"Shopkeeper, do you still have food?" A few businessmen outside the restaurant looked tired, some were resting at the door, but the leader was a middle-aged man, "Is there still food?" We are in a hurry, miss the inn, make it convenient and give you more money. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The shopkeeper looked at the people opposite, "Okay, let's come in and sit down." As he spoke, he opened the door and let a few people in, "Where are you from?" ”

"Suzhou and Hangzhou, the cloth seller, the goods are stocked, the owner is in a hurry, so let's come over and try our luck." The leading merchant shook his head with a wry smile, and the shopkeeper smiled, "This is all Yongle Dynasty, and you are not afraid of being charged with rebellion when you come here." ”

"It's just a mixed meal, we don't care about the affairs of officials and bandits, there are wives and children at home, we always have to make money to make a living, don't we?"

"Hey...... Tell the truth......" The shopkeeper listened to the other party's words, nodded as well, and Xiao'er came out of the kitchen with the dishes, "I've just entered the sect, and I've been a vegetarian for the past few days, and there are no extra people in the store, so you can make do with it." ”

"Alright, it's good to have a hot meal." The merchant beckoned a few porters to sit down together, and several people ate their meals, while the shopkeeper asked Xiao'er to go to the back to take care of him, and he sat on the chair behind the counter.

"The shopkeeper also entered Manichaeism?"

"Naturally, the Holy Father came, killed corrupt officials, helped the people, and took great care of the poor, many people joined the church, and the mother-in-law and aunt at home also entered, saying that if I didn't enter, they would drive me out." As he spoke, he couldn't help laughing, and the merchants laughed too, and it was raining heavily outside the house.

"A few of you eat slowly, and call me if you have something." As he spoke, the shopkeeper turned around and walked towards the back door, and before he took two steps, he heard the sound of the knife coming out of the sheath behind him, "Shi Yong." Someone behind him suddenly shouted his name, the shopkeeper stood in place, turned his head blankly, and the businessman, who was still tired, had already gathered around at this time.

"Under Li Chaonian, the Internal Defense and National Security Bureau." As he spoke, the merchant took out the black token from his waist, the shopkeeper's expression changed slightly, and a smile appeared on his face again, "Guest officer, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Commander Shi, how many brothers are left who came with you at the beginning?" Li Chaonian looked at the other party, "If you just want to live a stable life, we won't be difficult for you, but the brothers who are with you, what should they do?" Or the same sentence, their wives and children still need them to raise, give me a word, how many people are there? ”

"Humph!" The shopkeeper finally showed a cold smile, found a chair and sat down, and let out a long sigh, "It's been four years, originally it was just about a year at most, but you made us wait for four whole years, have you seen how Fang La's people killed officials?" is regarded as a piece of meat, it is considered good, boiled into anointing oil, random arrows pierce the heart, Ling Chi is executed, all kinds of tricks, hum! ”

Li Chaonian looked indifferent and walked in front of the other party, "They can't do anything, this world is definitely not what they can do, if you want to live a stable life, you and I must have to do something, and the chief will not treat you badly." The shopkeeper looked up, "Chief?" ”

"Now the commander of the internal guard in the south, the second son of the Li family." Li Chaonian smiled, and the rain outside the house was getting heavier and heavier at this time......

A few days later, outside Suzhou, in Hong Ji's textile factory, Li Huaizheng led a few people to visit several of the workshops, "Brother Pang, look at it, these spinning wheels, without manpower, only push by water power, the efficiency is several times that of skilled workers, and the cloth produced is also more fine and neat, and here, as long as it is simple but with some adjustments, it can produce more delicate silk ......"

Li Huai's side, Pang Wanchun also looked carefully, compared with ordinary looms, but it has a more refined structure, "Li Gongzi asked me to see what these mean, after all, I am just a general, I really don't know much about these." ”

Li Huai smiled, "It doesn't matter if you understand these or not, I let General Pang see a future, some people say that this is Gewu, but I say that this is the future of my Hua Dynasty." ”

"Gewu? Future? What exactly does Li Gongzi want to say? Could it be that he wanted to use these things to defeat the army of the Xia Dynasty and resist the iron cavalry of Yuan Meng? Pang Wanchun looked surprised, in his eyes it was just a few machines, at most a pile of wood and iron.

"I know, General Pang may not understand, even the people around me, few people can really understand. But General Pang should know what I Hongji has done in the past few years, there are hundreds of thousands of Northwest Army of my Li family in the chaos in the north, and now it has gradually stabilized, and in the south, now I Hongji has also begun to lay out, and what supports all this is the workshops established by my Hongji, which is also used in this science of things, and we can produce more than just dead cloth, soap, perfume and glass. Li Huai took Pang Wanchun and walked along the lower road outside the factory, "I know, there are a few foreigners who have gone to the Holy Father's place now, and the Holy Father also attaches great importance to them, and even General Pang has been left out in the cold?" ”

Pang Wanchun's face changed slightly, "Li Gongzi knows a lot." ”

"Brother Pang, I know that because of them, the Holy Father has moved his mind again, and he wants to enter Suzhou and Hangzhou?"

"Li Gongzi wants to probe my tone, I won't say anything about the Holy Father." Li Huai looked at the other party, but did not continue to ask, "You have your loyalty, but I also want to advise you, once the Holy Father moves the attention of Su Hang, if you can persuade it, it is naturally the best, if you can't persuade it, there will be a battle between you and me." ”

"Do you think that just these people of yours, these things, can stop the army of the Holy Father? He is not Tian Hu, nor is he Liang Shan! Pang Wanchun looked straight at the other party, "Jiangnan is not the north, and it is not your Li family's decision here." ”

"However, you and I both know that if the Holy Father is a place away, or can live for a long time, if it really passes through Suzhou and Hangzhou, the world will be in chaos, and when the Xia Dynasty goes south, you and I will be sinners through the ages."

After Li Huai finished speaking, the two were silent for a long time, "What do you want me to do?" ”

"I want to meet those foreigners, and it would be better if I could meet the Holy Father." Pang Wanchun looked at the other party in surprise, and suddenly felt that the other party was crazy, "Do you want to see those foreigners, and you still want to see the Holy Father?" Unless you go to Yongle with me, or wait for the Holy Father to lead troops into Suzhou and Hangzhou. ”

"Can't we make an appointment?" Li Huai said with a smile, but the other party had a black face, turned his head and walked towards the outside of the factory, and Li Huai could only follow from a distance.

A few days later, on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, several Hong Ji's cargo ships continued to come to the south, and Suzhou and Hangzhou also continued to have Hong Ji's shops opened, Hong Ji's soap, glass and all kinds of novelties, originally the north was quite popular, and the south was even more popular, and the affairs of Hong Ji and the Mu family gradually became known to everyone, so they did not dare to meddle casually, and the business in the south is also handled by Dong Xiaowan and Ying Hongsleeve together, one inside the main and one outside the main house, but they complement each other.