Chapter 1 My Great-Grandfather Is Wang Shouzhe

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Xin'an Town, Changningwei.

It has been nearly fifty years since the land was opened.

Today's Xin'an Town has entered a mature stage of development, with large and small farms scattered throughout Xin'an Town.

In addition to the family farm, there are also villages built close to the mountains and rivers. The villagers who live there are all civilians who followed the Wang family to open up wasteland in the early days.

Those civilians were all poor civilian families from Changning Guard or several nearby guards, or some tenant farmer families who had their contracts terminated. Although it is dangerous to move and open up wasteland, once you successfully establish a foothold, you can own a lot of self-cultivated land and your family's total income will rise qualitatively.

The Changning Wang family opened up wasteland in Xin'an Town with a development order, which did not mean that all the land in Xin'an Town was enclosed and turned into the Wang family's private farm.

The reason why Daqian State encourages land reclamation will even provide some financial support. The main purpose is to expand the country and increase the breeding habitat of the entire human race. Therefore, the families involved in land reclamation have the right to prioritize land to build farms based on the amount of investment, but they must also guide ordinary civilians who are willing to open up land to thrive here.

In addition, the government will divide the areas under the jurisdiction of the aristocratic families based on the agreements between the aristocratic families. All civilians in the jurisdictions belong to the areas under the jurisdiction of the aristocratic families. The aristocratic family has the responsibility to protect the land and bring peace to the people, and it also has to shoulder the responsibilities of collecting taxes and other duties.

In return, 10% of the 40% tax in the area under the aristocratic family's jurisdiction belongs to the local aristocratic family.

It can be seen from this that the land and civilians attached to the aristocratic family are called jurisdictional land, not private territory. Only those farms that have been measured, registered and approved by the government can be regarded as the legal private property of the family.

It's just that the Wang family in Changning is too powerful, and the influence of the local government has been reduced to a minimum. As long as it does not violate national laws, in most situations, they are at the mercy of the Wang family.

Fortunately, the Changning Wang family is not that kind of bully family that exploits the common people. Instead, they take good care of the common people under their jurisdiction and think of them whenever there is an opportunity to make a fortune.

Dongbang Village, Xin'an Town.

This place is located in the northwest of the town. Because there are many rivers and rocky hills, the fertile land that can be cultivated here is relatively fragmented and messy, which does not fit the Wang family's large-scale farm production model.

Therefore, a group of civilians settled here and started pioneering under the guidance of the Wang family. Decades have passed, and Dongbang Village has grown to have a settled population of about 1,300 people. A small amount of good land is used to cultivate Wang's grain seeds, and most of the inferior land has been transformed into a mulberry fish pond model.

The fish raised in fish ponds will be purchased by Wang’s Fish Stall. The varieties of mulberry trees are also high-quality varieties provided by Wang. The silkworms they raise have a high survival rate and excellent cocoon quality.

There is no need to worry about the sales of raw cocoons, the United Silk Reeling Factory of the in-law alliance will purchase them uniformly.

Therefore, the villagers of Dongbang Village have a good income and are willing to send their children to the [Village School] to receive enlightenment education while living and working in peace and contentment.

The Village School is an enlightenment school jointly run by the Wang family and the government. The "Wang Clan School" trains "teachers" and teaches on a rotating basis in each village to popularize basic education for school-age children. It only charges some basic fees, and the rest is spent Wang family and government subsidies.

Dongbang Village School is located at the entrance of the village and is built with high-quality bricks and cement. Not very pretty, but very strong.

At this time, about seventy or eighty schoolchildren were listening to the class attentively in the village school.

outside the classroom.

A slightly plump, wealthy man about fifty or sixty years old was nodding his head and saying: "Seventh Young Master, our village school in Dongbang Village has always been the best among the schools in Xin'an Town. Every year, there are three or four students. He is an outstanding student who is admitted to the Wang Clan Academy, and every year someone is selected into our Wang Clan’s domestic servant team.”

Nowadays, not everyone can be a servant of the Wang family.

If you want to enter the Wang family servant system, you must have relatively good grades in the entire Wang family clan system. Their future development path can also start from working as maids, servants, etc., and then gradually move to steward-type management positions, or senior steward-level leadership positions.

In addition to the domestic servant system, the Wang family also has a servant system and a general system. The latter two have slightly lower performance requirements, but have higher requirements for bloodline qualifications. In addition, there are Wang's various job systems, which represent different development directions.

The one known as the "Seventh Young Master" is a young boy with an immature complexion. He was wearing a brocade garment made of cloud-patterned spiritual cotton, with a jade belt around his waist, sword shoes on his feet and a jade hanging from his waist. He looked like a typical young master from a wealthy family.

The identity of this young master is not simple. He is the current great-great-grandson of the Wang family in Changning - Wang Anye. He is the seventh eldest son in the Wang family's An family, so he is called the seventh young master.

Not only that, his mother's family background is also extraordinary. His mother Qian Yurou is the eldest granddaughter of the current patriarch of the Longzuo Qian clan. With the status of two direct descendants of the Wang family and the Qian family, one can imagine how high Wang Anye's status is?

Therefore, in addition to the two clever young men behind him, there were also two generals from the Lingtai Realm family guarding him in the open.

And in the darkness, there was another Celestial Realm family general from the Qian clan looking after him for twelve hours. It can be seen that even the Qian family attaches great importance to this direct bloodline.

This kind of protection treatment is unique to the entire Wang family.

I saw Wang Anye with his hands behind his back and asked lazily: "I heard that Liu Lizheng recently took a concubine? Congratulations."

Although Wang Anye is only nine years old, he often follows his great-grandfather Wang Shouzhe for advice. He has been studying at the Wang Clan Academy for three years, so he is naturally different from other children. He speaks with a mature look.

"This..." Liu Lizheng was sweating profusely. He had been wondering before why the great-grandson of the Wang family came to inspect the village school in the small village.

Faced with such pressure, Liu Lizheng knelt down and said, "Seven young masters, I was deceived by my lard. I shouldn't have used force to take Mrs. Zhao as my concubine... with someone who was despicable..."

"Okay, okay." Wang Anye waved his hand slightly impatiently, "You don't need to tell me this. I'm only nine years old, and I don't understand those dirty things. If it weren't for Senior Sister Zhao from the family school to complain to me, My lord…since you admit it, that’s fine…Wang Xing.”

"The villain is here." Wang Xing, a clever young man, came out and stared at Liu Lizheng fiercely, "Master, how should we deal with this thief?"

"Hmm~ Grandpa said that even garbage has a certain use. I also heard from grandpa that when Qingluowei opened up wasteland, there was a sea area called Storm Bay that was quite difficult to deal with." Wang Anye thought for a while and said, "Then buy it for him A flying chariot ticket and send it to Storm Bay to use your remaining energy."

"Young master has a distinguished reputation." Wang Xing grabbed Liu Lizheng.

"Spare your life, young master, spare your life, I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore." Liu Lizheng wailed and cried miserably, "You, you have no right to deal with me. I am Li Zheng, I, I am an appointed and dismissed official of the governor's office. .”

"It turns out that I am still a minor official, so I have to abide by the rules and laws." Wang Anye touched his chin and said seriously, "It seems that my sixth grandpa has been transferred to guard Changning City. In that case, let's send him to the city first. The governor will interrogate him, and after the evidence is conclusive, he will be sent to Qingluo Sea Storm Bay."

The final word.

Liu Lizheng, who was crying, had rags stuffed in his mouth and was dragged down and tied up by his guards. There was no chance of him turning around in this life.

An hour later.

Wang Anye was in a carriage pulled by a spiritual ox, happily eating roast chicken and mulberry fruits, which were gifts of thanks from the villagers. He didn't want anything expensive, so he took some cheap food and strange stones.

"Young master, you are so kind-hearted. For a trivial matter, you actually came to provide justice to the common people." The boy said flatteringly.

"Alas~" Wang Anye sighed deeply, "How can this be said to be a trivial matter? My great-grandfather once said that a thousand-mile embankment breaks down in an ant nest, so don't neglect doing good deeds because they are small."

"What's more, as my eldest great-grandson, I, Wang Anye, can't do other big things. I can only wait to inherit the family business. Alas, this boring life that looks to the end at a glance can't be solved if I don't do something good. To get out of trouble, should we still learn to be a playboy?"

"Hey, this stone seems a little weird. Wang Xing, cut it open."

Then a stone given by the villagers was cut open, revealing a sparkling spiritual stone...

"Master, it turns out to be a spirit stone. Is it possible that there is a spirit stone mine hidden under the small Dongbang Village? This makes me rich." The boy shouted excitedly.

"The Lingshi mine is okay. It hasn't been discovered for so long. It should be just a small and micro Lingshi mine. Let's report it to the family and let people go explore it." Wang Anye didn't feel excited at all, but looked a little bored.

"Yes, young master. Are you going to go back to the main house next?" The young man is used to his young master's character. Anyway, his young master always encounters good things wherever he goes, so he doesn't take it seriously.

"I've been feeling a little bored lately, so I went to the flying chariot station in Xin'an Town and took the flying chariot to Baidaowei to watch the sunrise and relax." Wang Anye, at such a young age, seemed to be tired of the boring life, "Then I'll take a ride there. I’ll go to Northwest Wei to watch the sunset for a few days, and then... I’ll drop by Longzuo County to visit my grandfather, great-grandfather and the others. Well, there’s also the third great-grandfather and the seventh great-grandfather~”

The boy broke out in a cold sweat, is this called a ride? Master, your itinerary has crossed Longzuo County! However, the young master's orders cannot be violated. Anyway, there are Lingtai Realm family generals and Tianren Realm guards taking care of him. With the young master's identity, no one in Longzuo County would dare to touch him.

The chariot pulled by the spirit beast headed happily towards the center of Xin'an Town.

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At the same time, Xin'an Town.

Unconsciously, decades have passed since the completion of "Shouzhe Pass". Xin'an Town, which was once in ruins and awaiting development, has now become a large, densely populated and increasingly prosperous town.

The only thing that has not changed is "Shou Zheguan".

The city gate, which is more than ten feet high and several feet wide, is majestic and majestic, just like a smoky gray dragon coiling between the mountains, stretching for ten miles. Standing at the foot of "Shouzhe Pass" and looking around, there is no end in sight.

It is like a natural moat, isolating the inner realm from the outer realm.

Separated by a wall, there are two worlds.

Not far behind "Shouzhe Pass" is the garrison of Xin'an Town.

Defending the territory and protecting the territory and the people are the duties of the garrison. In order to protect the city pass, the garrison was built very close to the "Shouzhe Pass". Basically, as long as you open the door in the tutelary mansion, you can see the towering Shouzhe Pass at a glance.

There is also an Wengcheng between the Zhengzhou Mansion and Shouzheguan.

In Wengcheng, there is a "Transaction Department", which is responsible for supervising transactions.

Rogue cultivators who have returned from exploring the outside world can set up stalls here to collect cards and sell items they have gained from exploring the outside world.

Anyone who conducts transactions in Wengcheng only needs to pay half of the national tax and half of the family tax, and only needs to pay transaction tax and no customs duties.

If you want to trade outside Wengcheng, you will have to pay a 20% transaction tax in accordance with Daqian law. When entering the customs, you will also need to pay a 10% "tariff" to the Changning Wang family as a reward for the Wang family to open this customs.

Because of this rule, unless it is a really valuable item, most casual cultivators will choose to sell it directly in the Wengcheng.

This barbican city has therefore become an extremely lively trade center and material distribution center. Countless casual cultivators come in and out every day, setting up stalls to sell goods, and countless family leaders come here to purchase materials.

Even in the entire Xinan Town, there are few places more lively than here.

At noon.

The dazzling sun hung high in the zenith, exuding scorching heat. The shadow cast by Shouzhe Pass only covered a small area of ​​Wengcheng, and most of the locations were exposed to the sun.

At this time, it was the hottest time of the day in Wengcheng, and it was also the time when there were the fewest people in Wengcheng.

After being busy for most of the morning, the casual cultivators who set up the stalls rarely had time to take a breath, so they simply closed the stalls and gathered together in twos and threes to chat.

"To say that this 'Shou Zhe Pass' is really amazing." A casual cultivator with a square head and big ears wiped his stainless steel sword with an oil cloth and sighed repeatedly, "I have stayed here for more than thirty years. , I have witnessed four beast tides with my own eyes. Tsk tsk tsk~ It was so easy to block it~~ If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed that the beast tide could have been blocked so easily.”

"The beast tide itself is not big, right~" the casual cultivator next to him said indifferently, "I heard that it took ten years from the beginning to the completion of the 'Shou Zhe Pass'. It was built so quickly, how could it be built so fast?" How strong is it?"

"Hey~ Do you really think I've never seen a beast tide?" Big-Eared Cultivator rolled his eyes at him disdainfully, "In terms of scale, the last two beast tides had hundreds of ferocious beasts, so they're not at all large. It’s not small, but in the end, it didn’t even break through the city gate. It’s not strong enough, so how can it be considered strong?”

"Moreover, the level of the ferocious beasts participating in these beast tides is not low. There are three or four fifth-level ferocious beasts that I have seen with my own eyes. If they were to be placed elsewhere, it would cause big trouble. .”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but fall into memories.

"The most recent time, I stood on the top of the city and watched with my own eyes a fifth-level earth-shattering giant tiger roaring at the city gate. I was still holding the bow and arrow issued by Wang in my hand, and I was completely frightened. I even forgot to hide."

"Then I saw a figure falling from the sky, and with just a flick of a sword, the fifth-level colorful tiger was frozen into an ice sculpture, and then cut into two pieces in the middle."

As he spoke, he danced and gestured, and his whole body was immersed in the excitement and shock at the time.

The casual cultivator next to him was a little unconvinced at first, but seeing how sincerely he said it, he couldn't help but believe it.

However, someone among the other casual cultivators suddenly reacted: "Ice bloodline is rare, let alone the strength to freeze a fifth-level ferocious beast with one sword. Hiss! Could it be that the person you saw is actually Is it the ancestor of the Wang family in Changning?"

"That one?"

"Who else could it be? Of course it's the ancestor of Longyan!" As soon as the gossip was mentioned, the casual cultivator immediately became energetic. "You don't know that this ancestor was seriously injured, and many people said that she was alive. It won’t be a few years. Guess what? At that time, the Wang family gave birth to the head of the Shouzhe family..."

Just saying.

A young master appeared in the casual cultivator market with some guards.

The young master was extremely generous in his dealings. Whenever he saw something good, he would buy it without any counter-offering, and then throw it into the bottomless storage ring.

This kind of look shows that the boy who scattered wealth has arrived.

The casual cultivators stopped bragging and hurriedly took out all the good things from the bottom of the box. They rushed to the young master one after another and said as if they were offering treasures: "Young master, this fourth-level ferocious beast is the Moon-Watching Rhinoceros. The horn is a treasure used for refining spiritual weapons or medicine, and it only sells for four, no, three thousand gold."

The casual cultivator wanted to call out the high price, but after being glared at by the general from the Lingtai realm next to the young master, he immediately swallowed the high price and quoted a more honest and slightly higher price.

As soon as he finished speaking, the young master took the moon-watching rhinoceros horn and put it away, and then another boy followed him to pay the bill.

In a short period of time, he had purchased supplies worth tens of thousands of gold. But he was still thinking in his mind that if Grandpa Seventh wanted to make elixirs, he must get more good elixir-making materials for him.

I have the gift from my grandfather, but it’s too much from my grandfather... Oh, I have a headache.

There are a lot of relatives in Longzuo County. How can he, the seventh young master, go to visit his relatives empty-handed? What's more, when did you go to visit relatives, you didn't go with a one-cent gift, but returned with a nine-cent gift?

Not far away, several fierce-looking Lingtai realm casual cultivators saw this scene. After looking at each other, they seemed to have made some determination.

"Young Master, this is the egg of the Yuanshui Spirit Crane, a sixth-level water-type spiritual bird that we risked our lives to retrieve from a lake outside the territory... If this thing is destined for you, I will charge you three hundred thousand gold."

Although this group of casual cultivators felt uneasy, they made up their minds to fly away as quickly as possible after finishing their job. They would never come to Xin'an Town again in this life.

"Yuan Shui Spirit Pattern? What a wonderful wave, containing infinite vitality." The young master stopped and said with interest, "It is indeed somewhat similar to the Yuanshui Spirit Crane Egg. Isn't 300,000 yuan too cheap? "

"The young master has a keen eye. As the saying goes, treasures are given to heroes. Only the young master is like this..." Several casual cultivators looked happy.

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the young master: "It's a pity that you are so uneducated that you have never seen the real Yuanshui Linghe eggs. Yuanshui Linghe eggs usually weigh more than two kilograms. And this egg, The two ends are round and round, not even weighing a pound... These are probably large goose eggs, right? Alas, casual cultivators these days don't even bother to fake them."

"This, this, this..." Several casual cultivators were sweating profusely. After being exposed, they hurriedly smiled, "Maybe we made a mistake, the young master really has a boundless discernment... Farewell, farewell~"

But he couldn't help but curse in his heart, who could see the Yuanshui Linghe Egg without any trouble? They just picked up such an unknown egg and pretended to be a Yuanshui Linghe egg.

"Wait a minute." The young master sighed, "Although the attempt was successful, the amount of money defrauded is so huge. This is not a small crime."

"Let's do this. Qingluo Sea Storm Bay is short of people, so I'll fine you three years. Wang Xing, please make arrangements and give them some flying chariot tickets for free."

Are you kidding me? The casual cultivators looked at each other, dropped the "large goose eggs", then stood up and fled. But before they had flown far, an aura from a cultivator in the heavenly realm burst out: "You little bastards are blind, and the seventh young master gave you chariot tickets to give you face."

It is natural that those few Lingtai realm casual cultivators with good strength were captured, and then according to the instructions of the young master, they would definitely be sent to Storm Bay.

The other casual cultivators all looked at each other in horror.

What is the origin of this young master? He even carries a Celestial Realm bodyguard with him...

Isn’t this bullying?

Next, Wang Anye bought a lot of gifts at a very suitable price, with a total value of no less than hundreds of thousands of gold.

Half an hour later.

On the chariot going to Baidaowei, Wang Anye leaned against the window, watching the clouds rolling in, his face expressionless and bored. This kind of carefree life, where you can see the end at a glance, is really boring.

I can only do something to punish evil and promote good, to change the boring life.

That’s all!

Bake the big goose egg just now and eat it to relieve your boredom.

Wang Anye took out the "big goose egg", and the clear sunlight from the sky fell on the "big goose egg" through the glass porthole. The water spirit pattern on the goose egg suddenly bloomed, almost blinding Wang Anye's eyes.

"Wait! Is this the Yuanshuidao pattern?" Wang Anye touched his chin and thought carefully, "The eggs are mottled in color, rounded with ink spots at both ends, weighs about a pound, and he was born with the Yuanshuidao pattern. Could it be... this?"

"Seventh-level spiritual bird, the egg of Yuanshui Tianque?"

"Congratulations, young master, congratulations, young master." The boys and guards on the side all congratulated. Even the Celestial Realm guard sitting in the corner looked at him sideways. The fate of this seventh young master must be too good, right?

"Grandma Li Yao happens to be of Yuanshui bloodline. Let's drop by the academy and let her hatch and keep her as a pet." Wang Anye pondered for a while and then decided its fate.

Wang Xing, the personal servant, asked weakly: "Young master, those casual cultivators and fraudsters? Are you still planning to go to Qingluo Sea Storm Bay?"

"Well, my great-grandfather said that they call it an attempted crime that was not terminated on their own initiative. They were slapped, and it does not affect their charges."

The young boy Wang Xing suddenly felt that those few Lingtai realm casual cultivators were unjustly accused. Not only did they catch a treasure, but they were also stupid and bold enough to defraud the seventh young master... They had no idea how weird the seventh young master was!

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