Chapter 068: Settle in the South
Sending half a mile to each other, Chen Jing's meaning was to let Xing Xiaojiu send Yuansheng back to the city.
But Yuansheng politely refused. The young monk, standing barefoot in the wind, still had no sorrow or joy on his face.
Chen Jing handed the burden of steamed buns to his face.
"Monks, don't be greedy."
Yuan Sheng only took one, touched a string of old prayer beads from his arms, and handed it to Chen Jing.
Chen Jinggang wanted to return the gift. only to find that Yuansheng had turned around, and the clothes in the distance were blown up by the wind.
"Boss, he's gone."
Chen nodded, withdrew his gaze, looked at the rosary in his hand, and fell into deep thought for a long time.
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Chenjia Racecourse was officially settled in Fuhulin. After only four or five days, a large group of Zhuangren men took local materials, cut down forests and built a few wooden houses, which were temporarily used as residences.
"Boss, don't build a wooden house? Rammed earth house? ”
"Don't worry, naturally you have to build." Chen Jing smiled and spoke. Since you have settled here, it is better to spend a little more time to build Zhuangzi better.
Cement and the like, it's too complicated, and you have to find minerals. The left and right here are close to the river, and when the time comes, a few brick kilns will be piled up, and the green bricks can be burned to build houses. As for the glue, glutinous rice milk is used as in the ancients.
However, the cycle of burning bricks is not short, and for the time being, it is still a wooden house.
"Boss, the stables are fenced!"
Chen Jing raised his head and looked at the scene in front of him, the two brothers, Hu Dong and Hu Xi, spent several days of hard work and finally surrounded a simple stable. The horses brought over can be regarded as having a place to live.
But for now, neither horses nor manpower are considered rich. According to Ran's law, an ordinary firm cannot employ more than fifteen people. These fifteen people do not include family members. If you increase the number of people, you can only go to the official shop to buy households.
Of course, if you get the title of county earl, you can raise two hundred nursing homes. The county magistrate is 500, and the county is 1,000...... Further up, when you reach the title of the duke, you can raise 10,000 private soldiers. The Marquis of Fengzi is 30,000 private soldiers, which is equivalent to a large army.
The last level is the prince of the royal family, if you have your own fiefdom, as long as you have a military salary, it is no problem to raise as many people as you want.
Da Ran established the country with martial arts, but he didn't know that this title system had vaguely left a bane, and most of the lords of those families who smashed out with silver would have private soldiers.
It is conceivable that just when Mr. Big returned to Beijing, the little majesty in the capital was stuck in the throat by the gate valve family, and he was really aggrieved.
Chen Jing guessed that this title system, even if the little emperor wanted to make changes such as cutting the domain, it was also difficult. Unless, reshuffle everything.
"Dongjia, Zhao San is back!"
Orion Zhao San is a Zhuang man who can shoot well in Zhuangzi. Earlier, he was sent out by Chen Jing to inquire about the situation.
Zhao San got off the horse and poured two sips of tea before he spoke.
"Owner, I've seen it on horseback for most of the day, and there is no den of thieves. Seven or eight miles south of Fuhulin, there is a big village, a clan village surnamed Wu. When I arrived at the entrance of Nawu Village and wanted to rest, a few of my descendants rushed out and asked me for money. ”
Zhao San scolded, "I followed the owner at the beginning, and I also licked the blood from the knife." This time, I, Zhao San, met a path cutting thief? I said do you want to give an egg? When the descendants heard this, they grabbed their knives and came after me, and I immediately rode away. ”
Chen Jing frowned. He was not surprised by the matter of the thief's den, after all, this place was not far from Dengfeng City. The gang that died in Fuhulin before was still chased and fled.
But there is a clan village, which is really unexpected. You must know that this kind of ethnic village is not like the Tang Village, where individual households live together, there are many people, and it is impossible to say that it has something to do with the official family, so it is not easy to provoke.
Of course, Chen Jing didn't want to provoke, and making a fortune quietly is the king.
"Zhao San, don't pay attention to them. In the south area, can you ask about the racecourse? ”
"Far away, out of Huaizhou, you have to go south, more than 300 miles, to Wuzhou, there is a horse farm with a southern mane."
There are also horse farms in the south, but they are far less than those in the north, and there are only a few maned horses scattered around, with medium physique and stamina, collectively known as south-maned horses.
So at that time, when a Yongzhou horse died, Chen Jingdu was extremely distressed. But no matter what, if it is a south-maned horse, or recruiting a banker, it is now the top priority.
It seems that we can only settle Zhuangzi first, and then make other plans.
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With the Zhuangren, in the past half a month, the construction of Zhuangzi has finally progressed. Two brick kilns were built, and there were nearly ten wooden houses in a row. The stables and the fence of the racecourse were all done. Although it looks a little simple at first glance, it is of great significance to the people of Chenjia Racecourse, and they finally have a place to settle down.
"Chen Jing, drink saliva." Song Yu brought the water bowl and showed a good-looking smile.
Chen Jing wiped his sweat and took a sip and drank it all.
"Song Yu, how much silver do we have?"
After settling down, Chen Jing simply handed over the finances to Song Yu to take care of.
"Chen Jing, about 1,300 taels."
Chen Jing was silent when he listened. When the business is not opened, the money is spent more and more. At that time, a sum of money will be set aside as the cost of the horse racing gang.
The way to make money is not difficult for Chen Jing. The most important thing is that it is too advanced to be manufactured, and it is somewhat dangerous to be discovered, and I am afraid that it will be over.
The arms can't reach the thighs, such as Dengfeng City, a giant city in the south, I don't know how many family gates are hidden in it.
In order to develop in a big way, he needs to have a person who is in a high position in the south and complements him.
Suddenly, Chen Jing remembered someone.
When he went south, he met a degraded Beijing official, depressed, the two talked happily, and left each other's names.
"Third Brother Zhao, how far is Taowei County from here?"
"The owner, nearly sixty miles." As a good detective in Zhuangzi, Zhao San hurriedly spoke.
Nearly 60 miles, you can reach it in one day.
Chen Jing has the heart to visit a round. Whether it is himself or Lin Tang, the degraded Beijing official, the two of them are in the six southern states, and they need a support to move forward bravely on their respective avenues.
"Hu Dong." Chen Jing pondered and spoke.
Hu Dong hurriedly came.
"You have a calmer temperament, I will leave Zhuangzi for two or three days, you remember to take people to look good at Zhuangzi. If the mistress commands, do not slack off. ”
Hu Dong was stunned, "Where is the owner going?" ”
"I'll take Xiao Jiu and go to Taowei County first."
Right now, more than half a month has passed, if that's right, that Lin Tang should have successfully taken office. According to Chen Jing's guess, a degraded Beijing official entered a small county in the south, and if he is reasonable, the official position will not be too small.
Children who don't have an umbrella can only make their own.