Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 122
"The old man is not feeling well today." Duan Yancheng waved his hand without accepting the invitation.

"Sorry, County Lieutenant, please accept the invitation, and you must go to the banquet tonight." Kan Leng, who sent the invitation, emphasized expressionlessly.

"I said I was unwell." Duan Yancheng was slightly unhappy.

Kan Leng ignored it, "The county captain said that if Duan Langjun really doesn't have time to go to the banquet, then we have another matter to discuss." He took out another post and handed it over.

Duan Yancheng didn't answer, so Kan Ling kept passing it.

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

Duan Yancheng's nephew stood aside and said, "Presumptuous! Poor man, believe it or not, I will beat you to death with one fist?"

"I'm Kan Leng, the adopted son of the county lieutenant." Kan Leng said unhurriedly.

Duan Yancheng took a look at the tall and thin child, then reached out to stop his nephew, and finally reached out to take the post.

The content of the post is very simple, it is a list.

There are some money, food and supplies listed on it, including one hundred shi for one hundred guan, and at the end there is a thank you note signed by Luo Cheng himself.

"What do you mean?" Duan Yanshi asked with a frown.

"Before, Mr. Duan Lang took the initiative and led the big households in the county to raise a lot of money, food and labor for the township regiment. The county captain was very grateful. But now the bandits are still entrenched in Changbai Mountain. My adoptive father intends to lead troops into the mountain to encircle and suppress, but Now that the troops under his command have expanded, although there are enough soldiers, they are short of food, grass and equipment, so I hope Duan Lang-jun can do more."

"One hundred grains, one hundred coins." Duan Yanshi sneered.

"My foster father said, although Mr. Duan's hometown is in Zouping, he is also from our Qi County, and Mr. Duan has also settled in Zhangqiu for many years. He is one of the largest households in Zhangqiu County. This little money is for you. But it’s just a drop in the bucket.”

At the end, he added, "You used to give Fan Hu, Liu Shouyi and the others far more than this amount every year. Of course, their care and help for you every year, your income far exceeds your contribution."

"Son, some things can be eaten indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. Fan Hu and Liu Shouyi are both moths and thieves in this county. I, Duan Yancheng, are also from everyone. How can I have anything to do with them?"

"Oh, did my adoptive father make a mistake? But he searched a lot of account books and personal letters from the houses of Fan Liu and other thieves, and it seems that you are among them."

"It must be a misunderstanding." Duan Yanshi's words were not as strong as before.

"At first, my adoptive father also said that there must be a misunderstanding, so I wanted to invite you to a banquet, have a meal together, and then make it clear in person. But now that Duan Langjun is not free, then this matter... ·”

"You dare to threaten us? Just rely on the Luo family boy?" Duan Yanshi's nephew was angry.

"Zhixuan, don't mess around."

Duan Yanshi scolded.

"The old man is really unwell today, but Luo Xianwei wants to go to the mountains to suppress the bandits, which is also the luck of us Zhangqiu people. I plan to donate one hundred shi of grain and one hundred guan of money to help the army."

"uncle!"

Duan Zhixuan couldn't bear it anymore, this is a lot of money.

"Why should we be afraid of that surnamed Luo? If he dares to act recklessly, he will definitely let him go around!"

"Back off." Duan Yanshi's face darkened.

Kan Leng didn't care about their uncle and nephew's conversation, just pretending they didn't hear it.

"Mr. Duan, may I ask when the money and food will be delivered to the camp, or you can arrange it now, and I will go back with the money and food later?"

"Yes, please wait."

Duan Yanshi asked Kan Leng to be taken aside to rest and wait.

"Uncle, why are you still afraid that he will become a child?" Duan Zhixuan couldn't help asking.

"Xiong'er, you need to change your temperament. You are over [-] this year, and you will be thirteen soon. Your father has been serving as a judicial assistant in Taiyuan County. He originally asked you to stay at home and study, but you like Running around. There is usually no one to discipline you, and you are running around everywhere, don't think that I don't know about the things between you and Liu Renmei and Fan Hu."

"Uncle, what's the point of me playing with them?"

"It was nothing in the past, but now they are traitors who are rebellious. You have to draw a clear line with them. A mere hundred stones, grain and hundreds of coins are nothing to our Yan family, but if you offend this Luo Cheng , he will implicate us with thieves like Fan Liu, and it will be a headache."

"He Luocheng is considered a chicken feather."

"He is nothing, but Zhang Yichen and Zhang Xutuo are behind him. Who is Zhang Xutuo? Even the eunuch wants to give in to a ruthless man. Can we fight him hard?"

"But let's just let that Liu blackmail him?" Although Duan Zhixuan was young, he was tall, handsome, and had a good skin.It's just that this person was born in a powerful family in a local area since he was a child, and his father was not at home as an official in Taiyuan, and there was no one to control him at home.

Now he is only 13 years old, he is good at riding and shooting, and he can make a good horse. He can be regarded as a ruthless character.

Such a young man is already full of vigor, how could Luo Cheng be willing to blackmail him like this.

"At first, I thought that Luo Cheng was young and would be frivolous and arrogant just after gaining power again. That's why I persuaded the big households in the county to raise money. I wanted Luo Cheng to go to the mountains to suppress bandits and kill people with a borrowed knife. But now, it seems that this Luo Cheng is not The general spirit, he probably has seen through our plan, now he has Zhang Xutuo behind him, Zhang Xutuo asked him to be the vanguard of suppressing bandits, and gave him 2000 troops, with such strength, even if they enter the mountain king Bo, they may not dare War, I miscalculated."

The feeling of being blackmailed is not good.

But since it was extortion, the other party must hold his handle.

Now Luo Chengcheng holds the handle of his thieves, so he can get the money if he doesn't want to.

"Xiong'er, remember, even if you want to lift the table, you must have the strength to do so. If you don't have the strength, if you lift the table rashly, then the person who was knocked under the table in the end, It will be you."

Whether happy or not, Duan Yancheng still gave the money and food, although he gritted his teeth secretly in his heart.

Kan Leng returned to the camp with several carts of money and food and successfully completed the task.

"Xiao Wu, the Duan family gave it. They didn't negotiate the price. They paid according to the amount. The money and food have already been counted and put into the warehouse." Wang Ziming came in and reported with a smile.

Luo Cheng nodded.

"People like Duan Yancheng know how to compromise best, and he knows how to choose is the least price."

"Let him go with only a hundred guanqian and a hundred stone grains. That's too cheap for him. If you want me to say, you should copy Duan's family just like Fan Zhu's family." The fourth child wiped his new acquisition. Mingguang armor.

"Blindly fighting and killing, what can be achieved? One moment, another moment, now we can't be so simple and rude, otherwise even the county magistrate won't support us anymore. It's good now!" Luo Cheng is very happy satisfy.

Duan's family squeezed out so much money and food, and it's not just his family that can squeeze out, there are many other families.

As long as they are willing to pay money and food, it is equivalent to a compromise, and he, Luo Cheng, can be considered to have a real foothold in Zhangqiu City for the time being.

(End of this chapter)