The old knife went back to get the "authentic work of Mr. Yu Que", and the owner of Nanyang put his younger brothers and sisters and two guests to the village.

On the way into the village, she told Shang Cheng that the new bridge and the inn and warehouse built here were given her ideas by the second girl. Erya said that there was no big market town for twenty or thirty miles before and after this official road to the north, and if a large inn could store the goods of mules and horses, she could make a lot of money by keeping her; At least it is more than Nanyang guarding the two or three hundred acres of land.

Shang Cheng smiled and didn't speak. Wanting to make a lot of money from a resting hotel is obviously just wishful thinking on the part of Erya and Nanyang. However, there is a warehouse standing here, at least worthy of this side of the land with mountains and rivers. Moreover, he also saw that the Zhuangzili in Nanyang was also pushing down the walls to build new houses, and half of the road leading to the princess's mansion was occupied by bricks, tiles, mud and sand. There are several houses and courtyards that have been built, there are mud and straw houses, tiled houses, and half-mud and half-tiles, all of which are about three upper rooms, firewood houses, stove houses, and livestock sheds, and they can't help but smile and say: "This is also what I learned from Erya?" "Although the merchant Zhuangzi used to be a Huangzhuang, but the steward of the Huangzhuang is not a kind person, I don't know how many black-hearted things have been done by the big bucket in and out of the small bucket, a good Zhuangzi, and this guy is like a slum. Er Ya is the most unaccustomed to such a person, the first time he came back to the village, he sent the steward to the official mansion, a board was beaten to the skin and flesh, twenty catties of iron shackles were locked, and the court sentenced him to move 800 miles and sent him to Hedong to raise horses. Then, as soon as the girls discussed, they began to re-plan the various forms of the merchant village, building new houses, building roads, digging farm tools, and digging ditches, and things were one after another......

"Yes." Nanyang said, "I heard Erya say that when you were in Yanshan, you often persuaded others to do this, so I wanted to learn it." ”

This time, when she spoke, she was no longer long and short, and Shang Cheng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. He looked around at the construction sites and the new courtyards on both sides of the street, thinking about the situation in Yanshan on one hand, and groaning on the other: "There are always all kinds of contradictions and disputes between the master and the tenants; It's the same everywhere. Within the scope of his ability, the main family helps the tenants and other villagers to do some things, such as building a road and a bridge or running a private school for Mongolian school, which can more or less alleviate the conflict. Especially in Gyeonggi, the contradiction between population and land has become more and more prominent, and if you do this now, it can be regarded as helping the imperial court to relieve the population pressure and alleviate the land annexation......" He suddenly remembered that this was not a discussion with the gentry in Yanshan, nor an inspection in the prefecture and county, but in the Zhuangzi of Nanyang.

He said to Nanyang apologetically: "Look at me, if you don't pay attention, you think that you are still in Yanshan as a commander." Don't blame me for being too talkative. ”

Nanyang smiled and shook his head. How could she blame Mr. Don't say that what Mr. said is not wrong, even if it is wrong, she can't blame it. She even felt that even if her husband was wrong, she would definitely try her best to prove that her husband was not wrong!

Tian Xiu, who was two steps behind and side by side with Chen Pu, also heard Shang Cheng's words. She was thinking about it, and was about to continue the topic of Shang Cheng, when Chen Pu spoke first.

Chen Pu looked at the new atmosphere of the village enviously, and asked, "Sister, it will cost a lot of money to repair the new bridge and the inn, as well as to appease those villagers, right?" ”

"Not much. I promised the tenants who had lost their fields, and when the inns and inns were repaired, I arranged for them to go in and be their men, so I only made up some money and food for them. It doesn't cost much to build bridges and build houses. Even with these things in Zhuangzi, it is less than two thousand. ”

"Where did you get the money? Didn't you borrow all the money and food you had this year? Chen Pu asked curiously, "Won't it be going again...... Borrowed it, right? Without waiting for Nanyang to answer, she said with emotion, "You are really willing." …… You, the bankers, are so lucky to meet a good master like you! ”

"Where am I that good?" Nanyang said with a smile, "I only pay for the road repairs, and these courtyards and houses are all paid by each family themselves." ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Pu and Tian Xiu felt incredulous. They all know that when the Ministry of Industry piloted new farm tools and new practices in Gyeonggi Zuojin last year, Namyang was the most enthusiastic and learned the most carefully, and she even helped farmers buy new farm tools. However, no matter how good the new farming tools and new methods are, it will not make every household in a Zhuangzi so rich in just one season, right?

"Not really. I just lent them the money and food to repair the house, and I repaid it in three-year, five-year, or ten-year installments without interest. Nanyang said.

"You're going to suffer a loss." Chen Pu made plans for her sister. She felt that if she didn't charge any interest for lending money to others, no matter how it was calculated, Nanyang would suffer a loss.

"I'm not going to suffer either." Nanyang disagreed with her and said, "Zhuangzi is only a few steps away from the inn, and the merchants who come and go stay and rest, maybe they will go to the village to take a walk." Seeing that Zhuangzi is neat and clean, which is a little stronger than the old inn in the big market town, you can naturally remember this place, and most of them will stop here when you pass by. I lent the money to the dealer to rectify the Zhuangzi, and the interest I lost was subsidized by the extra money earned by the inn. In fact, I took advantage of it. It was not easy for her to give Chen Pu the doctrine she had heard from Yue'er and Erya. After saying this, sweat broke out on his forehead.

Chen Pu didn't seem to understand what he understood, frowned and pondered for a long time, until he sat down in Nanyang's study, he still didn't feel the essentials, and he didn't bother to think about it, so he asked Tian Xiu directly: "Qingshan, you are a master of economics, is my sister's account right?" She really didn't suffer? ”

Tian Xiu nodded and said, "Sister Xiaoman is right, it is indeed the truth. However, Sister Xiaoman's words were a little unclear. However, Ying Bo Fangcai's words are extremely insightful, but they are similar to the opinions of Jiang and Jiang of our Ministry of Industry. A few days ago, I went to the yamen to do some errands, and I happened to meet Director Jiang......" As he was talking, someone outside the door told me that Shang Cheng's guard Lao Dao had arrived and asked for a meeting outside the gate. The book sticker that was looking for thousands of miles was in front of him, where could Chen Pu still care about talking to Tian Xiu, cheered, jumped up and ran out of the door. After a while, he came back with a long scroll, and the person was still in the courtyard, and he had already heard her shouting: "Sister, come and see, it is really the true work of Mr. Yu Missing!" 'If you can attack the heart, you will eliminate yourself on the other side, and you will know from ancient times that soldiers are not belligerent; If you don't judge the situation, you will be lenient and severe, and you will have to think deeply about how to govern Shu later. "How's it going, isn't it worse than your roll of 'Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water'?" He sighed again, "One by one, there is only one sentence on the volume, 'The twenty-third day of the first month of the Qing Zhao Dynasty is in Beijing', and I don't know when the volume was completed!" Who is this Zhao Fan of Cheongju? As she spoke, she had already entered the study and spread the long scroll on the table, side by side with Nanyang's long scroll. The two sisters, Tian Xiu, and the three women stood in front of the case and carefully examined and appreciated the two long scrolls back and forth.

The little princess Jiu'er was still at an innocent age, and she was not interested in what books and calligraphy were painted, so she took out a bamboo dragonfly from her purse and ran to the courtyard to play. Dingzhou Wang Chen Can's face was blank, sitting on the seat and not moving, a pair of small eyes without phosgene stared at the bluestone slab under his feet and didn't move, if he hadn't blinked from time to time, Shang Cheng almost thought that this person had fallen asleep. Shang Cheng was bored and wanted to say goodbye, but he came and left, which was not in line with etiquette. Standing up, I casually pulled a book from the shelf, sat down and slowly flipped through it.

"Yikes!" Chen Pu seemed to have made some major discovery, and suddenly snorted and said, "The words on this long scroll seem to be in line with the imperial court's use of troops against Nanzhao!" Could it be that it is a feeling? She lowered her head and thought for a moment, then suddenly raised her head to stare at Shang Cheng, and asked, "Where did this book sticker come from?" ”

"Oh, this seems to have been given to me by Zhou Xiang, the original Duanzhou general judge." Shang Cheng held the open book in his hand with a nonchalant look. "The year before last, he couldn't get along with Li Shen when he was in Duanzhou, so he asked me to transfer him to another position. Then he gave it to me. ”

"Zhou Xiang?" Chen Pu wrinkled his brows and thought about it, and seemed to have some impressions. But it doesn't matter, the key is how did this long scroll fall into Zhou Xiang's hands?

Shang Cheng grinned. Chen Pu asked this very strangely. Zhou Xiang sent him something privately, and he was embarrassed to ask where this thing came from? However, he still said: "Zhou Xiang is the proud disciple of Tao Qi, the prefect of Yanzhou, and it is said that his one-handed book already has Mr. Tao's eight-point fire." I also heard that he has half of Cao Cao's "Duguan Mountain" in his house, and in addition," he deliberately lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "In addition, I also know that he also has a fragment of "Shu Dao Difficulty" written by Mr. Yu Que in his house! His voice fell heavily on the word "fragment".

He first mentioned Cao Cao's book sticker, and then talked about the authentic work of "Shu Dao Difficulty", especially the mention of a "fragment" rhetoric. She immediately thought that this Mr. Youque, who had never been seen all over the world, was actually an ancient sage like Cao Cao, otherwise, how could there be half a book in circulation? Moreover, when she was in Yanshan, she had heard that there was a copy of Cao Cao's "Duguan Mountain", but after a long time, she couldn't remember whose hand it was. Thinking that Zhou Xiang was ruthlessly suppressed by Li Shen, he had to take out the family heirloom treasure and send it to Shang Cheng......

But she also had some doubts. She asked herself if she still knew Shang Cheng well, and she had never heard anyone say that Shang Cheng had a bad problem of greedy for money, how could he help Zhou Xiang for a sticker? She felt that maybe she should find someone to go to Yanshan to ask if Zhou Xiang really had half of "Shu Dao Difficult" in his hand.

She made up her mind, and when she went back, she wrote letters to Zhang Shao of Yanshan Weifu and Wei Mulu of Yanshan respectively, and asked them to go separately to find out......