Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 92 The Circle of Common Interest

After hearing Zhang Wenbao's words, Huang Laifu became even more hesitant. He stood up and said with a smile: "Master Zhang has worked hard all the way, please go to the backyard to rest, take a bath and change clothes. The official has ordered someone to prepare a dinner. Take the wind and wash away the dust.”

Deputy He Qianhu, Jiang Yongsheng Jiang Baihu, Yang Anzhang Yang Baihu and others also stood up one after another, laughing with them.

Zhang Wenbao also stood up, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, my trip is worthwhile this time, and Huang Qianhu is powerful in farming and has made great achievements. I will also report the truth to the court. In recognition of Mr. Huang's contribution."

Huang Laifu smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Then I would like to thank Mr. Zhang. If there is nothing wrong, Mr. Might as well hang around Wuzhai Fort for a few days so that Mr. Huang can show his kindness as a landlord."

Deputy He Qianhu also accompanied him with a smile and said, "It's a coincidence. Two days later, it will be the wedding celebration between Mr. Qianhu and Miss Gu's family. Mr. Zhang might as well drink the wedding wine before leaving."

"Oh." Zhang Wenbao laughed in surprise, and said, "That's really a coincidence. No wonder I came into the castle and saw lanterns and festoons everywhere. It turns out that Huang Qianhu's big day is coming. Okay, that's it. So, Huang Qianhu's cup of wedding wine, I will drink whatever I say."

He walked two steps, but there was one thing on his mind, and he turned to Huang Laifu and said, "Huang Qianhu, the waterwheel thing I just mentioned..."

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "Master Zhang, please don't worry. When Your Excellency is leaving, Huang will prepare the blueprints, real objects, and craftsmen of a dry waterwheel, and take them to Taiyuan with Your Excellency. In addition..."

Huang Laifu laughed softly: "There will also be some routine filial piety, please don't dislike it, my lord."

Zhang Wenbao hummed, and said, "That's good, that's good."

He glanced at Huang Laifu, admired him even more in his heart, sighed, and said: "Huang Qianhu is young and promising, with a bright future, but it's a pity that he is a military officer."
Huang Laifu smiled slightly, and said: "Serving the country, there is no distinction between civil and military."

Zhang Wenbao nodded, said nothing more, and went to the backyard of the government office under the guidance of a group of Huang family members.

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The next day, that is, September [-]th, not to mention Zhang Wenbao and others, accompanied by Deputy He Qianhu and other Wuzhaibao officials, carefully inspected various places in Wuzhaibao.

But on the [-]th, his father Huang Sihao, who accompanied Master Sun and his party to Kelanzhou City, also came back this afternoon, and Huang Laifu's younger brother Huang Lingbin came with him. After a few days off, I came back to drink my elder brother's wedding wine. It happened that my father came to Kelanzhou City, so he came back together.

There are also Gu Yunniang's two eldest brothers, the third brother Gu Shibao, and the fourth brother Gu Shitong.In addition to the two, there are several uncles and aunts: the elder brother Gu Shiyin's wife Zhao, Gu Shibao's wife Feng, and Gu Shitong's wife Fang.

According to the marriage system of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to following the six rituals, the day before the wedding, the bride's family will send someone to the man's house to furnish the new house, commonly known as the shop house, and the Gu family members are here to shop the house.Of course, apart from building the house, Gu Shibao, Gu Shitong and the others had other intentions when they came here this time.

This time, when Huang Sihao and Master Sun escorted [-] stones of grain and rice, and entered Kelanzhou City together with Master Sun, the entire Kelanzhou City was a sensation. Come here, a mere military fort can supply food to a big city, and there was a lot of discussion in Kelan Prefecture, all talking about Wuzhai Fort.

I heard that Wuzhaibao was originally just a place of bitter cold, and no one would like to go there. But this year, under the management of the new Qianhu Huang Laifu, it has changed a lot. What big farms, big water trucks, big irrigation wells, etc., Ke Lan The people in Kelan Prefecture usually hear it a lot, especially when they hear that Wuzhaibao has had a bumper harvest this year and has become full of vitality. I don't believe it anymore.

In particular, many disaster-stricken people in Kelan Prefecture have heard that people from many villages and towns around them go to Wuzhaibao to seek livelihood. As long as they enter the various farms in Wuzhaibao to work, they will have a monthly guarantee of five buckets of monthly grain and various rewards. , in this kind of disaster year, this kind of treatment is very attractive, and life is stable.

All of a sudden, many people's minds were floating. Anyway, they couldn't get along in Kelan Prefecture. Why not go to Wuzhai Fort to try their luck. The distance between these two places is not far, and they can go back and forth in one day. Come back when you are good, which has caused a wave of refugees from Kelan Prefecture to Wuzhaibao.

And when Huang Sihao and his party arrived at Kelanzhou City, Master Liu Jingchun, the commander of Zhenxiwei, was overjoyed by Wen Xun and went to greet him at the gate of the city. There are many things, and of course outsiders don't know what to talk about.

Coming out of the Commander's Mansion, Huang Sihao naturally went to the home of Gu Qianhu, his elder brother and in-law. Seeing Huang Sihao coming, Gu Qianhu, the Song family and others were of course overjoyed. The Gu family warmly entertained the in-law. It can be said that Gu Qianhu is getting more and more prosperous in Kelan Prefecture. He is the commander's confidant, and after Huang Laifu's incident, he is also more and more valued by Liu Jingchun.

Especially this time, after Huang Sihao escorted four thousand stones of grain and rice to Kelan Prefecture, Wuzhai Fort became the topic center of Kelan Prefecture, and Huang Laifu, a thousand households in Wuzhai Fort, naturally became a topic among everyone figure.Huang Laifu is also the uncle of the Gu family, which made Gu Qianhu's family more and more concerned in the city of Kelanzhou.

During the banquet, Huang Sihao talked about the great harvest in Wuzhai Fort, which made everyone envious, and made Gu Qianhu's heart to move Gu's family to Wuzhai Fort even more eager.After he mentioned this, Huang Sihao was naturally overjoyed. It couldn't be better if his brothers were with him all day long, drinking and chatting every day.And the mother-in-law, Song, also happened to be with his wife, Yang.

As for the housing problem, because several daughters of the Huang family will move back to live one after another, the thousand-household house in Wuzhaibao will have to be expanded a long time ago.As for the money and food for the expansion of the thousand-household house, it doesn't matter, his son Huang Laifu has plenty.

After this matter was brought up, everyone in the meeting was very interested and talked about it one after another, discussing how to do it.As a result of the final discussion, among the crowd, Gu Yunniang, needless to say, will marry into the Huang family soon.And Gu Qianhu, Song Shi, Gu Jihu's third son Gu Shibao, and his wife Feng Shi were willing to go to Wuzhaibao.

As for the eldest son, Gu Shiyin, since he belongs to a thousand households in Kelan Prefecture, he has a duty to guard the gate of the city, so he naturally wants to stay in Kelan Prefecture.The fourth son, Gu Shitong, is unwilling to leave Kelanzhou City because he runs several shops in Kelanzhou City, but he doesn't mind staying in Wuzhaibao for a few days to see if there is a chance to make a fortune.

The candidates and things to move were decided in this way.

Finally, during the banquet, Gu Yunniang asked the future father-in-law Huang Sihao about some things about Huang Laifu, and everyone smiled.Regarding the marriage between Huang Laifu and Gu Yunniang, the two families have the same idea, that is, to do it well. The Huang family did not have this condition before, but now that the Huang family has enough money and rice, it is natural to want to spend it extravagantly.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a strong atmosphere of showing off wealth and showing off wealth. Whether it was officials or ordinary people, they all regarded being rich and wealthy as capable. No wonder the Huang family and Gu family were affected by this.

In the end, what surprised Huang Sihao was that when he was at Gu's house the next day, the magistrate of Kelan Prefecture also sent a greeting post, and hosted a banquet for Huang Sihao, Liu Jingchun, Gu Qianhu and others at the magistrate's mansion, and asked Huang Sihao about Wuzhai Huang Sihao felt very embarrassed about some things about the castle.

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September [-]th was the day before Huang Laifu's wedding, and on this day, except for some people from the woman's Gu family who came.Some relatives of the Huang family: such as the elder brother-in-law, Xu Xueshi, the guard of the Bajiao Fort.The second brother-in-law is Li Yingchun, the defender of Baode Prefecture.The third brother-in-law, Tian Dafu, the garrison of Shenchi Castle, and some of their family members also came here one after another.

There is also my adoptive father, Liu Jingchun, the commander of Zhenxiwei, the magistrate of Kelan Prefecture, the magistrate of Baode Prefecture, and some nearby military forts and other generals, and even some places as far as Hequ, Piantouguan, Laoyingbao, etc. The garrison generals also sent their servants to send congratulatory gifts.All of a sudden, the whole Wuzhai Fort looked like a cloud of guests.

This also confirms the saying that Fu has distant relatives in the mountains.In Huang Laifu's previous memory, it was rare for these relatives to go around. Except for a few sisters who often came back, a few brothers-in-laws rarely came to Wuzhaibao once in a few years, let alone their family members.There are also those generals in the surrounding military forts, because Huang Sihao was only a thousand households before, and they were all at the defense level at the lowest level, so it was even more difficult to contact the Huang family. , isn't it because of the bumper harvest in Wuzhai Fort that it caught their attention?
Huang Laifu guessed that these people came not so much to congratulate him, but as to openly check the situation of Wuzhai Fort. Anyway, Huang Laifu let them, and only let his family receive him.
At this time, Huang Laifu was drinking tea and chatting with several brothers-in-law and uncles in Qianhu House.

Theoretically, Huang Laifu should be very busy today, but in fact he is very free now, except for greeting the guests who come to visit sometimes, he has nothing to do.

In the previous month, according to the wedding habits of Ming Dynasty, the six ceremonies of betrothal marriage, that is, acceptance, asking names, Najib, accepting levy, asking for a date, etc., have all been completed. Of course, these things are all done by parents Huang Sihao and Mrs. Yang and the others are working on everything, Huang Laifu doesn't need to worry about everything, he just waits for the wedding ceremony tomorrow, and finally enters the bridal chamber.

As for the house shop now, uncles Zhao, Feng, Fang, and sisters Huang Laifu are also busy.Huang Laifu, his brother-in-laws and two uncles were in the main room, drinking tea comfortably and chatting with each other about possible cooperation.

Because according to Huang Laifu's computer data, his brothers-in-law, the military fort under their jurisdiction is rich in resources. If they can cooperate, it will have an important and positive impact on Wuzhaibao's future going out and building a development circle of common interests in the surrounding area. significance.

(End of this chapter)