In the middle of the afternoon, Zu Dashou discussed with a group of big families in Liaodong and Liaodong, and everyone raised a total of 240,000 taels of silver without success.

It's just that Zu Dashou was angry at that time, and he couldn't distinguish between thinking about other things, and halfway remembered that Wu Xiang said that Wei Bao was here just now, so he wanted to return to Wu's mansion.

But it's better to think about it, because he knows that Wu Xiang doesn't dare to hide anything from him, his sister can be the majority of the Wu family's home, and Zu Dashou is still at ease with Wu Xiang.

Not long after Zu Dashou returned to his residence in Shanhaiguan, Wu Xiang sent someone to invite him, which was in the heart of Zu Dashou.

Zu Dashou then took Zu Kefa to Wu Mansion.

When Zu Dashou arrived at Wu Mansion, it was like going back to his own home, and he could enter directly.

On the way, when the Wu family saw General Zu, they bowed down and saluted, even more respectful than their own family's master.

Zu Kefa followed Zu Dashou's side, and he always looked arrogant.

"Dad, what's going on with the Wu family? What is the relationship between them and Wei Bao? Wei Bao has pitted us with so much gold, what else do you have to say to Wei Bao? Since Wei Bao dared to come to the Wu Mansion, he would directly escort the Wei Commander to the prison and take out all the gold and silver in Wei Bao's hand little by little. Zu Kefa asked softly to Zu Dashou in confusion.

"Since he dares to come to Shanhaiguan, hasn't he already entered our grasp? What's the hurry? Zu Kefa said in a deep voice: "Your future husband has his own ideas. ”

"Yes, Daddy." Zu Kefa hurriedly agreed softly. I heard my father say that Wu Xiang was his future father-in-law, and I felt happy in my heart.

Zu Dashou has many sons and nephews, but the most favored is Zu Kefa who is often taken by his side, the eldest son Zu Zerun, the second son Zu Zepu, the third son Zu Zehong, and the fourth son Zu Zeqing, these righteous sons are not as good as the nominal adopted son Zu Kefa.

As soon as Zu Dashou and Zu Kefa entered the back hall, Wu Xiang heard the voice of the people in the house greeting Zu Dashou, and hurriedly greeted him in person, Wu Sanfeng was overjoyed, knowing that Zu Kefa was his good helper, and Zu Kefa has always been interesting to his sister Xuexia.

Wu Sanfeng really couldn't understand why his father attached so much importance to Wei Bao, a young man in the township, arrested and imprisoned, and then tortured Wei Bao's family property, and then cut it off with a knife, isn't it a very simple thing? What nonsense?

Wu Sanfu, Wu Xuexia and Wei Bao stood behind Wu Sanfeng in turn.

"Brother is here." Wu Xiang greeted politely.

"Meet my uncle." Wu Sanfeng, Wu Sanfu, and Wu Xuexia saluted respectfully.

"Meet General Zu!" Wei Bao performed the etiquette of a scholar.

Zu Dashou said to everyone: "Okay." Then he looked at Wei Bao like a torch, to be honest, Wei Bao dared to come to Shanhaiguan, this is something that Zu Dashou did not expect, seeing Wei Bao's face was normal and calm, he admired the temperament of this teenage boy! If it were him, he had stood with the opponent who had used knives and guns, and he was still in the house of the opponent, it was really difficult to maintain this calmness, not to mention that he was only a teenager.

Under Zu Kefa's gaze, Wei Bao was not nervous, I don't know if it was because he had practiced his courage or because he was standing with Wu Xuexia. Noisy and noisy, noisy and noisy, when he was with Wu Xuexia, Wei Bao felt relaxed and happy many times.

Because Wu Xuexia will say whatever she wants, there will be no restrictions, and Wei Bao's other women will think about it before talking to him, many times, if they feel that some small problems are insignificant, they will not tell Wei Bao directly, and Wu Xuexia will never, if Wu Xuexia feels bad, a little problem will definitely pick on Wei Bao's thorn.

Zu Dashou motioned for Wu Xiang to come out and talk to him, and let Zu Kefa stay.

"What did he come to you for?" Zu Dashou asked directly.

Wu Xiang then told Wei Bao that he wanted to return 300,000 taels of gold to them.

Zu Dashou was shocked when he heard this, "It's kind of interesting!" It's the first time I've seen anything in my mouth, and someone who spits it out on his own without being beaten, and this kid is really different. That's 300,000 taels of gold! Throughout the Ming Dynasty, the household department may not be able to collect so much money. ”

Wu Xiang nodded: "Wei Bao is a little different, according to his conscience, there are very few such talents in this large area of Liaoxi and Liaodong, he is only 14 years old, but it is a pity that his family background is too poor, he is the son of a farmer, if someone in his ancestors serves in the border army, it is enough to be bigger than any family." ”

"Brother-in-law, you're overestimating, aren't you? Maybe he gave us back the gold because he was afraid! It can only be said that he knows current affairs! Knowing that he can't fight us, he just wants to save his life, and I can also say that he is timid. Zu Dashou said with a smile.

"Otherwise, brother, Wei Bao is willing to pay us back 300,000 taels of gold, but he is only willing to pay back half of the silver of other big families in three years!" Wu Xiang continued.

"Oh?" Zu Dashou was surprised again, "There is still such a thing?" ”

Although the power of the Wu family and the ancestral family is large, compared with all the big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong, they account for at most two or three percent of the power, and they can't cover the sky with one hand!

It's just that many times, if many things are not led by his ancestor Dashou, the big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong will not be able to form a joint force, and all the ancestors of the fourth Jiangmen will be the head of the horse.

In 1430 (the fifth year of Xuande), when Ningyuan City (now Xingcheng, Liaoning) was built, the ancestors of Zu Dashou came to Liaodong.

Zu Qing, an officer originally from Anhui, led his family to move here, multiplying from generation to generation, inheriting the military position of Ning Yuanwei in the Ming Dynasty and constantly improving, becoming the Ning Yuan Wang clan.

Zu Dashou's father, Zu Chengxun, called Shuangquan, was the second son of Zu Ren, the chief military officer who guarded Ningyuan during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. With the commander-in-chief of Liaodong (present-day eastern and southern Liaoning and the southeastern region of Jilin Province), Li Chengliang, the chief military officer of Ningyuanbo, went on an expedition to the east and west, and was constantly promoted for his meritorious service in resisting the Mongol cavalry, and served as the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong.

Zu Dashou was an official in 1620 (the first year of Taichang), and was appointed as a guerrilla in Jingdongying, and was commended by Xiong Tingbi in Jingluo.

In 1621 (the first year of the Apocalypse), he was a subordinate of Wang Huazhen, the governor of Guangning (Beizhen, Liaoning), and served as a guerrilla in the Chinese army.

In 1622 (the second year of the Apocalypse), the Battle of Guangning occurred between the Later Jin and the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army was defeated, and the Later Jin Nurhachi occupied Guangning, and Zu Dashou led the troops to avoid Juehua Island. Sun Chengzong, a university scholar, supervised the teacher, and assisted the general Jin Guan to guard Juehua Island with Zu Dashou.

In 1623 (the third year of the Apocalypse), Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan built the Ningyuan city wall, and Zu Dashou was responsible for the Ningyuan city project, which made the city wall taller and thicker and strengthened the defensive function.

At this time, Zu Dashou was already a general at the level of the general army, and his background was illustrious.

"What does Wei Bao want to do? Since we have returned the gold of our two families, why don't we return all the silver and sell it to all the big families by the way? Zu Dashou asked.

"He asked everyone to sign and seal the letter to the imperial court to raise Weijiazhuang!" Wu Xiang said with a smile: "This kid's ambition is not small, the prince only has a small amount of fiefdom, and he is a farmer's child who also has this kind of thought, but it is too whimsical and naïve, and our two families dare not think that the emperor will give us a piece of land." ”

Zu Dashou nodded: "It's a good thing to dare to think!" Young people. What do you mean now? Don't plan to pursue Wei Bao's collision with the Wu family anymore? ”

"I'm not going to pursue it! If those big families don't let him go, I don't want to ask. Wu Xiang said: "Brother, there is one more thing, didn't you see firecrackers the night before yesterday?" This kid made it! He can develop a yellow fire! ”

When Zu Dashou heard this, he became interested again, "Oh? This kid is really a talent, can take the test to show talent, can win the Sangui, and can also tinker with fire? Did he really come up with it? ”

"yes." Wu Xiang said.

"If there really is this kind of fire, if it is used in the tiger squat artillery, the artillery of our border army will be more than ten times stronger!" Zu Dashou was overjoyed and said: "Moreover, if this kind of fire is only made by us, this is a lot of money!" Not only is there no problem with the defense of Liaodong, but if some are secretly sold to the Mongols and Koreans, especially the Mongols and Jiannu are having frequent frictions, and they urgently need to improve their defenses! ”

Wu Xiang heard Zu Dashou say this, and he sighed in his heart, this was originally the financial path he had thought of, but he didn't expect to be targeted by Zu Dashou all of a sudden, and he was unhappy, but he didn't dare to show it.

"Did he tell you how to make this fire?" Zu Dashou asked.

"Brother, he said that this kind of fire is quite laborious to make, thousands of people take a month or two, and they can only make a few catties, which cannot be used for large-scale mass production, and if it is really used in the army, it is of little use." Wu Xiang said, taking out the fire recipe that Wei Bao had written for him from his arms.

Zu Dashou took the letter suspiciously and looked at it, only to see a few pieces of rice paper written densely, only to read a sentence or two, Zu Dashou had a headache, and he couldn't understand it at all, "It seems that he didn't hide it, if you want to hide it, you don't have to write so thoughtfully, but I don't believe that any fire can be so troublesome, where do you need thousands of people?" And only a few catties can be made in a month or two? Even gold digging is not so slow. ”

"I can't say anything about this, what does my brother think?" Wu Xiang asked.

"If it doesn't work, use the hard one! Let him hand over all his possessions! And it takes a few days to make a thousand catties of this fire! Let our craftsmen do it with him, and if he can't do it well, he will be killed! If you do a good job, you can consider sparing his life! Zu Dashou's eyes radiated with greed.

Wu Xiang had expected that Zu Dashou would be greedy, and secretly sweated for Wei Bao, "Brother, isn't this appropriate?" Wei Bao has promised to return the gold, so let's deal with him like this? Besides, what if he really made it so troublesome? In my opinion, don't you force it? ”

"What? Do you have a crush on this kid? Want to recruit your Wu family as a son-in-law? Zu Dashou glared at Wu Xiang: "I can tell you, Kefa has always had affection for Xuexia, two years ago you said that Xuexia was still young, and now Xuexia should also reach the age of talking about marriage, you can't promise Xuexia to outsiders." ”

Wu Xiang was suddenly told by Zu Dashou, and said: "Xuexia is still young, let's not talk about this matter for the time being, now the war is so urgent, and there is also the matter of Dongjiang Mao Wenlong, let's put this matter aside first." ”

Speaking of Mao Wenlong, Zu Dashou really diverted his attention, "You, every time you talk about Xuexia's marriage, you shirk it, do you like our family?" Forget it, let's put it first! The most important thing now is to raise 240,000 taels of silver! Moreover, if Wei Bao can really create a large number of this kind of fire, we will be more sure if we win Jiannu once! ”

"That's exactly what my brother said!" Wu Xiang hurriedly said.

Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou went to the side hall to talk about things, while Wu Sanfeng, Wu Sanfu, Wu Xuexia, Wei Bao and Zu Kefa were more embarrassed in the back hall.

Especially Wei Bao, although Wei Bao is also quite disgusted with Wu Sanfeng, there is no particularly direct conflict, mainly because Wu Sanfeng looks down on his background and looks down on him.

As for Zukefa, it is not a question of looking down on each other.

Although Wei Bao still only has a slight affection for Wu Xuexia so far, he has not reached the point where love is dead and alive. Wei Bao's personality is easy to like and love, but if you really want to say that love is in the world, what is love, and it is a promise of life and death. There are double flyers in the south and the north, and the old wings have been cold and hot several times. Joy and fun, don't leave the bitterness, it is more infatuated children. You should have a word. Thousands of miles of stratus clouds, thousands of mountains and twilight snow, who is the shadow for? That kind of point.

As a typical modern man, it is difficult for Wei Bao to enter the realm of deep affection.

However, under Wu Sanfu's continuous matchmaking, Wei Bao has gradually let go of his previous thoughts, and feels that even if he marries the Wu family, there is nothing wrong with it. Besides, Wu Xuexia's appearance of the country and the city, this kind of sacrifice doesn't seem to be very painful, right?

Zu Kefa is even more affectionate to Wu Xuexia.

Because of the relationship between Wei Bao and Zu Kefa, there will definitely be black sparks flying in the sky.

"Big brother and second brother, why do you still have villagers here? When did the threshold of Wu Mansion become so low? Zu Kefa squinted at Wei Bao and spoke to Wei Bao, but it was Wu Sanfeng and Wu Sanfu who asked.

As soon as Wu Sanfu was about to speak, Wu Sanfeng smiled and said, "Who knows? Fortunately, you came, I was almost smoked by the villagers and fainted, and I don't know how many days the villagers bathe. ”

Smoke your mother! Wei Bao was secretly angry, is it okay for Lao Tzu to take a bath every day? How many days do you take a shower?

"Haha, I don't think it's okay if I don't say it, but when I say it, this house seems to be smelly, and it is estimated that after a while, the entire Wu Mansion will be smoked and I can't stay." Zu Kefa smiled.

"Isn't it? Some people don't have a little self-knowledge, and wherever they go, they stink so much, this kind of person should be put in prison, and the prisoners there are all this smell, just locked together. Wu Sanfeng said with a smile.

Wu Xuexia was very unhappy, she wanted to speak, but she looked at Wei Bao, worried that Wei Bao would quarrel with them, Wei Bao was young, and he quarreled with the elderly, and he was in the Wu Mansion, so he would be rude.

Wu Xuexia saw that Wei Bao didn't seem to be angry, and secretly admired Wei Bao's cultivation, so she couldn't help but speak for Wei Bao, so as not to make trouble for Wei Bao.

Wu Sanfu really couldn't get used to hearing the two of them squeeze Wei Bao out like this, so he said to Wei Bao: "Master Wei, why don't I take you outside?" Take a look at my yard? ”

Wei Bao was eager to leave here, if he hadn't said hello to Wu Xiang before leaving, he was afraid that people would say that he didn't understand etiquette, so he would have left a long time ago, and said with a smile: "Very good!" ”

"Okay, I'll go too, the yard over there is clean." Wu Xuexia had something to say, secretly scolding Wu Sanfeng and Zu Kefa for being annoying.

When Zu Kefa heard this, he was immediately surprised, "Xuexia, what are you doing with a villager?" Aren't you afraid of insulting your identity? ”

"You want to take care of me?" Wu Xuexia said that she walked straight outside.

Wu Xuexia's attitude was very unkind, but listening to it in Zu Kefa's ears was like drinking elixir, and his heart was sweet, it seemed that Wu Xuexia's light anger and anger were all great enjoyment for him.

Wei Bao glanced at Zu Kefa, who was still beautiful after being coldly looked at by Wu Xuexia, and secretly laughed, secretly thinking that he didn't care much about Wu Xuexia, but Wu Xuexia is really the goddess in the hearts of many men, and at such a young age, so many eldest sons and brothers can be fascinated by her.

Wei Bao and Wu Sanfu went out together.

This made Wu Sanfeng and Zu Kefa helpless, after all, Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou did not speak, and they did not have the power to restrict Wei Bao from moving, not to mention that Wu Sanfu brought it up.

Zu Kefa still wanted to chase out, but was stopped by Wu Sanfeng: "Kefa, why are you going?" ”

"I have to follow the past, I can't let Xuexia be with someone like Wei Bao! What is it like to be with a villager all the time? Zukaffa said angrily.

"Don't worry! Come, come, sit down. Wu Sanfeng persuaded: "Your temper, if you follow the past, you will fight with Wei Bao, this is the Wu Mansion, whether you are right or wrong, your father is also here, if you really do it, you won't get any benefits." Rather than this, it is better to think about how to deal with this villager is a serious matter. ”

Zu Kefa felt reasonable, and hurriedly went to Wu Sanfeng's side and said, "Big brother, what good way do you have?" Just took advantage of this guy to come to Shanhaiguan, and I let people slaughter him! ”

"It's not that easy to slaughter, and it's not like I haven't had people do it before!" Wu Sanfeng said with a smile: "I want to tell you, this time you don't have to do it, naturally someone will deal with him!" ”

"Who?" Zukefa couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Wu Sanfeng then knelt down at Zu Kefa's ear, and said that Wei Bao wanted to return 300,000 taels of gold to the Wu family and the ancestral family, and was only willing to return half of the silver to other big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong three years later, and also asked these big households to sign the letter to raise Wei Jiazhuang.

"How? With so many people to deal with him, what are you anxious about? You just have to find a way to help fan the flames, so that these big families don't let Wei Bao go, there are many people who are easy to do, they are all people who deal with Wei Bao, and there will naturally be a way to kill him when the time comes! Wu Sanfeng said with a smile.

Zu Kefa was overjoyed, nodded and said, "What the eldest brother said makes sense!" This Wei Bao is blinded by eating lard!? Since the gold of the Wu family's ancestors has been returned, why not return all the silver of the big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong? ”

"Reluctantly! Such a large sum of silver, no one can bear it! Wu Sanfeng said with a smile: "He is sure that only the Wu family or the ancestral family will take the lead to deal with him." You just try to help those big families twist into a rope and prevent him from succeeding! ”

"Okay big brother, don't worry, I know what to do! I'll let the wind out tonight! Zu Kefa smiled: "Now that the few big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong are gathered in Shanhaiguan, I let Wei Bao not let Wei Bao out of Shanhaiguan, and tomorrow he will have to become a fish on the chopping board of those people." ”

After Wu Sanfeng finished speaking, he and Zu Kefa laughed together sadly, indescribably happy. Shanhaiguan is not his Wei Bao's Wei Jiazhuang, and the two of them seem to have seen Wei Bao being blocked by people and being beaten by everyone and vomiting blood.

"Xiaobao, don't worry about it." Wu Sanfu was a little embarrassed and said to Wei Bao, Wei Bao was a guest he invited, but let Wei Bao be insulted in his own home.

Wei Bao smiled indifferently: "Brother Sanfu, it's okay, where there are people, there is right and wrong, if you care about everything like this, wouldn't life be boring?" ”

Wu Sanfu laughed: "Xiaobao is right, you and I are really temperamental, and I am also extremely difficult to get angry." ”

"Second brother, it's not extremely difficult for you to get angry, I've never seen you get angry, it seems that everything is a trivial matter to you." Wu Xuexia added with a smile.

"Where? Just now I heard the eldest brother and Zu Kefa say that about Wei Gongzi, I wanted to get angry, I had nothing to do. Wu Sanfu said with a smile.

Wu Mansion is like a huge garden, the scenery is very good everywhere, Wu Sanfu took Wei Bao to a pavilion to rest, and the chat with Wei Bao was endless. Wu Xuexia also occasionally joined in the chat next to her, and the atmosphere was much better than in the house just now.

Wu Xuexia, who returned home, has fewer thorns than when she was outside, and often shows her gentle and lovely side to Wei Bao, which also makes Wei Bao constantly change her opinion of Wu Xuexia, and secretly guesses that maybe the daughters of big families are like this, right? There are too many scruples when they go out and care too much about what others think of them, so it will be very different from when they are at home.

"I think it's better for Wu Gongzi to leave Shanhaiguan and return to Weijiazhuang as soon as possible." Wu Xuexia said suddenly.

Wei Bao also thought of this layer and looked at Wu Xuexia approvingly.

"Are you afraid that Big Brother and Zu Kefa will deal with Xiaobao? Afraid that Xiaobao will not return the silver of those big households, and they won't let Xiaobao go? Wu Sanfu asked.

Wu Xuexia nodded: "Yes, if they knew that Wei Gongzi would be willing to return half of the silver after three years, they would definitely not agree." The law does not blame the public, this is Shanhaiguan, Wei Gongzi is not like Weijiazhuang in Shanhaiguan, but there are not so many people to protect him. ”

"It's okay, isn't it me?" Wu Sanfu said indifferently: "Besides, if this matter is not resolved, how will Xiaobao do business in Liaoxi in the future?" Could it be that he and his people in Weijiazhuang have shrunk in Weijiazhuang and will not come out for the rest of their lives? ”

Wei Bao said: "Brother Sanfu is right, this matter always has to be faced!" And, if my guess is correct, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave now if I want to! With the ability of the eldest prince of Wu and the grandfather, it is not difficult to let the people guarding the gate not let me out. ”

"Xiaobao, don't be afraid, from now on, I will always be with you! When you want to go back, I will personally send you back to see who dares to do anything to me? Wu Sanfu said very righteously: "You are invited by me to come to Shanhaiguan, and I will never let you have anything to do." ”

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "Thank you, Brother Sanfu." ”

"You want to play with Wei Gongzi, right?" Wu Xuexia finished laughing and said melancholy: "Second brother, I'm afraid that you don't have the ability to protect Wei Gongzi." ”

Wu Sanfu heard Wu Xuexia say this, and he always knew that his sister wanted to be thoughtful, and he was a little bottomless in his heart, "Otherwise, Gongzi Wei, you will stay in Wu Mansion and live in my hospital." Or stay in a room in our house! I see who dares to touch the guests of the Wu family. ”

"What's going on?" Wu Xuexia said: "Moreover, I don't know if my father will agree." And don't forget, what about the big brother? ”

Wu Sanfu frowned: "That's easy, I'll find a place to hide Wei Gongzi first!" Shanhaiguan said that it is not big, and it is not small to say that it is not small, and in a few days, Wei Gongzi, you will go out of the customs again. ”

Wei Bao is sweating, Lao Tzu is not a fugitive and a wanted criminal, what is he hiding? "No, Brother Sanfu, don't worry, sooner or later I will have to face those big families, I have a way!"

"Do you have a way?" Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia said in unison, neither of them believed it.

Wei Bao smiled slightly and said, "Brother Sanfu, don't you believe it?" ”

"Not really, but what can you do? What other way could there be than to give them back all the money? Wu Sanfu said: "Or have you already thought about it and returned all the money to them?" ”

"I won the silver, and I definitely can't pay it back!" Wei Bao said: "Don't ask first, you'll know when the time comes." ”

Wu Sanfu had always believed in Wei Bao's talent, and couldn't help laughing: "I'm relieved!" ’

Wu Xuexia also wanted to ask, but Wei Bao said so, and she didn't worry about it, but she didn't ask any more, but the more she came into contact with Wei Bao, the more she felt that Wei Bao's mind couldn't figure it out, and it seemed that no matter how difficult things were, Wei Bao could deal with them calmly.

The three of them played until Wu Xiang sent someone to call before going back.

Wei Bao originally planned to say goodbye to Wu Xiang and leave the Wu Mansion.

Zu Dashou said: "Since we met, it is better to meet by chance, Wei Gongzi, let's stay and eat together, right?" When the old man heard that Wei Gongzi was generous enough to return the 300,000 taels of gold from the last time, he just expressed his gratitude. ”

"Don't dare to be, General Zu is a pillar of Liaoxi and Liaodong and even the Ming Dynasty, how dare I eat with the general as a villager?" Wei Bao hurriedly said politely. He didn't want to eat with Zu Dashou, knowing that there was no good thing, "Besides, what I still pay back is not the gold of the ancestral family, but a favor for Miss Wu." ”

"Daddy." Zu Kefa felt so humiliated, he didn't expect his father to invite Wei Bao to stay for dinner! But as soon as he spit out half of his father's word, he forcibly stopped the words, and if he was reprimanded by his father outside, his face couldn't be hung up, especially in front of Wu Xuexia.

Zu Dashou ignored Zu Kefa and said to Wei Bao: "What? Didn't Gongzi Wei give the old man this face? ”

"Where? General Zu said heavily. Wei Bao said indifferently: "That kid is respectful, it is better to obey his fate." ”

"Good!" Zu Dashou smiled: "The old man just wants to hear from Wei Gongzi about how to get that yellow fire." Lord Wu, you ask someone to find a few craftsmen from the Wu family who make fire, and let's talk while eating. ”

Only then did Wei Bao know that Zu Dashou had the idea of beating his own fire.

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