Go to ancient times and engage in construction

As the sun went down, the prime minister's mansion was in a hurry. In the yard, Ma Ren led his men to do the final luggage count, and at the same time ordered the guards to make dinner for the day.Mrs. Su, who was in charge of the kitchen affairs of the Prime Minister's Office, had brought her back to the Nanbu Valley three days ago. She had to go back to the valley villa to clean it first.After Mrs. Su left, no one arranged the sundries in the Prime Minister's Office. Huo Sihua had to go to school these days, and the college was on holiday until this afternoon, and he had to go to the street to buy gifts for Mr. and Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Yu Kui. Huo Sihua had no time to take care of them. Chores, these trivial matters all fell on Ma Ren.

Except for Su Fu and Huo Sihua, who can enter the villas in the valley, no one else is allowed to enter.After Mrs. Su and Huo Sihua went north to Cannes, the villa was sealed and closed, and high walls had already been built around the villa.Weeds grew inside the high walls, and Da Zhuang and his wife Ge Erniu, who stayed in the valley, went in to clean them up.

There are glass factories, weapons factories, iron and steel smelters, and medical research institutes in the valley, and a navy camp has been built along the river in the west of the valley.Not to mention the priceless 21st century supplies in the villa in Minghui Valley, these factories are all extremely important, and only a loyal person like Da Zhuang is left to guard such an extremely important place, Zheng Chu and Zheng Chu can rest assured.Da Zhuang lived up to the great trust of Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui, and managed Minghui Valley in an orderly manner.

Da Zhuang went to Cannes with Wu Da three years ago and stayed there. He stayed in the newly built iron and steel smelting branch in Cannes as a technical master. The branch factories serve as technical backbones or managers. After three years of hard work, these factories have been operating normally.

Dad Zhuang is getting old, and he has been suffering for most of his life. Even if the conditions improved later, and Jiang Gui specially prescribed traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for Dad Zhuang to maintain his body, Dad Zhuang's health gradually weakened.

The winter in Kangcheng is colder than that in Nanbu, Da Zhuang is very afraid of the cold, and his lame leg always hurts.Seeing this, Zheng Yuming asked Dad Zhuang to retire and return to the warmer Minghui Valley in winter to spend his life there. Dad Da Zhuang thought that his master was about to abandon him, so he secretly cried a few times, even though the slaves in the valley had essentially acquired As a free citizen, Dad Zhuang still considers himself a slave of Zheng and Chu.

After Zheng Yuming heard about it, he had to send Ma Ren to comfort him, explain to Dad Zhuang what he meant by retirement, and promised that after Dad Zhuang retired, he could still work as a consultant in the Valley Smelter who didn't have to work on time.After being persuaded by Ma Ren, Dad Zhuang was relieved that he would go back with him on this southern tour.

Da Zhuang's son is already four years old. Ge Erniu gave birth to a daughter last spring. Dad Da Zhuang has not seen this granddaughter for more than a week. Dad Da Zhuang is now a senior craftsman with a monthly salary of [-] With gold coins, year-end bonuses, and innovation awards for improving craftsmanship, Da Zhuang is already a middle-class man.However, due to habit, Da Zhuang’s life is still simple, and he is only willing to spend money on his grandchildren. This time, when he went back, Da Zhuang bought a lot of specials in Cannes, and he had two boxes of gifts for his grandchildren.Tomorrow morning, we will set off. Da Zhuang will transport the luggage to the Prime Minister's Office ahead of time, hand it over to Ma Ren for inspection, and deliver it together with the suitcases of the Prime Minister's Office to Gao Ma Tei Ferry tomorrow for loading.

The yard was busy, and Zheng Yuming met Fan Jin, Chen Meng, Wu Mu, and Wei Ren in his office.After Zheng Yuming and King Wu left the royal capital, the administration of Kangcheng had to operate as usual, Fan Jin was in charge of public opinion, Chen Meng and Wu Mu were in charge of administration, Wei Ren was in charge of military affairs, and Zheng Yuming explained to them one by one until dark.After the four left, Huang Zhong, who had been waiting for more than an hour, came in to report the situation to Zheng Yuming.

Ever since Huang Zhong became the intelligence chief of the Wu Kingdom, he began to distance himself from his old friends, and kept a distance from the important ministers that Wang Ting knew well.When Huang Zhong came to see Zheng and Chu, he always went by the wrong side.Knowing that there was someone in Zheng Yuming's office today, he didn't go in, and only waited for Fan Jin and the others to leave before asking the guards to notify him.

"Zhao Xuan has come to Cannes?" Zheng Yuming was surprised.

"Yes, my subordinates have neglected their duties. The personnel who were potential in King Zhao's capital did not notice Zhao Xuan's whereabouts. Only when Zhao Xuan arrived in Kangcheng and connected with the people from Zhao's intelligence base, was he discovered by the intelligence department." Huang Zhong now has five subordinates. There are about 300 people, of which more than 100 people are distributed in various vassal states, and more than [-] people are distributed in the border of Wu State and major counties.

The most intelligence personnel were sent to King Zhao's capital. There were three groups, each of which had single-line contact with Huang Zhong, and the personnel in each group did not know each other, in case they were discovered and would end up in a mess.

None of the three groups noticed that Zhao Xuan had left.If it wasn't for Zhao Xuan's intelligence base set up in Wu King's Capital four years ago, which had been exposed long ago, and has been under Huang Zhong's surveillance since then, Zhao Xuan sneaked into Wu State secretly, Wu State really couldn't find out.

"Zhao Guo's intelligence system has not been established for three years, and the penetration is not enough. Then Zhao Xuan is not an idler. He deliberately kept the outside world from knowing. How could the intelligence personnel detect it." Zheng Yuming is still affirmative of Huang Zhong's work. "I don't know why Zhao Xuan came to Wu. Huang Zhong, please be careful when you tell your subordinates to follow, don't disturb him."

"Yes!"

Zheng Yuming thought for a while, and then added: "People from the intelligence department secretly protect, and don't let Zhao Xuan get into trouble in Wu country."

Zheng Yuming has no plans to turn against the State of Zhao. The State of Wu is making money from the State of Zhao. The overland trade route to the capital of Qin needs to pass through the territory of the State of Zhao. Zheng Yuming was not sure that Wu State could quickly defeat this relatively powerful country. If it fell into a protracted war, it would do too much damage to Wu State's interests. In order to avoid the end of the war, Zhao Xuan couldn't do anything in Wu State.

"Subordinates understand!" Huang Zhong knew the power in the middle.

"Is there anything else?" Zheng Yuming seemed to see that Huang Zhong's report was not over.

"My lord, the person in charge of monitoring Fu Chou sent back a message." Huang Zhong hesitated, he didn't investigate this matter clearly.

"Still monitoring Fu Chou?" Zheng Yuming smiled.

Why Fu Chou came to Wu, the Intelligence Department has already made an inference, but Fu Chou has not acted for three years, and after he brought his family back in May this year, the inference is meaningless.Obviously, Fu Chou's so-called revenge will not be carried out. After Zheng Yuming learned that Fu Chou's family came to Cannes by boat, he suggested to Huang Zhong to withdraw the surveillance of Fu Chou.

"The general told my subordinates to be careful in everything." Chu Chaohui always attached great importance to Zheng Yuming's safety, and he only asked the Intelligence Bureau to lower the level of monitoring Fu Chou.

"What's changed in Fu Chou?" Fu Chou was very active in Zheng Yuming's speech. Although the question was provocative, it was often what Zheng Yuming needed, because it would allow Zheng Yuming to explain the thoughts he wanted to express in the speech more comprehensively.Zheng Yuming is very familiar with Fu Chou and doesn't dislike this student.

"A ranger from Yan State came to the gate of the academy and brought a letter to Fu Chou. The letter was written by Fu Chou's tutor from Tang State."

"Is there a problem with the letter?"

"The subordinate has already had someone check the letter. There is nothing wrong with the contents of the letter. Except for some greetings and care, it is the ranger of the Yan Kingdom who asked Fu Chou to help deliver the letter as much as possible."

"Helping a ranger from Yan State? Why did that ranger from Yan State come to Wu?" When Zheng Yuming thought of a ranger, he thought of Jing Ke, and when he thought of Jing Ke, he thought of Jing Ke's assassination of King Qin Yingzheng.

"The Ranger of the Yan Kingdom is called Kuiji. Instructor Fu Chou specifically asked his disciples to help him in the letter, but the strange thing is that Kuiji left after sending the letter, and did not ask Fu Chou to help him with anything. Kuiji acted quickly However, according to Kuiji's appearance, his subordinates found that Kuiji had already moved into the inn. According to the owner of the inn, Kuiji seemed to want to participate in the martial arts test on February [-] next year. Wu Guo wins wealth and honor." There are many rangers like Kui Ji who come to Wu to find opportunities. After all, the news that Wu Guo promotes talents regardless of their background and status has been spread throughout Daqin along with merchants and newspapers.

"In this way, Kuiji has nothing to do with Fu Chou." Zheng Yuming thought for a while, thinking that Kuiji probably sent Fu Chou the letter by chance.Maybe Kuiji is a distant relative of Fu Chou's mentor, and Fu Chou's mentor asked his disciples to take care of Kuiji.

"Subordinates still send people to continue watching." Huang Zhong was worried.

"It's okay. My Majesty and I are going to Nanbu tomorrow anyway. If Kuiji follows, there will be something wrong with this person." Zheng Yuming nodded in agreement. He cherished his little life very much. Recycling, Zheng Yuming wants to finish what he has to do.

Kuiji noticed that Fu Chou had changed his position and left decisively. He felt as if someone was following behind him, so he jumped up the tree to hide, and found through the gaps in the leaves that the peddler at the entrance of the college was following him.The peddler didn't seem to be following him deliberately, but he was thirsty and went ahead to buy tea to quench his thirst.After drinking the tea, the peddler returned to sell his goods.Kuiji found that no one was following him, so he jumped off the tree and walked through the streets with confidence, and found a well-decorated inn to stay.

After Kuiji stayed, he chatted with the innkeeper.The innkeeper heard that Kuiji wanted to take the promotion exam on February [-] next year, and felt that he had met a long-term customer.There are still eight months until February [-] next year. Foreigners like Kuiji are either renting a house or staying in an inn and waiting. Kuiji is generous and has no family members by his side, so the possibility of staying in an inn is the greatest.

The innkeeper was very enthusiastic about his potential long-term customers, and told all the new things that happened in Cannes recently, including the news that King Wu and Zheng Yuming would take a boat from Gaomadi Ferry to Nanbu tomorrow.

Kuiji got the news he wanted from the innkeeper, generously threw a piece of gold to the innkeeper, and ordered the innkeeper to bring him hot water to take a bath. Kuiji was going to take a bath, change into clean clothes and go to the street to observe the terrain. Let's see if we can find an opportunity to assassinate Zheng Yuming when he drives through the street tomorrow.

After dark, Zhao Xuan took Wu Xian, Bo Yao, and Wei Zou into the street. Twenty of Zhao Xuan's thirty guards came out and spread around Zhao Xuan to protect him.

"Wei Zou, when Wen Xiang returns to the upper room of the hotel, you can see the Southern Patroller passing by?" Zhao Xuan asked Wei Zou in a low voice.

"Yes, too... my boss, Wenxiang returns to the hotel on the main road, which is the only way to go from the palace to the south gate. I am very familiar with the owner of the restaurant, and I try to get the owner to make room for my owner." Wei Zou replied hesitantly .Zhao Xuan was not the only one who wanted to see Zheng Yuming, the people in Kangcheng all wanted to see Zheng Yuming's handsome face.

Zheng Yuming used to cover himself with a hat when going out to prevent people from recognizing him.Once when Zheng Yuming came back from an inspection tour outside the city, his hat was accidentally blown off by the wind, which was seen by passers-by on the street and caused traffic jams. It was only when Chu Chaohui learned that he sent soldiers to clear the way forcibly, and rescued Zheng Yuming who was surrounded by people. come out.

After Zheng Yuming left, in addition to the remaining flowers, there were also handkerchiefs thrown by people and various ornaments on the ground in the siege. Zheng Yuming, who returned safely to the Prime Minister's Office, had flower petals and pollen marks on his body, and an earring thrown by a woman in his hair.Zheng Yuming enjoyed that time when the people in Cannes watched enthusiastically. He didn't dare to ride a horse when he went out. He only dared to go out in a four-wheeled carriage, and tried not to let himself appear in front of the public.

The people of Kangcheng haven't seen Zheng Yuming's face for a year or two, and there are not a few people who want to see him with their own eyes when they drive by on the southern tour tomorrow.Martial law prohibits walking on the street, but you can see clearly from the windows facing the street.In order to see Mr. Luoyan's demeanor, the windows of all businesses facing the street are reserved early, and the rooms facing the windows of some residents are also reserved with a lot of money.

"Today, let's check the location first." Zhao Xuan didn't take it seriously, he didn't realize that boxes with windows facing the street were in short supply.Seeing this, Wei Zou quickly signaled with his eyes to one of his subordinates to go to the hotel to negotiate first. Even if he spent a lot of money, he would still get Zhao Xuan a private room with a good observation position.

After the sun set and night fell, the residents of Cannes lit up oil lamps, and lanterns were lit at the entrances of the shops doing business.

Zhao Xuan walked slowly on the streets of Cannes, only to feel that there are shops everywhere in Cannes. There are various shops, food, drink, clothing, and entertainment. People walking on the street talked loudly and laughed from time to time. It was a scene of prosperity .

"Cannes has changed a lot." Wu Mian, who had grown a beard, sighed. Because Wu Mian had been to Cannes twice and dealt with Wu Wangting twice, as the person who knew Wu country best, he followed Zhao Xuan for a private visit. Unrecognized by acquaintances, Wu Xian had grown a beard for more than half a year.

"Is it very big?" Zhao Xuan stopped in his tracks.

"Yes, the last time I came to Cannes, the houses on both sides of this street were still low-rise residential buildings, but now they are all green brick attics, and there are many shops." Wu Xian pointed to the brightly lit shops on both sides.

"Hey, this shop is very grand, why is it closed for business?" Boyao turned his head around, and suddenly pointed to the three-story red-tiled building with two stone lions in front of the door. Lights can be seen through the cracks of the closed door, indicating that there are people in the shop.

"That's the bank." Wei Zou, who was walking behind, hurried forward and explained: "This is a place to save and borrow money."

"Oh, this is the Qianzhuang?" Zhao Xuan looked at the house with great interest. There was a report on the opening of the Kangcheng Qianzhuang branch in the Wenhui Daily.

"The new currency recently issued by the State of Wu is exchanged at this bank."

"What is the new currency?" Zhao Xuan was very concerned about this.

"Look, master, this is a dollar." Wei Zou took out a gold coin from his pocket.

"U.S. dollars?" Zhao Xuan was puzzled. Isn't the country's currency called Wu Yuan? Why is it called U.S. dollars?

"Uh, it's actually a gold coin from the state of Wu, which is the same value as a gold coin from the Great Qin Dynasty, except that the gold coin has the head of Mr. Guang of Ulsan Lord printed on it. Mr. Guang is the elder brother of Mr. Ming. The two brothers look similar and are as handsome as jade. As soon as the yuan coin came out, the people called the gold coin the beauty gold dollar, and later it was called the dollar for short." Wei Zou explained the origin of Zhao Xuan's popularization of the dollar.

"There is only the portrait of Young Master Guang on the gold coin?" Zhao Xuan's heart skipped a beat. He took the gold coin from Wei Zou's hand, held it up and looked closely at the nearby lights, trying to see what the portrait looked like.

"The engraving of the son's head on the gold coin is said in the edict of King Wu to commemorate Ulsan Lord. Without Ulsan Lord, there would be no Wu State today. The people of Wu State must remember this son forever."

Zhao Xuan is not interested in gold coins to commemorate who, what he is interested in is to speculate on the appearance of Gongzi Ming from the head portrait, but Zhao Xuan has not had time to take a closer look, suddenly feels a noise in front of him, a gray shadow is about to bump into Zhao Xuan head-on, Zhao Xuan Xuan's attention was attracted, and he was about to dodge, when suddenly he felt his fingers holding the gold coin slip, and the gold coin was snatched away by another skinny man running past.