Chapter 74 Lobbying Coin

Liangshan now has sufficient troops, money and food, and Chao Gai does not pay much attention to Erlongshan. He deliberately uses Wu Song to shut Song Jiang up, but it is not because he is kind-hearted and wants to help Yang Chang, but because he intends to use Yang Chang to disgust Song Jiang.

But Song Jiang was no ordinary man. He dealt with Chao Gai lightly and walked to the door to call Yang Chang in.

When Wang Aihu saw Song Jiang calling Yang Chang, his enthusiasm instantly cooled. Fortunately, Song Jiang gave him a comforting look in time, and he realized that something bad was going to happen if Yang Chang went in.

The two of them were flirting with each other, which was seen by Yang Chang. He thought that even if Old Song said something ridiculous, his buddy would never give in.

Yang Chang straightened his back and strode past Wang Aihu. When he arrived at the back hall and saw only Chao Gai and Song Jiang, he saluted with his fists clasped, neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Two brothers."

"sit down."

Song Jiang waved his hand to signal Yang Chang to sit down, and before he could even sit on the bench, he began to lecture him: "I didn't know that Brother Yang also liked my sister. You could have said it earlier, otherwise you would have made a fool of yourself by letting King Chao laugh at you."

"My dear brother, you are too kind."

Chao Gai waved his hands quickly and praised: "But Brother Yang Chang is a very handsome man!"

"Brother, please forgive me. I was careless. I went to visit my uncle after the banquet last night. The old man was so happy that he wanted to invite me to be his son-in-law. How could I refuse? He said he would discuss it with you, so I didn't."

"I was too drunk last night, so my father didn't have a chance to tell you. We have just discussed that you have to give up this marriage. I have promised Wang Aihu first, and I will find a good marriage for you later. When we are in the martial arts world, trust and loyalty are the most important thing."

When Yang Chang heard this, he was like, "Oh my god, what does your loyalty and trust have to do with me?"
Be generous to others?
Yang Chang had a bitter expression on his face, and asked the two in a teasing tone: "I don't quite understand, is there anyone who gives in in this kind of thing?"

Putting aside other things, Song Jiang had no problem getting women, but Yan Poxi took the initiative to let Zhang Wenyuan go for her. Of course, this guy paid the price for his romanticism in the end.

"Brother, don't look at me like that. This is Gongming's family affair, so it's inconvenient for me to comment. But I'm optimistic about you. You're a rare talent in Liangshan."

"Brother, this is wrong."

Seeing Chao Gai trying to sow discord, Song Jiang hurriedly clasped his fists to interrupt him and explained, "It is because Brother Yang is so handsome that marrying my sister would be a real injustice to him. Although Sanniang is pretty, she is a bit tall, and ordinary men generally don't like her. Don't you think so?"

"Yeah, that's right."

The ocean horses in ancient times were indeed a deduction, but this was a plus for Yang Chang. Beauties with long legs were very popular in later generations, so Yang Chang responded without hesitation.

"I like tall ones."

"Why can't you persuade me?"

Song Jiang got anxious when he heard this. He stood up and walked to Yang Chang and said earnestly, "Sanlang, you don't know that Erlang actually talked to me about your marriage last time at Kong's house. He specifically asked me to make the decision for you."

Ok?
Yang Chang looked at Song Jiang's eloquent speech, and this guy even brought up Wu Song, saying that since Yang Chang's parents were both gone, his marriage should be decided by his sworn brother Wu Er, indirectly meaning that it should be arranged by Song Jiang.

Wu Song was far away in Erlong Mountain at this time, and had no time to verify the situation, but Yang Chang believed that with Wu Song's character, he would never be so arrogant as to interfere in his marriage. It must be that the black bird deliberately used the tiger's skin to force Yang to submit with "filial piety".

Although Yang Chang was not bound by filial piety, he could not find any reason to refute.

He regretted not taking advantage of Wang Po's eloquence, otherwise how could he be suppressed verbally at this moment? But when he thought of Wang Po, he thought of the [Lobbying Coin]. Now he had to rely on external forces to convince the Black Bird.

Song Jiang spoke eloquently and incessantly, giving a lot of profound truths. Chao Gai was like an owl with his eyes wide open, and could not get a word in.

"How can you let your brother stand? Please sit down and talk."

Yang Chang secretly took out the [Lobbying Coin], stood up and enthusiastically helped Song Jiang to press onto the stool, and stuffed the prop into his arms when he was not paying attention.

Because he was facing away from Chao Gai at the time and his movements were so smooth, Song and Chao were completely unaware of it.

After sitting down, Song Jiang continued to "output", from personal filial piety to brotherhood, and then to the overall unity of the mountain stronghold, as if Yang Chang was a sinner of Liangshan if he disagreed, and even the eloquent Wang Po had to admit defeat.

Chao Gai thought Yang Chang would give in, but he waited for Song Jiang to finish speaking, thought for a while and slowly replied: "Brother, you don't know, I have an uncle in Yanggu, he let me decide my marriage, and my second brother asked me to be careful in marrying a wife because my sister-in-law is not virtuous. My uncle can adopt the lady of the Hu family as his adopted daughter, I think she must be a virtuous woman. In addition, about the mountain stronghold."

Yang Chang responded one by one, and when it came to the brotherhood of the mountain stronghold, he directly denounced Wang Ying for being lecherous and rude, and for flirting with the women of Jieyang and affecting the unity. Originally, with Song Jiang's outstanding eloquence, Yang Chang could have said it back, but he was suppressed by the [Lobbying Coins], and finally nodded and agreed in front of Chao Gai to marry Hu Sanniang to Yang Chang.

Seeing that Song Jiang was actually persuaded by Yang Chang, he instantly looked at this young man with new eyes.

Later, the three of them returned to the Gathering Hall, where Chao Gai announced Song Jiang's decision to marry his sister Yang Chang, which drew applause from the leaders in the hall.

Wang Ying, who was still in front, stood there like a clown for a moment.

He stared at Song Jiang with an incredible look, as if to say, "Brother, what's wrong? Why should King Chao help you make the decision? I want to hear it from your own mouth."

Song Jiang was still affected by the [lobbying currency] at this time, so he frowned and responded to Wang Aihu.

"Why don't you go back and take a seat? Since my father has chosen Yang Chang as his son-in-law, you should wait for the next opportunity. Your heights are not suitable to begin with, so control your impatience and stop thinking about playing with women all day long!"

"Brother, you and I."

Wang Ying's face turned red, he stomped his feet in anger, turned around and ran out of the door.

Song Jiang immediately signaled Zheng Tianshou to chase him, then he clasped his fists and asked Chao Gai, "Brother, what do you think should be done next?"

"We were supposed to arrange the seating arrangements today, but we need to think it over carefully. So let's just hold the wedding first. How about I ask Du Qian and Zhu Fu to work with Si Lang in the preparations? We can arrange it at the wedding banquet then."

"It's all up to my brother to arrange."

Chao Gai was very satisfied with Song Jiang's attitude, and immediately arranged for Du Qian and Zhu Fu to look for Song Qing. The other leaders went to rest and wait, and then left Song Jiang and Wu Yong to discuss.

Yang Chang emerged as a dark horse today, and as soon as he left the Juyi Hall, he was surrounded by the leaders and congratulated him.

In addition to the familiar Li Jun, the Tong brothers, Xiao Rang, Jin Dajian and Hou Jian, there are also individual characters such as Shi Xiu, Yang Lin, Xue Yong, Shi Qian, and several people from the Dengzhou faction headed by Sun Li.

After a commotion, Xiao Rang took Yang Chang to look for Du Qian.

To get married, one must first have an independent new room, and Chao Gai, Song Jiang, Wu Yong and others had a dispute over how to arrange the seating.

Chao Gai had seen Yang Chang's eloquence before, and just now he saw how popular he was, so he deliberately promoted him to the front row, and his intention to win him over was very obvious.

At this time, there were more than sixty leaders in Liangshan, including Chao Gai, Song Jiang, Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng who went home to visit his mother. The first four chairs were all main seats facing south. There were three rows of seats on the left and right in the hall below. The closer to the front, the higher the status in the mountain stronghold. There were only twenty seats in the front row.

In other words, Yang Chang was promoted directly from a private to the core circle.

In addition, Chao Gai also wanted to include the newly joined Sun Li and Li Ying in the front row, and if Hu Sanniang was included, there would be four seats.

Currently, the front row on the left is Lin Chong, Liu Tang, the three Ruans, Du Qian, Song Wan, Zhu Gui, Bai Sheng, and Ou Peng, and the front row on the right is Hua Rong, Qin Ming, Huang Xin, Yan Shun, Dai Zong, Li Jun, Mu Hong, Zhang Heng, Li Kui, and Pei Xuan.

According to Chao Gai's usual practice of arranging seating arrangements, except for Ou Peng, all the people on the left side are his original team. If two people need to be squeezed out of one side, then Bai Sheng, Ou Peng, Li Kui and Pei Xuan will squeeze in.

Bai Sheng is dispensable to Chao Gai, but the other three came because of Song Jiang's admiration.

Such an adjustment would damage Song Jiang's prestige, so he kept talking about Yang Chang's lack of experience. Chao Gai praised Hu Sanniang for her martial arts skills, saying that it was obviously inappropriate for a wife to sit in the front row and be separated from her husband.

Seeing that the top two leaders each insisted on their own opinions, Wu Yong had to step in to act as a peacemaker.

"My two brothers, Liangshan is actually continuing to grow. It's too early to arrange the seats now. It's better to reallocate the guards of the mountain stronghold to prevent the soldiers from coming to suppress the mountain."

"That's fine, what do you think, brother?"

When Chao Gai asked Song Jiang for his opinion, the [Lobbying Coins] on him just expired. He suddenly remembered that he had spoken too harshly to Wang Ying just now, so he had to hurry up and give him some comfort.

Thinking of this, Song Jiang stood up, clasped his fists and said goodbye.

"Brother, Mr. Jialiang, please discuss the arrangements first. I have something to do and will have to leave for a while."

(End of this chapter)