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Chapter 830 Lower Jiangnan

Since Wu Da and Wu Er were arrested by Wang Tong and brought to Tianjin Wei, they had a few years of hard work at the beginning, but now, they are much stronger than when they were in Shandong. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the past, the northeast side of the mountain recognized the name of this Wu family brother, but it was just a strong party, and the government still had to deal with it, and the local high-ranking families were not afraid of them.

Now it's different, North Zhili, Shandong, Henan, and even South Zhili all know the Wu family brothers, who doesn't know that the characters in the rivers and lakes and green forests want to ask for a background, they have to find the Wu family brothers.

Who doesn't know that the Wu brothers now have hundreds of men who can fight, and their family property is even more splashing, and even the government has to sell face on the ground in Beizhili and Shandong.

The Wu brothers have such a big reputation, naturally because of Wang Tong's relationship, after recruiting green forest characters for a period of time, Wang Tong asked him to stop, but there are still many people who come to defect from all around, and they refuse to fight back, that is, they hurt their harmony and simply stay to do things.

Wu Da is not in Shandong to sell stolen goods, but now the business is from a few mouths in Jizhen to Tianjin Wei to sell livestock, cattle and horses, this involves meat and leather goods, as well as the animal power to cultivate crops, is a big business in this year, but the trafficking of livestock, not to mention that there is no royal law on the grassland, there are many people on the road to make up their minds, and the thieves who steal cattle and horses are also bandits, and if you want to protect them thoroughly, you have to raise a group of people.

Many of the people who came to defect were placed here, and some of them were placed in Zhuangzi in the north of Tianjin Wei, these Jianghu people are not wine, meat, gold and silver all day long, they can have an errand for a good life, and there are indeed many people who are willing to do it, and there are indeed good performers who have entered the army or have an official position in Tianjin Wei, which makes them feel more at ease.

Wu Da is now a lot richer than before, and his demeanor is a little more majestic, after all, he also has an errand of a brocade guard, so many people in the green forest and rivers are flattering, and his demeanor is naturally different. Wu Er is also a little more calm than before.

"Master Hou, the Zhuangzi we use here are all prisoners from all over the place, and they are all miscellaneous people who are idle and traitors, and they are very difficult to manage, and it is really those recruited green forest people who can suppress it, and it can be regarded as one thing and one thing."

Wang Tong rode a horse and walked in Zhuangzi, and the scene he saw was different from the beautiful scenery of the idyllic songs on both sides of the official road, a dry man wearing a linen shirt was working there, and there was a big man with a stick and a leather whip, from time to time he scolded a few words, and even stepped forward to whip, but Wang Tong had a smile on his face to this scene, and said:

"Labor reform and labor reform, these people can only be obedient after labor reform, you have done a good job."

Entering the Zhuangzi meeting hall, someone poured tea and water, and Wang Tong said straight to the point:

"Wu Da, you continue to stay here to do things, Wu Er will go to Jiangnan with me, your brothers are more familiar, go and be a guide, so as not to be blind."

Wu Er hurriedly bowed to the side, and Wang Tong opened his mouth and said to Wu Da:

"This year there is a war with the grassland, Horqin and Duoyan are not having a good time, it is estimated that a large number of cattle and sheep will be sold in exchange for forage and salt in winter, and the frozen cattle and sheep will be placed in the bilge, and they will not thaw in the autumn and winter for a few months, you just take this opportunity to sell these beef and mutton farther, Henan, Shandong, Nanzhili and other places, if the business can be opened, it will also be a source of money in the future."

Wu Da pondered there, clapped his hands, bowed and praised:

"It's hard for Hou Ye to think of it, there are too many beef and mutton in winter, the price in Beijing and Tianjin is too cheap, we can't make anything by losing forage and foot strength, but the price is high in several other places, and there are many things that can be loaded on the ship, this is a big deal, and the small ones have also heard people at sea say, we have a winter here, there is no goods to go south, and it is not worth running an empty boat, Hou Ye's method is really convenient."

Wang Tong smiled and nodded, but this method was not something he came up with, and Abagon had said that it was done in several European countries, and it was a big business to transport frozen meat and fish to the south in winter, but it happened that the economic system established by Wang Tong also had a similar structure, which was just right.

After saying this, Wang Tong patted the table, pointed at Wang Da and said:

"Your eldest son is eleven years old this year, and there are many male sons and nephews about fifteen years old in your family.

Hearing this, Wu Da was shocked, but he reached out and pulled Wu Er on the side, and the two brothers knelt down and said excitedly:

"Master Hou's great kindness, our Wu family can't repay it for being a cow and a horse in the next life."

"You don't have to be a cow and a horse in the next life, just do it well in this life"

Wang Tong joked, everyone laughed, whether the nephew followed Wang Tong, whether he was running errands in various yamen, this is already a sign of the Wang Tong system to see if you have entered the core, the Wu family has helped Wang Tong for several years, his identity is also there, and he has made a lot of money, but he has always been unable to raise his head on other people's side, because of this.

Now that Wang Tong has given a promise, it is equivalent to giving their family a promise to soar in the future, which makes Wu Da and Wu Er not excited.

The two of them used to be frogs at the bottom of the well, selling stolen goods in Shandong, colluding with the government to think that they were extremely beautiful, and when they were arrested by Wang Tong to run an errand with Wang Tong, they knew what was the scenery and what power was in this world.

"I wish Hou Ye a smooth journey"

I could still hear someone on the shore shouting goodbye, but Wang Tong had already looked at the roll in the cabin, this kind of official ship was actually like a mobile house, with a living room, a study, and a bedroom.

"Dutang, the report from Jingshi's side has arrived today, and it was handed over on the shore."

Chen Dahe walked in with a leather bag, Wang Tong nodded and opened the seal of the leather bag, and pulled out the volume from it, Jinyi Wei and the Public Security Department will summarize the major events and situations that need to be paid attention to in the Jingshi to him, this is a must for Wang Tong, he can't go for a few months, and he is ignorant of the affairs of the Jingshi.

After taking out the volume, he flipped through a few pages, but took out a letter, Wang Tong looked at the signature of the envelope, and said with a smile:

"Xu Guangguo has the ability to wait and see the situation, but unfortunately he is always one step late."

Chen Dahe looked over with a smile, Wang Tong waved the envelope in his hand, and said:

"This person waited until the news of my trip to Beijing was confirmed before he came to this letter, if this news is not confirmed, whether I still have the favor of the Holy God, then everything is uncertain, he will not be dragged down by me, if the news is confirmed, it will be just a small twist and turn"

While speaking, Wang Tong opened the letter, glanced at it a few times, stretched out his hand and flicked the letterhead, and said teasingly:

"It's the rules that remind me, let me be cautious, don't offend the Songjiang Xu family, otherwise there will be trouble."

Chen Dahe said playfully on the side:

"What is Master Hou going to do?"

"The ships are all offshore, what else can be done, just check it out."

Just as Wang Tong said this, in the bay on the other side of the shipyard, two gunboats were hoisting their sails and leaving the port.

The richest place in the world is Su Songchang Sanfu, if it is not for Suzhou Mansion has six counties and one state, the total scale is large, then Songjiang Mansion will be the richest in the world, but Songjiang only has two counties of Huating and Qingpu, and the total amount cannot catch up.

Songjiang Mansion is located in Huating County, people who come to Huating County for the first time are often confused, in the end that is the county seat, because the first wealthy Xu family mansion in Songjiang Mansion is extraordinary, with the Xu family as the heart of the city to form a very prosperous area, from the residents to the shops, restaurants, green buildings, everything, as if it is a city, as if it is a city, as soon as you enter the city, but feel that the city is much worse than outside the city, even the government is shabby.

Isn't the whole world prosperous inside the city outside the city, except for a few places that prosper because of the canal.

Here in Songjiang Mansion, being an errand officer in the government and county government is by no means as comfortable as being a subordinate in the Xu family, as for the officials and errand leaders in the various yamen, they are all decent subordinates of the Xu family.

This is also the rule of Jiangnan, the servants of the wealthy families are stuffed with the yamen, and those officials who come up from the imperial examination are just lonely people, and if they want to do things, they all have to rely on these wealthy domestic servants to do things, and they naturally become the puppets of the local wealthy families.

In July, Songjiang Mansion was already unusually hot, and there were many fewer people at noon, but in front of the door of Xufu, there were still more than a dozen people waiting.

There are people who are familiar with the Xu family who see it, they are all staggered, the big housekeepers of the Xu family are all in front of the door, this is a character who has served the old lady Xu Jie, even if the prefect of Songjiang comes on weekdays, he may not be able to see it, he is actually waiting in front of the door, who is coming, it is really rare.

More than a dozen horsemen came to this side with a carriage, the carriage stopped, the chief butler of the Xu Mansion hurriedly walked down the steps, someone carried a wooden bench to the bottom of the car, and the big butler lifted the curtain.

"In this kind of weather, why bother with the old man, the old man is also old."

An old man in his fifties stepped down from the car, wearing a square scarf, wearing a wide-sleeved robe, and cloud-crowned cloth shoes.

"Mr. Dai has worked hard, there is already chilled plum soup in the house, go in and have a drink to relieve the heat."

The old man was helped down, and said with a smile:

"The place south of the Yangtze River is Nanjing City, and your Xu family has an ice cellar, you old goods, your master is anxious, you won't persuade him, let him toss like this?"

"Mr. Dai, this time it's a big deal, someone from Beijing"

"What's the big deal, it was hard for that Hai Rui to come down from somewhere else."