At dinner in the evening, Liu An asked Liu Bei about the progress of the marriage, and learned that Xiahoulan had negotiated with the Zhang family, and only when Liu Bei came back, the marriage could be completed.

On the morning of the second day, Liu An was instructing the carpenter to make and install the bracket in the wooden house next to the pool, when he received a report from the villager that Liu Bei had returned to the manor.

So Liu An instructed the carpenter what to do next, and hurriedly followed the Zhuang people to find Liu Bei.

Liu Bei and the others had already entered the manor at this time and were waiting for Liu An near the Zhuangmen.

Liu An saw that several of the guards who followed Liu Bei seemed to be injured, so he asked Liu Bei what was wrong.

After listening to Liu Bei's report, Liu An learned that on the fifth day after he left, the group encountered a group of fifty or sixty horse bandits, but fortunately, the force of the escort team was not low, and Liu Bei, a warrior with more than 70 troops, fought hard to avoid losses.

The group of horse bandits saw that Liu Bei and his party were difficult to deal with, and after leaving a few corpses, they fled.

Liu An stepped forward to check the people on his hands, and when he saw that the wounds were not infected, he was relieved.

After letting his men take the medical kit and bandage a few people, Liu An summoned the management of Zaizhuang, including Liu Bei, to arrange follow-up matters.

After everyone arrived, Liu An first told Liu Bei about the family affairs he had set.

Liu Bei had no objection to this, and said: "It's all up to my uncle." ”

In this way, Liu An was a matter of concern, and then Liu An asked Liu Bei again: "Xuande, have you ever found the purchase channel that you were asked to find before?" ”

"Uncle Hui, I have found it, but it has not been finalized yet."

"In this way, you write to that person and transfer the matter to Liu Ming." Then Liu An said to Liu Ming: "Deran, you take one million dollars, buy all the supplies, set off for foreign trade on a certain day, sell the materials, and then choose a low price to buy local cattle, sheep, horses, leather bands and other things." ”

"No!" Liu Ming replied.

Then Liu An said to Feng Yan: "Feng Yan, you will take 500,000 yuan later, go to Zhuoxian County to buy two slightly better houses, the two houses are best next to each other, one is used as a new house in Xuande, and the other is reserved for my mother and Gao Sheng to live in, and then by the way, the interior will be arranged, especially the house in Xuande, which will be used for Xuande's wedding, and it must be arranged according to the rules." ”

Gao Sheng's force is extremely high, and Liu An let him live in the same courtyard with his mother, which is more convenient to protect his mother.

Although Gao Sheng is a county lieutenant, the county commander already knows that Gao Sheng is Liu An's person, and Gao Sheng himself did not hide it.

In this way, almost everyone has labeled Gao Sheng as Liu An, so there is nothing wrong with living in Liu An's house.

"No!" Feng Yan responded.

Liu Bei opened his mouth to refuse, but Liu An waved his hand and said, "Xuande, you just said that everything is up to me, and now you have to regret it?" ”

Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, and could only say helplessly: "Don't dare." ”

Seeing Liu Bei's response, Liu An said to Zuo Wei again: "Zuo Wei, you pick a chief and sleeve girl who has the ability to do things, and after I go to Bingzhou, let him lead his subordinates to serve my mother in the city." ”

The sleeve girl is a female position at the same level as Shi Chang that Liu An set before, and there are nine people under him.

Liu An didn't know how long it would take to come back, and the village never built the house where he and his mother lived, so Liu An could only spend money to buy one in the city to ensure his mother's life and safety.

Now Gao Sheng is a county lieutenant in Zhuo County, and the county order has a good relationship with him, so it should be safer to stay in the city than outside the city.

After all, the manor will be invaded by thieves again, and in peacetime, unless there is a rebellion, the thieves will not dare to attack the city.

Liu An looked at Qu Ze again and said: "Qu Ze, you immediately take five million money, take the Zhuang people, and go to the Zhenjia grain shop in Linxian County to buy all the grain in the shop, if he doesn't want to, he will buy it at the market price." ”

"No!" Qu Ze bowed his hand and retreated.

Liu An asked people to inquire, and now the price of grain in Zhuoxian County has risen to 400 yuan a stone, almost double that of before.

Due to the drought, the price of food is increasing sharply every day, and the price may even be higher than it is now in the next hour, so the sooner you buy, the better.

Excluding the expenses on the road, Liu Bei brought back a total of 23.5 million yuan, which was enough for the time being.

Then Liu An instructed Xiahou Lan to take 150,000 yuan and go to Zhang's family to hire him, and Liu An chose an auspicious number for the dowry, which was set at 66,000.

In the Han Dynasty, the lottery was sent directly, and there was no need to prepare other gifts, but no one stipulated that gifts could not be given, so there were still many people who gave some gifts when they gave them for the sake of face.

Liu An handed over this matter to Xia Houlan, believing that with Xia Houlan's ability, he could handle it properly.

As for the rest of the money, Liu An asked Xiahoulan to use it for Liu Bei's marriage.

Marriage has been a major event since ancient times, and a lot of money is needed, such as wedding dresses, banquets, venue preparation, etc., money is needed everywhere.

But with this 150,000 yuan, it is definitely enough.

In addition, when the marriage was specifically scheduled, Liu An also asked Xiahoulan to discuss it with Liu Bei's family and the Zhang family, and report it to himself after it was decided.

Immediately afterwards, Liu An took another 500,000 yuan to Wang Zhi, and asked him to buy another 1,000 acres of land, still buy the wasteland near the manor, and give the rest of the money to Qu Ze when Qu Ze came back.

Also affected by the drought, the price of land has begun to fall, and no one buys wasteland, and the price of one mu has dropped to less than 400 yuan.

In the end, Liu An set aside 7.6 million yuan for himself and asked Liu Bei to keep it on his behalf, of which 100,000 yuan was intended by Liu An to be used by Gao Sheng to entertain all things in the county.

On weekdays, he must be embarrassed to ask Qu Ze for drinking parties and the like, and he has no money, Liu An doesn't want his subordinates to lose face in the county government.

The other 500,000 Liu An is ready to be handed over to his mother Cui Shi for her daily use.

To live in the city, there are ten guards and maidservants at home, and the cost is much more than at home.

With this 500,000 yuan, it will be no problem to hold on for at least a few months.

Gao Sheng lives in the same courtyard, even if he runs out, he can know it, and he will definitely ask Qu Ze for it at that time.

The remaining 7 million Liu An is ready to take to the state, I don't know what trouble I will encounter when I go to the post, and it will not be wrong to leave some money on me for emergency purposes.

In addition, Liu An handed over all the surplus money that Liu Bei brought back to He Guan, and asked him to hand it over to Qu Ze after Qu Ze returned.

After arranging everything, Liu An returned to the wooden house and continued to prepare the holder of the kettle.

The pond can be completed today, and after the completion of the project, Liu An will bring the kettle to the pond as soon as possible, so that there will be no need to use the water from the well to irrigate the fields in the future.

At this time, the carpenter had already completed the bracket according to Liu An's requirements, and Liu An found the five dead men who filled the well at night, retrieved the kettle, and put it back into the system in a no-man's land.

Then he went to the hut, asked the carpenter to exit, locked the door inside, and took out the kettle and fastened it upside down on the stand.

Immediately, the water in the kettle kept flowing out, and after checking it, Liu An saw that there was no problem, so he put the kettle away.

All you need to do is wait for the pool to be dug and you're good to go.

After that, Liu An had nothing to do for the time being, so he took the tools and dug the pool with the Zhuang people, and one more person had more strength, and he was always idle.

Liu An looked around the entire pool, and by noon, the pool had been dug nearly five meters deep, Liu An felt that it was almost enough, so he asked people to open the passage with the wooden house, came to the wooden house himself, put the kettle upside down on it, and then exited the wooden house and locked it.

In the past few days, the Zhuang people have been digging pools non-stop, which is very hard, and when Liu An was appointed as the county magistrate, before he had time to celebrate, Liu An asked He Guan to take the money to buy some vegetables and meat in the city, and handed him a bag of thirteen incense, and asked him to pour it in the kettle of cooking vegetables at night, in order to reward the Zhuang people for their hard work in the past few days.

At this time, Qu Ze had already bought grain and returned, Liu An asked about the results of the grain purchase, Qu Ze replied: "A total of 12,000 stone of rice was bought, of which 3,000 stone was purchased at 180 yuan per stone, and the rest were purchased at the market price of 400 yuan." ”

"Hmm." Liu An nodded, and then said to Qu Ze: "Qu Ze, you come with me." ”

Liu An and Qu Ze came to the wooden house together, looking at the kettle that flowed endlessly, Qu Ze was surprised.

Liu An cautiously said to Qu Ze: "This matter is very important, I will hand over this matter to you and Xiahoulan to be responsible, and the door lock key will also be given to the two of you, if the pool is full, just put this pot upright, and it will not run water." ”

Liu An said, straightened the kettle in reverse, and motioned to Qu Ze to show it, and sure enough, the kettle no longer flowed.

Then Liu An turned the kettle upside down and continued to say to Qu Ze: "Try not to let people get close to here if you have nothing to do on weekdays, from tomorrow onwards, the water in the pond will be used for irrigation in the fields." In addition, after I leave, no outsiders are allowed to enter the manor, and the outsiders I am talking about are everyone except the existing people in the village, and those who take refuge in the manor after that are not allowed to enter, understand? ”

"No!" Qu Ze replied solemnly.

Then, Liu An handed over the two keys to Qu Ze and asked him to tell him about the incident when he saw Xiahou Lan.

Xia Houlan had already gone to work with Liu Bei's marriage at this time, and was not in the manor.

After the matter was arranged, Liu An went home.

After Liu Bei went home, Cui Shi was worried that he would not be able to let go of Liu Bei's mother and son there, and he would not be able to reunite after a long absence, so he went home early.

Liu An told Cui about buying a house in the city, and Cui did not object, she didn't want her son to worry about her safety day and night after he left home.

It's just that Liu An has arranged a lot of nursing home maids, she has hands and feet, she can do everything by herself, what do you want so many people to do?

In this regard, Liu An could only quibble: "They have to do heavy work every day when they stay in the manor, and following their mother to live in the county seat is not for them to be subordinates, but to enjoy happiness." ”

"You!" Cui Shi smiled bitterly and nodded Liu An's head, her son is filial piety, she is naturally very happy in her heart, since her son has said so, she will no longer refuse, the big deal is to save some money when the time comes, so even if there are many people, it won't cost much.

When Xiahoulan came back in the evening, she reported that Liu An's marriage was scheduled for the day after tomorrow, and tomorrow was originally an auspicious day, but Liu Bei said that he would invite his friends near Zhuo County to participate in the banquet, so he could only delay it for a day.

Fortunately, although the day after tomorrow is not an auspicious day, it is also a small auspicious day, and the Zhang family did not refuse.

The next day, Liu An came to the manor and learned that Feng Yan had already bought the house.

Liu An, under the leadership of Feng Yan, took Cui's, Lu's, and Xiahoulan to the new house to check.

The two houses are indeed connected, both are two-entry houses, but one is exquisite, and the other is a little more ordinary.

The exquisite one cost 180,000 yuan, and the ordinary one cost 120,000 yuan, and before Liu An could speak, the Cui family and the Lu family had already argued over who would live in the ordinary mansion.

Both of them felt that they should live in an ordinary house, and Cui's reason was that Liu Bei was newly married and should be decent.

The Lu family was already very reluctant to accept Liu Anquan's wedding because Liu Anquan was in charge of Liu Bei's marriage, and he was even more ashamed to accept the mansion presented by Liu An.

Thinking that he had given Liu An a look at the face because of some straw mats and straw sandals, but in the blink of an eye, he gave back something worth a hundred times, and Lu's face turned red.

It's just that after listening to his son say Liu An's words, he didn't know how to refuse.

But at this moment, she has to refuse Cui's kindness no matter what.

The two argued endlessly, and Liu An saw that the two could not find a result if they continued, so he stood up and persuaded Cui's family: "Mother, leave it to your sister-in-law over there, if you want to come to Xuande to find out, it is impossible for you to live in that ordinary house." ”

Cui insisted on two more sentences, but was finally persuaded by Liu An and Lu.

Liu An and his entourage entered the two mansions and looked at them separately, the ordinary mansion was actually not bad, it was already more exquisite than Liu Bei's mansion.

Anyway, Lu was very satisfied and thanked Liu An again and again, and then Liu An received the real estate certificate from Feng Yan and handed over the real estate certificate of the ordinary residence to the Lu family, and the other copy to the Cui family.

At noon, a few people had dinner in the city by the way, and then Xiahoulan called dozens of people to decorate a new house for Liu Bei, Liu An and Cui's also helped together, and Feng Yan went back to the manor by himself.

One day passed quickly, and the second day was the day of Liu Bei's wedding.

Liu An looked at Liu Bei who was wearing a black and red wedding dress, and Liu An realized that Liu Bei was also quite handsome.

Liu Bei had been wearing coarse cloth clothes before, and he couldn't fully show his temperament, but now that he looked at it, Liu An felt that Liu Bei might be worse than himself.

The wedding ceremony is not much more complicated than the crown ceremony, and it is even more complicated, and the preparations begin before dawn, and a set of etiquette is finished, but the time is already noon.

There were a lot of people who participated in Liu Bei's marriage, and Liu Angang couldn't even put down the second house he bought for him, and temporarily set up a banquet at Liu An's house next door.

Among them, there are more than 100 friends invited by Liu Bei alone, and there are many people from Liujia Village, in addition to people from the Zhang family.

At the banquet, Liu An also saw Zhang Fei, so he leaned over to drink with him.

When Liu An saw Zhang Fei, he didn't know how much he had drunk, his face turned red, he spoke roughly, and put his arm on Liu An's shoulder with the strength of wine, and said with a stupid smile:

"I didn't expect my brother-in-law to be a good man who fought that day, hahaha! In this way, wouldn't I be able to find my brother-in-law to learn martial arts at any time? ”

"......" Liu An was speechless, does Liu Bei only have this value in your heart?

Zhang Fei didn't wait for Liu An to answer, laughed and touched Liu An's wine glass with a bowl and said, "Come, drink!" Happy today, I want to drink enough! ”