Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 79
In the past few days, Zhu Gong can be said to have suffered a lot, and every day feels like years.Although it was only a few days, the torment in my heart was longer than the previous half of my life.

After making several choices, he finally chose to come to Wukang. For a person who is obsessed with earning money, at the most difficult time in his life, he can only feel a bit at ease if he stays with the family business he has accumulated all his life.

The grain stockpiled by Wukang can indeed be called Zhugong's lifelong family fortune.Nowadays, with the high food price, he insisted on a big gamble, mobilizing goods that are far beyond his control. The price is that most of the land in the old town is mortgaged. .

However, when he came to Wukang, Zhu Gong found out that the boy from the Shen family hadn't lied, and the blows were indeed coming one after another.He didn't see the traitor Xu Kuang, but the plain grain collection account book told him that he was indeed liquidated this time.

Originally, Wukang was almost out of food, but suddenly there were several large transactions, and the purchased food was nearly [-] hu, which exhausted his last wealth.Who can provide so much food at present, no matter who it is!

Without the experience in Bianshan Villa, Zhu Gong would probably still be indulging in his own beautiful fantasies, lucky to catch a fish that slipped through the net.However, the frighteningly high amount of money and food transactions now pushed him into the abyss of collapse.

People don't know their troubles, at this time Zhu Gong finally clearly understood the profound meaning of this sentence.Compared to the behemoth of the Shen family, he is just a small ant. It is ridiculous that he can't see Mount Tai, but he wants to perform a miracle of an ant swallowing an elephant!

Once he made this discovery, Zhu Gong realized that his escape in the past period was actually hanging by a thread. The Shen family had many opportunities to crush him, but they just let it go.

As for the other big households who were watching from the sidelines, they were probably happy to watch him make a joke. No one came to wake up the crazy person in his dream, but instead contributed to the flames behind him.In this contest of disparity in strength, whoever loses and who wins, has no loss for them.

If it is said that the annoyance of the reflection on the past behavior only awakened Zhu Gong's dream, then when he found himself trapped in the house by the Shen family, it made him realize the cold reality: it is not that the Shen family dare not touch him. Instead, he wanted to maintain a decent appearance, and what he was worried about was the Zhu family behind him, who was the opponent of the Shen family at a lower level.

After hesitating for the past few days, what Zhu Gong was considering was whether to bow his head completely to the Shen family, or to seek help from Zhu's family before struggling again?
The evil deed of pampering concubines and destroying wives is Zhu Gong's fate.The rich family Gao Di couldn't tolerate such a bad name for his family.Originally, Zhu Gong had hoped to restrain the Shen family with food, but a Liquan real milk suddenly appeared in the Shen family, which made his painstaking efforts come to naught.

The big households are just greedy, or have the idea of ​​suppressing the Shen family, but they definitely don't have the determination to sit back and watch the huge lure without being moved.The Shen family can exchange food here and break out from the food shortage.As a result, Zhu Gong's biggest reliance no longer exists.

Once his misdeeds are exposed, the Zhu family is very likely to clean up the house to maintain the family's cleanliness, and the Shen family will naturally not let him go.After weighing for a long time, Zhu Gong still decided to give up the struggle, and took advantage of the fact that the Shen family still restrained the Zhu family, and used grain as money for his life.Once the trouble got out of hand, he would not only destroy himself, but also his son's future, and no one would associate with people who bear such a bad reputation.

When Shen Zhezi heard the news of Zhu Gong's visit, he was chatting with his two cousins ​​in his aunt's room.These two people are not very old, one is fourteen or fifteen years old, and the other is only a few months older than Shen Zhezi.They didn't know that the relationship between their own family and the Shen family had reached the point where they couldn't see each other, and they admired Shen Zhezi, a well-known cousin, so the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

The servant reported that Zhu Gong was kneeling in front of the door, Shen Zhezi was not in a hurry to go out to meet each other, but dismissed the two cousins ​​and told his aunt about it, saying: "I don't know what my aunt's plan is?"

When Shen heard the news, she fell silent for a long time.She has a tough personality, but after all, she has studied "The Commandments of Women", and the incompatibility between her husband's family and her mother's family has caused her to suffer a lot during this period.She was completely disappointed in Zhu Gong, but the arrival of the two children aroused her maternal warmth, making it difficult to let go.

Hearing Shen Zhezi's inquiry at this time, Shen tangled for a long time, covered her face with her hands and said sadly: "I don't know what to do anymore? Zhezi, did you teach me?"

Shen Zhezi knew what his aunt was in trouble for. Zhu Gong favored his concubine and killed his wife not only hurt the Shen family, but also a great shame for the Shen family.Shen's difficulty is still thinking about her two sons, once this matter gets out of hand, the future of those two will be ruined.

Although Shen Zhezi had tried his best, he couldn't bear to push his aunt to a desperate situation. After pondering for a while, he said: "My aunt misses her two cousins, and my nephew also knows it. I can persuade the elders in the family not to pursue it. Even if I can Maintain an appearance, but it is impossible for the elders to let the aunt go home again."

Shen Shi also knew this very well, and nodded after hearing the words: "It's good if it can be like this, thank you Zhezi for saving my face. However, I don't feel relieved that the two children will return to Zhu's house..."

She was worried that those two children would be infected with Zhu Gong's bad habits, and it was absolutely impossible for the Shen family to have a close friendship with the Zhu family in the future.After the two children returned home, it was impossible for them to be taken care of by her mother's family.

"Don't worry, aunt. I will discuss this matter with Zhu Mingfu. He should understand your painstaking efforts and will not force the two cousins ​​to return home."

Shen Zhezi said on his lips, but sighed in his heart.Even if there is a rift between husband and wife, if they can restrain and tolerate each other for the sake of their children, they will not see each other in the end.But if two families are involved, it is already a matter of each other's reputation and dignity.

Thinking this way, Shen Zhezi walked to the front of the old house, and immediately saw a gray-bearded and haggard man kneeling in front of the gate, with thorns on his back, naked on his upper body.Seeing this scene, Shen Zhezi couldn't help being taken aback. Zhu Gong, who had been in his prime of life after only seeing him for a few days, had already shown obvious aging, almost turning white overnight.

At this moment, Zhu Gong no longer had the same arrogance as before, and there was nothing more sad than death, kneeling in front of the gate like a wooden sculpture.The Shen family's old house, which occupies a vast area and is magnificently built, weighed down like a mountain and made him unable to lift his head.It's ridiculous that not long ago, he even fantasized about being the master of this house!
It is advisable to use the remaining courage to chase the poor, and not to be known as the overlord.Shen Zhezi not only loves this poem, but also regards it as his creed.But all enemies can only be considered safe if they are completely beaten to death. Any pitiful illusion is false.

Hearing the sound of footsteps in the gate, Zhu Gong slowly raised his stiff neck, and then saw Shen Zhezi in a cloak standing inside the gate.Now that he sees Shen Zhezi again, there is not much hatred in his heart. If he can barely say that his heart is hard to calm down, it is a little regret that he didn't have the heart to really kill this boy in his manor that day.This young man, who can put on airs and is ruthless inside, is much more terrifying than Shen Chong.

"Sinners under the sect, I beg the benefactor, beg for the old love, and forgive the past sins of the disciples."

Zhu Gong pushed the ground forward with both hands, and bowed deeply under the courtyard.

Shen Zhezi pondered for a moment, but he didn't go down the steps to greet him, but raised his hand to give a slight signal. A servant came down to help Zhu Gong up, untied the thorns from his back, and put a coat on him.

After entering the hall, although Zhu Gong had to sit on the table, he turned slightly to show respect, looked at Shen Zhezi who was sitting opposite him, and then looked outside the door, with a few bitter smiles on his face: "Ma'am, you don't plan to be with me?" Goodbye?"

"My aunt is worried, and the Ming government should know it, why bother to ask again."

Shen Zhezi said: "Fortunately, the two cousins ​​are respectful and obedient, which can make my aunt feel a little relieved. It doesn't have to be like this. Now my family and Mingfu don't know how to get along with each other."

Hearing this, Zhu Gong's expression became even more laziness, and he didn't say any more, he just put his hands forward in vain, and soon a servant put a brocade box on the table in front of Shen Zhezi: "This is what I left near Wukang. For the details of the raised grain, Mr. Xiaolang, please check and inspect it, and receive it into the warehouse."

Shen Zhezi pressed the brocade box, and without opening it for counting, he ordered: "Make a copy of this account and leave it to the Ming government for record. When new grain is put into storage in the coming year, it must be undamaged, and the original amount will be returned."

Return the original amount?

When Zhu Gong heard these beautiful words, his heart became even more bitter.The price of food fluctuates, how can the value be the same year after year, especially the price of the food he finally collected in the treasury is more than ten times that of previous years.But the world is like this, what room does he have to struggle?The Shen family didn't kill them all, and even had to pay back their debts, which was the best result for him.

After another moment of silence, Zhu Gongcai said again: "Don't dare to lie to Mr. Xiaolang again. This time, in order to raise rice and grain, most of my land property has been mortgaged for turnover. This is my own fault, and I have no face to ask for it. My crime cannot be pardoned, but Qiu Zun Mansion thinks my child is innocent, and can preserve one or two footholds."

It is also an important reason why Zhu Gong finally chose to bow his head to the Shen family instead of asking his own family for help.The money and food he borrowed are mortgaged by the land, and the conditions are extremely harsh, and it is absolutely impossible to return them as promised.He bowed his head to the Shen family, offering his family fortune with both hands, and the Shen family naturally had the responsibility to deal with this problem.

"I don't know if the covenant book has been brought?"

Shen Zhezi is not surprised by this, if there is no responsibility, how can it be beneficial?Floating wealth is a trivial matter, and industry is the foundation.Even if he returned the property of the Zhu family in the future, he would still be placed under his own vassal, and it would be impossible for him to stand on his own.

Zhu Gong had already made preparations, and asked someone to present another brocade box.This time, Shen Zhezi opened the detailed review, and couldn't help but click his tongue. This Zhu Gong is really outrageous, and the terms of the contract are more harsh than usury. It can be seen that this guy is completely reckless in order to hit himself, and he doesn't hesitate to die.

There are many promises in this brocade box, involving more than tens of millions of goods, of course it is impossible for the Shen family to repay them, but they just rely on their own power to settle the too harsh requirements.Being able to come forward to help win a space for mediation is considered as the utmost benevolence.

However, what attracted Shen Zhezi's attention was that the Yan family was Zhu Gong's biggest creditor, providing him with most of the financial support.It seems that I can successfully lure Zhu Gong into the urn, and the help of the Yan family is indispensable behind the scenes.

Originally, Shen Zhezi secretly complained that Ma Cheng, the general of his trilogy, was not generous enough, so he didn't send a coffin to Yan Ping.Now it seems that the Yan family has already filled the coffin first.

He picked out the agreement letters involving Yan's family, and then, under Zhu Gong's dumbfounded gaze, he got up and threw them into the charcoal basin.The flames licked and licked, and quickly devoured the book of agreement representing millions of dollars and turned it into ashes.

　I will be going to Sanjiang later, thank you for your support. . .Then book a recommended ticket for next week. . .thank you thank you

　　


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