"Is there such a good thing?"
Chen Kan asked indifferently, with some unknown meaning in his eyes that Zhang Guan could not understand.
Having said this, Zhang Guan simply broke the jar, nodded and said: "Yes, but the Marquis's cement factory can no longer use the royal name for free."
"oh."
Chen Kan said oh, and then asked: "That means you can use it for a fee. I wonder how much Mr. Zhang is going to sell the royal name this time?"
As soon as Chen Kan said this, Zhang Guan's face suddenly turned blue and white.
Then he gritted his teeth and said: "How can I, a minister, comment on royal matters so easily? Why don't you go back to the capital and ask Your Majesty?"
"But Master Zhang, didn't you and I talk about it a year ago? I thought Master Zhang could represent the royal family."
Chen Kan said something slowly and immediately forced Zhang Guan into the corner.
Zhang Guan's expression suddenly became sad, and he begged: "Master Hou, I have lost my mind and should not have coveted the cement in the Hou Mansion. Now that I know that I was wrong, please let me live."
Chen Kan exclaimed: "Where do you start with Master Zhang's words? Where do you start? Providing free cement to Beijing is my personal decision. Why did Master Zhang covet my family wealth? This is absolutely impossible." Don’t mention it again, never mention it again.”
Zhang Guan looked at Chen Kan's face that looked relieved but was actually gloating about his misfortune, and felt powerless.
He took the initiative to jump into the trap. If he hadn't done it for the little profit, how could he have ended up like this today.
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.
After a moment, Zhang Guan pursed his lips and asked, "I don't know what price the Marquis will have to pay for me to let me go. Please give me some advice."
As soon as he said this, Chen Kan's expression calmed down.
Looking at the pleading look in Zhang Guan's eyes, Chen Kan said calmly: "If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?"
Zhang Guan smiled bitterly and said: "I now know what it means to shoot yourself in the foot. Sure enough, free things are the most expensive."
Chen Kan pondered for a moment, and then said calmly: "Forget it, I still don't like your little wealth, so let's do what you said, and let's discuss business in the future."
Hearing this, Zhang Guan couldn't help but be a little stunned and said in disbelief: "Is it that simple?"
"It's that simple!"
Chen Kan nodded excitedly. He had no intention of completing the matter in the first place.
Relying on the reputation of the royal family, the cement of the Hou Mansion has been sold everywhere in the past two years. Not to mention making a lot of money, but definitely making a lot of wealth.
Now that the reputation has been established, it doesn't matter whether it has a royal name or not.
As for Zhang Guan, he and Chen Kan have no vengeance, so they just need to teach him a lesson.
What's more, if Zhang Guan hadn't been stupid, cement wouldn't have brought him so much wealth.
Chen Kan still knows the truth of giving up when things are good. As the saying goes, leave a line in life so that we can meet each other easily in the future.
Zhang Guan bit his tongue, feeling a little unreal.
After being tricked by Chen Kan once, he really couldn't believe that Chen Kan would let him go so easily. After all, he had learned how valuable the royal family's name was this year.
But looking at Chen Kan's expression, he didn't seem to be lying.
So, the atmosphere became silent again.
After a while, Chen Kan drank the wine in one gulp, then cupped his hands towards Zhang Guangong and said, "This is over, I won't stay any longer. Mr. Zhang, take your leave."
Zhang Guan was still in a dazed state. After hearing this, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Master Marquis, do you really have no other requests?"
"No!"
Chen Kan left two words calmly, then looked at Chen Qia aside and said, "Old Chen, let's go."
Chen Qia smiled, stood up and cupped his hands towards Zhang Guanyi, then followed Chen Kan out of the restaurant.
Zhang Guan was left alone in the restaurant, stunned.
The two walked out of the restaurant, and Chen Qia suddenly asked: "Boy Chen, are you trying to win people's hearts?"
Chen Kan rolled his eyes and said: "I find that you, Old Chen, are good at everything. It's just that you like to maliciously speculate on others. It's hard for people to like you. What does it mean to buy people's hearts? What kind of people can't be bought? I can't be tolerant and generous." When you found out?"
Chen Qia shook his head: "Although I don't know how to be a merchant, I also know how valuable the royal name is. How can you be so kind if you just don't want it anymore?"
Chen Kan looked at the sky speechlessly and simply stopped talking.
He finally discovered that no matter what he did, Chen Qia would speculate on him with the greatest malice.
When he went to sea, Chen Qia said that he was dormant and he arranged a retreat. Chen Qia said that he had ulterior motives. Now that he had finally shown kindness, he could interpret it as winning people's hearts.
If you co-write it, he will definitely rebel.
He suspected that Chen Qia suffered from persecution delusions after suffering the torture in Jinyiwei Prison, and the symptoms were not mild.
I need to ask a doctor to take a good look at his brain when he gets home.
When the two returned to the lantern festival, the snowmobile competition had already ended.
Chang Ning didn't know where to go with three little kids.
Chen Qia suddenly asked: "Master Hou, can you now tell me about Master Hou's plan in Liaodong?"
Chen Kan was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Then go home!"
Chen Qia nodded slightly, and the two turned and walked towards the Hou Mansion.
Chen Kan took Chen Qia to the study. There are two study rooms in the Hou Mansion, one is the study room where Chen Kan receives guests, and the other is Chen Kan's exclusive study room.
As for Chen Kan's exclusive study, except for the three disciples, not even Zhu Yuelan has ever entered.
It's not that Chen Kan doesn't allow it, but Zhu Yuelan doesn't allow it. Even cleaning is the responsibility of three little guys.
Now, Chen Qia became the first outsider to enter this study.
As soon as he entered the door, Chen Qia's eyes were attracted by a huge map.
This map is not a world map, but a map of Asia.
But the map is covered with countless small red lines. The starting point of the red line is in the capital, and from the capital as the origin, it leads to the capitals of the countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty.
The place with the densest red lines is undoubtedly Liaodong, followed by Nanyang.
Finally, there are the grasslands and the Western Regions.
Chen Qia looked at the picture intently, with a flash of astonishment in his eyes, because he had seen such a picture once in the capital, in His Majesty's study.
Chen Qia walked to the map and asked solemnly: "Master Hou, this map?"
"As you can see."
Chen Kan picked up the command pole from the sand table nearby, pointed at Liaodong, and said lightly: "Mr. Chen, please look, this is Liaodong."
Chen Qia looked in the direction of Chen Kan's finger, his eyes full of doubts.
Chen Kan's command stick moved down: "Here is North Korea, one of the countries that Taizu has decided not to conquer. Further south, there is Japan, which is also a country that Taizu has decided not to conquer."
As Chen Kan spoke, Chen Qia's eyes also moved along his command pole.
Although he didn't understand why Chen Kan said this to him, he believed that Chen Kan would not do anything useless.
Chen Kan introduced the geographical locations of each country to Chen Qia one by one, then moved the command post to the starting point and said calmly: "Liaodong is home to a group of tough Jurchen savages, who are descendants of the Wanyan family of the royal family of the Jin Kingdom during the pre-Song Dynasty. .”
When Chen Kan mentioned the Kingdom of Jin, Chen Qia's eyes suddenly burst out with strong hatred.
Chen Kan did not care about his emotions, but said calmly: "Liaodong has been the territory of our Han family since ancient times. As early as the Han Dynasty, the four counties of Lelang, Lintun, Xuantu, and Zhenfan were established. The land that governs Liaodong is now occupied by a group of Liaodong barbarians."
Chen Qia nodded subconsciously: "So, the Marquis wants to regain his homeland?"
"No!"
Chen Kan shook his head and said: "It is not enough to just regain our homeland. The peninsula occupied by Korea in the south and the wealth of the Japanese country hanging overseas should all nourish our Ming Dynasty."
Chen Qian was startled, then shook his head and said: "North Korea and Japan are countries that have been designated by the Taizu as non-conquerable countries. My great master has no name."
"So, I want you to go to Liaodong, Mr. Chen, just to make my Great Master famous."
"What's the meaning?"
Chen Qia frowned deeply. He always felt that things were not as simple as they seemed.
Chen Kan didn't show off. He placed his baton heavily on the border of Liaodong and said calmly: "It's very simple. Drive the tiger and devour the wolf!"
"What?"
Chen Qia exclaimed, stood up quickly, and then asked with a solemn expression: "Boss Chen, do you know that if this matter is exposed, it will lead to a world-wide attack? Are you crazy?"
Chen Qia's reaction was completely expected by Chen Kan.
From the fact that his first reaction was that the plan was exposed and that the whole world would be exposed, rather than that the matter violated benevolence, justice and morality, Chen Kan knew that Chen Qia had found the right person.
No wonder Chen Kan was so anxious to plan for Liaodong, he was mainly trying to make up for it before it was too late.
At first, Chen Kan thought that he only needed to send a counselor who knew all kinds of conspiracies and tricks, and if he could provide them with advanced weapons and food, the Jurchens would be able to unify and attack the peninsula.
So Chen Kan sent Xu Su to Meng Ge Suhan.
But it turns out that Chen Kan's thinking was too simple.
The situation in Liaodong was already complicated, but now that Japan has intervened, Xu Su's shortcomings of incompetence have been revealed.
If he was asked to support Suhan, the fierce brother of Bao, to dominate one side, he would still be able to do the job, but if he was asked to stir up trouble, he would be unable to do so.
The longer this kind of thing goes on, the more likely it is that the news will leak out.
That's why Chen Kan was eager to bring Chen Qia back to Beijing.
Meeting Chen Qia's solemn gaze, Chen Kan suddenly chuckled and said, "What if it happens?"
Chen Qia suddenly changed his expression and said, "You are gambling on the fate of Ming Dynasty. Are you crazy?"
There was a trace of madness in Chen Kan's eyes, and he laughed and said: "If it succeeds, our Ming Dynasty will become a powerful empire with the most powerful martial arts, the largest territory, the strongest economy in the entire history of China, and its overall strength is far greater than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Isn't it worth a gamble? ?”
"Crazy, you are a crazy person."
Chen Qia was a little incoherent. He knew what those red lines meant.
That represents Ming's conspiracy to annex other countries. Wherever the red line extends, it becomes the target of Ming's annexation.
Simply, simply insane!
