After finishing the affairs here in Fuzhou, the time has reached the middle of August.

The buildings in Fuzhou City have not changed much, but there are many more merchants besides maritime merchants. Xie Lun sent someone to drive the Wenxuan to Fuzhou, the city with the most maritime merchants, and the small loan project is slowly progressing.

Of course, in Fuzhou, which already has three big silver numbers, the Wenxuan number can basically be ignored.

The prefect Lei Yuan really enjoyed the prestige of the prefect, and after Zhang Ru's bloodbath, he handed over all the big and small government affairs of Fuzhou to him, and became the shopkeeper himself. This period of time has made Lei Yuan miserable.

The accumulation of several months was enough for the great changes in Fuzhou to spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, and the merchants flocked to it like jackals that smelled blood.

The correspondence with Xu Li has been high, and Xu Li praised Zhang Ru, the little brother, in the letter, and he hated to see each other late.

The little old man didn't think that Zhang Ru cut off his financial route by bringing a pot of Fuzhou maritime merchants, and the Wei State Mansion had a big business, and he really didn't pay much attention to the filial piety of these maritime merchants.

What he values is the huge benefits that can be brought by the sea after the imperial court opens the sea ban. There is an advantage to Zhang Ru's warship in the morning, that is, these nobles can share in the benefits in the future.

The biggest beneficiary is not Xu Li, the Duke of Wei, nor Zhu Yong, the Duke of Baoguo, nor Zhang Ru, who nominally holds sixty percent of the dividends, but the imperial court, the emperor who sits on the Jinluan Palace.

Since being persuaded by Fan Tong that time, Fan Wuyi has never mentioned the matter of pulling a red line for Fan Tong and Jiang Caiwei, and Zhang Ru has also put this matter behind him. He was thinking about how to take out a piece of wealth accumulated over decades from the hands of the eldest princess Gulun, and he was not in the mood to think about these ghost things at all.

If Fan Wuyi came to him again afterwards, he might have a headache, but Fan Wuyi was like a groundhog who had just emerged when he saw a shotgun, and he didn't react after he showed up.

No matter how you say it, Jiang Caiwei is a person who likes him.

However, Jiang Caiwei herself became a lot depressed after that incident, that is, Zhang Ru didn't go to her, if she went to her, God knows what this fierce woman would do.

But this is not a bad thing for Zhang Ru, at least no one is still standing behind him and staring at him when he reads the secret letter.

There are still a lot of voices attacking Zhang Ru in the DPRK, and even Qiu Jun, a member of the cabinet university, has joined the ranks of the crusade against Zhang Ru.

And a large part of Qiu Jun's attitude is behind this person's back.

Of course, Zhang Ru was kept in the dark about all this.

Fuzhou is decided, everything can only wait for time, Zhang Ru has no point in staying in Fuzhou any longer, after discussing with a few henchmen, he asked Lei Yuan what he meant, and he decided to go back to Nanjing.

The maritime merchants in the southeast coastal area are not unique to Fuzhou, and the reason why they came to Fuzhou is entirely because Guo Hansheng and other maritime merchants gathered in Fuzhou, a treasure of feng shui.

The one who can control the southeast coastal area is definitely not Zhang Ru, the marquis of Dingbian and the governor of the nine borders, but the little old man in Nanjing.

He could take a few hundred people to Fuzhou and smash the maritime business group headed by Guo Hansheng, but he couldn't go door to door to go all over the large and small counties in the southeast.

Xu Li has to come forward for this matter.

On the day of departure, Zhang Ru finally noticed that something was wrong with Jiang Caiwei, who always hoped to stand beside him in the past, although he was still in the queue today, he was far away from him.

Those rude men didn't care about Jiang Caiwei's existence, except for Wang Zhouhui who glanced at Zhang Ru from time to time, everyone else treated her as air.

Seeing such a scene, Zhang Ru couldn't help but soften his heart, raised his feet, never landed, turned around abruptly, and hardened his softened heart again.

There were two voices fighting in the heavens and men in his heart, and one said: "Go, Zhang Wenxuan, this woman's appearance is not weaker than Su Qiqi, and she pasted it herself." Although you are not a person of this era, this era is like this, don't be in vain. ”

Another voice remained opposed: "Zhang Wenxuan, you stop!" Su Qiqi's bones are not cold, you will marry a new love, are you worthy of her fragrant soul under the nine springs? ”

In the midst of the battle between heaven and man, he clenched his fists, and in the end, he chose the opposing voice.

The team set off slowly, and there was no sound on the official road except for the occasional neighing of the war horses. This trip to Fuzhou was very sad for these former Jinyi guards who finally came to Fuzhou, more than 200 brothers who came to Fuzhou died a lot, and they couldn't leave their names in history.

Walking more than 100 miles, it was almost dusk, there were torches in the distance, Zhang Ru waved his hand, ordered to be stationed on the spot, and then, there was a horse galloping away.

The rest of the people relied on the mountain situation and made a defensive formation.

The place where the fire was lit was about a mile or two from where it was stationed, and it could be seen from the fast-moving torches that the other party was also riding a horse, but the horse team should have followed the carriage behind him, otherwise the speed would not be only a little faster than walking.

Zhang Ru stood outside the camp with a serious face, and behind him were more than a dozen brothers with light crossbows. The others, except for the female dependents, have been hidden in the shadows.

Walking thousands of miles, there should still be caution, Zhang Ru set off from Fuzhou this time, completely in accordance with the way of marching in the army, managing this team.

After several half-way ambushes, he has a long memory. It can be said that if this oncoming horse team really wants to ambush their team, the more than 100 people who are in ambush alone are enough to tear apart the enemy with less than 1,000 people.

After a while, the two horsemen who acted as scouts led the two fast horses to the dust, and the first two of them dismounted, knelt on one knee, and clasped their fists with both hands: "Master Hou, there is a group of businessmen passing by, seventeen female dependents, twenty guards, thirteen trucks, thirteen coachmen, and one horseman." There are five masters among the guards, and their subordinates ask themselves to be difficult to beat. ”

In simple words, everything in the opposing team is said very accurately. The two riders who followed were secretly frightened, this is the quality of the damn Jinyiwei?

Zhang Ru nodded slightly: "The number of torches is wrong, it is very dense." ”

Jin Yiwei, who replied, stood up and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, there are no less than thirty torches on each carriage on the other side, which looks like a lot. ”

Zhang Ru nodded clearly, waved them down, and then looked at the two riders who had already dismounted after him: "Who are you?" ”

The two did not kneel, but arched their hands towards Zhang Ru: "If you go back to the Hou Ye, we are from the Shen family's business, and the eldest lady heard that Fuzhou is an important place for the opening of the sea ban, so she specially ordered us to go to Fuzhou." I didn't want to meet Hou Ye on the way, so Hou Ye was frightened. ”

Zhang Ruqi said: "Shen Honglian is coming along?" ”

The Shen family's business name is naturally Shen Honglian's master. Don't look at this girl like a maid in front of Su Qiqi, but in fact, in the Shen family, she is a person who says the same.

Su Qiqi died, she left the Dingbian Hou Mansion not long after, and after returning to the Shen family, Zhang Ru didn't care about whether this girl was dead or alive.

Hearing Zhang Ru call his young lady by her name, the man who replied was a little embarrassed, and coughed dryly and said, "Go back to the Hou Ye, the young lady will be here soon." ”

Zhang Ru bowed his head slightly and said with a smile: "You guys just wait here!" The road is far away in the middle of the night, and it is not suitable for hurrying, so I will be on it later, and I will camp here, so I can take care of it. ”

The man who replied showed joy: "Then thank you Lord Hou for your love." ”

After about a stick of incense, the carriage full of torches appeared in everyone's sight, and the brothers in ambush came out, and there were still more than ten hidden clothes hiding in the dark.

Sticking torches in the carriage was a common technique used by merchants when they walked at night, so that ordinary bandits and rogues did not dare to fight the idea of the convoy at all.

The curtain of one of the carriages was lifted, and Shen Honglian, who was dressed beautifully, walked out of the carriage and walked in front of Zhang Ru with small steps. stopped at a position about ten steps away from him, and bent his knees and said a thousand blessings: "The maid has seen the Hou Ye!" ”

Zhang Ru smiled: "Okay, why should you be so polite between you and me." Alright, you can arrange the people below! I have to hurry tomorrow and rest early. ”

After the two of them exchanged a few words of greeting very politely, Zhang Ru went into his tent.

And in a certain corner, the moment a certain woman saw Shen Honglian, her eyes burst out with dazzling light. It's just that in the night, this light cannot be seen by others.

The foot of the mountain gradually became quiet, and there was no loud sound except for the crickets.

A black figure swept past the attached tent, and in an instant, it arrived next to the tent where Shen Honglian lived.

The man, who was called a master by the brocade guard's horse, opened his mouth very vigilantly, and before the sound came from the depths of his throat, he felt a cold neck. Immediately after, a deep female voice sounded in her ears: "Don't speak, or die!" ”

The man is just the character of the man who has money to eliminate disasters for others, and at this time, he naturally keeps his mouth shut.

Then the man in black pushed him and opened Shen Honglian's tent, which was lit with an oil lamp, and Shen Honglian had already fallen asleep.

The man in black pushed the man, and the man shouted softly: "Miss, miss." ”

Before the second lady could finish speaking, Shen Honglian, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, suddenly grabbed the dagger next to the pillow and stabbed at the man with a dagger.

The man's eyes widened, he couldn't say a word, seeing that the dagger was about to pierce into the abdomen, a huge force suddenly came from his neck, and then Shen Honglian's hand was held by the man in black: "Honglian, it's me." ”

Shen Honglian's nervous expression was relieved, and she immediately glanced at the man who was caught by the man in black, and then the man left the tent with suspicion.