Chapter 3 Planning

The heavy rain was like a rush, the water in the dragon head channel was churning, and the waves were like anger.

Several figures stood in the rain, erect like a row of javelins.

On both sides of the long stone steps behind me, the monumental city towered.

Amid the lightning and thunder, a plaque about twelve feet high appeared in the city gate, with ink black writing: Emperor's map and Tiance.

A tall figure stood quietly in the rain.He was about fifty years old, and his long beard under his chin was as dark as ink, without any complexion. His expression was faint, but he gave people a feeling of perseverance.

A dark green sword hung around his waist, and the rain fell on his black leather armor, splashing, forming a hazy mist.

Behind him were several young men, one of whom was twenty-three or four years old, with elegant eyebrows and eyes. Although he was soaked by the heavy rain, he showed a chic and outspoken temperament.

A fast horse arrived in the rain, and was still more than a hundred steps away from the city. The rider immediately jumped down, rushed over, holding a scroll of silk book in both hands.

The middle-aged man reached out to pick up the silk book, read it slowly for a moment, and then closed it.Young degree.

The young man behind came over.Duke Wei.

You've been in the mansion for ten years, right?

Ten years and two months.

It's been so long.

The middle-aged man sighed: You have known everything you have hidden in the mansion.You can leave now.

The young man responded calmly: Yes.

Duke Wei put away the silk book, gently stroked the soft armor on the back of his arm with one hand, and said lightly: Jiankang's message.Some people can't wait.

The young man's eyes are like cold stars, flashing slightly in the rain. If you go on this journey, you will not fall into the reputation of my imperial map and Tiance.

Duke Wei took off his sword on his waist and raised his voice: Xie Youdu, the State of Jin, receive the sword!

Xie Youdu bent his knees, raised his head and raised his hands flat.

The sword is three feet long, with a sheath wrapped in a blue-black shark skin, and the vermilion-red tassels on the head of the sword, which looks like a leaping flame in the rain.The blood around the young man seemed to be ignited, and his eyes became brighter.

The imperial map is the celestial celestial elixir, the spiritual feathers are flying.

Duke Wei held the sword and said: This sword is called Kaiyang. Can Youdu know the reason?

Xie Youdu said in a deep voice: The handle of the Dou is pointed to the north, and the whole world is winter.

The long sword fell into his hands, and his hands sank slightly.

Duke Wei said lightly: Go south with your sword, you don’t have to return north.

Xie Youdu raised his sword and stood up, bowed deeply to Duke Wei, and turned around and stepped into the rain curtain.

After a long time, a long roar came from outside the dragon's canal, as if a long dragon roared straight into the sky.

Jindu, Jiankang.Hengtang on the Qinhuai River.

Cheng Zongyang rushed to the land he had just bought by Hengtang early in the morning, which was called to observe the acquisition progress, but in fact it was to observe the Shengyin Weaving Floor next to him.For safety, I also pulled Yuncang Peak up.

Most of the victims had signed a contract yesterday and received the money, and there was still a small part left. They will continue to be distributed now.

Although the price of 100 coins is much lower than usual, the houses were burned to a white ground in addition to the fire, and they could get compensation of 100,000 yuan. Many people are grateful for Cheng's righteous deeds.

Several officials from the government checked in the ruins, Yun Cangfeng went over to talk a few times, and then introduced to Cheng Zongyang: This is Chu Hengchu, who is in charge of the criminal case in Jiankang.

The Chu was about forty years old, with a square face and big ears, bright eyes and looked very capable.

After a few polite words between the two sides, Cheng Zongyang asked: Are these catchers Chu is engaged in?

Chu Heng nodded.I heard what I was talking about yesterday. I suspected that someone was setting fire above and I was here to check it out.

Cheng Zongyang really wanted to report on the spot that the boss of Shengyin Weaving Floor was an arsonist, and in the end he suppressed this unwise idea.It turned out to be arson?Has Chu found a clue?

Chu Heng smiled bitterly: There was a heavy rain last night, and no trace was found, but I was ordered to check it out on a routine basis.

As he said that, Young Master Cheng donated money generously, and more than a thousand people live on this, with immeasurable merits.

Where do I have any merits?

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: In the future, if the guild here is completed, Chu will take care of it more.

Chu Hengxun thanked him a few words and said goodbye and left.

Yun Cangfeng said: Do you want to build a guild hall?

Cheng Zongyang pointed to the burning land in Linhe and said: I am going to build a building here.Each floor is two feet high, with a total of nine floors, with an area of ​​about one acre.The two floors below are halls, the third and fourth floors are set up as private rooms for guests to have banquets and entertainment; the sixth floor is set as an observation deck, with light on all sides and supported by large pillars, allowing large banquets to be held; the fifth and seventh floors are guest rooms for the kings and wealthy merchants from afar, and the eighth floor is the Treasure Pavilion, where the top treasures are placed.

Yun Cangfeng said: The 18-meter-high building is not built casually. The giant trees around Jiankang have been almost cut down. The large trees used for beams and pillars are transported from Zhaonan. It is not easy to build a building ten feet.If a tall building like this is built, it will cost no more than a thousand yuan per building.Besides, if you occasionally climb a building worth more than ten feet high, you can also enjoy your love and entertainment.Usually, I have to climb the treasure pavilion that is sixteen meters high when I see it, but I am afraid that I will not come by taking a sedan chair.

I've thought about this,

Cheng Zongyang said: No wood is needed.

Use stone?

Yun Cangfeng frowned. If stone is used, mining is even more difficult.If the stone is too long and easy to fold, it can only be built into small rooms; and if the stone is only used in temples and temples.If a building for banquets is built, it is afraid that the rules will be missed.

I don't use stones either.

Cheng Zongyang said: Brother Yun, your Yun family has a lime shop, right?

Yun Cangfeng looked at Cheng Zongyang for a while, then smiled and shook his head, sighing: I can't figure out Brother Cheng's methods.There is one lime shop under my name, so it is for your use.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: Thank you, brother.In addition, I also want some bamboo, so I'm sorry.

It's easy to say.

Yun Cangfeng agreed and waited for the high-rise building to be built, my brother must open his eyes and see what a building that does not use wood, stone, but only bamboo and lime looks like.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: Don’t worry, brother, there is one room on the seventh floor that belongs to Brother.When I bought white glass from Taixi, my brother sat in the room and watched the scenery by the river, and saw whether my building was built solidly.

Looking at the bluestone embankment of Qinhuai River, Cheng Zongyang's mind flew away, back to the moment a few months ago.

Cement: Mix lime and clay in a three to one ratio, add 40% water, put it in the kiln and cook it dry, and grind it.

Duan Qiang pointed to the page of the book and said: It's simple.Idiots can learn it.

Duan Qiang, I'm going to make cement.

There is no steel bar in this era, but there are dense bamboo forests.

I know that the tensile strength of the bamboo that has grown for more than four years is far greater than that of steel bars; I want to use lime, clay, sand and bamboo to build a building that transcends this era to realize your dream.

Cheng Zongyang pointed to the turbulent river channel: There will be a movable escalator in the building. I will build a giant water truck on the bank of the river, and use the power of the water flow to pull the escalator up, and at the same time send the water to a high place.At that time, a sky garden will be built on the roof, planting rare flowers and plants in the world.

Yun Cangfeng smiled and said: "You guy is so ambitious. Have you ever calculated how much it will cost?"

Although it is a little cheaper than brick and wood, it seems to be much less.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: But it's easy to deal with. A large gilded Buddha statue is placed on the roof, so that the passing ships can be seen more than ten miles away.

Yun Cangfeng said in surprise: I don’t know that my brother is a Buddhist believer and his heart towards Buddha is so pious.

Cheng Zongyang laughed and said: Wherever you are.I have seen many people who believe in Buddhism in Jiankang. There are dozens of Buddhist temples around Jiankang City. The monks in the temple are richer than those who are officials.It is not an exaggeration to build such a tall Linjiang Buddha and transform it into a fate with them, right?

Yun Cangfeng laughed with his palm, Brother Cheng is so scheming!However, if you want to raise money from Buddhist believers, you have to ask a few eminent monks to help you promote it.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: I have to spend some money to ask the monk. I have an idea. I wonder if Brother Yun is interested. If the face of that great Buddha is made of the appearance of the King of Linchuan, Is it considered too much if the King of Linchuan gave the King of Linchuan a 2,000 gold pound?

Yun Cangfeng was stunned and his expression moved slightly. Buddhism in Jin State was prosperous, and the King of Linchuan has always worshipped monks and worshipped Buddhas.

There are no certain rules for the Buddha statues in Jin State. Cheng Zongyang thought it was so wonderful that he would shape the Buddha into the appearance of the King of Linchuan. The Buddha of Linjiang responded to the title of King of Linchuan. How could the prince refuse?

Yun Cangfeng thought for a moment and immediately said: Two feet high, all over the body was gilded.Our Yun family paid five thousand gold coins for the prince.The seven treasures used in the Buddha statue are not to bother with me, Yun, and I.

Cheng Zongyang laughed and applauded: What do you think, brother?The volunteer took the bait, and I hung up an empty bait and caught my brother first.

Yun Cangfeng shook his head and smiled: I always thought that my sixth brother was smart enough, but I didn't expect that the younger brother would squeeze out oil from the stone with his methods.

Crushing oil in a stone is not a skill. The important thing is that everyone can make a profit and feel happy when doing business.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: I cooperated with Brother Yun and borrowed the light of the big tree of Yun, but the rewards from Yun were also rich enough--the night before yesterday was a fire in Hengtang, and I took the time to go to the palace for a walk. Brother Yun has already received the news, right?

Yun Cangfeng's face became solemn.I got the news last night.It turned out to be the work of the young man.

Cheng Zongyang ignored Xiao Yaoyi and refused to mention: Someone broke into the palace ban, but there was no search for the whole city. So far, he has not found the prime minister and the imperial guards to be held accountable. Instead, the news is blocked. Why does Brother Yun think it is so abnormal?

Let's take the exam again.

Yun Cangfeng said as he put away his smile and said solemnly: First, Your Majesty is no longer in charge of the officials; second, those who control Your Majesty have not yet been able to control the palace ban, at least they cannot mobilize the imperial guards; third, they are at the critical moment of planning major events and refuse to disturb the foreign court, because they have lost the big mistakes.

Cheng Zongyang nodded repeatedly and said: Brother Yun is right, this is the situation.

There is a traitor in the palace, but except for the old eunuch, there are only a few thirteen or four-year-old children, who are very strong, and I don’t know how they can use to control the inner palace.

Xiao Yaoyi made a fuss in the palace, and the inner palace gate was never opened.

Without getting the order, the imperial guards could only yell outside, and only the young lady rashly broke into the palace.

If those traitors want to close the news, Yun Danliu will be in danger...

Cheng Zongyang said: Please be careful, Miss, try to go to the inner palace as little as possible if you have nothing to do.

Yun Cangfeng pondered silently when he heard this.

Young Master.

Cheng Zongyang turned around and saw Qin Hui holding his fists and bowing.Although he went out to do business in the heavy rain last night, his clothes were neat and calm.

Where is the fourth brother?

Qin Hui smiled and said: Fortunately, I have not been humiliated.

Good thing!

Cheng Zongyang was overjoyed.As long as Qi Yuan is fine, he will not be afraid even if he fights Su Daji.

Yun Cangfeng also heard it, did Qi Yuan have whereabouts?

Cheng Zongyang went all worriedly and said with a smile: Most of the people sent by brother were lost.Lao Si followed the owner of Baihu Shopping Mall to Jiankang, and now he had already taken it to Huizhi.Where is it?I'll go see him now!

Qin Hui led the two to a remote courtyard. Qi Yuan changed into a new dress and was in good spirits. Seeing Cheng Zongyang coming in, he turned over and beat him up neatly, Master Cheng!

As he said that, the green and yellow face almost laughed into a flower.

And play this with me!

Cheng Zongyang hugged Qi Yuan's shoulder and shook it hard. As expected, he didn't suffer much.

I didn't eat the big bitterness, and I got a few strokes of the leather whip and stick.

Qi Yuan smiled and said: Fortunately, the wife still wanted the fourth brother to go to the southern desert to traffic in the neon dragon silk, but did not break the fourth brother's leg.

The two met here and were in great joy.After talking a few jokes, Cheng Zongyang pointed at Qi Yuan's calves and said: What is this?

Qi Yuan had a wound in his calf. Although he had bandaged it, he was still bleeding. Seeing Cheng Zongyang asking, he said: When he came out, he bumped into someone and accidentally got a knife.

Qin Hui said: The witch was not in the weaving workshop last night, and there were only a few guards. She took action when she came out, but fortunately she did not suffer a big loss.

I said, what is it that you bandaged on your wound?

sock.The weaving workshop was just made.

Qi Yuan took out a paper bag, which contained several brand new stockings. Cheng Touer, this was made according to your two pieces of clothing.

The translucent silk thing is light and soft, shiny, as thin as a cicada's wing and as light as cloud silk.

This is the first time that everyone has seen such a thin and transparent fabric.

Yun Cangfeng picked up one, was it really made of those algae silk?

The craftsmen in the weaving workshop refused to weave at first, saying that they had woven such fine silk items, but they were too unsolid and would tear them apart if they were too hard and could not be sold even if they made them.Later I took a thin silk and hung a knife for them to see.

They believed that the silk was half stretched and had not broken yet.

The craftsmanship of Jin State Weaving Floor is not backward, it is just a material limitation, so modern fabrics cannot be weaved.Now with these extremely flexible thin filaments, it is easy to weave into stockings.

Cheng Zongyang picked up the stockings and smiled: The witch should know that the fourth brother has escaped.Fourth, please stay here for a few days. I will first suffocate her appetite.

Yun Cangfeng smiled and said: It’s not convenient here, so why not stay here for a few days.

Very good!

Cheng Zongyang smiled.With the Yun family under his command, Qi Yuan was foolproof.

Qi Yuandao: Brother Yun, the fourth brother is going to disturb you.

Yun Cangfeng laughed and said: I can’t even invite you, what else can I say?

Meet it,

Cheng Zongyang said to Qin Hui: I wrote a letter to Mrs. Su, saying that I would go to Dongshan to hunt and it would take two or three days to come back.If the lady is not in a hurry, she will wait for me to come back and make a special trip to reminisce about the past.

Yun Cangfeng already knew that Su Daji was coming and said: Do you want a helper?

No, I think something will happen to Jiankang sooner or later.

Cheng Zongyang said: I’m afraid there will be a major change within one month.Brother Yun kept his hands first.

All those present were Cheng Zongyang's confidants, and Yun Cangfeng was not afraid of it. He said: Qingpu has been to the king of Linchuan, and the subordinates of King Linchuan should also arrive in Jiankang these days.Once the thief rebelled, he would raise the flag of righteousness and send troops to pacify him.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: Don’t look for me for such a big thing.Doing business and making money is serious.

Although Cheng Zongyang helped the Yun family a lot of help, he never agreed to cooperate with the King of Linchuan. Yun Cangfeng could only shake his head with a hilarious smile.

Qin Hui wrote a good letter and handed it to Cheng Zongyang for a look.

The word "联" is really good.

When he was used to standard printing, Cheng Zongyang was most troubled by reading notes, especially cursive script, which was simply not something that people could read.

But Qin Hui's handwriting is straight and vertical, with sparse and sparse handwriting, without any tricks. It is similar to the detailed style characters he had seen before, and it looks clear and clear at a glance.

Qin Hui explained: There are many fonts in the world, and it is often because of the misunderstanding of writing.Qin intended to use this font as a standard and correct the text, which can also be regarded as a way to promote the pros and cons.

Cheng Zongyang glanced at him suspiciously.Dry!You can't have the exquisite fonts made by you?

Well written.Send it to her.

Qin Hui was a little hesitant: When Mrs. Su received the letter, she would probably come to raise an army to question him immediately.Do you want your subordinates to set up a plan to capture her?

Qin Hui's words were more reliable than Xiao Zi's use of himself as poison bait. Cheng Zongyang was very moved, but he thought for a long time and finally gave up.

Don't use it for now.Let me talk about it when I come back, so as not to alarm the enemy.

The young master really wants to go out?

Of course it is true. If someone looks for it, I will say that I made an appointment with the little marquis to hunt and left before dawn this morning.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: This is called creating absent evidence.Remember, no matter what she said, don’t fight her. The witch insists on looking for me, so let her come to Dongshan!