In the spring of Jiangnan, the wind came overnight, and the eyes were full of green, and it seemed that the cold winter had passed overnight. The fields, which had been silent for a winter, were noisy, and people were busy with spring ploughing. The palace change that happened in Tokyo in the first month of this year seems to have been forgotten by people as the cold winter passes.

In the Jingkou Splendid Pavilion shop. Zhang Xing came out of the weaving room and looked up at the sky outside. The sky is shining, but the cold of winter has not been removed, and there is still a biting cold in places where the sun can't shine. She sat in the weaving room, feeling that it was cold everywhere, and when she came out, it was a different world.

Xiao Deyu brought a cup of hot tea and handed it to Zhang Xing. Zhang Xing drank it, and then she felt a slight warmth in her stiff hands and feet. When she put the cup back, she smiled at Xiao Deyu, who was already combing the woman's makeup.

Xiao Deyu's face turned red, and he took the plate to clean up.

After Zhang Xing came back from Yuxian, he had a happy event with Xiao Xia and Xiao Deyu. These two people have worked together for a long time in the Splendid Pavilion, and they have a secret affection for each other. Years later, Xiao Xia begged to come to Zhang Xing. Zhang Xing asked Xiao Deyu what she thought, and saw that she was also interested in Xiaoxiao. And so it happened. Now, the Splendid Pavilion is in the hands of the two of them. Zhang Xing only came over occasionally to take a look.

Xiao Deyu took out the account books of Jinxiu Pavilion again, and said: "Since the New Year, the interest rate of our shop has not been as good as before, and the price of partial silk hemp is still rising. Look, what's wrong?"

Zhang Xing looked at it carefully, shook her head and said, "There are ups and downs in trading. The price of silk and linen is high, and it is not our family that collects it, you just have to collect it according to the market price. The embroidery of the shop is made of cloth, look at the counterparts in the town, if they increase the price. Let's go up with it. They don't move. Let's not start with this. ”

Xiao Deyu nodded in response.

Zhang Xing sat in the courtyard for a while.

She also went to the countryside to collect silk linen a few times. Prices are indeed rising, but the sales of shops are falling sharply. The reason for these things is not because of the ups and downs of the business as she said. Rather, chaos has begun to manifest itself from the subtleties.

Such a big thing happened in Kyoto, and the Gangneung county guard was replaced. Although they are a long way away from Kyoto, the chaos is still spreading. It's just not that abrupt. In the small town of Jingkou, most of the nearby farmers are illiterate, and most of the things in the outside world are passed on from person to person, and many things may only be discovered when things come to an end.

In the end, it is not what it used to be, and I have observed it carefully. I can still see that it is inappropriate in a slight way.

The Jingkou ferry port has been busy since the new year, and it is rare to see large ships here, because the ferry port is small and the water is shallow. However, in recent days, it is not uncommon to see more than a dozen large ships passing by on the river. Occasionally, after letting the boat dock, I hurriedly bought bits and pieces of things and sailed away.

There were not as many people in the bazaar as before, and the shops were deserted. The Daren Medicine Hall opposite their Splendid Pavilion had already changed to a grocery seller. Because of the recession, the shopkeeper Liu of the grocery store sighed all day long. I'm ready to quit my buddy.

Xiao Xia hurriedly came in, and shouted with joy on his face: "Madam, the second uncle is back." ”

Zhang Xing stood up in surprise.

Xiao Xia said happily: "Fang Cai has passed the word from the dock, saying that our second uncle's ship has arrived at the dock. ”

Wei Minwu took the horse gang to the northeast in October last year, but did not return due to the cold weather during the New Year's Festival, and this delay was several months.

Zhang Xing put on a dress and hurried to the dock. When I arrived at the wharf, I saw two boats with the insignia of the Yun family stuck next to the wharf.

The steward who led the ship to unload the cargo had also met with Zhang Xing many times, and knew that she was the sister in charge, so he immediately came over to talk.

"Little Sun Xin has seen his aunt and grandmother. ”

Xiao Xia stood behind Zhang Xing and asked, "Grandpa, are you still on the boat?"

Sun Xin shook his head and said, "Back to my aunt, we went to Yunnan at Xihu Ferry the night before yesterday, and we didn't come with the boat. ”

Zhang Xing listened to his words and was stunned.

After Sun Xin glanced to the side a few times, he leaned over a few steps, handed over a letter, and said in a low voice: "Grandma, there has been a fight in the southwest, and we are worried about the safety of our wife, so we will return to Yunnan halfway." Before leaving, he instructed his subordinates to give the letter to his aunt. ”

Zhang Xing's heart jumped, she and Wei Minwu both knew that what she asked him to take away was not trivial, and once the news leaked, it would be difficult for them to be at peace. Wei Minwu actually dropped the ship at this time and turned back to Yunnan, there must have been something important that he must have go.

Although Zhang Xing's heart was shocked, she didn't dare to show the slightest sign on her face. Ever since the Chinese New Year's Eve fright, she knew that she was no longer safe around her.

After she received the letter, she put it in her sleeve at once, nodded at Sun Xin, turned her head and said to Xiao Xia: "Help unload the goods, there are a lot of things, put them in the warehouse over there in the Splendid Pavilion first, and let the guys who keep vigil in the shop pay attention at night." ”

Xiao Xia answered, and brought someone to unload the goods. Zhang Xing watched from the side, and when the goods were halfway unloaded, she went home. When she arrived in the room, she didn't read the letter immediately, and after washing her hands and face, she only said that she was a little tired. Sun Baozhu understood, waited for her to be crooked, took the door out, and moved a few people to guard the door to do needlework.

Zhang Xing read the letter at this time.

After Wei Minwu's horse gang went out of the northeast, they changed to the waterway, and when they arrived at the Xihu ferry, they received documents from the southwest, and turned to the southwest halfway.

On March 28, there was a mutiny in the southwest army, and Mu Enhou took only three days to purge the Yan people in the southwest army, and issued a document to denounce the Yan family, saying that they reversed right and wrong, killed the prince, and tried to usurp the throne.

After Zhang Xing finished reading it, he lit a fire and turned the letter in his hand into ashes.

The news of Mu Enhou's move has not yet reached this side, the Southwest Yun Clan's horse gang is everywhere, and Wei Minwu has his own channels to get this news first. I think it won't be long before the matter in the southwest will reach Jianghuai. Liu Shenzhou on the Heyuan side couldn't bear it for a long time, if it wasn't for Xuanwei's general Luo Yong to stop him, maybe he would have crossed Hexi and killed Jianghuai a long time ago.

Luo Yong should be a member of Prince Huaide's family, and last year Prince Huaide replaced Concubine Yan's brother Wu Enhou with him. The prince rebelled, and the incident happened suddenly, and he was executed on the spot, and his descendants who wanted to come to Kyoto could not escape the involvement.

Luo Yong is far away, and secondly, his position elsewhere is important, and he can't change generals lightly. The Yan family has not yet sat firmly in Kyoto, and they have no time to pay attention to him for the time being.

But the prince was punished, such a big thing, General Luo may not be afraid in his heart, he didn't move for a while, I don't know if he didn't dare to move, or it was inconvenient to move. But if the matter of the Southwest Mutiny is broken and spread to Hexi, he will definitely make a move.

Will they respond to Mu Enhou, or let Liu Shenzhou cross the river, or will they simply start a new stove on their own? Either way, Jianghuai will definitely be implicated.

And the Shen family in the northwest has been secretly planning for so many years, and with such a good opportunity in front of them, how could they let it go?

Zhang Xing watched the letter turn into ashes, and buried it in the soil of the bonsai in the room. After a moment's squint, he summoned Sun Baozhu in. After changing his clothes, he went to the Splendid Pavilion.

Today's Splendid Pavilion has been the weaving workshop next to Hutchison has been summed up, one is engaged in embroidery trading, the other is specialized in weaving, and the back hall of the two shops has been opened up and connected into a large courtyard. The guys and weavers in the shops on both sides add up, and now there are twenty or thirty people, living in the hood rooms on the left and right

When Zhang Xing arrived at the Splendid Pavilion, Xiao Xia had already led the people to unload the goods on the ship and put them in place, and was reconciling with Sun Xin. When they saw her coming, they both came to pay their respects. Xiao Xia handed the account book to Zhang Xing, and said with a smile: "Madam, we have already done it, can you see if it is appropriate?"

Zhang Xing only flipped through it casually, many of the things she asked Wei Minwu to bring over were not written on the books, but the things she brought on the return trip were all written very clearly. Ginseng, deer antler velvet, cordyceps and agate are abundant in the northeast, and these are rare goods here.

Xiao Xia saw that Zhang Xing had turned over a few times, and there was no joy on his face, and he said with a smile: "In addition, the second uncle still has a boatload of rice, and I can't put it down here, I have already told my grandfather, and I will take someone to lead them directly to Yuxian County tomorrow." ”

Zhang Xing raised her head and asked, "How many?"

Xiao Xia immediately handed over another account book. Zhang Xing looked through it carefully, nodded and said, "Tomorrow, you find a clever person to take Sun Steward over." "Xiao Xia should be down. Zhang Xing turned his head to Sun Xin and said, "I still have some words to bother Steward Sun and give a little to Zhao Da, the shopkeeper of Yuxian Zhangji." She paused, "You tell Shopkeeper Zhao that the business of the rice shop is going to be tightened, and the daily maximum is not 30% of the previous one." The grain that had been transported this time could not be moved for the time being. ”

Sun Xin took the lead. Zhang Xing wrote another letter, asked Xiaoxia to call Xiao's mother, handed the letter to her, and asked her to leave for Jiangling immediately. After explaining these things, Zhang Xing said to Xiao Xia: "The matter of the Splendid Pavilion here, you don't care about it for the time being, you will start to collect hemp tomorrow, how much you will collect, remember, only collect hemp, don't silk for the time being." ”

Xiao Xia was puzzled, this is not the peak season for hemp, and he wants to collect it, but he is afraid that the price will be higher than some time ago. He was about to ask, but Xiao Deyu interjected and said, "Let you go and collect it, you hurry up and prepare, what are you doing?" She was already an old man beside Zhang Xing, and she had some idea of what she was doing. She has never shown it on her face, but this time she sent out so many things in a row, it is definitely going to happen something big.

Xiao Xia went out. Xiao Deyu saw that Zhang Xing's face was tired, so she hurriedly served her a cup of tea, and said softly, "Miss, do you want to take a break?"

Zhang Xing shook her head. She couldn't sleep. (To be continued......)