Datang: Empress mother-in-law sent Li Er to test me

Chen Ran stared at the butler who brought back the news, and said word by word from between his teeth.

The steward said solemnly: "The news will never be wrong! This is the news that this old servant got from the chief steward's mansion after spending a lot of money."

"You did a good job, go down and receive the reward!"

Chen Ran let out a sigh of relief and waved at him.

When the steward left, Chen Ran glanced at the dozen or so gentry sitting in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, it's time to fight to the death with the Chief Steward's Mansion!"

"The old man will make a long story short."

"Many of the rich merchants on the Guannei Road are close friends of this old man."

Chen Ran put his hands on the desk, and said: "The old man wants to go to the Guannei Road in person!"

More than a dozen gentry looked serious, and someone spoke first: "Old Chen, I'll go with you, and I know quite a few people over there."

"Old Chen, I'll go with you, how easy it is for us to do things."

"That's right, it's not about you alone, Mr. Chen, it's about all of us. At this time, we should also pick up the burden!"

Others also said seriously.

"Okay, let's go together!"

Chen Ran thought for a while, then nodded and said: "This time, I can't miss it again. If they succeed with the surname Zhang, all our efforts will be in vain!"

More than a dozen gentry nodded heavily and said in unison: "Understood!"

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Three days later, Zhang Dun, Changsun Wuji, Du Yan, Cheng Yaojin, and officials from the chief executive's mansion gathered together in the lobby of the chief executive's mansion.

Zhang Dun sat behind the copybook, carefully flipping through the five thousand books sent by Hu Guang.

The more he looked, the more satisfied he became.

Brother Hu is still serious in doing things, unlike some people...

He glanced at the left side, Changsun Wuji, who was sitting behind the desk on the left, was staring straight at the book in his hand at the moment.

This old boy is rotten!

Since he knew that he was bored in the house writing a book, he asked around, and said to the public that he admired his talent, so he thought he would have the opportunity to read the masterpiece.

Is this admiration?

Obviously just looking for an opportunity to mock himself!

Zhang Dun rolled his eyes involuntarily, closed the book and pressed it under his hands, without any intention of showing it to Changsun Wuji.

"Director Ma, how's the progress of the printed books?"

Zhang Dun looked at Ma Yuangui who was sitting not far away, and asked.

Ma Yuangui hurriedly said, "There are five thousand sets of the Four Books and Five Classics printed now!"

"Then there is Zhang Shaoyin's language, language..."

Seeing Ma Yuangui's voice stuck, Zhang Dun said solemnly: "Chinese textbook."

"Yes, Chinese textbook!"

Ma Yuangui patted his thigh. The so-called Chinese textbooks are books in simplified characters used to learn literacy.

The name of the Chinese textbook was given by Zhang Dun.

Ma Yuangui continued: "There are now [-] sets of Chinese textbooks, and [-] copies of the books you wrote, Zhang Shaoyin, have also been printed."

"Together, there are fifty-five thousand books in total!"

Hearing the number, Du Yan was surprised: "So many?"

"That must be a lot." Ma Yuangui patiently explained: "In the past few days, our workshop has been working overtime and non-stop, not to mention that we have no shortage of victims."

"The most important thing is that the victims are willing to work, and we don't owe them wages. This is how we can print so much in such a short period of time!"

"Very good! Manager Ma, you send someone to load all the books into the car. As usual, Vice General Han and Vice General Wang will do what I can. Let them go with me this time."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Dun looked at Changsun Wuji and Du Yan again, and said with a smile, "Grandpa Changsun, Duke Du, how are you getting ready? After loading the books into the car, we should set off."

"The old man can leave at any time." Changsun Wuji snorted, obviously unhappy with hiding the book he was about to write and not showing it to him.

Du Yan stroked his beard and said, "The old man is fine."

Zhang Dun nodded slightly, then greeted them, then went to the backyard to find Li Lizhi, and explained to her clearly what he was going to do.

"Mr. Lang, you have to pay attention to your safety when you go to the Guannei Road this time. The slave family is here waiting for you to come back."

Li Lizhi looked at him with a smile on her cheeks and said.

Zhang Dun said with a smile: "I can't get into trouble, shouldn't you be more worried about the safety of those who oppose me?"

Li Lizhi shrugged her nose, and snorted softly: "Those who are against Mr. Lang, they will never die, so I don't care about them."

Sitting on the stone bench beside him, Hu Quhe couldn't help covering his mouth and snickering a few times.

Zhang Dun looked at Hu Quhe, suddenly thought of something, and asked curiously, "Qu He, where is your father?"

"It's in the house." Hu Quhe sighed, and said, "I don't know what happened, since my father helped Mr. print the book, he has been absent-minded, talking nonsense all day long, urging him to change, Ask for more..."

Hearing this, Zhang Dun's heart skipped a beat, it was broken, he guarded Changsun Wuji, but Hu Guang fell into it!

He frowned, looked towards the room where Hu Guang was, remained silent for a long time, and finally sighed.

Why did I tell you back then that you can just find someone to print it and don’t read it yourself.

Why don't you listen to advice!

Well now, drop in!

The book I wrote is a serialized article!

Zhang Dun shook his head. This is the price of pursuing updates. Modern people can't stand a good book, let alone in Datang.

Chapter 293 Don't Underestimate Zhang Dun, He Almost Made It

On the way Zhang Dun, Du Yan, and Changsun Wuji set off from Jinyang County to Longzhou Government Office on Guannei Road.

Guannei Road Longzhou, Siyang County Government, Long County.

Chen Ran and a dozen gentry arrived three days earlier than Zhang Dun and the others.

As soon as he arrived in the city, he was invited by the six wealthy merchants in Long County to the largest restaurant in Long County - Ding Xiang Lou.

In an elegant room on the second floor.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, everyone's faces flushed from drinking.

Chen Ran raised his wine glass again, and glanced at the six wealthy merchants.

The six wealthy merchants were all younger than him, and older than the wealthy gentry who came with him this time.

"My dear brothers, this old man came to Guan Nei Dao to look for you, and I want you to help me."

Hearing this, the six tycoons looked at each other with a clear look in their eyes.

In the past, when Chen Ran came to Guan Nei Dao, he would say hello in advance, unlike this time, he caught them by surprise.

The leading merchant smiled and said, "Brother Chen, why do you need to come here in person to help?"

"You call the people below, write us a letter, don't we take care of the matter?"

The wealthy businessman with gray temples sitting on his left nodded and said, "Yes, what a big deal, you need to come to Guan Nei Dao?"

"You guys don't know something."

Chen Ran sighed, "This matter is no small matter."

"Did you hear about the month-on-month drought in Hedong Road?"

Seeing the six wealthy merchants nodding, Chen Ran continued: "There was a severe drought in Hedong Road, and there were many victims. I won't talk about the process. You should also understand what the old man is going to say."

The leading merchant smiled and said, "My foolish brother naturally understands."

Chen Ran is not the only one who can annex land, but they will never fail to do so whenever they have the opportunity to annex land.

"A few days ago, the imperial court sent three imperial envoys to the governorate of Hedong Road."

Chen Ran took a deep breath and said, "That's Jinyang County where the old man stayed."

"Among the three imperial envoys, there is a young man named Zhang Dun, Shao Yin of the Jingzhao Mansion, who is really troublesome."

Chen Ran said word by word: "He wants to help the victims redeem their fields."

Hearing this, the six of them were stunned.

Immediately, someone couldn't help laughing out loud.

The leading merchant couldn't laugh or cry: "There are really people in the world who are full and support themselves, doing such a thankless thing?"

The other five people, all with smiles on their faces, said to each other:

"Yeah, isn't this just full of food?"

"Is he confused when he becomes an official? Or does he think that he is invincible when he becomes an imperial envoy?"

"Help the victims redeem their fields, hahaha, it's ridiculous, he thinks he can do it?"

Chen Ran said in a deep voice, "He almost managed it."

The laughter stopped abruptly.

The smiles of the six wealthy merchants froze on their faces, and they all looked at Chen Ran in disbelief.

Chen Ran's words were like a thunderbolt, which exploded in everyone's ears.

The leading merchant was surprised: "How did he do it?"

Chen Ran's eyelids were half-lidded, and he said in a deep voice: "He is on the River East Road, teaching the victims to weave bamboo tools, and the euphemistic name is "relief with work."

"The man surnamed Zhang first asked the victims to cut bamboo, then bought it in the name of the General Manager's Mansion, and then hired the victims to weave bamboo tools from bamboo."

"After weaving the bamboo tools, the surname Zhang took people to Hebei Road, exchanged the bamboo tools for money, brought them back, and distributed them to the victims."

"If the victims have money, can they redeem their fields?"

The expressions of the six wealthy merchants were a little dignified.

The leading merchant said solemnly: "This Zhang Dun has some tricks."

The other wealthy merchants nodded in agreement.

"He is a capable minister."

"In today's court, anyone who can have such means as him is already old!"

"It's no wonder that the imperial court entrusted him with the important task of imperial envoy."

Chen Ran took a sip of his wine, the reason why he wanted to tell the six of them exactly what happened in Jinyang County.

Just to tell them, don't take it lightly!

Presumably, after hearing what Zhang Dun did in Jinyang County, they would put away their contempt.

The leading merchant suddenly said: "Brother Chen, you just said that he almost succeeded, so that means he didn't succeed?"

"That's right, the old man destroyed all the bamboo forests."

Chen Ran hummed, put down his wine glass and added: "The entire River East Road."

"..."

The six wealthy merchants looked at him in surprise.

Has the entire bamboo forest on Hedong Road been destroyed?

You are determined to fight against those three imperial envoys.

After a long time, the leader of the wealthy businessman came back to his senses and said with emotion: "It's so wonderful to draw salary from the bottom of the pot!"

"Brother Chen, if it were someone else, he wouldn't be able to do such an act of a strong man cutting off his wrist."

"Speaking of which again..."

The leading merchant, carrying the jug, stood up and walked to Chen Ran, poured wine for him in person, and said solemnly: