Chapter 160 A desperate move
“This big house in Danyang is for sale!” Mr. Zhu patted the armrest of his chair, “There are also some shops, all sold! Second brother, do the math, how much money can we get?”
"Father, there is no need to calculate this. All our family's property in Danyang combined can be sold at most one hundred thousand taels. This is still before, this period Time, I'm afraid I can't even sell it at this price. Look at how many big houses have become empty in the past two days! If the court takes it back, it will definitely be sold to replenish the national treasury. No one can afford such a house. How many people, at this juncture, even the powerful ones, are eager to buy these houses bought by the imperial court to please the Queen Mother?" Zhu Cheng, the second child, said somewhat helplessly.
"No matter how much we can sell, hang it out first!" Mr. Zhu thought for a moment and said: "Our family has good Feng Shui. Look, when the Queen Mother came to power earlier, although we lost some money, we saved the day. The whole family is safe and sound. This time, our family got through the Danyang Incident in peace, and your eldest brother Wan Li passed away safely. When he returns, he will be reused again. What does this mean? It means that our house is blessed by the gods! Maybe someone will see this and be willing to pay a lot of money to buy it."
Zhu Chi said in surprise: " Father, if these rumors are released, the Queen Mother will definitely know about it, and I am afraid it will make the Queen Mother unhappy.”
Mr. Zhu pondered for a long time: "It's all for national affairs. My Zhu family destroyed our family to serve the country. The queen mother should not say anything. In addition, the second brother, sell all the remaining properties we have in Gusu, and the remaining ones The land, shops, and workshops are probably worth hundreds of thousands of taels!”
“Father!” The Zhu brothers were all shocked: “Some of the things left in my hometown in Gusu are ancestral property, and some are old ladies’. The dowry and the sacrificial fields for the ancestral hall cannot be sold!"
"Your eldest brother went to that bitter cold place outside the pass with the intention of dying thousands of miles away. It would not be easy for the Zhu family! Having gained a glimmer of hope for re-emergence, it depends on whether you can survive from death and come back to life." Mr. Zhu said angrily, "You still don't understand that without the corresponding power? How can we keep the property? These properties in Suzhou have been made trouble for many times in the past two years. Why not take this opportunity to sell them all? With the Queen Mother watching from behind, I want to see who wants to take advantage of them. !”
Zhu Chi knelt down in front of Mr. Zhu with a cry, and said loudly with tears: “Father, my son swears that he will go through fire and water to revive his family’s reputation. These ancestral properties sold today will be used tomorrow. My son will definitely buy them all back."
"Okay, okay!" Mr. Zhu laughed and said, "Four years ago, I spent 90% of my family wealth to buy a safe house. Today, I spend the last 10% of it. All the family wealth has been dispersed to buy a chance for my Zhu family to rise again. No regrets, no regrets!”
"Second brother, go do it!" Mr. Zhu waved his hand: "I still have something to say with your elder brother!"
Zhu Cheng stood up, wiped away tears and strode away.
"Your second brother doesn't have much ability or wisdom. In fact, it's my fault. I haven't trained him well since he was a child!" Mr. Zhu said with a smile: "But this is also the practice of my Zhu family. Once the heir is If you choose, the others can only serve as foils, and you have never failed to live up to my expectations.”
“My second brother has been working hard to support the family business at home these years!” Zhu Chi whispered: "In the future, I will have to rely on my second brother to run the business here. I'm afraid I will have to be stationed outside the customs more in the future!"
"The Maritime Silk Road sounds really good, but it really needs to be implemented. , but it’s also very difficult!” Old Master Zhu sighed: “For us, it’s a matter of survival. Over there, the Anxi Protectorate promised to deal with Xuanwu Cai Ming, right? If Xuanwu is blocked, this Silk Road , it’s a castle in the air.”
"Yes!" Zhu Chi said: "What Lin Shilang means is that we not only want to do business with the Anxi Protectorate, but also cannot cut off contact with Anton. If this road is really open, I'm afraid that there What they want is not only silk, porcelain and tea, but also a large amount of strategic materials. "
"This is what the Queen Mother and the others want!" Old Mrs. Zhu said: "This is also a gamble I dare to make. The reason for this is that the demand for various strategic materials outside the customs is huge, but they themselves are extremely short of it. They used to rely on the Qin State to transport them, but in the past two years, the Qin State has been unable to take care of itself. We are on guard against Linghu Ye, but we are vigorously preventing such materials from passing through. Therefore, once the Maritime Silk Road is opened, no matter how expensive these materials are, there will be no need for buyers! Does the Yuan people really need to go through the border? There is no port on the Yuan people's side of this road on the sea!"
"The Queen Mother hopes that the Qin people will be more chaotic!" Zhu Chi said: "Be it Anton or Anxi, they are strong! Some of them are good for containing Da Qin and Bei Yuan.”
“This is exactly the reason. I have to say that although the Queen Mother is young, her strategic vision is really admirable!” Mr. Zhu! Said: "In the past two years, Da Chu has been in a state of resurgence, and it is all thanks to her."
"After this Danyang purge, no one in Da Chu can shake the authority of the Queen Mother. ! "Zhu Chidao.
Mr. Zhu nodded and said: "The remaining friendship between the old Prime Minister and General Xiang will be exhausted this time. Many of their children are involved, but now it seems that the Queen Mother has not caught them. "Father, there is one more thing I want to ask you!"
"Yes!" About the Demon Cult!"
"Why did you mention them suddenly?" Mr. Zhu frowned.
"I met a warrior who knew Phoenix Lihuo outside the pass, and this person has an extraordinary relationship with the Anxi Protectorate we are going to cooperate with this time."
"Unlikely, right? Demon Cult The strength in the north was almost completely lost with the defeat of He Qingqiu decades ago. How could it appear outside the pass further north?" At this point, Mr. Zhu suddenly paused: "Is it possible that He Qingqiu still had a descendant? Keep your hands? This is unlikely! You read that right?”
“Father, you also know that the Phoenix Lihuo skill is unforgettable!” "The housekeeper of the Tai'an City Lord's Mansion punished a guy who violated the city's rules. The guy had good cultivation, but in the end he was burned into a pile of ashes by Fenghuang Lihuo. Outsiders don't know Fenghuang Lihuo, but I am in Tianluo's I have seen detailed descriptions of this kind of martial arts in the files, so I will never be mistaken.”
“He Qingqiu practiced Phoenix Lihuo back then!” Mr. Zhu murmured: “Before she died. That vigorous battle shocked the world, and Great Qin's vitality was severely damaged! Three innates, one and a half of Kou Zhong, who had already stepped into the realm of the gods, were killed and one was seriously injured. It was not until that day that everyone realized that He Qingqiu. She turned out to be a saint from the Demon Cult. "
"After cultivating to that point, can you no longer be able to tell if Phoenix Lihuo is alive?"
"Don't say that He Qingqiu has reached the level of Immortal Movement, even if he has reached Xiantian, as long as he wants to hide it, you will no longer be able to judge the skills he practices!" Old Master Zhu sighed. "He Qingqiu exposed his traces and found some legitimate excuses for Da Qin to wipe out the prince's family. Da Chu was also extremely shocked at the time. For this reason, he also launched a large-scale purge of the demon sect in the country. Because the demon sect The one with the deepest penetration of the religion is not the State of Qin, but our great Chu state!”
“No wonder Minister Lin repeatedly warned us to check carefully this Li Kaixin, as well as the city lord of Tai’an City, Anxi! The relationship between the Deputy Protector of the Protectorate, Li Dachui, and the others suddenly dawned on Zhu Chi: "I think Minister Lin was also worried that they might be colluding with the Demon Cult and causing trouble. Speaking of which, when I came back this time, I heard that the Five Dou Rice Sect was causing trouble again. They actually occupied more than a dozen counties in one fell swoop?”
“Lin Yunqi went there in person, those people can’t do anything!” Mr. Zhu said disdainfully: “Tens of thousands of people were killed, including those led by the Five Pecks of Rice Sect. A dozen bandits were captured alive by Lin Yunqi, and they were killed with a knife at Caishikou. The Queen Mother has always had only one word for these people, kill!"
"Our Queen Mother is so murderous. It's serious!" Zhu Chi shook his head slightly: "If you think about it carefully, the number of people who died since she came to power is really counted in units of one hundred thousand."
"If she is a soft-hearted person, Can she achieve what she has today?" Mr. Zhu said with a smile: "When she first married into the royal family, she was timid and shy about meeting people. It is a huge difference from now. But this is a big difference to me. It’s a good thing. If we only look at Da Qin, troubled times will come. Having a hero is our blessing.”
In the deep palace, Jiang Qian listened to Lin Yunqi's report and couldn't help laughing.
"Can the Zhu family really publicize that their house has good feng shui and can turn bad things into good fortune?"
Lin Yunti nodded and said: "Queen Mother, do you want to reprimand me? This is the end of the war." I take your grace for granted!”
“No, no, no!” Jiang Qian shook his head and said, “Isn’t this behavior all for national affairs? Yes, Minister Lin, you might as well give them a helping hand and say that I am ready to reuse these Zhu brothers. Even Mr. Zhu is ready to invite them to the court as officials again."
"If this happens, I'm afraid they will. That house for sale is really worth a hundred times more!”
"It's great if someone buys it! The money will be used to allow Zhu Chi to open up this Maritime Silk Road. The one who will benefit is Da Chu, right?" Jiang Qian said: "We can not only make money, but also contribute to the Qin State and the State of Qin. Wouldn't it be nice to cause some trouble to Bei Yuan? Ling Huye is obsessed with entering the border, and Xiao Changche is eager to go north to the Yuan Kingdom. Let's give them some firewood, hahaha! Wonderful, wonderful!”
“I’ll do it now, but do you really want to invite the old man from the Zhu family to rejoin the court as an official?”
“During this period, Mr. They have killed too many people. There are a few more old men with white beards in the court, which makes people feel more at ease. Come on! Let others see that as long as you serve the imperial court, the imperial court will always reward you.”
(End of this chapter)