Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 424, do you dare to take it?
In Longtou Village under Pingyangwei in Shanxi Province, the military households who left Longtou Village, such as Wang Daniu, Chen Mazi, Li Fugui, and Shusheng, were talking and laughing on the way home.

This time I went out to fight, and I gained a lot. Every bosom contained brand-new and brand-new silver dollars, and they were planning a better life in the future.

The house must be rebuilt, and it must be a large courtyard with three entrances. Blue bricks and white tiles are absolutely standard. The household registration in front of the door and the courtyard must be hardened with the most popular cement. I heard that Beijing and Tianjin People in the area have become popular to use reinforced concrete to build houses. The built houses don't have to worry about water leakage, and they can be built with several floors.

However, this style of building houses has not yet spread to Shanxi. The price of cement is cheap. The key is that the steel bars are very expensive. Currently, only the Miyun Iron Works can produce qualified steel bars on a large scale.

Now that I have a house, this daughter-in-law must marry.

They are all old bachelors in their twenties. In the past, when they saw other people's wives and children on the bed, they could only be jealous. As for now, they have to choose carefully.

Then buy dozens of acres, and in the future you can rent it out to others if you can't finish it yourself, and you can live a small life as a small landlord.

"Tsk tsk, Brother Big Niu, you are still the best. You have killed four tartars, and you have been rewarded with four hundred taels of silver, which is enough for a lifetime."

Chen Mazi said enviously, he only grabbed one head, and only rewarded one hundred taels of silver.

"Haha, what are these several hundred taels of silver? I haven't heard of it. Here in the Beijing-Tianjin area, if you work casually, you can get 2 taels of silver a month."

"I heard that some sailors who specialize in going to sea have hundreds of taels of silver a month casually. They are the real rich people. Our little silver is nothing, it is all in exchange for our lives."

Wang Daniu smiled and said that the topic must be changed, and everyone should not be able to focus on himself.

"My darling, earn hundreds of taels of silver a month, and thousands of taels of silver this year, will they spend it all?"

Li Fugui couldn't help but exclaim when he heard this.

"Are you afraid that you won't run out of money?"

"This money is never enough to spend. I heard that people in the Beijing-Tianjin area eat meat every meal."

The scholar smiled and took up the topic.

"Eat meat every meal!"

Everyone couldn't help sighing at once. Eating meat is definitely a luxury for these poor military households. Usually they can't even eat enough, let alone eat meat.

Now hearing that people in Beijing and Tianjin can eat meat every meal, it is conceivable that they were shocked in their hearts.

Even though each of them wore hundreds of taels of silver in their arms and wasted huge sums of money, they would never dare to be so extravagant if they wanted to eat meat every meal.

"If you have a chance, you must visit Beijing and Tianjin."

Wang Daniu said with some yearning.

"Yes, I must go and see it if I have the chance. I heard that the world outside our Ming Dynasty is even more vast. There is a place called the Golden Continent. There is gold everywhere. Picking up any stone is gold."

The scholar nodded, he knew how to read, and now the newspapers in the Beijing-Tianjin area are slowly spreading, so that more people can learn about the outside world.

"Golden Continent?"

"Gold everywhere?"

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.

"Scholar, hurry up and tell us in detail."

Chen Dazi immediately became interested and said quickly.

"Next time, next time, we will be home soon. When we drink together later, I will take that newspaper and come back and talk about it to everyone."

The scholar smiled and said, looking forward, Longtou Village can already be seen, hundreds of people gathered here at the entrance of the village, it seems that they are waiting anxiously at this time.

"I'm back~ I'm back~"

Someone saw Wang Daniu, Chen Mazi and others, and immediately said to the people waiting at the entrance of the village.

"Finally back~"

When the villagers at the entrance of the village heard this, they all became excited.

"Everyone get ready~"

The old man Lizheng Wu in the village said to everyone.

When Wang Daniu, Chen Mazi and others came to the entrance of the village, the firecrackers that had already been prepared were lit, and they were crackling non-stop, just like during the New Year.

"Welcome back the heroes of our village!"

Old man Wu said to Wang Daniu and the others.

The news of this big victory had already been sent back, and of course the good news came back with the reward of one hundred taels of silver for killing a Tartar, and two hundred taels of silver for being killed in battle.

Every household in the village has someone to fight the Tartars. They are all military households. When going to war, every household has quotas, and someone must go to the war.

In the beginning, no one was willing to go. In some families, several brothers even avoided each other, and even turned against each other. In the end, they had to draw lots to decide who would go to the war.

Who knew that there would be such a generous reward for going out this time. Because everyone fought bloody battles to the death, not many people died this time. In the past, if they fought Tartars, even if it was a city defense battle, ten people who went out this time would only be able to come back at most. half.

But this time, out of ten people who went out, about six or seven of them could come back, die in the battle, and the family can still get a pension of two hundred taels of silver, everyone is not afraid of death.

This is not dead, who can kill the Tartars on the battlefield, the reward of one hundred taels of silver for this Tartar is enough to make people envious.

When Wang Daniu and others came to the entrance of the village, when they first looked over, all they saw were pairs of blood-red, blood-red eyes, envious and jealous.

Especially the young people like me, those who dare not fight, all of them have red eyes at this moment, and their intestines are green with regret. When they look at themselves and others, the envy, jealousy and hatred in their eyes can clearly feel.

"Thank you everyone~Thank you everyone~"

Wang Daniu and others smiled and cupped their hands in thanks, and soon, people from each family quickly gathered around the expeditioner of their own family, and asked anxiously.

So did Wang Daniu, his father, his mother, younger siblings, and uncles all gathered around.

"Daniu, Daniel, how many Tartars have you killed?"

"Have you got the silver for this reward?"

"How many are there?"

"Hurry up and take it out for everyone to see."

Everyone talked to each other, but what Wang Daniu cared most about was naturally how many Tartars Wang Daniu killed and how many silver rewards he got.

"Ahem~ Let's go home and talk."

Wang Daniu coughed lightly, smiled and said.

"Yes~ yes, go home and talk, go home and talk."

Wang Daniu's father, Wang Yigen, nodded quickly, and the whole family hurried home.

In the courtyard of Wang Daniu's house, all the old and young members of the Wang family gathered together, sitting around, and everyone looked at Wang Daniu in unison.

"Ahem, this time, I killed four Tartars and got a reward of four hundred taels of silver."

Wang Daniu looked at the eager eyes of everyone, smiled and said.

There is no way to hide this matter, because everyone in the village knows about it, and naturally everyone will tell each other.

"Four hundred taels of silver~"

When everyone heard this, all of them were smiling, four hundred taels of silver, this is an astronomical figure that they had never dared to imagine before, but they did not expect Wang Daniu to kill four Tartars this time.

"Daniu, this silver must be taken out and shared among everyone."

Wang Daniu's second uncle Wang Ergen said directly and decisively.

"Yes, Da Niu, this money must be taken out and divided equally among the houses."

Wang Daniu's third uncle Wang Sangen also nodded and said.

Wang Daniu's father has three brothers. Usually, it is a good thing to have more brothers. For example, every time he goes to war, or when something happens, the three brothers Wang Yi, Ergen, and Sangen are only counted as one military household, and one person is enough. .

But there are many brothers, and there are many things. For example, in the military field handed down by the ancestors, the three brothers seem to have very few points. In addition, like this time, everyone is pushing back and forth about who will go to the expedition. .

When there is something good, the three brothers also fight with each other.

Before Wang Daniu's money was warmed up, the family of the second and third uncles asked for a share of the money.

"Why should I share it with you?"

Before Wang Daniu could speak, Wang Daniu's mother Ma Shi immediately lost her temper.

"This silver is the reward that our big cow was born and died, and he fought bloody battles to kill Tartars on the battlefield. If you want money, you have the guts to kill Tartars yourself?"

"When we first set off for the expedition, we didn't know who was pushing and pushing, saying that we are the big house, and this incident must be our big house."

"It's good now, everyone is here to share the money, dreaming!"

Mrs. Ma is very fierce, a typical rural shrew, coupled with a lifetime of quarrels, she is the one who refuses to suffer at all.

"Sister-in-law, you can't say anything. The quota handed down by the ancestors does not belong to your eldest family only. If our family's big bear goes to war, he will definitely be able to kill the Tartars and get the money."

When Wang Ergen heard this, he was immediately unhappy, and said hastily.

"That's right, the military family that was passed down from our ancestors is not just your big family's family. What's more, we are all brothers, and we naturally share wealth. The money must be shared equally among the three families."

Wang Sangen said very resolutely, his eyes were red, four hundred taels of silver, each family can get more than one hundred taels of silver, and with these more than one hundred taels of silver, they can turn over immediately.

"I'm putting my words here today, you don't even want a penny of this money."

"Otherwise I will die here."

"Your big bear was so scared that he peed his pants when he was on the expedition, and he couldn't even stand up. And the third uncle's family, your big sheep and the second sheep, couldn't find any one of them when they were on the expedition. Now they are amazing , Everyone came back to ask for money.”

"You are really capable, why didn't you kill the Tartars back then?"

Mrs. Ma looked at it with disdain, the three brothers' family had many conflicts in the past.

In the past, when working for the hundreds and thousands of households above, Wang Daniu's family basically contributed. His second uncle and third uncle's family never contributed. The euphemistic name is that they are small, and Wang Yigen is the boss. Everything is naturally inherited from the big house here.

This time the expedition was the same, people from Ergen and Sangen's family all pushed to Wang Daniu's house. In the end, there was no way, Wang Daniu was dragged to the expedition, but who knew that this time he could get a reward of [-] taels of silver.

"Brother, who are you talking about, are we still brothers?"

"If it's a brother, the silver must be taken out and divided equally."

Wang Ergen looked at Wang Yigen. He couldn't say anything about Ma Shi at all, and he could only place his hopes on Wang Yigen. younger brother.

Wang Yigen didn't speak from the beginning to the end, just sat, silent, and said nothing.

"Brother, we are brothers. We share the difficulties and share the blessings. You can't eat alone."

Wang Sangen also followed suit.

"This silver~"

Wang Gen was silent for a long time, after thinking about it, he was about to speak.

At this time, Wang Daniu spoke,

"I won't give you a single cent of this silver. At this time, I was born and died on the battlefield, and I sacrificed my life for the silver. If you want the silver, go and kill the Tartars yourself."

Wang Daniu said without hesitation, looking at his second and third uncles, and then looking at his cousins, he felt annoying, since he was a child he took advantage of his family, but now he has the cheek to ask for money ,dream!
"Well said, if you want money, go and kill the Tartars yourself!"

When Madam Ma heard that her son was so tough, she immediately smiled, and then poked Wang Yigen's head and said, "You are a wimp, if you dare to say a word, I will show you to death."

She knew very well that Wang Yigen was soft-tempered and his ears were even softer, so she blocked his words directly.

"Da Niu, how can you do this?"

"This money is not yours alone. It belongs to everyone in our family. How can you take it all by yourself?"

When Wang Ergen heard this, he was immediately unhappy, and quickly said to Wang Daniu with a dark face.

"That's right. This money belongs to everyone in our Wang family. You can't take it all by yourself. You have to share it equally, otherwise I won't agree."

Wang Sangen also nodded and said, as if he would not stop until he got the money.

"Daniu, you can't do this, you have money but no brotherhood~"

"If we didn't let you out and let you kill the Tartars, would you have gotten four hundred taels of silver?"

"That's right, the money will be scored regardless of division."

Wang Daniu's cousins, Wang Daxiong, Wang Erxiong, Wang Damang, and Wang Eryang also yelled, facing the Tartars, they are very afraid, but facing Wang Daniu, they are not afraid at all, not to mention there is money. Very jealous.

"Brother, you should say something, are you still the head of the family?"

"Could it be that the big cow has the final say on this big house?"

Wang Ergen also continued to encourage his elder brother, he was too aware of his elder brother's temperament.

"I don't have anything to say. The money was obtained by Daniel himself on the battlefield to kill the enemy. He has the final say."

"And he's already reached the age of starting a family. It stands to reason that he has already started a family by himself. I can't control it anymore."

Wang Geng was silent for a long time, thought for a while and said, this time, he did not soften his heart.

He knew that his two younger brothers' pissing nature must be beneficial. As for giving, it was impossible. In the past, he would let his two younger brothers do it for small things.

But this time, his son had risked his life for the money, and his two younger brothers had so much appetite that they wanted to share it equally. This had seriously touched his bottom line.

He originally wanted to ask Daniel to spend a few dozen taels of silver to share a share with the second- and third-fang households. A few tens of taels of silver is a lot, and it is enough to do many, many big things.

Who knew that the second and third rooms would even ask for an equal share of the money, which was absolutely unacceptable to him.

Seeing their faces clearly, he was not blindly stupid, so he directly handed over this matter to Wang Daniu, and Daniel's attitude was very clear, it was a dream to get money from Wang Daniu.

"Brother, how can you do this?"

"That's right. Wang Daniu is still a child. What does he know? The money is in his hands, and he might be cheated out of it soon. It's better to share it with us."

Wang Yigen and Wang Ergen became anxious immediately, without Wang Yigen's support, it was absolutely impossible for them to get the money.

"Daniu is already in his twenties. If his family wasn't poor, he would have started a family and started a business by himself. Recently, Tang Matchmaker also told me that if there is a suitable partner, he will marry Daniu."

"I won't ask for a single cent of this money, it's all Da Niu's own."

After Wang Yigen said this, he left directly. Annoying, it was a very happy thing, but now it has become very annoying, out of sight, out of mind, so he just went out, going to find that Tang matchmaker Niu said to get married.

"Big brother~"

Seeing Wang Yigen going out, Wang Ergen and Wang Sangen became anxious immediately, and wanted to stop immediately, but Wang Yigen was determined, ignored it at all, and left directly.

Seeing that Wang Yigen was finally not confused, Mrs. Ma breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Wang Ergen and Wang Sangen with a smile on his face: "It's getting late, and our family didn't prepare any extra meals. I'm really sorry. When we get married, I will invite you to drink and eat."

There is no doubt that this is an order to evict the guests. Seeing that the people in the second and third rooms are annoyed, they want to come over to share the money as soon as they open their mouths. It's a dream.

"Humph~"

"Sister-in-law, you can get points for the money today, or you can get points if you don't, otherwise we won't leave."

Wang Ergen's daughter-in-law, Han Shi, also showed the spirit of a shrew, as if she was dependent on her.

"Yes, yes, we won't leave if we don't divide the money."

Wang Sangen's daughter-in-law Zhou also followed suit.

"touch~"

At this moment, Wang Daniu pulled out the prairie scimitar he had seized from the battlefield, and smashed the table in the yard with a single stroke, looking murderous.

He had killed people on the battlefield, so he naturally carried a murderous aura. When everyone saw his appearance, and then looked at the gleaming scimitar, they immediately trembled.

"This silver is here for you, do you dare to take it?"

Wang Daniu's eyes were bloodshot, and he said viciously: "His Royal Highness has made a decree that anyone who dares to touch our money will have his head moved."

"Otherwise, do you think that this silver can be in our hands, and that we can come back safely?"

"The blood-sucking hundreds and thousands of households above have long wanted to rob us of our silver, but none of them dared to touch us. A thousand households were directly torn apart by cars because they wanted to take away our silver. .”

"This silver is rewarded by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to us heroes who have contributed to the court and killed the Tartars. Do you deserve it?"

"Do you dare to take it again?"

"If you don't want to move the head, and don't want to be quartered by five horses, then come and get it?"

After Wang Daniu finished speaking, he also sneered, and looked at his uncle and cousin without paying attention.

Wang Ergen, Wang Sangen and others looked at Wang Daniu's posture, then looked at the machete in Wang Daniu's hand, weighed it carefully, and fell silent for a while.

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