided by the Zheng's ironsmith shop, and the agricultural tools are also monopolized by the Zheng's ironsmith shop, and they are even exported to Huaibei and Huainan, which has long aroused the covetousness of the Umeda family.

Now that there is finally this opportunity, the Umeda family has already discussed to divide the Zheng family's iron-smelting and forging business.

If the Zheng family knows each other, they can leave Shouchun and go back to Huoqiu, and they can also let the Zheng family live, but if the Zheng family is no longer aware of current affairs, then it is not impossible to destroy the family.

Before Tian Chunlai went to Jiangning, the two Umeda had already made many rounds of discussions on dividing up the Zheng family's smelting, forging and grain business, and basically reached an agreement.

The Mei family will take over the Zheng family's grain business, and by the way, it will account for 30% of the future smelting and forging business, and the Tian family will take over 70% of the Zheng family's smelting and forging business.

In this way, the Mei family will replace the Zheng family as the largest grain merchant in Shouzhou, and its transportation business will account for more than 50%, its voice in grain prices will be greatly enhanced, and the Tian family can obtain huge profits in smelting and forging, and become the richest merchant in Shouchun City, and the business of tea, wine, cloth, and iron will be included in the bag.

Although Tian Chunlai also understands that this is also the proper meaning, since the foundation of your Zheng clan has been lost, it is only natural to remove your name from the three major valve clans in Shouzhou, and no one will sympathize with you, this is the reality.

However, Tian Chunlai realized that when the situation around Shouzhou was facing drastic changes, it was actually unwise to rashly break the balance and even cause internal turmoil.

With Zheng Hong's ruthlessness, will he be so restrained?

A fight is inevitable, and even the Zheng clan will definitely be trapped in the beast, what will this bring to Shouzhou?

Although the Umeda family reached an agreement to divide up, once the Zheng family disappeared, the contradictions between the two sides would rise rapidly, and it was difficult to say whether the partition of the Zheng family was a curse or a blessing, especially now that the strength of the Huaibei family was very weak, and Huainan was facing an unstable situation, a place like Shouzhou was more likely to attract the covetousness of external forces.

Tian Chunlai was especially jealous of Caizhou.

In his opinion, although Caizhou lost troops and lost his vitality in the first war last year, Caizhou's aggressive momentum was shocking.

Dare to compete with the Central Plains overlord Daliang, and each has its own victory and defeat, even if it has the support of Huaibei, Dajin and Taining behind it, but its courage and momentum to dare to confront Daliang head-on is not possessed by other feudal lords, and its subordinates are also talented, and all surnames are united, even Huaibei and Taining These old feudal lords are much inferior.

He even felt that if Huaibei continued to be dragged down by ant thieves like this, maybe Caizhou would rebel against Huaibei in the future, and it would be said that Huaibei was the backer of the Mei family, but Tian Chunlai felt that once Huaibei was swallowed by the Yuan family, he was afraid that Shouzhou would become the mouth of the Yuan family.

"Big brother, you didn't invite the Zheng family today?"

"I sent a post to the Zheng family, but it is estimated that Zheng Ju is not in good health and failed to come. Tian Chunrong shook his head disappreciatively, his eyes still falling on the green beads that were playing the gonghou.

Zheng Ju, the head of the Zheng clan, has been in poor health in recent years, and he has not shown up much, and more affairs are still in charge of Zheng Hong, the second eldest Zheng Hong, the third Zheng Kui, and the fifth Zheng Hui, and the second Zheng Hong who plays a leading role.

"What about Zheng Hong?"

"Zheng Hong has only been back for two days, I heard that he was overworked, and he was sick when he came back, and he has not been at home all the time, maybe he was hurt by Huo Qiu's anger, right?" A smile appeared on the corner of Tian Chunrong's mouth, "Huo Qiu is not saving one hundred now, the Zheng family probably feels a little desperate, I heard that they plan to borrow a sum of money from us and re-recruit the displaced people to go to Huo Qiu to resume farming." ”

"Just came back?Zheng Hong went to Huoqiu?" Tian Chunlai was faintly uneasy, and asked in a deep voice: "When did you go, how long did you go? Who went? Did you only go to Huoqiu?"

"When you just went out to Jiangning, Zheng Hong went out, and Zheng Hui, the fifth elder of the Zheng family, went out together, which is still ten or twenty days. It seems that I only went to Huoqiu, where else can I go?" Tian Chunrong didn't understand why his cousin was so nervous.

"One or twenty days?" Tian Chunlai almost stood up, and a not-so-good premonition surged in his heart.

From Shouchun to Huoqiu, it can be reached in two or three days, at best, it is three or five days, and seven or eight days back and forth is enough, and it is impossible for Zheng Hong to inspect in the countryside, it is nothing more than to go to the county town to see how to restore Zheng's industry, how can it be possible to go for one or twenty days?

Did they go anywhere else during these twenty days?

Tian Chunlai's mind turned sharply, Huoqiu's location is exactly in the easternmost part of Shouzhou, close to Huzhou, not far from Caizhou and Huangzhou down, didn't Zheng Hongmo go to one of these three places?

Seeing Tian Chunlai's face change suddenly, Tian Chunrong was also a little surprised, it's been such a time, why does Chunlai still care so much about the Zheng family?

The first army in the hands of the Zheng family was almost completely annihilated, and only two or three hundred people fled back to Shouchun, plus the soldiers of his family, there were only three or five hundred people, and in the face of the Shouzhou army that had mastered more than 10,000 people, it was almost negligible, what storm could the Zheng family turn up?

"Brother Chunlai, what's wrong?" Mei Xun, who was still intoxicated by the wonderful aftermath of the green beads, noticed that Tian Chunlai opposite him suddenly changed color, and asked in surprise.

"Nothing. Tian Chunlai tried to restrain his emotions and shook his head.

Mei Xun doesn't care, the current situation is very good, except for the ant thieves in Huaibei who still have some threats, as soon as the Zheng family falls, the Mei family has the greatest benefit, and it is the well-deserved first surname of Shouzhou, "But do you think that the Gonghou skills of the green bead girl are not inferior to Jiangdu?"

"Well, that's true, that's true. Tian Chunlai said perfunctorily, but his mind had already been put on Zheng Hong's Huo Qiu and his party.

On the 20th, where can we go? Caizhou, or Huzhou, or Ehuang?

Tian Chunlai never thought that the Zheng clan would be so restrained, according to his idea, if he was the head of the Zheng clan, he would take the initiative to quit Shouchun and go to Huoqiu, and now the ant thieves are going south, and the remaining small stream of rogues, with the current strength of the Zheng family, is not afraid.

Take a step back, and simply take the initiative to throw himself into Huzhou, although the strength of Jiangfeng in Huzhou is weaker, but it can be regarded as a strong man who has repelled the ant thief and Caizhou, and there is a local wealthy family like the Zheng family to work, and he must be willing to take it.

Thinking of this, Tian Chunlai's heart was slightly cold, this trip to Zheng Hongxi, isn't it going to Huzhou?

Unlikely!

Tian Chunlai denied this possibility in his heart.

Huzhou was first established, and now it is said that it is still fighting for the belonging of Gwangju, the imperial court wants to meddle in Gwangju, and Nanyang Liu Xuan and Caizhou Yuan are still thinking about Gwangju, Jiang Feng's mind is only afraid of how to keep Gwangju, how can he spare his strength to ask about Shouzhou?

Didn't you go to Caizhou?

Also unlikely. Tian Chunlai continued to deny, although Caizhou Yuan's ambition was very ambitious, but the battle with Daliang and Nanyang made him very angry, if he let him have a year or two to relieve his anger, it was very likely, but now Caizhou still has to lick his wounds.

As for the possibility of Ehuang, Tian Chunlai doesn't think that the Du family still has the heart to reach out to Shouzhou now.

It stands to reason that none of these houses are likely, but Tian Chunlai still can't let go.

"Big brother, are there any other abnormalities in the city during my absence?" Tian Chunlai asked in a deep voice.

"It's not unusual. Tian Chunrong's gaze had already returned to the slender hand of the green bead, and the strings of the gonghou flew out bursts of heavenly sounds under his fingertips.

"The egret flies in front of the Xisai Mountain, and the peach blossom flowing water is fat for mandarin fish. Green hats, green clothes, slanting wind and drizzle do not need to return. Several drooping children sang in unison behind the green beads, and it really felt like they were in the middle of the mountains and rivers.

"Good! good!"

"Sure enough!"

"On Huainan Road, the green bead girl should be in the top three!"

"Nothing unusual?" Seeing that his cousin was intoxicated, Tian Chunlai felt irritable for no reason, if it was an ordinary time, he also liked the sound of this green bead, but this was not the time, "Big brother, is there anything unusual about the Zheng family?"

"Well, Chunlai, I said, it's not abnormal, it's the same as before you left. Tian Chunrong also replied a little impatiently.

There is no abnormality? There is no difference? Tian Chunlai almost couldn't hold back the anger and flipped the table, there is no abnormality, nothing else, it is just an abnormal performance!

How could the Zheng family not know the intention of the two Umeda families to rob their clan?

But you know, but you are still indifferent, you don't say anything, is it possible? What does that mean?

Tian Chunlai only felt a wave of irritation surging from his heart, and he was particularly uncomfortable, the Zheng family has a conspiracy, there is definitely a conspiracy!

What is the intention? It's just that the Zheng clan has only a few hundred troops in his hands, what can he do?

"Big brother, have the scouts ever been sent?"

Tian Chunrong is also really a little annoyed, he is kind enough to pick up the wind for you, how can you be troubled?

"Spring comes, everything is business as usual, the scouts are all scattered, and there is news back every day, from Huaishui to Anfeng to Feishui, all arranged, rest assured. Tian Chunrong suppressed the anger in his heart, "If you don't feel at ease in Chunlai, after tonight, you can check it tomorrow." ”

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