Su Chen changed into a elegant shirt in the room, while wondering why they came to see him?

Peng Qingqing helped him tidy up his clothes, saying, "You are now home, you are a prosperous man, and you are a new nobleman in the court. As a wealthy businessman, they must go with you more. In addition, the current crisis in Runzhou is in Chengdu, and I also hope that you can protect Runzhou and protect the interests of their families at critical moments."

After all, Peng Qingqing is the child of an official and was born in the prefect's house, so he is familiar with these exchanges between the officialdom and the secrets.

Although she usually reads few poems, songs and essays, she is a daughter of a famous family. She is still a clear family in this regard. After all, she is influenced by her father's side.

After hearing Peng Jingjing say it, Su Chen knew it well, so he came to the living room and met with the heads of the seven major families.

Runzhou City originally had nine major merchants and gentry families, each with wealthy families and many shops, almost controlling the economic lifeline of Runzhou City.

However, because Su Chen is close to the Bai family, Bai Susu, the head of the Bai family, did not come here. Another big family in the past was the Ding family, which produced celadon.

However, due to the impact of the Bai family launching blue-white porcelain last time and the movement of the Yin governor, the entire Ding family had no backing and felt that they were already weak in Runzhou. In order to avoid conflicts and decline, the whole family moved to Changzhou.

As a result, Changzhou fell this time and a war broke out. The Ding family was found in this turmoil by Wu Yue soldiers.

The arrogant and domineering young master Ding Yin was naturally not spared.

As the past is learned, the Ding family is the best negative teaching material, which sounded the alarm for these wealthy businessmen.

Therefore, these seven major families came to Su Mansion with awe, because they hoped to get along with Su Chen's line, because he had enough power, status and reputation, and now he was responsible for defending Runzhou, which was a great power for their family.

These seven major families are Fan, Du, Yu, Yan, Pan, Lu, and Murong.

When everyone saw Su Chen coming in, the seven heads of the family stood up at the same time to say hello to Su Chen: "I have met Su Jianjun."

Su Chen sat in the main seat and smiled and said, "You guys, don't be polite, please sit down!"

The seven masters were still a little restrained. Although they were old and had a large amount of property and became rich local gentry, the concepts of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were deeply rooted.

Their businessman status is low, and Su Chen is the new top scholar and holds important positions in the court. Now he is the third rank of official rank, and his future prospects are limitless, so they lack the calmness of being the head of the family.

Pan Lingyuan, the head of the Pan family, spoke first to smooth things over and said, "When I went to the former Su Army in Runzhou City, I was shocked by all four people, which made me amazed my talents. Unexpectedly, the past few months have passed, and the Su Army not only won the Jie Yuan and the No. 1 Prize, and was famous all over the world. The poems and songs are comparable to famous works throughout the ages. I really admired it. I have produced a talented man who is hard to see in Runzhou."

The head of the Fan family nodded and agreed: "Yes, Su Jianjun brought glory to our Runzhou, and deserves the support and love of all Runzhou people."

The head of the Yu family said: "The deeds of Su Jianjun will be recorded in our Runzhou local chronicles, and will eventually have a place in the history of the Tang Dynasty. We have witnessed the birth of a peerless literary master and a famous historical figure in the court, hahaha!"

Su Chen enjoyed the praises when everyone met and praised him. After all, he didn't hit people with a smile. Because of the difference in identity, it was reasonable for these people to praise him.

Su Chen smiled and said, "I'm too proud. I wonder if several heads of the family made an appointment to visit Su's mansion today. Is there anything to talk to Su?"

He did not call himself the official, but instead brought the distance closer, which made these heads of the family feel good, thinking that Su Chen was not the kind of arrogant person.

After the heads of the families looked at each other, Lu Tiannan said, "We are here today to congratulate Su Junjian. After Su Junjian went from Runzhou to Jinling, he became the new top scholar in the spring exam and was highly valued in the court. This time he became the supervisor of the three armies. He can be said to have climbed up step by step. We have prepared a meager gift to congratulate Su Junjian. Please accept it with a smile."

After saying that, several major families each prepared a booklet with some gift lists. This move not only brought gold and silver directly, but there were a lot of things.

Su Chen smiled and said, "You guys are too polite, why are you so embarrassed?"

The head of the Yan family waved his hand and said, "It should be, it should be that both of them are from Runzhou. If we can have a talented man like Su Jianjun in Runzhou, we will have a bright face and all of them are honored. Please accept it with a smile."

"Yes, Su Jianjun, don't be polite. These meager gifts may not be able to see Su Jianjun's eyes, but they are indeed sincere and sincere to me."

Seeing that everyone's words were sincere and their expressions were sincere, Su Chen was not easy to refuse.

Besides, if you don’t take these things, you won’t take them for nothing. The other party has a request for you. If you don’t take them, they will be uneasy.

However, Su Chen is also sensible and will not give people a feeling of being greedy, so as not to be exposed and slandered in the future and become a handle on the official journey.

Su Chen said, "Okay, since you are willing, I will be disrespectful. However, I cannot monopolize this thing. I will sort it out together. As the military pay of the personal guards, I will reward some soldiers according to my merits, and I can also fight for us to defend the city."

When everyone heard that Su Chen was willing to accept it, they showed relief and breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that Su Chen would be arrogant and literatily, and would not accept the vulgar things of their wealthy merchants, so that they would find it difficult for them to get close to them.

Since Su Chen is willing to be with Chen and can accept the gifts from their merchants, it means that Su Chen is not the kind of sour Confucian scholar and can further deepen the relationship.

Su Chen asked Butler Zhong to temporarily accept everyone's list of gifts, which were about to give Su Chen by major wealthy families, including copper coins, silver, shops, houses, etc. Together, each household took out at least 100,000 yuan worth of value and gave it to Su Qun.

Su Shen handed these over to Butler Zhong and asked him to go down and count them. The subsequent contacts were done by Butler Zhong. He didn't ask too much, until the final payment was paid, and he could see the total number.

"Yes!" Butler Zhong took the list and retreated.

Lu Tiannan continued: "We come to Su Mansion, and there is another thing that is to care about defense. The people of Wu and Yue are hostile to our Tang State and have been engaging in evil for generations. After the fall of Changzhou, it is said that many wealthy families in the city were looted and even burned and killed. Many women from wealthy families were humiliated by Wu and Yue officers and soldiers."

"Yesterday Changzhou is a comparison of tomorrow's Runzhou, so we are very worried. We beg the Su Jun to defend Runzhou and protect the rich families and people in the city. We are very grateful here. If necessary, our family will help us, and we will spare no effort."

The head of the Murong family said: "If you find that you are not strong enough and it is difficult to defend, please ask the Su Jianjun to send some people to escort our family out of the city, which is better."

Su Chen nodded slightly, guessed the fear and thoughts of several people, and asked, "Didn't you send the home book in the mansion to Jinling City or Hongzhou and other places?"

The head of the Yan family said: "Now the Song army and Wu Yue soldiers are attacking the Tang Kingdom. Whether in Runzhou, Jinling, Hongzhou, Chizhou and other places, they will face the disaster of war. Even if we send our families to those places, we will face this situation soon. Moreover, there are many twists and turns on the way, and we are not familiar with other places, and there are many changes."

"We only sent some direct and side-sect members to different cities after they were divided into some of them in order to leave behind the incense blood. However, some elderly people and the main people in the family refused to relocate. Their family property was here, and they all planned to stay in Runzhou and coexist with the city."

Su Cheng nodded slightly and said solemnly: "Whether Wu and Yue soldiers or Song troops attacked the city, once the two sides attacked the city, they would kill and injured each other after fierce battle, and they would fire real fire. When the city was broken, the enemy would vent some anger on the wealthy families and women in the city. These have always been common. What we need to do now is to prevent problems before they happen, to defend the enemy outside the city, and prevent the enemy from entering the city."

"Yes, we also have this view. We just hope that Su Jianjun can use his intelligence and talents, just like the imperial examination, he won the Jie Yuan and the top scorer in a row, swept away all competitors, and defeated the Wu Yue soldiers so much that Runzhou can be saved, so that we can be safe."

"Yes, we believe that with Su Lang in Jiangzuo, the mountains and rivers of Tang Kingdom are safe."

Several heads of the family praised them.

After hearing this, Su Chen felt a little exaggerated and was overly looking forward to him.

But this confidence will also stabilize the morale of the army and the people, and will also be helpful.

"I will do my best. You can rest assured that as long as I am here, Runzhou will not be baptized by war, nor will it cause the people in the city to suffer."

"Okay, with what Su Jun said, I can feel much more at ease."

Lu Tiannan stood up: "Then we will not disturb Su Jianjun's rest and busy with military affairs, so let's say goodbye."

The other heads of the family also stood up one after another, not wanting to stay, and disturbed Su Chen's busy work.

Su Chen stood up: "Okay, the war is coming soon, and the official business is indeed busy, so I won't leave you to have a meal at the mansion. If the enemy troops of Wu and Yue who were repelled in the future will be lifted from the siege of Runzhou, and the mountains and rivers will be safe. If the Song army retreats, we will hold a banquet in the restaurant on the city tower and drink with you."

"Okay, sure!"

"Goodbye, you don't have to send it."
Chapter completed!