Chapter 294: The Land Between the Rivers
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The Rushing River in the city is not only a beautiful scenery, but also the only way to the north of the city.
Although there is a desert outside the north city gate, but crossing the desert is the land of other countries, many merchants of the Zhou Kingdom will choose to cross the desert to other countries in order to seek greater benefits, and the merchants of other countries will often arrive at Feiliu City with caravans, cross the Feiliu River in the city, and travel between their hometown and the Zhou Kingdom.
At this time, the sun is shining, Feiliu City is a busy atmosphere, the doors of various shops are wide open, the sound of passing street vendors is also endless, and in the crowd, there is a carriage pulled by four horses to the north of the city, the carriage is moving slowly, but the conspicuous word "Zhuang" on both sides of the carriage is attracting the attention of everyone passing by.
The groom drove the carriage without squinting, as if he had become accustomed to the gaze cast by his surroundings.
Finally, the carriage stopped by the Feiliu River, and when the carriage came to a complete stop, he saw Wang Sancai being the first to come out of it.
Immediately afterwards, it was Zhuang Biyun and A Ning, then Fang Tong and Fang Shiyu, and finally Zhuang Mude, the old butler of the Zhuang family, and then, seven or eight thieves jumped from the carriage to the ground one after another, as well as the two elite plainclothes dead soldiers who accompanied them.
Wang Sancai squinted his eyes and scanned the surrounding scenery, and found that not far in front of him was the famous Feiliu River, the sound of the turbulent river water continued to echo in his ears, and there was a mill every few tens of meters by the river. There is also a stone arch bridge leading to the north of the city, and a little further south, it is solemnly given to Fang Shiyu their territory.
"Prince Wang, from the west to the east in Feiliu City, it is the land given by the lord, starting from the Feiliu River, and within a hundred meters to the south, it is all the scope of the land." The old butler Zhuang Mudelang said: "Yesterday evening, the master has ordered the residents of this land to relocate, but it will take at least two days for everyone to completely relocate, and all the houses and buildings here except for the mill. It's all Wang Gongzi's. ”
Wang Sancai nodded. His eyes fell on Zhuang Mude's body: "My territory seems to be a long strip, not even a rectangle, Uncle Zhuang, how long is it from the west to the east?" ”
"Just call me Lao Zhuang." Zhuang Mudd said so. But there is no grovelling. Then he replied, "Nearly a thousand feet." ”
Wang San knew that 1,000 zhang was about equal to more than 3,000 meters. If it is less than a thousand zhang, it will be counted as three thousand meters, and the width will be one hundred meters, and there will only be one hundred and ten thieves for Fang Shiyu and the others. It's already quite a bit of territory.
Zhuang Mude also heard the slight mockery in Wang Sancai's previous words, so he hurriedly explained: "Don't underestimate this territory, although it will be noisy near the Feiliu River, but Wang Gongzi's territory is the only way to go to the north of the city, make good use of this passage, no matter what kind of business you do, it is extremely profitable." ”
Of course, Wang Sancai understands this truth, if he wants to go to the north of the city, to the desert outside the north city gate, and to other countries, he has to pass through this Feiliu River, and now the surrounding area of this Feiliu River has become his own territory, even if he doesn't do anything and sets up a toll checkpoint, he can make a lot of money.
It's just that it's okay to set up a toll checkpoint, and the old housekeeper Zhuang Mude also said that the stone arch bridge does not belong to his territory, and if you get this thing, you will become the public enemy of the Feiliu people, and it is indeed reliable to do some other business, after all, there are many floating people here, and the money will naturally come quickly.
For this alone, Wang Sancai has to thank the solemn and well-intentioned.
But relatively, there are advantages and disadvantages, although relying on the cross-section of the Feiliu River provides a good flow environment, but in the same way, once an enemy attacks, if the cultivators go directly from the upstream, then the first unlucky ones are Fang Shiyu's group.
At least they can't let the enemy spoil their home, right? If that happens, they will definitely take up arms to defend their territory.
But if they were just ordinary people, how could they resist cultivators? Even if a cultivator's enemy was exhausted by the current when he came ashore, it was not something that ordinary people could resist.
No wonder they solemnly took the initiative to give Fang Shiyu a middle-class cultivation technique.
Sure enough, it's a clever plan!!
While Wang Sancai sighed in his heart, he did not neglect the old housekeeper, and smiled at Zhuang Mude: "Lao Zhuang is personally accompanied, please tell Uncle Zhuang when you go back, I am very satisfied." ”
"As a dignitary of the banker, Wang Gongzi does not need to be polite." Zhuang Mude lowered his head slightly: "If the prince has nothing else to do, I will go back first." ”
"Well, I'll take my people to see here first, and when I'm done, I'll personally send Miss Zhuang to the manor." Wang Sancai smiled and bowed slightly to Zhuang Mude.
Although Zhuang Mude is only a subordinate manager, he is in charge of all the chores in the manor, and he has a close relationship with Zhuang Zheng, but he is not arrogant because of this, and he does what he should do in a down-to-earth manner, which is also a point that Wang Sancai has a good impression of him.
Moreover, Wang Sancai now knows from Fang Tong that in this world, as long as there are women and subordinates with no status, etc., they will respect young and high-status men as "sons", and only people with status will call each other "sir".
As the head of the entire Zhuang family, Zhuang Mude already has a very high status, but he still abides by the identity of a subordinate and calls Wang Sancai "Gongzi", which is rare in many families.
Seeing Zhuang Mude walk into the carriage and watch the luxury carriage gradually drive away, Zhuang Biyun, who was "standing" on the side, immediately breathed a long sigh of relief and said happily: "Ah, he is finally leaving!" Sancai, let's go have a good time! ”
As she spoke, she grabbed Wang Sancai's arm.
Wang Sancai turned his head, and saw that Zhuang Biyun, who was still full of solemnity just now, had a happy face at the moment, remembering that Zhuang Biyun was sitting in the carriage with a serious appearance with an expressionless face and no words, Wang Sancai was immediately happy: "Hahaha." It seems that in the entire manor, only Lao Zhuang can control you! ”
"Hmph, I hate him the most, when I was a child, he would tell my father as soon as I got into trouble, and every time I saw me, he would tell me seriously how the eldest lady should be, how a lady or something, it's really annoying!!" Zhuang Biyun looked at the carriage in the distance, thought of some unhappy memories, and couldn't help but stomp his feet angrily.
Immediately afterwards, without waiting for Wang San to speak, she patted her chest happily. Said with a smug face: "He will definitely not find anything wrong with my performance this time......"
Speaking of which. She didn't seem to want to mention this respected old housekeeper who made her feel afraid and unhappy, so she immediately hugged Wang Sancai's arm with both hands and said coquettishly: "Oh, don't talk about him." It's hard to come out once. Come and go shopping with me!! ”
As he spoke. On the other hand, he took Wang Sancai's arm and walked over.
"You are in a hurry, we have a whole day!" Wang Sancai couldn't help but laugh and scold, but he didn't resist Zhuang Biyun's pull. casually said to a few people behind him: "Xiaotong, Shiyu, let's go." ”
Fang Tong nodded silently and followed Wang Sancai's side, and as soon as Fang Shiyu thought that he would immediately have such a large piece of legal and fertile land, the whole person suddenly became full of pride, and he wanted to do a great job, copying out the Spirit Destroying Army Thorn that Wang Sancai gave him. Saw the blade, and proudly waved at the seven or eight thieves behind him who brought the "acceptance territory": "Haha, brothers, follow me!" This is already our place!! ”
According to the old housekeeper Zhuang Mude, the news of this land allocated to Fang Shiyu had been released since yesterday, and as soon as he heard that he could finally leave this place where he was harassed by the sound of turbulent water all day and night, and move to a relatively quiet new place of residence, no one objected at all.
But by this time, most of the shopkeepers, men and residents living here had just begun to clean up, and only a very few people couldn't wait to leave here, plus their new residence also needed to be cleaned up, it is expected that some buildings will be vacated after about this evening, even if they don't all move out at once, when the time comes, Fang Shiyu and their gang of 100 people will be able to bring people to live in first.
This trip came out with Wang San, he just brought a few people to come over to take a look, and was ready to wait for enough space in the evening to pick everyone up one after another, but these seven or eight people, but Fang Shiyu personally selected, maybe it was the habit he developed that was really difficult to change for a while, and the seven or eight people selected were all fierce and vicious-looking, and their physique was already considered a sturdy bandit, according to him, these seven or eight people had all made "great contributions" to the cottage.
The point is that at present, this territory is in a busy period, and people are busy moving out. The proud swing of the saw blade, coupled with the enthusiastic echoing sound of the seven or eight bandits, immediately frightened a lot of people coming and going.
Even Zhuang Biyun couldn't stand it anymore, stopped and frowned at Wang Sancai and said with a slight dissatisfaction: "Who are they, why do they seem to be fighting and killing?" ”
Wang Sancai glared at Fang Shiyu fiercely: "What did I tell you when I came?" ”
Fang Shiyu's hand suddenly froze in the air, and when he heard Wang Sancai's loud shout, he hurriedly took it back, he also knew that Zhuang Biyun was the daughter of the head of the Zhuang family, and the princess of the entire Zhuang family, he had never made a fool of himself in front of such a high-status person, and he suddenly didn't know what to do, so he had to scratch his neck in shame and embarrassment, his face flushed: "Uh...... That one...... Hehe...... It's really a professional habit, I'm sorry...... However, we will definitely correct it seriously!! ”
The last sentence was extremely sincere, and the seven or eight thieves behind him also realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly bowed down with Fang Shiyu and smirked: "Definitely!" Certain!! ”
The big man who was still murderous one moment turned into a simple appearance the next moment, which immediately made Zhuang Biyun unable to hold back and laughed out loud.
Wang Sancai saw that the passers-by no longer looked at them, so he could only wave his hand helplessly, and pretended to be stern: "Then don't you put away the weapon?" Do you think this is a robbery? ”
Fang Shiyu couldn't refute it at all, so he could only quickly put away the Spirit Slayer Thorn. Saw the blade, but also felt that the face on his face was a little unbearable, and after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't vent his anger, and suddenly looked back at these seven or eight big men, and sprinkled his anger on them: "Look at you!" What's going on! Why don't you know the reminder to remind me?! ”
The big men were dumbfounded.
Wang Sancai glanced at Fang Shiyu, shook his head and said to Zhuang Biyun: "Leave them alone, let's go around first." ”
As he spoke, he took Zhuang Biyun and walked towards the nearest small shop in front, and when Fang Shiyu in the back heard it, he didn't care about spreading fire anymore, so he hurriedly followed. (To be continued.) )