Chaojiazhuang, 20 miles away from Dongshan Township; It is not smaller than the Chao Gai family in the Song Dynasty.

The entire Zhuangzi is basically surnamed Chao; Either the Chao family's apprentices, or tenants, or the Chao family's own family and side branches.

Having a car is fast. A handful of grass and a few buckets of black beans are the source of motivation. At all, it will not add to the pressure of loss to the poor three barrels of oil; There is no need to queue up for the annual review early. When it comes to the scrapping period, the carriage can still make a fire for cooking, and the engine can kill and eat meat;

Even those who rob the road only charge people's "tolls", and they will not make things difficult for the mule at all.

The more I live, the more I regress

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The ancient clans were extremely powerful.

Betrayal of the clan is, in a sense, worse than betrayal of the "country". A person who does not listen to the words of the patriarch of the clan should find a ravine and die for the rest of his life...... There's no place for you out there.

There are three forms of existence of the Great Clans

Branching and scattering type: Divide the disciples of the clan and make their own lives. The patriarch of the clan maintained loose ties and regularly gathered his people to worship their ancestors.

This kind of big clan is typical of the famous big family of the Han Dynasty, the Gongsun family; His people are scattered in Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou and other places.

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There are also light and dark hands: divide the family into two, one bright and one dark to survive in the world. The one in the open is the "Manifest Sect", and the one in the dark is the "Hidden Sect". No matter how the world changes, passing on the family is the most important thing for a family in ancient times.

As for the emperor? Love whoever you want.

Whoever came is "imperial grain and national tax, clothing and eating", and changing another is also "national tax imperial grain, eating and dressing".

This kind of family is very low-key, except for a few people such as the patriarch, no one knows the specific situation in the clan.

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In the end, it is a group of people, and there is the Li family in the Han Dynasty, with a family of tens of thousands; In later generations, there was a Chen family that did not divide for 300 years.

This kind of family cohesion is strong, one is prosperous, and one is lost; The patriarch gave an order, and the sword mountain and the sea of fire had to jump.

When he died, his family had a clan to support him; Those who are disobedient are buried alive! The family drove out of the clan and left the house!

Like the Chen family in later generations, because the family is too large, the fields and courtyards cross counties and counties, and the local government can't afford to provoke the Chen family; It was only then that the imperial court ordered it to be forcibly separated.

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The Chao clan of Dongshan Township is also a big family that lives together.

When he arrived at the boundary of the Chao family, he casually asked a farmer where Chao Xi was, and some people led Wen Cheng and others to Chaojiazhuang.

There are arrow towers, gates, and fences at the entrance of the village.

It is for the "Han Turk"; The earth walls are towering and the arrows are numerous.

It was completely in the posture of a small military fortress. However, it is not surprising that this kind of Zhuangzi is everywhere in the Central Plains, and it is commonplace.

When you enter Zhuangzi, you will see that the road in Zhuangzi will have a bend in a hundred zhang, and there must be bumps and bumps in fifty zhang; Presumably, it is to prevent the soldiers and bandits on horseback, and lift the speed of the horse.

Twists and turns came to the courtyard of the owner's house, and Chao Xi was already waiting outside the door.

"How many WeChat accounts do you have?" When Wen Cheng saw Chao Xi, when he saluted, he asked abruptly.

"Good threat? Not lucky? Thankfully, we all escaped this thunderstorm! Seeing that Brother Jixi is also fine, he is very lucky

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Chao Xi was slightly stunned, thinking that he didn't understand what he heard, but then he guessed what Wen Cheng meant, and he also replied.

Wen Cheng didn't give up, and asked again: "Ma Xiang Guo has come out again, do you know?" ”

"Hey, Brother Jixi, what hemp package? On the top of the mountain that day, didn't you see any packages for my brother? This time, Chao Xi was completely stunned.

Shaking his head, Chao Xi turned around and invited Wen into the hall.

Enter the hall and sit down as the guest of honor

After Chao Xi sat down, he stared at Wen Cheng without blinking; This is an extremely faux pas: what do you see?

It stands to reason that Chao Xi is the "Golden Turtle" who went to the capital to gild and came back, Lu Zhi's nominal disciple and Liu Bei's nominal senior; It's not so rude!

Wen Chengzhi was uncomfortable being stared at by Chao Xi, and thought that something was wrong with him. Looking left and right, there is nothing wrong, the trouser belt is tied, and the sleeves are not tied into the belt...

"Brother Yongzhi, the younger brother is not in line with etiquette?" Wen Cheng couldn't help but ask.

Chao Xi shook his head: "It's rude for my brother." Brother Wei is just curious, why is the top of Lei Gong Mountain parting, why does Brother Jixi change so much? ”

Wen Cheng replied, "How have I changed? It is not the "Chest Through the Country" person in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", with a big hole in the chest, nor is it a person from the "Three Heads Country", with one body and three heads. Brother Yongzhi, why do you say this? ”

"I can't tell you a point. In short, when I see my brother today, I feel that my brother is very different from the other day."

Wen Cheng was shocked: Don't treat me as a wizard and burn me to death?

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Wen Cheng had no choice but to change the topic: "Brother Yongzhi, brother is here this time."

, one is to visit Brother Yongzhi; Second, I want to see what Brother Yongzhi plans to do? This catastrophe is not dead, fortunately!

After the tax is collected, Brother Yongzhi is also meritorious. I don't know when Brother Yongzhi will return to the county temple to be on duty? Lord Gong Cao, I also asked for credit for you, I can't stop my brother from returning to the county temple, and the official will be promoted to the next level! ”

Chao Xi shook his head: "I have resigned from the county temple, and the letter has been sent to the county office." ”

Chao Xi's family has a big business, and he is still "returning from Beijing", and it is not surprising that he does not look down on the position of "a hundred stone officials".

With a new county magistrate, it is not surprising that he will be recruited again; If you hype up your reputation in the county, it is normal for Taishou to come to a "bus requisition".

"Oh, but I don't know what great future there is to go, brother?" Wen Cheng asked

Chao Xi smiled slightly: "No, after the last time I encountered the catastrophe, I lay quietly and pondered, all these years are muddy, why did I come?" What is the meaning of rushing every day and talking about time and space! I'm going to take a break for a while, to walk around, to get around, and then to make plans. ”

Chao Xi looked at Wen Cheng with a narrow face:

"My Chao family, like my brother's literary family, has also migrated here to multiply, and it has been several generations!

From dozens of acres of land from the ancestors, it has gradually expanded to thousands of acres today. There are more than 300 children of the family.

It's not the writer of the old brother of Jixi, he has bet three times and several times, but he didn't expect to make people make people buy small and big, buy big and open small - I didn't bet on the treasure once!

But I don't know that this time, brother, you may change the luck of the Wen family? ”

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Wen Cheng also knew a little bit of what Chao Xi said, the Wen family was also a family of official eunuchs in Shu County before.

Later, the imperial court conquered Yizhou County, and the ancestors of the Wen family worshiped Yizhou County; There are also several children of the clan who serve in Kunming Road and Yizhou County.

Yizhou County was too barbaric, and a large amount of family wealth purchased by the Wen family in Yizhou County was destroyed by the Yizhou barbarian rebellion; The land purchased at a cost of 10,000 dollars was not even recovered in the end.

If the ancestors don't fight, who can have a way?

If the children and grandchildren are not angry, they can go back and beat him; The ancestors bet on the wrong treasure, who would dare to lift their coffin boards?

Wen Cheng couldn't help but scold Chao Xi in his heart: Why don't you go and compare your ancestors with Kong Xiaoer?

When it comes to comparing ancestors, who can compare to Kong Xiaoer?

People's ancestors are not people, they are "holy"

Give a message to the king of Hades, believe it or not, let you become a cow in the next life: someone touches it every day, but no one rides

Hurry you!

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Wen Cheng didn't care about Chao Xi, after all, there was a friendship that was struck by thunder.

"Brother Yongzhi, your family has been cultivating and reading heirlooms for generations, and among the clansmen, there should be many people who can do the chores of the little officials? I don't know if there is a candidate to recommend? ”

Chao Xi replied: "Among the people of the Panzhi tribe, there are also many people who are involved in scripture and history. I don't know how to arrange Brother Xi, looking for these people, etc.? ”

Chao Xi had long known that Wen Cheng had been promoted, and he had his own county temple miscellaneous servants every day, and he came to Dongshan Township on business.

The eldest son of a clan like Chao Xi, the clan will do their best to support him to run for the future, and the children of the side branches will not have this qualification!

In the big family, this is called "strong cadres and weak branches", just like the noble family in the capital, the eldest son generally worships the famous teacher Confucianism and history; A bright future awaits him in the future.

The rest of the children will spend all their days drinking to let you be a gentleman - a side branch, and the family does not want you to be too good and threaten the status and authority of the head of the family.

Unless the eldest son really can't help it, or the concubine is too good; Only then did it take their turn to distribute the resources to the children of the side branches.

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Wen Cheng replied: "The county is recruiting soldiers and horses, and in a few days, he will go out with Qianwei as the county captain." I may follow the military secretary and do gongcao and military law chores for a while.

At that time, I will have to find two competent people to replace my office as an assistant and my original position as a scribe. This matter was a bit urgent, so I wanted to ask Brother Chao for help. ”

"It doesn't matter to be a scribe, there are many people among my people who are competent. Brother Jixi's office as a servant, let's find someone else! ”

Chao Xi shook his head: "The incompetent corpse is vegetarian, so I won't say much." Those who are too powerful will have tasted the benefits of staying in this position for a while, and I am afraid that they will be ambitious at that time.

Even though my father was the patriarch, it was a dilemma to get to that point! ”

Wen Cheng nodded: "Then please Brother Yongzhi and find a scribe for me!" A few days later, when I turned around, I came to pick him up and go to the county temple with me. ”

Chao Xi said: "Brother Jixi has something to do, so he is busy taking care of himself." The scribe is my nephew, called Chaohai; I let him go to the county temple by himself. ”

- Scared me, Chao Gai Chao Heavenly King almost jumped out?

The two chatted a few words, and Chao Xi ordered a banquet

The big family is really still profound.

The children who read and study the scriptures do not say much, but they entertain this uninvited guest, and after a while, they kill pigs, slaughter sheep and cook fish, and they are full of them on the table.

After eating the luncheon, Wen Cheng didn't eat a few bites of food, but put down a group of Chao family children who wanted to come up and overturn Wen Cheng.

Say goodbye to Chao Xi, who insists on "falling asleep and talking with Wen Cheng at night" - who will "sleep with you"? I'm not Liu Bei Liu Runran, I lie on the same bed with others at every turn, and when I get up the next day, I subdue Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong.

…… It's a big price!

Who doesn't know that Zhao Yun's bright silver spear is like a dragon and extremely brave?

The most terrifying thing is: he can still kill seven in and seven out!

Who can stand this?

No wonder Liu ran later and liked to cry more and more

…… The baby's heart is bitter!

What's more, although Zhao Zilong is handsome, he is "broad-faced and heavy-jawed...... Big pie face, double chin.

We don't like it, it's not the right taste.

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Back at Wang Ba's barracks, Master Fang Yin was already waiting here. At night, Wen Cheng got drunk with Wang Ba and others again.

Early the next morning, he talked to Wang Ba, Lao Liu. Hu and the others went to Lei Gong Mountain together......