The Nameless of the Common Clans

Henei, as a large county, was not something that needed to be taken seriously. However, as the main battlefield where Chen Mo and Yuan Shao fought, Henei had a rough fate in recent years. Chen Mo moved the people away from here, and later the gentry of Henei took the remaining people and moved north to join Yuan Shao, making the originally populous Henei County suddenly desolate.

Later, the war between Chen Mo and Yuan Shao broke out, and only one in ten people in Henei survived. Some people fled north or moved south. In short, before the fall of Yuan Shao, Henei could be regarded as the core of the war between the two families. Even when Chen Mo later won the Henei County, he did not fill the population in Henei because of this concern, but used Henei as a place to fight Yuan Shao.

Later, when Yuan Shao fell, Henei naturally became Chen Mo's hinterland from the frontier. From then on, Chen Mo continued to migrate refugees from all over the country into Henei, and some people in Henei wanted to return to their hometown and began to be led back to Henei.

Therefore, the population of Hanoi is very diverse, from the northern border, the Qiang people in the northwest, to the people near Luoyang, you can see them here. The situation of one family, one surname, and one village in the Central Plains is not absent in Hanoi, but it is rarely seen.

Juyi Township is the name given by the people here to their own place, which also contains the yearning for future life. As for what it was called before, no one knows. Most of the names of the villages were given by enemies. What is different from other villages is that the three elders of this Juyi Township are too young.

Generally speaking, the three elders are some retired officials or people with high moral prestige in the village. Although the court is implementing new policies now, clerks can also be promoted to officials, but how many clerks are there in the world? How many official positions are there? Most people don’t really have much hope. If a person who has just entered the officialdom is a three elder, for this person, his official career is basically ruined, and it is good enough to climb to a county magistrate in this life.

Juyi Township was just built here four years ago. Because there are abandoned villages, but no one is there, it is easy to rebuild. Just arrange people here.

The elder named Chen Jin also came to Juyi Township at that time. The villagers may not even know who the emperor is now, let alone what Chen Mo's eldest son is called. They just think he is a young man with no ability who barely made it to the position of elder. They sympathize with this young man, but also have some disdain.

If he really has ability, who would come to such a place to be an elder? It is said that he was promoted from the head of the village. As for which village he was originally from, no one knows, anyway, it is not the village of Juyi Township.

Moreover, their elder seems to be a nerd. When he is free, he will hold a book and read it. He also speaks in a literary way, which makes people very uncomfortable. Therefore, at the beginning, the people here are quite repulsive to Chen Jin, who is incompatible with them in terms of living habits and speaking style.

But Chen Jin didn't care about these. In three years, Chen Jin did a lot of things, led the villagers to dig canals, build water wheels, repair roads, and build bridges. Although they were rejected, under Chen Jin's leadership, the Thirteen Li of Juyi Township was indeed well managed, the roads were smooth, travel was convenient, and there was a bumper harvest every year. The rejection of Chen Jin was also reduced unconsciously.

When Chen Jin was free, he liked to teach the children in the village to read. No matter how the elders looked at him, the children in the village liked this third elder very much, and the people in the village also began to respect this third elder.

This young man is really knowledgeable, not the kind of person who only talks but does not practice. Let's not talk about his knowledge, but the work in the field is no worse than those who have been farming for half their lives. After three years, no matter what the villagers have, they like to consult Chen Jin. Even some people come to see Chen Jin when their dogs are sick, which makes Chen Jin laugh and cry.

In three years, bridges and roads were built. At first, everyone did not understand this, but gradually, merchants from outside began to come here. Chen Jin would take the village heads or respected people to the city to learn about the prices of goods in detail, and also picked the smartest people in the village to sell goods. The village began to have its own merchants. Living in it may not be too obvious to the changes in life, but if you recall three years ago now, the gap between the two can be seen. Therefore, for this third elder, the people of Juyi Township support him from the bottom of their hearts.

"So powerful?" Sitting on the Hu bed in the courtyard, listening to the villagers' dialect that was not very understandable, Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"That's right. Let me tell you. Although we are young, everyone in this area will praise us. I heard that the county intends to promote us. We may be promoted to be officials in the county this fall. I say that with our abilities, we are definitely not bad at being county magistrates. You don't know that the magistrate of Wen County sent people to propose marriage to our daughter." The old man said proudly.

"County magistrate..." Chen Mo thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Not so good."

"How can you talk like that? I tell you, our three elders will have a bright future in the future. How can we say that we are not good enough?" The old man frowned and stared at Chen Mo and said, "You have been talking for a long time. Do you want these goods of mine?"

"Uh... Let's take a look. When doing business, you have to compare prices from three different stores." Chen Mo stood up and shook his head with a smile. He had heard what he wanted to hear. As for buying goods... he was not really here to buy goods.

"In the whole Juyi Township, my goods are the best. Hey, little brother, how about a cheaper price?" The old man called out when he saw Chen Mo was about to leave.

"Let's wait and see." Chen Mo shook his head, got up and took Dian Wei and a group of guards to the carriage frame to get on the carriage. Under the old man's regretful gaze, the carriage slowly left.

"Hear it?" Chen Mo looked at Cai Yan beside him and smiled.

"What do you think, husband?" Cai Yan had been smiling since Chen Mo got on the car, and now she asked.

"It's hard to say. There are not many things in this village. The things that the old man said rely on his power and ability to establish his prestige little by little, but it can be done in a village or a village. If it is put in a county or a county, this set of rules will not work. Not to mention a county, a county cannot be supported by one person. You have to know how to use people." Chen Mo shook his head. There are fewer things in the village after all. One person is busy and tired. In addition, with far more knowledge than the villagers, as long as he is not too arrogant, willing to contact the villagers, and gain the recognition of the villagers, it is not difficult to achieve Chen Jin's current situation. At least from what he has seen and heard along the way, Chen Jin's ability in using people has not been revealed.

"Isn't it good to do everything personally?" Cai Yan asked doubtfully.

"Manpower is limited, just know what to do. If the leader is too busy, his subordinates will become idle. This is not the way to rule. When have you ever been so busy?" Chen Mo shook his head. This is just a township. What about a county, a prefecture, a state, or even a country in the future?

Cai Yan nodded with some disappointment. If Chen Mo was in Luoyang, he would stay at home with his mother, wife, and children most of the time. Unless something big happened, he would rarely be busy all day and night. However, the whole world was still well managed by Chen Mo. This was the case in Hedong in the past, and it was the case when he controlled Bingzhou later. It was still the case after he took over Guanzhong, and now even the Central Plains has been taken. Chen Mo even wanted to take her to Henei for a trip, but looking at the princes of the world, how many people can be like Chen Mo?

The carriage continued to move forward and soon arrived at Juyi Village where Chen Jin was. It was hot summer. When Chen Mo and others asked for directions along the way to find Chen Jin, they saw Chen Jin reading and playing with a group of children.

"Young Master!" Dian Wei's rough voice echoed in the fields, attracting many farmers to look back.

Chen Jin turned his head and saw Dian Wei waving at him.

"Uncle Dian!" Chen Jin was surprised to see Dian Wei, and then overjoyed. He ran to the car and saluted Dian Wei, saying, "Uncle Dian, father is here too?"

"It's good that you remember me." Chen Mo lifted the curtain and smiled at his son.

"Hello, father!" Chen Jin saluted quickly.

"When you are away from home, there is no need to be polite." Chen Mo waved his hand, looked at him carefully and said, "You are thinner and stronger."

"Why is father here?" Chen Jin quickly stretched out his hand and took Chen Mo.

"I didn't want to come, but you haven't been home for three years, and your mother begged me several times, so I brought her to see you." Chen Mo jumped off the carriage, looked back at the carriage and said, "Why, you missed your son before, but now you don't miss him anymore?"

"Mother!?" Chen Jin hurriedly looked into the carriage when he heard this, and saw Cai Yan slowly walking out with the support of Juan'er. Chen Mo reached out to take her and took his wife down from the shaft of the carriage.

"Mother, I am unfilial!" Chen Jin bowed hurriedly.

"My son is also busy for fame, it's okay, your father also said you did a good job." Cai Yan helped her son up, and when she saw Chen Mo looking at her, she showed a pleading look.

Chen Mo didn't answer, and didn't say anything after all, just looked at the children who were around, each of them was a little curious and a little afraid. Well, Dian Wei stood beside Chen Mo, and the fierce aura was released, and it was good that he didn't scare the children to tears.

Chen Mo didn't deliberately get close to these children. There was no reason. He was just tired from the long journey.

The mother and son hadn't seen each other for three years, so they had endless things to say. Chen Mo took Dian Wei around and occasionally looked at the growth of grain by the field.

"My Lord, do you understand this?" Dian Wei asked curiously.

"The hundreds of millions of people in the Han Dynasty rely on this. How can I not understand?" Chen Mo nodded.

"That..." Dian Wei looked at Chen Jin, who was being talked to by Cai Yan, curiously: "My Lord, you haven't seen the eldest son for several years. Why don't you go and talk?"

"Why do you have so much to say? Seeing that he is living well now and has not gone astray, that's enough." Chen Mo shook his head. He didn't want to be too smooth with his family. He was already very tired outside. He didn't want to live with a mask in front of his family. Looking at the water dragon in the distance, Chen Mo smiled and said, "Let's go and take a look."

"Yes~"