Tang's dining table

The fact that Cui's nun was coming to teach at Yun's house was publicized by Yun Chu and Yu Xiurong, and everyone in Manchang'an knew about it.

The most important thing to publicize is the one thousand taels of gold, a bucket of pearls, a hundred pieces of silk and satin, and four good horses.

When leaving the house, Yu Xiurong laid out the bundles prepared for the Etiquette Grandma on the carriage without a shed. Everyone could see a thousand taels of gold, a bucket of pearls, hundreds of pieces of silk and satin, and the things that had been packed away. Four good horses with extremely clean spirits.

Now the Yun family's guard of honor has arrived at Cui's gate, but Cui's door is tightly closed, and there is not even a person to come up to provide support. This means that something has gone wrong, and it is a big mistake.

Changsun Chong came to the end of the arcade of Gao Shilian's house, looked at Cui's closed door, and said with a smile: "Have you made an agreement with Cui?"

Yun Chu scratched his hair and said, "It's agreed."

Changsun Chong asked again: "Who did you agree with? Cui Gan?"

Yun Chu said: "Follow Cui Yao, Cui's nanny."

After listening to Yunchu's words, Changsun Chong almost lost his breath. He held on to the railing and said, "You mean, you reached an agreement with the rites nanny, but you didn't reach an agreement with the head of the Cui family?"

Yun Chu replied with a smile: "As far as I know, Mr. Cui Yao is not a slave of the Cui family, but just a member of the clan. She has the right to decide whether she will stay or go."

Changsun Chong was stunned for a moment and said: "As far as I know, there is no difference between what you are doing and giving and receiving privately. It doesn't make sense logically."

Yun Chu pointed to the gold, pearls, silks and fine horses on the carriage behind him and said, "So I gave Mr. Cui some compensation."

Changsun Chong's eyes were as wide as bells, and he screamed: "Is this okay?"

Yun Chu smiled and said: "According to the records in the Clan Chronicle published by the imperial court, the Yun family should be a third-class family now, right?"

Changsun Chong nodded and said: "That's right, after you won the Marquis of Guannei with your military merits, you can be considered a third-class family.

However, do you really think that the "Clan Chronicle" records that the Cui family is a fourth-class family, and their family is a fourth-class family? "

Yun Chu couldn't help but laugh and said: "When Mr. Zhao came to visit the Cui family and returned without success, was it because you felt that the Cui family was not a fourth-class family?"

The smile on Changsun Chong's face slowly faded, and he looked at Yunchu and said, "Maybe it was because my grandfather thought too much back then, or maybe it was because my grandfather was too shameless, and even more because my grandfather felt that we should abide by the old rules. There are rules.

Whatever Marquis Yun wants to do, do it now, I'm just here to take a look. "

Yun Chu smiled and handed the prepared greeting card to his housekeeper Liu Yi. Liu Yi then came to Cui's dark ebony door with the greeting card in hand, and clicked the door knocker. The brass door knocker collided with the ebony. The sweet sound spread far and wide. Just a door knocker showed Cui's extraordinaryness.

Immediately, the small door next to the Cui family's main door opened, and a middle-aged man wearing a tassel came out. This man had a long beard. He raised his head and looked at Yun Chu, who was still sitting on the maroon horse. He cupped his hands and said, "Yun Chu." What's the matter with Hou?"

When Yun Chu saw Cui Zhen, Cui Qian's younger brother, he dismounted and returned the courtesy: "As promised, I am the female gentleman of the Yun family who has come to greet me."

Cui Zhen looked at Yun Chu and said, "Why don't I know?"

Yun Chu then glanced at Yu Xiurong, who had just gotten out of the carriage and was dressed in a rich dress, and said, "These are all small things that women talk about. It's reasonable for men like us not to know."

Yu Xiurong smiled and greeted Cui Zhenshi, a middle-aged man in Chao Mingyi, and said: "Half a month ago, at Cui's back house, the young lady met Mr. Cui Yao very happily and settled the matter. At that time, Mrs. Cui He was also present and did not stop me. He also made arrangements for the repairs. I also asked your husband to report to the head of the family and open the door to welcome me. My husband is a Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, so it is disrespectful to be shut out by the Cui family like this."

Cui Zhen, a man in tattered clothes, squinted his eyes and said, "If my wife remembers correctly, what she said at that time should be, 'Even if it costs you a thousand taels of gold, you will never take Mr. Yao away from my house.'

Yu Xiurong blinked his big eyes and said, "Yes, so, my husband specially prepared three thousand taels of gold."

Without waiting for Cui Zhen to reply, Changsun Chong, who was standing on the arcade watching the excitement, laughed and said, "This is the most reasonable thing I have ever heard in my life. It is true. You can't hire a gentleman with one thousand taels of gold. You can't hire a gentleman with three thousand taels." Of course gold is fine.”

Cui Zhen looked up at Changsun Chong and said, "You can't say that."

Yu Xiurong chuckled and said: "I am just an ignorant woman. After hearing what Mrs. Cui said, I immediately went back happily to prepare for repair. These three thousand taels of gold have completely drained the Yun family's wealth." ”

Cui Zhen looked at Yun Chu and said, "Is Marquis Yun asking the Overlord to forcefully bow his bow?"

Yun Chu said with a smile: "The head of the Cui Gan family lost his life last year. I heard that a new head of the family has not been elected yet. What Mrs. Cui said is of course true to her word. If Brother Cui wants to make the decision, it is better to wait for you to become the Cui family head." The Lord will tell you later.”

Cui Zhen took a step forward, stared into Yun Chu's eyes and said, "Marquis Yun is trying to deceive me, the Cui family, because there is no one, right?"

Yun Chu also looked seriously into Cui Zhen's eyes and said, "The Cui family already has too many fields in Qinghe to count, so why are they still looking at the Yongye fields of the people in Wannian County?"

Cui Zhen said expressionlessly: "The person framed by Marquis Yun still needs to practice hard. The Cui family only has one farm in Wannian County, with no more than a hundred acres of land. It is a garden used for growing vegetables at home. If, this It can be regarded as invading people’s land, Cui has nothing to say.”

Yun Chu smiled and said to Cui Zhen: "I just said casually, please ask Brother Cui to open the door and let a certain family in, otherwise, the Yun family's guard of honor will not be able to disperse."

Cui Zhen shook his head and said: "The Cui family has never opened the door of their home due to coercion for thousands of years."

Yunchu sighed and said, "Don't say it so well. It's just a matter of deceiving the people. Cao Cao entered your gate with his soldiers, and Sima Yi took his soldiers in. I heard that the murderous Emperor Shi Hu of Hou Zhao You can do whatever you want when you enter your house, but don't talk about how good you are. Open the door quickly. I will take Mr. Cui Yao away and leave three thousand taels of gold. Why don't we all take a step back? "

Cui Zhen was not irritated by Yun Chu's words. Instead, he calmed down and said to Yun Chu: "I heard that Marquis Yun broke through the pass and stormed the city like walking on the ground. Why not try to see if Cui's ebony gate is strong."

Yun Chu smiled when he heard this, and then said to Changsun Chong, who was watching the excitement: "You heard it too, it was Mrs. Cui who asked me to rush through the door."

Changsun Chong lost the smile on his face and looked at Yun Chu and said, "I heard very clearly. Cui Zhen said: Marquis Yun broke through the pass and charged into the city as if he were on the ground. Why not try to see if Cui's ebony gate is strong."

Yun Chu then said to the housekeepers and confidants of the noble family who had gathered around to watch the excitement at some point: "You should have heard it clearly, right?"

Those stewards and confidants who were watching the excitement and did not think it was a big deal suddenly shouted: "Marquis Yun, just do whatever you want, we can hear it clearly."

Yun Chu turned around with a smile and said to Cui Zhen, who looked fearless: "There is a man named Du Chongming in Qujiangfang. He is an inconspicuous small businessman in Qujiangfang. When a certain company first developed Qujiangfang, This person is unknown, but after a few years, this Du Chongming, with the shrewdness of a small businessman, actually became the richest man in Qujiangfang.

In Qujiangfang, I raised chickens and ducks, raised fish, raised pigs, built brick kilns, built a city from the ground, built a market for barbarians, and established trading rules. The purpose of doing all this was to enrich the people and make them prosperous.

Finally, when I looked back and reviewed the achievements of Qujiangfang over the years, I was shocked to find that the people had received some benefits, but the biggest benefit was quietly given to this man named Du Chongming. "

Cui Zhen smiled and said, "Did he do anything illegal?"

Yun Chu smiled and said: "We are checking, no matter what, there will be something."

Cui Zhen laughed and said: "Marquis Yun is so incompetent and furious."

Yunchu said with a smile: "My incompetence is not only limited to this, but also to Cao Hui in Guangmingli, Zhao Ting from Ma Qianpo, Qu Tianming from Xinfeng City, and even Feng from Dongmingli. On the body... Just when people suddenly asked me for money this year when they were planting cotton, I thought at that time that after years of planning by a certain family in Wannian County, a mere thirty cents was nothing for the people of Wannian County. What.

However, for a mere thirty cents per acre of land, the common people ignored the good governance I have implemented for many years and attacked me en masse?

A certain family was so angry that they thought it was caused by the insatiable greed of these people. Later, when they calmed down, they asked an expert to help me investigate, and then they discovered that I have worked hard to run Wannian County over the years. In the end, most of the benefits from my operation have been They all fell into the hands of five emerging powerful men: Du Chongming, Cao Hui, Zhao Ting, Qu Tianming, and Feng Zheng.

The reason why the people care about the thirty cents is because they really lack the thirty cents.

You also know the temperament of the poor people. They sell new silk in February, buy new grain in May, heal the sores in front of their eyes, and cut out the flesh and blood in their hearts. In order to heal their parents, and to feed their children, Yun This little kindness given to the people of Wannian County is indeed nothing. "

Cui Zhen sneered and said, "What does the wealth of those people have to do with me, the Cui family?"

Yunchu laughed loudly and said: "So, a certain family has no choice but to become furious. Come here, help me attack the city!"

Following the order from Yunchu, whose eyes were gradually turning red, the Yun family servants who were originally neatly dressed left and took off their clothes. After overturning a carriage, two handles were six feet long and two feet in diameter, with two ends. The small battering ram covered with iron hoops was divided into two groups by eight big men. They lifted the iron chain on it and walked towards Cui's gate with neat steps.

A large group of green-clothed slaves suddenly poured out of Cui's small gate, holding iron chains, iron rulers, and knives and axes in front of Cui's gate. At the same time, hundreds of strong men brought by Yun Chu also emerged from the gate. Wooden sticks were pulled out from the carriage and guarded in front of Yu Xiurong and the female family members of the Cui family. They were waiting for Yunchu's order to disperse these evil slaves of the Cui family, so that their companions carrying the battering ram could break open the door of the Cui family. .

Seeing that Yun Chu's eyes had turned red, Cui Zhen shouted: "Marquis Yun, wait a minute, the Cui family agrees to the Yun family's invitation to hire Mr. Cui Yao to join the Yun family."

Yun Chu, who was originally as manic as a beast about to explode, calmed down, looked at Cui Zhen and said, "Really?"

Cui Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "Really."

Yunchu laughed loudly and said to Changsun who was standing on the wall watching the excitement: "Look, I didn't lie to you, Mrs. Cui really agreed."

Changsun Chong's eyes flickered, and after a while he raised his hands and said, "Congratulations, Marquis Yun, for adding a general to the family."

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