Chapter 42: The Curse (Ask for Recommendation, Ask for Collection)
In October, there is already a winter chill in the northern frontier, but on Moon Island at this time, the summer heat has just receded. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Wang Ji looked at the corn plant in front of him, which was already more than half a person tall, and laughed silently. According to this growth, the corn should be produced in less than two months, and when the time comes, you can eat sweet tender corn. No, you can't eat it yet, the corn in these two fields needs to be kept as seeds, and when it is popularized on a large scale in the future, you can eat as much tender corn as you want.
There are also potatoes, which can be sown after the beginning of spring next year, and the potatoes have a shorter growth cycle and a larger yield. In addition, after the potatoes are harvested, the land where the potatoes have been planted can continue to sow corn, so that the seeds can be sown in rotation to maximize the use of the limited land on the island.
"Miss, the eldest lord is here, send someone to invite you to the dock square." It's a pity to come back and talk back. Since coming to this moon island, the young lady has lived in the small courtyard here, quietly looking at the plants in the field in a daze.
"Got it, let's go over." Wang Ji nodded lightly, although she was puzzled by the arrival of the eldest uncle at this time, she still led the maid to the dock square.
Along the way, looking at the various buildings that have been gradually built according to their own plans, Wang Jiqing sighed very much! It has only taken a little more than a month, and this city that I have built with my own hands has begun to take shape.
On the dock square that had been built, Master Wang looked at the hot scenes in the distance and nodded with satisfaction. This niece of his own is really not simple, her mind is delicate, and she has a comprehensive plan for the entire island, and even the progress of the construction is arranged in an orderly manner, and it is only a short period of time that Moon Island has changed its appearance. According to the current progress, before the Chinese New Year this year, the Moon Island will be basically completed.
"Uncle, why did you come here again so soon?" Wang Ji bowed lightly, "Grandmother Jiangzhou, her old man's body is okay?" ”
"Your grandmother is in good health, you don't have to worry." Master Wang smiled, "I came here this time because I have something very important to tell you." ”
"According to your suggestion, we in Tsukishima will focus on sea voyage trade in the future. The last time I returned to Jiangzhou from Tsukishima, I had already told your grandmother about it in detail. Your grandmother has agreed to your suggestion and has gathered all the elders of the family to discuss the relocation of the island. Old Man Wang said this, paused, and glanced at his niece before continuing, "However, the clan elders of the family have raised a question, and we have to be cautious. ”
"I don't know what the problem is?" Wang Ji was puzzled. Is there a problem with the route? I haven't heard my brother talk about it before.
"Your second uncle said that although you can earn money by running a long-distance trade on the sea, people who run on the sea for too long will often die by the curse of the sea god."
"Poseidon's curse?" How is this possible! Although he was inexplicably reborn in this time and space, Wang Jiqing still didn't believe in any sea god's curse.
"Although neither I nor your grandmother and others believe it, your second uncle swore an oath and said that his subordinates just found a few cursed people, and they were in Quanzhou." Master Wang said this, his face was also a little heavy, "Therefore, your second uncle and third uncle do not agree to move the island. ”
"But, this Moon Island ......"
"Gently, don't be in a hurry. Your grandmother didn't compromise. In a few days of clan meetings, your grandmother has tried her best to convince everyone, but your second and third uncles have been talking about things with the curse of the sea god, but they don't agree. There was no way, no one could convince anyone, and finally everyone decided to come to Quanzhou in person to see what the curse of the sea god was. ”
"Uncle, do you mean that grandmother is also coming to Quanzhou?" Wang Ji thought that she would soon be able to see her grandmother, Mrs. Xie, who had always loved her, and she was a little excited.
"Yes, at this time, your grandmother and they are probably already on their way to Quanzhou." Master Wang continued, "Your grandmother specially asked me to come over and tell you in advance, just to let you prepare in advance. ”
"I see." Wang Ji nodded lightly, the curse of the sea god was just an excuse, and it was true that some people in the family didn't want to relocate.
The Wang family has been rooted in Jiangnan for thousands of years, and many clansmen have been accustomed to living a comfortable and prosperous life in Jiangnan, where would they be willing to easily give up the current rich life? Moreover, at present, there are four veins in the main branch of the Wang family. And each lineage person manages a different industry in the family, although every year each lineage people will hand over some silver to the gongzhong, but naturally, different industries, the interests of each lineage people are also different. The relocation of the family proposed by me this time may have touched the interests of others.
Among the current four-vein clan members of the Wang family, the one where his grandmother is located is the elder, and as the patriarch, he has always been in charge of the ancestral land of the Wang family, maritime trade and iron mines. The second uncle and ancestor are in charge of Caoyun and the horse gang, and this line is responsible for the transportation of all the output of the Wang family's interior. The third uncle and ancestor have mastered tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, and the number of people under this line is also the largest, with tens of thousands of tenants alone. The fourth uncle and ancestor secretly controlled several major academies in Jiangnan, and almost all the Jiangnan family officials in the court and China had this line behind them.
This time, he proposed to relocate the entire family to Moon Island, once the Wang family really gave up Jiangnan, the tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land held by the clan would be like waste paper, and without the output of Jiangnan, the role of Caoyun and the horse gang would be limited. It's no wonder that the two clansmen of the second uncle and the third uncle would oppose their proposal.
"Gently, your grandmother said that in the end, if you really can't convince your second uncle and third uncle to move to the island first, your grandmother and fourth uncle will also move to the island first, and when the world is really in chaos in the future, your second uncle and third uncle will naturally agree to move with them." When Master Wang said this, his face was very unsightly.
"But in that case, the loss of our Wang family will be immeasurable, and our two lineages have moved first, not only will we leak the news in advance for outsiders to notice. The most important thing is that the second uncle and the third uncle don't move with us, isn't this equivalent to dividing the clan? Great uncle! Wang Jiqing knew that his eldest uncle, as the patriarch of a clan, definitely didn't want the Wang family, which had been standing proudly for thousands of years, to divide the clan in his own hands.
"Uncle, I'll go back to Quanzhou with you this time."
Wang Ji thought lightly, if this so-called curse of the sea god was not false, it would probably be a disease at sea. I know a lot about the diseases at sea, and there should be a way. Even if he can't, he will try his best to convince the other two people to move to Tsukishima together.
"Good, gently. Your grandmother and uncle believe in you. Let's go and see what the sea god's curse is all about. ”