When Zheng Tong heard the word "Ask" and felt that life was worse than death. In these days, the times, the experience was made on his head and not on his belt.

He is not those poor people. Those people are poor without a way. If they don’t compete with the so-called encounter, they may starve to death the next day. After all, they are pampered and have no worries about food and drink in this life. They have more than a dozen wives and concubines at home, and their lives are leisurely. Why, in this blink of an eye, the encounter is here, Zheng Tong doesn’t feel any encouragement or arouses any fighting spirit. Instead, he feels frightened.

But when the eldest brother said this, he was speechless. He didn't know what to say for a moment, but he just pursed his lips and didn't dare to say anything. He annoyed the eldest brother, it was not a joke.

I was sighing in my heart, but I could only shake my head.

The Zheng family has been very lively these days, and the whole family is full of joy. For Zheng Tong, this is a beheading business, but for other uncles, it is obviously another matter. This is the opportunity for the Zheng family. After finally coming, how can you miss it? Although Qin Shaoyou is a trouble, it is obvious that the person facing Qin Shaoyou is not the eldest and the youngest of the Zheng family, and it is obviously the third brother Zheng Tong.

Sure enough, within a few days, the imperial decree was issued. Wei Tiancong, the son of Wei Hongmin, ordered him to be the Prince of Wuling. Qin Shaoyouren and others were rewarded with merits and awarded 500 gold. As for the imperial edict of Zheng Tong as the governor, it also came very quickly. The Zheng family cheered and cheered. This was Zhaoyi Town, eleven fertile prefectures, hundreds of counties, millions of people, abundant resources and richness.

Once the Zheng family’s family background, coupled with this Zhaoyi Town, will be integrated into such a terrible force. As long as you can gain a foothold and work hard to manage, even the Wei family will be enough to compete with each other.

So, the Zheng family almost used the power of the clan to start unblocking various joints.

In the Yang Family Villa in Mengjin, Yang Jiong, who had been in the meeting hall, looked tired and before he could rest, someone came to report: "Zheng Shuang from the Zheng Family in Xingyang has arrived. He said he wanted to pay homage to the head of the family."

Zheng Family in Xingyang

How could Yang Jiong not know about Chang'an Sheng? He was not a blind man and deaf man, so he naturally knew the purpose of the Zheng family.

The relationship between the Zheng family and the Yang family can be traced back to the Qin and Han dynasties. The relationship between the two parties is quite harmonious. There have been in-laws over the past few hundred years. It can be said that everyone is both acquaintances and a relative. Zheng Shuang and Yang Jiong have always been familiar with each other. Both parties love classics and learned from the classics. When they were young, they both discussed their knowledge in Chang'an. They had frequent contacts. This was one of Yang Jiong's few friends when he was young.

Nowadays, visits are obviously no longer about studying the classics. Combined with the recent news from Chang'an, Yang Jiong felt like a mirror in his heart.

He sighed in his heart. The situation of the Zheng family was indeed very difficult, because of their relationship with the Wei family, coupled with the Wei family's great title of princes. Now the family is in danger of weakness. Now that this opportunity suddenly comes, I really have to try it to the end no matter what.

Although it was a sigh, Yang Jiong's eyes also showed a little nostalgia for his old friend. He still shook his head: "Go and tell him that I am not feeling well and it is inconvenient to meet him, please ask him."

Yang Jiong didn't say anything else, so he went to the room to study behind closed doors.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to see him, but that he cannot see him. Your Highness is now digesting the Five Armies. The most important of these five towns is Zhaoyi Town. It can almost be said that in His Highness’s heart, this Zhaoyi Town has long become his pocket, and no one is allowed to seize food from the tiger’s mouth. It is precisely because of this that Your Highness has allocated a lot of money from the Shence Mansion to build the Five Armies. The Five Armies is almost another magnificent building outside the Shence City. The entire barracks run ten miles in a row, and various training grounds and barracks are arranged in a staggered manner. There are countless corner towers and posts. Obviously, Your Highness has planned a long time ago, using Zhaoyi as a place to train, station troops, and station troops. Mengjin and even Hongnong are used as workshop areas, establishing Luoyang into a commercial center, and using Luokou as a transfer center.

This series of arrangements, Zhaoyi Town, located in the center of the five towns, is almost the soul land planned by His Highness. It is connected to Shuofang and Zhenwu towns in the north, and to the east, it can enter Shenwei Town and to the south. This is Henan Prefecture. Because of this, the canal tributary connecting the five towns was also built with this center.

It can almost be said that any ambitions of the Zheng family for Zhaoyi Town are delusional.

Now that Zheng Shuang is coming, she must have hoped to use her influence in Henan Prefecture to clear this relationship. At least, she has the intention of negotiating with Your Highness. But this is not a transaction. Your Highness will never make any concessions in this regard. Since it cannot be cleared, she is unwilling to come to the palace to get into trouble. She simply ignores the Zheng family.

"However, from this point of view, the Zheng family is determined to Zhaoyi, but they don't know how it will end in the end. This is clearly the Wei family's strategy to drive the tiger and swallow the wolf." Yang Jiong smiled bitterly in his heart, and a little smiled that the Zheng family was a little ignorant of the current affairs, and was actually willing to fall into the Wei family's trick.

However, after careful consideration, Yang Jiong realized that their thoughts were actually understandable. Is there any other way out for the Zheng family now? Everyone in the world has their own way out. Some follow the Wei family and drink a sip of soup. In this carnival of bans, they have obtained a territory that matches their family background. Some are like the Yang family, consciously integrated into the Shence Mansion and accumulate their own wealth crazily. Just like the Yang family, the current transactions have been integrated into various parts of Henan Prefecture. The tentacles of the Yang family's business have almost stretched to all walks of life, and the annual income is ten times and twenty times the previous year. In addition, the Yang family controls the position of speaker in the deliberation hall, and the influence is even more extraordinary. This situation is not worse than those of the big families who drink soup with the Wei family.

"They have no choice. Even if they know it is a traitor, they still have to dive in. But they obviously don't understand. They have no choice. Does Your Highness have another choice? Why is Your Highness still unwilling to come in Zhaoyi Town? Isn't this already very obvious?" He sighed, and he only felt regret in his heart.

Zheng Tong was almost carried by a knife on board the boat, and he walked and stopped all the way. Finally, he arrived in Weizhou. He saw countless craftsmen and laborers digging the river and digging water on the north bank of the Yellow River. Countless brick kiln workshops were built. A large number of people were busy, drawing white lines on the ground. At the dock, local officials came to greet him. However, it was Zhang Tao, the governor of Weizhou. After all, the visitor was the governor of Zhaoyi appointed by the court. Zhang Tao, theoretically, was Zheng Tong's subordinate.

When Zheng Tong saw someone coming to greet him, his face looked better. He slowly got off the boat and couldn't help asking, "Governor Zhang, what is this?"

Zhang Tao was excited. He said: "This is a construction of the fifth military camp. He has moved 70,000 to 80,000 craftsmen. He has to build a solid fortress on the north bank for more than ten miles. In the future, tens of thousands of troops and horses must be stored here at any time, and practiced day and night. Not only should the new recruits be trained here, but those who have made contributions must be promoted, and they must also retrain here. It is not only for military officers to learn, but also for training troops, but also for controlling and dispatching the military horses of the five towns and one government. Have you seen this? This alone costs millions of jinping and tens of thousands of dan of food. The Prince of Hongnong is really a big deal.

Originally, most people in Weizhou work for a living. To be honest, although it is a fertile land, there is no way out for growing grain. Now, when millions of guan are taken out, countless strong men will make a living. The governor of the lower guan used to see how much money and food were in the past. Tens of thousands of guan were a lot of money, but now it is really scary. Do you know how much money these five military camps have been in training in a year? How much money is spent in order to connect the canal? His Highness Zheng is very concerned about Zhaoyi Town."

After saying that, Zhang Tao looked at Zheng Tong meaningfully.

Zheng Tong finally calmed down and immediately raised it again, and he was about to be scared to pee again.

This Qin man has really invested a lot of money. He spent so much money and set up a military camp here and built a canal. How much money is this? It's like a piece of land. The rich man from Qin next door bought a cow, turned over the ground, and even applied fertilizer. What do you think he is thinking? Of course, he regards this place as his own land. Will he do so many things and end up getting all the money off the Zheng family?

Zheng Tong had an urge to die. Before he came, he still had a trace of fantasy. He couldn't say that he would recognize the will of the court, but he couldn't say that he still had room for maneuver.

Now, there is nothing to say. All the money has been poured in, and all the gold and silver are piled up here, and there is no possibility of being spared.

Zheng Tong wanted to cry, but when he looked at the governor Zhang Tao again, he couldn't help but feel suspicious. This person surnamed Zhang was clearly a lobbyist of Qin Shaoyou. Is it unclear to come here to say these things? This is to convey Qin Shaoyou's meaning, to tell yourself to know what to advance and retreat.

"Hey hey hey hey what's this? What a hell of a situation?"

Governor Zhang was still chattering and said, "If you want to say that, life will be better for the people in Weizhou. Look, Your Highness is here, but it is very popular with the people. Since you spent so much money, you have built bridges and roads, opened up canals, and built a large camp. How many people have to be recruited at this time? The wages are all perfect. I don't know how many people are now relying on Your Highness to make a living. Everyone's job is pointed at the Shence Mansion. Do you know that these rich days are really in the sky and the days without money are really in the sky and the underground."

Even those damn people were already looking forward to their well? Zheng Tong's face was even blue. According to the governor, it seemed that Prince Hongnong had suddenly become a man from heaven and could eat everywhere. Is he the governor blocking his way?

The back of the neck felt even colder, as if there was already a knife on his neck, and he always had the urge to die.

Zheng Tong got on the carriage and horses and arrived at Weizhou City. Weizhou was even more garrisoned, with people from the Shence Army and Zhaoyi Army everywhere, with murderous aura. When he arrived at the city gate, he saw many people at the city gate from afar. Zheng Tong got off the carriage and horses, but unexpectedly, Qin Shaoyou came to greet him in person.

Zheng Tong felt a little sad. He showed his diligence for nothing, either a traitor or a thief. Qin Shaoyou is the Prince of Hongnong. Now that the waters are rising, the status is much higher than that of him, the governor. Now that people are welcomed by the city gate, what does this mean? It is clearly too enthusiastic.

The governor Zhang was still smiling: "Governor Zheng is really proud. Your Highness has never been very good-natured. Think about it, what ends will happen to King Liang and Wei Hongmin. I heard that Your Highness lowered his eyebrows. The governor and generals below were so scared that they didn't dare to show up. They were all silent. They were gentle like kittens. But look, Your Highness is in a good mood now and has a smile. He is still here to come here. Governor Zheng is here to stutter."

Zheng Tong hated the sound of this old guy tutting at every turn, and his heart became even more ups and downs. He hurried to the city gate and marched to Mr. Qin, saying, "I have long appreciated the reputation of Your Highness."

Qin Shaoyou was like a spring breeze: "Governor Zheng, don't be too polite. I am a marquis. You have been waiting for Governor Zheng to come. Come and talk first."

The treatment of carriages and horses entering the city was a little higher, but sitting in this more gorgeous carriage, Zheng Tong was completely disgusted. He chewed every detail, and refused to let go of the slightest implications of others. The more he thought about it, the more he became afraid, the more he thought about it, the more he became nervous.

Qin Shaoyou was obviously doing his best to save face. After spending so much money, he definitely did not allow the Zheng family to come to Zhaoyi Town. Wang Fangyi and others could still follow Qin Shaoyou and be willing to accept Qin Shaoyou. That's because behind them, there is no wealthy family like the Zheng family, which is better to control, but what about himself. Relying on the Zheng family, would Qin Shaoyou believe in him? He spent so much that he would never put these in vain. Now he is so polite to himself. Why, why?

Suddenly, Zheng Tong suddenly realized that he understood. Now he was polite, which was equivalent to telling people all over the world that Qin Shaoyou did not make things difficult for him. This was a skill to save face. Then, next, there was no chance that a big fire would come. After all, inside and outside the city, the soldiers, civilians, etc. were all mastered by Qin Shaoyou. People were going to have a trick of getting out of fire, but it was not like playing. When a big fire broke out, he would be crushed.

Yang Hui, even though everyone suspected that it was related to Qin Shaoyou, what could he say? After all, he had expressed his high enthusiasm at the city gate just now, and expressed that the two had a close relationship. He could say in a noble way that he liked him very much, otherwise, how could he come to greet him? It was impossible to say that he would cry and pretend to be compassionate, and it was more likely that he would have to personally read a touching tribute on his tomb.

It's terrible, terrible, between people, it's so terrible.

Zheng Tong felt the big carriage carrying him to the Huangquan Road. His teeth were trembling and he was extremely scared.

The carriage arrived in front of the Governor's Office.

This was once Wei Hongmin's residence, but all the marks of this governor Wei had obviously disappeared, and teams of official troops from unknown places were here to patrol.

Qin Shaoyou was already waiting for him at the middle gate. After Zheng Tong got out of the car, he entered the middle hall with a smile.

Of course, there are all rules. If you pour tea and greet each other, you must say something. Today, Governor Zheng must be punished, but tomorrow, I will definitely welcome Governor Zheng.

As soon as he heard about the dust and dust, Zheng Tong's face changed drastically.

He was shocked suddenly. It seemed that he could not survive tonight. What do you think? This young master Qin lobbyed to welcome the world tomorrow. This matter must be done in a big way. It is inevitable that the whole world will know it. Then, everyone thought that His Highness tomorrow was doing something about the dust. If he died suddenly tonight, who would doubt that the initiator was actually the Prince Hongnong who was doing it and happily waiting for him to drink with him tomorrow.

At least even if someone suspects, he can still make a fuss. As long as he can't find real evidence, his life will be in vain.

Zheng Tong wanted to cry in her heart, and she was completely in a state of dismay.

"Governor Zheng, Governor Zheng"

Someone in my ears called him with great concern.

Zheng Tong looked up in a daze and looked at Qin Shaoyou calling: "What's wrong with Governor Zheng? Why are you confused? Could you have something to worry about?"

Looking at this face full of concern, Zheng Tong shuddered, and he went to his mother's encounter. I didn't care about what kind of encounter. Zheng Tong roared in his heart without saying a word, and knelt down to the ground straight and howled, "Your Highness, please spare me."

Two more chapters are integrated. (To be continued.)
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