0074 House of the Salt Barons

It was not without precedent for the absence of the central official from the township agreement in the past, either because of the war or because of the personal reasons of the central official. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info But because of today's life, he was forced to retreat by words, don't say Wu Xing, even if the entire Sanwu is the first case!

These people in the field may be limited by their own talents and knowledge of the competition between Shen Zhezi and Yu Tan, and they can't know all the mysteries. But observing the direction of the momentum and wind is the most basic skill to be able to stand up.

Yu Tan does not hide the malice of the Shen family, and its reputation, family background, and official position have advantages, which is why everyone is not optimistic about the Shen family, thinking that the Shen family will definitely fail in this township discussion, and even several families want to take advantage of Yu Tan's momentum to attack the Shen family, a local opponent.

However, the Shen family's counterattack was fierce and shocking, and it was unheard of. But the reason for his counterattack came from Shen Zhezi's mouth, with strong words and strong arguments, while Yu Tan was completely defeated, and even finally retreated, and even gave up the right to preside over the township meeting to the Shen family!

The strength and weakness are already clear, but the victory and defeat are so unexpected! For a while, everyone's hearts were turbulent, on the one hand, they felt that it was actually difficult to live up to their reputation, Yu Tan had been disappointed for a long time, and his argument was actually inferior to a teenager.

On the other hand, they were amazed by Shen Zhezi's performance, if the young man relied on the force of the Shen family's Jiangdong heroes to force back Yutan, they could still understand it, but they won a complete victory completely from the scriptures and righteousness, which made them deeply feel the extraordinaryness of this young man.

With such a feeling in their hearts, everyone's friendly attitude towards Shen Zhezi reached a new level, and they stepped forward to greet and praise a few words.

Shen Zhezi responded to everyone's greetings with a smile, and was not arrogant because he forced Yutan to retreat. On the one hand, they are not deceived by fame and fortune, and on the other hand, they know that these people look down on themselves or look up to them, but in fact, it does not affect their attitude towards the Shen family, and the hostility they should have will not be reduced, and once it comes to the competition of interests, they will not be soft.

For example, the head of the Wucheng Yan family, who was beaten by himself and three clansmen, talked with Shen Zhezi with a smile on the one hand, and sighed with emotion on the other hand: "Zhezi Xiaolang is proficient in righteousness and knowledge, no wonder he can get the praise of Ji Guo's old and green eyes, Wu Zhong Qiongbud, this is what it says." It's a pity that we are not fortunate today, and we can't work together to elevate Xiao Langjun to a high position. ”

This is to point out that Shen Zhezi is not old enough to order the product, and at the same time separate it from the other children of the Shen family who participated in the order. The implication is that Shen Zhezi is so good, thanks to Ji Zhan, it does not prove that the Shen family is prosperous.

When other families that were hostile to the Shen family heard this, they also echoed it, touting Shen Zhezi while distinguishing him from the other children of the Shen family.

The ancients' attainments in intrigue, Shen Zhezi already has a lot of experience. Not to mention the people in front of him who are smiling and hiding knives, even the Yu Tan who just exited the field still dug a pit before leaving, including his admission of defeat and withdrawal itself.

Shen Zhezi broke the topic and explained, Tian Mu Gongqi Theory successfully separated the alliance between Yutan and the local family, even if Yutan stayed to preside over the township meeting, it was no longer of much significance, but because of his presence, it would cause the Wuxing family to have the same hatred and hatred, and there was hidden resistance to it.

However, once Yutan left the scene, the class contradictions ceased to exist, and the internal struggle became the main theme. The several families who had united with him earlier had self-evident malice towards the Shen family, and Yu Tan's withdrawal was to announce to them that they would not play, and if they still wanted to attack the Shen family, they would have to do it by themselves.

Moreover, Yu Tan's withdrawal and confession to Shen Ke to preside over the township meeting on his behalf was a trap in itself. In terms of seniority, the patriarch of the Wuchengqiu clan is also the old man who has lived from the old Wu to the present, in terms of official position, although Wu Xing has no county guard, but the patriarch of the Wucheng Yan clan, Yan Ping, is the official county magistrate, and his position is higher than that of Shen Ke.

These people are qualified enough to preside over on their behalf, and Yu Tan did not choose any of them, but chose Shen Ke, who did not have any advantages. Among them, the rhyme is not hesitant to warm up the competition in advance. seems to have praised the Shen family, but in fact, it has put it in the position of public criticism.

Yu Tan threw out Zhongzheng's arbitration power, although he was forced into a corner by Shen Zhezi and was forced to be helpless, but why didn't he want to provoke various families to fight? These families have their own local entanglement forces, which are related to the future of their own children and even the reputation of the entire family, how can they retreat because of Shen Zhezi's words!

Sure enough, not long after Yu Tan left, Qiu Cheng, the old guy of the Qiu family, leaned on the old man and said first: "Yu Envoy Jun is pregnant with a small illness, I will wait for the landlord to share the worries for Zhongzheng, and don't let the envoy bother anymore." The old man is stupid, so as Zhezi Xiaolang said, he will not give in, and discuss my mulberry after learning with you. ”

When Shen Ke heard this, he was immediately a little unhappy, this right to preside over the arbitration was obviously snatched by Yu Tan, how could he allow this old guy to get a piece of the pie, when he said: "Qiu Gong Chunqiu is better than Yu Gong, we backwards, how can we bear to add a heavy burden to you." ”

Yan Ping next to him also nodded and agreed: "Zhongzheng is absent, and the county government should share it." ”

"I wonder how you want to appreciate the children of each family?" The Yao family is humble and young, and they can't compete with others, so they sneered next to him, and the implication is that you vulgar martial artists, what qualifications do you have to evaluate the merits of talents?

Everyone felt insulted, and they all looked at the person who opened the mouth of the Yao family, and then someone sneered: "It's a pity that I didn't hear Yao Jun's high arguments before." "You can't even compare to the young man of the Shen family, what kind of cultural person are you pretending to be!

What is the meaning of a dog biting a dog's mouth, seeing the scene in front of him, Shen Zhezi has a deep understanding. Seeing that everyone was fighting for the right to preside over this township council, they verbally attacked each other, and they didn't leave any affection.

After arguing for nearly half an hour, these talents finally barely reached a consensus, and each family that was qualified to attend the meeting was selected to form a small circle of jury.

When the candidate was about to be finalized, Shen Ke turned his eyes to look at Shen Zhezi, who was standing next to him and watched the excitement, and said with a smile: "My philosopher is a genius, he is an old disciple of Ji Guo, Wu Xing Junyan is a leader, and he should have a place." ”

When everyone heard this, they were stunned, and they wanted to refute it in their hearts, but they really couldn't come up with any reason. After all, it was this young man who forced Yu Tan to retreat and didn't let him attend, which was always unreasonable. Even if you are a little unwilling, you can only agree.

After Shen Zhezi joined, there were eight people in the entire arbitration team, and the friends of the Shen family occupied four seats. There are two people in the Shen family, one person from the Qian family of the Great Wall, and one person from the Lu family in the original hometown.

Although the Qian family was implicated in Qian Xuan's conspiracy, Qian Xuan's Qian Feng and other clansmen moved to Yuhang, and the Great Wall sect was not much involved, and it still belonged to the Wang clan. As for the original hometown of the Lu family, it is a descendant of the old Wu Ku official Lu Yi, who was originally a scholar who was evil to each family, but now it has become a cold family.

And Wucheng Xu's family, although he has a family business, is still not qualified to be listed.

The other four seats, one each from the Wukang Yao clan, the Wucheng Qiu clan, the Wucheng Yan clan, and the Lin'an Wu clan, all four of them harbored varying degrees of malice towards the Shen family.

Wukang Yao's family doesn't need to be mentioned, in Wukang County, they are simply overwhelmed by the Shen family, and they can only stick to Emperor Shun's bloodline and cultural inheritance to be proud. The Qiu family is a large landlord in Wucheng, and the Wu family is a local tyrant in Lin'an.

Among them, the one that attracted Shen Zhezi's attention was the Yan family, which was a relatively alternative existence in attendance. Although it is located in Wuxing, its power is in Jiaxing, Wu County, and it is the leading big salt family in the land of Sanwu.

The salt industry is profitable, and the wealth of the Yan family is not inferior to the Shen family, but the family background is too unbearable, and there is no eunuch in the past few years, and Yan Ping's tenure as the county magistrate is already the highest official position in his family. Although the family is rich, it is still at the end of the humble family.

The Yan family and the Shen family have the greatest feud, which can be traced back to several generations ago. The Shen family once opened up salt pans in Linhai, but was destroyed by the Yan family's tangled tribe disguised as thieves crossing the water. Later, the Yan family also minted money in Jiaxing, but Shen Chong, Shen Zhezi's father, was killed the year before last, and the family was spared by boating on the sea.

With such a feud, it can be imagined that the Yan family has a deep malice towards the Shen family, so the Yan family is also particularly enthusiastic about attacking the Shen family. The Shen family is suffering from lack of food, in addition to Zhu Gong's stabbing knife, another big black hand is the Yan family. His family has been making salt for many years, and although there is not much grain, he has raised the price of grain by relying on his wealth, so as to trap the Shen family. Otherwise, it would be impossible for a single Zhu Gong to cause such a tight blockade on the Shen family.

Because of this, Shen Zhezi also took special care of the Yan family's disciples just now, and captured the three clansmen on the other side, among whom the one who was forced to cry in front of everyone's eyes was among them.

Seeing the power of the Shen family, they occupied more than half of the seats, and Yan Ping secretly said that it was not good. He looked at the other people who had malicious intentions towards the Shen family, and finally locked his eyes on Zhu Gong, so he smiled and said, "Zhu Ming Mansion Wuzhong High Gate, you can sit at the table." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Gong smiled. Although he is a pragmatic man, it is also a great honor for him to be able to attend such a grand event in the county. After all, his identity as Wu Junzhu is a little wet, and if it is said that it is like that, everyone knows what it is, so the first batch of seats did not take him into account at all.

"Huh."

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he glanced at Zhu Gong, and then rolled his eyelids and looked at the sky. Although it is only two words, it also has a far-reaching rhyme in ancient times, and the contempt for Zhu Gong revealed in it is really meaningful and memorable.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Gong's old face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and the shame and indignation in his heart were like turning the river and the sea, and his hatred for Shen Zhezi reached a new high.

And Yan Ping, who had proposed it earlier, saw Shen Zhezi's statement like this, and his face was also slightly stagnant.

He had appreciated the vigor of Shen Zhezi's rhetoric, and saw that he showed undisguised contempt for Zhu Gong, although he was dissatisfied, he did not dare to be stubborn anymore, lest he be ridiculed by this boy with sharp words again. After all, he pushed Zhu Gong out, and the reason was really far-fetched.

In this way, the candidate is decided.

The group then ascended to the bamboo tower on the Xiangwang stage, and as for the children of each family, they prepared their own talent show under the Xiangwang stage. Although there is a competition between the forces behind the township agreement, if the person really has a talent that cannot be ignored, the grade jumps slightly, which is also the meaning of it.