The rain was pouring down, and although it was late spring, it already had the feeling of summer, and the clouds swept through the lightning from time to time, illuminating a convoy on the official road, and the people, cars, cattle and horses were all dressed in clothes.

A horse rushed from the front, holding the township patrol signal, but still encountered the cavalry to stop and check, the messenger was Zhou Feng, approached the ox cart, only glanced at his sister, and said to Ye Qing: "Lord, I was ordered by the patriarch to come to report the news"

"You say. Ye Qing opened the window and said.

"Yes, a few days ago, the Cao family reported that a child was missing, and some township patrols and eyeliners bumped into some people coming from the east, and they just got a report from the Jiang family, and there are these missing examples in Mangkhut County, and the news is both different and consistent, that is, the area around the southern foot of the north and south has gone around about half a circle."

"There should not be many problems in the county to Zhuangzi, but the patriarch is still not at ease and sent me to respond. ”

Ye Qing squinted, looking at the dark night outside, and the glass lantern couldn't be lit at this time, and asked, "What do you think personally?"

"The subordinates didn't think much about it, the Yu family and the grassland tribe are suspicious, this is the main conflict of interest, and there are a lot of old bandits, the real and false branches are difficult to distinguish at this time, if they encounter an attack, they will be dealt with together. ”

Being able to see this is enough to show that the strength of the weapons in danger is less aggressive than that of the army, but it is the strong shield of the family guard

His gaze retracted from the dark and gloomy foothills of the Beibi Mountain, and Ye Qing sneered slightly: "That's right, it's not this two families who are afraid of the interests of the eyes, the thirty-four alliances are entrenched, what news can be concealed on the ground in the northern boundary of Yingzhou? But only the Cao family and the Jiang family sent a message...... It seems that this year's profits are too delicious, and the dogs have been fed into white-eyed wolves who can't get enough to eat. ”

"I'm still smart enough to know how to kill people?"

Ye Qing said lightly: "You are a public person, I won't let you be too embarrassed, come here, block the wind and rain, and light up the lights."

Jiang Zinan hurriedly called someone to shield himself from the wind and rain, and handed over the official document officially stamped at the state and county levels to Zhou Feng: "Look at it, I have a bottom in my heart." ”

The cold wind blew in through the cracks, but Zhou Feng saw that he was sweating slightly, reflecting the flickering candle flame, and his eyes were all scorching...... This is a license to kill.

Awe and excitement, this is Zhou Feng's reaction, Zhou Feng is a public person, although he has taken refuge in Ye Qing, but he is not unconditional, there is a psychological barrier.

But with this official document, there is no obstacle, and it should be awe-inspiring.

In his previous life, Ye Qing had experienced a hundred battles, and now he is an enemy who "does not hesitate to figure out with the worst malice", but he is not a snake.

"You don't have to be on guard now, there was a problem before, it was because I didn't have a junior sergeant, and as soon as the news of my junior sergeant spread, many people had to change their attitudes and positions. ”

"Secondly, such a heavy thunderstorm, even the Dao Fa Feixun is disturbed by the tides of heaven and earth, and it is even more disastrous for ordinary team contact, these people are outsiders, can they grasp my itinerary?"

"Don't go back even if you catch up, I'm a Jinshi with a name for heaven, and I'm afraid that things will make a big fuss?" Ye Qing smiled: "Are you still afraid that you won't be able to stir up troubled water?"

The reaction to the imperial court in my heart was very clear.

The invention of this kind of liquor in the south is really a luxury, for the country, the country is agriculture, followed by industry, not only the money and profits, but also the material and technical changes, the national fortune of the other's benefits...... Therefore, the profits are limited and the prospects are limited, which is far more than the improvement of the steel process that cannot be given to Yujunwang.

For the nomadic herds of the Northern Desert and the low-level herdsmen, this liquor tastes like marrow after use, and they have cattle and sheep, and they can even find iron ore and gold mines.

These are not as important as spirits.

Ye Qing thought about it and sighed secretly: "The Northern Wei Dynasty is nominally a vassal state, but it actually has a population of tens of millions, and when it was placed in the Song Dynasty on the earth, the population of the Liao State was 10 million, so he dared to claim the title of the Son of Heaven of China, and regarded himself as the authentic sect of the Central Plains from top to bottom." ”

"And in this world, the northern desert is vast, a bit similar to the territory of Mongolia and Russia, adhering to the White Emperor's slaughter, struggling to survive in the bitter cold, and the strength of tens of millions of people may be underestimated? ”

I was vigilant in my heart: "At this time, the production and marketing of spirits are expanding, and if the private person continues to hold on, it will collapse or even be shattered, in fact, there is already some crisis, and the imperial court must take over...... No wonder the court and the local government are silent about my piece of fat, and they think it's a small benefit, but the court has always been hungry, so why do you care about this?"

"All the way to the children's show to raise people, straight to the two lists of Jinshi, some jealousy is also reasonable, but it is not enough, not enough to explain the cause. ”

"Now it seems that it is nothing more than a lesson in the history of the Qing Dynasty丨 either waiting for me to spit it out, or falling apart, this kind of mentality is what allows me, a jinshi, to enjoy it alone for a period of time. ”

"Now it's up to me to deal with it, these undercurrents have the shadow of the Northern Wei Dynasty, if I can crack Yu Jingjing, I can hold this bamboo leaf green for a few more years. ”

"If I can't, I'll take it over, or I'll have to plead before I take over, and then I'll have no profit. ”

With this awakening, he saw the situation clearly, and he didn't care, and continued to tell him to move forward.

This section of the road in front of us, is the county and the clan in half of the investment, through the Nanlian Mountain, at this time the rain has been light, in order to prevent the danger of slippery roads at night, the clan sent the township patrol to meet the road, holding torches, obviously the raging oil fire will reflect the road in detail.

Ye Qing took a torch, glanced at it a few times, and saw that the sand and gravel were stable, and he was very satisfied: "These sand and gravel roads, let you pave them like this, it can be seen that there are no corners cut, and the Taiping board car with a load of no more than 1,000 catties will not be damaged." ”

"This is, the clan has a lot of money, material and manpower, and it also used the gray cement you said last time, so it can be built, so far the original Yejiazhuang is connected with Nanlian Mountain. Zhou Feng already has the consciousness of some retainers, and regards himself as a member of the Ye family, and he is very proud of this

"Roads, water channels, and stone embankments cost 100,000 taels of silver, and I heard that there were still some opinions in the clan, but the lord was on the list, and no one had any objections. ”

These have little to do with Zhou Feng, but he is still proud: "Lord, when this is completed, it will become a big foundation, and there is not much difference between this family and the king of Jinian County." ”

"There are still some gaps" Ye Qing was saying this, and there was an exclamation from the team that was traveling far away.

It turned out that the rain was getting lighter, and torches were lit on both sides of the road and ditch, ten steps apiece, row by row, extending from the main road to both sides

This kind of grandeur, coupled with the 10,000 acres of fields presented by torches, seems to be on the Nansil River, growing a huge maple leaf, tiling the foot of the mountain, causing a huge visual impact.

This makes the newcomers who come here for the first time have an incomparable impression at first glance, full of amazement.

The people who greeted him introduced: "This is 10,000 acres of land, there are 3,000 acres of water in the south, and 4,000 acres of dry land, there are 17,000 acres in total."

The newcomers looked at each other, and they were all surprised and surprised in their hearts, only to see Ji Caizhu sighing: "This is the strength of the county family......"

Hong Zhou couldn't help but mutter: "Who else said that Bangyan Gong was born in a small clan in the county? This kind of foundation is also a small clan, how many big clans are there in the world?"

The drizzle was falling in the night, and with miscellaneous discussions, the wind blew through the clothes and over the wheels.

Ye Qing heard it, and even Jiang Zinan could distinguish it clearly, then pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "They don't know that this is the foundation that only the son can get up, if others are afraid that it will accumulate for many years."

Indeed, even if someone wins the Jinshi, to buy 10,000 acres of fertile land normally, it will cost at least one million taels of silver, and this huge amount of money cannot be made up without spending 20 years.

Not to mention other construction, it all depends on Ye Qing to buy 10,000 acres of fertile land in Nanlian Mountain at the price of cabbage, and there is a huge income from bamboo leaves.

Jiang Zinan looked at it again and said, "Childe, the rules of following and taking refuge along the way are really wonderful, how did the imperial court come up with it, and how did the atmosphere come out?"

"Along the way, there is no need for us to specially solicit, there are constantly people who take refuge, and now the team has reached 300 people at this time, and Childe will be handy if he wants to employ people. ”

This is indeed a rule, not to mention the two Jinshi, that is, the same Jinshi returned to their hometown, and there were also people along the way, who were retainers and doormen.

Ye Qing is still very strict in accepting people, or he can pull out a thousand people, but if there are thousands of people, it will be too big, and it will affect the relationship within the clan.

Just thinking about it, Zhou Feng suddenly pointed out: "Lord, in the pavilion in front, it is the third master who is personally greeting."

The night was stormy, and I saw a pavilion.

This pavilion is not a garden pavilion, it is actually a guard pavilion, the back covers a wide area, there are five wings, at this time, under the eaves, a group of people are waiting, faintly see the third uncle.

"Stop, I'll get out of the car and walk away" The elders greeted him, could it be that the big thorn was just like this? Ye Qing said decisively.

Zhou Feng responded loudly, and saw Ye Qing get out of the car, hurriedly walked about a hundred steps, and bowed deeply: "My nephew has seen the third uncle, and the third uncle has been welcoming him for ten miles, and he really killed me." ”

I saw the third uncle Ye Zifan, dressed in a slingy robe, and most of the gloom left by his wife and children between his eyebrows was gone, time is the best medicine for Lang, and at this time, his face was radiant, and he supported him again and again: "Bear it, stand it, you have won the two Jinshi, our Ye family has benefited, and the family has been raised, what is this welcome?"

Saying that just now, the township patrol kept coming and going, and he reported Ye Qing's location once a moment, Ye Mengqiu was old, and it was inconvenient to come out in the rain, so Ye Zifan had to do it for him, and he also took Ye Qing's several uncles in the same hall, all of whom were already in this pavilion early.

After waiting for half an hour, although the cold rain was cold, it could not extinguish the flames in the hearts of several middle-aged people, and when they saw Ye Qing stepping forward to salute, they all looked at each other and helped them up.

"Big nephew, you let me take a closer look" An uncle choked up, looked at Ye Qing carefully with a torch, looked at it for a while, and then suddenly knelt on the ground and cried: "Ancestors and ancestors, have you seen it, our Ye family finally has a two-rank jinshi"

The cry is hoarse, but it does not make people sad, even if it was a little dirty in the past, it is all forgotten at this time

Two lists of Jinshi, one list of eyes, longevity, and ranking in heaven

This is a blessing that the Ye family doesn't even dare to think about in their dreams, and their faces are even more full of energy, all of them are sincere, not pretending.

Ye Qing was inexplicably touched, and hurriedly helped up this uncle, wanting to say something, but he couldn't say it at this time, and turned into a long sigh after the most snort.