Chapter 184 Zhang Munian's Secret!

Chapter 184

"Zhang Munian pays his respects to the young master, thank you for saving his life."

Looking at Wang Chong in the courtyard, Zhang Munian trembled slightly, bowed down respectfully, and saluted.

"It's you!"

Wang Chong looked happy. Meng Long only said that there was an old friend of his who had been waiting outside for a long time, but he did not say that this person was Zhang Munian.

"Sir, please come inside quickly."

Even if Zhang Mu Nian didn't show up, Wang Chong still wanted to find him himself. Not for the sake of asking for a favor, but for another matter.

Now that Zhang Munian took the initiative to come to the door, it saved Wang Chong a lot of effort.

Wang Chong welcomed Zhang Munian into the living room, let the maids serve tea, and then they both sat down.

"Young Master, please don't blame me. The old man should have gone to greet you when you were released from prison yesterday. It's just that there are many noble people in the old man's door, and he dare not be abrupt, so he waited for a day, and waited until he came to pay his respects in person."

Zhang Munian said.

"Haha, so you came here yesterday. If the sir had notified me yesterday, I would have gone out to greet him in person."

Wang Chong's eyes lit up when he heard this:

"Where is Mr. now?"

"This...in the maple culvert in the west of the city."

Zhang Munian didn't expect Wang Chong to ask this question, so he hesitated for a moment, a little bit speechless.

"what?"

Wang Chong was taken aback. Doesn't Zhang Munian say that he has been wandering these days: "Didn't that Eunuch Gao give you any money?"

"No. Instead, a guard under him gave me some scattered silver."

Zhang Munian said.

Wang Chong was stunned. That Eunuch Gao not only had a high position and authority, but also won the favor and trust of the Holy Grail. And at the same time, he is also a "big businessman". Wang Chong originally thought that if Zhang Munian was released from prison, that person would give him some money.

"My lord forgets too much.

With that status, one might not necessarily notice such trivial matters. Maybe he thought he and I were old acquaintances, and I had already made arrangements for him. This is my negligence. "

Wang Chong immediately reacted.

With that person's identity and status, he would never care about a few hundred or a few thousand taels of gold and silver. It is more likely that he has forgotten or misunderstood.

"Do you have any plans for the future, sir?"

Wang Chong said.

Zhang Munian was silent. These questions Wang Chong asked were all difficult for him to answer. How promising is a person in death row?

When he was released from prison this time, he originally wanted to return to his hometown. Just, don't talk about the long distance and not enough travel. Even if he went back, with his current reputation, would the folks in the village still accept him like before?

Besides, what did he do for a living?

"I haven't thought about it yet, let's take one step at a time."

Zhang Munian sighed. He never hesitated in prison, but after he came out, he really felt hesitant. Where does the future go, how does he know.

"If you have nowhere to go, sir, why not follow me?"

Wang Chong said abruptly.

"Young master, are you joking?"

Zhang Munian was taken aback, and laughed at himself, "I'm an old man, what's my value to the young master?"

Wang Chong smiled, knowing that this request was too sudden, Zhang Munian did not believe that he was serious. But Wang Chong didn't argue, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

"I heard that Mr. used to work in the Ministry of Agriculture. This time he was imprisoned because he embezzled 20,000 taels of gold!"

Wang Chong put down the tea and said casually.

"Buzz!"

Hearing these words, Zhang Munian's expression changed dramatically, and his mind suddenly roared. This matter is the deepest secret in his heart.

In the prison, Zhang Munian never mentioned it even when he was beaten, including in front of Wang Chong. Unexpectedly, Wang Chong would tell the truth.

"You...you...how do you know?"

Zhang Munian seemed to have changed at this time, staring at Wang Chong with wide eyes, his face was full of horror, cold sweat poured down his forehead, and he looked extremely disturbed.

"Don't worry, I didn't mean to oppress you."

Wang Chong talked and laughed freely, his expression was as usual.

A small farmer with a low status embezzled 20,000 taels of gold. This number, before Wang Chong's prosperity, was a huge sum even for a wealthy family like the Wang family, let alone other people.

For those who don't understand Zhang Munian's greed for so much money, he is definitely a lawless and daring person. But to Wang Chong, the meaning of all this is completely different.

"If I'm not mistaken, the 20,000 taels of gold... should be compensated by you to those farmers!"

Wang Chong's words were ordinary, and his voice was neither high nor low. But it fell into Zhang Munian's ears like a lightning strike.

"how do you know?"

With these words blurted out, Zhang Munian opened his eyes wide in shock, looking at the rich boy in front of him, as if he had seen a ghost, he was completely dumbfounded.

If it was said that the reason why Wang Chong was imprisoned was because of 20,000 taels of gold, he had seen through his secret and made him feel guilty.

So now, Zhang Munian really felt incredible.

Even the criminal department in charge of the investigation couldn't find out that he scattered the gold to the farmers and farmers. No one knows where the 20,000 taels went.

But the young man in front of him can actually tell the truth for him!

If it was a big night, Zhang Munian would be scared out of his wits right away.

"Sure enough!"

Wang Chong ignored the shocked Zhang Munian, and heaved a long sigh inwardly. Zhang Munian alone can't spend that much money.

Wang Chong knew what was going on from the moment he saw his dossier. There is no way to embezzle tens of thousands of taels of gold without leaving any clues, and even the experts of the Ministry of Criminal Justice cannot find out.

Unless... this person is not greedy at all!

Any reform has a price!

The process of reform is tortuous, and it is destined to require a lot of sacrifices, and there will be many failures in the middle, before finally finding the right path!

In this world, apart from myself, I am afraid that even Zhang Munian himself does not know what kind of significance he has carried out in the world in the past few decades, under the guise of the name of the public, and in private experiments!

In Wang Chong's plan, Zhang Munian is definitely a vital part, and its weight far exceeds that of Hyderabad ore, or the meteorite group on the overseas islands.

Even the "Great Yin-Yang Heaven and Earth Good Fortune Art" and "The Art of Destroying the Demons and Ghosts of the Common People" are far from being able to compare with them!

People depend on food!

In this world of martial arts, everyone is pursuing power, status, wealth, fame, and influence. However, apart from Wang Chong, no one knew that there was another thing whose effect far surpassed any wealth, status, strength, and power.

It is very inconspicuous, but it is the foundation of this world.

It is "food"!

How long will it take for the most powerful empire to degenerate from a glorious peak with rich clothes and jade food and a storehouse full of millet to cannibalism, eating grass roots and tree bark?

Ten years, twenty years? fifty years? a hundred years?

neither!

The real answer is only a mere "two years"!

This is the fact that Wang Chong saw with his own eyes. Wang Chong had experienced the brilliance of the Tang Dynasty, but also saw its decay and decline, and the misery of changing children to eat each other.

For those who live in this world, this kind of sadness is indescribable.

During the period when the family was defeated and the Wang family was wandering alone, Wang Chong often starved for two days, three days, or even longer.

During those days of loneliness and wandering, Wang Chong had personally witnessed the scene of starving to death. And Wang Chong's mother finally fell into his arms, emaciated.

At that moment, Wang Chong will never forget it!

People depend on food, no matter in any time and space, this is an eternal theme.

Wang Shichong and Li Shimin fought, and the Luoyang Palace had piles of silk (silk is the most precious wealth, and the emperor rewarded ministers with silk), but because there was no food in the city, the army was hungry and lost to Li Shimin.

In Wang Chong's memories of another time and space, 755 was still the peaceful and prosperous year of Tianbao. Tang Minghuang went to the warehouse to check, and all the precious things, weapons, and food were still piled up like a mountain, and the end could not be seen at a glance.

And in 759, Du Fu wrote "Three Officials and Three Farewells"!

"Don't say that the taste of wine is weak, and the millet land is uncultivated," once the war comes, and the arable land is uncultivated, food is the biggest problem. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made great achievements in battle, conquered the Xiongnu, settled the Western Regions, and went to Jiaozhi, but because of the war, a large number of people were killed and injured, and no one wasted the fields, which caused the Han Dynasty to decline and become weak.

The crime he was convicted of in history was called "militarism"!

Sometimes in war, the competition is not only about military strength, equipment, military capacity, but also "food"!

Wang Chong didn't think it was wrong for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to be "military", but he was really wrong for not leaving enough manpower to cultivate "grain".

Only with enough "food" can the population thrive, even if the war consumes it, more soldiers will eventually be added.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not see this, so he became a "military" emperor.

The Tang Dynasty faced enemies on all sides, the Turkic Khanate in the East and West, the Uzbek Empire, the Goguryeo Empire, the Black Clothes Dashi, the Erhai Mengshe Edict...all the powerful enemies are full-fledged.

No one understands better than Wang Chong how many frequent wars Datang will face in the future.

In this frequent and protracted war, whoever has "food" will have hope, and whoever has "food" will have "future".

In this empire, no one is more important than "Zhang Munian" in front of him! There is no one who has contributed more to the entire empire than Zhang Munian.

Wang Chong said in front of Gao Lishi that Zhang Munian was beneficial to the Tang Dynasty and the empire.

This person entrusts the "future" of the empire!

Although he himself knows nothing!

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and Wang Chong quickly calmed down.

"Mr. Zhang, if I say, if I say, I will provide you with sufficient funds, status, and experimental site support, what do you think?"

Wang Chong looked at Zhang Munian beside him, and suddenly said.

In a word, Zhang Munian was dumbfounded.