Chapter 63: Su Bancheng
Zhang Wuji took Su Mengqing's toast, and then drank it all.
At this time, Su Mengqing looked at Zhao Lingzhu and said, "It's just that I don't quite understand, Zhang Gongzi, why are you with Lingzhu?" When I went back to Suzhou before, I once passed by Wudang Mountain to visit Lingzhu. And at that time, Lingzhu's mind was very decisive. ”
Zhao Lingzhu was a little shy at this time, but in order to avoid her senior sister misunderstanding her "water-based poplar flower", she told Su Mengqing the beginning and end of her "marriage" with Zhang Wuji.
After Su Mengqing listened to Zhao Lingzhu's words, he looked at Zhang Wuji with reverence.
Although Su Mengqing didn't have much prejudice against Zhang Wuji, he didn't have any good feelings. But Zhang Wuji's marriage to Zhao Lingzhu made Su Mengqing respect him.
Su Mengqing arched his hand at Zhang Wuji and said, "Zhang Gongzi is noble, and the little girl is obedient." ”
It is worth mentioning that Zhang Wuji's marriage to Zhao Lingzhu was told to the extermination master after Su Mengqing returned to Emei. It was also from her that Zhang Wuji's reputation of "marrying a widowed sister-in-law" gradually spread on the rivers and lakes.
Although the exterminator still hates Zhang Wuji, the "little devil", even if it is her, there is no prejudice in this matter.
Su Mengqing interrogated his own bottom, and Zhang Wuji also wanted to get some valuable information from Su Mengqing.
Zhang Wuji glanced at Master Su, and then said to Su Mengqing in front of him, "Miss Su." I once heard Zhiruo say that Ling Zun is a wealthy man in Suzhou. Why are you fleeing in such a mess now? But is something happening in Suzhou? ”
Su Mengqing complained when he heard this: "Alas~! That's a long story. In the end, it's all about money. Then Su Mengqing glanced at his father again.
And Master Su also smiled bitterly.
Looking at his daughter's gaze, Master Su sighed and said, "Actually, it's like this." Previously, Dayuan's detachment Taishi led the army to conquer Gaoyou City, just when Gaoyou City was about to be broken, but I don't know why he was suddenly recalled by the imperial court again. Although the siege of Gaoyou City was resolved, it also suffered heavy losses. ”
"So His Royal Highness King Zhou asked the wealthy families in Jiangdong to raise the cost of repairs. And the wealthy families in Jiangnan are the leaders, one is Xiao Lao'er, and the other is Shen Wansan. ”
Speaking of this, Su Bancheng's face revealed a hint of smugness.
"Because Xiao Lao'er has a lot of family resources, the neighbors gave Xiao Lao'er a 'half-city' trumpet."
Seeing his boasting, Zhang Wuji also smiled in his heart. But he still respects him.
After all, since ancient times, merchants have been the last business that everyone looks down on. Even if you are rich and rival the country, you can't be an official.
At the height of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai, who was only eight buckets tall. Because of his status as the son of a merchant, he was not eligible to participate in the imperial examination, and he was not recommended by the officials of the family. Therefore, half of his life is not aspiring.
At present, Su Bancheng's boasting is the only way to regain some self-esteem for him.
King Zhou put his mind on Xiao Lao'er and Shen Wansan. But Shen Wansan's little slippery head got the news in advance. resold all the properties under his command in Suzhou City to Xiao Lao'er at a low price. ”
Saying that, Su Bancheng gave himself a big mouth, but Su Mengqing didn't stop it when he saw this, and shouted: "Good fight!" Well played! ”
This is not that Su Mengqing is unfilial, it's just that this is the "tradition" of the Su family.
This is one of Su Bancheng's means to motivate himself, whenever he does something stupid to lose money, he will spur himself like this, and let his relatives shout "good fight".
It is precisely because of this shameful and courageous means that the Su family has jumped from an ordinary rich family to a big family at the top of Suzhou City, and even has the title of "half a city".
After Su Bancheng finished fighting, he said again: "This person doesn't move, and Li Lingzhi is dizzy." When it comes to wealth in the city of Suzhou, only Shen Wansan is equal to Xiao Lao'er. And Xiao Lao'er also wanted to squeeze Shen Wansan out of Suzhou City all day long. For this reason, the two of us have been fighting openly and secretly for many years. ”
And now that there is an opportunity to acquire Shen Wansan's industry and squeeze him out of Suzhou City, how could Xiao Lao'er let it go? Xiao Lao'er thought that he could turn the name of 'Su Bancheng' into 'Su Quancheng', so Xiao Lao'er bought all the properties sold by Shen Wansan.
"That Shen Wansan also set up a banquet and said that I saved his life. Avoided him from going bankrupt. can give him the strength to make a comeback. Alas~! Originally, I thought he was because all the properties in the city were bought by me, and he made sarcastic remarks. Now that I think about it, it turns out that he was really thanking me at the time. ”
Zhang Wuji said: "Since ancient times, shopping malls have been like battlefields. This bloodless knife is the most painful to cut meat. What about Mr. Su, later? ”
Hearing Zhang Wuji's name for himself, Su Bancheng was slightly stunned. Since ancient times, merchants have been spurned. Unexpectedly, Zhang Wuji actually used the honorific title of "Mr." for him.
Su Bancheng said: "Later, it wasn't until the little girl returned home that the little old man knew the cause and effect. The little girl has been learning art in Emei for many years, and she is the most charitable and generous, and she has made a lot of friends in the rivers and lakes. Among the little girl's friends were also on an errand under King Zhou, and the little girl learned the truth from these friends on the rivers and lakes. ”
Zhang Wuji looked at Su Mengqing in front of him, he originally thought that Su Mengqing was the eldest lady of a rich family. But I didn't expect her to be a female version of "Song Jiang" and "Shan Xiongxin".
At this time, the little old man woke up like a dream. But there's no way around it. So he hid all the remaining wealth in his family. In the end, he fled from Suzhou City with the little girl. ”
After Su Bancheng finished speaking, he sighed again.
Su Mengqing held his chin and said helplessly: "It's a pity that my father is a man who sacrifices his life and money, and when we fled, we brought too much softness." So much so that the speed of travel is not very fast. It didn't take long for him to be caught up by Zhang Shicheng's subordinates. ”
"Originally, there were five carts and dozens of servants. On the way, Zhang Shicheng's pursuit, the interception of bandits, and the looting of Mongolian soldiers. There were quite a few dead and wounded. In the end, I had no choice, so I divided the belongings in the car with everyone and let everyone scatter and escape. I fled with my father in my own car. ”
"As we arrived, we were plundered by a group of Mongol soldiers. After that, you all know what happened Zhang Gongzi. ”
Although the words of Su Mengqing's father and daughter were only a few words, Zhang Wuji got two very important pieces of information.
The first information is about Zhang Shicheng, who broke off to fight against Zhang Shicheng, which made Zhang Shicheng suffer heavy losses.
Although Zhang Shicheng is a smuggler of salt, Zhang Wuji learned through his subordinates that this person is not bad at politics, but now he is raiding rich households to replenish military funds. This shows that his losses have reached an unbearable weight, even if it will lose the hearts of the people, there is no way. It belongs to the dog jumping off the wall in a hurry.
The second message is from the Tokhta. Zhang Wuji has fought with Totoku many times, and knows this person's character, if it weren't for something big happening in the court, he would definitely not give up the low-hanging fruit and retreat.
Zhang Wuji also thought of the slackness of the Mongolian army after coming to Jiangbei at this time, perhaps the slackness of the father and son of the king of Ruyang was the same reason as the withdrawal of troops.
This made Zhang Wuji interested. He wanted to know if this big change had anything to do with his Minmin.
With Zhao Min's intelligence, no matter what he does, Zhang Wuji is not surprised.
(End of chapter)