After discussing the details with Wang Euzhi, half a day passed quickly.
At noon, Chongzhen mingled with the Yiding camp to have lunch.
"Wubang Tan, give me a bowl of mutton soup." Chongzhen handed the pottery bowl to Wu Bangtan.
After returning to Huguang, I finally no longer have to work so hard, and the food in the army has also improved a lot.
Mainly due to the more than 10,000 cattle and hundreds of thousands of sheep seized from the rebels at the beginning of the year, Chongzhen did not return them to the cabinet for processing, but directly withheld them as supplies for the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The cabinet understood the situation and did not send anyone to ask for it.
After returning in triumph this time, Chongzhen ordered a sheep to be killed to reward the army.
It's not okay to kill cattle. They are cattle for farming and must be used to plow the land.
Wu took the charcoal and wiped two handfuls of it on his coat, picked up an iron spoon, scooped out a large spoonful from the steaming large pottery pot placed on the campfire, and filled Chongzhen's pottery bowl.
Wula Duo next to him handed Chongzhen two freshly baked steamed cakes.
The Yiding people had long been accustomed to Chongzhen eating among them.
Regarding this matter, the Yiding people were only proud in their hearts and wished they could sell their lives to the emperor.
"You're so full for me." Chongzhen joked with a smile, "Then don't you have to eat less?"
"This bit of haggis is nothing." Wu Bangtan said with a smile, "If the Holy One likes to eat it, I will buy a dozen of them from the market with my own money, and ask the Holy One to eat haggis every day."
"Let me eat the haggis, and then you eat the mutton?" Chongzhen said, feigning anger.
"Ah?" Wu Batan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed loudly and said, "The mutton is also given to the Holy One, and we, Lao Wu, and the brothers eat the wool, hahaha."
Wuladuo, Mi Keqi and a dozen other Yiding people also laughed together.
When Ran Sanniang was led outside the tent by Gao Qiqian, she happened to see this scene and felt a little emotional.
This trip to Yunnan was an eye-opener for her. She could march on foot with the soldiers of the three armies and even push the chicken cart to transport supplies. She could also eat steamed cakes with black bean sauce, coarse salt and vinegar and other condiments along with the soldiers of the three armies.
Hey, I have never heard of such an emperor, let alone seen him.
The Ming Dynasty had such an emperor, so why worry about not being able to revive it?
So after realizing that it was inevitable to change the country and return to the countryside, Ran Sanniang decisively decided to cooperate with the imperial court. She not only cooperated herself, but also tried her best to persuade Tian Xuan and other more than a dozen little chieftains.
But this was not without conditions. The exchange was that Chongzhen would accept her as his imperial concubine.
Ran Sanniang is actually very sober. She has never fantasized about being established as a queen, nor does she even expect to be favored. She just wants to share some rain and dew and give birth to a prince.
As long as she has a prince, her status will be rock solid.
Once Ran Sanniang's position is stable, she will be able to protect the Shi Nan clan for at least thirty years.
Therefore, politicians are actually quite boring. All they think about is interests, and even the things in bed can be related to interests and calculations.
"Long live my lord, Master Ran has arrived." Gao Qi sneaked into the tent to report.
"Sanniang is here? Come in." Chongzhen directly greeted Ran Sanniang to come in.
When Wu Batan saw this, he immediately made a gesture to Wuladu and the dozen other Yiding people. The dozens of Yiding people immediately stood up and left the tent. They lowered the curtain before sneaking out of the tent.
The light in the tent dimmed.
Chongzhen looked up and saw Ran Sanniang's delicate dimples were red and plain under the light of the bonfire. He didn't know whether it was because of the heat or because of shyness.
"Have you eaten? Do you want some?"
Chongzhen said with a smile: "Wut the haggis soup just cooked on the charcoal."
Ran Sanniang lowered her head and said nothing, but stretched her bare hands to her waist.
When Chongzhen saw this, his eyes suddenly froze, and his hands subconsciously clenched the corners of the blanket under his buttocks.
When Ran Sanniang saw this, she burst out laughing, like spring flowers blooming, so bright and beautiful.
Then Ran Sanniang whispered again: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry, the slave family will not assassinate you. Besides, Eunuch Gao has already searched you before coming here. There is no hidden weapon on the slave family."
"What did you say?" Chongzhen's face darkened, "Have you been searched by a high-flying police officer?"
Although Gao Qiqian was an old eunuch, she still couldn't bear the thought of him touching Ran Sanniang's whole body.
"Long live my Lord, this old slave is unjust. It was Vice General Li's two soldiers who searched Master Ran's body." Gao Qiqian's defensive voice suddenly sounded outside the curtain, "This old slave never even touched Ran with a finger.
Sir."
"Get away." Chongzhen cursed outside the tent, his face looking much better.
"Long live my Lord, get out of here, old slave." Gao Qiqian's voice followed the sound of footsteps and went away.
Ran Sanniang was no longer as restrained as before, and said with a smile: "Being an emperor doesn't seem to be free."
"Not free? It's much better now." Chongzhen said, "Before, when I was in Beijing, I was really not free. No matter where I went, there was a large group of people following me. No matter what I said or did, it would be the same day.
Which concubine was blessed at night, and even the number of concubines who were blessed, will be recorded one by one in the daily note."
"No way, there are people watching when you do that?"
Speaking of that, Ran Sanniang also blushed a little.
"No, a group of people are watching beside the bed with wide eyes."
Chongzhen smiled and said: "But now this bad rule has been abolished by me."
Ran Sanniang chuckled lightly, and gently pulled her belt with her bare hands, and the robe covering her body fell to the ground. She was actually wearing nothing under the robe, she was really naked.
Chongzhen's eyes suddenly dropped as he looked at her. This figure is really the best.
Ran Sanniang's appearance is slightly inferior to Li Xiangjun's, but her figure is obviously three points better than Li Xiangjun's. Li Xiangjun's figure is actually very good, but she is still a little worse than Ran Sanniang.
"Come and sit." Chongzhen patted his thigh and said with a smile.
Ran Sanniang didn't act coy. She came over and sat on Chongzhen's lap. Chongzhen couldn't help but become excited. This chassis is really big, round and stable!
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Let’s go back to Wang Fuzhi.
After receiving the order, he went straight to Changsha.
In Changsha Mansion, Wang Fuzhi met his brother Wang Guizhi who was engaged in the grain business.
Wang Guizhi's grain business is quite large, and his net worth is quite rich, at least one million taels. He can be regarded as the most powerful grain merchant in Changsha, with ten rice shops.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After receiving Wang Euzhi, Wang Guizhi changed his ways and entertained her warmly.
As a businessman, Wang Guizhi still has some discernment, and he can see that this clan brother has become a leader.
This spring, Wang Fuzhi led a group of officers and soldiers back to Changsha. When they disagreed with each other, he arrested two Jin gentry in Xiangtan County and beheaded them. The Changsha prefect did not even dare to let go.
From then on, the prefect of Changsha treated Wang Guizhi with utmost respect.
It was precisely because of this that Wang Guizhi misjudged his strength, thinking that he could walk sideways in Changsha, and then desperately wanted to eat from the mouth of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This time, he caused the disaster of ruining his family.
Looking at the attentive clan brother, Wang Fuzhi didn't feel any softness in his heart.
Whether it is brainwashing or idealism, Wang Fuzhi's ideological realm has been purified and sublimated during the painful march and in the debates with other scholars.
Family interests and even family ties are no longer the fetters of Wang Fuzhi.
We must admit that there are really noble people in this world, such as Wang Fuzhi and Huang Zongxi, whose ideological realm has surpassed ordinary people. They are really practicing the Three Immortals of Confucianism.
After a banquet, Wang Guizhi asked in a low voice: "Renong, did the Holy One say anything about the grain trade in Huguang?"
Although the matter was done, and although Wang Euzhi was his backer, Wang Guizhi still felt guilty. After all, this was taking food from the mouth of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it was no small matter.
"Brother, don't worry." Wang Fuzhi said with a smile, "The ban issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is aimed at other grain merchants, and our Wang family's business is not among them. After all, I am also on duty in the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"That's the truth." Wang Guizhi slapped his thigh and said with a smile, "Our Wang family firm is an exception."
The other merchants who accompanied him looked at Wang Guizhi with envy, saying in their hearts that the Wang family had really come into its own. In less than ten years, the Wang family would become the most powerful family in Hunan.
Wang Fuzhi asked again: "Brother, how much new grain did you purchase in total?"
"Only more than 500,000 shi were purchased. I could have purchased more, but a few days ago the government suddenly issued an official document not allowing people to sell grain privately. Really, how could such a thing be done?" Wang Guizhi said.
After a pause, he suddenly said, "Renong, please say hello to the prefect of Changsha and ask our Wang family firm to continue buying grain."
"I'll say hello to the Changsha Mansion when I get back." Wang Fuzhi agreed, and then said, "But it's not much fun to just buy hundreds of thousands of grains. Let's do something big."
"How big is it?" Wang Guizhi said in astonishment, "How big is it?"
"Eat all the surplus grain in Huguang." Wang Euzhi said.
"What?" Wang Guizhi asked dumbfounded, "Nong, do you know how much surplus grain there is in Huguang this year? It's seventy or eighty million dan at least. If you want to eat all the surplus grain in Huguang, it's more than one thousand at least.
Ten thousand taels of silver!"
"Isn't it just over ten million taels of silver?" Wang Fuzhi said, "Our family doesn't have that much, so we will find other people to work with. If it is still not enough, we will borrow it from the Water Conservancy and Food Bank! I dare not say more, seven to eight million taels.
I can still lend you money, but of course you have to use grain as collateral, and you can't lend it to me in vain."
"Is it really possible?" Wang Guizhi's eyes suddenly lit up.
If this vote is successful, at least tens of millions of taels of profit can be made.
Ten million taels, even if divided equally among twenty grain merchants, each would still have half a million taels!
"What's wrong with this?" Wang Euzhi said, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs does not do business on its own, but leaves it to other grain merchants to do the business. If others can do it, why can't our Wang family do it?"
"Sure!" Wang Guizhi said, "Brother, I will go find a big grain merchant from other provinces."
"Hey, why go find someone else? We can do it." The merchants present quickly introduced themselves.
"Needless to say, everyone here will participate in one share." Wang Guizhi said, "But it's still not enough. This time, we need to collect at least 15 million taels to eat all the remaining food and become a dominant player."
"Grain dominates the market!" All the merchants cheered.
