In the courtyard of the Wang family, Wang Jizong had already knelt in front of the tablets of the ancestors for half an hour.

The Ning family and the family stood solemnly in the courtyard outside the ancestral hall, and they had been standing for half an hour.

After a long time, Wang Jizong bowed three more times, and finally stood up with difficulty pressing his knees and slowly walked out of the ancestral hall.

The people in the courtyard looked up at him.

"Jizong, do you really want to go to the thief?"

Wang Jizong's fourth uncle, Wang Yingchang, asked with a frown.

Wang Jizong stepped out of the threshold, and then nodded: "The Great Steward of Qin is an extraordinary person, and the prosperity of my Wang family is in this person." ”

"But he's doing rebellion."

"In the past, Taizu rebelled against the Yuan and conspired against him, the ancestors were from the ancestors, and they were also thieves, and what the ancestors did today is the ancestors who clearly stated that they should inherit the will of the ancestors and level the world from the thieves."

"Taizu is the destiny of heaven, the ancestors are also loyal to the Ming court, you worship the tablets of the prince of heaven and earth every day, you should be loyal to the king, and be loyal to the Ming Dynasty with the will of the ancestors."

Hearing this, Wang Jizong was silent, lowered his eyes and remained silent for a long time.

After a long time, he suddenly raised his eyes and said slowly: "Fourth uncle, since Jizong was a child, he has kept the Heaven and Earth Monarch in mind, and he has always been vigilant, until he heard what the Great Steward of Qin said that this world is not the Zhu family, but the people of the world. ”

"Jizong suddenly, like a word to wake up the people in the dream, the so-called heaven and earth monarchs, should take the common people as the heaven and the earth, the people first, the king as the last, the so-called governing the country and the world, should save the people from suffering to level the world, and give the people peace and happiness to govern the country."

"Qin Da is in charge of his people who are vulgar and unbearable, but he understands the righteousness, and does the things of banditry, but he does not offend the people, but dozens of bandits under his command dare to take the world as a chess, far-sighted, and astonishing step by step, and now they are resisting the Fan family with weak troops, but they are crumbling but have the help of Taiyuan divine soldiers, this is the will of heaven, and it is also the ancestor's clear expression."

After listening to his words, Wang Yingchang opened his mouth, but he was speechless.

After a long time, he sighed and asked: "If the people surnamed Qin are tired and miserable in the future, what should you do?" ”

"The successor will be the one who will be killed, and then he will apologize for his sins with death."

"Alas, that's it, you go, the fourth uncle is incompetent, and the Wang family depends on you."

"The successor will live up to the expectations of the clan."

Wang Jizong bowed down, made a big bow to Wang Yingchang, and then stepped out.

The Ning clan also saluted Wang Yingchang and followed.

Out of the gate of Wang's house, Wang Jizong stood still and turned around, and said in a harmonious voice: "Madam, don't worry, although the Qin Steward is vicious, he is not an unreasonable person, and the husband is just going to work, and he will come back at sunset." ”

The Ning family stepped forward to help Wang Jizong straighten out his clothes, and said with a gentle smile: "Husband, the great steward of Qin is a straightforward person, in front of him and other colleagues, don't always be the same, the concubine is afraid that they will be tired of listening, and it will also bother you as a black-faced scholar." ”

"Hahahaha......" Wang Jizong couldn't help but raise his head and laugh, "Even if you go to the fields every day to farm and get a copper in the sun, isn't your husband still a talent?" ”

"Phew, I'm not ashamed."

Ning glanced at him with disgust, and was afraid that others would see it, so he hurriedly walked back to the door.

"Madam, go for your husband."

……

Qin Chuan's mood was not very good, and he was in the room of the gatehouse, looking at Meng Guiming coldly.

Meng Guiming shrank like a turtle, trembling incessantly, and didn't dare to look up at Qin Chuan.

"Say, "How much grain is in the store?" How much silver? ”

Meng Guiming shrunk his neck: "The grain is about ...... About a hundred stones, not much silver, only a dozen taels of silver and a few pieces of money. ”

Qin Chuan grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up: "What did I say before?" If you have anything to hide, Lao Tzu will kill you with a knife. ”

Meng Guiming cried with a sad face: "I didn't mean it, I just ...... I just didn't think about it for a while......"

"Didn't remember? Don't you remember such a big store? ”

"I really didn't think about it, I've been swelling my head these days, and my mind is full of family members and future ...... What should I do in the future, how would I think of the two shops in the county, this Zhuangzi and the mine are all big bosses, and it is useless for me to tuck those two shops. ”

"Humph!"

Qin Chuan threw him back into his chair and snorted angrily.

He never thought that the Meng family still had two shops in the county, a grain store and an iron shop.

It wasn't until just now, when the blacksmith of the blacksmith came to the village with trepidation and shouted, saying that he wanted to see the steward, that he knew that he still had assets in the county seat.

When he called the blacksmith in and asked, Qin Chuan, who was already in a bad mood, was furious, and the shopkeeper and his men in the grain store swept away the grain and silver in the store a few days ago and disappeared.

There is no shopkeeper in the blacksmith shop, and the shopkeeper of the grain store has been taking care of it, and the food is also provided by the grain store.

They are all honest and dutiful people, they dare not run, and they do not know where they can run, and when they have no food, they can only come to the owner.

Qin Chuan was angry that the shopkeeper dared to roll up his things and run away, and second, Meng Guiming didn't tell him that there were two shops.

If you tell yourself earlier, and send someone to take over the grain store earlier, it won't be like this.

He wanted to continue to open those two shops, not to mention the blacksmith shop, and the grain store could help him with a lot of things.

Although he wants to hoard grain to support the soldiers, he still has to sell some grain more or less, and he can't let the ordinary people of Jingle County flock to Mengjiazhuang to eat and drink, and the basic social order still needs to be there.

The most important thing is that the grain store can buy the grain of the big farmers, and even stop the big black ones from raising the price of grain.

Now that he has land, if he brazenly grabs the grain of large households, it will inevitably attract the attention of the imperial court, but he can use some means to force those large households to sell grain to grain stores, and then sell it to small people, one in and one out, so that it is not a hoard, it will not attract the attention of the imperial court, and it can use the grain of those large households to earn silver, and he can also deduct some grain to raise soldiers.

As for how to force those big households to sell grain, he can come up with several methods.

It's just that to open a store, you need to have a person who can keep accounts and do business to manage the grain store.

Sending Song Zhiting to inevitably overkill, although that guy can't make plans, but it's still okay to manage logistics.

Among those homeless people, there are more than a dozen who can write and count, but they have never done business or kept accounts, and they have to be taught.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan couldn't think of any good candidates for a while, so he simply left it alone, and only gave fifty catties of ground grain and two catties of horse meat to the blacksmith to carry back, and told him that he would not sell goods in the past two days, just make farm tools, and arrange for someone to take care of things in two days, and transport some grain and iron materials by the way.

The blacksmith thanked him again and again, and then went happily with the grain on his back.

Qin Chuan is not worried that he will also roll things away, those iron tools are heavy and can't be sold for a few dollars, it is not easy to have a job that can support his family these years, as long as the owner can still pay food and wages, he will not be stupid enough to smash his own job, it is not worth it.

After arranging the affairs of the store, Qin Chuan returned to the house to see the old bandit who was injured by the explosion.

The brother's name is Huang Liuxi, half of his face was almost blown up, and he couldn't be stitched up at all, so he only cleaned it a few times and applied Jinchuang medicine, and the bleeding stopped, but there was a lot of water seepage, and the situation was very bad, and the person was in a coma several times from yesterday to now.

Yesterday afternoon, Qin Chuan sent several of his subordinates to Jingle County and Taiyuan to find a doctor.

At night, what Qin Chuan was most worried about still happened.

Huang Liuxi had a fever.

The doctor hasn't come yet, but Qin Chuan knows that in the era when there are no antibiotics, even if the doctor comes, I'm afraid there is nothing he can do, he can only say that it is better to have a doctor than no doctor, and he will do everything he can to save Huang Liuxi.

It's best if Huang Liuxi can carry it by himself.

Now, Lao Huang and Bobcat are taking turns wiping Huang Liuxi's hands, feet and armpits with a damp cloth.

Qin Chuan also picked up a piece of cloth and soaked it in water, and when he wiped it for Huang Liuxi, Luo Ba's voice suddenly came from the roof of the building, saying that Wang Jizong was here.

Qin Chuan wanted to put down the wet cloth, but after thinking about it, he simply shouted upstairs, "Open the door and let him in by himself."