Cutting 1719

Chapter 26
Today's Yunmeng County is no longer human affairs.

The Ning family used great efforts to replace the county magistrate of Yunmeng County with Ning Zhongquan, the seventh elder of the Ning family, and the garrison general in the flood area was replaced by Ning Zhongyi, the fourth elder of the Ning family. Exclaimed: What medicine did the Ning family take wrongly?Instead of operating the good Hanyang Mansion, he chose to join in the fun in Yunmeng County, which is not a shit.

But at this moment, the Ning Family Courtyard in Yunmeng County is full of harmony and harmony. This Courtyard was built by Ning Zhongquan before he took office. It is said that the previous owner was an official in Beijing. The other courtyard here was transferred to the Ning family.

At the age of 27 and [-], Ning Zhongquan originally won the Juren, and originally wanted to continue the imperial examination and become a well-known non-commissioned officer, but after all, his talent was limited, and his mentor Xu Yao once said that he was not eligible for the Qionglin Banquet, so there is no need Forced it.

Now that the Ning family donated a county magistrate to him, Ning Zhongquan was very happy, so he honestly brought Yunmeng County from Gucheng County to be his grandpa of Qipin County.

At this time, Ning Yu also came to the Ning's other courtyard to visit the seventh uncle Ning Zhongquan, and at the same time, the sixth uncle Ning Zhonghai was also on the sidelines.

Now that the two of them know what Ning Yu has done, they have not underestimated this talented nephew, and their words are quite warm. He is also the famous patriarch of the Ning clan.

Ning Zhongquan looked at the beautiful maidservants in the mansion, and he couldn't help but proudly said: "But the way is 'rich families don't need to buy good land, there are thousands of millet in the book. There is no need to build high buildings to live in peace, the book has its own golden house. Marrying a wife Hate the unscrupulous matchmaker, there is Yan Ruyu in the book.' I don't care much about this thousand bell millet and this golden house, but I can't let go of this Yan Ruyu. This reading is really good and wonderful."

Ning Yu felt a little tired of hearing this, and couldn't refute directly, so he reminded: "Seventh Uncle, whether it's this Yan Ruyu or this golden house, you can't get it just by studying."

Ning Zhongquan was very dissatisfied, he curled his lips and said, "Where did my nephew come from? Why didn't my Yan Ruyu come from a book?"

Ning Yu was not polite, and said: "Seventh Uncle, you know, this ordinary promotion is only a small education, and I am afraid that I will not be able to step up if my spine is broken. Where did Yan Ruyu come from? But even if she was awarded a Jinshi , if you choose to stay in the Hanlin Academy, after ten years of hard work in the Hanlin Academy, you may not even be able to support your family, so where is the golden house?"

Ning Zhongquan couldn't hold back his face, so he relied on his elder status and said: "Nephew, it is said that you also had a childlike birth before, but now you speak so ignorantly?"

"I don't know it's you!" Before Ning Yu could speak, a rough voice came from outside the door, and then walked over through the Moon Gate.

Seeing this person, everyone in the yard stood up and saluted, but it was Ning Zhongyi, the eldest son of the Ning family, who arrived.

Ning Zhongquan was a little resentful, and pretended to smile: "Fourth brother, why are you free today?"

Ning Zhongyi has a thick body and is dressed in padded armor, but he looks burly and powerful. He cast a glance at Ning Zhongquan, and then looked at Ning Yu, but there was obvious admiration in his eyes.

"Old Seven, you are a rotten Confucian and you don't know it. The reason why the Ning family is today is because of reading? Can you get those broken books in exchange? I think you are really deluded by reading."

These words were spoken with great emphasis, causing Ning Zhongquan's fair face to turn red, like a piece of red cloth.

Ning Zhongyi sighed: "Ever since my father left, Eldest Brother left early again. If Second Elder Brother hadn't taken over the military post and performed meritorious service with a knife on the battlefield, how could the Ning family be as prosperous as it is today?"

The family history of the Ning family is hard to describe. In the early years, the ancestor of the Ning family was the Huguang Ming army at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Later, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Shangguan. Because the follow-up battle was not very effective, he did not make great achievements, and he was only a general at the end of his life.

Later, after the great ancestor of the Ning family passed away, Ning Zhongde, the eldest son of the Ning family, was in poor health since he was a child, and died a few years later. Ning Zhongyuan, who was only eighteen or nineteen years old at the time, took over his father's position and fought on the battlefield Only in exchange for Ning's today.

Among the brothers of the Ning family, the fourth brother, Ning Zhongyi, admired the second brother the most, so he joined the army early. After spending many years in the green camp, he also got a garrison officer. Unceremoniously demoted two ranks, to this Yunmeng County to be the chief executive.

Ning Zhongyi looked at the crowd and said: "My nephew has done a good job. Since I have come to Yunmeng County, I will escort my nephew. My Ning family's foundation must not be lost in our brothers' hands." Already!"

Ning Zhonghai clasped his fists and said, "Fourth brother, what you said is that the mineral salt in Yunmeng County will be the foundation of our Ning family's prosperity in the future. Even if I, Ning Zhonghai, die, I will not embarrass our Ning family. !"

Seeing everyone expressing their views like this, Ning Zhongquan also laughed and said: "Fourth brother, sixth brother, didn't I forget about it once I was so proud, this matter on Yunmeng's official face will be my seventh brother's territory from now on, naturally Nothing to lose!"

Ning Yu said sternly: "Several uncles, my family doesn't speak to each other. Now how to deal with the mine salt, we still need to discuss a countermeasure together."

Ning Zhonghai has been promoting the progress of this matter and knows the situation best, so he took the lead and said: "There are more than 300 people who are young and strong at the beginning of collecting mineral salt. They are all the old foundation of my Ning family for many years. It is reliable and safe to use. , but there are more than a thousand of these people with their families, the old and the young, and I am worried about how these people's livelihood will be."

Ning Zhongquan tentatively asked: "If you keep the young and strong, what about sending the rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled back to Xiaogan's old house?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present frowned slightly, but Ning Zhonghai and Ning Zhongyi were ignorant of civil affairs, and couldn't think of some good solutions in this regard, so they kept silent and looked at Ning Yu at the same time .

Ning Yu said with a wry smile: "It's easy to send this person back, but it's not appropriate, and it will easily affect the fighting spirit of those who stay behind. After all, they are loyal to my Ning family, and now letting them abandon their family and career has chilled everyone's hearts. "

Ning Zhongquan thought carefully that this was indeed the case, so he had no choice but to ask: "Then nephew, do you have a good plan?"

Ning Yu thought for a while, and said: "Among these people, if they are children aged 13 to [-], they can be sent to my young eagle camp. If they are old people, women and children, they can be organized into a logistics camp, and they will be responsible for providing daily labor to the workers. Starch and cook, it’s the best of both worlds.”

As soon as everyone heard that this method was indeed good, they decided to act according to the plan.

Seeing that the matter was over, Ning Zhonghai said again: "With these more than 300 people, plus some old masters from some salt mines I collected, we can start mining brine and burning salt. Don’t worry, six salt wells can be drilled in the first month, and hundreds of salt stones can be burned in the second month, and then put on the market, and the profit can be dozens of times the profit!”

Speaking of this time, everyone's eyes became more and more fiery. This opportunity to make a fortune is really rare.

(End of this chapter)