The Xia family in Gusu is a well-known family, and the Xia family is a scholarly family. Many of their children have become generals and prime ministers. After the invasion of the Yuan invaders, they changed their careers from politics to business, and their business was very large. By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, they were already famous in Jiangnan.
A big landowner, with fertile land in Huzhou, cotton fields in Songjiang, and spinning and weaving workshops in Suzhou, his wealth exceeds tens of millions.~~~~
More than twenty years ago, just as a coup was taking place in the capital, an accident also occurred in Gusu City. This accident was as shocking to the people of Suzhou and even Jiangnan as the coup in the capital.
Miss Xia Nanyu, the legitimate daughter of the Xia family, who is known as the most talented girl in Jiangnan, actually stole someone to support a man, and the girl became pregnant. Ordinarily, this is not a big deal. Rich families have many more dirty things than this.
It would be over if she secretly aborted her and then found someone to marry her. However, someone in the clan spread the news and the whole city was in a storm. Mr. Xia was so ashamed and angry that he died. The seventh Mr. Xia, who inherited the position of the head of the family, enforced the family law and
My niece kicked her out of the door and broke off the relationship.
Poor young lady who is well-dressed and well-fed. She has always had food to eat and clothes to eat. Suddenly she went out and had nothing. She was not even as good as a beggar on the street.
The young lady disappeared, and everyone thought she committed suicide by drowning. In this case, committing suicide is indeed the best way out.
Ten years later, when the people of Suzhou had forgotten this old incident, the former Miss Xia appeared again. She showed up in Suzhou with her daughter and a spinning machine, using this advanced sixteen-spindle spinning machine
The machine seized the spinning market in Suzhou.
The Xia family's business is mainly spinning and weaving, but the spinning machines they use only have three spindles at most, and they have to be operated by experienced hands. However, Miss Xia's spinning machine is driven by water power and can be operated by novices. The yarns spun are fine and fine.
Moderate, constantly strong, and fifty times more efficient than an old-fashioned spinning machine, the two Xia families naturally became enemies.
After ten years of open and covert fighting, the orphans and widowers actually defeated the Xia family, which had a large business, and controlled the entire cotton spinning and weaving industry in Jiangnan. The family had a fortune of tens of millions and was as rich as the country. In fact, no one in the world did not wear linen.
The story could not be finished in three days and three nights. In short, no one dares to look down on this mother and daughter now. When mentioning Grandma Xia and Miss Xia of Gusu, regardless of whether they are scholars, farmers, merchants, traders, or foot soldiers, they all have to provoke Big Thumbs up to praise them!
The simple narration is enough to shock people's hearts, and there must be endless exciting stories in it. However, Yuan Feng is not concerned about the blood and tears family history of the Xia family mother and daughter, but the powerful productivity of Jiangnan.
The so-called Suzhou-Hangzhou ripeness, the world is full, does not actually mean literally. In fact, there are not many grain fields in the south of the Yangtze River. Most of them are cash crops. Cotton, sericulture, silk weaving and cotton spinning and other handicrafts have reached a high level. Family-style workshops are no longer available.
More common, replaced by large-scale factory production, farmers in the traditional sense have basically been transformed into factory craftsmen, and no longer make a living by farming.
However, the Great Zhou Dynasty implemented a grain tax. Grain was paid based on head count and acres of land. The Suzhou and Hangzhou areas could not produce that much grain, so they had to purchase grain from other places to pay. Grain from all over the world was shipped to Jiangnan, hence the proverb.
No wonder the previous emperors and the emperors of the Zhou Dynasty both set their capitals in Jiankang. It has convenient water transportation, abundant money and food, dense population, and is connected in all directions. Reality made Yuan Feng understand a truth. The importance of competing in the Central Plains and striving for the top spot is by no means a simple matter.
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The third prince regained the emperor's trust and did a very good job in recruiting the Taihu water bandits. Long Yan was very happy, and the prince of Anguo was appointed as the deputy director of Zhongshu Province. The Taihu bandit Mu Ying recommended by him was also placed in the Beijing camp as the commander-in-chief.
At that time, the scene of a bustling crowd reappeared at the gate of Prince Anguo, and even the martial arts heroes who had dispersed quietly gathered again.
Mu Ying changed her identity, from a bandit in Taihu Lake to a dignified Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army. She moved around the capital more openly than before, and she had more opportunities to make friends with her martial arts.
Since the last brawl in Humble Garden, the little prince Mandu Gule has not appeared again, and Zhan Shifu has another conflict with the Shaanxi-Gansu Office in Beijing. Although it is just a small friction, from then on Yuan Feng and Zhan Shifu
There was no possibility of reconciliation anymore, and it is said that Huang Zihua sighed sadly for a long time. Prince Anguo was secretly happy and snickered for several days.
Mu Ying is a bold man, open-minded and generous, and has high martial arts skills. She is very close to Yuan Feng Li Mingying. They are both hard-blooded men who can stand up with their fists and move horses on their shoulders. There is no need to mince words like politicians.
After the banquet that day, Mu Ying said: "Both brothers are also heroes who dominate the country. Don't you want to make further progress? My brother has a big business here. I wonder if you have the courage to do it."
Yuan Feng chuckled, knowing that he finally got to the point, and immediately said: "Why don't you dare? Brothers can get to where they are today by daring to fight and fight hard. There are only things that are unexpected, and there is nothing that I dare not do. I don't know what I said.
How big is the deal?”
Li Mingying also knew it well. He chuckled and said: "Is it possible that I was recruited by the court to make this business more convenient?"
Mu Yingdao: "To be honest, my brother is from the prince's palace in Anguo County. The prince is wise and wise, and is the most outstanding one among the four princes. However, he has been suppressed by the prince for a long time and has been depressed. Recently, His Highness has made some achievements, and
Being jealous of the prince, he tried every means to slander His Highness in front of His Majesty. His Highness finally couldn't bear it anymore and decided to imitate Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty and get rid of the prince preemptively..."
Speaking of this, Mu Ying suddenly stopped talking and stared at Yuan Feng and Li Mingying with piercing eyes.**
Both of them were used to seeing the world, their faces were unimpressed and they didn't even blink, looking like I knew they would.
Everyone knows what the Third Highness is thinking. Li Mingying knows Mu Ying’s details. He has no reservations about Yuan Feng, so Yuan Feng also knows it. It is for this reason that Mu Ying feels relieved.
to speak out about it.
Li Mingying looked at Yuanfeng and signaled him to express his position first. In fact, the Li family was already tied to the same chariot as His Highness the Third Highness. The main purpose today was to persuade Yuanfeng to come.
Yuan Feng pondered for a moment. Although he had been mentally prepared, he did not expect His Highness the Third Prince to move so early. Although the Xuanwu Gate incident was temporary, the King of Qin had been fighting for many years, and General Tiance's family had a strong foundation, including civil servants and generals.
There are a lot of them, and they are definitely the strongest among the princes. But what does the Third Highness have now? A few dead warriors in the world, and a thousand households of the Forbidden Army. This is too...
"I admire His Highness the Third Highness for having such ambitions. As long as the overall situation of the capital is certain, we will fully cooperate with him to achieve success," Yuan Feng said.
"Brother, wealth is sought in danger. When the overall situation in Beijing has been decided, how can there be a chance to achieve it? Everyone has the experience of carrying a sedan chair with a crowd, but how can you get rich in that way? If you want it, it will soar into the sky.
Chances are, it’s not like you don’t know what His Highness is like, he will definitely be granted the title of Marquis and Nobles by following the merits of the Dragon.”
Yuan Feng was silent, and Mu Ying persuaded her earnestly: "Brother, you are in the northwest, and you have never seen the suffering of the army there. You have to pay for your life to find a prince for thousands of miles, and you can only lick blood from the edge of a knife for decades.
In this way, now you only need to risk your life for one day and you can be granted the title of general. It would be a pity to give up such an opportunity."
"What are your plans, Your Highness?" Yuan Feng asked, his expression serious. It must have been Mu Ying's words just now that had an effect.
"It's a matter of great importance. It's not that I don't trust you. This is a matter that concerns the heads of countless people. It must be dealt with with caution. If brothers are willing to give it a try, we will become an alliance through blood!"
Yuan Feng glanced at Li Mingying, who nodded solemnly, but Yuan Feng was still thinking hard. Li Mingying wanted to persuade, but Mu Ying stopped him and waved his finger, indicating to give Yuan Feng some time to think.
After all, this is a matter of beheading and annihilating the entire family. His Highness the Third Highness dare not use someone who agreed without hesitation.
Yuan Feng did not think for too long. After burning the incense, he silently pulled out the dagger, made a cut on his finger, and dripped the blood into the three wine glasses on the table. Mu Ying and Li Mingying looked at each other and showed their faces.
A smile seems to let go of a heavy burden.
Suddenly, hearty laughter came from behind the screen: "Sure enough, the courageous and knowledgeable good man Gu has seen the right person! Give Gu a bowl of blood wine too."
As soon as he finished speaking, a young man wearing a purple gold crown and an ocher-yellow python robe walked out. Who else could he be if he wasn't the Prince of Anguo County?
When the kings arrived, Mu Yingyuanfeng and others immediately bowed and saluted. His Highness said hurriedly: "We are all brothers, please don't use these false gifts. I would like to thank you brothers." After saying that, he straightened his purple gold crown and looked at his face.
So solemn, he would kneel down as soon as he lifted up his ocher yellow robe.
There is a huge difference between His Highness's status and Yuan Feng's and others' status. The prince is so approachable, how could these hot-blooded men not be moved by him? On the spot, three people and six hands stretched out to help His Highness.
The Third Highness also had some training and had considerable arm strength, but the three of them couldn't hold him, so the three of them had to kneel down relative to each other. The four of them looked at each other, their eyes were moist, and they drank the four glasses of blood wine in one go. The man had great ambitions.
, all within a small space.
After drinking the blood wine, he became his brother. His Royal Highness brought a topographic map of the capital city and personally introduced the arrangements for the day of trouble to the three of them. They didn’t know what to do if they didn’t listen. They were shocked when they heard that the arrangements made by the Third Highness were so thorough.
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After coming out of Mu Ying's house, Yuan Feng and Li Mingying walked side by side, speechless to each other. After a long time, Li Mingying said: "Brother, do you really have to do this?"
"We have to do this, there is no other choice." Yuan Bao said expressionlessly.
"But many people will die."
"Even if we don't do it, many people will die."
Li Mingying was silent, then suddenly grabbed the horse's belly and ran forward.
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After seeing off the guests, Mu Ying returned to the flower hall where she had been drinking. The four wine glasses were still on the table. The blood wine at the bottom of the glasses was vaguely clear. Mu Ying picked up the wine glasses and played with them, her heartbeat rising and falling.
Do I really want to do this? A voice sounded in my heart, many people will die if I do this, and I will feel sorry for many people.
You must do this! This is your bounden duty! Another voice sounded again, and with a "pop" sound, the wine glass shattered in her hand. Mu Ying raised her head, with determination in her eyes.
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