Chapter 334: The An Clan

The county lord of Annan sighed again, "The An clan is not as harmonious as it seems on the surface......

Dong Ruyi listened quietly. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The county lord of Annan did not shy away from it, starting from the generations of the An family.

The ancestor of the An family was originally just a running boat, but because of a shipwreck, he was rescued by people from other dynasties, and only then did he find a way to overseas.

Although the risks at sea are high, they are huge profits.

The ancestors of the An family wanted silver and silver, and sons and sons.

It's a pity that the Great Zhou Dynasty forbade the sea, and every time they went to sea, they had to risk being beheaded.

Because of this, they did not know how much silver they had made.

The ancestor of the An family felt that this was not the way, so he thought about donating an official.

In this way, the eldest son of the An family became an official, and the shipyard of the An family was handed over to the other sons.

The An family is rich, and the boss of the An family is not only an official, but also helps the people from time to time, and he has become famous in a few years.

Fujian has not been rich because of the existence of the Japanese Invaders, and the An family has thought of many ways to do this, and even donated a lot of warships.

The eldest grandson of the An family is a powerful one, and after a Japanese invader broke through the defense line of the naval army, he led his family and the people in the city to keep the Japanese out of the city.

Until reinforcements came and retreated.

When the emperor learned of the great joy, he asked people to tell him carefully, and finally rewarded him directly.

In this way, after the efforts of the An family for several generations, the An family not only made the marquis, but also took charge of the naval yamen.

It's a pity that it is the An family lineage that enters the official career, and according to the regulations of the ancestors, seventy percent of the shipyard and maritime trade should be given to the An family lineage every year, and the side branch in charge of the An family shipyard can only take the remaining thirty percent.

In the face of huge interests, even a family will be red-eyed.

The people of the An clan began to have something to do.

In order to appease the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the side branches, An Jiayan agreed to fight with the imperial court to lift the ban on the sea.

After months of bickering, the imperial court finally agreed to lift the ban on the sea.

It's just that the military salaries given by the imperial court are still those forbidden to the sea.

Everyone knows that once the ban on the sea is lifted, then the number of naval forces in the coastal areas must be increased, and it will be doubled, and they will be responsible for the safety of merchant ships in the forbidden sea.

When there are more merchant ships, there will naturally be more pirates and pirates.

The pressure on the An clan increased dramatically, but with the huge profits at sea, they still agreed.

The An clan began to expand their business, and in addition to doing business at sea, they also opened a lot of silver buildings and shops, after all, they had a source of goods at sea.

In the following years, the An family purchased a large amount of fertile land.

The An clan went straight to their heyday.

In order to appease the side branch, the descendants of the An family took the initiative to hand over the shipyard, fertile land, maritime trade, and shore business to the side branch to take care of.

It's just that every year, the grain, grass, military salaries, and warships of the Fujian Navy have to run out of here.

As for the rest, it is still seven descendants and three side branches.

Shipyards and maritime trade were originally the seventh lineage and the third side branch.

Now that the sea ban has been issued, the sea business of the An clan has become even more prosperous, and the side branch thinks that it is understandable to raise some soldiers, after all, they are also protecting themselves.

As for those fertile fields and shore businesses, these were all bought by the descendants with money, and they only managed the side branches, and divided the remaining three for nothing.

For a time, the An family was in harmony.

It's a pity that people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and when the An clan earns more and more silver, the side branches begin to be dissatisfied, and they forget those things that were originally descendants.

They feel that all the money they have earned over the years has gone into the pockets of their descendants.

They began to save trouble, and some even wanted to split up.

The descendants of the An clan have always given in, not only not to make the side branches grateful, but also to raise their appetites.

The most hateful thing about them is that they even delay the food and salary of the navy and the yamen.

The descendants of the An clan swallowed their anger and thought of a solution.

It is really a big business of the An family, and the thoughts of the men of the descendants are all on the fight against the Japanese invaders.

And all the rest of the housework and housekeeping must be taken care of by the daughters of the An family.

They are really unskilled and miserable.

In the end, someone actually thought of marrying with the royal family, after all, the emperor was far away from the sky, and the imperial court only knew the brilliance of the An family, but did not know the internal affairs of the An family.

As for the real princess, they didn't dare to marry, so they chose a powerful county lord of Annan after thousands of choices.

The arrival of the county lord of Annan did suppress the side branch of the An clan.

She is a member of the royal family, and she is the most favored granddaughter of Prince Bao, and no one will come to trouble the county lord of Annan when she can't figure out the situation.

In the first three years that the county lord of Annan came to An's house, he did not do anything earth-shattering, but he gave birth to two sons in a row after three years.

The An family can't wait to offer her as an ancestor, and even the relationship between their husband and wife has been cultivated in those three years.

It was the happiest day of the county lord of Annan.

Over the next five years, she slowly accepted the affairs of the family.

The dowry of the county lord of Annam was specified according to the specifications of the county lord, and the stewards who took inventory and kept accounts were more capable than the other.

She took her own people and began all the money exchanges of the Cha'an clan.

As a result, there is no need to think about it, she is young and vigorous, and she offends the side branch of the An family.

Subsequently, the An clan repeated their old tricks and began to settle down in military salaries and rations.

When the county lord of Annan heard this, he was furious and asked her people to tell those people that she could not see the military quartermaster of the navy yamen for three days, so she returned to Beijing to ask for a ban on the sea, and removed the Anjia navy from the unified post, as for the reason, she will definitely tell the truth.

There is no silver, no food, what kind of pirates, what kind of forbidden sea. As for the surrender, she has Prince Bao to protect her, and it is never a problem to protect her family.

The side branches of the An clan were frightened stupid at that time, they didn't say a word, and came to make amends with military supplies.

Subsequently, the main iron in Annan County took back the shipyard, maritime trade, and shore trade while it was hot, and it was still managed by the An family, but the annual accounts must be clear.

As for the previous ones, she won't pursue them anymore.

The side branches of the An clan, who dare to be angry and dare not speak, can only do so, and since then the side branches of the An clan have collapsed.

Now that An Jingsheng and An Bihuai have died, as well as the deaths of so many stewards and craftsmen in the shipyard, the side branches of the An family will definitely not let go of this opportunity, they will definitely try their best to make a big fuss, and then take back the management of the shipyard justly.

At this point, the relationship between the An family and the collateral line was completely broken.

And An Jingsheng's father and son moved into the Anjia shipyard, which gave the Anjia side branch a great hope, that is to say, they also had the opportunity to let more people into the shipyard.

An Hongyuan's family is the result of the compromise between the county lord of Annan after his three sons were killed in battle.

Now the side line of the An clan is also divided into three factions, one faction is the patriarch line, they are in charge of maritime trade, and they are in charge of everyone's eyes.

This is also the handiwork of the county lord of Annan, and in the past, the affairs of the sea were supervised by everyone in turn.

Because everyone wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, the county lord of Annan took advantage of the topic and directly abandoned the old rules and established new rules.

The maritime trade of the An clan is now handed over to the patriarch, but if anyone complains about filling his pockets, then the ancestor meeting will be held and the patriarch will be replaced.

Although the current patriarch does not like the methods of the county lord of Annan, he is also an upright person.

And the remaining two side lines, one is in charge of the An family's silver building, pawnshop and other shore business.

One is the tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land of the An clan.

This is also the reason why the emperors of the past dynasties never wanted to remove the An family from the helm of the Fujian naval army.

Of course, there is still the credit of the county lord of Annan, and the imperial prince is the imperial prince after all.

However, this time An Jingsheng and An Bihuai's deaths, those Pang clans will definitely come up with it.

They were thinking all the time about taking back the management of Captain An.

As for the matter of An Bihuai's collaboration with the enemy and betrayal of the country, the An family can only eat coptis dumbly, and the more one person knows about this matter, the more dangerous it is, in case this matter is publicized, then it is certain that the family will be wiped out.

The corners of Dong Ruyi's eyes drooped, she listened quietly, and she didn't interject a word during the whole process.

The county lord of Annan looked at Dong Ruyi worriedly, "Now I can't tell what they are going to do?"

Dong Ruyi raised her eyes, and she said lightly, "Auntie and grandmother don't need to worry, it's not me here." ”

After the county lord of Annan finished speaking, she looked at Dong Ruyi nervously, the reason why she said it in such detail was to let Dong Ruyi know the current situation of the An family. She wanted Dong Ruyi to give her an idea.

Dong Ruyi stopped the movement in his hand and said lightly: "I know, I will deal with this matter, and when the time comes, my aunt and grandmother can just look at me and act." ”

The county lord of Annan said in disbelief: "You have a way?"

Dong Ruyi nodded and said, "Well, you don't have to worry about this matter, tomorrow you will let people spread the news that you are not in good health." As for when the time comes, I will let you pretend to be dizzy, and you will pretend to be dizzy, and you don't have to worry about the rest. ”

In this way, the affairs of the An family were temporarily shelved on Dong Ruyi's 'halo'.

Liao's mother set breakfast on the couch in the outhouse.

Jingrui's daughter-in-law came in and saw the crimson red bean porridge on the table.

She walked over and saw that there was still a cup of rock sugar blood swallow.

She glanced at the upper room, and hurriedly whispered, "Why did you bring these here?" ”

Liao's mother whispered: "It was Miss Xiangju who asked the slave to prepare, and the young lady is not in the way." ”

She also knew about the firewood room, and specially asked about the dishes, Xiangju said that she would come as usual, our young lady is not one of those ordinary people.

Only then did she continue to prepare meals to nourish qi and blood.

In the eyes of Liao's mother, her young lady is young, and she naturally has to make up for her busy day and night.

Dong Ruyi heard a noise outside, and shouted sideways, "Is Mother Liao coming?"

When Liao's mother heard the voice, she hurriedly put down the food box in her hand and responded, "It's the slave maid, the slave maid has prepared today's meal." ”

Dong Ruyi looked at the county lord of Annan, "Where does my aunt and grandmother want to eat?"

The county lord of Annan said: "I've been lying down for a long time, get up and move, and ask who is outside?"

Dong Ruyi got up and lifted the curtain, and when she saw that Jingrui's daughter-in-law was also there, she said directly: "Aunt and grandmother want to eat in the outhouse." ”

Jingrui's daughter-in-law should be, and hurriedly walked in.

Jingrui's daughter-in-law saw Dong Ruyi go outside, and whispered: "The slave maid saw that Liao's mother had prepared red bean porridge and rock sugar blood swallows, so she confessed to her. ”

The county lord of Annan said: "This Liao's mother is also a confused person. Help me out and have a look, but don't frighten the kid. ”

Jingrui's daughter-in-law hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the county lord has asked her to put those away." ”

In the outhouse, Liao's mother stood quietly aside, she secretly looked at Dong Ruyi, Jingrui's daughter-in-law's words just now made her heart very bottomless.

She was also afraid that she would frighten her own young lady, so she hurriedly put away the red bean porridge and rock sugar blood swallow. She thought to herself, Miss has to drink a big bowl every day, and she doesn't know if she will ask today.

Dong Ruyi looked at Liao's mother, who was a little uncomfortable, and said, "Liao's mother is unwell?"

Liao's mother hurriedly said: "No, the slave is very good." ”

Dong Ruyi nodded, looked at the dishes on the table, and asked, "Why is there no blood swallow today?"

Liao's mother was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Yes, yes, the slave will give it to Miss." As she spoke, she opened the food box and took out the cup of rock sugar blood swallow inside.

She opened the pot and put it in a small bowl beside her.

Jingrui's daughter-in-law helped the county lord of Annan to just come out, and happened to see Liao's mother's blood swallow.

The red, orange, and orange ones, not to mention Jingrui's daughter-in-law, are the lords of Annan County, and their hearts tremble, they are not on the spot.

The county lord of Annan scolded: "Who asked you to take it out?"

Liao's mother was startled, and almost didn't knock over the bowl in her hand, she hurriedly put down the bowl in her hand and looked down at the upper of her shoes.

Dong Ruyi said: "Why is my aunt so good-looking, why is she angry? Come and taste it, Mother Liao's craftsmanship is good." ”

The county lord of Annan walked over in a few steps, "Jingrui's family, hurry up and take these out." ”

Jingrui's daughter-in-law responded: "Yes." She said and was about to step forward.

Dong Ruyi frowned, stretched out his hand and said, "Slow, what is this going to do?" ”

Jingrui's daughter-in-law pointed to the stew pot and said, "This is the rock sugar blood swallow." ”

Dong Ruyi said: "Poisonous?"

Jingrui's daughter-in-law was stunned when asked, shook her head and said, "No." ”

Dong Ruyi said again: "I can't eat blood swallows?"

Jingrui's daughter-in-law was stunned for a long time before she said, "That's red." ”

Dong Ruyi immediately understood, they were afraid that she would see red.

She said helplessly: "It's okay to be red, it's okay." ”

Liao's mother said in her heart: "She knows that Miss Xiangju will not harm her." ”

Dong Ruyi picked up the silver spoon and took a sip, "Auntie, don't you try it, the temperature is just right." ”

Liao's mother looked at Dong Ruyi excitedly, and she knew that Miss liked to eat what she made the most.

The county lord of Annan shook his head and motioned to Dong Ruyi to eat it himself.

She lost her appetite just by imagining the scene of Ambihuai's death.

Dong Ruyi ate a whole bowl of blood swallows in front of the county lord of Annan, and then drank a small half bowl of red bean porridge.

Jingrui's daughter-in-law's face turned pale, and she was still in disbelief until Liao's mother put the dishes and chopsticks back.

She thought to herself, Mrs. Ann was asleep, but she was still muttering about blood. And this person, not only walked out of the firewood room by himself, but also drank a big bowl of blood swallow and a small half bowl of red bean porridge with an excellent appetite.

Guarding Cheng's voice came from outside the door, "My subordinates have something to return to Miss Dong." ”

Dong Ruyi looked at the county lord of Annan and said, "Does my aunt and grandmother want to rest, or do you want to listen to Cheng's escort return?"

The county lord of Annan said: "I don't think you should toss, you just let him talk here, I'll just go back and crooked." ”

Dong Ruyi nodded, "Then I'll trouble Mother Jing later." ”

Dong Ruyi was originally going to be here, Xiangju hadn't rested for several days, and she had to hurry tomorrow, she wanted her people to have a good rest.

What's more, there are some things she doesn't want to say twice.

Guard Cheng walked in with a stack of papers.

He saluted and said: "Back to Miss Dong's words, this is a new confession, counting a total of 123 people in Ambihuai, all of them have handprints. ”

This is a dozen false confessions, confessions of murder and theft that they have forged in order to deal with the people who came from the yamen.

After all, this is killing dozens of people at once.

Dong Ruyi stretched out his hand, Cheng Escort was stunned for a moment, and then handed it to Jingrui's daughter-in-law on the side.

After Jingrui's daughter-in-law took it, she handed it over to Dong Ruyi.

Dong Ruyi took the paper and looked through them one by one.

She nodded as she looked at it and said, "Well, it's good." ”

Cheng Escort was about to burst into tears, he looked at Dong Ruyi's satisfied appearance, and said in his heart: "It's really not easy to get a praise from Miss Dong!"

Dong Ruyi said again: "Dispose of those corpses, and let's go home tomorrow morning." ”

When Cheng Huwei heard that he was going back, he was immediately overjoyed, and said in his heart: "God, I finally want to go back." When he returned to Anjia, he didn't have to talk back and forth about these things in person. ”

It's just that before he finished his joy, he suddenly thought: "What should I do with these more than 100 corpses?"

He quickly calculated the time for digging the pit, and then hugged his fists and said, "If you leave tomorrow morning, my subordinates are afraid that they will not be able to bury those corpses." Unless the family buries a pit. ”

Dong Ruyi stopped what she was doing, and she looked up at Cheng Escort.

The county lord of Annan, who was also listening to Cheng Guard's reply, looked a little bad at the moment.

She thought to herself: "What to bury, those wolf-hearted people should be thrown into the wilderness." It's just that she can't speak, after all, she just said that these things are all handed over to Dong Ruyi to deal with. ”

Cheng guarded a spirit, and hurriedly thought about which sentence he said wrong.

He first thought: "It can't be that I refused Miss Dong's request, right?

Dong Ruyi looked at Cheng Huwei's puzzled appearance, and she sighed helplessly. It depends on the owner to beat the dog, and she is not good at making Cheng Huwei faceless in front of the county lord of Annan.

She said with a serious expression: "Cheng Guard, I will only say this once, I hope you listen carefully and don't ask me a second time." ”

Cheng Escort hurriedly said: "My subordinates are listening. ”

Dong Ruyi said: "I think there is nothing else in the shipyard, there should always be open space and wood, right?"

Cheng Huwei responded: "Yes, there is a large open space outside the courtyard, and as for wood, there are all kinds of things." ”

Dong Ruyi nodded and said, "Put wood on the open space, pile up the corpses, and burn them." ”

Cheng Escort exclaimed: "Burned?"

Dong Ruyi sighed and said, "It's a waste of time to burn it directly to ashes, I don't think I have to wait for it all to be burned to ashes." When it is almost burned, there is no need to distinguish who owns, just break it all up and throw it into the sea. ”

Cheng Guard's eyes widened, he took a step back, and stumbled: "Frustration, frustration、......"

Dong Ruyi said: "Yes, it is to break the bones and scatter ashes." ”

The county lord of Annan also opened his eyes at the moment, she was not scared, she was happy.

She wished to burn those people with her own hands, break their bones with her own hands, throw them into the sea with her own hands, and she asked them to bury her county horses.

Jingrui's daughter-in-law's face turned even whiter, and what she listened to was terrifying.

Dong Ruyi continued: "Escort Cheng, don't come secretly about this matter, call everyone in the shipyard to come over." Let them see what the consequences of bullying are. Tell them to do a good job for the An family, and the An family will not treat them badly, but if they dare to do those things that are roosters and dogs, the An family has firewood. ”

Escort Cheng stood dumbfounded, he didn't know what else to say at the moment.