The Chu family owner has been upset these days and has no intention of practicing calligraphy, the reason why the Chu family owner can respond to a hundred calls is because he can bring benefits to everyone, because of the bandits in Dangyang, many foreign businessmen dare not come in, only his Chu family relies on the strength of the crowd, and a good relationship with the bandits, in order to smoothly transport the goods into Dangyang, in the resale to other small merchants. In order www.biquge.info other families in order not to be eaten by the Chu family, they also huddle together to keep warm, so that they can compete with the Chu family and live to this day.

Although there are many bandits in Dangyang, many lootings are committed by local people, after all, most of the land in Dangyang County is in the hands of the five wealthy families, and the five wealthy families do not need so many people, and those landless people have nothing to do, so they can only rob others in order to survive. Due to the frequent occurrence of robbery and murder, Dangyang is a den of thieves and bandits in the mouth of outsiders, and outsiders are reluctant to pass through Dangyang, even if it is from Nanyang to Jiangling, they would rather go around in a big circle, go down the river to Jiangxia, and take the waterway from Jiangxia to Jiangling. This creates a vicious circle, and the yang is getting more and more withered.

Because he often has to deal with bandits, the head of the Chu family knows that there are only two or three bandits in the vicinity of Dangyang, with a total of less than a thousand people, and these bandits actually fought among themselves some time ago and lost a lot of manpower, and they are not a threat to Dangyang in a short period of time, so Dangyang will be safe and sound for at least a while. As the New Year is approaching, the merchants plan to make a good profit while the new county is recruiting miscellaneous servants and soldiers. This county lord is also strange, he does not levy military service but uses money to recruit people, although the money is a little less, but the sum of hundreds of people is not a small number. In the past two days, there has been a rumor that the county school will be rebuilt, and famous teachers will be invited to teach, which has won the favor of many people at once.

The reason why the head of the Chu family wants to mobilize merchants to embarrass Wang An is also to show the strength of the Chu family, and the Chu family is not something that outsiders can bully. Unexpectedly, since Wang An brought outsiders in, the Kong family provided a large amount of property, which made it difficult for the Chu family to ride the tiger.

"The head of the Qiyu family, the county lord is visiting." The servants came to report it.

"Just say I'm not there."

After a while, the servant came back to report: "The county lord just said that the head of the family is at home. If the head of the house is not there, when he asks to see him, he should tell him directly, instead of letting him wait at the door. ”

"Invite the county lord to the lobby."

The servants led Wang An, Li Mao, and Kong Xun to the lobby, and the head of the Chu family was already waiting here, and after the guest and host sat down, the head of the Chu family said: "I heard that the county is good at drinking tea, and when Yang is a remote place, tea is not available, so I have to grieve the county to drink saliva." ”

Wang An took a sip of water from the bowl, and then said: "Yizhou is damp and hot, and tea has the effect of detoxification, so the people of Yizhou are good at this thing, and they dedicated tea as a tribute to Emperor Xiaojing." Just because Emperor Xiaojing had asthma, tea can alleviate this disease, so tea is also deeply loved by Emperor Xiaojing. Of course, this official's visit to the head of the Chu family this time is not to talk about tea. ”

The head of the Chu family waved his hand and let the servants go down. Wang An continued: "The official is already planning to recruit a non-commissioned soldier, and the original head of the official's guards took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as a military marquis, plus the original guards have already gone to lead the team, and the official has no one to protect him now." ”

"Is there still anyone in Dangyang County who dares to be unfavorable to the county?" The head of the Chu family said in his heart, "If something happens to the county honor, no one in Dangyang County will get a good end." ”

"That's not what this official meant," Wang An waved his hand, "The head of the Chu family misunderstood, it's like this, someone recommended Chu Yuan to this official to be the head of the guard." ”

The head of the Chu family thought in his heart, the old man's son will be your guard, how will outsiders look at the old man, you let us go against the county honor, but your own son will protect the county and please the county honor, won't the old man become a person without credibility, how will he give orders in Dangyang in the future? The head of the Chu family arched his hand: "Can the old man know who recommended it?" ”

"It was recommended by the former head of the guards," Wang An smiled at the head of the Chu family, "He said that Chu Yuan has a solid foundation, although he is young and vigorous, he has the heart to do things for the people and protect the people, and he has a good reputation among the people, but he can't show his ambitions, so he lingers in Qinglou." If this official can appoint Chu Yuan as the leader of the guard, it can not only calm the people's hearts, but also enable Chu Yuan's ambitions to be displayed, and a good seedling will not become a crooked neck tree. ”

The head of the Chu family only replied symbolically: "This matter will be discussed by the old man and the dog before replying." ”

"Of course," Wang An agreed. Wang An looked at Li Mao, who got up and walked to the head of the Chu family and handed him a map.

Wang An introduced: "This is the Dushui Peng appointed by the official, and this is the water conservancy map he drew after the topographical investigation near Dangyang these days. Li Peng, tell the head of the Chu family what you think. ”

Li Mao opened the map, and the head of the Chu family explained that the first step Li Mao planned to remediate the Dangyang River that flowed through Dangyang, and it was expected that thousands of hectares of fertile land could be reclaimed, and these fields could be distributed to those who had no land, and the second step Li Mao planned to lead the water into the Dangyang River, so that he could get thousands of hectares of land. The third step is to introduce the water into Dangyang, which can not only obtain thousands of hectares of fertile land, but also connect Zhangshui and Shuishui, so that the traffic in Dangyang will be further strengthened. However, this plan probably cannot be realized during Wang An's tenure, Wang An feels that the second step is difficult to achieve during his tenure, and it would be good to be able to do the first step well. But Li Mao is willing to make a long-term plan, and Wang An is not willing to attack him.

The head of the Chu family seemed careless when he heard this plan at first, and then he found that if this plan was to be implemented, someone had to stick to it, and Wang An couldn't stay here for so long. Wang An must choose someone he can trust. The only people Wang An can trust are the people around him, and most of those who come with Wang An have gone to the army and cannot meddle in local affairs. Who is left around Wang An, it is Chu Yuan, who is the leader of the guards for him, if Chu Yuan takes up this position. So when Wang An came to visit the Chu family today, did he think about himself after he left? If the Chu family does this, it will leave an impression in Dangyang, in Nanjun, and even in the center, after all, this is also the credit of the children of the Wang family. Of course, the credit for this kind of thing cannot be monopolized by the Chu family, and it must be distributed to several other families.

The head of the Chu family said: "The matter of digging ditches cannot be done by relying on a large number of people. ”

Wang An pointed at Kong Xun and said: "This is the Erlang Jun of the Nanyang Kong family, and he is also a student of this official, and the Kong family is willing to provide the iron tools needed to dig ditches." Kong Xun nodded: "My family has promised to support Dangyang Chang's excavation of Dangyang Canal." ”

"What are the conditions of your Kong family?" The head of the Chu family asked.

"Our Kong family wants a barren mountain nearby."