After taking a bath, Zheng Sheng thought about it and decided to go to the bamboo house immediately.

Now, the study room of the Wenwu camp has completely moved there. Because the training sound in the western camp was too noisy and had a great impact, Qiu Fuzi, Wan Mao, Mrs. Han and everyone in the Wenwu camp all lived in the bamboo hut.

Qiu Fuzi named this little-known hill in Nanxiang County Qingzhuling, and then called the bamboo house Qingzhu Bamboo Garden in one breath, and the study room of Wenwuying was called Qingzhu Academy.

Zheng Sheng walked slowly over there, in the past few years, this path has been stepped out of a stronger road by the Tiger Guard Battalion, Zheng Sheng walked forward in the dark, and he didn't have to worry about falling to the ground.

Zheng Cheng followed him closely. After several years of martial arts, Zheng Quan's reckless temperament has become more stable.

There was nothing to say all the way, Zheng Sheng was still thinking about Shunyang as the king.

When he arrived at the bamboo house, Zheng Sheng saw that the lamp was still on in Master Qiu's study, so he said to Zheng Quan: "You go and rest." ”

Zheng Cheng nodded and left. Zheng Sheng knocked on Qiu Chudao's door.

"Is it Kewu? Come on in. "Qiu Fuzi's voice has not changed in the slightest from a few years ago. In the past few years, he has been teaching happily, and his life is also comfortable, and he looks like he is getting younger and younger.

Zheng Sheng sat directly on the seat opposite Qiu Fuzi.

"What's going on? I don't go to rest when it's dark. I just came back, so I still have to take a good rest. ”

Zheng Sheng raised his head: "I'm in such a hurry to find you, of course there is something." ”

"Is it about the saltpeter mine in Hanzhong? Why, the mineral deposits there are not saltpeter? ”

Zheng Sheng shook his head, "It's a saltpeter mine." However, there are impurities, and it is also difficult to purify. Speaking of saltpeter, Zheng Sheng thought of the * thing he exchanged some time ago, charcoal, saltpeter, sulfur, the * recipe he already knew.

When Zheng Sheng exchanged*, he found that the exchange ratio exceeded twenty, which discouraged Zheng Sheng.

However, he used the balance exchange to obtain the detailed proportions of charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter needed to prepare* and began to ponder* it.

However, since the main means of obtaining saltpeter was scraping the ground frost. Zheng Wen's unusual behavior of buying ground frost in Bashu attracted the attention of Yizhou merchants. The people of Yizhou took this as a business opportunity and hoarded a large amount of saltpeter in an attempt to sell it to the Zheng family at a high price.

The cost of obtaining saltpeter in this way increases significantly. Therefore, Zheng Meng had to start looking for a new way to obtain saltpeter.

In September of this year, Zheng Wen's people accidentally discovered saltpeter ore in the wild in Hanzhong. Therefore, Zheng Sheng and Zheng Wen went to Hanzhong together. It took two months to complete this matter, and at the beginning of the tenth year of Taikang, Zheng Sheng returned to Shunyang.

"Now that saltpeter has been found. Yours can be made, so what's wrong with you? ”

"I'm not looking for you because of this. Today, when I was on Lao Yu's boat, I heard him say: Shunyang is going to be a fief to a prince. ”

"Shunyang's letter didn't spread the news, right?" Qiu Chudao raised his head, "I haven't heard of it. Did you hear about it in other ways on your way back? ”

"Nope. In Anduju, Wushuikou, and Shiduyi, I haven't heard of it. On Danshui, I first listened to what Lao Yu said, and then came back to Dongye and told me about it, and finally Xiao Suzi said that Wang Wuyu had told him about it. Zheng Sheng thought for a moment, "This thing looks a little strange. ”

"Where's the blame?" Qiu Fuzi asked.

"For the time being, no matter which emperor and Sima clan relatives have been sealed to our Shunyang." Zheng Sheng pondered his words, "On an ordinary day, what ordinary person would care about such a big thing? People are busy making ends meet and don't pay attention to this at all. And, only Shunyang is spreading the news? So I suspect there's something wrong with this, and someone is deliberately spreading the news. ”

Qiu Fuzi stroked his beard and smiled, "Go on." ”

Zheng Sheng was a little confused and said, "This is what I don't understand." Who's spreading rumors? What is the purpose? If it's not fake, why is there no movement at all on the official side? It's a fog. ”

"The crowd is full of gold, and the bones are destroyed." Master Qiu narrowed his eyes, "Ke Wu, you should be extremely careful in this matter, and you must not behave in a panic. ”

Zheng Sheng's face tightened: "What does this have to do with us?" Even if the prince is sealed to Shunyang, can my father's Pingwu Gong still be erased? Big deal, I'll just leave Shunyang. ”

"That's the problem." Master Qiu's eyes flashed, "For the imperial court, changing the fief is really a trivial matter. Zheng, your father, don't care where the fief is. You and Mrs. Wang can also walk away. But what about the people of Shunyang? ”

Qiu Fuzi sighed, "Ke Wu, in the past few years, the people of Shunyang County have become more than rich because of you Zheng Xiaoshizi!" ”

"If you are one of them, it is easy for a rich man in the county to come to him who is generous and well-off, and with his convenience, his life is better. As a result, this person suddenly said to leave, what would you think? ”

Zheng Sheng immediately understood, and said with a cold face: "This will be a trouble. ”

He thought about the food and clothing of the Tiger Guard Camp in the past few years, and he did it according to high standards. For example, when it comes to food, the ordinary guards of the Tiger Guard Camp are the same as him, with a lot of meat, stir-fried vegetables, and soy milk, what he eats, what the guards eat. Although Zheng Sheng regarded the camp canteen as a study class for Zheng's cooks, if there was a problem with the food, Zheng Sheng would definitely drive people out. Hundreds of teenagers also need a lot of food a day. This alone has made more and more people feed pigs, sheep and chickens in Shunyang County in recent years.

Zheng Sheng's Tiger Guard Camp can grow to more than 100 people in two or three years, and it is really his Tiger Guard Camp that has a good salary, and many adults come here to send their children to the Tiger Guard Camp. If it weren't for Zheng Sheng's selection standards getting higher and higher, the number of people in the Tiger Guard Camp would probably exceed two hundred now.

The source of food and clothing for Huwei Camp is from Shunyang. It was Zheng Sheng who used the profits earned by Zheng's business in recent years in exchange for his benefits.

How much does this benefit Shunyang people? Zheng Sheng didn't know. Perhaps, Mrs. Wang has a bill. Zheng Sheng hadn't seen it, he only knew that he had spent most of the money he earned.

Zheng Sheng is also aware of this problem: because he and Huweiying have benefited many people in Shunyang, this is like a chain of interests, which affects the whole body. What's more, it is to move him, it is to overthrow the entire chain of interests!

The people who have gained benefits will definitely resist Zheng Sheng's departure!

"It's just one aspect. Also, most of the Huwei camp are Shunyang people, and their oldest is only fourteen or fifteen years old, if you leave Shunyang, they will follow you to leave, which means leaving their hometown and parents. Will their families agree to you taking them? Qiu Fuzi squinted his eyes and said word by word.

"Maybe some will, but there will definitely be some who don't want to leave. These things that don't leave are the loss of your strength, and the pain of breaking your muscles and bones! ”

"Your method of training is very novel. In recent years, it has also been fruitful. The Tiger Guard Battalion is solemn and silent, and one hundred and ten people already have the potential of a thousand troops! These people who remain in Shunyang will be used by others. Your method of training is tantamount to making it public! ”

Zheng Sheng was silent.

Qiu Fuzi opened his eyes, "This is the second one. Third, the biggest crisis is that the king of Shunyang. ”

Zheng Sheng smiled: "He wants to rob my territory, can he deal with me again?" ”

"Are you the bitter master?" Master Qiu also smiled, "Does that King of Shunyang feel like this?" ”

"He will think that you are the chief culprit who incited the people of his fiefdom against him, and he will hate you and hate you."

"Once a prince shows a bad feeling for someone, how many people will jump out to meet him, you will be suppressed by various forces openly and secretly."

"He doesn't even have to take action himself, you little son of the Pavilion Marquis will collapse. It will even affect the entire Zheng family, as well as your father. Qiu Fuzi said solemnly, "Don't think that your family's business is doing well, you Zheng Sheng has a thousand-character essay and Zheng Zi's paper protection, and you can really deal with a prince." ”

"You're too young, too young. And the prince of the Great Jin Dynasty has military power. ”

Zheng Sheng fought a cold war, and the prince of the Jin Kingdom had military power. Zheng Sheng completely agreed with this sentence, he really confronted the prince, the prince of a small country had a fifteen-hundred-man feudal army completely under his command.

What does he have, Tiger Guard Battalion? A boy scout of more than a hundred people, his strength is too insignificant in front of the prince!

"I, can we avoid him?" Zheng Sheng's voice was a little hoarse, originally he just felt that something was wrong, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

"You can't avoid it, but to put it bluntly, there is no dirt between us and the King of Shunyang, the rumor-mongers spread rumors, build momentum in advance, and coax among the people, isn't the intention already obvious?"

Zheng Sheng understood, "So as long as we deal with the problems of the people of Shunyang, so that the King of Shunyang doesn't have a bad feeling for us, isn't it?" ”

Qiu Fuzi smiled: "That's exactly, but it's not easy to do. ”

Zheng Sheng nodded: "I will do my best." ”

"The rumor-mongers will definitely make a move, you have to keep an eye on them." Master Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, "Also, Shunyang's letter from November hasn't come yet, which is very abnormal." ”

"Today is the third day of the lunar month, and the letter from November has not yet arrived?" Zheng Sheng was stunned, "Di Xin should arrive on the day of the moon, which has been overdue for nearly twenty days." ”

"yes, there's a big problem here. However, the letter of Shunyang Di has not arrived, what about the counties of Xiangyang, Nanyang, and Yiyang? Although it is not a big deal for Shunyang to become the fief of the prince, the people of the counties who are also in Jingzhou will also pay attention to this matter. If there is a problem with the letter in Shunyang, there may not be anything wrong with the letter in the other counties. ”

"The master is right, if you can stop a county mansion letter, the other party's power is already very strong." Zheng Sheng got up, "The delay is to prevent the correct information from reaching Shunyang!" I wonder what he wants to stop me from knowing. The king of Shunyang should really have sealed Shunyang, but let Di Xin make this news public, wouldn't it be more credible and effective? ”

Qiu Fuzi smiled even more happily, "Yes, this is very problematic. This thing, everywhere weird, is really funny! ”

Zheng Sheng nodded: "Then I'll find someone to ask Cousin Zheng Wen." ”

"Be sure to tell him to be careful." Qiu Fuzi advised, "There may be an accident on the road." ”

Zheng Sheng grinned, "Master, don't worry, I have prepared a plan, named Ming Xiu Plank Road, and secretly Chen Cang." The man of the earth can be watched, and if he does not believe him, he can stop the birds of heaven. ”

Qiu Fuzi suddenly said, "Are you ready to start using pigeons to send messages?" ”

"I've been training for a long time, and it's time to use it." Zheng Sheng nodded.