"Invite merchants from Luyang and Ye County?"

The old lady looked at Zhao Yu in surprise, and then looked at the Marquis of Luyang Township who seemed to have regained his spirit.

To be fair, the old lady knew that this son-in-law was just trying to avoid the old man when she made excuses.

If it were someone else's family, this would be a very rude behavior, but in this family, the old lady could very well understand the son-in-law's dilemma.

But she didn't expect that this son-in-law seemed to be really in trouble?

"That's how it is..."

Under the inquiring eyes of the old man and the old lady, Zhao Yu explained on behalf of his father: "Because of having a feud with the Ruyang Marquis' Mansion, the Ruyang Marquis instigated the Rushui counties to cut off the money and funds given to me by Luyang. In order to cope with this crisis, the boy was ordered by his father to establish the Luye Freemasonry and win over merchants from Luyang and Ye County to start a deal with General Wang Shangde, the garrison of Wancheng..."

He told his grandparents and grandmother about the incident. After all, he did not feel much close to Mr. Zhou. Seeing this old man treat his father like this, he naturally felt dissatisfied.

The reason why I didn't speak was just to worry about the old man's identity and mother's attitude.

Therefore, he proposed the Luye Freemasonry at this moment, on the one hand, to rescue his father, and on the other hand, he also had the intention of venting his anger for his father, so that the old man understood that his son-in-law was not as unbearable as he thought.

I have to say that at this point, Zhao Yu actually thought it was a bad idea, because Mr. Zhou had never underestimated the Marquis of Luyang Township. You should know that he had just said the evaluation of his son-in-law "the character is good and good" in front of Mr. Gongyang. He simply hated his son-in-law.

Now, when Zhao Yu finished saying this, the old man did not have the admiring surprise on his face. Instead, he subconsciously said, "That's great... No, cough, since that's the case, Gongyu, just go and do your own thing."

"Thank you for your understanding, my father."

The marquis of Luyang Township was also relieved.

Obviously, this time, this time was the most tacit understanding between the two father-in-law and son-in-law.

But Zhao Yu was punished for this and was pulled by his mother Zhou and knocked on his forehead as a warning.

Faced with his mother's unhappy warning, Zhao Yu smiled embarrassedly. He knew that his behavior had lost his mother a little fun.

But this should be worth it. After all, the Marquis of Luyang Township accepts his son's affection very much.

Then everyone chatted for a while. After waiting around Xu hour, the Hou of Luyang Township found that the two elders had a deep sleepiness on their faces, and interrupted: "Father, mother, today the two elders came to the son-in-law's mansion, and the carriage was exhausted. I guess they were tired. Why don't you rest earlier today and talk tomorrow?"

The old lady nodded when she heard this, but the old man said stubbornly: "I am very energetic!"

But even though that was the case, the old man was old and couldn't resist staying up late. After only half an hour, the old man gradually couldn't resist his fatigue.

In view of the fact that the couple's master bedroom was not easy to let go, the couple of Hou and his wife in Luyang Township took the old man and the old lady to the side room in the north room, allowing the two elders to live in a grievance for the time being.

However, the old man and the old lady were not dissatisfied with this. The hard-to-serve old man just pretended to be casually asked: "Yin'er, where does Xu'er live?"

When he learned that the two brothers lived in the East Courtyard and were at least several hundred feet away from the North House, the old man showed a look of disappointment on his face.

Taking advantage of the lack of Zhou's time to talk to the two elders, the Marquis of Luyang Township winked at his youngest son Zhao Yu. The father and son took the opportunity to say goodbye and leave, and brought Jingniao to the study.

I have to say that this time, the Marquis of Luyang Township really accepted his son's affection, but with his personality, he naturally would not express any gratitude to his son, let alone there was a quiet girl next to him.

He asked his son seriously, "Zhu'er, what you said just now about the banquet for Luyang and Ye County is not just a simple invitation to them to have a banquet, right?"

"Of course not."

Zhao Yu shook his head and lowered his voice and said, "The child asked his father to feast the merchants in Lu and Ye counties to determine the leadership of my Zhao family in the Luye Freemasonry."

The Hou of Luyang Township frowned slightly: "Do you want to win over them for your own benefit?"

"No, it's the wings of my Luyang Zhao clan." Zhao Yu lowered his voice and said to his father: "Dad, do you still remember being humiliated by the Ruyang Marquis Mansion that day? Wang Zhi's incident was obviously a fault in the Ruyang Marquis Mansion, but the Ruyang Marquis's father and son were unreasonable and had no scruples. He actually asked my father and son to apologize to him, and even threatened me with Luyang as a threat... In the final analysis, it was still bullying me that the Zhao clan was not as powerful as his Zheng clan."

“…”

Hearing this, the face of the Luyang Township Hou gradually darkened.

It has to be said that he, who is almost at his thirst, has almost never suffered such humiliation.

At this time, Zhao Yu lowered his voice and said, "This time my child founded the Luye Freemasonry, this is an excellent opportunity. Those merchants seek profit, as long as we are good at guiding them, it will not be difficult for me to become the wings of my Zhao family in the future. We can even use their power to weaken the Zheng family... But that's what happened later. The most urgent thing at the moment is to let the merchants in Luyang and Ye County accept my Zhao family..."

The Marquis of Luyang Township looked at his son with a meaningful meaning, frowned slightly and asked, "You want to take revenge on the Marquis of Ruyang?"

Hearing this, Zhao Yu laughed and said, "Revenge is not enough, but people slapped me on the face of my father and son. Could it be that my father and son have no expression and let him bully him? More or less, he has to give him a reply."

"How do you plan to respond?" Luyang Township Hou frowned and said, "Let's hear it."

Zhao Yu knew that his father was afraid that he would do too much, so he didn't care when he heard this. He said his thoughts to his father, and then lowered his voice and smiled: "About this matter, the child has already talked with Mr. Liu. Mr. Liu said that he would stand on the side of my father and son, and Mr. Mao in Ye County. Although the child had not tried it, in terms of closeness and alienation and reasoning, even if Mr. Mao did not secretly help me, he would at least pretend to be nothing..."

The Hou of Luyang Township glanced at his son deeply: "You are young and thoughtful. However, you use this talent here..."

He smacked his lips, as if he was considering how to evaluate his son's approach.

After a while, he shook his head and said, "It's not the right way!"

Zhao Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Dad, this is just a reply. We can't be slapped without saying a word, right? You swallowed this tone, but the child couldn't swallow it... What's more, since you have become a gangster with Ruyang, are you still hoping to reconcile with them? If you just give in, then it's hard to guarantee that Zheng will not gradually reach into my Luyang, or even Ye County. Instead of doing this, it's better to occupy the territory first, take the initiative to attack, and swing your fist to Ruyang..."

The Hou of Luyang Township was silent for a moment before he said slowly: "In the next few days, I will send someone to invite merchants from Luyang and Ye County to agree on a date and invite them to the mansion to have a banquet. As for what you said to be a reply... I will make a long-term plan."

Seeing this, Zhao Yu didn't want to persuade him anymore and nodded.

Responding to the Zheng family of Ruyang was something he had already considered, and he was gradually implementing the plan. No matter whether the father in front of him agreed or disagreed, he would eventually return the slap that the father and son of Ruyang Hou were thrown on his father and son's face. The only difference lies in the strength of the reply.

After discussing, Zhao Yu said goodbye to his father and took Jingnu back to his house.

The next day, it was still dawn, and the quiet girl got up early as usual.

After washing up, she ran to the north room and asked her sister to tie her hair into a bun. When she returned to the house where she lived, she saw someone wandering outside the house and even looking around at the window.

After a closer look, it turned out to be the old man Zhou.

Jingnu quickly walked forward and saluted the old man: "Jingnu has met the old man."

The old man was slightly surprised, turned his head and saw that it was a quiet girl, and he let out a sigh.

He obviously recognized Jingnu, and perhaps even learned Jingnu's identity from his daughter Zhou, so he did not regard Jingnu as an ordinary maid, and looked at Jingnu up and down.

This gaze made Jingnv feel a little embarrassed, and her face couldn't help but turn red. She couldn't help but remember that when she was sold to the town marquis' mansion by her uncle and aunt, Zhou looked at her like this and waited for her to look at her, and she was designated by Zhou as her younger son Zhao Yu's future concubine.

But how does the old man in front of him think of her?

Jingniao was a little nervous.

Just when she was nervous, she suddenly saw the old man in front of her smiling and nodding at her, with a kind look.

This made her breath of relief, after all, it means that the old man in front of her was quite satisfied with her.

Therefore, the voice she asked next became much more relaxed and cheerful: "Master, what are you doing here? Is there a place I can help you?"

Hearing the words of Jingnu, the old man explained: "I just came to see if Yin'er and Xu'er got up and got up... I'er had just seen him. He had already gotten up and was studying his homework in the house. Xu'er... I knocked on the door, but there seemed to be no reaction. Listen to my daughter, you live with Xu'er, and I can't go in rashly."

Upon hearing this, Jingnv hurriedly apologized to the old man: "I'm sorry, lord, I've just gone to the north house because I'm by my side on weekdays, so the young master doesn't pay much attention to the movement outside the house..."

As she said that, she hurriedly opened the door: "The young master probably hasn't gotten up yet. Does the master want to go in and sit there?"

“Um…”

Mr. Zhou stood outside the threshold and glanced at the house, but because of the structure of the house, he could not see his little grandson here. He hesitated for a moment and then walked in: "...It's okay to sit for a while."

At this moment, I suddenly heard Zhao Yu shouting in a daze in the room: "Jingnu, Jingnu, have you opened the window again? I'm frozen to death, close it quickly."

Hearing this, Mr. Zhou hurriedly waved his hand to signal Jingnv: "Hurry, hurry, it's cool outside, come in and close the door."

Jingnv smiled, hurried into the house, and closed the door.

While walking towards the bed, she replied, "Young Master, I'm shutting up, are you awake? The master is here to see you."

However, there was no response on the bed.

Seeing this, Jingnv said to the old man with some apology and hesitation: "Master, do you want me to wake up the young master?"

"No."

The old man waved his hand and said, "Since the little guy is still asleep, let him sleep for a while. Anyway, my old woman and your wife are still preparing some food to be sent to Zheng Township. I... I... sit for a while."

As he said that, he sat down at the table opposite the bed, supported his knees with his hands, and looked at his little grandson who was sleeping soundly on the bed.

Through yesterday's contact, the old man felt that this little grandson was not only a little distant from him, but even a little unwilling to get close to him.

This made the old man feel a little inexplicably frightened.
Chapter completed!