Walking in the crowded market, no one dared to get close within three feet of Wei Cheng. Xu Chu is like a living god and demon guarding Wei Cheng behind him. The dragon-slaying sword on his back is his most conspicuous symbol.
Many pedestrians on the street wanted to say hello to Wei Cheng, but unfortunately, Wei Cheng was depressed now. Where is the time to pay attention to them?
The two walked to the north guardhouse of the city. When they reached the door, they saw a group of people crowded outside and making a lot of noise. Wei Cheng's brows tightened. He was already depressed, but when he saw this situation, he suddenly became angry.
At this moment, Tian Feng found him in the crowd and hurriedly pushed through the crowd and walked towards him. The group of people were overjoyed when they saw this, and were about to step forward when Xu Chu pulled out his dragon-slaying sword and stood directly in front of Wei Cheng, his eyes wide open with anger.
Wei Cheng looked at Tian Feng, frowned and asked: "What's going on?" Tian Feng bowed his hands first, and then replied: "It's not the housing that's causing the trouble. Now the better courtyards in the city are all owned. These people rely on their family background. Background, I just want to get a house, the master doesn't care, so I asked to come to the guardhouse." Wei Qing nodded slightly, he heard his second uncle Wei Min and fifth uncle Wei Yan say this, and even his aunt yesterday He also talked about the housing shortage, but he didn't pay too much attention to it.
As news spread that Dong Zhuo had shipped a total of 400,000 shi of grain twice, many aristocratic families in the south regarded Hedong as a place to settle. In the past half month, the population of Anyi County has once again experienced a surge.
Wei Cheng raised his head and looked at the crowd. Among them were some people from aristocratic families who were very close to the Wei family, but so what?
Wei Cheng has no memory of inheriting from his predecessor, and his attitude towards the family is that cooperation will benefit both parties.
"Let the city guards come over. If anyone dares to make noise around the gate of the guard house, they will all be imprisoned and dealt with. Don't be afraid of offending anyone." As soon as Wei Cheng finished speaking, someone stood up from the crowd.
"My dear nephew, Zhongdao, although I am not a famous person, my Yang family and my Wei family are kindred spirits. Now I just want a place to hide from the world. Why don't my dear nephew help me?"
"Yang family?" Wei Cheng's expression changed, and he asked with a frown, "But the Yang family in the southern city of Mount Tai?" The old man was startled when he heard the words, and then he stepped forward with joy and bowed his hands.
"Exactly, exactly." Wei Cheng looked at the old man. Although he was dressed as a scholar, he had a Xianbei hairstyle. It seemed that he was a member of his 'brother-in-law' Yangdi tribe.
Regarding this Yang family, perhaps most people have the impression that Cai Zhenji's daughter, Yang Huiyu, later married Sima Yi's eldest son, Sima Shi... Of course, this was all decades later.
Let alone Master Sima now, Yang Huiyu is probably gone. However, the Taiyang clan is a family of officials from past dynasties, and is full of talents.
Moreover, Yang has a Xianbei background, so he happens to be... a useful person. Wei Teng nodded slightly and asked Tian Feng who was standing aside, "Where does the Yang family live now?" Tian Feng was stunned for a moment and looked at the old man. The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Tian Feng said, "I'm staying in an inn temporarily." Wei Teng was also startled. Is it okay to stay in an inn?
After thinking for a while, he ordered: "I remember that there is a mansion in the east of the city that is reserved for the ninth brother. Let's give it to the Yang family first." The main mansion of the Wei family must belong to the two sons of the head of the family, Wei Hao. Men other than the Wei Cheng brothers would have to move out once they get married, and the Wei family had already prepared these houses.
Now Wei Cheng's ninth brother is only thirteen years old and is not old enough to marry. The house will be given to the Yang family first to gain a wave of hearts and minds, and then the ninth brother will be given some compensation when he returns.
Of course, if the seventh uncle and the seventh aunt knew about it at this time, they would be eager to let the ninth brother live directly in the master's house in the future.
"My good nephew has great righteousness, and Mr. Yang will remember it in his heart." The old man raised his hands in thanks. This time he went north to Hedong, not only to find a place to settle down, but also to establish a relationship with the Wei family. Now that Wei Cheng, the Qilin'er of the Wei family, has personally given him a house, he has achieved more than half of his goal. It will definitely be satisfying to know.
When other people saw this, they all looked envious. Unfortunately, before they could get involved, Wei Cheng walked into the guardhouse under the protection of Xu Chu.
···afternoon. Wei Cheng convened a meeting with senior officials at the health center. The focus of the discussion at this meeting was to choose a county in Bingzhou and build a new city.
Taiyuan, Shangdang, Xihe, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Yanmen, Shuofang, Wuyuan, Shangjun, Tian Feng outlined the nine counties of Bingzhou with cinnabar and red powder on the map to make them more conspicuous.
Wei Min looked at the distribution of prefectures on the map and said first: "I suggest building a new city in Jinyang, the prefecture of Taiyuan." Wei Cheng sat at the top and motioned to his second uncle Wei Min to explain his reasons.
Wei Min did not hesitate, stood up and walked to the map and said: "First of all, Taiyuan has fertile land. There are large areas of cultivated land in the east, vast grassland pastures in the north, and a large number of mines in the south. The reason why the Wang family in Taiyuan was able to do so in just a few years It has grown so fast every year because it has unique resource advantages.”
"Furthermore, Jinyang can be regarded as a capital city with a long history. The buildings in the city are oriented vertically and horizontally from north to south, and parallel to east and west. Not only does it save a lot of construction costs, but also there is no need to worry about problems such as reconstruction of the old city in the future. It can be expanded directly on the original basis."
"Finally, and most importantly, the Taiyuan nobles headed by the Taiyuan Wang family have now taken refuge with me, the Wei family. Currently, Liu Xing, the governor of Taiyuan County, is my classmate. Loved by the people." Let me mention here that after the Wang family in Taiyuan was destroyed by Wei Cheng, Dong Zhuo soon handed over Bingzhou to Wei Cheng as a sign of friendship. Officials in the counties in Bingzhou were appointed directly without going through the court, and were all recommended by the Wei family. Appointment and removal.
This Liu Xing was originally a descendant of the Liu family in Taiyuan and a classmate of Wei Min, so he got the post of Taiyuan prefect.
Not only that, the officials in the nine counties of Bingzhou are now basically promoted by the Wei family. This is also the main reason why so many people from aristocratic families defect to the Wei family in Hedong.
Wei Cheng nodded slightly when he heard this, but he was not satisfied with the answer. Then, Wei Cheng looked at Tian Feng aside.
Tian Feng was meditating with his eyes closed. He seemed to feel Wei Cheng's gaze. He raised his eyes slightly and held his hands towards Wei Min.
Because what he said next might offend Wei Min. When Wei Min saw this, he couldn't help but squint his eyes, but there was absolutely no malice. He was just used to squinting when thinking.
"Yuan Hao, there's no need to worry, just say whatever you want." Wei Min knew that Tian Feng was smarter than himself and wanted to hear his thoughts.
Tian Feng stood up and bowed his hands to everyone. Finally, he walked to the map and bowed his hands to Wei Cheng again. Said: "Master, Tian thinks that building a new city in Taiyuan is a bad idea." Good guy, it was indeed the outspoken Tian Yuanhao. Wei Cheng and his second uncle Wei Min looked at each other and smiled.
"Okay, then where do you think it is safest to build a new city?"
"Is it safe?" Tian Feng twisted his beard and smiled,
"How safe is it? No matter where it is, as long as 20,000 city guards are stationed, we are not afraid of the local nobles causing trouble. As for the cost of building a new city, the cheapest in the world is manpower and dense forests that can be seen everywhere." Tian Feng said , picked up the cinnabar red powder on the side, and sprinkled a red line from east to west on the map... Wei Cheng smiled with satisfaction when he saw this.
Heroes think alike!
