Zhang Anshi came out of the palace and immediately went home.

He looked at Xu Jingyi, who was pregnant with Liujia and her belly was already visible, and grinned, and he was happy.

Xu Jingyi looked at his happy appearance, gently stroked the position of her belly, and couldn't help but say, "What are you happy about?" ”

But I didn't expect Zhang Anshi to say amazingly: "Why do you have to be pregnant in October?" It would be better if it was one month or two months, or if one child could have a litter. ”

Xu Jingyi: "......"

Zhang Anshi said: "When I think that from now on, the children and grandchildren of my Zhang family may really have the throne to inherit, and I am very worried. I have already thought about it, after this child is born, I will let him go to the official school to study, and after he finishes reading, he will be sent to Zhu Gaoxu, or even by His Majesty's side, so that he can follow His Majesty and Zhu Gaoxu to fight in the south and the north, and when he is twenty years old, he will be sent to our fiefdom Nanzhou, and let him manage our family business. ”

As he spoke, he sighed faintly, and then said, "Hey, that place is a little desolate, but it has a great future in the future." If I have a few more, I will have a few more helpers, I am not in good health, the so-called wisdom is sad, I can't stand the bumps on the sea this way, and the bitter cold of the distant Nanzhou, so I have to hope for everything on my children and grandchildren. ”

At this moment, Zhang Anshi finally understood the true meaning of Jackie Chan.

The power of the father's generation is limited, and there are too many wishes in this world that cannot be fulfilled, so they put their hope in their son, hoping that he can replace him.

Bloodline is the continuation of life.

Xu Jingyi caught a key point and asked: "What Nanzhou?" ”

Zhang Anshi asked someone to take the map and explained it to Xu Jingyi with great interest, she was afraid that Xu Jingyi, as a woman in the house or a mother who loves her children, would not be able to understand the things that went deep into the barren land, so she deliberately said: "This Nanzhou is far away, but it can be reached by boat, in fact, it can only be reached in a few months, and there are many islands, islands and land in this area, so ...... From this route, the danger is not high, and when navigation continues to improve, it will be even closer. ”

After a pause, he said: "We can't be reluctant to give up our children, the so-called reluctant children, can't trap the wolf, you have to be mentally prepared." ”

Xu Jingyi didn't argue with him, but said, "Hmm." ”

"What do you mean?" Zhang Anshi was puzzled.

Isn't this a bit too calm?

I saw Xu Jingyi say very calmly: "This is what it should be!" Xujia ...... is also the same, since I can remember, Grandpa has never been at home, fighting in all directions, and going deep into the desert. No matter how bitter and cold the world is, can there be a bitter cold desert? As for my father and uncle, most of them were also in the army, or stationed in Beiping, or in Liaodong, or in Beijing, and I think this is the right thing to do. ”

Zhang Anshi couldn't help but be greatly relieved: "Yes, if it weren't for my poor health, I should also go to the army, to Beiping, and to the desert." It's a pity that these hopes can only be seen on the children and grandchildren. Men are ambitious in all directions, how can they be mediocre and stay at home all day long? ”

Xu Jingyi said: "Husband, will Your Majesty really give us this Nanzhou you are talking about?" This Nanzhou ...... What are the benefits? ”

They are husband and wife, in Zhang Anshi's heart, the two are a whole who share honor and disgrace, so Zhang Anshi did not hide it, so he said the matter as it was, and whispered: "There are some things, I can only tell you that although Nanzhou is a wild land, in fact, it is very rich." The problem is that someone and money have to develop it, and once it is developed, this vast land will be no less than a Jiangnan. Naturally, these things are absolutely unspeakable. ”

Xu Jingyi made a note that she was not stupid and knew what she could and could not say.

So in the blink of an eye, even the voice subconsciously lowered a lot.

The two of them muttered like some conspiring gang.

"You have to use silver...... Is the Zhang family's silver enough? ”

"I'm going to clean it up." Zhang Anshi said: "The dividends of the trading house, as well as the silver earned by our Zhang family's other transactions, in recent years, although the royal family has accounted for the majority, but our Zhang family's income is not small, plus this wine business, there is another guarantee, and there is a money bank...... When I think about it, I'm afraid that there will never be less than 10 million taels now. ”

Xu Jingyi was taken aback when she heard this, and her cherry mouth almost opened wide.

Zhang Anshi immediately covered her mouth and said in a low voice: "Low-key, low-key!" It's not easy to save money for your husband, but the main thing is that there are too many sales, and the accounts are too messy, so you need to clean it up. We want to make a fortune in silence, and we must not let people think that we have money, even if someone asks, then say to the outside world, this money ...... It's all His Majesty's. ”

Xu Jingyi nodded with a chicken pecking rice, and whispered cautiously: "No wonder the husband wants Nanzhou, so much silver, he really can't sleep well." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "On the way back, I thought about it. On the Nanzhou side, there must be people first, and then wealth will be invested. The problem of people has been solved for the time being, so many prisoners, as well as craftsmen, and the food households of Annam, there are 60,000 or 70,000 households. This has been done one after another, and the population can be around 200,000. Of course, it can only be sent in batches, so first of all, we have to establish a navigation line in Songjiang and Annan, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and Dengzhou, and we need to purchase a large number of ships to travel between Nanzhou and these places. ”

"In the future, we will open up routes to Luzon and Java. These routes, you have to buy your own ship, you can't use the ship of the firm, after all, it is a loss-making business, it is always not good to let the firm lose, but after all, our Zhang family can afford to lose, with the route, then people send it, a steady stream of materials, there is a guarantee......"

Zhang Anshi's thief's voice became softer and softer, and he could almost only say in Xu Jingyi's ear: "When the time comes, buy a large number of breeding cattle, breeding horses, and breeding pigs." By the way, there are also grain seeds! That place is really too tyrannical! ”

"Oh my God, there are no cattle or horses in such a vast land. Even the crops are so primitive that the fertile land cannot be cultivated, only grass can grow, and so much grass grows can only be used to raise livestock, so it can only be wasted, and it is too wasteful. Oh, yes, and the sheep...... Not only that, but our Zhang family also has to build a caravan to control the trade between Daming and Nanzhou, and Annanwei will also send people to ......"

Zhang Anshi paused, thought for a while, and then continued: "The caravan controls the trade route, and in the future, a large amount of grain, cattle and sheep in this Nanzhou will be sold, and a large number of goods will need to be imported into it. Therefore, as long as I grasp this, I don't have to worry about those businessmen detaching me from the Zhang family. ”

"And Annanwei, the army is also very important. I thought about it, Annanwei took turns to garrison, and every five years, a team of people was transferred to Nanzhou to garrison, and after five years, they were replaced back. Their home is still in Daming, and the Zhang family gives them some salaries and takes care of their children. They'll be back in five years, so there's no fear that they have other ambitions! At least in the early stage of large-scale development, they can be pinched and make them die for the Zhang family. ”

"With the support of Shang Jia and Annanwei, the next thing is these exiles, prisoners and craftsmen. This, in fact, is not difficult to do, they will have many necessities of life in the future, after all, they still need to come by sea, if they rebel, although there is no problem with food and clothing, but many things, it is difficult to obtain. Besides, it would be nice to have someone who has the skills to manage them. ”

Someone with skills?

Xu Jingyi thought about it and said, "Husband, it won't be your brothers, right?" ”

Zhang Anshi glanced at Xu Jingyi's pretty face, which seemed to say: No, no, those fools?

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "My brothers are all geniuses, they can't do ordinary things, I think about it, I have to ask Yang Shiqi, the deputy governor of Annan." ”

Yang Shiqi's name, Xu Jingyi has heard of it, I heard that after he arrived in Annan, he quickly stabilized the situation.

Even the local natives rarely cause trouble.

But......

Xu Jingyi asked, "Is he willing?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "I expect that he will definitely refuse, but you can use a roundabout way to play a game of emotional cards with him, he is a person who talks about righteousness, if I cry again and again, he will definitely be soft-hearted." As for His Majesty's side, it will be easier to do, Your Majesty already thinks that I am quite indebted to Nanzhou, and when the time comes, it will ...... It is necessary to add the title of right deputy capital to Yang Shiqi and go to Nanzhou to manage civil affairs. ”

"There is silver, there are people, and Yang Shiqi, what is this, this is a luxury group! Such a luxurious lineup, going to Nanzhou, isn't it quacking and killing? I've already thought about it, even if I smash 10 million taels of silver, I won't hesitate to do it. After more than ten years, we have some appearance, and it would be great to teach our son to go and find a way to increase the population. ”

Xu Jingyi nodded and said, "Husband thinks carefully. ”

Zhang Anshi sighed: "This is also a matter of no way, people have no foresight, there must be near-term worries, and it is always good to take precautions." ”

Xu Jingyi proposed in a timely manner: "The Zhang family's henchmen should also be sent some, as well as the inner thousand households, you can also allocate some henchmen to be stationed there for three or five years to rotate, so that you can rest assured." ”

"That's what Madame said." Zhang Anshile said: "Why didn't I think of it? Oh, I'm so stupid, yes, but please ask Your Majesty to allow me to allocate a hundred households to go. Of course, I don't let them be in charge of the prison, but only for finding out the news, and these people who go, I promise them to return to Daming in five years, they will all be given the rank of official, and each of them will be rewarded with three hundred taels of silver. I don't believe that no one is tempted. In this way, this Nanzhou can be regarded as impregnable. ”

Zhang Anshi thought about it, and suddenly the whole person was refreshed!

In a place like Nanzhou, there is no way for anyone to eat it.

It's too wild after all.

There is no one or two hundred years, and don't think about any prototype.

But only the Zhang family has such conditions, because they are rich!

The wealth of the Zhang family is enough to be worth the silver tax income of the Ming Dynasty for several years, although this is caused by the unreasonable tax system of the Ming Dynasty, it is not an exaggeration to say that the wealth is comparable to the country.

With this money, you can do a lot of things regardless of the cost, and you can completely ignore the imbalance between income and expenditure, and throw money at death.

Even if the money is gone.

But the Zhang family's shares in the firm can still bring dividends continuously.

With such a scale of funds, coupled with Zhang Anshi's connections and family background over the years, it is enough.

At this time, Zhang Anshi thought of something, and said: "That's right, these days, I want to be diligent in repairing books, and in the future, the letters sent by King Zhao, King Ning, and Zhu Gaoxu must be told to me as soon as possible, I can't always read letters and not reply, I will ...... them They are all relatives, and they must maintain a good relationship. Yes, I'll go and fix Yang Shiqi's book now. ”

Xu Jingyi said: "Now let's talk about going to Nanzhou?" ”

Zhang Anshi shook his head: "Let's not talk about it first, let's say that I miss him, I think about it all the time, I want to go crazy, I dreamed of him again, but when I got up, I found that he was not by my side, and I felt melancholy, so I had to face the void, nostalgic for the days when I knew each other in the past, and I couldn't help but wet my clothes with tears." ”

Xu Jingyi suddenly glanced at Zhang Anshi with a strange look.

Zhang Anshi immediately stroked Xu Jingyi's shoulders and comforted: "Don't be jealous, the husband is also for our family, the husband is bearing the burden of humiliation, the so-called reluctant children, can't trap the wolf, I am for our children." ”

………………

On the ninth day of November, the chill was a little stronger.

King Zhou was the first to come to Beijing.

The kings received the will, in fact, they all began to enter Beijing one after another, and the reason why the king of Zhou came early was that on the one hand, he was the least suspicious, unlike other vassal kings, thinking in his heart, these four brothers asked me to go, did they want to kill me?

Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, and Zhu Di are the same mother's compatriots, but they have no doubts, plus his fief is in Kaifeng, and the road to the south is a flat river, and after crossing the river, you can go straight to the capital.

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi and Zhang Anshi greeted together.

Zhu Gaochi repeatedly warned Zhang Anshi not to talk nonsense and to follow his instructions.

Zhang Anshi said: "Don't worry, brother-in-law, who am I, don't you know?" ”

So Zhu Gaochi was even more uneasy, so he said: "This is the emperor's uncle, if he is lazy, his father will be angry." ”

Zhang Anshi muttered in a low voice: "Your Majesty is worried about driving this imperial uncle out." ”

Zhu Gaochi immediately said: "What are these words!" This...... This...... The more because my father wanted to move the feudal domain for the sake of the country, we had to treat each other with courtesy. ”

Zhang Anshi woke up to something at this time, and hurriedly said: "What my brother-in-law said is right, do the most ruthless thing, say the most beautiful thing, fortunately my brother-in-law reminded me." ”

Zhu Gaochi didn't say anything more.

After a while, I saw a group of people coming, so a eunuch stepped forward first, and after talking to the other party's car, soon, that Zhou Wang Zhuhu got out of the car.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhang Anshi greeted them one after the other.

Zhu Hu and Zhu Di are indeed somewhat similar, but Zhu Di is rough and Zhu Di is more elegant.

He and the prince greeted each other, their tone was very easy-going, and they asked the prince how he was in good health, and asked how Zhu Di's health was.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhang Anshi were dumb for a while.

The vassal king asked about the emperor's physical ......

This...... How to pick up?

Zhu Gaochi said: "My father's body is still good, and I have Uncle Lao Huang in my heart. ”

Zhu Hu said: "I heard that the emperor and grandson are sensible, and his body is ......."

Zhu Gaochi: "......"

Zhang Anshi was anxious and said, "Oh, His Royal Highness King Zhou, it's windy outside, let's go into the city." ”

Zhu Hu glanced at Zhang Anshi, and saw that Zhang Anshi was also wearing a python robe, so he said lightly: "This king sees your eyes." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Xiaguan Zhang Anshi ......"

"You are Zhang Anshi?" Zhu Hu looked surprised.

This made Zhu Gaochi worried.

Zhang Anshi couldn't help but be vigilant, he offended many people, so people outside were spreading bad things about him, and people who didn't know him were often confused by the people outside.

Zhang Anshi said with a dry smile: "I have seen His Royal Highness King Zhou, and I have admired His Royal Highness's name for a long time. ”

Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, suddenly grabbed Zhang Anshi's hand with one hand, patted the back of Zhang Anshi's hand with the other hand and said: "This king has also admired your name for a long time, the medical skills of Weiguo Gong are excellent, who doesn't know?" I heard that you have the art of resurrecting the dead, and this king has long wanted to come and ask for advice, haha...... Come on, come on......"

The eunuch who followed him bowed forward.

"Take the book that the king has written."

The eunuch skillfully removed a baggage, which contained dozens of books.

Zhu Hu took one of them, handed it to Zhang Anshi, and said: "Wei Guogong look, this is this king's clumsy work, it is unsightly, please Wei Guogong must not be polite, and he must be right." ”

Zhang Anshi looked down, but saw the words "Pocket Prescription" written on the book cover.

This Zhu Hu turned out to be an ambitious person.

However, after Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he punished him for his crimes and imprisoned him.

After that, Zhu Di was martyred, and naturally pardoned him again.

After experiencing the ups and downs of life, Zhu Hu's heart was also light, and he only thought about lying down, and the rest of the days were to study medicine every day.

This "Pocket Prescription" is the first medical book he compiled, but although the book was compiled, of course everyone said that it was good, but he was still a little worried.

Zhang Anshi's name, he has heard of it for a long time, this is a peer!

So Zhu Hu ignored Zhu Gaochi anymore and began to chatter with Zhang Anshi.

"What's the most important thing in the world?"

Zhang Anshi said hesitantly: "Build ...... Make a difference? ”

"Wrong, it's healing!"

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Highness is high-minded. ”

Zhu Hu said with a little compassion: "There are thousands of people who have died of diseases in this world, seeing that there are people who have no medicine to treat, and everyone has compassion, can you be at peace in your heart?" Over the years, this king has painstakingly researched and collected many ways to cure diseases and save people. Of course, it can't be compared with Wei Guogong, I can't imagine that you are so young, and you have such achievements in medicine, which is really admirable! Compared with you, this king is as true as a firefly compared to the sun and the moon. Ashamed, ashamed. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Highness is too humble, in fact, ......"

Without waiting for Zhang Anshi to continue, Zhu Hu waved his hand and said: "Wei Guogong, don't be polite, at first when the news reached Kaifeng, this king didn't believe it, but later, this king specially asked people to go to the capital to inquire, only to know that your resurrection technique is true!" It just so happens that these days, this king is in the capital, and he has to visit and walk around at that time. ”

Zhang Anshi was a little embarrassed, so he could only say: "Okay, good." ”

Zhu Hu looked like he was familiar with Zhang Anshi at first sight, as if he couldn't finish a thousand words, Zhu Gaochi repeatedly urged Zhu Hu to get into the car, and Zhu Hu got into the car very reluctantly.

After that, Zhu Gaochi was about to board the car, but Zhang Anshi frowned and muttered in a low voice on the side: "It's over, Your Majesty's plan is guaranteed to fail." ”

"Shhhhhhhh......hh ”

Zhu Hu said with a bitter face: "You haven't seen King Zhou this time, are you only interested in medical skills?" He didn't want to go overseas, he just wanted to study his things every day in Kaifeng. This week, His Royal Highness refused to go even if he was killed. ”

The premise of deceiving people to go overseas is that you have to arouse people's ambitions!

But King Zhou is like this......

Thinking of this, Zhang Anshi looked down at the "Pocket Prescription" that he was still holding in his hand.

This shows that people have found their own entertainment hobbies, and obviously, people have no interest in going overseas to fight and kill.

Zhu Gaochi said: "Be cautious, let's go to the palace and talk about it." ”

Zhang Anshi had no choice but to say, "Oh." ”

The road did not stop, all the way to the palace.

Zhu Hu entered the palace, and after seeing his own brother, he was naturally very affectionate.

Wait for Zhu Gaochi and Zhang Anshi to finish their errands and leave.

Zhu Di couldn't help but reminisce with Zhu Hu when he was young, and couldn't help sighing.

Zhu Di smiled and asked Zhu Hu about some common things.

Zhu Hu replied one by one: "The family is fine, I don't know the imperial brother, how is your body?" ”

Zhu Di: "......"

"The minister saw that the emperor's face was slightly dark, the emperor's brother, this is a sign that the liver fire is too strong, the kidney qi is deficient, and the kidney essence is insufficient, does the imperial brother always feel that the body occasionally feels unwell......"

Zhu Dixin has begun to scold his mother.

But Zhu Hu was very serious: "How about the minister give the imperial brother a pulse?" ”

Zhu Di said: "I still have something to do, it's great that you can come, I look forward to you coming day and night, but it's a pity, this is not an easy thing to be the son of heaven, and I will summon ministers to discuss matters later, King Zhou will stay for the time being, and then call you to relate to the old days when I am free." ”

Zhu Hu had no choice but to say: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Immediately after that, one vassal king after another came.

Not only Zhu Gaochi and Zhang Anshi, but also Honglu Temple, who was in charge of hospitality, also felt numb.

There are too many vassal kings coming, which vassal king is not hugging each other? The retinue and eunuchs alone were hundreds.

Zhu Di has more than 20 brothers, and there are more than a dozen alive today.

They have different temperaments.

Zhu Hu has a relatively normal hobby.

For example, Zhu Chu Wang Zhen, the sixth son of Emperor Taizu Gao, came with a Qinglong Yanyue knife weighing dozens of catties.

This His Royal Highness the King of Chu is more brave than Zhu Di and is good at personal force, so he has to bring this big knife into the palace to face the saint.

Zhu Gaochi's face darkened with fright, he knew that this imperial uncle had always been suppressing Kou in Chu, and he loved to show his strength.

However, if you bring a knife to face the saint, isn't that sick?

Zhang Anshi could only smile dryly and said: "Your Highness, in this palace, you can't dance with knives and guns. ”

Zhu Zhen said angrily: "You late-born juniors know a bird!" When His Majesty and I were in each of our respective domains, there was an agreement that if we had the opportunity to get together, we would have a good match. At the beginning, when this king beat His Majesty, it was like beating a rabbit, and he had no power to fight back. Today, I have to see how my fourth brother has grown. ”

Zhang Anshi subconsciously, his body took a step back, still smiling, but he didn't know what to say.

Zhu Gaochi finally became angry, and said with a straight face: "Uncle Six Emperors is self-respecting, come, unload the knife of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, if His Royal Highness the King of Chu wants to lose his honor in front of the palace, he will immediately arrest his left and right eunuchs and the head of the Chu Palace. ”

Seeing this, Zhu Zhen had no choice but to put the knife down, but he looked very emotional, and found himself under the steps: "Let's go, let's go, let's go, don't worry about you." ”

Zhang An Shichang breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want to know if this Zhu Di would really fight with Zhu Zhen in the end, but he expected that this strong Zhu Zhen, who was as strong as a calf, and had no serious hands, if he was really allowed to compete with the emperor, Zhu Di would definitely be beaten by his younger brother.

The blacklist in Zhang Anshi's heart wrote down Zhu Zhen, hmm...... Walk around later.

In this ushering send-off, time passed little by little, and finally came to the end of the year.

In the fifth year of Yongle, it gradually came to an end, and the weather was freezing.

Zhu Di didn't seem to get what he wanted.

Those nephews are fine, all of them bow their heads.

But those brothers, as soon as they heard that they were going to move the domain, they blew up one by one.

King Zhou is planning to never go, and he won't go if he breaks his leg, he wants to stay in Kaifeng to study medicine, and the topics have been thought about.

Zhu Zhen didn't go either, he looked rude, but he smelled a conspiracy.

As for the others, they were even more noisy, and they were scolded by Zhu Di, and they didn't dare to come out one by one! But when Zhu Di asked them if they were going, people were lying on the ground and crying, young people fell to the ground and rolled on the ground, and there were people crying to worship Taizu, everyone had them.

And then...... Zhu Di was anxious.

At that moment, he secretly summoned Zhang Anshi to the palace for an audience.

Zhang Anshi entered the palace, but saw Zhu Di standing in front of the windowsill with his hands behind his back, looking at the scenery outside the window with a tired face.

Zhang Anshi saluted first.

Only then did Zhu Di look back at him, and said with a faint expression: "Inner Thousand Households...... What's been found lately? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "What does Your Majesty want to investigate?" ”

Zhu Di immediately said: "Aren't there any faults in all the royal mansions?" Encroaching on people's land, robbing people's daughters, and killing people for no reason, are there none of these? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "This ...... The minister will do it. ”

Zhu Di said suddenly: "There are also privately made armor and privately minted money...... Or even ...... Rebellion, is there this? ”

"Your Majesty......" Zhang Anshi said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty means ......"

Zhu Di's face was a little anxious, and he said: "I didn't let you put them to death, but at least I had to scare and scare them, and when they were panicked, they would naturally obediently obey." It is a national policy to move the feudal domain, how can they be allowed to make such a fuss? ”

Zhang Anshi thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty...... In the final analysis, it is because everyone has no confidence, and the top priority now is to give them confidence? ”

Zhu Di's calm eyes suddenly lit up a little, and he hurriedly said, "Do you have a way?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Uh...... Yes, there is a little. ”

(End of chapter)