Moth

Fighting a war is a matter of huge material and manpower consumption, and it is not a very awesome thing.There is a saying that "raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use them for a while." It seems that the decision of victory or defeat is only about one battle, but for this battle, it will take a long time to serve them like parents.

Among the four industries of scholars, agriculture, industry and commerce, scholars are related to the lifeline of a country, while business is purely related to money. Ten million taels is by no means a small amount. When Lu Hanzhang said that he could afford it, he really lost his elegant and bookish atmosphere, and lingered among merchants traveling from south to north every day.

The first decision he made was to suppress agriculture and support business.He lowered the commercial tax to half of the original one, forming a clear difference with the surrounding areas. This move injected three times the original commercial power into Huarong within one year.People who were obsessed with agriculture were forced to split into two parts, one part left their hometown, and the other part abandoned agriculture to go into business, so within a year, Huarong completely degenerated into a fourth- and fifth-tier commercial center in Jiangbei.

The commercial tax in Daqing is uniformly stipulated by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Huarong alone has lost half of it, and it will inevitably be revealed in the yamen account.The other half of the tax was paid by Lu Hanzhang from the gambling industry.

It was not for nothing that he planned to challenge the gambling industry to support it.Huarong is located in a remote place, and its products are scarce. It is pure nonsense to support a Donghai battalion relying on material transactions alone.But there is still one thing in the world, which is completely a cost-free transaction. It is different from agriculture relying on the sky. This thing does not depend on the world or the land, and there is no regional difference. It only needs people, that is——

Sensual dog and horse.

Within a year, with Lu Hanzhang's intentional or unintentional support and escort, Sihai Gambling Shop successfully expanded from a small restaurant in Huarong to a whole city - Sihai Gambling Market.The entire gambling market has expanded to an unprecedented level. There are more traveling merchants traveling from south to north, and a series of sideline businesses have arisen, such as wine and meat, silver shops, and brothels.

Right now, Huarong has completely become a huge sensuality field and a huge desire place. People who hang around the streets and alleys every day have various expressions on their faces, but none of them can do without the word ugly.All the unsightly ugliness that people can see is concentrated in the gambling market in the four seas. It is like bamboo charcoal, attracting lustful people from all corners of the world to spend a lot of money. It has witnessed how many nights of extreme poverty and overnight wealth.

It's just...behind Huarong's feasting and feasting, I don't know how many tears and bitterness of Liren are covered up.

Lu Hanzhang has never been a timid person, if so, he would hesitate occasionally.

He woke up one morning to take a shower, and was startled when he saw the appearance of the person in the bronze mirror—the hands of the person in the mirror might be used to holding the pen barrel and the account book, and he subconsciously bent to form a grip modeling.I don't know if it was something in his heart, but he felt that the man's clothes in the mirror were hanging lifelessly on the ground, without the elegant and dusty appearance of the past.The man's eyes were dark and lacklustre, as if he had seen too much of the drinking and meat entertainment in the market, the originally cool pupils were covered with a film of ignorance, and he lost all sense of humor. brilliance.

Later, he simply stopped looking at it, just like how many years ago he couldn't see his own gray hair. He found a black curtain and covered the mirror simply and rudely.It's just that occasionally when resting at night, the noises of crying, crying and laughing in the gambling market all over the world seem to be in his ears, and even his dreams are those people who have only met once on the street-he is now even down-to-earth. I can't even sleep soundly.

Xie Qingyun is a caring little padded jacket, he sees all this in his eyes.

Their boss didn't say anything, every day was the same as usual, when they could spare time, they would play with the naughty Xie Yitong.But he had seen Lu Hanzhang sitting alone in a quiet night a few times, a man who never drank alcohol would abnormally bring back a jar of wine from the winery, drink alone with the moon, and sit for a whole night.

His boss was originally a teahouse owner who didn't care about worldly affairs. He ate his fill and stayed in the dark every day. Because he pretended to be someone in his heart, he willingly walked out of his three-acre land and took the initiative to hold that person's hand.Later, Aiwujiwu helped him raise half of Jiangbei Camp.But the current situation is that his boss's sweetheart is charging forward, upright and upright, while his boss is hiding behind the scenes, with sins on his hands.His boss is not a cruel person, he is just a very ordinary person, how can he have no compassion when he sees people whose wives are separated and their families are ruined because of gambling addiction?

When Xie Qingyun was young, seeing Lu Hanzhang like this, she would definitely feel wronged for him.But he has been a shopkeeper for so many years, from a big teahouse shopkeeper to Haoshang shopkeeper, and now as the owner of Siwei Winery, he has learned what it means to be involuntary in the day-to-day entertainment.

I have done too many involuntary things, and when I ask myself, I can only ask for a clear heart.

He didn't say anything, and everything he said would only add to Lu Hanzhang's frustration.The housekeeper, who has always been loyal and honest, went to the temple to ask for a string of Buddhist beads, and put them on Lu Hanzhang's desk.Just like those mountains of walnuts many years ago, this housekeeper who has never left him has always been by Lu Hanzhang's side all year round with a protective attitude.

Lu Hanzhang smiled, he knew that Xie Qingyun would not be able to hide it.

Zhu Dianyi once accused him in front of his face that his act was a reckless act of disregarding human life, and it was not groundless.In the sensual arena, there are too many hypocrisy, and it is inevitable that there will be various lawsuits. In just one year, Huarong's yamen received no less than a thousand lawsuits, large and small. In the beautiful spring, everyone came out of the ground like little ghosts and wandered the streets and alleys of Huarong.

This directly led to Zheng Xuange, who had just brought old man Zhan back, back to Huarong. He didn't even catch his breath, and started to take over all kinds of ridiculous interest disputes and life lawsuits like a spin.

At the beginning of the spring of the second year, Lu Hanzhang took a one-time count of the income of the vassal, and then he was relieved, because this year's bizarre days passed, and he could at least support more than half of the Donghai camp.It is immoral to take advantage of the weakness of human nature to make huge profits, but this method has won a unique advantage for Lu Hanzhang-he has unknowingly manipulated almost half of Daqing's money flow, and also for the next step. Create enough momentum.

Lu Hanzhang's second step is to suppress the gambling industry and support the industry.The sensuality is like a dream, relying on it can only win a temporary benefit, and the vanity is like a bubble, which will not last long.

Maybe his conscience was suffering, and he was eager to get rid of this kind of condemnation, so he didn't consider the factor of "desperadoes in the gambling market" when he was considering countermeasures. Figure, to the Four Seas Gambling Market that was supported by him with one hand, came to a extinction-style dredging.

The so-called leak map is nothing else, it is the mechanism map of all the gambling tables in the four seas gambling market that are simple on the surface but actually have a different world inside.In the end, the Four Seas Gambling Market was smashed to pieces by a group of mobs, and the curtain ended hastily with a very bloody and violent ending.

Lu Hanzhang's disturbance in Huarong is not small, just stabbing anyone into the capital can kill him thousands of times.But he is still alive and kicking, because judging from the results, he can hardly make a mistake.The predicament of the Huarong feudal clan to demolish the east wall to make up for the west has long been a thing of the past. The money handed over to the Ministry of Households on time is a lot of money. The most important thing is that Lu Hanzhang used snowflakes and silver to pave the way all the way. Before making a small report to the officials who wear small shoes, they gagged their mouths with money.

For the gambling market all over the world, which exploded overnight and then disappeared overnight...

When the words "a bitch is ruthless, an actor is ruthless" suddenly came up, it made Lu Hanzhang's nose bleed so much.He thought about it carefully, and found that it was really the case. This kind of flirtatious behavior of leaving the yamen made him very speechless for a while, and he didn't notice that he was hanged on the way home when he was told to leave the yamen.

Several people surrounded him from different directions, blocking him in a small courtyard that had been deserted for a long time.Those few people were all thick and fat men, all masked, and they belonged to the category of people who could crush him with a single finger.

Lu Hanzhang didn't know how big his heart was. He was a cowardly person with no strings, slingshots or longbows in his hands. The expression on his face was more comfortable than that of all the bandits present. The person said hello: "Hey, the boss of Sihai, long time no see."

Since the person in the lead was smashed face to face, he didn't pretend anymore, raised his hand and pulled off his mask, and said with a smile: "Master Lu is a good trick, this trick of killing a donkey is really clever." He pulled out a dagger from his boots, pulled out the sheath directly, and threw the knife under Lu Hanzhang's feet, and continued: "Not to mention anything else, it can be seen from Sihai's account that Mr. Lu won ten draws. One, lose ten and make up for half' This trick has enriched the Yamen with a total of 900 million taels of snowflake silver, but before Master Lu decides to abolish Sihai, can you say hello to me first? It's a mess...Since Mr. Lu is ruthless, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Lu Hanzhang glanced at the wall lightly, tore his face completely, and said coldly: "It's true that Lu didn't think carefully, and he failed to smash the bosses of the four seas, and caused such a big/trouble for himself. Haven't you thought it through?"

Si Hai's boss was taken aback for a moment, but he laughed even more heartily like a masochist.He slapped his hands very pompously, and praised: "'A trapped beast is still fighting', people who are dying are very stubborn, I appreciate you. I want to see...how long can you be stubborn? The world is yellow, I have plenty of time to accompany you You play, in short, there is only one end today, which is life and death."

Lu Hanzhang leaned over and picked up the dagger on the ground, turned it around in his right hand, turned the point of the knife and rushed towards his heart, raised his eyelids, and there was a sharp cold in the corner of his eyes, and said word by word: "Then you know In this world, is there a disease that spreads through human blood?"

As soon as the words fell, he abruptly stabbed the dagger into his heart, and a few drops of blood splashed on his face, but he didn't care, and took a few steps forward holding the dagger, holding on He breathed a sigh of relief and said coldly: "I'm afraid the most fundamental purpose of your coming to me is not to pull me as a backer before you die. You still have so much money in Yinzhuang, and your family has three wives and four concubines, Yan Feihuan thin, Are you willing to die? On the contrary, it’s me, the disease itself is incurable, and I can pull a few more people before I die, so I won’t die alone.”

Afterwards, he gritted his teeth and pulled out the dagger without taking himself seriously. Blood gushed out of his chest instantly, soaking half of Lu Hanzhang's robe, making him a half-blood man.Perhaps it was because the teeth were clenched too tightly, and there was a thin red mark at the corner of the tightly pursed mouth, which made the pale lips paler.Even so, he seemed to be very arrogant, with the corners of his mouth raised, like a ghost climbing up from purgatory, he struggled to take a few steps forward, then let go of his hand, and the dagger fell to the ground.

Half of his body is covered in blood, and half of his body is silver. These two pure colors are attached to each other, and there is even a chilling sense of oppression.And his white hair was so deceptive that he actually convinced the masochistic bosses all over the world to believe the lie that he was infected with the disease. He stepped back almost imperceptibly, and finally squeezed out the A few words: "Madman! No matter what, you will die!"

Several talents jumped over the wall and left.

Lu Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, took a few steps back, slid down along the wall, took a breath, and still laughed, and said to the void: "Miss Zhu, the play is over, come out."

Zhu Dianyi jumped in from the wall behind him, and said condescendingly, "You look like this, does Liu Changzhou know that crazy?"

Lu Hanzhang covered the wound, closed his eyes and leaned back against the wall, his Adam's apple protruding more obviously.He said angrily, "So can you stop talking nonsense for now? I'm a dexterous man, so I can't hold on to losing so much blood all at once, and I'll fall into a coma."

Zhu Dianyi said thoughtfully: "You did it on purpose, right? You are atoning for your sins. Because of your plan, the whole Huarong is in a mess. You feel guilty, don't you?"

Lu Hanzhang didn't answer, his fine eyelashes trembled slightly, and then he smiled slowly, and said: "If that psychopath knows that Huarong's current appearance is caused by me, he will stab me himself. So Miss Zhu, don't stay there." Stand still, can you heal me first? Otherwise, he will stab you."

He felt that he was so stupid. Just now when his mind was hot, he couldn't think about it. The thought of "redemption" flashed by, and he actually sent the knife in. He only kept a little bit of reason and knew his heart. Off to the right, slightly tilted to the left when starting.It was only after such a stabbing that he had to worry about it, and then he realized that his behavior would not help the current situation at all, and Hua Rong could only rely on him if he wanted to get back on the right track.

But what is very strange is that his reckless stab down actually made him exhale the inexplicable turbidity that had been stagnant in his chest for a year.

After all, there are some things that can't be written off by just relying on the words "have no regrets".

Zhu Dianyi just hid on the wall and looked into the yard. She wanted to make him suffer, but she didn't expect this man to stab herself. It seems interesting on the surface to use "blood to spread the disease". In fact, the nonsense words scared a few idiots away.

Hearing what he said now, the slight prejudice against Lu Hanzhang at first also disappeared in all sorts of ways, and she grimaced a little, then snorted and said domineeringly: "Lend three of his courage, I think he dares."

Lu Hanzhang sighed inwardly, thinking to himself that this girl was just playing tricks because of Liu Changzhou's absence.Liu Changzhou said in his letter last month that he would go to the Donghai Camp, which was half established at the end of the year, to check it out. When he came back, he would make a detour to Huarong to see him. From this point of view, there will be an explanation.

He obediently untied his belt, exposing the fresh wound, and said, "Miss Zhu, you said that my poison has already penetrated into the bone marrow, right? Then look, is there such a thing as 'changing the marrow'?"

Zhu Dianyi's subordinates kept on pressing his main points to stop the bleeding, without raising his head, he said, "Yes. There is a saying of 'replacing the marrow' in the medical skills of the Japanese people. They think that the human body is like a detachable workpiece. , which part is broken, you can just replace it with a new one, or just throw it away. For example, a one-armed person can live well without an arm, as long as the head and heart are there, people can live well... "

When she said this, she couldn't stop breathing, and Lu Hanzhang was very speechless.He picked a suitable time to squeeze in a sentence: "Is there a high chance of survival for a person who has undergone the marrow replacement surgery?"

Zhu Dianyi paused, knelt back and sat on his heels, and said concisely: "...Near death."

Lu Hanzhang raised his head, looked forward, nodded, and said lightly: "Like this, wait a few days..."

Zhu Dianyi interrupted him: "If that's the case, you will be the subject of my first case of marrow replacement. I've only seen such records in ancient books, and the words written in the books do not refer to success. And failure, but a kind of pain that can torture people to death. You should know about Mabosan, it doesn’t help.”

She made an analogy and said: "The pain of pulling out your bone marrow is the same as the pain of throwing you into the fire and burning you alive."

Hearing this, Lu Hanzhang let out a "hiss", and said with a toothache, "Is it as painful as a woman giving birth?"

Zhu Dianyi looked over with interest, and said with a tiger face, "Have you ever given birth?"

Lu Hanzhang coughed, the wound on his chest felt like a heart-piercing pain, and physiological tears rolled down from the corner of his eyes, describing him as very embarrassed.He wiped it casually, and said with a sneer: "...how is it possible, I am in terrible pain, once a mosquito bites me, I can't wait to chase and kill its whole family..."

Returning home without any danger, Xie Qingyun was scared out of his wits by his ghostly appearance. Lu Hanzhang shook the Buddhist beads on his wrist, smiled, and comforted him: "If you survive a catastrophe, there will be future blessings." As usual, Liu Changzhou's family letter from this month was placed on the Internet. The words on it were still scattered, but no matter how awkward it looked, it seemed that the letter writer deliberately wrote it with his left hand. It was crooked and ugly, reaching a new height in history.

He read it at a glance, he was relieved and at the same time felt a faint sense of loss——Liu Changzhou said in a letter that there was a temporary change in the itinerary, and he would return directly to Jiangbei Daying, telling him not to wait.

Xie Yitong's eyes were as red as a rabbit's, and he clung to the corner of the wall, refusing to leave, and his mouth was always aggrieved, as if he was the one who was stabbed.Lu Hanzhang couldn't help but call him to him with Gougou fingers, pointing to his half body blood, and said solemnly: "This is called bloody battle. Yitong, big brother taught you a very nonsense truth today, it is called 'price'. You The more you want, the more you will pay for it."

He pointed to the roof, with a little more grace than an elder, which is rare, and calmly said: "In this world, there are only things that God gives you that have no cost at all, such as appearance and talent; for the rest, don't worry about it. Or... fight for yourself."

Xie Yitong held back his tears with great difficulty, nodded, carefully avoided his wound and hugged him, softly said: "Brother, can I sleep with you today?"

Lu Hanzhang patted him on the forehead, secretly agreeing to this small request.He smiled helplessly and said, "Oh, it's useless."

Xie Qingyun outside the door chased Zhu Dianyi who was about to leave by the corner of his clothes, and said: "Miss Zhu, our boss's injury, and the poison..."