Their voices were not suppressed for a moment, so that although it was a seat, it also spread outside, and when a merchant-like man heard it, his eyes flashed.

After Fan Zhen and the others missed, Fang San'er got the news and immediately sent a new spy, but this time it was a real spy, and he was a merchant who traveled all over the world, selling some needles and threads and brains.

Therefore, he was also in the lowest lobby in the restaurant, drinking the worst wine mixed with water, calling dishes without oil and salt, such things, and he chewed slowly, as if he was eating a rare delicacy.

So he heard most of the conversation upstairs, and after hearing what he thought was the most important thing, he swept away the rest of the food, and then picked up his own merchant and walked out the door slowly.

A few urchins were chasing after me on the street, and a young man in the corner was basking against the wall, and the merchant glanced at them. He knew that Yu Guozhen indirectly controlled these children and let them act as eyeliner.

The urchins were obviously interested in him, and looked here from time to time, but the people did not look at him as a person, but at his burden.

In the burden of the merchant, there are usually pastries and sweets for the children, so it is normal for these children to look at him.

The merchant smiled and shouted: "Maltose - osmanthus cake, three pieces of ...... Ten dollars and four taels! Little brother, do you want to try a little? ”

The children looked at each other, and then each took out a penny, and bought a piece of osmanthus cake from him, and soon they fought over how to divide this piece of osmanthus cake, and one of the older children snatched the whole osmanthus cake, and ran away, while the other two followed after him crying.

The merchant smiled, then took his burden and walked away slowly, and out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the young man who was basking in the sun was staring at him, but when he sold the osmanthus cake, he turned his gaze to the rest of the place.

"This Xiang'an town has been run by that guy like an iron bucket, hundreds of families and thousands of people in the whole town, I'm afraid that all of them are the eyeliner of that guy, no wonder President Wan and President Fan are both out of the wind when they are present."

The merchant thought to himself, and left the town unhurriedly, and went elsewhere.

A day later, he arrived in Luzhou, although Fang San'er changed his residence, but he did not leave Luzhou, and when he got the news from the merchant, he was stunned: "He did say that he was going to leave for Tongcheng on the twenty-second day of the first month?" ”

Exactly, the villain heard it clearly. At first, the guy was a little reluctant, probably because they were scared by President Fan, and then they reluctantly agreed. ”

"The twenty-second day of the first lunar month...... Will this guy set a trap? ”

"It's not for the villain to know."

Fang San'er pondered for a while, this matter was not something he could decide, it had to be decided by the sect leader.

"I'll go back to Yangzhou...... On the twenty-second day of the first month, fortunately, there is still more than a month, and we have enough time. Fang San'er said, but he immediately stopped: "What about Pang Slender Man, how is his situation?" ”

What he was most worried about was that Pang Slender Man would be seen by Yu Guozhen if he didn't have a tight mouth, if that was the case, Pang Slender would know about his lair in Luzhou. However, a few days have passed since the accident, and the Yu family has neither reported to the official to complain, nor has they found Luzhou, so Fang San'er feels that Pang Slender should not have leaked the secret.

But it still has to be confirmed from the merchant.

"Pang Chuantou has already ascended to the immortal, and the villain saw his remains being sent to the government." There was a look of unbearability on the merchant's face: "The remains are tortured, and it can be seen that the other party has been severely punished." ”

"Okay, okay, I got it!"

Hearing this, Fang San'er not only did not have the slightest sadness and indignation, but showed great joy!

If Pang Slender revealed the secret, he would naturally not die, after all, with him in hand, Yu Guozhen could testify that Wang Haoxian, the leader of the Wenxiang Sect, was still alive!

Moreover, Pang Slender is brave, Fang San'er doesn't think that a heavy punishment can make him speak, a person who has already embraced the heart of death, what is a little torture on the **?

Fang San'er didn't know that Yu Guozhen still had a more difficult means than being tortured, even if Pang Slender was determined, after a few days and nights of sleepless eating or drinking, his mind was also facing collapse, and at this time, many questions he was answering completely subconsciously.

However, out of prudence, Fang San did not rush to Yangzhou in the end, but waited for further news in Luzhou. During this time, the merchant and the other two took turns to wander around Xiang'an, their identities were either merchants or bell doctors, and one was simply a beggar, and they did not deliberately inquire about the news of the Yu family, so they felt that they were quite hidden and had not been recognized by the Yu family's subordinates.

The Yu family is now the focus of Xiang'an Town, and the status of the Song family in Xiang'an Town was equivalent to the Yu family, but now the Yu family has vaguely overwhelmed the Song family, and the key lies in the Yu family's family guard. Therefore, Yu Jiawei's every move has attracted the attention of the entire town, and there is no need for special inquiry, the news will come in a steady stream.

On December 9, after the first seven days, the Yu family chose a place for the burial of several teenagers who died in the attack, and the grandeur of the funeral was not even inferior to that of ordinary rich and noble families. Although there are not many burial items, but the whole ceremony is very solemn and solemn, in front of the young man's tomb, Yu Guozhen also publicly threatened that he must find revenge on the water bandits, and cut the grass and eradicate the roots without leaving any left. Fang San'er noticed that the object of revenge that Yu Guozhen said was the Taihu Lake bandits.

On December 11, only two days after the funeral, the Yu family guard suddenly attacked in the name of the Xiang'an Inspection Department, swept a den of water thieves more than 40 miles away from Xiang'an, killed six water thieves on the spot, and captured 11 people alive.

On December 18, Yu Jiawei attacked again, this time entering Huoshan, fighting with Huoshan thieves, killing 15 of them, breaking a small village and returning.

fought twice, and the fight was inexplicable, and it looked like Yu Guozhen was angry and had nowhere to vent his anger, and he was angry with those small groups of water thieves and thieves.

Then as the New Year approached, the Yu family finally quieted down, cooked pigs and slaughtered sheep, and began to celebrate the New Year.

This rural New Year's flavor is naturally inferior to a big city like Suzhou, but it also has a unique charm, Liu Ru was seriously ill after the last time, and now she is relieved, and she can finally go to the ground, and she saw that every family in Xiang'an Town was full of lights, and her original depressed mood was also relaxed.

"The little officials, the people in the town, are saying that this year is a blessing to you." After coming back, she said to Yu Guozhen with a smile.

"Oh?" Seeing that she was happy, Yu Guozhen was also happy: "What did they say." ”

"This year, the other hospital invited them to do a lot of things, and the wages they gave were good, and they said that there had never been such a generous master."

Liu Ru's words about the residents of the town are not false, this year only the expansion of the courtyard lasted for more than half a year, which brought ten more helpers to the brick kiln in the town, and hauled the bricks, so that five or six idlers mixed up every day.

Then there is the road repair, building a house and building a road is a big project, and it also requires a lot of manpower, and the two have hired more than 40 helpers and masons, which is why dozens of families have benefited.

As for the food and drink of nearly 200 people in each courtyard, it also needs to be consumed a lot, which also benefits the vegetable farmers in the town.

After hearing this, Yu Guozhen laughed: "It seems that you have already understood the economics I told you last time." ”

At these times, Liu Ru was sick, and Yu Guozhen would spend some time with her every day, but it was always boring for the two to sit together, so Yu Guozhen said some economic studies to coax her to sleep. originally thought that these things would make her dizzy soon, but she didn't expect that Liu Ru was very interested in the three major links of production, circulation, and consumption.

Liu Ru also smiled: "Consumption drives production and circulation, my Ming rich people only know how to take the silver jar and hide it in the cellar, so the silver circulating in the market will always be limited, and the imperial court has to replace it with paper printing treasure banknotes, but the imperial court does not have enough cash silver as a reserve, coupled with the indiscriminate printing of the wind, the result of the banknote law is corrupted......"

When she said this, Liu Ru looked at Yu Guozhen's eyes with a strange reverence, she used to think that if she could write good poems, dare to say two strong words, and have a good reputation, that is the hero of the world, but after following Yu Guozhen for more than half a year, she completely understood that only those are far from enough, whether you can write good poems is not a necessary condition for a hero at all, whether you can use it in the world, this is the key to whether you are a hero or not!

"After the New Year, I will go out, and during that time, you and Xiaolian should be careful not to go back to the town." Yu Guozhen said.

"I know, I know, the little official is going to congratulate the father of that son-in-law." Liu Ru looked at Yu Guozhen, his eyes blinked, and he pursed his lips to reveal a coquettish smile: "There is another important thing to do by the way." ”

Yu Guozhen was stunned for a moment, he made a plan with Fang Yizhi and Sun Lin that day, but no one heard it, where did Liu Ru get the news?

A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "What important thing do you say I'm going to do?" ”

"Naturally, I went to meet the son-in-law of the Fang family, everyone is beautiful, from a famous family, extremely talented, extraordinary in conversation, proficient in practical learning......" Liu Ru used a series of words to describe, the more she said the sourness in her tone, the more she couldn't hide it, and finally she simply "hummed" and tilted her head to the side.

However, her appearance is mostly shy and angry. Because by saying this, she almost put her mind out.

Yu Guozhen was slightly stunned, he originally thought that Liu Ru knew that he was going to deal with the Smelling Fragrance Sect Master, but he didn't expect that she was worried about this!

"Huh...... Where did you start with this, the younger sister of the Fang family just borrowed me to shelter from the wind and rain...... No, how do you know that? ”

"Naturally, Xiaolian said it, Xiaolian said, that Fang family's daughter-in-law also gave the surname to the little official, this is not trivial, how can the small characters of everyone's beautiful daughter let ordinary people know?" Liu Ru seemed to be smiling.

It turned out that after Liu Ru came, she was smart and clever, and she was indeed better than Xiaolian in taking care of people, Xiaolian was somewhat apprehensive in her heart, and after seeing that Liu Ru was a little respectful of the little officials, Xiaolian had to be even more sour. You must know that there are women in this world who don't marry, but women who are not jealous are useless, it's just whether they can bear it, so Xiaolian mentions the Miss Fang family from time to time, and Liu Ru can almost grind calluses in her ears now.

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(Thanks to the wood and bamboo for the tip)

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