This place is called Wangjiacun.
Wangjia Village has a long history. As early as the Hongwu period, the imperial court had a military camp here, and a group of military households settled here, gradually forming the current Wangjia Village.
Most of the villagers in Wangjiacun still belong to military households, but the current Ming Dynasty is different from the previous Ming Dynasty. More than two hundred years have passed, and the military household system is no longer what it used to be. Military households in Qianhusuo are more restricted. In remote places like Wangjia Village, military households are almost the same as ordinary civilian households.
The whole village is not too small. There are more people in Wangjia Village per mile. The so-called ten households per mile. According to the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty, there are about 110 households in one mile. For example, each household has three to four people, that is, It looked like nearly four hundred people.
The entire village of Wangjia Village has a population of over 500, of which most are old and young, and the other half are young adults, plus several craftsmen's households living in the village.
Not many outsiders know about Wangjia Village. Firstly, this is because the villagers here have special household registrations. Most of them still belong to military households, but due to historical reasons, the Thousand Household Office does not care much about it. Moreover, Wangjia Village is relatively remote, located in the ravine between Pingyang Mansion and Xiangling. It is far away from the official road, the road is difficult to travel, and not many people know about it.
Speaking of Wangjia Village, this place has a deep connection with Zhu Shenzui, because Zhu Shenzui’s mother’s surname is Wang.
Now the village chief of Wangjia Village, Wang Rong, is also a member of the 100 households here. Speaking of relatives, he is Zhu Shenzui's uncle.
From the outside, Wangjiacun looks like an ordinary village. There are many villages like this in Shanxi. But what outsiders don’t know is that Wangjiacun is not as simple as it seems.
Entering the village, people familiar to Zhu Shenzui greeted him along the way, and Zhu Shenzui responded equally enthusiastically.
After walking for a while into the village, there was an ordinary courtyard in front of us. This was the Wang Rong family's house.
Wang Rong is busy in the yard. He looks like an ordinary farmer in his forties, with a strong build and a dark face. He is bent over collecting firewood piled in the corner.
"uncle!"
Hearing the sound, he turned around and saw that it was Zhu Shenzui. Wang Rong immediately smiled: "I promised you to come here in a few days. Is the road going well?"
"Excuse me for your concern, uncle. I had a safe trip here."
"Let's go! You are tired. Come inside to drink water and rest. Let's have a drink together today." Wang Rong threw the firewood in his hand onto the pile and clapped his hands to greet Zhu Shenzui into the house.
At this time, Wang Rong's wife came out of the house and was very happy to see Zhu Shenzui. Zhu Shenzui called her aunt, and her aunt smiled and nodded. Seeing Zhu Shenzui's tired appearance, she hurried to fetch water. Zhu Shenzui wiped his face.
After entering the house, as soon as they sat down, their aunt came over with a basin of water. Zhu Shenzui stood up, thanked her, and wiped his face. Her aunt helped clean up and was about to say something to Zhu Shenzui when Wang Rong winked at her. Her aunt immediately understood that the uncle and nephew had something serious to talk about, and immediately went out with the basin in hand.
"Where's Jin Wu? Why haven't you seen anyone else?" After drinking water, Zhu Shenzui looked around and asked.
"You don't know him yet? This boy has always been restless. He went into the mountains with a few boys in the village early in the morning." Wang Rong said with a smile. Zhu Shenzui's cousin Wang Jinwu is Wang Rong's The only son, who is two years younger than Zhu Shenzui, is only seventeen this year.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Shenzui also laughed. Naturally, he was very familiar with his cousin. He had been practicing martial arts since he was a child and had grown tall and strong. He was a restless master. It was almost early winter, and this boy actually still had his little one with him. The partners ran to the mountains.
After chatting for a while, Wang Rong looked outside. Although he had a loud voice, he deliberately lowered his voice, but still asked in a loud voice: "The things you mentioned last time have been arranged. Are you planning to come here this time...?" "
Zhu Shenzui nodded, pointed to the sky and said: "It snowed for the first time the day before yesterday. I calculated the time and thought that I should hurry up and run again in the next few days. After this trip is over, everyone can have a good rest this year. ”
"Well, that's what I think too." Wang Rong agreed: "If you don't come again, I will have to send someone to Pingyang Mansion to find you. God has a bad temper in the past few years, and winter is coming earlier and earlier. If If we wait any longer for the heavy snow to come down, it will be difficult to walk on this road."
"That's exactly the truth!" Zhu Shenzui said: "Uncle, besides this matter, I have some other ideas that I want to discuss with you...?"
"what idea?"
"I plan to go north next spring."
"North?" Wang Rong was stunned and his eyes widened for a moment: "Are you planning to go to the grassland?"
"right!"
"Why go to the grassland in such a good way?"
"The border has become much more peaceful in the past two years, and the relationship between the imperial court and Lin Dan Khan has also eased. I think this is an opportunity. We can't always stay on the border of Shanxi. After all, the risk of the work we do is too great. And once we interact with the north With channels, many things are much easier to do. Don’t you think this is also an opportunity? In addition, I have some other ideas, but I haven’t thought them through yet. I plan to go over and take a look first, and then decide what to do. .”
Wang Rong frowned and said: "It sounds feasible, but you have to think clearly. These Mongolians are not easy to get along with. Although they have become more disciplined in the past two years, these Mongolians are born in the year of dog. The Lord who will turn against you whenever you turn against him."
"Haha, what's the matter? I'm not the first one to do business in the north. There are many people in Shanxi who have contact with the Mongols. What's wrong, uncle, are you afraid of the Mongols?" Zhu Shen Zhui asked with a smile.
"Afraid? I'm afraid of a bird!" Wang Rong took a sip, with a look of arrogance on his face: "What are the Mongols to be afraid of? It's not like I've never seen Mongolians before. When your kid wasn't born, I followed me. Dad, your grandpa, even went to the border to chop off the heads of Mongolians."
"To put it further, my ancestor of the Wang family followed General Lan deep into Beiting. At that time, the Mongols chopped off more heads. General Lan broke through Beiting and captured the Queen of Dayuan. Good guy, he The old man directly drew his gun and went into battle, causing the Mongolian woman to moan and scream in the golden tent. My ancestor of the Wang family was not idle at that time. General Lan always took care of his brothers. He ate meat and everyone drank soup with him. This Mongolian The women of the princes and nobles have also tasted the taste, so what do they mean to a mere Mongolian?"
When Wang Rong said these words, he couldn't hide the look on his face, as if this was not done by his ancestors at all but by himself.
You must know that this incident can be said to be the most glorious moment of the Wang family. It is a pity that General Lan went wrong later, and the Wang family was implicated and luckily did not be beheaded, but they were unable to recover.
Otherwise, how could the Wang family’s ancestors’ military exploits be thrown into this barren place and become just a small household?
"Uncle, I have heard you say this several times. Is it true or false?" Zhu Shenzui asked with a smile.
Wang Rong glared: "Of course it's true, how could it be false? My ancestor of the Wang family is a powerful general designated by General Lan..."
"So, our family still has relatives in Mongolia?"
"Relatives? What relatives?" Wang Rong was stunned, not understanding what the relative Zhu Shenzui was referring to was.
Zhu Shenzui smiled and analyzed: "Think about it, didn't the ancestor of the Wang family interact with many Mongolian women in Mongolia? Maybe he left a legacy. Although it has been hundreds of years, there is no guarantee that there will be no descendants left. Next, in addition, these women are of noble birth, and Mongolians have never paid attention to this. Maybe their descendants will still be Mongolian nobles. By the way, I heard that Lin Danhan is a descendant of the Borjijin family, isn't Beiyuan the same? Is Bor just from the Jin family? Maybe if we really want to talk about it, is this Mongolian Khan still your junior?"
As he spoke, Zhu Shenzui was still making gestures with his hands. He made a circle with his left hand and twitched his right index finger into the circle a few times with a dirty smile on his face.
Wang Rong was stunned with his mouth wide open. He didn't realize the meaning of Zhu Shenzui's words for a while. When he came back to his senses, he suddenly burst out laughing. While laughing, he slapped his thigh hard, looking like he was overjoyed.
"Yes, yes! What you said is right. This Lin Danhan may be the descendant of our Wang family. When the time comes, we can meet him and tell him the ancestral genealogy. If we can tell it, wouldn't it be a great development?"
"Hahaha!" Zhu Shenzui laughed after hearing this.
