Wei family. Wei Hao was sitting at the head of the hall, with several elders of the family sitting below him. Standing behind them were all direct descendants of the Wei family.
Wei Gong walked in from the door, looking slightly anxious. He bowed respectfully to Wei Hao and said, "Father, my second brother is not in Haojia Village. He said he went into the mountains to collect medicine and won't be back until noon." Wei Hao frowned slightly. He frowned and was about to speak when an old man next to him said in a deep voice, "How long has it been since he still had the leisure to go into the mountains to collect herbs?" When Wei Gong saw this man, he didn't dare to breathe.
Wei Hao, on the other hand, frowned and looked at this person, and said in a cold voice: "If you go into the mountains to collect herbs, go to the mountains to collect herbs. So what if the sky falls? Is it your turn to make irresponsible remarks?" The old man was stunned, originally thinking After a few words of retort, another old man beside him hurriedly pulled his sleeve.
The old man glared at Wei Hao angrily and sat back angrily. When Wei Hao saw this, he snorted coldly, looked at Wei Gong and said: "Just send the message, you go organize the manpower first, it is the autumn harvest now, don't let the thieves have any chance to take advantage of it, as for Cheng I'll send someone to invite you again." Wei Gong hurriedly bowed his hands in agreement, then bowed his hands to other clan elders, and hurriedly retreated.
After Wei Gong left, a clan elder on the left said: "Cheng'er is not here, and we don't know if he has any other back-ups. For the current plan, I think it is best to save the granaries in various places first. If there is really chaos, Get up, the food in our hands is the first to bear the brunt." The irritable clan elder also said: "Yes, the third brother is right. This year is not a good year. The food output is not as good as in previous years. If we encounter soldiers and bandits again, Food, not to mention the villagers in Zhuangzi, we ourselves will starve to death." The clan elder who pulled him next to him stood up and said: "Brother, I think Cheng'er has other back-ups, and no matter how the situation changes in the DPRK, we will We don’t know even if we are far away in Hedong, so you should call Cheng’er back as soon as possible. Since he knows that he will die wherever he goes, he must also know what we should do next.” The other clan elders looked at each other and looked at Wei Hao.
Wei Hao frowned. He didn't expect that his precious son actually predicted He Jin's fate. When he heard the news in the morning, he was stunned for a while, even though he had been mentally prepared before.
At this time, he saw that everyone was looking at him, and Wei Hao was one of the top two. To be honest, he had no idea what Wei Cheng's specific arrangements were. He Jin was dead, and the eunuchs were slaughtered by Yuan Shao's men. This world is already dominated by the gentry.
But the Wei family is not the only noble family in the world. Not to mention other counties, there are Wei, Wang, Xie, Pei, Cai, Cao, Sima and other families in Hedong.
If it were Chenger or Zhongping, what would they do? What should we do to protect the Wei family while also developing and strengthening the family, or should we hide behind the scenes and seek happiness for ourselves?
Just when Wei Hao was frowning in thought, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door. The clan elders looked back and saw a middle-aged man in his early thirties, with slightly narrowed eyes and dressed in scholar's robes, walking in.
Seeing this person, the clan elders stood up one after another.
"Zhongping!"
"Zhongping."
"It's Zhong Ping who's back." That's right, the person coming was Wei Min who was preparing to return to Xuchang. Behind him, two young men followed closely. One of them had a big chin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, holding a Han sword; the other held his head high and held a short ox-horn bow. He walked steadily and kept his eyes alert to the surroundings.
When he came to the door, Wei Min motioned the two of them to wait at the door and walked into the hall.
"Brother, where is Cheng'er?" Wei Min's first words when he entered were not greetings, but asking about Wei Cheng's whereabouts.
Wei Hao looked at him awkwardly, and after hesitating for a long time, he said: "I went into the mountains to collect herbs." Wei Min was startled for a moment, then looked at the dissatisfied clan elders next to him, and suddenly laughed: "Okay Well, he is calm in times of danger and has the style of a general. He is in Luliang Mountain, right? I will go find him." After that, he turned around and left.
When the clan elders saw this, they hurriedly tried to stop him, but they didn't want to get to the door, where the young man holding an ox-horn short bow directly blocked the door.
Wei Min turned back to look at everyone, twisted his beard and said, "It's not chaos yet, why are you anxious?" After saying that, he took out a pile of information tied with hemp rope from his arms, threw it to the leader of the clan, and said: "I have spread the news, and military commanders from all sides will come to Beijing soon. I was originally optimistic about Changsha Governor Sun Jian, but Cheng'er seems to have different ideas. I have to ask him why he met Dong Zhuo alone. Are you here? Let's wait for the news." At first hearing this sentence, it might be a bit wrong, but after careful consideration, the elders of the clan understood it instantly. Wei Min initially planned to invest in Sun Jian, but it seemed that Wei Cheng was not interested in investing in Sun Jian. Dong Zhuo was more interested.
They were from a noble family, and their troops and horses were not as good as those of military commanders who led troops to fight. If they wanted to continue the family tradition in troubled times, it was inevitable to choose one side to join forces.
When Wei Hao heard this, he felt ashamed. It turned out that not only Wei Min had thought of this, but even Wei Cheng had made preparations in advance.
No wonder Dong Zhuo stayed at home for a few days, and now it seems that he is inseparable from Cheng'er. Wei Hao thought so, and the elders of the clan also thought so. Voices of praise for Wei Cheng spread all over the place. Even the clan elder who said Wei Cheng was too leisurely and carefree had to sigh at this time: He is the son of Wei Clan's Qilin!
Wei Min winked at Xu Zhu who stopped everyone, and led the two of them outside. But just when the three of them walked to the door, Wei Gong ran in in a panic and almost bumped into Wei Ming.
The young man holding the Han sword had quick eyes and quick hands. He crossed the threshold directly and blocked Wei Palace. The Han sword in his hand was slightly unsheathed.
Wei Gong instinctively held the sword at his waist, looked up and saw the smiling Wei Ming, and shouted excitedly: "Second uncle!" Wei Ming patted the young man holding the sword on the shoulder and said, "Bo Yan, don't be nervous." The young man holding the sword nodded and stood behind Wei Min. Wei Gong looked at him with provocation in his eyes.
The young man was not afraid of him. He looked directly at him with a look of indifference on his face. Wei Min and Wei Gong asked, "Uncle Wen, do you have something important to report?" Wei Gong turned around and replied, "Yes, second uncle, my second brother just sent someone to deliver a letter."
"Oh, Chen'er sent someone to deliver the letter back?" Wei Min said with interest: "Bring it to me and have a look." Wei Gong looked up at Wei Hao, the head of the hall, hesitated for a moment, and handed over the envelope in his hand. Wei Min.
After Wei Min took it, he stood directly at the door and opened it to read. After watching for a while, his expression suddenly changed.
In the hall, Wei Hao and others also heard the noise and came out one after another knowing that Wei Cheng had sent someone to deliver the letter.
With the previous experience of 'plotting' He Jin must die, now everyone is very concerned about Wei Cheng's every move.
After Wei Min read the letter, he looked back at Wei Hao. After being silent for a while, he raised an inexplicable smile at the corner of his mouth and said to everyone: "Cheng'er said in the letter that Dong Zhuo might be the next He. In order to stabilize the situation, he must win over a group of nobles. The nobles who were previously suppressed by the party will be re-appointed, and I, the Wei family, are among them."
"What?" Everyone was shocked.
"Is there more?" Wei Hao walked closer and asked. Wei Min handed him the letter in his hand, nodded and said: "Also, the nobles who participated in the forced palace this time saw that the peach was picked, and they must be dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo. At that time, someone may stand up to form an alliance to challenge Dong Zhuo, Nanyang The Yuan family is the first to bear the brunt.”
"This..." Everyone looked at each other in confusion. This was possible because the noble clans were not monolithic.
The Yuan family once relied on He Jin's power to suppress many noble families, including several big families such as the Wei family, the Cai family, and the Xie family.
It was also the plan of the gentry group headed by the Yuan family that planned to instigate conflict between the relatives group and the eunuch group. Now, all their plans have given others advantages, but it happened to be a good time for the previously suppressed gentry groups such as the Wei family and the Cai family to rise.
"Could it be that all this is really as planned by Cheng'er, and now I, the Wei family, will be in charge of the court again?" Some people were already excited, and others began to breathe quickly.
Wei Min was also surprised and continued: "Chen'er also said in the letter that the Wang family of Taiyuan, the Cai family of Chenliu and other clansmen will be reused. Wang Yun may serve as a disciple, and Cai Yong is at least a servant and can be appointed to the inner court. Things." The clan elders looked at each other, and some people raised doubts: "This is impossible, how come Qing'er even knows all these things, is it him?"
"Dong Zhuo went to see Cheng'er specially!" someone reminded him abruptly. Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. They suddenly felt unbelievable. Could anyone have planned to this point?
Wei Min also had a look of surprise on his face, holding a piece of paper in his right hand hidden in his sleeve. This was sent by Wei Cheng along with the letter. Instead of taking it out on the spot, he secretly hid it in his sleeve.
Because this blueprint is of great importance. If it is really as described in the picture, maybe the Wei family can also compete in this world.
···Haojia Village. Wei Cheng stood at the door of the shabby room,
"Everyone, from now on everyone should not go down the mountain to hunt and pick fruits. All daily needs will be provided by me, the Wei family." The villagers looked at each other.
Wei Cheng continued: "All men, except those who participate in daily training, will go to learn smelting and blacksmithing from Uncle Da Dao. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly. If you have old people and children at home, I will support and educate them for you." , three meals a day, meat every meal, new clothes all year round, and what you have to do is to follow the tasks I issued to you and build the utensils I need." Hao Dadao suddenly received such an important task, He suddenly felt that it was okay for Alexander to let him strike iron, and to let him take so many people to strike iron together. Inexplicably, he felt so flustered that his hands could not stop shaking.
"Could the young master want to rebel?" Hao Dadao thought in his heart. Except for him and a few elderly elders who looked worried, other people in the village looked happy.
The men were gearing up one by one. The first two confrontations with the Hujiapu people made them find another meaning of life.
These days, I have been learning military formations and fighting methods from Xie Yu. The men are already hungry and thirsty, and they dream every day about which thieves will come to Haojia Village to fight the autumn wind again.
Needless to say, the children were very happy as long as they had food and drink. The women, on the other hand, did not expect to go that far. When they heard that Wei Cheng was in charge of their three meals a day, they were all overjoyed. Finally, they no longer had to worry about making a living and turning their hair gray.
Seeing no one refuted, Wei Cheng began to issue the first task.
"From tomorrow onwards, the women in the village will be responsible for burning bricks, and the men will be divided into two teams. One pair will be responsible for building houses in the village, and the other pair will build towers. They will build a tower every fifty steps along the cliff." The reason why Wei Cheng didn't want to return to the Wei family was because he didn't want his secrets to be exposed too much.
As long as he lives in Haojia Village, he can take out many incredible things from modern times without telling everyone, such as the spears and Tang knives given to Xie Yu and Wei Gong, as well as weapons of mass destruction that may appear later.
Even if someone wants to investigate by then, they will definitely come to Haojiacun. By the time they found this place, Haojia Village had already established fortifications, which were made impregnable by him. The villagers on the mountain had food provided by themselves. Even if the enemy was surrounded but not attacking, there was nothing they could do here.
Of course, these are only preliminary ideas, and many subsequent layouts need to be optimized step by step. At this time, someone suddenly asked: "Sir, do we have enough people in our village?" Wei Cheng looked at the person and saw a woman. Her man was pulling her to tell her not to talk.
When Wei Cheng looked over, the woman was shaking nervously.
"Don't hold her back. If you have anything to say, just say it." Wei Cheng stopped the man and said to the woman.
The woman pushed her man and plucked up the courage to say, "Sir, can I ask my mother-in-law to work together? My father, mother, and my eldest brother and second brother are all good at work. My father My eldest brother and I are still blacksmiths in the village.”
"Oh!" Wei Cheng looked at Hao Dadao and asked, "Are there many blacksmiths in Shili and Baxiang?" Hao Dadao glanced at the woman, nodded and said, "Quite a few, we have an iron mine in the north of Luliang, and each village has There is a blacksmith here who is responsible for helping people make farm tools, but this requires a document issued by the government. In case of war, we will be recruited to help make weapons."
"That's it." Wei Cheng nodded, looked at the woman and said, "Okay, not only your family can come, but the strong laborers in the village can also bring their families. Although our place is not large, we can live for one or two people." Thousands of people are not a problem, the more people, the better." The woman was overjoyed when she heard this, and quickly said yes, pulling her man along and asking him to go to her parents' house to notify someone.
Wei Cheng said loudly again: "You have all heard it, if you have any relatives and friends who are down-to-earth and willing to work, you can call them over. Before the population of the village is less than one thousand, my promise will be valid for a long time. I will call people in again in the future. But it's not that easy." Hao Dadao looked embarrassed when he heard this, and he wanted to say a few words, but he couldn't resist the excitement of everyone in the village.
Wei Cheng patted Hao Dadao on the shoulder and said: "Uncle Dadao, take a longer view. The world is about to be in chaos. The two or three hundred people now will definitely not be able to gain a foothold in the chaotic world. We must accept more People who want to join our big family." Hao Dadao smiled with difficulty and even said he didn't dare. He would obey the Young Master's orders in everything.
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