Great Wei Nengchen

The gentry in Hebei is not monolithic. It is divided into two parts: one is the gentry in Hebei and Qingzhou.

The second is the gentry of You and Bing states. They are located in a remote place and their roots are relatively shallow. They are rising stars and are often underestimated. Their leader is the Liang family!

There has been a long history of fighting openly and secretly between the two major gentry groups, and it has always been incompatible. When the Yuan family ruled, the government was established in Yecheng, relying more on the Hebei and Qing gentry, and trying their best to suppress the You and Bing gentry The group also deepened the contradiction between the two!

Cao Jun's Northern Expedition, Hebei changed hands, and the Liang family jumped up and down, desperately trying to please. Could it be that they want to collude with Cao Ying and reverse the situation in one fell swoop, then something bad will happen!

"The Liang family has earned a lot of bad money by selling livestock and brewing spirits. At best, they are a local rich man. How can they compare with our Zhen family?"

"Da Sima Xiao Yi is Fifth Sister's husband and the son-in-law of our Zhen family, so he can't bend his elbows and help outsiders deal with relatives, right?"

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There are also dozens of people sitting on the left side of the lobby, all of them are collateral descendants of the Zhen family, each of them looks arrogant, they were born in wealth and honor, and grew up in ease, like birds in a cage, with all the bad habits of the descendants of the family However, the wisdom and wisdom of the ancestors are gone!

The descendants of Zhen's direct line are withered, Zhen An is old, Zhen Yu is weak and incompetent, and Zhen Mi, who is really in charge, is a woman of the generation and is not qualified to be the head of the family!

Therefore, these collateral descendants have become restless, and have been trying to gain more rights, and even replace the position of the direct descendants. This time they hoarded food and drove up prices, they were the ones who instigated it!

Unexpectedly, it was self-defeating, and almost lost everything with the company, so they jumped up and down, wanting to go through the back door, rely on connections, and reverse the current situation!

"Prime Minister Cao is brilliant, powerful, talented and general. Since he launched the Northern Expedition, he has conquered cities and lands, and is invincible. Moreover, his military discipline is strict and he has never committed any crimes against the people. The hearts of Hebei are all gone!

Peace is the most important thing in the way of a gentleman. You all come from famous families and have huge wealth. Why bother to make a small profit, offend the prime minister, and have a grudge against the elders in Hebei. Selling grain at a low price and helping the people can also change your reputation. ..."

The eldest son - Zhen Yu doesn't like money, doesn't covet power, and has always been aloof from the world. At this time, he tried his best to persuade everyone not to offend the traitors in troubled times just for a small profit!

I have to admit that there are five sons in the Zhen family lineage, and the other four are all dead. Only the eldest son-Zhen Yu is still alive, which has a lot to do with his weak personality. When it is in danger, it shrinks its head. It looks very unpromising, but it lives longer than other animals!

"Eldest Young Master's words are wrong. The struggle for power is life and death. If we take a step back, the other party will take a step forward. Don't we want to give up the power in our hands?"

The Zhen family is the number one chaebol in the world, and they must not lose to the Liang family. If the eldest son is not talented enough, why not abdicate and make way for the virtuous? The Zhen family has many talented and enterprising heroes! "

As soon as Zhen Yu's words came out, it aroused strong opposition, especially from a group of collateral disciples, who waved their fists and shouted loudly, completely in a posture of "force the palace"!

If they were not afraid of the prestige of the head of the family, Zhen An, and the shrewdness of the fifth son, Zhen Mi, they would have usurped power and the throne. Of course, the person they fear the most is the ghost-faced Xiao Lang!

The famous talent of the family - Zhen Fei, just because he offended Xiao Yi, ruined his reputation and made him miserable, and now he is still receiving customers in the brothel, and every night he is subdued by a man, just thinking about it makes his whole body get goosebumps, who is not afraid Woolen cloth?

"If you have something to say, you are all brothers of the same clan. Why do you have to push each other so hard? If something unexpected happens, who will clean up the mess?"

Zhen Yu was originally a useless person, but under the coercion of everyone, he reluctantly agreed. After some discussion, they came up with three countermeasures:

First, if you are close to each other, write a letter to Zhen Mi immediately, telling her about the difficulties the Zhen family is facing, and let her blow the pillow. For the sake of her close relatives, she will not just sit idly by!

As the eldest uncle, Zhen Yu went to negotiate with Xiao Yi, seduced him with profit and affection, and let him use the power in his hand to secretly support Zhen's family and raise the price of grain in Yecheng again. It is best to alienate him The Liang family, as well as the You and Bing gentry groups!

After the matter is completed, the elites are willing to give up [-]% of the profits and give it to Xiao Yi as a share. The two sides will form a political alliance, and advance and retreat together in the future. With beautiful women, money, and rights added together, I think he will not refuse!

Second, stealing the day and changing the day, each family spends all their capital and sends people to disguise themselves as ordinary people to secretly buy Liang's food. It is best not to leave a single grain of rice!

At that time, all the food in Yecheng fell into the hands of the Ji and Qing gentry, so you can set whatever price you want, and you can get back the previous losses!

You can also use food as a bargaining chip to threaten the Caoying Group in exchange for some powerful officials. Because of the war, there are a lot of vacancies on the ground in Hebei, Qinghai, and the three states!

Thirdly, the Liang family bought most of the food from the southern states. Those places were relatively peaceful, and a bucket of rice cost only three or four hundred dollars. It was still profitable to transport it to Yecheng and sell it for thousands of dollars!

The Zhen family also sent caravans to buy in Jingzhou, Jiangdong, and Yizhou. As long as the price is set higher, the grain can be snatched. If the Liang family can't get the grain, they can't make waves. Take advantage of this opportunity , Also visit the southern princes!

After more than ten years of melee, the princes gradually disappeared, and the world gradually became unified. Now the remaining princes, Cao Cao dominates the Central Plains, Sun Quan, Liu Biao, and Liu Zhang are connected head to tail and ruled in the Yangtze River Basin. Is it really bad?

In history, it is not uncommon for the weak to defeat the strong and the small to swallow the big. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu are the best examples!

As the saying goes: The plan of the Zhen family in the three caves of the cunning rabbit is to seek refuge with the Cao family on the surface, and strive to be a hero who founded the country, and maintain good relations with Jiangdong, Jingzhou, and Yizhou in private.

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The matter has been discussed, and the action started the next day. The major families sent people, carrying real money, to secretly buy the grain of the Liang family, and then monopolize the grain market in Hebei!

The purchase in the south was handed over to dozens of collateral descendants of the Zhen family. This is a fat job, not to mention falsely declaring prices and taking the opportunity to embezzle, but also to taste the beauty of Jiangnan beauties, Wu Chujiao'e, Shuzhong beauties... But it's famous!

At the same time, under the persecution of everyone, Zhen Yu went to visit the eldest Sima Xiao Yi, reluctantly and unwillingly. He had heard people say that this brother-in-law is very domineering!

Chapter 1063 The golden cup shares the drink with you, and you will never forgive each other!

"Zhen's Acting Patriarch - Zhen Yulue prepared a small gift, and came to meet with Da Sima, and share the relationship between relatives!"

"Great Sima is in the mansion, please wait a moment for the honored guest, let me go in and report, nothing else is necessary!"

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The next morning, Zhen Yu brought a large group of entourages, carrying many valuable gifts, to the mansion of Da Sima. According to the rule of "asking for an audience", he also stuffed a big gold ingot as the guard's errand money. By the way, he wanted to find out Condition!

Unexpectedly, after receiving the greeting card, the guard stepped in and reported it, without even looking at Jin Yuanbao, which surprised Zhen Yu, and also had a premonition that things were going to be difficult!

As the saying goes: Follow the example, learn from others, even a guard can treat money like dung, so you can imagine the ambition of Xiao Lang, such a man, how can such a man be tempted?

"Haha! - The elder brother came to visit, and the younger brother was far away, so please make amends, let's talk inside!"

After a while, Xiao Yi appeared staggeringly, with drunken eyes, disheveled clothes, not a bit of a general, but like a swinger!

"I've heard for a long time that Da Sima is suave and informal, and seeing him today, he really lives up to his reputation. My little sister has such a good son-in-law, it's a match made in heaven!"

Zhen Yu is a weak person, but he is not confused at all. He has heard people say that Xiao Lang has a dark belly and a thick skin. He is ruthless and looks harmless to humans and animals. In fact, he never blinks when killing people, and he especially likes people behind his back!

"Today we meet, we only talk about personal friendship, big uncle first please!"

"How can we ignore the superiority and inferiority, the chief Sima invites you first!"

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The two gave way, and walked into the lobby of the mansion side by side, only to see that the house was full of guests, laughing and cheering, and it was indeed a banquet!

Ma Liu, Daniu, Gao Shun, Dian Wei, Zhang Xiu, Jiang Qi, Jia Xu, Feng Ji... A group of civil servants and military generals, already drunk, got up and greeted Zhen Yu when they saw Zhen Yu walking in. It's enthusiasm!

"Heroes, gather together, and get to know you adults, and I will be lucky in the next three lives!"

Those who participated in the banquet were either brave generals or resourceful people, Zhen Yu hurriedly bowed to salute and got to know each other, feeling startled and worried in his heart!

Surprisingly, Xiao Yi's prestige is so high, his strength is so strong, these people join hands, they are enough to separate one side and become the king. No wonder some people said in private: Xiao Lang is very ambitious, and he intends to ostracize the Cao family!

What is worrying is that I have come through the back door through my relationship today. Now that everyone is watching, I have some things to say.

Chinese banquets are rich in content, extensive and profound. In addition to drinking, discussing affairs, connecting feelings, and intrigue... entertainment is also indispensable. Eating, drinking, and having fun is a feast!

The gathering of peddlers and pawns, yelling and drinking, guessing orders with punches, is a fun game, but the gathering of nobles is not the case. Whether it is enjoying singing and dancing, or playing pot games, it must be fun and elegant!

Touhu comes from "shooting ceremony". Since the courtyard is not wide enough to bend bows and shoot arrows, and we are worried that the guests will get drunk and accidentally hurt their friends during the game, so we use touhu instead, entertain guests, learn etiquette, and win some prizes incidentally!