Chapter 156: Wisdom Harvest Courtyard King Zhou's Crisis

Chen Yufeng's task to Li Jing was to take back the courtyard of Father-in-law Li, but he still had to force it, so that he would not be able to get angry.

This incident made Li Jing a little embarrassed, "What is this called?" I kicked them out, and I couldn't force them to get angry, I couldn't do it. ”

"If you can't do it, you have to do it, I'll give you three days." Chen Yufeng knew that Li Jing was clever and must have a trick.

Li Jing thought for a while and said, "You didn't say whether it was a good house or a broken house when you took it back." ”

Chen Yufeng didn't speak, and snorted through his nose. He knew that Li Jing had an idea.

The small courtyard where Father-in-law Li lives is an independent three-story building. On this day, a group of migrant workers began to dig a heating ditch outside the courtyard, and after digging a section outside the courtyard, they began to enter the courtyard to dig the courtyard. The people in the yard asked them, and they said it was to renovate the heating pipes. When the courtyard was dug up, the walls of the small buildings were dug out. At this time, someone came to inform them that the whole building was going to be renovated and asked them to avoid it.

The men asked how long it would take, and they said they didn't know, he was just in charge of digging the wall and it was another group of people who were renovating the heating. Gonggong Li himself was not there, and the people he left behind were afraid that their things would be lost, and asked, "What should we do if we lose our things?" ”

The man who carved the wall said, "We have a wagon that can help you carry your things." ”

This person called Gonggong Li to tell him about it, because when they were digging a ditch outside the courtyard and digging a ditch in the courtyard, Gonggong Li saw it. He didn't care, and said that he would move the things to the inn first. In the past, when I had a good relationship with the kiln people, I just had to say a word to the kiln gang. But now I have no choice but to figure it out on my own.

When they pulled everything away, the men were still digging into the wall. Gonggong Li felt that something was wrong, and when he came back to take a look, he found that these people were still working at night. Gonggong Li was relieved, he knew that the kiln people were efficient and would not be able to finish it in a short time.

He didn't know that Li Jing saw Gonggong Li finish reading it from a distance, so he ordered to stop work quickly and ask someone to repair the damaged place. Overnight, the heating ditch that was dug was filled.

After a few days, when Gonggong Li's people came to take a look, they found that the courtyard was already occupied. It turned out that Li Jing's people were pretending to be a family resident and had already moved in. Inside the building, it is all its own furniture. There are more than a dozen members of the family, and they live happily.

Li Gonggong angrily led people to rush the family, and a large group of policemen immediately came. Father-in-law Li understood that he had been kicked out.

The angry Gonggong Li came to Zhang Zhimu's office, and Yang Yulin let him hang aside for a long time before he saw Zhang Zhimu.

Don't look at Gonggong Li's aggressiveness, but when he saw Zhang Zhimu, he smiled all over his face, "Quack!" Zhang Dongjia, you're making a big joke! ”

"I don't have time to joke about it." Zhang Zhimu still said lukewarmly.

"Quack! Isn't it a joke that you tricked us out of that little courtyard? ”

"It's okay, what am I lying to you for? Am I full? Let's just tell me what's going on. "Zhang Zhimu really didn't know about Li Jing and they tricked Grandpa Li out.

Gonggong Li had no choice but to tell them how they were deceived out.

Zhang Zhimu was also happy when he heard it, and said, "They are indeed repairing the heating, right?" ”

"Then why did we come out and others went in?"

"Is that house yours? Now the kiln house is so tense. You can't stay here for a few days, why do you occupy such a big house? ”

Zhang Zhimu's words made Gonggong Li speechless all of a sudden. He knew that the Kiln Gang people really resented him now. Zhang Zhimu just didn't know about this matter, but he also supported it. It's impossible to go back to the house by yourself.

Gonggong Li, who had no choice, had no choice but to ask: "Zhang Dongjia, the emperor is waiting for you in Beijing, when will you enter Beijing?" ”

"It's my business when I enter Beijing, so I don't have to worry about you. Nothing else, you're good to go! ”

"Don't mind! I asked for the emperor. ”

"Do you have a holy decree? Why are you without a decree? It's okay to go back and rest! ”

In fact, Father-in-law Li is not afraid of spending money in the hotel, he feels a little ashamed. How can you say that you are also here on behalf of the emperor! It was very uncomfortable to go in and out of the inn with the people who came here for business. Especially compared with the original single-building courtyard, it is simply a heaven and an underground.

But there is no way, he has to wait for Zhang Zhimu to enter Beijing before he can leave the kiln, and he also understands that he should endure everything.

Zhang Zhimu didn't delay anything in the kiln, what should he do. Father-in-law Li came to ask Zhang Zhimu when he would leave, and Zhang Zhimu was happy and said that he had something to do now, or he was not in good health. Sometimes he simply ignores him, Zhang Zhimu knows that Gonggong Li will not ask the emperor to issue a holy decree just because he asked Zhang Zhimu when he would leave. Now not only does Zhang Zhimu not know when he will enter Beijing, but the kiln people who borrowed the emperor's silver simply don't mention a word.

When Gonggong Li asked cautiously, "Zhang Dongjia, I don't think you look sick?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I don't know better than you whether I am sick or not." I don't need you to talk nonsense, you better go back and rest! A word sent him away.

Gonggong Li was anxious to kill Zhang Zhimu, but he knew that it was not easy to kill Zhang Zhimu.

It wasn't until November that Yan Boju came back with people. This time he bought 5,000 horses in Zhangjiakou and came back. On the way back, it was already snowflakes.

This time, the family had 20,000 horses at once. Yan Boju's valley base was already full.

Yan Boju discussed with Lu Chengxiang and decided to take advantage of the fact that the river was not sealed and some horses were transported. You can sell some in Tongguan. You can also sell some horses in Wuzhi, and some horses can be sold in Kaifeng and Yangzhou, Xuzhou.

In the end, Lu Chengxiang and Yan Boju decided that Tongguan, Wuzhi, Kaifeng, Xuzhou, and Huai'an would each send 1,000 horses, and Yangzhou would send 3,000 horses, taking away a total of 8,000 horses.

Originally, Zhang Zhimu wanted Yan Boju to be at home and let others send the horse. But Yan Boju had to send the horse himself. Zhang Zhimu knew that this matter could not be strong against Yan Boju, so he let him go. Yan Boju said, just let Liu Chenghuang take someone to follow him. Because Liu Chenghuang's cavalry also had to go out for training, the cavalry was always at home. Their route was to go to Fengling from Yaogang first, and Lu Chengxiang also went with him, and Lu Chengxiang crossed the river with his horses to Tongguan.

Lu Yun, the manager of the Tongguan branch and Lu Chengxiang's nephew, went to the dock to pick up Lu Chengxiang. I had already received a telegram and knew that Lu Chengxiang and they had come over with horses. When Liu Yun heard that Lu Chengxiang only brought a thousand horses, he sighed and said, "Why did you bring a thousand horses?" We have a lot of horses here. Can you keep more, we will organize people to sell enough once they enter the horse market. ”

Lu Chengxiang felt that the horse could still be sold for a good price if he went further south, so he didn't agree. But Lu Yun said: "We sell more in Tongguan, can we buy some more horses if we can?" In addition, cattle are easy to sell here, and we can also buy more at the killing of Hukou. ”

Lu Chengxiang felt that Lu Yun was right, so he crossed the river with Lu Yun and discussed it with Yan Boju. Yan Boju said: "We are transporting horses out now to save some forage for the family to spend the winter, so that we can sell the horses here." Since Lu Yun can sell horses in Tongguan, he will leave another thousand horses. So as not to put pressure on them to get places that are not easy to sell elsewhere. ”

Of course, Lu Yun was happy. This sells an extra thousand horses, which can increase the turnover of the Tongguan branch a lot.

Yan Boju and the others rested for a day, and then set off along the north bank of the Yellow River towards Wuzhi.

Lu Chengxiang went to Tongguan to work with Ningde to concretely implement the grain and grass of the entire Jinnan and the army along the Yellow River. This is the bulk of the Yaogang army, and if it is solved here, it will be easy to do in other places.

Zhang Zhimu felt that this year's major event was basically like this, and the sky had begun to get cold. Some outdoor construction work has had to be stopped. The busiest are Duan Jingzhong's bridge and highway construction company and Mr. Lu Bingyi's railway construction company. On this day, Lu Bingyi and Duan Jingzhong found Zhang Zhimu together, the reason was that the cement was not enough.

Because cement is needed for railway and road construction. Although the roadbed from Yaogang to Niutoushan has been basically repaired, the construction of the roadbed from Niutoushan to Datong and from Yaogang to the kiln cement plant has been launched.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Now it has begun to freeze, and other outdoor construction has basically stopped. The demand for cement will also not be great. The cement we will produce until the beginning of spring next year, without special circumstances, will be left to you. The production of these few months is not enough for you. ”

Lu Bingyi said: "That's enough. ”

Duan Jingzhong said: "We can also carry out some earthwork and other construction in winter. It can also carry sleepers, transport ballast, etc. ”

"Winter construction, don't freeze the workers. Eat a little more high-calorie things such as meat. Zhang Zhimu said.

At this point, Mr. Zhang is relieved. Our workers have meat dishes every day. The worst is that there is also mutton soup to drink. When you go to the construction site, you can see that the workers are eating with oily faces one by one. Duan Jingzhong said.

"You can pay attention, I will go to random inspections from time to time." Zhang Zhimu said, "Mr. Lu will tell me about the progress of our railway. ”

"The railway to Niutoushan is about to be laid. This year, it is guaranteed to be opened to traffic, and the passenger station on the side of Niutou Mountain, the special platform for loading coal has been built. The station staff are also well trained. The signal lines along the railway line have also been commissioned. There are a few manned crossings, the road rooms have been built, and the personnel have been trained in place. After the track is laid, it can be opened to traffic. We used the train to transport the rails and sleepers upside down, and lay them a little bit in the direction. Lu Bingyi said.

"Good! With enough coal at the smelter, they can do it. I heard Li Dong come back and say that they are going to build bigger blast furnaces over there, and they are going to build two of them together. Several open-hearth furnaces for steelmaking were also expanded. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Yes! The rails in their yard and freight yard are also in place. They also built railways from their own ore quarries to stockyards. The quality of the personnel at the smelting plant is really good, and a lot of work has been done in advance. As soon as the railroad was opened, they were like fish in water. Lu Bingyi is also very satisfied with the work in the smelting field.

Duan Jingzhong said: "When we go to the cement plant, we are in full swing. The road and the rail are on the road together, and if there are no accidents, it will be open to traffic by this time next year. ”

"We have to rush forward as much as possible, this brick kiln cement factory is too important." Zhang Zhimu said.

"Lu Qi personally came to be responsible for the design and construction of this cement plant, and I see that the cement plant can be built very quickly. The construction of those infrastructures has already begun. Lu Qi knew that those that could be built first and those that could be tackled later. Lu Bingyi said.

At present, the construction of roads and railways is completely dependent on the tactics of crowds, and there is no way to do it. However, Zhang Zhimu suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he saw the road roller used in road construction, and the thing rumbled as if it was driven by steam. If there is such a thing, the effect and efficiency of rolling the road will be very high.

Zhang Zhimu said: "You still basically rely on people's hands to build roads. I'll find Li Yunhe in a while and ask them to build you a road rolling mill with a steam engine. It is to use a steam engine to drive a rolling mill with large steel rollers to make a wheel. This thing is smooth and fast when rolling the road, and it is much more efficient than tamping it by hand. ”

"If you can make this thing, you should do it as soon as possible!" Lu Bingyi understood the usefulness of this thing.

Ouyang He came back with Yan Boju. Because Yan Boju and his family walked along the north bank of the Yellow River to Wuzhi, when they walked through several county towns, they met officials sent by Yaogang, and they saw that Yan Boju and their people were out to sell horses, and they all discussed with him to sell some horses locally. Because the situation here has improved somewhat, especially these places have some harvests this year, the people have seen hope, and many of them want to buy horses if they have the conditions. But the market here has not fully recovered, and there are even fewer people selling horses. Yan Boju understood that this was a good thing, so he made the decision and said that as long as it was a horse used by the farmers themselves, give them the best price, and if they couldn't get the money out at once, they could be guaranteed by the officials of the kiln gang and make an IOU. In this way, Yan Boju did the same along the way, which county he passed through. By the time he arrived in Wuzhi, he had already sold more than a thousand horses on the road. After arriving in Wuzhi, the manager of the newly built branch in Wuzhi heard that there were horses to sell, and he was happy to say that this was a good deal, and he had to let Yan Boju leave 2,000 horses, because the radiation area here is very large, and the market is also very large. Yan Boju thought about it for a while and left them fifteen hundred horses. By the time they reached Kaifeng, there were only 3,500 horses left. The Kaifeng branch said that these horses should not be sent to Huai'an and Yangzhou. It can't be sold out in Kaifeng, so it will be sold out when you send some to Xuzhou.

Yan Boju and the others stopped in Kaifeng and did not go south. met Ouyang He in Kaifeng, and they came back together.

However, what Ouyang He said when he came back made Zhang Zhimu break out in a cold sweat.

Ouyang He took a team of Li Jing's special forces as guards, with weapons, ammunition and some gifts for King Zhou, to Lingshui Wharf, and asked Fan Chengkun to send a boat to speed up to Kaifeng. But when they arrived at Kaifeng, it was still a little late. The head of the West Factory sent by Emperor Chongzhen has already led people to Kaifeng first.

The governor of Xichang led people into the palace and took out the holy decree and asked the king of Zhou to accept the decree.

Fortunately, King Zhou had prepared in advance and took medicine before they arrived, and his physical state was dying.

King Zhou's family came out and said that King Zhou was too sick to get up to receive the order. had to let the son of King Zhou take the decree on his behalf. The governor didn't believe it, and when they came to pick up the king of Zhou, the king of Zhou was sick. I think there must be a fried in it.

The governor said: "The holy decree clearly decrees that the king of Zhou and his family will immediately follow us into Beijing. I have also come by order, and I must not delay. ”

In the palace of King Zhou, only King Zhou and Princess Anping knew that the people from Yaogang were rushing to Kaifeng, and they had to delay time and wait for the arrival of the Yaogang people. Therefore, Princess Anping ignored the rule that women could not show up on this occasion, and forced herself to the front and said, "Governor, my father is really sick. The emperor announced that we would enter Beijing, and that was our family's business. The emperor would never want my father to die on the road. Go in and see what my father is like. You'd better let my father be at home!" He can't wait a few more days, so you don't have to be responsible. ”

The governor thought to himself, our detailed work in the palace reported that the prince may be sick, but he can still walk in the palace, how can he suddenly become so sick? He was a little unconvinced and wanted to see it with his own eyes.

The governor followed Princess Anping to the prince's bed, and after giving the prince a salute, he saw that the prince's eyes were closed and his breath was weak. He stretched out his hand to take the prince's pulse, the pulse was weak, and it was really not good.

The governor returned to the front of the hall and said, "Since the prince is so sick, we can't be embarrassed, I think the rest of the palace will follow us into Beijing first, and then enter Beijing when the prince is better!" ”

The people of the palace fell to their knees and said, "The prince is so sick, how can we leave?" ”

The governor knew in his heart that the prince would soon die. There is no need to let him die on the road, and he will be a favor, he will take the rest of the palace back to Beijing, and if he doesn't arrive in Beijing, the prince may be gone, just on a bad day. But these people in the palace were unwilling to leave, and he was furious and said, "Those who resist the decree and do not respect will be killed." ”

"Don't deceive people too much, we and the emperor are one family after all. You are a minion, if you go too far, the people of our palace will fight with you. "Princess Anping knows that it will not work if she is not tough at this time, anyway, depending on the situation, there is no good result in entering Beijing.

The governor received an order to escort the king of Zhou and his family to Beijing, and if he did not listen to the holy decree, he would take strong measures to bring the prince and his family to Beijing. But he was still unprepared for a real fight in the palace. Because as Princess Anping said, they are all members of the Zhu family. If we kill them here, even if the emperor wants to kill them, he will pretend to be angry and use himself as a scapegoat, and he will be a good person, maybe he can squeeze out a few tears. Besides, although their own people are all strong in martial arts, the guards of the palace will not be idle people, besides, according to the detailed work, they are also equipped with muskets of kiln people. When you encounter this thing, people will hit you with a shotgun, and you will have great ability, and you will have to be beaten all over iron sand.

Seeing that the governor hesitated, Princess Anping said: "Governor, for the sake of us all being the Zhu family, you can wait for a few days!" You have just seen my father, the king, and ......"

When the governor saw it, he had no choice but to find himself a slope and said, "In this case, let's wait for the prince to be better." He turned to his own people and said, "Let's get out of the way!" ”

The people from Xichang left, and everyone in the palace breathed a sigh of relief. Princess Anping's elder brothers, only then did they understand why King Zhou was usually very good to Princess Anping, at a critical time, Princess Anping really had an idea, and she was really ashamed to be jealous of Anping.

However, when the people from the West Factory left the palace, they sent people to block all the doors of the palace and did not allow people to enter or leave. Whatever you want to buy, there are people from the West Factory to buy it and send it to the palace. But how did they know that the palace and the telegraph outside were connected?

As soon as Ouyang He took people to Wuzhi and landed ashore, he knew that the palace was surrounded. The heart said, "Oh no, I'm still late." He ordered Wuzhi to prepare a regiment of mobile forces on standby, and after hearing his order, he immediately drove to Kaifeng. At the same time, they organized a hundred capable personnel, prepared and then put on makeup to enter Kaifeng, and the weapons were brought into the city by the people of the Kaifeng branch.

In Wuzhi, Ouyang He sent a telegram to Princess Anping to complain about the situation outside, saying that he would go to Kaifeng immediately.

Princess Anping knew at this time that the danger had passed. Now, it is the people of the West Factory who break through, and with the palace guards, they will definitely be able to come over to the kiln gang.

When Ouyang He entered the city, he was a light car and came to the Yaogang branch without alarming anyone.

When Ouyang He's entourage came to the branch, he summoned Li Zhi's people here to study the current situation. Li Zhi's people are still very good. He said: "This time, a total of 31 people from the West Factory came. Twenty-one of them entered the palace, and ten of them entered a secret courtyard in Kaifeng. The soldiers they surrounded the palace were transferred from the Kaifeng garrison. ”

Ouyang He knew that it would not work if he didn't do it this time. However, if you can quietly destroy these western factories, it is best not to cause a big noise. Then let the palace continue to pretend to be confused.

Thinking of this, Ouyang He sent a telegram to Princess Anping.

Princess Anping read the telegram, and finally had a smile on her face. He immediately wrote a letter to the governor of the West Factory, and asked the people from the West Factory outside the palace gate to hand it over to the governor. The letter meant to ask him to send someone to the emperor to send a letter, saying that the Zhou Wangfu had received the holy decree and was ready to enter Beijing after it had been packed up. However, the king of Zhou suddenly became seriously ill and could not enter Beijing immediately, so he asked the emperor for forgiveness. When King Zhou improved slightly, he immediately entered Beijing.

The governor of the West Factory smiled when he saw the letter, thinking that they were still afraid of the emperor, but I also made a favor, after all, they were all surnamed Zhu. And he immediately sent two men. I wrote a letter and sent it back to Kyori along with a letter from Princess Anping.

The person in charge of monitoring them immediately told Ouyang He the news that the two people had left in the West Factory.

It was Li Jing's people who were in charge of Ouyang He's guards, and this time because Li Jing led people to have something to do in the Jin Palace, it was Li Jing's old men who brought people over. Ouyang He knew what they were capable of. He said to them, "Tonight, let us go and destroy the people in that little courtyard, and remember to leave a living mouth, and ask them about their other works in Kaifeng." Then they laid an ambush in the small courtyard, waiting for their people on the other side of the palace to return to the small courtyard and kill one by one. ”

When these people heard of such work, their eyes lit up. Their heads said, "Don't worry, Mr. Ouyang." We couldn't do this kind of work, so we cut it off ourselves. His men laughed. It was as if they were not going out to carry out a life-and-death mission, just as drunkards were going to a feast. Ouyang He was very happy in his heart, but he still said: "If you are careless and something bad, I can't spare you." Now let's go out and see how it goes. ”

Li Zhi's people were very familiar with this place, and led them around the small courtyard. Back at their accommodation, they carefully drew a map and studied in detail the plan of action for the evening. Don't look at how relaxed they are when they take on tasks. But there is no ambiguity in the preparation. Ouyang He didn't participate in their affairs, but he was very down-to-earth. These people are now battle-hardened soldiers, and they are no longer snitches who rob homes and houses. It's very methodical.

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The Song army occupied Hokkaido, and Yuankou landed on the island of Kyushu. Opening up the Japanese battlefield. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".