A knife in love

Chapter 1573

Among the shopkeepers, shopkeeper Song also opened several pharmacies in the two provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.At this time, listening to the owner of Wang Zhuang's story about his fortune, he couldn't help interjecting: "The old mountain ginseng in Liaodong is indeed very curative, but the medicinal properties are too strong. If you take it for a patient who has run out of oil and lamps, although it will be effective for a while, the patient However, he couldn’t bear the strong yang energy of the old wild ginseng, so he had to bleed to death from the seven orifices. According to Song, our water ginseng from Jiangnan is milder in medicinal properties and more miraculously effective.”

Owner Wang nodded, and said: "This gentleman is also a master in medicine. If there is a chance in the future, Mr. Wang must ask for advice."

Everyone listened to Master Wang's narration of the past, and when they were fascinated, they were interrupted by Shopkeeper Song, feeling very dissatisfied.Qin Laowu said gruffly: "Shopkeeper Song, we are now discussing escape strategies, not medical science and pharmacology. If you don't have any good ideas, don't talk nonsense."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and said to the owner of Wang Zhuang, "What happened next?"

The owner of Wang Zhuang sighed, and said in his mouth: "There is no one in the world who has a bad reputation. In the past, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, invaded Guanzhong, and someone advised him to make Xianyang his capital. But Xiang Yu refused. Returning to one's hometown is like traveling at night in brocade clothes. Who knows, he is eager to return to the east. This is because Xiang Yu is so complacent, he only thinks that after being powerful in the world, he must return to his hometown, show off his power in front of relatives, friends and fellow villagers, and win a good reputation. The result Xiang Yu returned to the east, abandoned the mountains and rivers in Guanzhong, and went to Pengcheng, a place where four wars were fought. When Liu Bang raised his troops in Hanzhong, the heroes of the world responded. Xiang Yu lost the advantage of geographical advantage. The veterans were exhausted, and in the last battle, Han Xin laid an ambush on all sides, forcing Xiang Yu to kill himself in Wujiang. In the final analysis, it was because Xiang Yu was eager to return to his hometown after his success, to gain a false name."

Everyone was a little strange when Wang Zhuangzhu suddenly talked about the past events of the conflict between Chu and Han.

I just heard the owner of the Wang villa say: "After Wang has earned some money, every time he thinks of the past that the same clan members bullied him and his mother, he feels extremely heartbroken. Therefore, he made up his mind to go back to his hometown for a good life. I humiliated those clansmen who bullied my mother and child back then. It was only when I returned to my hometown that I realized that there were constant natural disasters and thieves in those years. Many people in the Wang family starved to death and were killed by thieves. The descendants of the dead clan were forced to leave their hometowns and go to other places to make a living. It was a big clan with thousands of people, and only a few hundred people were left, living in poverty and having no food or clothing.

"When Wang returned to his hometown, although he wanted to take revenge on the villain who bullied him in the past, but seeing the people of the same clan suffer such disasters, how could he have any desire for revenge? Wang took out money and gave it to relatives and friends of the clan. I bought grain and cloth. It’s just that the local area has been hit by natural disasters for several years, and even the bark and weeds have been eaten away. Although the grain and cloth bought by Wang can save a temporary life, they cannot save a lifetime. Hundreds of lives are more difficult than reaching the sky.

"After thinking about it, Wang suddenly remembered that there is a lot of wasteland outside the pass. As long as you have a lot of strength and are willing to endure hardships and stand hard work, you will not starve to death. Therefore, Wang told everyone about the situation outside the pass, and wanted to know whether the clan's children would like to make a living outside the pass. At that time, the hometown was thousands of miles away, and the corpses of the victims who died of hunger and cold were all over the place. The clan children heard that Wang talked about the benefits of going outside the pass, and they all wanted to go outside the pass with him. After hard work, they finally returned to Dongliao County. They bought another piece of land outside the city and built Wangjiazhuang, where hundreds of people settled down.

"I remember that when the house was being built, a man came suddenly, claiming to be surnamed Wang Mingsheng, who was a distant relative of the Wang clan. When the natural disaster in his hometown suddenly struck, he fled with his family. It was just that the family traveled to several provinces, They did not find a safe place to settle down. On the contrary, several family members became seriously ill on the road and died one after another. Later in Xiangxi, they encountered bandits from the green forest. Except for him, the rest of the family members died at the hands of the bandits. Wang Sheng did not Fazi, thinking to himself that since there is no place to stay in a foreign country, it is better to return to his hometown, even if he dies, he will die in the hometown. But when he returned to his hometown, he saw only ruins, clan relatives and friends disappeared. Wang Sheng searched for news , Only then did I know that Wang returned to his hometown and took the clan children outside the customs to make a living, so he traveled all the way north and finally found Dongliao County."

Having said this, the owner of Wangzhuang let out a long sigh, and looked up at the roof, with tears in his eyes.After a while, he continued: "In fact, there are many flaws in Wang Sheng's remarks. One is that he said that he is a distant relative of the Wang clan, so the clan children brought to Dongliao County by Wang did not know him. He. But he himself said that he had been to the place where the Wang clan lived together many times. How could no one have seen him? Second, according to the Ming Dynasty's regulations, if you go out from your hometown, you must have a guide. But Wang wants If you leave your hometown with hundreds of people, the government will never issue Wang a guide. If you fail, you will be charged with inciting trouble and you will be arrested in prison. Therefore, when Wang left with the clan children, Divided into several groups, they hid in the mountains to rest during the day, and went northward after dark. It can be said that no one was disturbed. This was the hard way to Dongliao County. When we left our hometown, the surrounding counties had long since disappeared. It was crowded. Wang Sheng said that he was looking around and found out about our whereabouts, which is absolutely impossible.

"It's just that Mr. Wang is stupid and has so many flaws, but he didn't notice Wang Sheng's wolf ambition. Because Wang Sheng can read and write, Wang asked him to help with things. When building Zhuangzi, Wang Sheng said to me again, The Wang family suffered a catastrophe, with countless casualties, but most of them fled. If these people are like him, and one day they return to their hometown and see ruins everywhere, they will inevitably give up the idea of ​​survival. Why don't you send some The well-known and capable clansmen waited in the old residence of their hometown. If any children of the same clan returned, they were told to go to Dongliao County outside the Guan to make a living. In the future, many people from the same clan would go to Dongliao County. Need to cover some more.

"When Wang heard Wang Sheng's idea, he didn't expect him to be evil at all. Instead, he praised him for being thoughtful. At that time, there happened to be a deal of medicinal materials to be discussed, so Wang handed over the construction of Zhuangzi to Wang Sheng, and took care of himself. Went to Yubei County, north of Liaoyang Prefecture, to do business. This trip took three or four months. When Wang returned to Dongliao County, he was shocked when he saw the situation in front of him. Six hundred households, three to four thousand people. Moreover, when Wang entered Zhuangzi, he saw many strange faces. Wang Sheng came out to greet Wang, saying that some of the Wang family's children were like him. When they arrived outside the customs, they went to Dongliao County to seek refuge with Wang. Because Wang went out to do business, Wang Sheng kept these people in Zhuangzi and dealt with them after Wang came back. At that time, Wang did not have the slightest doubt about Wang Sheng, thinking that these people They are all descendants of the Wang family, how can they not be allowed to live in the Zhuangzi? So I nodded and agreed to take these people in."

(End of this chapter)