Red clay small stove, Nanshan pine knotty carbon.

In the curls of smoke, water vapor slowly rose like mist. A pretty maid picked up the kettle and poured it out like mountain water. When the water poured into the cup, more than a dozen green teeth slowly bloomed.

The green color is condensed.

call!

Everyone picked up their cups and drank lightly, and then breathed out leisurely. The host smiled and said: "The fragrance of the orchid is refreshing, so this is called tea..."

The guests nodded one after another, holding tea cups and admiring the green color. While they were leisurely and lazy, someone suddenly chanted softly.

The man said in a melodious voice: "A glass of wine will not disturb the sleepiness of spring. Reading will make the fragrance of tea fade away. What a poem, what a tea. That 'merchant' from Hebei Province can be said to be a genius."

"It's not necessarily true that a genius is a genius, but a genius of business is certain."

Another customer laughed and said with profound meaning: "When he sold us the secret recipe of tea, he had already expected that new tea would be on the market this year, so he wrote two poems specifically as a compatibility for tea sales, haha

, look at how generous he is in doing things. Although we are not in the same camp, and we even once became angry enemies with him, I have to praise him, this is an opponent worthy of attention. "

"Yes, it deserves attention."

"Winning or losing does not hurt this son's ambition. He can bow his head and accept the reality. Our family made an agreement with the royal family that he would not be allowed to hold power for the rest of his life. If this matter were left to ordinary people, they would never be able to bear such a loss and blow, but he smiled

Faced with it and recognizing the reality of winning and losing, not only was he willing to become a businessman, but he even wrote poems specifically for us."

"I heard that this is a business rule he invented, called Shangdao's after-sales and service concept. After he sells the secret recipe, he wants to ensure that the buyer can make a profit, so he writes poems specifically to use as a compatibility for tea sales."

"Look, what is professional? This is called professional..."

"I think it's the atmosphere."

"But it makes sense. People who are not generous cannot have such a broad mind."

"Oh, it's a pity that we can't be friends in life. We are destined not to be fellow travelers."

…

At this time, the host of the tea party suddenly spoke and said slowly: "When I heard this, Gu Tianya burst into tears again."

The aristocratic family present were startled at first, and then they all clapped their hands and laughed, saying: "The one crying this time is not for us, so we can just watch from the sidelines."

But there was a younger generation present, and they obviously failed to understand the reasoning. They couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Why can we just sit on the sidelines and watch?"

The host of the tea party stroked his beard and said calmly: "He cried for Li Shimin to see, or to be precise, he cried for the people in Tiance Mansion!"

As he spoke, he glanced at a few young men, shook his head with some disappointment, and sighed: "You and the others are far behind the six young masters who left home, both in terms of ambition and knowledge..."

The faces of several young people turned red, and they all said: "They have been deliberately trained since childhood, but we have been deliberately allowed to indulge. On one side, we have elite education, and on the other side, we are encouraged by dandies. The family wants us not to fight for power, and deliberately misdirects us."

Training, now there is a shortage of successors, so they suddenly pulled us out. In just half a year, how can we compare to those six people."

The host of the tea party sighed again and said, "What you are saying is reasonable."

He forcibly suppressed the helplessness in his heart and began to teach a few young people earnestly and pointed out: "In order to recruit soldiers from the Tiance Mansion, they drove countless women and children to Hebei. If it were normal times, this would not be considered an evil crime.

, but now there is a shortage of food and clothing. Even if the people stay at home, it is difficult for them to have enough food and clothing. They have been driven away from their hometowns and can only wander around to escape. The first evil that appears is to exchange children for each other..."

Another elder from an aristocratic family took up the conversation and added: "Gu Tianya was born in the capital of Guizhou. He suffered from hunger for eighteen years. Looking at the people in the world, he is the one who sympathizes with the people the most. It's not even sympathy, but empathy, so

When he sees the people exchanging their sons for food, he will definitely feel great hatred in his heart."

The young people present looked at each other and asked with confusion: "But he has already cried before. It is said that the people in Tiance Mansion have expressed their apology. Some people received thirty military sticks, and the others each received twenty military sticks."

."

The older generation of the family sneered and reminded: "If you have been a hungry citizen for eighteen years and see other hungry people changing their sons to eat, will the hatred in your heart be equal to twenty army sticks? Don't be petty.

I saw Gu Tianya’s hatred. This person is bound to retaliate, but he treats the people as human beings..."

The host of the tea party smiled slowly and said calmly: "Although Tiance Mansion has a good relationship with the Detachment of Women, this good relationship will not last long."

Everyone in the aristocratic family clapped their hands and smiled again, saying, "So we can just sit back and watch."

Several young people finally understood.

But in order to express themselves, they couldn't help but start another topic, pretending to be exaggerated: "Although Gu Tianya cannot hold the power, he still holds the official position of postmaster. After going to Wuyang County this time, he directly forced

After leaving several military attachés in Wuyang County, as for the county magistrate and county magistrate, I am afraid it will be difficult to win over them... Doesn't this mean that he has already taken charge of a county? "

After a short pause, he added: "If things continue like this, he will still have the opportunity to take power."

All the aristocratic families present sighed, obviously extremely disappointed with several young people.

The host of the tea party looked melancholy, obviously unable to hide his disappointment, and asked several people: "His wife is Princess Pingyang, and there is an army of 200,000 people standing behind him. If he is not even allowed to be a postmaster, do you think this is possible?

?”

"How is it impossible? This was originally an agreement between the aristocratic family and the royal family. The aristocratic family would return the granary with two acres of land, and Gu Tianya would not be allowed to enter the court and assume power."

"Don't be too strict in your work. If the bowstring is too tight, it will break easily."

"But he has taken over the power of Wuyang County."

"If he is not allowed to take charge, who will feed so many refugees? If those refugees starve to death again, Gu Tianya will not just cry next time."

"How dare he?"

"How dare you? Haha! He dared to lead an army of 200,000 people into the Central Plains to seek justice for the people who starved to death. It was then that he truly took charge, so we tried our best to prevent this from happening."

"But this is obviously a good thing."

"How many of you think this is a good thing?"

"Yes, he led the army into the Central Plains, and he will definitely find trouble with Tiance Mansion. Now that we are fighting with Tiance Mansion, both sides are already in conflict, why not use a trick, which will make Gu Tianya furious. When the time comes, he will

If we really lead our troops south, wouldn't we get a big help..."

"well!"

"Mr. Cui, why are you sighing? Are we wrong..."

"I sigh because your city is too shallow and you don't understand that there is no airtight wall in this world. If you want to design a plan to anger him, the best way is to attack the people. But once you do this, do you know what the result will be?"

"What is it?"

"With a sharp weapon in his possession, he has a murderous intention, and military power is the greatest weapon in the world. When the time comes, he will first have a murderous intention towards the aristocratic family."

"This is absolutely impossible. Not even the Li family dares to kill all the aristocratic families."

"That's because the Li family wants to rule the world and needs aristocratic families to help them govern the country. Gu Tianya doesn't need it. His wife's fiefdom is only Hebei Province..."

"Hebei Province also needs someone to manage it."

"Well, you can think about it slowly by yourself."

…

The host of the tea party no longer argued with several young people, but slowly stood up from his seat. He stroked his beard and looked to the north, saying with deep meaning: "Do you really think that the family abandoned Hebei Road to show him

good?"

"Is not it?"

Several young people looked at each other and said in astonishment: "He is a descendant of the Mohist family and has countless secret recipes in his hands. We want to make a profit by buying his secret recipes, so the world's aristocratic families have agreed not to touch Hebei Road again. This is obviously a show of goodwill."

, let him feel the friendship of the aristocratic family."

The host of the tea party slowly shook his head and said: "Wrong, this is a restriction."

"Restraint?" Several young people were stunned.

At this time, the patriarch of the Zheng family in Xingyang also stood up, also looked at the northern sky with his hands behind his hands, and said: "Of the 200,000 Detachment of Women in Hebei Province, 90,000 of them are in the army all year round, and the remaining 110,000 soldiers are not

The kind of government soldiers who serve as soldiers in wartime..."

As he spoke, he glanced at a few people and then continued: "The Women's Army are all fierce soldiers who receive military pay. In other words, they are Li Xiuning's private soldiers who are paid to support them. Therefore, an army of 200,000 is a fierce tiger."

Another family leader stood up, looked to the north and said: "In the past, Li Xiuning raised his own troops, and the Detachment of Women lived in poverty. That was because although Li Xiuning was a talented warrior, she was not good at collecting money and making money in business. The Detachment of Women at that time was indeed powerful, but

He was so poor that he could only live in Hebei, but now, Li Xiuning is married to a husband."

Several young people finally understood and suddenly realized: "This husband is Gu Tianya. He is a very profitable person."

The host of the tea party spoke slowly and said with caution: "With him, the Detachment of Women will no longer be in poverty. Since ancient times, soldiers must work hard to eat food, so the 200,000-strong army has turned into tigers, and there are no more people."

It can stop it from extending its claws."

The head of the Zheng clan in Xingyang followed closely and said: "Since the general trend has been established, we cannot confront him forcefully unless we have to, so what should we do? We must use soft methods to restrain him."

Several young people pondered one after another, and after a long time, they slowly nodded and said: "So we took the initiative to withdraw from Hebei, leaving him a lot of face and respect. On the surface, this seemed like a show of goodwill, but in fact, we used Hebei Road to bolt

Stay with him. As long as there is one common person in Hebei Province who cannot live a good life, he will not have the energy to look beyond Hebei Province, right?"

All the elders from the aristocratic families present laughed together, and said with relief: "You and the rest of us finally look like young masters from aristocratic families."

Several young people were obviously excited and couldn't help but ask: "How does it compare to the previous generations of young masters?"

As a result, the elders of the aristocratic family all fell silent.

…
Chapter completed!