Chapter 1057: The Rise of the Wang Family

Chapter 1057: The Rise of the Wang Family

As soon as Sun Shan's notice of investigating the bandits was posted, it instantly caused a small sensation.

Commoner A, who was illiterate, asked, "Young man, what is written on it?"

The good young man was indeed a kind-hearted scholar, and he quickly explained: "It is written on it that the county magistrate is going to try the bandits today."

Citizen A exclaimed, thinking that another big incident had happened, but it turned out to be a "bandit case."

Watching it on site today, although Lord Sun spoke Mandarin, they had simultaneous interpretation and immediately understood the causes and consequences of the bandit suppression.

Citizen B asked again: "Why is there a cross on it? Is it ten bandits?"

Citizen B is also illiterate, but better than Citizen A. He knows the commonly used unit characters one, two, three, four, five... and has learned a little bit of them in daily life.

The good young man explained: "No, there were more than ten bandits this time. The cross above means ten taels of gold were seized as stolen goods."

Ten ounces of gold!

As soon as these words were spoken, they caused an instant sensation.

Citizen C asked anxiously, "How did you get ten taels of gold? Where did it come from?"

How come I haven’t heard of it?

When the magistrate was trying the bandit, Commoner C was also present at the scene. He had never heard of the ten taels of gold. Could it be that he had missed it during the simultaneous interpretation?

Emma, ​​the translator is not a good reader. I don't know where he read the book and he actually missed such important information. It's totally wrong.

The good young man continued to explain: "These ten taels of gold were found from the bandits."

He paused and added: "Not only did we find 10 taels of gold, we also found 50 taels of silver, a number of copper coins, and a jade pendant."

When the onlookers heard this, they screamed “Wow wow wow wow”.

Citizen Ding asked, "What? All this money was seized from the bandits? Oh, these bandits are so rich, I don't know whose house they robbed."

Commoner Wu rolled his eyes and said, "What kind of bandits are they if they don't rob? But I think these bandits really failed. They only robbed a little bit. I thought they robbed 100,000 or 80,000 taels."

When everyone heard this, they booed, as if money was born from the ground.

Even if he was a bandit, it would be impossible for him to rob 100,000 or 80,000 taels.

If they could rob so much, they would just go to Wuling Mountain and become bandits.

The good young man continued to explain the notice: "The notice also said that if anyone was robbed by bandits and had evidence, they should go to the county government to claim the lost item."

What? The county government actually wanted to claim the lost item? Instead of just giving it to the palace?

Someone whispered, "Why not, I'll go and claim it. Hehe, maybe the silver is really mine."

This was said quietly, but everyone still heard it and couldn't help but turn their eyes over.

The good young man is a kind-hearted scholar. He is not only good at reading, but also has correct values.

He kindly reminded me, "Uncle, the notice also says that if someone falsely claims the money, once discovered, he will not only be beaten with ten boards, but also have to pay three times the amount of money falsely claimed.

Uncle, if you falsely claim 10 taels, you will not only be beaten with ten boards, but also have to pay 30 taels to the government.

Uncle, our county magistrate, you may be young, but you are brave and resourceful, and you are also a newly-appointed scholar, very smart. In front of him, you will be exposed in a minute. Uncle, you should think carefully, lest you pay a heavy price for your greed. "

The uncle who was speaking in a low voice was instantly made to blush by the scholar's words.

The dead duck stubbornly retorted: "I was just talking, I'm not really going to claim it. Don't talk nonsense, don't just believe it."

Everyone looked at him with disdain and booed again.

Many of them were thinking: Should I claim it? What if the magistrate doesn't find it? If I succeed in claiming it, wouldn't I get rich?

Many of the onlookers were distracted and their eyes were rolling around.

Sun Shan had no idea that his notice had attracted the attention of quite a few petty-minded common people.

At this moment, we are meeting the first family in Yuanlu County - the Wang family.

Those who came included the old man of the Wang family, Mr. Wang, County Magistrate Wang, and the lame Wang Jijun.

As for the Wang family, Sun Shan has already found out why they are the number one family in Yuanlu.

It is said that Old Master Wang was a small trader who ran a grocery store in his day. He led an ordinary life in Yuanlu County, running the store for generations.

It was just by chance that the eldest son of the most powerful family in Chenzhou Prefecture passed by Yuanlu County and fell in love with Old Master Wang’s eldest sister, Wang Jijun’s aunt, at first sight.

The Wang family did not have the pride to "rather die than be a concubine", and when they saw that the most powerful young master of Chenzhou Prefecture took a fancy to their daughter, they happily sent her to him.

Even if she became a concubine, it would be too high for them as small merchants.

Later, the girl of the Wang family didn’t know whether she was lucky or it was God’s will, but the sons born to the mistress had accidents one after another, but the two sons she gave birth to were healthy and fat.

Later, the mistress died of depression, and the head of the family did not make the daughter of the Wang family his principal wife, but remarried.

However, when the second wife gave birth to two children, she died, and the head of the family still only had the two sons of the Wang family's daughter.

Later, he remarried, and there was still two deaths during the childbirth.

Now the head of the family didn’t dare to remarry, as everyone said that he was unlucky in marriage and children.

As for why they did not suspect that the daughter of the Wang family was behind the scenes, it was entirely because the daughter of the Wang family was taking care of her two sons studying in Changsha Prefecture during those years, so she could not do anything even if she wanted to.

Later, the eldest son of the Wang family's daughter passed the high school entrance examination, and the mother lived a better life because of her son's status.

Later, the head of the family died of illness, and the eldest son of Wang's daughter became the new head of the family.

Although the daughter of the Wang family is still a concubine, she has the final say at home.

So, Old Master Wang and Mr. Wang took advantage of this relationship to expand their business in Yuanlu County.

Then try to get an official position for County Magistrate Wang.

He also successfully trained a juren, namely his elder brother Wang Jijun, who was striving for the imperial examination in the capital.

Brother Wang Jijun might have taken the imperial examination together with Sun Shan, but Sun Shan passed while Brother Wang Jijun failed.

From the information Sun Shan had obtained, it turned out that the Wang family had only been wealthy for a short time, and that it was because of the success of the daughter of the Wang family that blessings came to the Wang family in Yuanlu.

In a short period of time, it jumped to the first store in Yuanlu.

Because of the presence of County Magistrate Wang and the eldest son of the Wang family who has passed the imperial examination, unless something unexpected happens, the Wang family will continue to be active in Yuanlu County in the future.

Sun Shan also inquired about the situation of other gentry and discovered that there were no so-called aristocratic families like the He family and the Chen family in Yuanlu.

There were three juren in Yuanlu, one was from the Wang family, one went far away, and one's life was as short-lived as a firework and he died within a few years of passing the exam.

The situation in Yuanlu County is actually very similar to that in Huangyang County, although the education is better than that in Huangyang County.

But I haven’t seen anyone that can compare with the Wang family yet.

Sun Shan now has two choices: cooperate with the Wang family or fight with the Wang family!

Sun Shan certainly hopes to cooperate, but when it comes to interests, he may have no choice but to fight!

Sun Shan regretted very much that Yuanlu County did not have the power to contain the Wang family, otherwise the correct approach would be to watch the fight from the other side of the river!