Chapter Forty-Seven: Take the Second Village
The patriarch of the largest ancestral hall in Haiyan Village supported this matter, and the rest of the matter was easy.
Yancang Village and Haiyan Village are only a dozen miles apart, and the men and women of the two villages marry each other.
Many ancestral halls are related by marriage, or very close to the relationship between aunts and uncles, and they have heard two things from their brothers and sisters' families a long time ago.
One thing is that the Wang family, with the support of Western merchants, opened a spinning workshop.
The salters of Haiyan Village don't care much about the spinning workshop, what really makes them care and envy is that the monthly money of the spinning women actually reaches one or two silver.
Another thing is that the Wang family recruited more than a dozen people to train a group of village warriors.
Changyi County doesn't know how long it has been since there have been ringing horses and liukou.
Speaking of this incident, although the people of Changyi County hate the officials in the county government to the core, their reputation in the countryside is very bad.
The head of the military room of the third class and six rooms has a good reputation in the countryside.
Changyi County has no Xiangma and Liukou who kill people and sell goods, and their lives are miserable, and they may not lose their lives at any time.
Xiangyong is generally used to resist Liukou and Xiangma, and there is no Xiangma Liukou in Changyi County, so these Xiangyong do not have to worry about dying tragically.
will not be killed by Xiangma Liukou, and he eats so luxuriously all day long, and he has meat porridge for a while.
The news that just came back today is that it is said that Jinhua ham was bought for the villagers, so that the eldest grandsons of each ancestral hall can eat ham for every meal.
When the eldest grandchildren of the ancestral halls in Haiyan Village heard this, they were really envious.
Everyone is the eldest son and eldest grandson, why do they have meat porridge and Jinhua ham, and they can only drink some wheat bran rice bran porridge at home.
Envy is envy and can't come, and complaining is complaining that can't come, who makes them not the eldest grandson of the ancestral hall of Yancang Village.
Under the leadership of Lao Qian, Mr. Wang and Wang Youzhen visited several other ancestral halls in Haiyan Village one by one.
The reflection of these ancestral halls, as well as the smoothness of this matter, really met Wang Youzhen's expectations.
The world is big, and the food is the greatest.
A group of people discussed this matter in the grain field of Haiyan Village, a relatively open land.
When all the people arrived, before Old Man Wang could speak, a patriarch of the ancestral hall suddenly complained: "Brother Wang." ”
"Our brothers were all robes at the border gate, brother, you can't be partial."
Another patriarch of the ancestral hall said: "It's not a mile, why do Lao Jiao's children in their family have meat porridge to drink, and now they have Jinhua ham to eat." ”
"Our old brothers' children have to drink bran porridge at home,"
"What's the matter, just because Lao Jiao and your brother Wang are in the same village."
When Old Man Wang heard these words, he sounded complaining, but what it really meant was a kind of stammering.
He couldn't help but laugh out loud, fulfilling his biggest wish in so many years.
Let the patriarch of the big ancestral hall in the nearby village respect him, the patriarch of the small ancestral hall.
In the past, because Old Man Wang was the only veteran who killed the Eight Banners in the nearby Ten Miles and Eight Villages, his face was indeed not low.
The face is not low, but it has not yet reached the point of making other ancestral patriarchs stammer.
Now, Old Man Wang's face is equivalent to the general flag of fifty border soldiers, which makes him want to go back and get drunk.
As soon as Old Man Wang was about to speak, another old brother complained: "Brother Wang, I heard that the spinning women in your workshop have one or two pieces of silver every month. ”
"How much food do you have to buy here, no matter how you say it, you have to give it to our old brothers in Haiyan Village."
Before Old Man Wang came over, he had already discussed with his grandson what to say about these things.
In front of so many ancestral patriarchs, it was inconvenient for Wang Youzhen to interject, all the people present were grandfathers, and one of his juniors was confused when he spoke.
According to the statement discussed in advance, Old Man Wang laughed and said, "Brothers, don't worry." ”
"When Haiyan Village also supports my brother and me to become the grain chief, I will select ten people from various ancestral halls to become village warriors."
Old Man Wang paused deliberately: "As for the spinning woman......
Before he could finish his breath, a patriarch of the ancestral hall hurriedly said, "As long as you can let the children in the family go with you to eat some good things, we will talk about the spinning woman later." ”
The other ancestral patriarchs had been waiting for Xiang Yong's words for a long time, because the matter of spinning women made Old Man Wang pause for a moment, and quickly said it.
"Isn't it just a tael of silver, there's no hurry about this."
"Let's talk about the spinning woman later, and first do a good job of the customs defense of our two villages."
"There are only ten villagers, let's squeeze a few ancestral halls, and it's okay to have five or six more strong laborers."
Old Man Wang and Wang Youzhen listened to their gossip arguing, and their hearts were completely relieved.
Haiyan Village has been taken and has become the second village under their control.
However, I heard that the other party could still squeeze out five or six young people, and Old Man Wang and Wang Youzhen were happy in their hearts, they were not short of silver, but only young and strong.
But even if there is no shortage of it, it can't be because of this incident, these old brothers' families can't pay the salt class, and they are beaten to death by the officials of the county government.
Old Man Wang waved his hand and scolded with a smile: "Don't be full of nonsense just because you can eat meat." ”
"Although after the dung section is dead, as long as our two villages are determined not to let other contractors come to take over the salt class, there will be no such heavy salt class as in the past."
"But it's almost enough to draw ten laborers from Haiyan Village, and there are no spinning women to support the family, if there are more, who will pay for the rest of the salt tax?"
The patriarch of the ancestral hall who said this sentence blushed for no reason, this is too quick to say.
Fortunately, his face, like the other ancestral patriarchs, was dark and shiny, and he couldn't tell that he was blushing.
Old Man Wang glanced at the old money who had been silent beside him, and finally said: "This matter is decided for the time being, first select ten townsmen to send them to the third child." ”
"As for whose ...... to choose?"
When it comes to choosing whose children are the same, this is the key, and it is also the thing that the patriarchs of the Haiyan Village Ancestral Hall are most concerned about.
Old Man Wang deliberately paused and set his eyes on Lao Qian: "You go to Lao Qian to discuss." ”
"This matter has been agreed with Lao Qian, and he will handle it."
After saying these words, Old Man Wang turned around and left here with Wang Youzhen, and began to walk towards Yanchi Village.
Lao Qian immediately became the sweetheart of all the ancestral hall patriarchs in Haiyan Village, with a sentence of Brother Qian on the left and another sentence of elder brother.
I honestly paid the old money for a lifetime, and I have never enjoyed such a situation in the past.
Although he is the patriarch of the largest ancestral hall in the entire Haiyan Village, because of his honest temperament, he is not very respected by the leaders of several other ancestral halls.
honestly paid a lifetime of old money, and heard this sentence of flattery.
That old swarthy face.
Grinning.