Suddenly, as if a thousand years had passed, Cui Ning woke up from a super shocking movie.

Looking up, the stars were sparse on the night of the full moon, and Long Yi, Long Da and Wan Xinglong looked at themselves with big eyes.

"What time is it?" Cui Ning woke up and walked out of history, "What did you all see?"

Wan Xinglong looked down at the ancient well again, "It's been almost two hours, the three of us have already woken up, and then seeing that you are still in a trance, I didn't bother you, that proves that you must have more than we saw."

Long Da and Long Yi also have some memories, "It's like a movie, the two of us see the same, Li Shimin and Li Xuanba brothers, they should also be twins, but they have different fates"

"What I saw was the story of Shen Wansan's life, how he became a wealthy businessman, and the establishment of the Southern Dragon Capital"

"What does Shen Wansan's cornucopia look like" Long Yi was very interested.

"Shen Wansan really doesn't have a cornucopia, but he has wisdom that transcends the times, of course, I saw it, I don't know if it's the truth of history," Wan Xinglong said.

Shen Wansan can be said to be a legend in the history of the Dragon Kingdom, a person who is truly self-made and rich and invincible. However, there is no accurate record of how he made his fortune in the official history.

The first statement, according to the "Zhouzhuang Town Chronicles", there is a rich local businessman, named Lu Deyuan, he is Shen Wansan's old employer, very much appreciate Shen Wansan's intelligence, he has no children in his later years, and he is afraid of huge wealth trees, he sees through the red dust and gives all the assets accumulated by several generations to Shen Wansan.

Another theory is that Shen Wansan's father moved his family to Nanxun Town, Huzhou, and developed a large area of fertile land that had been abandoned.

The Shen family mastered a highly efficient drainage technique, so they bought other people's farmland for farming, and thus accumulated a large fortune.

After becoming a family, Shen Wansan understood that relying only on the industry accumulated by his ancestors, sooner or later, he would sit on the mountain. He was no longer satisfied with pure agricultural farming, and natural and man-made disasters were rampant at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the farmland could not be continuously cultivated due to various force majeure factors, nor could it bring stable income to farmers.

In exchange for food, to escape the war, or to pay heavy government taxes, the peasants had to sell their farmland to landlords at low prices.

Jiangnan was the richest place at that time, as early as the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a proverb that "Suhu is ripe, the world is full", and the tax in this place is also the heaviest.

After owning more and more land, Shen Wansan gathered tenants, leased land, hired farmers, and distributed usury at rolling interest.

And if you want to be rich and rival the country, it is far from enough to rely on the identity of a feudal landlord.

Shen Wansan faced the sea, inspected the large ships full of goods, and the blueprint in his heart had already been laid out: he wanted to open up a shipping channel for business to the South China Sea and even beyond.

His fleet traveled from wharf to wharf, cleaving the waves at sea, and finally came to the South Seas. The porcelain, silk, tea, and paper of the Dragon Kingdom were very popular there, and Shen Wansan also bought their pepper and spices cheaply, and this voyage amassed a huge fortune for him in a short time.

The greater significance lies in strengthening the material exchange between the two sides of the ocean. We know that the shipbuilding and navigation technology of the Ming Dynasty was already very advanced, and later Zhu Yuanzhang's son Zhu Di sent Zheng He to the West, but only to "promote the prestige of the country" and give things to others for nothing.

Shen Wansan's idea is undoubtedly forward-looking. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, I heard that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to build a city wall, and Shen Wansan, who had been delivering materials to Zhang Shicheng, saw the wind and took the initiative to find Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that he was willing to take out assets to share the worries of the monarch.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed when he heard this, saying that even if he turned the internal treasury and the treasury upside down, he would not be able to take out so much money. Shen Wansan asked for a military writ, saying that if the completion was overdue, he would be disposed of.

According to historical records, the two even conducted a construction progress competition, one side is the royal team represented by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the other side is the private team represented by Shen Wansan. It is equivalent to half of the Southern Dragon Capital City built by each of them.

When Shen Wansan changed the dynasty, he played many roles left and right, helping Dayuan transport grain and grass, and contributing money to support Zhang Shicheng's army, and later he was eager to show loyalty to Zhu Yuanzhang.

He obviously felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's appetite was far greater than the previous two, but it didn't matter, what he had was money. According to the record of "Liuqing Journal", after the construction of the city wall, Shen Wansan took out 2,000 ingots of platinum and 200 catties of gold, saying that he would help the emperor reward the three armies. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, and the army that rewarded the Son of Heaven obviously touched his bottom line.

As for the ending of Shen Wansan in the end, there is no record in the official history, so Cui Ning is also a little interested in this person.

"Tell me, what thoughts does Shen Wansan have that transcend the times?"

"First of all, he is Zhang Sanfeng's apprentice, which is amazing, next to a big tree.

Then, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he was not only the first to start overseas trade, but also almost monopolized the manufacture and sale of weapons at that time, which was why Zhu Yuanzhang was always uneasy about him.

Also, he has always been based on the land, most of the land in Jiangnan is his, and in addition to planting, he relied on renting and establishing a bazaar, which is equivalent to building a new city on wasteland, including the city wall of Nanlongdu, which seems to be a competition between him and Zhu Yuanzhang.

In fact, it is equivalent to the emperor advertising him, because he had the largest construction team and the technology and team for the production of wall tiles at that time, and all the estates of wealthy merchants in the country, as well as the infrastructure construction after the founding of the country, basically used its construction team. ”

"Sure enough, he is a genius, and the emperor is also used by him, which can be regarded as using each other, but it's a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang is afraid that he will rebel, or that he is still not confident in himself" Cui Ning thought for a while, "Maybe what we see is something in our hearts, but it is also related to historical changes, maybe this well really condenses too much energy, which can reflect history and our hearts, after all, Li Shimin and Li Yuanba have nothing to do with this palace"

"Brother Cui Ning, what are you seeing?"

"I, from Liu Bowen to establish Longdu City, Zhu Yuanzhang revolted, then Zhu Di usurped the throne, Zhu Yunwen disappeared, Chongzhen committed suicide at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty was established, and then Cixi at the end of the Qing Dynasty ordered the eunuch to throw Concubine Zhen into the well, and almost read the major events in the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties, isn't it amazing?"

"Brother Cui Ning, what is your heart?"

"I ......" Cui Ning thought for a while, "Maybe I want to know more about the truth of history, but many of them are similar to those recorded in the wild history, after all, there are a pair of eyes watching and recording each era"

"According to what you said, my goal is to be the richest man in the Dragon Kingdom" Wan Xinglong smiled lightly, "After watching Shen Wansan's life, I really feel that I have learned a lot of the essence of doing business."

"A magical well" Cui Ning stood up and moved his waist slightly, "Jiang Lao also gave us a task, saying that he wanted to understand the shadows that often appear in the middle of the night, it's almost 3 o'clock, and I haven't seen any shadows."

"It is said that there are a few areas that are not open," Wan Xinglong also learned about the basic situation before coming, "and these shadows themselves are super sensitive to certain energies, or some recent things are a little subtle, not to mention that there are manipulators behind the scenes."

"That being said, a few old-timers haven't found any clues, so we can only try our luck"

"Then do you want to separate, after all, it's too big, it's dawn in another hour or two, let's try to find some clues" Long Da is obviously a curious baby.

"It's okay to be separated, but you can't be alone, I'm with you Long Da, Xinglong you and Long Yi, you must pay attention to safety, don't have an accident"

Long Da and Long Yi looked at it, "Okay, listen to Brother Cui Ning"

Cui Ning took Long Da, Wan Xing Long and Long Yi, respectively, to the depths of the old palace in different directions, due to the arrangement of the superiors, all the areas that are not open to tourists are not padlocked tonight, and those areas that are not open are clearly marked, and they are easy to find, the only problem is that compared to the group of four people, the old palace is still too big.

Separated from Wanxinglong and Long Yi for more than ten minutes, the boss followed Cui Ning around the old palace for more than ten minutes, and found nothing except the quiet and black hole palace wall, which was inevitably exciting.

Cui Ning also saw the boring of Long Da, after all, he had just finished a wonderful movie, and looking at these palace walls again, it was inevitable that there would be a lot less thrill and fun, and he smiled secretly in his heart, and said softly to Long Da:

"Why don't we go to the top of the eaves and take a look, stand high and see far away, we should find something, what do you think?"

"Okay, okay, this is a good idea" Long Da's curious baby nature exploded, "It's too boring to go around like this"

With the efforts of two people, the palace wall of two or three meters is as easy as a palm, and although the building of the former dynasty has gone through hundreds of years of wind and rain, its solidity is obvious to all, which shows the mind and level of the original craftsman, coupled with the scientific maintenance in recent years, stepping on it can be said to be walking on the ground.

Two people from the palace wall to the top of a higher palace, standing on a high place to see the night of Longdu has a unique view, the old palace is a few kilometers radius is not high-rise buildings, one is to maintain the style of the ancient city, plus the new state government agencies are in this vicinity, but also for the need for security.

At three o'clock in the morning, there are only sporadic lights in the city, as well as occasional car lights on the road, including the dim lights in the old palace, especially some important attractions are to ensure 24-hour monitoring, so standing on the palace can see the general scenery of the old palace, but I don't know which hall Wanxinglong and Long Yi have arrived, and they look at a cold scenery.

"Brother Cui Ning, look there, there, there seems to be a light flickering" Long Da and Cui Ning looked in different directions, just saw some bright light somewhere, and shouted softly.

"Which location?" Cui Ning's mind was very delicate, and he felt a trace of unusual taste from it, "Which direction, over there, it seems to be the direction of Chuxiu Palace, it's too far to see clearly, don't go down, go directly from above"

The light body kung fu of the two people is also extraordinary, walking on the palace wall like a civet cat, plus the direction of walking on it is more accurate, and there is no need to take a detour, in less than five minutes, they will arrive at the position of light and flashing, which is Chuxiu Palace.

The two of them stood still in the dark on the palace wall more than ten meters away from Chuxiu Palace, holding their breath, thinking about the legend of Chuxiu Palace, they were inevitably a little excited.

After standing for a minute or two, I could only hear a whispering in my ears, and it was like some kind of sighing sound, just because Chuxiu Palace itself did not have a lighting system, and the wind itself was sound, so the noise seemed to be there and was unpredictable, if ordinary people would have been frightened, it was a pity that the two of them tonight were not ordinary people.

After another two minutes, the murmuring increased significantly, as if mixed with the woman's * and cries of pain, and the sound of chaotic footsteps, and in between, there were more shouts, which could not help but be a little oozing in the middle of the night.

Cui Ning and Long Da made a look, and the distance of more than ten meters fell from the high wall for only a second or two, and then the two of them invariably lit up the strong flashlight in their hands.

The flashlight is a special product of the army, which integrates the latest technologies of miner's lamp and fog lamp, plus laser positioning and other technologies, and can even be used with snipers in some major incidents.

Used in such a deep palace in the middle of the night, it can be said that it shines like the sun in June and July, and it is like an explosion of energy.

It's a pity that the lights are too strong, and the scenery of Cui Ning and Long Da dissipates in only three or five seconds, even if it is only three or five seconds, Long Da is also dumbfounded, and he doesn't believe the scene in front of him.