With Tang Tong's strength, it would be easy for him to help Huang Feng seize the position of patriarch. Huang Feng thought for a moment and said, "Master Tang, I come from a family of grain merchants and am very familiar with this business. I am willing to open up business channels for you. I believe you also understand that food is the most important thing for the people. I believe I don't need to explain how important the grain business is to you."
Tang Tong listened to Huang Feng's words and couldn't help but think to himself, if this man helped the Tang family caravan to open up food channels, wouldn't he be going against his own Huang family? Tang Tong wasn't good at scheming, but Dayu'er knew that. She saw clearly from the side that when this man from Huang Feng mentioned his family, there was a lot of resentment in his eyes. She whispered in Tang Tong's ear, "Master, this man wants to use your power to bring down the Huang family. I'm afraid he has some complicated grudge against the Huang family."
After being reminded by Dayu'er, Tang Tong looked at Dayu'er with praise and said to Huang Fengyu: "Since you are willing to help me, then I can't treat you unfairly. How about I help you ascend to the position of the head of the Huang family?"
Since Tang Tong knew the possible reasons, he knew what to do. He threw a bait, which was very big for Huang Feng. So after hearing what Tang Tong said, Huang Feng's eyebrows couldn't help but twitch a few times. After taking a deep breath, he said, "Sir, to be honest, I was kicked out by my family this time..."
Huang Feng's IQ is not low. Since Lord Tang has already said this, he can no longer hide anything. Otherwise, he will definitely not gain Lord Tang's trust in the future. He immediately told him about the competition between himself and his two elder brothers for the position of the head of the Huang family. Especially when he said that he was framed by his two brothers, tears could not help but flow out.
Huang Feng was a man of sentimental temperament. The maid who was murdered was actually his lover. They grew up together and the maid had been with him for nearly ten years. Even though they were childhood sweethearts, there was some affection between them. She was killed for no reason by his two brothers and the crime was put on him. Whenever Huang Feng thought of it, he felt very sad.
After hearing what Huang Feng said, Tang Tongye felt a little sympathy. It was not sympathy for the young master Huang Feng, but sympathy for the maid's experience. In later generations, many beautiful women from ordinary families were either prostitutes or playthings of rich and powerful people. Occasionally, there were strong-willed women. If they were favored by a young master, they would have no future if they refused. In fact, no matter what era, the essence of society is actually the same.
I am not a savior, Tang Tong thought silently in his heart, but there are some things that I can do now. Tang Tong blinked, put aside his past associations, and said to Huang Fengyu: "I will help you become the head of the Huang family. I have one condition that you must agree to, which is to join the Grain and Oil Chamber of Commerce led by the Tang family caravan. The price of grain and oil sales must be in accordance with the price set by the Grain and Oil Chamber of Commerce. Do you agree?"
"Don't worry, sir. If I become the head of the Huang family, the Huang family will obey your orders in the future." Huang Feng answered Tang Tong's request without even thinking. He, Huang Feng, was now expelled from the Huang family and had nothing. The condition Tang Tong proposed was nothing more than that the Huang family could not arbitrarily increase the prices of grain and oil in the future.
Although this would cause the Huang family to lose some benefits, but since they had nothing in their hands anyway, this loss was not considered their benefit at all. Those who did not agree were simply fools. However, Huang Feng's promise made Huang Feng himself unaware of the severe food price storm that would sweep across the entire Ming Dynasty.
Tang Tong patted Huang Feng's shoulder and said, "You must remember what I said. Food is the foundation of a country and a nation. Those who hoard food and want to sell it at a high price are sinners of a country and a nation. I will give you this piece of grain and oil. If anyone dares to charge exorbitant prices on the land of Daming in the future, you must make them bankrupt. As long as you do as I say, no matter what happens, I will support you."
"Yes, sir, don't worry, I will never forget what you said." Huang Feng knelt on one knee, put one fist on the ground, and placed the other fist across his chest, swearing.
Tang Tong pulled Huang Feng up, smiled, and said with satisfaction: "I will give you thirty special forces, one hundred soldiers, and five hundred Japanese auxiliary troops. They will help you clear out all the forces that stand in your way. Since the grain transport is also very important, then you can take your men and incorporate them into our forces first. As for the rest, you can handle it yourself. When you become the head of the Huang family, what you have to do is to lower the price of grain for me."
Huang Feng nodded vigorously. Although he didn't know the combat effectiveness of the Tang family army, when he heard that there were 500 Japanese among them, he knew in his heart that this force would be considerable, because everyone in the Ming Dynasty knew that, except for the Qi family army back then, the other garrison troops of the Ming Dynasty were not as good as the Japanese in terms of individual combat effectiveness. Now that the Tang family army was able to subdue the Japanese, it meant that the Tang family army was no worse than the Qi family army back then. With such an army in hand, the Cao Gang and the Huang family would not be able to stop him at all.
Huang Feng, thinking of this, was also filled with heroic spirit for a moment.
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