Chapter 24 Two years
Unknowingly, two years have passed in the late Han Dynasty, and Wang Jun has always been unaccustomed to kneeling and sitting, so when he returned to Yingchuan, he specially found a carpenter to create a series of woodworking products such as Taishi chairs, benches, and Eight Immortal Tables.
Later, I thought that kneeling for a long time is not good for my knees, so I opened a high-end furniture store in Yingchuan, Qingweiju, and I thought that these furniture were not easy to sell because of etiquette.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the door opened, these tables, chairs and benches swept through Yingchuan, and then spread throughout the country.
Now Wang Jun has already become rich, but knowing that the big changes are coming, Wang Jun takes half of his income every time to buy grain, which causes the average price of grain to rise by 20%.
Fortunately, in the past two years, the grain purchased secretly in various places has reached 50,000 quintals. When I wanted to buy it again, all the grain merchants had begun to tighten the grain roots, and when they couldn't buy it, Wang Jun didn't force it.
"The head of the house." A somewhat magnetic, mighty voice sounded behind Wang Jun.
Wang Jun turned around and looked, it turned out that Guan Yu was here, and said, "What's the matter with Yun Chang?" ”
Looking at Guan Yu's sturdy figure, he couldn't help but think of the situation two years ago, when Guan Yu fled his hometown just after committing an accident and went to other places to avoid trouble.
I didn't expect to be discovered by the government, so I started to go to those remote places.
On that day, Guan Yu borrowed the house of an old woman, and saw that her family had no extra food, so he was ready to go up the mountain to hunt some prey as a reward.
But the sudden arrival of a snowstorm made him completely lost in the mountains, turned left and right to the vicinity of the mountain temple, who had thought of fast into the mountain temple and slipped and fainted.
In the end, he was rescued by Wang Jun and others, but fortunately, Guan Yu had a firm will to survive and woke up after being in a coma for three days.
After waking up, Guan Yu claimed to be Guan Sheng, a good person, and fled separately with his brother, Wang Jun really believed this at the time, and really thought that he might be Guan Yu's cousin.
In order to thank Wang Jun for saving his life, Guan Yu promised to serve under Wang Jun for three years. may be more admiring for Wang Jun's gift of porridge and medicine on weekdays, and he revealed his identity to Wang Jun a year ago.
Immediately, Wang Jun paid someone to help Guan Yu's criminal body, and also asked someone to take care of his father and wife.
Originally, I also wanted to help Dian Wei get rid of his sin, but according to what those officials said, what Dian Wei did violated everyone's taboo and killed officials, so it would never be pardoned without special circumstances.
Guan Yu said slightly respectfully: "Family master, Mr. Xi is looking for you." ”
Wang Jun was dressed in luxurious mink velvet, a trace of helplessness flashed on his face, and said, "Yun Chang, I have already said it, you don't have to be so respectful to me. ”
"No, the head of the family first had a life-saving grace for me, and then my father became seriously ill, and it was cured thanks to the pill given by the head of the family."
"My father has a saying, the kindness of the head of the family is as heavy as Mount Tai, and he respects the master of the family as much as he does to his father."
Wang Jun shook his head and stopped talking, and took the lead in rushing to the lobby. saw that Xi Zhicai was drinking tea, and when he saw Wang Jun coming, he immediately got up and arched his hand and said, "Zhicai has seen the head of the family." ”
Wang Jun made a gesture of please and said, "Zhicai, please sit down, what is the matter with Zhicai coming here today?" ”
"The head of the family, this year's furniture income is only 13,560 gold, the income of tea is 3,680 gold, and the remaining 6,879 gold after removing various expenses, this year's grain harvest is not in good faith, and the price of grain has increased a lot, spending 3,438.5 gold, only more than 5,000 quintals of grain have been purchased."
"This is the ledger, and I ask the head of the family to check it." Xi Zhicai picked up the account book at hand and held it to Wang Jun.
Wang Jun took the account book and glanced at it briefly, put it aside, and said, "Zhicai, since these things are handed over to you, I believe in your ability." ”
"Is there anything else?"
Xi Zhicai subconsciously glanced at Guan Yu, Guan Yu understood what Xi Zhicai meant, and the following things should not be known to him, so he was ready to retire.
Seeing this, Wang Jun waved his hand and said, "Zhicai doesn't need to be like this, Yun Chang is his own person." ”
"Yes."
"The head of the family, the detailed work we arranged in Taiping Road has come to the news that Zhang Jiao has decided to revolt in March next year."
Xi Zhicai's words, like a thunderbolt from a sunny day, shook Guan Yu unconsciously, with a panicked, uneasy, confused face, and muttered to himself: "Impossible, impossible." How could it be! How could it be! ”
As soon as Wang Jun saw Guan Yu's expression, he immediately understood that he was in an endless panic, and shouted, "Yun Chang wake up." ”
Guan Yu woke up after a stirring spirit, his face was pale, he was covered in cold sweat, and his clothes were wet.
At this time, Guan Yu was still shocked by the news, looked incredulous, and asked with a miserable smile: "Family master, Mr. Xi's news is fake, right?" ”
Looking at Guan Yu's appearance, Wang Jun didn't dare to break his illusions, looked away, and sighed: "Yun Chang, I know you don't want to believe it, but this is the truth. ”
"Over the years, you have traveled with caravans and traveled to many places. In the Han world, either there is a drought here, or there is a plague there. ”
"Either there's a flood here, or there's a war. However, how many of these Han officials are providing disaster relief and helping the poor, and how many officials are oppressing the people. ”
"Those people either sold their sons and daughters, or they were enslaved by men, or more starved to death without food. It has come to this point, they are dying standing anyway, and they are also dying when they kneel, why don't they dare to fight. ”
Guan Yu opened his mouth and didn't know what to say at all, because what Wang Jun said was the truth, and what happened in some places was even more cruel than what Wang Jun said.
Wang Jun's eyes were deep, and he said faintly: "Do you dare to believe it? Among the ten permanent attendants, there are two Taiping Dao believers. ”
When Xi Zhicai and Guan Yu heard this, they felt even more incredible, the power of Taiping Dao had developed into the palace, no wonder there was no sound in the palace.
At the same time, there was a trace of awe in their hearts, they didn't think that Wang Jun had another intelligence network in his hands, and the two of them didn't even receive a trace of awareness.
Wang Jun saw that the two of them were distracted, and thought that they were frightened by the forces of Taiping Dao, so he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, these things are too far away from us, we can take care of our own affairs now." ”
Turning his head to look at Guan Yu, he asked, "Yun Chang, how many family guards do we have now?" ”
"The lord of the family, according to the request of the master of the family, there are 1,000 guards, of which 100 are archers, 500 sword and shield soldiers, 300 pikemen, and a cavalry of 100 people."
"Is there anything missing?"
"There is a shortage of war horses at the moment, and there is armor."
Click, Wang Jun tapped his fingers lightly on the table, sighed and said: "The Huns haven't set up a line yet, and their war horses refuse to sell, so they can only collect a batch of war horses from the horse market first." ”
"In this way, Zhicai, you first stock up on arrows, and the armor finds a way to buy a batch of 'worn' armor from the government, and there is not much time left for us."
"No."
Wang Jun looked up at the weather outside the house and said, "It's not early, let's go out to eat." ”
"No."
After eating, the maid took away the dishes and chopsticks, and Wang Jun suddenly asked, "Zhicai, Yide and Dian Wei should be back soon when they return to Zhuo County, right?" ”
"Calculate the time, and it's just these two days." Xi Zhicai thought about it and replied.
"That's good, this year is the last stable Chinese New Year's Eve in the next few years, I hope everyone is together and doesn't leave regrets." Wang Jun said wistfully.