Chapters 23 to 24: The wings are getting richer (2)
The climate in Shuzhong was originally mild, but now it is mid-March again. When Wang Shoutian built the county town, he habitually planted willow branches and trees on the streets and rivers in the city. Many of them were peach and plums. Therefore, the streets and rivers were bright and colorful, and many of them were fresh green on the ground.
Although there are 1,200 households working collectively now, some people are in the county, and some merchants come. Whenever there are some temple fairs, some merchants come early, and some shops simply open shops in the county. The entire county town is not deserted.
On this hotel, the group went to the restaurant.
Chai Maosen went upstairs and sat down with the guest of honor. Of course, only three people were qualified to sit. The others all separated the two tables outside, looking around from time to time.
The shop had been guarding for a long time, his eyes narrowed into slits, and he said, "Customer, please sit down, what do you want?"
"What kind of dishes are there? No matter how high or low you are, order six or seven to come." Wang Shoutian said casually: "Take some good wine, don't fool me with water!"
"Okay, guys, hurry up and boil the old wine for the Cheng family in our store, and serve it to the guest!"
"Yes!" The waiter sang: "I'll give you a drink for the customer!"
I went downstairs in a hurry.
At this time, Chai Maosen looked at Wang Shoutian carefully, but he saw that Wang Shoutian was not surprisingly dressed. He was not wearing official uniforms, but only a gray silk robe, but it looked spotless.
He is indeed very young, but his black eyes are bright and his mind is calm. He naturally has a calm demeanor, which makes people feel disappointed and makes him nodded secretly.
In an instant, the two dishes were served and the wine was warm. Wang Shoutian raised his glass to congratulate him and said, "Mr. Chai, I am not a waste of time. The county has a thousand households, but it was first built. Even the six Caos in the county are empty, let alone other rooms and classes. Mr. Chai can come from a distance, which shows his sincerity to me. I will congratulate you first."
This is so comfortable. Chai Maosen smiled and said with a respectful voice: "Adults are so loving, and a villain is really frightened. A little talent is shallow in learning. How can a little official in the countryside get such praise? But if an adult appreciates it, a villain must devote his entire life to serve the adult!"
"Well said, well said, I can hold wine with Mr. Chai today. I am really lucky. Come and eat happily!" After saying that, the two raised their glasses and drank together. Wang Shoutian smiled and asked again: "Mr. Chai came from afar, and the bystanders are clear. Please teach me."
"I have seen the adults open the canal fields, promote water conservancy, encourage farming and sericulture, and train strengthening soldiers. It is indeed extraordinary. However, when I see the county structure, I am afraid that the cultivation will stop at this point."
"Oh, what do you mean?" Wang Shoutian was stunned.
"Brother, I see that there are many barren fields outside, so how can we say that cultivation will stop here?" Chai Jia also asked quickly, "I think it is more than 100,000 acres to open another one."
"Hey, it's more than enough to reclaim tens of thousands of acres of a county. But the opposite is Taisu County, and Sichuan is based in Taisu County. Taisu County is also considered a big county. Although the last time, Sichuan suffered huge losses and even the main general was killed by the master, we must be prepared." Chai Maosen naturally had to show his own actions and said, "How could he watch the reclaiming of this county? Originally, the reclaiming was within several miles of the county town, so of course it doesn't matter. If a village was built several miles away, I'm afraid that Sichuan would not sit idly by, and I'm afraid that it would send troops to plunder, but it would be a waste of effort."
"If Sichuan is not removed, it will be difficult to build this county!" He said in the end.
When Wang Shoutian heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Mr. Chai is a great talent. What he said is, come, let's have another drink."
After the cup was finished again, Wang Shoutian said solemnly: "Mr. Chai, you should first serve as an official in this county. It is not too late to promote it after the county is established. How about it?"
"Dare you not obeying your order? I pay homage to my lord." Chai Maosen stood up and gave a great gift.
Since he had been worshipped and the status of the monarch and ministers was confirmed, the atmosphere was different. After taking his seat again, Chai Maosen said: "But lord doesn't have to worry about it in the near future. Liu Siming is the lord of a town, and death is a big deal."
"Small, big, search for tombs, engraved posthumous seals, funeral corpses, and mourning. Even if you are simple now, you can't get it for a month. It must be two months."
"In addition, the new master ascended the throne and became familiar with military and political affairs, so before June, the lord doesn't have to worry."
Wang Shoutian nodded repeatedly. Of course, he didn't know what he said on earth. Now he has inherited his memory, but he knows, for example, the posthumous seal is a jade seal engraved with a posthumous title.
In ancient times, after the death of emperors and princes, they were given a posthumous title according to their life behavior. The posthumous title was engraved on seals and seals and buried in the tomb with the coffin, which was the posthumous seal. It is said that after death, this title was used to command ghosts and gods.
The funeral corpse is a corpse. The corpse is kept but not buried is called a funeral. Therefore, the corpse is placed in the coffin and before the burial is a funeral corpse. The length of the funeral corpse varies depending on the status, and the higher the status, the longer the time for the funeral corpse.
Mourning means mourning for descendants. The highest ancient funeral stipulates three years, which was later reduced to one hundred days, and then saved for 49 days, and the last and simplest would take twenty-seven days.
In short, this program in ancient times, especially for people with identities, took a long time, and it was still relatively practical until June.
Wang Shoutian nodded repeatedly and said, "Good!"
After a drink, it was not until about 1:00 pm that it dispersed. Wang Shoutian ordered him to rest today and to report to the county government early tomorrow morning. Chai Maosen agreed immediately.
When Wang Shoutian came back, he saw more than fifty cavalry outside the county government, each holding a war horse with awesome aura on his body. He couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Wang Shoutian.
Two middle-aged generals stood at the door and did not go in. When they saw Wang Shoutian coming, they stepped forward and asked, "Is it Captain Wang?"
The question is about military positions.
"It's me, are you?"
"The last general Jia Dou (Zhang Zhonglu) met the captain." One of the two men did not kneel down, but did the military salute, and the other one kneeled down.
"Are you?" Wang Shoutian frowned and asked. After listening to the introduction, he realized that Jia Dou was the chief general of the commander. Although there was only one team (fifty people), he was a cavalry. Therefore, his official position was also the captain of Guoyi. This time he was sent by the commander of the commander and was temporarily sentenced to condemnation. Since the official position was equal and the commander's personal army was the chief general, he naturally did not kneel down.
Zhang Zhonglu looked over forty years old, but he was a captain of the former Grand Marshal's Mansion. It is said that he was originally a personal soldier who followed the Grand Marshal's house early on, but this person was rigid and serious and not very compatible with human feelings, so he was never promoted. When the ninth rank had reached its peak, he was sent here at the request of Wang Shoutian.
Wang Shoutian hurriedly said, "You two are welcome. By the way, the other cavalry will enter the barracks. There are already barracks. I have ordered food and accommodation to be prepared."
Jia Dou nodded and said to a deputy behind, and Wang Shoutian also said, sending a personal soldier to lead him, and only the sound of "boom" was heard. There was not much time, and a group of cavalry left, leaving only two personal soldiers.
All the time, this team of cavalry did not salute Wang Shoutian, and he could not help but make Wang Shoutian secretly startled his ruthlessness.
Wang Shoutian was naturally very grateful for the arrival of Jia Dou and Zhang Zhonglu. He welcomed the two into the county yamen to entertain him. After asking about the fact that he had not used Chinese food, he immediately ordered a banquet in the yamen.
If you don’t have time to prepare, go to a hotel outside to buy it.
Under Wang Shoutian's order, the dishes were served immediately in just a moment, and more than twenty dishes were served in succession. Wang Shoutian personally served the pot and served wine.
Jia Dou and Zhang Zhonglu were both typical ancient soldiers and immediately started to eat and drink.
After almost the meal, Jia Dou said, "This time I am under the order of the General Manager, and I will be waiting for your order. Don't worry, these fifty men in a certain family are all elite soldiers in the army. Even if they are dispatched in Sichuan, they can still fight."
Of course, Wang Shoutian believed that because there were only two hundred elite cavalry in the entire town, his chief general Ding Huchen, and the two camp commanders Zheng Dacheng, and Xu Ling were all familiar with him, so of course he was not very familiar with him below.
In his previous life, Ding Huchen was a loyal minister. The old general Meng was very kind and wanted to protect the young master. At the last moment, he tried to save Wang Shoutian, but Xu Ling mutinyed and killed the master general.
He was filled with emotion, but he didn't show any expression and said, "I feel relieved if Captain Jia can come. It must be hard work for Captain Jia to come from afar. Someone will come, give me a gift."
With a command, one person came over with two plates of silver, one plate was one hundred taels, twenty silver ingots, and one plate was only eight silver ingots, forty taels.
"Personnel Jia, please accept it with a smile!" One hundred taels of silver were given.
Jia Dou's eyes lit up, and he became much more enthusiastic, and he said, "Mr. Wang is so generous. No wonder he could kill Chen Xiang, so this family accepted it."
As he said that, with a wave of his hand, a personal soldier stepped forward and accepted it.
"Person Zhang, this time you come here, but you want to be the judge of the army and the county's legal guardian Cao, how about it?"
Zhang Zhonglu did not dare to do this. He knelt down and saluted, saying rudely: "Yes, the law is the most respected in the army. Without military discipline and military discipline, how can we make a military decision? We are in accordance with the orders, and we just hope that the lord will not change the military laws at will."
This was strange. Wang Shoutian glanced at him, noticed a little, but said, "Get up, come here, I will pay for the resettlement of the Master Zhang."
Zhang Zhonglu refused and accepted the thanks.
After continuing to drink with him, Wang Shoutian's eyes became a little straightened. Finally, he sent the two men away. Wang Shoutian slowly came to the study.
The county government office has just been built, and there are only a few dozen books. Wang Shoutian called out: "Call Wang Dan over here."
A moment later, a soldier in his thirties came over and saw Wang Shoutian, and he bowed to him. This was a member of the Wang family. In fact, according to his seniority, Wang Shoutian still called Uncle Sheng. Although it was a bit far away, he was originally a fire-eagle.
"Wang Dan, you are from my Wang family. This time Zhang Zhonglu is here, I will send you as his deputy. You must follow him to learn how to recite military laws and learn more skills. In the future, whether it is the county military officer or the military judge, there will be a position!"
"Don't worry, sir, I know that everything must be in the hands of the Wang family."
"It's good to say, just understand. There are a few people from the Wang family. Do you understand more with training, right?"
"I understand!" Wang Dan said simply.
Wang Shoutian was very satisfied. In ancient times, the cohesion of the family was indeed not comparable to outsiders. Zhu Yuanzhang used all the soldiers to take charge of the army. Since Zhu Yuanzhang had a small relative and no one was available, he accepted dozens of adopted sons and relied on them to supervise the entire army. He was also a supervisor and law enforcement officer.
Later, of course, fewer and fewer adopted son died, fewer and fewer survivors. In the end, it was said that only one adopted son survived.
But it can also be seen that the power of this relative is that Wang Shoutian will not go against the will of heaven in this regard.
Chapter completed!