Chapter 304 Old Zhang Maosheng meets the general

Just when Yang Zhengshan entered the Zheng Mansion, the Zhang family also received news from the West City Gate.

The Tenglong Guards entered the city, and Luo Fu and Xu Huazhen were captured. The Tenglong Guards successively took over the city defense and sealed the Yanyun Division Yamen.

News came back one after another. Zhang Maosheng stood under the eaves and looked at the bright sky.

Zhang Maosheng is already in his seventies this year. His back is slightly stooped, his beard and hair are all white, and his face is full of wrinkles, but his pair of turbid and deep eyes are like a deep pool that makes it difficult to see through.

In the hall behind Zhang Maosheng, Zhang Qingsong, the eldest son, and Zhang Qingyun, the second son, had anxious expressions on their faces.

"Dad, Lord Luo has been captured, should we do something?" Zhang Qingsong asked.

Zhang Maosheng did not speak, but walked into the hall, picked up the pipe pot placed on the table, slowly pinched a handful of tobacco and placed it in the pipe pot, and then lit it with a fire sickle.

He took a sharp drag and exhaled a long stream of smoke.

"Our Zhang family has been in business for more than three hundred years now. Over the past three hundred years, we have encountered countless crises, but we have been able to survive each time safely. Do you know why?"

Zhang Maosheng asked softly.

Zhang Qingsong and Zhang Qingyun glanced at each other, their eyes filled with anxiety, but they still asked patiently: "Why?"

"Why?" Zhang Maosheng smiled and stood under the eaves again with a pipe and pot in hand, "Because we never participate in official battles!"

"Go and bring out all the cash in the warehouse, and also get your Lords' account books, especially Lord Luo's account books!"

What do businessmen fear most?

It's suppression from official circles.

If merchants want to develop and grow, they cannot do without the support of officials. Businessmen will be uneasy without officials, and merchants will not be rich without officials.

Officials and business are two intertwined veins, as if there is a huge network that closely connects the two.

The Zhang family's current wealth is indispensable without official support.

But the Zhang family has never been bound to a certain official, nor to a certain force in the officialdom.

This is the way to continue the Zhang family.

Zhang Qingsong and Zhang Qingyun's expressions changed, all the cash in the warehouse was there!

How much cash does the Zhang family have?

To be honest, neither of the two brothers had an accurate concept.

Because there are too many!

"Go quickly! If you don't go, it will be too late!" Zhang Maosheng urged in a hoarse voice.

"Yes, yes!!" Zhang Qingsong responded quickly, and then the two brothers ran out of the main hall and called the servants at home to go to the warehouse to carry money.

Soon, boxes of heavy silver were carried to the front yard, filling the open space in front of the front hall.

But before they could finish carrying it, Song Dashan rushed into Zhang's house with a group of soldiers.

After a period of panic and commotion, Song Dashan came to the front of the Zhang family hall like a dragon and a tiger.

Looking at the large boxes in front of him, Song Dashan was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the Zhang family in confusion.

"Old Zhang Maosheng pays homage to the general!"

Zhang Maosheng had already expected it. When he saw Song Dashan and a group of menacing soldiers, there was no trace of panic on his old face. He calmly stepped forward and bowed with clasped fists.

Song Dashan glanced at him and said: "I am not a general, I am Song Dashan, the commander of the Tenglong Guard. I am ordered by the commander of the Tenglong Guard to seize all the properties of the Zhang family. Anyone who resists will be killed!"

"Search!"

Song Dashan was an honest man. Although he wondered why there were so many boxes here, he still did not forget Yang Zhengshan's order and resolutely carried out Yang Zhengshan's order.

If Yang Zhengshan said to seal it up, then seal it up. If he said more, Song Dashan would be dishonest.

Song Dashan waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him immediately poured into Zhang's house and began to seal everything.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Song, I have something to say!" Zhang Maosheng said quickly when he saw that the soldiers were already running towards the Zhang family's backyard.

"What did you say? If you have anything to say, please wait until you meet my adults. It's useless to tell me!" Song Dashan's eyes swept over the Zhang family members.

He doesn't care what Zhang Maosheng has to say. What he cares about is whether there are warriors in the Zhang family and whether there are any warriors who pose a threat. If there are, then he will focus on them. If the other party dares to resist, he will kill them on the spot.

Zhang Maosheng was a little panicked at this time. He was willing to admit his mistake. The visitor would definitely relax a bit and at least be able to talk for a few words.

But Song Dashan in front of him didn't give him a chance to admit his mistake at all, which made him feel like a scholar meets a soldier, and his reasons are unclear.

"When you are older, don't act recklessly, otherwise my sword will not matter how old you are!"

Song Dashan felt that this old guy was in some way, so he raised the knife in his hand, trying to get this old guy to stay away.

"Sir!" Zhang Maosheng looked at the knife in his hand, his expression changed slightly, and he took a few steps back.

He is also a warrior, and he once had a high level of cultivation, but now he is over 70 years old, with less than 30% of his cultivation level remaining.

Furthermore, he is a businessman who values ​​​​being friendly and makes money. He never likes to fight with others to the death, so he only practices to strengthen his body and has no fighting ability at all.

To put it simply, when he was young, he was a good-looking guy with little cultivation, but now he is not even a good guy.

"Open the box!" Seeing that Song Dashan was unable to get in, Zhang Maosheng quickly called to the servants behind him to open the boxes one after another.

Bang bang bang~~

The box opened, revealing a bunch of white silver.

The silver stored in the Zhang family's warehouse is all recast new silver, all of which are fifty taels of silver ingots.

The brand new silver ingots were neatly placed in the box, shining brightly under the bright sunshine, which was particularly eye-catching.

The soldiers who followed Song Dashan almost popped their eyes out when they saw this.

So much silver!

They only had this thought in their minds!

There was really a lot of silver.

There were one thousand taels in a box, and there were hundreds of boxes in front of them. The key was that these boxes were just carried out, and there were many boxes on the way out. Because of the sudden intrusion of the soldiers, the servants of the Zhang family put the boxes on the ground.

So, the white silver spread from the open space in front of the hall to the depths of the Zhang family, like a long dragon with no end in sight.

With so much silver in front of them, few people could not be tempted.

Of course, some people were not moved at all.

Song Dashan glanced at the shining silver and shouted with clear eyes: "Why are you standing there? Find all the people in the Zhang family!"

The soldiers came back to their senses and continued to do their business.

However, many soldiers still secretly looked at the silver.

They were all from poor backgrounds and had never seen so much silver. Seeing so much silver at this time, it was inevitable that they would be greedy.

But among the soldiers, there were soldiers from the Anyuan City Garrison Camp. They saw the greed of their soldiers at a glance and said coldly: "Be honest, who dares to hide it privately will be punished by military law!"

"Hurry up!"

The reprimands rang out, and the greed in the hearts of the soldiers was suppressed.

As for the soldiers from the Anyuan City Garrison Camp, they would not be greedy.

Do you really think they have never seen silver?

When they were in the north, the savings of those Hu tribes were much more than the silver in front of them.

They were also people who had seen big scenes, and faced with the situation in front of them, they would not be shaken at all.

The soldiers continued to seal up the Zhang family, searched the rooms one by one, and drove all the Zhang family members to the front yard.

At this time, Zhang Maosheng was completely panicked!

What does this mean?

Why is even the silver useless?

Seeing that everyone in the family was driven over, he was a little panicked, "Don't do it!"

Fortunately, he was still calm. Seeing that someone in the mansion was angry and had the urge to do it, he quickly stopped it.

As a family that has been passed down for more than 300 years, the Zhang family has a large population, dozens of people, hundreds of servants, and a lot of servants and guards.

If they really started fighting, the soldiers brought by Song Dashan might not be able to suppress it.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan and Zheng Xiao came over.

Seeing the silver in front of the hall and the honest Zhang family, Yang Zhengshan stopped in surprise.

The Zhang family is a wealthy family with a lot of money, and money can make many martial artists work for them.

Even martial artists of the eighth and ninth levels of the acquired realm may bow their heads for money, not to mention those low-level acquired realm martial artists.

With the financial resources of the Zhang family, it is not difficult to recruit dozens or hundreds of acquired realm martial artists.

Yang Zhengshan hurried over because he was afraid that the Zhang family would not be willing to surrender and would resist with force.

Now it seems that the Zhang family is still rational.

"Sir!"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan coming, Song Dashan hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted.

"Well!"

Yang Zhengshan walked forward calmly, looked at the boxes of silver, and asked, "What's going on?"

"They moved it out by themselves, I don't know why?" Song Dashan replied very honestly.

"I, Zhang Maosheng, greet the general!" Zhang Maosheng found an opportunity and immediately stepped forward to pay his respects, with an extremely humble attitude.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the old man, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.

"Are you the head of the Zhang family?"

"Yes, I am the head of the Zhang family!" Zhang Maosheng said.

"So what are you doing?" Yang Zhengshan pointed to the boxes full of silver.

Zhang Maosheng waved behind him, and Zhang Qingsong came forward with a stack of account books. Zhang Maosheng handed the account books to Yang Zhengshan and said, "General, this is the money that the officials of the Salt Transport Bureau have deposited in our Zhang family over the years, including the capital and interest of the loan."

Yang Zhengshan casually opened an account book and glanced at it, and the surprise in his eyes became more intense.

Interesting!

The Zhang family actually recorded all the transactions with the officials of the Salt Transport Bureau over the years, and the records were very detailed.

"If the general needs it, my Zhang family can provide more account books for review, but some account books are just normal business accounts, which may be useless to the general!" Zhang Maosheng finally found someone who could communicate normally, and hurriedly helped to express his needs.

His idea was very simple, that is, you have to pay back what you have done, and you have to stand at attention when you are beaten.

Don't resist, don't resist, just tell everything honestly.

Pay as much money as you need to pay, even if it's more.

This is the essence of the Zhang family's 300-year heritage. The Zhang family has experienced ups and downs since its continuation. Sometimes it prospers for decades, and sometimes it falls to the bottom, but the Zhang family has not broken off its heritage.

It depends on willingness to give up.

When it's time to spend money to avoid disaster, don't be stingy, hand over all your family assets, just to survive.

If you save the land but lose the people, both the people and the land will be lost; if you save the people and lose the land, both the people and the land will be saved.

This sentence is also true for money. As long as the Zhang family's heritage is still there, the Zhang family will have a day to make a comeback.

In fact, even if the Zhang family fell to the bottom, they were not comparable to ordinary businessmen.

The foundation of more than 300 years should not be underestimated.