gengjiabao

The Geng family has lived in Julu for hundreds of years. They have been officials for generations as early as the Western Han Dynasty. In the New Dynasty, Geng Ai, the ancestor of Geng Wu, was Jiping Yin and the prefect of Jinan. Geng Ai's son Geng Chun knew the general trend and persuaded his father to defect to Liu.

Xiu, was finally named one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, and was granted the title of marquis for generations. Until the fifth generation of Gaoting Marquis Geng Xu was expelled due to crimes, he was still noble for generations and became the first-class powerful man in Julu County. He accumulated a lot of wealth over hundreds of years.

There are hundreds of people in the Geng clan, and there are as many as three to four thousand tenants under his command, and there is no telling how many fields there are.

This is the result of the Geng family members' continuous migration.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Geng family, like other large clans, began to build Wu forts. They said it was to guard against rebels, but in fact, some people in the clan had a premonition that the world was about to be in chaos and took precautions.

Sure enough, when Dong Zhuo entered Luo, the world was in chaos. Han Fu was forcibly taken away from Jizhou by Yuan Shao. The Geng family also suffered great misfortune because of Geng Wu. Fortunately, Yuan Shao needed the support of the powerful clans everywhere. Although he lost a lot of clan troops, money and food, in the end,

No big losses.

Now that Yuan Shao has retreated, Han Fu has returned and continues to be the state shepherd, and Geng Wu has also been appointed as the governor of Julu County because of his loyalty and meritorious service. The entire atmosphere in Gengjia Fort is full of joy.

They felt that the Geng family's good days had finally come.

In the main house of Gengjiabao, a group of people were sitting together chatting. They were some elders of the Geng family and other big families nearby.

It is winter now, there is no farm work, and in this era of little entertainment, the only way to relieve boredom is to sit together and chat.

"Wen Wei has now been appreciated by General Zhenbei. Regardless of the three mutual laws, he is appointed as the governor of Julu County. This is such a trust! We will still need Geng to take care of us in the future."

"Yes! In the past, Geng Jianwei assisted Guangwu and revived the great Han Dynasty. Today, Geng Julu assists General Zhenbei. He will surely revive our great Han Dynasty again. Geng is worthy of being the pillar of strength for our great Han Dynasty!"

These people complimented each other and flattered each other, which made the Geng clan members almost laugh out of their eyes.

"It's easy to talk about. This kid Wenwei doesn't have any other merits, but he is loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous!"

The speaker was Geng Xi, the head of the Geng clan. According to his seniority, he was Geng Wu’s uncle.

"Father! Father!!"

A middle-aged man hurriedly ran in, his face full of joy.

"Why are you panicking! Look at you! If you were half as talented as me, I could still close my eyes even if I were dead!"

Geng Xi became angry when he saw his only son Geng Hui looking so happy.

He also asked Geng Hui to go to Taixue, but when he came back and took the exam, he didn't learn anything. Instead, he slept all over the Chu Palace in Luoyang. He was so angry that he almost had a cerebral hemorrhage and burped.

Fortunately, this generation has Geng Wu, otherwise the Geng family would be in danger!

Geng Xi shook his head and sighed, looked at Geng Hui who had his head lowered, waved his hand and said, "Tell me, what happened?"

"Wen Wei is back! Just a mile away!"

"What??"

Geng Xi stood up immediately, with a bright smile on his face.

"Ah, I just said that this kid is filial! He has only been in office for a few days, and he wants to come back to see me, an old immortal. What if this misses the important event of General Zhenbei? I will definitely explain it later.

Talk to him!"

"Governor Geng is truly unparalleled in his loyalty and filial piety!"

"Hey, Brother Geng will tell us later how he cultivated such an outstanding disciple, and let us learn from him!"

Another round of compliments made Geng so happy that he almost became happy.

"You treacherous son! What are you doing standing here? Go and open the door quickly, let people prepare delicious food and wine, clean the house, and prepare to welcome the county guard!"

After saying that, Geng Xi turned around and said helplessly, "Hey, this kid is really the same. He didn't write a letter first to tell whether it was a business matter or a private matter. If it is a business matter, I, a commoner, would have to go out to greet him."

"Hey, whether it's public or private, we should all welcome you!"

"That's right. Just because of Governor Geng's loyalty to Ambassador Han is enough to make us fall in love with him!"

"Let's go, let's go together!"

Geng Xi walked in front with a stern look on his face. As soon as he arrived at the gate of Wubao, he saw Geng Wu riding a bad horse, wearing plain clothes, with only a young man following him. He knew that this was for a private matter.

Geng Wu saw a group of people waiting for him outside Wubao from afar, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He knew without even thinking that they were his vain uncle.

Geng Wu took a closer look and found that in addition to the people of the Geng family, there were actually several elders from other large clans in Julu. After thinking about it, he understood what was probably going on. He dismounted and walked up to him and said, "

Wen Wei has met his uncles, greetings to all uncles!"

Geng Xi waited for Geng Wu to finish paying homage, and then said in a pretentious manner, "Ah, Wen Wei, you are the county guard now, how can you pay homage to us ordinary people? Come on, come on, let us pay homage to you first!"

Geng Wu dodged away and said hurriedly, "Wu came here just for some personal matters to pick up some clothes. Uncle, please don't do this." After saying that, he looked at the other people and asked, "Uncle Tian, ​​Uncle Ju, you don't have any."

Go to Bingzhou with Yuan Shao?"

The two people who were named had some embarrassment on their faces. One of them was a clan elder of Tian Feng, and the other was a clansman of Jushu. Tian Feng and Jushu were actually from Julu people. When Yuan Shao withdrew to the west, Tian Feng had been captured, and the Tian family

After the discussion, the family was divided into two, with some people staying behind, while Jushou forcefully took away most of the family members, leaving only dozens of old and weak people to look after the house.

Unless these noble families have no choice, they will find ways to diversify their investments and reduce the risk of family annihilation. For example, the Kong family in later generations acted in this way when they split into the north and south several times.

For nobles, family is always the most important thing.

"Okay, let's go in and talk. I've asked Hui'er to send a message and prepare meals. They are all your favorite dishes. Since you have been away for so long, I'm afraid you also miss the food in your hometown."

Seeing Geng Xi's behavior, Geng Wu had no choice but to go to Wubao first.

Walking into Wubao, Geng Wu looked at some arrow towers that he had not seen before, and asked, "Uncle, have any rebels been here before? It seems to me that there are a lot more weapons."

"Hey, in troubled times, be prepared. Our Geng family has been rich and prosperous for so many years, but there are always people who are jealous." Geng Xi waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "By the way, do you need the family's support this time? Just say it, I and I

These uncles of yours will definitely help you!"

Geng Xi can be the head of the family, so he is not stupid. He knows very well that Geng Wu came to ask for something at this time. In his opinion, what he asked for is just money and food. If he can use money and food to help Geng Wu buy a road to the sky, it will be bankrupt.

It's worth it too.
Chapter completed!