Deng Aihou was indeed full of contempt for his father's indulgence in wine. The reason why he became murderous was not only because his reform ideas had been hindered for a long time, but also because of his contempt for his father Deng Rong's actions.

This kind of person is not worthy of holding power! How many things in the world have been ruined by this kind of nonsense?

This is Deng Aihou's idea.

After returning to Iwakura City, Deng Aihou summoned Wu Feng again and told him about the situation.

This time, Hua Zongdai was also there.

Hua Zongdai also brought a young man who was about the same age as Wu Feng, this young man had a kind round face and was wearing a purple dress.

Deng Aihou said to Wu Feng: "Don't worry, although the mountain is small, it is absolutely reliable. ”

He introduced Wu Feng, and it turned out that this young man was Hua Zongdai's nephew and righteous son, named Song Shannei, also called Hua Shannei.

Song Shannei's father was called Song Shanmu, who was once a famous rich man, rich and rivaled the country, but his private life was disorderly, he messed with women everywhere, he was retaliated against, the whole family was killed, Zhuangzi was burned to the ground, and only the youngest son Song Shannei escaped from the dog hole by a faithful servant.

Hua Zongdai was short of money to spend in his early years, and he was once helped by his brother-in-law, and he had no son himself, so he adopted Song Shannei. Now Song Shannei has grown to the age of thirteen, and he is as old as Wu Feng.

"Little Brother Xie, know each other. Yamauchi is a prodigy like you, although he is not as resourceful as you, but he is extremely capable of doing things, and he has been running outside before, asking for information about Iwakuraden. Deng Aihou said.

Song Shannei looked kind, belonging to the type of self-cooked, and when he saw Wu Feng, he immediately grinned and said, "New buddy, you look better than me." ”

Wu Feng also smiled and stretched out his hand: "Fortunately." ”

Hua Zongdai said: "Although Yamauchi has started to work for Iwakura Hall at a very young age, he has never had a formal position. From this day on, he has been working in the Drawing Pavilion. This time the matter is done, and those opposition parties are eliminated, so you can naturally vacate the territory and position to seal you, and then let Yamauchi follow and be your deputy. ”

After all, Song Shannei is only the adopted son of the chief military advisor, and his status is far inferior to Deng Sanshi, the son of Deng Aihou, so although he has been working for the Iwakura Hall for several years, his status is now below Wu Feng, but he doesn't seem to mind at all.

This kind of casual personality was loved by Deng Aihou, who admired the atmosphere of celebrities and gentlemen, so Deng Aihou also let Song Shannei participate in the murder of his father.

"Hall Master, for today's meeting, have you prepared any delicious food? Song Shan Nei said.

Hua Zongdai once took Song Shannei to travel all over the world, and went to Tianzhu, Song Shannei ate flying cakes a few times, and immediately became obsessed with that taste.

"Where can there be that kind of thing. Deng Aihou said: "The food I prepared today is barbecue. As he spoke, he brought the prepared roast meat and wine himself, and this kind of secret discussion naturally could not let the servants in.

Song Shannei grinned and said, "If the hall master unifies Middle Earth in the future, he must go to the west and give me a small half of Tianzhu." If anyone gets in the way of me eating the flying bread, I will kill him and kill him!"

It sounds like Song Shannei is a childish talk, but this kind of talk is extremely pleasing to Deng Aihou. In this regard, Song Shannei can be said to have a deep skill to please people's hearts.

Deng Aihou laughed: "I also hope that day, but for now, we have to deal with the old immortal forces first." If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world?"

The four of them ate meat and drank wine while discussing their next move.

Deng Aihou's son, Deng Sanshi, was supposed to attend the meeting, but he seemed to have some other task and was sent outside.

After the discussion, Deng Aihou said: "Mr. Hua, you go and inform the four generals." ”

Although Iwakura is small, it is also like a sparrow, and it has all kinds of organs. However, in a little place around Tongguan, in addition to the four protectors, there are also four generals: Hua Xiaolian, Zhao Mancha, Shi Gongzi, and Cloud Dao Master.

The Four Dharma Protectors are permanent positions, held by members of the old Iwakura Temple, and three of them are members of the Deng family. And the four generals are actually just the common names of the four guest secretaries reused by Deng Aihou, and their positions are different.

Because the four generals were recruited from other places and had no family power, it was difficult for them to form a centrifugal force to resist the head of the family, unlike the leaders of the big and small wealthy clans inside Iwakura, so they were especially trusted by Deng Aihou. However, their actual positions were not very high, and Deng Aihou was obstructed by his father, and he did not have the courage to make drastic reforms.

Ma Boyong of Jiangdong dared to promote talents out of the ordinary, awarding talented people with low family qualifications or even from commoners to high positions, and letting some cronies become the adopted sons of some peerless famous families, directly inheriting the prestige and power of famous families. Therefore, the Beifu army in Yangzhou was able to change its old appearance into a new look, get rid of all kinds of shortcomings in the past, and in the process of attacking northern Jiangsu and Shandong, it won many battles and continuously expanded its territory.

Hua Zongdai took the order and left, and Wu Feng and Song Shannei also left Deng Aihou's inner room.

Song Shannei said to Wu Feng very enthusiastically: "Your territory is a fishing village, can you take me to see it?"

Wu Feng nodded and smiled: "Okay, it's not too late." ”

Braving the cold wind, the two walked to the Yellow River in the night and entered Panlong Village.

Some fishermen use chisels to crack the ice, making a tinky sound, and lower their nets to catch fish. They are just ordinary people who have not cultivated, and even if they are wearing thick clothes in this cold wind, their faces are blue from the cold.

The people living in this troubled world can only get food and clothing by working hard all day long. Even if the flames of war are not burning in every place at any time, because of the swarming of forces in various places and the checkpoints all over the place, it is difficult for business to develop, and products cannot be sold at a good price, so the lives of ordinary people are very hard.

Wu Feng couldn't help but sigh, even if the martial artists were oppressed by the cultivators, but if they were cultivated, at least they didn't have to work hard, they could have no worries about food and clothing, and the food in the Valley of Forgetting Worries was also very good. It's these people who live at the bottom.

Hong Meng and Qin Yu, the two Li Zheng greeted them warmly, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, and soon put wine and meat on the table for Wu Feng and Song Shannei.

Wu Feng asked, "It's all from the villagers, don't you warriors usually do anything for the villagers?"

Hong Meng's face was embarrassed, and he said: "After all, the militia has a salary from the lord and can support their families. If it's summer, and you help the villagers to do something, such as today's cold and freezing, who wants to come out......"

Wu Feng said: "However, it is difficult to fish in this winter, and it is the time when they are needed the most...... In this way, mobilize the security chiefs to help the villagers break the ice, they have cultivation, it will be much easier to do this kind of thing, and accordingly, I will increase their salaries. If there are not enough people, they will recruit warriors from neighboring villages to do so. ”

Hong Meng flattered: "The lord's love for the people is admired by His Majesty." ”

Wu Feng smiled: "This in itself is also a development problem. The samurai helped the fishermen break the ice, and the fishermen's harvest increased, and the taxes they paid increased, so that the fishermen's lives improved, and my income increased, and so on a virtuous circle was formed. ”

As a lord, you have the obligation to develop your territory. Instead of throttling, it is better to open source. But many lords don't understand this, either they treat the people as sesame seeds, thinking that the more they squeeze out, the more oil comes out, and they are desperately squeezing, or they have no concept of development and rely on tax reductions and exemptions to make a good reputation, but the lords are still poor, after all, the situation of unsmooth commerce in this troubled world is not something that a lord can solve