Chapter 173: The Chaotic Back House
The wedding banquet in the farm was almost over, and Yang Meng and his party, in the night, rushed to the Yang family manor in Yiliang.
"Taichen, these days, Master Ge of Xishan will send someone to place some machinery at the mouth of the gourd, you pay more attention over there, don't miss things that shouldn't be leaked."
moved to the drug field in Hulukou, now it is the Yang family's biggest source of income, Yang Meng is not afraid of leaks, those few people who refine opium instead of themselves, each master a link, plus the ambush he fought inside, even if he knows the ingredients, he can't make what he wants.
Zhilu said. Do the people who operate the machines still use the same hands? ”
"Hmmm! Try not to replace the original manpower, and if it does, it is not credible, and do not transfer it there. Near the mouth of the gourd, several twenty-four-pounder mortars were set up, and the goods went from the waterway in front of the mouth of the gourd, and a secret post was set up along the waterway.
You have recently looked for a few people who can replace you, the commercial ports in Guangzhou and Shanghai, we need our people to go over, and it will take half a year to a year, so you can go over! ”
The situation in Yunnan is generally stable, the trade routes of Sichuan, Tibet, Gansu and Shaanxi will not be opened up for a while and a half, Yunnan has the eldest brother Yang Yong in charge, and the commercial ports of Guangzhou and Shanghai cannot be controlled by the Pan family.
Yang Meng sent Ding Taichen over, there is another very important reason, the waterways around the Red River, the Lancang River, and the Mekong River are about to open up, take advantage of this time, let Ding Taichen be familiar with the way of business, and wait for the waterway over there to open, and then transfer him back to sit in the town, with the experience of Guangzhou and Shanghai, I believe that Ding Taichen will also become a good hand who can take charge alone.
"The one who took over. and the people who went with me to Guangzhou. It is with the people in the Zhuangzi. Or do you use Minghu Academy? ”
Ding Taichen has no objection to the third master's arrangement, but on the issue of candidates, he has to let the third master take the idea.
"Our family is thirty percent, Minghu Academy is forty percent, and Zhuangzi in western Yunnan is thirty percent. On the business school side, don't forget to cultivate our own family, if our family is better than the business school people. Let our people account for more than forty percent.
Remember! The same ability, try to use our own family, the ability is very different, depending on loyalty, without loyalty, no matter how talented you are, you can't be placed in an important position. ”
Yang Meng's point of view on employing people is very clear, that is, cronyism, loyalty is the talent Yang Meng needs, as for those who have talent but no loyalty, where are they willing to stay. Just stay there, he Yang Meng doesn't need such a person.
"Taechen understands."
"Third master. Will this bury talent? ”
Ding Taichen had no objections, but Wei Zhiqing, who was beside Yang Meng, put forward a different point of view, she felt that only talent was useful, and Yang Sanye should do.
"Yo...... Mrs. Zhiqing, you want to get involved in family affairs and state affairs so quickly, are you a little anxious? ”
Fortunately, it was night, otherwise Wei Zhiqing, who was full of red clouds, would have shown her timidity.
"Third Master...... Am I not right? ”
Yang Meng saw such a capable coquettish for the first time, and when he glanced at Wei Zhiqing, who was dressed in white, his heart couldn't help but waver.
"Huh...... Bury talent? If you don't even have the least loyalty, such a person is not a talent, and if you are disloyal to others, such a person is not buried. ”
"But these people are well-educated people, no, isn't it a waste of their talents?"
"A well-educated person? I don't even know how to do things, can they be considered talents? Once such a person is used, the Yang family will be ruined, and these words will not be said again in the future.
Without faithfulness, I would rather be a farmer plowing the field than a scholar like that. ”
"But ......"
"Humph......"
On the issue of how to use people, Yang Meng has his own methods, Wei Zhiqing frequently retorted, which caused him to be unhappy, and having such a person around him often beating the side drum will affect his judgment of things.
Yang Meng snorted coldly, which made the entire horse team fall into silence, and Wei Zhiqing also pouted and rode on the horse, the unhappiness on her face could be seen clearly in the night.
The group silently returned to the Yang family manor in Yiliang, the guards and horses were handed over to Ding Taichen to take care of, and Yang Meng dragged Wei Zhiqing, who was a little reluctant, to his back house.
"The third master is back......"
A few mountain girls who were guarding outside, with a warning, Lian'er's courtyard also became lively.
"Yike...... Father! Why did you still bring a man to the back house? ”
Lian'er's courtyard is a forbidden place for men, except for Yang Meng, even if the old man from Kunming comes, he will not go this way. It is now the summer season, and Lian'er's dress in the back house is also very light, and she was also surprised to see Yang Meng take the man into the back house.
"What? This is the master's territory, can't it? ”
Looking at the more and more powerful Lian'er, Yang Meng also had a sense of joke, pulled Wei Zhiqing, who was in men's clothes, and walked towards the back room.
"Isn't it a little man outside? What do you take home? ”
Seeing that the man was handsome, and her husband had been holding his hand, Lian'er misunderstood, it's not impossible to raise a little husband, but if you take it home and raise it, Lian'er can't accept it.
Wei Zhiqing, who was called the little minister, was about to get angry, but was pinched heavily by Yang Meng on his hand, and he couldn't make any other sound except for a painful cry.
"This is Madame, why don't you go up to the ceremony?"
"I've seen Madame!"
"Humph!"
was pinched hard by Yang Meng, Wei Zhiqing also knew who to listen to, otherwise the bitterness would not be endured, so she could only give Lian'er a fist salute awkwardly under Yang Meng's gaze.
But Lian'er, the little girl, didn't give face, snorted coldly, turned her head, and was about to leave.
"It's so late, Ye just came back, you don't follow and serve, where are you going?"
"Hmph...... I said how I can't get pregnant, I can't raise my head in front of the two fathers, it turns out that I have played with the little minister, I want to change my clothes and go to Kunming, and talk to my father! ”
"You dare!"
Yang Meng shouted angrily, calming everyone in the courtyard, Lian'er's little girl had just taken a step out of the house, and quietly moved back, the third master was angry for the first time in the back house!
"Take me to your house. You come along. ”
Yang Meng gave an order. Lian'er reluctantly walked to her house. And Wei Zhiqing also silently followed.
As soon as she arrived at Lian'er's house, Tang Meiyi also hurried over, it seemed that she was going to relieve Lian'er. For Wei Zhiqing beside Yang Meng, Tang Meiyi ignored it, and just silently prepared tea for the three of them to cool off.
Wei Zhiqing's role is not small, she can't be kept outside, and then she has to follow herself all the time, there are some things. was afraid that Lian'er wouldn't understand, so Yang Meng came up with such a bad trick halfway through, asking Lian'er to accept Wei Zhiqing.
"What tears? Ye is tired for a day, come over and pinch his shoulder. ”
The bigger the gap, the better the result, so let's grieve this little girl first!
But Lian'er was really angry, and took Yang Meng's words as a deaf ear, she was young, but the pressure on her body was not small, Kunming's father-in-law often sent people to send some medicinal herbs over, and Guangzhou's father-in-law also sent several letters a month. urging himself to inherit the Yang family.
But Yang Meng returned to Yunnan by himself, and spent half of his time working in western Yunnan. The time spent in Yiliang Manor was less than one-third, and Lian'er also asked some experienced mothers-in-law, but this matter was on her husband, he didn't want children, and he was busy working in vain.
I wanted to let Tang Meiyi, the concubine, get one first, but Tang Meiyi was the same as herself, how could she grow crops without seeds? This is good, the little minister also blatantly brought it to the back house, and there is no hope in the future.
I was wronged by my two fathers, my husband not only didn't care about it, but let myself serve in the past, Lian'er also played a little temper, sitting there motionless, obviously hating Yang Meng in her heart.
"Third master, I'll come!"
At this time, Tang Meiyi still has eyes, this one next to the third master, Tang Meiyi knows that just now Steward Ding specially sent someone to pass a letter to her, Tang Meiyi knew Wei Zhiqing's identity, but the third master didn't speak, and he didn't dare to speak casually.
Tang Meiyi's hands fell on Yang Meng's shoulders, and he snorted lightly and opened his mouth.
"Lian'er, how about you say I will take another concubine?"
"Good! A few of them have been completed, but the fathers on both sides are urging them tightly, master, should we have a child. ”
This is a serious matter, Lian'er, as the lady of the main house, can't help but answer, but there are also conditions, that is, to pass on the lineage.
"Didn't I tell me about that before? Wait, look at how much you've grown this year, in a year or two! As long as you take care of your body and bones, you can do whatever you want in the future. ”
Lian'er was only sixteen when she married into the Yang family, and now she is only seventeen, and it is very risky to have children at this age, involving the relationship between Yang and Pan, such a risk, the Yang family can't bear it casually.
The heir is also a big deal now, this is similar to the current situation of the Yang family, the original swordsmen and stewards of the Yang family are all descendants of the Yang family, and the Minghu Academy under the jurisdiction of Wei Wu, the mountain people in western Yunnan, the Xishan line under Ge Shiyang, and the Guangzhou line under Pan Shicheng are the side lines of the Yang family.
If the Yang family is just a businessman, the question of the heir does not matter, but when it comes to the struggle for power, this is not a small problem, there is a difference between the eldest and the youngest, this is determined by the world, Yang Meng can't change this now, and the matter of inheritance can only be helplessly delayed.
"But in other people's homes, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen or sixteen, the children have already crawled all over the ground, master, you always say that, are you shirking!"
Wiping away the tears on her face, Lian'er is also arguing with reason, there are many such in the Yang family's farm, the little daughter-in-law in her twenties, and the children are already seven or eight years old, and the village is full of swaying.
"It's kind of shirking! I will talk about this matter with the two old men, this is for the good of the Yang family and the Pan family. Look at my new concubine, how do you choose him? ”
Yang Meng pointed at Wei Zhiqing and asked softly.
"He? He is a little husband, how can he be raised as a concubine, no! The back house can't accommodate him, and when you leave, I'll let Mei Yi beat him to death! ”
"You dare, if you don't open the roof for three days, I think you are getting more and more unruly, who does the master want to protect, there is no one in Yunnan who can easily kill!"
"Hmph...... It's just a little father-in-law, Mei Yi can't do it, so I'll let Kunming's father take action. ”
Yang Meng and his wife, arguing about their own affairs, Wei Zhiqing, who was regarded as a little father-in-law, felt a little warm in her heart, such a man can be relied on, thinking of her former husband's family, Wei Zhiqing felt that they were missing a man's due responsibility.
"Bold! We're here tonight! See what else you have to say. ”
"Beat me to death! With this little minister, it's better to die. ”
"I learned the skills well, and I know that I am tired of life, come and touch him to see if he is a little husband."
"I don't! I think he's dirty! ”
"Third Master...... Madam, I'm not a little father-in-law, I'm a daughter. ”
Wei Zhiqing is a girl who has not left the cabinet, how can she let people touch at will, she is helpless, she can't get a reply from Yang Meng, so she can only turn to Lian'er, the lady of the main room.
"You're a woman, I don't believe it, you look so handsome, how can you deceive people?"
"Madam, Steward Ding just passed the word, saying that this is the concubine of the third master Xinna, not a little princess."
Wei Zhiqing didn't believe what Lian'er said, but Tang Meiyi's words, Lian'er believed it, as soon as she heard this, she walked in front of Wei Zhiqing, and groped up and down, it turned out that she was tricked by the third master.
"Bad guys! Either I don't go home, and when I come back, I will tease me, and the matter of the heir, the two fathers are urging me tightly, or ......"
After the truth was revealed, Lian'er also knew that it was her own family, and she was playing with herself! But the matter of the heir, the pressure is too great, and she, a little girl, can't stand it.
"Don't say this, I have my own plans, you can arrange a room for Zhiqing!"
"Uh-huh...... Master, Qinglian has something to ask you, Mei Yi and I will talk to this little minister first, you go and ask Qinglian! ”
Looking at the handsome Wei Zhiqing, Lian'er was also playful, ignoring that it was already night, and Yang Meng was thrown out of the way with a word.
Ma Qinghu is also one that Yang Meng focuses on cultivating, and in the future, the return army in Yunnan will depend on him to lead! Du Wenxiu and his entourage, it should be almost time to be sent back to Yunnan, and Ma Qinglian should give her a message.
"Arrange a wedding hall, I haven't worshiped Zhiqing yet! Let's be with Mei Yi this time! ”
Yang Meng had promised Tang Meiyi before, and this time he happened to do it together.
"Just tonight?"
"You can do it!"
Wei Zhiqing's matter was dealt with properly, Yang Meng went out of the house, Ma Qinglian has always been raised by Lian'er as Yang Meng's concubine, and she also has her own house in the back house, counting her age, this girl is also sixteen!
When she arrived at Ma Qinglian's house, after knocking on the door, Ma Qinglian saw that it was the third master, and couldn't help but exclaim, this girl is wearing a nightgown!
"Qinglian, do you want to ask about your brother?"
"Hmmm......"
"Soon, this trip to Beijing is not very smooth, and in another month or two, he will be back."
"Really? Xie Lu Xie Sanye, do you want to stay with me tonight? ”
"What do you think! Madame arranged, let me come and give you peace of mind. ”
After finishing speaking, Yang Meng left, and Ma Qinglian, who was left behind, was a little stunned.
After a busy night, she arranged the Xitang and arranged the house, and Lian'er, who was very interested, also took out Mrs. Yang's momentum, as for Wei Zhiqing's arrival, she didn't pay attention to it at all, as long as she was not a little husband, anyone could do it.
One of the best, plum. Open. Two. degree, hat trick, Yang Meng spent a happy day. (To be continued......)