Wang Wende made himself a sip of strong tea and sat on the coffee table, thinking hard.
The wife saw that something was on his mind and wanted to ask why, but he waved her away.
His family didn't dare to disturb him, so he stayed alone in a daze.
While thinking deeply about the stick of incense, he slapped the coffee table hard and shouted: "Here comes someone."
The servant heard the sound and came in cautiously.
He ordered his servants: "Ring the bell and summon the clansmen to the council hall."
Wang Wenxiu is the clan leader, and the deputy clan leader turns out to be Wang Wenfu.
Wang Wenfu has always been unwilling to succumb to Wang Wenxiu and tried to achieve his goal through various efforts.
God also gave Wang Wenfu an opportunity. Last year and this year, Changyuan County had early mornings for two consecutive years.
At this time, not only the lives of ordinary people were difficult, but also Wangjiazhuang.
Wang Wenfu took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the position of patriarch.
At that time, Zhao Ping had just launched some fairy furnaces, fairy charcoal and other workshops. Wang Wenfu tried to achieve the purpose of annexing Zhaojiazhuang through various means.
These methods framed and eliminated Zhao Ping's rice, craftsmen, kidnapping, robbery, spreading rumors, etc., and each time the impact was huge.
However, not only were these deftly resolved by Zhao Ping, but they also made Wang Wenfu so angry that he vomited blood and made him look a lot older.
Wang Wenxiu's method was exactly the opposite of Wang Wenfu's. He made good friends with Zhao Ping and even gave his legitimate daughter to Zhao Ping as his concubine.
His efforts were well rewarded, and Zhao Ping presented him with a pioneering shuttle textile technology.
With this technology, a weaver who is relatively new to textiles can trample on the most powerful weaver in the capital.
From then on, Wang Wenfu's prestige in his clan plummeted, and he simply resigned from his useless position as deputy clan leader, declaring his complete withdrawal from the clan leadership conflict.
Wang Wenxiu took the opportunity to push his younger brother Wang Wende to the position of deputy patriarch.
Wang Wenxiu had done a good job as the leader of the clan, but he didn't expect that Zhao Ping would become famous all over the world and beat a hundred thousand barbarians to almost nothing.
Zhao Ping thus became a celebrity in front of Yu Jie and Zhu Wenbing, and was promoted to the position of chief register by Qin Yulong, the prefect of Chengdu Prefecture.
Wang Wenfu felt that his opportunity for promotion had come. At this time, Uncle Zhao Ping went to Jintang County to be appointed as the county magistrate, and he was in urgent need of staff around him.
After much deliberation, Zhao Ping's mother still felt that the person using her would be the most secure, so she chose two people.
One is Li Zhihao and the other is Wang Wenfu. In fact, my mother likes Wang Wenxiu even more.
Wang Wenxiu was not only a three-time civil servant, but also had experience in running a family and dealing with officialdom.
Wang Wenxiu seized every opportunity and told Zhao Ping's mother that the Song Dynasty had just recovered Chengdu and the original government lacked manpower, so they could take the opportunity to expand Zhaojiazhuang's influence.
After much thought, my mother felt that this was an opportunity to expand Zhaojiazhuang's influence, so she agreed and recommended Wang Wenxiu to Zhao Ping.
Now Wang Wenxiu has focused his main energy on Jintang County, and basically left his brother Wang Wende to take care of his clan's affairs.
It can be said that Wang Wende is already the actual person in charge of Wangjiazhuang.
Wang Wenxiu dominated the clan with one hand, and not everyone in the clan was dissatisfied.
However, his biggest competitor Wang Wenfu has left, and the huge benefits brought by Wang Wenxiu have made those who opposed him speechless.
Hearing the bell ringing, people in the clan knew that Wang Wende, the acting clan leader, was exercising his power again.
Wang Wenjie is Wang Wenfu's biological brother. He had no idea about the position of patriarch. But Wang Wenfu and Wang Wenxiu, the two most outstanding figures in the Wang family, were not here, so he felt that his opportunity had come.
Wang Wenjie's wife saw that Wang Wenjie was still dilly-dallying and knew that he didn't want to go.
She asked with some worry: "Guanren, don't you want to go and see what is said at the party?"
Wang Wenjie frowned and said, "If you go, you won't be angry. It's better not to go than to be angry."
Wang Wenjie's wife looked at him with a complicated expression, sighed and said, "Sir, maybe this gathering is about important matters within the clan?"
Wang Wenjie thought deeply for a while, nodded and said after drinking tea: "Okay, let's see what Wang Wende is doing."
In order to maintain his authority, Wang Wende stipulated that those who came to the gathering must arrive at the Juyi Hall within one stick of incense, otherwise they would be forfeited.
This is a hall that can seat about a hundred people, with very thick wood supports on both sides.
When it was time for a stick of incense, Wang Wende announced that the party had begun.
When he was about to announce the start of the meeting, he couldn't help but frown, and Wang Wenjie just came in.
This Wang Wenjie is really annoying. He is always the last one to arrive.
Not only was he the last to arrive, but he was always against himself.
He ignored this, coughed, and said: "Our current situation is no longer what it used to be, but the geographical terrain here limits the development possibilities of Wangjiazhuang."
The people in each room in Wangjiazhuang looked at each other. They were obviously living well here, but I don't know why Wang Wende said this.
Wang Wende looked at everyone and saw them whispering to each other. He coughed and said: "There are too many hills here and the population is dense. Alas, it is difficult to build a new courtyard now."
Everyone looked at each other, some were silent, and some nodded.
Wang Wende said: "Now Wangjiazhuang is facing a very rare opportunity. If you miss this opportunity, you will not have it in the future."
Everyone looked at each other and whispered to each other, wondering why this was such a rare opportunity.
Didn't Wangjiazhuang seize Zhao Ping's opportunity so that they can live like gods now?
It turned out that these people thought that the patriarch's legitimate daughter could not allow Zhao Ping to become a concubine, which would completely embarrass Wangjiazhuang's face.
Now it seems that Zhao Ping has become a mountain that is difficult to climb in Wangjiazhuang. It can only be described as looking up.
Now, with the help of the textile technology sent by Zhao Ping, the Wang family has servants and maids, and everything they eat and wear is made in the first batch of Zhaojiazhuang. They all live a life of luxury and power.
It's a pity that the controlling power of all this lies in the hands of the clan leader.
So even if Wang Wenxiu is domineering here and shouts at them, they can tolerate it.
As a human being, it is easy to go from poverty to luxury, and from luxury to poverty.
Damn it, who wants to go back and live the hard life of the past?
Almost everyone in Wangjiazhuang is satisfied, but some people are not satisfied. This person is Wang Wenjie and other Wang Wenfu people.
Brother Wang Wenjie has been educated by his father since he was a child. Unless he is not a good person, he must be a good person.
He believed that Wang Wenxiu's ability was not even as good as that of his elder brother Wang Wenfu, who was full of tricks and was also elected three times.
Wang Wenxiu was just lucky and was willing to give his precious daughter to Zhao Ping as a concubine.
What is the difference between this and the Xiongnu marriage? However, he selectively forgot that his brother also gave his daughter to Liu Ang as a concubine.
When he heard Wang Wende talking about the best opportunity, he pricked up his ears to understand and was ready to fight back at any time.
Wang Wende glanced at everyone and said: "Here, not only can each of us get five to ten acres of fertile land out of thin air, but the workshop can also be allocated an additional two thousand acres of land."
It turned out to be a remote place in Jintang County. This place is not as good as a paradise like Zhaojiazhuang Town.
Wang Wenjie took a sip of tea and said: "Zhaojiazhuang Town is a good place. It is a paradise on earth. I heard that it is sparsely populated and has just been trampled by barbarians, so why bother to suffer."
Wang Wende explained patiently: "Zhaojiazhuang Town is surrounded by hillsides, which determines that it cannot develop much. But Jintang County is different. It is basically surrounded by plains, and its future is certainly greater than that of Zhaojiazhuang Town."
When everyone heard this, they whispered to each other again, and some nodded.
Wang Wenjie watched Wang Wende explain so hard, and his doubts became deeper and deeper.
He shook his head and sighed and said: "Zhaojiazhuang in Jintang County is a long way away. The journey is close to a thousand miles. We have to climb mountains and wade through rivers along the way. We can only live a good life, so why suffer and be tired."
Wang Wenjie's words are a bit exaggerated. Although there is no thousand miles, there are still eight or nine hundred miles.
Yes, it’s been a long and tiring journey all the way, but here you can live like a god, so why bother to suffer.
Although Wang Wenjie always opposed Wang Wende, Wang Wende was still able to tolerate him.
Firstly, he always makes sense, and the other important thing is that he has an elder brother who is the chief secretary of the regiment training envoy in Changzhou. This status makes Wang Wende have to worry about it.
Wang Wende glanced at everyone and said: "Although it is a bit tiring for the time being, the future prospects are unlimited. Besides, our future uncle is the chief clerk of Chengdu Mansion. There are definitely more advantages than disadvantages."
Speaking of this, he revealed an even more exciting news: "Our future uncle has set up two workshops in Jintang County, one is a glass workshop. This glass is not the ordinary glass like Dashi, but has wine glasses, tea cups, etc. All kinds of precious colored glazes. Another workshop."
Having said this, seeing everyone looking at him with excited faces and bright eyes, he gave up for a moment.
Seeing everyone's expectant looks, he said: "The other workshop is the Fairy Paper Workshop. This kind of paper is white and thin. It is not as difficult to make as rice paper. The key is that it can be made in large quantities."
What he meant was that although Jintang County was temporarily unpopular, with such advanced workshops, Jintang County would develop as rapidly as Zhaojiazhuang sooner or later.
After many people heard this, they pondered for a while, and after whispering, many people nodded.
Wang Wenjie couldn't bear it anymore and blurted out, "Of course there are benefits, but I'm afraid it belongs to you alone."
Wang Wende was really conscientious and said: "The benefits are not only for the next person, but for everyone. And this kind of benefits becomes more and more at the front, but disappears at the back."
At this point, he emphasized: "Although Jintang County is temporarily sparsely populated, you must know that Chengdu is a land of abundance. Moreover, our future uncle is the chief registrar of Chengdu Prefecture, and has a very good relationship with the Marshal and Chengdu Prefecture. It can be said that this time Taking advantage of the right time, place, and people.”
Everyone thought for a while and realized that it was indeed the case, and nodded.
Wang Wenjie wanted to continue to refute, but Wang Wende said categorically: "I have made the truth clear to everyone. Now I am announcing my decision to move 70% of the weaving workshop to Jintang County. If you are willing to go, show your hands. If you are not, just stay in Zhaojiazhuang Town." "
He decisively exercised his power as acting clan leader and forced each clan to express its position.
