The elder brother who travels through is hard to do

After coming to the exchange market, Xu Bei asked Jiang Ping to secretly investigate the situation of these people for more than two months when he only saw the people from Mr. Yang's side but not Mr. Yan and others. If you don't believe that these people will have clean hands and feet, and if you get the chance, you will beat them up. Do you really think that Xu Bei is a stupid and foolhardy person?

It's no wonder that Xu Bei didn't show any kindness to Mrs. Yan. It's just over two months, and they can't control their own hands and feet. Maybe it's because they are used to doing it before and don't take others and the palace seriously. Seeing how arrogant they are as literati, Xu Bei really wants to confuse them. On the surface, they pretend to be more dignified than anyone else, but in private they are more greedy than anyone else. Why is this face so big that others don’t want to fight I'm sorry.

In front of Zhu Kangyan, he seemed to be inadvertently smearing them. They walked forward, and Xu Bei handed over the collected evidence and the things that General Zhao had interrogated to Zhu Kangyan, and asked him to take them back to the fourth son. Yan's prudish letter of complaint is much more useful.

When it comes to suing, Xu Bei's methods are much stronger than Mr. Yan and his gang.

Of course, the first thing Zhu Kangyan did after returning home was to meet the Fourth Young Master, and presented him all the things Xu Bei had given him, and winked at Zhu Kangcheng and Lu Yunzhi who were beside him.

"What do you think?" The fourth son asked Zhu Kangyan with a smile, pointing at the evidence in front of him with his white fingers.

Zhu Kangyan smiled and replied: "I think Xu Bei is a good kid, he is ruthless and decisive. It's not that he is incapable of dealing with these people, but I can see that he is impatient to do this, and he doesn't want these people to hinder him. Therefore, all these people were brought together, and this kid relied on the young master to clean up the mess for him. No matter how big the trouble was, it didn't matter. Of course, I think that kid still knows how to measure, and he won't cause too much trouble for the young master. .”

No, the smile in the eyes of the fourth young master was even bigger, and Zhu Kangcheng and Lu Yunzhi who were on the side also smiled secretly and shook their heads. It is estimated that no one is as confident as Xu Bei to ask the young master to support him.

Zhu Kangcheng said with a smile: "At first, I thought he couldn't hold on to the situation, and the young master specially sent the talkative Master Yang Zhen to be his upper peak. I didn't expect this kid to be more agile than Master Yang. I really underestimated him .”

Zhu Kangyan's eyebrows fluttered: "You don't know, this kid can be patient, and Yan Zhongshou will be so angry that one Buddha is born and two Buddhas ascend to heaven..." Seeing how interested the people were, he imitated Xu Bei's rascal's appearance and words on the spot The words he said, the expression imitated vividly, making several people in the study burst into laughter.

Zhu Kangyan's speed was faster than those of Mr. Yan, because the latter went to the Song family first after returning to Yanzhou City, and then came late. The Song family also came together. Mr. Yan held his head high and held his chest high, showing righteousness Ling Ran is in a state of being ready to sue. If the officials in the Northland are all rogue, they are self-destructing the city wall. How can they be convinced?

Unexpectedly, he didn't even see the face of the Fourth Young Master. The Fourth Young Master sent someone to send a message directly. He was busy with affairs, and he was left outside several times in a row. The Fourth Young Master played very well as Xu Bei's backstage The role of Mr. Yan made Mr. Yan's confidence at the beginning gradually become uneasy, and finally his expression was tainted with panic, and the Song family left in a hurry.

When he asked to see the Fourth Young Master for the fifth time, the Fourth Young Master still didn't see him, and only asked the messenger to ask him, Mr. Yan has many years of experience as an official, what should be the punishment for leaving his post without authorization?Lord Yan's face turned pale on the spot, and when the matter developed to this point, even the Song family blamed Yan Zhongshou for not keeping his job well, even for such a country boy who had never touched a book. After getting it back, the great opportunity was handed over to others, which really failed the Song family's expectations.

The Song family still looked down on Xu Bei, a poor boy, so they only felt that Yan Zhongshou was extremely incompetent. The vacancy on the exchange market had already been filled, and it was impossible for them to arrange another person to enter in a short time.On the other hand, the Song family was also annoyed that the fourth son did not give them face. They knew that Yan Zhongshou was theirs but they pushed him off. What they valued was not Yan Zhongshou, but the face of the Song family.

Angry in his heart, he turned his back on official affairs, and other aristocratic families who followed the lead of the Song family also became slack. On the other hand, they handed over the papers to Lord Xiao. This was to put pressure on the fourth son with a two-pronged approach. Maybe it was because of the illness of the previous fourth son. The crooked image gave them the impression that the four young masters were weak and deceitful.

Xiao Wangfu snorted coldly when he saw the booklet sent by Patriarch Song, and was about to throw it on the ground on the spot. After thinking about it, he stopped, called someone over, and asked someone to send it to his fourth son quickly. His father backed him up and asked Xiaosi to let him do it.If he dared to bully his youngest son, he couldn't beat them to death!

Hearing the message from the visitor, the Fourth Young Master finally felt Xu Bei's feeling. Indeed, someone was behind him to let him do it boldly in front. This feeling is indeed...very subtle.

The fourth young master laughed, and ordered to go down and act.

Yan Zhongshou and the others couldn't get up and down, and they knew that their position was taken by someone else, so they felt annoyed for a moment that they shouldn't have fallen for that kid's trick and left the exchange market. He hated Xu Bei even more, and hoped that the Song family could tear Xu Bei down, maybe he would still have a chance then.

But before the result of the Song family's actions, Yan Zhongshou was waiting for the guards of the palace who only obeyed the fourth son, led by Zhu Kangcheng himself, and came to arrest them.Dissatisfied?The evidence was thrown in front of him, not only Xu Bei collected it from the exchange market, but also those shady things that Yan Zhongshou had done as an official for many years. After being found out by the Wangfu, he became paralyzed on the spot.

Zhu Kangcheng gave him a disdainful look, waved his hand and said, "Take it away! The others follow me, brothers are busy today."

"Yes!"

Even Xu Minqing, who was in Yanyang Academy, noticed the tense atmosphere in Yanzhou City. Many students gathered together after class to discuss, who was arrested in the big prison today, and whose house was ransacked tomorrow. When those charges were announced, many people applauded, and some looked panic-stricken, fearing that their family members and tribesmen would also be implicated. At this time, no matter how slow they were, they could see that the direction of the wind was wrong.

"Xu Minqing!" Several chattering people sitting around saw Xu Minqing passing by, stretched out their hands to greet him, and waited for the latter to come over and asked him with a smile, "I didn't expect that you are the most determined, and you don't hear anything outside the window. I only read the books of sages, but this time things are different from the past, everyone is vying to express their opinions, guess how many officials the Fourth Young Master will arrest and move, what do you think?"

Xu Minqing greeted everyone present with cupped fists, sat down in the seat they gave up and said with a smile: "Where, Minqing started late and is not familiar with these things, so I'd rather listen to everyone Opinion."

"Haha, that's fine, you should listen more, after all, you may also work for the palace in the future."

Although what happened last time made Xu Minqing famous, especially when the manuscripts in his hand were borrowed by the masters in the academy, it seemed that he was different from others, but at the moment no one questioned his words, after all, his words were not questioned. Everyone knows their origins well, since they came out of a small place and just entered the academy not long ago, how can they have enough understanding of the various forces in Yanzhou City and the competition between the palace and the aristocratic family.

Xu Minqing sat quietly on the side, with a smile on his lips, pretending to listen carefully.How could he not know about these things? In addition to helping him take care of the bookstore workshop, Jiang Feng will also keep an eye on some news in the city for him, and send it to him regularly. He is also learning, and slowly learns from these superficial phenomena. Thinking about the possible things behind it, he knew no less than the people present here, and what the latter talked about was only the news that had reached the academy.

Of course, those descendants of the aristocratic family knew what happened one step earlier than him, but they didn't understand how firm the determination of Lord Xiao and the fourth son was. What they were clearing up was the officialdom of the entire Northland, and further strengthened their control over the Northland.

At the same time, this also means that the relationship between Beidi and the court will become more tense. No, the relationship has been tense since Zongbing Ma was taken down, but the court has no time to take care of it for a while, and the fourth son is taking advantage of it. This is an opportunity to speed up the action, and it is impossible to wait until the court is free to intervene.

While listening, Xu Minqing was thinking about the bookstore. The books printed by the new printing method were about to enter the stage of selling to the outside world. In order to attract the attention of literati and students, he added some rare copies in the bookstore. Thinking about it, it was enough to build the reputation of the book store, but he also knew that the reason why those books were precious was that they were scarce, so he also controlled the number of printing, and could increase the price of these books when they were sold. Prices can be lowered to open up sales.

Many fresh words were learned from his elder brother, which were simple, clear and popular. In this way, he thought of his elder brother from the book store, and thought of how his elder brother described him in his letter. The corners of Xu Minqing's mouth curved slightly, his mood Excellent, the elder brother has adapted better than he expected there.

Because the homes of a group of officials were copied, the fourth son had a lot of houses that were taken in. Thinking that Xu Bei had developed cement and his promise had not been fulfilled, he picked out one of these houses and asked someone to send the house deed to him. To Xu Bei's hands.

At the same time, because the spring flood was coming, the fourth son allocated a large amount of cement to the officials in charge of river defense to strengthen the embankments on both sides of the river. It happened that a lot of silver was confiscated when the house was raided, and the treasury was abundant, so the expenditure could be fully covered.

With the establishment of new dams and the firmly guarded fields on both sides of the river, a new thing like cement has been spread in the north along with people's word of mouth. People are always particularly interested in new things, especially According to the news, Beidi will use cement to rebuild official roads one after another. Even the officials of the state capitals are looking forward to it. The maintenance of official roads is always a headache.

The acceptance of new things in the Northland is much higher than that in the Southland. When the people in the Northland rejoiced that the new dam blocked the spring flood, the officials at the imperial court frowned when they saw the word "cement". It's a lowly thing, so it's not worth their trouble, and those in power are busy fighting for power, so they don't care about this lowly thing.

Only those officials who are really worried about the river transportation seem to see hope in it. Because of the vast water area and heavy rainfall in the south, river defense is an urgent issue that is put in front of them every year. However, the attitude of the superiors makes them chill. Thinking of the deeds of Prince Xiao's Mansion in the Northland, he sighed in his heart. It is almost the time of dying, and the people in the disaster-stricken areas last year still don't know how to live their lives. If they can't, it will be unimaginable.

"It's getting more and more outrageous!" Wan Qiushi said angrily, "Master Du only mentioned one thing about cement in the early court, hoping that the court would send people to conduct a field survey, but those people said he was thinking about the Northland, He got his official position on the spot, Mr. Du is so innocent, all those people in the court are blind?"

Wan Guangbai didn't say anything, just sighed, those individuals would not care about the life and death of the common people, how to grasp the power in the court is their immediate concern.From the bottom of his heart, he also felt that Mrs. Du's proposal was reasonable. Although many officials said that Beidi's exaggerated words were intended to sway and buy people's hearts, then, since he did not believe the news from Beidi, he should send officials to the field. You can tell the truth by just looking at it. If it is true as the news spreads, wouldn't it be a great opportunity lost in vain.

"If there is such a miraculous thing, it will be a blessing to all people. Maybe there will be a day in the future..." The voice behind Wan Guangbai weakened. He got the news from the ground, and now even he is envious of the people in the North, and those Song family who are dying are really in the blessings and don't know the blessings.

"Father!" Wan Qiushi's eyes widened.

Wan Guangbai smiled, raised his hand and stroked his youngest son's head and said, "Jiu'er, the spring tea just came down, so you can take this batch of spring tea to Beidi, and I'll leave it to Jiu'er over there, right?" Well, Lao Zhang and his team will also give you, although the situation in the north is better than that in the south, but we still need someone to help you run errands."

"Father, I..." Wan Qiushi was both excited and sad, looking at his father helplessly, not knowing what to say, he had always done little things in the past, and always involved his family, but his family always gave him the best.

"Let's go, don't worry about us. Now the Wanjia is not as big as before, and there are not so many people staring at us." Wan Guangbai looked at Jiu'er lovingly, who he had always held in his hand. The eldest son will leave his shelter one day, and he shouldn't always protect him, because he will definitely walk ahead of Jiu'er. Although the eldest son loves his younger brother, he is not as considerate as a father.

During this period of time, Wan Guangbai distributed most of the family business, leaving only a small amount in the hands of the master. Although the courtyard was colder, people were much quieter. Although he was not used to it for a while, in the long run, this The choice is the best.

Thinking of this, I sneered again. Those tribesmen who had long been dissidents, after getting the property, couldn't wait to go to the object of their choice, but they didn't know that the Wanjia property in their hands was no longer as valuable as it used to be. It's getting older, when those people made their plans in the past, they were looking at the whole Wanjia, not the current situation of scattered branches and leaves.

Wan Guangbai took his eldest son and grandson to send his youngest son onto the boat, and watched the boat leave the shore until he could no longer see the people at the bow.

"Go back, Jiu'er will be fine, don't worry too much about him." Wan Guangbai took the lead to leave.

Wan Qiuyu smiled and sighed: "Yes, father, I always feel that Jiu'er is still chasing after me and calling him big brother. At that time, I thought he was too obsessive, but I didn't expect him to grow up in a blink of an eye. grown up."

"Bao'er has to grow up quickly and go find Uncle Jiu."

Wan Qiushi didn't enter the cabin until he could no longer see the people on the shore. He was curious when he saw the baskets of goods brought in by Zhang Meng, and pointed to the piles of things in the basket next to him and asked, "Old Zhang, what are these things?" What is it? Why did you bring these on board?"

"Jiu Shao," Zhang Meng said with a grin, "it wasn't that kid Xu Bei who sent me a message to find it for him. I asked them to pay attention to the caravan going to the south before. There is really something that kid said. No, it’s all here, and I’m also curious about what that kid is looking for.”

Wan Qiushi didn't take it seriously when he heard what he said, but he was quite curious about Xu Bei's situation: "Old Zhang, Xu Bei is amazing now, this is called Shibie for three days. Let's go to Bei The land still needs Xu Bei’s care, no, it’s time to call Master Xu now, haha.”

Wan Qiushi felt incredible, looked at Zhang again and laughed fiercely: "Old Zhang, you have a good eye for people. With this relationship, it will be much more convenient for our Wan family to be in the mutual market."

Zhang Meng shook his head and said: "At that time, I just thought that this little brother was good, how could I have imagined that today, this kid is now very popular."

After leaving the capital, Wan Qiushi felt that his breathing became much easier. In this life, he completely got rid of Chen Wang.Although when he just came back, he wished he could chop that person off with a knife. It was the relatives who were alive in front of his eyes who reminded him what was the most important thing, so he suppressed the hatred in his heart to deal with others, hoping to let him The family slowly broke away from the circle of right and wrong.

Although he couldn't personally chop that person up for revenge, but seeing that he is not as confident and calm as in his previous life, and he can no longer control everything in his hands quietly, but facing the increasingly chaotic situation, Wan Qiushi couldn't stop. The place of residence is happy for a while, and seeing the enemy's life is not happy, he is happy.

What's the use of really killing him? Not only will it drag down relatives, but also it won't let enemies experience the pain he suffered in his previous life. Seeing him being deprived of everything he has now, and getting further and further away from his established goal and position. The farther away, for such a person, I am afraid it is the most unbearable.

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Xu Bei didn't know what good things Zhang Meng had brought him. He was overjoyed when he received the deed of the house sent by the fourth son. , Lao Qiu felt that his fists were itchy again, why couldn't he help but want to punch Bei boy a few times, his smile was too obtrusive.

"Brother Jiang, it's actually a house on South Street, very close to Brother Jiang's house. Fourth Young Master really thought of what I wanted. The house I rewarded is exactly what I want, and it's a three-entry house. Tsk tsk, it's spacious enough. "

Although the east is rich and the west is rich, Xiao Wang's Mansion is located in the center of the East District, and people living around Xiao Wang's Mansion are rich and powerful, but Xu Bei is not willing to squeeze in at all, and it is better to live in South Street.He knew very well in his heart that his official position was a shortcut, and his birth was flawed. Although he was arrogant on the surface in front of surname Yan that day, he could not enter the ranks of the so-called upright stream. Reading poetry and books, in their eyes, only those who have passed the scientific examination are the right path for civil servants.

So Xu Bei is not willing to be with those people. The arrangement of the fourth son is just right for him, but in the future, when Min Qing gets through the examination and becomes a serious official, then he can naturally move into the East Street with Min Qing. Well, who can say anything then?

"Your heart is not big." Jiang Ping chuckled twice, thinking that Xu Bei's contribution is far greater than everything he has gained now, but Xu Bei didn't care about it at all. He hoped that Xu Bei could keep this normal heart forever. Only in the future can we go further. Looking at those powerful and powerful families, they are not satisfied with what they have now, but they are too arrogant. With the little credit at the beginning, they get close and close, and in the end they just bring themselves to perish.

"Him?" Lao Qiu snorted through his nose, "Can you still be satisfied with such a big house?" He deliberately seemed to be playing against Xu Bei, but he was clear in his heart that this was the best for Xu Bei, and no matter how high-profile it was, it would be too much Eye-catching.

Xu Bei happily put away the deed, but turned around and put it in the space. It was safer than putting it anywhere, and he waved his hand generously and said, "Go, I am happy today, and I treat you to a big meal." The gradually formed mutual market has already Some shops have opened, and of course they are limited to food shops at present. One of the mutton shops opened by Northern Mongolians was welcomed by these three people as soon as they opened. They are all meat lovers.

Walking in the market, the streets in the middle are straight and tidy, all paved with cement pavement, which makes people feel extremely clean, with neatly arranged houses and pavements on both sides, as the fourth son said, only rent and not sell, there are already many businesses I'm waiting and watching, and a few more have already started.

In addition to cement, Xu Bei also intervened in the construction process, that is, the construction of drainage pipes. It was not realistic at first, but with cement, this construction can be easily realized.Xu Bei also knew that cattle, horses and sheep traded in the bulk of the trading market, and there were special stables and sheds for cattle and sheep in the trading market. Let's enjoy the stinky days when mosquitoes and flies are flying all over the sky every day, so sanitation is definitely the top priority. The sewer pipes over there were completed under the supervision of Xu Bei himself, and the test results after completion are also very good.