Chapter 458 When the danger really comes, our family can live with confidence
It wasn't often that Zhao Huan took the initiative to find Zhao Cheng, especially in such an urgent situation.
Zhao Cheng knew that there must be something extremely important, so he rushed back to the Prime Minister's Mansion without saying a word.
He came to Zhao Huan's study but found no one there. After searching around, he saw Zhao Huan cutting fish under the tree in the yard.
To be precise, Zhao Huan was very patiently filling the fish.
Although Zhao Huan is already in his early fifties, except when he wears armor in the army, he usually wears a loose gown, has long flowing hair, and a lazy look that doesn't like to take care of himself, but when he fillets fish, he always
He appears extremely capable and can even rise to a professional level.
He beat the fish fillets very thin and spread them one by one on the lotus leaves. They were filled with condiments on small plates and the fairy wine that Zhao Cheng gave him as a filial piety.
"Come on, come here and try some sashimi." Zhao Huan continued the 'work' at hand without raising his head.
Zhao Cheng was a little confused.
Is this what Zhao Wu said was urgent?
You're in a hurry and yet you're so leisurely?
Still eating sashimi?
Zhao Cheng seriously suspected that Zhao Wu had misunderstood the word "hurry", so he walked over and picked up a piece of sashimi with dipping sauce and put it in his mouth.
It melts in the mouth, and the aftertaste of the condiments stimulates the taste buds, reflecting a fragrant aroma in the stomach.
"Ah..." Zhao Cheng couldn't help shouting.
"Are you feeling good?" Zhao Huan smiled at Zhao Cheng.
Zhao Cheng moved a chair over and sat down, and said pertinently: "This fish is really good! Where did you get it, old man?"
Zhao Huan said proudly: "An old friend of mine named Qi Nian has resigned. Recently, he has been fishing at the beach every day, enjoying his old age. This Jingbian grouper fish is rare to see. He was lucky enough to catch two.
So I asked someone to send me one quickly."
The focus that Zhao Cheng heard was not the Jingbian spotted fish, but the name Qinian.
He asked: "Is the Qi Nian you are talking about the old governor of Jingdong County?"
"yes."
"Old man, you really have a lot of connections. Isn't the old county guard much older than you?"
"She is more than 20 years older than me, so we can be regarded as friends we have never forgotten!"
Zhao Huan raised his head, as if recalling the past, and said: "I saved his life on the battlefield. He is a man who repays his kindness and has taken good care of me for decades."
Zhao Cheng suddenly thought of something and asked tentatively: "I heard that when he resigned, he strongly recommended Huang Zhen to take his place. Since he has such a good relationship with you, he should also know about my friendship with Huang Zhen. Could it be that...
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"Don't think nonsense, don't think about things that shouldn't be yours."
Zhao Huan removed half of the fish meat, washed his hands, poured wine for Zhao Cheng himself, sat down and said, "Eat and drink first. If there are not enough fish fillets, I will cut them."
Zhao Cheng asked: "Why did dad call me here?"
"Eat fish and drink wine!" Zhao Huan glanced at the darkening sky and said with a smile: "We haven't had a conversation alone for a long time, so just think of it as chatting with me."
The more Zhao Huan acted like this, Zhao Cheng knew that Zhao Huan must have something important to say. Since he was not in a hurry, Zhao Cheng did not rush him. Thinking that he had not had a good drink with his father, he diligently offered him something to talk about.
Fillet the fish.
The more he thought about the alternation of positions between Qi Nian and Huang Zhen, the more he felt that it was not that simple.
Thinking more deeply, he even felt that Li Lu's ability to become the governor of Shangyang County was probably related to Zhao Huan.
I have to find an opportunity to test my father and see if he is familiar with the previous governor of Shangyang County...
It's getting dark.
At night, the gentle night breeze caresses.
As expected, the father and son did not talk about anything serious, they only talked about old memories and interesting things in life.
When Zhao Huan started to continue to fillet fish, he started to bring up the topic and said: "When you were in the Nanzhou military camp, I put the fourth child in solitary confinement. Do you know this?"
Zhao Cheng said: "I know, I told him about this and asked him to be more sensible and not to hold grudges against you."
Zhao Huan said: "I don't care whether you remember me or not. Of your three younger brothers, let alone the second one. The third one is upright and a martial arts fanatic. He has no distracting thoughts in his heart. The fourth brother has grown up now and has many things in his heart.
, it is easy to cause trouble. We have been living with our tails between our legs for so many years, we cannot let him collapse, you have to take good care of him."
Zhao Cheng asked: "Are you afraid that the fourth child will have ideas?"
Zhao Huan said: "Having ideas is not a bad thing, but he is too young, not calm enough, and not cautious enough, so he is not worthy of ideas."
"I see."
"Do you really understand?"
Zhao Cheng thought quickly, then suddenly put down his chopsticks and said, "Dad, do you think I've been too popular recently?"
"What do you think?" Zhao Huan paused and looked at Zhao Cheng.
Zhao Cheng said seriously: "Compared with previous years, I have indeed developed too fast in the past two years, but I have my own considerations."
"The removal of spies from Yanchuan was a last resort. At that time, you made great achievements in the Mobei battlefield, and I had to attract some attention for you. But I didn't expect that you disappeared when you came back, and you didn't say hello to me in advance.
, I had to attack Su Wansan to stimulate Wentai’s nerves."
"Later, the eldest princess fell in love with me and even took the initiative to marry me to our right prime minister's house. The court also made me the victorious general, which has pushed me to the eyes of many people. At this time, I can no longer pretend to be stupid like before.
I'm stunned, that's too fake, it will make the emperor suspicious."
Zhao Huan said: "So you deliberately pretended to be relying on Yuan Yun to get the upper hand and develop your business?"
Zhao Cheng nodded and said, "This is the most reasonable method I can think of."
After a pause, Zhao Cheng continued: "Facts have proved that the path I took was not wrong. This time Yu Changsi came over and found out everything we could let him explore. He is a very smart person and completely upright.
On Wen Tai's side, I don't know what he will tell Wen Tai after he returns. But I know one thing, he will definitely become more and more wary of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion."
"Dad, so we can't just keep a low profile and tolerate it. We must continue to accumulate our own strength while being patient."
"People are power, and money is power too!"
Zhao Huan asked: "For what purpose in the end?"
Zhao Cheng said seriously: "When the danger really comes, our family will have the confidence to survive."
Zhao Huan was silent for a while, cut all the fish meat, brought it over and sat down, clinked glasses with Zhao Cheng and took a sip, saying: "I won't talk about the past, but now you run a supermarket, Yiwen Club, and buy in bulk
These three things about Yanchuan Land’s actions make me a little scared.”
Zhao Cheng was silent and listened to Zhao Huan continue.
"Supermarkets seem to be beneficial to the people and the court, but in fact, when the court really needs to dispatch supplies, although it does not have the constraints of the big family, it has to rely on you. On the other hand, you are the big family.
The constraints on the imperial court have become the constraints of the supermarket on the imperial court. Then does the emperor think about what if you, Zhao Cheng, don't support him at the critical moment?"
"It's a good thing that Yiwen Society didn't succeed. If it really made an impact, it would definitely become a non-governmental organization that can convey news faster than the court and collect news from a wider range of people than the court. It's okay in peacetime, but in wartime
, The Yiwen Club is a powerful intelligence organization. Do you think the emperor will feel at ease?"
"You bought land in Yanchuan on a large scale, calling it a commercial district, and using the name of the Oriental Chamber of Commerce. But who is our emperor? He is suspicious, and the disease is very serious.
When he was at ease with you, it was fine. If he had the slightest suspicion of you, would he wonder what Zhao Cheng wanted to do? Is he going to buy the entire Yanchuan City and use it as his garden?"
"It's okay to be a garden, but Zhao Cheng's father knows how to fight! Does he want to use Yanchuan as a base?"
"Want to rebel?"
Under Zhao Huan's analysis, Zhao Cheng became more frightened as he listened. Especially when he heard the word "rebellion", Zhao Cheng felt his scalp numb.