Wang Cheng took a sip of tea and said calmly: "As for the belongings you were robbed, I still have 246 boxes left, which have not been touched at all."
"Two hundred and forty-six boxes?"
Qin Feiyu and the others looked at each other, and gradually, different expressions appeared on their faces.
Wu Sanbao's face was trembling violently, and the anger in his heart suddenly jumped up. He shouted: "How many boxes are missing? This is obviously dozens of boxes missing!"
How could he not be angry?
How could he explain to his family in Kyoto that he had lost so much property at once?
When the Marquis of Wuchang passed down to their generation, he had long lost his former glory. He was counting on the remaining power of the Marquis Mansion to make profits from here. Without so much property, it was unknown whether he could still dominate here.
Wang Cheng looked at the people with different expressions and sneered secretly in his heart. Now he couldn't sit still?
He took a leisurely sip of tea, looked at Wu Sanbao and said, "How do you prove that the property in my house belongs to your family? Did you write your name on it?"
Wu Sanbao's expression froze, and then he felt panicked.
Because what Wang Cheng said was not unreasonable. His family's name was not written on the property, which really made Wang Cheng anxious. Even if he didn't return it, what could he do?
Of course, he could have his family put pressure on Wang Cheng through other officials of the Ministry of War, but in this case, wouldn't everything his family had done in Nanli County for so many years have to be exposed?
By then, these dozen boxes of property will no longer be missing. Whether their Wuchang Marquis lineage can continue to exist is a question.
The expressions of Qin Feiyu and others also changed suddenly. They all knew that once they broke up with Wang Cheng, they would be in big trouble.
At this time, Master Xie said with a smile: "There was a lot of fighting that night, so it's normal for some of the property to be lost."
Wu Sanbao still wanted to speak, but after being glanced at by Qin Feiyu, he suppressed the words that came to his lips.
Qin Feiyu smiled and said: "General Wang led the army to recapture Nanli and protect the people. It is not easy. It is a great blessing to be able to save some of our family's property."
"General Wang is so brave, he doesn't care about those external things. It's normal to lose some!"
"That's right! It's already very difficult to kill those Xia Imperial Guards. How can I bother to take care of those properties!"
Li Cheng and Cao Yang, who had not spoken much, also agreed.
Wang Cheng sneered secretly in his heart, these people really didn't let the eagle fly when they saw the rabbit.
He put down the tea cup in his hand and said calmly: "Then you all tell your numbers!"
After several people heard this, they all looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
According to Wang Cheng, the five families were asked to divide the 246 boxes of property.
However, which company should get more and which should get less? This has to be discussed carefully. How can they just make a decision casually?
Qin Feiyu smiled and said: "General Wang, Feiyu is not usually in charge of this mansion in Nanli County. Feiyu just happens to pass by here, so Feiyu doesn't know exactly how much property the Qin family has lost. He has to go back and ask. .”
Li Cheng also nodded and said: "Li rarely comes here, so he is not very clear about the specific amount of property lost in the mansion."
"I wonder if the general will allow me to go back and ask?" Master Xie said.
"Of course you can!"
Wang Cheng nodded, he already knew what these people were planning.
"Thank you very much!"
Owner Xie hugged Wang Cheng and then slapped his hands several times.
The next moment, a pleasant sound of piano came from the water.
I saw a small boat appearing on the lake at some point. On the small boat, a woman in white was playing the piano with her head lowered.
Wearing a long white dress, her long black and thick hair is shawl-like like a waterfall, and her suet-like plain hands are strumming the strings, as agile and light as a dancing butterfly.
There was no one else on the boat except this woman, and no one was pushing it, but the boat sailed towards the pavilion on its own.
Soon, the boat approached the pavilion, and the woman in white walked into the pavilion holding a guqin.
With a face like jade, eyes like clear springs, and a small mouth like a peach, she looks like someone who has stepped out of a painting. She can be viewed from a distance but not played with.
Except for Mr. Xie himself, everyone in the pavilion focused on the woman in white.
What a beautiful woman!
Master Xie coughed slightly, interrupted everyone, and said to Wang Cheng: "General, this is Su Su. Let her wait on you first. Xie, I'll excuse you now!"
Qin Feiyu and others immediately realized that they had lost their composure, and immediately followed Master Xie out of the pavilion.
Only Wang Cheng and Su Su were left in the pavilion.
Su Su held the guqin in her arms and bowed, saying, "People's daughter Su Su has seen the general!"
Wang Cheng stared at Su Su, and another figure couldn't help but pop up in his mind.
After a while, he said, "Can you sing the lyrics of "Shui Tiao Song Tou"?"
Su Su looked up at Wang Cheng and said, "The general was talking about the song "When Will the Bright Moon Come?"
"That's right!" Wang Cheng said.
Seeing Su Su nodding, he continued: "Then just sing one."
"When will the bright moon come? Ask the blue sky with your wine. I don't know what year it is in the palace in the sky. I want to ride the wind back, but I am afraid that it will be too cold in the beautiful buildings and jade palaces. I dance to clear the shadows, how can it be like being in the human world..."
The long singing sound spread from the pavilion to the outside, and also reached the ears of several other people.
"Thank you, Master. Since when did you have such a beautiful woman in your manor?"
Wu Sanbao looked dissatisfied and hid something good. This was because he didn't regard him as a friend!
Master Xie said unceremoniously: "You still have thoughts about women now? You should be thinking about how to go back and explain to your Marquis of Wuchang!"
When Wu Sanbao heard this, he wilted like an eggplant beaten by frost!
Several people walked through the peach forest and came to a room.
After everyone sat down, Master Xie got straight to the point: "Let's talk about it! How do we divide the two hundred and forty-six boxes of property?"
Wu Sanbao said: "What's the point? Whoever owns it belongs to whom. I must have an impression of my own property. Anyway, my Wu family was robbed of eighty-one boxes of property."
"Eighty-one boxes? Why didn't you say that those 246 boxes of property belonged to your Wu family?" Cao Yang said angrily.
Wu Sanbao said: "Then what do you think we should do? Is it really the same as playing house? One box for your family and one box for mine?"
"Hmph! No matter how we divide it, don't even think about taking away eighty-one boxes of property!" Cao Yang snorted angrily.
"Okay! Stop saying a few words!"
Qin Feiyu spoke at this time and said: "The top priority is to come up with a distribution plan quickly. It has been delayed for a long time. It is impossible to say that they have left!"
"No way! With such a beautiful woman there to accompany you, how can a man named Wang be willing to leave?" Wu Sanbao didn't believe it.
Qin Feiyu stared at him, and for a rare moment he got angry and said: "Do you think everyone is like you? Can't walk when seeing a woman? You think of him too easily!"
He knew a lot about Wang Cheng's background. He was a very self-disciplined person.
As far as he knew, regardless of wind or rain, Wang Cheng ran long distances every day with almost no interruptions. This was not the second among all the generals in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Such a self-disciplined person cannot be so impatient, and even if he wants to play, he cannot play in that kind of place.
The few people stopped talking nonsense immediately. Every word you said and I said made them blush.
After half an hour, a few people came up with a rough distribution plan.
When they returned to the pavilion, they saw Wang Cheng sitting there "well-dressed".
Susu was also dressed neatly, sitting in the pavilion, lowering her head and playing the piano meticulously.
Master Xie smiled and said, "I wonder if my Susu can still satisfy the general?"
Wang Cheng did not answer directly, just stared at the piece of paper in his hand.
Master Xie immediately understood, handed the paper to Wang Cheng's hand, and said with a smile: "This is the amount of property that our family has lost. Please take a look at it, general."
Wang Cheng glanced at the paper and stopped looking at it. Instead, he stared at the people in the pavilion and said, "You guys are all doing business. There happens to be a business. I wonder if you would like to do it?"
Master Xie and others looked at each other with varying degrees of confusion on their faces.
Qin Feiyu asked: "I wonder what kind of business the general is going to do?"
Wang Cheng took a sip of tea and said, "Food and grass!"
The expressions of several people suddenly changed drastically, as if they had encountered a bolt from the blue.
Wu Sanbao grinned and said: "We usually open a restaurant, a casino, or at most a brothel. We can't do this stuff like food and grass!"
"That's right! Food and grass are military supplies. How can we have the energy to do this kind of business?" Master Xie agreed.
Wang Cheng said with a smile: "To open a tavern, a casino, or a brothel, you need to eat and drink. You said you don't have food and grass, how can you do business?"
Master Xie said: "It's all a small business. We can still take care of the jobs of dozens and hundreds of people. Tens of thousands of people..."
Before he could continue, Wang Cheng stretched out his hand to interrupt him: "After the compensation has been distributed in the past two days, there are still some belongings left in my place that are unclaimed, so I will leave them alone."
Master Xie and others looked at each other again, wondering why they couldn't understand the meaning of Wang Cheng's words.
This was clearly telling them that some of their property was still in his hands!
However, several people still shook their heads.
"We really don't have any food in hand."
They could not do this business even if they were killed, because once they did it, it meant that they had been reselling grain and grass. Once the king of Zhou knew about it, it would be a serious crime of beheading.
"That's fine!"
Wang Cheng stopped insisting, but when he grasped it with five fingers, the piece of paper in his hand immediately turned into powder.
He clapped his hands, stood up and said, "Thank you very much for your kind invitation. Thank you, Master, for the good tea."
Then, he walked out of the desk and walked outside the pavilion.
Several people were a little confused, and for a moment they didn't know what Wang Cheng was playing.
It wasn't until they saw a pile of powder falling from the sky that they suddenly woke up.
Wang Cheng destroyed the list, clearly not intending to return their belongings.
Wu Sanbao was immediately furious, and with a flash of his body, he grabbed Wang Cheng's shoulder with five fingers.
"stay!"
