Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 669 didn’t even come!
"Censor, tonight is a banquet hosted by Chen Zhi. Please wait for me to wash away the dust. During the banquet, I will meet those members of the family. I really want to see their expressions, listen to their words, and then look at Chen Zhi. What’s his expression like?”

In the courtyard prepared for the imperial envoys, Zhang Yang was playing chess with Yu Liang in the corridor, and Zhang Yang was thinking about the future.

This corridor is clean and quiet. The two of them knelt down in front of the chessboard, looking calm. While Zhang Yang was speaking, he reached out and dropped a white piece on the chessboard.

Yu Liang held a sunspot between his teeth, which also landed on the chessboard, and said calmly: "You can't say that. After all, this is Dai County. These aristocratic families may have scruples and delay time."

Zhang Yang smiled slightly, picked up a chess piece, and said: "Chen Zhi represents the county guard, while the censor represents the court. They must be able to tell which is more important." After saying this, he moved to chess. He pressed the pieces on the chessboard, then smiled slightly, lifted the three pieces from in front of Yu Liang, and placed them in the box next to him.

Yu Liang shook his head and said: "You can't just wishfully assume that everything will go smoothly. What's more, I sent so many people to contact these companies, and I didn't intend for them to agree immediately. After all, Chen Zhi is gaining momentum, and these companies will probably accept the invitation at most. Post it, and then make an appointment with me at another time. All I want is to take it step by step."

As soon as he finished speaking, he put down the chess piece, shook his head and said, "You are going to win this game."

"You are still thoughtful." Zhang Yang also put down the chess piece, "I won this game by luck, but I can't negotiate a small game, and it's not really a skill. Censor, you have a lot of ambitions, but what you can do is It’s a big chess game, and you will definitely win this game.”

When Yu Liang heard this, he seemed to remember something, frowned, and then shook his head.

"Chen Zhi is also a master of hand-to-hand talks."

On the opposite side, Zhang Yang arranged the chessboard enthusiastically.

"Anyway, we have to wait for a response from the other side, so why not give it another round."

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"Don't even accept this invitation!
In the Tang family, when Tang Taigong learned about the invitation sent by Yu Liang, he frowned, shook his head, and said to Tang Dian and others in front of him: "You actually come to ask me about such a thing, don't you think so? We don’t have any data? What’s our situation now? That generation of kiln has been built, you’ve seen the blast furnace, and the finished product is said to be almost there. It’s just when we want to win the trust of the prefect, how dare you have other ideas.”

"I'm not...I didn't..." After being sternly reprimanded by his grandfather, Tang Dian was immediately stunned. He rarely saw his grandfather showing such an expression.

"Foolish, no one should let him in!" Tang Taigong saw Tang Dian's appearance and softened his tone, "Go, send the person out first, don't take the invitation, and then send someone to the Yamen... No, you Go to the Yamen in person and report this matter to the prefect!"

After the words fell, the old man narrowed his eyes and showed a little smile.

"I want to see if anyone from the other families dares to follow. If so, that would be great. If we lose one or two big families in Dai County, there will be room for my Tang family to show off. Otherwise, In the future, if the Chen family becomes more powerful, our Tang family might even shrink its power!"

Hearing this, Tang Dian suddenly understood, nodded, turned around and left.

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"Should I accept this invitation first and then send someone to contact the censor?"

In Daijun Prince's Mansion, Wang Huo looked at the letter in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head and stopped the people who were about to inform the Grand Dukes in the back house.

"There is no need to tell me. I thought about it carefully. The current generation of the county is too unstable. I heard that the prefect intends to form a secret organization to monitor our family. It is probably to find a reason for us, and then To weaken the prefect to death, we must not let the prefect seize this opportunity! Besides, the paper mill matter has not yet been put into practice. If one accidentally offends the prefect, the other families will be most happy, so they will directly take our share. The profit was swallowed!"

Thinking of this, he called a junior and handed the invitation to him.

"Go, send this invitation back to me, and tell the censor that I have been unwell in the past few days! Apologize to him."

When the junior heard this, he had a bitter look on his face. He didn't know that this was an offending job. He was afraid that if he went there this time, he might be hated by the censor. However, he did not dare to disobey the family master's order. Neng walked out dejectedly.

Seeing that the person was gone, Wang Huo still frowned. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly stood up.

"I have to explain this matter to the prefect in person, otherwise if I am misunderstood, then all my work will be in vain, and other families may seize the opportunity to cause harm."

With this in mind, he sent someone to inform the elders in the backyard and left without waiting for a reply.

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"My Zhu family can't accept this invitation, and I can't afford it. Please go back and tell the censor and Mr. Zhang that my Zhu family can't keep the appointment. I hope he can understand."

At the same time, in the lobby of the Zhu family, the new head of the family, Zhu Xian, looked at the surprised man in front of him and said categorically.

To be fair, although this man is dressed as a servant, his manners are no less elegant than those of some famous people. It seems that he was trained by a wealthy family, and it is inevitable that people will fall in love with him at first sight.

But looking at this person at this moment, Zhu Xian just wanted to stay away. It was best not to have any contact with this person, otherwise Chen Zhi would get the wrong idea and it would take a long time to explain.

The man had a look of astonishment on his face. He originally wanted to say something, but he was knowledgeable after all. But looking at Zhu Xian's attitude, it was obvious that he couldn't explain it, so he handed over and stopped staying.

As soon as the people on this side left, Zhu Xian on the other side breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Zhu Wan came over and asked with some doubts: "No matter what you say, this person represents the censor. To a certain extent, he can be said to be the face of the imperial court. Is it inappropriate to just blast him away like this?" Zhu Xian glanced at him, shook his head and said: "How long has it been since the examples of the Zheng family and the Liu family? Shouldn't our Zhu family take this as a warning? The mistakes of the previous head of the family have not been eliminated, so do you dare to make them again? You Do you know how much we paid and what promises we made in order to calm down the prefect’s anger?”

The last head of the Zhu family, Zhu Liu, was the one who stood up when Liu Jiang took the lead in rebelling against Chen, so he fell into trouble. When Liu Jiang died, he was the first to bear the brunt. Although Chen Zhi did not go into details, how could the Zhu family dare to condone it? First, he wiped out his reputation and put him in charge of the property elsewhere to avoid trouble. On the other hand, he introduced a new head of the family to negotiate with Chen Zhi, apologizing, promising benefits, and pledging allegiance. This combination continued. , finally took a breath.

As a result, someone suddenly came to the door at this time, and anyone with a discerning eye could see the intention behind it. No wonder Zhu Xian was a little angry.

Isn't this cheating?

"In short, this matter must not be mentioned again, and no similar actions should be taken again. Please tell me that in the next two months, you must not have anything to do with, let alone contact, people sent by the imperial court. Anyone who feels that he cannot bear this request , tell me and I’ll send him to stay somewhere else.”

Zhu Xian was angry in his heart, and there was a hint of anger in his words. When the others heard this, they were all silent.

Afterwards, Zhu Xian picked up his clothes and hat and was about to go out.

Zhu Wan looked confused and chased him to ask.

"Where else can we go?" Zhu Xian sighed, "Everyone has come in. If you don't explain it to the prefect, the prefect may not think too much about it, and the others may not know what to say. It's difficult to be a family..."

With this sigh, he left.

At the same time, as the man who sent the invitation left the Zhu family, several people who sent the invitation came back one after another. They returned to the private courtyard and saw Yu Liang and Zhang Yang.

As soon as the person who delivered the message to the Zhu family came in, he happened to see Yu Liang put down his chess pieces in the corridor, looking at someone with a frown and asking, "You said the people from the Tang family are unwilling to accept the message?"

The person in question was the one who went to deliver the invitation to the Tang family. He lowered his head and said, "I was going to accept it, but Tang Dian went to ask the elders in the family for instructions and refused when he came back."

Zhang Yang couldn't help but said: "These old guys are all so short-sighted, they only care about the little safety in front of them!"

Yu Liang frowned, looked at the man who just walked over, and asked, "What did the Zhu family say?"

"The Zhu family..." The person who sent it to the Zhu family took out the invitation from his arms and stepped forward quickly, "The Zhu family didn't answer it either, and his tone was firm!"

"What a Zhu family! They are being suppressed by Chen Zhi, but they dare to refuse us. How brave!" Zhang Yang couldn't help but comment again. They got a lot of information about the Daijun family from Wang Jun. .

Yu Liang frowned and was speechless for a long time, but finally nodded and said: "The Tang family and Chen Zhi are close, and the Zhu family is under high pressure from Chen Zhi. This result is not surprising."

When Zhang Yang heard this, he felt that it made sense, but he also felt that it was Yu Liang comforting himself while picking up a chess piece and landing it on the chessboard.

Yu Liang picked up a chess piece absent-mindedly, but before he could put it down, the servant who went to deliver stickers to the Wang family came back.

"How is it?" When the man came to him, Yu Liang couldn't help but ask: "What did the Wang family say?"

"The Wang family received the invitation, but they didn't say the specific time. They said they wanted to discuss it."

After hearing this, Yu Liang breathed an inexplicable sigh of relief, and then said lightly: "The Wang family still knows how powerful it is. It is normal that they did not give a time immediately. It was within my expectations..."

Zhang Yang also nodded and said with a smile: "The Wang family can do it, there is some future."

Before he could finish his words, a servant suddenly came quickly to Yu Liang's side and whispered, "My lord, a member of the Wang family is here."

"A child of the Wang family?" Yu Liang's heart thumped when he heard this, "What is he doing?"

"The man said," the boy who made the rumor hesitated for a moment, then said, "He said he was here to return the invitation."

"Return the invitation?" Yu Liang's face suddenly turned livid, and the chess piece in his hand fell down.

This was not over yet. Immediately after, two more people came in from outside the door, quickly came to Yu Liang, lowered their heads and whispered...

"Gentleman, the Liu family is ignorant and won't let me in to deliver the post."

"Report to the Lord, the Zheng family is good and bad, and no one is answering!"

Whoa!
The next breath, Yu Liang's face was gloomy, and he knocked the chessboard aside with a wave of his hand.

Suddenly, black and white pieces fell all over the ground.

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