Chapter 319: Relocation

The nineteenth day of the first month of the tenth year of Zhenguan, Chong Xin Mao, the north; It is advisable to marry, accept color, migrate, break ground, and be buried; Do not go to work, bathe, and go to the beam.

On this day, the sky was just dawning, and the carriages were full of goods and people, and there was a long queue at the city gate. Knights on horseback, armed with lances and swords at their waists, run back and forth in front of the procession.

Other children of the Wang family who were riding on horses, carefully controlling the horses, tried their best to let these heavily armed knights pass, but in their eyes, there were deep doubts, these knights were speaking in a guanzhong tone, and it was clear that they were not the garrisons near Taiyuan, where did they come from? Is it really from Guanzhong?

The three gates slowly opened. The crowd was amazed to find that the opening of the gates was half an hour earlier than usual.

The soldier standing at the city gate looked at the convoy below, but shook his head slightly, full of confusion. As for those captains who knew a little, they waved their hands: "Release, no need to check!" ”

As a result, the carriages gradually passed through the tall and majestic gate of Taiyuan City under the gaze of the soldiers, and headed south. In the convoy, from time to time, some people lifted the curtain and looked back, looking at the tall and majestic city tower and the Taiyuan City that was gradually moving away. I'm afraid that many of them will never have the opportunity to return to Taiyuan in their lives.

Three hundred cavalry were distributed around the convoy, checking the surroundings from time to time. These cavalrymen were the government soldiers of Hexi Prefecture, which was subordinate to the Left Guard. When Zhang Yunwen left Chang'an, he asked Li Shimin for a fish talisman to use to recruit government soldiers, just in case. Now, this fish charm has come in handy.

Zhang Yunwen was especially afraid that the 300 cavalry would not be enough, so he borrowed 200 soldiers from Li Ji and blocked several streets near the entire palace from outsiders, in order to achieve the effect of secrecy.

When the people of Taiyuan Mansion slowly got up and came to the streets and alleys as usual, they found that all the shops run by the Wang family were not open, although they were a little confused, but they didn't care very much. Because these days, these shops open very late. However, by noon, the shops had not yet opened, and the residents of Taiyuan City felt that something was wrong.

At this moment, Wang Qiong also felt that something was very wrong. Yesterday, the stewards were sent to summon Wang Qu and other persons in charge of the outer house, but until today these stewards have not returned. Wang Qiong felt a sense of unease in her heart.

"Come on, prepare the carriage, the lord will personally go to the south!"

The servants quickly prepared the carriage and helped Wang Qiong up.

The groom shook his whip, and the horse suddenly ran as fast as he could.

As soon as she arrived at the mansion outside the south of the city, Wang Qiong felt that something was wrong, only to see that the eldest sister outside the palace was empty, and occasionally two pedestrians walked by, and there was no prosperous scene in the past. He knocked on the red door, waited for a long time, but still did not see the door open, and then pushed hard, the door "creaked" and slowly opened.

"Where have all the people gone?" Wang Qiong quickly walked around the palace, but he didn't see a single figure, and suddenly said anxiously and angrily.

At this time, an attendant hurriedly ran over: "Lago, I found a few people tied up in the house!" ”

When Wang Qiong heard this, she immediately asked the attendant to hurry up and take her over.

As soon as I came to the house, I saw the few people who were tied up, and they were the few stewards I sent out yesterday.

After untying them, Wang Qiong didn't have time to ask, so the steward scrambled and said: "Master, master, the fourth master, they are gone!" ”

"Gone? Where to go? When Wang Qiong heard them say this, she immediately said suspiciously.

Seeing that several stewards were about to speak again, Wang Qiong pointed his finger: "You come!" ”

The steward said on the spot: "Master, yesterday when I came to invite the fourth master, I saw that I was moving things outside with large bags and small bags, and I thought that this move was without your old consent, how could I move without permission?" Just as he was about to come back and report to you, two knights, armed with spears and swords, stopped the little ones and tied us up there. Last night, a young man who had never seen a young man came over and said to the little one, let the villain wait for you to bring a message to the master! ”

"What?"

"He said: 'Go back and tell your master, just say that the Wang family's outer house has moved out of Taiyuan, and he will set up his own family elsewhere, so that he must not worry!' Well, that's what the man said! ”

When Wang Qiong heard this, he was immediately furious, and almost fainted to the ground, but fortunately, the attendant next to him saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly supported Wang Qiong: "Master, you, are you okay!" ”

Wang Qiong waved her hand and said in a low voice: "It's okay!" As he spoke, he pushed the two attendants away. The two of them wanted to come to help again, but Wang Qiong shouted loudly: "What are you doing to help the old man, why don't you go to the east and west rooms and notify the two owners to come over!" ”

The two attendants were stunned for a moment, and then hurried out.

Wang Qiong and his wife looked at the pine crane hanging on the wall in the middle of the room with their hands, their faces gradually calmed down, but their thoughts didn't know where to fly.

It didn't take long for Wang Ang from the east room and Wang Jin from the west room to come here, and when they saw this empty outer mansion, the two of them were also surprised!

"Big brother, what's going on?" Wang Ang entered the room and asked first.

"The fourth child is gone, and he left Taiyuan to stand on his own!" Wang Qiong's thinking slowly returned, turned her head, looked at Wang Ang and said.

"What, the fourth brother is gone?!" Wang Ang and Wang Jin said in unison.

Wang Qiong nodded, but she was silent, still looking at the pine crane picture silently. On top of the picture, a pine branch is horizontal, and two white cranes are parked on it, one flapping its wings and the other combing its feathers. There was also a white crane soaring in the sky, but it turned around and looked at the two white cranes on the pine branches.

"There are a lot of them, they definitely won't be able to go far, I'll take someone to chase them immediately!" Wang Jin said suddenly.

Wang Qiong shook her head: "Forget it, it's useless to catch up!" There must be someone behind the fourth child who is pouting, and this person has a deep background, otherwise, how could I not know any news at all! ”

Wang Jin's footsteps suddenly stopped.

Wang Qiong continued: "Today's urgency, let's think about how to take over the large number of shops left behind after the fourth child leaves!" In addition, I also have to stabilize people's hearts, and the Wang family can't go on any more! ”

"But the fourth brother ......"

"Let him go! is the same Wang family, so it should be regarded as a separate family! ”

When Wang Ang and Wang Jin heard this, they immediately bowed down.

Wang Qiong was about to walk out of the door, when she suddenly turned her head and said, "By the way, you take off this painting and send it to my study later!" ”

Several stewards hurriedly took off this picture of the pine crane that had been hanging for an unknown amount of time, and when it was rolled into a scroll, they suddenly saw the inscription of the painting: "And the king of the state!" ”

The convoy slowly moved south along the official road, stretching for several miles, attracting the attention of passers-by along the way. Look at the pomp and circumstance of this convoy, there are more than 200 carriages, more than 300 horses, and then look at the equipment of the knights who escort them, inlaid with iron armor, sharp long lances, and horizontal knives at their waists. Seeing such a lineup, the thieves along the way have gathered their courage and restrained their subordinates, so as not to go out easily.

In this relocation, the entire outer house was moved out of Taiyuan, with a total of 37 families and 12 concubines who had not yet started a family. These are just people from the Wang family, who have worked in the Wang family shop all their lives, and people with foreign surnames who have a strong sense of belonging to them have not been counted. However, the amount of money they carried was staggering.

What made Zhang Yunwen most fortunate was that this move had taken away most of the business talents cultivated by the Wang family's outhouse, leaving only a small part in Taiyuan. It is conceivable that with the help of these business talents, another huge business network will be slowly established.

Since the convoy left Taiyuan, Wang Qu has been sitting in the carriage, and he doesn't talk on the road, and Wang Xu is all alone in front and back. And Wang Yan also accompanied Wang Qu to sit in the carriage. This made Zhang Yunwen, who originally wanted to be close to Wang Yan, can't help but give up this idea.

The convoy traveled very slowly, passing through Fenzhou, Jinzhou, Jiangzhou, and Puzhou, until late February, when it reached Pujin Pass. After this Pujin Pass, to the west is to enter the Guanzhong.

Although they have walked very slowly, these children of the Wang family, who rarely go far and have experienced such a life, are all miserable, often changing their tricks, riding horses, and even walking, next to each other, but none of them are clamoring to go back. They are all people who know the times, and when they see these knights with cold faces on all sides, they look back at the long road behind them, and they can only continue to walk.

After entering Guanzhong, continue westward. Follow the official road paved along the canal and head west. Whenever they saw the sparkling waves and the endless boats shuttling on the canal, some of the children of the Wang family continued to move forward to change boats. Saying this to Zhang Yunwen, Zhang Yunwen propped up a slightly tired face, pointed to the carriage behind him, and said, "Then you carry these things to the boat by yourself, we won't help!" ”

These children of the Wang family immediately wilted.

At the beginning of March, we finally arrived in Liyang. Liyang is a county, directly under the jurisdiction of Chang'an Jingzhao Prefecture, among the Gyeonggi counties, it can be regarded as an upper county, with a population of nearly 50,000, convenient official roads, accessible canals, and great development potential. What's more, there is no family inheritance in this Liyang, although there are two or three families, but compared with the Wang family, it is much smaller, even if it is the Wang family led by Wang Qu today.

After arriving in Liyang, Zhang Yunwen watched the county order register and distribute land for these children of the Wang family one by one. As for the residence, I'm afraid the Wang family has to figure out how to do it themselves.

Wang Qu was also quite generous, and directly bought a few sets of mansions next to each other in Liyang City at a high price, and now settled a group of people. Then came the frenzied purchase of shops, the reorganization of the caravan, and soon established a solid foundation in Liyang.

Seeing that there was nothing going on here, Zhang Yunwen dismissed the three hundred soldiers and raised the idea of returning to Chang'an. Of course, the Wang family paid an additional fee as a thank you.

As for the carriage and horses borrowed from Li Ji's office, Zhang Yunwen sent Liu Cheng to bring people back them, and at the same time retrieved a box of pearls and gems mortgaged to Li Ji's office, well, the ones they had obtained from the Zhang family's team at night.

When Liu Cheng delivered this box of pearls and gems to Zhang Yunwen, who was already in Chang'an, Zhang Yunwen found that the contents of this box seemed to be thinner.