The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 238 Throwing Peaches

Behind the county government office in Wuyang County, in front of the county magistrate, there are four people sitting beside the county magistrate Dongfang Sheng.

"I called you here today to discuss something." Wuyang County Magistrate cleared his throat and said.

The four people sitting opposite the Wuyang county magistrate frowned suddenly, and one of them said in a deep voice, "I don't know why the county magistrate asked me to come here? It's not easy for us now that the army is in chaos."

With the support of Dongfang Sheng, the county magistrate of Wuyang has grown stronger. He was dissatisfied when he heard what this man said.

"Lin Er, don't talk nonsense here. Your Lin family controls more than half of the restaurants in Wuyang County, and it's not easy?" Wuyang County Magistrate explained the identity of the person who spoke.

These four people are actually the four surnames of Wuyang, the heads of the four families of Xu, Lin, Shen and Chen.

The Lin family ranked second, controlling almost all the restaurants in Wuyang County.

Lin Er is the head of the Lin family. Of course, his real name is not Lin Er, but because he is the second child, everyone who knows him calls him Lin Er.

The fact that the county magistrate of Wuyang can call Lin Er's name shows that he and Lin Er are quite familiar with each other.

Originally, in the county seat, the county magistrate would also make friends with the local aristocratic families to consolidate his position, and maybe make some money by the way.

The other three of the four surnames all looked at Xu Pang, the head of the Xu family. He was the strongest of the four surnames, so basically the other three also looked to him as their leader.

Xu Pang secretly gave the other three surnamed patriarchs a reassuring look, and then said to the Wuyang county magistrate: "The county magistrate misunderstood Lin Er's words, because the city was attacked by soldiers and horses, and his restaurant is really not doing very well. I think the county lord will understand me and wait."

After Xu Pang finished speaking, he stared directly at the county magistrate of Wuyang. The magistrate of Wuyang did not have the advantage of accepting the four surnames less, even the shadow of the magistrate of Wuyang was behind the decline of the Wang family at that time.

When Wuyang County Magistrate heard Xu Pang's words and saw Xu Pang looking at him, he felt a little guilty, and his voice couldn't help but soften a little: "Let's ask General Dongfang to tell you, this time the general is going to give you a big deal. Wealthy."

The four surnames immediately turned their eyes to the sword-browed star, who looked a bit like Dongfang Sheng from the noble family.

Dongfang Sheng put down the teacup in his hand, played with the jade in his hand and said, "This time I quelled Zhao Shao's rebellion for Liu Yizhou, I think you all know it?"

Dongfang Sheng's words made the heads of the four surnames feel like they were sitting on pins and needles. They belonged to Zhao Shao, and Dongfang Sheng was the one who put down Zhao Shao. Now that Wuyang County is lost, they will naturally be in trouble.

Dongfang Sheng had a panoramic view of the tense expressions of the four surnamed Patriarchs, and then smiled and said: "The most needed thing for marching and fighting is food, grass, ordnance, and I need someone to help transport the rations and ordnance."

This time, because the reactions from various places were beyond Liu Zhang's expectations, he no longer wanted to withhold grain, grass and ordnance. However, the transportation of grain and grass was a big problem, and Yizhou itself was not a very flat place.

It will definitely be better to let the local local snakes improve efficiency than the government.

Of course, the profits in this are also considerable, and although the imperial court has declined, Yizhou has been cleaned up by Liu Yan, and Yizhou can be regarded as having a surplus. In addition, there is no large-scale war, and it can be regarded as a relatively peaceful state. .

Of course, if this is not the case, the later Yizhou would not be able to withstand Zhuge Liang's seven Northern Expeditions.

As soon as Dongfang Sheng's voice fell, the heads of the four surnames fell silent for a while, and then their faces showed excited expressions, as long as they can make a profit, it is not important to them who they are loyal to, what is important is who can bring them Come benefit.

Just like the Wang family and Zhao Shao back then, whoever can give more benefits, they will follow.

Dongfang Sheng had a panoramic view of the expressions of the four surnamed patriarchs, and then said without waiting for them to speak: "I only need three teams, one team is in charge of food, one team is in charge of ordnance, and the other team is in charge of replenishing horses. The four of you Discuss, choose three, and inform Wuyang County Magistrate, I still have something to do, let's go first."

Dongfang Sheng left immediately after speaking, leaving the Patriarch of the four surnames in a daze.

When Wuyang County Magistrate just came back to his senses, he saw four pairs of green eyes staring at him, like four hungry wolves.

Xu Pang coughed and said, "You three should discuss it. If the situation is good, don't rush into this muddy water."

Xu Pang's appearance of treating himself as the head of the four surnames aroused the dissatisfaction of the other three families. Of course, the three of them dared not speak out because of their strength.

A stern look flashed in Shen Dong's eyes, and he said to Xu Pang, "Let the three of us discuss it and talk about it tomorrow, okay?"

Xu Pang said nonchalantly, "Tomorrow will be tomorrow."

Xu Pang didn't think there was anything wrong with his decision. Of course, he also took it for granted that he, as the head of the four surnames, should enjoy this benefit.

It's just that he didn't understand how glorious the Wang family was when they were the heads of the five surnames. Even after their backers in the court fell, they were still the heads of the five surnames, but what happened later?
Everyone pushed the wall down, Xu Pang just didn't know about it.

Dongfang Sheng threw three peaches, and the friendship between the four surnames fell apart. Although they knew that something was wrong with this matter, their interests were paramount, and they didn't think too much about it.

In the Shen family's courtyard, those servants and guards had already watched Shen's house inside and out. Their patriarch, Shen Dong, declared that no one was allowed to come in and disturb him.

The candlelight flickered, and the imprint on Shen Dong's fat face flickered, making it look a little gloomy.

Lin Er and the Patriarch of the Chen family were looking at each other with hostility, and they didn't want to let the fat out of their mouths.

"Hmph, Xu Pang is really majestic!" Shen Dong's chubby hands pounding on the table immediately attracted the attention of Lin Er and the Patriarch of the Chen family.

"Don't you two still understand what he means?" Shen Dong asked with a bit of 'heartbroken'.

Lin Er suddenly seemed to understand something, and then he said in surprise: "Xu Pang wants our three families to fight each other, so that he can profit more!"

Shen Dong showed an expression of 'You're so smart', and said in a deep voice: "Our four surnames are all in the same spirit. At that time, everyone was fighting against the same enemy in order to bring down the Wang family, but now? Xu Pang always regards himself as the head of the four families. , treating our three families as his subordinates, is really more domineering than the Wang family."

Hearing Shen Dong's words, Lin Er fell silent for a while, but the Patriarch of the Chen family suddenly said: "Brother Shen, please be the master, the three of us will give the members of the Xu family to..."

The Patriarch of the Chen family made a 'cut' motion with a ferocious expression.

Lin Er didn't see the eye contact between the head of the Chen family and Shen Dong. He was thinking about whether to cooperate with Shen Dong to kill Xu Pang, and he was still thinking that after killing the Xu family, he would be able to sit firmly in the top spot of the four surnames. up.

Shen Dong glanced at Lin Er, and secretly smiled in his heart: After the Xu family is cleaned up, it will be your Lin family's turn, and then there will be the weakest Chen family left, haha, this Wuyang County is not my Shen family's bag What's in it?

For a while, the three people in the room had their own thoughts and did not speak.

(End of this chapter)