Chapter 431: The Three Yings Battle Lu Bu, Still Can't Beat It
.Mrs. Xu has always been a decent person. Relying on her son's power, she calls for the wind and rain in the local area, and everyone has to respect her. Holding her, she is now bullied by a small Tongzhi. She hates this ungrateful silence from the bottom of her heart. For her reputation of being honest, she even needs to rectify her at the teacher's house. This is clearly to establish authority and kill the chicken for the monkey to see!
Looking at the list of Xu characters, she would never pay attention to her usual son. However, the son of Beijing wrote a letter saying that Ge Lao Yan is making a fuss about this matter now, and he is sarcastic from time to time, which makes him very uncomfortable. What's more, the power of heaven is unpredictable. Although His Majesty did not express his opinion for a while, who knows what he was thinking.
So even if the old lady was unwilling to accept it, she had to lower her 'noble' head and sighed: "Oh, my words, oh no, Lord Shen, the last time you came to ask about my slave's situation, it was because my old lady was inattentive and spoke too much." It was a limit for the old lady to put her posture so low.
After taking a look at the two grandsons, Mrs. Xu continued, "After you left, I asked again and again, they vomited the truth. They were really two fools with eyes. They said a few good words and squeezed tears. They thought they were desperate. They were so kind. They kept it in mercy." As she said that, she shook her head and said, "Little did they know that those things that looked at people with five or six were actually full of thieves and prostitutes. Now that they were caught by Lord Shen, the old woman really thanked you."
Everyone could tell that this was clear about it. Obviously, the Xu family planned to give up the "Five Rats".
"The old lady is very wise and admires her very much." She smiled silently and said, "Please rest assured that some villains will not damage the reputation of the Master. As long as they are handled properly, people in the world will understand how rigorous the Master of Grade is to cultivate himself and manage his family. They will definitely praise you!"
When she put on the high hat, Mrs. Xu's face looked much better. She said, "Yes, my Xu family has a scholarly family and a pure family. There has never been a man who violates the law or a daughter who remarries. How can she allow some evil demons to destroy the family?" She was so fat that she was really panting, and she slapped her hands and said, "Bring it up!"
Then there were eight servants with a tiger-backed and bear-waisted waists, escorting four people tied up in from outside.
"This is the thing with the four human faces and beast hearts." The old lady pointed to the four 'big dumplings' and said, "Mr. Shen just take it and let you deal with it. There is no need to see the face of my Xu family."
Silence was not surprised by Mrs. Xu's reaction, because in the eyes of wealthy families, those slaves who did bad things for them have always been consumables, and it would not be a pity to sacrifice a group of people.
The official from Kunshan County brought people over, and found out the four people's true self, so he took them down.
When Mrs. Xu saw Sitting there drinking tea in silence, she had no intention of saying goodbye, she thought to herself, "I have given you all the people. Why are you still staying here? Do you still want me to take care of the food?" Seeing that it was already early, it was too early.
I saw a silent face with a contemplative look, as if I had something to do. The three grandparents and grandsons of the Xu family had to sit with me. After looking at each other for a long time, the second son of the Xu family finally couldn't help but say, "I'm saying Lord Shen, just say whatever you have. If you continue to think about it like this, you will be really anxious."
"Okay, then I'll just say it." Chen Si nodded immediately and said, "There is another thing. Most of the people who sued these evildoers with the old lady were taken away because of their land. Now that the case has been solved, the evildoers have also sued the law, but the matter cannot be settled."
"Why" Old Mrs. Xu frowned. She felt a little uneasy.
"What are they complaining? Even if they steam those villains in the pot, they won't be enough for so many people to eat." He said silently: "They are trying to return their land! They have to return the land to the victims to completely end the matter!"
Speaking of this, the Xu family's expression changed, but they still said in silence: "So a corporal reviewed the land purchase and sale files in Kunshan County, trying to find out how many people had occupied the land, what the specific acres were. And who is now able to return the victim to the name of the victim."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Ke finally couldn't help but his anger and slapped the table and said, "Enough!" He stared at Shen Mo with two eyes like a small lantern, and said angrily, "The surname is Chen, you can't be too immeasurable! Our Xu family lets you have an inch, but you have to make more and more inch!" They had made a good plan and took the initiative to hand over those servants to make a step forward in silence. It is said that 'People respect me, I respect others', and I respect others', and I believe he would be embarrassed to make any more requests. In this way, the nearly 50,000 acres of land in Kunshan County were preserved.
But this silence was ignorant. He grabbed people with his left hand and took their land with his right hand. How could the Xu family, who had always been used to taking advantage of the situation? He immediately became really angry. The third young master Xu said aggressively: "Silence, ask yourself, what is my father treating you?"
"Emma is created together." Chen Si had known for a long time that the other party would definitely use this killer move.
"Just know!" Mr. Xu accused with anger, "You were just a small seventh-rank patrolman. At that time, you were just a small seventh-rank patrolman. First you hated Zhao Zhenji, and then you got Li Shiyan. Who would have moved their fingers to crush you into powder? If my father hadn't protected you everywhere, you would have saved your life." As he said that, his fingers trembled at him and said, "Imagine that if you lost your life back then, you would still have the three consecutive years of winning. The glory of the clan and the pastor, and the current guardian and the high-ranking officials and generous salaries?" Although Mr. Xu had never supported Chen Si with great fanfare, his just-in-one secret protection was indeed a necessary condition for silence to be safe again and again. This kind of kindness is worthy.
This is also the question he has been asking himself recently. If he cannot answer, he would not have come to Songjiang for this trip. Now that he appears here and faces the Xu family, it means that he is ready to face this heart-scareful question!
I saw him put down the teacup and took a deep breath. He looked back at Xu Ke calmly and said, "Three Young Master. What you said is a bit lacking in consideration. It is not bad. I am silent and can be as good as today as I am thankful for the cultivation and support of Master Ge. I always remember this kindness in my heart and never dare to forget it for a moment."
The Xu family just thought he was going to give in, but he turned his mind and said, "It is precisely because of this that I have to think about the old master and clear his worries for him. Even if the third young master doesn't understand, I have to do this."
"Haha, it sounds better than singing!" Xu Ke stroked his palm and said with a strange smile: "How come you are clearing the worries for the teacher? You are clearly cutting off the way for my Xu family!" As he said that, Lao Gao raised his chin and looked at the sky, saying, "I don't understand, isn't it just a little bit? It's not our family, everyone is like this. Why do you hold our family and stop letting go?"
His second brother also interrupted, "That's right, let outsiders make jokes. They have to ask whether this is a teacher and student, or an enemy?" The two brothers sang together, and if they were a weak-skinned person, they really told them to run away.
But who is Chen Si? In front of the emperor's cabinet and the chief officials, how can the two playboys be scared?
He lifted the lower collar of the official robe and looked solemn, and said coldly: "You are not thinking about the parents, you are harming him!"
"Don't be swearing," Xu Ke said angrily.
"I'm telling the truth." Chen said with a sad face: "When I was in the capital, Su Wen's teacher's reputation was also seen with his own eyes that he had only three sets of clothes. He had only five flavors of food. The courtyard in his home was simple and the fragrance of books. People in the capital praised the Ge Lao's integrity and pride!" He said, glaring at Xu Ke and said: "If the people in the capital knew that the Xu family now had hundreds of families and more than ten thousand servants, and there were 200,000 mu of land in Songjiang alone, and the family business was so large. I'm afraid that Jiangsu and Zhejiang were the only ones, so what would I say about my teacher?"
At the end of the day, silence was already heartbroken, and his eyes flashed: "When I think about this, they would say that my teacher is a hypocrite, pretending to be honest, really, my heart is like a knife cut, and it hurts so much that I can't sleep all night." He beat his heart and stared at Xu Ke and said: "The third young master said that I broke the old master's care field, but I want to say, you broke the old master's integrity, and your reputation is behind you!"
After saying this, Mrs. Xu bowed her head sadly, as if she was thinking about silently questioning.
But the Xu Ke brothers couldn't listen and were still politely saying: "Our family has a little more land, but that was passed down from ancestors. In addition, our brothers are well-managed, which has achieved its current scale and has nothing to do with our father."
"You can only speak convincingly." He said silently and coldly: "As far as I know, thirty years ago, the Xu family's land was only a few hundred acres, which only expanded hundreds of times in these decades, reaching 200,000 acres. I'm afraid Tao Zhu Baigui doesn't have the ability to do so at this point."
"This" Xu brothers said in a speechless manner: "Nothing can be told!"
"Can you explain this to the people of the world?" Unconsciously, the situation had reversed. The Xu brothers accused Chen Si, and turned into Chen Si and questioned the Xu brothers.
I heard the silent and righteous words: "Let's open the skylight and speak up. How many of your family's land is occupied? How many are eaten against their conscience? You brothers know, and I know. The people of Susong and the two places know even more!" As he said, he said sternly to the second brothers of the Xu family: "Now things have become big. If we still delay, we will not immediately quell the public anger, and then the matter will be clear. When it is spread to Beijing, it will be caught by those censors. How do you want the elders to deal with it?"
These words completely shocked the second brother Xu Ke. The two of them asked in panic: "Then, what should I do?"
"For the sake of the present, we are only to calm the public's anger." Chen Si said slowly, "I will issue a notice to ask the gentry to withdraw the land within a time limit. Xu's mansion will take the lead and dispel the people of Kunshan County. Naturally, no one will chew the tongue of the old master." As he said that, he bowed to Mrs. Xu and said earnestly: "Please take Mrs. Gong's reputation as the most important thing in his official career. Gong's master is the leader of the Qingliu who is expected to be. He shoulders the important task of fighting against the party and subdue the national economy. You must not lose it!" After all, the words were true and false, and they were coaxed and scared. Finally, the three grandparents and grandchildren were completely defeated. The old lady Xu pondered for a while and said, "It's true that there are 200,000 acres of land in the Han family, but most of them are affiliated with the Han family. They expect the Han family to protect them and pay less taxes. Even if we are kind-hearted, we will not refuse, and we have become thorns in our eyes without realizing it." She said with a bitter face: "In fact, Kunshan County does not have our family's property, they are affiliated with them. If the adults think it is inappropriate, they will help us get the delivery back, so that we can avoid worrying and complaining."
Chen Si breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and nodded loudly and said: Just because of this, the reputation of his mentor is important!"
"Yes, hehe." The three grandparents and grandsons of the Xu family had the heart to think about it, that's 50,000 acres! This cruel guy was going back all at once. It was really more uncomfortable than cutting one of their arms.
Chen Si knew that the slap was harsh enough. If he stopped giving a sweet date, the Xu family would probably blame themselves. Although he had made up his mind to peel them up, for the sake of the fact that Mr. Xu was likely to be the future prime minister, he was destined to be unable to treat the Xu family with just one blow. He had to let them suffer a loss and take advantage of it.
Then he smiled and said, "There is something else to do after a late life."
"And?" the three grandparents and grandchildren shouted in unison: "Is it over?"
"This is a good thing." Silently said: "Just last time, whenever there is a good thing, I think of the teacher's house the first time I have to do it."
He was talking about buying food last time, so it doesn't matter if he didn't mention it. When the Xu brothers were all green, they would have made money for four or five million taels of silver. But they were not greedy and sold it to the Lu family, which had a higher bid. As a result, after the Lu family gave the down payment, they completely lost their debt. So far, the huge sum of 4 million taels of money could not be returned. The two brothers who were distressed were almost regretful.
But the greener the face and the green intestines, the more you have to listen carefully. If you miss another chance to make a fortune, the two brothers will really jump into the river. So even if you are unhappy, you have to squeeze out a smile and say, "Sir, please speak."
Silently said: "I heard that the Xu family has 30,000 mu of mulberry gardens and 80,000 mu of cotton fields. Is that true?"
"Not so much, not so much." The brothers' heads were shaking like rattles, for fear that the silence would be filled with bad water. They would also deprive these fields.
"Is that so, that's a pity." Chen Si sighed: "Suzhou Weaving Bureau wants to purchase raw silk and cotton for a long time. Huang Jin wants to give me this opportunity because she owes me a favor. I wanted to refuse, but I think of him at the teacher's house." At this point, he saw the three grandparents and grandchildren of the Xu family staring at him, his eyes glowing green, as if they were hungry.
Suzhou's silk and Songjiang's cotton are all famous good things in the world. They are best-selling overseas and are extremely popular. All the big players of the two governments make profits! Although the Xu family does not directly operate the factory, they monopolize a considerable share of the supply of raw materials. They also make huge profits.
But that was the old calendar. Since the Japanese turmoil in the southeast and the original trade route was cut off, if you want to export, you have to endure the price pressure of the maritime merchants who are almost exploited. But if you don’t export, you will be even more unable to sell. After a few years, the Xu family not only did not make any money, but instead suffered heavy losses due to the plunder of Japanese pirates.
So it is not difficult to understand. When I heard that there is an official channel to acquire their products, the Xu family was excited! In this way, there is sales for production and there is no need to worry about it at any time! Moreover, if you have a good official business, it is fine to negotiate a good price!
The three grandparents and grandsons of the Xu family seemed to see the backlog of products, all turned into white silver. The mountains that had been pressing on their hearts seemed to be moved away at once, and even the silence of "abnormal face" didn't look so hateful.
"How much do you want?" Old Mrs. Xu said tremblingly.
"You need as much as you have!" said silently.
“What price?”
"Market Price." Silently smiled, "I said that I will not let the teacher's family suffer."
"That's great!" Mrs. Xu said with an excited look: "It's true that it's still a family."
Chen Si felt so funny in his heart. He just regarded me as an enemy, but why did he become a family again in a blink of an eye?
Seeing that it was almost noon, Mrs. Xu ordered someone to drink and asked her two grandsons to toast to Chen Mo. The two grandsons were very intimate in their words, and they whispered "Brother Zhuyan". They forgot that they were still tense just now, and they wanted to eat him alive.
Chen Si was also very appropriate, toasting the old lady, saying that it was a forced one just now, although it was all for the good of the elder, but I was too anxious. Don’t take it to your heart. He was sweet-mouthed and could speak, and he made Mrs. Xu smile and talk a lot, and he looked at him much. He said to himself: 'Although this kid is frivolous, he is still in a good mood.'
So, the host and the guests had fun, and the two sides agreed that when Xu Ke went to Suzhou once and saw Huang Jin, the contract would take effect immediately. In other words, from next month, the goods could be shipped to the Suzhou Weaving Bureau!
With the Xu brothers both seeing each other off, they left the Xu family silently and satisfied.
Back in the sedan chair and waiting outside, Gui Youguang asked anxiously, "Looking like this, didn't you take the floor back?"
"I'm going back." Chen Silent smiled and said, "Xu Ke will go to Kunshan tomorrow to handle the delivery with Zhuganshou."
"No," Gui Youguang said in disbelief: "You cut such a large piece of meat in their family, how can you still keep you for dinner and have fun with the guests and hosts, and are reluctant to leave?"
Chapter completed!