Daning calendar, Kangqing three years, early August.

From the three major territories north of the Great River, the seven prefectures and thirteen prefectures, and the four prefecture capitals of the Jiangxing Domain, almost simultaneously transported disaster relief materials and money and grain to the Jiangnan Domain.

At this time, three full months have passed since the great flood, and in these days, too many things have happened in the south of the Yangtze River, especially the rebellion of the victims of the Huzhou disaster, although there was news a few days ago that Huzhou was under the siege of Ningzhou, Suzhou, Yangzhou and Hangzhou.

But Rao is like this, and the losses and casualties caused are enough to affect the entire Jiangnan economy and heavy grief.

Not to mention, it is Jinling, Ningzhou, where Dong Ce is located, many industries have been suspended, and people with relatives in Huzhou have gone to Huzhou to find relatives, among them, the shipwrights of the merchant guild have the largest team, and now no one condemns the Dong family, because the Dong family has been defeated, even if Dong Yuanchang sells all the goods of the westbound caravan, it is only barely six or seven percent, how to repay the remaining one or two hundred thousand?

Dong Ce knew that Dong Yuanchang would not use that batch of goods to repay his debts at all, because in this way, the Dong family was not defeated, but dead!

Dong Yuanchang and some of the proprietors of the trading houses left Jinling in order to prevent goods from reaching Jiangnan, perhaps they would choose to sell their goods in Luoyang or towns further northwest, and then purchase a batch of goods locally and send them directly to the Western Regions.

Only in this way can the Dong family get up, so whether it is the small and medium-sized proprietors of the merchant guild or some consignment vendors, they can only put their hopes on Dong Yuanchang's character, because they have no choice, if the Dong family returns this batch of goods, it may not fall on their heads, perhaps, you can also kill him, and then either abscond in fear of crime or follow the Yellow Spring, a hundred.

When the grain convoy embroidered with the word "Taiping" on the flags arrived in Jiangnan, all the people in Jiangnan were shocked!

Although I had heard that there would be grain delivered, no one expected that it would be transported from Taiping Road, so what did the imperial court do?

It shouldn't be the imperial court that sends the grain, and Taiping Dao is responsible for transporting it, right?

But it is undeniable that for a time, the people of Jiangnan, especially the victims, were all praised by the Taipingdao.

In the small courtyard of the single building, when Dong Ce heard Tu Ping's report, his eyes were closed, and he waved his hand to signal Tu Ping to retreat.

In the face of Taiping Dao's wealth, Dong Ce was helpless, if he hadn't met Lu Dao people in Gusu Mansion, maybe he would have applauded and praised it! Now, no matter how many people he can save in Taiping Dao, he Dong Ce will not give a thumbs up!

Because of the three-month flood, how many of the 100,000 victims actually starved to death? Thinking about Tu Ping, in addition to healing Xiaoguo and having to sell Xiaohua, they really didn't starve to death!

Whether it is donating money or giving porridge and sending steamed buns, one has not stopped, if there is no imperial court, or the scholars are behind it, who can hold on? But if you want to say that you want to save, it's actually not a hanging, hanging your life, making you half dead, and finally waiting for the Taiping Road to come!

Therefore, Dong Ce believes that if there is no Taiping Road, the situation is definitely another development, and perhaps the homes of the victims have already begun to be rebuilt.

Dong Ce got up and walked to the window, looking at the street with lanterns like stars outside the window, there was no joy or sadness on his face, and he muttered: "We have already started to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival!" ”

The speed of construction of the art garden is very fast, and Dong Ce has an extra helper, so the speed of painting is getting faster and faster.

"Brother Dong, can you see this okay?" Tu Xiaohua asked cautiously.

Dong Ce glanced at the color on the painted flowers, couldn't help frowning, leaned over and took the brush stained with green paint in her hand, dipped it in dark blue and applied it evenly, just a few strokes on the foot of a mountain, and then said: "The sun passes over this mountain, and the bottom of the mountain should be a dark place, so the color can't be the same as on the mountain, and the whole mountain range should add a few dark green strokes to highlight the shadows, but pay attention to the light." ”

Tu Xiaohua saw that after a few strokes by Dong Ce, the mountain was really like a living thing, and immediately said happily: "Thank you, Brother Dong, for your advice, but how to pay attention to this light?" ”

"Whether it is sunlight or light, as well as some water currents, copper mirrors and other refracted rays can not be ignored, because the light will be oblique, so the shadows illuminated are different, these can be seen in life, always pay attention to it for a long time, it will be natural." After Dong Ce finished pointing, he continued to work on his own paintings.

Now Dong Ce has painted tea, he is very attentive to this painting, after all, this is also one of the main businesses of the art garden, as long as the small kiln on the outskirts of Jinling is built, there will be a master to teach a few apprentices, you can burn new tea sets and transport them here to sell, so these things are naturally indispensable in his paintings.

Speaking of which, since the last time Liu Wan promised Dong Ce, he left the Imperial Porcelain Workshop the next day, and the Imperial Porcelain Workshop did not stay because the business has been very bleak recently, so he did not keep it, and then Liu Wan listened to Dong Ce's words, went to Yangxian County with Meng Feng, and also found Zisha, which made Liu Wan excited, so he took more than a dozen catties of mud and mixed it directly back to study it slowly.

Meng Feng also looked at the place nearby, and after communicating with Liu Wan, he decided to build two small kilns, first build a new tea set in the suburbs of Jinling, specializing in burning Dong Ce, and then build another in Yangxian County, for Liu Wan to practice firing purple clay pots.

Dong Ce did not object after listening to their proposal, after all, it was very inconvenient to come and go, and the new tea set that was burned could not be seen in time, so he agreed, fortunately, it didn't cost much to get a small kiln in this year, mainly because of the craftsmanship and wages, and Dong Ce could still afford it.

After four days of busyness, Dong Ce finally got the eighteen murals done, as for the details that need to be added, you can also hand it over to Tu Xiaohua, this Nizi is indeed very artistic, not only learn painting quickly, I heard Meng Feng say that she is also a good hand at learning the piano, but unfortunately, she said very tactfully that she did not dare to go on stage, so I hope Dong Ce can arrange for her to do something else, so Dong Ce taught her to paint.

With that done, the most headache has just begun!

The huge signboard has been built, and now it is waiting for Dong Ce! Moreover, this painting is definitely not one, but what the theater of the art garden wants to perform, it will be pasted, so these four paintings cannot be painted directly, but can only be replaced by canvas!

But the paint used on the cloth in this year is very easy to fall off, so Dong Ce can only cut the rags, and then let Tu Ping and Zhang Dagui and their mother-in-law sew it on.

This is easy to say, and Dong Ce also has a lot of helpers, but it is more difficult to do than to draw directly! As long as he didn't pay attention, the rags representing his eyes, ears, mouth and nose would all be crooked, and even worse, he would directly confuse his hair with his clothes, but fortunately, it was not difficult to modify this thing, and it took a few people to complete the whole painting in three days.

The painting is divided into nine frames, the first row of three frames, a man and a woman getting married, followed by the wife taking care of her husband who is studying hard at night, and finally the husband meets a dignitary. From the second row, the situation turned, the husband and wife separated, the husband met many dignitaries, because another woman hooked up with each other, and in the last row, the wife came all the way to find it, but the husband did not recognize each other, and murdered his wife with the woman, the last one is a scene in the yamen.

This canvas seems to be rough when you look closely, but when you are a little further away, you feel vivid, novel and beautiful.

As with those murals, the painting was hung with the sign's crimson curtain lowered, blocking it.

However, Rao is so, and it also makes many people with a heart see it really!

Because some talented and beautiful people who have come to the art garden are very interested in the murals of the art garden, some people have often visited these days, and when they learned that it was Dong Ce and a little lady of about fifteen who painted the painting, their jaws almost fell off in shock, and their admiration for Dong Ce was even heavier.

Of course, there are also those who want to learn to paint, but Dong Ce doesn't have time to teach, just let them take a look at it on the side, and after the opening of the art garden, it will not be too late for everyone to discuss it.

Dong Ce's movement here is so big, how can he hide it from Dong Ziquan.

But it's strange to say that this kid didn't bother Dong Ce anymore, and seemed to disappear out of thin air, and even those former friends didn't know what he was doing these days?

And Dong Ce's heart is like a mirror!

When Dong Ce came to this world, he felt that there was nothing wrong with this body, just weak, but it was so weak that it was inexplicable, it didn't hurt or itch, and the more he drank medicine, the weaker his body became, which was a bit strange, so he secretly poured out all the medicine for the next few days, so that he became more and more energetic!

In this case, if Dong Ce didn't know that someone was trying to harm him, it would be really stupid.

After that, Dong Ce began to investigate slowly, wondering who was going to kill him!

Now, he knows some enemies of the Dong family, but except for those small traders who can't get on the stage and have long been put down by the old man of the Dong family, the real opponent is this relative!

As for why the family has to kill each other, in fact, it is not what Zhang Dagui guessed, what kind of shopping mall has no father and son!

But Dong Yantao is the son-in-law, and Dong Yuanchang is the concubine, if it is ugly, he can also be called a wild seed, so the old man actually handed over the family business to Dong Yuanchang to take care of, this is resting on Dong Ce, I'm afraid he won't let go of this younger brother!

These years are very particular about the concubine, such as the Lu family, Lu Xiaoxiao's father was arranged to do business because he was not a son-in-law, but in the end, whether he wants to be an official or a businessman, maybe only he knows!

In today's world, it is not rich that you are an uncle, in front of the scholars, even if you are rich and rival the country, you have to let them handle it, and Lu Jinyong is still in the scholar family, everyone advocates being an official, no matter how big or small, as long as he is an official, anyway, he can easily rise by relying on his family relationship, and it is not a problem to mix in Beijing.

Because of this, if the relationship is reversed, Lu Jinyong, the concubine, becomes an official, and the sister-in-law goes to business, can the Lu family still be harmonious? I'm afraid it has long been divided!

Dong Ziquan didn't come to trouble Dong Ce, Dong Ce was naturally too lazy to compete with him, but it didn't mean that he liked to be passive, on the contrary, he was a very active person, but he was also a self-aware person, and he didn't have the strength to compete with others, so he could only shrink.

However, if Dong Ziquan really joins forces with Wei Zheng, then Dong Ce will be really happy!

On the ninth day of August, although the construction of the art garden is not finished, the funds have been used to the limit and can only be stopped, but those places are not noticeable, so the whole art garden is perfect.

Dong Ce's preparations were also done, and even Wang Fuyan rushed back from Gusu, and like Meng Feng and Zhou Cong, he immediately sent famous posts to some friends and summoned people to attend their opening ceremony.

Everything is ready, Dong Ce, Meng Feng, Zhou Cong, Wang Fuyan, and Tu Ping, the victims who once followed Dong Ce just for a mouthful of food, are full of hope for the art garden at this moment!