Chapter 262: Unknown Visitor
"Okay, then the old man will go to where Mr. Chen is in charge of the Holy Purpose."
After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, Chen Jiu went outside, went to the little eunuch who came with him, took a brocade box, handed it to Zhang Juzheng, and the brocade box contained a holy decree without asking
After sending Chen Jiu away, Zhang Juzheng packed up his official uniform, went outside, and walked all the way to Wang Benyu's mansion with his entourage and servants
The people in the capital are all good, and few people have seen this edict, and the nothing is behind Zhang Juzheng's sedan chair, followed to Wang Benyu's mansion, Zhang Juzheng got down and saw that the whole street was black and pressed, all of them came to see the lively crowd, and the palace looked at the 'door', and knew that it was to pass the decree, so he hurriedly went in to inform Wang Benyu
Here, Wang Benyu also heard the noise outside the 'door' of the house, and was about to send someone out to take a look, just opened the 'door', and saw the stumbling of the 'door', shouting as he ran: "The holy decree of the lord has arrived, go and receive the decree."
"Really, hurry up and follow me to receive the decree," Wang Benyu was unhappy in his heart, this holy decree was a big event, although he didn't know that it was Zhang Juzheng, but even ordinary people came to pass the decree, and he didn't dare to slack off
When he arrived outside the 'door', he didn't know anyone, but he was wearing the official uniform of the second grade, this Wang Benyu was also an old Beijing person, and he was very familiar with the things in the officialdom, and when he saw that he was a second-grade official, he quickly knelt down and saluted: "The grass people knock to see the angel", the minister who delivered the decree because he is the messenger of the Son of Heaven, he can also be called an angel
"You are Wang Benyu, Wang Dashan"
"Yes, the grass people are Wang Benyu, I don't dare to call him a good person, please ask your surname."
"This official Zhang Juzheng, you are preparing an incense case to receive the order, long live the lord, but I appreciate you very much, such a righteous act must be carried forward, and I will also contact other merchants to do it together."
"It turns out that Lord Cifu has arrived, and the grass people must live up to the high expectations of Lord Banzai and Lord Zhang, please sit in Lord Zhang's mansion for a while, and I will arrange for my family to set up incense cases," Now Wang Benyu is already a strange tiger, and he has lost so much silver, fortunately, the emperor still has a reward, with this holy decree in the living room, who would dare to disrespect himself, the value of this hundred thousand taels of silver 'flower'
"Forget it, go and arrange someone to put the incense case, just answer the order on the street, and let these people who watch the excitement know that long live today is also a meritorious reward," Zhang Juzheng asked him to announce the decree on the street, of course, his intention was to expand his influence, so that other businessmen would be jealous of Wang Benyu, and in the future, they would no longer condense into a rope and fight against the court, and the big man had great wisdom, which was not something Wang Benyu could have imagined
Here, Wang Benyu arranged for his family to carry the table and take the incense case, and he also stood up and accompanied Zhang Juzheng
After a while, the incense case was laid out, and Wang Benyu's family and subordinates all knelt in front of the incense case under the arrangement of the officials, Zhang Juzheng opened the brocade box, took out a scroll of Huang Lingzi's holy decree, and unfolded it: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict: Wang Benyu, a grain merchant, as a businessman, shares worries for the country, shares sorrows and loses hundreds of thousands of stones, grain and the poor, such righteous deeds should be vigorously commended, and I will give Wang Benyu the glory of righteous businessmen, this will be hung on the street in March for passers-by to look at and admire this."
After the holy decree was recited, Wang Benyu's family and the sons shouted thank you
Zhang Juzheng said to Wang Benyu, who stood up: "This holy decree of the shopkeeper Wang is going to hang on the street in March, what are you going to do?"
"Lord Zhang, the grass people don't understand this, and please ask Lord Zhang to give me advice."
"Is this the emperor want everyone to know about your good deeds, so he asked this official to pass on the decree, this holy decree hanging on the street is also a great gift, this official tells you that you have to keep and take care of this holy decree, it is best to build a pavilion in front of your house 'door', so that it will not be hung in the pavilion, and the holy decree will not be damaged by the wind and sun, what do you think of this official's suggestion?"
"Okay, very good, Lord Zhang is worthy of being the second assistant, this idea is clever, and the grass people will do it immediately," Wang Benyu agreed with a smile on his face
"Okay, you take the holy decree well, and the official still has something to do," After speaking, Zhang Juzheng turned his head and left, and he didn't talk to Wang Benyu at all
"Master Zhang, go to the mansion and sit back," Zhang Juzheng can ignore Wang Benyu, Wang Benyu doesn't dare to slack off, Zhang Juzheng follows Zhang Juzheng's side, and keeps him vigorously
Here, Zhang Juzheng went straight into the sedan chair, and no longer paid attention to Wang Benyu, Wang Benyu respectfully watched the sedan chair leave, then turned around and ordered his subordinates to hurry up to find a craftsman to build a pavilion, now Wang Benyu has no need to taboo anything, the emperor's holy decree is a golden signboard, what do other grain merchants think
Leiyun Village has now built a large number of new houses, warehouse areas, residential areas, barracks, and righteous halls, all of which were built under the command and planning of Old Man Wang, and if Li Jianying and Wang Jianhua relied on them, they would not have been able to make it so neat
The guards of the Wang family in the warehouse area were carrying grain into the large warehouse under the supervision of the soldiers of Leiyun Village, and the three of them, Mr. Wang, Li Jianying, and Wang Jianhua, stood on the side and watched
"Old man, we can make a lot of money this time, there are only 200 cattle and carriages, and this grain is also 30,000 stones, and our annual rations are enough," Li Jianying said to Old Man Wang with a smile on his face
"What is this food, now our cottage is almost 2,000 people, I can eat for half a year, I am ready to take advantage of the winter to go out to recruit some people, now the old and weak, women, children are also a lot of people eat horses and chew a day, and a lot of food is consumed in the future, life is at my disposal, you can't have fine grain, you don't eat coarse grain, you have to mix and eat, do you remember?"
"Remember, old man, we still have to recruit people, and there are quite a few now," Wang Jianying replied
"How many people are there now, do you think that with a few of us, we can defend Leiyun Village, it's still early, Li Jianying, winter is coming, you have to take people out to 'get' more vegetables, 'meat' or something, the best thing is live sheep, live pigs, live cattle, we will also breed a lot in the future, and you have to urge the captives to build more houses, Li Jianying, your clansmen will also build a village behind the mountain, and settle them, although they have no soul, but after all, they are your clansmen."
"Yes, old man, don't worry, I will build it," Li Jianying promised
"And you, Wang Jianhua, you also have to manage and train the soldiers for me, now that my life is good, give me more training intensity, and the defense of the cottage should also be taken care of, as long as there are suspicious characters around, immediately go out for me and catch them back, now that there are more horses, we must also establish our horse team, so let's find a hundred good horses from these horses, and I will train the horse team, you train the infantry, Li Jianying is responsible for the construction and defense of the cottage, do you understand?"
"If you understand, you'll be okay, old man," Wang Jianhua replied later
"Now that Mr. Wang is gone, there is no one to take care of this logistics, and there is still a shortage of manpower, although this person in charge of logistics is also literate, but it is far worse than Mr. Wang, and when I go out to recruit people in the future, I will recruit a few literate people to come back."
"Old man, whether it is a lack of literacy now, even the soldiers are missing, Xuanyun is going to leave in the next few days, we have no one here, tell the eldest brother, I am transferring a few people who understand the art of war and martial arts, come on."
"Alas, I also know that there are few people, but your eldest brother needs more manpower in the city, where he is the most important, we are here with him to keep this family business and develop slowly, but we must ensure safety, we can't go wrong, let him be distracted, you are righteous brothers, you should contribute more," Old man Wang was half reprimanded and half reasonable, and said to the two of them
So far, Wang Jianhua is very satisfied, after all, from the original dozens of people to such a large team, it turned out that it was not enough to eat and clothe, and now it has changed a lot in the past few months, that is, those who followed him first are now also 'mixed' with the small leader, and when he is his old father, he is also in charge of the management of the cottage residential area, and the family can be said to be the first family in this cottage
As for Li Jianying, who lived alone in the barren mountains and mountains, and now he is very satisfied with the excitement, he has no relatives, so he treats the brothers in the cottage as relatives, and the old man Wang has also taught him a lot of things, Mrs. Wang is still giving him a suitable 'girl' and wants him to start a family, but now the construction of the cottage is relatively busy, so he did not agree
The three of them walked and chatted, and slowly walked to the martial arts arena in the middle of the valley, where the soldiers who had no tasks were doing physical training, because now that life is good, everyone is more energetic, and they all stood up and saluted when they saw the three of them coming
Old man Wang also came to be interested, and a few young and strong young men boarded wrists, just when everyone was having a lively and happy time, a soldier came down from the mountain, which was an observation post arranged on the top of the mountain, one four, and two on one side of the mountain
"There is a situation in charge," the soldier said to Li Jianying breathlessly, because these observation posts are under the jurisdiction of Li Jianying, so they are reporting to Li Jianying, not directly to Old Man Wang
"What's going on?" asked Li Jianying
"I found someone coming to us along the way we were pulling food."
At this moment, the old man Wang, who was wrestling his wrists, also stopped, and the old man Wang was anxious to 'insert' his son and asked: "Tell me how far a few people are from us."
"The head of the house is now five or six miles away, and it looks like four or five people are walking without leading the horses."
"Let's go up to the top of the mountain and have a look, you all stop training, put on your clothes, and those who can ride horses, go and lead the horses and go out with me in a while," the old man Wang ordered, and took Li Jianying, Wang Jianhua followed the soldier to the top of the mountain
Who is here and who has discovered the location of Leiyun Village, please see the next decomposition