Chapter 612 Hostages in Hand, the World is Mine
When Zhizhou Song learned that his godmother was going to set up the Control Crane Mansion, he knew in his heart that this wave was a sure thing!
As expected, within two days after the news reached Xiangzhou, the threshold of the Song Mansion was broken down.
"Brother Song, this is a small gift from our Huang family. Please help deliver it to Hezhong County."
Huang Jincheng felt extremely sad, this was a full ten thousand taels of silver!
Prodigal little brother!
Huang Jincheng didn't want to give the money, but his younger brother said that if he didn't give the money, he would break off relations with his family and then go to the streets of Hezhong Prefecture to beg for food.
If he really did this, the Huang family's face would be lost from Xiangzhou to Hezhong County.
Song Zhizhou smiled with his eyes curved into a smile. The Huang family was rich, very rich, but also very stingy, and was known as the number one miser in Xiangzhou.
As expected, the only people who can make the stingy people plunder are their own people!
After Huang Jincheng delivered the money, he walked out of the Song Mansion without looking back. He was worried that if he turned back, he would want to take the silver back.
Just as Magistrate Song had his men carry the silver to the storehouse, he heard the doorman report that someone from the Lu family had arrived.
The patriarch of the Lu family smiled like Maitreya Buddha, and right from the start he called his nephew "my dear nephew" and kept calling him "my dear nephew".
"Oh my, I feel close to you as soon as I see you, my nephew. I often tell my eldest son that he should find a young man like you who is young, promising, mature and steady to play with."
Song Zhizhou's eyes sparkled: "Uncle Lu, you are too kind."
Patriarch Lu didn’t seem to notice Song Zhizhou’s indifference, and said enthusiastically: “Anyway, we will be a family in the future, so we should help each other in the future.”
"A family?"
The head of the Lu family laughed loudly: "Of course, after my fourth son entered the Konghe Mansion, we will become relatives, right?"
When Zhizhou Song saw that the head of the Lu family did not look embarrassed at all when he said this, but instead had a hint of pride, he couldn't help but think to himself that he was worthy of being the Lu family.
The head of the Lu family took out a thick book from his sleeve and stuffed it into Song Zhizhou's hand: "Hey, our Lu family got up late, and we are not as rich as other families. But our Lu family's daughters are capable. Whether it is the grandmother, aunt or sister generation, they all love our fourth child very much!"
Song Zhizhou opened the notebook, glanced at it, and couldn't hide his surprise.
The Lu family can really give birth to daughters!
The girls from the Lu family are really powerful. They not only have people in Xiangzhou, but also in Henan Prefecture and even in Nanjun.
The Lu family’s secrets are really deep.
Song Zhizhou smiled and said, "Godmother has many female generals under her command. She may recruit female officials in the future, regardless of whether they are married or not."
This news made the head of the Lu family overjoyed.
Although the Lu family made their fortune with the help of their daughters, they were still very good to their daughters. Not only did they give them the best food, clothing and other expenses within their means, they also hired a teacher to teach them the Four Books and Five Classics.
If we meet a girl who doesn't like poetry, we won't force her. If she wants to wield a sword, we'll hire a martial arts master. If she wants to do housework, we'll hire a needlework master.
If the Lu family did not want to gain a foothold in this world, they would not be willing to give these girls away as concubines.
If the girls could really get a position with Duke Yun, and then help each other with the fourth brother of the Control Crane Mansion, wouldn't the Lu family be stable?
The head of the Lu family thanked Magistrate Song again and again, then he left the Song Mansion reluctantly, looking back every few steps.
When leaving the gate of Song Mansion, he bumped into Cui Dalang, who had a gloomy face.
Cui Dalang nodded slightly to the head of the Lu family, then went straight into the mansion without even looking at him again.
"What's so great about that? Since you've come to the Song Mansion, you must be promoted to Duke Yun. With our fourth brother's ability, maybe he can even grab a position as the Crane Control Supervisor." The head of the Lu family left happily.
Cui Dalang sat upright, staring at the teacup in front of him without blinking. His delicate facial features were like sculptures, but his eyes were cold.
Cui Dalang didn't say anything, and Song Zhizhou would not speak first.
With a smile on his face, Song Zhizhou opened the letter from his wife in Kyoto. The letter said that Uncle Tan had lifted his wife's house arrest and allowed her to meet Su Dalang.
Su Dalang was fine. Thanks to Lord Chen and Censor Jiang, the jailer did not treat Su Dalang harshly.
Su Dalang begged Tan Sanniang to help rescue Yang Lan.
Tan Sanniang used her uncle Tan's connections, and finally Yang Lan was stripped of her official position, beaten with thirty sticks, and successfully released from prison.
Seeing this, Song Zhizhou could already roughly guess the wind direction in Kyoto.
People like Uncle Tan, who were good at changing with the times, stopped standing blindly on the side of the government and began to show goodwill to his godmother.
Song Zhizhou folded the letter carefully and put it in his arms.
"Huh? Cui Dalang? You're here too?" Hua Jun just heard the doorman say that someone came to visit Song Zhizhou. He was wondering who it was, but he didn't expect it to be Cui Dalang.
Cui Dalang hummed: "Why are you here?"
Hua Jun had a bitter face and said aggrievedly: "It's my disappointing little brother!"
Hua Jun handed a wooden box to Song Zhizhou: "Brother Song, I'm sure you know what my brother Hua Xu is like. He said he wanted to enter Konghe Mansion, isn't that nonsense?!"
"Do you think it's possible to ask Duke Yun to let him come back?"
Hua Jun felt almost numb. How could a person cause such a big disaster?
How dare he, a man who likes men, enter the Konghe Mansion? !
Isn't this a joke with the lives of the entire Hua family? !
Hua Jun can only hope that Cui Letian and the others can do their best and never let Hua Xu appear in front of Duke Yun!
When Zhizhou Song opened the box, he saw a distribution map of the three mineral resources in Hezhong County, including iron ore, coal mine and silver mine.
Song Zhizhou glanced at Hua Jun calmly.
The Hua family is very bold. Privately mining is a serious crime that will lead to the confiscation of property and extermination of the entire family.
They were in Hezhong County, and they were able to come up with three at once!
Song Zhizhou closed the box and nodded to Hua Jun: "I will convey the Hua family's intentions to my godmother."
Hezhong County is vast and sparsely populated. Even if the godmother took control of Hezhuang County, it would be very difficult for her to know every tree and blade of grass in Hezhong County.
If the Hua family had not taken the initiative to hand them over, the godmother might not have been able to discover these three private mines.
After receiving the promise from Song Zhizhou, Hua Jun breathed a sigh of relief, secretly cursing his trouble-making brother, and quickly ran away.
Only Cui Dalang and Song Zhizhou were left in the room.
Cui Dalang knew that if he didn't speak first, Song Zhizhou would stay like this until night.
Cui Dalang sighed slightly, as if he had finally bowed his head: "Brother Song, if our Cui family completely surrenders to Duke Yun, can Cui Letian take over the position of the Control Crane Supervisor?"
Oh, look at what you said, how difficult it is!
Song Zhizhou curled his lips and said, "Cui Dalang really thinks too highly of me. This is the Control Crane Bureau, how can I have a say? Why don't you go there in person and ask?"
Cui Dalang’s smile froze on his face.
Judging from the situation and behavior of Duke Yun, he dared to threaten Cui Letian for money and food after capturing him.
If she were caught again, she would dare to ask the entire Cui family to join her!
If you go to Hezhong Prefecture by yourself, it will be like throwing meat buns at a dog, and you will never come back.
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