Chapter 31: The Dagger (Part 4)

"What? Wu Gong, his old man, is coming to Jiangning? Then we'll have to kowtow to him! Different from the reactions of the corrupt Confucian Zheng Yu and the prince Zhang Shicheng, the ordinary people inside and outside Jiangning City were all full of joy.

They don't care about the Mandate of Heaven, nor do they care about the positive and negative things, what they care about is whether they can let the whole family eat two full meals and sleep peacefully.

There is no doubt that the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion did its best to ensure their simple request. From last year's crossing of the river to the present, it has always fought steadily and steadily, forcing the Yuan army and various "volunteers" to retreat one after another, and there has never been a see-saw between the two sides on the entire battlefield. The newly arrived Huaiyang officials, with the support of the army, turned the large pastures under the names of the Mengyuan nobles and officials into farmland and distributed them to the people. and forced the local gentry and wealthy families to pay grain and pay taxes like ordinary people, and spread the land into the mu.

In addition to dispatching troops and government offices, Huaiyang firms and various workshops also expanded vigorously in the newly recovered land. Compared with Jiangbei, Jiangnan has more rivers and a denser water network. It is very convenient to build large and small freight terminals, set up high and low waterwheels, spin wool, cotton, silk and hemp silk into yarn at a speed of 100 times faster than manpower, and then weave into various fabrics, load them on cargo ships, and sell them to all cities on both sides of the Yangtze River and canals that are willing to accept goods. Some imitation Arabic cargo ships can even directly enter the sea from the Yangtze River, and then go to Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Guangzhou and other places to exchange a lot of gold and silver for merchants.

Businessmen seek profit, and when they make money, they want to earn more. And if you want to make more money, you have to hire more labor and buy more raw materials. As a result, the vitality of the people, which had been deliberately suppressed by the Mengyuan government for a long time, has been greatly released in the past year. Newly opened stores are becoming more and more numerous, and all walks of life are rapidly recovering their vitality.

With overnight food at home and overnight money in their pockets, the people certainly don't want to live that kind of hungry and cold life anymore. And there is only one way that can allow them to keep a stable life in front of them forever, that is, the Huaiyang Grand Governor's Mansion will occupy this place forever and never leave again.

Therefore, no matter how Confucianism has been making trouble in the past few months, the small people in the market, but very few people follow them to coax, and occasionally one or two people who are similar to Chang Xiaoer and can't tell right from wrong are also beaten back by their parents with a broomstick, "Two stay, two stay, what kind of soil do you have to follow behind the fool?" People are against Wu Gong, and they want to pay taxes without paying grain! What a fart are you trying to do? It's not your turn to have benefits! Haven't you had enough of the wild vegetable dumplings? Or are you born to be a cheap bone?! ”

"You old man, how do you speak?" Of course, the scholars refused to let their followers leave, pulling the sleeves of their parents. was hit on the hand by the latter with a broomstick, and he bared his teeth, "Bad Xianggong, you have to go yourself, don't pull my child." Who lacks the heart and eyes, let you hold it in your hand as a burning stick?! ”

After scolding, he escorted his children and grandchildren home, and forbade him to leave the house for half a step. It wasn't until he heard that the car of the chief manager of Huaiyang had arrived at the gate of Jiangning City, that the ban was lifted, he changed into clean clothes, and dragged the whole family to the street to worship Gong Xie.

Although he knew that among tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of faces, it was impossible for Engong Zhu Chongjiu to remember his family, but the people were still willing to worship from afar. Not for anything else, just to let God see which side the people's hearts are. It's not that whoever shouts loudly will take advantage of it, most people usually don't speak, but everyone has a rod in their hearts.

So when Zhu Chongjiu's car entered Jiangning City, both sides of the road were already crowded with people. The white-haired old man knelt behind the incense table, his lips trembling, and he kept praying and worshipping. The young and vigorous young men held the baskets of melons and fruits high, and kept sending invitations to the soldiers on horses, "Master Jun, you can taste this, I grow it at home, it is fresh!" ”

"Master Jun, try my apples. By the way, I also brought a few to Wu Gong's old man. I just picked it off this morning, and it still smells of dew! ”

"If you don't worry, I'll eat one myself. Taste it, taste the hearts of our Jiangning people! ”

"Master Jun, which car is the old man sitting in? Can he see us? ”

Whether it is an inquiry, or a prayer. The soldiers of the Guards Brigade on their horses did not respond. They only controlled their mounts, distanced themselves from each other, and lined up horizontally and vertically to protect the carriages in the center of the procession. The black-clothed chengguan standing on both sides of the road held hands, trying his best to limit the crowd from squeezing towards the middle of the road, while shouting hoarsely, "Let one, old and young masters, let go." Let the Grand Master's carriage pass first. Don't squeeze, your mind, the chief manager has seen it, and if you squeeze it again, you will be trampled on by the horse! ”

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze! The chief manager is tired of traveling and driving, don't make trouble for his old man! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, your thoughts, the chief manager said that he received it, and he received it!"

"The Grand Governor is mighty!"

"Grand Governor Marquis Wandai!"

"The chief manager will rule the world as soon as possible!"

The people, while trying to control their bodies and not rush down the horse's hooves, responded with cheers. Suddenly, the whole city was full of people.

"Phew, buy people's hearts!" The old Confucian Zheng Yu and the others who were standing in the private room on the second floor on the side of the road heard this, and their faces began to turn black again. I wanted to open my mouth to sing a few words of inversion, but found that my voice was completely swallowed up by the cheers around me, and it was impossible for it to be transmitted into the convoy.

"Arrogance!" I can't express my protests, and I don't care to huddle with the grass people. The old Confucian Zheng Yu was so angry that he scolded in a low voice, "Qin Shi Huang sealed Mount Tai back then, and that's it. In the blink of an eye, a righteous man came out and hit him in the sand! ”

"What Mr. Shishan said is extremely true! At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Gaozu went out on patrol, and the horses he drove did not dare to use solid colors. This Zhu butcher has only gotten the land of projectiles, and the people's hearts are undecided, and they actually use all the big food BMW to pull the car, which is really a tyrannical thing! The old Confucian Wang Han also came to the window and counted it through gritted teeth.

"According to the old man's opinion, sooner or later he will follow in the footsteps of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang!"

"If you are rich, you will be safe, how can you achieve great things!"

In the room, the only seven remaining Confucian "leaders" cursed one after another. I wish that a strong man with a hammer would immediately jump out of the downstairs and strike at the carriage of the Zhu butcher.

Their respective servants were huddled around another window facing the street. With envy on his face, he watched as a group of cavalry slowly walked through the street protecting several carriages.

It was a bit hot, so the cavalrymen were dressed in armless cuirass, and the leg guards were only knee-length. The rest is covered with breathable silver wire weaving. This makes them look more handsome and majestic, but not rigid. One by one, as if the gods descended from heaven to earth, they exuded nobility and majesty from head to toe.

In the middle of the cavalry of more than 600 horsemen on tall horses were ten neat and tidy four-wheeled carriages. The cabins of each car are painted a dark blue, and when illuminated by the sunlight in the sky, it reflects the light of the sea. The crossbows that pulled the carts were all light chestnut, and from the first to the last, all the horses were equally tall. The horses' hooves nailed with iron palms stepped on the bluestone pavement in disrepair in a uniform manner, constantly splashing shining sparks, up and down, up and down, flashing people's hearts.

"Labor hurts money, labor hurts money!" The voice of the old Confucian Zheng Yu sounded again from another window, with deep envy and unwillingness.

"Mu Monkey and Crown, no matter how you clean up and dress up, he is a butcher after all!" The old Confucian Wang Han echoed indignantly beside him.

Both of them had been officials of the Great Yuan Dynasty and knew the preciousness of those horses. According to the Great Food Merchant, the pure chestnut horse was specially bred for the royal family on the Great Food side. Not only is he good-looking, docile, but also smart enough. It didn't take much effort on the part of the coachman to pull the carriage at the smoothest speed.

A thoroughbred horse like this, each pulled to the market, can be exchanged for more than five war horses. Dayuan's side, that is, the officials in Dadu and Quanzhou can afford it, and in other places, even the prefect and Daru Huachi from all walks of life don't have to think about it.

"Mr. Shishan, when will I go down?" Unlike Zheng Yu and Wang Han, Boyan Shouzhong didn't have the heart to accuse Zhu Butcher of extravagance, but walked up to the two of them and urged them with a very urgent voice.

"How sure are you getting close to the convoy?" The old Confucian Zheng Yu shuddered, and his body began to tremble slightly.

"I don't know!" Boyan thought about it in his hand and shook his head solemnly. "There are too many people below, so we can only let the house slaves squeeze first, and then we will rush in. Left near is just to show our ambitions, as long as they are seen by the Nazhu butcher and the people around them, it is enough! ”

"Just, I'm afraid I won't be able to squeeze in, I'll wait, I'll wait for too much strength, after all, it's still too thin!" The old Confucian Wang Han trembled, and his face instantly became as white as snow.

Giving each other a blood remonstrance, this is something they have discussed a long time ago. And in their hearts, they have also practiced countless times. Eguan Bo belted, thousands of scholars faced the sharp blade of Zhu Butcher, and went to death. And the foolish people around were awakened by everyone's enthusiasm and bowed down one by one

It's just that the gap between the people here today is too big compared to what was envisioned. Even with the addition of their respective slaves, it is less than one percent of what was expected. With this amount, I am afraid that before the carriage that approached the Zhu butcher, it was killed by the group of black-clothed people. It's like an ocean of eggs thrown into the ocean, and it can't make any waves at all!

"Again, wait. Zheng, Zheng is not in distress, but, but the timing, the timing is not appropriate! The old Confucian Zheng Yu's thoughts in his heart were similar to Wang Han's. Hearing the latter's words, he stammered and added.

"Huh?!" Boyan Shouzhong's face quickly turned cold, he frowned, and said with a roar, "How long will you wait?" Wait for the Confucianism in the world, will they all follow the Zhu thief to go retro? Then what is the point of the blood we are waiting for? If you don't want to go, I'll take my servants first. At this time next year, please go to Boyan's grave to inform the results! ”

After that, he pouted at Zheng Yu and the others, turned around and was about to go downstairs. Seeing this, several other Confucian leaders were so ashamed that they were in a dilemma. Just as he was hesitating whether to take advantage of Laboyan's defense, all of a sudden, he heard the servants at the window shouting loudly: "Look, look, someone stopped the car and shouted injustice!" ”

"It's trouble, it's a big problem. Let's see if the Zhu butcher picks it up or not! ”

", still a! This little girl, she was so bold that she was almost hit by a carriage and died! ”

"It's not just bold, it's the right timing. Just rushed in as soon as the man in black turned around! ”

"Look at what the Zhu butcher should do!"

"Look at whether the Zhu butcher dares to take the case!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately found a reason. Take a few quick steps, grab Boyan's hand, and take the latter to the window together, "Don't be impatient for a while, see if the Zhu butcher's carriage stops!" ”

I saw that the black-clothed people who were originally maintaining order on both sides of the road rushed over a few of them, set up a woman who stopped the car and shouted grievances, and walked away. However, the woman also escaped to die, and her legs were dragged to the ground, struggling with all her might. The raised mouth opened and closed in mid-air, clearly shouting injustice.

Suddenly, several men in black stopped and slowly lowered the woman.

Immediately after, the door of the carriage in front was pulled open from the inside, and a black face and beard like an iron tower, a strong man with a yellow face, and another young man with a bronze face and no beard, and a body as burly as a black face and beard, jumped out of the carriage one after another.

"It's a traitor surnamed Hu, Xu Chefu and Zhu Butcher!" In another window, the slaves of Confucianism whispered in a whisper, their eyes flashing with complex adoration.

The three of the old Confucian Zheng Yu, Wang Han and the Confucian leader Boyan Shouzhong stood at the window, their teeth constantly hitting up and down. Hu Dahai, the commander of the Second Army, Xu Hongsan, the commander of the Guards Brigade, and Zhu Chongjiu, the commander of the Huaiyang Brigade, the three guys who scolded every time they mentioned it, were now on the street not far from their feet, within reach.

As long as they jumped out, they would definitely be able to splash the blood on the faces of the three of them. But I don't know why, but none of them lost the ability to move, just huddled at the window, listening to their teeth constantly fighting, "cluck, cluck, cluck"

In the sound of teeth colliding, the old Confucian Zheng Yu saw Zhu Chongjiu, Xu Hongsan and Hu Dahai walking towards the woman who was shouting grievances. The surrounding people stood there like clay sculptures and wood sculptures, not daring to move their necks slightly. Hu Dahai asked a few words, and the woman replied a few words, but the shouts around her were too noisy, and Zheng Yu tried to listen, but she didn't hear anything. Immediately, he saw Zhu Butcher take half a step forward, trying to pick up the woman who was crying out from the ground, or take her complaint, and followed closely, he saw a flash of cold light-"Ah——! Zheng Yu, Boyan Shouzhong, and Wang Han exclaimed in unison. Watching the cold light, it went straight to the lower abdomen of the Zhu butcher. Then, I saw Hu Dahai pushing Zhu Butcher away with all his might, blocking the knife light with his body. The Zhu Butcher flew up and kicked the assassin into the air.

Phew——! For some reason, Zheng Yu felt that his heart was tightly lifted in his throat and quickly fell back. Rather than feeling sorry for the Assassin's miss, he felt a sense of relief on his shoulders.

"Watch out the window on your head!" Immediately after, he heard Nian Wang Han shouting loudly in his ear. Immediately, the fire flashed in the opposite window, "Bah! Bang! Bang! Several firebolts rang out one after another. Hu Dahai tried to protect Zhu Butcher with his body, but red smoke soon rose from his chest. Zhu Butcher tried to hug Hu Dahai, Xu Hongsan tried to block in front of Zhu Butcher, the surrounding soldiers took the initiative to rush over and line up into a wall, but the sound of fire in the opposite window seemed to have the help of the devil, endlessly.

Red smoke also rose from Zhu Butcher's chest, and he fell down with Hu Dahai. The soldiers of the Guards Brigade went crazy and used their bodies to block Zhu Tuhu, Hu Dahai, Xu Hongsan and others under them. Another wave of soldiers jumped off their horses and raised their muskets at the opposite window, "Woo Woo

The people around them screamed and ran, and more soldiers rushed over, besieging the streets into a big pimple. Zhu Butcher didn't know whether he was dead or alive, and Hu Dahai was also uncertain. The old Confucian Zheng Yu, Wang Han and others stuck to the window and fell softly. At this moment, they didn't see any joy on each other's faces.