Chapter 25 Xuxiang Fengyun (I)

Author: Xianren Grass Tofu Milk

Chapter 25 Xuxiang Fengyun (I)

Donglai County

Xuxiang

Since the execution of Jiaodong King Liu Xiongqu, Donglai County has been separated from Jiaodong Kingdom and is directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

"Rujiamo, the Roujiamo that has just been released and still hot, only ten yuan per person."

"Roll onion pancake, roll onion pancake with three cents each."

"Sun Family Grain Store is cheap and affordable."

"Young Master, come quickly, the girls are waiting and anxious~"

"Negotiable, buy my daughter. I haven't eaten for many days."

"Genggugugugugugu, your daughter is not a national beauty. I'll waste my food when I buy it back."

"Hey, Lao He, there is something wrong with the hoe you made me last time. It's just a few days before you use it. Did you cut corners?"

"The best thousand-mile horse is just a man who can find out what you know."

As autumn arrives and the weather turns cooler, Xu Township is no longer as hot as in the previous few months. Many Xu Township people walk out of their homes and wander around.

The villagers carried the manure in the city to the farmlands in the suburbs to fertilize, preparing for this year's autumn planting and winter harvest. The playful children held their parents' hands and wanted to buy this place and that. The small vendors shouted to sell goods. Some young men from wealthy and powerful families were immersed in the gentle land of the girl in the flower building. The powerless and powerful people sat on the street waiting to freeze to death and starve to death.

There are also some boys and girls who have been cut by picking and cutting, begging on the street. Their miserable conditions are different, which makes people unbearable to look at them.

On the streets on the roadside, from time to time, you can see several desperate civilians committing suicide in public among the crowd and leaving this tragic world early. A starving baby girl was abandoned on the side of the road. Several hungry wild dogs barked and ate the baby girl's meat, but the people passing by were already accustomed to it.

The sky is bright, but it feels very dark.

Kazi —

A luxurious horse carriage came, crushing a rotten and stinky corpse in the middle of the road. The sound of human bones shattering was crisp and loud, as if a girl in a flower building was gently stroking the strings.

A breeze blew, and the bead curtain of the carriage lifted up, revealing the youthful face of a beautiful woman.

The woman looked indifferent and pulled out a handkerchief to cover her mouth and nose so that she would not be disgusted by the corpses outside the carriage, the smell of sweat from the people, the smell of various foods, and the smell of feces on the roadside.

The men on the roadside looked at the women in the bead curtains and were all immersed in fantasy.

"What a beautiful woman, who is she?" someone asked in confusion.

"It seems to be the lady of the Wang family in Liaodong." Some people who have been in contact with the upper class replied.

"I really want to be a dog for Miss Wang, but unfortunately I'm not qualified, alas..." Some handsome boys had a dream of a rich woman and shook their heads and sighed at the carriage.

Under the gaze of everyone, the carriage came to the gate of Mr. Xu's mansion in the city.

"Wow—"

As the groom's voice rang, the carriage stopped. The groom first dismounted, and then respectfully said to the woman in the car: "Master, we have arrived at Xu Mansion."

"Um."

The woman's voice in the carriage was very pleasant, like a clear spring, which made people wish they could grow more ears and listen more clearly. This would also make you enjoy it for a while.

Hearing this cold answer, the groom knelt on the ground, his forehead almost opposite the ground, and continued to respectfully say to the woman in the car: "Master, you can get off the car."

There was no sound in the carriage, but two maids stepped out of the carriage on the back of the groom. One maid was holding a roll of huge cloth, and the other maid was holding a roll of silk.

After the two maids got out of the car, they spread the pink cloth on the ground that had been cleaned by the Xu family's servants, and then covered the pink cloth with a layer of pink silk.

Then, another maid lifted the pearl curtain. The maid first stepped on the groom's back, then took the woman in the car's slender hand, slowly walked to the ground, and led the woman in the car to the groom's back.

The woman in the car stepped on the back of the groom. Under the guidance of the maid, the jade bamboo shoots fell on the pink silk on the ground and walked into the Xu Mansion along the Silk Road.

"I've seen Mr. Wang!"

The several servants guarding the Xu Mansion gate had already learned the news in advance. When they saw the woman in the carriage coming, they immediately knelt down and bowed their heads and respected them.

"Young Master Wang has arrived in person, but I am not able to meet you from afar, so I am rude!" Mr. Xu walked out of the mansion. Today, he did not go to the manor outside the city. Instead, after learning that the Wang family was about to come to Xuxiang to discuss with him, he waited in the mansion in the city early. He thought that the person who came would be Wang Song of the Wang family, but he did not expect that Wang Mujiao of the Wang family would be here.

Although Wang Huajiao is a woman, the men and women are equal within the blood relationship of the Wang family in Liaodong, so the women of the Wang family in Liaodong can also be called Shaojun, which is no different from the men of the Wang family.

More than five years have passed, and the 16-year-old girl Wang Wujiao has become much more mature. The tenderness on her face has faded, but she is still unmarried.

In the Han Dynasty, a woman who was still unmarried at the age of 22 was considered an old age, but the Wang family never cared about these etiquettes in the Central Plains.

In other words, the Wang family is very familiar with the etiquette of the Central Plains, and there are special teachers explaining the etiquette of the Central Plains.

However, the Wang family has always been polite to etiquette in the Central Plains. When they need to use it, they are more etiquette than the Central Plains gentry. When they don’t need it, they are red tape that can be discarded casually.

"Myung Jiao, I have seen Mr. Xu for many months. Mr. Xu, you are still as lively as ever." Wang Wujiao bowed to Mr. Xu and smiled.

"Hahaha, Wang Shaojun is joking. I don't know how long can I last for this old bone? After all, the world belongs to the young people." Mr. Xu gently stroked his beard and laughed, then politely said to Wang Majiao: "Shaojun Wang, please!"

After entering the house, the maids brought tea and water to Wang Wujiao.

Mr. Xu, who was standing beside him, smiled while blowing hot tea, but never said a word.

"Now that Jiaodong Kingdom has been destroyed for several years, the Chang'an court has set aside Donglai County, and Xu Township is in chaos. At this opportunity, Master Xu, do you have the idea of ​​expanding the Xu family's business?" Wang Wujiao, who pretended to drink tea for a long time, was a little unstoppable. After all, she was still a young woman and had no experience, so she put down the hot tea in her hand and couldn't help but ask Master Xu for tentative questions.

"Hmm? Haha, Wang Shaojun is so proud. I am so dying. How dare I have such an idea? On the contrary, Wang Shaojun, you are young and promising and arrogant as a woman. I really admire you." Mr. Xu, who was practicing Tai Chi, did not answer Wang Huajiao's tentative questions directly.

"Mr. Xu should not think about himself, but also about his children." Wang Huajiao still couldn't calm down and gradually revealed her true intentions.

"Children and grandchildren are blessed." Mr. Xu was still laughing happily, and drank a small sip of hot tea, and asked Wang Huajiao in turn: "But Wang Shaojun, why don't you find a good husband? If it weren't for the fact that Xuxiang did not have Shaojun, you would like to you?"

"Ah?" The unmarried woman was most annoyed by being asked such questions. Wang Wujiao's face turned a little shy, and then pretended to drink tea and did not dare to talk more. However, she was secretly complaining in her heart: "What an old fox."

Seeing that Mr. Xu was just constantly complimenting himself and refused to talk about serious matters, Wang Wujiao had to directly reveal his intention: "My Jiao came this time for two things."

"Oh? Hehehe~" Seeing that he had the initiative, Master Xu laughed and sipped a sip of hot tea before smiling at Wang Huajiao, "Young Master Wang, but it's okay."

"First, Wang Changzhi, the eldest son of my Wang family, is now five years old. He wants to marry Master Xu's great-granddaughter. If you are so close, Master Xu..." Wang Wujiao told the first thing truthfully.

"Mr. Ning Wei is so proud. What kind of virtue can my great-granddaughter be so blessed." Mr. Xu continued to compliment and observe the situation, and was not in a hurry to agree, nor refused immediately.

Wang Huajiao had no choice but to continue saying: "Secondly, my Liaodong Wang family wants to start a grain shop in Xuxiang and sell wheat grain in Xuxiang. I hope you, Mr. Xu..."

"This..." Compared to the first thing, this second thing finally made Mr. Xu start to think seriously. He may not care about a great-granddaughter getting married as a marriage tool, but he must care about the fact that the Wang family in Liaodong intends to get involved in the Xuxiang grain market. Therefore, after a long silence, he sighed to Wang Mu: "Wang Shaojun doesn't know that the local grain market in Xuxiang has long been monopolized by the three major grain merchants in Xuxiang. These three major grain merchants have a deep relationship with the local tyrants in Xuxiang. Your Wang family in Liaodong is a foreigner. For the three major grain merchants, it is a bad person. If you insist on opening a grain shop in Xuxiang, I am afraid that Xuxiang will be upside down."

After saying that, Master Xu added: "The Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the past few years has already made the people of Xu Township miserable. The people of Xu Township have not recovered yet. I think Shaojun saw the miserable situation of those people on the road. They really can't stand the trouble again!"

"But my head said that no matter whether the people of Xuxiang accept it or not, whether the strong men of Xuxiang accept it or not, our Liaodong Wang family must enter Xuxiang. Xuxiang people either accept it or passively, and they must accept it anyway!" Wang Huajiao's attitude was very tough. The united power of these powerful men in Xuxiang County may be slightly stronger than that of the Wang family in Liaodong, but if they fight alone, no Xuxiang hero can be the opponent of the Wang family in Liaodong.

"This..." Mr. Xu was speechless, thinking about various variables in his mind, but he had not made up his final decision.
Chapter completed!