Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 32 Said Cao Cao, Xia Hou Arrived

After spending the night in the guest house of the county prison, Xiang Kang and his sons first took back the weapons temporarily impounded by the county officials in the early morning of the next day, and then officially left the county prison to go home. Feng Zhong, who stayed overnight, had already been waiting at the gate of the county prison, and offered to go home with the Xiang family's children.

Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong have become good friends through Xiang Kang. Of course, the children of the Xiang family will not refuse the proposal to go home with Feng Zhong, but Feng Zhong obviously has some concerns. After Kang inquired about the process of yesterday's interrogation, he basically said nothing on the road, and his expression was not only a little worried, but even a little frowning.

Seeing that Feng Zhong had something on his mind, Xiang Kang, who was still somewhat conscientious, took the initiative to ask: "Brother, what happened? Why do you look so ugly?"

"Errands are getting harder and harder to do." Feng Zhong sighed and said: "Yesterday, there was news from the county temple that there was another document from Xianyang, and the second round of guards would be conscripted to guard the border. Someone in Dongxiang will be unlucky again. I'm going to offend my folks again."

"Is it going to be conscripted again?" Xiang Kang was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Wu Youyi just took a group of people to Yanmen to serve in the military some time ago. How long has it been since then? Frontier garrison? Spring plowing is about to start, take the peasant husband away, how can we do this spring plowing?"

"That's what I'm worried about. It's already the sixth day of the first lunar month, and it's going to be spring plowing in about ten days. At this time, it's offending people to recruit peasants." Feng Zhong sighed, and said with a sad face: "It's only two days away. The second round of garrison service will be conscripted in the next month, and at this rate, all five rounds will have to be conscripted within the next year, and even the autumn harvest will become a big problem."

"Which round do I belong to?" Xiang Kang asked quickly.

"The last round, brother, your household registration is compiled in the right side, and it is the last round in order." Xiang Kang was relieved by Feng Zhong's answer, and said: "But brother, half of your cousins ​​are in the left side. , compiled in the fourth round."

After finishing speaking, Feng Zhong said in a low voice again: "Brother Xiang Kang, if the court really enlists the fourth round of military service, you should help me to persuade your cousins, please don't mess around. Otherwise, I will be unlucky too."

"Brother, you are an agent for you, in charge of arresting thieves, why are you also unlucky?" Xiang Kang asked doubtfully.

"My household registration is also registered in Zuolu." Feng Zhong said with a sad face: "If the imperial court really enlists the fourth round of military service, Dongxiang will lead the team to serve in the military service. In all likelihood, it will be me. So if your brothers act recklessly at that time, I will also be in bad luck."

Xiang Kang was silent, but Feng Zhong became more and more frowning as he talked, and said: "I hope there will be no mistakes in the enlistment of the garrison this time. If it is like Pei County, maybe I will have to wait until the fourth round of garrison is enlisted." Bad luck first."

"Peixian?!" Xiang Kang, who was very sensitive to this name, was shocked and asked quickly, "Brother, what happened to Peixian?"

"There was a pavilion chief named Liu Ji in Peixian County, who ran away with the prisoners who were going to serve in Lishan."

Feng Zhong's words almost made Xiang Kang stumble, and Xiang Kang, who knew Liu Bang's original name was Liu Ji, was surprised, "Liu Ji has already taken the prisoner away?"

"Yes, I heard that he went to Mount Mangdang to become a robber." His mind was heavy, and Feng Zhong didn't find the wrong language in Xiang Kang's words. Many people, he knew that the crime was inevitable, so he simply released all the prisoners, and took a dozen prisoners who were willing to go with him to Mount Mangdang, where they became robbers, and several officials in Depei County followed Bad luck."

"Soon." Xiang Kang screamed in his heart, "Liu Bang has already run away, troubled times are coming soon."

After the horror of hearing Liu Bang's escape, Xiang Kang quickly calmed down and quickly calculated his future. It turned out that it was okay if he didn't plan. After careful consideration, Xiang Kang found that he was still far away from preparing for the coming of troubled times. Not enough, although the blacksmith shop he and Feng Zhong jointly opened has a pretty good business, but the steel output is too small, and the weapons and ironware produced have to be sold first for profit, so as to make money to purchase raw materials to maintain production, and there are very few weapons that can be hidden privately. Doesn't do much when needed.

The second is the problem of manpower. If it is really necessary to raise troops, a dozen Xiang family children may go with him, but this number of people will not be of much use either.Although Feng Zhong's subordinates have some pavilions and diners available, Feng Zhong and himself are just friends and business partners, so it is definitely a matter of time whether they will go with him or not.At the same time, my age and prestige are obviously not enough. It is still one thing whether I can make the Xiang family's children willingly serve me as my master, let alone let Feng Zhong and others be loyal to me.

"Is it really necessary to wait until Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu lead the army to fight?" Xiang Kang even wanted to give up at one point, but he didn't want to sit and wait like this, and said in his heart: "But is it too much to do so?" Passive? Besides, I must have changed some history, will it trigger some butterfly effect, and bring me any danger in advance?"

After returning to Shiling Pavilion with a lot of worries, Feng Zhong invited the children of the Xiang family to visit his home again. The children of the Xiang family, who were accustomed to eating and drinking, also forced Xiang Kang to accept Feng Zhong's invitation. The partnership with Xiang Kang in the blacksmith shop earned some money from Qin Banliang, and the quality of Lao Feng's food has improved a lot. Not only fresh meat and fish and shellfish common in the Huaihe River Basin, but also a large piece of shellfish from the market. At the same time, Feng Zhong asked the diners to bring more rice wine than usual, and he greeted boldly: "Brother Xiang, everyone, Mr. Xiang, let your stomach eat and drink, if it is not enough, I will call immediately." People will buy it again!"

The brothers of the Xiang family applauded loudly, thanked Feng Zhong, and ate and drank while shaking off their cheeks. Xiang Guan, who was sitting next to Xiang Kang, poked Xiang Kang with his elbow and said, "Brother, you and the Yu family We need to hurry up on the little sister's affairs, his family is so rich, a dowry must be indispensable, then we will be able to eat such good wine and food every day."

The speaker had no intention, but the listener meant it. Xiang Kang, who was worrying about the future, couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard Xiang Guan's words, and said inwardly, "Yes, why did I forget about the old Yu's family? His family is so rich. If you can use it to support me, many things will be much easier!"

Thinking of this, and thinking of what I had planned in front of Magistrate Zhou yesterday, a vicious but definitely well-intentioned thought came to Xiang Kang's mind—can I think of a way to borrow that single right? Wei's hand forced the Yu family to have nowhere to go, so they could only obediently marry their daughter to him, get in his chariot, and use his family's money for him to raise troops?

"If you can think of a way to let the Yu family move to Shiling Pavilion, things will be much easier." Xiang Kang even planned the steps of the plan, secretly said: "The Yu family is not familiar with the place of life when they arrive at Shiling Pavilion. We have to rely on our Xiang family for everything, and Feng Zhong, who wears a pair of pants with me, will help, and it will definitely be much easier to ask them to contribute money and effort than it is now..."

He had an idea and a plan in his mind, but how to make the Yu family willingly move to Shiling Pavilion to be slaughtered by himself, Xiang Kang couldn't think of any good way for a while, but fortunately, Xiang Kang still had some time, and at the same time Xiang Kang also believed that the Shan Youwei in Lingxian County would never stop there, and he might get his strong help at any time, so Xiang Kang was not in a hurry, and that day he had a good time with Feng Zhong, who had become more and more friendly. The next day, he returned to the blacksmith shop he and Feng Zhong jointly opened to preside over steelmaking and manage operations.

In the following period of time, nothing major happened, Shan Youwei didn't come to find fault with the egg, and the Yu family was peaceful, the Xiang family's children traveled east and west as usual, and Xiang Kang was running the blacksmith shop in his spare time In the same year, under the banner of visiting Feng Zhong to train the soldiers of the pavilions in Dongxiang, I got to know all the pavilion heads of Xiaxiang Dongxiang’s ten pavilions. Although I didn’t become close friends like Feng Zhong, I still established a certain friendship. Familiar with each other, calling them brothers and sisters, more or less established a foundation for their future.

At the same time, the high-quality ironware produced by Shilingting is becoming more and more famous. Not only the merchants and people from surrounding Lingxian, Xiapi, Qulu and Tongxian counties rushed to Shilingting to purchase ironware, even the once capital of Chu State Merchants from Pengcheng, Xiaoxian County, Liuxian County and other places far away also came here to purchase iron weapons and agricultural tools produced by Shilingting and sell them in various places for profit or for their own use. The blacksmith shop jointly opened by Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong also Therefore, the business is getting more and more popular, which gives Xiang Kang more spare money for his own use and to help the family. Feng Zhong also laughs from ear to ear every day, bragging in front of people all day long, saying that the smartest decision in his life is to make a decision with Xiang Kang. Kang turned enemies into friends and became brothers.

No, this day just poured a batch of molten steel that was smelted earlier into the mold, and when Xiang Kang, who was so tired and sweaty, was gulping down water, Feng Zhong came to Xiang Kang with a smile on his face. When they met, they said to Xiang Kang excitedly: "Brother, good news, big business, Cao prison in Peixian County sent someone to us with a rumor, and wanted to buy sixty iron knives for the officials in Peixian County. Said that if we can give them a good price, Cao Yujian can help us persuade the captains of Peixian County and the tour officers and pavilion chiefs of various townships to let their people all buy the weapons of our Shiling Pavilion."

"Pei County?" Xiang Kang was alerted by the absence of that place name in this era, and asked in surprise, "The jailer in Pei County sent someone to come all this way to buy knives from us?"

"Brother, who told you that you made good iron?" Feng Zhong smiled more happily, and said, "Don't worry, I have carefully checked the test, and there is nothing wrong with it. Outside, shall I call him in right away? Let's discuss the price with him face to face, brothers?"

Sixty steel knives are indeed a big deal for Xiang Kang's small blacksmith shop, so Xiang Kang nodded and agreed to meet the person sent by Cao prison in Pei County in person, and in a short while, a man with a full face The burly man with a thick black beard was brought in front of Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong. Feng Zhong first introduced Xiang Kang's name and identity to the burly man. Xiang Kang cupped his hands and said, "Fan Kuai, the jailer of Peixian County, has been ordered by the official Cao Prisoner to see..."

"puff!"

The burly man Fan Kui couldn't finish his sentence, because he only announced his name. Xiang Kang, who was drinking water, just opened his mouth and sprayed a sip of water in front of his face, and almost directly sprayed it on Attitude's face.Then, Xiang Kang pointed at Fan Kui and screamed, "What did you say? What's your name?"

"My lord, Fan Kuai." Fan Kui replied in confusion, and then asked, "What? Mr. Xiang, did you not make it clear just now?"

Xiang Kang looked at Fan Kui stupidly, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, and quickly asked again: "Cao prisoner in Pei County? Fan Zhuangshi, what's the name of your prisoner in Pei County?"

"The official below is called Cao Can." Fan Kui continued to answer truthfully, saying: "Cao Shen, Cao Prisoner."

Xiang Kang continued to be tongue-tied, and after a while he murmured in his heart, "I mentioned Liu Ji and Liu Laosan just a few days ago, but I didn't expect it to be Cao Cao. Cao Ren sent Xiahou Dun here."

(End of this chapter)