Chapter 312 Zhao Guang demands debt
Everything Zhao Guang is doing now is also inseparable from Feng Yong's support.
If Feng Yong is gone, then all of Zhao Guang's possessions will also be gone. At least the share of the pasture and textile workshop in his hands, although he still has the same surname of Zhao, will no longer be his.
Without the support of Feng Tubao, Zhao Guang will lose all the current resource support. Even if he is unwilling, the most he can do is go to the army and join the generals. If he wants to go further, it will not be that easy.
Because his father’s resources were used on Zhao Tong. Who calls Zhao Tong the eldest son?
Another point is that Zhao Yun may not want Zhao Guang to marry Huang Wudie. If Zhao Guang does not have enough capital, how can he have the confidence to mention his marriage to his father?
So based on these, it is impossible for Zhao Guang to be separated from Feng Yong.
As for Li Yi and Li Qiu, he is different from them. At least they had a governor behind them to endorse them, and it wasn't Feng Tubou's turn to make any comments.
There is also Huang Chong, which is actually a bit similar to the cooperative relationship required for mutual gain, but the situation is different, so Feng Yong takes the initiative, and the Huang family represented by Huang Chong can only be regarded as passive acceptance.
If it really comes to a life or death moment, Feng Yong doesn't believe that the Huang family will live and die with him.
So Zhuge Laoyao allowed himself the right to take matters into his own hands, probably because he recognized the people around him and gave him the opportunity to tie them closer.
Just being promoted to an official position, but not mentioning anything about Zhao Guang and Wang Xun, Feng Tubeng had to have deep doubts in his heart.
This inconsistent approach made Feng Yong a little irritable. He couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, so he couldn't help but get up and go out, preparing to go to the construction site.
As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw a figure flashing across the street not far away. Feng Yong quickly took two steps up and found that it was Li Mu.
“Why is Madam Mu here?”
Since you see someone, you naturally have to say hello.
Li Mu turned around and saw Feng Yong. He smiled, gave a blessing and said, "Is this the third time I've seen my brother today?"
"That's what I said..." Feng Yong was feeling bored thinking about things alone. Seeing Li Mu's bright and moving color, his mood couldn't help but become a little brighter.
Well, it seems that beautiful women do contribute to men’s physical and mental health.
“But I remember that Madam Mu just told me to go to the store to pay for her business not long ago. Why do you come here now?”
After hearing this, Li Mu glanced at Feng Yong with his charming big eyes and brushed his hair, "It seems that there is a reason why my brother has built such a big foundation in such a short period of time. My sister just came out to get a letter. , will be arrested and tortured. Working under my brother, you really can’t be lazy."
Feng Yong choked for a moment, laughed, and waved his hand, "I was just kidding. You are the big manager in the workshop. You usually have nothing to do. You can do whatever you need to do. No one cares about you."
Although Li Mu only came here for a short period of time, he is a skillful person. At least he quickly straightened out the personnel of the weavers in his hands. From this point of view, Feng Yong at least has not misjudged the person so far.
“It’s just here, how come there is your letter?”
Feng Yong asked somewhat strangely.
Li Mu smiled and shook the letter in his hand, "Brother, don't forget that my cousin is the husband of a close friend of mine. What's the point of asking her cousin to deliver the letter to her little sister? strangeness?"
“Oh, I forgot about it.” Feng Yong patted his head.
At that time, the reason why Li Yi got to know Mrs. He was because he surprised Mrs. He's car when he was riding a horse to visit friends in Lizhuang?
It is the most normal thing that Mrs. He's wife and Li Mu know each other.
Speaking of close friends, Feng Yong glanced at Li Mu, his heart moved, and he asked, "Since Madam Mu mentioned close friends, I have something to do with Madam Mu, and I want to ask Madam Mu to decide."
Li Mu's eyes widened slightly, his eyes were very bright, and then he smiled and said, "I didn't expect that my little sister would be so honored. Brother, please tell me."
"That's it..." Feng Yong pondered for a moment, then said after considering, "If your close friend becomes the steward of this workshop with you..."
"My sister from the He family will definitely not be a workshop manager."
Feng Yong had just begun to speak when Li Mu interrupted him.
"I didn't say it was Mrs. He's family. I meant that if, if you had a close friend who became the manager of this workshop like you, you would be the leader and she would be the deputy. One day, you both make contributions and I will promote you. Your position has made you a big manager..."
“My little sister is already in charge.”
Li Mu said again.
“Maybe I didn’t make it clear enough.”
Feng Yong glanced at the woman angrily, not knowing whether she did it intentionally or unintentionally, "I'm talking about if you are just in charge of things, not a big one."
Li Mu nodded, indicating that he understood, and then asked, "What next?"
“Then I made you the chief steward, and asked you to recommend someone to be your deputy, and then to recommend a few people to be stewards in the workshop. But I didn’t say a word to your close friend, what would you do?”
Li Mu blinked and said, "What else can I do, little sister? I can just take on the role of the big manager with peace of mind, and then I can recommend people to the job according to what my brother said."
"What about your close friend? Don't you care? Don't you want her to continue to be your deputy?"
Li Mu smiled, stared at Feng Yong for a while, and then said, "Brother is not the kind of person who doesn't know rewards and punishments. Since he didn't mention the word "little sister's close friend", he naturally has something to worry about."
He paused for a moment and then said, "Perhaps, my brother, my close friend, has other arrangements, so why should my sister be so troublesome just to make my brother unhappy?"
“Unclear rewards and punishments?”
After hearing Li Mu's words, Feng Yong was startled. He couldn't help but look at the woman in front of him, which made her feel a little scared. After a while, he patted his thigh and said, "Yeah, why didn't I I thought about it."
After saying this, he looked at Li Mu with a hint of admiration and said with a smile, "Thank you, Mrs. Mu, for clearing up the confusion in Yong's heart."
Speaking, regardless of Li Mu's confusion, he walked briskly.
Li Mu, on the other hand, looked at Feng Yong's back with doubts in his eyes, and murmured again, "My close friend?"
Then he glanced at Li Yi's room in the distance, his eyes rolled, his expression suddenly gloomy and clear.
Although I tried my best to prevent myself from thinking elsewhere, I couldn't stop myself from thinking: This Mr. Feng said these words to me inexplicably. Does he really have no other meaning? The rumor that Jincheng is good at stealing other people's wives...shouldn't be true, right?
Feng Tubiao, who had solved her doubts, had no idea that her unintentional and forced involvement of Li Mu in her troubles would suddenly cause her to become confused.
At this time, his mind was clear.
I always wonder if Old Demon Zhuge has any other intentions, but I forget that Old Demon Zhuge’s temperament is fair and strict.
Those who are loyal and beneficial will be rewarded even if they are enemies, and those who are negligent in breaking the law will be punished even if they are relatives.
This is the evaluation of his clear rewards and punishments by later generations.
So...why do I have to worry about whether Old Demon Zhuge rewards Zhao Guang and Wang Xun?
What I should be thinking about is how the old demon Zhuge wants to reward Zhao Guang and Wang Xun.
Given himself the right to "take it for himself", it shows that Zhuge Lao Yao still respects his own opinion.
If you want Zhao Guang and Wang Xun to continue to follow you, then Yizhou Diannong Xiaowei should report their names to Sima.
But Zhuge Laoyao obviously wanted to have some special use for these two people, so he deliberately did not mention their names.
Feng Yong frowned, wondering where Zhuge Laoyao wanted to put Zhao Guang and Wang Xun?
Besides, the big Han doesn’t have any big problems now. Even the rebels in Nanzhong are already in trouble by the militia. How can they bother to cause trouble for the big man again...
Um? Um!
Feng Yong thought of this and suddenly trembled, Nanzhong?
Isn’t it that Zhuge Lao Yao wants to pacify Nanzhong next year?
The defeat of Jingzhou and the defeat of Yiling, how many powerful generals and talents were lost? How many elite soldiers and veterans were lost?
In addition, with the passage of time, the veteran generals and elite soldiers who followed Liu Bei to conquer the world gradually grew old and died even if they stayed in Shuzhong.
So the big man is in urgent need of fresh blood.
Nanzhong is a place for military training, and Zhao Guang and Wang Xun proved their ability to lead troops in Hanzhong - although they were nominally going to survey farming lands, it is an indisputable fact that they fought many battles.
Therefore, Zhuge Laoyao most likely wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to pacify Nanzhong and send Zhao Guang and Wang Xun there to practice. If they work together, maybe they can be transferred directly to serve in the military.
It's just that Zhao Guang and Wang Xun brought it out hand by hand. If they took it away like this, they were afraid that they would feel bad, so they gave themselves the right to "take it by themselves" as compensation.
Also at this time, he was promoted to Yizhou Diannong Xiaowei, probably to pave the way for him to go south.
Thinking of this, Feng Yong suddenly realized.
Credit? What a waste of work!
The hard work is pretty much the same.
Having vaguely grasped the thoughts of Old Demon Zhuge, Feng Tuchel felt mixed emotions in his heart. He didn’t know whether he should be happy or what...
“Hello!”
Zhao Guang sneezed, rubbed his nose, and said strangely, "How can you catch a cold on this hot day?"
“It must be Governor Ma who is scolding you!”
Huang Wudie sat without any image, with her feet on the footstool in front of her, and laughed, "Who told you to do something immoral?"
Zhao Guang argued, "How can my sister say that it is only right to pay back the debt? I went to ask the prefect Ma, but he resisted, saying that the court was tight on expenses and was unwilling to pay back the money."
"If he doesn't pay, then I won't sell him. How can this be considered immoral?"
Sitting next to the two of them was Huo Yi. When he heard Zhao Guang say this so confidently, his face was blank and he didn't say a word. Anyway, the words and deeds of the second son of the Zhao family these days have been refreshed more than once. His three views.
Zhao Guang could only be heard muttering, "Brother asked me to collect debts. If I can't complete this matter, then when can I go back? When the court's expenses are tight, when will our ranch and textile workshop ask the big man for money and food?" ?”
"It was at this time that the imperial court regained its composure, and then mentioned this matter. Unexpectedly, Governor Ma ignored it. If it continues like this, there is no doubt that some people in the imperial court will still think that this pasture has become the imperial court's. Take whatever you want.”
Huo Yi's mouth twitched, thinking to himself, aren't all the supervisors from the inner government too? What is the difference between now and becoming a foreigner?
A few people are currently staying in Feng Yongjian's big house in Nanzheng Yingzhai. There is a large basin of ice cream on the table, and the cold is overwhelming.
In this hot summer, these wonderful things can reduce the heat and relieve fever, which is really good.
It's just that Zhao Guang and Huo Yi were obviously tired of eating and didn't even look at the table. Huang Wudie, on the other hand, seemed to never be full, putting spoonfuls into his mouth.
At this time, there was a loud bang on the door, and someone opened it from the outside. A man came in angrily, "Zhao Erlang, how can you say that the cheese is gone?"
As if he had expected the visitor, Zhao Guang's expression did not change, he said "Huh" very hypocritically, stood up and said haha, "Prefect Ma is here, why didn't you tell me in advance and let me go to greet him? "
Ma Su must have been in a hurry. There were drops of sweat on his forehead. He didn't know whether it was from the sun or from anger. His face turned red. Hearing this, he sneered, "I'm afraid I won't even be able to enter the pasture if you know I'm here." bring it on?"
“What are you talking about, Chief Ma? You have been in and out of the pasture countless times. How can you say that you can’t get in if you can’t get in?”
Zhao Guang chuckled, pretending he didn't understand what Ma Di said.
Looking at Zhao Guang's tired look, Ma Su felt really angry. He found a place to sit down and his eyes fell on the large bowl of ice cream on the table.
Before he could speak, Huang Wudie glanced at him warily, hesitated, and called out, "Come here, give Governor Ma a bowl of ice cream."
When the servant came in with a bowl and a spoon, Huang Wudie grabbed the bowl, scooped out half of the bowl with a look of distress in his eyes, then carefully scooped up another spoonful, and then handed it to the servant.
Before the food reached his mouth, the coldness hit his face. Ma Su sighed, "The big man has just made some progress, but we should be so extravagant. We really shouldn't."
As he spoke, he picked up a spoonful and ate it.
Zhao Guang curled his lips and said, "If you have the guts, don't eat it."
After Ma Su finished eating, he put down his bowl and said to Zhao Guang righteously, "I don't know how much cheese it costs to make food for us. You have cheese to make this ice cream, but why are you unwilling to sell the cheese to the court?"
When Zhao Guang heard this, he immediately rolled his eyes and said in a sinister tone, "Sell? Why not sell? But Ma Eunuch, the cheese produced in this pasture just goes out, but no money or food comes in. Is this called selling?"
“Don’t make such a gesture!”
Ma Su pointed at Zhao Guang angrily, "I didn't say I wouldn't pay you money or food, I just postponed it for a while. Since you are a loyal and good man, can't you think about the court?"
"Prefect Ma, this ranch was built by my brothers and I, who raised money and food ourselves and worked our butts off. Now that we have some output, you just want to take it all away. That's it. Why don't you even Don’t you want to pay even money and food?”
"Do you know how much food it costs for the cattle, sheep, and servants on this pasture to eat and drink in a day? Without money and food support, what will the cattle, sheep, and servants on this pasture eat and drink?"
"If Governor Ma only thinks about taking it but not giving it to him, once the money and food that my brothers and I have worked so hard to raise are exhausted, this pasture will be gone. Therefore, the cheese produced during this period must be taken away first. Find someone else to exchange some money and food for support."
With that said, Zhao Guang looked at Ma Su again and smiled, "When the ranch has enough money and food, how about selling it to Ma Su?"
In any case, it will be fine as long as you do what your brother wants.
Among other things, my brother made a calculation for himself before leaving. He took cheese from his family's pasture to make military rations, and then resold it, which at least doubled the price tenfold.
At that time, I almost jumped up in shock.
So the imperial court will definitely not be short of money and food for its own cheese.
The reason why they are delaying payment is that they are used to getting money for free, and some people are unwilling to collect money all of a sudden.
There is no other way to keep silent when the court is in trouble. But when the court is well off and there are still people who want to take advantage of it, that is not possible.
As for who is unwilling, Zhao Guang didn’t think much about it, and he didn’t want to think about it.
This kind of thing should be considered by the elder brother.
(End of this chapter)