Three big and one small four people ate three or four catties of meat cleanly, although the pork was inevitably a little greasy, but all of them had an endless aftertaste, Zhang Qiang patted his belly, his face was full of intoxication. Xiao Qin'er hiccuped while still sticking out her little tongue and **** the soup on her lips. Webster smiled happily.

Suddenly, Cao Ang's brows were furrowed, he burst the wound earlier, and he didn't feel anything under the mood fluctuations, but at this moment, his mind relaxed, and suddenly a sharp pain hit, and his face became pale.

Webster was attentive, noticing Cao Ang's discomfort, and looked at Cao Ang with concern.

"Sir, you're not feeling well?"

Cao Ang tried his best to show a smile, Zhang Qiang was suddenly afraid of his thighs, swished up, and said in a panic: "The wound on Brother Cao's back is cracked, hurry up and help him go back to rest." ”

Cao Ang was really in unbearable pain, and he was not reserved, and walked back to the house slowly.

Half a month has passed, and the days have reached the end of March, and April is coming. During this time, Merriam-Webster carefully processed the leftover pork, some of it was made into a meat sauce, some of it was properly preserved, and most of it was made into a delicacy according to the method taught by Cao Ang and sold in the city.

In these troubled times, there is not much smoke in the land of Jingxiang, and the industrious family has no worries about food and clothing, and the family can afford to eat meat no matter how good the family is. The fragrant and attractive pork produced by Webster quickly became popular in Xiangyang City, and everyone who ate it praised it, and even attracted some people who were usually disdainful of pork.

However, when there was not much pork left in the family, Merriam-Webster stopped doing this business, and although he made some money, he had no time to run it anymore when he saw that the wheat harvest was imminent.

In these days, Webster has taken very good care of Cao Ang, and Zhang Qiang has also changed his face, although he still has a stingy attack from time to time, he will never say anything about it. Cao Ang calmed down, recuperating from his injuries while thinking about the extra memories in his head.

After more than ten days of silent tidying, Cao Ang's whole person became more and more calm. This memory contains a lot of miscellaneous, including future historical events, interesting anecdotes, and from time to time one or two brilliant characters will emerge, in short, there are all kinds of teachings, but they are always some more important things.

But even so, this memory made Cao Ang in a trance and unable to give up. In particular, after combing through the memories of the late Han Dynasty, Cao Sun and Liu Sanfentianxia, Cao Wei usurped the Han Dynasty, Sima usurped Wei, the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasty, the Wuhu Chaohua and the extremely significant political characteristics of this era - the Shi clan gate lord.

When he was in a state of confusion, Cao Ang recalled that when he lived in the countryside, he persecuted the people from his uncle Cao Hong, occupied fertile land, and built manors. There were hundreds of tenants and servants in the manor, and these people were engaged in production and self-sufficiency, and all the income from the property belonged to the landlord of the manor, and they did not need to pay taxes to the state. From Cao's point of view, this is not a good thing, but from a national point of view, such a thing is simply heartbreaking.

"Uncle Cao Hong annexed land, absorbed displaced people, and armed private tribes, although he could be called a powerful party, but he did not have many privileges, and could only dominate the locality. And this so-called scholar clan has privileges, and the number of guests and servants in the family is far greater than that of the local heroes, these people do not pay taxes and do not serve, and the gentry of the scholar clan are exempt from taxes, and the property of the clan does not need to pay the slightest tax to the state, and seven or eight out of ten of the world's products have become the private property of the scholars, even the royal family is not as rich as them. What's even more terrifying is that they not only control the world's wealth, but also join hands to control the court, and the scholars have been officials for generations, and they absolutely do not allow people from the non-scholar clan to intervene in it and share the benefits. ”

Cao Ang struggled to figure out the essence of the Shi Clan's gate valve, and suddenly gasped. In comparison, the current world-famous scholar clan leaders Runan Yuan, Hongnong Yang, Yingchuan Xun and other clans can be regarded as models of scholars and doctors who are dedicated to their duties.

After thinking about this clearly, Cao Ang couldn't help but deduce in his mind how to curb the development of the Shi clan towards monsters, and after a long time, he stopped the deduction in frustration.

The roots of the Shi clan can be traced back to the pre-Qin period, but the rapid expansion began in the present. At present, there are endless wars, and there are many families and heroes all over the country, and anyone with great ambitions, whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, has to rely on them. These clans are rich, well-known, famous, and promising, and in troubled times, there will not be any person in power who will fight, weaken, or even eliminate them with all their might, so they will take advantage of the troubled times to develop endlessly, until finally they form a gate valve and become a monster that can confront the imperial power.

What's more, these families and heroes are gradually becoming powerful, even in peacetime, once they start to deal with them, I am afraid that it will immediately cause turmoil in the world.

Although Cao Ang had a prophetic vision, he was desperate to find that he could not stop the development and rise of such a behemoth. Individual strength is simply powerless to resist the development trend of the times.

Cao Ang began to ponder these memories again in pain and panic, trying to find an effective path, until he noticed the relevant memories of the early Tang Dynasty. In this memory, there is only the general trend of development, but no specific details.

"Sir, it's time to eat." Unconsciously, time passed in a hurry, until Webster's voice came from outside the door, and Cao Ang gave up. Shaking his head, the whole person was a little depressed, and he sighed helplessly and opened the door.

Xiao Qin'er was already waiting on the side, and when she saw Cao Ang, she immediately grabbed his calf and dragged him forward, saying in a milky voice as she walked: "Sir, eat." ”

The crisp and childish voice swept away the worries in Cao Ang's heart, Cao Ang hurriedly picked up the little thing, kissed him lightly on his delicate face, and then looked at Wei, groaned slightly, and said: "The lower body is much better, let's go to the Huang family in the afternoon today, paper and pen can be bought from the market, but the books of Mengtong's enlightenment are not easy to obtain, since the Huang family is a big family in Jingxiang, with poetry and books, I think there will be books for the enlightenment of children in the clan, this time, maybe I can borrow some back." ”

Wei Shi is naturally very grateful, and he is already grateful to Cao Ang.

After resting for a while after dinner, Cao Ang suddenly realized that he had not seen Zhang Qiang yet, this guy was almost tired of being in Wei's house on weekdays, and his behavior was quite abnormal today, so he asked: "Mrs. Du, where is Brother Zhang Qiang?" Why didn't you see him? ”

Webster was busy cleaning up the mess and said, "He's gone to the city to buy things, and he'll be back in a few moments." ”

Cao Ang nodded, his mind immersed in those memories again. At the end of the day, Webster led the way and headed towards the Huang family.