Dong Ping is a strong man with a height of seven feet and a majestic appearance. He looks handsome and has a dignified appearance. He has broad shoulders and a thick body, long arms, and a general belly that represents strength.
He was the military commander of Yunzhou and one of the senior military attachés of the imperial army stationed in Yunzhou. He was in charge of thousands of troops. Although Wu Song was the commander of the Xiang army, he was controlled by him and had some power.
Of course, in an era like the Song Dynasty, power in the military did not represent its social status. For an army commander with such military power, even if he is too high, the Yanggu County Magistrate can sneer at him without daring to talk back. Even though his official rank is higher than that of the Yanggu County Magistrate, he dares to be angry but dare not speak out. If it were a civil servant of the same level, he wouldn't dare to be angry. This is the reality.
So Dong Ping was even more cautious when facing players like high officials who could directly meet the emperor. Although he looks upright on the outside, what he exudes is flattery that can be seen at a glance.
After taking a sip of tea, the senior official looked at the two-gun general who was sitting on pins and needles with a smile, and said with a smile: "Erlang said that you want to join Wang's sect."
"Yes, Senior Official. I have long heard that Senior Officials are virtuous and polite, do good deeds, and are known to be wise. To be honest, Senior Officials, I have been to Yanggu County before, but compared with now, they are completely different. . If we talk about the prosperity of the market, it is even worse than that of the Yamen of Dongpingzhou. The people here live and work in peace and contentment and have a prosperous life. This is all the result of the high officials. With their ability to govern the world alone, the high officials are in Yanggu. Being an idle landowner in the county really insults the ability of high-ranking officials. Today, if you are diligent in governance and have a keen eye for knowing people, it will be easy for high-ranking officials to be generals and ministers in the future."
This is someone who doesn't know the inside story. If Zhao Ji really wants him to do something, it won't be a big problem for him to be a county magistrate with a fellow Jinshi background. Even if it is not possible, he can go to the Western Army to fight Xixia. The internal relationship, Dong Of course Ping didn't know, so he licked her hard.
Wang Yan nodded and accepted the useless flattery, and said indifferently: "Wang expressed his closeness to you before, but you rejected my kindness. I don't know why you are actively looking for me now?"
"In the past, I had a blind eye and failed to see the capabilities of high-ranking officials. Although I am a soldier, I also have courage. Ordinary people can't see him. Now that high-ranking officials have great wealth and power, they have suffered even more. I am summoned now, and my future is bright..."
Wang Yan waved his hand to interrupt him, no longer listening to his flattery, and asked directly: "What do you want when you come to me?"
Seeing that the high official relented, Dong Ping, who had only made up a small piece of his butt, suddenly raised his buttocks and bowed: "But it's up to the high official to make the decision."
Looking at the long bow that was even more than 90 degrees, Wang Yan shook his head and smiled. He was quite flexible. Didn't kneel down on one knee, just for the sake of the little face in your heart?
Now the prefect named Cheng Wanli has not come yet, and no one knows what Dong Ping has done. Moreover, he does have martial arts skills and his position is not bad. If someone comes to seek a future, of course it is okay and there is no reason to refuse.
As the introducer, Wu Song was also on the side, chewing the bitter tea leaves in his mouth carelessly. He chewed tea leaves because his wife had not allowed him to drink alcohol recently, and he was a drunkard. Whenever he drank anything, whether it was plain water or tea, he always wanted to drink some wine. At this moment, looking at his Shangguan like this in front of the high officials, he curled his lips and looked down upon him, he was boneless.
The official didn't say anything, and just watched Dong Ping bow quietly. After a long while, he drank a cup of tea, and then he knocked on the table: "Okay, sit down."
"Thank you, sir." Dong Ping stood up and wiped the sweat from his head, then sat down carefully. God knows what he endured just now. The powerful official was so powerful that he was so shocked that he didn't even dare to breathe.
"The situation on the border between Song and Xia is tense, and the fighting there is the most intense. There are opportunities for promotion for meritorious service. I have some contacts with the Qingjian Zhong family, so it is okay to recommend you to be a commander. But now you are in charge of thousands of forbidden troops, and your life is still peaceful. , there is no danger. But when we get to the Western Army, we can only lead 500 soldiers and horses, and we have to go through life and death on the battlefield. I wonder if you are willing to go?"
Dong Ping's expression changed a little. He didn't expect that the high-ranking official would send him directly to the front line. Of course he was not afraid, but in comparison, he still wanted to hang out here. After all, life was peaceful and nothing happened. He originally thought that the high officials would make some arrangements and make him a general in charge of all the troops, but he never expected to send him directly to the battlefield. But now that the matter has come to this, there is no reason for him to refuse.
"I am willing to go, and the high official will let me go. There must be a reason, and I am willing to do my best for the high official."
Wang Yan nodded and said: "Since you are willing to go, it's settled. If there is nothing else, let's go have a drink with Wu Song. I have important things to do, so I won't sit with you."
Dong Ping quickly stood up and bowed again: "Thank you, sir."
Wang Yan waved his hand and looked at Wu Song, who was happily accompanying Dong Ping when he heard about drinking. He smiled, turned around and walked out with his hands behind his back, returned to the study in the west room of the main house, and wrote letter.
There are two in total, one for the Zhong family and one for the chief officer leading troops and horses on the east and west routes of Beijing. Two things were said, one was to transfer Dong Ping to the Western Army, and the other was to promote Wu Song to Yunzhou Military and Horse Commander...
Dong Ping was quite sensible and didn't say anything else. If he refuses, Dong Ping will have to serve as a top soldier within a month. He doesn't like Dong Ping very much, after all, he has no character. It is really unjustifiable to defraud the city gate, kill the whole family, and marry someone else's daughter. How can such a person accomplish great things? If this guy were to catch a glimpse of the important things that high-ranking officials are doing, 90% of the time he would choose to betray them.
But after all, people still have the courage and can use it, so there is no reason not to use it. Now that the Western Army is fighting for life and death, he can get a few more people to serve as his subordinates and quietly infiltrate, which is good.
The main reason is that the time is too short. He is still in the initial stage. His power looks very big, but in fact it is very weak. The business mainly relies on the output of Wangjiazhuang. Although there are industries outside, most of them rely on money and are far from taking root. If it really wants to become solid, it will take several years of accumulation. Relying on the fresh products that are beyond the times, they make a lot of money, and their influence becomes deeper and stronger as time goes by.
After writing two letters and giving them to his subordinates for delivery, Wang Yan wandered around the village with his hands behind his back, inspecting various properties.
After more than a year, Wangjiazhuang is no longer the village with only a few dozen households.
Because the ever-expanding various industries have brought about a large demand for labor, and the benefits and benefits provided by high-ranking officials have always been very good, the jobs here are naturally very popular, and people flock to them.
Although Wangjiazhuang is still a village, it has various products produced by itself, as well as a department store and supermarket specially opened by senior officials, as well as other assisted living places.
The school in the village is now getting bigger and bigger, and not only the children of Wangjiazhuang are studying here, but also the children of nearby Zhuangzi will be sent here to study. I can't help it, the school is too good. There were more than ten fathers and sons teaching, and they opened several classes separated by age and academic studies. They detailed the Four Books and Five Classics, taught them in stages, and ate meat every meal. Free teaching is provided for children who have settled in Wangjiazhuang. Children from outside can enter the school as long as they pass the exam. Only ordinary students are accepted, and those from poor families are not even accepted. Children from rich families want to get in, but they can't do it even if they fail the exam and spend money.
In addition, Wang Yan has always encouraged settling down in Wangjiazhuang, and he also handles the taxes related to various exploitations on his behalf. Although he has to pay them, the total amount is much less, and he will definitely not be reduced to a newborn child. Just kill him, that's great. And here, no matter men, women, old or young, no one is idle at all, everyone is arranged to work. With a job, a good school, less taxes, more income, and a good quality of life, the scale of Wangjiazhuang will naturally grow.
Various factories were built five miles away from Wangjiazhuang. The newly moved families built their houses on the flat land along both sides of the small river in the village, stretching to the foot of the mountain. Every household raised chickens and ducks. Goose, dog, pig and sheep are considered well-off.
Most of the people who have moved here are proletarians from Yanggu County. In one year, they will be from the surrounding areas of Yanggu. In two years, they will be from the entire Song Dynasty.
Of course he couldn't do that. After all, if Wangjiazhuang grew to that extent, his influence would be too great. His plan is to spread out the industry and strive to have Wangjiazhuang in the north and south of the country. After all, although the power is still the same when gathered in one place and dispersed, the senses are still much different, so you won't be too afraid. On the other hand, many things can be penetrated simultaneously, so that one point leads to the other. Until then, clean up the old mountains and rivers...
After dinner, in the main room, Wang Yan teased the little one as usual. Jin Lian, who was making clothes, turned her head from time to time to glance at the playful father and son, and then continued her needlework happily.
It is a very harmonious and beautiful daily life in ancient times, but it will always be broken.
"Lady."
"Official?"
The senior official turned to look at her: "I would like to have another concubine."
As soon as she finished speaking, Pan Jinlian let out a cry of pain. It was because she accidentally pricked her finger with a needle, and blood instantly flowed out. She wrapped the blood on her fingers and said in a low voice: "The slave family is just a concubine. If an official wants to take another concubine, there is no need to talk to the slave family."
Of course this is just an angry comment. Do women always mean what they say? Of course, it cannot be said that it is only women, but everyone has this problem. It's just that when it comes to matters between men and women, women's duplicity is more prominent.
"When you came here, I told you that I had no intention of becoming a wife within a few years. Originally, Uncle Fu heard about this woman and wanted to be his wife. He just considered you, so he made her his concubine. She When she enters the Wang family, she is equal to you, but she has to call you sister when she enters."
He spoke of Jin Lian as being very important, and spoke of the new concubine in a very high light, lowering Jin Lian's expectations and making her more accepting. It is the art of speaking and the art of lying.
In fact, he didn't have to talk much to Jin Lian, she was just a concubine and had no human rights. Although it is said that the status of women in the Song Dynasty was good, it was only for ordinary people. In a family like his, Wang Daguanren, what status does a woman have? There are so many things. It's just that the high officials take care of her and love her, and don't want their family to be uneasy.
There were tears in Jin Lian's eyes, which were as watery as a pitiful kitten: "The slave family is not ignorant. The Wang family has such a rich family and the population is not prosperous. The officials must have more children to inherit the family. What's wrong with the slave family?" I will blame my husband. Officer, it’s late at night, go to bed early. The slave family wants to give the officer another son..."
Noisy things didn't solve the problem. On the other hand, between the beds, she also felt that she was powerless and the official couldn't be happy. She was fighting with her hands and mouth.
Of course, the main reason is that she has no choice. As a woman with no support, what else can she do...
In Hujiazhuang, Hu Cheng looked at the letter in his hand with a frown on his face.
What does the letter say? Wanting the daughter of his Hu family, the daughter of his beloved since childhood, to become someone's concubine? Or was it written by a butler? It's so deceiving...
Hu Cheng calmed down. After all, with Wang Yan's powerful hands and eyes, what if he bullied the Hu family? And to tell the truth, he originally wanted his little sister to marry Wang Yan, but it was because of his high expectations. Now when someone wrote back and asked his little sister to be his concubine, he was immediately angry. But the next time, I studied the benefits of being a concubine.
Although the Hu family is in the same family as the nearby Zhujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang, over the past many years, there have been many nasty things in the relationship between the three families. Among the three families, Zhujiazhuang was the strongest. It was so anxious that even the nursing home and its tenants could recruit three thousand adult men. Their Hu family only had 1,800 people, and their combat effectiveness was still far behind, so they suffered a lot of grievances.
But with Wang Yan's strong financial resources and the terrifying network of connections he had created with money, not to mention just one eunuch, Yang Jian, who came to Beijing's East and West Road, he could suppress many people with just one name. What he didn't know was how powerful it was.
Once their Hu family gets married to Wang Yan, and with such power and Zhan Guang getting involved in Wang Yan's business, their Hu family will go up three floors straight from where they are. At that time, Zhu family? Li family? That’s bullshit.
He gritted his teeth. Even if he loved his little sister, he couldn't hold back on such a major matter that was related to the family's future. And women always have to get married. In comparison, the three sons of the Zhu family were not worthy of carrying Wang Yan's shoes. Moreover, Wang Yan was so powerful that for others, he would have had a lot of women, but until now, he only had a concubine in one room, and the concubine was living a good life.
He had found out that the concubine named Pan Jinlian was living a very good life. No matter how public he is, he can go wherever he wants. It's obvious at a glance how much Wang Yan loves him. Although my little sister is three points less beautiful than him, she is still very comparable to her. If she were to be her concubine, she would definitely not be wronged. What's more, everyone in the Song Dynasty knew that Wang Yan was good at martial arts. His younger sister could fight better than his elder brother. She was considered a sympathizer, so there would be no problem.
Of course, this is what he convinced himself. At this time, you have to agree no matter what. If you have been treated poorly in the past, let it be that way. If you sacrifice your younger sister in exchange for the prosperity of your family, it's a gain no matter how you look at it.
After convincing himself, Hu Cheng slapped his thigh, stood up and left to find his biological father.
Sanniang has to go whether she wants to go or not. She is determined to be this concubine and cannot be willful...
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