Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 167 Big Brother's Style (Vote Request)

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the sky was bright.

When Zhang Yanling got up to have breakfast, he learned that his old father was still sleeping soundly.

"Stay up till midnight, what are you waiting for?"

Jin complained as she served food to her family.

Zhang Yu pulled Zhang Yanling aside and asked in a low voice, "Did something happen in the palace?"

"Ah."

Zhang Yanling nodded gently, "Concubine Wan is terminally ill... She is the biggest obstacle for my sister to marry into the Eastern Palace. Once she dies, my sister will be able to enter the Eastern Palace."

"How do you know what happened in the palace?"

Zhang Yu seemed puzzled, with confusion in his bright eyes.

Just as Zhang Yanling was about to explain, Zhang Heling came over and pulled his brother, shouting, "Eat quickly, second brother. After breakfast, I'll take you out to meet some people... Hehe, your eldest brother is now a powerful person, and we have finally established a firm foothold in the capital."

"Sister, just wait, everything will be clear in these few days."

Zhang Yanling shrugged helplessly at Zhang Yu, then went to the table to eat breakfast.

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The family had finished breakfast. Zhang Luan, the head of the family, had not yet woken up, and Shen Lu had not come to inform them of the latest news from the palace.

In other words, Concubine Wan in the palace might not have died at that time, or her death might not have been announced yet.

Zhang Yanling followed his brother out of the house, and Qin Yun took the initiative to greet him and ask, "Two young masters Zhang, where are you going? Do you need someone to accompany you?"

"Bring it, bring it."

Zhang Heling said in a bossy manner: "Can you fight or something?"

"what!?"

Qin Yun was a little confused by the arrogance of the Zhang family's boss.

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "Brother, they were ordered to protect our family. They didn't say they would help us fight."

"cut."

Zhang Heling pouted and said, "It's not easy to find someone who is willing to serve us. It would be a waste if we don't use it... Since he is protecting our family, can't he help us when we are beaten?"

Qin Yun said helplessly: "Master Zhang, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly... Never mind, I will go with you."

"no need."

Zhang Heling said proudly, "I already have people following me... Humph, we are not the same as before, isn't it easy to find a few people to look after our house? Let's go!"

Zhang Yanling frowned.

Judging from what my brother said, it doesn't seem like anything good.

You've only been in the capital for a few days and you've already got a bunch of thugs here?
You don’t have money to recruit people!
You haven't even achieved fame, wealth or status, so why should others serve you?
There may be a hidden story!

Forget it, let’s just go and take a look, and hope nothing unexpected happens!

Thinking of this, Zhang Yanling quickly followed his brother's pace. He was not at all confident in this eccentric elder brother and was afraid that he would be taken advantage of by others.

When Qin Yun saw that the situation was not right, he hurriedly took a brother to follow.

When the two brothers walked out of the street, they saw seven half-grown boys sitting at a breakfast stall on the side of the road. They used three benches to surround an octagonal table. There was a plate on the table with two pancakes on it.

"I'm coming!"

Several people had been staring at the direction of the intersection where the Zhang family lived. When they saw Zhang Heling appear, they all stood up and walked towards them to greet him.

Zhang Yanling did not move forward. He was about ten steps away from Zhang Heling. Even Qin Yun, who wanted to go over to interrogate those guys, was stopped by him.

"How about breakfast? Here are a few copper coins to spend."

Zhang Heling walked to the table and instantly blended into the small circle of people, then casually threw three or four copper coins on the table.

Zhang Yanling suddenly remembered that these were the copper coins that his elder brother had asked for when they met yesterday afternoon. It turned out that they were used to "entertain" this kind of stuff.

Judging from their ages, this group of people are basically around fourteen or fifteen years old. There is a younger one who is probably only twelve or thirteen years old, with a bit of childishness on his face. I don't know how they got involved with Zhang Heling.

"Second brother, come on, come on."

Zhang Heling sat on a bench prepared for him. Seeing his brother still standing in the distance, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand to greet him.

Only then did Zhang Yanling and Qin Yun come forward together.

When the little ones saw someone in official uniform coming over, they all stood up tremblingly and stood there not daring to move.

"Are you scared? Let me tell you, from now on, you will be well fed and well fed. My sister will soon be the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace. From now on, my family will be foreign relatives. My father will be the father-in-law of the emperor, and I will be the uncle of the emperor..."

Zhang Heling was showing off there.

A rough man working as a helper at the breakfast stall came over and asked with a big smile on his face: "Oh, I didn't know that this guy is a young master from an official family... May I ask if your surname is Wan or Zhou?" Zhang Heling asked back: "Why don't you say Zhang?"

"Last name is Zhang?"

The rough man looked confused. "Don't speak carelessly under the emperor's feet. The emperor's hat is too big for you. Tell me, do you want porridge or cake?"

As he spoke, the rough man picked up the three cents on the table and put them in his pocket.

"Look what are you eating?"

Zhang Heling said to the younger ones.

"Eat pie."

Obviously, these people are not from wealthy families. They are all street boys who like to eat solid food and don’t like to drink liquid food.

A few cakes were placed on the table, and before Zhang Heling could even call on them, the boys started scrambling for them.

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"Second brother, what do you think?"

Zhang Heling walked up to his brother with a proud look on his face and showed off to Zhang Yanling, "Look at them, they are all very smart and capable. If they follow us in the future, we can help hold the fort even if we go to see Uncle Zhou or something like that... What do you think?"

"I don't think so!"

Zhang Yanling looked at the guys fighting for food like mad dogs and couldn't help but frown and shake his head: "Brother, where did you find these cowards? Aren't they ugly?"

"I picked it up on the road... These guys actually dared to rob me. Fortunately, Uncle Zhou's men helped me stop them that day. Then I saw them staring at me with a thief's look, so I told them that if they followed me in the future, they would have meat to eat and wine to drink. Then I asked them to wait for me here this morning..."

Zhang Heling straightened his back and said.

Zhang Yanling thought, your way of recruiting thugs is really simple and crude.

Just found it on the road?

It really didn’t cost any money…

Great, big brother, you don't even need others to work for you, you take the initiative to recruit talents, it seems that you have the style of a big boss.

Otherwise, how could the infamy of forming gangs and fighting among relatives of the emperor's wife fall on you in the history of the Ming Dynasty?
"Brother, my head hurts."

Zhang Yanling suddenly touched the back of his head, a look of pain appearing on his face.

Zhang Heling became nervous after hearing this. He quickly stepped forward to touch Zhang Yanling's head and asked with concern, "Is it the sequelae of being beaten before? Let me take a look."

Zhang Yanling pushed his hand away and asked angrily, "Do you remember that your brother was beaten up when he went out? Your logic of fighting doesn't work in a small place like Xingji, so how can it work in the capital? What can you do with these cowards when you go out?"

"They can fight. Look how clever they are..."

"Besides being smart, what else can you do? If the person on the other side is some official son, and he brings a dozen people with sticks or other weapons, how many of these people you have found will fight for you?"

Zhang Yanling continued to ask questions.

Zhang Heling grinned and said, "It's just to keep up appearances. Do you really think I'm stupid enough to take them to fight for my life?"

Zhang Yanling pointed at Qin Yun standing behind him and asked, "If Captain Qin stood beside you, he could take on these seven, right?"

Qin Yun listened to this and couldn't help feeling annoyed.

Comparing me with a street thug?

I don’t think it’s glorious to have one compared to seven.

"what?"

Zhang Heling was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion, "He is an official, how could he stay by our side all the time?"

Zhang Yanling said, "You also know that being an official is useful? If you are really capable, you will have the opportunity to serve the court in the future, enter the Five Military Commander's Office, or join the Jinyiwei, bring with you a few followers, and you can walk sideways when you go out. Why bother with all this nonsense?"

Zhang Heling touched his brother's forehead and said, "Hey, he's really ill. He's even talking nonsense."

"Alright, alright, no wonder dad always says you don't have big ambitions."

Zhang Yanling gave up trying to persuade him and said helplessly, "Brother, you should change your temper...select from these few and keep at most one or two to guard the gate and the courtyard."

After saying that, Zhang Yanling turned around and was about to take Qin Yun away.

Zhang Heling called out from behind, "Second Brother, what the hell is wrong with you? Do I need you to teach me how to do anything?"

As Qin Yun walked with Zhang Yanling, he turned back and said with a smile: "Young Master Zhang, your second young master is right. In this capital, these guys you found can't protect you. Getting an official position is more important than anything else."

"Ridiculous."

Zhang Heling cursed, "These are the men I found with great difficulty, and every one of them is useful... Humph, if you run into trouble when you go out in the future, don't come to borrow people from me."

After saying that, Zhang Heling walked towards the group of people again and called them, "Come on, come on, don't be polite, eat quickly, and only after eating will you have the strength to go out and work with me."

(End of this chapter)