"After one year, I'm afraid it will be enough for Dalang to practice."

His eldest son will soon reach school age.

Although Wang Daxu is not good at reading, he hopes that his descendants will not have to be like him, licking blood with the tip of a knife and working hard with their heads tied to their belts.

Therefore, he always wanted his children to study.

In addition, he has two daughters.

He has to prepare dowries for them!

In the Song Dynasty, when a woman got married, she had to bring a sufficient dowry, and in accordance with traditions and customs.

Generally speaking, the dowry given by a woman when she gets married must be equal to the property that her son will receive when the family is divided in the future.

Only in this way will you not be bullied by your husband's family after you get married.

Only in this way can a woman have the confidence to speak in her husband's family - the dowry is the personal property of the married woman, and neither her aunt nor her husband has the right to interfere.

Therefore, there is a custom of drowning female infants in many places.

I really can’t afford it! I don’t dare to raise it either!

But Bianjing people don’t.

Bianjing people will do everything they can to provide for their children, preparing family property and dowry.

So, he looked at Guo Gui and asked: "These Tubo people have always been so diligent?"

Guo Gui replied: "Reporting to Tiha, they have indeed always been like this!"

Wang Daxu didn't understand.

He thought of his brother Big Gun.

In the past, when Wang Daqiang was fighting against the enemy in Bianjing City, he would try his best to be lazy and take a rest whenever he found an opportunity.

The Qiang people in Xihe, the Dangxiang people and the local Tubo people are all very hardworking, much harder than his brother.

But they can also be lazy and cheat to get benefits.

Some people even want to raise wages.

But these Tubo people in front of me were completely beyond imagination.

Don't be lazy, don't be a cheater, work hard...

What do they think?

Wang Daxu couldn't think clearly.

He was too lazy to continue thinking, so he said to Guo Gui: "Go and do your work!"

"No!" Guo Gui immediately lowered his head: "Tiyaha, walk slowly!"

This official was someone he managed to get onto with great difficulty.

Guo Gui watched Wang Daxu ride away on horseback and lead the people away.

He let out a slight breath.

"Brother Big Gun!"

"Thank you very much!"

He began to recall the fellow countryman he met on JD.com who went gold mining with him last year.

They once fantasized about their daily lives after getting rich suddenly. They also searched for traces of gold in the mountains and forests of Denglai. They also dredged silt together on construction sites in Hebei. They also listened to music together in the goulan and gambled in the tiles.

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I also lost everything and still owe a lot of debt.

Finally, the two people escaped overnight, but were captured by those damn Qiu Ba on horseback with vicious dogs.

Then Guo Gui chose to come to Xihe.

As for Wang Daqiang, it seems that he chose to go to Guangnan West Road.

When Guo Gui was escorted to Xihe, he was sent to the cotton field.

Only then did he realize that Wang Daqiang's choice was the right one.

It's very cold and desolate here.

Apart from the Qiang and Dangxiang people, there were only poor people like him who had to come here to work to pay off their debts because they owed money to the officials.

Fortunately, he was lucky and met Wang Daxue soon.

Then, through deliberate approach, he learned that Wang Daxu was Wang Daqiang's biological eldest brother.

Through this relationship, he finally managed to get ahead.

From being a tenant farmer working in the fields, he became a farmer.

"I wonder if Brother Daqiang found gold on Guangnan West Road..." Guo Gui thought.

He started to get scared.

What if in the future, Wang Daqiang really gets rich, returns to Bianjing, and marries a county lord.

And he returned to Beijing alone and naked. How embarrassing it must have been for the two of them to meet on the road!

"no!"

"I have to get rich too!"

"I want to marry the county lord too!"

But in this Xihe, where is the place to make a fortune?

Do you rely on growing kapok?

Can kapok make you rich?

…

Wang Daxu rode his horse back to a walled city near Didao.

This place is called Nanguan Fort. It was captured from the Tibetan people when Wang Shao opened the border.

In the following more than ten years, the Song Dynasty continued to strengthen this stronghold, making it a key fulcrum for Xizhou to control Didao.

Back in the fort, Wang Daxu asked someone to take his horse to feed, and he couldn't wait to go to the Zhibao official office in the fort.

"Xiang Du Superintendent!" Wang Daxu entered the official office and went to the back house of Xiang Zongji, his benefactor and immediate superior. Now he had been promoted to the deputy superintendent of soldiers and horses in Xizhou and knew the affairs of Nanguan Fort. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Xiang Zongji.

Zongji was wielding an iron whip and waving it fiercely, and immediately bowed and saluted: "I'm back."

When Xiang Zongji saw Wang Daxu, his favorite general, he immediately put down his iron whip and asked, "Daxu's inspection is over?"

"Well!" Wang Daxu lowered his head and said, "I'm here to report to the governor that Didao is safe and sound today. I also went to the cotton fields to take a look at the new Tibetans who arrived last month..."

"Oh?" Xiang Zongji asked, "How is it? Are those Tibetan people still diligent?"

"I think they are more diligent than the Qiang and Dangxiang people. I watched them for a long time and didn't find anyone being lazy."

Xiang Zongji laughed loudly: "That's not true!"

He said proudly: "I begged my uncle for a long time to get this group of Tubo people!"

With that said, he drew a cake for Wang Daxu: "Get ready, Daxu! There will be a war soon! If I have done meritorious service, I will go to the uncle Guo and say good things to Daxu, and I will arrange a few jobs for Daxu next year."

Ten Tubo people!”

"Thank you, Inspector, for the promotion!" Wang Daxu immediately thanked him and was truly grateful to Xiang Zongji.

Without this person who promoted the people of the Queen Mother's family, where would he be today?

only……

Is there going to be a war?

Wang Daxu raised his head and looked at Xiang Zongji.

Xiang Zongji did not hide anything from him, and said: "My husband, Mr. Jinlue, issued a military order last month, saying that we should be on strict alert to be on guard against Tibetan invaders at any time!"

"Zhong Zhizhou from Hezhou and You Zhizhou from Xizhou met two days ago. They both said that the chief of Tubo, Qingyi, is ready to make a move and seems unconvinced!"

"The two prefects have already issued general orders, asking us to be more careful and not to give Qingyi a chance to take advantage of the ghost seal!"

After saying that, Xiang Zongji cursed: "Qingyi Jie Guizhang is a rotten sheep head. I didn't beat him to any pain last month!"

"How dare he refuse to be convinced!"

Last month, Zhongpu, the magistrate of Hezhou, and Quanfa sent You Shixiong, the magistrate of Xizhou, and others. Following the military orders of the two countrymen, they sent out three thousand troops, put on Tibetan clothes, and cooperated with Xibawen who came out of Xige City.

Soldiers and horses fought several battles in Taozhou, Minzhou, Huangzhou and Qingyi.

He was given a severe lesson and thousands of poor Tibetan serfs were rescued.

At the same time, it also opened up many key roads between Xizhou, Taozhou, and Hezhou, making it easier for those poor Tibetan serfs to seek asylum in the Song Dynasty.

(End of chapter)
Chapter completed!