Chapter 217: Sad reminder of the thousands of households
Chapter 217: The tragic Thousand Households
The sixth day of the first lunar month.
The Wen family was already in chaos. They arrived at the middle gate at the early morning at Mao Zedong and said goodbye to Liu Chengfeng Yiyi.
Liu Chengfeng did not have so much sentimentality. In his opinion, this was just an ordinary trip. Although it was dangerous, there was no need to cry.
But seeing Wen Chenxi's reluctant eyes made Liu Chengfeng feel a little guilty, and he deliberately made an indifferent look and comforted him. Naturally, he could not mention the dangers of Beitongzhou, but said that he would occasionally come back to Beijing.
Don't worry.
The carriage was on the carriage, and the convoy was moving forward on the streets of Canxue. There were only a dozen people in the group. Chen Hongyu rode a horse and followed Liu Chengfeng's carriage. Behind it was a donkey carriage, which was loaded with a lot of required ones.
Wang Sili's son Wang Tao also sat in the car for official documents and bags.
Wang Tao is a 23-year-old man with tender skin and tender flesh, and a bit childish on his face. However, he is gentle and elegant when speaking, and looks very good when smiling.
He had already married a wife and gave birth to a daughter. Because he failed the exam many times, he was disheartened. There were more scholars in the Ming Dynasty than dogs, but if he wanted to pass the imperial examination, it was difficult to pass the imperial examination as if he was as old as the emperor.
He should have taken on the business of the family for a long time, and Wang Tao is not the kind of person who is unrestrained. As soon as his father called him, he went to the hundred-household office to do things.
He is serious in his work. The only bad thing is that he has to bring a large bag of books wherever he goes. He must take it out to watch it if he is free. This makes Liu Chengfeng angry and embarrassed. It is certain that he is unhappy. It's just you.
You are knowledgeable and you must show off your books every day.
After all, Liu Chengfeng is also a scholar and has had fame and fortune, so he will inevitably feel a little embarrassed.
However, he was Wang Sili's son, and Liu Chengfeng also promised Wang Sili to take good care of him, so Liu Chengfeng was afraid that he would be weak and could not bear the pain, so he specially vacated the donkey cart for Wang Tao to use.
In the bumpy carriage, Wang Tao opened the curtain and the cold wind came in from outside. Wang Tao didn't feel cold. When he opened the curtain, he just saw light coming in, so he could read a book.
As for the other dozen people, they were lieutenants selected from the Hundred Houses, most of them were reliable in their work and were the best brothers Chen Hongyu usually played with.
In fact, for Liu Chengfeng, ability is second-class. The most important thing to go to Beitongzhou is to be trustworthy.
After leaving Chaoyang Gate, there were already a convoy waiting outside Chaoyang Gate. These were all from the East Factory, led by Zhang Ru, and had already agreed to go together.
In fact, the so-called "partnership" is to ensure safety along the way. In fact, both Liu Chengfeng and Zhang Ru have their own thoughts. Liu Chengfeng wants to see Zhang Ru, and Zhang Ru wants to test Liu Chengfeng and get what they need.
Liu Chengfeng got out of the carriage and saw Zhang Ru. The two hugged each other in the snow. Zhang Ru smiled and said kindly: "Mr. Liu, I have been famous for a long time. I only realized that Lord Liu is so young when I saw him today.
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Liu Chengfeng wanted to laugh in his heart, but he didn't believe it if he beat him to death. Only then did he realize that he was so young, most of his information had been memorized by Zhang's surname.
Liu Chengfeng also smiled and said, "Zhang Zhang had heard of it for a long time, but he had never had the chance to meet him."
The two looked at each other and smiled. Liu Chengfeng said, "We have to arrive in Beitongzhou before tonight, but time cannot be delayed. Zhang Chuantou, when you and I are close, we often help each other when we go to Beitongzhou.
The opportunity is better to hurry up first."
Zhang Ruhe nodded, turned over and got on the horse, and Liu Chengfeng got on his own carriage. The two teams formed a group of people and continued south along the official road.
At noon, everyone happened to pass by Zhaoming Temple. Everyone took some incense money and asked the monks to prepare vegetarian dishes. Dongchang and Jinyiwei each sat down. The winding paths were clear. Although everyone was kind on the surface, they were actually in their hearts.
There were grudges against each other, so vigilance was inevitable. However, Zhang Ru and Liu Chengfeng were sitting at the same table. The two of them whispered, and the topic tacitly did not touch the matter in Beitongzhou. The two actually shook their heads,
It started to get up on the scholars.
After eating vegetarian dishes, Liu Chengfeng went out to walk around the temple casually. Wang Tao was holding a book in his hand and shook his head. When Liu Chengfeng saw him, he smiled and said, "What? The scholar is not reading books anymore?"
Wang Tao smiled awkwardly and said, "Sir, I made fun of you. Just now, I saw the adult talking to Zhang Zhangtou of the East Factory. The student felt that Zhang Ru seemed to have bad intentions towards the adults."
"Oh?" Liu Chengfeng looked at Wang Tao and said lightly: "Is that true?"
Wang Tao wanted to say something, Liu Chengfeng patted his shoulder and said, "The first time you came out, you should read more and learn more, and you don't have to say something."
Wang Tao smiled faintly and said, "Yes."
Although Liu Chengfeng was younger than him, Liu Chengfeng's tone seemed to be a lesson from his nephew. Wang Tao's face turned slightly red, but he didn't think much about it.
At noon that day, the group continued to set off. Beitongzhou was more than fifty miles away. By the evening, Beitongzhou was already in sight.
Beitongzhou is the two most important hubs in the world. Every year, countless merchant ships, passenger ships and canal ships set off from Nantongzhou and sail thousands of miles to arrive here. Although the urban area of Beitongzhou is not large, its prosperity is far better than that of the capital.
A spacious canal flows through the middle of the city. Along the banks of the canal, countless buildings emerged, with wine flags and tea houses everywhere. Through the canal in the city, there are temporary station trests on both sides, with bright clothes.
The merchants, naked porters, and tourists strolling in the garden made the noise that could never be stopped.
The urban buildings here naturally cannot be compared with the capital. The buildings in the capital are magnificent, and every street is arranged in an orderly manner, but it seems extremely congested and messy. There are both high-gate houses and wooden houses built randomly based on large houses.
Dirty garbage is everywhere.
This is true for Liu Chengfeng, who still had some expectations for this place. What he liked was the excitement. When he saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel happy when he saw the merchants, porters, and tourists sweating profusely.
If Liu Chengfeng came here before, he had a utilitarian mind and was his greatest purpose in making contributions to the title of marquis, but now he couldn't help but cheer up and thought that there would be chaos at any time here, and all the prosperity would be very likely to disappear.
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help feeling sad, and he always felt his shoulders heavier.
After saying goodbye to the people from the East Factory, Liu Chengfeng took people directly to Qianhu Institution. Jinyiwei's Qianhu Institution, located in the North Tongzhou, is also quite grand. It is far away from the downtown area, quite quiet and covers a large area, but for some reason.
, but there was a bit of gloomy aura. Liu Chengfeng looked at Qianhu Station coldly, then asked someone to knock on the door. Chen Hongyu stepped forward first and knocked on the door knocker impatiently a few times.
Mr. Chen was still very angry. In his opinion, the gate of the Jinyiwei Qianhu was closed in broad daylight, which was unheard of.
He smashed the door a few times, but there was still no movement inside.
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but frowned and said to Chen Hongyu: "Smash it open."
Chen Hongyu was about to call someone to smash the door, but the door creaked and opened a crack. A sharp-mouthed face stretched out from the crack. The man was obviously very alert and looked up and down at Liu Chengfeng.
At a glance, he looked like he was about to close the door at any time and said, "Who are you looking for?"
Chen Hongyu pulled out the pointed-mouthed man and roared, "Are you blinded your dog's eyes? A few days ago, the Beizhen Prefecture Department issued an official document. The Qianhu Lord took office today, why didn't anyone receive him?"
The man said aiqi: "It turns out... it turns out that he is the Lord Qianhu. Since he is the Lord Qianhu, can he have any seals?"
Liu Chengfeng asked Wang Tao to show his seal to this person. The man suddenly became respectful and bowed carefully to Liu Chengfeng, saying, "Zhang Zhen, a clerk in Qianhu, Beitongzhou, had met Qianhu.
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Liu Chengfeng nodded and raised his leg and entered Qianhuyuan. He probably had no one in and out of Qianhuyuan for a long time. It seemed very rude. The snow accumulated these days was no one to deal with, so even the aisle was covered with snow.
The fallen leaves are everywhere, and although the appearance is bright, the courtyard is deserted.
When I walked into the duty room, the duty room was also messy, with no one cleaning up the official documents and scattered on the desks at will, and many places were covered with ashes.
Before coming, Liu Chengfeng had made the worst plan, but he still didn't expect that the Qianhuo House would become like this.
Liu Chengfeng picked up a document scattered on the ground, then asked Zhang Zhen who was following him, "Where are the people in Qianhu Station?"
Zhang Zhen replied, "It's all gone. Since the Qianhu Lords were stabbed one after another, the officials of the officials dared not come to work again. Seeing this, no one came to the bottom of the lieutenant, and the hundreds of households were lazy.
It has been half a month since no one has come here to wander around.”
Liu Chengfenghe nodded and said, "Then why are you staying here?"
Zhang Zhen said: "The villain has no other way and cannot bear to leave this job, so he dare not leave his post without hesitation."
Liu Chengfeng blew the dust accumulated on the desk, couldn't help but smile bitterly, saying, "Is that so? It seems that I'm troubled you. Why are these thousand households so messy?"
Zhang Zhen replied: "I was thieves a few days ago, and some thieves climbed over the wall and entered the room, so...so..."
Chen Hongyu heard his eyelids twitching around. The grand Jinyiwei Qianhu Station could still be thieves. If he was taken to the capital and told people, he would probably have their teeth removed by others.
Liu Chengfeng's face was also a little unfavorable. His thousand households were considered unlucky. Just like this, let alone competing with the Dongchang to find out the rioters, I'm afraid it would not be easy for him to gain a foothold here.
After pondering for a while, Liu Chengfeng said, "Okay, I already know, Mr. Chen, you take your people to clean up the place. From now on, we will live in the inner yard. If you have any purchases, let Wang Tao go.
Wang Tao, do you have any money on you? If you have one, just put it in first and get the order later. I will reimburse you for reimbursement."
After saying that, he said to Zhang Zhen: "Shuli Zhang, please help me inform you, and tell the hundreds of households who still have military positions, the lieutenant, that I have already taken office, and that I will sing Mao tomorrow. Please come here to gather at Mao tomorrow.
Let's meet."
Liu Chengfeng said it casually, and Zhang Zhen responded.
At this time, a lieutenant had wiped Liu Chengfeng's chair. Liu Chengfeng sat on the chair and said, "There is another thing, the official documents of Qianhu Office in Beitongzhou. If it is not stolen, Wang Tao and others will buy things after purchasing them.
After that, I will help me sort out the things. Everything is difficult at the beginning. I will first clean up the thousand households before I can take care of the others."
Wang Tao said: "Yes, sir."
Everyone took their own instructions, some went to buy things, some used brooms to sweep the snow in the courtyard, and some went to clean the house. Zhang Zhen went out to convey the message to Liu Chengfeng, but Liu Chengfeng did not.
I was idle, and helped the two lieutenants unload the carriages and donkeys. They were busy until midnight that everyone barely cleaned up the thousand households and went to bed.