People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 433 Three years ago, maybe you were useless

Guanyin slave put away the letter as quickly as possible and looked around nervously. Qingxinguan was very quiet...

There was no sign of outsiders coming.

She took a deep breath and didn't dare to open the letter.

Guanyin slave looked left and right, and found a way to hide the letter that he felt was secretive.

In the nervous wait, wait until the moon rises above the branches.

Guanyin Nu took the letter in her hand and opened it carefully.

When she saw the content above, tears filled her eyes instantly.

"elder brother……"

At this time, she had no doubts about the origin of this letter, because there were many things in it that only she and her brother knew.

The person who wrote this letter was also testing. Guanyin Nu thought for a moment and wrote down all the answers he knew.

The questions are tricky, and some are simply wrong.

Only those who know the truth can know the answer.

After she answered the question, she left many questions...

But how did she send the note?
Fortunately, the person who sent the letter gave her enough guidance.

Because there are obvious traces of writing by another person on the envelope.

The text above is clearly Mongolian.

This allowed Guanyin Nu to instantly eliminate the little doubt he had.

There is a loose spot in the newly repaired courtyard wall. That spot can be dismantled when necessary.

If the Guanyin slave picks up a brick in the corner, the letter can be sent out.

She didn't know that the Jin Yiwei outside had reset the card, and there was no possibility of anyone coming to Qingxin Temple.

She only understood that leaving here was her only chance.

After hiding what you want to write as above.

She was very nervous and pretended to be calm and went back to sleep.

Little did they know, every move she made was in the eyes of those who cared.

"It's done!"

Zhang Yi saw Guanyin Nu's actions in the dark and smiled in his heart.

When it came to sending a letter to Guanyin Nu, the other party never thought about how Guanyin Nu would reply to the letter, because in their understanding, it was Zhang Yi who sent the letter, so there was naturally a way to get it back.

And Zhang Yi couldn't let Guanyin Nu know his identity, so he could only arrange a reasonable place for her to go.

It just so happened that Jin Yiwei provided the secret door left by the craftsmen from the Ministry of Works when they were building the wall during the renovation of the Taoist temple!

Jin Yiwei had known about the existence of this thing for a long time, but he pretended not to know!
After Zhang Yi discussed with the other party, he simply used this to fool Guanyin Nu.

Sure enough, after confirming that there was something fishy in the corner, Guanyin Nu's thoughts were gone.

She watched the other person fall asleep and quietly opened the front door.

"Zhenzhen Zhang, this is the letter!"

"Thank you Zhou Qianhu!"

The person who contacted Zhang Yi was named Zhou Tong. He was commanded by his superiors and fully cooperated with Zhang Yi.

After handing the things to himself, he left.

Zhang Yi opened the letter and saw Guanyin Nu writing some words in Mongolian.

The Han people don’t know much about Mongolian, but it’s not a secret either.

Zhang Yi himself can speak Mongolian and has no difficulty in reading.

There was nothing wrong with Guanyin Nu's reply, so he kept it himself.

Day two.

When he handed Guanyin Nu's reply to Chen Ke, Fatty Chen was shocked.

This guy's efficiency is terrifying, and the space for him to mess around is getting smaller and smaller.

Chen Ke looked at the letter, hesitated for a moment, and let Chen Man send it over.

"Take it easy, do you really want to rescue the princess and get us all involved?
Young people can be motivated, but don’t forget that our wealth and lives are all in it..."

Chen Ke grabbed Zhang Yi and taught him a serious lesson.

Zhang Yi laughed:
"Shopkeeper, where are all this going?
But even if we get in touch, how can those people save people? What’s more, I don’t get to see the princess every time I enter Qingxin Temple..."

Chen Ke was finally convinced by Zhang Yi and nodded.

He turned around and said:
"Don't go back today, come with me to see Shen Wansan..."

Zhang Yi nodded when he heard this. He hadn't seen Shen Wansan for a long time.

At noon, the two went to Zuixian Tower for an appointment. When Chen Ke took out the glass mirror, Shen Wansan was very excited.

"Brother Zhang, what a masterpiece!

I will inform those foreign devils and negotiate a deal..."

After Shen Wansan said this, he asked about another thing:

"By the way, who has found a way to find the American artifact recently?"

Zhang Yi asked:
"Why are you asking this?
Does Shopkeeper Shen still want to grow those things? "

"Now that spring plowing is approaching, the rush is crazy..."

Shen Wansan replied casually, and Chen Ke shook his head.

Based on the experience of Yaowang Dao last time, everyone knows that they can make a lot of money from the magical objects brought back from overseas fairy mountains.

But from the imperial court's perspective, there weren't actually many kinds of things.

Regarding the products brought back from overseas, the court did not publicize them too much.

Many of the leaked messages have not been verified.

Moreover, crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes have been rumored to be magical.

Zhang Yi listened to the serious discussion between the two and smiled secretly in his heart.

Although the two food crops of sweet potatoes and potatoes did change the population of China to a great extent, they were not that magical.

People of later generations still relied on grain as their staple food. Sweet potatoes could not become a staple food, and potatoes did not become the staple food of the Chinese people.

There are certainly problems with traditional eating habits and their shortcomings.

But these are all based on the fact that the fertilizer industry has developed and the grain output is self-sufficient.

In feudal society, let alone the issue of food shortage, there are already too many benefits if these two commodities can be grown in many areas where traditional farmland cannot be grown.

Shen Wansan and Chen Ke did not consider Zhang Yi, but Zhang Yi raised his hand at this time:

"If you mean sweet potatoes and potatoes, I have a way..."

"Ok?"

Shen Wansan and Chen Ke stopped communicating and looked at Zhang Yi.

"I've seen those things in Xiao Zhenren's experimental field...

I heard that he also planted a lot of them on Longhu Mountain! "

The two of them were shocked. There was a magical object on Longhu Mountain that they could not get. Shen Wansan asked:
"Is there too much to sell?"

Zhang Yi smiled and shook his head:

"How do I know this? Shopkeeper Shen just goes and asks!"

Zhang Yi felt no guilt for bringing a business to his family.

Shen Wansan was still very grateful to him.

"Shen is convinced of Brother Zhang's abilities!

Little brother, are you interested in following me and I will take you to do business? "

Shen Wansan extended an olive branch to Zhang Yi, and Chen Ke quickly said:
"Old Shen, please don't poach me!"

Shen Wansan looked at Chen Ke and Zhang Yi, and then he realized that the relationship between the two seemed different.

"It turns out that your shopkeeper Chen is already one step ahead of me..., forget it, I was the one who was rude, drinking..."

Shen Wansan gave Zhang Yi another red envelope for guidance, and the three of them started drinking.

"Recently, His Majesty is planning to promote Zhejiang's tax laws throughout the world. I don't know if it will be a blessing or a curse..."

“Since this can be done well in Zhejiang, it can certainly be done in other places!”

Regarding the reform of the tax law, which is related to the direct interests of businessmen, Chen Ke and Shen Wansan quickly put the topic of discussion on the reform of the tax law.

Zhang Yi actually understood the two people's worries.

How to set tax laws is one thing, but how to implement them well at the local level is another.Naturally, businessmen are unwilling to use tax methods that rob the rich and give to the poor.

But they didn't have guns in their hands, so they could only recognize it by pinching their noses.

But businessmen may not have benefited from it. At least Zhejiang's prosperous scene has also proved the benefits of reform to businessmen all over the world.

The court received tax revenue and merchants received protection.

But the root problem is that businessmen need to be protected. If local officials can increase taxes at will or bully businessmen...

Then this matter will not end well.

And this kind of thing still happens from time to time in the land of Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Yi thought for a while, and when chatting with Zhu Ping another day, he would just click on the other person.

He also knows that this kind of thing cannot be avoided and can only be avoided as much as possible.

After three drinks, Shen Wansan left satisfied.

Chen Ke took Zhang Yi to the auction house.

After three years of absence, Chen Ke's auction house is no longer what it used to be. It is more magnificent and there are many more guests inside than before.

The auction house is not open every day, but Chen Ke also integrates antiques inside.

Chen Ke took Zhang Yi back, and then handed a lot of information to Zhang Yi for Zhang Yi to integrate.

He drank a lot of wine and went to sleep.

Zhang Yi silently looked at the information and secretly said he was surprised.

The auction house is also a place where intelligence can be collected, especially after Chen Ke transformed the place later.

Many dignitaries were in the box, which seemed to be secret, but the contents of their chats were actually recorded.

It can be said that in every auction, there is a collection of various information.

Although Chen Ke didn't want to sacrifice his life for the Mongols, Zhang Yi thought that his ability to collect intelligence was probably better than that of Jin Yiwei.

He casually summarized, organized, and analyzed this information...

When he saw some people mentioning three years ago, his expression changed slightly.

Zhang Yi's eyes were shocked, then gradually turned calm.

"three years ago……"

He muttered to himself.

"Here's the news..."

He didn't know how long he had been sorting it out. When Chen Man and Chen Ke came back, Chen Ke didn't look good.

"They asked us to find ways to save people..."

Chen Ke muttered dissatisfiedly, his expression looking very anxious.

save people?

Rescue people from the capital of the Ming Dynasty, under the nose of Jin Yiwei?

It’s okay to think about such fanciful things, but how to guarantee it in action?

“Are they crazy, or do they really have a way out?

You know, even if we rescue people from Yingtian Mansion, we can’t run very far without a road guide..."

Faced with this unreasonable decision, Zhang Yi was shocked on the surface, but in fact he was secretly happy.

In ancient times, transportation was congested and there were checkpoints everywhere.

Except for businessmen who travel all over the country, being able to travel ten miles away from home is considered a great thing.

What's more, traveling through the Ming Dynasty and back to Mobei?

"do not know!"

Chen Ke was anxious and pacing back and forth.

After Zhang Yi experienced the initial shock, he relaxed.

"If they launch this operation, it will mean that all the internal agents around Yingtian Mansion will be uprooted...

For a woman, is it worth it? "

Chen Man didn't understand what he was doing, but Zhang Yi added:
"Probably because it's useless anyway..."

Chen Ke: ...

Chen Man:......

I'm worried, old man.

Zhang Yi's poisonous tongue can be effective wherever he goes.

Chen Ke's face turned blue and white, and finally thought that Zhang Yi was right.

The role of these people is indeed limited.

It seems that many people in the Ming Dynasty still cherish the former dynasty, but most mice usually live the lives of ordinary people.

Feeling that the world is getting better and better, no one dares to say whether these people will continue to move forward.

Just like Chen Ke, he had long understood that the situation was over and that the previous dynasty could no longer go south to rule the Central Plains.

How many of those mice who are not as good as Chen Ke can still stick to their loyalty to Qian Yuan in ordinary days?

Taking another ten thousand steps back, even if they can maintain their loyalty to the north, what can they do?
Zhu Yuanzhang and his son wandered around Yingtian Mansion for two years. It was also due to the coincidence of the Great Migration that these talents got a fleeting opportunity.

Opportunities like this will never come again.

And what role can these folk rats play?
To inquire about intelligence?

Useless!

Regardless of whether there was a chance to assassinate officials, Zhu Yuanzhang probably killed officials much faster than them.

Chen Ke suddenly lost interest.

Zhang Yi's words hit the point. Why did these mice start to move with the arrival of Guanyin slaves.

the reason is simple……

Even the superiors are aware of this problem. The entire intelligence system hidden in Ming Dynasty is worthless at all.

Especially after Zhu Yuanzhang carried out a bloodbath three years ago, and all the hidden officials in the court were wiped out.

So instead of keeping this useless thing,

It would be better to sacrifice most of the rats in exchange for Guanyin slaves.

Guanyinnu is Wang Baobao's sister.

And he had just become the mainstay of Bei Yuan due to his massive defeat of the Ming army.

"That's right!"

Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief and took the initiative to admit it.

"Then we also need to prepare a way out?"

"But where are we going?"

Zhang Yi raised another soul question?
They are not Mongols, and escaping back to Mobei is a problem.

But in the vast Central Plains, is there a place for them?

Either flee overseas and never be heard from again, or go to Yunnan and other border places and remain anonymous.

Zhang Yi's seemingly unintentional words made Chen Ke look very ugly.

He took Chen Man out, leaving Zhang Yi alone.

Zhang Yi seemed to be smiling, but he was deliberately irritating Chen Ke...

Chen Ke may be the key to his planning...

However, this damn fat man is not desperate enough. Let’s talk about it later when he will feel even more uncomfortable!

Chen Ke came back after a while and asked Zhang Yi to go back first.

Zhang Yi nodded silently and left the auction house.

Not long after, Chen Ke asked Chen Man to take him out, but little did he know that their every move was under surveillance.

"Have you found Chen Ke's family?"

In Prince Qin's Mansion, Zhang Yi was bored and ran to drink tea with Zhu Cang.

Not long after, Jin Yiwei reported back.

Chen Ke's relatives have been found, and the other party has arranged a way out for his son and granddaughter...

Zhu Fang picked up the information and looked at it, then said to Zhang Yi:
"Your guess is indeed correct, the father and daughter in Chashan are not Chen Ke's real son and granddaughter!
But he also has a granddaughter, and he also has an unborn grandson..."

Zhang Yi thought to himself, and sure enough, Chen Ke's arrangements in Chashan were deliberately misleading him.

(End of this chapter)