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

Chapter 3 Jiaodong ([-])

The first year of the Han Dynasty

ten days later

beginning of autumn
Xu Township
On this sea route between the Liaodong Peninsula and the Shandong Peninsula, there are many small islands connected. One end is Wangjiazhuang Yinyue Port, and the other end is Xu Township of Jiaodong Kingdom.

Today, eleven merchant ships sailed from afar and berthed in Xu Township, a small, not very prosperous place.

The local people looked up and looked up. Some old people knew what was going on, so they joined in the fun. Only some outsiders from the hinterland of the Central Plains were a little curious: "How can there be a sea merchant in this remote place in Xu Township?" Business?"

"Young man, those are the merchant ships of the royal family in Liaodong. You have seen them every year for the past ten years or so."

"The royal family of Liaodong? I haven't heard of it, but Liaodong is far away in the north, thousands of miles away from here. How did they come here?"

"The Liaodong royal family is one of the five royal family bestowed by the king, and has been paying tribute to the special products of Liaodong for the king all the year round."

"My lord? Which lord?"

"Which king can I have in Jiaodong Kingdom?"

Some people talked about this caravan, and when they heard that it was one of the five royal families bestowed by the King of Jiaodong, they all showed envy.

Only families that have a good relationship with the King of Jiaodong, or have made great contributions to the King of Jiaodong, will be given swords by the King of Jiaodong, and there are currently only five such families.

After a while, the merchant ship docked at the pier, and a young man with an ordinary appearance but gorgeously dressed stepped off the ship, accompanied by an extremely beautiful girl.

It was Wang Taihao and Wang Luojiao brothers and sisters.

Not far away, the county magistrate of Xu Township came to the pier with officials of all sizes in a carriage, and many dock workers began to unload the cargo on the ship under the command of a middle-aged man.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this Liaodong royal family is so imposing, even the county lord wants to greet him in person."

"What is this? Wang Yue, the jewel in the palm of the Liaodong royal family, is now the king's most favored concubine."

While everyone was discussing, a beggar squeezed into the crowd, knelt on the ground and begged for alms from everyone.

"Good people, please..."

Before the beggar finished speaking, the servants who came down from the boat drove him away with sticks, and cursed: "You stinky beggar, you don't have eyes, do you? The beggar is coming here? Get lost!"

When the servants were driving the beggars away, Wang Laojiao suggested to Wang Taihao: "Cousin, the ancestors once said that my Liaodong royal family needs to live well in Jiaodong and build a good reputation, so as to get the support of the local tycoons."

"Understood!" So Wang Taihao nodded and shouted to the servants: "Stop!"

Afterwards, under Wang Taihao's order, a servant fetched a small purse, threw the purse directly at the beggar's feet, and said loudly, "This is a reward from our boss, and the money in it is enough for you to eat for half a month." Full meal."

"Thank you, nobleman." The beggar kept kowtowing, his eyes were full of gratitude, and while thanking, he boldly asked: "I don't know the name of the owner, Xiaomin will repay you if you have the opportunity."

"You are also worthy of asking us..."

"It's okay." The servant was about to reprimand the beggar, but Wang Taihao interrupted him and said to the beggar, "I am the lord of the Liaodong royal family. Take the money and go buy some food. If you really want to repay your kindness, you must first Fill the stomach."

"Xiaomin Tang Daniu, thank you for your kindness. If there is a chance, I will repay you." The beggar who called himself Tang Daniu took the money bag, kowtowed a few more times, and then left the crowd. When he left, he was still muttering: "Xiao Ming, brother has money to buy you food."

After the beggar left, Wang Taihao greeted the magistrate of Xuxiang who hurried over to salute and smiled respectfully: "Taihao's body is white, how can the county magistrate himself be bothered."

"Wang Shaojun was joking." Xuxiang County Venerable smiled back, then looked at Wang Yaojiao again, and asked doubtfully, "Who is this?"

"Wang's family, I have seen the county lord." Wang Luojiao bowed to the county lord.

"Guojiao is my cousin." Wang Taihao added to explain.

"So it's Miss Wang's family, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The county lord then returned the salute to the young girl Wang Ruojiao.

Immediately, Wang Taihao left the stinky wharf in a carriage, and asked Xuxiang county officials about the various situations in the Central Plains in these days. Prince Liu Qishi couldn't help sighing: "My royal family hasn't come to the Central Plains for more than a year, I didn't expect His Majesty to be... well, now that the new emperor is enthroned, I don't know..."

Back in Liaodong, Wang Taihao heard that when the new emperor Liu Qi was still the crown prince, he killed King Wu's son with a chessboard, and his relationship with King Jiaodong and other princes was not harmonious. I don't know if there will be any huge disturbances in the future.

On the carriage, Wang Taihao followed the county magistrate to Xu's manor for dinner, and at the same time thought in his heart: "Our Wang family is the royal gift family of King Jiaodong. If there is a stalemate, or even a confrontation with each other, what should our royal family do?"

While thinking this way, Wang Taihao and others had already arrived at the most luxurious manor in Xu Township in a Chinese sedan chair.

This manor is owned by a local tyrant surnamed Xu. It is located on the shore of the Xu River and the sea. To the south is the Xu River, the largest river in Xu Township, to the east is the deep blue sea, to the north is the pier just now, and to the west is a hill.

Wang Taihao, Wang Luojiao, Wang Song, officials of all sizes from Xu Township, and some powerful gentry from Xu Township all took their seats.

The servants of the royal family, the maids, and the servants of the county government were forced to eat in the corner of the manor.

"My lord, please take your seat."

"This is Elder Xu's manor, so it should be Elder Xu's seat."

Wang Taihao bowed his hands and declined.

"Mr. Ning Wei should take the seat. This old man is the host, and you are the guest. If the old man sits on the seat and spreads the word, people outside will say that the old man has no hospitality, and they will be ridiculed."

The old master surnamed Xu said so.

"In this case, Ning Wei would be more respectful than obedient."

After Wang Taihao finished speaking, he smiled and was about to take his seat, but Wang Luojiao pinched his waist by the side, and the pain caused him to "hiss" softly.

"Cousin, Biaozi is the honorific name that people use when addressing others, or when others call you. How can you call yourself Biaozi? You can just say you are Taihao." Reminding in such a soft voice.

"Aha?" Wang Taihao was a little confused, he didn't understand these at all.

The officials and gentry beside him just smiled slightly, while Old Master Xu stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "Mr. Ning Wei came to the Central Plains for the first time, so it's normal for him not to understand the etiquette here, it's okay, it's okay, haha!"

"Haha——" Wang Taihao, who knew he had lost his manners, could only smile awkwardly, then lifted up his robe, knelt down on the main seat, picked up a bottle of wine, and said to everyone who was seated: "So, junior Taihao , first toast to all the elders."

After all, drink up this bottle of wine in one gulp.

At this time, the old master Xu smiled and complimented: "I never thought that Mr. Ning Wei is from Liaodong, but he can speak Jiaodong dialect so fluently."

"I'm ashamed to say that the children of my Liaodong Wang family have learned Jiaodong dialect and Mandarin since they were young. After ten years of learning, this is just the result." Wang Taihao replied modestly, and then drank a bottle of wine with everyone.

"Mr. Ning Wei is too modest."

"In the past, your father came to Jiaodong for trade, and the old man said that his son must be a dragon and a phoenix among others. When I see you today, it is true."

"The old master made fun of me."

After complimenting and toasting each other, Wang Taihao's cheeks were flushed, his eyes were dim, and he fell to the ground drunk.

"gentlemen?"

"Mister drunk?"

"I'm not drunk, you Jiao, help me up, I can still drink."

"Hahaha!"
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next day
Noon
"Chun Mian doesn't wake up, mosquito bites everywhere, hey - comfortable."

The noon sun shines on the floor of the house through the gauze on the window, and a few strands fall on Wang Taihao's face, waking him up. The moment he woke up, he couldn't help but read a sentence that his grandfather taught him before. poetry.

Although it is not spring, there are no mosquitoes.

Wang Taihao didn't know why this poem was different from the one in the Central Plains. The ones in the Central Plains had four characters, but the poem taught by his grandfather had seven characters. In fact, he is also an uneducated old man.

Just as he was about to get up, a girl lying beside him let out a groan, opened her eyes, and looked at Wang Taihao pitifully.

Satisfied, Wang Taihao stroked the girl's little face, slowly reminiscing about the romance of last night.

Yesterday in Old Master Xu's manor, he drank too much and passed out on the main seat. Then Old Master Xu arranged for a maid to send him to this room to sleep soundly. When he woke up in the middle of the night, he found a young girl lying under the blanket.

"Guojiao, it's not that I'm sorry for you, it's that this old master Xu is so inhuman, it's a sin to arrange such a beautiful woman to seduce me." Muttering to himself, Wang Taihao stood up and put on his clothes, And smiled and asked the girl who was still under the blanket, "What's your name?"

"The servant girl doesn't have a name, but the master gave me the nickname Lan'er." The girl stared at Wang Taihao expectantly with wide eyes.

She managed to snatch the opportunity last night. I don’t know how many maidservants of the Xu family like her want to flirt with the Patriarch of the Wang family. In this way, she will have the opportunity to transform herself from a lowly maidservant of the Xu family to the concubine of the Patriarch of the Wang family in Liaodong. , even the main wife.

Wang Taihao had no resistance to female sex since he was a child, and his grandfather Wang Kang often taught the sons of the Wang family to marry more wives and have children to increase the population of the Wang family. Therefore, lust is actually considered an excellent quality in the Liaodong Wang family. If you are not lustful, you will be ridiculed.

Looking at the delicate girl Lan'er in front of him, Wang Taihao naturally knew that she was careful, but he didn't care. He just knelt on the edge of the mat after getting dressed, and said while holding the girl's little hand: "Wait for me , I will find your master to see if he can give you to me."

"Thank you, my lord." The girl Lan'er blushed, her heart beat faster, and she was already imagining what kind of life she would live if she went to Liaodong in the future.

With a chuckle, Wang Taihao let go of the girl Lan'er's little hand, opened the door and was about to go out, but bumped into Wang Laojiao who came to wake him up.

"Cousin, you...you?!" Seeing the situation in the house, Wang Ruojiao instantly understood what was going on, but this kind of thing had been expected, so after a few hesitations, she hurriedly got down to business: "It's about time we set off. If you go to Jimo to meet the King of Jiaodong, if you are late, it is not good to blame him."

"Eh..." "Youjiao, it's not what you think."

"Tell me what to do, cousin, hurry up and pack up and get ready to go."

(End of this chapter)