The three brothers of the Langya Wang family had a secret conversation in the inner room, and Wang Dun said that Wang Jun wanted to emulate Gou Xi - so what did Gou Xi do? It does not mean that he was defeated and surrendered to Shile, but that before that, he set up a platform in Cangyuan, and set up Sima Duan, the king of Yuzhang, as the crown prince, and wanted to blackmail the prince to order the princes. With-Dream- . Wang Dun said that it is rumored that Wang Jun also has this kind of ambition, and he is probably busy looking for someone to be the crown prince, so he is reluctant to move his troops south-

"And he and Liu Yueshi have never been on good terms, and I am afraid that Yue Shi will enter Hebei ...... beyond Taihang"

Director Wang said that since this is the case, then it should be done as soon as possible to take Hebei. Wang Dun smiled: "If he doesn't go, Yue Shi will not dare to move lightly, if he goes south, I am afraid that Yue Shi will also want to get a piece of the pie, how can Wang Sikong endure it?" ”

When Director Wang heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "The country is in turmoil, and the ministers are still disrespectful, how can it be a good ......?"

It is not only this group of Wang and Liu who are causing contradictions, but also Xun and Yan. Thinking that Sima Ye, the king of Qin, escaped from Luoyang and traveled to Mi County, where he met his uncle Xun Fan, Xun Group, and Yan Ding, the assassin of Yuzhou, Yan Ding suggested that there was no place to stand in the eastern part of the country, so it was better to go south through Xuanyuan Pass and go around to Chang'an in a circle - because he was from Tianshui, he always felt that it would be safer to go back to his hometown. However, the foundation of the Xun clan was in the eastern part of the country, and he was unwilling to move west, so he ran away one after another on the road and surrendered to Kaifeng.

Wang Han said: "If Chang'an recovers, the people in the west will be strong, Liu Yao will retreat to Henan, and I am afraid that Kaifeng will not be able to defend - this must not be worried." ”

Sima Ye later ascended the throne and became the emperor, but he is still a vassal king, and he has not even won the position of crown prince - it is estimated that if he recovers Chang'an, he will call himself the crown prince in Chang'an - and Sima Rui, the king of Langya, are on an equal footing, and the two sides have been showing signs of each other. The Xun brothers once recommended Sima Rui as the leader of the alliance, and asked the soldiers and horses of the Qin kings from all over the country to save Luoyang, so they were a group with Sima Rui.

Therefore, Wang Dao said: "If Pei Wen agrees that Shi Leguo abandons Yan and Yu and goes east, then he can order Jingzhou soldiers to go out and join forces with the Xun clan......"

Wang Dun shook his head: "Xiangzhou is in chaos, I'm afraid I won't be able to send troops." ”

There were two rebellions in Xiangzhou: first, the Li clan occupied Shu before, causing a large number of displaced people in Shu to flee eastward, scattered in Jingzhou and Xiangzhou, and then elected Du Tao as the leader, raised troops to rebel, and attacked the counties of Xiangzhou; Second, at the beginning of this year, Hu Kang, the general of Sima Xin, the former king of Xinye, gathered a crowd and wreaked havoc on Jingling. These are the two things that happened behind Wang Cheng's assassination in Jingzhou, does he dare to ignore them? Does he dare to send troops north at this time to meet the Xun brothers?

The three of them discussed, discussed, and felt that the current situation was not very optimistic. In the end, Director Wang rubbed his hands and said: "Now we can only stick to the Yangtze River moat and make every effort to ...... the rebellion in Xiangzhou." Wang Han pressed the map and smiled: "If Shi Le really goes to Hebei, and he is lucky and fails to be defeated by Wang Sikong, he will be affected by this, and Wang Sikong will not be able to go south; And if Liu Cong resigns from the Battle of Jinyang and fully supports Liu Yao, the Westerners will be defeated, and the King of Qin may not be able to protect himself...... If this is the case, the great unification may move our Jiangdong ......"

Wang Dao waved his hand: "Brother speak carefully." "He said that the prince we kept was a good man, but unfortunately his reputation was almost there, not only was he far away from the blood of the previous two emperors, but there were also rumors in the world that he was actually the illegitimate son of the Niu family - one said that Sima Yi loved to fornicate Niu Jin with his mother Xiahou and gave birth to Sima Rui, but his age is not compatible; The second is that it is said that the person who has an affair with the Xiahou clan is a small official surnamed Niu - this wants to be a very popular minister like Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, the president of the government, and control the Son of Heaven, and it is relatively easy to do it, saying that he can be the emperor...... Brother, you can't help but think too far ahead, and it's too unrealistic.

Wang Han and Wang Dun glanced at each other, and then lowered their voices even more: "Don't you hear that there is a folk proverb that says, 'The cow follows the horse'?" ”

Director Wang's face changed greatly, and he quickly stretched out his hand to cover his ears: "What is it?" I don't want to hear it! ”

Wang Dun waved his hand and said forget it, this is far away, let's talk about something else-"Maohongguan, how is Pei Wenyue like a person?" ”

Only then did Director Wang put down his hand--it showed that he didn't hold it tightly, and he could still hear everything--he smiled slightly: "It seems to be a smart person-he can protect the king of the East China Sea...... The concubine came south and belonged to the king, which was really helpful to us. Wang Han said that it was a pity, it would be nice if it was replaced by his brother Pei Song, after all, it would be the eldest - "If the Pei clan in Hedong can also raise the clan to the south, we will not be isolated, why are we afraid of the southern raccoon dog?!" ”

- Basically, half of a large family went south to Jiangdong's first-class wealthy family, then there was only the Langya Wang family, and the Yu and Xie families who later ruled on behalf of the Wang family, not only were their original family backgrounds in the Central Plains far inferior to the Wang family, but also there were only three or two kittens in Nandu at present - Yu Liang saw Sima Rui's West Cao Peng, Xie Kun and Xie Pei (Xie An's father) were in Wang Dun's curtain. Therefore, the overseas Chinese in Jiangdong are very scattered, and they all rely on the independence of the Wang family, and they feel that they are weak for this, so they are forced to cede some power to the Jiangdong natives.

However, Wang Dun disagreed with his brother's opinion, he shook his head and said: "If Pei Wen can succeed his father's ambition and become a masterpiece for a while, then Jiangdong will have Wang and Pei Ye." If he moves to the south, he will be Pei and the king. "In terms of family lineage, the Pei family is stronger than us, if they really come south with a large family, they will definitely press on the head of our surnamed Wang, then I won't do it!" Now you can envelop this son and help me, it's enough. ”

Director Wang said that I also mean this, so for now, I am responding to his requests - "Only do not make the value center." The former king wanted to summon him to work for Zhendong, but I took the wish of the concubine of the East China Sea to make him the king. Wang Dun nodded, and then suggested: "Pei Wenyue is unmarried, why not be a wife?" "If the two of us are close to each other, we are not afraid that he will escape from the palm of his hand. Director Wang shook his head lightly: "I'm afraid it's not Sima's family, Pei Wenyue doesn't want him to hire him." ”

When Pei Gai was still at the age of Chongling, he was set up by his father to be a doll kiss, and the other party was the second daughter born to Emperor Jin Hui and Empress Jia Nanfeng - according to the custom at the time, Pei Gai was called "Shang Zhu" - but it was a pity that the little princess did not wait for adulthood to marry into the Pei family, and died of illness first, and was called "mourning the princess". So Director Wang said, people almost married a princess, even if they take a step back and can't find a princess, then they have to marry a county lord - of course, there was no "county lord" at that time, and the daughter of the vassal king could also be canonized as a princess - how could he want a girl from our Wang family?

Wang Dun said that it was not a big deal to give it a try, at most he refused, would he still resent us because of this? Director Wang thought for a while: "Let's discuss again." ”

——————————

Danyang County Qin Dynasty for the county, the Han Dynasty Wu Jianyuan two years began to change the current name because of Danyang County; Danyang County is in the southwest of Jianye, located in the south of Danshan, the so-called "mountain south and water north is yang", so it is called Danyang.

Danshan is also known as Zhe Mountain, there is Ze in the north of the mountain, in the territory of Jurong County, it is also named after the mountain, and is called "Danhu". Danhu Lake is actually not very big, but because it can be irrigated by lake water, it is surrounded by thousands of hectares of fertile land, and it is the largest grain producing area in Jurong County. Overseas Chinese from the north have long wanted to stretch out their hands here, but they have never had the opportunity, so this time they borrowed the name of the king of the East China Sea and first requisitioned a large area of land in the west of the lake and gave it to Pei Gai - as for the east of the lake, I am afraid that sooner or later it will fall into the hands of the Wang family.

In March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, which is the best time in the Jiangnan area. On the west shore of Dan Lake, there are now more than a dozen short-clothed slaves, whispering around an ox cart; Not far from the ox cart, a young man sat on the shore of the lake, holding a fishing hook in his hand, looking at the blue waves, and remained silent for a long time.

Suddenly, ripples rippled around the float, and the young man woke up suddenly, and with a shake of his arms, he was about to pull up the fishing rod - but unfortunately, it was too early, and he saw that the bait on the hook was still there, but there was not the slightest trace of the fish.

There was a big man standing next to the young man, and he couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this, but then he was afraid that the master would be embarrassed, so he hurriedly comforted: "At this time, the fish is not fat, and it may not be able to eat it if it is caught." If the lord comes in autumn, not only the fish is fat, but also the water chestnut and wild rice are ripe, so he can have a full stomach. ”

Fishing is naturally Pei Cai, rice transplanting has just begun, he finally got the opportunity to leave Jianye, to the vicinity of Danhu Lake to see his own industry, by the way to the lake fishing, steal a day of leisure, but also to relax his mind and mood. At present, he can only live in the tenant's house, although the foundation stone of the lakeside villa has already begun, after all, the money is not enough, even if the design is not large, the speed of construction is extremely slow, at least he has to wait until this autumn to come back to live.

And he dwelt in the house of the man who stood beside him. This person's surname is Lu Mingde, the word Lu Xiu, and he is barely a scholar, Jurong native, originally had more than 100 acres of land by the lake, and was forcibly requisitioned by the government not long ago. Other people's fields and properties have been expropriated for generations, and they only mean to compensate for a few loose money, all of them cry and wipe their tears, and even carry a hoe to resist the king's order, but in the end they are all beaten with bags; Only this Luther, but on the contrary, smiled happily, and raised his hands high, not only welcomed the official family to take the field, but also expressed his willingness to be the leading party - which land is owned by whom, what shortcomings his family has, come to ask me, ask me, I am all clear!

It turned out that although this Luther had studied for a few days, after all, he was a single family from a poor family, and he had no rank to advance, so he changed his way to practice martial arts. has always been "poor and rich in literature" - but in these years, because of the high price of books, it is impossible to be poor if you want to study literature - as a result, one accidentally borrowed a loan shark, and almost wiped out his family wealth. Before the government requisitioned the land, he was forced to sell the land to pay off the debt, and the contract was already written, so he almost signed and pressed his fingerprint. So he took the opportunity of land requisition, Luther colluded with officials, and ruined the family that had borrowed his debts and several families who wanted to buy his land.

Then he used the compensation money to renovate his house and turned him into the richest tenant of the East China Sea Palace. Before Pei should come, Pei Si and Pei Chang father and son had come first, and naturally they also had to stay at Luther's house, Luther took the opportunity to offer his wife and daughter, and immediately won the favor of the grandfather and son, and appointed him to be the head of the village of more than 60 hectares of fields.

When Pei Gai arrived, Luther repeated his old tricks, but it seems that this king of the East China Sea, Fu Peijun, has no intention of having sex with his wife and daughter...... I don't like the little guy at home. When Luther saw that he was broken, he estimated that the nobleman had a habit of cleanliness and wanted to be a virgin...... Not to mention my family, none of the more than 100 tenants in the village has a virgin over the age of ten - they have already been taken in by the landlord in the past! Fortunately, the nobleman did not scold him or punish him for this, so Luther was moved to tears by this grace, and he continued to serve Pei Gai every step of the way.

As for Pei Gai, he didn't have much ill will for this guy who dedicates his wife and daughter to invite him - this is the general atmosphere in the countryside at that time, and I am not good at beauty, you change Pei and his son, maybe ask for it directly, do the tenants dare not give it away? Oh, the two of them have been here before, and they have probably used it a long time ago, so this Luther is also in a hurry to stuff people on my couch......

Originally, it was planned for Pei Si and his son to manage the industry, but now that the two of them have serious jobs in the East China Sea Palace—although there is actually no work to do—it is impossible for them to stay in Jurong for a long time, and they must appoint a local village head to be in charge. I don't have time to screen and select managers for the time being, and whoever you say is who you are. At least look at Luther's house, his family is relatively wealthy, and if you promote a poor peasant to be the head of the farm, someone must be convinced.

Especially Luther was not blind, he was literate, could read, and could settle accounts, which was rare in these years - he could not appoint an illiterate person as the head of the bank.

But when they met, Luther even pretended to be a scholar, and he was a "Ming Gong", and Pei should be uncomfortable when he heard it - although I am a third-class man, I am not a public after all, and the title of "Ming Gong" will not be on my head. Think about it, and just ask Luther and the other servants to call themselves "lords"—let's spread the word in the south as well.