Zhai Wendang, known as Zhai Laohan, is an ordinary vegetable farmer in Nanling County.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, titles such as old men and old women have a certain sense of ridicule, and they are specially used to scold people in the mouths of scholars, which shows that Zhai Wendang is not a person with status.

The status is not high, but Zhai Wendang's ability is really not small.

Zhai Wendang is well-known in Nanling County for being willing to endure hardships and will live.

's parents left early, Zhai Wendang became a father and a mother, pulling a few younger brothers and sisters to grow up, and he didn't let a younger brother or sister inherit the incense of the kinship branch.

Serving the family's land, serving the house handed down by his father and ancestors, going to the county town to help out in the slack time, and from time to time taking out the chickens, ducks and geese raised in captivity at home and selling them...... Zhai Wendang, who has been heard of by successive county commanders, has worked so diligently for decades.

Several younger brothers got married, and they were all daughters of white families. Several younger sisters are married, and they are all married to families with good reputations.

Zhai Wen was the last to marry. At that time, there was a merchant in Nanling County who had not settled for a long time, and the house and paddy fields had been purchased, so he wanted to find a local as his son-in-law to mark his family as a native of Nanling.

On the day of Zhai Wendang's marriage, the younger brothers and sisters came back with all their families, and all the relatives within the five suits of the Zhai family arrived, and the dowry given by the father-in-law's family was so much that the new house could not be fitted.

After more than ten years, Zhai Wendang's eldest son was admitted to Tongsheng, married the daughter of an old Xiucai, and is now preparing for the Xiucai examination at home.

Zhai Wendang's second son is not a material for studying, and besides, the family can only afford to support one scholar, but fortunately, the second son has the strength to take over most of the work in the family's fields.

I have children, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren. More than ten acres of fields, two large animals......

Zhai Wendang is a role model for the vast number of farmers in Nanling County, a model advocated by the government of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and a microcosm of the struggle of countless small people in the land of Yan and Huang.

"Isn't this Uncle Zhai, why did you come to the dock? Where is this going? ”

Ke Yasi, the county government, saw Zhai Wendang and warmly raised his hand to greet him.

"It turned out to be Lord Oshi, forgive the little old man's clumsiness. Didn't I hear that the official army stopped in Wuhu in the north, and the little old man wanted to drive the boat over to sell some vegetables, vegetables and fruits, which made Ke Yasi smile. ”

Zhai Wendang meticulously crossed his hands and saluted, revealing a well-maintained tooth, and replied.

There are many prefectures and counties in the Great Zhou, and most of them are one of the important assistants of the county commander or governor, and they are generally played by locals. The situation of the capital head and the priest is similar, most of them are filled by locals, and they are also one of the important assistants of the prefectural magistrate or governor.

Most of the priests are clerical, and most of them are in charge of the officials.

The priest surnamed Ke approached Zhai Wendang and whispered: "You still hugged me when I was a child, how dare I grow up in front of Uncle Zhai, and my father won't discount my legs when I go back." ”

"Ahem, I'll give Uncle Zhai a secret, go over there and make money, and hurry back as soon as the boat is vacated. Although the epidemic on Jiangnan East Road has been suppressed, who can guarantee it? ”

"Just vegetables, melons and fruits, rice and flour cloth, salt, sauce and vinegar, tea and medicine iron, don't get your hands dirty, I can only say so much."

Zhai Wendang was shocked after hearing this, and said seriously: "Little Lao'er knows the severity, thank you Lord Oshiji for mentioning it." ”

Seeing that the surname Ke was about to stop him from saluting, Zhai Wendang said solemnly: "Public and private affairs cannot be abolished, wearing this official uniform, there is no previous Ke family boy, only Lord Ke Abshi." took off this official uniform and returned home, and only then did he have Lord Oshi, who was at home. ”

"When the little old man returns, I will also invite Ke Absi and Fang Dutou to eat the full moon wine of the little grandson."

Ke surnamed Zhu Si had no choice but to watch Zhai Wendang get on the boat with a wry smile, and after waving goodbye, he sighed with emotion: "Zhai Wendang, Zhai Wendang, acting is steady." No wonder the Zhai family's life is getting better and better, I can understand why my father's generation admires a farmer so much. ”

Zhai Wendang got on the old father-in-law's boat and was surprised to see his second son, so he frowned and said unhappily: "Why are you here?" ”

The second child of the Zhai family handed over a teapot that was some years old, and said with a smile: "Dad drinks tea." It's not like I'm worried about my father, go with my father, and have a good response. ”

Zhai Wendang nodded, "What about your eldest brother?" ”

"The eldest brother is a golden nobleman, and it's too late to read books at home, how can he run around and run west." The second child of the Zhai family replied without thinking.

Zhai Wen said in his heart that he was not disappointed, it must be fake. The second child didn't have a little heart, what he meant in his words was that the boss didn't mean to go out at all, and the truth must be the same.

"The boss of his family is indeed a golden nobleman, and lifting people in the exam is more important than anything else!" Zhai Wendang comforted himself like this.

In fact, the pressure brought by the scientific expedition to Zhai Wendang's eldest son was much greater than Zhai Wendang and others imagined. For most of the students in Da Zhou, there is only one bright exit to their small study.

Zhai Wendang drank half a pot of tea, "Then you can go on a trip with your father, and you can see the world." ”

"Your father and I have walked steadily all our lives, and now we are going out to run the boat, just to make the family live more relaxed, you must not forget the roots of our farmers."

"Like those crazy rebels in the Yongle Dynasty, they didn't count the trouble of Jiangnan East Road, and they still wanted to jump out of the mountains in the south, but they were not beaten back by the official army......

Zhai Wendang's second son responded and ran to pull the anchor.

The wind lifts the anchor, and the sails are opened.

Zhai Wendang asked the boatman of the old father-in-law's family to be careful and not to collide with other boats.

Two hundred miles to the north of the Shunzhang River, after a few twists and turns, it is Wuhu where Yu Yunwen led the Chinese army to stop.

Zhai Wendang did not arrive in Wuhu City, but sold all the vegetables, melons and fruits, including a small number of poultry eggs, to a small official in charge of the army's procurement at a market called Lijiatan.

The old father-in-law's family had a lot of cloth vinegar tea and medicine, which could have been sold at a good price, but Zhai Wendang was in charge, and all of them were given to a brocade robe merchant.

Zhai Wendang's wife and brother are still frizzy when they are middle-aged, and they are very angry with Zhai Wendang's behavior of "it doesn't hurt for the cub to sell his grandfather's field".

Zhai Wendang was too lazy to say more to that wife and brother. Approaching Wuhu, the water was full of inland river boats that wanted to make a fortune from the army, Zhai Wendang carefully chewed a few words reminded by Ke Yansi, and finally smelled a hint of danger.

Some businesses are not something that can be done by small households!

When the ship returned, Zhai Wendang's ship met Yu Yunwen's victorious return official ship head-on.

After avoiding the boat to the shore, Zhai Wendang and the other people on the boat saluted Yu Yunwen on the official boat while whispering a prayer for the future of his eldest son's scientific expedition.

In the hearts of the people of the Great Zhou, Jinshi is already a Wenqu star, and Yu Yunwen, a guy who chats with the official family every day, simply exudes a literary atmosphere! With such a good opportunity, of course, I have to pray for my own children and nephews, haven't you seen some people who look like scholars crying excitedly?

The father is praying for his son, and Zhai Wendang's second son is also praying for the eldest brother who is very good at reading. I only heard the thick peasant man mutter:

"Wen Quxing in person, please bless my eldest brother to be promoted, the family will be exempted from many taxes at that time, and the villain will definitely provide more for you and the father-in-law of the land. Wenqu Xing ...... face to face"

Yu Yunwen's boat passed in front of Zhai Wendang, and the waves of the big boat hit the small boat to sway left and right.

Yu Yunwen frowned and said, "Let the sergeant who drives the boat be careful, paddle slowly, and disturb the people." ”

Zhang Tianlei, who led the troops to force Xue Dounan back into the mountains, stepped forward and hugged his fists, "My lord cares about the people so much, mark it with admiration." ”

Yu Yunwen waved his hand in annoyance, "Jiangnan East Road has been eroded to this point because many officials of the national dynasty do not pay attention to the livelihood of the people, which has caused the terrible consequences. ”

"Thanks to General Zhang's reminder, the small number of Fangla troops that appeared in Qingyang County, Jing County, and Ningguo City were very likely to be a temptation in the southern part of Xue Dou of the Yongle Puppet Dynasty, and this official made up his mind to cut off all three of his tentacles."

"Otherwise, if Xue Dounan is really allowed to jump out of the mountains east of Jiangnan West Road, I don't know what kind of chaos will be."

How dare Zhang Tianlei be proud and complacent in front of Yu Yunwen? He immediately said modestly: "I just thought that Fang Lajun might make a small move, but I didn't think that I really bumped into it." ”

"In fact, even if thousands of troops come out, there is no major disaster. There are very few displaced people in the north of Jiangnan West Road, and Fang Lajun cannot become bigger. Moreover, the adults happened to be stationed on the riverside, and Fang Lajun came out to look for death. ”

The generals and colonels of Yu Yunwen's Chinese army laughed in unison, only to hear Zhang Tianlei boldly ask: "If your lord blocks Xue Dounan, you will immediately lead us and others to retreat, in case Xue Dounan does not give up...... Three places on their own, can they be blocked? ”

Yu Yunwen stroked his beard and said categorically: "This official has already led troops to help them defeat the Fangla army once, and also helped them gather village soldiers and archers, and the city defense in the three places is not bad." ”

"If there are so many conditions, and the officials in a few places can't stop the thousands of troops, then it's no wonder that the officials are here."

"The dynasty doesn't kill scholars, but scholars can kill scholars!"

After saying the murderous words, Yu Yunwen returned to Wuhu City in the respect and fear of Zhang Tianlei and other generals.