Chapter 314: Ming repairs the plank road and secretly crosses Chen Cang

Although it is likely that it will no longer be the capital of Beijing in the near future, Nanjing will still be the most prosperous city today until Beijing is completely completed. Therefore, compared to the splendid palace and those still luxurious princes' mansions, the mansion requisitioned by Zhang Yue and Lu Feng as a mansion is really nothing. Only the sentry in front of the gate and the guards patrolling back and forth in the various courtyards can reflect the majesty of some of the Son of Heaven.

It's the end of October, and although it hasn't snowed in Nanjing, it's still extremely cold after the evening. Thousands of households Zhou Bailing wrapped in thick linoleum and patrolled along the high wall, and met Fang Ling halfway through. Seeing that this new hundred households were so cold that his face was red, but he still came up to salute meticulously, he hurriedly put his hands on it and laughed again.

"It's so late, Brother Fang doesn't have to worry about it so much. This is a Jingshi, and it is not a wilderness, so you don't have to worry too much about safety. Otherwise, I would not have agreed to leave only fifty people to garrison, and the rest would be stationed in nearby houses. But you have some ideas, and you set an example when you first arrived, and those veteran oilers are now gradually obeying you. ”

Although the title is only of his grandfather's generation, Fang Ling, a concubine, has to rely on himself for all his fame and future, but he has not suffered too much after all. Except for some special circumstances along the way, he ate and lived with hundreds of other households, but he was still a little out of place with these colleagues who had killed people on the battlefield. At this time, hearing the words of Zhou Bailing, he couldn't help but look at the scar on Zhou Bailing's face, which was said to be left by the Second Northern Expedition, and then lowered his eyes.

"Compared to Lord Zhou and the others, I am young and knowledgeable, and I have to work harder. If there is anything missing, please mention it. ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Zhou Bailing is a person who respects me, I respect people, and seeing that Fang Ling is very humble, he smiled and said, "If Brother Fang is willing, I have some experience here to communicate with you." It's getting late, and since I've met you head-on, you've been on patrol all the way to the place. I can't sleep right now, so just go and sit in my room and let's talk slowly! ”

At the same time, in a spacious room lit with oil lamps, all kinds of blue-covered thick ledgers were piled up everywhere, but two middle-aged tent rooms, known as the masters of accounting, were sitting leisurely drinking tea and chatting, with no intention of starting work at all. It wasn't until the door was pushed open with a babble that the two saw the person who came, so they hurriedly got up to greet each other, and their faces were extremely embarrassed.

Zhang Yue glanced at the two cups of tea on the kang table, and immediately frowned and sneered: "You guys are so leisurely, this pair of sitting and chatting about tea, do you want me to find someone to send a few plates of melon seeds?" You are all veterans of the household department, you should know the rules. Regardless of whether this is a real account or a fake account, the official has only one word - check. If you check them all after a month, your names will be on the credit book by then. If you can't finish the investigation by then, don't want your original errands. ”

As soon as they heard this, the two middle-aged tent men panicked and sued again and again. Seeing Zhang Yue's eyes, they hurriedly came to the back of their respective desks, flipping through the account books and crackling abacus. Seeing this, Zhang Yue's face turned a little pale, turned around and ordered the two sergeants guarding outside not to slack off with three meals a day plus refreshments, and then left the house.

Walking out of the courtyard and going up the road, Hu Qi behind Zhang Yue looked at no one around, and asked in a low voice: "Young Master, hasn't Lord Yuan already ordered the Jinyi guards here to investigate, why do you still want to check those fake accounts?" ”

"The highest level of pretending is naturally to hide it from your own people, the people used in this house are the original ones, in case someone bribes them to inquire about the situation here, and learns that I have sealed the account book but does not check the accounts at all, wouldn't I tell others that I have another way? Tomorrow we will make some trouble in other granaries, and we can leave here and go straight to Songjiang Mansion and Ningbo Mansion. ”

Hu Qi suddenly realized, and wanted to make a storm in the city and then quietly escape, this move is really obvious Ming Xiu plank road dark Chen Cang. It is expected that even if Ningbo City Bosi gets the news, he may not have expected that his industry will move so quickly. But as he walked, he suddenly thought of an extremely important question, and suddenly stopped.

"Then these soldiers from the Beijing camp, are they all staying in the Beijing Division?"

"Nature is all left." As soon as Zhang Yue turned his head, he saw Hu Qi stunned, so he smiled slightly, "You also said at the beginning that there are still a few people like the four of you, but now it is impossible to rashly transfer to Jinyiwei, and it is not so easy to get into the East Factory, so I let you inform Lord Yuan."

That Gonggong Lu listened to my idea and decided to recruit more people who did not belong to Jinyiwei, which was just right to be inserted. As for the opportunity, it is even easier, you told me before, Ying Tianfu recruited and arrested the day after tomorrow, and when the time comes, I instigate that Lu Gonggong to watch the excitement, as long as they go to participate, they will perform brilliantly, and they are worried that people will not look down on them? When they protect me and Father-in-law Lu this time, it will be easier to get an identity in the future. ”

It was only at this time that Hu Qifang suddenly realized, so he nodded again and again convincingly, and then retired to find the three brothers to discuss the arrangement. And Zhang Yue went straight to the study, and saw Lian Sheng and Lianhu dozing off on the chair outside, so he went up and patted the heads of the two of them angrily.

"Ah, young master!"

"Sharpen the ink, prepare pen and paper, I want to write an excerpt!"

Although the two brothers who had not yet woken up were still a little dazed, they could still understand such a simple command, and hurriedly ran to the desk and got busy. Zhang Yue did not sit down immediately, but paced back and forth in the room, until the manuscript was ready, he sat down on the chair behind the desk, dipped the pen in thick ink, and began to write hard after a little thought.

Zi said: Believe in studiousness, keep the good way of death. The dangerous state does not enter, and the chaotic state does not live. If there is a way in the world, you will see it, and if there is no way, it will be hidden. The state is virtuous, poor and cheap, and shameful; There is no way, rich and noble, and shameful. Fu Daming has a state of Taoism, so all countries come to the court, all the countries return to the heart, and they are respected as the kingdom of God, and the prestige of the Heavenly Dynasty is also admired, and the wealth of the Heavenly Dynasty is also admired. "Guanzi" has clouds: if the country has more wealth, those who are far away will come, and if the land is opened, the people will stay, the warehouse will know the etiquette, the food and clothing will know the honor and disgrace, and the service degree will be the six-dimensional and four-dimensional Zhang Zejun will order. Now His Majesty's name is spread overseas, why is it also? ……”

Zhang Yueyang sprinkled a thousand words to write, and Lian Sheng, who was quite familiar with words, watched curiously next to him, and only woke up when he had completely written an inkstone, so he hurriedly began to grind the ink again, until the ink-drenched manuscript paper filled the entire desk, and even had to be placed on the chairs and bookshelves outside, and even the candles were only a little bit left, and the article was finished.

Although he is now a chaplain, he will not forget the task of reading the Analects and writing notes. Even if Zhu Di is not a hesitant son of heaven, but this matter is completely his beginning and end, if he does not implement it all to the end, maybe he will do his best, but there will be a change in Beijing City. Moreover, going around in a big circle can still let the imperial grandson Zhu Zhanji see it, why not? As for the war of words in the court, even if he doesn't go, he has to get involved!

At this time, the bangzi of the third watch had already sounded outside, Zhang Yueqiang pressed himself to sleep, and waited until the ink on the paper was completely dry, and then they were neatly folded together, and then carefully stuffed into the envelope, sealed with fire paint, and then handed over to Lian Sheng, who was waiting aside.

"Send it out immediately, and use the post to send it to Beijing overnight."

Since he had already sent a letter to Beijing when he arrived before, Lian Sheng naturally wouldn't ask such a stupid question as 600 miles or 800 miles faster - this is just an ordinary postal message - after accepting it, he slipped out of the house, and Lian Hu hurriedly stepped forward to clean up the desk, and saw that Zhang Yue began to yawn at this time, so he said with a smile: "No wonder people say that the young master is like a god in writing, and he doesn't make drafts during the palace exam, and he is the same now." It only took such a little time for such an article to be a god. ”

This is due to the fact that I relied on the pen to eat in my last life, and I worshipped a good gentleman in this life!

Zhang Yue was completely immune to this level of compliment, and immediately ordered Lian Hu to extinguish the light in the study with only a slight smile. When Lian Hu escorted him to the ground with a lantern, he sent him to sleep, and then opened the curtain and entered the door. As soon as he stepped on the threshold, he saw that in the bright hall, Autumn Scar was leaning against the wall and sleeping soundly, covered with a thick blanket of felt, while Lingxi and Amber were doing needlework under the oil lamp.

"The young master is back!" Lingxi hurriedly put down the needle and thread in his hand and stood up, and when he saw Zhang Yue's tired face, he said, "There is hot water hanging in the stove room, and it is hot to wash your feet." The bed is already hot, so the young master will wash up and go to sleep. ”

Thinking that the three of them stayed up so late for themselves, Zhang Yue saw Lingxi go out to fetch water, and was about to tell him that there was no need to wait together in the future, but who knew that Qiu Zhen, who had just slept soundly, suddenly woke up, rubbed his eyes and said in a daze: "Is it already morning?" Why didn't the young master come back to sleep all night...... Well, it's not dawn yet......"

Amber had already gone to fetch the copper basin and soft towels, and seeing that Autumn Scar was still very confused, she simply drove the people to the east room to sleep, and then came back to pour the cold water that had been prepared in the basin. After a while, Lingxi came in with a full copper kettle and mixed it with hot water. Zhang Yue half-squinted, leaned his elbows on the kang table to support his head, and leaned on the back of the kang chair, feeling in a daze that someone had taken off his shoes and socks, and felt soaked in hot water, so he opened his eyes.

"I'll just soak myself, and you all go to sleep."

Although Zhang Yue said this, Lingxi ignored it, rubbed Zhang Yue's feet deftly with hot water, raised his head again and said: "The young master almost fell asleep just now, if we go to sleep, maybe you will sleep on this kang after half washing, and you will definitely be frostbitten by dawn." If you are tired for a day, you should press the acupuncture points when washing your feet, and in the past, slaves and maids also served the old lady in this way. ”

With a sour and numb feeling on his feet, he had to swallow back the words that came to his mouth. Amber next to him wrung a hot towel and handed it to Zhang Yue, suddenly remembering that Lingxi had been summoned by the Gu family before leaving, and he didn't come back until a full hour later.