Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 295 Xu Xiang Fengyun ([-])

Half a month later
Hundreds of ships sailed on the sea, and the people of Xu Township had not seen so many ships for hundreds of years.

After the commercial tax was abolished in the Later Han Dynasty, although the Wang family restarted their trade with the Central Plains, they focused their trade on the richer Bohai County.

On the contrary, the Dongnae area, which is closer, has not conducted commercial trade with the Wang family for more than 300 years due to reasons such as a small population and not very rich.

Xuxiang Port was only a small fishing village 400 years ago. It developed into a small port under the Wang family's trade more than 300 years ago. Since then, the trade has been cut off, and the small port has declined into a small fishing village again. Trade briefly flourished for more than ten years, but with the fall of the Zhang Bu regime, Xuxiang Port soon returned to its original appearance.

The boats docked on the shore, the salted fish were packed in big bags, and the stench suddenly filled the air on the abandoned pier.

It took a long time for the Wang family to unload the goods, and it took several hours to unload the pickled fish. Therefore, many merchants and common people who were close to them came to this abandoned wharf for more than 100 years to join in the fun.

"Are these the fleet of the Wang family? There are more than 200 ships of this size in just one family?" Tai Shici, who hurried to join in the fun, felt a little inconceivable.

In fact, two hundred large ships are not too many, after all, the imperial court's Lou Chuan Navy in Qingzhou also has five or six hundred ships.

But this is the navy of the entire Qingzhou, and there are still courts spending money to support them, even so, there are only five or six hundred ships.

The Wang family only relied on the power of one family to mobilize two hundred large ships to transport goods.

"Where did they catch so many fish?"

"It's all salted, and the cost of salt alone is quite high. There are a lot of salt farms, otherwise we can't be so extravagant."

The onlookers and merchants in the wharf were talking a lot, and they were keenly aware that Huang County might really be about to change.

The Taishi family, which has ruled Huang County for more than 90 years, is finally going to sunset.

The Taishi family was just an ordinary family of Confucian scholars in the period of Emperor Zhang, and the ancestors of the family were the chief bookkeepers in Donglai County, that's all.

It took decades to develop into an ordinary gentry. Before they could enjoy the glory of the gentry, the Liaodong royal family, which was hundreds of times bigger than them, came and killed them mercilessly. in the cradle.

The next day, the county office issued an announcement that the porridge shed was cancelled, as the food stock donated to the county office by the Wang family was exhausted.

At the same time, the children of the Wang family tempted the disaster-stricken people in Huangxian County by exchanging one acre of land for two stone fish, asking them to exchange their acre of land with the Wang family for salted fish.

The weight is twice that of the Taishi family, and you can also eat salt by the way. No matter what, it is more reasonable to find the Wang family.

Under the threat of starvation and death, those people who were relying on porridge sheds and did not sell their fields replaced their fields with pickled fish one after another.

Liaodong County
"Haha, brother, in just one day, we have annexed [-] mu of land."

"These are the results of our hard work and hard work. The ancients said that where there is a will, there is a way."

"Yeah, we earned all of these by our own abilities, and the heavens will definitely be moved by us."

"For this day, we endured it for more than a month, allowing a mere Taishi family to be arrogant for so long. Having such a receipt is also a reward from heaven, and it is a reward from God and the sage Confucius."

The three brothers Wang Yi, Wang Xiao, and Wang Kuan beamed with joy. They had brilliantly completed the task of annexing the land entrusted to them by the family. With this great contribution, it is not impossible that they will have the opportunity to compete for the position of [Family Minister] in the future.

Wang Guang was successfully elected by the family council as the new Jiacheng by relying on the two credits of "making a billion dollars" and "standing for the family in the struggle of foreign relatives and eunuchs".

In the current Wang family, the Patriarch and the Cheng, it's really hard to say who has the most power.

Fortunately, several generations of Patriarchs were willing to be hands-off shopkeepers, so civil war did not break out.

However, this kind of thing cannot last long. Sooner or later, you will meet a Patriarch who wants to go against the trend. At that time...

However, these are things from too long ago, not what the three brothers need to consider now. They have worked tirelessly to come to Huang County to engage in land annexation, just to gain political achievements, so that they will be more confident when they compete for the position of "Family Secretary" in the future.

[Jiacheng] [Jiaqing] Those who are capable live here.

This ability can be due to having military exploits overseas, or making some major inventions, or being a corrupt official to make money from the court, or even presiding over land annexation.

"The behind-the-scenes person who helped the Taishi family has been found out. It is the Mi family, a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou, and this Mi family's old nest is Qu County, Donghai County. This county is by the sea." Do not forget to strike and revenge your enemies.

"Hmph! A family of merchants dares to join in this land annexation war. They don't know how to live or die." County Wei Wang Jiakuan was more forthright, and he directly suggested: "Let our private soldiers dispatch to plunder Qu County , give the Mi family a bit of pirate shock."

"There is a saying in "Book of Changes" that those who know how to advance and retreat without losing their righteousness are the only saints. The Mi family in Xuzhou didn't know how to advance and retreat, and dared to meddle in the affairs of Liaodong without knowing their lives. They should have such a catastrophe. We are just acting on behalf of the heavens. Just follow the law." County magistrate Wang Yi sneered, even if he suppressed his enemies, he still had to quote scriptures to rationalize his behavior.

……

another month later

Xuzhou
Donghae County

Qu County
County Office
"Report! Report to the county magistrate that a group of pirates suddenly went ashore this morning and went straight to the Mi family's manor. The Mi family asked for help from the county."

A small official came to the county office and reported the urgent military situation to the county magistrate Chen Gui who was practicing calligraphy.

"Huh?" Chen Gui was puzzled for a moment, but he didn't care too much. Since the time of Emperor An, there have been rebels in Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and some pirates appeared from time to time, but according to the past practice, these pirates are not big. Threats, within a few months, these pirates will be exterminated by the local brave recruited by a certain tycoon along the coast, and there is no need for the county to send troops.

However, the Mi family is the most wealthy business family in Xuzhou after all. If the Mi family is upset and the Mi family takes their assets and flees to other states in a rage, it will be a huge loss to Xuzhou's economy, so he He still ordered: "Go and inform Lieutenant Sun, and let Lieutenant Sun take thirty officers and soldiers to help the Mi family put down the pirates."

"No." Afterwards, the little official went to the county lieutenant's residence and told the news about the pirates coming ashore to attack the Mi family.

"Pirate? Attacking Mi's house?" The county captain Sun Jian circled in circles, and then said, "Well, call people, I'm leaving now."

He was the grandson of [Selling Melon Sun] back then. After [Selling Melon Sun] died, the son of [Selling Melon Sun] no longer involved in the officialdom, but moved to Fuchun County, Wu County to sell melons and made a lot of money.

Afterwards, Sun Jian, the grandson of [Selling Melon Sun], had been on the road for a few years and became famous. As a thief, he was rewarded and promoted by the imperial court. He was promoted step by step from the most low-level official, and climbed up step by step, and finally got the current official position of county lieutenant in Qu County, Donghai County, Xuzhou.

Now Sun Jian can be regarded as a well-known figure who can enjoy both black and white.

(End of this chapter)