Comeback (Seventh)

"What is a festival?" a guard asked curiously.

He immediately ate a chisel on his forehead, and the chief guard knocked on it and said, "I was so stupid that I was so stupid. When Su Wu was on a mission to the Huns, he was holding this thing. The Huns failed to force him to surrender from his prime to his old age. This festival is the backbone of our Central Plains men."

"No, I heard from people that all high-ranking officials should be given tribute to their majesty to show their majesty. Lord Li will be given tribute to the emperor, of course he will be given tribute to the emperor." The guards who attended the audience expressed dissatisfaction with the chief's answer and whispered to retort.

"But that thing was clearly made by Lord Li himself." The guard who once saw the gift in the house questioned the answer to "Journey is an official". Everyone knew what Chen Tianxing brought to Wu Anguo, and they whispered and talked a lot.

"In my opinion, it must be that Marquis Li was worried that the Mongols would threaten Marquis Wu with their lives, so he made this festival with an inscription. The barbarians did not know the Chinese allusions, so they should bring it to the token." After reading the book for two days, Mr. Mei's answer immediately won praise.

"That cannot be called a festival. It cannot be called a festival if it is not something that the royal family has given." Qing'er heard the words "barbarians from foreign countries" in Madam Mei's words, and deliberately argued with him. 'The officials above the governor of the Han Dynasty gave a festival to show their majesty...'. Regarding festival, Qing'er remembers many statements, and what impressed her most was that a woman in the Central Plains could not remarry after losing her husband, which was called a courtesy. The scholar-officials refused to surrender to the enemy, which was also called a courteous righteousness. "Jian-officials cannot be said to be the backbone of men in the Central Plains. I remember that there is a saying in the Central Plains that 'Scholar-officials surrender to the enemy, and the young woman is determined to keep the feud'"!

Dad Mei gave her a blank look and said lightly: "Although this festival was not given by the emperor, it is not necessarily a gift from the emperor. The character of my Central Plains men, how can you be qualified to evaluate this country's woman?"

The creditor Qing'er didn't know what medicine this usually sloppy and vulgar father Mei took today. He spoke so sharply and was about to have an attack, but he heard the latter whispering to the sunset that was about to set: "The heaven and earth have righteous energy, and they are mixed and manifold. The lower one is the river and the upper one is the sun star. It is called Haoran, Peihu, Cangming. The imperial road is Qingyi, Hanhe Tuming Pavilion. When I was in the time of the grand ceremony, I saw it, and I draped in the painting: in the Qi Taishi Jian, in the Jin Donghu pen, in the Qin Zhang Liangzhu, in the Han Suwujie; in the head of General Yan, in the blood of Ji Shizhong, in the teeth of Zhang Suiyang, and in the tongue of Yan Changshan; or in the Liaodong hat, in the Qing Cao Li Bingxue;..." The voice was up and down, and the cold was shrill.

At that time, it was only a hundred years since the fall of the Song Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang commanded the world with the slogan of "expressing the Tartars". Therefore, Wen Shaobao's song "Song of Righteousness" is well known to everyone, and the deeds of the characters are even more familiar. Thinking of Li Shanping's since he was a loyal congratulatory intention, he would definitely not surrender to his enemies. Everyone admired the pride of the iron-brained scholar, and his blood was boiling for a while.

The Qing's daughter was very careful and gently pulled the guard's clothes and asked in a low voice: "Did Master Wu have nothing to talk about with the Mongolian Tartars? Why haven't the Tartars come out for so long? Will they assassinate Master Wu? They always use envoys to be assassins in the Western Regions, and have never mentioned any credibility."

When she was a child, her hometown was ravaged by the Mongols, so she was extremely disgusted with the Mongols in her heart. She brought it out without realizing it during her words and talk, and she couldn't hide the etiquette she learned.

As soon as this said, everyone was immediately pulled back from the tragic atmosphere. The guards looked at Qing'er like they were looking at monsters, and they laughed. The guard commander Zhao Fengming said happily: "Assassinate, assassinate Master Wu with bare hands, girl, you have never seen Wu Hou's skills, at least you can compare the size of our Wu Hou. When you start to fight, you can flatten the person named Chen, let alone have a guy on your waist."

While we were chatting and laughing, the door of the inn opened with a "creak" sound. Wu Anguo poked out half of his head and ordered: "Old Zhao, please help me get paper and pen and help me with it!"

"Oh," Lao Zhao, who was guarding the salute, agreed happily, and found paper and pen and ink into the house. He was a coachman hired by the Wu family and was very sensible in his work. During this inspection tour, Liu Lingte arranged to serve Wu Anguo.

The little girl Qing'er became curious again. As soon as Lao Zhao closed the door, she immediately ran to Lao Zhao and asked, "Uncle Zhao, I just heard Wu Hou say, please help him get paper and pen. Are you not Wu Hou's family? Why is he so polite to you?"

Lao Zhao looked at Qing'er and replied with a smile: "We Wuhou are so polite to everyone. If you don't believe me, please ask them when did you see Wuhou treating others too arrogantly? Wuhou once said that as long as you don't treat yourself as a slave, no one can treat you as a slave."

The little girl who had been chattering for a day finally closed her mouth, staring at the door of the inn with blue eyes and fell into deep thought. What is the origin of this Master Wu and how he acts differently everywhere. Originally, the fat man was an alien, and it seemed that he was much more normal than Master Wu. He did extraordinary things and it seemed that a deal with the Mongolian Tartars was very likely to be reached. Otherwise, if he could not sign a contract with paper and pen, what would they trade? Master Wu is really weird. No one is a slave. Aren’t the slaves in the Central Plains?

While thinking about it, the door of the inn opened again. Chen Tianxing was full of complacent. Wu Anguo's eyes seemed to have less melancholy. He politely sent Chen Tianxing on his horse and smiled and suggested, "Brother Chen, if you have time, you might as well go and see the iron canned meat machine invented by the Peking Academy. Autumn is coming soon. There is not enough feed for winter on the grassland. It is better to kill the excess animals and make canned meat and transport them to the Central Plains. It is better to let the animals freeze to death in winter. We will definitely not lose money if you do as much as you do."

"Great, I'll do it after finishing my work. Take care of the marquis. Thank you for your hard work, brothers." Chen Tianxing agreed happily, immediately bowed his waist and fisted, performed a ritual and earthly ceremony, and rode his horse away.

Wu'anguo did not say anything about his deal with Chen Tianxing, and the guards did not dare to ask, and there was no incident along the way. After leaving Henan, the famine became much lighter. The closer we got to Peking, the less the impact of the famine became. When we arrived at the jurisdiction of Peking Prefecture, there was no trace of famine at all. The people in the fields were either busy harvesting wheat or using water trucks to feed cotton, which was a fascinating harvest scene.

From a distance, Guo Pu, the governor of the four provinces, had already led the officials and gentry of Peking for ten miles away. After more than three years of separation, the brothers and old friends met, which was very lively. Before he could see the ceremony, he heard a "moan" behind Wu Anguo. Xiao Qing'er jumped out of the horse and separated the crowd and threw herself into Gao Deyong's arms. He held his hands tightly around his waist, which was full of fat, and refused to let go. All the Chinese etiquettes that had been hard to learn for several years were thrown behind his head. In front of everyone, Gao Deyong was embarrassed and neither was he nor was he not. His old face, which had not been red for many years, almost bleeding, and his heart was as happy as holding two sacks of gold.

Although Wu Anguo didn't know this fat man, he knew that he had to ignore Qing'er's complaint anymore. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pulled Guo Pu and his elders, and followed the crowd toward the city gate. When he arrived in the city, the huge Peking was even more lively than the New Year. The sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums sounded, and the onlookers squeezed into three layers inside and three layers outside. If it weren't for the soldiers arranged by Guo Pu in advance who were blocking the road, some villagers would have rushed to Wu Anguo to say hello.

The streets look more neat than three years ago. The new buildings are compared in comparison. Guo Pu, the governor, did not ask about the matter of usurpation. The wealthy and noble families naturally had to make more and more diverse houses. Although this year, they experienced the soaring grain prices and the sluggish stock market hit, Peking is still more prosperous than other cities.

After drinking the reception wine at the yamen of the governor, the officials and gentry stood up to say goodbye. Guo Pu brought Wu Anguo, Zhang Wu, Yang Da, Zhang Zhengwen, Xu Zhichen and others into the conference hall. While drinking tea, they introduced the recent situation in Beijing. The Zhang family, Yang family, Xu family, Zhan family, Chen family and other major businesses in Peking have decided to advance and retreat together and take unified actions to deal with the crisis. Gao Deyong and Ye Fengsui have secretly mobilized the grain stored in the countryside near Beiping to Peiping, and hid it in Huairou official warehouse, and were guarded by Guo Pu. Guo Pu sent the news that everyone found and Gao Deyong, Ye

The comparison of the information provided by Feng Sui can basically analyze the opponent's true strength. In the past few days, Chen Hao, a speculative businessman from Hubei, somehow smelled the wrong smell, secretly expressed his "loyalty" to the government. There were many merchants standing by and watching with the same attitude as him, and the time for a counterattack was basically ripe. The difference is that the financial strength of the other party is not proven. The funds of the court officials, traitors, Japanese smugglers, and the Li family in the Goryeo Kingdom may not be less than that in Peking. Those speculative businessmen are unreliable. They are always the ones who take advantage of the situation. If they win, they will naturally surrender to which side.

Guo Pu did not want to use the power of the government. If there was no tangible evidence, he would rashly dispatch the officers to attack the other party. The various rules of Peking were broken by Peking itself, which made the unknown businessmen feel disappointed. The entire new policy was equal to half of the failure. Except for the time when Li Shanping was kidnapped, the opponent's moves were all within the rules. Of course, Peking's counterattack could not be ruled, so as not to cause the imperial tycoon and the literati. Therefore, Wu'anguo must come to Peking, because he himself represents the confidence of emerging forces in Peking, and with the funds he can use and the royal spokesperson, the play will be sang wonderfully and beautifully.

"The situation is not that serious, and we are not alone. I made a big deal with people on the road this time. If the transaction is successful, not only will the situation in Peking, but the entire court and Mongolia will have a big turn. This time, we will invest in shares according to the old rules. The same sentence is the same. Whoever invests more stocks will be more dividends after winning." After hearing the opinions of everyone, Wu Anguo took out a letter from his arms and put it on the table. Back in Peiping, there was no more majestic look from Zhu Yuanzhang behind him. His mind immediately became much clearer, his mind turned faster, and his body was as powerful as Achilles who had touched the earth. He always hoped to take responsibility. Since the loopholes in the rules have been exploited by the other party, leading the people in Peking to use the same loopholes to regain the lost wealth. It is a responsibility that Wu Anguo cannot shirke.

Seeing that Wu Anguo was so sure, Guo Pu picked up the letter. He took out the letter and read it halfway through his head. Sweat was already oozing out of his forehead, and his mouth was so wide that it could swallow an egg.

What happened to the governor who was not happy and angry? Zhang Wuge couldn't help but be curious and stood up gently and walked behind Guo Pu. He had already had a title three years ago. In order to save the court's face, he had recognized a few words in recent years. He quickly scanned two lines of the clumsy handwriting. Zhang Wuge couldn't help but scream "ah", quickly rushed back to his position, grabbed the tea in front of him and poured it down, with an incredible look on his face.

His chest was fluctuating rapidly, and a heart almost popped out of his mouth. All the people who saw the letter were stunned by the content on it, and everyone's mind was spinning rapidly: "Is this true?"

"This is unfair to Your Highness Yan King"! After Zhang Wu calmed down, he said first.

"His Royal Highness of Yan has been tied up with us, and he has no choice. If Peking collapses, he will suffer greater losses. As long as we don't tell you, no one will make this boring thing in front of the emperor. Once the transaction is successful, His Royal Highness of Yan will not be just the king of one place. The emperor promised that no matter which prince goes to war, as long as he wins, he will be rewarded with him as a fief. Our business can always follow His Royal Highness of Yan's footsteps. We will go as far as he goes." Xu Zhichen considered this from the perspective of pure interests.

"Yes, the Zhenbei Army was originally made by us for money, and the King of Yan should be considered a favor that he owed us."

"I don't think it's too bad for King Yan." Everyone talks about it one by one, and everyone has their own opinions.

Guo Pu thought for a while, signaled everyone to be quiet, and whispered his point: "This is actually nonsense, but if it is beneficial to the court, I think the emperor is happy to take it as real. Let's let it go. In fact, the King of Yan has no losses. He was destined to be a prince when he was born, and he would not be a prince. Besides, the prince's achievements in the sea are so great, and he is deeply supported by all ministers, and the emperor is happy. We should try our best to make the King of Yan's achievements bigger. Do you remember that he was determined to be the number one prince who swept the world like Badu? In my opinion, leaving immortal fame is no worse than being an emperor."

After saying that, Guo Pu carefully tore the letter apart and swallowed it into his stomach with a mouthful of tea.

Everyone discussed for a while, thinking that Guo Pu’s words made sense. In the current situation, this transaction was the best choice. When asked how Wu Anguo got the letter, Wu Anguo sighed and took out the festival made by Li Shanping from his pocket, telling everyone the whole story.

Mr. Li is still alive, and this news has inspired everyone, especially Zhang Wu, Yang Da and Tie Dan Scholar have been intimate for many years, and I wish Guo Pu could send someone to rob Li Shanping back immediately. Then I thought about the bitter and cold land in the north of Mobei, with Mr. Li's body, it is unknown whether he can survive this winter. When we meet again, we are not disappointed.

"The soldiers responsible for protecting Mr. Li's house these days reported that at night, there were always people who wanted to sneak into Mr. Li's mansion. The soldiers had already taken down a few of them when they fought, but these people were very hard-mouthed and refused to say who sent them to what purpose." Guo Pu heard Wu Anguo say that Li Shanping asked someone to take a message to him and asked him to go to the house to take a look, and interjected gently.

"It seems that someone eavesdropped when Mr. Li and Chen Tianxing were talking. It's better for us to find the thing first and break the other person's head." Uncle Yang was relatively mature and suggested that he should take the initiative first.

Li Shanping's house is not far from Wu'anguo's old house in Peking. It is a small courtyard, as simple as an ordinary businessman in Peking. He has disabled legs and feet and cannot go upstairs. He has bungalows in front and back yards, which is even more shabby in comparison with the surrounding small buildings of rich people. He opened the seal on the door and walked into the yard. The layout of the courtyard was extremely simple, with sparse bamboo trees, two small paths, and half acre of flowers. There was nothing valuable in the house. After the incident, the servants were all home by Guo Pu on holiday. The tables and chairs that had not been wiped for a long time were covered with dust.

Cong Guest Room, Kitchen, Bedroom, and Study Room went back and forth a few times. Apart from the lack of doors, no abnormalities were found. Yang Da was a carpenter and built a house for half his life. Although he could see if there was a wall with a leather wall at a glance, he still knocked unwillingly, knocked around and around, knocked back and forth. After a while, he shook his head at everyone and signaled that there was no mechanism for the house. Just when everyone was disappointed, Zhang Zhengwen came back to report, "Uncle Martial Artsman is in the study, please come over."

Li Shanping had a lot of books, and several shelves in the study were filled with them. The Mongolians did not recognize Chinese characters. If Li Shanping hid things in the book, no one would have the heart to read them. Thinking of this, everyone ran to the study together and saw Wu Anguo standing in the middle of the house, dazed in front of a wooden screen.

A picture of a small farm banquet was carved on the screen. The people on the picture had different clothes and their sword skills were quite vivid. Zhang Wu and Yang Dayi couldn't help but burst into tears when they saw the screen. With tears in their eyes, they returned to the craftsman camp and surrounded by a simple square table. Wu Anguo wore a strange-looking dress and raised a glass of wine to toast the iron-coated scholar. Li Shanping sat in a wheelchair and tried his best to straighten his body and drank the wine.

"I am not for anything else, but Mr. Jing is not a pride of being a dog for the Mongolians." Back then, it was Wu'anguo's words of persuasion that aroused the fighting spirit of the iron-cowarded scholar, allowing him to follow Wu'anguo from then on, devote his life to the end, and die.

He would rather be beaten to death than be a occupant in the Mongolian military camp. Now he is not willing to surrender to the power of the Mongols. When he arrives in the northern country, he will die and leave no hope of survival.

Those who didn't know the details heard Zhang Zhengwen whispering the origin of the screen and sighed. Just as they were about to comfort Wu Anguo's mercy, they saw Wu Anguo staring straight at the screen and squatting on the ground.

"Uncle Master, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Zhengwen squatted beside Wu Anguo and asked softly.

"I remember when I first drank with your master, I hadn't made a wheelchair for him." Wu Anguo murmured. His words woke up the dreamer. In this way, the answer that Li Shanping asked Wu Anguo to come to his home to see was hidden on this screen. What a smart and timid scholar. Others don't know the story of Wu and Li. Even if they look through the house, they won't notice the details of whether the wheelchair was "invented" back then.

Uncle Yang bent down, carefully checked the wheelchair on the screen, touched the gap, and carefully turned the wheel of the wheelchair carefully.

"Crack", a floor in the corner of the wall slowly descends as the wheels rotate, revealing a staircase leading to the ground.

Everyone cheered, led by Wu Anguo, walked down on a fire note. The basement was not big, and dozens of boxes were neatly placed, each box was covered with seals, with dates and details and origins of the things in the box.

"I bought and sold houses around Huairou Yixue, and I received a gift of 1,000 taels of silver and four deeds from my brother." The seal on the first box at the door had faded, and it must have been a long time since the seal was stuck.

"Mine shares and dividends over the years".

"Zhangji Steel, dividends and stocks over the years"

"Glass factory dividends, stocks"

"The stocks in "Peking Spring and Autumn" have accumulated a total loss of 5,000 taels in Hongwu in the thirteenth year."

"Roll of sponsored Confucian scholars from all over Peking"

"Guangping Steel Co., Ltd. and dividends"

...

Looking at the boxes one by one, they turned out to be all gold, silver, silver notes, stocks and account books. The property given to Li Shanping by Wu'an Guo over the years and the income obtained by Li Shanping's investment in various industries in Peking are all concentrated here. Not counting stocks, the total value is no less than one million. When Wu'an Guo scattered money and sought peace, Li Shanping got the most. With Li Shanping's hard work over the years, these properties have increased several times, and now the original owner has returned to the original owner.

"What a brave scholar, what a kind and honest man." Thinking of Li Shanping's simple courtyard, the simple decorations in the middle of the house and the millions of wealth here, everyone couldn't help but praise him.

Wu Anguo did not count the property inside with everyone. In the most obvious place facing the door in the basement, he pressed the letter with silver ingots. He walked over and took it up, as if he was afraid of disturbing the sleeping master, slowly returning to the study room and took out the letter.

The words on the letter are vigorous and powerful, and were written by Li Shanping. In order to make Wu Anguo, a "semi-illiterate", understand, Li Shanping tried his best to use vernacular.

"My brother Anguo, when he saw this letter, Brother Yu was afraid that he had encountered any accident. Someone warned Brother Yu tonight,..." The letter was written by Li Shanping when he was invited by Gao Deyong to the banquet that night. Gao Deyong faintly heard the wind and reminded Li Shanping to strengthen his vigilance. After Li Shanping arrived home, he felt that there would be disaster in the near future, so he left this letter to Wu Anguo.

The letter explained the reason why he left so much property for Wu'anguo. When he first met, Li Shanping felt that Wu'anguo "has a great talent and strategy, he can compete for the world, and retreat can be settled in a corner, and split the soil and divide the grass." Later, he found that Wu'anguo had no ambition to compete at all, so he felt that helping him become a rich man was free and easy, which was a choice. Wu'anguo returned from the capital for the first time, and mentioned to Li Shanping that he tried his best to spread the equal fire, so that the Chinese people would stand up straight and be a lifelong ambition. At this moment, Li Shanping finally understood the high level of Wu'anguo's pursuit. In addition to admiring, he also strengthened his determination to plan for the world with him.

"The equality that I pursue is a great cause of China for thousands of years, not a blessing for a family and a family. The state of the past sages and wise men may not be able to reach it. People in the world may be confused and the road ahead is dangerous. My brother is a disabled person and cannot help, so he accumulates funds for me to prepare for emergencies..."

I will definitely save you, I will definitely save you back. Wu Anguo's whole body trembled and his joints were quarreling. Scenes after the two met flashed in front of their eyes.
Chapter completed!