Under the shadow of famine and banditry, where are the ordinary people in Henan still in the mood to think about the New Year's Festival, the gloomy clouds, the depression everywhere, and where there is the appearance of the New Year's Festival, it is really sad for the New Year.

Fortunately, the news that the governor had begun disaster relief came from Zhangde Mansion, which finally made people feel a little more energetic.

The people at the bottom of the disaster are all looking forward to the governor coming from Jiafu County as soon as possible.

The governor has not arrived for a long time, as if the news has always been about Zhangde Mansion Zhangde Mansion, and the people are anxious and can't help but speculate.

Inevitably, some malicious rumors were mixed in and quietly spread.

"Governor Shen has been in Henan every two days, and he has a large sum of gold and silver, grain and rice, and acres in his hands, what is this going to do?"

"Forcing the slightly richer ones to donate food and money for disaster relief, he became Shen Qingtian in the mouths of the people, clearly buying the hearts of the people and having bad intentions!"

And listen to this yin and yang strange tone, you will know that it cannot be said from the mouths of the people.

Looking at Shen Rui when he came to Henan, he moved towards the Linzhang Palace, and vigorously promoted the Qingzhang Fields, and first swept the hidden fields of the feudal mansions under the Zhao State, and it is not difficult to know who these words came from.

Wan Dongjiang couldn't help but be frightened when he heard these rumors, although he had already sent someone to send a letter to Shen Rui, he couldn't help but discuss with Tian Feng whether to do something.

After the Linzhang Palace, Wandongjiang's task of guarding Cishan was also over, and Shen Rui sent him to follow Tian Feng to other prefectures and counties in Henan to explore the road and prepare for the construction of the Henan branch of the Eight Immortals Carriage and Horse Shop and the Shunfeng Mark.

Their line is to Huaiqing Mansion, take Henan Mansion, Ruzhou, Nanyang Mansion; And Du Laoba set off to Kaifeng Dart Bureau to say hello, and then paved the way to Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion.

"The brothers who are doing business on this side of the road also know a few. Or ......," Wan Dongjiang said with a gesture of stirring water.

He has always been in contact with the Taoist, not only to recruit more people, but also to find out the truth of the troublesome bandits for Shen Rui.

Tian Feng has been in Shanxi for several years, and he has dealt with officialdom with sons and brothers like Zhao Hongpei and Li Xi, and he is very familiar with such political methods.

Therefore, he didn't care about comforting Wan Dongjiang and said: "Don't worry, the second master has a plan in his heart, and that is the only way to start." Back then, it was even more dangerous in Shandong than it is now. ”

He also advised: "You also remember, don't panic in the future, don't worry, don't think about it yourself, just do it, listen to something, immediately ask someone to send it to the second master, and if the second master has something to say, you will do it again." We are Jianghu people in the end, and we don't understand the twists and turns of officialdom, but don't do bad things with good intentions. ”

Wan Dongjiang nodded again and again, remembering in his heart that Second Master Shen had handed over the entire tailwind marker of Henan to him, how trusting, he must not mess it up.

Tian Feng lowered his voice again and said: "This rumor is indispensable to the Zheng Mansion, we are going to worship the mountain gate in a few places on the street, it is for them to inquire and investigate......"

King Zheng of Huaiqing Mansion was previously dead and had no children, and his cousin Zhu Youwei invited the prince to attack the prince, and he was not less active in the court.

King Zheng and his family have never been liked by the royal family, just in time for the introduction of the regulations of the clan at that time, so it is naturally a "childless country".

Zhu Youwei, the king of Dongyuan County, who failed to be promoted to King Zheng, spent a lot of silver, but the bamboo basket was empty, how could he be willing.

And Shen Rui, who was the first to advocate the regulations of the sect and the domain, came to Qingzhang Tianmu again, and he really went together with a new hatred and an old hatred, and it was strange if he didn't make trouble.

Wan Dongjiang couldn't help but say: "It would be nice if all the vassal kings in the world were like King Zhao......

Tian Feng tugged at the corners of his mouth, it was not strange for Wan Dongjiang to say this without knowing the inside story, so he didn't say anything at all, just smiled.

In the past month, King Zhao's reputation has changed dramatically.

Previously, the king of Linzhang rebelled, and even led bandits to attack the county seat, killing countless people.

Later, it was revealed that the kings of Linzhang and Tangyin had been in trouble for many years, and even the old things that harmed the people when King Xianzhao was still in Anyang City were also revealed.

Therefore, among the people, the prestige of Zhao Wangfu plummeted.

Since Governor Shen went to Zhao Wangfu, Zhao Wangfu began to take action and make every effort to save his own image.

First, he donated a large amount of rice and grain to help the victims, and then took the lead in supporting Jishantang - King Zhao and his son donated two years of rice for Jishantang's charity.

Later, the prince of Zhao came forward to contact several well-known medical centers inside and outside the city, carried out free clinics for the disaster victims and poor people, and provided basic medicinal materials for free, all the costs were borne by the Zhao Wangfu.

He also promised to build a medical center in each state and county in the next two years, with regular free clinics every month.

At the same time, Zhao Wangfu has donated three manors with good scenery outside the city, and cooperated with the government to build a academy, a medical hall, and an engineering school, and donated the 100 hectares of land brought by the manor to provide the expenses of the schools.

The academy is just that, only the reader will be interested.

The two schools are really livelihood projects - the medical hall and the engineering school are open to all the people of Zhangde Mansion to recruit apprentices, including board and lodging, and a certain amount of wages.

Leaving the teacher or something is an afterword, just this apprenticeship period to manage the food and pay the wages, not to say that it is particularly moving in the famine year, it is an ordinary year, ordinary people, can save a mouthful of people's chewing, and can also take the salary back to supplement the family, that is a great thing.

As soon as this move came out, it immediately caused a round of applause among the people.

Which of the people who have half the size of the family is not tempted?!

It's just that the school is still under repair, and it is said that it will not start recruiting people until the New Year, otherwise I am afraid that Zhao Wangfu will be surrounded by the people who come to the door with their children to beg for mercy every day.

After such an operation, the reputation of Zhao Wangfu was finally reversed.

In the middle of the month, the holy decree in Beijing arrived, and he first said two words that let King Zhao restrain the feudal government more in the future, and then praised King Zhao's benevolence, cherished the people, and shared worries for the king, and praised the prince of Zhao for his outstanding literary talent, ability and political integrity, and gave Zhuangtian a hundred hectares, and added Lu rice to King Zhao's father and son.

Although this imperial gift of Zhuang Tian is in Linzhang County, it was simply confiscated from the Linzhang Palace, and after clearing the acres of fields, the land handed over by the Zhao Wangfu is more than this, and the "loss" of the Jialu rice is even less than their "loss", but ...... In the end, this is a holy decree commendation, and the name of King Zhao, a virtuous king, is confirmed.

The talent of the prince of Zhao also spread.

Although the prince himself is not a vain person, he is still a teenager, and he is still very happy to learn that his poetry collection has been praised in Shilin in Beijing.

As a result, he also wanted to make a career more and more.

The first thing is to build a big academy that can compete with Shandong Penglai Academy!

The young man is full of energy, and he has prepared several elegant college names before, and now he looks at it too vulgar, so he is busy preparing for a banquet for the next year to invite scribe friends to come, brainstorming and thinking of a enough atmosphere!

King Zhao was also relieved to see that the emperor no longer pursued whether he was involved in the Linzhang counter-case.

He couldn't wait to ignore all the other things, and left it to his son to deal with, but he felt that spending some money to do good was nothing, and it was also accumulating virtue for himself.

When the grain truck from Shandong drove into the city of Zhangde Mansion, the prestige of Zhao Wangfu was unprecedentedly high-

The loaded grain carts and the heavy escort of the troops all attracted the attention of the people, and the originally deserted street was soon crowded with people watching the excitement, and the brave people asked loudly.

The soldiers who escorted the grain truck said with a thick Shandong accent that it was the grain and rice that Governor Shen dispatched from it, and Zhao Wangfu sent money to Shandong to buy it!

It is also said that some of them were donated by wealthy businessmen such as Lei Dashan and Lu Dashanren who were coming to Zhangde in Shandong to help guide the cultivation of silkworms.

The crowd of onlookers immediately boiled, shouting "Shen Qingtian", shouting "Zhao Wangfu's great benevolence and righteousness", and shouting "Shandong's wealthy households are decent and exquisite".

On the way to the preparation warehouse, sure enough, a large number of housekeepers from Zhao Wangfu came to guide the way and check the grain and rice.

It can be seen that the fruit is the grain bought by Zhao Wangfu, and the people praise each other, and the evils done by Tangyin Wangfu of Linzhang Wangfu are no longer counted on the head of Zhao Wangfu, but they all say that Zhao Wangfu is righteous and cares about the people.

Seeing that the reputation of the palace was getting better day by day, the prince of Zhao couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he was more and more willing to spend money, urging the medical hall to be built as soon as possible, and personally went to various disaster relief points to see the porridge and rice were perfunctory.

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This time, along with the Shandong grain truck, there are also Shen Lian, the three bedrooms and four masters of the Shen family, and several wealthy families in Shandong.

When Shen Rui ran Dengzhou, it was Shen Lian who took a weaver from Songjiang Mansion to the north to help Shen Rui build the Luban School and weaving factory in Dengzhou, and then Shen Lian completely settled in Dengzhou.

Whether it is the construction of shipyards, the development of islands, or the improvement of salt varieties, Shen Lian has been deeply involved.

Now Dengzhou and even Shandong are on the right track, and Shen Rui's "disaster relief" in Henan is the same "wasteland" work as at the beginning, and Shen Lian is eager to help.

The first batch of Shandong wealthy businessmen who came to Henan this time were also the first few big businessmen to join Shen Rui in Dengzhou, the Lu family, the Lei family, the Han family, and the Qin family.

The Lei family is good at managing mountains, and the Qin family is good at farming fields, both of which were sent by Shen Rui by name.

The two families did not dare to slack off, they were all the heads of the family who came in person, Master Lei with his son-in-law Li Xingtian, and Second Master Qin with his eldest son Qin Pei, obviously all responded to Lord Shen's call to do a big industry in Henan.

They not only obeyed Shen Rui's orders, but also believed in Shen Rui's gaze, the situation in the remote Dengzhou at the beginning could have the prosperity it has today, not to mention Henan, the hinterland of the Central Plains!

The Lu family is already deeply tied to Shen Rui, needless to say, it is needless to say that when Shen Rui wrote to Shandong, the Lu family's sixteenth lang had not returned in Liaodong, so Lu Qi's seventh master sent his eldest son-in-law Liu Guangnan and Lu Twenty-third Lang, a son of another clan, to help.

As for the Han family, their main livelihood is to raise sea boats for fishing, raise seafood in the sea, and run a large restaurant by the way.

But Old Man Han is a transparent person, and he said that the Han family can't be left behind in Lord Shen's affairs, and he can't go to sea in winter, so he sent Han San, Han Si, and Han all over.

said that fishing in the river and raising fish in blisters are all general routines, and asking the two sons to ponder and ponder carefully, it is really not possible to open some restaurants and inns in Henan, and it is also for Lord Shen to share his worries.

Han San and Han Si are all sad, Henan is a problem to eat in a famine at this time, and what kind of restaurant is opened? !

But Old Man Han is really not an ordinary temper, he is the master who can really pick up his crutches and chase his son to death, who dares to refute! hurriedly followed the families.

Since they came to help with the disaster relief, the wealthy merchants were not short of silver, and they also raised a batch of grain and grass.

It's just that bandits are rampant in Henan, and everyone is afraid of accidents, even if they are marked by the wind, they can't keep a lot of grain trucks, and they all consider whether to wait for the army on Jiang Yan's side to go south, and ask the soldiers of the guard to escort a section to join the army.

When he arrived at Dongchang Mansion, he happened to meet the people arranged by Shen Rui to take the steward of Zhao Wangfu to raise grain, and Pingshanwei was also greeted by Zhou Xian, and a large number of soldiers were dispatched to escort this batch of grain and grass.

The wealthy merchants were overjoyed, and hurriedly merged the grain carts to one place, and came to Anyang under the escort of the soldiers.

When they arrived in Anyang, Shen Rui had already gone to Weihui Mansion, and the new general judge of Zhangde Mansion was in contact with relevant matters.

And this new general judge is not someone else, it is Shen Xiu.

But after the siege of Wu'an County was lifted that day, Gao Wenhu handed the detailed battle report back to Beijing in accordance with the rules.

Heroic deeds such as the officials and people of Wu'an County who are bent on defending the county seat have the most appetite for Brother Shou, so they naturally have to write a special book, and they also seek rewards for the living and compensaries for the dead in this battle.

Brother Shou really appreciated it after reading it.

And Shen Rui also made a secret fold, mentioning that the patrol of the imperial Shi Du Min and the county magistrate Shen Xiu discovered that Zhu Youxing, the auxiliary general of the Linzhang Palace, was lawless, and he was able to quickly quell the "rebellion" of the Linzhang Palace, and these two people also had merit.

It's just that Du Min, as a patrol of the imperial history, abandoned the city and fled, which is a crime plus three degrees.

And this person had found the queen's mother's Xia family back then, and Brother Shou had a very bad impression of him, and he barely gave him a credit to offset it, but this official was also a man to the end - what kind of official did he do regardless of the people!

And for a well-known county like Shen Xiu who can fulfill his duties loyally, Brother Shou wants to be rewarded and promoted by good students, and he also wants to set a good example.

The Tongzhi of Zhangde Mansion has been empty for a long time, and He Hanzong has always been evaluated for his performance, and he has also contributed a lot in disaster relief, so he was promoted to Tongzhi, and Shen Xiu was promoted to Tongzhi.

Naturally, Wu'an County was promoted to the magistrate county, and the main book and history were all upgraded to a level, and everyone was happy.

And Yu Pan, the prefect of Zhangde, is "seriously ill and can't be a director", but now it is He Hanzong acting as the prefect.

Yu Pan pretended to be ruthless before, and it was not good to recover all at once, so he still complained of illness, thinking that Shen Rui would not stay in Zhangde Mansion for a lifetime, just wait for this killing god to leave, and he will slowly improve, and then the disaster situation in Zhangde Mansion will also be greatly improved, and he can harvest a batch of political achievements.

Before he thought that Lord Shen was "sympathetic to his subordinates", he specially asked the famous doctor of the army to come to see him, but he was said to be terminally ill, and he was only a coffin in one breath.

Yu Pan suspected that Shen Rui was going to use the topic to play and use "serious illness" to force him to become a leader. Phew, he is just when his career is just right, and he is still waiting for the good news in Beijing, maybe he can be promoted to a liter, how can he resign!

He was pushing the Tai Chi hand here, not wanting Governor Shen to make a quick knife, so he turned around and sent a team of soldiers to "guard" him, saying that he was afraid that he would "spare his life for the country", and asked him to live and raise him well, and then he would be a director after he was completely well.

Yu Pan was so angry that he smoked, but he was helpless, thinking that Shen Rui would not dare to assassinate him, so he pressed it for the time being, waited for the news in Beijing, and only hoped that the person surnamed Shen would not stay in Henan for long.

Yu Zhifu is not "seriously ill" for a day or two, He Han Zongyuan has also been an agent for many times for a long time, and the relevant matters have long been familiar, and there is no obstacle to take over.

And this time, not only was he not punished for the civil unrest under his rule, but he was also promoted, and was even hinted that he might become the prefect.

And because he was supported by Governor Shen, he also took a lot of care for Governor Shen's classmates to sentence Shen Xiu.

Although Shen Xiu is smart, he has never had a senior officialdom to give advice, so he will not get along with his colleagues when he is in Wu'an County. Now that he has He Tongzhi's point, he has also opened up a little bit, and he has a good reputation in the government.

Of course, the reason for leaning on the big tree of Governor Shen is indispensable.

Where in the government can there be a stunned young man who can't give Governor Shen's "classmates" a little thin face.

And when Shen Lian and his entourage arrived in Anyang, everyone found out that they had saved enough face for Shen Tongju, and it turned out that Shen Tongju and Governor Shen still had a bit of relatives who were cornering-

Shen Xiu unabashedly called Shen Lian "fourth uncle", and explained to his colleagues that his wife's aunt was Shen Lian's sister.

Everyone immediately treated Shen Xiu a little more politely.

In terms of classmates, there are a lot of people, not a hundred but eighty, still a teenager classmate, and it is different from the same year, and the relationship is not very valuable.

But it's not the same when you have a relationship! Even if the relatives have been abducted for 3,000 miles, they are much more solid than their classmates!

At that time, Shen Lian was also full of emotion for Shen Xiu's "uncle".

As soon as Shen Xiu called his uncle with Dong Shuang, he really let go of his identity as a descendant of the Shen family.

And the relationship between the Dong family and Shen Yan and Shen Xiu brothers ......

But it was the Bai family who took Shen Yan and Shen Xiu to the Shen family back then, and Shen Yan was able to teach in the Shen clan because he worshipped Shen Lian's brother-in-law Dong Juren as a teacher, and Shen Xiu was able to attach to the school.

Dong Juren likes Shen Yan's talent as a person, and he values him quite much, and he also wants to marry his daughter Sister Shu'er to him.

It's a pity that Dong Shen's short-sightedness, at that time, when the second room went south to choose an heir, Dong Shen's thought that Shen Yan had hope of entering the second room, so he hurriedly looked for the Bai family to set up a marriage.

As a result, the second room rejected Shen Yan and Shen Xiu's brothers to return to the sect with a concubine branch, and Dong Shen's family immediately denied this family affair without saying a word, but instead told his daughter to his nephew, Shen Zhu, the eldest son of the third room.

Thinking of this, Shen Lian couldn't help but smile bitterly, speaking of which, the people in the third room are really born cold, and the same is true for those in their own room, not to mention "outsiders".

At the beginning, Dong Juren was promoted when he was weak, but he failed to rank four times, and he could only return to his hometown to live in peace. For the sake of his status in the clan, Sanfang found an errand for his son-in-law Dong Juren.

In fact, there is also Shen Rui's biological mother Sun to help!

However, from the people in the third room to Dong Juren, they have never been grateful.

In fact, in detail, the Sun family has done so much for the clansmen, but how did the clansmen repay her!

Now, it is still the son of the Sun family, Rui Ge'er, a member of the Kenlaba tribe, and now how many people are taken care of by Rui Ge'er, and come out to work in Beijing, Shandong, and Liaodong, and save a family business.

He, Shen Lian, is not all thanks to Rui Ge'er's blessing!

Shen Lian is always extremely ashamed of the foolish things he did greedily at the beginning.

And the cool three-room, selfish and self-interested, what blessings will fall?

Look at Shen Yan, although he didn't return to the sect, but later he was also moved, married the daughter of the official eunuch, and now he is also a good official.

That Shen Zhu committed such a big crime, harmed his relatives, and even harmed the people of Songjiang, and was exiled for thousands of miles.

Dong Shen is even more self-inflicting bitter fruit.

Although they were engaged before, because of the dowry, Dong Shen and Mrs. Huda's aunt and sister-in-law had a few troubles.

Mrs. Huda felt that her son was the best talent, and in the future, she would be matched with a good girl with outstanding appearance and a lot of wealth, so she didn't look down on the Dong family, and later she directly tore the dough and gave up on her family.

However, when Shen Zhu was exiled, Mrs. Hu went to the door of the Dong family to beat her, not to say that Sister Shu'er was already Shen Zhu's daughter-in-law, and she had to follow to take care of Shen Zhu, and she also pulled out how much Dong Juren was brought by the Shen family back then, and scolded the Dong family for being ungrateful.

After such a fuss, Dong Juren had no shame to teach in the Shen family anymore, and hated the three-room entanglement even more, so he simply moved out of Songjiang with his family and went to Fujian to join the son of the donated official.

This matter was very big at the time, and as the patriarch Shen Qi also came forward to take care of it, but the third room pulled his neck and shouted that it was his own private matter, and it was also a fact that the two families had been married, and the clan couldn't control it, and it was difficult for the Qing officials to cut off family affairs, and Shen Qi had no good way.

Until the Dong family moved out, the matter was over.

The three rooms have long been separated, and Shen Lian's disgust with Master Hu is not a day or two.

Especially after Shen Zhu was exiled, the old man and his wife refused to take care of their exiled son, and scolded Shen Lian, who was the fourth uncle, for not having a conscience and not following to take care of him, which was really disgusting for Shen Lian.

When they went to make trouble with the Dong family and forced the Dong family to move away, although Shen Lian didn't look down on the eldest sister as a person, he also privately helped the Dong family with some silver taels, and there was still contact over the years.

Unexpectedly, after going around and around, Shen Xiu, the younger brother of the Shen family, married the niece of the Dong family again.

Shen Lian was full of thoughts for a while, Rao was so good at socializing and socializing, and he didn't know what to go back to when he was called by Shen Xiu's uncle.

Fortunately, there are many people around, everyone greets each other politely, and there is no shortage of topics to talk about.

When the grain and rice were put into the warehouse, the officials got busy.

This Shen Xiu's general judgment was to lead all the Lu businessmen to the government to meet He Tongzhi and some wealthy merchants and squires in the city.

Now that he had recognized his uncle, he wanted to travel with his uncle.

Shen Xiu didn't have a good impression of Dong Juren and Sanfang, and when the Dong family regretted their marriage, he was more angry than his brother.

But in the end, time has passed, and he has experienced a lot of things since then, and looking back at the "dishonesty" back then, it is really nothing.

After all, whether it was the Dong family or the three-room small long house, they didn't get any good results, but now that their brother has finally survived, his resentment has also disappeared.

What's more, those things back then had nothing to do with Shen Lian, the three-roomed and four-man who had been doing business abroad.

After getting into the car, Shen Xiu smiled first: "I heard that Brother Yao has already entered school?" What a blessing! Congratulations uncle! ”

Speaking of the most promising eldest son, Shen Lian smiled heartily, "There is finally a person in the family who loves to read, and I and your aunt...... Your aunt is really burning incense. I only hope that he can learn from your brother, and it will not be in vain for him to study. ”

Shen Jin is really a rare reading seed in the third room of the Shen family.

After being taken to Shandong by Shen Lian, he entered Penglai Academy, and he was assigned by the mountain chief Lan Zhu, and he himself knew how to make progress, and he made rapid progress.

At the beginning, Shen Rui asked for a "business registration" in order to attract investment in Dengzhou.

Only those who have land and shops in the local area, employ a number of local laborers, and have certain contributions to the local area, such as building bridges and paving roads, etc., and truly benefit the people, are allowed to attach, and those who study with business status will not be exempted from tax in the future.

Brother Shou made a decision to open a 'business membership', and the number of Shandong business students increased to 12, 20 students, 20 additional students, and one tribute in two years.

Although the conditions for business status are relatively harsh, the competition in those major imperial examination provinces in the south of the Yangtze River is so fierce that if they are not first-class talents, they may not have the opportunity to be a small talent in their lives.

Therefore, Shandong's move really attracted some wealthy businessmen and tycoons who wanted to rely on the imperial examination to change their courts to come to Shandong to invest and attach.

Now Shen Rui, who is attracting investment in Henan, also plans to use the trick of business registration, which is a later story.

However, he said that Shen Ying was also able to easily pass the exam because he took the exam in Shandong.

When it came to happy events, the atmosphere in the carriage suddenly relaxed, and the estrangement between Shen Lian and Shen Xiu dissipated a lot.

Shen Lian asked about Shen Xiu's injuries with concern, and greatly appreciated his righteous actions in defending the city.

Shen Xiu said with a smile: "It's just a skin injury, I had a high fever for a few days at the beginning, but the doctor who accompanied the army was clever, and the medicine was cured, and now I have almost recovered." ”

Shen Lianyin said: "We passed by Jinan Mansion, and also invited two famous doctors to come with us, and when we see Lord Tongzhi later, I will ask these two to have a good pulse diagnosis with you." The bones of the body are important, but they must be thoroughly raised. ”

Shen Xiu thanked him with a smile, and asked again: "Are these two famous doctors here to guide the cultivation of medicine?" I don't know when you can go to our Wu'an County? ”

Shen Lian couldn't help laughing and said: "You are no longer in Wu'an County now, but you are still thinking about making a living for the people of Wu'an, this is really the one who cares about the people!" ”

He also said: "Don't worry, Rui Ge'er has already made arrangements, and when the affairs of Anyang are settled, they will be seen in these counties of Zhangde Mansion." ”

Shen Lian invited these two famous doctors this time, not only to help Zhao Wangfu build a medical school, but also to take a look at the current situation of Henan medicinal herbs and manage the Henan medicinal herb industry.

In fact, the four major medicines of Huaidihuang, Huai Yam, Huai Chrysanthemum, and Huai Oxknee in Huaiqing Mansion, Henan, have been recorded in the "Shennong's Materia Medica" in the Han Dynasty and have long been famous in the world.

And Zhangde Mansion itself is also rich in medicinal herbs, Wu'an area has a large number of Atractylodes, Gepu, He Shou Wu, Linxian is rich in Codonopsis, Forsythia, Skullcap, Anyang, Fucheng also produces mint, smallpox pollen, winter flowers, etc., the resources are very rich.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties of Shen Rui's previous life, the temple fair of Zhangdefu Mountain Temple in Henan Province was a well-known medicinal material trading market.

This time in Zhangde Mansion, Shen Rui wanted to focus on the herb industry and planned to build the medicinal herb market in advance.

The medicinal materials of the surrounding prefectures and counties gather in one place, with a large output and a complete variety, which can allow the merchants of medicinal materials in the north and south to buy all at one time, and have the reputation of carrying medicine, so they do not have to worry about running out of sales.

When the brand is established, there will be more merchants coming and going from the south to the north, which will inevitably drive the rapid development of local related industries.

Shen Rui is ready to build Zhangde Mansion into a benchmark model, just like Dengzhou Mansion at the beginning, so as to promote the development of the entire Henan.

Of course, food is the foundation.

Shen Rui didn't expect those merchants who sold medicine to automatically transport food over on their own.

He will not give up on local grain cultivation, after all, making Henan a major grain-producing province is his ultimate goal.

He had already asked the Qin family to send some overseas seeds from Fujian to Henan for trial planting, and the first batch of experimental fields were those Wangfu Granges near Zhangshui and fertile land in Linzhang County.

It can be said that it is a multi-pronged approach to vigorously encourage cultivation by making great efforts to support Li Qi's water conservancy and irrigation projects, greeting several horse markets at the border gates to buy more cultivated cattle, promoting the Zhuzi Shecang to ensure the rational use of cultivated cattle and labor, and setting up "experts" to give heavy rewards to promote new planting methods in accordance with the old practice in Shandong.

Shen Rui also mentioned one or two of these plans to Shen Xiu.

Shen Xiu originally had the heart to benefit one party, and now he is even more energetic.

At this time, talking to Shen Lian about promoting the cultivation of medicinal herbs is also the first way, and it is obvious that he has done his homework.

Shen Lian was also happy to see him so capable, and he only hoped to complete Shen Rui's "big plan" as soon as possible.

The two chatted, and they inevitably mentioned all kinds of Wu'an County, and they inevitably mentioned Dong Shuang.

Shen Rui's letter to Shen Lian would not gossip about Dong Shuang's experience in detail, but only mentioned that Shen Xiu had married Dong Shuang.

Shen Lian didn't know how Shen Xiu and Dong Shuang got together.

Because Shen Lian was a relative of the Dong family, Shen Xiu mentioned Dong Shuang's experience, and politely inquired about the recent situation of Dong Juren's family.

Shen Lian didn't mention Sister Shu'er, so he could only say that everything was fine.

I couldn't help sighing, if Dong Juren was still in Songjiang back then, he would never let his widowed nephew force his niece to such a situation, but it is a pity that the Dong family had moved to Fujian at that time, and the mountains and rivers were far away, so how could they take care of it.

However, if Dong Shuang hadn't had that experience, I'm afraid he wouldn't have had this marriage with Shen Xiu now.

Watching Shen Xiu talk about Dong Shuang's various deeds during the defense of the city, his face was full of pride and pride, and Shen Lian was also happy for them from the bottom of his heart.

I can't help but sigh, in the dark, there is a fixed number.

Now, it's not bad.

*

When Shen Lian was negotiating with Zhao Wangfu on the construction of a medical hall and an engineering school, Shen Rui was preparing to leave in Weihui Mansion City.

In fact, he should have left a long time ago, he hoped to arrive at Kaifeng Mansion before the year.

It's just that it is more troublesome than he imagined to promote Qingzhang Tianmu in Weihui Mansion.

Because the king of Ru, whose fief was in Weihui Mansion, refused to see guests because of illness.

King Ru is the eleventh son of Xianmiao, and King Yi, King Heng, and Concubine Zhang are born. King Yi and King Heng were older, and they left the palace early to join the domain, one in Jiangxi and the other in Shandong.

King Ru was young, and was raised in the palace of the Empress Dowager of Zhou until the fourteenth year of Hongzhi.

There were rumors that the filial piety temple was not rich in heirs, and the Empress Dowager Zhou had several "little imperial brothers" such as King Ru, King Jing, King Rong, and King Shen in the palace, just in case.

In this Taimiao Sixiang turmoil, this rumor has risen again, but it has nothing to do with King Ru - because this prince is almost in his age, and his knees are still empty.

It is probably for this reason that he seems indifferent to all the affairs of the court.

Although his brother King Yi is in Jiangxi, he has no friendship with King Ning, but has a lot of grudges - King Ning in order to highlight his different status, he has done a lot to suppress other sects, not long ago when the imperial court issued regulations on sects, King Ning said that among all kinds of lawlessness in Zongzhi, it is also beneficial to the royal palace.

King Ning won the approval of the imperial court for this performance, and had the qualification of "training the lawbreakers of the sect", and intensified the suppression of other clans in Jiangxi.

King Yi hated it so much that the roots of his teeth itched, and he also corresponded with his brother and scolded King Ning.

This time, the little prince of Ningfu went to Beijing, passed by Wei Hui, and was not allowed to visit King Ru since he was young, but King Ru directly said that he was sick and did not give a copper plate.

And King You's other brother, King Heng, because he was in Shandong, had a lot of dealings with Shen Rui.

At the beginning, Shen Rui fought with King De's Mansion, and King Heng actually got involved. Houde Wangfu was silent, and there was no king of Jining County, and King Heng quietly retracted that foot.

Although later King Heng's Mansion also had some ideas about Si Xiang of Taimiao, and tried his best to create the image of King Xian, donate to the medical center, etc., Shen Rui was "regardless of his previous suspicions", and he also helped to promote it, and reported to the court, so that King Heng was also rewarded.

But King Ru did not have any good impression of Shen Rui because of this, on the contrary, he did not want to deal with Shen Rui because he was afraid of Shen Rui's various methods.

This is why he still claims to be sick and refuses to see Shen Rui.

The hidden fields of Ruwangfu naturally exist, but because there are no side branches and no heirs, there are few evil things, and they are not afraid of "Shen copying the family" to turn over the pigtails.

Shen Rui didn't want to forcibly go to King Ru's Grange to clear the acres of fields, after all, once there was a conflict, it would not only be King Ru who would be offended, but also King Heng and King Yi.

Yiwang is in Jiangxi.

Although King Yi and King Ning were at odds, and although King Ning was sure to fall, Shen Rui still did not want any variables.

Variable means more people, more soldiers, and more lives.

Shen Rui is not a saint, but he doesn't want to have unnecessary sacrifices.

Therefore, since King Ru did not cooperate, he planned to bypass it first and clear the rest of Wei Hui.

Of course, this will inevitably cause some big clans to take Ru Wangfu as an example, and it may also exacerbate some contradictions, but after all, Shen Rui and Liao Bo are both famous, and it is easy for any big clan to jump out and resist.

For this reason, Shen Rui also discussed with Liao Bo and left him to "guard" first.

When the big eunuch who scraped the ground heard this, he immediately patted his chest seriously, promising that he would definitely keep an eye on Weihui Mansion and handle all the disaster relief and clearance matters.

In fact, my heart blossomed, I thought that I would follow Shen Rui all the way, it would be difficult to get oil and water, but now I left him alone, and it was a big event like Qingzhang, so naturally there was a large amount of silver in the account. Lord Shen is such a good person!

"Good man" Lord Shen sneered in his heart, how I don't know what this eunuch thinks, but the time has not yet come, and when Henan disaster relief and Qingzhang are over, how to eat this guy has to vomit it out to Lord Ben!

The two discussed properly, and Shen Rui took Gao Wenhu and Zhou Xian's men to take the lead.

On this day, the group entered the boundary of Kaifeng Mansion and temporarily stationed in Yanjin County.

He was obviously tired from the desperate journey, and he almost collapsed when he rolled off the horse, and he was carried by the guards to see Shen Rui.

Shen Rui couldn't help but be shocked, knowing that if something big hadn't happened, he wouldn't be like this.

There was no secret room available here, so Shen Rui could only quickly send everyone down and ask the guards to guard the door.

Wang Stick drank half a pot of tea in one go, relieved his breath, and said eagerly in a hoarse voice: "The owner asked me to hurry up and tell the second master that Lord Shen Li was calculated by others, and was stolen by someone with imitation handwriting, and the book asked the little prince of Ningfu Taimiao to ...... it."

(End of chapter)