The faint fragrance of medicine lingered, as if it was set off in the clouds, Zhu Yousong had a long dream, dreaming of a lot of people.

dreamed that the heroic Yue Yingying became his shy new wife; I dreamed that Wu Xifeng was waving a carving knife with a happy face; dreamed that Xiaolian and Xiaohe found their parents; I dreamed that Princess Zou, who believed in Buddhism and Taoism, actually didn't believe in anything; I dreamed that the dead Lao Zhang and Xiao Huang were working in Ying'en Temple....

Suddenly, the bitterness from his mouth woke him up, and when he opened his eyes, an elderly man with white hair was feeding himself medicine with a medicine jar. The old man saw Zhu Yousong open his eyes, and the few remaining beards were raised, and shouted happily: "The prince is awake!" The prince is awake! ”

With the sound of rumbling footsteps, a group of people poured into the room, and Zhu Yousong turned his head sideways and saw a pair of concerned eyes.

Zhu Yousong's weak gaze swept over their faces, and he gently called everyone's name: "Zhang Hao, Yuanhua, Zhao Hong, Uncle Liu Yi, Lao Shutou." Why are you all here, where am I? ”

"Lord, let's go back to Luoyang, this is the Fu Wangfu!" Zhang Yuanhua's eyes were red, and he said in a choked voice.

"Fuwang Mansion? You saved me? What about Li Qing and Yang Qianming? Zhu Yousong struggled to sit up and asked.

"Lord, we're here." Two people squeezed their heads out from behind, a prince, the first person to ask after coming back to life, it turned out to be two people who were not even guards, and the two of them were nervous, and the corners of their eyes were sour.

"Yuanhua, treat Lao Zhang and Xiao Huang's family well." Zhang Yuanhua nodded, choked up.

Zhu Yousong looked at the room full of people, and they all sincerely looked forward to waking up. If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight. He has become the support of these people, and these people and more people in the palace have become a group around him. This camp can be without anyone, and without itself, it will completely collapse. In the same way, you must be strong enough. to bless everyone in this community. Zhu Yousong exhaled a long breath: It's time to develop your own power.

"Zhang Hao."

"Yes."

"You go back to Ying'en Temple, send all the officials we seconded to the yamen, and give them all the money I promised. Then select young people from the people of Ying'en Temple to protect the people, and these people are raised by the palace. Remember, the more people, the better, how much silver is needed, ask Lao Shutou directly. Zhang Hao gave up his hand to receive the order, pondering the meaning of the prince in his mind.

"Old Shutou, Zhang Hao sent someone to the palace to withdraw money, you don't have to report, you want to give as much as you want. The people who were building the palace courtyard were all sent back to Ying'en Temple, and the courtyard was not repaired first. ”

"Yes, the old slave knows."

"Okay, you go back to Ying'en Temple, I'll go to you when I'm healthy." Zhang Hao bowed down and said: "The prince is recuperating with peace of mind, there is no need to worry about the temple, the things arranged by the master, the villain will definitely do it." Zhu Yousong nodded lightly, and Zhang Hao withdrew. Take the command and go.

"Uncle, you don't have to go to Ying'en Temple, I have something to trouble you to do." Liu Yi listened to his cordial call, and his heart was warm and extremely useful, and he stepped forward and said, "Lord Wang, you just say it, my uncle will definitely do it for you." ”

Although Liu Yi is burly and strong, rough and heroic in appearance, in fact, after getting along with each other these days, Zhu Yousong found that he is thick on the outside and fine on the inside, very careful and extremely safe in handling things. Flexible, scheming, not reckless.

"Uncle, you take your people out of Luoyang in civilian clothes and go to Xuzhou to help me find two people. One is named Yue Yingying, a tall and beautiful woman. There is also a man named Yue Chenfeng, who is a middle-aged man who is quite famous in Xuzhou. When you find them, you say that you have been sent by Henan Fuba to find them and bring them back to the palace. ”

Liu Yi secretly remembered it in his heart, but he just received the order and didn't ask much. "That woman is injured, but her sex is as fierce as fire, you must first report my Fuhachi's name and talk to her, otherwise I am afraid that she will misunderstand you and hurt people." Liu Yi An'an was speechless, his nephew valued her so much, eighty percent of him was good, was he so cruel.

"Zhao Hong, I'm not here these days, but someone has come to look for me?"

Zhao Hong told the changes that had happened in Luoyang in the past few days, and Zhu Yousong nodded while listening. It wasn't until he heard that Wei Zhongxian had even dug out Meng Taidong's uncle that he was moved and said: "This nine-thousand-year-old really has some means, but he doesn't have this ruthlessness, and he really can't suppress those Donglin Party members." As for Wang Yinchang, it's time to talk to him. ”

"Old Shutou, you go and get my two cousins." When Zhu Yousong wanted to develop his power, the first thing he thought of was food. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, almost everything revolved around food. This is a period of continuous natural disasters, the cattle and sheep outside the customs are frozen to death, and they cannot eat, so they have to enter the customs to grab grain. When the Tartars entered the customs, the imperial court had to collect military salaries from the people to ensure that the officers and soldiers at the border gates had food and salaries to eat. The people have paid too much food and cannot survive, so they will rebel. If the people rebel against the imperial court, they will suppress the bandits and collect more military salaries, which will inevitably make it impossible for the people to live. Falling into a bottomless quagmire, sinking deeper and deeper...

The two brothers of the Zou family didn't know about Zhu Yousong, they came late, and they hadn't yet integrated into Zhu Yousong's cronies. They were invited to the good medical center, looked at Zhu Yousong on the bed and were shocked, and stepped forward to ask with concern.

Zhu Yousong told them not to tell her mother, there was no reason to make her sad, and the two hurriedly nodded and agreed.

"How is your grain business in Luoyang?"

The elder brother Zou Ren replied: "In recent years, natural disasters have continued, and food prices have been rising day by day. If our palace starts a grain business, outsiders will not be able to compete with us, and the profits will be higher than we expected. ”

Zhu Yousong shook his head and said, "According to what my cousin said, if you buy at a low price and sell at a high price, you can naturally make money, but what I want is not to make money." ”

Zou Ren and Zou Yi were confused, how could there be a business that didn't make money. Zhu Yousong continued: "I want you to buy grain, no matter how high the price, and no longer sell it. Just like the income from the 200,000 acres of fertile land in our palace, they are all hoarded, and I have other uses. Zhu Yousong looked at the puzzled looks of the two, and said with a smile: "Our palace, we lack everything, but not money, and I will plant sweet potatoes on these 200,000 acres of fertile land in the coming year." When the time comes, the grain will be in our hands, and the people will only have to grow it, and they don't have to worry about changing to other crops to make a living. If necessary, I can provide food for them to help me plant.

Zou Ren and Zou Yi were even more puzzled, and they were thinking in their minds: This prince is crazy, he has never heard of taking out grain and raising people to farm for thousands of years, isn't this a tax for those farmers, this is completely reversed.

Zhu Yousong knew that it was difficult for them to understand their current behavior, and he didn't force an explanation, and said: "Cousin, don't have doubts, do as I tell you, and I will be rewarded for doing a good job." Remember, the grain shop in our Fuwang Mansion only enters and does not leave, only collects and does not sell! ”

The two brothers looked at each other inexplicably and walked out helplessly. His cousin is good at everything, but the idea is too terrifying, Zou Yi complained: "Yes, we have been trading for so many years, and this time the goal is to see how much money we can lose." ”

Zou Ren's face changed, and he scolded his younger brother and said, "Shut up, let's do things for the prince, not our own business." As long as the prince is satisfied, there is no need to worry about anything else. ”

When everyone was almost gone, Zhu Yousong relaxed, lay on the bed, and asked the white-bearded Langzhong who woke up and saw him: "When will my body recover?" ”

Lao Langzhong said respectfully: "Lord Wang, your injury this time is even more serious than last time, fortunately, it was your head that hurt last time, and this time you hurt your body." It is estimated that it will take ten days and a half months. ”

"Half a moon? Then it's spring. Zhu Yousong muttered to himself: "Is spring coming?" ”