History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

Chen Jiahe frowned, held a dagger to his throat and asked, "Why did the court set up checkpoints?"

"I, I don't know, the order came from above, only let us set up checkpoints and didn't tell what it meant..."

"Nonsense!" The dagger in Chen Jiahe's hand moved forward, and the magistrate trembled in fright.

Yuan Bijun rummaged through the study, and soon found a letter that had just been opened.

After opening it, one glance was missing, and Yuan Bijun called out, "Come and see..."

Yao Ling quickly walked to Yuan Bijun's side, Chen Jiahe picked up the cloth ball again and stuffed it into the prefect's mouth, then walked over to read the letter together.

This letter was sent from Zhili, and the official seal was still stamped on the letter.

After reading it, Chen Jiahe suddenly realized, no wonder the court set up so many checkpoints for no reason.

It turned out that there was a land on the other side of the sea that not only had a large amount of gold and silver, but also immigrants from the Yin merchants. The imperial court wanted to occupy it secretly, but was afraid that the anti-Qing people would get the news before they got the news, so they set up checkpoints to prevent unknown identities from smuggling.

The letter also wrote that we must check closely along the way, and don’t let Tiandi Hui wait for this news, otherwise I feel that if the land is occupied, it will be easy to unite with the Yin merchants and immigrants to attack the Qing Dynasty. At the end of the letter At the end, it also tells the government along the way that no one who slips through the net should be missed.

After reading the letter, part of the doubts in Chen Jiahe's heart were resolved, but more doubts followed.

Of course, they had received news about the existence of gold in the New World, but they were all focused on the great cause of anti-Qing, how could they care about overseas affairs.

Naturally, he didn't take things about the New World to heart.

Unexpectedly, the imperial court thought of this scene first, and set up many barriers to prevent them from going out of the Central Plains.

Chen Jiahe may still have some doubts in his heart.

But Yuan Bijun didn't think too much about it at all. Her eyes lit up after seeing it. Compared with the Honghua Society, which was dedicated to fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, their White Lotus Sect wanted to establish a Buddhist kingdom. If that new continent was really as good as the imperial court said, They don't mind occupying early.

I didn't expect to find such important news by mistake!

Chen Jiahe is a careful person. Even if he got such important news, he had to carefully verify it before passing it back to the headquarters.

However, people are different after all. The direct news was sent back to the White Lotus Sect. Suddenly, there were more people who wanted to make money in the sea along the coast, especially a lot of people from the martial arts.

The movements in the Jianghu naturally did not escape the eyes of Fourth Master. The "sticky pole" he formed attracted a large number of people from the martial arts, and let these people inquire about the movements in the Jianghu.

After finding out about the rebels, fourth master did not startle the snake, but informed the emperor about it.

"Khan Ama, why don't you follow the traces of these rebels and find the general location where the rebels gather and send troops to wipe them out?" Fourth Lord told the emperor after receiving the news that traces of rebels were found in various ports in the East China Sea.

It was already autumn at this time, because the fourth master had suffered from the epidemic before, the emperor did not stay long in Mulan paddock, and returned to Beijing earlier than in previous years.

Although the Mid-Autumn Festival had already passed when I came back, it was just in time for the Double Ninth Festival.

After all, Fourth Master was young, and when he found the trace of the traitor, he wanted to catch him, and he even forgot his ultimate goal.

The emperor put down the memorial and taught his son, "These rebels are just trying to detect the movement of the court. I don't know how much they have hidden below. So what if those people catch them? What they catch is nothing worth mentioning. Why don't you just open one Close one eye and lead the snake out of the hole first."

Fourth Master nodded receptively.

Then the emperor seemed to think of something and asked fourth master, "Are the merchant ships from the Wa country still running away?"

The fourth master nodded and said, "Hui Khan Ama, now I go once a month. There are few villains in the Wa country, and ordinary people have no money. These goods are basically bought by local nobles and monks, but the noble monks are always standing. The quantity is small, and the goods that can be digested are not many.” So now there are only a few fixed ships in the East, but the number of merchant ships going to the South Seas is gradually increasing.

These people have a taste for food and taste, and Dongyang can't satisfy their appetites, so they turn their ideas to Nanyang and the West.

There are so many countries in the south and west, but they don't worry about not being able to sell their goods. The only worry is that they don't have so many goods in hand.

In the past six months, hundreds of factories have been added in the capital city alone.

The emperor pondered for a while, "I plan to send people to the Wa country together, you help cover it up."

Fourth Master's heart fluttered when he heard this, could it be that Khan Ama is going to attack Wa Kingdom?

That's right, those rebels have already made moves, presumably Khan Ama has an idea to let those rebels voluntarily go to America.

Otherwise, he would not even think about attacking the Wa country.

It has been less than half a year since Zheng Jun led the imperial fleet to America. I thought he would delay his return for a while, but I didn't expect Zheng Jun to bring the boat back before October.

Those who came back together were not only a huge bronze vessel, but also impure gold and silver. The imperial fleet returned, and many civilian ships also followed.

These civilian boats can be said to be the first batch of people who went to pan for gold. The whole coastal area became lively when they came back. Many people brought real gold and silver, and they immediately convinced those who had doubts by speaking out that the New World really has gold, mountains and silver. Mountain!

Now not only the people on the coast are keen to go to sea, but even the people in the inland are eager to go to the coast of the East China Sea, buy a boat ticket, and travel thousands of miles to go overseas for gold panning.

Bronze tripod with extrusion

When the locomotive's gold and silver came to Beijing together, there were crowds of people on the roadside. Anyone in the capital who heard the news wanted to see this big tripod brought back from overseas mainland, and the truckloads of gold and silver.

Of course, ordinary people are not interested in bronze tripods, they are interested in gold and silver.

This time the court was very generous, and directly spread the box to reveal the gold and silver ore in the box, which even shone brightly in the sun.

There are quite a few quick-witted people, looking at the car full of gold and silver, they also use their brains, planning to go to the New World to go gold panning after the Chinese New Year, even if they only get one piece, it is enough to marry a wife.

What Zheng Jun presented was not only bronze tripods, gold and silver, but also firecrackers that were more advanced than those of the Qing Dynasty.

Although the emperor was happy to see the tall bronze tripod, he still needed to find out its origin, so he ordered the official office to search for ancient books to find out the origin of this bronze tripod. Of course, it would be even better if it was Jiuding.

The bronze tripod needs to be clarified and inspected. There is no rush, so I put it aside for the time being.

The emperor looked at the crudely refined gold and silver nuggets that were carried into the hall. The sum of such silver and gold was only tens of thousands of taels, so the emperor naturally didn't care.

But if you think about how long the fleet sent by the imperial court stayed in the United States, it has to be moving.

After subtracting the four-month journey back and forth, plus the time spent searching for the bronze tripod, there is not much time left for the fleet.

But in such a short period of time, so many gold and silver nuggets were obtained. The emperor just took a calculator and felt that he had probably underestimated the content of the American gold and silver mines.

You must know that foreigners have occupied that place hundreds of years ago, and it is said that they have been digging for at least 200 years, and they can still find so much gold and silver. From this alone, we can see how much gold and silver are in the American gold mines.

The emperor couldn't calm down when he thought that it was a place covered with gold. It wasn't tens of thousands of taels, but a few hundred thousand taels. tax.

With such a huge number, let alone the emperor, even if Qin Shihuang came, he would have red eyes.

If the Qing Dynasty could have so much gold and silver, would it still be able to worry about the cost of river repairs for disaster relief?

The gold and silver were still in America, and this was put aside for now, and the emperor saw the firecrackers brought up again.

Firecrackers were not uncommon for the Qing Dynasty, and the emperor did not think that the things presented below were meaningless.

The main reason is that this firecracker is more delicate than the existing ones in the Qing Dynasty.

"Could it be that these are firecrackers used by foreigners?" The emperor was holding them in his hands, feeling heavy and cold.

Just as Zheng Jun wanted to speak, an official who followed him to the Americas interjected, "Back to Lord Long Live, these are firecrackers bought from foreigners. Not only can they be fired in bursts, but they also have an aiming device. It is twice as far as what we built in the Qing Dynasty."

Now that someone said it, Zheng Jun shut up.

The emperor frowned and asked the official, "What's the matter? The firecrackers of foreigners are more advanced than ours?"

The officials told everything about what happened in America. It turned out that almost every foreigner in America had a firecracker. Some of these firecrackers were not very good, but some of them were far superior to those made by the Qing Dynasty.

In addition, these fleets have exchanged fire with foreign fleets, so it can be seen that the other party is not an ordinary crew, it is likely to be an army of foreigners. Officials have reason to believe that the actions of those foreigners are all the countries behind them supported.

The emperor keenly heard important information from it, "That is to say, all the weapons in the hands of foreigners are firecrackers?"

You must know that the emperor himself felt that the firecrackers were useless, so he only left the firearms battalion. Then he did not expect that the foreigners had already eliminated the knives and switched to unstable firecrackers instead.

This clearly means that the foreigners chose the opposite direction of the Qing Dynasty.

The emperor frowned. It was undeniable that the firecrackers were indeed better than knives and guns. However, the firecrackers were too unstable, and it was very easy to be in danger of bursting over time.

This was considered tasteless by the emperor, so he gave up firearms and continued to use knives and guns.

However, what the emperor did not expect was that no matter how bad the firearms were, foreigners still used them and even made improvements.No, the firecracker in his hand has changed from bronze and iron to steel.

Steel is not as easy to explode as bronze, which means that the danger of firecrackers has dropped a lot in an instant.

The emperor immediately thought a lot. If foreigners kept using Huozhong, they would probably continue to improve it. In this way, one day the Qing Dynasty would have to face swords and guns against firecrackers.

Firearms were banned, and the emperor was also afraid that the firecracker would fall into the people, even if the assassin killed him with the firecracker, no one would be able to resist it.

However, the foreigners were obviously ahead of the Qing Dynasty in terms of firearms, which brought a sense of crisis to the emperor.

For a while, the emperor became pensive, and not long after, he asked the officials to step down, and Zheng Jun, who hadn't spoken from the beginning to the end, followed suit.As soon as he retreated to the door, he heard the voice of the emperor inside.

"Go and call the crown prince, Prince Cheng, Prince Yong, and Prince Lian into the palace together."

Minning has been back to Beijing for more than [-] days. Once back in Beijing, the first thing he did was to go to the three little ones to pick him up.As for Yuan Bao, Concubine De sent her to the academy when school started, and took her back to the palace during the holidays.

Who are you guarding against?It's not just to guard against the women in the mansion.

If Minning was in the capital, she naturally didn't have to worry, but when she wasn't in the capital, the protective power in the mansion would naturally weaken, so she was afraid that someone would suddenly have bad intentions and take the opportunity to make trouble.

After Niu Gulushi returned to the palace, she became a celebrity in front of Fujin. Fujin praised her many times. It seemed that Niu Gulushi saved the fourth master's life.

Minning pretended not to see it, so how could she not know what Fujin meant? Wasn't it just making face for Niu Gulu?

What is she trying to do?Could it be that it really means to use Niu Colu's belly to give birth to a child?

But Fujin probably forgot that although the status of Niu Gulu's Gege family is not high, after all, her surname is Niu Gulu's, which is a common surname in the Manchus, and even Ulanara's family has to take a step back.

Minning didn't take the matter of Fujin holding Niu Gulu's family seriously. Anyway, the fourth master had already promised her that he would mention Niu Gulu's family as his side Fujin. She automatically regarded it as the fourth master and would not exchange this reward for a child. .

But after all, there was a gap between her understanding and this era. In addition, Fourth Master himself was educated not to take women seriously. Fortunately, a woman is as simple as eating and drinking tea for him. Poor, turned a corner and turned back to history.

But at this time, Minning still felt a little sorry for Niu Gulushi, so he let Fujin praise her.

However, look at Mrs. Niu Gulu, and Mrs. Zhang. Mrs. Zhang also took care of the fourth master at first, but she was unlucky and got sick, so she was called unlucky.

Niu Colu, who also took care of the fourth master, not only did not get infected but was also in good health, was called blessed.

Even Minning had to admit that Niu Yulu was indeed blessed. I don't know if it was God's grace or she was destined to be blessed.

After the fourth master returned to Beijing, he didn't submit the brochure to please seal Niu Colu's family. Minning had been thinking about this matter all the time. He thought he had forgotten and reminded her, but he didn't expect that the fourth master was willing to explain to her, saying that it was only in the first half of the year. I have asked Li Shi to be sealed, and I can't ask for seals one after another. It's better to wait another year or two.

The prince wants to promote his concubine, so he has to submit a zhezi to ask the emperor first, and after the emperor approves, it is passed to the clan's mansion to record the jade certificate.

The fourth master was conferred the title of Prince Yong before, and he took the opportunity to confer the title on the Li family. There is no way to confer the title on others in a short time.

Minning didn't know if fourth master was prevaricating her, after hearing what he said, he didn't bother him with this matter.

After being away from Beijing for a few months, several rows of flag houses in front of the mansion have been pulled down, and a lot of rubbish has been taken away, making the land in front very ugly.

This required urgent reconstruction, so the front yard was quite noisy, so the fourth master proposed to let the people in the mansion move to the Old Summer Palace first, and come back after the mansion is rebuilt.

Min Ning naturally agreed to go to the Old Summer Palace, but the current Old Summer Palace is not as large as it will be in the future. Basically, it was built for enjoying the scenery, and there are really not many places to live. If all the people in the mansion move there, it must be crowded.

Fortunately, if you want to squeeze, it's just a few squares. Minning, Fujin, and Li's all have their own yards.

But Minning had to live with the three children, and Li Shi also had to take care of Hongshi, so there wasn't much free time in this way.

For several days in a row, he was packing up his things and preparing to move. On this day, someone came to the palace to invite fourth master into the palace, and fourth master followed the visitor without any delay.

When Minning received the news, she was having all the things pulled out from the storeroom. There were so many good things in her storeroom, and it was because of so many that she couldn't even appreciate them, and they were basically piled up in the storeroom.

Just in time, when it was sorted out, Minning took the roster and ticked it off, picking out some suitable ones for little girls and giving them to Ergege, Sangege, and Tiantian.

Sangege and Tiantian are still young, so they will save it for a dowry later, while Ergege is at Huaguduo's age, and these jewelry can also add beauty to her.

In addition to the warehouse, all the commonly used things in the yard are also carried.This time is not like the previous one where he just stayed for a few days. It is possible that the Prince's Mansion cannot be moved back until it is repaired.

The usual furniture and porcelain are all gone, and Minning has all of them taken with him. This is really a real move.

After the move was over, only the pomegranate tree and the roses remained unmoved in the yard.

The three children moved to Yuanmingyuan with Minning, while Yuanbao, Hongyun, and Er Gege had to move to live in the college and return to Yuanmingyuan on weekends and winter vacations.

The Eighth Master next door has been in the capital for the past six months, but he has been paying attention to his Prince's Mansion. The Prince Lian's Mansion is not rebuilt on a blank site, because it is a reconstruction, so apart from complying with the Prince's regulations, there are not many places to be rebuilt.

I heard that some buildings inside have not changed much except for demolition. They can basically be moved in after planting flowers and trees in the next spring.

As fourth master accompanied the driver and the female relatives lived in the mansion, there were basically no changes. Most of the time he was demolishing the banner house in front.

When demolition of the flag house, there was news that the fourth master had an epidemic. The people in the house were panicked, so naturally they had no intention of rebuilding it. Even half of the flag house was demolished first, and the other half came back after the fourth master recovered from his illness. .

Later, because the fourth master was in Rehe, he couldn't take care of the reconstruction of the mansion here, so all the work stopped.

No, the construction of the front yard was continued after returning, and with the large amount of banknotes given by Minning, the fourth master had the intention to renovate the entire mansion, so the whole family moved to Yuanmingyuan to live temporarily.

The fourth master was called into the palace, but it didn't mean that Minning and the others would not move, because there were not enough carriages in the mansion when the whole family moved, and Minning specially prepared ten more carriages.

Basically, after the car is full, it will be transported to Yuanmingyuan. This move will naturally attract the attention of many people, at least let people along the way see the wealth of the Prince's Mansion.

It was very late when Fourth Master came back, and most of the things in Minning's yard were moved to the Old Summer Palace except for the usual things.

Seeing the fourth master coming, Minning asked him, "There are few houses in Yuanmingyuan, so it's okay to live there for a while, but if the emperor wants to live in Changchun Garden, it's more convenient for me to live in Yuanmingyuan. It's a bit cramped."

Fourth Master was contemplating with frowned eyebrows. Hearing her words, he raised his head to look at her, "Then what do you mean?"

Minning gave him a bowl of ginseng tea, "I also saw the Old Summer Palace before, and the scenery around the natural pictures is quite nice, why don't we build a courtyard there. There is also a large area next to the Xinghua Village Pavilion, near the back lake. Open space, I think it’s better to build another courtyard for you to live in. Don’t you like Buddhist scriptures? Let’s build a swastika-shaped courtyard. When you live in Wanziyuan and I live in Xinghua Village Pavilion, we can live closer. "

After hearing this, Fourth Master nodded, "Your idea is very good, but building a house in the garden will cost a lot of money."

The money that Fourth Master has accumulated in the past few years has been used to maintain the expenses of the sticky poles, so he doesn't even have the money to expand the palace, and he is planning to withdraw the salary in advance...

Min Ning patted his chest boldly and said, "Don't worry, I'll pay the money, and then we'll use white marble as the foundation." She still has the money to repair the garden.

Minning loves to enjoy, and loves all the conveniences of life. Fortunately, the premise of these enjoyments is earned by herself. She thinks it is natural to be extravagant. The money she earns can be spent as she wants, and no one can control it!

The fourth master stared at her, An Jia is addicted to raising money, she used to secretly subsidize money into the public account, now she even pays money for the expansion of the palace, this is not enough, and she even wants to spend money to rebuild the Old Summer Palace.

So where to put him, the man who was supposed to be the breadwinner?

If she was really asked to pay, she would have to be laughed at by the other brothers. Wouldn't he be a softie by then?

The fourth master directly rejected her proposal, "You want to expand the Old Summer Palace in a few years before you can talk about it. The Wanziyuan will be built first, and the courtyards will be built in Tianranhuatu and Taohuawu." There are two more courtyards, It is also enough for women to live.

Fourth Master figured that if these two places were to be built, they would not need to build a large yard, 1 taels would basically be enough, and the best materials should be used for the construction.

1 taels, he can still move it out.

Minning loosened his shoulders, "Okay, let's build these two places first." Then he took out another wad of silver and handed it to Fourth Master, and said calmly, "Master, don't forget, Over the years, you have invested tens of thousands of taels for me, and these years have turned a lot."

The fourth master frowned and asked her, "You repay 1 taels to the public account every year, haven't you returned all the money?"

Minning stuffed the bank note into his hand and said, "The money returned to the public account is the interest, and the money that was given to you before is the principal."

Fourth master didn't know that she was looking for an excuse to give him money, so he couldn't laugh or cry, who is not a man who gave money to a woman, but it was the opposite when it came to her.

Although the fourth master has a little bit of machismo, he is really short of money now, and An Jia's is different from other women in his heart. If he refuses, it will seem too raw.

"The money will be lent to you by the master."

Minning didn't take his words to heart, and nodded his head as a response.

After moving to the Old Summer Palace, Minning still lived in the Xinghuachun Pavilion. She was sure of the Xinghuachun Pavilion. The vegetable field that she used to play with the fourth master had already harvested all the vegetables, and only a few trees were left. Chili and soybeans are still there.

When those vegetables were planted, the fourth master went to Rehe with the emperor, and only Minning was left in Beijing. After the vegetables were returned, except for a part of the filial piety that was sent to the palace as the fourth master's filial piety, most of them stayed in the mansion. was consumed.

Fourth master also saw that piece of land and remembered that he had planted vegetables in spring.

Although it's a pity that I didn't taste the vegetables I grew, but fourth master got excited again and planned to grow Chinese cabbage and save it for winter.

This time Minning didn't accompany him, and let him grow vegetables by himself. Anyway, it doesn't take much effort to grow vegetables.

On the fifth day after arriving at the Old Summer Palace, Zheng Jun came to ask to see him. Fourth Master was busy leading the children to fish at that time, and Minning could bring him here after hearing about it.

The entire Old Summer Palace was probably built around the front lake and the back lake, so there are many lake views here, especially the reeds around the lake around Xinghua Village have not been cleared, causing the reeds here to gradually expand, and there are many wild ducks and ducks hidden inside. wild birds.

Fourth Master dressed like a countryman, barefoot, with a basket next to him, sitting cross-legged by the lake staring at the fishing rod.

The three little leather children also took off their shoes and looked for duck eggs in the dried up reeds by the lake.

Yuan Bao went to school, so the huskies couldn't take them with them, so Minning simply brought them to Yuanmingyuan.

The stupid dog saw that the little master had just entered the reed marsh, and it followed suit. It didn't take long before it became a mud dog and climbed up again with its tail between its legs.

Minning sat on the chair in front of the house and watched this scene laughing, and Zheng Jun was brought over after a while.

"I've seen my boss."

Min Ning turned her head to look at him, then pointed to the chair beside her and said, "Sit." When she saw Zheng Jun, she thought of Bi Ying, and Zheng Jun was urged to leave by the emperor before they had time to arrange a meeting last time. After returning to work on this matter, the court will not need him to lead the way if it wants to go to America in the future. Zheng Jun can be said to have completed the task.

Minning thought that he had troubled him for the past few years, so he planned to keep him in the Central Plains instead of releasing him.

It happened that there was something strange about the Huangshang who cooperated with Lin Yuan in Jinling, and the news that had not been handled by him would always be revealed.

Although there is no evidence to prove his innocence every time, Bu Minning feels that there must be something wrong with this person, and it happens that Zheng Jun is free, so Minning plans to send him to Jinling to sit in charge.

Zheng Jun is in charge of business and Huo Ting is in charge of agriculture, so Jiangnan will not lose control.

And Lin Yuan was in charge of the railway. There was a problem with the railway in Mongolia, and Lin Yuan couldn't find time to deal with Jinling's affairs, which happened to be handed over to Zheng Jun.

But before Zheng Jun leaves, Minning has to make sure if he and Bi Ying can strike a chord.

If possible, deal with lifelong events as soon as possible, so as not to delay the two of them getting older. If there is no spark, then naturally they will find their own mothers.

"What do you want to come see me?" Minning waved, and the maid next to her listened to her. Minning said something in a low voice, and the maid nodded after hearing this and then left.

Zheng Jun looked down at the table and said, "This subordinate brought some seeds when he came back this time. I don't know if there is anything my boss needs."

Minning arranged for some people to go with Zheng Jun, but those people needed to find a large number of seeds and saplings, so it would take some time before they could come back.

Minning smiled and said, "It's hard for you to remember." She suddenly remembered that the emperor had received a lot of seeds from Zheng Jun before, and wondered if the farmers in the House of Internal Affairs had figured out how to plant those seeds.

Thinking of this, she planned to send someone to inquire, that is, if there are seeds with good yields, they should be obtained first, and they should be planted in the village under her name to keep the seeds.

Biying came over with a pot of tea, she didn't think much about being called by her master, but suddenly found that Zheng Jun was there, she was taken aback for a moment before continuing to come.

Minning noticed that Biying's face was a little red, took the tea she had poured, and said, "Biying, wait for the things in the warehouse to be tidied up. The sunshine outside is nice, sit with me for a while."

Bi Ying said softly, "Yes."

Zheng Jun suddenly heard the name Biying, and reflexively wanted to raise his head, but finally held back.

After Minning and Biying finished speaking, they continued to talk to Zheng Jun, "I owe you so much for keeping you away from Middle-earth all these years. There are some problems with my business in Jiangnan, and this part is Lin Yuan. It was taken over, but Lin Yuan was dealing with the Mongolian Railway, and that section of the road had just been repaired, and there were troubles. When the train was trying to run, it always hit wild animals. So the railway was suspended, and another passage had to be chosen. Lin Yuan was too busy Come on, I plan to hand over this part to you, if you have any opinions, you can ask me, if you don't want to, I will send someone else."

Zheng Jun said, "I think naturally I am willing, but my subordinates don't know much about business, and I'm afraid they will screw up in the end."

Minning seemed to be amused by his words, and she said, "You don't need to be so modest, but someone told me that you led the Tu people in America to build a city specifically for trading with foreigners. Can you not let foreigners take advantage of you?" , can this still be called not knowing how to do business?"

"My boss praised it. It's nothing for foreigners to do business. They only sell fur and food, and they don't make any money at all."

At this time, Fourth Master just took the hook, and a palm-sized carp was caught. Fourth Master took the fish off the hook and threw it into the fishing basket, put on the bait again, and continued to throw the fishhook into the lake.

When the three children saw Ama catch a fish, they stepped on their small muddy feet and surrounded the fish, and the dog covered in mud followed naturally.

Minning drank his tea, feeling very clear in his heart, and then turned to Zheng Jun and said.

"It's not a big deal to ask you to go to the south. Those businesses are managed by the local companies. It's just that you have to deal with one thing. The Huangshang that cooperated with Jinling before has some problems. I suspect that it is the Eighth Master who robbed us. I have done business several times. I have also gone through all the workshops in the counties below Jinling to see if there is someone who is in Caoying and is in Han. It has been several times. Those workshops have leaked drawings several times. , for any new style, we are still hoarding the goods here, so they will go on the market first. Let me find out, who are the people who eat inside and outside!"

It can be said that Minning loves the people under his command very much, not to mention that the wages are equal to those who work, at least they are considered top-notch in all walks of life.In addition, each factory has set up a primary school, and each factory has three floors of profits, which are basically used for primary school.Anyone who works in a factory, no matter temporary or permanent, can send their children here to receive education, and the tuition fees are extremely low, so to speak, they only charge for books.

But just like this, there are still people who betrayed, Minning said hehe.

Such people are the most unforgivable.

As for the imperial merchant who dared to make troubles, she probably felt that she would not dare to deal with him if she climbed up to Lao Ba. What a joke, she dared to trick the prince back then, let alone the current Lao Ba.

No matter how tyrannical Lao Ba is, Jiangnan is not a place where he is allowed to show his prestige. It can be said to be a muddy nest. Whoever dares to touch it must be prepared to be dragged into the water.

Zheng Jun raised his head slightly, looked at the teacup on the table, and said to Minning, "Leave this matter to your subordinates."

Fourth master caught another fish. This one looked bigger than the one just now, enough for lunch.

Seeing that the fourth master accepted the hook, Min Ning said to Zheng Jun, "All right, this is all there is to it, it's not so urgent, it's okay to go to Jiangnan again in a month."

As she said that, she glanced at Biying again, and she continued to say to Zheng Jun, "Your mother has worked hard all these years, you must stay in Jiangnan for a few more years, why don't you take your mother to honor her."

Zheng Jun said, "Yes."

The fourth master had already walked over with the fish basket in hand, and Minning explained to Zheng Jun, "There is nothing else, you can go back and get ready." Then he said to Bi Ying, "Help me see Mr. Zheng off. " Then he said to Zheng Jun, "Just give the seeds to Biying."

Zheng Jun said in a low voice, "Yes."

With a flushed face, Bi Ying walked up to Zheng Jun and whispered, "Mr. Zheng, please follow me."

When fourth master came to Min Ning, Min Ning was looking at Zheng Jun and Bi Ying walking away.

Fourth master held the fish basket and asked her, "Is that Zheng Jun who disappeared overseas twice in a row just now?" Fourth master still had a fresh memory of this person.

"Yes." Minning answered casually, and then stretched his head to look into the fish basket. Besides the two carp, there was also a black fish.

"Raise black fish first, and cook soup later. Of these two carp, one is boiled in soup, and the other is braised in soy sauce."

Minning said to deal with a few fish, and then saw three children and a dog running over from behind Fourth Master, and barked strangely, "Oh, from which house is this little cat?"