prosperous age

Chapter 6

After school in the afternoon and out of the private school, Wei Guangde still had a stern face, because he was slapped on the palm by his master again today. As for the reason, of course, it was because of the calligraphy that he wrote.

Now the matter of writing has almost become Wei Guangde's heart demon, and he was beaten by his master for two consecutive days.

"Yutou, you've been subjected to this master's ruler for two days, so don't take it to heart, just write with your heart tomorrow."

Seeing Wei Guangde's sullen look after he walked out of the private school, his attendant Zhang Ji said.

Before Wei Guangde could speak, someone beside him spoke.

"I don't think so. Yutou should be angry with Chen Youcai's grandson."

"The grandson is not a thing anymore. He belongs to a thousand households. He actually became the servant of a big dog. He lost his life."

Zhang Ji also echoed.

Wei Guangde looked around at the little friend beside him, shook his head and said nothing.

Zhang Ji is the son of Zhang Dayong and Zhang Zongqi in the Hundred Households Office. Zhang Dayong can be regarded as Wei Meng's confidant. He was raised from Xiaoqi, and the rest are similar, except that their fathers are all Xiaoqi and old confidant.

And the Chen Youcai they were talking about belonged to the chief banner family of the Hundred Households Office next door. In the eyes of these half-grown children, they were all from the guard, so they should stand aside anyway, but this Chen Youcai followed the town The families of several local rich men got close.

As for why these military households had conflicts with the wealthy landowners in the town, this was actually quite understandable. There were often disputes over the borders of the fields, but they were fighting back and forth, and neither side had any good results.

The magistrate of Pengze County is just a low-ranking official, so he doesn't want to get involved in the conflict between the military leader and the local gentry. They are both local snakes, not easy to mess with, and they are all fooling around with mud, so naturally neither end is pleasing.

Although civil servants are very powerful now, when it comes to land, the guards will not be ambiguous.

When the military officer sees the civil servant, it’s nothing to salute at the meeting. It’s okay if the military salary allocated by the local government is divided up by the civil servant. After all, the money is in the hands of others, but the land is actually military land. If you want to take advantage of them, then you can’t do it. .

The military officers of the current guards are still counting on the output of those lands to make some income. After all, the military pay is small, and the military officers can only count on those fields if they want to live comfortably.

It was also because of this that there were several conflicts between the Bengshan Hundred Households Office and several gentry in the town.

But fortunately, these country gentry's families only have a scholar, and if someone really passes the exam and becomes a Jinshi, even if it's just a candidate, I guess Wei Wei can only bear with it.

Those few gentry's families didn't have any talented people, which was one of the reasons why old Wei dared to fight with them.

Wei Guangde knew something about this, and he also heard it from his brother Wei Wencai. Although he had some memories of his previous life, he was still a child after all, and he didn't care about such things.

After Wei Guangde passed through, he thought about his future. This is a feudal society with distinct classes. If he wants to live well, he still needs to be careful.

Resting at home for a few days, and after he settled down, Wei Guangde was very concerned about the Baihusuo and the surrounding environment. He might have to stay here for the rest of his life, unless he could get a good reputation and become a scholar, or even become a scholar, Jinshi, enter the to the ruling class.

In his previous life, Wei Guangde was such a person who didn't think about making progress. He didn't pay attention to his studies and felt that he didn't have that talent.

To catch up with the expansion of the city, the family has become a demolition household, and it will not be so hard since then.

I went to a third-rate university, which is actually a junior college, and then found a job. I just dawdled around. The salary was pocket money, and the rent was saved.

In fact, he didn't save it himself. His parents saved it for him. Thinking about it now, all that money will belong to his brother in the future, as well as the two houses.

Walking in the town, passing a small food stall, Wei Guangde felt a little hungry, remembering the copper coins he took in the morning, he simply bought some tea cakes, and ate them one by one while walking.

Get out of the town and walk back along the road you came by along the river.

These days, there are no entertainment venues in the town. In fact, everyone's life is similar, very monotonous.

Even if there are teahouses and restaurants in the county town, you can listen to books and watch plays. If you want to come to Fireworks and Willow Lane, there will be no shortage, but it is still a bit far away from the present Wei Guangde. Reality.

These few mornings, Wei Guangde has also paid attention to it. Although he is half a child, his thoughts have been affected by the information explosion in later generations. He understands many things that his peers in this era do not understand. Pass.

Unfortunately, after waking up, he found that no tent had been set up, so Wei Guangde was not confident that he could do anything after entering such a place.

I'm still an 11 years old kid.

Wei Guangde also knows that the government prohibits that industry, but this industry has existed since ancient times, and existence is justice, so there must be a reason for it.

Ten miles away, a few little guys were chatting and laughing, walking swayingly, and finally saw the stone castle from a distance, and they were going home.

"Wow, there are so many boats, they belong to our guard."

Hearing the sound, Wei Guangde turned his head to look at the river. Sure enough, he saw a long string of large and small warships going down the river. With the name of Jiujiangwei.

At this time, there was an endless stream of merchant ships coming and going on the river, but seeing such a huge fleet, they all avoided and did not dare to fight.

"Really, from Jiujiangwei."

The few little guys saw the grand occasion on the river, and immediately chattered non-stop.

Wei Guangde knew that his father was probably in this fleet, but he was far away, so he definitely couldn't see it, but he was also shocked.

How urgent it must be!

Last night, he rushed back to gather all night, and set off this afternoon, that is to say, Dad Wei led the team over there, only rested for half a day before boarding the boat and setting off.

Wei Guangde is really not familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, and has not studied it carefully, that is, he knows some things about the Ming Dynasty from watching TV novels.

At least, he really didn't know what happened in the capital in the 29th year of Jiajing.

Dozens of large and small warships quickly caught up with them from behind, and then continued to drive forward.

The little guys watched silently as the fleet failed to pass, and stopped talking, probably thinking of something.

"It's about this time, can they reach Anqing at night?"

At this time, Zhang Ji behind him suddenly spoke, breaking the temporary calm.

It took a while for someone to intervene: "I'm afraid I can't, at most I can go to Wangjiang. It's more than a hundred miles away from Anqing. It's not safe to sail at night."

"Well, it probably won't make it to Anqing."

Anqing is the south gate of Nanzhili, and Jiujiang, where they are located, is called the north gate of Jiangxi. After Anqing is Wuhu, and then Yingtianfu, from there you can enter the Grand Canal.

(End of this chapter)