Chapter Ninety-Nine

The person who gave Ning Zhong Ze an idea is indeed very smart, and Ning Zhong is not bad at thinking, waiting for Zhang Zhong to find out about this matter, he will find a reason casually, such as being snatched away by the gangsters, and then make a show.

When the time comes, let the people here turn around, and say that they haven't found the villain, what can he Zhang Zhong do even if he is powerful? It's not that he has to endure it, even if he knows that it was his side that made a move, there is no way to do it.

The people in the yamen quickly rushed out, they also wanted to get that reward, this time it was not like before, only a little bit, dozens of yuan, this time it was a thousand, even if so many people shared, everyone could get a lot, more than they got for a year.

The people sent by the Zhang family naturally didn't wait for others to come to the door, after they got the money, they didn't plan to get them back to Luzhou at all, just when others wanted to check on them, they were busy.

Waiting for those individuals to find them under the temptation of money, they came up with all kinds of ways to find them, but found that the money was not wanted to get back at all, and they were all bought by these individuals in the local area, no matter what it was, everything that could be bought with money, these people bought all of them, bought a batch and loaded it into a car and transported a batch, and did not stay at all, the place of transportation was to the north, ready to take the land route, as for how to get it at that time, then there was no hurry.

When the people in the yamen found the people sent by the Zhang family, only the last batch of goods remained, worth about 2,000 yuan.

The people of the Zhang family smiled when they saw these people in the yamen, and one of them said: "Do you want to rob us of all our money, and then say that it was done by gangsters?" It's late, everything that should be transported has been shipped away, and now you go to chase it, and when you catch up, then go to the borders of other states, and see if you dare to say that it was robbed by gangsters?

Also, we've already released the news that we know about such a thing as a flying slave, right? We brought a few with us when we came, and now there are two, and one will fly soon, oh, you don't even have a bow and crossbow, so you can't stop it. ”

As the man spoke, another pigeon was released over there, and watching the pigeon flapping its wings and flying away, the people from the yamen didn't know what to do for a while.

The leader ordered people to surround these people from the Zhang family, so as not to let them escape, and hurriedly went to report the matter to the master, and see how the master decides.

Ning Zhong was still thinking about good things, but he was hit by this news again, fell a lot of things, and still didn't understand his hatred, slapped the person who came to report a few times, and yelled at this person:

"Go back, hurry up and withdraw the people, what are you doing over there? What's the point of having two thousand dollars or not? Everything else is gone? Stupid, why didn't you find someone until now, if it had been earlier, then you would have been able to recover more, so many goods were shipped away, why didn't you stop it? Yes? Why don't you stop? Didn't you have to stop any merchant when he came over? ”

Ning Zhong didn't dare to do it now, mainly because it was not worth it, for the sake of two thousand yuan of money, what a big risk, once Zhang Zhong did it, it was very uneconomical, and he had no choice but to put the fire on these individuals.

The beaten man didn't dare to say anything, and stood there waiting for the master's orders, hoping that the master would not send the fire to himself again.

"Why don't you get out of here? Everyone withdrew, and told those people sent by the Zhang family, this is a misunderstanding, I heard someone say that there are villains here, don't let them catch the handle, don't go quickly, what are they doing to eat? So many goods were transported from Honshu, and they didn't even stop it. ”

Seeing that the people who came over were still standing there, Ning Zhong was even more angry.

The person who came to report finally found an opportunity to explain, and said to Ning Zhongze: "Master, it's not that we don't stop it, but we can't stop it at all, who would have thought that those people in the Zhang family are about to break through the sky, and they actually use the goods that our caravan helps transport."

I also gave a lot of extra money, sir, you also know what the vehicles of our own caravan look like, each car is pulled by two horses, the speed is very fast, so fast speed, the goods have long been transported far away, even if it is to chase now, it is only a little bit that can be recovered, and the total is less than four thousand.

Master, how can we stop our own convoy, or let people hurry over, in case they want to transport the goods farther away, as long as they catch up, we can let our convoy come back. ”

Hearing this person's words, Ning Zhong gasped, and at the same time admired these people sent by the Zhang family in his heart, these people are really careful and bold, they buy things when they get the money, and after they buy it, they use their caravan to help with the transportation, no one would have thought that it would be like this.

If I knew this situation one day later, I would definitely vomit blood, yes, no one can compare with the fleet of the Ning family firm here, and it is because of this that the business has been good, and now it is good, I have taken a big business, but I have lost more money.

Shaking his head, Ning Zhong said to this person: "No need to chase, since people have already thought of using our convoy, then someone will definitely follow the car, and the goods that want to arrive at the place first have been unloaded after passing the state, and there are already empty cars going back."

Good ability, the Zhang family is really powerful, the people who are released to do things can think so thoroughly, look at you, why can't you think of it? If you can compare to the people who came over from the Zhang family this time, then you don't have to be *** hearted, let's go, go and withdraw the people who are around, just treat it as if there is no such thing. ”

Ning Zhong waved his hand again, let this person leave, and when the person left, he sat there and continued to be distracted, he really couldn't understand how the Zhang family cultivated people, maybe it was their housekeeper who went outside to do things, and it could reach such a level, maybe it was not as good.

It seems that if you want to deal with Zhang Zhong, you have to think of a perfect strategy, otherwise it will be easy to be calculated by Zhang Zhong.

The people on the Zhang family's side soon had no crisis, they were quite scared just now, worried that if Ning Zhong hated them and wanted their lives desperately, then they could only fight, and if they could run one by one, even if they couldn't run, they couldn't be restrained.

"It's gone, it's finally gone, hehe, now we don't have to be afraid, I was really scared to death just now." The person sent by the Zhang family was in charge, wiped the cold sweat oozing from his forehead, and said to the others.

Several other people also felt that they had no strength in their bodies, they were too nervous just now, thanks to them for transporting those goods, otherwise there were so many goods, they would definitely be wiped out.

"Okay, take a break, just follow the last trip to leave, wait over there, turn a corner, and transport the goods to Luzhou, although the freight is a little more this time, and the price is a little higher when you buy something, but the lord will never say anything, this money is the same as picking it for nothing."

The person in charge poured a bowl of water vigorously, wiped his mouth, and instructed a few people, and several people did have a feeling of prostration, so they just lay on the ground, and waited for a while to get out of here, and this time they could be regarded as having made a great contribution.

One of the youngest men, lying there, said: "Thrilling, this is the real adventure, fortunately, I persevered, go back and talk to them, scare them to death Those who stay in the yard all day, it is indeed exciting, I really hope to do it again, as long as there is no danger to my life." ”

"Then you can do it again by yourself, we won't go on an adventure with you, this time even if it's a night or a day, we may be left here, and we won't be able to go back, I want to see the people over there as soon as possible, have a good meal, and then sleep peacefully, these days are every day of worry."

A man next to the man who had just spoken said with his hands on his chest, squinting his eyes.

The others also feel the same way, they are the most reassuring people in the inner courtyard, so they were sent over, but they are not easy, these days, they will always be awakened by nightmares while sleeping, and it seems that they are going to die at any time.

The Zhang family didn't know that the people sent out to get the money had changed their original minds, and instead of getting the money back, they bought the goods, and they didn't know how much danger they had, especially Zhang Zhong, he didn't believe that Ning Zhong would dare to do it at this time, of course, he was treating others with himself.

But waiting for the carrier pigeon to fly back, seeing the things written on it, Zhang Zhong was also scared into a cold sweat, he didn't care about the money, he was afraid, in case those people sent out were in danger, the loss of the Zhang family would be great, and those individuals could take out one and put it outside to do things, and they could stand alone.

"You can't do this in the future, you have to be more stable, and you can't let your people take risks casually." Zhang Zhong put the note on the table, took a sip of tea, and then felt more comfortable, and said to himself fearfully.

After waiting for a while, after calming down a bit, Zhang Zhong stood up and went to his son with a note, asking his son to see what happened this time and how to deal with it, whether to grasp this matter and let Ning Zhong give a reasonable explanation, or just don't know what to do, and agreed with Ning Zhongze's possible statement.

When Zhang Xiaobao saw the words on the note, he was silent for a while, and said, "Send someone to question and ask Ning Zhong why he did this." ”

Zhang Xiaobao thought clearly, even if he asked about this matter, there would be no result, and in the end, it would be over, but if he didn't ask, Ning Zhong would definitely think that his side was weak, this is a matter of attitude, and it can't be treated as if he didn't know anything.

In addition to asking, you also have to put some pressure on Ning Zhongze, that is, let the boat come back, load some armed people and go to the Qinjiang River, stop at the closest place to the Yamen, and make it look like he may attack at any time.

In this way, Ning Zhong can be a little more restrained, and when he is busy with other things, he is not afraid that he will come up with any bad ideas.

"Dad, okay, send these notes to Cao and Rui, ask them what's going on, if they want to deceive people, and tell them that if those goods don't come back safely in the end, then they will continue to take out money to pay off their debts, and if our people are hurt in any way, then let them think for themselves."

Zhang Xiaobao decided to make good use of this opportunity, Cao and Rui have been too comfortable recently, and they must be scared at any time, don't torture them well, sorry for the bad things they have done.

Wang Juan asked at this time, "Is it useful to tell them these things?" What if they weren't afraid? After all, aren't these goods shipped out? ”

"Yes, they don't think about whether the goods can be intercepted by the state capital passing by, they think about whether we will obviously not lose the goods, not to say that they have lost the goods, obviously no one is injured, but also said that they are injured, this is what they are most worried about, let them sleep well, they will keep testing us, so that we know how we deal with them.

Dad, you can send some more people to pretend to spy on them secretly, but let them find out, so that they will keep thinking about whether we are going to do anything to them. ”

Zhang Xiaobao is very sure of humanity in this regard, and said to Wang Juan and his father with a smile.

"You're too bad Xiaobao, you want to use this to torture them, well, you have to make them uncomfortable, you dare to go to Qinzhou to send information, if you spare them, there may be a few people who want to try it in the future." Wang Juan now understood, it is true, this person, he is not afraid of thieves stealing, he is afraid of thieves worrying, and the sword out of the sheath is better than being triggered.

The matter was decided in this way, Zhang Zhong wrote a letter, and asked people to take it to Ning Shushi along the boat to pass, and found Cao and Rui here, and asked the three of them to look at the notes, and repeated what Zhang Xiaobao said.

Sure enough, the three of them trembled in fright, they didn't expect Ning Tingshi to dare to do this at this time, this is obviously to trap them, they don't know that Ning Tingshi thought that their IOUs had already been obtained, so they sent someone out.

The three of them didn't know how they left the yamen, but they all fell ill after returning to their homes, as Zhang Xiaobao said, they were afraid that Zhang Zhong would deliberately find this excuse to deal with them and get the goods elsewhere, so they said that something happened on the way.

Their illness is not so bad, it is just a heart disease, and they are not going to fall ill, this is also to show Zhang Zhong that they are weaker than Zhang Zhong, so that Zhang Zhong knows that their courage has become smaller, and they will not make trouble here.

But Zhang Zhong still sent people to monitor them, and also found a doctor to treat them, but fortunately, this kind of heart disease is usually not visible, as long as they lie down and their faces are ugly, then they can say whatever they want.

This matter was temporarily put aside by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, waiting for the ship to pass, and seeing the reaction of Qinzhou before making the next step, the two of them are still busy making cement, the lighthouse matter can not be delayed any longer, get it out as soon as possible, and increase income as soon as possible.

Wooden lighthouses are actually OK, as long as the wood is thick enough, strong enough, and the repair is serious, the usual typhoons can survive, but in that case, the good wood will consume too much, it is better to stay for shipbuilding.

All the experimental items have been numbered, and two kilns have been fired, but the effect is not so good, and one can be said to be the best one in the experiment, and the two of them continue to adjust the proportions of various things according to this.

After another three days, when the new kiln of cement was fired, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan personally made a meal to celebrate, although this cement is not as good as the various cements used at that time, it is not bad to build a house, pave the road, repair the wharf or something, especially the seawall, waiting to be repaired almost, it is better to put another layer of cement on it.

When the first flower bed made of cement appeared, Li Xun also came over and smashed it with a hammer, but found that this thing was really hard, and he couldn't figure out why those powdery things became so hard with a little water.

No matter what happened, he finally knew the purpose of this kind of thing, that is, it can be used to build houses, and it can also be used to repair city walls, yes, it is to build city walls, which is the biggest use of cement, and when all new things come out, they must first think about the military aspect.

"Quick, give me the recipe, I'll send it up, now it's good, as long as the city wall is built high enough, see how they can attack it, if it is thicker, it is useless to let them smash it with a catapult, and besides, I found a thing, if you use this cement as a stone thrown by a catapult, then you don't have to worry about not finding the stone.

It's fast to make, and you can make it as much as possible, so that the catapult will be more accurate, quickly, give me the recipe, and your family has made a great contribution again. ”

Li Xun urged to think of a recipe, he was just going to use it on the battlefield.

How do you know that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan shook their heads at the same time, and Zhang Xiaobao said: "This recipe can't be given to you, otherwise it will be troublesome, do you know how much harm the production of this cement does to people?" And you can guarantee that if this recipe is sent, no one in the court will leak it out?

If the enemy gets such a formula, what do you think will be the consequences? Even if those ministers don't leak it, can it be kept secret when it is made? When you think of a foolproof solution, we'll give you this again, but now it's not possible.

However, we can let the imperial court buy this cement, we are stricter here, this side is more secure than Chang'an, there are too many people from various countries, even if they didn't think about finding out the news when they first came, but when they know that there is such a thing as cement, do you dare to guarantee that they can still be so honest? ”

"No, I can't replace me, this kind of sharp weapon has to find a way to get hold of it anyway, then I'll listen to you now, but I have to tell my father and uncle about this, this cement can still hurt people? Then you send people from the inner court, so you are willing to do it?

Forget it, you will find a way to do this kind of thing, do you have to spend a lot of money? Hurry up and make more, when the time comes, it will be loaded and transported to the capital, and the emperor can also use it if he wants to repair some palaces or something, and the roads in Chang'an City, sometimes when they are washed by the rain, the road will be very muddy, you said that this thing can build roads, that's good.

There is also the city wall of Chang'an, which is now made of mud, and it can't afford so many big stones, and when the time comes, the city wall of Chang'an will be made of cement, and it should look more beautiful and majestic. ”

The more Li Xun spoke, the more excited he became, as if he saw the appearance of the city wall of Chang'an in the future, his face was full of yearning, and when he said this, he suddenly asked Zhang Xiaobao, "How much are you going to sell this cement?" Wouldn't it be too expensive, would it? If it's more expensive than a big stone, forget it. ”

"Don't want money, as long as we build walls and roads for Chang'an City, we don't need money, but those rich people want to use cement to repair houses or something, this hopes that the court will not take care of our family, and when the time comes, use that bag of cement, a big bag is 500 yuan, I believe there are many rich people who are willing to spend this money."

Also, don't charge our family taxes on selling cement, as long as a boatload of cement is transported over, half a boat will be used to repair the city wall and the pavement of Chang'an for the imperial court, after all, Chang'an City is also the city wall of my Datang, as a citizen of Datang, it is appropriate to contribute to the motherland. ”

Zhang Xiaobao said solemnly, bluffing Li Xun, after a while, Li Xun reacted, he didn't believe that Zhang Xiaobao would have such a high consciousness, whenever the Zhang family made something, they had to hide it, if it was really like what Zhang Xiaobao said, it would be impossible to still have secrets that have not been taken out.

Li Xun pursed his lips and said: "Okay, don't lie to people, I know from your words, even if you send half a boat and sell half a boat, your family can still make money, and the money you make will not be less, otherwise, if you really don't make money by transporting cement from so far away, how good is it to transport other goods?"

Well, it's likely that the cost of transporting this cement is greater than selling those other things, so how much does your cement cost? It's a great book, tell me, I don't tell anyone, really. ”

Li Xunhe wanted to know the cost, he calculated the value of the cement transported and the other goods transported, and was shocked.

"Can you really keep it a secret?" Zhang Xiaobao asked.

"Yes, don't worry, I won't say it." Li Xun assured.

"I can keep it a secret and never tell anyone else." Zhang Xiaobao replied, Li Xun opened his mouth, and finally nodded helplessly, "You can do it, I won't ask." ”