"Old Madam Hu, my Excellency Li Bingwen, in the name of the Zhu family, has come to your village to discuss the marriage between Mr. Zhu Biao and Miss Hu."
Li Bingwen visited Hujiazhuang, exchanged a few words with Hu Taigong, and immediately explained his identity and purpose of visit.
"My little sister is still young. It's better to wait for another two or three years. It won't be too late to get married." Hu Cheng, who was on the side, had already discussed the delaying tactic with Taigong Hu.
"Hmph, I'd like to remind you Mr. Hu. To put it nicely, I'm here to discuss with your family. To put it badly, I'm here to inform you of the time for the wedding."
"It will be the eighth day of the lunar month next month. Our young master has already calculated the auspicious day. Then your Hu family will prepare the dowry and send the bride to the sedan chair."
Li Bingwen slammed the tea cup in his hand on the table and threatened Grand Duke Hu directly and domineeringly.
"You~how can you be so rude! Even if you want to discuss my little sister's marriage, you should come in person, Grandpa Zhu. If you are so rude first from a shop, I will go to Grandpa Hu to complain." Flying Tiger Hu Cheng
Furious, who do you think you are and why you came to threaten our Hujiazhuang?
"I am here on the orders of Grand Duke Zhu to inform you of the marriage. If Mr. Hu is dissatisfied, you can go to Grand Duke Zhu to complain. I don't care, but the relationship between the two families will be tense by then, so don't blame me.
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"I recently heard that Shuibo Liangshan defeated Hu Yanzhuo, a double whip, and he was very arrogant. If Wang Lun inserts his hand into Dulonggang, don't blame Zhujiazhuang for not sending people to take care of Hujiazhuang on time."
Li Bingwen directly threatened Hujiazhuang with Wang Lun of Shuibo Liangshan. We wish the family a large number of people. They say it is an alliance of the three villages, but in fact we are not relying on our wish family to protect you.
Li Bingwen became more and more arrogant, but Taigong Hu was more worried. The strength of Hujiazhuang was indeed not as good as that of Zhujiazhuang.
"The date of the wedding still needs to be discussed, and the betrothal gift must not be less. The eight hundred acres of land in Dulong'ao, plus twenty shops in the county town, from now on the business interests will be divided into three percent of my family."
Taigong Hu was furious when he saw Li Bingwen's arrogance, but he couldn't bear to show off his face, so he simply used the betrothal gift as an excuse to delay the matter.
Originally Hu Taigong wanted Hu Cheng to exchange a thousand acres of land for Dulong Ao, but before he could go, the Zhu family members came first, so they might as well include it in the betrothal gift.
"In this case, I want to go back and report to my grandpa and trouble him to make the decision."
Li Bingwen walked away. He originally wanted to destroy the marriage between Zhu and Hu's family, and didn't care about his attitude at all.
Zhujiazhuang.
"I'm already arrogant and want to talk to Hu Taigong. But Hu Taigong is overbearing and insists on eight thousand acres of land in Dulonggang. He also wants to buy two hundred shops in the state capital. From now on, the business routes will be 80% divided between Hu's family."
Li Bingwen returned to Zhu's house, and complained aggrievedly about how he was so kind and kind in proposing marriage. He also told angrily about how the Hu family was overbearing and arrogant, asking for huge betrothal gifts, and how the Grand Duke Hu and Hu Cheng's domineering performance were lifelike.
"Damn it, old man Hu is bullying people too much."
Zhu Biao was furious, you are really talking like a lion. If you want so much, you are simply killing our Zhu family.
Zhu Biao added more fuel to the matter and told Zhu Taigong that he planned to personally bring a thousand villagers to propose marriage. He didn't believe that Old Man Hu dared to refuse. If he went now, he could go directly to the bridal chamber in the evening.
"No, no, we have been allies for many years after all."
"Well, Mr. Li will take another hard trip, and I will send a handwritten letter to Brother Hu. The marriage of the younger generations of the two families has been decided long ago, and the betrothal gifts have been given in the past. Now we wish the family can use the 800 acres of fertile land in Dulong'a
, the twenty shops in the county town, and four parts of the future trade routes will be given to the Hu family."
Old Master Zhu felt that a small impatience would ruin a big plan, so he first let Zhu Biao marry Hu Sanniang, and then slowly embezzled the Hu family's property. As for the 40% of the trade route, it was not a problem, so he just took 20% from Lijiazhuang.
Hujiazhuang.
"My old grandpa said that the bride price has been given to you. The two hotels in Dulonggang will be given to your Hu family. The eight acres of land in Shegou are treasures of Feng Shui, so they will be given to Hu Taigong."
Li Bingwen forged a letter to Zhu Taigong and directly lowered the betrothal gift. As for business dividends, forget about it.
"That's a cemetery in Shegou. You Zhu family are going too far!" Feitianhu was furious when he heard this. He pointed angrily at Li Bingwen and was about to take action.
"Cheng'er stop!"
Grand Duke Hu stopped Hu Cheng and said angrily: "Okay, the Hu family doesn't want all the bride price."
"Haha~ Mr. Hu is still sensible."
"I don't want any betrothal gifts. Let Zhu Biao be my son-in-law. In the future, Zhu Biao and Sanniang's children will be named Hu."
"see a visitor out!"
Zhujiazhuang.
"My second brother and I are asked to be his son-in-law. One daughter marries two husbands. This old guy must have taken the wrong medicine. Father, I will take five hundred villagers to Hu's house and marry Hu Sanniang."
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Zhu Biao was furious. The son-in-law who came to visit him was his surrogate son-in-law. He was allowed to go to the imperial court to conquer and build the Great Wall. Criminals and surrogate sons-in-law belonged to the same group of conscripts.
What chilled Zhu Biao the most was that his eldest brother looked at him thoughtfully, and seemed to agree with him. Did he really want him to be Mr. Hu's son-in-law?
"That's it, that's all. Biao'er, take a thousand villagers to visit your future father-in-law. If you treat him nicely, then don't get into a fight. If the Hu family is too rude, just snatch Hu Sanniang away.
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"Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, you two ask Master Zhuang to prepare and try to hold a banquet tomorrow."
Zhu Taigong is also angry. On weekdays, I always say the same thing on Dulonggang. Whenever Hujiazhuang dares to go against my will, maybe I have some backer. If not, let Biao'er go test it out.
With both Li Bingwen and Li Bingwen at war, the two families had fallen out over the bride price.
On this side, Zhu Biao brought a thousand villagers, all holding simple knives, and came to investigate the crime.
Li Bingwen also secretly revealed the news to Hu Taigong's assistant at Zhu's house, who quickly sent a letter to Hujiazhuang.
"What? Zhu Biao actually wants to poison me and seize our Hu family's property?"
"Okay, Zhujiazhuang wants to annex our Hujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang. It's really unreasonable."
Hu Taigong, Hu Cheng, and Hu Sanniang were so angry that they smashed everything in the hall after receiving a message from undercover Fei Ge. The Zhu family was simply outrageous and deceitful!
"Report~ It's not good, Grandpa, Grandpa. Zhu Biao led a thousand villagers and stormed into our Hu family's territory aggressively, wounded our guards, and said he was here to investigate." The soldiers guarding the entrance of the village came in a hurry.
Report.
"Hiss~ This Zhu Biao really wants to destroy our Hu family."
Taigong Hu originally had doubts in his mind as to whether the undercover agent had made a mistake, but when Zhu Biao came with a thousand bankers, his intention became obvious.
"Father, don't worry. The boy will take the banker to arrest Zhu Biao to plead guilty to his father."
Yizhang Qinghu Sanniang originally disliked Zhu Biao, but now she regarded Zhu Biao as her enemy. She raised two swords and ordered five hundred bankers to fight against Zhu Biao.
The one with the highest martial arts skills in Hujiazhuang is Hu Sanniang. On weekdays, it is Hu Sanniang who leads the villagers to practice martial arts, and Hu Taigong and Hu Cheng do not stop them.
"Cheng'er, go to Lijiazhuang and ask Mr. Li Ying, the Flying Sky Eagle, to help in the battle."
Grand Duke Hu was worried that Zhu's family would be rich, so he quickly recruited foreign aid. If Lijiazhuang fell to Zhujiazhuang, then we would really be doomed.
"My child, let's go right away."
Hu Cheng nodded and joined forces with Wu to fight against Cao. The boy understood.