Yangdu is a small county town, which is under the jurisdiction of Langya State.
The population of the county seat is only 7,000, and the total population of all the township pavilions below is about 15,000 people.
In such a small place, the Zhuge clan, whose family once had someone who had served as a county guard, was naturally a famous family second to none.
In order to avoid disturbing the place, and even more worried about scaring Zhuge Jin's family, Liu Wei ordered Wenyang to lead a large group of men and horses to camp in a wilderness five miles north of the county seat.
Then he dressed in civilian clothes, and only took Wei Jiang, Yue Yun and a dozen followers to continue to the county seat of Yangdu.
For the small county town of Yangdu, I am afraid that since the founding of the Han Dynasty for 400 years, there has never been a son of heaven to take a step forward, if he reveals his identity, he will inevitably raise the army and stir up the crowd, causing a storm in the city, so he will lose the meaning of looking for virtuous, so Liu Wei decided to hide his identity and make a private visit.
Hurry up all the way, and come to the gate of Yangdu City without a stick of incense.
At this moment, there were more than a dozen county soldiers patrolling in front of the low city gate, and when they saw Liu Wei and his party galloping at a gallop of freshly dressed and angry horses, they couldn't help but hold their breath, lest the comer be unkind.
"Phew" Liu Wei turned over and dismounted in front of the city gate, and bowed to the guards guarding the gate: "I have been ordered to visit the Zhuge family, and you can know a little bit about it."
Shi Chang, who is about forty years old, smiled flatteringly, and said in return: "Back to this adult's words, the Zhuge family is the number one family in our Yangdu, and the villain naturally knows it."
However, the year before last, Lord Zhuge passed away due to illness, and Lord Zhuge Xuan went to Jingzhou to be an official, but in the past few years, the family has been much more deserted."
"May I ask if Brother Zhuge Ziyu is still staying in Yangdu," Liu Wei asked.
Shi Chang shook his head: "The Zhuge family has been closed in recent years, and few people in the family are wandering on the streets. ” As he spoke, he pointed to the bluestone street facing the city gate: "My lord walked along this street to Erli Road in the city, and turned left at the third intersection, and you could see a magnificent courtyard house, and there was a pair of stone lions standing in front of the door, which was the courtyard left by Lord Zhuge Jue." ” "Thanks for the pointers" Liu Wei thanked him again, and took out a string of five baht coins from his sleeve to express his gratitude.
This is specially prepared by Liu Wei for this private visit to Weifu, which is heavy in his sleeve and very inconvenient to carry.
The Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty had always used the five-baht coin as the main currency in circulation, and although the economy deteriorated during the reign of Emperor Huan Ling, it was still able to maintain normal operation.
But since Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang and took power, in order to accumulate money, he has cut corners to make small money, and printed and cast the materials for making a copper coin into two or even three.
Because the copper coin was too thin and small to even be engraved, it was called "wordless money" by the world, which soon caused the people's livelihood in the entire area north of the Yangtze River to fall into a state of inflation.
Although Dong Zhuo is now dead, the small amount of money he minted still has a great impact on the currency circulation in Jiangbei, so that the price difference in many places is unimaginable.
For example, last year, the price of a stone of millet in Luoyang was as high as 2,000 yuan, but in Xuzhou, it only cost more than 100 yuan, and the difference between the two places was as high as 20 times for the same goods and the same currency unit.
It can be seen that the measurement of the whole world's currency has been chaotic to the point of no return, and as the emperor, Liu Wei cannot but consider the unified monetary system.
He has already quietly made a plan in his mind that after the entire eastern region is unified, he will carry out economic reforms, abolish the five-baht coin, introduce a new monetary system, and put the country's economy back on the right track.
Just a few simple words, in exchange for a string of heavy copper coins, Shi Chang was flattered, and thanked him repeatedly, "Thank you, thank you, you must be a person with an identity when you look at your dress, do you want the villain to pass on to the county commander and come out to greet him" "No need, we are just visiting the Zhuge family for private matters, so we don't have to disturb the county honor" Liu Wei said goodbye to Shi Chang, turned on his horse, and led the team straight into the city.
Yue Yun walked at the back of the line, and the squeezing eyebrows made a grimace: "I'm not afraid to tell you, if your county commander knows the identity of my master, I'm just afraid that I won't be scared to pee."
"Oh, please also ask the master for advice, I don't know what the identity of your family is, the villain will be recorded in the family tree after returning home, and I will be rewarded by the nobles today."
Shi Chang smiled and asked Yue Yun for advice.
Yue Yun sneered: "Hehe, seeing that you want to know so much, I'll tell you that the identity of my master is the Xuzhou Thorn History."
Although Langya's regime has been changing, it was occupied by the Yellow Turban rebels for a while, occupied by Yuan Shao's forces for a while, and returned to Tao Qian for a while, but nominally it was under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou after all.
It doesn't matter which great god is here, as long as it is at the level of assassination, it is the existence that these little pawns look up to "Oh, it turned out to be Lord Thorn Shi, why is he so young, is it the new Thorn Shi" Shi Chang's face was excited, and his lips trembled a little.
"Master, I haven't finished talking yet" Yue Yun was very dissatisfied with being interrupted by Shi Chang, "My master is the boss of Xuzhou Thorn History, remember?"
As the words fell, he raised his whip and chased after the team in front of him.
Only Shi Chang and a few soldiers were left holding the rusty iron guns in their hands, staring at each other and muttering: "I am a god for the boss of Lord Shi, what a big official this must be?"
According to Shi Chang's instructions, Liu Wei and his entourage quickly found the Zhuge family's mansion.
I saw that it was just an ordinary courtyard house, with blue bricks and black tiles, and the color on the vermilion lacquer door had peeled off, about the size of more than 30 houses.
The two stone lions in front of the door were thin and small, as if they had been shriveled by hunger, and they were far from the magnificent courtyard that Shi Chang had said.
Of course, safflower needs green leaves, and against the backdrop of the surrounding adobe houses and even grass houses, this courtyard house with more than 30 houses can indeed be regarded as a "mansion".
The thing glanced around, and there seemed to be nothing more "luxurious" than this courtyard, Liu Wei turned over and dismounted, "Nine times out of ten, this is the house" Although the Zhuge clan is a famous family in Yangdu, and even in Langya, it is not worth mentioning in the entire Xuzhou and even the whole country.
Compared with the Runan Yuan clan of the fourth and third princes, and compared with the wealthy family of the Hongnong Yang clan, the Zhuge clan is simply a drop in the ocean and insignificant Wei Jiang doesn't know why the Son of Heaven came to such a small place to visit such an unknown family, but he understands very well the "rules of life" as a personal bodyguard leader, that is, to do more and ask less, this is also where Liu Wei admires Weijiang, even though the fierce generals around him are like clouds, but he has a soft spot for Weijiang.
Wei Jiang turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to the steps, raised his hand and was about to knock on the door, when suddenly there was a "squeak", and the two doors opened from the inside in unison.
A young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a slender face and a thin body, dressed as a Confucian scholar, was about to go out with a big burden on his back.
Suddenly he caught a glimpse of more than a dozen freshly dressed angry horses standing outside the door, and the heavily armed soldiers couldn't help but change color in fright. muttered in his mouth, "I knew this was the case, I should have left a few days ago", and he was busy and was about to reach out to close the door, but he was pushed by Wei Jiang, and he couldn't push even a half inch despite his strength.
"Hehe, I'm waiting for a visit, but Mr. wants to give a closed door to eat, isn't this the way of hospitality" Liu Wei walked forward quickly, smiling and bowing his hand.
The Confucian man was full of big men, and asked in surprise and urgency: "Why did a certain person come to arrest me if he never violated the Han Code?"
"Arrest you" Liu Wei couldn't help but laugh dumbly, "Hehe, this gentleman is serious, I'm here to visit Mr.
Zhuge , where is there any talk of arresting people" Only then did the Confucian scholar let go of the door panel, and it was futile to catch it again, and it seemed that as long as the general in front of him slammed his force, it was estimated that he would be able to remove the door leaf for himself.
Half-convinced, he asked: "It's Zhuge Jin below, but I don't know your lords, and I don't know what the sudden visit is."
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"Oh, it turns out that you are Mr.
Zhuge Ziyu, but it's disrespectful" Hearing Zhuge Jin's self-reported name, Liu Wei bowed his hand to greet, and at the same time gave instructions to the system in his mind: "Test Zhuge Jin's abilities for me." ” "Dingdong peak Zhuge Jin is 56 in force, 78 in command, 92 in intelligence, and 87 in politics."
"At present, Zhuge Jin's military force is 51, his command is 55, his intelligence is 85, and his politics is 67."
"That's right, Zhuge Boss's peak intelligence is over 90, and his politics is also over 85, he is really a good civil official, Zhuge Erge's intelligence is even more than eight streets away from him, the eldest brother, will he be blown up?"
Since the person who came was not malicious, Zhuge Jin let go of his hanging heart and let Liu Wei and others into the house. led to the guest hall to watch the seats, and personally served tea.
"I don't know what advice you have for visiting the grass people," Zhuge Jin asked anxiously as he stood aside.
Liu Wei took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "I am here to recruit Mr.
Ziyu to be an official."
Although Zhuge Jin didn't know how the person in front of him knew his words, he didn't dare to ask more.
After listening to the other party's words, his face was sincerely afraid: "How can the kid be so good, dare to bother the adults to ask you to come from Jingzhou" "No, no, we're from Soochow," Liu Wei shook his head and smiled.
Zhuge Jin bowed slightly: "If this is the case, Jin is relieved and dare not hide it, in the eyes of the kid, this Liu Jingsheng may not be able to make a big deal, and it is really unwise to openly oppose the Son of Heaven Uncle sent someone to summon the kid several times, but Jin Wanyan refused, and he really didn't want to do it under Liu Biao."
Seeing that Langya was getting more and more chaotic, he dismissed his family, and just then he was carrying his bags and was about to take refuge in Soochow in the south."
Hearing that Zhuge Jin was unhappy with Liu Biao, Liu Wei was overjoyed and asked with a smile: "I don't know who else is in Mr.
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