Chapter Nine: Kiln Gang Gets Faith There is no end to the sky

The small courtyard where Zhang Zhimu lived was still very calm, but Liu Yun outside was very nervous. Hearing the news sent by Li Jing, Liu Yun sent someone back to Yaogang to send a letter to his family according to Zhang Zhimu's instructions, telling the family that he needed to prepare silver and kiln coins, and at the same time deal with the harassment of these ministers of the imperial court.

This time, Liu Yun and Zhang Zhimu brought a total of more than 200 people, while Meng Si'er brought more than 300 people in advance. Zhang Zhimu and Yang Yulin were followed into the city by more than 20 people brought by Li Jing. Meng Si'er and his people continued to stay in the inn where Yaogang was used as an intelligence department, Liu Yun and Li Zhi entered the city respectively, and after Li Jing was notified, after knowing Zhang Zhimu's residence, they spent a little more money nearby to temporarily rent a house, for the sake of safety, Liu Yun arranged the team members into this courtyard, and he and Li Zhi pretended to be businessmen and lived in a nearby inn, because no one paid attention to entering and exiting the inn. In that rented yard, I usually try not to let people go in and out, so as not to attract the attention of others.

When Li Jing informed Liu Yun, she told Liu Yun that now there are more than 20 people in him, and there are enough guns and ammunition, and when there is a situation, he can rely on the house to resist for a while, but the houses there are all civil structures, and if people set fires, they can't do it. Even if you don't set fire, you can't hold on for a long time in the capital. The people who are receiving from outside must organize the response and come up with a way out of the city.

Liu Yun said: "Leave the outside affairs to us." You have to use your brains more about the things inside. Come up with a way to deal with other people's fire attacks. When something really happens, try to hold on for a long time, if our two hundred musketeers suddenly attack, there will still be a certain impact, but it will not work for a long time, because this is the capital, and their number is too much. We try to be as clever as possible. ”

Li Jing nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Li Jing returned to her residence to discuss this matter with Yang Yulin, and Yang Yulin also agreed with Li Jing's opinion, because with Li Jing's more than 20 people, guarding this small courtyard in this compound, if there are enough bullets, it is difficult for ordinary people to enter. But if they set fire to it, it would be troublesome to set the house on fire.

Later, Yang Yulin suddenly remembered that there were many large tanks in the courtyard of the back kitchen, and Yang Yulin said that we would fill the large tanks with water, and if the fire started, we would hide in the tank, cover a lid, and hide for a while.

Li Jing said: "It's okay to have a short time, but if it's a long time, you'll be suffocated." ”

Yang Yulin said: "This is the way there is no way, it is better than being burned to death." ”

When Li Jing and them were moving the vat in the courtyard, the servants in the courtyard asked them what they were doing, Li Jing and they didn't pay attention, so they should tell them to leave it alone. Fortunately, this yard used to be a big family, and there were really a lot of big tanks in the yard. They put large vats around the house where Zhang Zhimu lived.

After Zhang Zhimu came back, he saw this formation, smiled, and said, "We try to use our wisdom as much as possible and not let these things work." ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that he needed to calm down now, so he should take a good rest. I also need to be quiet, straighten out my thoughts, and think about how to go down the road.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhimu found that there are many books here, and some of the books may have been lost when Zhang Zhimu knew about his previous life.

This time, Zhang Zhimu also had time to read the book properly.

When the two people sent out by Liu Yun rushed back to the kiln gang in pairs, they almost collapsed from exhaustion. After Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He saw them, they didn't let them show up in Yaogang again, so as not to cause panic.

Seeing Liu Yun's letter, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He both knew that the thing they didn't want to see had finally happened. Chen Yufeng wanted to go to Beijing immediately, but Ouyang He said: "At this time, you must sit at home. There must not be any chaos in Yaogang, and besides, those ministers in Beijing will soon send people to Yaogang, and we will have someone to deal with them. We must not be too weak, nor can we give them an excuse to oppose us. I think I'll go to Beijing, and you and Mr. Lu can handle it at home. My opinion is that after arriving in Beijing, we will release the news that Mr. Zhang is in Beijing, and I think everyone in Beijing knows how much we have done for the imperial court, so that it can also put a little pressure on those civil servants. If it really doesn't work, we have to find a way to snatch Mr. Zhang out. I think I'll bring another 500 men this time in case of an emergency. ”

Chen Yufeng nodded and said, "You still pretend to be a caravan, bring Li Wei with you, bring a few mortars, and the mortars are all disassembled and packed in the goods so as not to be discovered." If you can't do it, you can fucking open the gates of Beijing. Those silver and kiln coins must be prepared by Lu Chengxiang immediately, and soon the imperial court will send someone over. Except for Lu Chengxiang and Yan Boju, don't talk about anyone else. Especially Huang Yukun, don't let him know that she is about to give birth. Don't let her get angry at this time. ”

When Chen Yufeng called Lu Chengxiang and Yan Boju over, and when he finished talking about it, Lu Chengxiang's hands trembled, and tears were about to fall, and he said, "If something happens to Mr. Zhang, I won't be alive." I went to Beijing with Mr. Ouyang, and if we wanted to die, we would die together. ”

Yan Boju's small eyes glared and said, "I don't look down on you for being so unproductive, I said don't worry." Zhimu is not an ordinary person, and it is not a bad thing to encounter a little hardship today, we have passed this hurdle and have come out. Don't mess around at this time. ”

Chen Yufeng smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be an old thing, and you are very discerning, I thought you would kiss the horse's butt." ”

Chen Yufeng's words attracted laughter from several people, and the atmosphere became relaxed.

Ouyang He said: "Mr. Lu, we all know your feelings for Mr. Zhang. But you can't leave the kiln now, and you are needed here. The trouble we are in at the beginning of the kiln gang is still beginning, and soon the imperial court will send people, and we must deal with it well. They are likely to let out the wind and disturb our hearts, and I have to deal with it. If you really can't solve it, solve it by force, don't let anyone go, and buy us some time. We are taking direct action in Beijing. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Mr. Ouyang, if you go to Beijing, take a look, if we can spend silver to solve the problem, we will spend as much silver as we want, and we can earn it again if the silver is gone." To be honest, I didn't even take a fancy to the court's borrowing of this little silver. This time, I gave Lu Qi the goods they brought back to Nanyang, and the silver they exchanged was enough for the imperial court. ”

Yan Boju squinted his little eyes and said, "Based on your performance today, you shouldn't be called Lu Xiaojiao." ”

Several people laughed again.

A few days later, the people sent back by Gonggong Li and Li Jing arrived at Yaogang with a team of carriages. After Chen Yufeng arranged for Gonggong Li to stay, he called the people sent back by Li Jing to the command center. One person took out a letter written by Zhang Zhimu from his arms and handed it to Chen Yufeng. After Chen Yufeng asked about the situation, he told them that when they went back, they met anyone, and they said that they didn't know about the affairs of Beijing, and that you had followed them back from outside the city. The two of them should know the importance of secrecy, and they agreed to go out.

Chen Yufeng read the previous letter and saw that there was a secret letter behind it. asked people to invite Li Zhi's people over and translate the secret letter at the back.

Behind is Zhang Zhimu's opinion on the handling of this matter. The first is that he is not in danger at the moment, and now the emperor still trusts him very much. For other things, we will have to wait until the first batch of silver arrives and see how it goes. But until I don't go back, the second batch of silver must not be sent over. After the first batch of silver was delivered, a month later, the emperor still didn't let him go, so he had to find a way to get out. After getting out by himself, he may not immediately turn his face with the court. also has to find a way to deal around, saying that he is dissatisfied with the traitorous ministers and has no opinion on the emperor. After returning, you can send the silver to Beijing again, and it is necessary to exchange the silver for a period of stability.

Seeing Zhang Zhimu's letter, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He both breathed a sigh of relief. Ouyang He said: "It's still Mr. Zhang calm and can see clearly." In this way, in the name of protecting the silver car, I took some people to send the silver car to Beijing. When we got to Beijing, we pretended to return, and then after a circle, we went back to Beijing. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "That's a good way. You follow Gonggong Li, and no one has checked on you yet. But you can only go to 200 people at most to follow Gonggong Li. The rest of the people still have to go separately and put on makeup, and you can take heavy weapons with you. In the name of bringing things to Zhimu, I took it through the Tumen Pass, and it was easy to do after passing the customs. ”

Zhang Zhimu has been really leisurely these days, he doesn't care about the earth-shattering things outside, one by one they have already been wound and their swords are unsheathed.

This big courtyard must have been a very wealthy family before, and Zhang Zhimu found in one room that the furnishings that had not been touched for a long time turned out to be some antiques.

There is another thing that Zhang Zhimu thinks is very strange, that is, the head of a servant in charge here is not a housekeeper, but a small leader who arranges the sanitation and cleaning of the yard.

This person is in his forties, and when he looks at Zhang Zhimu, he doesn't feel like a servant doing rough work. Once Zhang Zhimu was in the room with antique furnishings, when fiddling with an antique, he almost fell to the ground by mistake, and the servant who was cleaning in the room couldn't help but let out an "ouch" sound in his mouth, when Zhang Zhimu looked back, the servant said: "Master, what you have in your hand is a Jun kiln lotus leaf bowl, which is worth a lot of money!" ”

"This is the 'gold is priceless' Jun kiln artifact?" Zhang Zhimu felt that the things in his hand were too precious, and couldn't help asking.

"Exactly, sir. Jun kiln is the second official kiln after Ru kiln in the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. Jun kiln porcelain should be fired twice, the first time plain firing, after the kiln is glazed, and the second time is fired. The kiln has changed out of thousands of scenes, which is beyond the reach of man. The servant's casual introduction to Junyao was absolutely inconsistent with his identity as a servant. Especially what Zhang Zhimu saw from his eyes, it made him feel that this was definitely not an ordinary person. It is also possible that he is pretending to be a servant to spy on himself here. But would those brocade guards use one of these people to spy on themselves? Isn't it too big to be too useful?

Although Zhang Zhimu was a little suspicious of this person, this person's knowledge of cultural relics was still very appreciated by Zhang Zhimu. So every time Zhang Zhimu entered this room again and admired these cultural relics, he invited the servant to come over and ask him about these antiques. Slowly, Zhang Zhimu became familiar with him. This man's name is Dong Jichang.

Once Zhang Zhimu suddenly asked Dong Jichang: "I see that you are not a servant, nor do you look like a spy of Jinyiwei, can you tell me what you do?" ”

This Dong Jichang suddenly knelt down and said, "Master Zhang! I know that you are the big proprietor of Yaogang, and the whole city of Beijing knows that you are the pillar of our Ming Dynasty, so you should think about it quickly. The traitors in the court will not let you go. ”

Zhang Zhimu knelt down for himself the most unsightly, and hurriedly helped Dong Jichang up, Zhang Zhimu was also moved by the death of this unknown person. You must know that this person's current actions are definitely easy to lose his life.

After Zhang Zhimu asked him to sit down, Dong Jichang said almost in tears: "Zhang Dongjia, these days, I can see that you are a good person, so I won't hide it from you." Actually, this is my original home. Then Dong Jichang told his story, which made Zhang Zhimu clench his fists angrily.

This Dong Jichang's family opened an antique cultural relics shop in the capital, and this cultural relics shop is very famous in the capital, and it has been a century-old brand in Dong Jichang. Originally, the business was going smoothly, but he was accidentally taken by a very powerful person in the capital.

One day, a few people with extraordinary bearing came to Dong Jichang's shop, saying that the owner of their house wanted to find a piece of azure glazed sunflower wash from the Ru kiln of the Song Dynasty. Dong Jichang did hear about this azure glazed sunflower wash, but if you look for antiques, it is difficult to find, and if you can meet it, it is fate.

The person who came said that this treasure was a treasure inherited from his master's family, and because a few years ago, there was a change in the family, so that this treasure flowed out of the house. Now that the house is settled, the owner will not hesitate to recover this treasure. They have already posted in antique shops throughout the capital to find this treasure. If the Dong family gets the news of this treasure, please help keep the treasure.

Someone left a post to introduce, this treasure sunflower wash diameter of about four inches, six sunflower petals fancy, mouth slightly skimmed, plump and low, shallow belly and thin wall. The edges and corners are subtle, the body of the vessel rises and falls along the edge, the circle foot is slightly skimmed, and there are 3 small sesame nail marks at the bottom. The whole body is glazed, light green such as azure, the ice crack is faint, the color is slightly heavy with fine lines, and the edge of the sunflower petal is cast with a faint dark purple at the thin glaze, and the color is occasionally dark soil.

At that time, Dong Jichang didn't pay much attention to this matter, because his store often had collectors looking for this or that collection. If you pay attention, in fact, the loopholes of the people who come are also very large, and ordinary people looking for a certain artifact will not say anything like this. In this case, don't you want to raise the price of this artifact?

These people are still doing a big job, and before these people came, Dong Jichang's store had a lot of new customers, and a few people bought a lot of things from him. Slowly, Dong Jichang and they are also familiar with each other. Among them, a few of them sold their hometown's land and property to escape the war and bought a house in the capital to live in. It can be seen that these people's families are very wealthy, and they don't bargain too much about the price of buying things.

A few days later, someone else also came to inquire about this sunflower wash, and Dong Jichang knew in his heart that the antique shops in the capital had been tossed by this treasure. Until this time, Dong Jichang didn't expect that he would have anything to do with this treasure.

One day in Dong Jichang's shop, a few old customers were talking about this sunflower wash, and the new customer also came in. I sat there and listened to everyone talk for a while, but I didn't speak. But everyone left, but this person didn't leave, he saw that there was no one around, so he asked Dong Jichang: "Dong Dongjia, how much silver do you say that sunflower wash is worth?" ”

Dong Jichang said: "It's hard to say, it depends on what price the buyer is willing to pay?" How did you see this treasure? ”

This one quickly said: "No, no, no." I'm just interested! After saying that, he left in a panic.

Dong Jichang also felt strange, but he didn't think about it elsewhere.

After waiting like this for a few days, when the store was about to get off the board, the man came in with a package, saw that there was no one around, and said to Dong Jichang: "Dong Dongjia, I have something for you to give you a long look." ”

When Dong Jichang saw him like this, he let him enter the inner hall. Someone opened the package and looked at it, Dong Jichang was shocked, this is the sunflower wash, remembering the last time this person performed, Dong Jichang understood, this person knew last time that someone was looking for this treasure, because of the suddenness of the incident, he was a little panicked.

Dong Jichang took out the post left by those people that time, carefully compared it, and judged that this was the treasure based on his own experience, and he was sure.

Dong Jichang said: "This one of yours is genuine. That's what everyone is talking about. You have to put things away. Antiques have no price. If everyone likes it, the price will be high. ”

Someone came and went back with the baby in his arms.

Because people don't mean to make a move, Dong Jichang can't say anything else to others, in that case, people will be taboo, Dong Jichang will definitely not make low-level mistakes with many years of experience in the industry.

After a while, those treasure hunters came again, and according to the rules of the industry, Dong Jichang did not say that he had seen this treasure and any information about the treasure holder.

But after a while, the treasure bearer couldn't help himself, and one day he came over and asked Dong Jichang: "Tell me how much silver my treasure is worth." ”

Dong Jichang smiled and said: "How much silver can it be worth, it depends on how much silver the buyer can give you?" If you're interested, I'll introduce you to that buyer. ”

The man hurriedly said, "Don't, I don't want anyone but you to know that this treasure is with me." ”

But after a few more days, the man hesitated and said to Dong Jichang: "Look, can you introduce me to that buyer." We'll see each other first. ”

Dong Jichang has been in the industry for many years and knows that these people will come this far. He smiled and said, "Okay! If you're done, don't break the rules. ”

"Of course, we won't forget your benefits. Don't worry, I know the rules. "It's a pleasure to come.

Dong Jichang made an appointment with the two of them to meet. Dong Jichang knew that there would be good news soon.

Sure enough, a few days later, the two of them came to Dong Jichang together, and the buyer said: "According to the rules, we should give you a share of the silver according to the transaction price." But the transaction price of this treasure, we don't want others to know, we will give you 50,000 taels of silver together, what do you think? ”

Dong Jichang never dreamed that he would earn 50,000 taels of silver by introducing a business, so of course he agreed. People are like that, as soon as it is advantageous, the mind is not clear.

When the two of them were trading, they asked Dong Jichang to be a Chinese, and Dong Jichang did not hesitate to sign and draw.

Even at this time, Dong Jichang didn't expect that he had fallen into a trap.

A few days later, the buyer came to Dong Jichang with a fake and said, "Dong Dongjia, we believe you only when we see that your family is a century-old store." But you did make a fire to deceive us, and you see, we have asked someone to see it, and this is a fake. ”

Dong Jichang saw that what the person who came to take was indeed a fake, and Dong Jichang said: "The one you brought is indeed a fake, but the last time you traded, the person took it was indeed genuine." The rule in our industry is that you don't admit it, so you better figure it out yourself. ”

The buyer scolded and left, saying that he was going to arrest the seller.

But soon the men came back and said that the seller's house was empty, and that the matter was going to be made for you.

At this time, Dong Jichang knew that he was really in trouble this time, but Dong Jichang thought about it again, and he was not afraid, he insisted that it was genuine when he traded, and they couldn't help it. With the reputation of his family's century-old store, he is not afraid of others cheating him.

Even if the official sealed his shop and was put in prison, Dong Jichang thought that he would definitely win the lawsuit.

When the government sentenced Dong Jichang to auction off his house and shop and compensate others, Dong Jichang was discouraged and knew that he had been calculated by others from beginning to end.

A year later, Dong Jichang was carried out of prison.

Due to the lawsuit, all the money in the family was gone, and the house and the shop were seized and auctioned at once. The family just rented a house to live in with the financial support of relatives and friends, and when Dong Jichang got better, he arranged for his family to return to his hometown to live, but fortunately, there were still a few acres of land in his hometown and he could live.

Dong Jichang's house was directly bought by Jinyiwei, and Dong Jichang was reluctant to leave the property of his ancestors, so he entrusted someone into this courtyard to be a servant.

After listening to Dong Jichang's introduction, Zhang Zhimu was also embarrassed.

Zhang Zhimu said: "I see that you have a lot of ability, and you can't just bury it like this." Why don't you just come with me to the kiln. We have also obtained a lot of cultural relics and antiques in the past few years, and I have an idea, it is better to set up a museum to collect the lost cultural relics in the world. It is exhibited in a glass case, so that everyone in the world can visit it when they have nothing to do. I think this way these things can be more meaningful than hiding them at home. If you have time, you can also give lessons to the students and tell them about the treasures passed down from our ancestors. ”

Dong Jichang heard Zhang Zhimu say this, and felt very novel, based on his experience in antiques and the ideas he had at that time, he also felt that this was indeed a good idea.

The more the two talked, the more speculative they became, Dong Jichang said: "None of the people who bought this courtyard know antiques, and they think that the things placed here must not be good things, and they don't know how many good things are here." Zhang Dongjia must take it with him when he leaves. And those books, some of which are unique, should be brought with them. That's why I can't leave here. ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "Okay, the baby won't leave any of them behind." ”

Dong Jichang stood up, and after seeing that there was no one outside the door, he came back and whispered to Zhang Zhimu: "Master Zhang, let me tell you a secret, our family originally dug a tunnel, which led to the east side of our yard, across the road and in that yard. Later, Mr. Feng Shui said that the yard was not good for our family, so our family filled in the tunnel and sold the yard. You can start from the courtyard over there and dig through the tunnel. The entrance to our side is in the bedroom where you sleep. If it doesn't work, we can get out of the tunnel. Once you enter that courtyard, it's easy to do. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Zhimu thought to himself that it was really an endless road.

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Calculus formulas, tables of chemical elements; Conquer Japan in the east and attack Mayi in the south; Penicillin, syringe. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".