Chapter 358: The Development and Growth of the Caravan
, the fastest update of the latest chapter of the pet farmer little girl! At first, the Wood and Stone Merchant did not do these things, but later some familiar and cooperative merchants came to beg for the escort of the Wood and Stone Caravan because they were afraid that the road would not be smooth, and the people of the Wood and Stone Caravan also agreed because they had more business dealings with them.
Agreed once, and then there were more of these things, and then the wood and stone caravan took a part-time dart, although An Tieshi did not explicitly say that they would dart, but many merchants who had a cooperation with the wood and stone caravan knew about it.
Although the wood and stone caravan is expensive, but their safety is incomparable, the wood and stone caravan has good horses, with good swords, crossbows, and Zhuangzi on the way, there are many people, unless these horse bandits are really dead, otherwise they don't dare to come to offend the people of the wood and stone caravan, there are people who come to offend, and the end is not very good.
These horse bandits are also people who are afraid of death, and the people of the wood and stone caravan, they still dare not move.
Speaking of which, it's also funny, originally An Xiuer built this Mushi Villa just to facilitate their walking, who knew that most of the surrounding areas of Mushi Villa later developed into a small villa, and many wives and sons of Mushi caravans moved to the vicinity of Mushi Villa, because many places have been fighting for many years, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and it doesn't take a lot of money to buy land, so An Xiuer spent money to buy a lot of land and cultivate it for them.
However, the wives and sons of the guards hired by the wood and stone caravan only need to pay 30% of the rent to cultivate their land, and 20% of the 30% rent is to be paid to the state for taxes, so the wood and stone caravan only collects 10% of the tax, which can be said to be very cheap.
Although it is only a tax of one percent, it can add up to a lot, and it adds up to a lot of this tax, at least An Xiu'er estimates that after this year, they don't need to buy food, not only that, but they can also have food to support these soldiers under Zhang Zhen'an.
When these guards were fine, An Xiu'er asked them to organize them to pick fruit trees near Zhuangzi, she thought that they would still be able to eat fruit when the time came, anyway, they were idle on weekdays, and it was quite pleasant to work together.
In addition to farming, the families of these guards also raise pigs and chickens, so An Xiu'er's guards are not worried about running out of meat to eat, An Xiu'er saw that so many people gradually gathered near her Zhuangzi, so she set up a private school there and asked the master to teach, but the children of all the people who worked in her Mushi Villa could go to the class for free.
Note that it's not a son, it's a child, a daughter can also go to study, An Xiuer has specially invited a female master, in addition to teaching them to read, there is also embroidery, etc., of course, if you are willing to learn, she will not force it.
In short, time passed day by day, her Zhuangzi developed better than she imagined, everyone seemed to be very happy, An Xiu'er also felt very satisfied, the only thing that was not satisfied was probably just that Zhang Zhenan was still fighting outside.
Zhang Zhen'an finished fighting the Japanese slaves, and later helped exterminate the bandits in the southern cities, and now he is leading people around to suppress the bandits, anyway, they don't have to worry about money and food, and they don't have to worry about time, but whenever they hear that horse bandits are rampant, they will go there.
An Xiu'er has a lot of money, for their safety, she customized the whole body armor for them, the outside is fine steel, and the inside is woven thick linen, which is both light and thin, and anti-arrow, her customized armor, even the head is covered, only a pair of eyes are exposed, so the whole body protection, the mortality rate of Zhang Zhen'an's army is greatly reduced.
What's more, now that they are suppressing bandits, they don't need to bring any military rations, they just travel lightly, they never have to worry about any baggage problems, and they don't have to worry about supplies, An Xiu'er's guards will make up for it, and they can also go to the nearby Mushi Villa to rest.
Of course, today's imperial court is getting weaker and weaker, and they can't command Zhang Zhen'an, Zhang Zhen'an doesn't listen to the dispatch of the imperial court at all, as for the Mu family's army, Zhang Zhen'an has broken away from the Mu family's army, he gave his army a name, called "Tianxiu Army", he proclaimed himself marshal, everywhere Tianxiu Army went, the people greeted each other, flowers and armor, and countless glory.
Everywhere he went, he would write to An Xiu'er, informing An Xiu'er that where he was going, An Xiu'er would go to that place to deliver the letter, and when he arrived, he could receive the letter from the Wood and Stone Villa there.
This kind of correspondence is the way An Xiu'er communicates with him, although An Xiu'er has not seen his people, but it makes her feel as if he has always been by her side, and she feels very happy.
Time passed day by day, and now everyone knows that Marshal Yuan of Tianxiu Army likes the Anning County Lord of Mushi Villa, and as for Mrs. Zhang's name, there are fewer people who call it.
As for the eldest princess, she now lives with An Xiu'er, and it is precisely because of the existence of the eldest princess that An Xiu'er was not able to find Zhang Zhen'an, otherwise she would have followed him to fight everywhere, but occasionally Zhang Zhen'an went to the nearby city, An Xiu'er would also go to meet him, although every time they always get together less and leave more, but the relationship between the two is getting deeper and deeper.
Because of Zhang Zhen'an, no one in An Xiu'er Mushi Villa dared to move, because they knew that if they moved the people of Mushi Villa, a great killing god would soon come to their heads with his military horses.
But they didn't dare to touch the people of Mushi Villa, but they wanted to catch An Xiu'er all the time, everyone in the world knew that the relationship between the two of them was not ordinary, and they all knew that if they caught An Xiu'er, they could force Yuan Tian to become a fan, because of this, now An Xiu'er didn't dare to go out, for fear of being caught.
However, the security level of An Shishan Villa, where An Xiu'er lives now, is comparable to that of the palace, and the guards on the inside and outside are three layers away, and they want to arrest her, but it is not so easy.
In the past few years, Zhang Zhenan has been wearing armor everywhere he has been fighting, so there are not many people who have seen him on weekdays, so there are very few people who know that he is Zhang Zhenan.
An Xiu'er still keeps this secret, she is afraid that those old antiques of the Zhang family, after knowing this news, what kind of demon moths will come out, especially the Wu family.
The Wu family has been getting older and older in the past two years, especially when she knew that An Xiu'er had an affair with that Yuan Tiancheng, she didn't know how many times she scolded An Xiu'er behind her back, and now she didn't want An Xiu'er to enter Zhang's house, but there was no way, An Xiu'er was now the county lord, and there was Yuan Tiancheng behind her, and the Wu family didn't dare to offend her.
Two years have passed in a blink of an eye, and on this day, Wu, who had refused to see An Xiu'er for a long time, suddenly asked people to come over to invite An Xiu'er.
An Xiu'er felt strange in her heart, in the past two years, her communication with Wu has become less and less, Wu is unwilling to see her, and she doesn't bother to go up to hold her later, just celebrate the New Year's festival and let people send gifts over.
Unexpectedly, this time, she took the initiative to ask to see her, which was a bit strange, but no matter what, since she said that she wanted to see her, she still packed up, brought Tuan Tuan and gifts, and went to see Wu Shi together.
Today's Tuan Tuan is no longer as soft and glutinous as before, he has now grown into a very smart child, and An Xiu'er has also begun to call him by his big name 'Zigui', and the number of times he calls him Tuan Tuan is now getting less and less.
The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Zhang's house, and when the porter saw that it was An Xiuer's carriage and horse, he didn't dare to be the slightest slack, and immediately greeted him.
An Xiuer got out of the carriage and looked up at the gate of the Zhang family, it was still so magnificent, no different from before, only the traces of wind and rain on the pair of stone lions in front of the door, as if quietly telling its vicissitudes.
An Xiu'er hasn't been here for a long time, and when she enters the house, everything inside is still the same, the same shadow wall and the previous pattern.
After walking a few steps, Zhang Zhenping led someone over to greet him, and now he has great respect for this widowed sister-in-law who is younger than him, and he is really convinced of him.
"Sister-in-law is here, and my mother is waiting for you." In front of An Xiu'er, Zhang Zhenping lowered his noble head with a respectful demeanor, he stretched out his hand to make a gesture of please, and then led the way in front.
An Xiuer also nodded with him, straightened her waist, and followed behind him.
Between the leisurely walks, she has a kind of self-confidence, and between her gestures, she is full of lightness and clouds, and she is no longer the cowardice of the past.
Now the Zhang family's business An Xiu'er has also been handed over to Zhang Zhenping to take care of, in the past two years, Zhang Zhen has calmed down, studied with An Xiu'er, and studied with the people of the wood and stone caravan, and now he seems to be a lot calmer, with An Xiu'er's help, he also takes care of the Zhang family's business very well.
The two walked forward together, and the servants passing by all saluted respectfully, An Xiu'er remembered something, looked sideways at Zhang Zhenping, smiled slightly, and said, "I haven't congratulated my brother yet." ”
A few days ago, after the discussion of the Presbyterian Church, he officially became the new head of the Zhang family.
"It's all thanks to your support, sister-in-law." Zhang Zhenping knew in his heart that his position as the head of the family was completely given to him by An Xiu'er, if An Xiu'er wanted to hold on to the rights of the family and not let go, he had no way at all, after all, she could use Tuan Tuan as an arrow.
But she didn't do it, she took away a Zhang family that was full of holes, but gave him a new Zhang family.
She really didn't have the slightest right to be attached to the Zhang family, and she didn't think about embezzling the Zhang family's property, she had to take away these rights back then, just to pull out those moths and make up for those loopholes.
Because her handwriting violated the interests of the Zhang family, especially the interests of the Elders, over the years, the elders of the Zhang family hated her so much that she was not even allowed to step into the ancestral hall of the Zhang family again.
She really didn't go again, even the Zhang family she came less, this time, if it wasn't for the Wu family to invite her over, she might not have come.
"Sister-in-law." Walking to the gate of Wu's courtyard, Zhang Zhenping suddenly stopped her, An Xiu'er glanced at him and said, "If you have something to say, just say it." ”