Wei Hao was sitting at the head of the hall, with several family elders sitting below him, and behind them were the direct descendants of the Wei family.
Wei Gong walked in from the door, looking slightly anxious. He bowed respectfully to Wei Hao and said, "Father, my second brother is not in Haojia Village. He said he went into the mountains to collect medicine and won't be back until noon."
Wei Hao frowned slightly and was about to speak when an old man next to him said in a deep voice: "How long has it been since he still had the leisure to go into the mountains to collect herbs?"
When Wei Gong saw this person, he didn't dare to breathe.
Wei Hao, on the other hand, frowned and looked at this person, and said in a cold voice: "If you go into the mountains to collect herbs, then go into the mountains to collect herbs. So what if the sky falls? Is it your turn to make irresponsible remarks?"
The old man was stunned for a moment. He wanted to retort a few words, but another old man beside him hurriedly pulled his sleeve.
The old man glared at Wei Hao angrily and sat back angrily.
When Wei Hao saw this, he snorted coldly, looked at Wei Gong and said: "Just send the message, you go organize the manpower first, it is the autumn harvest, don't let the thieves have any opportunity, as for Cheng Over there, send someone to invite you again."
Wei Gong quickly bowed his hands and said yes, then bowed his hands to other clan elders and hurriedly retreated.
After Wei Gong left, a clan elder on the left said: "Cheng'er is not here, and we don't know if he has any other back-ups. For the current plan, I think it is best to save the granaries in various places first. If there is really chaos, Get up, the food in our hands is the first to bear the brunt."
The irritable clan elder also said: "Yes, the third brother is right. This year is not a good year. The grain output is not as good as in previous years. If we encounter soldiers and bandits robbing grain again, let alone the farmers in the village, we I will starve to death myself."
The clan elder who was holding him next to him stood up and said: "Brother, I think Cheng'er must have other back-ups, and we are far away in Hedong and don't know how the situation in the DPRK will change. You'd better call Cheng'er back as soon as possible. He has Knowing that we will die wherever we go, we must also know what we should do next."
The other clan elders looked at each other and then looked at Wei Hao.
Wei Hao frowned. He did not expect that his precious son actually predicted He Jin's fate. When he heard the news in the morning, he was stunned for a while, even though he had been mentally prepared before.
At this time, he saw that everyone was looking at him, and Wei Hao was one of the top two. To be honest, he had no idea what Wei Cheng's specific arrangements were. He Jin was dead, and the eunuchs were slaughtered by Yuan Shao's men. This world is already dominated by the gentry.
But the Wei family is not the only noble family in the world.
Not to mention other counties, just in Hedong there are the Wei, Wang, Xie, Pei, Cai, Cao, Sima and other families.
If it were Cheng'er or Zhongping, what would they do?
What should we do to protect the Wei family while also developing and strengthening the family, or should we hide behind the scenes and seek happiness for ourselves?
Just when Wei Hao was frowning in thought, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.
The clan elders looked back and saw a middle-aged man in his early thirties, with slightly narrowed eyes and dressed in scholar's robes, walking in.
Seeing this person, the clan elders stood up one after another.
"Zhongping!"
"Zhongping."
"It's Zhongping who's back."
That's right, the person who came was Wei Min, who was preparing to return to Xuchang.
Behind him, two young men followed closely. One of them had a big chin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was holding a Han sword; the other was strutting, holding an ox-horn short bow, walking calmly, and always looking at the surroundings.
When he came to the door, Wei Min motioned for the two of them to wait at the door and walked into the hall.
"Brother, where is Cheng'er?" The first thing Wei Min said when he entered the door was not a greeting, but a question about Wei Cheng's whereabouts.
Wei Hao looked at him awkwardly, and after struggling for a while, he said, "I went into the mountains to collect herbs."
Wei Min was startled at first, then looked at the dissatisfied clan elders next to him, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, okay, calm in times of crisis, with the style of a general. He is in Luliang Mountain, right? I'll go find him."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
When the clan elders saw this, they hurriedly tried to stop him, but they didn't want to get to the door, where the young man holding an ox-horn short bow directly blocked the door.
Wei Min turned back to look at everyone, twisted his beard and said, "There's no chaos yet, why are you anxious?"
After saying that, he took out a stack of information tied with hemp rope from his arms, threw it to the leader of the clan, and said: "I have spread the news, and soon all the military commanders will come to Beijing. I was supposed to I am optimistic about Changsha Governor Sun Jian, but Cheng'er seems to have different ideas. I have to ask him why he met Dong Zhuo alone. You can wait here for news."
When you first hear this sentence, you may think it is a bit wrong, but after careful consideration, all the elders understand it instantly. Wei Min initially planned to invest in Sun Jian, but it seems that Wei Cheng is more interested in Dong Zhuo.
They were from a noble family, and their soldiers and horses were not as good as those of military commanders who led troops to fight. If they wanted to continue their family's family history in troubled times, it became an inevitable choice to choose one side to join forces.
When Wei Hao heard this, he felt ashamed. It turned out that not only Wei Min had thought of this, but even Wei Cheng had made preparations in advance.
No wonder Dong Zhuo stayed at home for a few days, and now it seems that he is inseparable from Cheng'er.
Wei Hao thought so, and so did the elders of the clan. There were voices of praise for Wei Cheng. Even the clan elder who said Wei Cheng was too leisurely and carefree had to sigh at this time: He is also the son of Wei Clan's Qilin!
Wei Min winked at Xu Zhu who stopped everyone, and led the two of them outside.
But just when the three of them walked to the door, Wei Gong ran in in a panic and almost bumped into Wei Ming.
The young man holding the Han sword had quick eyes and quick hands, and crossed the threshold directly, blocking Wei Palace. The Han sword in his hand was slightly unsheathed.
Wei Gong instinctively grasped the sword at his waist, looked up and saw the smiling Wei Min, and shouted excitedly: "Second uncle!"
Wei Min patted the young man holding the sword on the shoulder and said, "Bo Yan, don't be nervous."
The young man holding the sword nodded and stood behind Wei Min. Wei Gong looked at him with provocation in his eyes.
The young man was not afraid of him, he looked directly at him with a look of indifference on his face.
Wei Min and Wei Gong asked: "Uncle Wen, do you have something important to report?"
Wei Gong turned around and replied: "Yes, second uncle, just now my second brother sent someone to deliver a letter."
"Oh, has Chen'er sent someone to deliver a letter?" Wei Min said with interest, "Bring it to me and take a look."
Wei Gong looked up at Wei Hao, the leader of the hall, hesitated for a moment, and handed the envelope in his hand to Wei Min.
After Wei Min took it, he stood directly at the door and opened it to read.
After watching for a while, his expression suddenly changed.
In the hall, Wei Hao and others also heard the noise and came out one after another knowing that Wei Cheng had sent someone to deliver the letter.
With the previous experience of 'plotting' He Jin must die, now everyone is very concerned about Wei Cheng's every move.
After Wei Min read the letter, he looked back at Wei Hao. After being silent for a while, he raised an inexplicable smile and said to everyone: "Cheng'er said in the letter that Dong Zhuo might be the next He. In order to stabilize the situation, he must win over a group of nobles. The nobles who were previously harmed by the party will be re-appointed, and I, the Wei family, are among them."
"What?" Everyone was shocked.
"Is there more?" Wei Hao walked closer and asked.
Wei Min handed him the letter in his hand, nodded and said: "Also, the nobles who participated in the forced palace this time saw that the peach was picked, and they must be dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo. Then someone may stand up to form an alliance to challenge Dong Zhuo, Nanyang The Yuan family is the first to bear the brunt."
"This..." Everyone looked at each other in confusion. This was possible because the noble clans were not monolithic.
The Yuan family once relied on He Jin's power to suppress many noble families, including several big families such as the Wei family, the Cai family, and the Xie family.
It was also the plan of the gentry group headed by the Yuan family that planned to instigate conflict between the relatives group and the eunuch group. Now, all their plans have benefited others, but it happened to be a good time for the Wei family, Cai family and other previously suppressed gentry groups to rise.
"Could it be that all of this is really as planned by Cheng'er, and now I, the Wei family, will be in charge of the court again?" Some people were already excited, and others began to breathe quickly.
Wei Min was also surprised and continued: "Chen'er also said in the letter that the Wang family of Taiyuan, the Cai family of Chenliu and other clansmen will be reused. Wang Yun may serve as a disciple, and Cai Yong is at least a servant and can be appointed to the inner court. thing."
The clan elders looked at each other, and some people raised doubts: "This is impossible, how come Qing'er even knows all this? Is it him?"
"Dong Zhuo went specially to see Cheng'er!" Someone reminded him abruptly.
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they suddenly felt unbelievable. Could anyone have planned to this point?
Wei Min also had a look of surprise on his face. His right hand hidden in his sleeve held a piece of paper.
This was sent by Wei Cheng along with the letter. Instead of taking it out on the spot, he secretly hid it in his sleeve.
Because this blueprint is of great importance. If it is really as described in the picture, maybe the Wei family can also compete in this world.
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Haojia Village.
Wei Cheng stood at the door of the shabby house. Below him were a lot of villagers from Haojia Village, standing or sitting.
"Everyone, from now on everyone should not go down the mountain to hunt and pick fruits. All daily needs will be provided by me, the Wei family."
The villagers looked at each other.
Wei Cheng continued: "All men, except those who participate in daily training, will go to learn smelting and blacksmithing from Uncle Da Dao. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly.
If you have old people and children at home, I will support and educate you, provide you with three meals a day, meat for every meal, and new clothes all year round. What you have to do is follow the tasks I have given you and create what I need. utensils.”
Hao Dadao suddenly received such an important task, and he immediately felt that Alexander could let him forge iron, and let him bring so many people to forge iron together. Inexplicably, he felt extremely flustered, and his hands could not stop shaking.
"Could the young master want to rebel?" Hao Dadao thought in his heart.
Except for him and a few elderly elders who looked worried, other people in the village looked happy.
The men were gearing up one by one. The first two confrontations with the Hujiapu people made them find another meaning of life.
These days, I have been learning military formations and fighting methods from Xie Yu. The men are already very hungry and thirsty. Every day they dream about which thieves will come to Haojia Village to fight the autumn wind again.
Needless to say, the children were very happy when they had food and drink. The women, on the other hand, did not expect that far. When they heard that Wei Cheng was in charge of their three meals a day, they were all overjoyed. Finally, they did not have to worry about making a living.
Got hair.
Seeing that no one refuted, Wei Cheng began to issue the first task.
"From tomorrow onwards, the women in the village will be responsible for burning bricks, and the men will be divided into two teams. One pair will be responsible for building houses in the village, and the other pair will build towers. They will build a tower every fifty steps along the cliff."
The reason why Wei Cheng didn't want to return to the Wei family was because he didn't want his secrets to be exposed too much.
As long as he lives in Haojia Village, he can take out many incredible things from modern times without telling everyone, such as the spears and Tang knives given to Xie Yu and Wei Gong, as well as weapons of mass destruction that may appear later.
Even if someone wants to investigate by then, they will definitely come to Haojiacun.
By the time they found this place, Haojia Village had already established fortifications, which were made impregnable by him. The villagers on the mountain had food provided by themselves. Even if the enemy did not attack, there was nothing they could do here.
Of course, these are only preliminary ideas, and many subsequent layouts need to be optimized step by step.
At this time, someone suddenly asked: "Sir, do we have enough people in our village?"
Wei Cheng looked towards the person and saw that it was a woman. Her man was pulling her to stop talking.
When Wei Cheng looked over, the woman was shaking nervously.
"Don't hold her back. If you have anything to say, just say it." Wei Cheng stopped the man and said to the woman.
The woman pushed her man and plucked up the courage to say: "Sir, can I ask my mother-in-law to work together? My father, mother, and my eldest brother and second brother are all good at work. My father
My eldest brother and I are still blacksmiths in the village."
"oh!"
Wei Teng looked at Hao Dadao and asked, "Are there many blacksmiths in every country in the country?"
Hao Dadao glanced at the woman, nodded and said: "Quite a few. We have an iron mine in the north of Luliang. There is a blacksmith in each village who is responsible for helping people make farm tools, but only with documents issued by the government.
When there is a war, we will be drafted to help build weapons."
"I see." Wei Cheng nodded, looked at the woman and said, "Yes, not only your family can come, but strong laborers from the village can also bring their families. Although our place is not large, we can live for one or two people.
Thousands of people are not a problem, the more people the better."
The woman was overjoyed when she heard this and quickly said yes. She took her man and told him to go to her parents' house and notify someone.
Wei Cheng said loudly again: "Have you all heard it? If you have any relatives and friends who are down-to-earth and willing to work, you can call them over. Before the population of the village is less than one thousand, my promise will be valid for a long time. I will call people in again in the future.
But it’s not that easy.”
When Hao Dadao heard this, he looked troubled and wanted to say a few words, but he couldn't resist the excitement of everyone in the village.
Wei Cheng patted Hao Dadao on the shoulder and said: "Uncle Dadao, take a longer view. The world is about to be in chaos. The two or three hundred people now will definitely not be able to gain a foothold in the chaotic world. We must accept more
people to join our big family.”
Hao Dadao smiled hard and said he didn't dare. He would obey the master's orders in everything.