Chapter 7 History is back on track

"What did Zhang Bingzhong do in Suizhou Wuchang? He should go to Shuzhong!"

Yun Zhao put down the brush in his hand and kneaded it. I frowned and felt that these thieves were not obedient at all and did not follow the set route at all.

"Is this the result of him reading "Sun Tzu's Art of War" for a whole year?"

Xu Wu thought: "It's nothing more than a combination of virtuality and reality, reality and reality. He will eventually enter Shuzhong, but now he needs to save money and food to recruit troops.

Li Hongji is in Nanyang. Six months ago, Xiong Wencan forced Zhang Bingzhong to withdraw from Xiangyang and gather in Gucheng, which is in a more dangerous position. .

Luo Rucai's troops were also divided and gathered in Yunyang.

The two-headed lion Ma Shouying was in Suizhou.

Li Hongji was captured by the army in Henan. Although the encirclement was broken, they were unwilling to enter the locust-stricken area. They circled there and absorbed more than 300,000 horses, and then turned back to Nanyang, hoping to get closer to Zhang Bingzhong, Luo Rucai, and Ma Shouying. The purpose was to absorb these people and form a larger

Obviously, Zhang Bingzhong, Luo Rucai, and Ma Shouying were very wary of Li Hongji. When they heard that Li Hongji had entered Xiangyang, they ran away, not wanting to be annexed by Li Hongji. ” p>

Yun Zhao nodded and said: "These are all things that have already happened. Just proceed according to the plan. What do you mean by this?"

Xu Wuxiang said with some embarrassment: "The matter of our transaction with Zhang Bingzhong has been revealed."

Yun Zhao looked at Xu Wu and thought: "It's nothing, I can't hide it from others."

Xu Wuxiang said with a bitter smile. : "Originally, we thought that Zhang Bingzhong would continue to be forbearing when he arrived in Gucheng. We were not prepared to sever contact with Zhang Bingzhong until we got all the wealth he had plundered. After all, doing business with him was very profitable.

But Zhang Bingzhong had only arrived in Gucheng two months before he launched a surprise attack on Gucheng and defeated the officers and soldiers guarding Gucheng in one day and night.

Killed the county magistrate Ruan. Zhidian and the censor Lin Mingqiu demolished the city wall and imprisoned the treasury. The supervisor Zhang Dajing, Ma Tingbao, and Xu Qizuo were forced to surrender.

This guy was leaving Gucheng. When marching to Suizhou, some broken jars were broken... The list, numbers and times of the officials from all over the government who demanded bribes from him were written in detail on the walls inside and outside the city. Your name was ranked third! ”

Yun Zhao frowned and said: "It seems that this guy is determined to break up with us this time."

Xu Wu wanted to scratch his hair and said: "Liu Dashou and the others are against us." Is Zhang Bingzhong extorting too harshly?"

Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be too harsh. You didn't see my name before you were ranked third. Oh, by the way, who are the first two? "

"Yang Sichang, Wang Guozhen!"

Yun Zhao nodded and said: "That's wrong, the first one should be your Majesty."

" Now our reputation isThe streets were stinky. Countless censors impeached us, saying that we extorted too much and forced Zhang Bingzhong to rebel.

There is also a voice saying that whoever made a mistake should be appeased. The finger is pointed at us, with the obvious intention of asking us to send troops. "

Yun Zhao laughed silently after hearing this, put his hands on the table and said: "I can send troops, the question is, do they dare to let me send troops?

When our army left Hangu Pass, there was a vast plain in front of us, and we could reach Qinhuangdao without any hindrance. Do they dare?

Hahaha..."

Yun Zhao looked up to the sky and laughed, and Xu Wuxiang also laughed.

There were already two scientific examinations in Shaanxi during the Chongzhen period. No one in the family has become a Jinshi.

This is the most direct view of the people in Guanzhong, Shaanxi, towards the imperial court.

The world of the Ming Dynasty is still in chaos, and nothing is beyond Yun Zhao's expectations. In addition, the bureaucracy that Yun Zhao has spent ten years building is running smoothly. They control everything they can touch through the countless tentacles extending out of Lantian County.

And Yun Zhao is. That big spider lying in the middle of the spider web.

The Ming Dynasty still existed on the verge of collapse.

In four months, locusts flew from the grassland. In the capital...everywhere he went, there was literally no grass growing.

The emperor begged heaven in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, and Si Tianjian said: Good!

Fifteen days later, All the locusts disappeared.

The emperor was quite proud.

Yun Zhao felt that it was not that God had spared the emperor, but that winter was coming and the locusts were dead. The laws of nature.

Since the emperor believed that this was a manifestation of his unity of nature and man, and all the officials of the Ming Dynasty came to congratulate the emperor, Yun Zhao naturally couldn't be exempted from the common custom, and asked Xu Wu to write a letter of praise. Sent to the capital.

From the time when the first snow fell in autumn, Yun Zhao did not wait for the imperial court to order his famous military order. On the contrary, Yang Sichang received a new appointment, and he came to the Great Lakes area to take charge of Nanjing. Commanding the army to annihilate Li Hongji, Zhang Bingzhong, Luo Rucai, and Ma Shouying, Yun Zhao continued to wait, but after waiting for half a month, he did not wait until the emperor had advised him to recruit Zhang Bingzhong, Luo Rucai, and Ma Shouying.

Since he could even forget such hatred, Yun Zhao felt that he should be a good person in the eyes of the emperor. As for the officials, His order to go to Beijing to report on his duties was treated as if it did not exist.

As a minister with two intentions, he had already arranged everything, so naturally he did not need to risk going to Beijing to express his feelings.

Many people have done this in history, and the probability of success is less than 10%. The reason why Hongmen Banquet is famous and praised by the world is completely an exception among exceptions

What's more, after entering Beijing, he was killed and never had the chance to return to his hometown.

In order to express his respect for the emperor., Yun sent another box of newly minted silver coins to the capital. At the same time, Yun Zhao also suggested that the emperor unify the use of silver coins in the country and use silver coins to replace those strange-shaped pieces of silver.

This is obviously a big plan to make a fortune, but I don’t know if the emperor can manage it well. If it is not managed well and the cost of casting silver coins exceeds the value of the silver coins, then it has nothing to do with Yun Zhao.

Lantian City stands alone on the Saishang Grassland. There is no human habitation within a radius of three hundred miles, and there is no human habitation in the Gobi grassland further away. Even at the foot of the Yinshan Mountain with abundant water and grass, it is rare this year. silence.

Fortunately, there are abundant supplies in the city, and this place can be considered a small country that can be self-sufficient.

Lantian County is even more prosperous. The effect of the water pump that Yunzhao expected has already appeared. Good talents, good technology, good population, a lot of money, and a lot of materials are pouring into Lantian County. This Let Lantian County's finances once again receive huge development.

Many merchants are already actively making suggestions to Lantian County, hoping that Lantian County will take the lead and work together to reopen the Grand Canal directly to Xi'an and connect the southeast and Guanzhong.

This suggestion is obviously unkind.

Some people are planning to repeat the strategy of the Warring States Period when Korea encouraged Qin to open the Zhengguo Canal to weaken Qin, and then achieve the purpose of using this canal to drag down Lantian County's finances.

Such suggestions are full of deception. Even some Guanzhong students were shocked by this huge plan. After the shock, they were ecstatic. They thought that as long as the canal was dredged, the city of Xi'an would be able to restore its prosperity during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. During this period, thousands of sailboats were racing, and merchants gathered in a prosperous atmosphere.

Completely forgetting the fact that the Silk Road has long since been ruined and disappeared.

In November, there was no movement in Feng Ying's belly, and there was no news about the child except for a few too many oranges in Qian Duoduo's belly.

So, Lantian County can celebrate the New Year with peace of mind.

This year, Yun Niang ushered in another annual harvest day.

Yun Niang took this day very seriously. Ten days ago, she had ordered the housekeeper Yun Qi to set up the tent and was waiting for the snow to fall.

Yunniang stubbornly believed that collecting rent during Luoxue was a good sign. If there was no Luoxue at the end of the year, she would be willing to wait until Luoxue to get the dividend.

In the past two years, I just built a shed and prepared some pot helmets for everyone. It was a good treat to eat mutton soup and other things with garlic cloves.

This year, it is obviously not possible. The simple shed that used to have air leakage from all sides has been turned into a greenhouse, and there are more than thirty huge cowhide tents in the open space. These things were all brought by Yun Zhao from the plug. When you come back, it will be the best place to entertain business partners after everything is set up here.

Yunniang held a snow-white civet cat in her arms and inspected her slaves accompanied by Feng Ying and Qian Duoduo.

Although each of these businessmen are free citizens, Yun Niang still stubbornly believes that these people are her tenants.

OnlyIt’s just that we don’t grow crops.

Qian Duoduo liked the pure white civet cat in Yun Niang’s arms very much. He wanted to take it from Yun Niang and hold it several times, but Yun Niang knocked her hand away time and time again.

"If you give me a grandson, who would care less about a civet cat!"

"I asked Princess Qin to send another one over."

"Go ahead and dream. This is a Siamese cat. It is a gift from the King of Siam to the royal family. This is the only one Princess Qin has."

"Then let the caravan take a trip to Siam. Bring me a cat with blue eyes."

Yun Niang looked at her two daughters-in-law and sighed: "How can you have the confidence to laugh like a concubine in the world without having a child? "

Feng Ying lowered her head habitually. She didn't have the experience of growing up with Yun Niang, so she couldn't be as unscrupulous as Qian Duoduo.

“These tenants this year make people happy to see them. They are all well-off and don’t look like people who borrowed our money.

Look, there are A man in a bearskin cloak is sweating while sitting in the snow. Hey, people nowadays don’t even carry robes anymore. They are all wearing gold and silver. If anyone dares to say anything to my mother this year: , let Yun Qi send someone to tear his mouth open.

Anyone who brings a concubine to our house to show off is not short of money."

Although he cannot bring his two daughters-in-law. Wandering through the crowd without any rules, Yun Niang still sat on a high place and pointed at the group of people below.

"Mom, you will make a fortune this year. Can your daughter-in-law's share be increased? Five hundred taels of silver a quarter is simply not enough."

Qian Duoduo hugged her again. Zhu Yunniang's arms shook.

"Princess Qin only has two thousand taels of silver per year. You only have one mother-in-law and three maids in your yard. Why is it not enough?"

While talking, , put aside the pouting Qian Duoduo, and said to Feng Ying with a smile: "Your wife knows that you don't have enough money, and I will allocate another one thousand taels of silver to you every quarter."

Feng Ying said quickly: "It's enough, it's enough. There are only me, Xiao Chu and two maids in the yard. Five hundred taels of silver is already a lot."

Yun Niang patted Feng Ying's hand and said, "You Funiu Mountain There are still a lot of people to feed. Since these people have followed you into the Yun family, there is no reason to let them eat bran throat vegetables."

"I also have people to feed..." Money. Duoduo shook Yun Niang's arm even more violently.

Yunniang sneered.

Liu Ru drove a carriage this year. Although the carriage she rode was not a good one, it was also a sturdy and durable new carriage.

The carriage was followed by a cart driven by a young man. There was a heavy wooden box tied to the cart.

The Yun family’s accountants are the most powerful, and their eyes are also the most poisonous.

If a person comes here wearing gold and silver, but carrying a fluttering robe, like thisPeople are not qualified to enter a cowhide tent to drink wine and eat meat.

On the contrary, when someone like Liu Ru, who appears to be smart and capable at first glance, comes with a heavy box, even if she is a woman with an old woman and a girl, she can be greeted attentively into the cowhide tent. Rest here.

The old woman didn't dare to go in when she saw that the tent was full of people in luxurious clothes. However, Liu Ru didn't care, dragging her mother-in-law with one hand and her daughter with the other, striding in and sitting down at the bottom. Go up, first salute to those present, and then pour tea for the mother-in-law and daughter.

Some of the people present also knew her. Shopkeeper He from Lian Sheng raised his hands and said, "Shopkeeper Liu has made a fortune this year."

Liu Ru returned the favor: "Thanks to Shopkeeper He, things are going well this year. I still made a profit of three melons and two dates, which makes you laugh."

Shopkeeper He said: "When you turn broken silver into silver dollars, I heard that there is a fire between them. "The cost?"

Liu Ru shook her head and said: "No, the official cost of converting broken silver into silver dollars is two and a half. If shopkeeper He is interested, how about we cooperate?"

Liu Ru smiled softly after hearing this and stopped talking. When it comes to the courage to do business, these people are indeed as timid as rats.

Liu Ru concluded that in the future, the main currency in the world will transform from broken silver to silver dollars. Once silver dollars begin to become popular in the Ming Dynasty, broken silver will be launched on the market. A currency that withdraws from the market will definitely Reduced to the point of being slaughtered by others.

The reason why she has such great determination is because she has seen it right. As long as she starts to do something in Lantian County, there are very few things that she cannot accomplish.

This is just the beginning of the silver dollar business. Her purpose in recent years is not only to give Yunshi huge dividends, but also to borrow more silver coins from Yunshi. She feels that this is not a good thing. Difficult to do.

There were merchants who were constantly being invited out by Yun's tent. After a short while, they came back satisfied and began to eat and drink as if they wanted to get back the dividends they had just given away.

Liu Ru sat astride the bench and poured herself a drink like a man, which seemed a bit majestic.

When Yun's tent house called her name, Liu Ru stood up and said to her mother-in-law, "Look after my mother-in-law. I'll come back as soon as I go."

Because she is a woman, Liu Ru went straight behind the curtain and looked up at the group of women sitting here.

Yunniang sat in the middle with a smile. An incredibly beautiful woman in a goose-yellow dress sat behind Yunniang and gave her a backbeat. Another beautiful woman with a straight back came in from behind. He stared at her that moment.

"I've seen An Ren, Liu Ru kowtows to you."

Yunniang pointed at Liu Ru who was kowtowing and said to everyone: "It's this shabby house, every time you come to our house You have to take advantage of it before you leave, that isI don’t know how I plan to take advantage this year. "

Liu Ru saw that the noble people in the room did not mean to blame her, so she smiled and moved the box to Yun Niang's side, opened it and said: "This is your dividend for this year, one thousand and fourteen. One hundred taels! "

Qian Duoduo glanced at the silver in the box and curled his lips and said: "That's it?

Yun Niang smiled and said: "That's enough. After all, our family's capital is only one tael of silver. After three years of hard work, we have received so much money. What is there to be dissatisfied about." ”

When Feng Ying heard what Yun Niang said, she looked at Liu Ru with a bit more amusement.

After Yun’s accounting office quickly settled the dividends according to the account books , gave Liu Ru a reply, and this year's settlement was completed.

Liu Ru had no intention of leaving, but kowtowed to Yun Niang again: "If An Ren can take what he received today. All the bonus money is left to the little woman to take care of. The little woman has the ability to increase the money by 30% in half a year.

Qian Duoduo rolled his eyes in a circle and said to Yun Niang: "Mom, if you give me the money, I can give you 40% more in half a year."

Yun Niang smiled and said nothing, Feng Ying stood up and said: "Silver is exchanged for silver dollars, and silver dollars are exchanged for silver. Madam Liu, I have a bigger business here, do you want to do it?" "

Liu Ru looked at Feng Ying in confusion. The person who could sit next to Yun Niang must be a noble person, but she didn't know who Feng Ying was.

Feng Ying looked at Liu Ru said: "I have a large army. I have been fighting endlessly over the years and have captured some. I need someone to supply military supplies to this large army. At the same time, I can sell the captured military supplies and gradually improve the lives of women and children in the army. Let me ask You, do you dare to accept it? "

Liu Ru thought for a moment and saluted Feng Ying: "But where does Lantian County belong to me? "

Feng Ying smiled and said: "I am the wife of Lantian County Zun! "

Hearing this, Liu Ru suppressed the ecstasy in her heart and saluted again: "Young lady, let me do as you please. "

Feng Ying immediately set her sights on Qian Duoduo, and Qian Duoduo immediately said: "No, I want to use it to make money.

Yun Niang smiled at the side and said, "Then half will be enough for each person." "

Feng Ying said to Liu Ru: "This is the best result I can get for you. "

Liu Ru smiled and said: "The little woman only wants to borrow ten thousand taels of silver and does not dare to ask for more. "

"Hahaha," Yun Niang laughed. The battle with Liu Ru was something she had been looking forward to for a long time every year, and this year was no exception.

Since the show that should be watched has been After seeing it, Liu Ru was also recruited by Feng Ying. What followed was nothing more than boring exchanges of money. There was no extra interest.

"Duoduo, if you like money, just watch it. , I went back to rest for a while for my mother. "

Feng Ying helped Yun Niang and left. Liu Ru also left happily. Qian Duoduo looked at the money in the room. For some reason, he lost interest in looking at the money and kicked it. Liu Ru brought the money and took the He Chang family to do it.People have returned to their own yards.

When Yun Zhao came back from the Fenghuang Mountain Military Camp, the settlement of silver coins by the tenants in front of Yun's mansion was still in full swing.

Today should be the happiest day for his mother, so Yun Zhao boldly went to see his mother.

When I walked into the inner house, I found my mother lighting incense on my father’s memorial tablet, so I followed her and bowed.

Just when I was about to speak, I saw my mother sitting cross-legged on the futon and preparing to recite sutras. I sighed in my heart, so I sat on the futon with my mother, opened the scriptures on the altar table, and prepared to accompany my mother to recite sutras again.

Reciting sutras every day is already my mother’s biggest obsession.

As the Yun clan prospered, my mother chanted sutras more frequently.

Yunniang knocked on the wooden fish a few times, then suddenly stopped, looked at Yun Zhao and said, "Is it really your problem?"

Yun Zhao closed his eyes and said in pain : "There's nothing wrong with the baby!"

Yunniang said again: "Master Xuanjing from Baiyi'an came to see Duoduo and Feng Ying for gynecology. She said they were strong and strong, and had no symptoms of coldness in the palace. Symptoms of hindering children and grandchildren."

Yun Zhao hit the wooden fish angrily and said, "Can you still recite sutras properly?"

Yun Niang leaned towards her son and pointed. The husband's memorial tablet on the table said: "Tell me, your father wants to hear it too!"

"Ah——"