Chapter 241: The Meng Family

When the people in the village heard that the governor was coming, they hurriedly came out to watch, after all, most of them had never seen the county order in their lives.

"General, come and inform the general in advance, the general will pick you up" Lu Bu rubbed his hands awkwardly.

"I really regard this place as my home," Wang Gang said angrily.

Yan Rou's face next to her turned red, not only did her and Lu Bu know about it, but now even the state pastor knew about it, so how could she see people in the future.

"The general said that he was joking, he was joking, the soldiers had been recruited, and there were more than forty people willing to join the army" Lu Bu hurriedly changed the topic.

"Be kind to them, promote Wei Xu to the head of the tun, and lead them," Wang Gang nodded and said.

"Thank you, General" Wei Xu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute. It is rare for someone like him to be directly promoted to the rank of commander without going to the battlefield.

"Are you all done" Wang Gang looked at Zhang Yue'er next to him again and asked with a smile.

"It's done, it's done, I'm waiting for you, otherwise we'll go back early" Before Zhang Yue'er could speak, Mi Zhen stood up and replied, although the scenery here is pleasant, she still has more important things to do.

"The matter here is over, most women are still willing to go to Jinyang to work, but the road is bumpy, I'm afraid they will have to suffer a little," Zhang Yue'er said softly.

"That's also something that can't be helped, let Feng escort them first and then slow down, we have to hurry back to Jinyang," Wang Gang reminded.

"Did something happen to the general" Zhang Yue'er saw that Wang Gang was a little anxious, and hurriedly asked.

"The matter has not come out, it is now past the middle of the year, and it will be the end of the year in half a month, and I have to go to Luoyang to report on my work, and the time is a little urgent," Wang Gang said.

For some reason, when she heard that Wang Gang was going back to Luoyang, Zhang Yueer was inexplicably a little lost, and she sometimes even forgot that there were still two women in Luoyang.

"Let's go," Mi Zhen urged.

The return journey is obviously much faster than when he came, only two days to return to Jinyang City, now it is the sixteenth month of the lunar month, to the end of the year has been less than half a month, but Jinyang still has a bunch of things to deal with, and when Wang Gang arrived at the state minister's office, there are already a bunch of officials waiting for him, so that he is quite big.

Fortunately, Wang Gang handled government affairs relatively quickly, and what he wanted was efficiency, and after meeting a few people, he saw Fang Rui walk in, saluted Wang Gang and said.

"State pastor, the head of the Meng family wants to see the state pastor, but I don't know if the state pastor would like to see him"

"Master of the Meng family, that Meng family" Wang Gang asked casually.

"It's the Meng family in Yangyi County, who used to have some festivals with his wife and wanted to resolve it," Fang Rui reminded.

"Then invite him in," Wang Gang said after a moment's thought.

If it weren't for Fang Rui mentioning it, Wang Gang almost forgot about the Meng family in Yangyi, he really couldn't take the opportunity to go to Yangyi to find trouble with the Meng family, and the Meng family didn't touch his fundamental interests, as for the festival with Zhang Yue'er, Wang Gang didn't pay attention to it at all.

After a while, Fang Rui brought an old man about fifty years old, the old man was dressed plainly, his figure was thin, but his eyes were bright and bright, and when he saw Wang Gang, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"Yangyi Meng Huan, see the state pastor"

"The head of the Meng family, please get up, I don't know what the head of the Meng family is looking for me," Wang Gang said with a smile.

Since learning that Wang Gang arrived in Bingzhou as the state pastor, the Meng family has become panicked, after all, there was a conflict with Zhang Yue'er because of the cloth line, all the Meng family has been worried about being suppressed by Wang Gang, and later heard that the Zhou family was uprooted, and they were even more panicked, and even most people agreed, and the family moved to Hedong. But just as they were about to move, the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out in Hedong, and countless wealthy businessmen were looted, so that the dark cloud above the Meng family's head became even thicker.

Later, I heard that Wang Gang led his troops to Fenyang County, and just when everyone thought that the Yang family in Fenyang was about to end, there was news that the state pastor appointed Yang Xuan as the mine Cao, and Yang Zhen continued to be the county commander. It was precisely because of this news that Meng Huan made up his mind to meet Wang Gang. He vaguely felt that Wang Gang was not interested in the land and resources in the hands of these merchants, but was surprisingly keen on money.

If Wang Gang only needs money, it will be great news for the Meng family, after all, money can be accumulated if it is gone, and if resources and land are gone, then there will be nothing.

"In front of the masters, do not speak dark words. The Meng family is willing to serve the state pastor, I don't know if the state pastor will accept it" Meng Huan figured it out, his tone was secretive, it was better to be straightforward, and spread out the matter.

"That's really grateful to the Meng family master, I don't know what the Meng family master means by the so-called investment"

Wang Gang sneered in his heart, a sentence of investment is over, show some sincerity.

"I don't know what the state pastor needs our Meng family to do"

"Let's tell you the truth, your Meng family has little influence on me, but with the increasing development of commerce in the state, your Meng family has gained a lot of benefits, I said it well," Wang Gang said casually.

This is also where Meng Huan is most entangled, since Wang Gang built a new market, although the Meng family did not dare to participate, but the store in Jinyang, the business has more than doubled compared to before, which makes Meng Huan unable to make up his mind to move to other places.

"The Meng family's business has really improved a lot in the past two months, thanks to the vigorous development of business by the state pastor," Meng Huan said honestly.

"Since the head of the Meng family also admits that there are a lot of benefits from the rise of commerce, shouldn't we also contribute to the construction of the state?" Wang Gang smiled and said lightly.

"The Meng family is willing to contribute money and efforts"

"I am going to rebuild an official road, passing through Yangyi, Qixian, Jiexiu, Pingtao, Daling, and finally returning to Jinyang," Wang Gang pointed to the five county towns southeast of Jinyang on the map, and said with his finger in a circle.

Taiyuan leads fifteen counties, these counties are all in the Taiyuan Basin, the land is fertile, the population is dense, compared with the other nine counties combined, the money and grain taxes are more than doubled, all the kings just thought of building an official road to connect them.

Meng Huan also looked at the map in shock, the general official road will only be built between counties, such as Taiyuan to Shangdang County, and now the state and pastor also build official roads between counties. This is unheard of in the whole Han. Even Fang Rui on the side was a little surprised, although he was used to Wang Gang's generosity, but if this official road was built, it would play a key role in the development of Jinyang.

"What do you two think" Wang Gang looked at the surprised expressions of the two and couldn't help but ask.

"I'm afraid it will take countless money and food to build such a long official road," Fang Rui said with a trembling voice.

Meng Huan also fell into deep thought, if this official road was really built, the biggest benefit would be Yangyi County. Thinking about the key, he gritted his teeth and said.

"The state pastor said, how much food is needed"

Wang Gang said with a smile.

"Master Meng, don't worry, I still want to rebuild the official road from Jinyang to Shangdang County into a Chi Road, all the way to Luoyang"

The two were stunned on the spot. If this official road is built, the Meng family gritted their teeth and barely enough. But to build the equator to Luoyang, ten Meng families are not enough.