Chapter 4 The road is uneven and roars
Early the next morning, the Yuan family was busy with the young master's going out.
"Chao'er, today is the beginning of your experience, I have sent someone to send a message to the clansmen yesterday that you want to go back, you have arrived at our house, you can do whatever you want, just let it go, if there are any difficulties, help your father solve it, and also, here are five hundred taels of silver tickets and some scattered silver, as you urgently need it." Yuan An stood by the gate and instructed Yuan Chao.
"Father, the child remembers, the child must take care of the existing property in the family, and the child still has the confidence to make the family industry bigger." Yuan Chao accepted the silver ticket and scattered silver handed by his father and responded confidently.
"Chao'er, why did your father suddenly send you to the countryside to take care of some industry, I heard that the world has been a little unpeaceful recently, and our family doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, why did you let you suffer that crime." Mother Qin Yun said as she secretly wiped her tears with an embroidered handkerchief.
"Mother, this is what the child himself requested, I can't complain about my father, not to mention that I am not young anymore, it is time to go through the experience and take up the heavy responsibility of the family." Yuan Chao saw his mother Qin Yun wiping away tears, and his heart was also moved, in this strange world at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there are still people who care about their feelings, it's really good.
After saying goodbye to his parents, Yuan Chao saw Yuan Xu leading two well-behaved horses over, this current body looks like a copy of the previous life, slightly different from the later life, it is stronger than the later life, presumably it is not a problem to ride these docile and good horses like in the TV series of the later life.
"Yuan Xu, when you were eight or nine years old, begging on the street, almost freezing to death at the yamen on a snowy day, and being admitted to my home, you are the same age as the young master, over the years, I have always treated you as half a son, let you follow the family name, let you study with the young master, and ride a bow and horse together, however, you are not born to read the material, and reading can only be a child's level at best, but you still have a look at the bow horse riding and shooting, this time you will accompany the young master to practice, not only to let you protect the young master well, but also to let you also have a good experience." Yuan An turned to Yuan Xu again.
"Master, old lady, the Yuan family's kindness to me, I can't repay it even if I die, this time I go out, I will definitely take good care of the young master, and I will never let you worry." Yuan Xu hugged his fists and said solemnly.
"Okay, father, mother, we have to leave as soon as possible, you don't have to worry, this is not a far place, we can contact us at any time." Yuan Chao now knew that the most precious thing at this time was time, and if he wanted to protect everything around him, he had to seize the time to strengthen himself.
"Okay, Chao'er, be careful on the road, when you get to our manor, send someone to report safety to me and your mother." Yuan An waved his hand, like a flying eagle, both reluctant and resolute to let them go.
"Father and mother, take care." Yuan Chao stepped on the well-behaved horse, gently clamped the horse's belly, and rode away with Yuan Xu.
Along the way, the Yuan Dynasty crossed over and saw the street appearance of Chenzhou City in the Ming Dynasty for the first time, the pedestrians shuttling back and forth, and the merchants selling on the street, as if it was still a peaceful and prosperous era, only the begging refugees on the road reminded the Yuan Dynasty that the end of the Ming Dynasty of natural and man-made disasters had kicked off.
Walking out of Chenzhou City, all the way is full of plains and fields that cannot be seen, Henan has been an important granary in the world since ancient times, but so many fields, in the end it still did not save the people of Henan, which also shows that in the chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how much land, if you lose your minions, then it can only become someone else's plate delicacy. Yuan Chao looked at the roadside scene and pondered.
Just when Yuan Chao and Yuan Xu were sleepy and tired, they saw a river meandering in front of them.
"Young master, this is our Chenzhou's Shaying River, in our Chenzhou territory, there are Shahe, Yinghe, Jialu River, three rivers cover most of Henan, and in Zhoujiakou convergence, after the confluence becomes Shaying River, down the river, straight into the Huai River, before the master went to walk around for the relatives in the clan, took me to pass by here and told me." Yuan Xu rode closely behind Yuan Chao and followed.
"So, we should be almost at our manor." Yuan Chao asked.
"Our family?" Yuan Chao's words suddenly made Yuan Xu's heart warm, and the son regarded me as a family. Thinking of this, Yuan Xu's heart was really warm.
"Yes, Childe, when we see the Shaying River, let's go up the river, at most an hour's horsepower, we will arrive, we will arrive at the manor." Yuan Xu still didn't have the courage to say the phrase "our manor".
"Then let's eat some dry food right now, and then let's hurry, and we'll have a good meal in the evening." After saying that, Yuan Chao clamped the horse's belly again, and galloped the horse, and after half a day, he had completely mastered the skills of horseback riding, and even fell in love with the sport of horseback riding.
After walking along the river for half an hour, Yuan Chao saw a busy port by the river, with many ships docked, and it was not lively to travel from south to north.
"Hey, where is this, why is it so lively?" Yuan Chao turned his head and asked Yuan Xu, who was following behind.
"Ah, young master, this is Zhoujiakou, which belongs to our Shangshui County in Chenzhou, young master, don't underestimate this port, this port is an important port of the Shaying River, the merchant ships that come and go from the south to the north every year are like weaving, and this piece is very prosperous, because of this shipping, Zhoujiakou has also become a famous place in Henan."
"Oh? It seems that in the future, we will make a good fuss here," Yuan Chao is thinking about how to help himself master more power when he sees everything now.
Just after the bustling Zhoujiakou, when Yuan Chao was about to arrive at the "base area" he was thinking about, he suddenly saw a row of heart-piercing shack areas. It looks like some shabby peasant dwellings.
"Please, gentlemen, give the grass people a way to live, our family's fields have been bought by you, the rent is scary, we have now sold the house, just build a shack here to barely survive, please officials don't demolish our home." The mournful cry was even harsher in this bleak place.
Yuan Chao looked at the voice, and at one end of the shack area, there was a group of refugees kneeling, surrounded by two officials in the middle.
"There seems to be something going on, let's take a look." Yuan Chao urged the horses and rushed towards the crowd.
"You scumbags, where can you build a shack? I have to be on the bank of the Shaying River, I don't care about you, you are still planting crops and vegetable seedlings near here, don't you know that this is the industry of our master of Shangshui County, don't talk nonsense, this shack, after tonight, tomorrow will bring people to demolish it, and any of you who dares to resist is to rebel. A chubby servant scolded with an arrogant face.
"Official, this place has been barren for a long time, the grass people worked hard here last year to work the wasteland for a year, and now that the land is good and you can grow crops, you can't just occupy it." A man in the midst of the refugees pleaded.
"Be bold and bold and dare to speak out, I think you are tired and crooked." The fat servant was about to take out his whip and whip it down.
"Stop." Yuan Chao saw that the fat official was about to beat the unclothed refugee kneeling in front of him, and he couldn't help it, so he shouted towards the fat officer.
"Yo, there is a bed bug from eating melon seeds, everyone has it, what are you going to do, do it for heaven? Or do you want to take the whip yourself? I'm telling you, you'd better leave this business alone, or I'll clean up with you. The fat official pinched his waist and said.
"Oh? Is it? Then I'd like to learn a little bit about it. The "second generation of officials" in this life of the Yuan Dynasty and the identity of the "rich second generation" gave him a lot of confidence.
"Hey, fat man, look at this horse, it is estimated that it can be compared to the mount of our county master, this tone is so big, it is estimated that it is a gentleman of which family, let's not provoke them, in case of anger." The thin servant who kept his eyes rolling on the side muttered in the ear of the fat servant.
When the fat servant heard this, his little eyes also rolled around, "Good boy, I won't meet you today, but tomorrow they will be bitter, don't even think about living here." After saying that, the fat and thin duo didn't stop for a moment, turned around and left.
"Thin monkey, thank you for reminding me just now, if I mess with a son, it's really not good, when this person leaves, I will bring more people tomorrow, and we can't help but clean up this group of bitter haha." The fat servant walked away with a wicked smile on his face.