Chapter 17 The eldest grandson
With Zheng Shi'an's methods, it is really simple to pass the news without knowing it.
The family and slaves of the old house in Luoyang are finally closer to Zheng Shi'an.
Although Cui Daolin is the master of the family, he is always a foreigner in the eyes of the servants in the old house.
The power of the clan is extremely powerful. Even if Cui Daolin has the means, it is impossible to control the old house immediately. Moreover, the residents of the Tianjin Bridge Market are also considered members of the old Zheng family. They have lived under the Tianjin Bridge for generations and are closely related to the people in the old house. Therefore, as soon as Zheng Shi'an gave an order, someone immediately reported it.
For Zheng Yanqing, the matter in Luoyang City has basically nothing to do with him.
They went to bed early, and Zheng Shi'an and Zheng Weishan were in the outer room and they were drinking until the morning rooster was dawn.
The next day, Zheng Shi'an took Yan Qing away from the old house in Luoyang.
Zheng Yanqing didn't say much, but led the green donkey and followed his grandfather out of Luoyang City and headed towards the farm.
In terms of the farm, we also received news.
There are only so many fields here, and there are radishes and pits. If the people from Tianjin Bridge are moved here, many tenants will have to face the problem of no land to plant. Therefore, as soon as Zheng Shi'an's grandson arrived in the farm, the tenants immediately came.
"Old butler, we have planted the Zheng family for decades, why did we suddenly drive us away?"
"Yes, yes, what should we do if we don't let the farmland be cultivated? The family, young and old, live all over these lands... Old housekeeper, you have to make the decision for us. You can't ignore this matter, otherwise we will have no way to live!"
The tenants shouted in a verbal voice, and Zheng Shi'an's face turned gloomy.
"This matter is not my control. Now the one in Luoyang is the manager Cui Daolin and Cui. If everyone is dissatisfied, they can ask him to go. I am just responsible for the resettlement... It's not that I don't want to, but that I can't control it and I can't control it."
The crowd suddenly fell silent.
After a long time, someone suddenly shouted: "Let's not make things difficult for the old housekeeper, go find Cui Daolin to judge."
"Yes, let's ask Cui Daolin to comment..."
Seeing the tenants excited, Zheng Shi'an couldn't help but frown.
"Yan Qing, will this cause trouble?"
"Grandpa, don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with us.
Didn’t Cui Daolin say that as long as you manage the farm and place the people from Tianjin Bridge properly, why bother? If Cui Daolin comes forward to solve the problem, he may not be able to fall behind on Mrs. Cui’s side; if it doesn’t solve the problem, the eldest son will not give him a good face. It can only be said that this person has limited abilities and will not be able to pursue you no matter how hard he is."
Before he knew it, Zheng Shi'an had already regarded Yan Qing as his backbone.
Hearing Zheng Yanqing said this, he nodded slightly.
That's right, this matter has nothing to do with me, so why bother? Since the eldest son doesn't trust him, if he emerges, he may misunderstand it. Just do your own thing well, and the rest has nothing to do with him.
Thinking of this, Zheng Shi'an immediately asked someone to drive the car and slowly drove into the farm.
As Zheng Yanqing said, that afternoon, the resident of Tianjin Bridge and the tenants of Tianzhuang found Cui Daolin to question.
Also as Yan Qing predicted, Cui Daolin refused to discuss the negotiations very roughly, and even invited the public from the Luoyang Yamen to come forward and forcibly disperse the crowd. It was Mrs. Cui's idea to stop the Tianjin Bridge market, expel the residents of Tianjin Bridge, and build a restaurant and music shop. Cui Daolin would not risk offending Mrs. Cui and discuss with these people.
In Cui Daolin's eyes, these people are just a bunch of sluts.
I originally thought that everyone would have another fight.
However, after the Luoyang Yamen sent people to disperse the crowd, whether it was the residents of Tianjin Bridge or the tenants of the farm, they were silent all of a sudden and no one came to cause trouble again. Cui Daolin was secretly proud, and he was a bunch of sluts, and he still dared to compete with the Zheng family?
After hearing this, Zheng Yanqing laughed...
"Grandpa, look at it, this matter is not over yet!"
Zheng Shi'an also sneered repeatedly, wrote letters overnight, and sent someone to Xingyang.
This matter must be known to Master Zheng. Moreover, Zheng Shi'an must clear the relationship, otherwise there will be endless troubles.
Although Zheng Shi'an doesn't know much about literacy, if he is smart, he is a hundred times better than Cui Daolin.
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Everything is normal in the farm, at least on the surface, very calm.
There are more than 100 families in the Zheng family's field, and more than 70% of them rely on farming for the Zheng family to make a living. The remaining 30% of them enjoy the dew fields, while others rely on fishing and hunting to make a living. Luoyang is high in the west and low in the east, with mountains and hills intertwined, and the terrain is complex. With Luoyang as the center, there are more than a dozen mountain ranges such as Yushan, Mangshan, Qingyaoshan, Jingzishan, and Longmenshan in all directions; rivers and canals are dense, Yishui, Luoshui, Qinghe, and Jianhe, seven or eight rivers flow through Luoyang.
Since ancient times, Luoyang has been called a city surrounded by mountains on all sides, six rivers flowing together, and eight gates.
There is a saying that you rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and water to eat the water.
There are all kinds of people in the small Zheng family farm.
However, most of them built caves based on the terrain, with one pit and ten kilns, which was also the main lifestyle in the Heluo area at that time.
This pit is like a slum in later generations.
The reason for living in this way is because of the terrain, and on the other hand, it is because of life.
Living in such a cave is much cheaper than building brick and tile houses, and living is very comfortable, which is the first choice for poor families.
Of course, Zheng Shi'an could not live in a Keng Kiln.
The Zheng family had houses in the farm, so he lived in a house with seven or eight houses, including a small courtyard, stables and other fully equipped residences. Of course, there were better houses in the farm, but Zheng Shi'an could not live in it.
After passing through the farm and going up the Yi River, you can see two mountains.
The mountain is like the gateway to the south of Luoyang, and was called Yique in ancient times. The two mountains stand opposite each other in the east and west, and the Yishui River is Longmen Mountain to the west and Xiangshan to the east.
During the Taihe period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen of Wei moved the capital to Luoyang.
Because the Northern Wei Dynasty worshipped Buddha, Emperor Xiaowen dug a grotto in Longmen Mountain to build Buddha statues, which is the famous Longmen Grottoes in later generations.
However, the Longmen Grottoes at this time had just taken shape and could not reach the scale that later generations said.
Zheng Yanqing visited Longmen Grottoes in his previous life, but at that time, many relief murals of Buddhist niches were stolen by war robbers for various reasons, especially the influence of the war. For example, the relief statues of Binyang Cave of Longmen Grottoes appeared in the Metropolitan Museum in New York in later generations. Yan Qing really wanted to see what this original relief statue looked like?
So on the third day after arriving at the farm, Zheng Yanqing rode the green donkey and walked leisurely towards Longmen Mountain.
The bleakness of winter has long disappeared.
What you see along the way is full of joy and makes you feel particularly comfortable.
Of course, Zheng Yanqing could not go out alone, after all, he was too young. The person who led the way was Mao Wang, who was Mao Xiaoba's father. This is a very simple and honest farmer, and his reputation in the farm is also quite good.
While answering Zheng Yanqing's question, he led the way in front.
Seeing that crossing Yishui, Longmen Mountain was coming. Zheng Yanqing suddenly stopped and looked at a team of cars and horses leading from the mountain in front, signaling Mao Wang to give way to the roadside. Judging from the posture of the carriage and horse, it should be an official family. Two teams of knights in armor were driving the road, and there were several large cars in the center. The horses leading the vehicles were all extremely virtuous.
Zheng Yanqing doesn't understand horses, but from the appearance of the horses, it can be seen that this is not an ordinary horse.
Anyuantang started his career with military achievements and also raised many BMW horses. I vaguely felt that these horses pulling carts were almost as good as those of Anyuantang’s BMW horses. Whose family is this? It’s so luxurious? Yan Qing couldn’t help but be curious.
On the carriage, there was a tiger-headed golden shield, and a flag was inserted on the shaft, and the words "Changsun" were written on it.
"Old Mao, which powerful family is this?"
Mao Wang lived in Luoyang for generations and also knew some of the powerful people in Luoyang.
"Master Zheng, that's General Changsun's war."
"General Changsun?" Zheng Yanqing was stunned and immediately reacted. General Changsun was probably referring to the Shangkaifu Yitong Sansi, who killed two birds with one stone, and General Zuo Xungu.
In the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Changsun Sheng was definitely an indispensable figure.
Yang Jian commented: Changsun Lang’s martial arts and eroticism are just like his words, and he is also very curious. The famous generals of the next generation are not this son?①”
In fact, during the battle against the Turks during the Kaihuang period, Changsun Sheng made many extraordinary achievements.
The idiom "killing two birds with one stone" in later generations was also from Changsun Sheng. But what Changsun Sheng is known to later generations was his children. Changsun Sheng's daughter was Li Shimin's empress, Empress Changsun; and his youngest son, Changsun Wuji, a famous official in the early Tang Dynasty.
Zheng Yanqing was stunned!
However, he was not shocked by Changsun Sheng's reputation, but remembered a long-closed past. I remember that when he was born in this era, he was suffering from a family disaster. The person who carried out the killing was named Ning Changzhen.
Yan Qing also found out that Ning Changzhen was born.
This man is a Li person, and his father is the leader of a Li people tribe named Ning Mengli. Ning Changzhen is Ning Mengli's son. In the last days of Kaihuang, his father went to Chang'an to meet Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian, and now he is named the governor of Qinzhou by Yang Jian.
Where is Qinzhou?
Zheng Yanqing was not very clear.
But Zheng Shi'an vaguely mentioned that it was a place in the Lingnan region and belonged to a wilderness. The local Li people were born as tribes, and the leader of the tribe was called Li Shuai. In this way, Yan Qing determined the origin of Ning Changzhen.
When Ning Changzhen was chasing his uncle Yan Hu, he mentioned a 'Kingsun'.
Could it be that Lord Changsun is Changsun Sheng?
If this is the case, wouldn’t it be said that Yan Hu and Changsun Sheng have a good relationship? Then who are his parents?
"Master Zheng, let's cross the river."
When Mao Wang saw that Zheng Yanqing didn't speak, he couldn't help but feel a little strange.
The Changsun family's car battle has gone far away...
But for some reason, the car was gone, and the Yaxing who brought Zheng Yanqing to Longmen Mountain was also taken away.
"Old Mao, let's go to Longmen Mountain another day. I suddenly don't want to go... Go back."
"Okay, when will Mr. Zheng be interested, we will go again."
Mao Wang couldn't understand Zheng Yanqing's complicated mood at this moment, and he smiled foolishly, led the donkey and embarked on the way back.
Before I could enter the farm, I saw Mao Xiaoba running over from a distance.
"Dad, something happened!"
Mao Wang was stunned, "Xiao Ba, what happened?"
"A dozen old soldiers in the village just now took everyone to Luoyang.
I heard that everyone from Tianjin Bridge has also gone, and it seems that the eldest son is coming, and they are going to ask the eldest son for reasoning."
Did Zheng Renji arrive in Luoyang?
Chapter completed!