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Chapter 740 Secret Decree
Objectively speaking, the jade pillar with the secret decree in his arms is actually the biggest stumbling block for the fourth child to go south to Yu Province.

In the pre-Ming period, let’s not mention it.

It has been almost 80 years since the Qing army entered the customs.

However, the embankment of the Yellow River has been repeatedly repaired and collapsed, which not only cost countless money and food, but also has little effect.

According to the fourth brother's thinking, the breach of the levee must be due to corrupt officials cutting corners.

Not killing is not enough to deter Xiaoxiao!

However, the method used by the fourth child was too violent and bloody, and he often suggested ransacking the house.

Even, the fourth child often puts forward his own unique suggestion: simply sell the officials' wives and concubines together.

The old emperor in his later years, because of his advanced age and strong vanity, has always pursued the attitude that more things are worse than less things.

To put it bluntly, the old emperor thought that after his death, he would have a good reputation as a benevolent monarch, and he would indulge corrupt officials.

Others don't know, but Yuzhu is clear in his heart, and the old emperor talks about Song Renzong all day long.

From the standpoint of princes and generals, Song Renzong, who was always defeated, was definitely not a good emperor.

However, from the perspective of ordinary people, as long as he doesn't mess around, he is a good emperor.

Before departure, Old Shisan and Yu Zhu reached a secret agreement.However, the fourth child has always been suspicious, worrying that Yuzhu will show demon moths.

After all, when Yu Zhu beat the tenth child, the fourth child had a ghost in his heart.

Now, since Yuzhu has seen through the chess game, and the fourth brother wants to get rid of Yuzhu again, he has to think carefully about how to deal with the old emperor after returning to Beijing.

The identities are different, and the countermeasures must be different.

After all, Yuzhu beat the old ten, not only did nothing happen, but he was even more favored by the old emperor.

Above the temple, strength is king!
In order to obtain the real disaster situation, it is imperative to infiltrate Weihui Mansion without any trace.

However, the inspections blocking the way have become the biggest stumbling block.

Come hard, cough, the conditions are not met at all.

When turning overland from Taierzhuang, Yuzhu only brought Niu Tai, Wu Jiang and Wu Sheng along with a few entourages.

The guards with knives beside the fourth and thirteenth children, together, are only five people.

Because, in this era, there is a saying that is good, it is good to be at home for a thousand days, but it is difficult to go out.

Inns, hostels and guild halls all over the country have always been the focus of government investigations.

In order to deceive others, the fourth child and Yu Zhu dressed up as a caravan ahead of time and drove on the road with a carriage carrying goods.

However, in this era, the merchant's transportation team is a huge piece of fat, and anyone who sees it wants to eat it.

The guards at the checkpoints where the caravan passes need to pay real money for private management.

Objectively speaking, caravans also have rules.As long as the fourth child's entourage exceeded the reasonable range, they could easily alarm the magistrate.

The fourth child was helpless, but Yu Zhu calmly drank his tea with his head down.

The emperor is not in a hurry, why should the eunuch be in a hurry?

The fourth child is an imperial envoy, he is not in a hurry, who is in a hurry?
Anyway, the fourth brother bought the way, and Yuzhu followed into Weihui's mansion, that's all.

If the fourth child had been stuck in Cao County, Yuzhu would have suffered nothing.

Because, according to the old emperor's instructions, Yu Zhu's responsibility is only to keep an eye on the fourth child and not allow him to mess around.

As for the victims after the Yellow River broke its embankment, to tell the truth, Yuzhu is helpless for the time being.

Hey, even after the fourth son came to the throne, the corrupt officials on the river were almost killed, and the flood of the Yellow River still didn't give face, and the dikes were still broken every year.

In the final analysis, the concept and technology of water control are too backward, so that the fourth child can't do it: man can conquer nature!
What is the nature of the Yellow River?

Every year, a large amount of sediment flows straight down the river from the Loess Plateau, and is continuously deposited in the flat terrain of Sanfu, Henan Province.

The root problem is to dredge the river to make the riverbed lower than the city.

However, with the current level of technology, how can it be possible?

No matter how strong the embankment of the loess river is built, it is also afraid of piping.

To open up the road to Henan, the fourth brother is duty-bound, and has nothing to do with Yuzhu.

Now that he came to Cao County, Yuzhu simply led Niu Tai and Wu Jiang out of the private courtyard of the inn, and walked to the streets in the county town.

In the county town of this era, the houses on both sides of the street are generally two-story buildings with wooden buildings and gray tiles.

From Yuzhu's point of view, the county towns across the country are basically the same, and there is nothing to see in the street scene.

Moreover, after visiting a few shops, Yu Zhu had no intention of shopping at all.

In a word, whether it is the richness of the goods or the price of the goods, they are far from the capital.

To be honest, under the small peasant society, the commodity economy is not prosperous without relying on the inland of the Grand Canal.

Not to mention the county seat, even Caozhou Prefecture (Heze), which governs Cao County, is just like that.

After strolling around the street, Yuzhu found a decent tea house and sat on the second floor.

Wu Jiang took out a large handkerchief from his arms, and wiped the tables and chairs carefully. The whole process took a very short time, but the movements were smooth and smooth, which made Yu Zhu very satisfied.

However, what surprised Yuzhu was that the waiter in the teahouse actually brought two plates of melon seeds.

A plate of watermelon seeds is not uncommon.Another plate of sunflower seeds is extremely rare.

Yuzhu regained his energy immediately, pointed to the plate of sunflower seeds, and asked the waiter in the teahouse with great interest, "What is this?"

"To tell you the truth, my lord, the name of this thing is Huanzhang Chrysanthemum, and it's a unique thing. All the guest officials who have knocked on it will say yes."

Hearing such an introduction from the buddy, Yuzhu gained insight again.

Dare to feel, in Shandong in the early Qing Dynasty, sunflower seeds were called Zhang Juzi?
It is true that Yuzhu has worked hard to win the first prize.

Wang Xiangjin, an agronomist in the former Ming Dynasty, specifically introduced sunflowers in his agronomy monograph "Qunfangpu": Zhangju, a passion chrysanthemum, and a sunflower.

Yuzhu was greedy, and had always wanted to crack sunflower seeds, but he never found a sunflower.

As the saying goes, if you break through the iron shoes, there is nowhere to find it, and it takes no effort to get it!
Immediately, Wu Jiang was entrusted with an important task, and went to negotiate with the shopkeeper of the teahouse to discuss a good deal to buy some sunflower plants.

No matter what era, in business and business, as long as you are willing to spend money, businessmen will be tempted.

After negotiating the deal, Wu Jiang excitedly rushed back upstairs, but bumped into him unexpectedly.

"How do you walk? Don't you look at the road? What are you bumping into?" The man opened his mouth and scolded fiercely, mouthing out an incomparably pure Beijing film.

Wu Jiang looked up, rubbed his eye sockets involuntarily, and took another look, good guy, isn't this an old acquaintance in Beijing?

He was also used to being a servant, Wu Jiang did not dare to hesitate at all, and while patting his cuffs, he called out respectfully: "Please two..."

Unexpectedly, the person who was hit actually took the lead and said sharply: "If you dare to speak nonsense, I will goug your eyes and cut off your tongue."

(PS: I got back late, and I drank too much. Let me complain, when you are on holiday, I have a lot of entertainment, which greatly delays the normal coding.)
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