Chapter 12: Neighbor Cheng Bites Gold
Three days have passed since Yang Yi woke up, and the old Taoist asked Yang Yi for more details of the matter.
After Yang Gongshi and others were deposed, the clan elders couldn't bear to kill each other, so they sent them to Lingnan to do business.
In ancient times, rulers divided the people of the world into four classes: scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants. A scholar is a person who is an official; Nong: refers to the peasant; Workers refer to craftsmen; A merchant is a merchant.
The status of merchants in the Tang Dynasty was relatively high, which benefited from the fact that at the beginning of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, there were many reasons why merchants funded Li Yuan to fight the world, the most famous of which was the merchant of Bingzhou, the father of a generation of empress Wu Zetian, the warrior of Zhou Guogong.
Despite this, in the eyes of the gate valve family, the merchant is still not on the stage, and he is still a pariah in their eyes.
Lingnan, which is today's Liangguang region, is Guangdong Province to be precise. At that time, the people of the north believed that it was a wild land, full of wild people who drank blood.
Before the Song Dynasty, whenever an official was demoted, most of them were demoted here, and the beautiful name was: Educate the barbarians. The degraded officials are ashamed to be demoted to Lingnan!
If the children of those wealthy families make the big mistake of not being an outsider, they are generally confined to their families.
If it is more serious, but it can't bear to be killed, and you don't want the government to interfere, you will be sent to the frontier, called clearing the wasteland, which is really no different from kicking out the family, after all, it is a family ugliness that is not publicized.
From this, it can be imagined how disappointed the clan elders were in Yang Gongshi and others, and how disgusted they were.
Although Yang Gongshi and the others were unwilling, they had no choice but to pack up and take the whole family to Lingnan. After all, there is also the Yang family's property there, so it is not necessary to wait for death.
After Yang Yi crossed over, he had no impression of his father with this body. But Yang Yi still bowed to this late father in his heart, because he left him a huge wealth, a wealth that could allow him to eat and drink without worrying for the rest of his life.
But this is only Yang Yi's own opinion, in the eyes of the locals, Yang Yi is a small landlord who has never seen the world. All possessions are a burden, and it is better to give them all up.
After Yang Yi recovered from his injury, he accompanied the old Taoist priest to Yang's house. After arriving at the Yang family, Yang Yi learned that this old Taoist priest was the famous medicine king Sun Simiao.
The patriarch and Sun Simiao are more than ten years apart, and they are people of the same era, so they naturally know each other.
The clan elder thanked Sun Simiao for saving his life for Yang Yi, and left them to live in Yang's house, and by the way, he diagnosed and treated the men, women and children who were sick in the clan.
For a time, the name of the divine doctor in Huayin City exploded like spring thunder, and there was a lot of uproar, but I only heard his name, but I didn't see him.
Yang Yi also inquired about the whereabouts of Wang Yan and others in the city, and got the news that they had left the west of the city three days ago. Yang Yi was stunned in his heart, and he was confused all day long, like a walking corpse.
Sun Simiao and Yang Yi lived in the Yang family's compound for half a month, and waited until the boiling emotions of the people outside quieted down before they planned to set off.
Hearing that Yang Yi was going to leave the Yang family with Sun Simiao, the clan elder didn't say anything, so he handed over a small box to Yang Yi.
Outside the west gate of Huayin City, in addition to Sun Simiao's ten apprentices, there was a mighty team of about 300 people and ten ox carts full of things.
This is a new slave bought by the clan elder outside Dongcheng, all of them are servants who the whole family sold themselves into slavery, and ten ox carts were also given to Yang Yi.
When Yang Yi received this gift, his eyes couldn't help but moisten. Although this body is not treated well by the Yang family, this old ancestor still feels very sorry for Yang Yi.
The clan elder held Yang Yi's hand tightly with one hand, and slowly touched Yang Yi's head with one hand: "Yi'er, when you get to the place, give Taiweng a reply and let Taiweng know that you are safe."
If you are in trouble, go to the city and find Gongren, he is your clansman, and he is about to become the head of the family, and he will help you. ”
"Well, Yi'er will be, Taiweng should take care." Yang Yi's voice was also a little choked.
Although his soul has no feelings for this old ancestor, this body has. The shattered memory in my mind remembers that this body goes to pat his old man's ass from time to time.
"Yi'er, don't blame Taiweng, Taiweng wants to maintain the unity of the Yang family, so he can only let you go out to live, and you will understand the truth later." The old man's voice was also choked, he had been unwavering for decades, and he rarely was so sad as today.
"Yi'er understands!"
"Taiweng is old, he won't live for a few days, come back to see Taiweng in his spare time." The old man actually shed tears when he said this, and the old housekeeper on the side looked at the clan elder with a surprised face, and he also had a relative.
"Taiweng will be young forever, wait for Yi'er to settle down there, and let you go there to live for the rest of your life."
The clan elder suddenly pulled over a strong man next to him: "This is the grandson of the old housekeeper, Yang Yun, he is honest and diligent, he will be your housekeeper in the future, if you don't understand something, you can ask the housekeeper for advice, after all, he is obsessed with how old you are." ”
Yang Yi looked at Yang Yun, and the two of them smiled heartily, and everything was silent.
"Yi'er remember, Xie Taiweng!" Yang Yi took a deep look at it again.
"It's not early, let's go!" The clan elder's eyes were moist and he waved his hand to Yang Yi.
Yang Yi suddenly learned the way the ancients were separated, knelt on his knees, and kowtowed three times: "Taiweng take care!" ”
Yang Yi was busy bidding farewell here, and in the crowd of onlookers, a different voice came out at this time: "This kid didn't live in vain, I really don't know if he is showing his true feelings or acting coy." ”
Next to the person who spoke, a person dressed as a scribe bowed his hand to him: "Brother Yang, you have a big opinion of your younger brother, can you give me a lecture or two?" ”
This Yang family's disciple is called Yang Bin, he glanced at the man and ignored him. Yang Bin is also a local gentleman, and he often goes in and out of the lower ninth-rate places, of course, he has seen people like him, but he is just looking for a talking point and going to a wine shop and brothel to cheat and drink.
Just as Yang Bin wanted to turn around and leave, another young man patted Yang Bin on the back of the shoulder: "Brother Yang, are you here too?" Tut-tut, this Yang Yi really didn't live in vain, at a young age, he came back from the dead, and he can split up! I'm afraid this is asking for half of the Yang family's wealth, right? ”
Yang Bin looked at this friend who "inadvertently bumped into" him, looked at his righteous face in the direction of Yang Yi, and spoke eloquently, Yang Bin couldn't help but feel irritated in his heart.
snorted coldly and said, "This is what his loser's Aya left him, what does it have to do with something?" ”
"But I haven't heard that there are hundreds of slaves who are also from his family, it seems that before he died, these people did not come to the Yang family, right?"
"What? Brother Li wants to stand out for someone? "Yang Bin is not stupid, his fox friend wants to make the Yang family's ugly.
Everyone played together, they all knew each other, and as soon as he tiptoed, Yang Bin knew what shit he wanted to pull.
"Don't, Brother Yang, tell me so-and-so, how did these slaves come from? It's not a hidden thing, if you don't say it, you'll know in two days. Just talk about it, Brother Yang...... "The person who called Brother Li hugged Yang Bin's arm, and rolled around without face and skin.
"There's nothing to talk about, this is what Tai Weng bought at a low price to give to Yang Yi!" Yang Bin finished speaking angrily, turned his head and left.
"Hey, Brother Yang, Brother Yang, don't go......" Brother Li saw that Yang Bin was angry and left, and he hurriedly chased after him......
Yang Yi left, and more than 300 people went west.
They walked all the way for more than ten days, and finally arrived on the east bank of the Bahe River, and Yang Yi broke up with Sun Simiao. Sun Simiao continued west to Chang'an City, while Yang Yi went south, in the direction of Lantian County.
On the east bank of the Bahe River, at the western foot of Lishan Mountain, there are ravines all over, the forests on the mountain are verdant, the barren grass is everywhere from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain, and the spring water that gathers everywhere flows into the Bahe River from the ravines.
On the banks of the Ba River, small plains formed by flood floods have naturally become fertile fields in the name of the powerful people of the DPRK and China.
An avenue leads from the foot of the mountain to Lantian County, and below the avenue is the fertile land of the powerful. And above the avenue is the land left to him by Yang Yi's father.
Yang Yun, as Yang Yi's housekeeper, naturally wanted to accompany Yang Yi. Therefore, Yang Yi temporarily appointed the second housekeeper and the third housekeeper and asked them to arrange everyone's affairs.
Yang Yi and Yang Yun came to a big tree, watched the surrounding scenery, and could faintly see the majestic and magnificent Chang'an City to the west.
"Xiao Langjun, please see, the original name of this barren ditch is different, Ah Lang directly named it Da Jin Gou, hoping that it can be exchanged for gold one day. From the mouth of the ditch to the end of the ditch, there are more than 20 miles, and there are seven small ravines of all sizes around it.
This place was bought by Ah Lang for 3,000 yuan. It is precisely because Ah Lang bought these places that his family will no longer be waiting to see your family from now on, and there are even elders who frequently challenge Ah Lang......"
Yang Yun began to introduce the origin of this barren ditch and barren mountain.
When talking about Yang Yi's father, he was interrupted by Yang Yi: "Then why did Aya buy this barren ditch?" ”
"This is not the old horse of Su Guogong...... Give it ......" Yang Yun gritted his teeth very helplessly.
"Wait, you mean...... Cheng bites Jinkeng Aye sold this barren slope? ”
Yang Yun was slightly stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Su Guogong's original name was Cheng Yanjin, and later changed his name to Cheng Zhijie.
"That's right, it's him! In the eighth year of Wude, Su Guogong found Ah Lang and said that he wanted to make a deal with Ah Lang, but the money was not enough, so he wanted to cooperate with Ah Lang. At that time, Ah Lang had just received a batch of money for the goods, and he still had some surplus money in his hand, so he agreed. ”
"So what business is he doing with Aye? How did you get Aye? On TV in later generations, Yang Yi saw that the process of biting gold was a simple old man, although he was a chicken thief, but he had no culture.
It turns out that he can still deceive people, and the person who is deceived is still his father. In this regard, Yang Yi is very interested in learning about the founding father of the People's Republic of China, who is known as "old rascal and hob meat" in later literary works.
"He and Ah Lang have done a total of two business. One is the fields and land here, and the other is a house in the city. ”
Yang Yi pointed to the two big stones under the tree and said, "Sit down first!" ”
Yang Yun followed Yang Yi to the big stone and sat down: "Let's talk about this first." Su Guogong brought Ah Lang over to see the ground, and Ah Lang was also very satisfied. Su Guogong said that he had agreed with the landlord that this land needed 5,000 yuan, and he also took a contract for Ah Lang to sign.
The contract is written that there are thousands of acres of land, thousands of acres of land, 5,000 yuan, 2,000 yuan for the Cheng family, and 3,000 yuan for the Yang family. The Cheng family has to go downstream, and the Yang family has to go upstream. ”
Yang Yi looked at the water of the Bahe River flowing to the north, and then looked at Yang Yun: "Then why did it change that it became a paddy field for him, and a wasteland for my family?" ”
"The problem is the contract! After the land was bought, Su Guogong sent people to occupy the land non-stop. It is said that it is written according to the contract, the field is downstream and belongs to the Cheng family, and the wasteland is upstream and belongs to the Yang family. ”
"So, the upstream and downstream that Su Guogong refers to are the upstream and downstream of this barren ditch, not the upstream and downstream of the Bahe River?"
"Ah Lang felt that something was wrong when he signed the contract, but then he thought about it, he was a dignified prince, and he shouldn't have done this thing. But...... Ay... Timid! ”
"Hehe, it's really an old rascal, hob meat! The dignified Su Guogong is really shameless to go home! After hearing this, Yang Yi smiled helplessly and shook his head.
"Who said no, if he wasn't the prince of the country, he would have been abolished long ago. Fortunately, Ah Lang was kind and accepted the land with patience. Yang Yun was indignant, and the green tendons on his tightly clenched fists were exposed.
"Then why did it turn into thousands of acres later?"
"It was sent by the prince, and it was drawn all the way to the edge of Lantian County, which is 3,000 hectares."
"You mean the crown prince Li Jiancheng back then? Or the later crown prince ......? ”
"It's the prince of Jiancheng!"
"Then why did he do that?"
"I don't know why the prince knew about buying land, and found Ah Lang and asked Ah Lang to spread it around. The reward was the connection of thousands of hectares of wasteland, and Ah Lang was angry at the time, so he did so. Later, I learned that the crown prince took advantage of this matter to ruthlessly participate in the King of Qin's ......"
Yang Yun said this, and Yang Yi understood. Cheng Yanjin partnered with his father to buy this field. As a result, Cheng bit the gold and snatched the paddy fields, leaving the wasteland to his father.
When the prince found out, he asked his father to spread the word about it.
As a result, the crown prince took this matter to the emperor and sued Li Shimin, presumably Li Shimin was very angry!