A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

The Zhong family was originally considered a middle-class family and had some merit in the founding of the country. However, over the long years, they fell behind and gradually declined.

It wasn't until Zhong Ding's father started the leather business that the Zhong family started to prosper.

When Zhongding arrived, he re-entered the circle of powerful people through various means, and then joined forces with others to use threats and inducements to make Huang Yin, the largest leather supplier in the north, his exclusive supplier.

The leather business is very popular and very profitable. Over the years, the Zhong family has become richer and richer. If you have money, you can speculate on connections, so the Zhong family is like a fish in water in the circle of powerful people.

"Mr. Lang...that Shen An will humiliate people."

The servants ran next to him, looking at him with ease.

Zhong Ding was sweating profusely and said: "A man can bend and stretch, but Han Xin still has to be humiliated under the crotch... I... I will endure it first, and after I get through this... I will make his life worse than death!"

He ran all the way to Yulin Alley, and the sound of his footsteps caused a burst of barking.

"who?"

Someone asked at the gate of Shen's house.

"A certain Zhongding, please see Duke Shen."

Zhong Ding suppressed his breath, his heartbeat was thundering, and he felt that the most difficult moment in his life had arrived.

The door opened, and the light inside was dim. In Zhong Ding's eyes, it looked like the open mouth of a giant beast.

"What are you here for?"

In the study, Shen An glanced outside, and Wen Xiaozhong reached out to stop Zhong Ding from outside the study.

You can't even enter the study room?

This is humiliating.

But I have to hold back.

Zhong Ding endured the humiliation and said: "I drank too much before, but I offended Duke Shen. I came here to apologize."

As he spoke, he bent down and saluted.

Most people just bow their hands as a courtesy, and bowing is the etiquette used when a lower official meets a superior official, or when a junior meets an elder.

Zhong Ding felt that his posture was low enough.

"See? This is the ability to bend and stretch."

"I saw it, but brother, why did he ask you?"

Zhong Ding heard a girl's voice.

"Because he did something wrong, he was self-righteous, and then he threatened his brother."

The girl's voice was filled with anger, "That's not a good person."

"Yes! Guoguo is very smart. Go ahead and go to bed early at night."

Guoguo has been standing by the side. She is here to look for books.

When she went out, she glanced at Zhong Ding who was standing still. After walking away, she asked Zhao Wuwu, "He is shameless."

"Yes." Zhao Wuwu had seen many fickle people in the palace, so she was used to it, but she knew the meaning of Shen An's look when she came out just now, so she said: "Little lady, we are on the edge Just watch."

Guoguo wants to gradually get to know the world and what different types of people are like, and Zhong Ding is a member of the rich and powerful, who can give her a taste of it.

The two stood sideways, Guo Guo looked curiously, but Zhao Wuwu was thinking about Shen An's eyes.

If you give a hint, just give a hint. What's the big deal if you raise your eyebrows later?

Zhao Wuwu shook his head, feeling that Lang Jun was really speechless.

"Mr. Shen..."

It would be uncomfortable to bend down for a long time. Zhong Ding stood up straight before lying down and said sincerely: "I know that I was wrong. Please forgive me, Lord Shen. I will personally send an apology later..."

Sending an apology in person is a public admission of failure.

Shen An looked up at him and said calmly: "The hatred of the powerful is like a poisonous snake. If you hit the snake, you will suffer from it. In the early years, a farmer met a frozen poisonous snake on the road. He put it in his arms and used his own The heat saved it, but in the end it was bitten... Shen is not a farmer, but you are a poisonous snake."

"Farmer...farmer and snake?" Guoguo outside murmured: "My brother told me this story many times before when he was coaxing me to sleep. The farmer was kind-hearted and saved the snake, but then it was bitten to death... Pitiful."

Zhao Wuwu nodded, feeling that Lang Jun's story was really good, "Those snakes look scary, but it's scary to think about it..."

"Snakes are fun!"

Guoguo said in surprise: "It's really fun. I'll ask Wen Xiaozhong to catch one one day. Let's play together."

Zhao Wuwu felt goosebumps all over his body and a chill running down his spine, "I don't dare..."

Zhong Ding over there hissed: "Mr. Shen, you must know that one more enemy means more danger. You have offended countless people by making noises about the New Deal. If you continue to be tough, you will die without a burial place sooner or later..."

"Go ahead."

Shen An waved his hand and then picked up a book.

"Mr. Shen..."

Zhong Ding's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but feel weak when he thought of the consequences of losing his leather business.

He shouted with tears streaming down his face: "Mr. Shen, please spare me. I will build a memorial tablet for you later and burn three sticks of incense every day..."

Damn it!

Shen An didn't take Zhong Ding seriously at first, but when he heard these words, he couldn't help but feel horrified.

Brother is not dead yet!

"Get out!"

He is like an evil landlord who drives out debt-ridden tenants mercilessly.

"Mr. Shen, please spare your life!"

Zhong Ding rushed to the study room, ready to make things big.

Yes, the only way is to make a big fuss and ruin Shen An's reputation...

Let Shen An's neighbors hear someone's pleading voice.

"A certain person has made many meritorious deeds..."

Zhong Ding's momentum came to an abrupt end.

Shen An frowned and said, "Let's go. Before I want to break your legs, ten breaths...disappear."

With a whoosh, Zhong Ding disappeared.

"You run so fast!"

Shen An couldn't help but admired, "If someone threatens to kill the contestants in the 100-meter race, it's best to be cautious. I guess the world record won't matter."

Outside, Zhao Wuwu was teaching in a low voice, "That man is a powerful person. You have to remember that in the eyes of powerful people, there is nothing...what did Lang Jun say?"

"Integrity." Guoguo's voice was crisp.

"Yes, moral integrity." Zhao Wuwu held his chest with both hands and continued: "They have no moral integrity. The flattery and begging at this time are just expediency. When there is an opportunity in the future, when you are weak, they will take away today's humiliation." I’ll give it back to you ten times, so what are you going to do?”

Guoguo hesitated.

"Or...let him become poor."

After Guo Guo finished speaking, she said with relief, "I'm going to sleep."

Zhao Wuwu sent her back with a smile and would come back later.

Shen An is reading a book.

Zhao Wuwu couldn't help but secretly admire him when he saw it.

Lang Jun is still studying knowledge late at night. How many people in Bianliang can have this spirit?

"Mr. Lang."

She walked in and was blessed.

Shen An reluctantly put down the book in his hand and asked, "What did Guoguo say?"

This book was written by a new novelist from Bianliang. The story has twists and turns and tells the story of a scholar and a second-married woman falling in love.

This story reminded Shen An vaguely of Wang Yu and Zuo Zhen.

"The little lady said to make him poor."

"good."

Shen An picked up the book and continued reading the story.

Damn it!

What did he see?

Actually having an affair before marriage...

Tsk tsk tsk!

I hope Wang Yu doesn't read this novel, otherwise the novelist will probably be doomed.

He looked up and saw that Zhao Wuwu hadn't left yet, so he asked, "Is there anything else?"

Zhao Wuwu nodded, "Mr. Lang, you are already famous, why do you still study so hard?"

Well!

Shen An said calmly: "There is no end to learning...there is a road to the mountain of books and diligence is the path, and there is no end to the sea of ​​learning and the boat is hard work. We should encourage ourselves."

Zhao Wuwu resigned.

The next morning, Shen An had just had breakfast when someone asked to see him.

"The villain Huang Yin has met Duke Shen."

Huang Yin looked very rich and friendly when he smiled, but Shen An knew that this man had killed more than ten people with his own hands in the early years, and then established his position as a smuggler in the north.

Such a smuggler should have his tail between his legs in Bianliang, right?

But Huang Yin's luxurious clothes are incompatible with low-key.

"Zhong Ding threatened the villain back then. The villain had no choice but to sell the leather to him. The price was not good." Huang Yin talked to himself as soon as he came in. "The villain has made many plans to cut off his family's wealth. Good thing, but those powerful people are in a group, and the villain is helpless. So last night, Duke Shen said a word, and the villain was very happy, thank you."

He bowed.

Shen An looked at him and said, "You are a smart man. You probably supply Zhong Ding because of your connections with powerful people."

There is nothing they can do about it. For smugglers, they have plenty of ways to find a new backer.

"Mr. Shen... I'd like to see you." After being exposed by Shen An, Huang Yin was still smiling.

"Just go about your business from now on."

Shen An's words were very soft, but they made Huang Yin happy...

He bowed again without hesitation, "From now on, Duke Shen will say that a villain will come through water and go into fire. If you refuse even a single word, you will die without a burial place."

Shen An said calmly: "Shen doesn't need you to go there, but don't send good things from the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, even if you escape to the end of the world, Shen will let you die without a burial." Earth, you have fulfilled your vow today."

Sweat dripped from Huang Yin's forehead, and he said tremblingly: "Yes, I used to get copper coins, but then I didn't dare to do it anymore."

Copper coins were strategic materials for the Song Dynasty, and UU Reading www.uukanshu.net bartering was the best choice. The Liao State relied most on the copper coins of the Song Dynasty as its currency, so it used various channels, among which smuggling was the most common.

Shen An looked at him, "I knew it a long time ago. The Mangshan Army was digging grass valleys in the Liao border. They broke into officials' houses and found some interesting things..."

Plop!

Huang Yin knelt down, lowered his head and said, "I will let Duke Shen do whatever I want."

This is an interesting person.

Shen An smiled and said, "Haosheng goes about your business."

Huang Chun was still covered in sweat when he went out.

He felt that he had narrowly escaped death. If he had hesitated at all last night, according to Shen An's temperament, he would have dealt with him immediately and killed him and Zhong Ding.

How dangerous!

Shen An hates smugglers the most. When he was in Xiongzhou, he once took advantage of the officials and sergeants of the Song Dynasty for smuggling.

Zhuang Laoshi coughed dryly and said: "Mr. Lang said that the Liao people over the border are greedy and like spirits and fragrant dew the most. Both of these things have a dark fragrance. You can go and buy them from Wang Tiande..."

Xianglu's distribution rights are very strict, and it has always been the original group of people. After several failed attempts by outsiders, they let go.

Huang Yin didn't expect that Shen An wouldn't say anything to him, and even gave him the right to distribute perfume and spirits. He couldn't help but stand there and choked up for a while.

"A certain...Mr. Shen is so kind to a certain person, and a certain...it will be difficult to repay it in this life."