Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 233 "Openly repairing the plank road, secretly crossing Chencang"

After the second young master Zhen Yan finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows at Zhang Sui.

We are all a family from now on.

With Zhang Sui helping to manage the Zhen family, he can rest assured.

It's not just the Zhen family's assets that need no longer be feared.

Zhang Sui’s exquisite painting skills and the scarecrow he mentioned before have been his inner demons for the past year.

If he knew where Zhang Sui was, he would have sent someone to find Zhang Sui and asked Zhang Sui to help him make it!

After raising his eyebrows at Zhang Sui, the second son Zhen Yan looked at his wife and asked, "Mother, what do you think?"

The second son Zhen Yan originally thought that his wife would agree readily.

However, she did not expect that the lady would be hesitant and unable to respond to the question from the Second Master Zhen Yan.

The second young master Zhen Yan's heart skipped a beat.

Could something have happened between the second sister and Zhang Sui?
It’s really hard to describe my second sister’s cold personality!

Just keep asking.

Zhang Sui said awkwardly, "Well, Second Young Master, we've been busy all night. Let's talk about this later. Let's go and have some rest first!"

The second son Zhen Yan hesitated for a moment and could only nod and say, "That's right."

"Then take a rest first."

"This matter cannot be rushed."

Then he turned to his wife and said, "Mother, go and have a rest first!"

The lady glanced at Zhang Sui, seeming to be hesitant to speak.

In the end, she said nothing and went back to her room to rest.

The second son Zhen Yan watched his wife disappear from his sight, then he hurriedly made a gesture of invitation to Zhang Sui.

Zhang Sui and Zhao Yun looked at each other.

Zhao Yun nodded at him.

The three of them then continued into the hall and took their seats.

Zhao Yun looked at Zhang Sui and nodded in the direction of the second master Zhen Yan.

Seeing that Zhang Sui and Zhao Yun seemed to have something to say, the second son Zhen Yan suppressed his restlessness and anxiety and said, "Just say whatever you want to say."

"This time, our Zhen family is grateful to you, otherwise, the Zhen family would be gone."

Zhang Sui pondered for a moment, organized his words in his mind, and said, "Second Master, it is like this."

"Before I came here, Jizhou Mu assigned me a task to deal with the Zhen family."

The second young master Zhen Yan's face suddenly changed and turned pale.

The governor of Jizhou wants to deal with the Zhen family?
Can the Zhen family still hide away?

The Zhen family couldn't even deal with a family like the Liu family in Wuji County.

If Zhang Sui and Zhao Yun hadn’t been here, the Zhen family would be gone today!

Do we still have to go against Jizhou Mu?

Zhang Sui could tell at a glance what the second young master Zhen Yan was thinking.

After not seeing each other for a year, the second young master Zhen Yan has indeed grown a lot.

However, the second son Zhen Yan's abilities were mediocre and he had no vision.

His ideas are simple.

The kind that Zhang Sui could see at a glance.

Zhang Sui hurriedly said, "Second Master, don't think too much."

"Yuan Shao assigned the task, but he did not say what means to use, let alone to what extent."

Zhang Sui used his right thumb and index finger to pinch a gap in the air and said, "This degree is a very easy space to operate."

"Not to mention, I'm also from the Zhen family."

"I've said before that the Zhen family and I are bound together."

"How could I possibly dig my own grave?"

The second young master Zhen Yan looked at Zhang Sui with tears in his eyes.

This man, although he is about the same age as me, is much more mature than me. I am afraid that even if my father were still alive, he would not be as thoughtful as him.

Once he and his second sister get married, they will be a family.

At that time, even if I hand the Zhen family over to him and just become a rich and idle person, it would not be impossible.

The second young master Zhen Yan was somewhat envious of his second sister, who was a beautiful woman.

However, there is also some dissatisfaction.

If I were a woman, I would have pounced on him long ago.

Don't grab this kind of man, don't throw yourself into his arms.

If you miss it, it will be too late to cry!

Seeing that the Second Young Master Zhen Yan did not interrupt, Zhang Sui continued, "The current situation is the best time for the Zhen family and I to take action together."

"The Liu family, Wang family and other large families were wiped out, and their storehouses were extremely rich in seized materials."

"At this time, the Zhen family will contribute a certain amount of money."

"Then, Yuan Shao will most likely not be too harsh to the point of verifying whether the money given by the Zhen family really hurts the Zhen family's vitality."

The second son Zhen Yan looked at Zhang Sui in confusion and asked, "How much money does the Zhen family want to contribute? What do they want to do?"

Zhang Sui said: "The Zhen family only left two years' worth of supplies to ensure everyone's expenses. The rest was all taken out, using the excuse of donating money to buy Black Mountain Army prisoners, and letting these Black Mountain Army prisoners come to Wuji County to serve as the city defense army."

"In terms of the number of people, it's about 3,000 to 4,000."

"The food and fodder expenses for these three to four thousand people are also provided by the Zhen family."

There was no trace of blood on the face of the second young master Zhen Yan.

Although he had mediocre abilities, his mother never gave up on making him the male head of the Zhen family, and personally taught him how to manage the family's finances.

Take out so many supplies from the Zhen family?
He didn't even dare to imagine how the other members of the Zhen family would object!
The most critical thing is that in recent years there have been continuous droughts, longer freezing periods, and a sharp drop in grain crop yields.

Once the Zhen family takes out so many supplies, if an accident occurs and there is not enough food, how can they feed so many people in the Zhen family?

Also, the food expenses for three to four thousand people?
This is no less than the current total population of the Zhen family!

How could the Zhen family afford to support eight or nine thousand people?

Not to mention, the Zhen family is already in decline!

The second son Zhen Yan's lips trembled a little, and he smiled and said, "Bocheng, you, are you telling a joke?"

"If you agree to these requests, my Zhen family may be destroyed next year."

"Have you told my mother?"

"What did mother say?"

Zhang Sui laughed.

In fact, the one who really makes the decision is the wife.

As for the Second Master Zhen Yan, all we need is his consent.

Zhang Sui said: "Madam has already agreed."

"It's just that the lady said that you are the real male owner of the Zhen family."

"These things require your consent before the other members of the Zhen family will agree. No further questions."

"As for your worries, Second Young Master, I understand."

"Second Master, let me tell you this. The Zhen family spent money to buy three to four thousand Black Mountain Army prisoners to show off to Yuan Shao and the Jizhou government."

"Let them think that the Zhen family no longer has much ability."

“Therefore, they will not pay too much attention to Wuji County.”

"A small county town without aristocratic families can't collect much food and money, so its importance to the Jizhou government is not that important."

"Now is a time of war. For the Jizhou government and Yuan Shao, making money and gaining people are their most important goals."

"Without the involvement of the Jizhou government and Yuan Shao, we will have the final say in Wuji County for a long time to come."

"The fertile farmland and the Black Mountain Army prisoners are enough to support their own expenses. In fact, they don't need the Zhen family to provide them at all."

"Asking the Zhen family to provide it is just a superficial excuse."

"It's just to prevent the Jizhou government and Yuan Shao from targeting the Zhen family again."

(End of this chapter)