Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Chapter 1264 Returning home in glory

There is no other reason. This young lady is well educated, at least much more educated than him, and most importantly, her family background is not prominent.

Zhou Guo looked up the life of this lecturer in detail and found that he was an upright and incorruptible person. Because of this, he had not been given important positions over the years. His youngest daughter, who was born in his old age, was also filial.

The key is that she is good-looking, with a delicate and pretty appearance, which makes her a good match for Zhou Dacang.

Zhou Dacang’s marriage has been arranged, and next will be Zhou Mai and the others.

With the appearance of my uncle, several people got married quickly. They were all daughters of minor officials, literate and well-educated.

Wu Ya breathed a sigh of relief. She had been learning to read a lot over the years. Even though she was slow in learning, she had still finished learning a few enlightenment books. Compared with these sisters-in-law, although she could not compare with them, the gap was not too big.

Back then, Zhou Guo bought properties for Li and Xu, and later he also bought one for her. Over the years, Zhou Gu has been managing the business and has been able to bring in four to five hundred taels of silver every year.

With this money, she no longer has to humble herself in front of her sisters-in-law.

At this moment, Wu Ya finally understood Zhou Guo's good intentions. Having money in one's hands is more important than anything else.

Zhou Dacang was already very old when the marriage was finally arranged, and his bride came into the family a month later.

Zhou Guo rushed into the palace the next day, asked for leave from Xu Xiushan, and wanted to go back to move the grave.

Xu Xiushan frowned, "Do you have to go for this, too?"

Zhou Guo said, "We buried them with our own hands back then, so of course I have to go to move the graves. Our village is still waiting for us to return. Father, you can't keep me tied up in the capital. I have so many businesses, and the Feizhuang Escort Agency is still waiting for me."

Xu Xiushan smiled, "You are busier than your brothers. Okay, you are capable of great things, and father can't stop you. However, you can't be away for several years at a time. You have to promise me that you will come back every six months."

Zhou Guo should be happy.

Therefore, after the new bride returned home, the Zhou family took the whole family back to the north.

Before arriving in Yunzhou, Yunzhou Governor Zhang Lian led officials of all ranks in Yunzhou to greet them from ten miles away.

Seeing the Zhou family, a group of people knelt down and said, "Greetings to the King of Yan!"

Zhou Guo sat on her horse, looking down at the scene, feeling deeply moved. When she was in the capital, officials of all ranks would salute her from a distance when they saw her.

But she has been dealing with these officials in Yunzhou for many years.

At first, she had to bow to them and sometimes even kneel, but now it was the other way around, she just sat there and they had to kneel.

While she was sighing, she did not forget to call them to get up. She dismounted and said, "We haven't even reached Yunzhou yet, but you guys have already come here to meet us. You are well-informed."

Zhang Lian smiled and said, "No, no, the King of Yan has returned home in glory, and it is only right for me to bring the people of Yunzhou to welcome our great hero and general."

Zhou Guo said: "Next time, don't mobilize so many troops. We northerners don't have this tradition, and I don't have this habit. Next time I come back, just pretend you don't know and do what you should do."

Zhang Lian said, "Yes, yes, your Majesty is right."

No matter what, Zhou Guo had to give face to the officials of all ranks in Yunzhou who had come so far to welcome her. After all, she had been dealing with them for so many years, and she knew most of these officials, if not all of them.

Now that we are rich, there is no reason to stop interacting with others.

The Zhou family couldn't afford to host this welcoming banquet.

The banquet had been going on for a whole day and the Zhou family was in a hurry to leave.

Zhou Dacang especially disliked dealing with these people. "They all speak in a flowery way. We military generals are better. We can say whatever we want to say. After two glasses of wine, we can get things done. Why do they beat around the bush so much?"

Zhou Guo said: "You are a Duke of England, older than them. You are standing in front of them, and you don't set the rules for talking. You can speak fast or slow as you like. Everyone respects you."

Those who stand at a high position are the ones who make the rules.

Zhou Dacang looked at her and said with a smile: "It seems that you have been dealing with people a lot in these years. You are more suitable for the officialdom than your uncle."

Zhou Mai and the others were listening attentively. They would take the exam this year, and if they could pass it, they would enter the officialdom within a few years.

The Zhou family stayed in Yunzhou for a day and planned to return to the village.

At this time, Li Wang came back.

Li Lai and Zhou Su were the most surprised, "Why are you back?"

The family looked him up and down, "Where did you go if you weren't in the capital? There's no one in the north either."

Li Wang smiled and said, "I went to Bashu. There was a very good doctor there. I went there to study for a few months."

After the capital was besieged, all the doctors gathered in the capital. He had been staying there, but could not play much of a role, so he went to Bashu and has only returned now.

Li looked at his tall figure and was very pleased. "You have grown so tall. It is time for you to get married. Your brothers have already found wives. I will definitely find one for you."

Zhou Guo laughed out loud. Her mother was now keen on matchmaking and became very energetic when talking about it.

With Li Wang's return, their family is finally reunited.

The family rushed to the village.

When the villagers got the news, they had been waiting at the entrance of the village for a long time. Not only the villagers, but also people from several nearby villages had come.

Such a high-ranking official hasn't appeared in their area for hundreds of years.

What prince, marquis, and earl, they all sound extremely wealthy. They didn’t feel anything when the Zhou family was still around. But now that they are no longer at home and have gone to the capital, and are suddenly given such high-ranking positions, they feel differently.

"The Zhou family has two marquises and two earls. They probably hold all the high-ranking positions in the capital. Why are the Zhou family so lucky? Is it just because Zhou Dacang is a general?"

"Hey, haven't you heard that it was Zhou Guo who was so powerful that the emperor gave the Zhou brothers the titles of earl because of her. Otherwise, they had no merits, so why would they be given such high positions? In the final analysis, they all benefited from their daughter's help!"

Zhou Xing's family moved back to the village. When they heard that the Zhou family had returned, they walked halfway to meet them.

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The family was walking on the way back to the village, looking very proud, as if they were returning home in glory.

Zhou Dacai laughed and said, "I finally understand what it means to return home in glory. This is it."

Zhou Dafu reminded him, "Don't be too proud. Your uncle is just a title. To put it bluntly, it's fake. You can't do anything."

Zhou Dacai said: "Then I am happy too. I didn't do anything, but I can get this title. This title may not scare big shots, but it can't scare ordinary people like us?"

Everyone laughed.

The Zhou family met the Zhao family, and the two families went to the village together.

It is no exaggeration to say that there were huge crowds of people at the entrance of the village. When they saw the Zhou family coming, they cheered and knelt down to say hello, "Your Highness", "Your Highness", and "Your Highness".

There were people kneeling on both sides of the road.