Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Suzhou Fuzhi, Wu County.

In the past two days, a strange thing has been widely circulated. Wang Zhensheng, a rich man who suffered from diabetes and was waiting to die at home, got better again and went out for a walk.

The Wang family is a well-known wealthy family in Suzhou. Not to mention tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, there are scholars in the family, high school jinshi, and several others; there are also people who have become the top richest people in Suzhou through business, and Wang Zhensheng is one of them.

It is said that Wang Zhensheng operates more than a dozen factories of various types, and is also involved in maritime business. In the past ten years, he has been ranked among the top five wealthy businessmen in Suzhou.

However, a few years ago, Wang Zhensheng suffered from diabetes. He went out to seek medical treatment, but did not see much effect. He could only leave the business to his eldest son and retire to recuperate and wait for death.

Diabetes is a well-known disease of the rich, and Suzhou gentry, landlords, and rich people basically knew about it.

It is precisely because of this that when they heard that Wang Zhensheng was recovering and was able to go out for a walk, the gentry, wealthy, and landlords in Suzhou frantically inquired about the news.

In an exquisite and elegant small garden, several rich men and gentry were discussing this matter——

"It is said that a nobleman brought the immortal medicine from Nanjing."

"Immortal medicine? It doesn't sound too believable."

"Why is it unbelievable? Haven't you heard that Jinshang is a fairy who came down to earth, and was enlightened after the capital was broken by intruders, and she was able to travel between the immortal and mortal realms. Otherwise, how could Jinshang do it as a girl?" Do so many meritorious deeds?"

"What you said is reasonable, but even if it is true, how can Wang Zhensheng He De get the medicine from the present? It is impossible for the present to know that he has diabetes, right?"

"Since a fairy has descended to earth today, how strange is it to know about Wang Zhensheng? But I have heard that Wang Zhensheng did not obtain the fairy medicine for no reason."

"Oh?"

The rest of the people all showed curiosity when they heard the words, and looked eagerly at the person who knew the inside information.

One, as wealthy people, they are also worried that they will suffer from diabetes; second, everyone thinks that since there is a magic medicine to cure diabetes, maybe there are magic medicines to treat other incurable diseases.

Therefore, if possible, they also want to obtain a elixir.

It would be even better if there is someone who can prolong life, or directly ascend to immortality.

"It is said that Wang Zhensheng promised to offer something to Jinshang."

"what?"

"food."

"Ah? So simple?" Someone said in disbelief, "Is it possible to exchange food for immortal medicine?"

Someone with a quick brain said: "I'm afraid we need a lot of food, right?"

The person who revealed the news said: "That is. Didn't you notice that the Wang family has been transporting grain to the pier for the past two days, and that grain was used by him in exchange for immortal medicine. As for how much grain was used, I don't know .”

A few people thought about it for a while, and some people were puzzled: "Nowadays, fairies are descending to the world, and they can travel to and from the world. Why do we need food from ordinary people like us? Like in Journey to the West, it is impossible to create a mountain of rice that can't be eaten up." ?"

"How do I know this? Maybe it's because of the restrictions of heaven, and she is not allowed to use supernatural powers to obtain common things such as money and food."

Another person said impatiently: "Brother Zhou, since you know so much information, you should be able to speak in front of that nobleman, right? Could you introduce me to the younger brother, who also wants to exchange for the elixir."

As soon as the rest of the people heard this, they immediately stopped worrying about all the strange things in this matter, and said, "Yes, yes, Brother Zhou, can you introduce one or two for us?"

The rich man surnamed Zhou smiled triumphantly, and said: "Forget it, I will tell you the news, but you are not allowed to spread it to the outside world easily.

It is said that the nobleman came to Suzhou this time to exchange elixir and treasures for food.

But the treasures and elixir he brought from today are limited, and not everyone can exchange them, so he plans to organize an auction in the next few days. "

"auctions?"

"It's similar to the official sale and charity sale." The rich businessman surnamed Zhou explained, "Only those with sufficient family resources are allowed to participate. At the meeting, the treasures and elixir brought by the nobles will be auctioned one by one, and those with the highest price will win. Of course, It is only allowed to buy with grain, and nothing else."

Someone said: "I want to participate, but it is impossible to bring so much food to the city?"

The other person sneered, "You are still a businessman, so you can't think of a solution? I expected it to be right. The price must be called first, and then the food will be delivered. Right, Brother Zhou?"

"Yes."

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Although the people who first disclosed the news said not to spread it easily, the matter quickly spread to the circles of rich people, landlords, and gentry in Suzhou.

A few days later, in the Humble Administrator's Garden.

Lu Jiude sat in a room, surrounded by two young eunuchs.

Under the left hand sits Xu Zhengfang, the old owner of the Humble Administrator's Garden, and under the right hand sits the female official Ming Shilan.

Although Ming Shilan was only of the eighth rank and was originally a court lady of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, but Lu Jiude, who was the chief eunuch, was very polite to her—who would let the empress be more trustworthy to a female official.

However, Ming Shilan is mainly in charge of supervision this time, and Lu Jiude is really in charge of handling the affairs.

"Today, I went to the Humble Administrator's Garden to attend the meeting with as many as hundreds of rich and powerful people. The matter of Mr. Lu's representation is basically completed. The magic medicine..."

When he said this, the 70-year-old Xu Zhengfang with gray hair showed a flattering smile to Lu Jiude.

Lu Jiude said: "Isn't it just a medicine for curing yang hyperactivity and health preservation?"

As he said that, Lu Jiude personally opened a suitcase on the table, took out two small white medicine bottles from it, and signaled the little eunuch to pass them to Xu Zhengfang.

After receiving the two small white bottles, Xu Zhengfang couldn't help shaking his hands with excitement. He was afraid of dropping the bottles, so he hurriedly put them in the white jade box prepared on the coffee table, and then carefully touched and watched them carefully.

He found that the texture of this little white bottle was neither gold nor jade nor wood, it was like leather, but it was a bit tougher.

It seems that the paper was pasted on it, but now it has been torn off and replaced with two ordinary paper.

One says "Suppressing Yang Hyperactivity" and the other says "Supplement Calcium for Health".

It was the two medicines he was looking for.

As he got older, not only did he have hyperactivity of yang (high blood pressure), he often felt dizzy, and his bones were not good, and he would break his bones if he fell lightly on flat ground.

When he learned that Lu Jiude had the elixir for these two diseases, Xu Zhengfang obeyed his advice.

Using the Humble Administrator's Garden as the venue for the auction is just one of them. In the past few days, they also helped spread the news, and today they helped organize the auction.

And this is just in exchange for the opportunity to directly exchange for the immortal medicine.

No, Lu Jiude said with a smile, "Mr. Xu, the elixir has been given to you. Come quickly and sign the contract."

"well."

Xu Zhengfang carefully covered the white jade box, went over to write his name on a deed, and put his fingerprint on it.

According to this contract, he exchanged [-] shimi for two bottles of immortal medicine.

After Lu Jiude put away the deed, a middle-aged man similar to Xu Zhengfang walked in and said with a bow: "Eunuch Lu, Ming Nushi, the outside is ready and the auction can begin."

"Okay." Lu Jiude stood up, "Let's go now."

Go out first after speaking.

As for the leather case containing the medicine, it was held by a soldier of the Huben camp inside the house.

Several people left the main room, followed by a whole team (50 people) of Huben camp soldiers outside, and another team of soldiers escorted three large boxes with copper locks.

And inside and outside the Humble Administrator's Garden, there are other soldiers from the Huben Camp—this time, there is a total of soldiers from the Huben Camp in Suzhou with Lu Jiude, and there is also a battalion from the Second Town of the Imperial Guard.

However, apart from protecting Lu Jiude and the "treasure" he carried, this battalion has other tasks...

The three big ones and one small box containing the treasures were all sent to a pavilion in a lotus pond in the courtyard.

The lotus pond is not big, the pavilion is only twenty steps away from the shore, connected by a wooden bridge, and the surrounding view is wider than other places.

At this time, tables and chairs were placed beside the pond, and behind each sat a rich man from Suzhou.

There were also soldiers from the Huben Camp standing everywhere, closely "protecting" them.

Lu Jiude and Ming Shilan walked into the Chi Xin Pavilion together.

Looking around at the rich man in Suzhou, he took out a loudspeaker and made a hoarse, sharp but loud voice.

"Everyone, there is no such thing as a circle without rules, let's first listen to our family talk about the rules of this auction..."

It was the first time for these rich men in Suzhou to see a loudspeaker, and they immediately showed surprise, and looked at the four boxes in the pavilion even more eagerly.