Can you live forever

Chapter 34 Assassination in tents, blocking entry to Beijing

Zhang Zhixiang chatted with Wang Yuanzhi about the extension of the shipyard, and the merchant ship docked.

He Hongsheng, the promotion officer of Longjiang Shipyard, had been waiting for a long time.

The promotion department is affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and is not subject to local jurisdiction. There is one person for the promotion, the eighth grade, two deputy promotions, the ninth grade, and one pawn.

He Hongsheng is an official of the eighth grade, but when facing the merchants introduced by Wang Yuan, he nodded and bowed, extremely respectful.

"Master Wang."

"The shipyard is ready. This 1800 material big yellow ship is about to be built, and there is not much to see. The No. B shipyard has been cleaned up, and the keel of a small yellow ship can be laid at any time."

In order to please Wang Yuanzhi, He Hongsheng can be said to have worked very hard.

As for why he called himself an adult, Wang Yuanzhi is indeed an official. If he wants to become an official if he does not take the imperial examination, he will donate a prison student first. It is not expensive, only three to five hundred taels of silver.

With the status of supervising students, you can queue up to be an official, but generally you can't get in the queue within 200 years.

You can only spend money to jump in line.

Generally speaking, the first level of magistrate is a threshold. Without fame, you can't pass it. Jiansheng can't be magistrate unless...you have to pay more.

The Wang family doesn't have much else, but a lot of money.

What Wang Yuanzhi bought was Wailang, a member of the Nanjing household department. From the fifth rank, he used a tricky method to occupy the pit first, and then entered the idle state after half a year, and continued to wait in line for vacancies.

In this way, although he does not have a real power position, he can act as a member of the user department Uiro.

Although it is just a false name, there are many people who are willing to recognize it.

He Hongsheng is like this, not to mention from the fifth grade, he simply treats Wang Yuanzhi as a feudal official, and Zhang Zhixiang feels a little uncomfortable when he is so attentive...

Longjiang Shipyard now has six workshops: tent factory, fine wood, paint, iron, rope and cable.

After visiting the berth, He Hongsheng took them to visit the awning field. This place where sails are made is hung with huge canvases. Under the afternoon sun and river wind, there is a special artistic conception.

Zhang Zhixiang was in it, as if lying on the deck in the sea basking in the afternoon sun.

Especially quiet and open...

"call out--"

Just when Zhang Zhixiang was enjoying the artistic conception, there was a sound of piercing through the air, and the sharp crossbow bolt pierced the canvas and went straight to Zhang Zhixiang's neck. He didn't react at all.

It was Zhang Yonghuan who opened his eyes suddenly, stretched out a finger and flicked the arrow away.

Seeing that he missed a hit, the remaining dozen or so bows and crossbows were fired at once, and an assassin drew his knife, shouting "Kill the Taoist priest, grab the heavenly book", and under the cover of the crossbow arrows, he rushed towards Zhang Zhixiang.

"Killing people, stealing books?"

Zhang Zhixiang was stunned. He organized such a large-scale assassination because of some rumors in the world?so outrageous?
The first time the assassination happened, Wang Yuanzhi gave He Hongsheng a cold look, He Hongsheng shuddered, and hurriedly defended, looking like he was about to cry.

This time Wang Yuanzhi only brought eight bodyguards with him, they could barely protect them, and he didn't know if they could hold them back.

Zhang Yonghuan took a look and saw that there were still archers and firecrackers loading and aiming behind him, so he charged back towards the assassins. As a master of martial arts in a favorable situation, this charge is like a tiger entering a flock, and has the potential to fight back. People are like the beauty of hanging paintings.

Although Zhang Yonghuan was so brave, those assassins fought to the death without retreating.

Some of them were entangled with Zhang Yonghuan with the determination to die, and the other part went to kill Zhang Zhixiang. It is roughly estimated that the number of these assassins is no less than 50!

"Oh!"

With a gunshot, the guard standing in front of Zhang Zhixiang suddenly fell to the ground, and the blood splashed from his neck pierced by the bullet stained Zhang Zhixiang's face, making him a little dazed and absent-minded.

"There are sharpshooters!"

Someone in the guard yelled, and immediately someone rushed towards the man who was killing him with a blunderbuss, but the man had already started to move. In the tent, the sails were all tied to the traction platform one by one. Yes, the sharpshooter in charge of sniping is moving to other traction platforms, looking for an angle to continue sniping.

To kill one person, to chase and kill one person.

Now that there are only six guards left, the protection seems a bit dwarfed.

Zhang Zhixiang looked at a gangster's determination to kill him, and he didn't understand. The so-called heavenly book was just a rumor in the world. Is it worth sending so many dead men to assassinate him?
"I'm afraid it's not as simple as killing people and seizing treasure."

The assassination happened after the spread of the tenth realm of cultivation in the past two days. If it wasn't because of stealing books, then it was because of... the influence of the Huiguang realm on cultivating immortals.

Wang Yuanzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, probably knowing who made the move.

During the war, Wang Yuanzhi did not panic in the slightest, untied the pipe from his waist, lighted the fire slowly and smoked, and said: "Now the Holy Majesty is keen on cultivating immortals, and everyone in the government and the public know it."

"If there is no 'Huangguang' incident, His Majesty will be discouraged after hitting a wall a few times, so he will turn to retreat and practice, ignoring the government."

"But with the 'return light'..."

"In order to cultivate immortality, this majesty will probably be extra diligent in politics, and his will will become more tenacious."

"You know, the current Holy Majesty is extremely smart."

Jiajing likes metaphysics, this is not a recent development, but it was widely known before he ascended the throne. His father Zhu Youzhao had close contacts with Taoist priests. Before the death of Emperor Wuzong, both father and son had never thought of becoming emperor at all, and were both obsessed with cultivating immortals. .

At the beginning, Yang Tinghe also saw this and chose Zhu Houcong to succeed him.

In the end, the one chosen was not a puppet, but a master...

Although Jiajing is diligent now, he is essentially obsessed with cultivating immortals. When Jiajing finds out that the situation of the Ming Dynasty cannot be changed no matter how hard he tries, he will stop thinking and go to retreat quietly.

just now.

Wang Yangming changed the realm of practice, and added a "return to light", saying that personal practice is closely related to the country and civilization...

Now Jiajing can go to retreat honestly?

Although the realm has changed, whether it can influence Jiajing and change Jiajing from the pure cultivation of the Yinxian School to the practical cultivation of worldly experience, the most important thing is to see Zhang Zhixiang enter the capital this time.

If Zhang Zhixiang can be killed in time, there will be no such "immortal born in auspiciousness" to guide the way.

Things might be salvageable.

Based on this plan, after the spread of the Ten Realms of Practice, the people behind the scenes made a decision immediately, and arranged for the assassination when Zhang Zhixiang visited the Longjiang Shipyard.

"Who will it be?"

Hearing what Wang Yuanzhi said, Zhang Zhixiang understood, he felt "shocking" again, and had a deeper understanding of those people's audacity.

"I don't know, maybe it's the Xu family, or maybe it's another family."

The merchants in the world are not only Huizhou merchants. There are five major merchant groups in Ming Dynasty, which are divided into Huizhou merchants, Zhejiang merchants, Jiangsu merchants, Shanxi merchants, and Guangdong merchants.Although Huizhou merchants were the top of the merchant gang, the others were not far behind.

There are a total of twelve families that have obtained a certain special status.

They belong to the twelve zodiac signs, and each family has a zodiac order.

What Wang Yuanzhi has in his hand is Wu Ma Ling.

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(End of this chapter)