May 11.

The public carriages, which had just emerged, did not run normally as in the past, and it took a long time for a carriage to come occasionally, and it is said that the carriages in Beijing were all transferred to transport silver.

For the old Beijing, it can be regarded as well-informed, especially since the new emperor ascended the throne, he has experienced a lot of things, and his vision has long been high.

The official road from Beijing to Tongzhou is full of people. One after another, the carriages drove endlessly into the capital, and there was a never-ending momentum, and it was always impossible to see the end from afar.

All the carriages that carried things were four-wheeled carriages.

The carriage of Tongzhou to Beijing has not stopped all year round, and everyone is not surprised, there is no need to make such a fuss, and there is no need to watch, but this transport of things, has to be watched, everyone knows that every carriage is carrying silver, and every carriage that walks in front of them is full of silver, because the silver is too heavy, and the carriage creaks, it sounds so shocking.

On the street of Zhengyangmen in Beijing, it has long been surrounded by water, and people in Beijing have come to watch this rare scene of transporting silver. I want to see how much there is for 20 million silver.

"Oh mom, this cheek raiser is sour, it's not over yet, it's gone for more than half an hour, don't count, don't count......" On Zhengyangmen Street, among a group of onlookers, there was such a complaint, because there were too many cars, and it had been counted for more than half an hour, and the carriage was still coming, and the people who counted the carriages were finally uncountable.

"How many? How many? The person on the side asked. There are too many carriages, one after another never stopping, repeating them so much that people are dizzy, if it is not for some difference between the carriages, everyone must wonder if this is a circle, and the carriage comes back to deceive everyone.

"It's more than five hundred...... "The man who said his cheeks were sour reminded in frustration.

"More than 500 cars? My good man, when is this the head, a car is more than a thousand catties, these five hundred, how many catties do you have to be? "Some people look at the eyes sore, and some people have sour cheeks.

"Not to mention 500,000 catties of ......" people in the market want to live, and they also deal with numbers all year round, and some people reported the weight of the silver transported by this carriage.

"Good ......"

“…… Good ......"

"Ah......" I heard that there were no 100,000 catties of silver, and the people present exclaimed, people live for a lifetime, and not everyone can encounter this kind of thing of transporting tens of millions of taels of silver at a time, this time, it is an eye-opener.

"The emperor's work is extraordinary, and the legs of the people we look at are ...... soft, if you don't see it with your own eyes, who will believe it?" There was a slightly fatter man who couldn't stand it, he had been watching the carriage carrying the silver for almost an hour, and his legs were weak, and the carriage was still coming one after another, and he couldn't stand it, and complained.

"Well, you old man can find a seat up there, spend half a dollar, and mix a cup of tea to drink, which is much better than standing here." The people on the side came up with an idea.

This person who stood with weak legs looked at the place pointed by the person who made the idea next to him, and saw that the side of the street, where people can sit, are full of people, their vision is much wider than this ground, there is also a place to sit, and there is also tea, it is really good, however, this price is really a bit expensive, a seat, let alone half a silver dollar, this person with weak legs can be reluctant to half a silver dollar, sighing helplessly, hammering his legs, gritting his teeth and insisting, this rare scene in a hundred years, if you miss it, I don't have the capital to brag with others in the future, how can I miss it? …,

On both sides of Zhengyangmen Street, in addition to the balcony on the second floor, the windowsill is full of people, and the tree is also full of people.

The carriage was still jingling all the time, and there were fewer and fewer people counting the carriages, and some of the people who were still counting had foamed at the corners of their mouths.

"How many?" Someone asked in a loud voice.

“…… Seven hundred......" someone immediately replied in a loud voice.

"It's not over yet, when will this go?" The questioner also asked impatiently, others carry silver, and the people they watch see that they are too tired to do it, this is not a personal experience, and no one believes it.

“…… Not yet, I can't see the end yet......" someone replied in a loud voice.

The crowd of onlookers finally got impatient, this carriage is too much, and they are tired to see the excitement, isn't this looking for guilt?

A strange sound of "......" made the onlookers immediately look up, and this strange sound came from the top of their heads.

"Wow......" followed by the heart-rending cry of the child.

"Catch, catch......"

"Catch ......"

The crowd erupted in shouts.

It turned out that a child who climbed on the tree to see the excitement, I don't know how, fell from the tree, if it fell, it was possible to break hands and feet, fortunately the clothes were hooked by a branch, slowing down the momentum of the fall, the clothes were torn, and the person was hanging in the air, which was really thrilling.

The child was frightened and cried in the air, constantly struggling, hooking the clothes on the tree, unable to bear the force, and shook a few times, completely torn, the child fell from mid-air, but fortunately there was a strong man below to catch it, and a falling tree incident was avoided.

"Okay, caught ......"

"Good ......"

"Awesome, caught ......"

The crowd erupted in applause. The big man who picked up the person was a little embarrassed, and he was a little embarrassed to be praised in front of the public.

The child who was caught was frightened and cried to vent his fear.

The child's mother squeezed into the crowd, checked her child in horror, and was relieved to see that the child was fine and not injured, and hurriedly thanked the big man who saved people with red eyes.

The big man was even more embarrassed and resigned again and again.

In the midst of the good-natured onlookers and kind comfort, the mother asked her child how he fell from the tree.

The child stopped crying, and returned a little shyly: "I have been lying on my stomach for too long, my hands are sore, and I don't know how to fall off." ”

As soon as the child's words came out, the onlookers burst into laughter, and this somewhat thrilling and frightening scene burst into laughter. Even the child's mother was embarrassed by her child's remarks, and the child laughed shyly when she saw the laughter of the crowd, but the snot and tears were mixed with laughter.

Everyone laughed and shook their heads, the people who carried the silver were not tired, and you, who watched others carry silver, could not afford to fall from the tree.

A small accident passed quickly, and the carriages carrying the silver still drove one after another. The memory of the endless carriage and the sore back has always been deeply engraved in the hearts of these Beijingers.

……

Forbidden city.

Qianqing Palace.

A brocade guard is being summoned by the emperor. Fang Hongzan is one of them.

Fang Hongzan went through a lot of hardships, and finally completed his mission to restore the emperor's sight, this messenger made his hair gray a lot, making him look ten years older.

"The commander of the minister's Jinyi guard made Fang Hongzan knock to see His Majesty, and now he finally lives up to his mission and comes to return to his life." Fang Hongzan went out for half a year and returned to the capital again, his appearance and image were already very different, and the huge pressure was like a scalpel, scraping his bones once. At the same time, there is also a thick booklet. Behind Fang Hongzan, he stood for a moment to participate in the task of running a salt merchant and transporting silver. …,

Wang Chengen took the booklet and handed it to the emperor.

Yang Reform looked at Fang Hongzan, who had almost changed a person, and was also full of feelings, this salt merchant, Jin Yiwei made a great effort, this Fang Hongzan also made a great effort, from the appearance of this person in front of him, you can know how much pressure there is in the deep whirlpool. He took the booklet, flipped through it symbolically, glanced at the numbers a few times, and closed it.

"Come on, please get up." Yang Reform said with emotion.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fang Hongzan took the lead, and everyone got up.

"This time to run a salt business, all the secretaries have worked hard." Yang Gai said with relief that the silver had finally arrived, and many things could be opened.

"It is a blessing for a minister to serve His Majesty, and this is the way it should be." Fang Hongzan replied in the lead.

"Okay, this time to set up a salt merchant and transport silver, I will remember all your credits,...... Listen to the seal. Yang Reform looked at the Jinyi Guards in this place, and he was not verbose, and was ready to send them to change, these people, Yang Reform is familiar with many of them, and there is no need to say too much.

Wang Chengen immediately stood up, opened the holy decree, and began to reward him.

“…… Jinyi pro-army commander envoy commander envoy Fang Hongzan, plus the left army governor's office to sign the title,......"

“…… Xu Bengao of the Jinyi Wei Patent Office, and the commander of the Jinyi pro-army envoy Tongzhi ,......"

Wang Chengen read out the reward given to Jinyiwei in one go, Fang Hongzan added the title of governor of the city, and the others were generally promoted to the first level, others such as silver coins, silk and some ornamental things, and so on.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," everyone thanked him.

"Do things for me, I will not treat you badly, in addition to these rewards, I will give an additional floating salary to the personnel involved in this errand, ordinary captain, wrestler takes the salary of the small flag, the small flag takes the salary of the general flag, the general flag takes the salary of the hundred households, and so on, it is an additional reward for me......" Yang Reform is also having a headache for the reward of Jinyiwei, as a spy force, it is really not good to reward, the official rank cannot be too high, and the silver can not be too much, Jinyiwei is originally a big eater of money, if the silver is too high, this appetite will grow bigger and bigger, It's not easy to clean up in the future, but this time Jinyiwei did such a big thing, and he can't help but reward it, and the reward can't be too shabby, otherwise, not only will he lose face, but no one will follow him in the future. Therefore, Yang Reform made a compromise and gave them a salary, which does not need to take out a lot of silver at once, not to make people hot, and it is a long stream, so that Jin Yiwei has nothing to say, it is a lot of one stone, not to mention that Yang Reform has long planned to increase wages and reform the wage system of the Ming Dynasty, this time, it can be regarded as a pilot.

"Thank Your Majesty Longen" this time, everyone's voice seems to be much brighter than before, this reward, everyone is the first time to hear about it, but it is unique, no wonder I didn't hear how much silver the emperor rewarded before, it turned out, this is the big head, this is not bad, even ordinary captains and wrestlers can get the salary of the small flag, this counts, but it is much stronger than the reward silver, most of the Jinyi Wei are ordinary captains, wrestlers, and they are also family-owned, although Jinyiwei also has a lot of water, but in the capital to support the family, It's not so easy, the captain and wrestler at the bottom are not as bright as Jinyiwei on the surface, if they can get Xiaoqi's salary, then the days are really excessive, no matter what, Xiaoqi is finally an official, which can be better in the long run, drought and flood to ensure income.

"In addition, I have recently set up a steelmaking yard in Zunhua, ready to do some trading, and are preparing to make stocks, so that the Jinyi guards who participated in the operation this time, regardless of size, Fan Lishi, the captain will each send ten shares, fifty shares of small flags, two hundred shares of the total flag, five hundred shares of one hundred households, and one thousand shares of thousands of households, and everyone will not be disappointed, which is considered an additional reward for me......" Yang Reform thought about it, but still felt that it was inappropriate to send silver, so he changed to send this kind of paper, this kind of stock is not a dry stock or a registered one, it is a bearer kind, Yang Reform also has to beware of the interests of Jinyiwei and some things that are too deeply involved, but the benefits can't help but let them get involved, this circle is circling, Yang Reform has thought of a lot of ideas. …,

"Thank you, Your Majesty Longen" everyone's reply, this time, it is brighter than last time, this is sure enough, for the emperor to do things, the emperor will not lose everyone, the reward on the holy decree in front of it, it is indeed shriveled, this is the main event, sure enough, in the back, for the stock, the people of Beijing City, there is no one who doesn't like it, now no matter what the stock, as long as the emperor gets it out, it is worth money, this is what everyone agrees.

"In addition, this month, all the brocade guards will be given double salaries, which can be regarded as my reward to all the brocade guards." Yang Gai said with a smile, I have rewarded these Jinyi guards who do errands, and I can't forget the other Jinyi guards, I have to be more or less meaningful, and I want to open up the gap between this reward, so that the gap between doing things and not doing things can be revealed, and in the future, the people who do errands will be serious. Yang Reform used his brains for this reward, and in the end, he set such a three-board axe. Salary, stocks, and silver.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen" Fang Hongzan took the lead in thanking him again.

"Okay, all of you are tired, I won't disturb you to rest, all of you have worked hard this time, after you come back, take a good rest for a while......" Yang Reform saw that the reward was completed, and he was ready to disperse this reward conference.

"The ministers obeyed" and the people thanked them again and dispersed.

After entering the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Yang Reform changed his previous calmness, but asked Wang Chengen with some anxiety: "Companion, is the silver all right?" Although Yang Reform had confirmed it before, Yang Reform couldn't help but ask again, this time this silver was really too hot, and Yang Reform was a little uneasy.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave and maid have sent someone to inspect it, and there is indeed no problem, 1,300 taels of cars, and the cars are all real money." Wang Chengen reported according to the facts.

"Oh, that's good, it's all shipped to Liulizhai?" Yang Reform asked again, it's not that Yang Reform is not calm, but this matter is too important, and now there are too many places to ask for silver.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's all transported there." Wang Chengen said affirmatively.

"What about security?" Yang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, everything will be guarded by the new army according to Your Majesty's orders." Wang Chengen hurriedly replied again.

"Well, that's good." Yang Reform is also taking risks, since he wants to show off the silver, since he wants to put the silver there to see, this security is a problem, and he has to be concerned.

“…… By the way, summon Fang Hongzan and Xu Bengao over, I still have something to ask......" Yang Reform was not at ease and determined many arrangements again, and then arranged to summon Fang Hongzan and Xu Bengao.

……

Fang Hongzan and Xu Bengao hadn't been out of the Qianqing Palace for a long time, and they were called back again, these two people, one was the main manager of the Southern Jinyi Wei in the early stage, and the other was the main manager in the later period.

The two followed Wang Chengen into the warm pavilion and saluted again.

"Sit down" Yang Gengai smiled and motioned for the two of them to sit down, the seats of the two people are different, and the positions are not the same, Fang Hongzan's is in the front, and Xu Bengao is in the back.

"Your Majesty Longen" The two of them replied with some emotion, this gift is a rare honor, and it is rare to sit in ordinary times, and they also wonder why the emperor called them again.

"This time, thanks to the two of you, otherwise, the salt merchant would not have been so smooth in transporting silver." Yang Reform said with a smile, these two people, Yang Reform is ready to care more.

"It's all Your Majesty's strategy, and the ministers are just following Your Majesty's orders, and they don't dare to take credit." Fang Hongzan and Xu Bengaohe hurriedly stood up and were modest.

"Sit, sit, you don't need to be too modest......" Yang Reform motioned for them to sit down again, and the two of them sat down tremblingly, and Fang Hongzan, who was originally very calm, became cautious again.

"Hehe, you did a good job in this matter, I didn't misunderstand you." Yang Gai said with a smile, ready to have a good relationship with these two people, sometimes, just relying on official positions, money to buy people, the effect is not very good, but it is necessary to cultivate feelings.

"Your Majesty Xie's praise," Fang Hongzan and Xu Bengao replied with some excitement.

"Hehehe, I would like to listen carefully to what you have done this time, what are the thrilling experiences, what are the interesting things, and what are the difficult places...... Yang Gengai asked with some curiosity.

Seeing that the emperor asked this curiously, the two of them began to explain to the emperor in detail the experience of going to the south on an errand, and Fang Hongzan's body bones scraped out by this pressure gradually changed back to their original appearance......