Chapter 157 Four Great Masters

At this time, only the third-rank or above can ride in the eighth-car sedan chair.

Mr. Xu suddenly felt energetic, shook off the help of his subordinates, and ran to the yard while shouting, "But Dancheng is back?"

Someone had already gone in to report it. After a while, a middle-aged man in a purple official robe came out of the inner hall and met the old man. Just as he was about to salute, he saw the bandage on half of his face. He was confused for a moment and said, "Dad, are you?"

When Mr. Xu saw that his eldest son was really coming back, he immediately felt backbone and held his son's hand tremblingly and couldn't speak. Xu Dancheng quickly welcomed his father into the house, brought tea and water to comfort him, so he felt so relieved. The old man then came back and sighed, "Dad has handed over a group of ungrateful wolves..." So he told the matter from beginning to end.

Xu Dancheng, who was sitting at the bottom, listened with his beard. The more he heard, he became more and more frightened. After his father finished speaking, he asked with a thorn in his mouth: "Dad, let's not talk about anything else, just talk about the fact that he made friends with bandits is true, right?"

The old man curled his lips and said, "So what? Son, how many families in our Jingzhou Prefecture who have not given filial piety to those Buddhas? Just yesterday, two families entrusted their fathers to talk to them about their ties. If there is a case, I would like to ask them to show mercy." As he said, he said, "The two old people paid 20,000 taels for one person. Isn't this unhappy?"

Xu Dancheng touched his forehead, and was already covered in sweat. He wanted to laugh, but found that his face was extremely stiff. He could only hiss, "Dad, the Xu family is in trouble..."

Seeing that his greatest support was said, Xu Beiqing was panicked and said nervously: "Son, no, don't scare dad?"

After all, Xu Dancheng was a senior governor and a prince, and soon recovered his composure. He thought about the family's situation and said to Xu Beiqing: "Dad, the child received a document from the court the day before yesterday. His Highness Prince Long held the sword of Shangfang and supervised the military and political affairs of the two provinces, but it was not a fool."

Xu Beiqing looked at his son in a daze, waiting for his next sentence.

"The most fundamental problem of the two provinces at present is to quell the chaos. As long as people label us as a scourge, they can destroy us with their backhand. As long as this prince can teach Maitreya to slaughter our family, they will even flatten all the southern tribes. The leaders in the capital might secretly celebrate." After all, he is also a person with a wide range of hands and eyes, and he has more or less aware of his attitude towards Beijing.

Xu Beiqing's breathing was already a little rapid, and he said with a lucky heart: "It's not that we have taken so many offerings..."

Xu Dancheng looked at his father in surprise, wondering why the old man who has always been smart has become so ridiculous. But no matter how ridiculous it is, he is his father. He tried his best to maintain respect in his tone and said: "We have the Nan Canal. Don't my father know that 50,000 Nanmen and 200 troop transport ships floated on the canal two days ago?"

Xu Beiqing said in surprise: "After the war, the shipping will be cut off. My father doesn't care about the affairs on the canal." He turned angrily: "I also told your second brother to keep a close eye on it and report it if you have any questions."

Xu Dancheng shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about these things for now. What does the child mean is that, counting the time, these 50,000 people are just setting off at the same time as the 20,000 infantrymen. What does this mean?"

Xu Beiqing finally got depressed and sat on the chair. Yes, this shows that Prince Long had long expected the rebellion of the Maitreya Church. When he went to the Zhennan Army camp for the first time, he had already negotiated with Marshal Boshang, so there was no need to go for the second trip. The reason why he pretended to go there was clearly to delay time, until the situation deteriorated, until only he could solve the problem, until all officials and gentry had to rely on him, and until the people he wanted to deal with made mistakes...

After thinking through this joint, the Qingming Festival in the past returned to the head of his hometown. He closed the white hair scattered on his forehead and smiled bitterly: "The word 'dou' can easily guide things in the direction he hopes. This kind of sophistication and calmness is not something that young people can have. There is a master behind Prince Long..." He was right, and Qin Lei used a flying pigeon to ask Guantao for advice, so he only got the answer of this word - 'dou.

Seeing that his father returned to normal, Xu Dancheng said directly: "No matter what experts are behind him, he is the one who pays attention to it in the end. Seeing the entire south in chaos, thousands of people die every day, tens of thousands of people are displaced, and he can still calm down. Just this vicious mind and this attitude of treating human life as a mustard of grass are not something we can imagine and open the Internet."

Regardless of his father's pale face, Xu Dancheng continued to exclaim, "And my child guessed that the prince's plan would mean to replace our Xu family."

Xu Beiqing swallowed his mouth and said, "What should I do? I mean you are doomed?" He finally began to panic. If a family that had been destroyed for hundreds of years was wiped out overnight, even if he died, he would have no shame to see his ancestors underground.

Xu Dancheng couldn't bear to see the fear on his father's face and comforted him: "Since Uncle Kuo Shi said that to you today, it means that the prince knew the principle of surrounding three que 1 and did not mean to kill him. Moreover, the child was still Shannan Futai. If he wanted to master Shannan, he could not do without his help. So Daddy doesn't have to be too anxious."

The old man then calmed down and said angrily: "Why are you talking so seriously, your child? I don't know if you are the elders, you can't stand being frightened?"

Xu Dancheng smiled and said, "It's the child's, not."

Xu Beiqing looked at his eldest son with relief and said proudly: "Although I, Xu Beiqing, have three sons, only you make my father feel that my Xu family has successors..." Then he said with a resolute expression: "Dancheng, what should you do? As long as we can protect the foundation of our Xu family, we will listen to you for our father."

Xu Dancheng said in a deep voice: "Take the canal and take my brother to apologize."

Xu Beiqing shouted "Ouch" and shouted: "It's really a life for my father! No, no!"

Xu Dancheng was not in a hurry. He analyzed his father like this and this, which made the old man reluctantly nod.

There is a small pavilion on the Lotus Lake in Qingcui Villa called "Ningcui". Looking around at the eaves, green tiles and red railings, looking around the pavilion, lotus leaves connect to the sky. If a breeze blows, there will be a rippling blue wave, making people feel like they are in the Yao Pool.

At this moment, a round table was set up in the pavilion, with more than a dozen kinds of vegetables such as cucumbers, radishes, sweet onions, green beans, etc., which turned out to be a table of authentic farm green seedling feasts.

Zhuo Wenzheng was talking with the three masters of Xu Qiaozhuo. At this time, there were two empty seats by the table, and the four of them only drank some tea and waited for the two to arrive.

Before Qin Lei came, Qiao Qipei smiled at Zhuo Bingchen and said, "Brother Bingchen, please ask us Master Futai, what are the distribution methods for our families?"

Xu Chang also smiled and said, "It should be like this."

Zhuo Bingchen smiled bitterly: "Brother Qi Pei is just asking for trouble," he turned to Zhuo Wenzheng and said, "Wenzheng, just tell me about my uncles and fathers."

Zhuo Wenzheng also smiled bitterly at me: "Don't force my child. Only the prince himself knows the specific regulations, and the child knows it. " Seeing that I was a little embarrassed, he whispered helplessly: "Anyway, your majesty, the prince is 10% each, and the two provincial governments account for 20% each. This is a fixed number. Besides that, it depends on your ability."

"40%, too many?" Zhuo Bingchen pondered. The other two nodded in agreement. Not only a few, it was a terrifying number. Jiangbei and Shannan are all major provinces, with fifteen prefectures in Jiangbei and thirteen prefectures in Shannan. Even if these three companies join forces, they can't eat 20% of them. However, people are not satisfied with the fact that they swallow elephants, and they never think that they have little rice in their bowls.

Just as the few people were planning to win the limit, a hearty laughter came from afar. The four of them quickly stood up and waited for His Royal Highness Prince Long to take the lead.

Qin Lei changed into a lake blue long gown, looking even more handsome. With Qu Yanwu's company, he came to the pavilion and bowed: "I've been plaguing civil affairs. I have been waiting for a long time. I'll forgive me for my crimes." If I mix oil with Ruolan's honey, I'm also a common thing, I'll never lie.

Several people re-entered the seat, looking at the vegetables and vegetables on the table, Qin Lei smiled and said, "During the national crisis, everything should be simple, don't blame everyone."

Xu Chang smiled and said, "Where is it, the prince is loyal to the country, which is really admirable."

Qiao Qipei also said: "It's really shameful to see the prince so simple."

Because of his son, Zhuo Bingchen felt closer to Qin Lei. He stroked his beard and said humorously: "As old, you can't get any meat. The prince is taking care of the three of us old things."

The two agreed: "It's really rare to be with your appetite, thank you, the prince."

Qin Lei smiled and said, "That's fine, please use it for everyone." As he said that, he picked up a chopped cucumber without dipping the soybean paste in front of him, he started eating it with a crack.

When the three old men saw Qin Lei start to move, they all started to eat, and they looked very delicious. Qin Lei was so angry that they couldn't help but curse the three old foxes. He set up this table of Qingmiao Banquet, naturally to cry for poverty, and hoped that the three of them would raise a hundred thousand taels of silver before the bidding to make up for the first silver difference for Zhennan Army. Unfortunately, the few people beat him up and held back his words, making it impossible for him to mention it.

One hundred thousand taels of silver are not much, but it is enough for the whole mansion to spend a year. These families have no connection with the Maitreya Cult. They know that Qin Lei still has to rely on them to support the scene, so they are unwilling to be the meaningless sucker. Moreover, the two sides are not equal in this negotiation. If they do not kill Qin Lei's majesty, how can they negotiate with him later?

But they didn't dare to go too far. They slapped Qin Lei for a moment, and quickly threw out a red date for him to eat. Xu Chang pulled a few edamames and put them on a plate, twisted them with his hands and put them into his mouth, savored them for a while, then said slowly: "Cook the beans and cook them as soup, and think they are juice. These are also beans. They can be eaten fresh in this way or seasoned in bean paste. I wonder if the prince is going to make this Fuxingyamen fresh? Or filter them and cook them to ferment them to make them seasoned?"

Qin Lei smiled and said, "I don't know what to do when it is fresh, so what if I filter it and cook it and ferment it?"

Qiao Qipei smiled and said, "When eating fresh, I've eaten it, I've lost it. And I can't eat enough to eat beans, and I'll have diarrhea if I eat too much."

Zhuo Bingchen also smiled and said, "If it is filtered, cooked and fermented, it can be seasoned. Although it is a little troublesome, it can be stored for a long time. Use it whenever you want. Use it as much as you want. It is better to be free from the long term."

Qin Lei cursed in his heart, "You can't speak quickly and quickly?" He insisted on beating around the bush. Isn't it just asking me if I want to use this yamen to save the urgent needs or want to maintain it and benefit from it for a long time?"

Even so, Qin Lei also knew that it would be impossible to achieve the latter goal without the full support of the three families. After all, the imperial envoy of the military and political affairs of the two provinces still had the word "power" in front of him, and he would return to the court one day sooner or later. It is conceivable that as long as he returned to the court, countless gluttons who coveted this plate of delicacies would extend their huge hands, smash the order set by Qin Lei, and snatch the big cakes that Qin Lei had divided and divide them again.

What is power? Ignoring the order of the weak is power.

How to fight against this kind of power? Just establish a stronger power.

The clan behind these three old men undoubtedly has this ability. There is no need to repeat the Xu family. The Qiao family has the governor of Shannan Qiao Yuanshan. The Zhuo family has the governor of Jiangbei Zhuo Wenzheng, and there is also an emperor in secret, so it is not to be underestimated. If these three families stand on Qin Lei's side, and add Qu Yanwu, he can indeed fight with any forces that covet the south, and then raise his middle finger and say disdain: "Get out of my territory..."

If there were no these three companies, Qin Lei would have made a profit for him. If he wanted to occupy the south often, it would be a fool. At this time, the three old men had already opened the window of hope for him, and it would be clear whether Qin Lei could meet their asking price.

With such an attractive proposal, the asking price will definitely not be too low. He would never miss this opportunity for Qin Lei, who was extremely eager for power, but if he was controlled by others or the gain was not worth the loss, it would be something he would not want to. As his mind turned around, he quickly calculated possible gains and losses, and he didn't even know that the cucumber in his hand had been pinched out of water.

The three old men were leisurely chewing cucumbers and radishes, making an annoying sound. They were not worried that Qin Lei would agree.

At this moment, Shi Gan came in from outside and leaned in Qin Lei's ear and whispered a few times. Qin Lei nodded and said softly: "Call them to wait first." Shi Gan then withdrew from the pavilion.

Looking at the three of them exploring gazes, Qin Lei pretended to be casually: "Xu Beiqing and his son came to the mansion to apologize."

As soon as Qu Yanwu came and met Qin Lei for seven or eight days, he knew his nature and needed to be entrusted at this time. In addition, he had a close relationship with Xu Beiqing, so he naturally asked, "Is his boss back?"

Qin Lei nodded and said, "That's right."

Qu Yanwu felt relieved and said, "The Xu family finally came back to understand the matter. It's so pitiful." Although he was angry at that time, it was not a pleasant thing to not save him when he was dead. He was naturally happy to see that the Shijiao family could be safe.

Qu Yanwu was happy, but the other three were unhappy. The three old foxes were very clear when they saw things. After listening to Qin Lei’s description of the Fuxing Yamen in the morning, they vaguely saw the purpose behind Qin Lei. If this alliance based on common interests could really become a reality, then the entire southern power would be unified. I don’t know how much power it would burst out, and how much impact it would have on the future of Qin. By then, the southern resources would be more effectively allocated and could be brought together to face the imperial court controlled by the powerful northerners. By then, the government would be only a part of this system.

There will be only one voice in the entire south - that is, the Fuxing Yamen. The three of them admired Qin Lei in their hearts, and immediately began to plan, and only then could they get the greatest benefits. Although after listening to Zhuo Wenzheng's explanation, Qin Lei forced 60% of the vocal power to the royal and local governments in order to maintain the country, or the royal control of the south. In this way, once there is any bad tendency in the south, the royal and imperial court can completely control these 60% by appointing and removing officials from the two provinces, without worrying about not obeying the central government after the local government becomes bigger.

But the three of them are so experienced that they reach a tacit understanding - asking Qin Lei to entrust the 20% shares of the royal family to the three companies. After the three companies seized 20% in the bidding, they would have 40% of the rights to speak, and the three companies had vassals. At that time, they would win over some families that accounted for small heads and would have a great hope of getting more than 50% of the rights to speak. In this way, even if there were any changes in the officialdom, no one in the three companies would be in charge of the two provinces, and they would not be afraid of losing power.

Their wishful thinking was very good, and they knew that Qin Lei was afraid of local divisions, and that the conflict between the royal family and the imperial court was also known. Therefore, as long as the power of entrustment is not good, it can be taken back at any time, so the royal family was exempted from the concerns of the royal family. However, the royal family also needed them to confront the imperial court controlled by the powerful northerners, so they would not take back the entrustment unless they had to. It can be said that they took care of the royal family's face and the royal family's inner ranks. They also gained control of the southern part. It is a good way to be in a good way.
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