"You said Zhang Liang promised to return the granary to us?"
The old head of the Xie family was quite surprised that Zhang Liang was so easy to talk to.
"Yes, Zhang Liang promised me personally!" Xie Lingfeng nodded: "Father, do you think there is fraud?"
The old master did not answer and continued to ask: "You just said that Zhang Liang did not admit that the bandits who seized the granary were the bodyguards pretending to be?"
"Yes," Xie Lingfeng said, "Jin Feng is now a prominent figure, and he will definitely not admit it."
"That's right. When he reaches his level, he will definitely leave his name in the history books, so reputation is very important. If people know that he sent people to dress up as bandits to carry out plunder, it will be a stigma."
The old master thought for a moment and said, "Promise Zhang Liang that I will send the money and the singer there tomorrow!"
"Father, what if Zhang Liang regrets it?" Xie Lingfeng asked with a frown.
Forget about sending singers as gifts. Anyway, there are not many other things in Dakang, just girls. People sell their sons and daughters everywhere. The singers given to Zhang Liang only have good faces and figures, most of them have no talent. They are among the best cultivated singers.
Yes, the Xie family can just buy some more girls and train them for a few months.
But in order to hoard food, the Xie family had already spent a lot of money, and there was not much money left.
The gold and silver jewelry that was given to Zhang Liang before was also a very large expense for the Xie family. If it tripled again, the Xie family would also be very struggling!
"Feng'er, you have to remember that gold and silver are foreign objects after all, and they are the most unstable things."
The head of the old family said: "Don't you know how Jin Feng and the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau treat the aristocratic family? Now it's just Zhang Liang coming with a small group of escorts. If after Jin Feng stabilizes the rear, the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau army comes to Jiangnan, thank you
It’s useless no matter how much money the family has, why not take advantage of the opportunity to make the decision and give the money to Zhang Liang to show some affection!”
When Xie Lingfeng heard this, his mood became heavy: "I'm afraid Zhang Liang won't recognize this friendship!"
"Whether you admit it or not, won't you know this time?"
The head of the old family said: "If Zhang Liang fulfills his promise, then everything will be easy. If he regrets it, we will at least know the attitude of Zhenyuan Escort Bureau and we can arrange countermeasures."
"I hope Zhang Liang will fulfill his promise. In this case, we will have someone at the top of Sichuan and Shu."
People are short-handed, so as long as Zhang Liang accepts the benefits of the Xie family, it means that the Xie family has a handle.
In the future, they will ask Zhang Liang to do something. If Zhang Liang disagrees, they can use it to blackmail Zhang Liang.
This is also a common method used by the family to lure officials into trouble.
However, after the vast majority of officials have tasted the sweetness, they will get deeper and deeper without threats from the family.
The head of the old family knew his son very well. As soon as he heard Xie Lingfeng's words, he knew what he was thinking.
Shaking his head, he reminded: "No, even if Zhang Liang fulfills his promise, don't even think about using excuses to threaten him!"
"Why?" Xie Lingfeng asked in confusion: "I heard that the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau has extremely strict military laws. Zhang Liang dare not disobey us!"
"Zhang Liang and Jin Feng have known each other since childhood, and he is Jin Feng's right-hand man. Even if you take advantage of this and move to Zhang Liang, you will be hated by Jin Feng!"
The old patriarch said: "You don't need me to tell you the consequences of being hated by Jin Feng, right?"
"Then we will die together with Zhang Liang!"
"Stupid!" The old family leader paused with his cane: "Perish together is something that a reckless man would do in anger. If a family wants to continue for a long time, it must not have such an idea. Instead, it must learn to assess the situation.
When it’s time to be flamboyant, be flamboyant; when it’s time to be dormant, be dormant!”
"Father, do you think that if the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau's army arrives, we will still have a chance to hide?" Xie Lingfeng was a little discouraged.
"Difficulties are limited, but there are countless ways to solve them. The difference is whether you can think of them or not!"
The old head of the family said: "Feng'er, you have to remember, don't despair at any time, as long as you think about it, you can always find a way to break the situation!"
"My child remembers it!" Xie Lingfeng asked: "Father, how do you plan to break the situation this time?"
He knew that since the old patriarch said this, he must have already thought of a way to break the situation.
"For the current plan, we can only start the seed plan." The old family leader said helplessly.
"Seed plan?" Xie Lingfeng couldn't help but gasped when he heard this.
The seed plan is the last plan of a family. Once the seed plan is launched, it is basically the moment of life and death for the family.
For example, at the end of the previous dynasty, some families supported the founding emperor of Dakang, while others supported the enemies of Taizu of Dakang.
Later, Taizu of Dakang conquered the world, so he naturally wanted to liquidate those families who supported the enemy.
In order to prevent their clans from being exterminated, those aristocratic families had to let some of their elite members hide their names and flee to other places to save their lives.
In order not to be discovered, these tribesmen cannot carry too much money, and their survival depends entirely on their own abilities.
Most of the children of aristocratic families grew up in fine clothing and good food, but suddenly they were forced to live in poverty. Either they couldn't bear the exposure, or they starved to death.
Even if they are lucky enough to survive, most of them will live in poverty. It is difficult to decide whether they can save money to marry a wife, let alone provide a good educational environment for their children.
Without education, it will be difficult for children to get ahead, and the family may be finished in one or two generations.
Therefore, no aristocratic family is willing to launch a seed plan unless it is absolutely necessary.
"Father, is there no other way?" Xie Lingfeng asked unwillingly.
"Feng'er, although Jin Feng is hateful, I have to say that he is a hero and has opened up a new era, an era that has never been seen before!"
The head of the old family said: "Every time the times change, many people will rise and many will be buried. If the Xie family does not want to be among those buried, they must have the courage to cut off the tail of a gecko!"
"Yes!" Xie Lingfeng nodded: "Then shall I prepare the money?"
"Go ahead," the old man waved his hand and closed his eyes tiredly.
Too many things have happened recently, and the eldest son cannot be reused, so he needs to do many things himself.
After all, as you get older, you can't think about things as neatly as you did when you were young, and you'll feel tired after thinking about it for a while.
It was already evening when Xie Lingfeng came out of his ancestral home, but he did not dare to rest. He rushed to the county town overnight to collect money and singing girls.
At noon the next day, Xie Lingfeng rushed to Zhang Liang's manor with an even larger motorcade.
Zhang Liang knew that it was impossible to deceive the Xie family with a simple word game, so he thought that the Xie family would most likely come to him to bargain. Who knew that Xie Lingfeng would send the money so quickly.
This surprised Zhang Liang very much.
But since the money was delivered, Zhang Liang had no reason not to accept it.
"Arrange someone to collect the money. In addition, inform the first and second battalions that it's time for the second performance!"