The top scholar Yang Cong got married, and the capital was really lively for a long time, but the lives of the people are still quite dull these days. After this heat, the capital slowly returned to peace.

Yang Cong got what he wanted and married two beautiful wives. His life was quite beautiful. While the wedding holiday was not over, he even arranged his family affairs.

His grandfather Yang Rong cannot stay in the capital for a long time, because there is still a big business at home, so is Zhang Shen, the old master of the Zhang family. Hui'an and Zhang's family are also a big business. If no one is in charge of the helm for a long time, he will have to make trouble. So the first thing he did was to send his guards to send his grandfather Yang Rong and Zhang Shen home.

His parents couldn't stay in the capital all the time. After all, the salt induction business is mainly in Shanxi. If they can't get over it, they won't be assured to give it to anyone with more than 60,000 salt inductions.

So, the second thing he did was to send someone to send his parents to Shanxi.

Immediately afterwards, he asked Li Shier to contact the carpenters near the capital, customized three thousand carriages, and asked Li Shier to take Peng Fu to travel around the capital, familiarize himself with some gentry and prepare for buying grain, and asked Hou Zhitan to go to Baoding Prefecture, ask Liu Shouliang for help, and contact the gentry there. The holiday is almost over.

In the last few days, he didn't go anywhere. He basically accompanied Zhang Zhen to recite poems and paint in the study of the inner house to cultivate feelings. Lu Ling'er also liked to be with them, saying that he was learning characters and painting. The characters he wrote were pretty beautiful, but the paintings he drew like ghost paintings, which often made Yang Cong and Zhang Zhen laugh.

The three of them were enjoying this sweet couple's life. That afternoon, Peng Fu suddenly grabbed Zhang Danzi outside the door and said aloud: "Master, Xu Da, a wealthy family member in Fangshan, asked for a meeting."

When Yang Cong heard this, he frowned. This rich family is actually a rich man. He dislikes the most about dating with these gentry and tyrants who are unkind. However, because of the purchase of grain, he has to deal with these people. It is really annoying.

He put down the brush in his hand and signaled Lu Ling'er, who was lying on his shoulder and pretending to learn painting, to sit next to Zhang Zhen, and then said lightly: "What's the matter? Come and talk about it."

Upon hearing this, Peng Fu walked in with his head down, held the list in his hand, and said carefully: "This is Xu Da's gift list."

Upon hearing this, Yang Cong took the gift list, glanced at it quickly, and immediately understood in his heart.

This guy seems to have invested a lot of money, and the things on the gift list are worth almost thousands of taels of silver!

There is an old saying that is indeed true. People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. The scene of getting married is too big. Almost everyone in the capital knows that he, the top scholar, is not only the emperor's "brother-in-law" and the son-in-law of Zhang Yue, the left deputy censor of the Censorate, has great energy, so some people who don't know often come to him for help with various relationships.

He usually refuses these things if he can, and he will help if he can't avoid them.

Xu Da actually found Peng Fu, which proved that this guy had no relatives and friends in the officialdom in the capital. He didn't have to pay attention to such a person, but after thinking about it, he asked lightly: "Huzi, have you taken other people's money?"

Upon hearing this, Peng Fu said in shame: "Yes, Master, he insisted on stuffing a hundred taels of silver to the little one. The little one was unwilling to accept it, but he came to stuff it a few times and looked quite pitiful. Moreover, he wanted to make the little one feel comfortable. When he saw the master, the little one accepted it."

This kind of thing is normal in the family of officials. Generally, if you want to find officials you don’t know to help, you will follow the path of your confidants in the house, otherwise you will not even be able to enter the door, let alone ask for help.

Yang Cong shook his head and sighed, "Huzi, it's not that I want to teach you a lesson. You have to collect less money like this. I am not the six ministers and the chief minister of the cabinet. I can't solve many things. Forget it this time, please make a reservation and then take the person to the front yard lobby."

He also knew that the temptation of this hundred taels was really a bit great for Peng Fu, and Peng Fu just agreed to introduce him and went to see him. Even if Peng Fu was done by him, although he would not reward Peng Fu with 100 taels of silver for no reason, he could get 100 taels of silver for free when he saw him. He would not embarrass Peng Fu such a small matter.

As for whether he will help others, it depends on what it is. If he can give a gift of more than 1,000 taels, it proves that this matter is definitely not simple. If he can help, he can help. If he can't help, he can only ask someone to find another way. After all, he just promised to meet others and did not agree to help.

Peng Fu also knew that Yang Cong didn't want to embarrass him, so he couldn't help but bow excitedly: "Thank you, Master, I know, I will pay attention next time."

After saying that, he quickly withdrew and ordered people to go.

Yang Cong got up and apologized to Zhang Zhen and Lu Ling'er, and then walked towards the front yard lobby.

The Yang Mansion is quite large and the rules have been set. Generally, the servants cannot enter the inner house if they are guarding the house. Only confidants like Peng Fu can come in. As for the guests, Yang Cong usually meets them in the front yard lobby. Only relatives and friends like Lu Bing and Zhang Yue will be accepted into the inner house.

He sat in the lobby of the front yard for a short time, and Peng Fu led two middle-aged strong men in. He squinted his eyes and looked at them. Both of them had national faces, big thick eyebrows, thick mouths, and bright eyes. Their bodies were really strong and they didn't have big belly. They looked like they were not the kind of master who was pampered and not like treacherous villains.

He has only recently begun to study the art of looking at people. He is basically proficient in this art. Generally, looking at people's appearance and chatting with people in a foggy way can make people's tempers almost touch.

This is how Xu Jie might have tested his temperament at the beginning, so he was relieved and bold to interact with him. As an official in the court, it is indeed important to recognize people, so he also studied it specifically.

These two people are more loyal and honest at first glance. No wonder Peng Fu is willing to help them. As long as these two people are as loyal and honest as they look, Yang Cong doesn't mind helping them.

As soon as the two of them entered the door, they bowed respectfully and said, "Little man, Xu Da, Xu Er, see the master."

These are two brothers, no wonder they look a little like each other. Yang Cong nodded slightly, then asked lightly: "What's the matter, say."

The reason why he didn't invite people to sit and didn't let them serve tea was not because he deliberately made a statement, because local tyrants generally had no fame and no status at all. He was the top scholar and could meet others. As for the people who were attending tea, ordinary gentry did not have the qualifications.

The two of them showed no dissatisfaction. The older one immediately bowed and explained: "It's true that the villain and his younger brother Xu Er originally had more than 2,000 acres of land passed down from their ancestors. A few years ago, Zhao Ling and Zhao were included in the imperial village for no reason, almost cut off our livelihood. Later, the emperor succeeded to the throne, and this land was returned to us. However, this year, Chen Zhong and Chen in the palace wanted to include the small family land in the imperial village. The small one could not, so they could only ask people to seek justice everywhere."
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