"Brother Li Nian doesn't have to be polite, we are still from the same sect, it's not good to be unfamiliar."

Li Shenming remembered Lingqiu, the rich man of the land, looking at the appearance of Li Dayong was wearing a student's clothes, and the clothes and ornaments were also very gorgeous, this time the matter was related to the opening of the iron field and the blast furnace, presumably Zhang Xuezeng brought people who had something to do with this matter, and immediately recognized the same sect, stepped forward to hold Li Dayong's hand and shook it, looking very affectionate.

Li Dayong couldn't close his mouth with a smile, he is indeed a student, but his family is also a generation of iron merchants, the last time he went to Datong was to sell some fine iron to the town army, and he also went to the door in advance, otherwise with the quality of Jin Iron, the town army can collect his family's iron is a hell of a life. Li Shenming is in charge of these things in the General Army's mansion, Li Dayong's identity is not enough, and he should have seen it from afar, but now he is talking and laughing with Li Shenming very happily, and he is extremely happy.

"This is the proprietor of Hantong." Zhang Xuezeng pointed to a thin middle-aged man and introduced: "There are six blast furnaces in the local Dongshan, and the Han family has a full six, which is the largest iron merchant in our Lingqiu. ”

Han Tong people are very arrogant, the triangular eyes flashed with doubts, he is a standard head snake, the relationship between the top and bottom of the county is excellent, there is a lot of land at home, there are many tenant farmers, there are many people in the mine, thousands of people listen to his orders, undoubtedly develop Weifu for his own use, good at doing things temperament, in Lingqiu, almost no one dares to do things against the Han family. This time Zhang Xuezeng came and brought several books, the official seal in the state and county were all touched, and there were many familiar gentry in the local area, and then Zhang Xuezeng pointed out that the children of the Zhang family in Puzhou were going to come to open an iron field and set up a blast furnace, and at this time Han Tong wanted to oppose it It was also a little tricky, and it was not good to say anything about a straight break, but his attitude also explained everything, when Zhang Xuezeng introduced, he just glanced at Zhang Han coldly, and even saved his hand, in Han Tong's view, Zhang Han is just an uncrowned kid, With his net worth, status, and identity, he just came to see the reality today, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Han himself.

But when Li Shenming came over and gave his hand, Han Tong reluctantly returned the salute.

Li Shenming's name must be known to people with a little status in Datong Town, Ma Zongbing's industry outside is in charge of him, he is good at dancing with long sleeves, and the relationship between various places is very hard, and the local magistrate is in the way of his identity, otherwise, it is estimated that even the county lord will come out to greet him, although Han Tong is arrogant in his bones, he has to get by on the surface.

"Please go to the Feiyan Tower in the east of the city to drink," after everyone saw the ceremony, Li Dayong said with a smile: "Zhang Dongzhu and Mr. Li are both distinguished guests from afar, but our Lingqiu is a small place, and there are really not too many things to take. ”

Zhang Han lifted his spirit and said with a smile: "Li Dongzhu is too polite, I have been running around on the road for many days, just eat some, and there will be a wine banquet waiting in Lingqiu as soon as I arrive, which is really heartfelt." ”

Li Da smiled and saw that his teeth were blind, his hand stretched out in the sleeve of his robe, and let everyone say: "Please, please please." ”

Lingqiu County is just a very ordinary county seat, also open four gates, even the name of the city gate is mostly overlapping with the rest of the cities, everyone enters the city from the east gate, there are no soldiers to guard, the city gate is wide open, only a few tooth people sit on the bench on the side of the road and gossip, holding a book and brush in their hands, and so on for a large number of goods to come in, their own people go to undertake tax collection, but Lingqiu is not a thoroughfare, nor is it a place where commerce is developed, these few tooth people are not very busy, Seeing Zhang Han and others coming from a distance, they first looked at it, and then saw Han Tong, these tooth people quickly jumped up and bowed down from a distance.

Zhang Han looked around, and saw that the city was just an east-west avenue, and there were also drum towers built in the city, and some of the other small alleys were crooked and not very decent, and there were many grass houses in the city, and the roads were also in poor condition, and the open ditches on both sides were full of garbage and emitted a foul smell, and he couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

After all, the southeast is much richer, Zhang Han has seen the records of some Western missionaries, the southeast towns are prosperous and rich, the people travel through the gorgeous, and the environment is also very clean, if those missionaries come to the northwest, it is estimated that the perception will be a little different.

Most of the pedestrians on the road are leisurely and casual, mostly people who wrap their heads with towels, sell vegetables, pick up firewood, carry water, and some idlers who wander on the road.

A few bald donkeys took the good fate book on the side of the road to turn their fortunes, and saw that Zhang Han and others were riding horses, and some monks wanted to come over, and were rushed forward by a family member of Han Tong, and the whip was raised, and the monks hurriedly dodged.

The further east you go, the more decent the buildings on the side of the road become, and after passing the drum tower, Li Da pointed to the front with a whip and said: "The county government and the school palace are both in front, and the house of Han Dongzhu is also in front, and the essence of our Lingqiu is here." ”

He pointed to a three-story building on the left side of the road and said with a smile: "Zhang Dongzhu is from Xinpingbao, where there are ten times more restaurants than our Lingqiu, and I am going to laugh today." ”

Zhang Han was naturally humble and a few words, everyone got off the horse in front of the building, the shopkeeper of the restaurant hurriedly came out, and sure enough, he called Li Dayong as the proprietor, and then personally became a guide, leading everyone to the third floor, opened the window, you can look at the street, Zhang Han sat in the west, and saw the street scene is also very ordinary, the drum tower and bell tower, not far away there are temple buildings such as the Emperor Temple and the City God Temple, and then there is the mansion of the official government and the big family, there is a mansion with more than 30 enters, covering a wide area, and there is a small garden, I think it is the residence of Han Tong.

At this time, everyone sat down one after another, laughing casually, Zhang Han whispered to Zhang Xuezeng and said, "Third uncle, I'm tired of you this time." ”

"This is also the public opinion of the clan to call me here," Zhang Xuezeng said with a wry smile: "The silver you gave last year is not fake, those people in the clan heard that they can share more this year, so they hurried to take this matter." Our Zhang family in Puzhou still has some connections left, or we should use them quickly and use the silver to make new connections, but I am afraid that it will really decline. ”

Zhang Xuezeng seems to be really a family-oriented person, Zhang Han also had his full help to solve the crisis of the shop, now Zhang Xuezeng's face is not too good, think about it, a group of old men who want to look at the armor can not do anything about the family, I know that with a junior in the hands of the money, to help the family people run outside, is also the silver of the picture, think about this matter in Zhang Xuezeng's eyes is not a glory.

"It is also appropriate for nephews and grandnephews to pay some filial piety to the family." Zhang Han said with a smile: "A little floating wealth is nothing." ”

Zhang Xuezeng wanted to speak and stopped, there are actually a few people in the clan who don't know what to do, saying that since Zhang Han has returned to the sect, then He Yusheng should also be counted as a family property, at most the Zhang family of Xinpingbao has more shares, and Puzhou can't support Xinping's side for nothing, so he has to get some benefits. This kind of floating discussion came out, which shows that the second master also agrees, Zhang Yuan originally didn't like the Xinpingbao lineage, and he was forced by Zhang Han to help last time, and he couldn't get down with a bad anger in his heart. On the surface, the second master is not good at getting along with the juniors, so it is also possible to secretly make some stumbling blocks for Zhang Han and indulge those greedy people who have been blinded by lard...... It's just that Zhang Xuezeng didn't want to talk to Zhang Han about these things, so he could only count on Zhang Han to see the trick himself.

At this time, the wine and food came up, and everyone had to toast each other, and after a few rounds, the atmosphere in the banquet was much better, and even the arrogance on Han Tong's face was reduced a lot.

At this time, thick black smoke floated outside the window, just as the wind direction blew into the city, and a large stream of smoke floated into the air from a faintly visible mountain outside the city, and then was blown into the city of Lingqiu by the thick smoke, and the breeze came slowly, but it was not cool, but choking smoke.

"This smoke is very disgusting," Li Da turned bitter with a bitter face, and said helplessly: "Our Lingqiu is not good at this sect, but there is no way to do it." ”

At this time, a man came to close the window, and the smoke came in less, and everyone felt more comfortable.

Li Dayong said again: "There are dozens of large and small iron furnaces in Lingqiu, and there are a large number of fireworks when each furnace is fired, although this smoke is uncomfortable, when the molten iron is boiling, it is also a silver money rolling in, Han Dongzhu's smoke is the thickest, and the money is naturally the most, Zhang Dongzhu also wants to come to do this business, and he won't mind too much." ”

Everyone smiled when they heard this, this Li Da only has a small stove by himself, but he has the power to speak in the Lingqiu Iron Industry, and it seems that he is indeed an eight-sided and exquisite character.

Han Tong's face showed a look of color for a while, but he was about to be gloomy by nature, and he rarely showed a smiling face, and the look on this smiling face was very ugly, so it was better not to smile.

At this moment, everyone heard the sound of the stairs, and then a huge head emerged from under the stairs, and then a large man with an incomparably strong body climbed up the stairs, and this man was about the size of the entire third floor, and the person stood at the top of the stairs, like a brick wall.

This person's attitude is also quite heroic, with a national face, two big and bright eyes, and a brilliant light, although many people turned their heads to look at him, this person was relaxed and did not care at all.

At this time, another person came upstairs, this time it was a handsome young man, with a square scarf on his head, his hair was combed in the slightest, his face was not bearded, his face was fair, he was tall and moderate, and he was holding a sword in his right hand.

"It turns out that Sun Huishou and Jingting's nephew are here, and I will reserve a seat for you, please come and sit down."