Zou Zhi smiled when he heard that Su Yan didn't reject him directly and used his parents 'orders as an excuse.
"I see. What Daren said makes sense. Marriage is a matter of parents 'orders. We indeed need to report it to your father.”
"It's good that you understand, Master Zou."
Su Yan nodded and said.
"May I know where the county magistrate's family is from? Where is your father?"
Zou Zhi continued to ask.
Su Yan had no choice but to answer," I'm from Zhuo County. My family is in Ji County. My father is the governor of Youzhou."”
"What?!"
Everyone present was shocked. They did not expect Su Yan to have such a powerful background. He was actually the son of the second-in-command of Youzhou.
"So Daren is Su Biejia's young master.”
Zou Zhi was also shocked for a moment before cupping his hands.
"Originally, I wanted to marry my daughter to you, but now it seems that my Zou family is trying to climb up the social ladder.”
"I didn't blame you."
Su Yan shook his head and said," To be honest, I'm not very well-liked at home. My father only treats me averagely. The one who is most doted on is my second brother, Su Ze. I only took advantage of the eldest son."”
When everyone heard this, they heaved a sigh of relief. So this was a young master who was not favored.
However, Zou Zhi's eyes lit up when he heard this. He said,"I see. Then you need our help even more.”
"What do you mean, Zou Family Head?" Su Yan asked with a smile.”
"As long as the Zou family becomes in-laws with you, you can use the power of the Zou family to win more support. At that time, you might have a chance to go back and fight for the right to inherit the family.”
Zou Zhi said with a smile.
When the Zou family heard this, they were in a bad mood.
If that was the case, then the Zou family would have to pay and send people, and they would also have to marry the young miss to this kid.
In the end, that kid would go back and inherit the family business, leaving the Zou family to the side. Wouldn't they suffer a huge loss?
They decided to persuade Zou Zhi to change his mind.
Faced with Zou Zhi's good intentions, Su Yan merely smiled and said,
"Thank you for your kind intentions, Zou Family Head, but I haven't thought too much about it for the time being. Father is still healthy, and the struggle for the family business is too far away for me. I don't want to fight for these meaningless things.”
"Right now, I want to govern Zhuo County well so that all the people in Zhuo County can live a good life and slowly advance. We can talk about other things later.”
"Since you have such intentions, I will not say anything more. I only hope that you can mention the marriage to your father.”
Zou Zhi wasn't angry at being rejected. Instead, the smile on his face deepened.
After chatting about these things, Su Yan drank a few more glasses of wine with the Zou family before bidding farewell and leaving.
After he left, the Zou family members went to Zou Zhi and tried to persuade him.
"Patriarch, that Su Yan is simply an ingrate that we can't raise. Why should we help him?”
"That's right. That kid actually set such harsh conditions for us to bid.”
"I think we might as well join forces with the other families and put pressure on him together.”
The Zou family members in the hall kept talking.
Zou Zhi looked at them silently.
After a long time, everyone realized that something was wrong and slowly stopped talking.
"Are you done?"
Zou Zhi glanced at them indifferently. No one dared to say anything.
"Do you know why I can become the head of the family but you can't?”
he asked again.
Everyone continued to listen.
"Because all of you are a bunch of short-sighted villains. You only care about small profits and don't understand the situation at all.”
Zou Zhi said coldly.
"That Su Yan has people and soldiers in his hands now. There are also so many commoners supporting him. If we go and pressure him, do you think he will give in?”
"I'm telling you, it won't!"
"He is a more dangerous person than the previous county magistrate. If we offend him, we will definitely be in deep trouble.”
Zou Zhi became more and more excited as he spoke.
"I didn't want those 300 guards back in the first place. I only asked him to remind him to remember our good intentions.”
"And those five streets, once we get the right to use them, don't you know how much profit we'll make?”
"Compared to what we've done, that's nothing.”
"But Patriarch, that Su Yan didn't even say that he would give it to us.”
At this moment, someone stood up and retorted.
"That's why I said that this person isn't simple. Although he's very young, we can't underestimate him.”
Zou Zhi stroked his beard and said," Look at the previous county magistrates. They were all greedy scholars and were easily controlled by us. However, this Su Yan is different."”
"Although he is also a scholar, he is more thick-skinned and black-hearted than those people. He is decisive and ruthless without hesitation.”
"If we try to control him like we did in the past, I'm afraid it will be the end of our Zou family.”
Hearing his words, everyone was speechless and did not know what to say.
"Forget it, it's fine if you don't believe me."
Zou Zhi shook his head." Let's just watch. Those other families will definitely want to stir up trouble. We'll see how he handles it."”
Everyone looked at each other and finally gave up. They said in unison,"Here!"
Then, these people left one after another, leaving Zou Zhi alone in the hall.
"I hope my judgment is not wrong. This Su Yan is definitely not an ordinary person.”
"But even if it's a golden scale, it still needs to grow. This is a good opportunity for our Zou family to send charcoal in the snow.”
Zou Zhi's eyes flickered as he muttered.
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