Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 112
Before the dark day of the first month, Shen Chong took the time to return home once.After going through such a big event, especially when it comes to the distribution of spoils such as huge goods, he is really worried that his family will not be able to handle it.

Money touches people's hearts, such a big victory is indeed gratifying, but the Shen family is also a big family with deep roots and many branches.If people's hearts fluctuate due to the distribution of spoils, and the clansmen fall apart, the gains outweigh the losses.

Although he had expected the situation to be chaotic when he returned home, as soon as he returned to the old house, he was surrounded by many clansmen, accusing his son of making big moves recently.Dazed by the crowd's complaints, Shen Chong repeatedly assured the clansmen that he would give them a satisfactory explanation, and then he was able to get away temporarily, and led a group of trilogy to Longxizhuang.

Seeing the new look inside and outside Longxi Manor after not returning home for more than a year, Shen Chong's originally depressed mood became much more excited, and he had an intuitive understanding of his son's ability.

Shen Zhezi was also delighted to learn that his father had returned home. He put aside some affairs at hand and went out of the village with Qian Feng and other close clansmen to welcome him.After meeting each other, Shen Chong pulled his son behind him, first gave a deep salute to those who were in charge, and said: "My child is young and weak, and it is rare for my family to win such a big victory if you work together with all your strength!"

After Qian Feng heard the words, he said with a smile: "Ming Gong's words are serious, Xiao Langjun is gifted by heaven, and he makes a strategic plan. Those who are in charge of me just follow behind, and each is responsible. It is enough to have one or two achievements in picking up relics." Overjoyed."

The clansmen present also echoed Qian Fengzhi's words and praised Shen Zhezi.Shen Chong could see that the joy of these tribesmen came from the heart, and they didn't flatter them because of themselves.This made him surprised, but also a little curious. Why did the people in the old house and the manor have such extreme reviews about his son's family management for more than a year?

Previously in the old house, Shen Zhezi acted recklessly in the mouths of those tribesmen and ruined his ancestral business, but in the manor, he was very popular, and he was regarded as a talent for managing the world!

Shen Chong is naturally more willing to believe in these people who praise his son, but the emotions of the old house people cannot be ignored, and it is not easy to question them in public to dampen Shen Zhezi's vigor and already rough majesty.

When a group of people entered the hall, Shen Chong first explained the achievements of Jiaxing.Due to the cooperation with Xu Mao from the north and the south, and Yan Ping's repeated tricks, many members of the Yan clan gathered in his house, and it can be said that they were wiped out in one go.Although the Yan family's mansion was burned down because of the exasperation of the militiamen, the most important salt fields and the ashes of the burnt reeds have all been in the hands of the Shen family.

After dealing with the matter of Jiaxing, Shen Chong went back up the river and took all of Yan's industries in Yuhang. There were more than [-] large and small boats, which could go to sea and shuttle inland rivers. They were Yan's huge salt sales greatest reliance.

Although the seized materials are not as rich as Shaodongzhuang, the most important thing is to obtain the accounts of the Yan family's transactions. From this, the Yan family's scattered resources in Jiangdong can be further integrated.Up to now, it can be said that the Yan family, the leading family of salt owls in the Three Wus, has been collected by the Shen family with the accumulation of several generations over a hundred years!

When everyone heard of this great victory, their spirits were excited again.But they each have their own tasks, and after gathering and celebrating, they each returned to their own positions and devoted themselves to complicated affairs.

When only the father and Qian Feng were left in the room, Shen Zhezi said a little embarrassedly: "Can you quickly send a batch of the supplies that father got in Yuhang to Wukang?"

When Shen Chong heard this, his expression froze. Although he hadn't returned home for a long time, he had captured many members of the Yan clan in Jiaxing, and he had an impression of the arrangement of the Yan family's supplies. Shaodongzhuang was his family's supplies. The most important rallying point.Looking at his son's expression, could it be that the mountain of supplies has been exhausted?
Shen Chong felt a little unbelievable when this idea came to his mind. It's only been more than 20 days now, and even if it takes more than ten days to transfer the huge amount of materials, how could it be possible to use up all of them so quickly?

But when he turned to Qian Feng, Qian Feng also showed some embarrassment on his face: "I know that Wuzhong is densely populated today. If Minggong has time, it is best to transfer a batch of rice grains, silk cloth, and bamboo before the cold food." Mu, etc. Kuaiji was in great abundance again a few years ago, so it shouldn’t be difficult to raise money.”

"What exactly did you do?"

Shen Chong was silent for a long time before he slowly asked this sentence. In terms of spending money, he thought he was already a master of all kinds. He never thought that his son's methods were even better than others. In just over 20 days, he spent a lot of money. A huge material that is hard to see in a lifetime!Even if these materials are set on fire, there should still be sparks left by now, right?

Seeing the shocked expression on his father's face, Shen Zhezi was quite proud in spite of embarrassment.In the past few days, he really enjoyed the pleasure of a local tyrant who spends money like water. With a stroke of a large brush, a huge amount of material disappeared between the brush strokes.

Sitting on such a huge amount of materials, Shen Zhezi is also very proud. After the network framework is set up, the manpower of all the families is mobilized, and many constructions are almost started as a whole, and they are all started together!
As Qian Feng said, it is only today that people in Wuzhong are thick.That's because, in just [-] days, the Shen family dredged the river and built the wharf, using more than [-] laborers!When the numbers came together, not only Qian Feng, but even Shen Zhezi were taken aback!
The entire Wuxing registered population is only slightly better than Kuaiji, with more than [-] households.As for the civilian husbands used by the Shen family, counting factors such as male and female husband and wife, father and son, brothers, etc., it means that there are at least [-] households!Only a small part of these households coincide with the household registration of the county government. Where are the rest?Think carefully!
Because of the huge temptation, Shen Zhezi can be said to have turned Wu Xing's underpants upside down.Using this ratio to extend to Wu County and Kuaiji, the hidden population that the imperial government cannot grasp in the land of the Three Wus alone exceeds 50 people!

Even if Sanwu is the core essence of Jiangdong, this ratio is still shocking.Coupled with various factors that are difficult to reach, the actual situation will only be more or less than Shen Zhezi's estimate!

With such a huge amount of labor, even the county government and even the imperial court are unable to confiscate so much at one time in such a short period of time.The rapid consumption of supplies can be imagined.It was only when Shen Zhezi presided over such a large project that he realized that it is one thing to be rich and rival a country, but the energy unleashed by a family is far inferior to the operation of a state machine.

Among other things, just the allocation of materials across regions, this is the energy that the Shen family does not have!

The savings of the Shen family, and even the confiscation of the Yan family, have been almost exhausted.As for the harvest of gold, silver, and money, Shen Zhezi originally planned to reserve it to reform the chaotic currency state of the Three Wus, but at this time he had to use it to buy supplies from various families to maintain it.

Therefore, Shen Chong's resources are particularly important for maintaining and promoting the current situation that has already spread.If it wasn't for the victory of this battle that made the Shen family's stability in Kuaiji a foregone conclusion, Shen Zhezi would never have dared to put it into practice even if he had an idea, and to revise Wu Xing so vigorously.

Hearing Shen Zhezi and Qian Feng's explanation and analysis of the current situation, Shen Chong really didn't know what to say.The manpower he used for several rebellions is not as much as the manpower mobilized by his son in just over 20 days. Isn't this a kind of talent?Although the Shen family is rich, but with their father and son in succession, they probably don't have to worry about the rice grains piled up in the warehouse getting moldy.

After pondering for a long time, Shen Chongcai said: "Since the situation has been opened, there is no reason to give up halfway. I am also deeply touched by the death of the Yan family this time. The confluence of the north and the south is a foregone conclusion. If my family wants to prosper, there is no way to stand against Wang Huazhi." The layout of Qingque can be said to be appropriate, you don’t need to worry about supplies and the like, just do it vigorously!”

The reason why he has such a cognition is that besides weighing the situation for a long time, the battle in Haiyan, Jiaxing, also gave him a great impact.After Xu Mao's militiamen witnessed the inhuman treatment of the overseas Chinese and refugees in Weitang, Shen Chong was horrified by the murderous intent that erupted.

Therefore, after capturing Yan Ping, Shen Chong did not execute him, but handed it over to Xu Mao to calm the agitated emotions of the militiamen.Xu Mao and the sergeant general Yan Ping cut every inch of their bodies before the battle, and only then did they extinguish the murderous intent of their subordinates.

If not, after these exiled militiamen burned Yan's mansion and punished them all, even this hatred turned into malice against the entire Wu people group, and they would even kill the county government of Haiyan City.

Shen Chong is not afraid of war, but he is not completely ignorant of the overall situation. He knows that Ruoqiao people are completely opposed to Wu people, which is harmful to Jiangdong.Now there is a rough order in Jingkou, and Liyang is in the Xifan. Now dreaming of a separate regime will only harm others and oneself.Therefore, Shen Chong agrees with Shen Zhezi's arrangement, which not only avoids a frontal conflict, but also captures Wu Zhong in his hands.

"Xu Suiran sent his troops to slaughter, and Yan's old house was burned to the ground. This was not in the plan. He felt a little guilty in his heart, because he made a sharp reduction in the gains from the First World War in Haiyan because of his self-assessment, so he has expressed his opinion to me. Fighting against him is only to punish the evil, not to take anything."

Shen Chong also said: "But it is not easy for him to send troops this time, so after controlling Yuhang, I sent another batch of rice grain to Jiaxing, but it was sealed and returned. The whole department is united, and I hope that I can use this batch of money. Goods, choose a good place to resettle the surviving refugees in the reed pond. In times of crisis, there are many righteous soldiers among the soldiers!"

Hearing what his father said, Shen Zhezi suddenly changed his mind about Xu Mao and his subordinates.To be honest, although he knew how brave the militiamen were, he didn't think highly of them in his heart.All the way to the south, the crowd gathered to roar, and sent troops to loot and humiliate the common people.If you investigate carefully, the more powerful these refugee soldiers are, the more evil they do.

For example, the member of Xu Mao's subordinate, the Le'an Gao clan, dared to block the river and plunder at Jingkou. Wasn't there Xu Mao's connivance and acquiescence behind this?

But human nature is extremely complex, and it is difficult to generalize its good and evil.Yan's entrenched in the village, a lot of evil deeds; exiled militiamen came across Hainan to show righteousness and punish evil.Sometimes, confusing good and evil is not a moral decline, and a person's sorrows and joys are just a small melody of the great era.Only when the whole era is moving forward with high spirits, can every melody in this strong song be soul-stirring!

"Only more than [-] people were rescued from the sea salt reed pond, and all the rest were killed in the fire. As for the survivors, they were all sick and sick, and very few could work as farmers and weavers."

Speaking of this, Shen Chong sighed and said: "Now these people can only be moved to Kuaiji to be housed and supported, taking the meaning of a thousand pieces of gold. Let those overseas Chinese understand that the evil of Yan's family cannot be blamed on all southerners. people."

"The Yan family is so evil, I really wish I could destroy it!"

Shen Zhezi was really angry. According to his calculations with a group of civil servants, after deducting the captured people from other places, at least 3000 people died in the reed pond!The evil of Yan's family is almost the same as that of Jiehu!
Shen Chong didn't want to talk about this heavy topic again, his thoughts changed, and then he looked at Shen Zhezi: "I'm going home this time, and there are a lot of resentful words in the old house, can Qingque explain my confusion?"

　There will be another chapter later, around eleven o'clock. . .Thank you for your support. . .

　　
　
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