The weather in Guangzhou was still very hot at the end of September, and most of the pedestrians in the market wore short sweatshirts. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere is a big restaurant called 'Yuehai' near the drum tower in the city, the building is four floors high, about five zhang, divided into two before and after, and the left and right are corridors. Sitting in the four-story wing, you can directly see the magnificent sea outside the southern city, which is good feng shui.

Yuan Pengnian, the deputy envoy of Guangdong, was sitting in the seaside room on the fourth floor, sipping fragrant tea while waiting for someone who was very important to him.

Yuan Pengnian is a celebrity after Yuan Zhongdao, Yuan Hongdao, Yuan Zhongdao is a famous person in the world during the Wanli period, a representative of the "public security faction", and Li Zhen is as famous, and the moral article is the first in the world. Yuan Pengnian is from a famous family, and his brother Yuan Qinian is also famous in Beijing, he is a young talent, and he takes fame lightly and does not let his ancestors. The three dynasties of Chongzhen, Hongguang and Longwu, officials and officials are all in the matter.

Later, the Qing army entered Fujian, and the Ming army was dispersed, so it descended to the Qing with the wind. However, the Qing court only fooled him with a chicken-ribbed errand, and Yuan Pengnian was extremely angry about it because of the pride of being a famous man, but in the face of reality, he also knew that he was powerless.

When he sighed for a long time and lamented the unfairness of fate, Wei Guangchuan, the head of the Ming Dynasty's outer town Fusi, quietly found him in accordance with the emperor's instructions, and persuaded him to do it anyway, Yuan Pengnian did not expect that the Ming Dynasty was still willing to accept him at this time, and once confirmed, he was ecstatic in his heart, so he readily agreed, and also accepted the first task assigned to him by the Ming Dynasty, and secretly persuaded Li Chengdong to surrender!

Yuan Pengnian and Li Chengdong are also old acquaintances, when Li Chengdong hit Fujian, he was very respectful to Yuan Pengnian in the matter of the then Longwu Dynasty officials, after some hypocrisy, Yuan Pengnian felt the grace of the encounter, so he took advantage of the situation to vote for the Qing, he knew that Li Chengdong was as dissatisfied with the Qing court's reward and punishment system as he was, but because of the Qing court's power, he did not dare to act rashly, so he has been suppressed. Therefore, he is at least more than 30% sure of whether he can persuade Li Chengdong to surrender.

Not long after, Li Chengdong wore a set of Ning silk robes and casual clothes with five blessings to increase longevity, and the ribbon with a white jade head around his waist came to the appointment.

After a period of greetings, the two compartments were seated, a few dancers were ordered, and the two sides listened to the music while chatting about the world as usual, chatting about state affairs, and talking happily.

After the dancers sang a song, Yuan Pengnian meaningfully sighed to Li Chengdong who was sitting beside him: "Eguan Bo belt, how chic and majestic!" ”

For Yuan Pengnian's inadvertent exclamation, Li Chengdong appeared for a short period of silence, and this detail was instantly caught by the keen Yuan Pengnian. He immediately knew that there was a play, but before he could make persistent efforts, Li Chengdong had already sighed lightly and said: "Once there was a dress system, why should Brother Jiemei be envious." ”

As soon as the words fell, a huge burst of human voices sounded in the market under the restaurant, and the sudden noise made Li Chengdong quite unhappy, he followed the sound and looked out the window, only to see that many people in the market downstairs rushed to the side of the street like crazy, everyone was shouting, as if they were rushing to buy something.

"What's going on in the market?" Li Chengdong beckoned the bartender to ask, and naturally moved the topic away from the topic just now.

The bartender laughed and said courteously, "They've gone to buy cotton yarn." ”

"What is there to grab from cotton yarn?" Li Chengdong suddenly felt a little incredible.

The bartender patiently explained: "The honorable guest doesn't know that the cotton yarn sold by the cotton yarn shop on the side of the street is not only uniform in thickness, tough and firm, but also quite low, only one or two cents per catty, which is three to five dollars lower than the cotton yarn price of other cotton yarn shops." ”

"A pound only costs a little more than a tael of silver? It's so low! Yuan Pengnian, who was on the side, was also very surprised when he heard this, and said quite puzzled: "Isn't the store afraid of losing money?" ”

"It's not clear about this little one." The bartender scratched his head and said: "I only know that the cotton yarn shop sells a fixed amount of cotton yarn every day, not a lot, and it is only sold to poor families, not to rich cloth merchants. ”

"I see!" Yuan Pengnian showed a look of clarity and said: "The owner of the cotton yarn shop must be a virtuous gentleman who uses this cotton yarn to give wisdom to the people in disguise." After saying that, he shook his head with a smile and waved his hand to let the bartender go down.

Knowing that Li Chengdong didn't want to show his heart yet, Yuan Pengnian didn't embarrass him, and after saying goodbye to Li Chengdong, Yuan Pengnian did not immediately go back to his house to rest, but turned around and found his other friend Li Yuanyin, because Yuan Pengnian thought that he had a special harvest in this conversation with Li Chengdong.

Li Yuanyin, the word Yuanbo, is a native of Nanyang, Henan. Born in a scholarly family, his surname is Jia, and he was later adopted by Li Chengdong in the war, so he changed his surname to Li, just in his twenties, he is a beautiful man with an elegant style.

When he was a thief, it was fashionable to adopt a son in the army, and almost every leader had an adopted son. There are two sword boys beside Gao Jie, both of whom are twelve years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, red lips and white teeth, better than beautiful women, fresh and super-easy. The following are all handsome, and they all have sword boys, Li Yuanyin was Li Chengdong's sword boy at the beginning. The sword boy is not only a personal attendant, but also a herald, and his status in the army is relatively special. When he got older, Li Chengdong adopted Yuan Yin as his adopted son, and his status naturally improved. Li Yuanyin treats people modestly and never bullies him, and the army has a high opinion of him.

Perhaps because of the traditional education he received when he was a child, although Li Yuanyin looks like a white-faced nerd, he is very smart, Xiaochang is military, and his words are also a must in the army, which is deeply loved by Li Chengdong. And unlike his adoptive father Li Chengdong, Li Yuanyin has read many Confucian classics and admires the righteousness of monarchs and ministers. As early as the first year of Hongguang, when Li Chengdong descended to the Qing Dynasty, Li Yuanyin was a little unhappy.

Yuan Pengnian is talented, far-sighted, and often gives Li Yuanyin what he likes to explain the past and present, the difference between Huaxia and Yidi, the sinking of Qiankun during the Wuhu Chaos in China, and the history of Mengyuan's enslavement of the people of the Central Plains, which made Li Yuanyin feel greatly shocked, and therefore introduced Yuan Pengnian as the division commander. The relationship between the two has always been good.

When meeting with Li Yuanyin, Yuan Pengnian quietly told him that when he was catching up with his father-in-law before, he found that he seemed to have the intention of rectifying, and the direct evidence was that when he provoked Li Chengdong with sensitive words just now, although Li Chengdong avoided it, he was not angry and had a sad look on his face. Therefore, Yuan Pengnian judged that as long as time is given, Li Chengdong will be opposed!

The reason why Yuan Pengnian was the first to convey such a confidential matter to Li Yuanyin was not only because the relationship between the two was quite good, he believed that Li Yuanyin would never harm him, but there were two other factors that determined Yuan Pengnian's action.

The first is because the relationship between Li Yuanyin and Li Chengdong is relatively special, specifically, Li Yuanyin is Li Chengdong's adopted son, although there is no blood relationship between the two, but the relationship is very deep.

The second and most important reason is that Yuan Pengnian and Li Yuanyin have a common wish at this moment, that is, they expect Li Chengdong to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway, wash away the stigma, and achieve the way of loyalty.

Li Yuanyin knew Li Chengdong's temper, and he promised Yuan Pengnian that he would choose the most suitable time to persuade his father-in-law to do it anyway. Yuan Pengnian got the promise, and then he left with a happy face.

Zhaoqing, Guangdong, in the treasury of Lindu Palace.

More than a dozen bookkeepers quickly flicked the abacus beads and crackled to calculate the income and expenditure of the royal cotton yarn business.

Yang Shouchun sat on the side and leisurely sipping tea, waiting patiently, and after a while, Mr. Bookkeeper brought the booklet and stepped forward and said: "Master Yang, I have already calculated according to the order, and the book has been completed." ”

Yang Shouchun responded, took the book, flipped through it, and briefly checked the numbers in his heart, and after making sure that there was no problem, he went to the imperial study of the palace.

In the study, Zhu Youlang was carefully studying the military works of the Ming Dynasty such as "Western Law Divine Machine", "Military Strategy", and "Jingwu Complete Compilation".

There are still a lot of military works in the Ming Dynasty, but they are written in a more general way on the specific marching formations, and most of the key places are brushed aside, and the compilers seem to have left a hand.

If you want to know how to fight a war by reading these military books, it is obviously not practical, but fortunately, it contains a lot of military knowledge of the Ming Dynasty, and you can learn a little bit.

Yang Shouchun walked to Zhu Youlang's side, sent the book to the desk, and said softly: "Emperor, this is a summary of the money from selling cotton yarn." ”

Zhu Youlang opened it, looked at all kinds of summaries, and the final total figures, and laughed softly: "Not bad, it's only been a few months since the start of construction, and it can have a surplus of nearly 100,000 taels, which is a good momentum." ”

"It's all the emperor's strategy." Yang Shouchun praised in a low voice and said, "According to this situation, in the future, we may receive forty or fifty thousand taels of silver per month in the palace." ”

Zhu Youlang smiled undeniably, but he didn't plan to use the money for pleasure, but was thinking about how to use the money to enhance his strength.

Nowadays, there is a great shortage of war horses in the camps of the guards and pro-army, and a high-quality war horse is more than fifty or sixty taels, and at least twenty taels, and the most important thing is that it has no price.

Liangguang is not a horse-producing area, war horses are military materials, has always been relatively scarce, and it is unrealistic to collect a considerable number of war horses for a while.

I can only find an opportunity to collect slowly, it is really not enough to replace it with the Yunnan and Guizhou horses, although the Yunnan horses of Yunnan and Guizhou are bantam horses, they are known for their steady endurance, and the characteristics of Mongolian horses are relatively similar, and the superior Yunnan-Guizhou Yunnan horses can barely be used as war horses.

Of course, all this needs to establish a sufficient supply of money and grain, and although the income of the cotton yarn business is not as fast as the money that comes from the family, it is a very good guarantee and supplement.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youlang called Yang Shouchun to his side, and said in a serious tone: "The big companion of yarn making and selling must be supervised by a good student, and there must be no mistakes, understand?" ”

Yang Shouchun's heart sank, and he replied sharply: "Please rest assured, the slave and maid can be saved." ”

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