Golden Branch

February 16th, easy travel!

Early in the morning, a group of people gathered outside the gate of Lou's Fortress, at the door of Wangjiazhuangzi's home, and at the entrance of Wangjiamiao Village.

Men and women, old and young.

They were in and out, busy and bustling.

The carriages were ready, and people loaded boxes of items onto the trucks and helped the elderly and children onto the carriages.

"A Mian, everything is ready!"

Wang Mian's grandfather, who was already in his sixties, was about to leave the hometown where he had lived for most of his life, but he didn't feel too much reluctance.

What are you reluctant to part with?

Their Wang family is no longer a lowly farm slave.

They became nobles and were going to the capital.

That’s the capital city!

At the feet of the Emperor, the most virtuous place.

The powerful and wealthy gather here, and gold is everywhere.

My capable and precious granddaughter has already established property in the capital.

Now, she has become a noble princess, whose rank is higher than that of their governors and county magistrates.

She is also about to marry into the Lanling Xiao family.

Xiao Lang, a godlike figure, actually became the son-in-law of their Wang family.

...Good things happened one after another, and the whole Wang family was almost numb with joy.

All of this was brought by Wang Mian.

As early as a few years ago, when Wang Mian hooked up with the young lady of the Wang family, the Wang family had already escaped poverty and became a well-known wealthy family in Hedong and even Yizhou.

Everyone in the Wang family, including the elder aunt and younger sister-in-law who had all kinds of ulterior motives, no longer dared to make a fuss.

There are also Wang Mian's cousins. Even though they used to look down on women and think that daughters in their families were money-losing goods and were their brothers' "assets", after Wang Mian made his family rich, they no longer dared to look down on and treat them poorly.

The best, just selfish, not really stupid.

In fact, because they value interests more, they can become more "clear-headed".

Knowing that Wang Mian can bring them more wealth and prosperity, if they still act recklessly, they are not the best, but fools.

Moreover, poverty breeds evil schemes.

The Wang family used to be in turmoil and internal strife, but it was simply because they were too poor.

There are so few resources, and if you can't even get enough to eat, you still have to worry about others eating more and taking more, which leads to conflicts.

If any elder shows partiality again, the family will be in turmoil and brothers will become enemies.

Wang Mian's money, as well as the Wang and Lou families behind her, enabled her to lift the Wang family out of poverty, allow the sons of the Wang family to go to school, and completely change the Wang family's fortunes.

Not to mention Wang Mian's grandfather, uncle, father and other elders, even her cousins ​​understood one thing: Amian was the lucky star and great contributor to the family, and must not be provoked.

As a result, the entire Wang family also changed their attitude towards Wang Mian's "baozi" parents.

They are no longer treated as suckers or workhorses, but as relatives or even ancestors.

Alas, that couple is easy to bully, but Wang Mian is not.

If they made Wang Mian unhappy, the prosperous life they had finally enjoyed would be gone.

If you have always been poor and humble, perhaps you won’t care too much.

But the Wang family had lived a good life, and they didn't even dare to think about being reduced to their original state.

Forget it, even if it’s for my own good life, I have to treat Wang Mian’s family well.

Not to mention, they are family and have no life-or-death feud, so why can't they have "harmony in the family and prosperity in everything"?

Therefore, Wang Mian has improved the life of her family with money and established her unshakable position in the Wang family.

Today's alliance and imperial edicts have made the relatives completely submissive.

From now on, they will recognize Amian as the head of the family.

They do whatever she tells them to do!

In this way, they can truly and thoroughly transcend class and become true nobles!

The Wang family was even more excited about this trip to Beijing.

Everyone was extremely convinced of Wang Mian's arrangements and followed his orders.

Wang Mianxian arranged for some of his family members to move to Beijing before the New Year.

They have to move some heavy objects in advance and are also responsible for the corresponding matters.

Whether it is cleaning and tidying up the new house or investigating and understanding the new environment, they are needed to do it.

Of course, Wang Mian did not rely solely on her family. She also had managers that she had trained. After helping her handle the industries in Yizhou, these people went to Beijing one after another and started to set up industries in and around the capital.

Wang Mian already has a rough plan for developing the Beijing market.

Family members, managers, etc. came to Beijing in advance to make preparations for the plan.

Wang Mian and his family are the last link in the moving plan.

He left people to guard the ancestral home and the fields for sacrifices, and also appeased the married daughters. Several branches of the Wang family, dozens of people, all packed up and went to Beijing with Wang Mian.

"Grandpa, Grandma, please get in the car quickly."

Although Wang Mian became the pillar of the Wang family, he did not become arrogant or complacent.

She remains respectful to her elders, friendly to her peers, and kind and tolerant to her juniors.

Before Wang Mian traveled through time, when he read online novels, he liked the kind of exciting novels where the characters tore apart the best characters and slapped the villains in the face.

For example, in farming literature, there will definitely be biased elders and vicious cousins.

The heroine's family must be poor people who suffer and are bullied.

The heroine traveled through time, kicked the best, divided the family, made a fortune, and lived a rich and happy life with her parents.

However, when she came to ancient times in person, she realized that such a setting was neither realistic nor reasonable.

In ancient times, people emphasized living together in clans. It was not just a rule, but also for personal survival.

Firstly, the laws and human rights in ancient times were not so "civilized". Families with small populations or no male members were destined to be bullied.

Secondly, there were no advanced production tools in ancient times, so manpower was particularly important.

With more people and greater strength, there will be enough manpower to plow the fields and do the work.

Third, in ancient times, people had to perform corvée labor. When conscription was made, it was based on household registration.

If the family does not split up, even if there are dozens of people in the family, only one person is needed.

But once the family is divided and the household registration is re-established, even if there are only three or four people in the small family, one person must be provided.

Whether it is repairing rivers and roads, or serving as a government soldier, it is not easy.

Starving and suffering are good things, but if you are not careful, you may even lose your life.

To put it bluntly, if there are many people in the family, they can still afford the death. But if there are only one or two male members, if one dies, the whole family will fall apart.

When Wang Mian first came here, she also complained about her grandparents' partiality and looked down upon some of the best people.

However, after living for a period of time, gaining a deeper understanding of the ancient situation, and seeing examples around me, I gradually realized why clan concepts were so important in ancient times.

It’s really not the so-called rules or traditions.

It's survival!

It's about personal interests!

In addition, there are top-notch people in the Wang family, but no fools.

They knew how to seek benefits and avoid harm, and knew how to recognize the current situation, so Wang Mian did not cut ties with them.

"...Well, they are family after all, especially my brothers. They can still be of some help to me!"

Wang Mian thought silently.

Instead of being assimilated, she chose to believe in the wisdom of her ancestors - living together in a clan, although there are problems of one kind or another, but overall, the benefits must outweigh the disadvantages!

Therefore, Wang Mian is willing to give opportunities to his clansmen, including but not limited to his own family.

Ahem, it’s also a check and balance (threat).

If you look closely, the villagers of Wangjiamiao all descended from the same ancestor and are all her clansmen.

If the direct uncles, aunts, cousins, etc. are ungrateful and unreliable, Wang Mian will promote the uncles, uncles, and brothers from the next room.

She has the resources and the "united clan" genealogy given by Wang Heng.

It's not that she is begging her relatives to support her, but that her relatives need to rely on her.

In recent years, Wang Mian has always maintained a balance: she is willing to give her relatives opportunities, but she will not use them only for her own benefit.

As the head of the Wang family, she is fair, generous, and kind.

Cousins ​​are relatives, and clan relatives are also relatives!

As long as they are capable, loyal and know when to advance and retreat, she will use them.

Of course, if all of this is possible, Wang Mian would still prefer to choose the one with a closer blood relationship.

Over the years, the Wang family had gotten to know Wang Mian's personality and realized that although she was close to her family, she was also willing to take care of her clansmen.

Everyone in the Wang family: That won’t do. Amian is ours.

Her money and her workshop cannot be given away to others, not even to her clansmen!

However, they also knew that Wang Mian was no longer someone they could control.

All they can do is obey, obey, and obey!

Look, after a few years of hard work, the result is good. Wang Mian has become rich, but he did not abandon them. Instead, he took them to Beijing to enjoy a good life.

Alas, it would have been better if Amian hadn’t brought some of the clan members along!

Everyone in the Wang family couldn't help but sigh when they saw that there were several relatives from several families away in the team heading to Beijing.

They also had a stronger sense of crisis and secretly vowed: We must listen carefully to Amian's words. Even if we can't help her, we can't hold her back.

Otherwise, they would really be trampled down by those tribesmen!

Wang Mian's strategy was very useful, and the Wang family's previous "unity" was extremely sensible.

Her status and prestige in the Wang family could no longer be shaken.

With the "backyard" stable, Wang Mian is becoming more and more confident about the new map that is about to be opened.

"Hey! Hey!"

Grandfather Wang agreed repeatedly, his dark and wrinkled face filled with a smug smile.

Oh, the old man has really made it. Not only can he go to Beijing by himself, but he can also bring his family members to enjoy a good life.

In the future, when I go to the underworld, I can run to my ancestors and boast: Ancestors, see, the family that you failed to revive has become rich and glorious under the leadership of me and my granddaughter!

He personally arranged for grandparents, parents and other elders to get on the carriages. Wang Mian rode on a horse and led the team personally. With a shout of "Let's go", a long line of horse-drawn carriages, donkey carts, wheelbarrows, etc. started to move.

The group did not rush to the official road, but went to Wangjiazhuangzi.

Wang Mian is going to meet up with Wang Heng.

It's not just that they are close friends and they hold hands when traveling, but also because of safety considerations -

The Wang family has many people and some strong men, but they do not have professional guards.

It was different on Wang Heng's side. In addition to the two hundred princess's personal guards, there were also several hundred members of the Wang family and private soldiers sent by Lou Yu.

Even Lu Jue sent a team of people.

He said that he happened to be back in Beijing on business, but in fact, he just wanted to take the opportunity to please the beauty he loved.

In addition to these, there were also officials from the Ministry of Rites sent by the court and the accompanying Qianniu Guards.

The total number of people from several parties, just for the "escort" category, is over a thousand.

With so many well-trained people, complete with war horses and weapons, they are enough to attack a small city.

Walking on the street, even brainless robbers and soldiers would be intimidated by this tremendous momentum.

Following such a large force, Wang Mian and his group will be able to obtain the greatest safety!

When Wang Mian arrived at Wangjiazhuangzi, he found that Wang Heng was also ready.

Madam Xie, Wang Lin, and six younger brothers and sisters were all personally escorted by Wang Heng to the ultra-luxurious four-wheeled carriage.

"Jiuniang!"

When Wang Mian saw Wang Heng, he hurried to greet her.

"Amian, you're here! Hurry! Get in the car!"

Wang Heng called Wang Mian and they got on another super luxurious carriage together.

"Ok!"

Wang Mian agreed without hesitation and followed Wang Heng into the car.

The carriage was designed by Wang Mian, who also supervised the entire manufacturing process.

After it was built, Wang Mian tried it out and then put forward requirements for improvements.

However, when she actually sat in the carriage, she still felt something different——

Comfortable!

It’s really comfortable.

This is a small mobile house.

Small but complete.

In addition to sitting or lying down, you can even stand up and move around in the carriage.

There are also two compartments, each of which can accommodate one or two maids to work in it.

The floor of the carriage is thickened and has a mezzanine layer.

A specially designed charcoal basin is placed in the mezzanine, with a cover on it to prevent the charcoal fire from splashing.

Before Wang Heng got on the car, the charcoal brazier had already been placed inside and was now burning brightly.

The red-hot charcoal crackled and popped, smoking the floor and emitting wisps of hot air.

It is early spring in February, but the weather is still cold.

It was very warm in the carriage. As soon as Wang Mian got on the car, he took off the fur coat he was wearing.

"Let's go, let's go to Lou's Fortress again."

Wang Heng leaned leisurely against the window, playing with a red gold hollow incense ball in her hand, and said with a smile.

They went to the Lou family fort not only to meet up with Lou Yu, but also to pick up the two sisters Zheng Shisan and Zheng Shiliu.

Oh, yes, there is also Shen Du!

After staying in Yizhou for three or four years, Shen Du finally decided to go to Beijing.

The sage summoned them, the prince sent people to invite them, and the supreme father and son of the Yang family acted with the attitude of "respecting the wise and humble".

As for Shen Du, he successfully waited until the dust settled on the struggle for imperial power in Dayu. He was no longer worried and wanted to enter the government, give advice on state affairs, support his disciples, and his old friends in the southern border!

As disciples, Wang Heng, Lou Yu, and Wang Mian naturally have to respect their teacher.

Therefore, the third four-wheeled carriage was given to Shen Du.

Shen Du took his two disciples, Wang Yan and Gu Zhe, as well as his servants and attendants, packed their luggage, and was respectfully escorted by Lou Yu, Wang Heng, and Wang Mian into the luxurious carriage.

Shen Du: ...Too extravagant!

It’s so comfortable!

Mr. Shen, who had loved traveling around the world in his early years but had suffered from the difficulties of transportation, suddenly became extremely excited about the journey that was about to begin.

He even thought that it would be very elegant and pleasant to enjoy the snow or rain in such a comfortable carriage.