Wang Ning's face was miserable.

I only felt that at this time, all the eyes looking at him were gloomy, and the bell in the hand of the swaying Taoist was really urging his life.

Soon, under the persuasion of his father and son, he entered the side room.

The place is well chosen, and if it is a place like the main hall or the bedroom, it will inevitably leave a terrifying impression on his children and grandchildren, and it will not be auspicious to look at.

As for places like firewood houses, they are too small, and they are also horses, and they can't surrender their identities.

Only this small hall is not considered to have lost its identity, and it will not be able to respond to its children and grandchildren.

The white silk was ready, it was a high-quality silk, and Wang Ning's second son hung the white silk on the beam very intimately.

After a stick of incense, Wang Ning hung on the beam leisurely, and the old lady Wang cried and took her two grandchildren in to check the situation.

The eldest grandson, Wang Su, immediately began to cry and wanted to hug Wang Ning off the beam.

But the prince stopped him and said, "Let's wait a little longer, I'm afraid I won't die." ”

So he waited patiently for a stick of incense to make sure that he could not die again.

At that moment, the three grandchildren let go of their howls and began to cry.

Hundreds of people outside this hall, Wang Ning's daughter-in-law, as well as family members and servants, like a conditioned reflex, suddenly let out a howl after a long silence, the cry shook the sky, and the sound shook the rubble.

The Taoist priests circled around the outside of the hall, sometimes chanting words, sometimes jumping, and the bells in their hands rang and bells.

The filial sons and grandsons were all grieved, almost crying to the point of dying, and buried Wang Ning's body together.

Because the preparation is relatively sufficient, so the mourning hall is also properly arranged, the coffin enters the mourning hall, countless people pour in, and there is a cry, up and down the house, paper money flies around, ghosts cry and howl, a sad and lively scene.

……

"Your Majesty......" The tiptoeing Yizha entered the small hall, bowed to Zhu Di and said, "There is news from the Wang family, Wang Ning has died." ”

Zhu Di held the song in his hand, and only looked up at Yi Shiha lightly: "It's a pity for my sister-in-law......"

As he spoke, he paused before he said, "The Ministry of Rites will send a minister to worship." ”

He also said, "Oh." ”

Zhu Di rested his hand on the imperial case: "How did you die?" ”

Yisha said: "It is said to be hanging." ”

Zhu Di shook his head and said: "It's okay to keep the whole corpse, this is based on his past achievements." ”

After that, he didn't ask about it again, as if it hadn't happened.

He closed his eyes and set his mind on the business of the merchants.

The scale of the comptoir is no longer small.

According to Zhang Anshi, if you rely on collecting money in the capital, sooner or later you will have to fish with all your might, and the fry will be all fucking wiped out.

Therefore, external expansion is a top priority!

Otherwise, the commercial bank will not be able to break through the bottleneck, and the profit will not be guaranteed.

Zhu Di actually doesn't understand the operation of the firm, but he also understands the truth that things must be opposed.

In this way, the future profit will fall on Zhu Gaoxu.

He pondered for a moment, suddenly picked up the pen, and hastily wrote a note: "I ordered Zhu Gaoxu to lead the four guards of the Han Dynasty, and join the model battalion as a way to enter Annan first." ”

Then, he handed this article to Yishiha: "Send this to Zhu Gaoxu." ”

Yizha only glanced at it, and seemed to understand in his heart that now the imperial court is marching into Annan, and there are two ways of people, one is the military horses of the Mujia family in Yunnan and Guizhou, and the other is the army of the imperial court in the middle of the road led by Zhu Neng.

Now another Zhu Gaoxu has been added.

Zhu Di thought for a while, and then explained: "Zhu Gaoxu's four guards, there is no need for the imperial court to be responsible for money and grain, and the merchants are responsible for raising all the supplies that should be supplied." ”

After a pause, Zhu Di said again: "Teach them all the ways to do their best, whoever enters Annan first, this land will belong to whom." ”

Yisha couldn't help crying and laughing, but he bowed his head and said: "The slave obeys the order." ”

After receiving the note, he hurried to do something for Zhu Di.

Zhu Di picked up another piece of music in his hand, and took a closer look, but his face became solemn.

"Chen Songjiang prefect played: Songjiang epidemic, Huating, Fengxian, Jinshan counties have many monks and lay people plague, the deceased pillow, especially Qingpu County, the people died in the ......"

Zhu Di was shocked, and then took another note, which was sent by Taicang Prefecture, and it was also about the plague.

However, it is clear that Songjiang Prefecture is the center of the plague, and this plague has only slightly spread to the neighboring Taicang Prefecture, but Taicang Prefecture also has a lot of patients.

Followed by...... Suzhou Mansion again......

The so-called great plague will be followed by a great plague.

Regarding this situation, Zhu Di had already sent someone to understand the situation of the plague.

But in fact, it seems that ...... What should have happened happened.

The situation in Songjiang Prefecture is the most dire, followed by Taicang Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture.

If it is allowed to spread, it may even ...... It will appear in the states and counties of Jiangnan.

The whole of Nanzhili, and even the city of Nanjing......

Zhu Di's brows furrowed deeply, his face was as heavy as ink, and a melancholy appeared in his eyes.

In the army, he knew the horror of the plague best, after all, a plague in the army caused attrition and casualties, even more than a protracted battle.

Not only that, once the plague spreads, the entire rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, even including the capital, will be strewn with corpses.

Zhu Di didn't hesitate much, and immediately said: "Come on, come on, quickly edict Wenyuan Pavilion scholars, and all the books will be visited, be quick!" ”

At this time, Zhu Di no longer had the mind to care about the firm.

Money can be earned again.

But if it's gone, it's really empty.

…………

Zhang Anshi received a note here, which is actually the emperor's decree.

Zhang Anshi is very excited.

He originally wanted to start with Myanmar first, but who knew that His Majesty wanted to go crazy for money, and he actually wanted to operate in Annam.

The land in Annam is fertile, and most of it is coastal, and once a piece of land is taken, it is definitely earned by blood.

You know, that place ......... Rice is three cropped.

Moreover, if Annam is used as a springboard, it will be more convenient to penetrate the entire Western Ocean in the future.

So he immediately asked the model battalion and Zhu Gaoxu to come, and the brothers discussed it carefully, and decided to send troops immediately, without hesitation.

Zhang Anshi said: "Don't worry about the grain, I have tried my best to buy it, all the ordnance, the Bureau of Manufacturing...... We all buy at a high price. There are already some reserves on the gunpowder side, all in all, it is time to hurry, and we can't let Cheng Guogong and General Zhang Fu take the lead. ”

"I call all the boats and ships to support this operation, fortunately, there are many ships in our shipping industry, as long as they are willing to give money, men and horses, food, and other supplies, they can be transferred along the river through Jiangxi, and then from Jiangxi to Guangxi! At that point, it's up to you entirely. ”

Zhu Gaoxu sharpened his knife and said angrily: "Okay, I'm worried about the sulking in my stomach and want to find someone to vent!" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Then the fifth brother is handsome, he has experience, Zhu Yong is the deputy, Zhang Xuan and Qiu Song assist, and Gu Xingzu, he is responsible for logistics and teaching." ”

Zhu Jin also attended the meeting.

When he came, he was going to suffocate.

It's a gathering of heroes.

These are all princes, relatives of the Ming Dynasty, and future ministers.

Anyone here is an existence that I look up to! I didn't expect that I, Zhu Jin, would have today, but I was afraid that if I said this, people would not believe it.

Zhang Anshi looked at Zhu Jindao, who was excited: "I will at least transfer most of the ships on the other side of the shipping industry, in addition, mules and horses, food, ordnance, and tung oil are all prepared for me, as many as I want." ”

Zhu Jin suddenly put away his excitement and was taken aback.

That's nearly 50,000 horses, and the cost of being responsible for such a huge supply is staggering.

Although there is money on the books now, it is far from being as simple as directly supplying a large-scale war.

Who knew that Zhang Anshi said again: "Don't be reluctant to give up the silver, everything must be done with the best, the soldiers are fast, I ask the entire army to be mules and horses."

"What do you mean by mule-horseization?" Zhu Gaoxu was the first to raise questions.

Zhang Anshi said: "It is to ensure that all the supplies and all the personnel have chariots and horses to ride, as well as mules and horses to transport." ”

Zhu Gaoxu was shocked and said, "How much does this cost?" ”

"Are you thinking about spending money?" Zhang Anshi said: "You can think about how to take Annan for us, and you must not Cheng Guogong and General Zhang Fu take the lead and let them succeed." ”

Zhu Gaoxu breathed heavily.

If the battle of Jingjing is a beggar, turn over.

So now it's a battle for wealth. He felt that if this made Cheng Guogong and Zhang Fu compete for the first place, he would have no face to live.

"If the eldest brother has an order, I will carry it out, and I will go and gather the military horses."

Zhang Anshi looked back at Zhu Yong at this time: "Don't talk to your father and brother, this can involve the livelihood of our brothers, and when the king of heaven comes, there is no love to talk about." ”

Zhu Yong only felt his blood boiling, and shouted: "Big brother, my father doesn't know how to lift, I still teach him a lesson." ”

Zhang Anshi patted him on the shoulder, stared at him appreciatively, and said, "Good brother." ”

At the moment, after the arrangement, whether it is Zhu Gaoxu or Zhu Yong, they are all gearing up.

Only Zhu Jin was drooping his head, and he had to calculate how much it would cost.

Obviously, the loss of materials required this time is of heavenly magnitude.

After all, the imperial court can levy Ding, and the treasury allocates money and grain.

But all the losses of the 50,000 horses of this trading house had to be bought by themselves with silver.

Finally, after a busy day, Zhu Jin quickly came to Zhang Anshi again and said, "Uncle, there is bad news and good news now. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "I only hear good news. ”

Zhu Phnom Penh said without much verbosity: "The good news is that these days, we have sucked up the silver of many gentry, so they are now selling their own grain, plus ...... A lot of the land in our major money banks also has some income, grain and tung oil, these basic needs, can be purchased at a reasonable price. ”

Zhang Anshi nodded and said: "This is great, I am still afraid that large-scale acquisitions will cause people to hoard goods, causing the price of rice and mules and horses to rise." ”

Zhu Jin smiled bitterly: "Don't you dare now, the matter of tung oil has just passed, and so many people have gone bankrupt, even if someone has this thief's heart now, I'm afraid they don't have the courage to be a thief!" ”

"But...... Let's send so many boats out, the wages of the boatmen, and other manpower, I'm afraid that the cost is not a few, and the small ones are carefully calculated, but I am afraid that the cost will be around one million taels of silver. ”

"Only a million taels?" Zhang Anshi said in surprise: "Spread it evenly, this soldier is only twenty taels of silver?" Who are you looking down on? ”

In fact, this amount is already very high, when Emperor Taizu Gao, he was diligent and thrifty, and he was transferred to support his own guards, which could compress the cost of the war to a minimum.

It can be said that Emperor Taizu Gao gave full play to the old peasant frugality.

However, Zhang Anshi's idea is different, what he believes in is always high investment and high return.

If you are frugal in war, what is the reason?

Zhang Anshi said directly and arrogantly: "Prepare three million taels of silver!" If three million taels is not enough, we can continue to add more, transfer all the funds available on our books, and give me all the best support for the four guards and the military horses of the model battalion, don't always think about saving money, the account is not calculated like this. ”

Zhu Jin was taken aback.

These days, the money that has worked so hard to fool the gentry is not all smashed into it?

Zhu Jin said hesitantly: "This ...... If something goes wrong, you'll lose everything. ”

Zhang Anshi smiled mockingly: "No return? If you lose, you will lose everything. So we can only have one choice, how to win, how to come, not to let the soldiers have enough food and drink, not to let them have enough physical strength, not to give them enough provisions, not to provide the best firearms and ordnance, why let people die? ”

"You who do business know how to take care of things. Is this the time to consider money? These are not things that you think about, you have to think about...... How do we mobilize all the gold, silver and resources we can use to support the four guards and the model battalion? ”

Zhu Jin thought about it, although he couldn't understand Zhang Anshi's concept of spending money like running water, but for him, he was obedient anyway.

You must know that he has been with Zhang Anshi for so long, and he has seen more of Zhang Anshi's ability, and he is very convinced of Zhang Anshi.

So, he said: "Okay, the villain must live up to the uncle's expectations." ”

…………

The army marched out.

When the four guards of the Han King Tiance saw Zhu Gaoxu, they were all in good spirits.

When Zhu Gaochu was convicted, Siwei was in an unprecedented panic, and no one knew whether Zhu Gaoxu's matter would be connected to them, and without Zhu Gaoxu's big backer, the future of the top and bottom would be slim.

Now that Zhu Gaoxu appeared in front of them alive, how could he not excite them.

After summoning the generals, Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, only said to his face: "Prepare for one day, pull out the camp at this hour tomorrow, and immediately go to Annam!" All of them...... Replaced with the military flag of the commercial house, everything else is as usual, and this model battalion is the forerunner. ”

These words were dropped lightly, but the military attachés up and down were still excited.

As long as Zhu Gaoxu is alive, there is still hope for them.

As for where to go, it doesn't matter anymore.

Zhu Gaoxu will not forget everyone about what he does, anyway, as long as he follows him hard.

At the moment, the four-guard camp is very lively, and everyone is getting ready.

And in the brother ship line, a large number of ships began to be drawn.

The men and horses of the lead have also begun to set off, and they have to arrive at the various docks in advance to regulate the shipping in various places.

A large number of boatmen were requisitioned on the basis that the ships of the trading houses were their own, and the boatmen were paid the same salary, and even promised some subsidies for leaving home.

On the other hand, large quantities of grain and medicines began to be purchased, and many grain merchants were directly summoned. Zhu Jin personally stepped forward and set a price, and if he was willing to sell, he would deliver it immediately.

Now a large number of gentry are in need of money, so they sell a lot of grain to the market, you know, these grain merchants have a lot of grain in their hands.

As for taking this opportunity to hoard goods, if there is no tung oil, maybe there are really grain merchants who will join forces behind their backs to operate one or two.

But with this lesson from the past, coupled with Zhu Jin's faint emergence in the business world, everyone knows that his background is extraordinary, and whoever dares to do anything with him at this time is almost equivalent to looking for death.

As a result, large quantities of grain, food, medicine, and in addition to many other ordnance, as well as gunpowder, were loaded onto the ship.

Zhu Jin's action is still very fast, mainly because he is confident, and these days, he has collected a lot of capable talents, and everyone knows that doing things for a commercial bank will not lack their own benefits, and the future can be expected, so they are willing to work hard.

Everyone was busy, but Zhang Anshi was idle.

After all, there are Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Yong in the military, and Zhu Jin and Gu Xingzu in logistics and supply.

Instead, he found himself with nothing to do.

When I had time, I went to the East Palace in a hurry.

was going to go to the palace of the crown princess Zhang to find his sister, but outside the dormitory, he saw Zhu Zhanji sitting on the steps with his head hanging down in a daze.

Zhang Anshi went up and touched his head, but he still looked sullen.

Zhang Anshi said: "If your dear nephew Zhanji has anything on his mind, tell my uncle." ”

Zhu Zhanji raised his head, glanced at Zhang Anshi, and sighed: "Uncle, why is it clear that the second uncle made a mistake, and your father and you still plead for him?" I thought I would have fun. ”

Zhang Anshi patted his head and said patiently: "Because he is your relative, why can't you always see your own relatives?" Zhanji, Zhanji, outsiders are different from relatives, no matter what mistakes your relatives make, they are also connected to your blood! ”

"What's wrong with that? In the future, will your uncle commit a crime, and you will kill your uncle? ”

Zhu Zhanji tilted his head and said, "But...... Shouldn't there be right and wrong? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Right and wrong, it also depends on who it is used on, people should be flexible, are you taught bad by your masters, don't listen to them." ”

Zhu Zhanji pouted, thought for a while, and said, "Then this matter is settled?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Your second uncle is just plotting against him, what is a big mistake?" Oh, I advise you to be generous, you have to learn more from your brother-in-law. ”

Zhu Zhanji felt that something was wrong, but his little head could not seem to refute his uncle, anyway, what his uncle said seemed to make sense.

So, I had to hang my head and say, "I'm angry, I want to eat popsicles." ”

Zhang Anshi glanced at him: "You go and talk to my sister yourself." ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a bitter face: "I don't dare to say it." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "That's it, you don't dare to do it yourself, but what are you telling me to do?" Zhanji, Uncle is for your good, I look at Uncle, I broke my heart for you. ”

Zhu Zhanji blinked: "Counting the interest, Uncle owes me eight popsicles." ”

Zhang Anshi patted his head: "I won't talk to you more, I'm going to talk to Sister A." ”

With that, he walked into the dormitory.

Zhang was in front of the bookcase at this time, writing with a pen.

Zhang Anshi approached lightly, and then said, "What is Sister writing about?" ”

"The Sutra of Silence." Zhang did not look up and continued to wave the pen.

Obviously, someone had already come in to report it, so she was not surprised by Zhang Anshi's appearance at all.

Zhang Anshi was surprised: "Buddhist scriptures? I'm familiar with this, I have a friend, who is a high-ranking monk, say hello to him, can he say a hundred articles silently, does my sister know the blood meridian? It is to use the blood of a monk to make ink, and the Buddhist scriptures that are copied out, this thing is more advanced, and my friend can do it, but it is a bit expensive. ”

Zhang said: "This thing can't fake others, it's sincere." ”

As she spoke, she finally raised her head and said, "Who is that friend you are talking about?" ”

Zhang Anshi said vaguely: "This ...... It's hard to say, he doesn't like to show his head, after all, he is a high-ranking monk. ”

Zhang didn't ask: "Okay, okay, I'm going to copy the Buddhist scriptures and send them to the Ming Hall in the palace to show the queen mother, now I don't have time to talk to you, you go and play with Zhanji." ”

Zhang Anshi said very sadly: "Zhan Ji is always jealous of my uncle, I am afraid that with him, he will pick on me again." ”

Zhang Shiyan smiled and said: "You are about to start a family, and you are still angry with the child, he hasn't said bad things about you in front of me recently, you can relax." ”

Zhang Anshi exhaled a sigh and said, "Why did Sister suddenly copy the Buddhist scriptures?" ”

"You don't know this?" Zhang looked at Zhang Anshi in surprise, and then said: "There is a big epidemic in Songjiang Mansion, many people have died, and my father is also shocked, who knows, that Songjiang Mansion was unaware of it before, and when the epidemic was scattered, he was in a hurry to report it!" ”

"Now it is not said that Songjiang Prefecture, but also Suzhou Prefecture and Taicang Prefecture have also appeared patients. Now the court up and down, all in chaos, who knows how far it will spread when it is obtained, let alone how many people will have an accident, I am afraid that it will not be many days, and it may come to Nanjing City. ”

After that, Zhang's sighed quietly and said: "Don't say it on the father's side, the queen mother is also worried, last year suffered from floods, and this year there was a big epidemic, I don't know how many people suffered, so the queen mother copied Buddhist scriptures in the palace." I thought, as a daughter-in-law, I can't be idle......"

Zhang Anshi said: "What's the use of copying Buddhist scriptures at this time? ”

Zhang said: "Don't talk nonsense, there are some things...... Rather believe in it than believe in it, maybe the mother's sincerity touched the heavens? After all, Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and it is good to teach this calamity to pass. You're sometimes sensible, sometimes you're confused. ”

Of course, Zhang Anshi knew that in ancient times, this epidemic was terrible!

Not to mention the records in the history books that corpses are everywhere, even if it is a royal family, with such favorable conditions, many people will still die.

It's no wonder that Sister, who is not respectful to the Buddha on weekdays, is now temporarily clinging to the Buddha.

Zhang Anshi said: "What is the epidemic and what are the symptoms?" ”

"The Great Epidemic is the Great Epidemic...... "Zhang said: "You...... What do you do with this? ”

saw that Zhang Anshi actually turned around and ran, and said, "Sister, you know a bird...... See you ...... soon."

Hearing this, Zhang's anger was not light, his face was gloomy, but Zhang Anshi ran fast, and disappeared with a whoosh.

So Zhang's willow eyebrows wrinkled slightly, his heart was also confused, the pen in his hand shook, and a drop of ink was spread on the hand-copied Buddhist scriptures, and a piece of paste was pasted.

"Come on, come on, next time he dares to come, don't let him get away easily!"

"Yes, sissy."

…………

The news of the epidemic has not yet reached the capital, but someone has already learned the news in advance.

Many people were frightened.

The past few years have been quite peaceful, but many old people still have memories of the tragic situation after the epidemic bred at the beginning.

Zhu Di met with various ministers almost round by round.

And the crown prince Zhu Gaochi stayed in the palace almost all night at this time, ready for what might happen at any time.

People always have a different kind of fear of the unknown.

Even a murderous person like Zhu Di can't help but palpitate.

Because his enemies are invisible at the moment, and no one even knows what this so-called pandemic is all about.

And it is in Huating County, Songjiang Province.

In a Zhuangzi, the sedan chair of Liu Sheng, the local county commander, has arrived.

The epidemic in Huating County is the most serious.

And the county commander Liu Sheng was anxious, he was lucky, he didn't get sick for the time being, but up and down the county, six people had died, plus those who were sick at home, and the adjutant and errand servants in the county had been reduced by half.

In addition, now that the epidemic is rampant, the whole county has become purgatory.

He was already so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, but he was trembling, looking at one bad report after another, but Liu Sheng was helpless.

In the past few days, he has been sleepless, trying his best to contact the local gentry to discuss how to deal with it, and looking for doctors and medicines everywhere, but it is a pity that he ...... Many of the county's famous doctors who wanted to be invited to move heard that they were all sick.

The remaining few have opened various prescriptions, and they are not very useful.

At this moment, Liu Sheng heard a message...... A Zhuangzi in Huating County, up and down, no one was infected with the epidemic.

There were more than 400 people in Zhuangzi, and they were all intact.

It is said that he is a showman who has found a way to deal with it.

Scholar......

Hearing this, Liu Sheng only felt incredible, because rumors of various ghosts and monsters have been everywhere recently, but after people went to investigate, they were all various stories made up by people in panic.

Therefore, he first asked the messenger to find out the truth, and the result was ...... only to find out that it was true.

At that moment, Liu County was overjoyed, but he was worried that the situation was untrue, so he hurried to this village.

Let's see how the situation of this Zhuangzi is, and see this amazing talent again.

If...... There really is a way to deal with it...... So...... So...... It's really a great merit for countless living people.

Even...... This Scholar ...... It is really a well-deserved model of Shilin.

(End of chapter)