"My lord, after calculation, the tea and salt in the warehouse can be sold outside the fortress for 120,000 taels of silver, and the rest of the goods are only suitable for the south, and 80,000 taels of silver can be obtained when brought to the area of Huguang Mansion."

Wang Xian, the elder brother of the two brothers, was holding the abacus with one hand and calculating, while reporting endlessly.

After listening to his report, Wang Zezhi nodded and said.

"Very well, I want to divide the industry into two parts: the north and the south.

The south is responsible for the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, from Wuyi Mountain and Huguang Mansion in Fujian Province to buy back the best tea, and then go to Yangzhou to buy back the best salt.

After buying back the goods, they arrived at Hankou by land and water, from Hanshui to Xiangyang, then to the north of the Tang River, and then changed to the land route, and were transported north by horses to Pingdingshan and Luoyang, and returned from crossing the Yellow River.

After returning, the northern part was in charge, and the northern part was transported from Shanxi to Zhangjiakou or Guihua City through Zhangjiakou or Guihua City, using camels, to transport them to Kulen and Kyakhta to trade with them, or to Fushun to trade with Huang Taiji. ”

The brothers' eyes lit up, they had long wanted to trade like this, but they didn't know the route, and they didn't dare to go south or north rashly.

Because these routes are in the hands of wealthy families, it is easy not to tell anyone.

Now that the two of them know the specific route, they both look at Wang Zezhi eagerly, eager to start trading immediately.

"Not yet." Wang Zezhi shook his head.

"Why?" Wang Xian asked puzzled.

"We have to get through the difficulties in front of us, and in a few days, the Wenju people will lead more than 1,000 people to attack the village.

Okay, the two gentlemen will go to rest first, and we will discuss the business matters later. ”

Wang Zezhi instructed his subordinates to arrange a place for the two to live and send them to rest.

He left Shan Tongshan to speak alone.

"Staff Officer Shan, what do you think of this battle?"

"My lord, why do you want to test your subordinates?"

"Oh?"

"When the people outside the village dug a ditch, their subordinates went to see it, and this ditch and the battle array will be of great use, and I expect that the adults have won the ticket."

"Very well, don't tell the two of them just yet."

"Yes."

Shan Tongshan stepped back and pondered Wang Zezhi's words.

This is to test the two brothers, whether these two are really willing to take refuge or not.

"Good boy."

"Prince Wang."

Shan Tongshan came to the residence of the two, saluted and exchanged pleasantries, and the three began to talk about business.

"The good boy once said, the lord is the master, and when I saw it today, it was really extraordinary." Wang Xian said.

"The good boy once said that when you were poor, the adults did not dislike it, greeted you barefoot, and treated you as a guest.

Shan Tongshan was quite proud, nodded slightly at the two, and said: "Now, the adults have reached the point of life and death, are you still willing to follow?" ”

This is temptation.

Second, Wang Shan frowned and hesitated.

"Hahaha... Good you are a good son, although our two brothers have never been lifted, but they are not straw bales. Wang Xian laughed angrily.

"Wang Gongzi, what do you mean by this?" Shan Tongshan asked with a smile.

"Hmph, when the two of us came, the people outside the village, from the old man to the three-year-old child, none of them were sad, although they were working, they were all happy, it can be seen that they were willing to come to work.

What is it?

This is the will of the people, and the court has never had it.

Look at this stockade again..."

Everything was in order in the stockade, and there was no panic in the slightest.

The kitchen was busy making food, and the people cut down trees on the spot, dug up stones, and transported the finished rolling stone sassalwood to the head of the village.

"Do you think the two of us can't see that this adult Zhizhu is in his hands?" Wang Xian glanced at Shan Tongshan coldly, obviously a little unhappy.

"But I was abrupt, I apologized to the two of you." Shan Tongshan bowed as he spoke.

Wang Xianlian said that he didn't dare, so he helped him in vain.

Later, the three of them chatted about it.

Wang Zezhi was almost done with what he was going to write, he looked at it with satisfaction, and asked someone to invite Shan Tongshan.

"Your Excellency." Shan Tongshan arrived at the Zhongyi Hall and gave a salute.

"Shan staff officer, come and take a look." Wang Zezhi held a pile of written textbooks and showed them to Shan Tongshan.

"My lord, your words are ready to enter the room."

"Ahem, that, it's not about the words, it's about the content."

This is a copy of Song Kai's calligraphy, from the third grade of primary school to junior high school, how can it be bad.

That's not the point, though, it's the content.

"Why do we need to read and write, our Da Ming, why do we become homeless..."

Shan Tongshan's hand shook and almost dropped the paper in his hand to the ground.

"What are you, my lord?"

"Today I was on the gate of the village, and I saw the old man and the children, they were all digging pits and working there for money and food, and my heart ached.

Lao Suo should have enjoyed his old age in peace, and children should have played and read, but now they all came out to work for food.

Why is that? ”

"My lord, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and it is not a matter of one place for Lao Suo and children, and there is no place today that is not like this.

Adults are already good here, but if they go elsewhere, Lao Suo and children will not even have a way to live. ”

Shan Tongshan thought that Wang Zezhi was overflowing with sympathy, and hurriedly explained.

"Then do they know why they ended up here?"

"My lord, they don't know."

"That's the problem, so I'm going to let them know why they're having such a hard time."

Shan Tongshan understood as soon as he heard it, Wang Zezhi wanted to open up the wisdom of the people rather than fool the people.

"My lord, these remarks can be written and passed down to the world."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

"Thank you, sir."

Shan Tongshan held the textbook written by Wang Zezhi, looked at it seriously, and made some revisions from time to time.

"My lord, Yu Zhong asks to see you."

"Come in."

Yu Zhong came back, and as soon as Yu Zhong came in, he looked at Wang Zezhi in high spirits, like a man seeing a beautiful woman.

Wang Zezhi shuddered, touched the hair on his arm, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

He asked him how it was to inquire about Wenjuren's attack on the village.

"The Wenju people gathered 1,304 people to attack the village, 20 siege ladders, and a cannon to defend the city of Shouyang City, which will be attacked in a big way the day after tomorrow."

Yu Zhong knelt on one knee and reported.

It was ahead of schedule, and it seems that Wenju people are ready.

"How's the rebellion going?"

"The county garrison has not received food and salary for six months, so this rebellion is quite smooth, and eighty-seven people are willing to respond internally, this is the alliance letter they wrote."

Yu Zhong handed over a post with the signatures and handprints of various garrison officers and soldiers.

"Okay, nice job."

With this covenant, there is no fear that they will repent.

Wang Zezhi heard Yu Zhong's report and drank tea happily.

"My lord, there is another great joy."

Yu Zhong looked at Wang Zezhi eagerly, and he was uncomfortable.

"What's the happy event?"

"There is an angel in the middle of the court, who just arrived in Shouyang City at noon today, and at this moment Shouyang Zhixian is picking up the wind and washing the dust for him."

"What is an angel?" Wang Zezhi asked puzzled.

Could it be a birdman with wings?

"It's the husband in the palace." Yu Zhong explained.

"What is the husband in the palace?" Wang Zezhi was even more puzzled, could it be that there was still a husband and wife in the palace.

"My lord, Yu Zhong is talking about eunuchs in the palace." Shan Tongshan couldn't help but explain.

Wang Zezhi, who was drinking tea, heard this, and squirted out a mouthful of water.

, in the Ming Dynasty, the husband turned out to be a eunuch.

Wang Zezhi asked puzzledly: "How can it be a great joy that there is a eunuch in the palace?" ”

"My lord, he is an angel of the decree, and he has come to give you a decree."

"How do you know?"

"My lord, at noon today, the magistrate of Shouyang County and dozens of civilian, official and military generals greeted the angel one mile outside Shouyang City, and the accompanying officers and soldiers have been bought by us, hehe..."

Yu Zhong proudly made a contribution to Wang Zezhi's invitation.

"You're doing a great job."

"My lord, I'll teach you how to speak from that eunuch."

"Okay."

Yu Zhong coughed his throat, cocked his orchid fingers, twisted his buttocks, and said in a shrill voice.

"Our family was ordered by the emperor to announce the decree to a little thing named Wang Zezhi, if it weren't for the holy order, our family wouldn't have come to this kind of place where birds don't.

Hum! ”

"Poof~" This time it was Shan Tongshan who was drinking tea who squirted out.

"Rude faux pas." Shan Tongshan hurriedly apologized, hugged his fists and said, "I learned very well." ”

"Okay, you've done a good job, but it's not enough, no matter what you do, I want to know the content of the Divine Decree."

"Yes."

Yu Zhong was ordered to excitedly spy on intelligence, and he found that since he started doing this kind of espionage thing, every time new information arrived, he would be inexplicably excited.

It's a sick mentality, like the paparazzi will be thrilled to find out about someone's privacy.

After Yu Zhong left, Wang Zezhi's mood was a little heavy.

What is in the Divine Decree?

It's not going to be for him to cut himself, right?

If Chongzhen wants to kill him, where can he flee to?

Is it possible to flee back to Shaanxi to coerce the displaced people to do things?

No, that's not what he wants.