Chapter 59: The Old Man (2)
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"The king, the generals under the command of the generals have assassinated each other, and more than a dozen thousand households have died at this moment, please calm down the civil strife quickly, otherwise my Great Zhou Realm will definitely be unstable!" Zhang Shixin half-knelt on the ground and reported to his brother.
"How can such a strange thing happen? Quickly recruit the city lords to come to see Lone. Zhang Shicheng said in shock.
The rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang has become a gentle township. Zhang Shicheng's subordinates will be corrupted from top to bottom. With a radius of more than 2,000 miles, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and according to the rich resorts in the world, he felt good at this time. In particular, when his younger brother Zhang Jiuliu was alive, he had recruited many famous scribes, such as Gao Qi, Yang Ji, Chen Ji, Zhang Yu, Yang Weizhen and others, to drink and enjoy in the shogunate all day long, singing and communicating. Zhang Shicheng and Zhang Shixin are the same, they like to invite guests, and give these literati and ink writers a lot of horses, living rooms, and scholars.
Although he lost some battles with Zhu Yuanzhang last year, he did not lose at all, and he also made peace with the Yuan court, so he closed the door and enjoyed the emperor-like free life.
But the news that came at present made him have to pay attention to it, although the looting and accumulation of property was his tacit consent, but if it caused internal strife, wouldn't it be a mess, and if the other party came to the door, wouldn't it be powerless to unite with the outside world?
"King, there is one more thing, Zhu Yuanzhang sent a three-way army to attack our territory from Changshu, Jiande Road, and Luo'an, and the king needs to send troops to resist as soon as possible." Zhang Shixin's face was a little flustered, and he reported to Zhang Shicheng again.
"Bastard! Why don't you report the military situation first? But first of all, he talked about the introverted property struggle, and quickly summoned all the generals in the army to the palace to discuss matters, and he must not let that heavy eight children capture any of my counties again. Last year's battle with Zhu Yuanzhang and the loss of Changshu still made Zhang Shicheng angry, and he couldn't help but shout angrily.
"Yes, the last general will immediately go and gather the generals!" Although Zhang Shixin was scolded, he immediately ran out with a cold face, although Zhang Shixin is Zhang Shicheng's own brother, but the generals are corrupted and live according to the land of one city, he Zhang Shixin is actually inferior to those generals, and at present, the generals of various departments have begun to suspect each other because their subordinates have been assassinated for unknown reasons, which makes Zhang Shixin see the hope that he has more power and wealth, so he will talk about internal affairs first when reporting to Zhang Shicheng.
Pingjiang (Suzhou) Mansion Zhouzhuang, Shen Wansan was already quite complacent at this time, after several years of operation, the Shen family has become the richest man in Jiangnan, and Zhang Shicheng because of the reconciliation with the Yuan court, but also for him to continue to pass through various places in Zhouzhuang? Spit out a large number of goods, and sell countless goods to overseas countries through Taiping Port.
Half of the crops produced between the fields are grain, and there are countless accumulations. In the past few years, the price of cotton fabrics has also increased several times, and there are endless wars in various places, no matter where the merchants come from, the first thing is to buy grain and cotton fabrics, which can be regarded as the two most important places related to the supply of the army.
"Do the math, my Shen family already has a net worth of nearly 10,000 taels, but unfortunately, if it weren't for wartime, I could spread the Shen family's business name all over the world, so that I could completely make the wealth of the world go into my hands, and then I would raise troops to win the world, what about the Minyue country? I, Shen Fu, can hold the world in my hands. Shen Fu sat in the study and carefully examined the account books, at this time it was already spring, and he was going to carry out the business plan for the new year.
"Young Master! Someone from outside the house visited, and Ding Yong in the house asked people to wait outside as usual, this is a famous post! A family member walked in and reported to Shen Fuyu.
"What is Shen Tong, the housekeeper, doing? If someone comes to visit, he can go to see me, unless King Cheng comes to see me in person, I am not interested in anyone else! Send this post to Shen Tong. Shen Fu said with some displeasure after hearing this, and threw the name sticker back to the family.
After receiving the name post, the family member said, "Young Master, wasn't Young Master Shen Tong sent to Hangzhou by you today to do business?" The old lady was sick in bed again, and the visitor from outside the door brought with him a number of very imposing men, and he said that if you open the name post, you will see him immediately. As he spoke, he glanced at Shen Fu with his eyes, and there seemed to be something strange in his eyes.
"Oh! Shen Fu was sent to Hangzhou, and he posted his name to me, and I will see which celebrity gentry is coming to see me. Shen Fu then remembered this, that uncle had recently made some big moves to summon Shen Tong to discuss matters, and he only cared about looking at the account books for a while and actually forgot about it.
But when Shen Fu opened the name post, his face showed a look of horror, and he immediately stood up and said, "How can this be? How can he still be in this world? Shen Sanqi, change my clothes quickly, I will personally go to meet him outside the mansion. ”
In his heart, he thought uncertainly: "He has been dead for months, how can he still appear?" It must have become a god and ghost, and it is useless for me to hide, I just hope that I can persuade him to leave with good words, and I will ask someone to build a temple to ask someone to keep the incense, so as to keep me safe. ”
"Young Master! Do you really want to greet that guest? Shen Sanqi couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"Yes! He is my younger brother Shen Wansi, he has already become an immortal, I don't know why he will come back to Zhouzhuang again, hurry up and change my clothes! Shen Fu said anxiously.
"Yes, young master!"
"Lord Shang, are you really sure that this Shen Wansan can come out to greet you?" Mu Yu asked softly beside Shang Yu in a colorful skirt.
"Big Sister Mu, Brother Shen Fu will definitely come out to greet me, although the news of my death is known to the world, but only a few people know the name of Shen Wansi, so I am sure that Brother Shen Fu will come out to see me, and I am here to discuss something with him, which will be of great help to Brother Zhu in winning Pingjiang Mansion in the future." Shang Yu also replied to Mu Yu in a low voice.
Behind Shang Yu, several men with calm faces were dressed in merchant clothes, but their faces showed a look of vigilance, after all, this was under the jurisdiction of Zhang Shicheng, after bringing Shang Yu from Taiping Port into Zhang Shicheng's territory a few days ago, Shang Yu began to order the secret soldiers lurking in Zhang Shicheng's army to start the assassination operation.
It would be quite difficult to assassinate the main general directly, but it was still extremely easy to kill some small Qianhu who were negligent, and they acted quickly, and after the assassination, those secret soldiers still pretended to be idle and hid in Zhang Shicheng's army.
"Lord Shang, if you hadn't insisted on coming to Zhouzhuang, we would have returned to Yingtianfu by boat, and the Generalissimo and Sister Xiuying would have been looking forward to your return a long time ago." Mu Yu said in a low voice, she sincerely admired the young man Shang Yu.
Only at the age of more than ten years to make such achievements, Zhu Yuanzhang has no second choice in the army, the strategy of the field, business management, iron ore smelting, war command, firearms restructuring, these fallacious jade can be seen in the eyes, as Ma Xiuying's most relied on female general, Shang Yu is simply the incarnation of a god.
"It doesn't matter! This Zhouzhuang is the last place we stop here with Zhang Shicheng, and after meeting with Brother Shen Fu, we will return to Yingtian. Shang Yu said in a low voice.
At this moment, the gate of the Shen Mansion suddenly opened, and Shen Fu strode out of the mansion in the official landlord's costume inlaid with gold edges, and shouted loudly: "Where are my four brothers?" My brother has come to meet you. It's just that there is a trembling voice between the words, obviously the fear in his heart.
"Brother Shen Fu, brother is here! I'm passing through here to discuss something important with you. Shang Yu immediately said loudly.
Shen Fu immediately walked a few steps in front of Shang Yu, Shang Yu's height was already more than half a head higher than Shen Fu at this time, Shen Fu raised his head and looked at Shang Yu and immediately said with a pale face: "Brother Xian, aren't you here to detain your brother's soul to the underworld?" ”
How could he not recognize Shang Yu in front of him, but he was a little strange why Shang Yu came to him from the underworld, could it be that Shang Yu knew about the fact that he wanted to kill Shang Yu back then? That's what worries him the most.