Zhao Hu came to Luoyang, Zhao Hanzhang gave him face very much, not only asked people to invite Zhao Cheng and his son back for dinner, but also found Zhao Kuan and a few others, planning to have a gathering of the Zhao clan in the evening.

Zhao Hu is very satisfied with this, he likes to be held and respected.

It's a pity that the clansmen of Xiping, except for the younger generation, there are not many people in Zhao Cheng's generation who are afraid of him, and they all blame Zhao Ming, who often troubles him and makes him majestic in the clan.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hu was in a slightly unbeautiful mood, and said to Zhao Hanzhang: "Changning in Xiping is too domineering, and in the long run, the clansmen are afraid that they will have opinions on you, so let's replace it." ”

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Chang Ning didn't make a mistake, how can he remove the county order for no reason?" I have countless officials under my command, and it is not good to chill their hearts. ”

Zhao Hu said: "If you can't remove him, then let him be promoted and leave." ”

He gave Zhao Hanzhang an idea, "Otherwise, choose a child from the Zhao family to be the commander of Xiping County?" So that we may have matters with him. ”

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and asked, "Is it the same as when Uncle Ming was in charge of Xiping?" ”

Zhao Hu immediately stopped talking.

Zhao Ming was even more unkind to them when he was in Xiping, but whenever Zhao Hanzhang and Zhao Jiajun had something to do, they had to pay for it.

Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him, sighed and said: "I know, Chang Ning practiced justice and set off many long-term workers and tenants hidden by the clansmen, if it was before, I would have stood on the side of my uncles, after all, the taxes of the imperial court are not only heavy, but also every year because of some things, if you don't hide the household, everyone can't live a life." ”

"But since I took over Xiping, it has been three years, and every year is either tax exemption or reduction, there has never been a tax increase, and the hidden households are also willing to come out, why should the uncles stop it?"

"You didn't pay taxes, but whenever your Zhao family army needed food, grass and money, didn't the clansmen raise it for you?" Zhao Hu said: "To put it mildly, the money I gave you in the past three years is enough for me to pay taxes for twenty years before." ”

"Yes, so Hanzhang's achievements today are due to the merits of the clansmen," Zhao Hanzhang said: "So my pro-army is called Zhao Jiajun, they are to protect Yuzhou, but they are more protective of Runan, they will protect the people under their rule, but they will protect the Zhao family more." ”

Zhao Hanzhang said bluntly: "The Zhao family army is my Zhao family army, and it is also the Zhao family army of the Zhao family, if I die on the battlefield one day, who will take over?" ”

Naturally, it's Zhao Ming.

Zhao Hu lowered his eyes, or other outstanding children of the Zhao family, it could not be Zhao Erlang, he was a general in the Zhao family's army, even if he was a general, let him lead the entire Zhao family army and manage the entire Yuzhou and Luoyang, it would be a disaster to think about it.

Zhao Hu's heart suddenly calmed down, and he said rarely: "Okay, let the hidden household be released, so that there are more people who pay taxes, and you can get less money from us." ”

Zhao Hanzhang nodded again and again and said with a smile: "Exactly, there are more hidden households and hidden fields, less taxes, and fewer soldiers are recruited, and the soldiers protect Yuzhou and the Zhao family, and they can't let them go hungry." ”

"There is a shortage of food and grass in the army, and the tax cannot be paid, so in the end, don't you still have to help your uncles?" Zhao Hanzhang said: "So why bother to hide in the field? It's better to set an example, and let other families follow together to clean up the hidden households, justice can't just be for our family, right? ”

"That's right!" Zhao Hu perked up, and immediately betrayed his friend, "You know Yu Sanlang, they have a lot of hidden households in the Yu family, and it seems that they have privately raised a branch of Qu, just in the area of Pingyu, hum, I vaguely heard that their family still wants to build a dock fort, and the fart dock fort that was built, I thought that the dock fort was so easy to build, now that Yuzhou is stable, there is the Zhao family army to protect each other, can they build a dock fort?" ”

Zhao Hu gave her an idea, "You let Pingyu's county order to check, check one by one, not only collect taxes, but also fines, and let them make up for all the taxes owed in the past two years." ”

Zhao Hanzhang was dumbfounded when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask the relatives who were waiting for the tea on the side, "Third Master Yu offended the Seventh Uncle Ancestor?" ”

He smiled and said: "Last autumn, someone found a soup spring on the mountain outside Xiping, there were three of them, and the third master Yu was well-informed, so he learned the news first, and went to the county government to buy it." ”

At that time, Zhao Hanzhang was short of money, and all parts of Yuzhou were being rebuilt, and it was the time when a lot of money was needed, so Chang Ning let out the words, wanting to divide the land into three pieces, one piece of land and one soup spring, and the one with the highest price would get it.

Zhao Hu relied on his kinship with Zhao Hanzhang, and only said hello to Chang Ning, wanting him to leave a mouthful of soup, but he refused to let go and give the price.

Changning is really the one with the highest price.

The third master Yu bought three mouthfuls of soup at a high price, so angry that Zhao Hu almost smashed the county government, but in the end Zhao Song came forward to suppress him.

Chang Ning was not afraid of Zhao Hu, he did not keep any of the money from the sale of Tangquan that time, and used it to buy food for Zhao Hanzhang to support other counties in Yuzhou.

That's why Zhao Hucai always wants to pull down Chang Ning, and the relationship between them is very bad.

The pro-follower hinted: "But Lord Lang is more angry with the third master, he wants to build a garden on the mountain, there were only a few thatched houses at that time, but the thatched house encloses the soup spring, which is made of jade into the soup pool, there are three in a thatched house, there is nothing in the house, only two screens are separated, this winter the third master invited famous scholars and literati to go up the mountain to soak in the spring and talk about the Tao, which is very talked about." ”

The limelight instantly overshadowed Zhao Hu, and instantly snatched away the fame he had just accumulated by showing off his wealth not long ago.

So Zhao Hu was very angry and almost broke off his friendship with Yu Saburo, and now he has not officially broken off his relationship, Guy is both rich, and both want to make money from each other, they have always been plastic friendship.

Thinking about the first time Zhao Hu got the glass products, the first thing he thought of was to sell them to Yu Saburo at a high price to make a wave of money.

Zhao Hanzhang went to see Zhao Hu.

Zhao Hu didn't mind the hint of his personal follower at all, he was eating tea with relish in the tea bowl, and when he finished speaking, he asked Zhao Hanzhang, "Do you have anything else rare here?" Something that will allow me to show off. ”

Zhao Hanzhang racked his brains to think, gave up after a while, and persuaded him instead, "Seventh Uncle Ancestor, now the materials are limited, so we advocate frugality, you look at me, there is only a piece of jade on my body, there are no other accessories, the clothes are also plain, and the diet at home is also light, I heard that Uncle Ming does not entertain friends in Chen County, nor does he drink alcohol, so I don't want to compete with Yu Saburo for extravagance, we can compare and be thrifty." ”

Zhao Hu looked her up and down, and saw that her outer clothes were actually made of coarse linen, only the clothes inside, and the exposed collar seemed to be made of fine linen, and he immediately disliked it.

"I was so focused on the water mill that I forgot to look at you, how can you live so poorly now, you don't even have a decent coat."

(End of chapter)