My historian is dying every day

People who have suffered under Shen Youfang's plain smiling face can go around Xuzhou City twice and a half times.

I won't mention anything further on, just say that in Xuzhou City last year, the "iron master" Zhao Tannan who was dismounted by him, had sold silk and embroidery for generations in his family, and he was really "honest" when he started a business. It is called "Zhao Chen" together with the Shen Mansion, and the ranking is still ahead of the Shen Mansion.But I don't know what kind of wind evil was caught at that time, so I invested 300 million taels of snowflakes and silver to fry grain and grass. However, the weather in Nanyu was not smooth and the price of grain and grass was high. The old rice in ten warehouses could not be sold, and I was so angry that I almost vomited blood.

It was at the beginning of this year that Shen Youfang found someone to connect with Zhao Tannan. He felt sad for Zhao, so he said that it would be better to sell it to himself at a discount to relieve Zhao's danger. He has weaving craftsmen under his command, so maybe he can use rice for work.Zhao Tannan was overjoyed when he heard the words, and was almost thankful, so he folded up dozens of warehouses of grain and grass and gave them to Shen Youfang to sell them, but he heard that there was a severe drought in the northwest, and the imperial court urgently collected grain and grass. Those who sell rice are higher.Zhao Tannan can be regarded as remorseful, but it is impossible to destroy the order at this time.

At this time, Zhao Tannan came back and found the person who had lied to him to go to Nanyu to buy food, but found that the person was an old friend of the Shen family!On the spot, the breath was choked in the heart, and he passed away, and later his body was useless, and the children and grandchildren who had nothing to do made a fuss and wanted to separate the family, so that a Zhao family was born, but it disappeared like this.

Shen Youfang is thick-skinned, peeled off the candy wrapper and saw the candy, how could he not eat it?Not only did he insist on denying the old debt, but he also took over the Zhao family's properties one by one, which made the Shen family's assets grow stronger.Up to now, there is no "Zhao Chen" in this city of Xuzhou.

Qi Yu never thought that such a person would be easy to get along with, but he didn't expect that Shen Youfang was so good at dancing with his sleeves that he could even find out the route of his incarnation Liu Bingrong's southern tour.However, if he didn't have such means, how could he have such a prominent family at such a young age?

At this moment, he looked down at Shen Youfang, thinking about it, but it was no longer Shen Youfang's ability to see and see, and he just said: "The matter of the official's southern patrol to control the water, I passed through Xuzhou, and I asked Mr. Shen to talk about it. As the richest man in the Northland, he should understand what is going on. I don't want to go around in circles any more, I just want to ask Mr. Shen if he is willing or not?"

Standing in front of Qi Yu, Shen Youfang smiled harmlessly: "Your Excellency, the court recruited, and the imperial envoy interrogated, how can you allow the grassroots to refuse?"

Gong Zhiyuan held the pancake, looked at Shen Youfang with a bitter face, feeling that he was going to be finished.

——You are so courageous, this is just changing the way to say that the court robbed you.

This remark really amused Qi Yu, but he heard him say: "Mr. Shen's words are wrong. In the past two years, the governor of the river channel has talked with Mr. Shen about water control in detail, but he has never seen Shen's family transporting a piece of water to Huainan. A bag of sand. Thinking about the money that Young Master Shen doesn’t want to give, even if the knife is on his neck, he can’t get it out of his pocket no matter what. Now aside from the court’s conscript and my official invitation, I just want to ask, what does Mr. Shen think about the current flood control? Are you interested in Xin Ce?"

--interested?

Wen Yanzhi, who was sitting next to him, took a bite of the pancake and raised his head: Although Shen Youfang has a rich family, he is also a businessman, how could he be interested in water conservancy methods?Repairing dams, etc., is a loss-making business.

The smile on Shen Youfang's face didn't move, but there was some searching in the corners of his eyes: "The caomin didn't understand what the minister said. Whether you are interested or not, the court really wants money, so why do the caomin refuse?"

Qi Yu lowered his head and took a sip of tea, calmly said: "Since Mr. Shen is not interested, why are you looking for someone to draw the blueprint of the harbor at this stall?"

A bright light flashed in Shen Youfang's eyes. He was calm at the moment, but his eyebrows were raised slightly: "Master Minister...where did you hear that?"

The old god Qi Yu smiled on the ground, "From what I heard from the inquiring office, I am working for the court, and I will do my best."

Wen Yanzhi was familiar with the volumes of the Ministry of Industry, and when he heard Qi Yu click on the word "harbour", his heart suddenly opened up, and he suddenly figured out a little bit of the current situation, but he was still very confused.He looked at Qi Yu ignorantly, and said to himself that these complicated matters are in the rivers and lakes, how on earth can the emperor figure out the thread?

Which line is it again?That is to first control the water, then control the water transportation, and then control the Haihe River.

Qi Yu knew in his heart that what interests businessmen is nothing more than profit, but repairing the embankment alone is not profitable at all, and it is a bottomless pit. The root of scatter - direct teaching people to spend money, no benefit to others, why should people help you?Besides, Tan Qingnian, the governor of the river channel, has a single-minded brain, and Zhang Shangshu's stubbornness is as strong as gold. Once there is water, he wants to change the road, and even orders people to rush to repair and dig it. Losing a piece of the north-south water transport would kill the Shen family.Xuzhou is the largest port of entry in the north, and it is also connected to inland rivers. Although Shen's family has enjoyed the blessing of iron ore and coal mines in recent years, the business of Shen's family has been transporting sea goods by water. Slashed the Shen residence with a nail?

It was normal for Shen Youfang not to take out the money, not to mention that it was considered a dignified character to throw Tan Qingnian out without shame on the spot.

But now, the new water control strategy is different. If it is implemented, not only will it not harm the water transportation, but it will also build high dams and dig trenches to prevent the flooding of Huainan from flooding, which is tantamount to strengthening the safety of the surrounding water transportation.

This is simply a great gift to the Shen family, and it is estimated that Shen Youfang can wake up laughing on the bed in the middle of the night.It's no wonder why when he heard that the imperial envoys had brought the new law to the south to control the water, he hurriedly found craftsmen to expand the seaport - the water transport was stable, more goods were shipped, more goods were purchased, and more goods were shipped. Whoever doesn't build the port is a fool.If you want to repair it, you have to repair it quickly, and take advantage of this opportunity to seize the opportunity. It is best to put it into use as soon as the flood control is completed.Even if you don't use it yourself, you can rent it out for cash.

Qi Yu looked at Shen Youfang with a smile, and motioned him to look at Wen Yanzhi who was beside him: "The Shen family's plan to generate wealth is all thanks to the court's promotion of a member of the Ministry of Industry, Wai Lang, who proposed a method of water control. Doesn't Mr. Shen want to show it?"

Shen Youfang knew that his wishful thinking had been missed in front of Qi Yu, so he didn't panic, he just said: "I didn't expect Mr. Shi Lang to be in the western border, and he just joined the military department, and he is so clear about the water transportation of the Haihe River. The grass people really admire it."

Qi Yu didn't expect Liu Bingrong's status as the Minister of the Ministry of War to help him deceive people like Shen Youfang, so he already had doubts in Shen Youfang's words, so he said by the way: "Why do I know so much, this is all gentlemen. Outside of the staff, it is due to working with Director Gong."

Wen Yan choked on a mouthful of bean juice and coughed dryly.

Gong Zhiyuan is a clever person, and he often comes into contact with the water transportation list of the Ministry of Households. Hearing Qi Yu and Shen Youfang's few words at this time, they already knew five points of the truth.

——It has nothing to do with me, could it be that Liu Shilang talked with Brother Wen by candlelight last night?

——Hey, brother Wen is really amazing, Liu Shilang is really amazing!Compared with Liu Shilang and Brother Wen, I, Gong Zhiyuan, really don't eat the imperial salary!

Shen Youfang glanced at the two people sitting next to Qi Yu, paused slightly on Wen Yan's hand holding the bean juice bowl, and then glanced at a sesame seed at the corner of Gong Zhiyuan's mouth, his face was full of "I don't believe it", but what he said But it was: "I'm looking forward to brighten the world, wise emperors and ministers, the minister's servants are full of talents, and the grassroots have learned."

Speaking of this, he changed the subject, "But the grass people are bold, and want to ask the servant minister to go to the boat with the grass people to see Xuzhou City, and then talk about other things. The servant minister only knows that the grass people want to get rich, but he doesn't know what the grass people want to make a fortune. Since The minister has already seen through the will of the grass people, and the grass people no longer beat around the bush. It is true that the grass people want to connect the north-south water transport and open the river ports. However, the grass people's move is also a move to help the sea merchants and strengthen the national treasury. The imperial court has been respected by the grass people , shouldn’t we help the grassroots?”

"Why do you want me to take a cruise to see Xuzhou? What kind of help do you want?" Qi Yu's eyes were filled with a smile, and he didn't blame Shen Youfang for his informality.

Shen Youfang fixed his eyes, looked directly at Qi Yu, and put the folding fan behind his back: "My lord has seen it, and he will understand."

After breakfast, Qi Yu followed Shen Youfang's wish to patrol the city, led Wen Yanzhi and the other three, and went to the bank of Zhangyang River to board a boat.

Wen Yanzhi is a lover of boats. In the early years, there were many paintings in his family's collection of cruise ships and painting boats of past dynasties. His father, the diplomatic relations of various countries, found many models and rare books for him. Later, he bought the small courtyard in Tanglang Hutong and was taken by him. Most of them were sold, and I feel so lucky to be able to witness the creation of Xuzhou, the capital of boats, with my own eyes.

"Boaters are cruise ships, covering the rippling water surface and feasting; painters are carvings and paintings, which are different because of their exquisiteness." This is what he wrote three years ago when he compiled the "Boat and Boat Mirror" of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. At this time, it is no exaggeration to say that Shen Youfang's painting boat.

The painting boat that Shen Youfang chose was not too big, only about ten meters long, but it was superior in its exquisiteness.Auspicious clouds are engraved on the four axes of the body of the boat, full of flower windows, and the arc from bow to stern is beyond reproach, all of which have a sense of beauty of clouds and mist.

Qi Yu got on the boat, but saw that Wen Yanzhi was still squatting below, reluctant to leave, his eyes were very focused on observing the tail of the painting boat, and he even used the distance between his thumb and index finger to compare the fishtail pattern carved on the stern, he also laughed: "Wen Yan So, come up and have a look."

Only then was Wen Yanzhi brought back to his senses, he quickly withdrew his hands and got up, his face flushed: "Here we come."

Shen Youfang stood behind and looked over with a smile, and said with a smile, "Mr. Wen must also be a boat lover."

"Don't dare, it's just a little good." Wen Yanzhi clasped his hands together and finally boarded the boat, "Mr. Shen is also rare in the world to get Mr. Pei Chong's blueprint of a boat, so I only read it a few more times. Eyes, the structure and measurement of the ship's side are indeed exquisite."

Shen Youfang's eyes lit up, and he said with a loud smile: "Mr. Wen has good eyesight. Cao Min's boat claims to be made by Mr. Pei Chong. It should be very eye-catching. In the end, the grassroots felt that the money was well spent."

——I didn't expect that the idiot still likes boats, and everyone knows how to build boats.

Qi Yu looked at Wen Yanzhi's eyes that were almost shining, and was a little surprised. At this moment, he seemed to realize that although the two of them get along day and night, there are actually many things that they don't know each other.This inevitably made his heart a little complicated. Looking at the conversation between Shen Youfang and Wen Yanzhi, there were many meanings of meeting old friends in other places. He didn't know what was going on in his heart, so he interrupted Shen Youfang lightly: "Mr. Shen, when will you start?" You? This officer is waiting for Mr. Shen to elaborate on how to make money."

Only then did Shen Youfang grab the embroidered fan and slap his forehead, "I forgot the business, so I ordered the oars to be set up."

Li Gengnian who was behind Qi Yu heard the words, in order to ensure that the trip was safe, he stood at the bow of the boat with Shen Youfang and looked at the oars.But seeing the boatman untie the rope and let go of the boat, the wooden paddle supports the river bank, and the boat sails smoothly into the river.

Shen Youfang drove out of the boat, leaned on the railing next to Li Gengnian, looked at Li Gengnian with a smile, and did not speak.

After looking at it for a long time, Li Gengnian looked at both sides of the strait for a while, feeling a little uncomfortable being watched by him, and felt that it was awkward to stand like this with Shen Youfang, so he cheered up and said, "Hahaha, where is Mr. Shen's face? ? It must be very big, haha..."

Hearing what he said, Shen Youfang couldn't help raising his brows, and his gaze deepened.Just when Li Gengnian was about to say whether it was rude to ask such a question, Shen Youfang stood up slightly and faced outboard, held up the folding fan with his long fingers and swept across the entire right bank, said indifferently: "Over there." Then he swept to the left bank, "There is still Over there, it's all."

--All?yes?

Li Gengnian opened his mouth wide: "The door faces on both sides of the river are all owned by Mr. Shen? This, this, this, how many must there be!"

Shen Youfang smiled and nodded, "Well, the side where you ate pancakes just now is also there. It's about 160 seven places."

Li Gengnian took a step back, what are "Yomo", "Just", "160 Seven Places", and "Bar"?It’s true that people can scare people better than people. Thinking about my Li Gengnian’s loyalty to Da Nei for more than ten years, the salary I got may not be enough to buy one of them, but Mr. Shen owns the best shop in the middle of Xuzhou City.

——Yes, yes, money!

At this time, Shen Youfang said quietly: "Li Shiwei has heard of the folk customs of Xuzhou?"

Li Gengnian turned around: "Huh? What folklore?"

Shen Youfang smiled slightly, and looked at his bright eyes: "There are a lot of local merchants gathered, and it is extremely unruly to ask each other about their wealth. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Li Gengnian leaned forward slightly.

Shen Youfang also leaned forward slightly, moved closer to the face staring at him, and smiled harmlessly: "Unless it's a marriage proposal."

--Propose marriage!yes!

——If only I had a sister!

Li Gengnian sighed, feeling very emotional: "Li is being abrupt, I hope Mr. Shen doesn't mind. If Li was not alone since childhood and has no sisters in his family, otherwise it would be nice to talk about marriage with Mr. Shen."

——To be honest, Mr. Shen is good-looking and rich. Although his mouth is a little broken and he deserves a little beating, but...it's okay.

——If there is a sister who can marry him, I will be the eldest brother of the richest man in the Northland!

——No more fantasizing about my beautiful concubine!There will be all of them at that time!

Shen Youfang looked at Li Gengnian with a smile. Li Gengnian's expression was indescribably happy when he fell into a fugue, and he even laughed twice. Such a simple person suddenly made him feel relaxed.

Even... a little throbbing.

He lowered his eyes and coughed lightly, "Ms. Shen first go to discuss the river channel with Liu Shilang, and if there is a chance in the future, I will invite Li Shiwei to tour the shops."

Li Gengnian woke up, and hurriedly said: "Okay, Mr. Shen, go quickly." Then he looked at Shen Youfang's back, and then sighed.

——So energetic, the more you look, the more you look like my brother-in-law, tsk tsk tsk.

——But there are no sisters, and my heart is full.

When Shen Youfang turned into the cabin, Wen Yanzhi was sitting at the table, drawing the boat on the flower paper with soft charcoal.Gong Zhiyuan sat on the side and propped his cheeks to watch, while Qi Yu also sat on the other side, watching seriously.

Shen Youfang only felt that his eyes were dazzled, but he felt that there was a hint of doting in Qi Yu's eyes looking at Wen Yanzhi, just like the eyes of his sister Shen Mingzhu when she raised the little white rabbit.

"Liu... the servant," he interrupted the happy scene in front of him, "Let's go up to the deck with Caomin and look at the river."

Hearing this, Qi Yu raised his head and glanced at Shen Youfang, stood up and walked out, although he was still smiling, the dissatisfaction in his eyes was quite obvious.Shen Youfang held back his smile, and when Qi Yu came to him, he cupped his fists and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Liu Shilang, if Yuan Wai really likes this shipbuilding, and there are two treasured blueprints in Caomin's house, I will give it to Yuan Wai. Vice is."

Qi Yu walked to the deck with him at this time, and raised his eyebrows and smiled after hearing this: "What about the other one?"

——You still want to ask for two pictures together? !

Shen Youfang smiled reluctantly: "If Member Wen really likes it, then it's okay to take it together."

Qi Yu nodded, and immediately followed suit: "Young Master Shen is so magnanimous, how can you call Yuanwai Wen ashamed. Here, I will thank Young Master Shen for Yuanwai first."

Shen Youfang's heart was bleeding, "It's easy to say, easy to say... Liu Shilang, please."

In fact, Shen Youfang's way of making money coincides with Qi Yu's way of making money.What Shen Youfang wanted to show Qi Yu was what it would be like once the river channel of Xuzhou City was opened and the harbor was opened—products from various countries, rare treasures from overseas, flowed down the river, and reached the inner border.The wine shop and song workshop, full of laughter and laughter, were born and arose because of water.He even pointed out to Qi Yu in detail which port would be built into a harbor, how to arrange the river bottom, and how to build tall buildings on the bank.

What Shen Youfang wanted was the court's approval, the court's downward policy to encourage trade.

He talked a lot, but Qi Yu just listened silently with his head propped up, asking a few questions from time to time, but in the end, he lowered his eyes and thought a lot, and didn't say anything.

Shen Youfang said a few words to Qi Yu in the dim sum shop, and knew that Qi Yu's identity was by no means just a servant. Qi Yu should be a prince of the royal family, but now that he saw such a demeanor of attentively listening to advice, his guess became clearer and clearer. Be careful with your words.

When it was time for lunch, the boat had slipped out of Xuzhou City, and everyone followed Shen Youfang's suggestion to go to the fishing village in Qiushui County to eat fish.

After eating pancakes in the morning, Wen Yanzhi always felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach. One was that he had been too tired to overcome the greasy food recently, and the other was that he was a little nauseous due to dizziness on the boat.I thought to myself, as expected, loving a boat and taking a boat are two different things. Fortunately, I sneaked into Beijing to catch the exam and missed my uncle's sea trip, otherwise I don't know what it would have been like.

As soon as the boat landed in Qiushui County, Qi Yu also noticed that Wen Yanzhi's expression was not right, but the imperial physician and his party were still in the Xuzhou mansion, and they couldn't see each other at this time, so Shen Youfang led them to Yuzhuang first.

Wen Yanzhi cared about the gentleman and Fengyi, and refused to take a bucket outside to make a living, so he hurriedly went to the latrine to vomit.Qi Yu went up to accompany him, but when Shen Youfang asked him to order food, in a flash, Wen Yanzhi had already lifted the curtain to go to the backyard, so he could only give up with a sigh.

However, left and right ordered food, and after a while, Wen Yanzhi did not come back.Qi Yu's heart started beating, and he was about to get up with a serious face.

Just at this time, Gong Zhiyuan was also a little worried: "I'll go see how Brother Wen is doing, why hasn't he come out for so long, I'm so anxious."

Only then did Qi Yu stop when he was about to get up, and said, "Alright, Mr. Gong, hurry up and have a look."

Gong Zhiyuan hurriedly responded.

After a while, Gong Zhiyuan ran back with a panicked expression, and shouted, "Liu Shilang, it's not good, brother Wen is gone!"