Chapter 1860
Chapter 1860
When Zhao Yingcheng led a group of ink painters to visit the grain merchants of Xiuyan mansion, more than 30 miles west of Xuecheng mansion, there was a village located on the plain. At the entrance of the village, several young men were sitting on stone tables and benches eating and drinking.
These young people drink all good wine and eat peanuts and broad beans, but they don't lack beef and mutton.
The lively scene here has attracted a group of little children to drool nearby. At present, Xuecheng prefecture has been dry for three months, and there are no large-scale refugees and victims. The only reason is that the surplus grain harvested in the last season has not been consumed and eaten sparingly, such as a bowl of porridge a day and some wild vegetables, How many days can you survive.
Most families are still waiting. Before the food runs out, ordinary people really don't make trouble at will.
"Ha ha, you kids, come on, don't be greedy."
After touching a glass of wine with the left and right, a brave young man at the stone table smiled and opened his mouth to a group of children. The children immediately cheered and ran up. After taking away a few plates of broad beans and peanuts, they shouted thank you to Lord Wei and three uncles and went away.
This is a very common village under Xiuyan mansion. At a glance, more than 90% of the families in weijiazhuang are surnamed Wei. Wei Wenguang, a Yingwu youth, is still "single" at the age of 31. However, he is not unable to find an object. The outside world doesn't know what he is thinking. Countless matchmakers or neighbors come to the door and are pushed by him.
Wei Wenguang is a very attractive little girl and widow. He is 1.8 meters tall, strong and can play. He once served in the army for five years and easily took up a big family business after leaving the army.
Officially, this is a salt smuggler. But salt smugglers make money. There are also many brothers who eat with him.
Countless people have heard of Wei Wenguang's name from all over the country. It's common to call him lord Wei when they see him, whether black or white. He is also one of the richest people in ten miles and eight townships. The house built in weijiazhuang is famous for its luxurious atmosphere.
Such a Wei Wenguang is still unmarried... Many people in weijiazhuang are confused about what this guy is thinking. Of course, Wei Wenguang is not a special person. Although he is unmarried, he still has bed warmers. He is not short of money and name. He is a local tyrant. His house is vast. It's easy to take a few servant girls. One of his sons is five years old.
The children who shouted thanks to Lord Wei were mostly playful. After all, it was the honorific title given to Wei Wenguang by outsiders after he left his hometown village.
Wei Wenguang's family has a great cause, but he is not a local tyrant and evil gentry. He is a strong and powerful person who upholds justice.
Within ten miles and eight townships, Wei Wenguang will stand up to anyone who is in trouble. That is to say, many families who can hardly survive the drought will be sent by Wei Wenguang to send rice and food. Even if it is impossible to satisfy people, at least they can continue to endure without becoming refugees and victims.
A group of bystander children were bombarded away with small dishes. On the wine table, a young man ate mutton and said, "brother, the disaster is getting worse and worse. When shall we act?"
Neither the neighbors nor some relatives and friends with relatives know why Wei Wenguang is unmarried so far, but these people on the wine table all know.
They are sworn brothers and leaders in charge of force among illicit salt dealers.
Xiuyan mansion is located in the most central part of Xiuyan island. It is not so easy to smuggle and sell the salt rich on the beach to the central mansion.
Wei Wenguang's team also has hundreds of elite soldiers.
These guys who lick blood all year round are no worse or even stronger than the elite servants kept by the gentry and haos, because they are fighting all year round.
The young man who spoke was Gu Renyue, Wei Wenguang's sworn seventh brother. He was also an officer and soldier of the state of Lu. Later, he couldn't get used to all kinds of bad customs in the army. He threw himself into pirates in anger. After ups and downs for a year, he met Wei Wenguang. Finally, today, he is the seventh brother, but his age is only six years younger than Wei Wenguang.
The seven sworn brothers present here are all between 25 and 31.
Gu Renyue knows that his eldest brother is not married yet, but is ready to rebel. This idea has not been a day or two. Wei Wenguang has been ready since his retirement. He has been a private salt dealer, which is also a "reasonable" way of military training.
Which salt smuggler doesn't have a team that dares to fight and kill?
Although there are only a few hundred people in their ranks so far, those hundreds of people have been taught by the seven brothers by their words and deeds. If you let one out, you can be the leader and team rate among the officers and soldiers. What does this mean? When you encounter an opportunity, cheer up and sweep tens of thousands of young people, then the grass-roots and middle-level leaders can be directly satisfied.
They can fight through the elite remote control army and practice casually for a few days.
Wei Wenguang has long been against his will. If he doesn't get married, he is afraid of being dragged down, or his death will drag down his wife and children. Later, other brothers thought about it during the preparatory process. No, brother, you have never had a wife or children. Do you really want to get up and make a career without future generations? This is definitely a huge blow to the morale of the army.
You make do? Feel free to come?
In that case, Wei Wenguang just accepted several servant girls and now has a son and two daughters.
They still called them servant girls and didn't improve their treatment. They became concubines. Wei Wenguang was afraid that he would hurt them after his potential defeat.
With Gu Renyue's words, several other young people who ate and drank also looked at the boss one after another. Wei Wenguang drank a bowl of wine happily and said with a smile, "I'm lucky to meet you all my life."
Without waiting for the brothers to say anything, he continued, "come on, wait so long, and finally wait for a drought. Let's wait for those grain merchants to raise the price of grain and force countless people to sell children and women, and start the army!"
"Second and third, you can take people to prepare from today..."
The grain merchants of Xiuyan mansion are still planning to use some false rogue information to distract the ink Xia who arrived at Xiuyan mansion, but they don't know that there is a big thief outside Xiuyan mansion who has been waiting for the drought for a long time.
Without disaster, there would be no large-scale refugees. If he wanted to start the army, he would not have so many people to pull. The armed teams of hundreds of smuggled salt traffickers under his command have been trained to be qualified, but there have been no soldiers. It's hard enough.
From this point alone, it is enough to judge that Wei Wenguang is a big thief. He is very different from those thieves who can't live, suddenly have a rebellious heart and pull a group of teams to coerce some people into rebellion.
From the very beginning, he didn't think that when he was a wandering bandit, he wanted to become a sitting tiger. He himself had a great reputation around weijiazhuang. If he pulled up the team, he could directly become a bully.
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