Tong Yuan looked at the head of the Wang family who met for the first time, and from all aspects, it must be no problem for this person to be in charge of the local branch.

It's just that the woman who saved him that time is about to get married, I don't know if she will be a little helpless if she is so heroic and athletic, and she is hibernate like this?

At present, among the local clans, the Zhao family and the Wang family are basically handled, and the strength of the rest of the Yang, Jiang, Yin, and Liang families is not weak, almost comparable to the Hedong Shi clan.

Moreover, these great clans are similar to those in Hedong, all of them are concerned with commerce and handicrafts, which are very different from the traditional scholars who are conservative in managing land and focusing on scriptures, which is also their choice to adapt to the development of the times.

The Tianshui area is well developed in agriculture, commerce and handicrafts. It is an important transit station connecting Chang'an and Sanfu in the Western Regions and Liangzhou, and it is also one of the important nodes through which the Bashu trade route passes.

The wang clans who have been developing in this place for hundreds of years all understand this truth, for example, the Zhao family is good at the business of Bashu and Liangzhou, and there are nearly 1,000 people in their own tribes. The Yang family is not only good at learning morality, but also keen on business, and their caravans go directly to Qiuzi in the Western Regions, often bringing back many rare treasures.

Even the Wang family, whose land is less than 50,000 acres, has trade routes all over the northern counties, such as the east side of the river, and no one knows Tianshui better than him.

The Wang family and the Zhao family are already sure that the rest of the local families should also be connected.

Zhang Lu said, "Judging from the current intelligence, the Yang family and the Yin family are focused on the west, and they are more closely related to Liangzhou Thorn Shi Weiduan. This Wei Duan is a famous celebrity, and he has always been reluctant to deal with us, and it is estimated that the Yang family will be the same. ”

Tong Yuan sighed, it seems that Yang Fu is not very easy to accept.

Zhang Lu continued, "The rest of the Jiang, Liang, Ren, Yan and other families, we have no channels and grasp for the time being, so the original plan was to see how well they accept us and the Four Seas Merchant Gang, and then cooperate. ”

Tong Yuan thought for a while and said, "This time, Liangzhou is divided into Yongzhou and Liangzhou, just to be able to intervene and come in." There is Jia Xu at the top level, and there is the Wang family at the grassroots level. But this is not enough, especially not enough armed forces to protect our forces and friends. ”

Zhang Lu asked, "Are we going to send troops over, or are we from the Shang Gang?" ”

Tong Yuan nodded, but there was no concrete and feasible way. His idea was to create an armed force similar to a dart, which would also be responsible for some local security and the maintenance of people's property.

However, danger always comes unexpectedly, Tong Yuan thinks that no one knows his identity, but how can the person who has been hunted down for revenge sit back and watch this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity disappear?

With the idea of establishing an armed dart division belonging to the Four Seas Merchant Gang, Zhang Lu set out to discuss with the Ye family who came with them, and let some people join the merchant gang to defend the trade routes and property as dart masters.

Since the foundation of the Wang family is very good, Tong Yuan, a disguised backbone member of the merchant gang, will talk about it. In this way, you can also see if the Wang family behaves very reliably in front of different people such as Zhang Lu and Tong Yuan.

Tong Yuan hid his identity in the caravan, so he naturally used another name. Now his surname is He, and some people call him the Hou of Haoyang, so as to avoid the embarrassing scene of others calling and not being able to react for a while.

He came to the front of the Wang's Mansion in Xianqin County, only to see that the mansion was the most magnificent building in Xianqin County, and there was a large warehouse-style building next to the mansion, which was probably bought by the Wang family for the storage of goods.

The group informed them of their intentions, and the housekeeper heard that it was a member of the Four Seas Merchant Gang, so he did not slack off and invited him directly into the lobby.

The head of the Wang family is still the same as before, there are not too many scholars on the shelf, and he is completely very enthusiastic. This made Tong Yuan feel at ease, at least the attitude of the entire Wang family was clear and true.

After the exchange, the Wang family was very sympathetic to the arming of the dart division who formed the Four Seas Merchant Gang.

He introduced, "He Shaojun, you may not know how difficult it is for us. Over the years, not to mention powerful warlords such as Ma Teng and Han Sui, even horse bandits in the mountains and small-scale Hu people, have repeatedly robbed the caravans of various families in Tianshui. ”

"At present, each family still arranges their own subordinates and family members to escort carefully, but they can deal with about 100 people, and the armed bandits are mediocre. Once the enemy gathered and the situation was really dangerous, the families simply suspended trade and relied on the land to sustain themselves. ”

Tong Yuan asked, "Then the government doesn't have county soldiers to expel the bandits?" ”

The head of the Wang family said helplessly, "Maybe Wei Tingshi can barely move them, usually they have a good relationship with each family, and they will take care of business more in the city." But ten miles away from the city, don't even think about it, they are even more timid than the tribes. ”

Tong Yuan said that the dart master of the Four Seas Merchant Gang is composed of the headquarters of the Merchant Gang and the scholars and powerful factions who have joined the Merchant Gang.

In each larger branch, in addition to the officers, receptionists, and associates of the branch, there are also about 100 dart masters. Dart masters are divided into ranks based on combat effectiveness and mission ability, and they also deal with daily affairs other than darts on weekdays, but they do not involve administrative aspects.

The head of the Wang family was shocked, isn't this what his daughter often does? Now that she's getting married, the dart master of the Four Seas Merchant Gang can just fill this position.

Of course, he agreed, and said that there were thirty or forty families in his family who had done similar work, and if he could, he would be very suitable to serve as a dart master of the merchant gang's branch. It's just that he doesn't want to bear all of it in terms of food and clothing.

Tong Yuan and they have already planned this, and the plan given is that the Wang family will provide dart masters and other personnel to perform martial arts venues in addition to the branch venues and inns last time.

This time, the Four Seas Merchant Gang will pay 100,000 yuan as a reward, and the dart master will be trained by the merchant gang and distributed food and money. Wang Jiazhu and the corresponding management personnel continue to serve as vice presidents and secretaries of the branch.

This method comes from the later generations of group joining, company acquisition and other forms, but the Wang family's own land and business, trading continues to remain the same, the Four Seas Merchant Gang is mainly engaged in material flow, intelligence collection and other work, and does not consider the acquisition of land and other businesses.

The head of the Wang family was able to understand the market mining and political security that the Four Seas Merchant Gang could bring, and he was very happy, saying that he would do his best to prepare a banquet and entertain everyone well.

I will do it again later, and invite Zhang Lu and other colleagues from afar to help him.

Tong Yuan had no intention of feasting and drinking, but the head of the Wang family was gracious, and his identity was still in a disguised state after all, so he finally had to promise that Shen Shi had dinner but would not drink, and go back to rest as soon as possible before dark.

The dinner was rich in content, but not luxurious. There are several common foods such as hu cakes, roasted cakes, boiled bean soup, and noodle soup, and most of the dishes are common and visible, among which the rarest and most expensive ones are grapes.

Tong Yuan wandered around the courtyard alone after dinner. This meal just now was only the normal level of later generations, but in this era, only this kind of scholar who had a large area of land and was good at business could enjoy it on a daily basis.

I wonder if I can let the people who follow him live like this? Since he had already made a wish for a chicken for ten years, he had to do everything he could to make it available to the people who followed him.

"Ding Ding"

He was thinking about things when suddenly a soft and beautiful music came into his head.

The music was not loud and the rhythm was soothing, but the timbre was gentle and intoxicating, which immediately relaxed his nervous and serious mind, creating a circle of purple clouds to envelop him.

As the colors sometimes penetrate into his mind, sometimes fade away, Tong Yuangan is no longer exposed to more than just sound and color, and all his entire experience is immersed in a beautiful and soothing artistic conception.

Suddenly, the sound of soft music was uninterrupted, and a gust of wind blew his mind up, and his spiritual consciousness seemed to be pulled to follow the sound to enjoy the fairyland.

Just when he was dreaming, the music slowly subsided, without a trace of haste and disorder in the process.

It came gently, and then delicately left, leaving Tong Yuan stunned in place, savoring the aftertaste of this fairy music.

Tong Yuan calmed down a little, what kind of fairy music this is, even if he has never experienced it in two lives.

This piece of music is different from the guqin. Last year, he listened to Cai Yan play the piano, and the sound could not only be high mountains and flowing water, but also full of vicissitudes. is not an exact metaphor, just like this nation, the ancient rhyme is simple, and the artistic conception is thick and concrete.

It's not a lute. The rhythm of the pipa is clear, sonorous and powerful, and the music gradually accelerates and stops abruptly, giving people a taste that is still unfinished. However, this fairy music is extremely silky and soft, and the charm of the pipa is quite different.

It is somewhat similar to the guzheng he heard in later generations, but the artistic conception and poetry are really beautiful and gentle and soothing.

He felt that the color created by the guzheng was orange, and the artistic conception was a magnificent feast of singing and dancing. And the experience just now is a faint purple, like a light veil that envelops people a little bit, and floats to the fairyland under the breeze.

That's what shook him with this voice, what could it be?

"Ugh!"

He woke up suddenly, he had heard the sound before, but it couldn't be, how could such an instrument that was so luxurious in a huge orchestra be here?

"Why did the calm heart suddenly become impatient?"

A soft but confident female voice came, and this voice didn't seem to be unfamiliar.

"The sound of your breathing, suddenly deep and dense, it's better to calm down a little."

Tong Yuan followed the prestige and saw a heroic and upright woman, holding a musical instrument with a curved bow with about ten strings.

"Is this a harp? Were you from last time? ”

Wang Yi smiled faintly and replied, "I really didn't expect that Shaojun was a friend of the Four Seas Merchant Gang. It is possible that this instrument also has the name you called, but it is generally called Konghou. ”

It is a familiar and unfamiliar name, and the verses that record it are still imprinted in my mind, but this is the first time I have seen it, and I am fortunate to hear its beautiful and soft voice.

Wang Yi is wearing a blue floor-dragging shirt and skirt today, wearing a fluttering cloud tassel and swaying, standing still like a fairy in a painting, showing an elegant temperament that is like two people when she fights.