Chapter 466: The Wonderful Journey to Kaifeng City (7)
Chapter 466 A wonderful journey to Kaifeng City (7)
Author: Uncle Long Legs
Chapter 466 A wonderful journey to Kaifeng City (7)
As time goes by, Du Baojun and the Du family's fleet should theoretically be able to reach Kaifeng City in no time.
During such a waiting process, Du Baojun continued to wander around the city, so the contents of his diary continued to increase.
But perhaps as time went by, this guy became lazy. The time between each entry in his diary became longer and longer, but the length became shorter and shorter...
On April 6, the first year of Maode, it rained.
In fact, I planned to go out today, but when I was eating pancakes and fruit, I met a very familiar boy selling newspapers.
When I asked, I found out why this kid Mao didn't go to school. It was because his elementary school had rest days on Mondays and Saturdays.
By the way, the child secretly asked me again, saying that Master Huan Sheng had a new work coming out today.
The title of the new work is "Crazy* Mother", and the content is still very colorful and the illustrations are exquisite. For the first time, Master Huan Sheng also describes love affairs from a woman's perspective. It is simply another masterpiece.
In fact, as a serious person, I don't really care whether someone is romantic or not.
What I cared about was Master Huan Sheng's unique description of all aspects of life. I immediately bought a copy of it and read it carefully.
After finishing studying, it was getting late.
If you have gained something in your heart, you can go alone to the tile house to listen to some music, and after confirming some of the sayings in the book, it will be really not very happy.
In my heart, I also hope that Master Huan Sheng can keep writing and write more new works faster and more in the future.
Regarding this point, Du Baojun was not very disappointed.
Because Huang Yizhi, the so-called boss of Xichang, was anxious and did not expect that the Song Dynasty Times, which relied on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a means of attracting people, was now spreading very quickly.
According to reports from Jin Yiwei's spies in Jiangnan, many people, regardless of age or sex, have recently become fans of "Three Kingdoms" in many places.
Often the latest issue of "The Song Dynasty Times" had just been delivered to the Jiangnan area on a fast ship, and Mr. Shuo took the newspaper and started reading it.
Whenever this time comes, the seats are always packed and business is extremely good.
However, such a popularity level is still not as good as "Jin Ping Mei" and other two novels; although a group of veteran SPs cannot read it publicly, they have many readers in private.
Even though there were already booksellers from Jiangnan, they began to print pirated copies privately.
However, in terms of ink, clarity, and many other aspects, how can these pirated and inferior goods compare to the Xichang Printing Factory, which has better craftsmen and some modern technology blessings.
After any of the above books changed hands, they were sold for at least thirty guan in various places in Jiangnan.
So, calculated this way, it turned out to be a certain amount of funds for the operation of the West Factory. Relying on Fatty Huang's colorful little articles, he was able to cover it all, and there was still a considerable surplus.
Therefore, Fatty Huang, even when he was exhausted every day, he did not forget to insist on writing some new works after returning home.
In addition to collecting all relevant classics in one go, there are also some independent creations.
I even thought about the title, called "Young Hu Biao"...
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It was cloudy on April 13th of the first year of Maode. Calculating the time it would take to get back and forth, my family's fleet had five or six days to go, so it should be almost there.
I don’t know who in the family came with the fleet this time.
In the fleet, there is a lot of food, cloth, etc. worth a lot of money.
Last night, I received an invitation post from the Department of Commerce, saying that some new products would be released today, as well as the auction of regional franchises.
Although I am so strapped now that I cannot even pay the 30% deposit.
But it’s a great thing to go and see what’s new.
After eating two more deluxe pancakes, I walked towards the Department of Commerce in a familiar way. After traveling around for so many days, I am extremely familiar with Kaifeng City.
It was a coincidence that I met the noble concubine and her husband on the way.
Just like the privy envoy Na Hu Yitong, his group of followers, including the imperial concubine, seemed to like such a simple approach, and they did not even have any guards around them.
Therefore, in the busy city, the noble concubine and her husband were riding a thin donkey alone, safely walking through the streets.
But then again, this woman was lazily holding a beautiful flower umbrella, and the hem of her skirt swayed slightly as the skinny donkey walked, revealing a pair of embroidered shoes and some white and tender calves.
For a moment, people couldn't help but think of the little lady Jin Lian in the book, which really made people's hearts flutter.
Just when I mustered up the courage to step forward and say hello.
Suddenly, he saw a window on the left-hand side of the building being pushed open violently. Three men actually drew a bow in their hands and shot at the concubine and her husband.
At the same time, there was a man carrying powder and rouge on the side of the road. After throwing away the load, he pulled out a bright steel knife and killed him.
I thought these people must be Jin spies, who actually used such despicable assassination methods.
Not to mention the hawker who was killed later, how could the concubine and her husband escape with just three bows fired at a distance of at most twenty steps?
Such a wonderful little woman, I am afraid that today is the day when her beauty will fade away and her beauty will die.
However, everything that happened next, I am afraid I will remember it for the rest of my life:
Facing the three arrows that were shot, the imperial concubine just held the umbrella in front of her in the critical moment; she didn't know what kind of material the umbrella cover was made of, but she made a sound of defeat after being hit by the arrow, and it turned out that the three arrows were thrown in front of her.
All arrows were blocked.
In the blink of an eye, three more screams were heard.
Because several more men appeared in the crowd, each holding a loaded hand crossbow. After pulling the trigger, they immediately shot the three golden men upstairs to death.
But at this moment, the golden spy holding a long knife had already killed him in front of the imperial concubine.
A knife was stabbed into the imperial concubine's lower abdomen, but no blood spattered. The woman must have been on guard and had put on a fine piece of fine armor in advance.
On the contrary, the imperial concubine did not see any movement. She just pulled out a slender sword from the handle of the umbrella, and stabbed the golden man's left eye with the sword, and the sharp blade penetrated through the back of the head.
Immediately, a burst of hot blood splashed all over the imperial concubine's face and body.
It was just a scene like this that might make a man's legs weak, but the imperial concubine didn't show any panic at all.
He even stuck out his flexible tongue and licked the blood on the corner of his mouth; this also let me know that this woman was definitely not something ordinary men like me could control.
From then on, when I saw my concubine and husband, I no longer had any distracting thoughts in my heart...
April 19, the first year of Maode's reign, was another sunny day.
Ever since that day when I met the imperial concubine and my husband-in-law on the street and was assassinated by a golden man on the street, I have never left the inn in the past few days.
Yes, I admit that I was scared. The more I thought about it after I came back, the more scared I became.
Fortunately, today, I suddenly heard a big news from someone at the dock. My Du family's fleet has finally arrived.
After rushing there, I discovered that it was my father who, at the age of sixty-two, took his two eldest brothers to Kaifeng City in person.
In the fleet, there are 400,000 pieces of fine linen alone, and there are also a lot of other grains, white tea, pen and ink, chestnuts and other dried fruits, as well as Huzhou specialties.
After meeting with my father and elder brother, I described in detail what I had seen and heard in Kaifeng City these days.
Later, after my father and eldest brother pondered for a while, they immediately decided to take advantage of the current opportunity to join the new court of Queen Maode and make a desperate move.
Immediately, the three of us, father and son, prepared a heavy gift and went to the Department of Commerce to ask for an audience with the only concubine we knew in the new imperial court.
When I arrived at the place, I found that some familiar wealthy businessmen were already waiting.
Judging from their flashing eyes and vague words, these people's purpose is actually the same as the three of us, father and son; it seems that no one is stupider than the other...
