(The old chapter was warned.,There's no way to have to rewrite a chapter.,If there's a discrepancy with the plot of the previous chapter, please forgive me.,There's no way to harmonize the gods too much!) ）

Ma Cheng returned to his small courtyard in fear, and even Gu Changwei didn't pay attention to him and asked him to say goodbye, but went back to the house directly. To tell the truth, Ma Cheng regretted this matter after his mind cooled down, but what else could he do after he had done it?

Gu Xiying was very curious when she saw Ma Cheng like this, but Gu Xiying's concubine dared to ask the second master why he had such a demeanor, and Gu Xiying had no choice but to go out to help his brother Gu Changwei clean up the tools in the courtyard, leaving Ma Cheng to sit quietly in the house alone.

Ma Cheng waited in the house from noon to evening, and his mother Gu did not send anyone in the backyard, Ma Cheng estimated in his heart that Zhang did not dare to make a noise when he went back, thinking that Ma Cheng finally put down his hanging heart.

At this time, Gu Changwei has already left, Ma Cheng is now married, and Gu Changwei, who is a long-term follower, cannot live here in Ma Cheng, even if Gu Xiying is his own sister, so now Gu Changwei has to go back to his home every day to live.

Gu Changwei left, and the side room naturally became Yahuan Chunlian's residence, and Ma Cheng came out of the main room and saw Gu Xiying and Chunlian cleaning the side room.

When Gu Xiying saw Ma Cheng come out, she hurriedly saluted and asked, "Is the second master hungry?" The slave family asked Chunlian to prepare the meal! ”

Ma Cheng, who was frightened on this day, had the heart to eat, he looked at the sugar boiling tools placed on the side and asked, "Little sister, your brother is gone?" ”

"Yes, my brother left an hour ago! I also said hello to the second master, didn't you hear? ”

Ma Cheng didn't pay attention to something in his heart at that time, and when he heard Gu Xiying say this, he asked, "Oh, I didn't hear it when I was sleeping." Finished boiling the sugar? ”

Gu Xiying heard Ma Cheng say this, and took out a cloth bag from the tool pile, which was bulging with half a bag of things, Gu Xiying opened it and said: "Second master, look, at this time, my brother boiled more than 30 catties of sugar in the afternoon!" ”

Ma Cheng went out to look at the white sugar and some of the remaining waste, in addition to the remaining residue of white sugar is also a good thing, the remaining residue of the first precipitation is sugarcane crumbs, although most of the white sugar is dissolved in water, but the process of the Ming Dynasty is not perfect, and a small part of the sugar remains in the residue, which is a good raw material for winemaking. The rum that the pirates liked to drink in later movies came from this sugary residue.

The second precipitation of the remaining calcium carbonate, this kind of thing was very useful in later generations, but in the Ming Dynasty, it was only used as a paint. Ma Cheng scooped up the precipitated calcium carbonate with his hands, and suddenly thought that he could dry this kind of thing into strips, that is, it became chalk.

According to Ma Cheng's estimate, he will soon recruit pro-soldiers, and these pro-soldiers will be middle and senior officers of his own army in the future if nothing else. Most of the officers in the Ming Dynasty were illiterate, and Ma Cheng didn't want to bring out a bunch of illiterate Qiu Ba. Therefore, Ma Cheng has already planned the training plan of the future army, that is, to build a new army with ideals and morals.

However, it is still a little early to think about this, now there are only eleven people under Ma Cheng, and there are only twelve including Gu Changwei, which is still far from being formed into an army.

Thinking of this, Ma Cheng was worried about his money, and he needed money to train the new army, and Ma Cheng knew that the growth of a force was absolutely inseparable from money. At present, the only thing Ma Cheng can rely on is sugar.

Fortunately, now the purification of white sugar has finally succeeded, and when he goes to recruit people to set up a sugar workshop tomorrow, it is estimated that the first profit will be available in half a month, thinking of this Ma Cheng is extremely happy.

Seeing half a bag of white sugar Ma Cheng was in a much better mood, Gu Changwei said in the morning that it took one or two silver to buy brown sugar bricks, and now thirty catties of white sugar are purified from which brown sugar, according to eight coins and one catty, this is twenty-four taels of silver, which is a full increase of twenty-four times, and science and technology are indeed the primary productive forces.

In fact, Gu Changwei used the one tael of silver to buy the sugar, and the six taels of white sugar accounted for eight yuan, and the remaining two hundred catties of brown sugar and twenty catties of brown sugar were only two cents of silver, if this is counted, the value is two hundred times.

Ma Cheng grabbed a handful of white sugar with his hand and looked at the color, probably because Gu Changwei had cooked the process several times later, and the quality of these white sugar was even better than the first time, and there was already a feeling of white sugar in later generations.

"Okay, little sister, you can leave ten catties of these white sugar for your family, and the remaining twenty catties will be sent to the back house to honor your mother and a few aunts!" Speaking of this, Ma Cheng hesitated for a moment, and then said: "There is also a sister-in-law, and I will also send five catties!" ”

These white sugars are money, Gu Xiying was very happy when she heard that she gave her family ten catties, and hurriedly bowed down to thank the second master.

Ma Cheng nodded, and at this time, Chunlian brought back the food box, and Ma Cheng and Gu Xiying sat down to eat together.

Ma Cheng had a ghost in his heart, and asked while eating: "Chunlian, there is no movement in the back house!" ”

Chunlian thought for a while and said, "Back to the second master, there's no movement!" It's the same as before, but everyone is rumoring that the second master is the reincarnation of Lu Ban, and he can make such white sugar! ”

Hearing that it was okay, Ma Cheng finally put his mind at ease, his wolf heart was still in his heart, and he knew that he was okay now and began to seduce Gu Xiying again, even when he was eating, he was not honest, and harassed Gu Xiying while eating.

Gu Xiying was made by Ma Cheng, and it was easy to finish the meal, so she was forced to carry Ma Cheng into the house.

Just when Ma Cheng and his concubine Hu Tianhudi were in a house by the West Lake in Huai'an, two hundred miles away from Fengyang, a conspiracy was underway.

The Little West Lake outside Huai'an has always been a place where literati and ink writers lingered, and the houses here are the holiday villas of those big salt merchants in Huai'an City. But one of these small cottages is different, this one has only one yard, and the house is dilapidated, as if it has been in disrepair for many years and no one lives in it.

Although this house is inconspicuous, it is now inhabited by the prince who is the most promising emperor in the world, that is, Zhu Yousong, the king of Fu.

Zhu Yousong can be said to be an unlucky child, he could have lived a life like a pig happily, but when he thought of the turmoil in the country, his home Luoyang, Henan Province was breached, and Zhu Yousong's Laozi was the old Fu King Zhu Changxun, who was cooked into a pot of Fulu banquet by Li Zicheng and a deer.

Zhu Yousong was young and in good health at the time, unlike his fat father of 300 catties, Zhu Yousong escaped from Luoyang, Henan Province under the protection of several eunuchs when the city was broken, and fled all the way to Huai'an before stopping.

Although Zhu Changxun, the old fortune king, fought for the throne with Chongzhen's Laozi back then, he was Chongzhen's uncle after all, so when he learned that his cousin Zhu Yousong had fled to Huai'an, Chongzhen ordered Zhu Yousong to inherit Zhu Changxun's prince.

At that time, Zhu Yousong was not the only clan who took refuge in Huai'an, in addition to him, there were more than 7788820 clans, and the prince had five or six. Among them, the richest is Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu.

The origin of this King Lu is not simple, the first generation of King Lu is the half-brother of Emperor Wanli, so Zhu Changshu is Zhu Yousong's cousin. Zhu Changshu's fief is in Weihui, although he was also taken away by the peasant army, but Zhu Changshu is very well prepared, and his daily life here in Huai'an can be guaranteed.

Zhu Changshu saw that his nephew Zhu Yousong was really difficult, so he supported Zhu Yousong with a comparison of silver for the sake of his relatives, so that Zhu Yousong could avoid the tragic situation of sleeping on the street.

After the news of Emperor Chongzhen's martyrdom reached Huai'an on March 19, the princes who fled here began to move, because they knew that none of the emperor's three sons had escaped, and at the same time, Chongzhen himself did not have a close brother.

In this way, everyone began to pull the relationship to find the backstage, as the most promising successor to the unification of the Fu King Zhu Yousong, naturally he was not willing to be lonely, and had already sent his cronies and eunuchs to see Lu Jiude in Fengyang, wanting to win over Lu Jiude to take the throne.

At this time, King Fu was receiving a middle-aged scribe in the house, this scribe is not simple, this person is called Yuan Hongxun, he is a Jinshi in the forty-second year of Wanli, and he was also a member of the eunuch party back then. However, after Wei Zhongxian's death, the imperial court liquidated the eunuch party, and Yuan Hongxun had no choice but to resign and return to his hometown, and is now working as a staff member in Lu Jiude's curtain.

The big fat man Zhu Yousong was very respectful to Yuan Hongxun, and asked, "Mr. Yuan, what news is there over there for Lu Zhenshou?" ”

Yuan Hongxun twisted his beard and said with a smile: "King Fu, please rest assured, Lord Lu has already been properly contacted, Gao Jie in Xuzhou, Liu Liangzuo in Sizhou, and Huang Degong in Luzhou, these three general soldiers have agreed to support King Fu to inherit the unification!" ”

Zhu Yousong was overjoyed when he heard Yuan Hongxun say this, clapped his hands and smiled: "Lu Zhenshou is really righteous, and when King Gu ascends the throne, he will personally crown Lu Zhenshou as the eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the seal of the seal!" Although Zhu Yousong is a middle-aged person, he also knows that the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, and then said: "Mr. Yuan has worked hard and coordinated in the middle, and he can serve as Jiuqing!" ”

Yuan Hongxun has been idle at home for more than ten years, and now when he heard that he finally had the opportunity to make a comeback, he quickly stood up and thanked: "Please rest assured that King Fu and Lu Zhenshou will definitely put you on the throne!" ”

Zhu Yousong was also very happy to hear Yuan Hongxun say this: "Mr. Yuan, has Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, ever agreed to support the lonely king?" ”

Yuan Hongxun replied embarrassedly when he heard Zhu Yousong say this: "His Royal Highness King Fu, Ma Shiying's side is still vain and wronged, and he didn't give Lu Zhenshou a quasi-letter!" At the same time, when the minister left Fengyang, he heard that Ma Shiying was going to see Shi Kefa, and it was probably for this matter! ”

Ma Shiying is the highest official in Jiangbei, his attitude is very representative, and at the same time, Zhu Yousong is supported by some soldiers and eunuchs, so Zhu Yousong needs a court official to speak for himself. Ma Shiying was originally an excellent candidate, but thinking that Ma Shiying had to sit on the side of the Donglin Party, Zhu Yousong was also very annoyed when he heard that Ma Shiying went to see Shi Kefa.

Yuan Hongxun saw Zhu Yousong's expression and explained: "His Royal Highness King Fu can rest assured, although Ma Shiying wants to fall to the Donglin Party, but Ma Shiying's staff member Yue Qijie supports King Fu, and at the same time, the minister also heard that Ma Shiying's second son Ma Cheng said that only King Fu's accession to the throne is in line with the will of the people in the world, and the minister estimates that Ma Shiying can get lost!" ”

Zhu Yousong was interested when he heard it, but he didn't expect that even Ma Shiying's son knew about his fame: "Lord Yuan, who is that Ma Cheng?" How do you know the prestige of the Lone King? ”

Yuan Hongxun scolded secretly in his heart, he knew who Ma Cheng was, he only knew that Ma Cheng was a waste second ancestor, but now that King Fu asked, he couldn't help but say, there was no way Yuan Hongxun had to lie to King Fu.

Zhu Yousong didn't know whether what Yuan Hongxun said was true or false, but he was very interested in this Ma Cheng who could support him, and decided that he must meet this far-sighted young man in the future.