However, Tang Cheng tossed around on the couch for a while, thinking about the new house at home, and he didn't know if he could receive the reward, and how much could this reward be? It is not enough to build a house with all bricks, but if you can have a good reward, you may be able to build a house with half bricks and half rammed earth. The house can be less bricked, but the outside courtyard door must be made of big green bricks to turn the hat, Daddy Tang bolt has said several times, so that the door built out is not only material-saving, but also looks magnificent...... With these thoughts churning in his mind, Tang Cheng slowly sank into sleep.

Tang Cheng and Zhang Xianling embarked on the way back to Yunxi County in the afternoon of the next day, Zhang Xianling has been out for several days, as the chief official of a county, even if it is not worthy of the name now, and it cannot leave the yamen for a long time, now that Erlongzhai has found a solution, he should also go back.

said that Zhao Laohu should also come back together this time, but he himself refused to break the rules that he had maintained for more than 20 years, and Zhang County's order also had the intention of borrowing him to suppress the formation here, so he was not reluctant, and only thought about finding a few better Langzhong from the city after returning to the ya.

The total arrest of Zhang Zishan did not come back, and now he is urging those strong men who have been recruited to do civil engineering work like chicken blood, in short, he is completely sealing the foot of Erlongfeng Mountain, this guy is not going to be a turtle, okay, grandpa will fulfill you, don't even want to stretch out the black **.

On the one hand, it is certainly for the needs of the siege, after all, after doing this, the strong men should be dismissed, and it is not a matter of consuming food every day on this day, and the pressure on the official warehouse is too great; Besides, the wheat harvest is coming soon, even if you don't work for nothing. The strong men can't rest at ease. After this high earth barrier is built, with the hard tire bow and powerful crossbow in the hands of the tolerances, it is enough to completely seal the road down the mountain.

Besides, this is also for the future, Erlongzhai is too dangerous, if such a place is not controlled, next time if a group of people run up to make an old thing about occupying the mountain as the king, he Zhang Zishan has to vomit blood.

There was a shift of eight tolerances with Zhang Xianling and Tang Cheng who came back, called guards, and they actually went back to change shifts, after all, the tolerances were miserable enough under Erlongzhai. Now it's time to take turns to come back for a break.

Different from the hurry when he came, Zhang Xian Ling was obviously a lot calmer when he went back, so he didn't rush too much, and finally let Tang Cheng, who was not good at riding, suffer some crimes, Rao is so, and when he returned to the county seat at dusk the next day, his whole body was like a shelf.

After going back to Haosheng to take a bath and eat a full meal, Tang Cheng didn't even talk to Li Yingjun and Lancao, and fell asleep. The sweet one I slept on

The next morning, Tang Cheng, who still felt sour and soft, didn't listen to the persuasion of the woman and Lancao, and still arrived at the county school on time, he had already delayed a lot of schoolwork, so he still went if he could.

In the following days, Tang Cheng returned to his previous life, but his mind was no longer as calm as before, just like Zhang Countyling, he would always think of Erlongzhai three or four times a day.

It is said that when Zhang County ordered to go to Erlong Village, the tolerance of the first dial had been under the village for nearly a month, and it was inferred according to the habit and frequency of ordinary Zhuang households to buy salty salt. In fact, when Tang Cheng and the others arrived, the salty salt stored on the mountain should have been almost eaten. If we take into account the hard work of the mountain bandits, we may be able to resist for another two months, and by then the men will be better, and the women and children, especially the children, should not be able to bear it. If you do the math like this, the end of July will come to an end.

Although there is a timetable in mind. But I didn't see the bandits, and they couldn't bear to go down the mountain. Tang Cheng was always a little apprehensive in his heart, although he knew that the tolerances had already been probed and verified, he still had a thought from time to time, what if they bought too much salt last time......

Suffering from gains and losses, everyone will have such emotions more or less when facing major events, and Tang Cheng is no exception.

The days passed between busyness and occasional gains and losses, until more than a month later, one afternoon in early July, when Tang Cheng was holding a newspaper in the county office and bowing his head in contemplation. The good news he had been waiting for for a long time about Erlongzhai had finally arrived.

At that time, Tang Cheng was reading a newspaper. At present, in the early Tang Dynasty, there was far from the palace report of later generations, but at this time, as the chief administrator of various provinces, the observation envoy generally arranged for henchmen to live permanently in the imperial capital Chang'an. The purpose was to collect information about the temples and temples of Miyagi and the Imperial City, and then send it back to the local area through the military department on a regular basis. So that the local magistrate can grasp the situation in the capital. This kind of hand-copied information recording the imperial family and the temples of the imperial city is called "Chaobao", and the court naturally refers to the imperial court.

After these imperial newspapers were transmitted back to the provinces, the assassin histories of the prefectures under the jurisdiction of the province would be copied again until they were finally transmitted to the local authorities, which was also an important source of information for the magistrates to understand the movements of the imperial court.

There is nothing too new in this latest "Chao Bao" copied from the state, and the reason why Tang Cheng is so interested in it is because there are two pieces of news in the Chao Bao that hazy and hazy stimulated him.

These two pieces of news are from the Yangzhou City Shipping Division, saying that since the beginning of this year, due to continuous sea storms and pirate raids, so the huge losses of the ocean-going giant ships on the Maritime Silk Road have been huge, and the ten largest maritime merchants in Jiangnan East Province have jointly signed a letter to the City Shipping Division, requesting Yangzhou City Shipping Division Yamen to take over the trading of tung oil, in order to support Huainan Province and Jiangnan East Road for the purpose of building sea ships.

The other is the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion Shangdi Script, which is intended to impeach and ask the imperial court to order the Lingnan Provincial Observer and the marching ambassador to cooperate to exterminate the pirate gang led by the Feng family in Chunzhou, Lingnan as soon as possible, and ensure the safety of the maritime and ocean-going trade routes.

Yangzhou is the most prosperous place in the Tang Dynasty in addition to the three capitals, there has always been a saying of "Yang one benefit two", and Yangzhou is so prosperous, a very important reason is that it is the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, where the world's richest maritime merchants gathered, as well as the most exquisite bulk porcelain, silk and so on. Therefore, the impact of the blockage of maritime trade routes on Yangzhou is fatal. This is also the reason why the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Office will tear its skin and impeach the military and political yamen of Lingnan Province together.

However, if we look at the recital of the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and combine it with the book of the city, it can be clearly seen that since the beginning of this year, the sea ships of the Tang Dynasty or the Persian maritime merchants have suffered great losses, which directly stimulates a large demand for tung oil. And Li Yingjun's shop is mainly engaged in tung oil business, and it is also the largest tung oil merchant in the county.

Can you take this opportunity to make a profit? Because he didn't know the details of the tung oil business, Tang Cheng didn't have any exact concept of this, but he just remembered these two pieces of news, and as for the others, he still went back and asked Li Yingjun before talking.

Just when Tang Cheng's mind was spent on the newspaper, the door of his office was pushed open suddenly, and the miscellaneous servant Lao Sun stood outside with a sweaty face, "Tang Lushi." He wants to see Zhang County's order."

"Lao Luo!" After seeing the person who came, Tang Cheng threw the newspaper aside in a "bang", and came to the door in three or two steps, "There is good news in Erlongzhai?" He asked in his mouth, and he had personally led Lao Luo to the official room of Zhang County.

"Erlongzhai has fallen", Lao Luo's simple three words made the stone in Tang Cheng's heart completely fall to the ground, this is the first time he didn't knock on the door, and directly pushed open Zhang County's office.

Zhang Xianling, who was looking at something on the bookcase, raised his head in surprise and glanced at Tang Cheng. But then he stood up, and his eyes were fixed on Lao Luo behind Tang Cheng.

"County Lieutenant Zhao sent me to report the good news to the adults, just the evening before yesterday, Erlongzhai fell!" After saying this most important sentence, Lao Luo looked at Tang Cheng sideways, and said in a hoarse voice: "Tang Lushi, I'm tired of giving a glass of water to drink, I'm in a hurry this way, and my throat is going to smoke."

Wait for Tang Cheng to pour water and come in again. At least on the surface, the expression on Zhang Xianling's face has returned to calm, and after Lao Luo took the water and drank it in one go, he continued to talk about the matter of Erlongzhai.

The reason why Erlongzhai will fall so quickly this time is all due to civil strife, and there is a family in the village who only added a son in May this year, and it is naturally distressing to be the first child in the family. Originally, the commotion on and off the mountain had nothing to do with them. After all, the officers and soldiers can't fight, and there is no worry about eating and drinking on the mountain.

But slowly, as the salty salt in the meal became less and less, the child's mother's health became worse and worse, although she had no appetite and desperately ate bland and tasteless meals for the sake of the child, but she had always been strong and the milk in her body was getting less and less, and in the end it was almost gone. It's only been a month or two, what can I do if the child is weaned? Seeing his son crying all day and all night, his body is getting thinner and thinner, after two days of torment. The child's father and mother couldn't hold back any longer. In the middle of the night, he wanted to touch the mountain to join the official army, but he was caught by the people arranged by Ke Changming, the owner of the village.

Although Ke Changming has repeatedly promised, as long as he can carry through this time, everyone will be able to eat and drink spicy food. also relied on this promise to subdue the hearts of the people in the village, so that hundreds of people from top to bottom followed him to fight against the officials and soldiers. But these days, with the lack of salt, the owner of the village, Ke Changming, is under a lot of pressure, and after catching this little two, he moved to use these two people to deter others.

Who knew that this practice directly caused the civil strife in Erlongzhai, first the relatives of the small couple came out to stop it, and then when the two sides were entangled, the hungry and lack of immunity newborn unfortunately died, it was the child's death that exploded the explosive barrel, and the people of Erlongzhai really felt the real fear from him. They are now dizzy and weak, and when their heartbeats increase, they are about to lose their lives, and they can take care of the illusory wealth that Ke Changming promised. It's only the beginning of July, who knows when the officers and troops will besiege it? They're starting to build a wall under the stockade now! Even if there is really the wealth that Ke Changming said is waiting in front, can he still survive until that time?

These days, because the people of Erlongzhai who can't eat salty salt and rice can't bear it anymore, they completely rioted under the leadership of the crazy little couple, and the hoe and shovel knocked out randomly, only beating the owner of the village Ke Changming and more than ten of his cronies to death, if it weren't for the fact that everyone still wanted to tie him up as the main culprit and surrender to the official, I was afraid that Ke Changming would have to be beaten to death by the little couple on the spot.

At this point, the Erlongzhai people, who could no longer bear it, escorted Ke Changming and more than a dozen other people down the mountain to vote for the official, which was exactly what happened the afternoon before yesterday, so far the high bases and bows and arrows prepared by the tolerance in advance were useless at all.

Although the matter of Erlongzhai was brief from Lao Luo's mouth, Tang Cheng could think that the process was not easy at all, at least the unfortunate child who died. The little couple and the mottled bloodstains on Erlong Peak are all proof, but now no one cares about these.

As a result, only the result is what people pay the most attention to!

Erlongzhai was finally pacified, and it was not even August, and at this time, the superintendent Yushi must still be in Shannan West Road.

Since Lao Luo sent back the news, Tang Cheng could clearly see that Zhang Xianling was indeed really relaxed, although he was still busy thinking about how to properly deal with the aftermath of Erlongzhai, but the anxiety that had been accumulated between his eyebrows for a long time was indeed no longer visible. Even when he sent Zhang County Commander back, he also heard the folk song of the Six Dynasties Lefu hummed by Zhang County Commander according to the tune of Qing Shang.

In fact, not only Zhang County's order, but also Tang Cheng's case? When he returned home from his home that night, his heart was obviously much more relaxed, and when he looked at the increasingly familiar streets and swallow towers on both sides, he felt that his eyes were much brighter, and even his steps became brisk.

After returning to his residence for dinner in the evening, Tang Cheng gossiped and thought of the two newspapers he read in the afternoon, so he didn't rush to the study, and asked casually: "Yingjun, what is the tung oil in your shop mainly for?" "You never ask me about the shop. The sun is coming out in the west today! Li Yingjun pursed his lips and smiled and said: "This tung oil is squeezed out of the tung fruit, and the average people buy it back for the household that it can be waterproof, just like the umbrella in our house from the umbrella on a rainy day to the foot bucket for washing feet, Lu Feng and even the wooden basin for washing under the stove, and the wood hoop looks good with a wooden hoop before it can be made after brushing the tung oil several times; As for the bulk of the main thing to buy to do lacquer, regardless of whether it is varnish or other colors, there is always tung oil, and the other is the ink used in your room, which is indispensable to make it. To say that tung oil is a good thing, not only does it dry quickly. and can withstand the heat, and it can withstand decay, and everyone needs some of them."

No wonder the maritime merchants were in a hurry, it turned out that the big ship made from this waterproof and antiseptic thing was launched in a wooden way!

"You know a lot", Tang Cheng smiled and gave Li Yingjun a thumbs up, "You are in this business." I guess I should be clear about the origin of tung oil."

Li Yingjun frowned. Make a "that's of course" expression, since the final decision with Tang Cheng's family, her heart has changed a lot, although she is still capable when dealing with foreign affairs, but every time she is with Tang Cheng, she shows the state of a child in front of her from time to time, "Tung trees grow in the mountains, so the places where tung oil is produced are all mountains and mountains." Our Shannan East and West are naturally the production areas. But to say that the largest parcel is in the southwest, but it is a pity that the barbarians over there are divided into six groups of noisy people. In addition, it is difficult to walk in the mountains and dense forests, so except for the official family, private merchants dare not go."

Southwest, Wuman, plus the six sub-forces, Tang Cheng heard this and understood that what Li Yingjun said should be Yunnan and some areas of Guizhou in later generations, as for the six forces, it should be the six edicts, he only roughly remembered that the first unified regime in Yunnan appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but it is not clear when it was specific, judging from what Li Yingjun said, it is obvious that Yunnan has not achieved reunification until now.

Doesn't this mean that the huge tung oil production capacity contained in Yungui cannot be released at all now? Thinking of this, Tang Cheng's heart was a lot excited, "Is the output of tung oil in the east and west of Shannan large?" What about our Yunxi tung oil production? Are there many merchants who come to buy tung oil on weekdays? ”。

"Ah Cheng, why are you interested in this?" , Although Li Yingjun was surprised, it was rare for Tang Cheng to ask her about the economic livelihood, strange was strange, but the answer in his mouth was crisp, "The tung oil produced by the Wu barbarians and Jiannan Province is the military capital designated by the imperial court, if it is not produced, it is basically not bought and sold in private shops, mainly for the town army and water division in the southern part of the Yangtze River to make rattan armor and Peng Pai." As for the tung oil used by the people, it is mainly produced in the east and west of our mountain, and Yunxi occupies a big Jianshan, so there are a lot of them produced every year, as for our shop...... There are some foreign merchants there?"

Tang Cheng was still happy to hear it before, but Li Yingjun's last sentence puzzled him, "Oh? Why is that? ”。

"What can I do if the shop is too small! But all the merchants who come from other ways are big, and our small shop can't support it, and people are directly looking for big shops in the state, and then the shops in the state come to us to make up for the goods", speaking of this, Li Yingjun's face is both unwilling but helpless, "Every year when I encounter such a big business, although it is easy to do, but most of the eaters in the middle are intercepted by the shops in the state."

Hearing Li Yingjun say this, Tang Chengcheng didn't ask anything more, the small shop can't support the big business, even if he has the opportunity, he doesn't have the capital to toss, and there are products in the east and west of Shannan.

However, after Li Yingjun finished speaking, he inevitably asked Tang Cheng why he suddenly thought of this, and Tang Cheng did not hide it, so he told the news of the morning newspaper he saw in the afternoon.

"If the goods of such a shop don't need to be sold in a hurry, it's good to hoard them in your hands and see the style", Li Yingjun saw that Tang Cheng's face was a little depressed, so he stood up and went behind him, and reached out to pinch his shoulder bone for him, and said with a soft smile: "Even if it is the largest tung oil shop in this county, it is nothing if it is placed in the state, if you can follow the wind and make more money, it is good, how big a bowl to eat, this is reluctant, Ah Cheng, you don't have to worry about this."

"Yes, what else", Tang Cheng patted Li Yingjun's hand on the shoulder and sighed, after more than a year of poverty, he really wanted to make money, but unfortunately it was easy to show an opportunity but ......, "It's been a few months, you just want to stock up, it's still too late there."

Tang Cheng is really a little sorry for the owner of the shop who lost his big business now, thinking of this, Li Yingjun inexplicably came up with the words "boss lady" in his mind, and he couldn't say it for a while, so he burst into a warm joy from the bottom of his heart, and then listened to Tang Cheng say layman's words, and he only felt that his man was really stupid and cute, and people couldn't help but like it to the bone.

Thinking about it, Li Yingjun's hand holding Tang Cheng's shoulder reached his face, and there was a little more soft fluttering in his voice, "The tung fruit will not begin to ripen until before and after the cold dew, and it will be all ripe after the frost, and this year's tung oil is still early!" As for last year's, when it first came out, the bulk had already been bought, and there were not many shops left by each family, so if you want to make a living from tung oil, you really have to be busy for three or two months a year. For those who use large quantities such as Yangzhou maritime merchants, they must wait for the new oil to be squeezed out this year."

The woman's hand caressed her soft face, and Tang Cheng, who felt very comfortable, simply leaned on her soft warm body, listening to Li Yingjun say this, he finally felt a lot better in his heart, and he couldn't catch up with eating fatty meat and drinking some soup, "Anyway, there is not much to use money, stock up, stock up more!" Tang Cheng's tone really has the flavor of profiteers on TV in later generations.

On the day when Lao Luo returned to the city, the people who had rested for a day under Erlongzhai began to return to Yunxi County, and they were accompanied by two hundred strong men who were recruited and transferred after the wheat harvest was robbed, and of course, more than 100 mountain bandits who surrendered from Erlongzhai were indispensable.

At this time, although Zhang County was still in the county office, his mind was on these mountain bandits, and now the official documents written by him have been prepared, and he will report to the state city immediately after the mountain bandits are imprisoned. Of course, the follow-up treatment of the mountain bandits in this official document is just a reason, but the more important thing is to repay the merits!

In the years of Shengping, the suppression of bandits was dealt with by military merits, and every time he thought of this, Zhang Xianling couldn't help but feel hot all over his body.

Putting down the official document in his hand that had been carefully considered several times, Zhang Xianling's gaze fell on Tang Cheng, who was talking to the handyman outside, through the slightly open door of the official room.