The richest family in Gong County is the Cheng family in the west of the city.

The Cheng family has always been known as the richest man in Gong County, and people in the county often call it Cheng Banxian County to say that it is rich and noble.

The Cheng family started as a wine seller, and the head of the Cheng family went south and north, broke through the outside world, and went through life and death several times. has done a lot of great things that can be called legendary even in the eyes of today's people, and this is the only way to buy this huge family business in Gongxian County.

The Cheng family originally had two sons, the eldest son was humble and wise, and loved to read since he was a child. The second son was shrewd and cunning, wandering the village, and his reputation was far inferior to that of the eldest son.

The eldest son has been regarded by the head of the Cheng family as the best candidate to inherit the Cheng family's business since he was a child, but there are unforeseen circumstances, and people have good and bad luck.

A few years ago, epidemics were rampant in the land of Sili, and the Cheng family unfortunately contracted the epidemic when they went out to relieve the disaster.

At that time, there was not one in ten who were infected with the epidemic and survived.

Although the Cheng family was wealthy, they could not save one of his lives.

The white-haired man of the Cheng family sent the black-haired man, and after being sad, he had a serious illness, so he handed over all the affairs of the family to the second son.

The second son's surname is Cheng Mingdian, and now he is only in his twenties, and he is also a good hand at starting a business.

Since he took over the Cheng family, the Cheng family's family business has indeed grown a lot.

It's just that the way the young master of the Cheng family does business is different from that of the old master.

When the head of the Cheng family was in charge, the business that could make money would rather make less money, and bring other people in the county with him.

Although the money earned by the Cheng family in those years was not as good as it is now, its reputation was not bad.

And when the Cheng family passed to Cheng Dian, he couldn't wait to eat all the benefits when he started business. It's not enough to have it in your own hands, and you can't wait to grab what is in other people's bowls.

Therefore, the people in the county also call Cheng Dian a wolf in the dark, which is greedy and insatiable.

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Liu Bei and Zhang Zhi drank wine the day before yesterday, and they came to visit Cheng's house today, and the two were on their way to Cheng's house at this time.

Guan Yu said softly: "Big brother, judging from the news we heard yesterday, this head of the Cheng family is not a good person now. I'm afraid that I'm going to seek skin with the tiger. ”

"We want to fight the tiger." Liu Bei smiled, "I'm afraid that people may not give us a chance." ”

Liu Bei continued: "It was an expedient move for us to open a wine house, and we didn't really want to make a living from it. Furthermore, although businessmen are now regarded as lowly trade, how can they do business? Where to start? Where is the relationship? Which trade route to take? It's all something to think about. ”

"It's far from me that I have good wine, buy a shop, and open a wine house can make a lot of money. If we think so, most of our brothers' families will lose nothing. ”

"Our brothers can't put their minds on this matter, so it's actually most appropriate for us to hide behind the scenes to others. The Cheng family has been selling wine for many years, and everything is ready-made. Not to mention how the head of the Cheng family is, at least judging from the news from yesterday's inquiry, this person is quite credible. So as long as he doesn't open his mouth today, everything is easy to talk about. ”

Guan Yu nodded, "Big brother has thought about it carefully, this business is indeed not easy to do. When Ri Yu was in Zhuo County, he was also puzzled by this matter. It stands to reason that my mung beans that day were not bad. But it sells far less than Zhu Er nearby. ”

"Yun Chang." Liu Bei patted him on the shoulder, "You can't do business with your temperament, so it's not appropriate to negotiate with others." Once you can't hold back your temperament, come to a one-on-one meeting. It's time for a good negotiation. I'm afraid it's going to become a Hongmen feast. ”

Guan Yu tugged at the corners of his mouth, "Big brother said that he laughed, Yu is not that kind of person." ”

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At the end of the Han Dynasty, the suddenly rich families often covered an extremely wide area, and Tianlian Qianmo built a house on it, and a mansion was like a fortress in later generations. It can be used for living on weekdays, and it can also be used to resist when there is an attack from the rogues.

Liu Bei and the others had already come to Cheng's door at this time.

The two raised their eyes and looked at the Cheng family in front of them, the courtyard wall was towering, and behind the wall was a forest of arrow towers. It is worthy of the name of the richest man in Gong County.

Liu Bei stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after half a ring, a doorkeeper came out of the door, yawning as he walked.

"What knocks?" The man glanced at Liu Bei and the others a few times, and when he saw that they were dressed ordinarily, he pursed his lips, "Could it be that you and the two of you didn't get entangled when they went home?" If so, then wait here while I go and get you some money." ”

This is the rule set by the old owner of the Cheng family, if a down-and-out person who has passed by comes to the door, his Cheng family will have to help one or two, at least to give enough to cross the road.

Over the years, the Cheng family has been a lot of money alone, and after the young family took charge, they were even more dissatisfied with this matter.

It's just that the old owner of the village, who has never taken care of everything after handing over the things in the village to the young owner, is particularly concerned about this matter, so although the young owner is dissatisfied, he does not dare to make a mistake.

He didn't think it was bad, after all, he could make a lot of money out of it. For a piece of money, he kept most of it, and the rest was just to send those people away.

It was the money given to them for free, but if it was too little and dared to splash and roll here, then it would be a good beating from him.

Liu Bei said with a smile: "I'm waiting for today to find the young owner to negotiate a deal." ”

"Looking for a young farmer to talk about business?"

The man was stunned for a moment, and looked at the two of them from top to bottom. Except for the ordinary clothes, the appearance of the person with big ears is not bad, and the red-faced man is also quite heroic. It's just that they actually said that they came to talk to their young owner about business? Isn't it crazy to lose your mind?

It's just that it's not easy for men to talk and ridicule at will, after all, some big people just like to pretend to be ordinary people running around and secretly searching. His previous gatekeepers had suffered a lot.

He asked cautiously, "Are you the sons of a family in Luoyang City?" ”

Liu Bei knew what he meant, and said with a smile: "No." ”

The man's voice increased a few points, "Could it be the son of an official eunuch who went out to travel?" ”

"It's not."

"Could it be that you are from a wealthy family, and today is just a night of changing clothes?"

"Neither."

He stretched out his hand and asked, "Do you know the rules?"

Liu Bei shook his head, "I don't understand." ”

The man's face completely collapsed, and he shouted: "Since it's not all of them, why don't you leave quickly, do you think that the young owner of my family is someone like you who can see if you want to?" Still talking about business with my young owner? Leave on your own, don't dirty Naigong's hands. You wait for this kind of person, there are not ten but eight people who have been beaten by Naigong before. ”

Liu Bei just smiled and stretched out his hand to stop Guan Yu, who was already about to step forward.

Seeing this, the man at the door became more and more relieved, and became more and more proud, if this person was really a character, how could he endure such humiliation?

I didn't want to the next moment, but Liu Bei swept forward, grabbed him by the collar with one hand and pulled him down.

Liu Bei rolled up his sleeves, turned his head to Guan Yu and smiled: "Yun Chang'anxin, such a character doesn't need you to take action, it just so happens that the eldest brother has been depressed recently. ”

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In the inner courtyard of Cheng's house, Cheng Dian was checking the accounts of the past few days one by one. If you encounter a slight discrepancy, you should frown slightly and ask carefully.

Several stewards of the Cheng family's wine house stood aside, holding their breath and concentrating, not daring to speak at will. Only when the young owner asked the last sentence did he dare to speak.

The Cheng family naturally did not have only one wine house, and the day before yesterday, Liu Bei and the others went to the largest of them.

There was an old man standing behind Cheng Dian, who was the old man of the Cheng family who followed the old owner to the north and south.

The house of the Cheng family can be divided into a new house and an old house, this new house is a new building after the Cheng pawn house, rich and luxurious, I heard that what feng shui layout is emphasized, anyway, it is very exquisite.

The old house was built when the old owner was in charge, and it is naturally smaller and older than the new house.

Now the old family owner lives in the old mansion, not far from here, but he rarely asks about the Cheng family.

The old man originally wanted to live in seclusion to the old mansion with the old owner, but he was left behind by the young owner.

said that he was young and had little qualifications, and he was afraid that he would not be able to suppress the old man in the family, so he should be left to calm the scene.

The old owner just smiled at the time and did not object.

Cheng Dian grew up watching the old man, in fact, he also knew in his heart that the young owner of his family had been a person with ideas since he was a child, where did he need to stay to deter those old people?

Leaving him is just a reassurance for the old master.

The young owner is too smart, a father and son, and he still has to play these tricks.

The old man glanced at the stewards of the wine house who were sitting on pins and needles, and sighed in his heart, when the old owner of the village treated his subordinates like brothers, it was more like a business between the two sides when he arrived at the young owner.

The old man couldn't say who was better between the two, but he felt that the young owner was less popular, probably because he was also as old as the old owner.

The old owner has such a successor, which may be a blessing for the Cheng family, but it is the misfortune of the old owner.

At this time, Cheng Dian turned his head and glanced at him, "Ji Bo feels that what I just said is inappropriate?" ”

"What the young owner said is naturally not bad." The old man surnamed Li Mingji said with a smile, "I haven't seen the young owner at fault all these years. ”

Cheng Dian frowned when he heard the old man talk about the young owner, but he quickly covered it up.

"There have been a lot of things going on at home lately, and if Ji Bo has some time, he can help me go to the old house to see my father. Father is now old, and there is no old man around him who knows cold and heat, so it is still a little inconvenient to think about it. Cheng Dian said lightly.

Li Ji nodded, "Yes." ”

The stewards of the wine house on the side were all sweaty and did not dare to speak.

"Head of the house, something happened."

A guard from the village hurriedly burst in through the door.

Cheng Dian snorted, "Presumptuous, this is the place where you are noisy?" I don't often tell you that you need to be calm when there is a big event. If you want to do a good job, you have to collapse in front of Mount Tai without changing your face, look at your current appearance, do you take my words to heart? What happened? ”

The man looked anxious, "Young owner, there is someone making trouble outside." ”

"Someone is making trouble and driving them away." Cheng Dian looked down at the account book in his hand, "You are all brave people in the county, and the monthly wages I pay you are not too small, can I even ask for such a trivial matter?" ”

During the escort period of the break-in period, Ai Ai, under the prestige of Cheng Dian, did not dare to speak for a while.

It's not that he is really afraid of Cheng Dian, but Cheng Dian gives them a lot of wages, and it is not easy to find such a good errand in Gong County.

When they go out, they say it well, and the people in the county want to call them the heroes of the county, but they know their own affairs, and most of those people are afraid of the swords in their hands.

To be a hero, it is indeed very happy when drinking and eating meat. But when he returned home, he also had a wife and children to support.

People, when they are old, they always bow to the rich.

"Don't be frightened, just tell the matter, the young owner is just a little anxious." Li Ji said with a smile, "Your usual hard work is in the eyes of the young owner, and he won't blame you." ”

At this moment, only Li Ji, an old man, dares to "rely on the old and sell the old".

"Yes." The man steadied his mind, but when he thought of what he had just seen outside the door, his face showed a look of horror again.

"There were two people outside the door who came to visit the young owner, saying that they wanted to negotiate a deal with the young owner. The porter Xu San saw that he was wearing the door ordinarily, and made it difficult for the two of them. Those two people didn't refute it, and we didn't take it to heart, thinking that they were just some people who didn't have the courage to come and look for trouble. ”

The man's tone changed, "I don't want one of them to do it directly, dragged Xu San out of the house and tied him to a tree." The brothers wanted to teach them a lesson, but they didn't want the red-faced man who had been silent on the man's side to suddenly make a move. ”

"The dozen or so brothers on duty today were put down by the man who didn't even get close to the red-faced man."

The man's voice lowered, "The one who tied Xu San to the tree is still shouting outside the door, asking the young owner to go out to see him." ”

"Bastard!" Cheng Dian got up angrily and kicked the table in front of him, "You can't win a dozen people against one, so what use do I want you?" Now they want me to go out to meet them, if they want my Cheng family's wealth and my life, do they just need to come in and take them away! ”

For a moment there was silence in the room, and no one in the room dared to say anything.

"Now is not the time to pursue right and wrong, the young owner should go and meet the two people outside the door first." Li Ji said loudly.

Cheng Dian turned his head to look at him, turning his anger into a smile, "Li Bo is right, we have to solve things first." There is another matter, on my father's side, I will arrange for others to visit, so I don't need to worry about Uncle Li. ”

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Outside the Cheng Mansion, the guards of the Cheng family lay on the ground.

Guan Yu hugged his shoulders and stood proudly alone.

The porter Xu San was tied to a tree and was wailing loudly.

Liu Bei held a willow branch in his hand and whipped him a few times from time to time.

At this time, he was a little tired, so he changed the wicker hand and rubbed his arm, which was a little numb.

"What howl? Today is just a lesson for you, and maybe it will save your life in the future. ”

He turned his head to look at Cheng Dian and the others who were coming out of the house, and said with a smile: "There are heroes and heroes all over the world, but who knows that heroes are white?" ”