Chapter 950: Preparation
PS: Sorry, this chapter was released late.
In Qilu in winter, the cold wind is biting, and everything is withering. It is not uncommon for temperatures to drop below 10 degrees Celsius at night, and it is rare for the maximum temperature to exceed freezing during the day.
From the north, the cold wind blowing from the sea hits the face like a knife.
However, even in such a cold, the people in the market still have to brave the biting cold and cold wind to come out to work.
A major disaster in the summer made the people of Qilu, who had lived a very comfortable life in these years, suddenly wake up, and it is really important to have surplus food at home.
"Huainanzi Master Training" has a saying: The great plan of the husband and the earth, three years of ploughing and more than one year of food, nine years of livestock for three years, eighteen years and six years of accumulation, twenty-seven years and nine years of storage; Although the drought disaster has been devastated, the people are not poor and have gone into exile.
The good life of the people of Qilu Land is the longest in the whole world, and the lack of harvest in a year does not make them bankrupt. Not to mention that this was also exchanged for relief from the imperial court.
But the loss is also very painful for ordinary families. It's like if you have a deposit of 100,000 yuan, but you hit someone on the street and lose 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, then you can vomit to death in your heart, and you can also feel sorry for the dead.
The consequence of this is that after the drought, the people of Qilu, and even the people of the entire Central Plains, are all actively engaged in the state of 'making money'. It is as if they do not restore their savings to their original level as soon as possible, and they are a little uneasy.
To a certain extent, this has relieved Lu Qi of a lot of financial pressure, because the labor market has poured into hundreds of people, and the water conservancy projects built in various places have lowered the level of labor wages by a cut.
If this is the time, even if the cold wind is like a knife. Tens of thousands of figures are still working hard.
Zhao Yan came to Jinan under such circumstances. First of all, he stopped for one night in a courtyard of the Li family, and on the second day, he changed into new clothes, and under the guidance of the Li family, he took the handwritten letter of Lu E, the blessed king, and a generous gift that went to the house of the cabinet boss and did not see shabby, and came to visit the Zhang family.
This so-called Zhang family is Zhang Xian.
At that time, his father was stubborn, but Lu Qian let him go because only he understood.
The Zhang family's hometown is in Yidu, Zhang Xian is unwilling to work for Lu Qian, how can he be willing to stay in Yidu and breathe in the same world with him? It's all awkward emotionally. If so, he moved to Jinan. Under the care of his maternal uncle, Zhang Xian was not given in vain, although he did not mix with Lu Qi's officialdom, he also earned an industry in a few years.
Later, with a good martial arts, he led people to Goryeo into Dongying, with an iron spear in his hand, and he never met an opponent. If so, it has also made a great name among the people of Qilu.
It's just a pity that in the world of the Lu Qi Dynasty, there is really no living space for the giants of the rivers and lakes. Even Zhang Xian and the others must set up a dart bureau in a serious manner, and every time there is a change of personnel and weapons after the war, they must report it carefully to the Jinan government.
In front of the powerful Lu Qi Dynasty, the power of the people is not worth mentioning, so Zhang Xian's current social status can also be said to be not worth mentioning.
For the orthodox upper class of society, this kind of 'charlatan' is where they cannot be put on the stage. If it weren't for the upside down, there would be no day when they would get ahead.
Looking at Song Jiang and Chao Gai that day, one is the owner of the nest whose influence covers most of Shandong, and the other is a well-known salt lord Haoqiang. But in the face of a small magistrate, in the face of Zhu Tong and Lei Heng, they have to soften their bodies. It's the best proof of that.
Zhao Yan took advantage of the excitement and returned in defeat.
Zhang Xian gasped, taught the big gun to his apprentice, returned to his seat and sat down, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. He didn't even eat Lu Qian's food, and he wanted to eat Emperor Lu's son's food? Even if that Fu King had half of the Zhao family's blood in his body. But so what?
His father is loyal to the Zhao family, but he Zhang Xian is not.
It's been more than twenty years. When his father died, it was more than twenty years now. At that time, Lu Qian had not yet been proclaimed emperor, and the Central Plains at that time was far from the current eight-sided majesty, and the people in the world at that time did not have the current happiness and wealth.
Even though he has an indirect vendetta against Lu Qian for killing his father, Zhang Xian cannot deny the gap between Lu Qian and the great artist, and the qualitative difference is the difference between the white clouds in the sky and the black mud in the ground.
"Da Lang!" At this time, a familiar voice sounded in his ears, it was his uncle. An old man in his seventies.
The old man didn't say anything, as the person who had the deepest relationship with Zhang Xian and knew him best in the past 20 years, he would not instigate Zhang Xian to go to King Fu's account for the sake of his own wealth.
From beginning to end, the old man did not say a word of persuasion. As a relative who has a deep relationship with Zhang Xian, his actions are obviously not praised. In fact, it was his friends and other relatives who really came to persuade Zhang Xian.
For example, his in-laws, more than 20 years ago, Zhang Xian has obviously married and had children. When children grow up, they naturally want to marry and reproduce.
"My father-in-law, don't miss the opportunity and never come again. Fu Wang, Tianhuang nobles also. I wrote ...... letter in person, "It's a lot, it's a lot, but it didn't affect Zhang Xian's heart at all."
Five days later, a flying pigeon landed in the Fuwang Mansion in Jinling City.
After Lu E saw it, he sighed very much.
"What is just one Zhang Xian? It's just a brave horseman, what a big deal. There are many generals around His Royal Highness, not to mention the Fold family, the seed family, the Liu family, the Yao family, etc., just one Yao Zhongping is ten times better than Zhang Xian! ”
Lu E's wife's surname is Song, yes, this person is Song Jiang's daughter, she has a good appearance, she can't be called stunning, but she has a deep background.
But how much help can a Song Jiang bring him?
Lu E glanced at the princess, he was not very unhappy about this candidate, he wanted color, and some were beautiful maid concubines. It is better to marry a wife or marry the daughter of a person with such a deep background.
No one who grew up in the palace was stupid.
But because of this, the daughters of this kind of people do not have heroes in their eyes, but it is also normal. Moreover, because of the Song family's own background, Song Jiang was able to break off with the rivers and lakes early.
"You know what. This Zhang Xian is not simple! Lu E, who was very disappointed, said.
In the past 18 years, Lu Qian has told them more than once about his fortune. This Zhang Xian, and a person surnamed Ma, are all objects of pity for him. And the number of talents mentioned by Lu Qian is not many. Lu E didn't know if his brothers remembered these trivial things, but he always remembered them in his heart.
Unfortunately, the effect is not ideal.
"Your Highness, the fifth prince is here."
Lu E locked himself up in the study for a long time, not thinking about the civil and military affairs in his cheek pocket, but gnawing on the military book. I heard the sound of my own voice outside.