Sun Yuan's whole person was not good when he heard this, he was waiting to retire here, and he even chose a place to repair the garden, you told me not to?

"Qin Niangzi, isn't this okay?"

"Didn't we say before, pay the money with one hand, and deliver the goods with the other!"

"I've arranged it all over there, and now you're telling me not to?"

Qin Xiangsi also knew that she was not doing this authentically, but Zhang Tianyou had just been put on a position by the imperial grandson, and now he was throwing things like crazy, how could she dare to bother him with this?

However, just when she wanted to take a few thousand taels of silver and send Sun Yuan, the ambassador of the library, away, she saw Zhang Tianyou walking out of the room.

Generally speaking, Zhang Tianyou is not very afraid to show his head in Suzhou.

Because Suzhou is the base camp of their Zhang family, there are too many people who know him. As long as there is a person who loves to sue, he may be targeted by the court.

If it was only at the level of the prefect of Suzhou, he would not be afraid, the filial piety of the New Year would have been handed over a long time ago, and he would turn a blind eye to their Zhang family's business. I'm afraid of being targeted by the imperial eagle dog Jinyi Guard, those people only have the emperor in their eyes, and a little money can't buy it at all.

Sun Yuan was also stunned when he saw Zhang Tianyou, and then showed a sudden expression.

No wonder Qin Niangzi was able to jump from a famous prostitute in Suzhou to a well-known rich woman here, it turned out that there was someone on her body!

"This official has seen Zhang Gongzi!"

Sun Yuan turned out to be a soldier under Zhang Shicheng, and after Zhang Shicheng's defeat, he was captured by Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Wu at that time, and naturally became Zhu Yuanzhang's man.

Later, he followed Xu Da to win several battles, relied on his military merits to be promoted, and gave people some gifts, which was mixed up with the errand of the ambassador of the library.

Although this official position is low, only nine grades, it is full of oil and water.

According to his understanding, it is the kind that does not change for him as a prefect of Suzhou.

Zhang Tianyou saw that Sun Yuan recognized him, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes. Sun Yuan also fought on the battlefield, how could he not see Zhang Tianyou's murderous intent?

However, he said unhurriedly.

"Zhang Gongzi doesn't need to be nervous, there are many people in Suzhou City who know you, and it's not surprising that this official knows you."

"What's more, before this official voted for Zhu Yuanzhang, the person who followed Emperor Zhang to make a living can be regarded as the old department of your Zhang family!"

The old department of the Zhang family that Sun Yuan said obviously has a kind of past like smoke, and it is full of the tone in the joke.

Zhang Tianyou was very unhappy when he heard it, but the worry in his heart was completely put down.

Generally speaking, people who do not miss old feelings and are ungrateful are greedy for money. As long as the money is in place, there is nothing that cannot be sold.

It just so happens that the last thing Zhang Tianyou lacks is money.

"Just now, I heard what you both said!"

"I'll give you 100,000 taels, you just burn the raw silk in the warehouse, you don't need to transport it out!"

"Just burning?"

"Burn!"

Sun Yuan silently calculated that according to what he had discussed with Qin Niangzi before, he could get 300,000 taels.

Now that a smuggling link is omitted, he can get 100,000 taels.

Although it is 200,000 taels less all of a sudden, the security has also improved a lot.

After all, there are too many people who need to go up and down to smuggle the government's supplies. If one is not handled well, it is the great crime of raiding the family and exterminating the family.

If it was just a warehouse fire, the crime would be much smaller, and at most it would be dismissal and distribution.

If you are sentenced, it will be easy to deal with the distribution, and it will be the same with the people in the government, and it will be the same if you are assigned to your hometown hundreds of miles away.

"Good!"

"It's still Zhang Gongzi's refreshment, 100,000 taels of silver just to set a fire, hahaha!"

When Zhang Tianyou heard this, he couldn't help but snort coldly.

If it weren't for the strict guarding of the prefect's yamen, he would have preferred where this fire could be placed.

directly burned Zhu Yunxi's dog thing, and let Zhu Butcher's old dog cry to death, then it is called revenge for his father!

"You don't have to worry about the money, you can designate a place at will, and I'll be there."

The waiter will send you the money."

"Gold or silver?"

"Gold, it's more convenient."

"It would be best if there was a blank ticket from Jinling Bank, so that you and I can do it."

The so-called white bill is a kind of bearer silver bill launched by Jinling Bank, one thousand taels of silver, which can be deposited and exchanged, and only one percent of the handling fee is charged.

As soon as this item came out, it was immediately liked by merchants and officials, and in less than a month, it was exchanged for three million taels.

Zhang Tianyou was disgusted with everything in Zhu Yuanzhang's family, and by the way, he was disgusted with the bank that Zhu Yunxi had set up.

However, this stuff is so fragrant that it's simply the best choice for home travel and bribery.

Therefore, he also redeemed a million taels of white tickets, which he kept on his body at any time in case of emergency.

"Okay!"

"I'll pay you 50,000 taels now, and I'll give you 50,000 when it's done!"

Zhang Tianyou very happily gave Sun Yuan fifty white tickets, Sun Yuan looked at it seriously, and saw that all the imprints were the same, and he was sure that it was a genuine product launched by Jinling Bank, and he immediately put it into his arms.

"Zhang Gongzi is really refreshing!"

"Emperor Zhang has descendants like you, and the prosperity of the family is just around the corner!"

Sun Yuan put down this auspicious sentence and left, leaving Zhang Tianyou in a daze.

Zhang Tianyou thought about it, felt that it was still not safe, and immediately ordered Qin Xiangsi fifty white tickets.

"You take this money first, and when Sun Yuan finishes doing things, you will give him this money."

"God bless, you are ......"

"I need to leave Suzhou immediately!"

"In case Sun Yuan is unreliable and sells me to the imperial court and Zhu Yunxi, our Zhang family will be finished!"

Seeing Zhang Tianyou say this, Qin Xiangsi couldn't continue to keep him, but packed up for him with tears in his eyes.

On the other side, Sun Yuan began to ponder the question of how to set fire when he returned to the duty room of the Suzhou government warehouse.

He had already written several letters before, saying that he was too old to continue to take care of the warehouse, and asked the prefect to send capable men to take over.

Of course, these letters were stuck in the hands of a certain bookstore, and they were not handed to Zhang Qinglai, the prefect of Suzhou.

This is the back road he planned for himself in advance, showing that he had wanted to leave a long time ago, and it was the court that did not let him go.

Therefore, if something goes wrong with the warehouse, he also has a reason to exonerate himself.

In fact, he is very skilled in setting fires, as long as the raw silk in the storage is mixed with white phosphorus frozen in the ice, as the temperature rises, the ice melts, and the white phosphorus will burn......

Of course, this is just a fire-starter, and if you want the fire to grow bigger and bigger to the point that it is out of control, you need to make other arrangements.

I just don't know if there is any raw silk in storage in recent days, if not, it will be troublesome.

Although he is an ambassador of the warehouse, he is in charge of all matters of the warehouse. But according to the rules set by Emperor Zhu, he could not enter and leave the warehouse at will, and he could not even open the warehouse door at will.

The reason why Lao Zhu set up such complicated regulations is mainly to prevent the guards from stealing themselves.

It's just that he ignores one point, some people don't need to steal, they just need bad things.

Sun Yuan pondered in bed all night, and the next day he heard a shocking good news.

The imperial grandson is going to take over the warehouse!

Sun Yuan looked at the Jinyi guard guarding outside the warehouse, and his heart was sweeter than eating honey.

What do these brocade guards know, they are at most watchdogs.

Now it's simpler, he just needs to send the burning object in and wait for the warehouse to catch fire.

Sun Yuan waited for two days, and then caught up with a wave of raw silk from other places into the warehouse.

In principle, the summer tax of the imperial court has been collected, and there should be no raw silk in the warehouse at this time.

However, Zhu Yunxi saw that the price of raw silk was cheaper, even cheaper than that in the Huguang area, and immediately decided to buy a batch.

There are some mulberry households here who follow the trend to sell raw silk, and some merchants who have hoarded before, in order to relieve the financial pressure

Selling.

In order to show his attention, Zhu Yunxi even came to the warehouse in person and watched everyone transport a load of raw silk into the warehouse.

However, no one noticed, and a few people carrying burdens also mixed in, and transported a few loads of raw silk to the storehouse.

The brocade guards guarding the door were also unaware of this, and their duty was to prevent others from stealing. As for the inventory and inspection of raw silk warehousing, it is not their turn.

Sun Yuan followed behind Zhang Qinglai, the prefect of Suzhou, throughout the whole process, in case the imperial grandson could inquire at any time.

"How much raw silk is in the storeroom now?"

Zhang Qinglai glanced at Sun Yuan behind him, and Sun Yuan hurriedly stepped forward to report.

"Back to the emperor's grandson, there are now 80,000 quintals!"

"Eighty thousand quintals should be enough, right?"

Zhang Qinglai heard the muttering of the imperial grandson and hurriedly said.

"Imperial grandson, 80,000 quintals is a lot, even if our Suzhou Weaving Bureau starts work at full strength, it won't need 50,000 quintals a year!"

Zhang Qinglai felt a lot, but Zhu Yunxi still felt that it was not enough. If Zhang Qinglai knew that what was in front of him was only a part, and there were more raw silk that had not been transported, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.

"Imperial grandson, why do you collect so much raw silk?"

"As far as the lower officials know, isn't it silk that your city secretary ordered?"

"Although silk is made of raw silk, it is not easy to make raw silk into silk, and there are many links involved here."

"It goes through rinsing, reeling, spinning, and finally weaving."

"Our Suzhou Weaving Bureau only has thousands of looms, even if we work hard, we can only weave tens of thousands of horses a year, which is just enough for the palace to wear."

Zhu Yunxi nodded when he heard this.

"You know what you're talking about!"

"However, the reason why Gu collects so much raw silk must be of great use!"

"You just help the lonely student take care of the warehouse, and don't let it catch fire or lose it."

"In addition, I warn you a little, don't talk about wear and tear and stuff. The military department played with Gu before, and was captured by Gu Quan's Jinyi Guard!"

Zhang Qinglai heard Zhu Yunxi's threat, and hurriedly nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

He is only in his thirties this year, so he will not ruin his official career because of some money.

"Don't worry, the emperor sends people to guard here every day, and never let the slightest mistake in the raw silk in the treasury!"

"Good!"

"Gu is expected to stay in Suzhou for a few more days, and then he will have to leave Suzhou in a few days. When you leave, Lone has nothing to reward you, so give you a shark costume to wear."

"Shark suit?"

When Zhang Qinglai heard that it was this thing, he was so excited that his eyes lit up.

The shark suit is a joke in the capital, but it is a myth outside the capital.

Because there is a saying in the officialdom that if you can wear the shark suit of the emperor's grandson now, you will be able to wear the new emperor's unicorn suit in the future!

Whoever can catch the shark suit will prove who is famous in the heart of the imperial grandson!

"Thank you for the reward of the imperial grandson!"

"Willing to go to the soup for the emperor's grandson......

Zhu Yunxi nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and his evaluation of Zhang Qinglai was one level higher.

This is an iron official fan!

After Lao Zhu taught on the beam of the house several times, Zhu Yunxi's mentality gradually changed to the emperor's thinking.

If the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if people are observant, there will be no fugitives.

The same is true for the emperor's employment, he is not afraid that you are greedy for fame, profit, and power, but he is afraid that you are not greedy for anything.

Relatively speaking, if a person is greedy for fame and power, he can use his official position and title to tempt him and make him die for the court.

This is also the ruling logic and ruling basis of the feudal dynasty.

If the officials of the imperial court are not for fame, profit, or power, they still think about the court wholeheartedly and His Majesty the Emperor.

Such a person is either a saint or a Davari.

However, for a feudal dynasty, there could be no Davari. As for the saints

Hawkers, up and down for 5,000 years, how many have there been in total?

Even if Lao Zhu is a person who hates corrupt officials and is as evil as an enemy, he turns a blind eye to the corruption of military generals, and just makes a fool of civil officials.

Because in his simple logic, military generals are not afraid of death, civil officials are not greedy for money, and the country can be governed.

Therefore, as long as the generals are not afraid of death when they fight, it is harmless to be greedy for money and other small problems. As long as a civil official is not greedy for money, he is greedy for naming names, power, and the like, and he has the right to be invisible.

That night, Zhang Qinglai was hiding in the inn, wearing the shark costume rewarded by the emperor's grandson, when he suddenly heard his subordinates breaking in in a panic.

"Lord Prefect, something is wrong, there's a fire in the storehouse!"

"Fire?"

When Zhang Qinglai heard these two words, he was so frightened that the whole person was about to swing.

The imperial grandson attaches great importance to this batch of raw silk, if the imperial grandson knows, he must not pick his skin?

"Prepare the car!"

The warehouse is in the northernmost part of Suzhou City, six or seven miles away from the prefect.

However, when Zhang Qinglai arrived in a sedan chair, he found that there were several high-headed horses standing outside the warehouse, and the person sitting on the war horse led by him was His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson!

Zhang Qinglai was so frightened that he slipped out of the sedan chair on the spot, and then rushed over with a rolling belt.

"Damn it!"

"Ten thousand deaths, please punish the emperor's grandson!"

Zhu Yunxi looked at the panicked Zhang Qinglai, and sighed helplessly.

"Next time you encounter something unexpected, you have to ride a horse!"

"Yes......

"Humble duty must be remembered!"

"Get up!"

After Zhang Qinglai got up from the ground, he immediately joined the ranks of the conductors.

However, in Zhu Yunxi's opinion, this guy might as well not command. As soon as he commanded, the firefighting scene was a bit chaotic.

"Chang Jizu, you go and call Zhang Qinglai back and let him stop making trouble over there!"

Chang Jizu had already seen that Zhang Qinglai was not pleasing to the eye, and the people in the treasury of the people's mansion were fighting the fire well, and this guy went up to give a blind command, and he didn't know what to do.

Therefore, he stepped forward without saying a word, grabbed Zhang Qinglai and dragged him back.

Zhang Qinglai cried when he saw this, he wanted to make up for it from the bottom of his heart!

"Your Highness, why don't you let the lowly command to put out the fire!"

Zhu Yunxi glanced at him and said.

"The people who guard the warehouse have their own plans to deal with the fire, and if you go up and give a blind command, it will delay the matter!"

Zhang Qinglai heard that he was at a loss for command, so he hurriedly kowtowed.

"The lowly duty knows that he is wrong, the lowly duty will definitely not blindly command this time, and the lowly duty will follow them to fight the fire!"

"You?"

"Firefighting?"

"Yes!"

Zhu Yunxi saw Zhang Qinglai's firm face, and immediately asked Chang Jizu to let him go.

"Go ahead!"

"I want to see if you, the prefect, really dare to rush into the fire to put out the fire!"

Zhang Qinglai also chuckled in his heart when he heard this, he originally just wanted to carry a few buckets of water outside to express his determination to put out the fire.

However, listening to the meaning of the imperial grandson, you still want him to enter the fire?

Zhang Qinglai hesitated slightly, and immediately gritted his teeth.

"Please Emperor Sun Mingjian, go and put out the fire!"

Zhang Qinglai was just about to roll up his arms and sleeves, when he suddenly saw the shark muffler on his chest, and felt that it was not appropriate to wear this to enter the fire, but if he didn't wear it, he couldn't show his identity as the emperor's grandson.

Therefore, he only hesitated slightly, and rushed into the fire with a bucket of water, pouring water on the mountain of raw silk!

The billowing smoke made his eyes burst into tears, and the heat of the fire scorched him even more, scorching his hair.

However, Zhang Qinglai still selflessly poured buckets of water on the raw silk, wanting to express his loyalty in this way.

Zhu Yunxi stood more than ten feet away from the fire, watching the fire flash

The "big shark" has a somewhat appreciative smile on his face.

This man is a manufacturable talent!

Soon after Zhang Qinglai joined the fire, people from the city's fire brigade also rushed over with fire extinguishers.

Two people were responsible for pressurizing the water wheel, and another person used a copper pipe with a leather pipe to pour water into the burning warehouse.

Although the water column is not high, it is not as high as a two-story building, but it is enough for a place like a warehouse.

The fire in the warehouse was quickly extinguished, and only the first ignition point was still burning tenaciously, even if it was soaked with water, there were still green flames that occasionally emerged from the charred raw silk.

The people who participated in the firefighting were all shocked and changed color when they saw this.

"Ghost Fire!"

"This is a wronged soul asking for his life, this is a terrible ghost setting fire......

When Zhu Yunxi heard everyone's words, a smile appeared on his face.

That's interesting!

Zhang Qinglai ran to Zhu Yunxi with a dark face and said in a hoarse voice.

"Fortunately, I have put out the fire and saved most of the raw silk ......

Although Zhang Qinglai's words are a bit shameless, one sentence erases the credit of others and turns it into the credit of Zhang Qinglai alone. But Zhu Yunxi still listened with a smile and a groan, without the slightest disgust.

For the dignified prefect of Suzhou, it is already very valuable to be able to do this, even if he is greedy for a little work, what is it?

Even if he is a show, but he can do it to the extent that he is not fatal, it is also powerful.

"Governor Zhang has worked hard!"

"Your Highness, this fire is really strange, although there are ignorant people shouting what kind of ghost fire, but in the humble opinion, this matter must not be so simple!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, the smile on his face became even stronger.

"Then according to Governor Zhang's opinion, how did this fire come about?"

Zhang Qinglai thought for a while and looked at Sun Yuan, the also embarrassed ambassador of the library on the side.

"The tiger is out of the sheng, and the turtle jade is destroyed in the coffin!"

Zhu Yunxi immediately smiled when he heard this.

"Whose fault is that?"