The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 140

At the end of April, in the southwest corner of Kaifeng City, at the entrance of Laoya Alley, a residence with the sign "Shenghe" quietly opened.

No firecrackers were set off to celebrate, no dancers or musicians were invited to make a scene, but some cakes and snacks were sent to a dozen shops in the same alley to show good neighborliness from now on.

Shenghe Mansion has both warehouse and consignment services, and there is a two-acre house behind the street-facing shop. However, the house is old and dilapidated. After renovation and decoration in the future, it can also start a business of lodging.

Laoya Alley is just a remote alley, close to Guangli Gate in the southwest of Kaifeng City. Most of the alleys are filled with rice shops, tea shops, vegetable and fruit shops, cloth shops, and shoe shops. Such small shops are closely related to people's lives. Shenghe Di The house is also the first warehouse in the alley.

There were no colleagues to make friends, so the opening of Shenghe Dishe was welcomed by neighbors. Shopkeepers of all sizes wrapped some gift money in red paper and red cloth and came to express their congratulations.

The owner of Shenghe Dishe is a man who is nearly 30 years old, of medium height, with a round face like a spread pancake, a friendly smile, and an accent that sounds like he is from Hebei. His name is Ma San.

The accountant is a young man of about 20 years old, with an honest and honest appearance, a strong build, not very talkative, and a Hexi accent that sounds like a barbarian from the Western Regions. His name is Chen An.

Boss Ma said that Chen An was his distant cousin.

The neighbors were both emotional and surprised. A person from Hebei and a person from Hexi are thousands of miles apart, so they are really "distant".

The most coincidental thing is that two people came to Kaifeng to do business.

There are several other waiters in the residence, all with Hexi accents. Boss Ma said that they are all relatives of his cousin in the same village. The young people are unwilling to be lonely and come to Kaifeng to make a living in the world together.

In this way, Shenghe Dishe took root in the city of Kaifeng.

From then on, there was a horse proprietor in Laoya Alley who often moved a horse and sat in front of the shop, shaking a cattail leaf fan and smiling all day long.

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In the Privy Council on the right side of Xuande Gate in Miyagi City.

Behind the official residence is the residence where Guo Wei, the Privy Councilor, lives most of his time in Kaifeng.

Guo Wei is located southwest of the right gate of the palace city and on the north side of Hengjie Avenue. Next to Qishengyuan, there is also a Situ Mansion. It turned out to be the old residence of Zhu Wen, Taizu of Liang Dynasty. Because the area was too large and there were many over-standard buildings, Zhu Wen After the fall of Liang, it was divided into several parts, and was rewarded by successive emperors to senior officials.

Guo Wei asked his stepwife Zhang to live in Situ Mansion with his children, while he himself lived in the Privy Council so that he could handle official business nearby.

Chai Rongfa's wife Liu and two sons also live in the mansion. Guo Wei's nephews Guo Shoujun and Guo Fengchao are older and moved out of the mansion after getting a job. Guo Wei likes to call his nephews when he returns to the mansion. , very lively.

Not long ago, Guo Wei recalled Chai Rong on the grounds of reporting on his duties.

Chai Rong stayed in Situ's mansion for a few days, and after sharing family happiness with his family, he found an opportunity to visit Guo Wei in Miyagi.

On this day, Guo Wei went back to the Privy Council, retreated left and right, and went straight to the back house.

Chai Rong has been waiting in the inner study for a long time.

"Da Lang is back!" Before he stepped into the house, Guo Wei's hearty laughter could already be heard from afar.

"My son, pay homage to your father!" Chai Rong hurriedly came forward to greet him. Just as he was about to bow down, Guo Wei held him up with his strong arms and put his arm around his shoulders affectionately.

Chai Rong said with a smile: "If Mr. Wei is here, he will definitely say that my father does not follow the etiquette system." Guo Wei stared at him and shouted: "That sour scholar always said that my bad nature is hard to change, and he used the etiquette and norms as an excuse. Be polite, be polite, and don't curse. Bah~ I don't like hearing that!"

Chai Rong hurriedly looked behind Guo Wei. Guo Wei waved his hands carelessly: "Wei Suanru was driven to Luoyang by me to issue the Privy Council Order. No matter how I scolded him, he couldn't hear him! Haha~~"

Chai Rong was helpless. His father and Mr. Wei Renpu were close friends who had known each other since Wei Mo. Although they were now in a superior-subordinate relationship, privately, they still quarreled whenever they disagreed.

Guo Wei was not a good person when he was young. His biological father died early and he was dependent on his mother. He had a strong and stubborn personality and was brave and fierce. Although he was an orphan and a widowed mother, he relied on his brute force and ruthlessness so that no one dared to mess with him in the countryside. He also often invites friends and partners, and engages in bloody battles that he claims to fight against injustice.

There is a blue bird tattooed on the shoulder and neck, and the long tail feathers extend to the back. How can a man with such a ostentatious tattoo be an ordinary person!
According to the standards of later generations in eradicating gangsters and evil, Uncle Guo was definitely considered a green-skinned bully when he was young, and his crimes were enough to be thrown into jail.

Wei Renpu also came from a humble background, but he has been smart and studious since he was a child, and he likes reading. He is a proper academic from a poor family, with a gentle temperament, frugality and magnanimity.

Chai Rong once believed that the deep friendship between his father and Mr. Wei was mostly due to Mr. Wei's peaceful and tolerant attitude.

When people are close to each other, they are red. Uncle Guo and Wei Renpu have been together for a long time, and his fiery temper has become much calmer. He no longer scolds his mother in public, and he can also calm down to read and write.

But it is true that banditry is hard to change, and Wei Renpu is often so angry that he walks away when he is in trouble.

Chai Rong made a pot of tea and turned around to see Guo Wei climbing up the ladder and rummaging for something on the high bookshelf.

"What is father looking for?" Chai Rong rolled up his sleeves to help.

Guo Wei pulled away volumes of books and said in an unhappy tone: "This morning at court, the officials left me alone again and asked me how to make the black fire thunder. How could I know about that thing? Bastard Li Ye is here. In front of the officials, the yin and yang are strange, saying that I want to take Heihuolei for myself? His grandma's, if it was in the past, I would have to break his front teeth!

I remember last year, you sent someone back to bring back a brochure called...what is it called? It seems to be related to Black Fire Thunder. Why can't I find it?"

Chai Rong frowned. It was known to everyone that his uncle Li Ye was at odds with his father. When the late emperor was in power, Li Ye was quite respectful to his father.

After the official succeeded to the throne, Li Ye relied on his status as the uncle of the state and the trust of the official to win over people's hearts in the court, formed cliques, and made the court full of chaos.

Li Ye was jealous of Guo Weide's high esteem and power. Guo Wei looked down on Li Ye, a villain who relied on nepotism to get to the top.

Now Li Ye is trying his best to seek the position of Third Secretary, but Guo Wei has expressed opposition many times. Shi Hongzhao, Yang Bin, Feng Dao and other Tuogu veterans either expressed their support for Guo Wei or were neutral. Li Ye's plan failed and he even harbored a grudge against Guo Wei. .

Liu Chengyou had seen the power of the Black Fire Thunder in Cangzhou, and he attached great importance to it after he succeeded to the throne. He ordered the Ordnance Supervisor to make full efforts to imitate it. Unfortunately, the results have not been great so far. The imitation Black Fire Thunder is extremely unstable and prone to self-injury.

Liu Chengyou also asked Tianxiong's army to hand over all the black fire thunders. Chai Rong secretly hid a few and handed over most of them.

But Liu Chengyou believed that the Tianxiong Army had mastered the art of making black fire thunder, and forced Chai Rong to hand it over. Chai Rong had no choice but to ask Guo Wei for help.

Guo Wei knew that no one in the Tianxiong Army would make Black Fire Thunder, so he repeatedly assured him. Unfortunately, Liu Chengyou was always skeptical, so he looked for opportunities to ask Guo Wei for it.

When Li Ye knew about it, he thought it was an opportunity for his disgusting old enemy, and he helped Guo Wei out of his anger. Guo Wei argued with him several times in court.

(End of this chapter)