Chapter 314 - 304: The Old Zhang Maosheng Meets the General
Just as Yang Zhenshan entered the Zheng Mansion, the Zhang family received news from the West City Gate.
The Tenglong Guard entered the city fortress, Luo Fu and Xu Huazhen were captured, and the Tenglong Guard subsequently took over the city defenses and sealed off the Salt Transport Department’s government office.
One piece of news after another was relayed back to the Zhang family, where family head Zhang Maosheng stood under the eaves, looking up at the beautiful sky.
Zhang Maosheng, already of advanced age this year, had a slightly hunched back, white hair and beard, a face full of wrinkles, yet his murky but profound eyes were like deep pools that one could not see through.
Behind Zhang Maosheng, in the hall, Zhang family’s eldest son Zhang Qingsong and his second son Zhang Qingyun both wore expressions of urgency.
"Dad, Lord Luo has been captured, should we do something?" asked Zhang Qingsong.
Zhang Maosheng didn’t speak but instead walked into the hall, picked up the tobacco pipe set on the table, methodically pinched a bit of tobacco into the pipe, and then lit it with a tinder.
He took a fierce puff and then breathed out a long stream of smoke.
"Our Zhang family has been in commerce for generations, and it has been more than three hundred years to this day. Over these three hundred years, we have encountered countless crises, but we have always weathered them safely. Do you know why?"
Zhang Maosheng softly inquired.