Ming dynasty grand dude

Chapter 4 The rich and the rich cover the Wangjiang Tower, and the old foxes in northern Guangdong are all shot

Let the smiling Wangjiang Tower steward lead them to their residence, and the stunned four big turtles were speechless again.

"Watching the breeze on the river", "The river and the sky are the same color", "Wearing the tide rises and falls", "Eternal flow", these are the names of the four other courtyards.

At any rate, they have studied Sinology, so they naturally know the origin of these names.

"Wangjiang Qingfeng" is taken from Song Lin Suian's "Kuofu Jiangyue" "The breeze on the river, the moon in the mountains, and the infinite joy with Zi".

"Jiangtian Yise" comes from Zhang Ruoxu's "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", "The river and sky are all the same color without dust, and the lonely moon in the bright sky".

"Wearing the Rising and Falling of the Tide" is also derived from Zhang Ruoxu's "Spring River Flower and Moon Night", "The spring river tide connects to the sea level, and the bright moon on the sea coexists with the tide".

And the last one "Eternal Flow" is taken from "Xiwei Six Quatrains Part [-]" written by Du Gongbu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.

"Er Cao's body and name are destroyed, and the rivers and rivers will not be abolished through the ages."

Pushing open the courtyard door, one can see that the courtyard is a courtyard that combines the courtyards of the Beijing Normal University and the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River with exquisite and grand atmosphere.

The first thing you see when you enter the courtyard is the screen wall with gurgling water underneath.

Go around and pass behind the screen wall, and you can see quiet flowing water crossing the stone bridge, and the left and right wing rooms are divided into two sides.

There is even a small pavilion on the side of the stone bridge, with futons, tea tables, incense burners... and other objects laid out.

A few young men who had led the way entered the courtyard with lanterns, and lit the wooden lanterns around them.

Immediately, the courtyard was like a fairyland. Walking along the stone bridge to the main building, the first thing you saw was the living room.

On the right side is the tea room and study room, while on the left side there is a spiral staircase to the second floor and a small servant's room.

Passing behind the screen in the hall, there is a viewing tower where you can have a panoramic view of the river.

The first floor on the second floor is a small hall, which looks more warm and elegant, suitable for receiving intimate guests.

Going inside the small hall is a door, which opens to the outer room of the servants.

Further inside is the master's room, which naturally has its own bathroom and hut.

There is even a huge viewing terrace, separated by heavy curtains and wooden doors.

Yang Ai walked around the yard silently with her hands behind her back, and finally went upstairs to rest with a sigh.

From the second day onwards, they followed Hong Zhoutong to the new pier in Yangcheng, even though it was the second time they saw them, they were still extremely shocked.

Thousands of boats and hundreds of boats are racing on the river!

The hustle and bustle of the crowd shouted and pulled the iron chain continuously, delivering goods from the conveyor belt with "Ka Ka Ka Ka...".

From the pier, walk along the main stone road that can be paralleled by four carriages. There are dozens of large shops and high-rise buildings along the street.

The materials used are all masonry, and some of them can't see what it is.

It is said that it was a new material discovered by the master craftsmen of the Imperial Ordnance Construction Bureau during the construction of the famous Chaobai River Wharf Square City in the capital.

Although the four big soil turtles are soil turtles, this does not prevent them who have undergone years of Sinology education and have family connections to understand what it means.

They glanced at each other silently, and even Tian Lei stopped wandering around.

The shops in various places are full of goods from northern Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Minjiang, and even outside the capital and Beidiguan.

As expensive as cashmere, camel's hair, and all kinds of leather goods, there are also cloth, silk, silk... and other Jiangnan, Fujian and Guangdong fabrics.

The only one "Imperial Royal Ordnance Building Bureau Foundry Department North Guangdong Branch Iron Wok Specialty Shop", four people walked in curiously.

After walking around for a while, they saw the astonishment on each other's faces!

Especially An Ronggui, his face turned blue and white, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Tian Hao, who was behind Tian Lei, quietly ordered someone to buy some iron woks, and then continued shopping.

There are streets extending from the main road, and even these streets can be passed by two carriages in parallel.

There are many types of shops on both sides of the street, some selling handmade gold and silver, some doing wood carving, some selling cement... and so on.

When they walked through the three major chariots and horses, they finally saw what real luxury is.

The prices of the custom-made carriages displayed in the Yujiatang made them extremely tongue-tied.

However, those carving materials made them have to admit that this carriage is indeed worth the price.

Yang Ai was trembling for a long time, looked around for a while, gritted her teeth and ordered a car for four thousand dollars, and it would have to be spent on it...

They have been shopping from the morning to the beginning of the lights, and they still have more to say, this market is really too big!

The level of prosperity far exceeded their imagination, and they didn't even go back to have a banquet for dinner, but ate casually in the nearby Fangshi.

And they didn't eat in the private room, they ate in the lobby.

I listened to the merchants who came to eat chatting with each other about the situation in this square city, their business operations, how much they earned today, what news... and so on.

Hong Zhoutong didn't seem to stop this, and accompanied them to eat in the hall of a small restaurant in Fangshi with a smile.

"It is said that Jinmen is going to bring a batch of good horses here again?! Hey, the price of horses in this market has to drop again."

Yang Ai and the others were smiling on the surface but pricked up their ears and kept collecting the news they heard, which was extremely important to their judgment.

"Who says it's not? The Tatars outside the Nine Sides were beheaded by the old Duke last time after Dayan Khan, and now they are fighting each other in a mess. Their brains have come out."

The other person seemed to be well-informed, and laughed haha ​​and said, "Isn't it too expensive to fight? It is said that this is a good horse they sold!"

"Hahaha……"

The bad news for the Tartars seemed to cheer everyone up, and several even drank a few extra glasses of wine.

"I heard that Eunuch Qian has to come to buy again?!"

At this time, I heard someone talk about the news again, and someone responded soon.

"It is said that he is, Eunuch Qian is a good man! This time, he is buying farming tools for Yizhou, and then helping the Yizhou tribe to sell some local products..."

"It is said that Eunuch Qian is going to bring the leaders of Yizhou to see the magnificent scenery of our Yangcheng..."

Every bit of news is extremely important to these four families.

They even listened to the news about the Jade Chihu, as if he had never returned from the mine.

On the contrary, these Yangcheng merchants mentioned that Yuchihu would involuntarily be respectful, and that kind of respect came from the heart and could not be faked at all.

After the meal, the crowd gradually dispersed, and they followed Hong Zhou back to the Wangjiang Tower.

While drinking tea and chatting at the viewing platform on the second floor, Hong Zhoutong told the situation of the North Guangdong Merchandising General Association with a smile.

This time the four families listened very carefully, not daring to miss anything.

They even kept asking various questions, and asked people around them to record the conversation.

"The old man can't deny that since the establishment of the Cargo Breeding Association, the profits of each company have at least doubled compared to the past."

Hong Zhoutong looked at the four families with a smile, and said softly, "Mr. Zhang's biggest reputation in northern Guangdong is actually the 'God of Wealth'."

"Many people directly put the statue of Zhang Xiaogong as a God of Wealth at home, not to mention the other old man's house also made a statue!"

These words stunned the four families, but Hong Zhoutong laughed.

"Mr. Zhang's martial arts are outstanding. He once passed the Shuntian Mansion Wu Jieyuan test and won the battle against the Tatars. Wen Tao even passed the Tian Jieyuan test and has many excellent works..."

Having said that, Hong Zhoutong paused, blinking his now somewhat lively dead fish eyes and sighing softly.

"However, Young Master Zhang's plan may be his strongest skill!"

"The old man even thought that perhaps Young Master Zhang might really be the God of Wealth descended into the world!"

The four families couldn't believe it when they heard this, but Hong Zhoutong said with a smile indiscriminately, "Everyone can continue with the old man tomorrow."

"Grandpa Zhang said, 'If the road is connected, the people will prosper, and the road will lead to wealth'! In Yangcheng, northern Guangdong, the most important thing now is the water and land road."

Hong Zhoutong said with a smile, "Mr. Jinshan will lead you to visit the foundry branch in the morning of the next day, and will soon enter the Imperial Royal Defense Force in Guizhou."

Speaking of this, Hong Zhoutong seemed to have a meaningful smile.

"Everyone is very lucky, the old man has not been qualified to visit the foundry branch so far!"

4 Chapter [-]: Building roads and rivers to meet old friends

When the sun rose on the second day, none of the four families was lazy.

They all got up early, and drove towards the construction site in a carriage rumbling after the same time as Hong Zhou who had arrived.

The first thing to arrive is the new wharf under construction to the Yangcheng Straight Road, where countless skilled craftsmen are working in the scorching sun.

The master craftsmen and craftsmen of the Construction Division commanded from the sidelines, and the criminals were separated from the section of road they were in charge of.

The group of people were dumbfounded as they watched someone constantly put the sand, gravel and cement in proportion, and then add water and mix them for a long period of time.

The straight road is built according to the size of four carriages running side by side, and there are constant corrections and markings by master craftsmen with compass in front.

The refitted carriage rumblingly poured the mixed cement slurry into the car, and then the craftsmen paved it.

These roads were not built directly, and someone in front of them was constantly digging the roadbed.

Then the section workers tamped and leveled, and then laid green bricks and poured the first layer of cement.

After leveling, they went to the next place, and then someone laid green bricks and leveled them.

At this time, someone erected the boards on both sides, poured the cement slurry and then leveled them.

Everyone is a division of labor and cooperation, and everyone is responsible for completing their own part.

The tacit cooperation made the four families dumbfounded. They had never seen or thought of such a way of road construction.

"That's the road that was built the day before yesterday, you can follow the old man to try it."

But Hong Zhoutong smiled and raised his hand to ask them to go over. Not far away, someone was pouring boiling water on the road and observing.

When the master craftsmen saw Hong Zhoutong coming over, they smiled and exchanged greetings, then continued to observe the road.

"Mr. Zhou is going to test the road?! Let's just try, the old man is too busy to accompany you!"

Several old master craftsmen checked it with methods that the four families could not understand, smiled and said goodbye with Hong Zhou.

Hong Zhoutong hurriedly replied that he didn't dare, and asked these old master craftsmen to go on their own.

Then they took the four families together and stomped on the concrete straight road, even kicked a few times on the side.

He also ordered the carriage to carry the bricks from the construction site and run along the repaired straight road for a while.

Looking at the bricks on the carriage, the four families were terrified.

However, several horse-drawn carriages rumbled back and forth for a long time, and the straight road was completely unchanged except for a little muddy water.

"Gudu~!" Looking at the extremely clean straight road after being washed by the water, the four families couldn't help swallowing.

It was also at this time that they found dozens of prison vehicles "rumbling..." coming from the side.

There was a large number of half-dead men in the prison car, looking fierce.

Tian Hao even twitched his eyelids unnaturally, because he saw a few thieves he was familiar with when he was running a business.

In addition, Yang Ai and An Ronggui also had unnatural expressions on their faces, because they also knew several of them.

They were all former big merchants and gentry in Yangcheng, northern Guangdong, and they had some contacts on weekdays.

They also wondered why they didn't see these people at the banquet of the General Association of Merchandising in northern Guangdong this time.

However, what I didn't expect was that they would actually meet here and in such a situation.

"Mr. Zhou Tong, they are..."

Looking at the familiar faces on the prison van, Yang Ai cautiously asked Hong Zhoutong.

But Hong Zhoutong forced a horrifying smile on that sallow, dead face, and said faintly.

"But there's nothing I can't say, these are criminals..."

The words came out of Hong Zhoutong's mouth, and the four families immediately lowered their eyebrows and said nothing.

"You don't need to worry, they... are just looking for their own death."

But Hong Zhoutong said softly with a smile on his face, "Trying to provoke the army of the imperial court will naturally not end well..."