Zhao Cheng said: "He is not a person who will abide by the contract, if he insists on going his own way, you ......

Zhao Hanzhang shook his head and said, "Uncle Cheng, this is your misunderstanding of the Seventh Uncle Ancestor, he is indeed not a good person, but in business, he will abide by the contract, if he does not comply, then he will have to pay me liquidated damages."

She said, "If you pay liquidated damages, I won't lose either."

Zhao Cheng: ......

He was skeptical, "Will he pay liquidated damages?"

Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him, "Yes."

Zhao Cheng suddenly struck up with her, "What if he doesn't pay for it?"

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Seventh Uncle Ancestor may not be a good father, nor is he a good person, but he must be a good businessman, just relying on the prestige of the Zhao family, he can accumulate a family property second only to my grandfather, if he is not trustworthy, how can he accumulate such family assets?"

"I believe him, if he breaks his promise, he will definitely pay liquidated damages." Zhao Hanzhang paused and then looked at Zhao Cheng, "It's Uncle Cheng who has a lot of misunderstandings about the Seventh Uncle Ancestor, why don't you take this opportunity to resolve the misunderstanding?"

Zhao Cheng said, "There is no misunderstanding between me and him."

Zhao Hanzhang shook his head slightly and said: "Confucianism puts filial piety first, Uncle Cheng is familiar with poetry and books, and among the two families that most respect Confucianism and Taoism, it is the Seventh Uncle Ancestor who has made mistakes, if he is willing to change, why doesn't Uncle Cheng give him a chance?"

Zhao Hanzhang couldn't help but pause when he thought of Zhao Hu's character, and then said with a wry smile: "I persuaded Uncle Cheng like this not for the sake of the Seventh Uncle Ancestor, but for Uncle Cheng. The world only sees you treating your father coldly, and they don't think about what the Seventh Uncle Ancestor has done, what kind of person you are, so that you are like this; Instead, they will think that you are treating your biological father like this, because you are unfilial, because you have a flawed character, and then you will doubt your brother's upbringing, and even your other students will be suspected."

Zhao Cheng frowned and pursed his lips, in this way, Zhao Ming also persuaded him, but although he took it to heart, he still couldn't change it.

But now Zhao Hanzhang also said that Zhao Kuan and others are coming out one after another, and he can't really ignore these children at all.

Zhao Cheng's heart boiled like boiling water, stuffy and hot, very uncomfortable.

Zhao Hanzhang seemed to have an understanding, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, not like a junior, but like a brother, and said: "I understand your feelings, but have you ever thought that you treat the Seventh Uncle Ancestor so coldly, in fact, you still haven't let go, and it is not only the Seventh Uncle Ancestor who is suffering like this, but also you and the elder brother."

She smiled slightly, "If you already want to open it, why bother with the accident in the form? You have spoken coldly to him, so your heart has not wavered for half a minute, but you have never wavered in your heart, so why should you care about speaking softly to him?"

Zhao Cheng was silent for a while and said, "I heard that when you first returned to the clan, you confronted him-for-tat, and I don't know when, you actually became lenient and gentle to him, it turns out that your heart has never changed?"

Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him and did not answer.

Zhao Cheng understood at once that she really had never changed.

He fell silent.

Zhao Hanzhang stood aside and accompanied him for a while, and when he saw that he seemed to have figured it out, he smiled and said, "Let's go, Mr. Ji, they are still waiting for us."

Zhao Cheng finally asked, "Don't you persuade me to leave Zheng'er behind?"

Zhao Hanzhang shook his head, winked at him and smiled: "It is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, Uncle Cheng should make his own decisions about such family affairs, and I will not get involved."

To put it mildly, Zhao Cheng is much more important than Zhao Hu in her heart, she really has to stand alone, and in the case of irrelevance to justice, she still favors Zhao Cheng.

Zhao Cheng suddenly felt a lot of relief and entered with Zhao Hanzhang.

Everyone didn't ask Zhao Hu what he was doing, his voice was so loud that it was difficult to listen to it, so everyone could only pretend not to hear it and continue to discuss things.

By the time they finished discussing various affairs and left the study, it was already past the time for lunch, and Zhao Hanzhang was very poor now, but he still asked them to stay and eat lunch before leaving.

In fact, it is a bowl of noodles, with only a handful of vegetables and an egg in it, and the noodles are still mixed with wheat bran.

Zhao Hanzhang showed off while eating: "The water mill grinds it out, it's very fine, you can taste it."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Zhao Hanzhang said to Tan Jize and Chen Wu of Gucheng County: "There is a river passing through Gucheng, and you can also build a water mill along the river, which is much more convenient."

Tan Jize responded gently, while Chen Wu asked, "Is it built by the county government or by us?"

Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him and said, "You can discuss this with Tan County Ling."

Chen Wu's gaze swept over Beigong Chun and the others, and he hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhao Yuanjun, in this water conservancy construction, can we beggars get paid the same as the recruited short-term workers?"

Zhao Hanzhang raised his eyebrows.

Chen Wu was a little weak-hearted, but he looked at her as sincerely as he could and said, "We are not like the Zhao Family Army and the Xiliang Army, and we are divided into elite soldiers and ordinary soldiers, but we all go to dig in the mud, we all work hard, and we can't eat enough with that little food."

Zhao Hanzhang thought about it and said with a smile: "If the water conservancy coverage is not within the scope of your tuntian, I will give you money according to the short-term work."

Chen Wu thought that if the water conservancy construction was in their tuntian, they would also benefit, so he nodded and agreed.

Both sides were happy.

After eating noodles, everyone said goodbye to each other and left.

Tan Jize stayed for a while and asked Zhao Hanzhang, "Why did the envoy agree to Chen Wu? He was hired by us, and he was to be at our disposal."

Zhao Hanzhang said: "The other garrisons have successively paid some military salaries, and there are military merit rewards, and the tuntian is also divided, and the life is much better than that of the begging army, and the construction of water conservancy facilities this time is indeed manual work, so there is no need to be too harsh on them."

Zhao Hanzhang told him: "Be gentle with them, this time you send workers, you let the officials in the county government have more contact with them, mention more about the treatment of ordinary soldiers of the Zhao family, and tell them that the Zhao family army welcomes them."

Tan Jize: ......

Zhao Hanzhang: "Also, after they repair the water conservancy of their tuntian, let people let out the rumor, if one day I don't hire them, they will return these tuntian, and then they have to leave Gucheng, and those fields will be distributed to the new garrison."

Tan Jize: ......

He swallowed, suddenly thinking of himself and his brother.

His eldest brother wanted him to make a beautiful man trick on Zhao Hanzhang, but Zhao Hanzhang didn't feel it when he saw him, and he didn't even take a second look, and he really didn't want to betray his hue.

So even if he was coerced by his eldest brother, he still honestly participated in the recruitment examination, and when he was looking for a job, he tried to stay away from Zhao Hanzhang.

But he didn't expect that he would be transferred to Gucheng, so that his eldest brother had a bad idea again, and he also ran to Luoyang, in order to increase his weight, let him show his face in front of Zhao Hanzhang, go back and forth between Luoyang and Gucheng, and work hard to help him take care of Gucheng.

Looking at it today, I always feel that it is similar to her method of subduing the beggar army.

Tan Jize couldn't help but look at Fu Tinghan.

Fu Tinghan was very calm, raised his eyes and glanced at him, and then said to Zhao Hanzhang, "I'll go back and pack my things."

Zhao Hanzhang nodded at him, the smile on his face became warmer and brighter, "Okay."

They will return to Chen County tomorrow.