The sun is rising.

Warm and bustling.

It's just that Lord Zhao suddenly felt that the morning breeze brought dew, and it seemed to be a little cold.

"I've heard of it occasionally. Lord Zhao paused and said, "It is rumored that he came here for the matter of today's son, and this matter is very important. ”

"What's the matter?" Zhuang Ming asked.

"It's confidential. Lord Zhao shook his head slightly, and said: "The old man only heard the teacher of the year by chance when he went to Beijing last year, and he mentioned a few sentences, but he didn't know much. Besides, the secret affairs of the imperial court, you are just a businessman, or you don't know it, and even if the old man really knows, he doesn't dare to tell you, this is a leak, if you really want to talk about it, there will be a disaster of raiding the family and destroying the family. ”

"Lord Zhao......" Zhuang Ming sighed: "If you don't want to tell you honestly, if Zhuang is down, this Chen Wang Ye will investigate thoroughly, and you will inevitably be implicated, and the disaster will not be small." You also said that we are already grasshoppers on a rope, mutually beneficial, each with what he wants, don't you always think that if you stand by and watch my Zhuang firm fall, you will not be damaged?"

"You ......" the old man's face changed, and he vaguely heard a hint of threat.

"Zhuang has been acting in the Sixteen Mansions of Huai'an over the years, but everything you want, you can't get it, and you are not boasting, and you are not a stranger to this. Zhuang Ming said slowly: "His power is monstrous, although it is difficult to match, but if I can know the main appointment of Prince Chen here, I may be able to use this to smooth out the calamity, and you and I can live in peace as usual and share the benefits equally." ”

"You've always made no mistakes. Lord Zhao hesitated for a moment and said: "But this matter is hidden after all, the old man only knows a little bit about it, how it is, I have to find another way, from my teacher, maybe I can find a little bit of ......"

"What does Lord Zhao need to ask this Zuo Xiang to speak?" Zhuang Ming said: "If you need anything, my Zhuang firm will definitely find it." ”

"What is needed, come back to it. Lord Zhao raised his head and said, "It's almost time, the old man should go back, as for this matter...... Within three days, the old man will definitely try his best to find out. ”

"Good. Zhuang Ming instructed: "Lu He, you send one to Lord Zhao." ”

"Yes. Lu He replied in a low voice.

——

Noon.

Under Zhuang Ming's instructions, Frost Spirit took a He Shou Wu from the treasury, which was thick in color and close to a human form.

When he first received this He Shou Wu, it cost a hundred taels, but with Zhuang Ming's true qi induction, he could detect the medicinal power contained in it, which was really quite rich, and in his heart, it was a thousand taels of silver, and it was worth the money.

The young dragon gradually devoured it, and then gradually refined it.

In the past two days, the young dragon has been able to open its mouth, and it can be directly devoured and refined, and its growth progress has increased by many times compared to the past.

"After six years, it has barely grown a little. ”

"Since the young dragon spoke, devouring all kinds of strange things, I can clearly sense the daily growth progress. ”

"When it comes to body size, it's almost visible to the naked eye, and it's constantly improving. ”

"As long as I can continue to feed this dragon with precious spiritual objects every day, I will be able to stabilize my nascent cultivation and try to advance to the middle level within about this month. ”

"With the natural materials and earth treasures I have accumulated in the past six years, I can support it until the end of next year with such continuous feeding every day, and I will not be empty. And in the autumn of this year, it will probably be able to grow to this realm to perfection, which is comparable to the level of the Martial Dao Triple and the peak of the Dao Seal. ”

"I just want to turn into a Jiao, it seems like a step away, but this step, like a world of difference, is still far away. ”

"Even if I have the background of my Zhuang family firm, I can support the consumption of devouring heaven and earth treasures for many years, I am afraid it will take twenty or thirty years before there is hope. ”

"If the Zhuang family firm falls, without the help of these treasures containing spiritual energy, just by swallowing and spitting every day and absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, I am afraid that there is no hope of turning into a dragon in this life, and it is even more difficult to say about turning into a dragon. ”

Zhuang Ming gently stroked the young dragon, and whispered in his heart: "No wealth is not enough to support the Dao ......"

It is precisely for this reason that no matter what kind of resistance he faces, his Zhuang firm must smash the obstacles, continue to develop and grow, expand its power, recruit manpower, gather money, and collect more treasures.

If the Zhuang family firm falls, it will be difficult to cultivate this primeval true dragon in this life with the strength of his own body.

——

Night.

Zhuang's firm, the situation gradually stabilized.

The disaster of Song Tianyuan was completely calmed down.

It's just that the silence at this time is quite a bit stormy.

This Chen Wangye, although he did not move, the oppression he brought was like a sharp sword hanging over the head of Zhuang's firm, and he didn't know when he would fall down.

"Childe, it's almost time, go to sleep quickly. Frost Ling brought the soup, looked at Zhuang Ming, who was frowning and contemplative, and looked at Childe's pale and emaciated cheeks. I can't help but feel distressed.

"It's okay. ”

Zhuang Ming waved his hand, and in front of him, there were dozens of pages, full of words, which was his clear division of the current situation.

And on the skylight, it is Zhuang Ming's heart that is divided into two uses, with the body of a young dragon, facing the bright moon, breathing and breathing, and increasing his cultivation.

Frost Ling looked at the paper on the table, and saw Zhuang Ming, who had become increasingly haggard in the past two days, and couldn't help but whisper: "Is the prince still worried about the hostility of the king with a different surname?"

Zhuang Ming chuckled, put down the pen, picked up the soup, took a sip, and said, "It's okay." ”

When Frost Ling heard this, he immediately said: "I think this Prince Chen is not a smart person, with the wisdom and planning of the son, why bother so much?"

When Zhuang Ming heard this, he smiled dumbly: "Why do you see that he is not smart enough?"

Shuang Ling said: "At the beginning, the prince secretly sent people to help the government and crack down on the sale of illicit salt, which made this Chen prince suffer, but he did not find the head of the Zhuang family's firm, and later Song Tianyuan found out and informed him, so it can be seen that this Chen prince and his subordinate staff and strategists are most likely not as wise as that Song Tianyuan." In these days, even Song Tianyuan's calculations can't help but get Gongzi, but he put his own life into it, how can this king with a different surname who is inferior to Song Tianyuan in wisdom and planning make Gongzi so troubled?"

Zhuang Ming put down the bowl, with a slight admiration in his eyes, and said: "You girl, you can already see a lot of things clearly, you are really smart and smart, but you can see it shallowly." You must understand that this king with a different surname, he may not be as smart as Song Tianyuan, but he is a greater threat than Song Tianyuan. ”

Frost Spirit was stunned and said, "A greater threat?"

Zhuang Ming sighed lightly: "He is in a high position, he has the power that Song Tianyuan himself does not have, he is in charge of the Sixteen Mansions of Huai'an, and he can mobilize the power of the government at will, and his random order, the turmoil set off in the Sixteen Mansions of Huai'an, for us, is more threatening than the ten strategies carefully planned by Song Tianyuan." ”

"No matter how much I plan and think thoroughly, he only needs to issue a decree with a single thought, and the power of the government will be crushed, which is enough to make me work hard. ”

"This is the Ten Meetings of One Force. ”

——

Early morning.

Fengcheng.

The warehouse of Zhuang's firm is located.

Liu Quan led twelve people to come here.

The people in the warehouse have been busy in the middle of the night, loading the goods and preparing to deliver them to Liu Quan's escort.

"Steward Wu, long time no see. ”

"Liu Quan. The middle-aged steward laughed, stroked his beard and said: "Recently, Lu Ye has been instructed by his son to do a lot of things, and you have made a lot of contributions by following Lu Ye." I heard that Lu Ye taught you a set of kung fu again, and this time I also took a lot of silver two rewards, but it was very rich, yesterday at noon, your old lady was very happy, and said that you are out of luck, and you are no longer the street hooligan who relied on blood and courage a few years ago, and he also discussed with my aunt to buy a piece of land. ”

The Lu Ye in his mouth is Lu He.

According to the division of Zhuang's firm, Liu Quan can be regarded as a person under Lu He.

Wu Steward and Liu Quan are also fellow villagers, this kid has some brute strength since he was a child, he learned a few tricks of kung fu when he was a teenager, but his family is poor, and he has no skills to support his family.

"It's all about the kindness of the son, and I gave an errand, otherwise I might have robbed on the road now, and maybe one day, I would be caught by the government and cut off my head. ”

Liu Quan laughed and said, "Don't talk about it, this car is almost loaded?"

Steward Wu said: "It's almost, we got up in the middle of the night to get busy, unlike you, who slept on the daughter-in-law's kang for a night, I'm afraid that my feet are weak, if I can't transport this batch of goods when I turn back, I'll see how you explain." ”

When these words were spoken, the more than ten people next to them couldn't help laughing out loud.

Liu Quan rolled his eyes and said, "Don't tease me, get down to business first." ”

Steward Wu took out the list and said: "You check this a priori, there are four cars in total, and they will be sent to Jiangcheng today, these two cars are from the Dongfang store, and the two cars are Xifang and Nanfang respectively, the goods are different, look at it carefully." ”

Liu Quan glanced at it, nodded and said, "Okay, before the sun goes down, it should be delivered." ”

Steward Wu was about to continue talking, but he heard a bang.

The door was slammed open!

Liu Quan and the others were immediately on alert, and they drew their swords out of their sheaths one after another.

Especially Liu Quan, with the knife in his hand, lowered his body slightly, and posed as a horse, forming a posture of taking out the knife at all times.

After he entered Zhuang's firm, Lu He saw that he had good qualifications, and for more than a year, he taught him three sets of kung fu, one set of footwork, one set of knife skills, and the palm technique he had just learned after this meritorious service.

"What are you going to do?"

Just outside the gate, a group swaggered in.

This group of people is wearing the official clothes of the official yamen, and they are wearing the standard steel knives of the officials.

At the head of the person, his eyes were cold, he looked at Liu Quan and the others who had the knife out of the sheath, and shouted: "Do you want to rebel?"

Steward Wu's heart jumped, and he hurriedly looked at Liu Quan.

Liu Quan stretched out his hand and waved his hand, signaling his companion to put the knife into the sheath, and then looked at the person who came.

Steward Wu hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Lord Shen, why are you here, you didn't say hello in advance, and there was such a big battle?"

This so-called Lord Shen, named Shen Chong, is a military general under the command of Lord Zhao of Fengcheng, responsible for the defense of the city and the arrest of thieves in Fengcheng.

Over the years, Zhuang's firm has given a lot of benefits, Lord Zhao has eaten meat, and this Lord Shen has also drunk some soup more or less.

Therefore, the managers of Zhuang's firm in Fengcheng have always been familiar with Shen Chong, who has the right to mobilize Fengcheng officers and soldiers.

But this time, he saw Shen Chong's face cold, and said: "I came here on order, where my duty lies, and I will be offended this time." ”

Steward Wu's heart sank, and he hurriedly said, "Lord Shen, ...... are you?"

Shen Chong said: "Huai'an Sixteen Mansions, strictly inspect the prohibited things, strictly check the tax details, I am ordered to strictly check all the prohibited items in Fengcheng." ”

Steward Wu quietly stuffed some silver, and said with a smile: "Lord Shen said that it was funny, we have been friends for so many years, you don't know about the Zhuang firm, we have always abided by the laws of the Dongsheng Dynasty, how can we hide prohibited things privately?"

Shen Chong didn't take the silver this time, but just said in a deep voice: "Is there a ban or not, you don't count what you say, we only count after we see it." ”

After finishing speaking, I saw him stretch out his hand and wave, and shouted: "Search!"

Seeing this group of officials, they rushed up.

And the current official errand has to disassemble the goods that have just been loaded.

"Wait...... This car of goods can be loaded overnight, and the shops in Jiangcheng are in urgent need. ”

Steward Wu hurriedly said: "In the warehouse, you can check it, these carts of things, just look at them, don't unload them." ”

Shen Chong's expression was complicated, and he said: "Don't be in a hurry, in the sixteen mansions of Huai'an, hundreds of cities, all the shops and warehouses of your Zhuang family trading house will be seized today, from today onwards, all goods cannot enter and exit, and they will not be solved until they are found out clearly and the prince orders them." ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly approached, his expression was as usual, but his tone was low, and he sighed in a low voice: "Now the biggest official in Fengcheng is not Lord Zhao, it is this Lord Chen, Shen Moujie Wufu, the official rank is low, and he can't disobey the orders of the prince, so he can only offend ......"

——

The next day, in the morning.

Lu He's urgent report broke the silence of the morning.

It was also like the arrival of wind and rain, breaking the oppressive tranquility of these two days.

"Finally...... Shot. ”

Zhuang Ming exhaled slowly and said, "Fortunately, I had anticipated all of his plans last night, and they were not beyond my thoughts. ”