Globe Trekker

Chapter 61
Wu Ming only slept for more than four hours, and it was already dawn. He had many things in his mind, and he couldn't sleep well when he wanted to sleep. Respectful and saluted, it was obvious that he had been waiting for a long time.

"Is there something wrong?" Wu Ming asked politely.

"It's okay, it's okay, Grandma ordered us two to serve the young master." The round-faced maidservant in yellow clothes replied quickly.

"Master?"

Wu Ming recalled it, shook his head and walked towards the well. Seeing Wu Ming's lukewarm look, the two servant girls hesitated to go there.

Kui Yuan and Lei Peng in the room seemed to be awakened by the conversation, and quickly ran out with a towel and toothbrush, and went to the well to wash with Wu Ming, but their eyes were fixed on the room. Attracted by a beautiful maid.

Back in the room, the whole room had been tidied up, and the two maids put the dirty clothes that Wu Ming and the others had changed into the copper basin to take away, Wu Ming quickly ordered: "Put the clothes down, we will leave later. "

The two maids were very surprised, they looked at each other and didn't know what to do, and finally the round-faced maid timidly stepped forward: "Master, the young master and the eldest grandma didn't say that the young master is leaving."

"It's okay, I'll go and tell them later, it's nothing to do with you, thank you!" Wu Ming turned to the two apprentices: "Kui Yuan, Lei Peng, pack your luggage, and we will leave when I come back after saying hello."

After Wu Ming finished speaking, he buttoned the last button on his collar and strode to the main hall in front. He accidentally ran into Fang Zhichun in the aisle of the middle courtyard, and asked questions so he didn't stop.

"Wait! Why are you going?" Fang Zhichun shouted.

Wu Ming didn't want to get entangled with this young lady, as if he hadn't heard, walked through the corridor and entered the main hall from the door on the left, only to find that the twelve reception chairs on both sides of the main hall were full of soldiers and officials in Chinese tunic suits. There were more than [-] small officials who were not qualified to sit down behind the officials, and Wu Ming almost didn't want to leave immediately.

"Why don't you dare go in?" Fang Zhichun, who followed, blocked Wu Ming in the corridor and asked with a smile.

Wu Ming didn't care either: "Miss Fang, please take me to say hello to the old man."

Fang Zhichun's face suddenly became much better, and he explained gently to Wu Ming: "Don't go, the old people were annoyed to death by batches of uninvited officials early in the morning, just went back to lie down and rest, my elder brother never I have been busy getting up to the present, and told me not to put on a stern face, saying that I will see you without looking up, since people come to visit, you must be at least polite."

"Compared to before, my elder brother seems to be a different person, but my dad was very happy and praised my elder brother for being enlightened. I was really puzzled. My sister-in-law whispered that this was the result of your enlightenment all the way, so I knew it was you who made the trouble."

Wu Ming looked around: "Miss Fang, since this is the case, don't bother me. There are many things in the village. We will leave later. Please tell some seniors and elder brothers and sisters-in-law that we will visit again when we have time."

"Hey! Don't go!"

Fang Zhichun grabbed Wu Ming's hand, and rushed into Wu Ming's arms in a hurry. Wu Ming couldn't push or help, so he could only take half a step back.

Fang Zhichun suddenly realized something, and quickly let go of her hand, her fair face flushed instantly, she looked up and saw Wu Ming turned away without saying a word, she bit her red lips tightly in anger, stood still for a moment, and ran back to her small courtyard with tears in her eyes .

The three of Wu Ming, master and apprentice did not delay any longer, they quietly walked through the backyard and quickly found the back door, called the two servants who were standing in the vegetable garden watching in amazement, and then left through the back door.

Walking into the narrow alley, Wu Ming looked around for a moment to confirm his position, and led his two apprentices straight to the east. After walking out of the alley, he arrived at the lively Donghe Street. .

"Sixth Brother, why are you here? Didn't you just wait for it?" Wu Ming asked with a smile, and Kui Yuan and Lei Peng went up to call Sixth Uncle affectionately.

"Isn't it? A few days ago, we received a letter from your trustee from Hangzhou, and we were ready. But with our identity, how dare we enter the gate of Fangfu to find you? So we can only wait for you outside, knowing you I will definitely come out to look for us today, the third brother is waiting at the front door of Fangfu, let me stay here, when I saw you just now, I asked someone to notify the third brother." The sixth child patted Kui Yuan and Lei Peng affectionately , with a happy smile on his dark square face.

"Let's go to the wharf of Zhaoxian Town. It is estimated that several hundred people will arrive soon." Wu Ming smiled.

The sixth child said wait, looked left and right and pulled Wu Ming to the teahouse diagonally opposite, went up to the second floor and asked Wu Ming to sit down by the window, waited for the waiter to bring the teapot and some snacks, and Li Kun, the third owner, came to the teahouse. The wind and fire are coming.

After Wu Ming and the others greeted Li Kun, they unceremoniously grabbed the pastry and ate it.

Li Kun was amused: "Nuo Da has a Fangfu, didn't you get enough to eat?"

"We didn't eat at all. We ran out secretly." Kui Yuan's mouth was full of food, and he spoke in a low voice.

Li Kun had already seen batches of civil and military officials visiting Fang Mansion, and now he knew what he thought when he saw Wu Ming. Intimacy instantly spread throughout the body.

Li Kun lowered his voice and reported respectfully: "Brother Ming, everyone was so happy to receive your letter a few days ago. All the brothers started to move. The master led people to build five rows of wooden houses under the gentle slope in the west of the village. Lei Peng His father and a few cottage leaders learned that hundreds of people were coming, so they brought people to help without saying a word. The caravan also bought tens of thousands of catties of grain from Fangcun and Zhaoxian Town, and the horse pens were repaired. It is estimated that Big brother and the others will arrive at Zhaoxian Town at noon. Look, when will we return the money to the Fang family? There are also the household registrations of these hundreds of disaster victims, and I probably have to trouble you to come forward to handle them."

"These are all fine, let's talk about it after we settle down." Wu Ming clapped his hands, drank a sip of tea, lit a cigarette and asked, "Is the money enough?"

"It's enough, but there's not much left. In the few months since we moved here, we have spent a lot on building houses, selling food, building roads, repairing wharves, farming and clearing wasteland, mining and buying a batch of guns and ammunition. The money, counting the more than 5 that needs to be returned to the Fang family, the remaining cash is about [-]. The master said that this money should be kept just in case, so don’t move it easily. We won’t be able to cash it out for a while, but when the two ordered ships come back, we can sell the coal and fluorite, and then we don’t have to worry about money.” Li Kun replied with a smile.

Wu Ming remained silent for a long time. Although the situation was better than he expected, and Master Lu and Lu Zhengde were much more generous than he expected, the next construction plan needed a lot of money.

Now it seems that it is no longer possible to ask for money from Master Lu, and Fang Youchun can't do it either, because his family even sold their ancestral house and fields when they were in distress. The money sponsored by relatives and friends is returned. In this way, in the short term, there is no other way but to resettle the victims and sell the mines as soon as possible.

Seeing Wu Ming frown tightly, how could Li Kun not know the depression in his heart?
During this period of time, money was spent like running water, and the heads of the family were also full of sorrow and sighs. If they had not settled down and obtained legal status, I am afraid that the brothers would have been in a state of panic all day long.

Before he knew it, Wu Ming's eyes suddenly became very strange, and Li Kun's heart clicked for no reason: "Brother Ming, you are..."

Wu Ming took out a dozen or so oceans and handed them to Lu Kuiyuan: "Hurry up and buy a few boxes of soap, and buy towels for the rest. Hurry up and go back, and hurry up when you're done."

"Yes."

Lu Kuiyuan, Lei Peng and others left quickly.

After sending the two young men away, Wu Ming quickly glanced at the empty teahouse, moved forward quietly, and asked in a low voice: "Third Brother, Sixth Brother, when we were chatting in the village a few days ago, I heard you two say that Zhaoxian Town The richest ones are not the Fan family and the Mao family, which have been passed down for hundreds of years, but Zhengjue Temple, which is located at the foot of Xianren Mountain on the north bank. There are many temples, right?"

Li Kun and Lao Liu were startled, they felt their hearts beating wildly and their blood was surging, and they never dared to imagine that Wu Ming, who knew Shudali, was even more ruthless than them.

During this period of time, they knew that copycats cost too much money and their savings were greatly reduced, so they made many plans to get back to their old business, and suggested to the two masters whether to quietly go to Quzhou to do a few votes, but they never thought of doing it under their noses. Any place in the world, let alone the Zhengjue Temple, where there are many pilgrims and the filthy wealth, was originally more valuable than any high-ranking family. Now that Wu Ming asked such a question, the two of them suddenly realized that their hearts beat faster.

Wu Ming saw Li Kun's expressions changed, thinking that they did not dare to offend the forbidden place of Buddhism, so he sighed softly and planned to think of other ways.

Unexpectedly, Li Kun stared at Wu Ming very quickly with piercing eyes, and his voice was dry and trembling: "Brother Ming, I have never heard of anyone attacking the temple. Thinking of going to move the temple, I guess they are as afraid of going to hell as I am. Now it seems that the rich Zhengjue Temple is worth a shot. If you do it well, you can get it for ten years! It’s just, it’s just in this heart, alas Stop talking nonsense, Brother Ming, as long as you dare to take the lead, I, Li Kun, will dare to go all out!"

Wu Ming couldn't help laughing: "We'll talk about this matter after meeting Big Brother Lu and Master. As long as the two leaders nod, everything else will be fine, but if you want to do it quickly, try to do it before my Big Brother Fang takes office. It must be kept strictly confidential and done cleanly, otherwise it will be very troublesome, and maybe the trouble afterwards will fall on me."

"Ah? How is this possible?"

Li Kun was astonished, and the sixth child was also puzzled.

Wu Ming explained in a low voice: "My eldest brother Fang got a blessing in disguise, and he might be promoted to a higher level. He will return to Quzhou within ten days to serve as the security commander of West Zhejiang, and he will be ordered to reorganize the security forces and police stations of the counties within the jurisdiction. He said he was moved to become his adjutant and concurrently the director of the ordnance department, so perhaps the responsibility for the investigation of such a major case will fall to the Security Command."

Li Kun and Li Kun were shocked, and Lao Liu stammered and asked, "Brother Ming, you, you, are you leaving us?"

Wu Ming explained patiently: "How could it be? Maoliangwu also has my painstaking efforts and concerns! Not only will I not leave my brothers, but I will also build Maoliangwu into a prosperous town so that my father and villagers can live in peace and prosperity. , but also to fight for the number of the militia for Mao Liangwu, so that the brothers can do business with guns in their arms!"

"Don't worry, I already have a comprehensive plan. In addition to the existing coal mines and fluorite mines, I plan to build wood processing factories, cement factories, hardware factories, etc. Only in this way can Maoliangwu's life become rich, but this It requires a large amount of money to be invested, so I can only take the risk... They are all forced, otherwise, who would want to steal, rob, and kill people? Right!"

"That's right! Take the two heads of the family as an example. If the Kong family in Quzhou hadn't deliberately framed them back then, how could they have fallen to the point where their entire family was murdered? And our brothers, if we can live a safe life, who would want to go to the mountains? They were forced!" Li Kun sighed and completely agreed with Wu Ming's statement.

This time it was Wu Ming's turn to be shocked: "The Confucius family in Quzhou? What happened? After the Republic of China, the Kong family was nothing? Why didn't anyone tell me?"

Li Kun shook his head helplessly: "I can't explain this matter for a while, and I don't know much. I only know that the elder brother's ancestors came from the north to be an official. The old Lu's ancestral home is Luoyang, Henan, and he went south to settle down There have been five generations in Quzhou, and until the accident happened in the first year of Xuantong, their old Lu family was still a family of officials and eunuchs, as for why it has become like this, you can ask yourself when you meet, they can explain it better than me."

Wu Ming nodded thoughtfully: "Then let's go!"

(End of this chapter)