Chapter 300 Come to Houcheng
Southland
Xie Zhan's plan is progressing step by step.
Zhu Congwen took 200,000 taels of silver and bought the Chen family's Xiaozhuya Island.
After Xie Zhan got the silver, he took the land deed and went to the yamen with Zhu Congwen to complete the transfer of the land deed.
The Chen family's people who were secretly monitoring Zhu Congwen sent back news that Zhu Congwen secretly sent a group of people and tools to the island by boat that night.
Xie Zhan handed over the 200,000 taels he got from Zhu Congwen to Chen Jiaye in full.
This made Chen Jiaye very happy and felt that he had no selfish motives.
Looking at the two hundred thousand taels, Chen Jiaye was very excited.
At Chen Jiaye's urging, Xie Zhan wrote a letter of denunciation in the name of the Chen family. After the letter was written, he gave it to Chen Jiaye for review, and then started writing a letter of request.
Then, the letter of accusation and the letter of request were placed in an envelope, sealed with mud, and finally sent directly to Chang'an.
The completion of this step means the game is done.
Liaodong County, Houcheng, Tianshui Village
Deng Jie is an ordinary villager in Fu'an Village, which is next to Tianshui Village.
In the past, Tianshui Village was just like their Fu'an Village, nothing to be proud of.
Later, the young prince Tuoba Lian of the Xianbei royal court raided Liaoyang County and was captured by their county commander. The Xianbei royal court also threatened to attack if they did not release him.
During that time, villagers from villages close to the Xianbei grasslands fled en masse. Even Tianshui Village was so emptied of people that it was practically deserted.
Later, Lord Lu came and formed a negotiation delegation to negotiate with the Xianbei royal court and signed a three-year peace treaty.
Not long after, Lord Lu's relatives moved in and lived in the hollow village next to them - Tianshui Village.
Not long after Lord Lu's relatives moved into Tianshui Village, they spent money to buy a large piece of land nearby and prepared to build a house.
They recruited nearly a hundred men from several nearby villages to help build the house and also built a small private school!
It can be seen that Lord Lu’s relatives are all well-off.
Before construction began, I heard that they had made special plans for the entire land before building the house.
After the houses with yards were built, they looked really neat and beautiful.
After finishing their work on the houses, the villagers in the nearby villages all made a lot of money. Some of the men with good house-building skills were even introduced to the construction workshops under the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce and now receive wages every month.
Having said that, after the house was built, Lord Lu's relatives moved in one after another, and the name of their clan gathering place was changed to Tianshui New Village.
The vacated old houses were returned to the original villagers of Tianshui Village as they moved back.
Deng Jie heard that in order to name the newly built private school, Tianshui New Village discussed for three days and finally decided to call it Lu's Private School.
When the name came out, the villagers of Tianshui Village were reportedly very disappointed, as they had originally intended to name the school Tianshui Private School. Deng Jie thought, "It would be more natural to call it Lu's Private School. If we call it Tianshui Private School, wouldn't that mean you're taking advantage of us?"
Today, Tianshui New Village is a renowned affluent village in Houcheng's northern district. Crucially, they are also quite generous. They built the Lu's Private School, which is open to the public. Any school-age child from nearby villages who wishes to attend can attend, as long as they pay a certain tuition fee. The tuition fee isn't cheap, but it's not expensive either.
Deng Jie's family sent one of their children to study at Lu's private school.
Tianshui New Village could be considered a model village in Houcheng North District. Not only were every household prosperous, but it also produced many capable individuals, some serving in government offices, some in the military, and some at the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce. Some women even worked in paper mills and garment factories.
As far as Deng Jie knew, the village chief of their village dreamed of building Fu'an Village into a village like Tianshui New Village. Now he was actively building a good relationship with the village chief of Tianshui New Village, and the results were obvious. Several smart young men from their Fu'an Village had already been taken on by the Tianshui New Village chief to work.
Ciji Village in Qingzhou
In front of a thatched hut, two young men squatted in front of a pile of charcoal fire that was about to go out. Broken pots, white powder, etc. were scattered on the ground in front of them, making a mess.
Because he had been squatting for too long, Han Yachen felt his legs were a little numb. He glanced at his good brother Sheng Peiguang next to him and saw that he was frowning and concentrating on the mess on the ground.
Han Yachen felt that his good brother had prepared for so long, and the current failure was a hurdle for him. He should not disturb him and let him calm down. He touched his deflated stomach and decided to go cook.
He slowly stood up and walked towards the thatched hut, but soon he came out again.
As soon as he came out, he heard Sheng Peiguang muttering to himself, "I have a new idea."
Clang! The bamboo rice tube in Han Yachen's hand fell to the ground.
At first, Han Yachen would be very excited when he heard this. Now, he is most afraid of hearing this sentence. When Sheng Peiguang said this, it meant that he was going to ruin the family.
He hurriedly said, "Brother Sheng, stop, stop!"
Sheng Peiguang looked up at him.
"It's not that I don't want to help you, but I'm also short of money." Han Yachen almost cried when he said this.
As soon as he saw his expression, Sheng Peiguang knew that his good brother was really out of money.
It's true that a penny can make a hero fall. Sheng Peiguang was wondering where he could get the silver.
As for the Master? He had no money either. His fellow disciples? They were big spenders themselves, each one poorer than the other. And even if they were willing to scrape together some of their own savings to support him, it wouldn't be enough. Where on earth could he find someone willing to support his experiments?
"Brother Sheng, there is no rice at home!" Han Yachen knocked on the rice barrel and said.
"Oh." Sheng Peiguang said "oh" and didn't take it to heart at all.
Han Yachen sighed, walked over and said to him, "Why don't you go teach in the private school in our village? You are so knowledgeable. I will talk to the village chief and it should be no problem." At least don't starve yourself to death first.
At this moment, a boy came running over with a letter in his hand, "Mr. Sheng, there's a letter for you!"
When Sheng Peiguang opened the letter, he was a little surprised at first glance. The Master has now gone to Liaodong County?
He had heard about the negotiations between Lü Desheng, the magistrate of Houcheng County in Liaodong Commandery, and the Xianbei royal court, but his experiment was at a critical juncture and he was not allowed to run around.
In the letter, the Master described their current wonderful life in Houcheng.
Sheng Peiguang’s first feeling was, how could such a good thing happen in this matter?
Now there are people who are willing to be suckers and support these money-eating beasts?
The Master and his three fellow apprentices have successfully become freeloaders. When they are hungry, they have hot meals to eat, and even have special maids to help wash their clothes.
Seeing this, Sheng Peiguang drooled with envy.
At the end of the letter, he said, "I won't talk to you anymore. I still have to write to your other brothers. I'm writing to you first because I'm afraid no one will support you and you'll starve to death. Anyway, come quickly!"
Sheng Peiguang read the letter over and over again. Compared with the previous lengthy letters, this time, his teacher's letter was unusually short, or rather, concise and to the point.
But the Master really understood him, and he was only one step away from what he said.
Han Yachen was still nagging about asking him to be a teacher in the village.
Sheng Peiguang interrupted him, which was rare. "I don't want to be a private school teacher anymore. I'm leaving!"
The Master is worthy of being a Master, he actually found such a good place for them!
Now he just wanted to pack up and head north, immediately, without losing a moment!
Han Yachen: "Ah?"
Sheng Peiguang, he didn't say much, he had to set off quickly.
He believed that after receiving the letter, the other brothers would rush to Liaodong County like him. He couldn't fall behind, as he knew that his brothers were very expensive.
I don’t know whether the sponsor that the teacher found for them is wealthy enough and can afford their support?
Qingzhou and Liaodong County were not far away, so taking a boat would be faster, but he was broke and didn't have the boat fare. But when his eyes fell on the young man next to him, they suddenly lit up.
Sheng Peiguang was leaving, and Han Yachen was reluctant to let him go.
"As the saying goes, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. My teacher said that there are many opportunities in Liaodong County now. Why don't you come with me?"
"The people of Ciji are simple, but in this village, you can predict how you're going to live your life. Your parents are still young, and you have two older brothers and an older sister. Give yourself a chance to go out and explore the world. If you can't make a name for yourself, you can always come back."
HAnyachen was moved and felt that what he said made sense. "Then Brother Sheng, wait for me. I will go back and discuss it with my family."
"Hurry up, we have to leave as soon as possible. Besides, we are poor at home but rich on the road, so take some extra money!"
"knew!"
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