[Plane] History of the struggle of the lords

The next morning, the three brothers got up early, and the goods on the merchant ship needed to be watched in person.

Since the ownership of the merchant ship is under Wen Le's name, all the goods can be shipped directly to the Hou's mansion without the need to report to the government office.So when Wen Le and the others arrived at the warehouse, the yard of the warehouse that couldn't be piled up was already full of boxes, large and small.

Wen Le opened one casually, but was dazzled by the golden dust inside. He closed the lid and opened another one, and inside was half a box of evenly sized pink pearls.

"Damn it," he couldn't help but marvel, "Why are there so many?"

"There is a river on the island. The river is very weird. There are large grains of gold sand buried in the sand. The locals only think it looks good after decades of panning. They bought all the dishes and rice we brought."

As he spoke, he searched around for a while, found a green wooden box in the center, opened it, and inside was half of the box filled with silver-gray pearls: "This is what was cut out by the previous fishing group, and it's all here. You can see if you want to send it to your mother later."

"The color is so pretty..." Wen Le bent down to pick up a bead and looked at it for a moment, then said to Lonicera behind him: "Let's string a bead curtain and hang it for the old lady at the lake pavilion in the courtyard."

Liandong looked up at him in surprise, quickly agreed in a low voice, Wen Lian smacked his tongue and said: "Second brother, you are really extravagant now."

Wen Le ignored him, this thing is as good as it is good-looking, and as precious as it is precious, it may not be impossible to get more at a low price in the mall.Natural beads and artificial beads are sold at the same price, but the natural ones make him feel more comfortable. If they are not high-quality goods, how can they be fine?

Except for this box of silver-gray pearls, Wen Run brought back three boxes of pink pearls, four boxes of white pearls, and one box of black pearls. The rest are mostly gold sand that needs to be further smelted. Overall, the harvest is very rich. Incredible.After counting, Wen Le put the account book and calculated, and said to Wen Run: "Next time you go to the island, discuss with the local chief about opening a gold mine. There is so much gold sand, there is no There must be a lot of gold in gold mines. To open mines, you need to hire local people, and you can do business with food, cloth and wine. Anyway, ships are already being built at the shipyard, and a fleet of ships will definitely carry more weight than your own ship.”

Wen Run pinched his face, and Wen Lian chirped on the side: "Second brother, why did you and eldest brother want to go together? When we came out, eldest brother had already agreed on these things, and we found two There is a small island with silver mines. What is lacking now is the people who open the mines. The big brother means that you can’t hire strong people to go there. If the news leaks out, you will be burned.”

Wen Le looked at Wen Run with surprise in his eyes, this guy is giving face so much?I have already done it myself, but I still keep silent and let myself preach?

He patted his warm and firm arm: "Brother, after growing hair on your mouth, you are indeed more reliable in doing things."

Wen Run squinted his eyes and touched the mustache on his lips, and Wen Lian shouted unwillingly: "Second brother! What about me! What about me?"

"You are also very good," Wen Le has always encouraged Wen Lian's educational attitude. He patted Wen Lian's head and said with a smile, "You have become a lot more sensible when you go out, and you know how bad it is for us to get burned. The impact is very bad. The second brother is very relieved, you have to work harder."

Wen Lian was tanned just like Wen Run, and he had grown a beard. At this moment, there was a dark red under his dark skin, his mouth was tightly pursed, and the color in his eyes couldn't be concealed.

Seeing the well-behaved and obedient scene of Wen Lian, a strong man with a head taller being tamed by the skinny Wen Le, Wen Run covered his mouth and coughed lightly: "Le'er, I originally wanted to hire the locals on the island. residents, but later found that the population in that village was not large, and most of them were women and children, and the manpower was really insufficient. Later, I heard Duolun and the others mention that they sailed all the way from their home country and found many uncivilized After discussing with Lian'er, I decided to build some villages near the mine, then go to those lands to find labor, and move them to live near the mine, what do you think?"

Wen Le withdrew the hand that was touching Wen Lian's head, and turned to look at him: "What do you mean? Qian Ding? Forced? What if people don't want to do it? If there is not enough greed and too many people know, sooner or later the news will be leaked of."

Wen Run pondered for a while, hesitated for a while, and still signaled Liandong and Wen Lian to retreat with his eyes, and then whispered his concerns to Wen Le.

"I didn't mention the gold and silver mines to anyone in the caravan. I took Lian'er to do many things alone, so the crew on the ship should not know the inside story. As for Duolun and the others...they have the same language barrier as us, so I guess they can only understand a general idea of ​​what we have done. After all, the Jinsha locals who traded with them also took them to Chuanchan River to see But more, such as where we found gold mines, where there were silver mines, and what method we planned to use to mine them, they probably couldn’t figure it out for a while. The people who moved to Ding must be voluntary. Duolun and the others once said There are still many people there who are still eating raw meat, once such people are given rich food and a rich life, they will definitely not change their minds."

After he finished speaking, he remembered that Wen Le and Duo Lun had a good personal relationship, and hurriedly explained: "I don't have any more intentions to hide it from them. I just need to be cautious. After all, their origins are unknown, right?"

Wen Le patted his arm understandingly: "You are right, Duolun and the others are just partners. It is only natural for you to guard against him. They have their own positions, and there is no need for them to know many things. Their monarch is also very Ambitious people."

After he finished speaking, he thought of another question: "I see that when you set sail, you went south. Compared with the islands you found, the climate is hotter and humid, right? Next time you go, you can bring some grains. Such as rice and corn, Useless vacant land can hire local people to grow food. The cost is much lower than traveling thousands of miles from Fu Chunyun.”

Wen Run nodded: "That's exactly what I mean."

Wen Run didn't publicize the benefits Wen Run got back from the sea. He concealed all the sands he got, and announced to the outside world that the equivalent coins in exchange for the Fuchun local goods were replaced by pearls.Compared with the value of the goods themselves, pearls are undoubtedly much more precious and rare, which is already considered a very lucrative profit.Mai Lingtong, who was not so optimistic about the sea trade at first, also completely shut up in his heart. Eight boxes of pearls were placed in the Lord's warehouse. Would you disagree?

Pearls are naturally processed and shipped to Fuchunwai for sale, and the best place is Jiangnan.The water transportation is convenient and the transportation is developed there, and the economy is also at the top of the Dali row. Celebrities, merchants, literati and scholars from all over the Central Plains love to make do with it. The ladies in the south of the Yangtze River are well-off and willing to dress up. The sweet balm comes from this land of fish and rice. Eight boxes of pearls seem to be a lot, and it is estimated that they will not last long if they are sold in the huge Jiangnan.

Therefore, the first thing to do is to go to Jiangnan to find a store with a good location.

Naturally, Wen Le doesn't need to do this matter. If the people under him don't do these things, it's useless to support them.He is busy with more hidden things, such as those gold sands whose purity is not up to the standard. He needs to find a secret place to smelt them before they can become genuine currency that can be circulated.

The utensils that were not paid to the majority of tax money in the past are still there, and they will not have to pay taxes in the future. Naturally, they will not be used anymore. Wen Le doesn't need to ask anyone at all, and he can get it if he says it.

He likes to leave things to Zheng Rui to do in the dark. Zheng Rui is a young man who is cautious and never loses the chain. In the current Fuchun, no one is more suitable to be a confidant than him.If the employer is not suspicious, Wen Le will naturally not pick on whether he has a different intention every day, and he will not show all his cards. No one can know where these sands come from.

In the future, metallurgy matters can be completed in the place of origin. The local residents don't care about worldly affairs and have never seen the outside world. As long as they have enough food and clothing every day, they are satisfied. Gold has no more use for them. Naturally, there is no need to worry about their greed and betrayal.

As for Fuchun's manpower, they could only stay in Fuchun forever. If it weren't for the fact that no one was available except his siblings, Wen Le didn't even want to reveal his two brothers.But there is no way, he doesn't have that ability now, he can only do anything with a big gamble mentality, betting that they are also wholeheartedly toward him.

Although he proposed the matter of finding the island, the gold and silver mines were completely figured out by Wen Run himself. So far, Wen Run is not sure what Wen Le's real purpose is to find the island.After all, across the belly, he didn't dare to be so sure that the third master had no reservations about him. After all, he was his own son. On the surface, the third master valued gentleness, but he might not have the intention of planning for his own son behind the scenes. This is human nature. I can understand it when I think about it.In short, Wen Le didn't say anything, no matter what his guess turned out to be, Wen Run couldn't insist that his idea was right or wrong.

Wen Le has reservations about him, and he also keeps some of his own secrets. In short, the exchange is equivalent, and the intimacy of the relationship must be maintained by each other.

After lunch, Wen Run wanted to wander around the yard to find a pavilion to take a nap, but he saw the gardeners who were busy a moment ago had all packed their things and rushed out of the yard with their books in their arms.He waved his fan inexplicably and took a sip of the fruit juice, and asked his maid, Chun Rong, "What's the matter? Didn't your lord set the rule of resting at noon again?"

Chun Rong was stunned for a while before she understood, and replied with a smile: "My lord, you have been away from Fu Chun for a long time, no wonder you don't know. They all go to listen to Mr. Chuan's lectures, and there is an hour every day from noon. The boat class and tie-dye class in Weishi are taught by female silkworms, and there is also an embroidery class. Master Da of the Shenshi Yamen will hold a one-hour crop class. The nobleman specially rewarded the grace. If the servants in the mansion are interested, Everyone can enroll in a class and study it carefully. The maid enrolls in the class of Miss Silkworm Weishi, Xia Chang went to learn embroidery, and when Weishi arrives, the maid and her will take turns to serve you."

Wen Run was very surprised: "Master Chuan? Who is Mr. Chuan?"

Chunrong covered her mouth and smiled lightly: "It's Auntie Bu. When Auntie first took office, there were still many people who were not convinced, but now, who doesn't respect her?"

Wen Run lost his mind about taking a nap, he drank the ice cold juice in the glass, chewed the remaining ice slag in his mouth, hesitated for a while, got up and said: "There is nothing left and right, take me to see a It's all right."

The boat class started in the shipyard, close to the pier, and it took a long time to walk quickly from Hou's mansion.In the carriage, Chun Rong said to Wen Run in a flaunting tone: "My lord is really generous. He knows that the road is far away, and he specially arranged a carriage for this hour to pick up the servants in the mansion who are going to class. Others who have signed up for classes Ordinary people also have a special place to wait for their cars, and at this hour, there are special horse-drawn carriages going around that road to pick up people, and it only costs five coppers per month!"

Wen Run was even more puzzled. When he approached the shipyard, he was shocked by the number of students who came to the class much more than expected.The open space outside the shipyard was almost full of people. Under the scorching sun, everyone was very hot, but no one expressed dissatisfaction.Everyone received a black board and a short wooden stick (chalk) at the door. Those who couldn't sit in the yard stood at the base of the wall, and listened carefully to Mrs. Bu's words. .

Mrs. Bu had something on her head, a black ball resting on her mouth, her voice was full of air, it was unbelievably loud, standing outside the shipyard, Wen Run could hear her clearly cry.

The yard of the shipyard is so crowded. One of the big reasons is that there is a rather large keel resting in the middle of the yard. This big ship, which is almost formed but barely finished, has become a ready-made material for Bu Sanniang. She kept using it while teaching. Real cases are used to deepen the students' understanding of shipbuilding. Even Wen Run, who has no understanding of shipbuilding, after listening for half an hour, he still vaguely understands many taboos of shipbuilding.

He is incredible.

Why did Mrs. Bu change so much?

When she first came to Fuchun from Bianzhou, although Bu Sanniang acted in a prudent and orderly manner, she was not as courageous as she is now.Struggling to earn a living, her complexion is not so good-looking every day. She is only in her 30s, but her forehead and cheeks are full of hard-working wrinkles.

But now, looking at the woman teaching in the crowd with beaming eyebrows, it is really hard not to be impressed by the confident demeanor overflowing from the inside out.

Mr. Ship...

After chewing on this title without an official title for a while, Wen Run shook his head and smiled helplessly.I don't know why there are so many things in Wen Le's mind.

After spending some time on the road, when I returned to Hou’s mansion, the carriage to go to the female silkworm class was already carrying people outside the Hou’s mansion. Chunrong hurriedly apologized, and let the autumn equinox who had the last class come to replace the class, and she was in a hurry got in the car.

Seeing the carload of people whose fate should be unknown all their lives holding books and whispering to each other to exchange their familiar knowledge, Wen Run stood at the gate of the Hou Mansion with his hands behind his back and stared into the distance in a daze for a long time. For the first time, he realized that Wen Le was no longer the shy and timid boy he knew.

From Fuchun to Fuchun, he has been changing everything around him step by step, firmly and quickly.He controls the life and death of countless people, and he can definitely live a prosperous life even if he has nothing to do, but he chose the most difficult path.He didn't use a single soldier, and he never heard of deliberately building everything about himself. However, over time, his reputation for caring for the people has spread to every inch of Fuchun's land.An upright person who does things seriously, even a villain can't really hate him.

Wen Run caressed his lips, stared at the carriage going away, and smiled slightly.

……

At this moment, Wen Le still didn't know that he was sincerely praised by that unfathomable elder brother. If he knew about it, he would jump up proudly.

Even if he is rich, there is absolutely no reason for him to rest there, on the contrary, he has more busy things to do.

First of all, the group of pirates that Wen Run captured.

There are not too many people in this group, there are only a hundred or so in total, and all of them have above-average force values. If he had never done this job, Wen Le would be very happy to incorporate this group of laborers into the army.

But the point is, they used to be pirates.

In the bay, all passing ships are most afraid of encountering, except for storms, probably pirates.

Every year, not to mention other regions, but only in Fuchun, there are quite a few fishermen who were killed by pirates because they went out to sea to fish. They were not only asking for money, but more often they would take other people's lives.Regardless of whether it is due to confidentiality considerations or psychological reasons, it is difficult for people who can kill countless innocent lives with peace of mind to have the possibility of correcting their psychology.

Even in modern times, the so-called psychology of crime correction that experts have devoted their efforts to research can achieve very little results on real criminals, not to mention that Wen Le doesn't even understand this profession that can't pronounce the name fluently. .For the criminals, especially the pirates who did all kinds of murder and robbery, Wen Le really couldn't believe that they could reform themselves.

Under the same conditions, even if most people are oppressed by life and suffer even more, the kindness in their hearts will definitely overwhelm the anger that bewitches them to kill. People who choose to kill to solve their problems have a mentality that many ordinary people cannot I understand.

After thinking about it, Wen Le still couldn't make up his mind. After all, there were more than 100 lives. Even if they were villains, he still couldn't treat them as nothing without burden.

This time, instead of asking Wen Run for help, he invited Lin Yonglai, who was in charge of Fuchun soldiers and horses, to discuss with him.

It was rare for Lin Yong to be summoned by him. This time he had a rare opportunity, and he was extremely active and arrived soon.

When asked about the treatment of these water bandits, Lin Yong is a typical ancient bureaucrat who regards human life as nothing.

"Kill, you should kill. This group of villains has a lot of old cases, and I don't know how many people they have harmed, so they deserve to die."

Wen Le was very helpless, and now the balance in his heart was out of balance again. Seeing that Lin Yong had no good advice, he could only find Dala to discuss it.

Dala has been growing crops all his life. He is timid but simple.Although he also felt that the water bandits were heinous, but with human life in front of him, he hesitated.

"...After all, human life is at stake. The lower official feels that people are inherently kind, and they may not do evil out of intention, but are forced to do so by life... If your lord has mercy, it's better to...give them a chance?"

The shifted balance in my heart was immediately balanced again.

The more he asked, the more difficult he became.If everyone has the same opinion that this group of people deserves to die or not, he can also have a reason to defeat another voice in his heart.

But now, those who say good things and those who say bad things are all insisting on their own opinions, and he really doesn't know how to weigh them.

In desperation, in the middle of the night, he hugged the pillow to wake Wen Run up.

As a bosom brother, Wen Run would often serve as a psychological counselor to relieve Wen Le's stress since he arrived in Fuchun, so Wen Le especially didn't want to rely on him at such times.But this time there was really no other way.

Waking up in the middle of the night, Wen Run showed no sign of losing his temper.He was very considerate and took off Wen Le's shoes and socks, let him sleep inside, and lay on the outside to hug him.

Wen Le still needs comfort when he is in conflict. Wen Run's embrace is as light and non-aggressive as him, which makes him feel very at ease.It is also possible to ignore many cognitive abnormalities and accept this intimate way with peace of mind.In fact, he was not used to it at first, but gradually he felt nothing.

Pressing her head into Wen Run's arms, Wen Le babbled out her troubles.

The room was silent for a long time, and when he thought Wen Run had fallen asleep, he suddenly felt a slight vibration in the chest he was resting on.

The voice heard from the chest has the unique humming in the chest cavity, which is more hoarse than usual, Wen Run said: "Le'er, do you really understand what you are doing now?"

Wen Le didn't speak.

"Since you became the master of this land, Le'er, you can no longer do as you used to," Wen Run said slowly and clearly, "I know that you are working hard to improve the lives of the people. You build ships, Going to sea, pushing grain, reducing taxes, you are a very good feudal lord, the people will love you, praise your benevolence, record you in the annals of history, and make your name last forever. But Leer, just this is not enough, governing a piece of land, It is definitely not as simple as making people have enough food and clothing. If it is purely like this, there is no need for Dachunyi to lose his life."

Wen Le pursed her lips, and couldn't help retorting: "The reason I killed him was because he prevented the common people from having enough food and clothing."

Wen Run laughed softly, and while holding his waist, he stroked his head slowly and gently: "Facts speak louder than words, we don't need to argue about this. I just ask you, today you let this group of pirates go , They found an opportunity to start doing evil again, so what should they do? The people who will be victimized by then will never be counted. Let me ask you again, if you let them go, if other thieves use this as an example in the future, they will be even more rampant. What are you going to do again?"

Wen Le was speechless.

"People, born between heaven and earth, have their own responsibilities. Benevolence, kindness, filial piety, and righteousness are many. I know you are worried about these thieves who are forced to make ends meet and have wives and children at home. But you have to understand, being The people they kill are not necessarily alone. Compared with those thieves with wives and children, for whatever reason, the victims of their persecution are naturally more innocent. If you let these people go, there is no truth. Have you ever thought about the people who were killed? Their families may also be waiting for the day when the dead will be punished."

Wen Le was so angry that he buried his head in Wen Run's arms and pinched his mimi: "You must have done it on purpose, you can deal with these people at sea, but you just want to bring me ashore to make me troubled. You Just don't see me like that!"

Mimi was in severe pain from being pinched, and Wen Run grinned and held Wen Le's hand begging for mercy: "Good brother, I will never do this again next time. But last time I saw you were so depressed because of Da Chunyi's death God, I always feel that I should find an opportunity to let you understand your current situation."

Taking advantage of the moment Wen Le let go, he quickly restrained the other party and pressed his whole body on Wen Le, leaning into Wen Le's ear and saying: "You have always been too kind..."

He lowered his head, keenly noticed that Wen Le's eye sockets were a little red, and closed his mouth wisely.

"Okay, I won't say anything." Wen Run saw him clenching his fists and gritting his teeth to hold back tears, his heart softened, and he couldn't harden his heart to say those hurtful words anymore.He endured his tiredness, hugged Wen Le, patted his back, and kissed his forehead, "You will understand these truths in the future."

Wen Le only felt that his throat was choked and uncomfortable. He opened his eyes and stared at the zenith, telling himself in his heart that short-term pain is worse than long-term pain. Sooner or later, he will still face this kind of choice.

After thinking about it, and because of the soft comforting whisper in his ear, he finally felt better.

It's not Wen Run's fault, he's doing it for his own good, and Wen Le is not someone who doesn't know what's good or bad.

For this reason, even though he complained a little because of the desperation of his choice, he was grateful to Wen Run in his heart.Now that I was enlightened by him in the middle of the night, I saw that he started to yawn when he was obviously sleepy, and he tried to lift his spirits to comfort myself, and there was no sign of impatience from the beginning to the end.Finally, he looks like a big brother.

Wen Le hummed in his heart, awkwardly feeling that he should also express his emotion.

So he propped himself up, found Wen Run's face, and leaned up in the dark to kiss his cheek lightly, just like what he usually does to Wen Lian.

However, because of the angle, he staggered, and when he printed it, he obviously felt a different touch on his lips.

Both of them were stunned.

Wen Run felt Wen Le's lips twitching a little, at such a close distance, he could clearly feel Wen Le's violently beating heart and rapid breathing.For some unknown reason, instead of avoiding it, he moved his head slightly on Wen Le's lips, changing the place he touched from the corner of his mouth to his lips.

In fact, they didn't care for each other, it was just a simple lip-to-lip contact, even when they were slightly opened, Wen Run didn't stick out his tongue.However, for some reason, under the impetus of such an atmosphere, Wen Le actually gradually immersed himself in it, slowly and gently pecking and kissing with Wen Run -- again and again, an intimate contact that couldn't be more simple.

When he came back to his senses, Wen Le surprisingly didn't feel any disgust or shock, he just felt that it was like the most intimate existence in a family for encouragement.

Moving her lips away, and gently dropping a kiss on Wen Run's side face, Wen Le finally bid farewell to the struggle in her heart like a stick in her throat.

He said softly gratefully: "Brother, thank you."

Wen Run's eyes were a little wistful and confused, and he pursed his lips nostalgicly, as if he wanted to keep the numb sweet touch.

Then he hugged Wen Le tightly, and kissed back gently in his heart: "Go to sleep, it's getting late."——