Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 346 Golden Turtle Island?
The spring of March has passed, and some people in Zhaoyang County feel disappointed, while others feel joyful.

After the Wenhui, the entire Jiangnan region finally ushered in the first spring rain.

But after the spring planting, the old farmers in Zhaoyang became worried. According to the survival rate and growth of the seedlings during the spring planting, they had already concluded that this year's harvest would be extremely miserable. Fortunately, the granaries built everywhere gave them a glimmer of hope. wing.

Candidates in Zhaoyang County also experienced a process of disappointment and inspiration this spring.

The re-examination of the government examination ended at the end of March, and a total of 28 rookies were released.In fact, these rookies were also a little disappointed, because Liu Zhong was the one who presided over the exam, not Zhang Xinzhi they were expecting.

On March [-]th, the first batch of food from the Wu Emperor's merchants arrived in Zhaoyang. From then on, Zhang Zhe had no time to take care of other matters.Along with boatloads of grain, truckloads of sugar came in, and loads of snow paper were carefully escorted on the road.

Zhang Zhe was in control of all the transactions, especially when he had just sold snow paper and received the Zheng Guo official ticket in his hand, he secretly ordered more sugar from Wu Guohuang merchant in the name of Su Mingyan as soon as he turned his head.

No one objected to the business with Zhang Zhe. There were plenty of sugar cane in the various aristocratic families in the state of Wu. Families without sugarcane fields in the southernmost counties of the state of Wu were ashamed to call themselves aristocratic families.

Unless it is Xueyi controlled by the royal family of Wu, I don’t know how much ordinary cane sugar is stored in the warehouses.

Moreover, the imperial merchants are also very sensible, and the part of the sucrose provided privately is given at the wholesale price, seven hundred yuan per catty.Everyone, including Shi Qiao and Tang Bo, thought that Zhang Zhe was going to sell these candies to the mainland of Zheng or the Northland.

Zhang Datong never went to the county easily, and there were very few literary meetings. In addition, he also put his residence in Xiushan, which made his presence in Zhaoyang more and more day by day.

Zhang Zhe liked such days very much.

For example, today, he skipped work at will and returned home, just because several horses in the family were happy.

Dazheng's horses are mainly sold from the northwest grasslands, and almost all of the country's horses are mares and geldings.Hundreds of years ago, the tribes of the grassland had an alliance, and those who dared to sell stallions to the Central Plains would be wiped out.Among the seven countries in the Central Plains, only Dai has a real horse farm.

What Zhang Zhe and others rode from the north to the south were several mares.

This is a riding horse with a docile character and does not belong to the list of war horses.

The three of Zhang Zhe brought three mares, Xiao Zhao Ping and Gao Deshu also brought three mares when they went south last year, and Zhang Zhe collected some more after arriving in Zhaoyang.Now there are sixteen mares in Zhang's backyard, all of which have been found to be pregnant in the middle of March.

The gestation period of a horse is as long as [-] days, and the size of the mare will not change significantly until it is five months old.The two old horse slaves are responsible for taking care of these horses, and only these experienced old men can tell whether they are pregnant from the behavior of the mare after the horse has been conceived for only two months.

The few stallions on the ground in Zhaoyang are all rough horses, and there are almost no riding stallions, while the hundred or so war horses in Xue Xiong's camp are all geldings.Except for chariot and horse dealers and farmers, people with family status will not use rough horses to breed riding mares, which will lead to the degeneration of horse breeds.

Naturally, the Zhang Manor has no stallions, but the Zhang Manor has Zhang Sanqi.

Walking into the horse yard, Geng Liang and Gao Deshu, who had been waiting here for a long time, glared at Zhang Sanqi who was following Zhang Zhe.The riding horses of Zhang Zhe, Geng Liang and the two veterans are all mares with the blood of war horses that the family acquired through He Linggu's way at a great price.

After seeing Zhang Sanqi entering the horse yard, some of these mares became irritable, some flustered, some were very happy, and even the horses lowered their heads and "appeared shy".

Zhang Sanqi kept silent with a dark face, he couldn't explain this matter at all.

Although everyone is a servant, Zhang Sanqi is the person Lang Jun trusts the most, and he can only handle the most private matters in the family.For example, on a dark and windy night, holding a huge shiny syringe full of sticky things, sneaking into the horse yard at home, and having some not-so-well-known things with these horses.

The needle tube was actually filled with the "gold" of Ili horses and Mongolian horses that Zhang Zhe bought at a high price.Zhang Zhe believes that the most robust and beautiful domestic horses should be Yili horses, and the best endurance riding horses are Mongolian horses.He is looking forward to what kind of horse breeds will be produced after the horses in this time and space combine these two genes.

"Take good care of these horses," Zhang Zhe happily touched the horses one by one in the horse yard, and then told his own horse slaves, "When the foals come to the ground, they will be rewarded!"

Zhang Sanqi couldn't stay in the horse yard, the eyes of the horses and those two guys were too complex, he went out full of sulk, looking for a place to have a drink.

When he came to the door of a familiar restaurant, the shopkeeper immediately greeted him personally.

Zhang Sanqi was about to enter the door, but a pitch-black hand stretched out from behind and grabbed his sleeve.

The shopkeeper was shocked: "You are so courageous, let the old beggar go quickly!"

There were four or five Hai bowls piled up on the table, and six or seven plates of hard vegetables were swept away, Qingzheng Laodao and Ganxiu each held a bowl of noodles and ate Haisai.

"How can you be so hungry?" Zhang Sanqi was very surprised. With the old Taoist's mouth that can fool, how could he starve the two of them.

"Hey, I'm ashamed~!" The old Taoist wiped the corners of his mouth and chuckled, "During the first lunar month, the two of us chased you all the way south from Chang'an, and we were frozen all the way by the heavy snow. Zhengqi fell ill once. My nephew, who is full of fists and feet, is too common for my skills. In order to see a doctor for the old man, he did hard work all the way on the road. It's completely healed, Baba is here to find the adults."

Zhang Zhe met the pair of Taoist priests in a small courtyard. After all, Qianxiu still had a deserter's cape on his body. As an official, it was not suitable to meet them in the yamen or in the house.

"Golden Turtle Island?" Zhang Zhe almost sprayed the old Taoist's face with a sip of tea, and his expression became unkind in an instant.

Why did this old Taoist just open his mouth to cheat?How dare you fool yourself with the "Fengshen Yanyi" and Jiejiao that you got!

Seeing Zhang Zhe's complexion turned bad, Lao Daoist and Gan Xiu felt a little bit in their hearts.

Sure enough, Wuliu Guan dug up the family's ancestral home for hundreds of years, and this grievance may not be resolved all at once.

"Tell me, what does the Golden Turtle Island you dug in Wuliu Temple look like?"

Zhang Zhe's tone was very light, but the trace of impatience was heard as suppressed anger by the other party.

"It's no wonder that our seniors at Wuliu Temple, before your lord wrote this "Fengshen Yanyi", no one knew that this was the ashram of the sages of the Qing Dynasty. Besides, in the past few hundred years, it has been a bit of iron bumps. Couldn't get it out."

"What did you say? Iron skin?" Zhang Zhe raised his head fiercely.

"That's right. The whole island is covered with shiny iron sheets. It's miraculously stuck inside the mountain. If it's exposed outside, you can see the word "Golden Turtle". The word is also so big that it's three times taller than me." Ganxiu made a gesture, and seemed to think of something again, "There is a ten-foot-large picture on the top of the big characters, which is all red, and there are golden stars painted on it, but I have never seen it before. The uncle also said something Words of astrology."

The Qingzheng old man stroked his beard, and scolded his nephew somewhat.

"That saying is called Five Stars Out of the East to Benefit China. I've taught it so many times. How can I not remember it. My lord, what's wrong with you!?"

Zhang Zhe stood up suddenly, which surprised both the old man and Ganxiu.

"Red map?" Zhang Zhe almost reached out and grabbed the old man by the collar.

"Red Map~!" The old Taoist nodded blankly.

"Golden star?"

"It's gold!"

"There are five stars?"

"Naturally five, my lord, what is this?"

"Don't ask, just answer something! The stars are all five-pointed? Are they placed on the upper left of the red map? One star is the only one on the left, and the four stars are slightly smaller than the big star and surround the right side?! But so!?"

"Exactly...," Qingzheng Old Daoist replied anxiously, the panic in his heart was intensifying, did he really dig into his family's ancestral home?

Facing the actual head of a county, Lao Dao insisted on not being paralyzed, but Zhang Zhe swayed a few times and collapsed on his chair.It is impossible for this old man to know this pattern, but now he said it without any mistakes.

That "Golden Turtle Island" must be real, and it is also related to his original time and space.

Zhang Zhe couldn't help but glanced at his body, thinking that he was able to half-transmit to Wuling Zhang Zhe, was it because of the "Golden Turtle Island" hidden in the Wuling mountains?Also, the ancestors of the Jin people in this time and space came here, is it also related to that "Golden Turtle Island"?

Resisting the urge to get up and go back to Wuling immediately, Zhang Zhe was silent for half a stick of incense, and then said something to the old Taoist in a harsh voice.

"Thank you, fellow daoist, for informing the whereabouts of Zu Ting, the entire Jiejiao is very grateful."

Zhang Zhe was going to let the pair of Taoist priests settle down first, and just turned around to talk to Zhang Sanqi, but just happened to see Sanqi stretching his hand into his waist, looking at the pair of Taoist priests with a ferocious expression on his face, with a strong killing intent almost Can't hold back.This guy is touching a high-pressure stick!
Yep, Zhang Sanqi is trying to silence this pair of Taoist priests.

Gan Xiu sneered and rolled his eyes, not paying attention to Zhang Sanqi at all.

After glaring at Sanqi and kicking him out of the room, Zhang Zhe also thought of something: this matter should really not be known to others. It is definitely not an ancestral court, but there is a high probability that it has something to do with his time-traveling ability.

"I don't know if the two of you are willing to join my sect?"

The old Taoist was overjoyed immediately, pulled Ganxiu and knelt down on the ground.

Gan Xiu was not willing to kneel to Zhang Zhe at first, but when he thought of the magnificence and unpredictability of the huge "Golden Turtle Island", he was immediately filled with awe of Jiejiao, and kowtowed his head to the ground one step ahead of the old Taoist. .

"It's better, Zhang accepts apprentices on behalf of the master."

"Don't dare~!" The old Taoist hastily refused, "Don't dare to have the extravagant hope of worshiping the Jiejiao immortals as teachers, so I just ask my lord to accept the little old man as a disciple."

"Hehe, I am a person who has entered the world, but I can't accept disciples who practice Taoism. How about this, how about Brother Zhe Dai Yu Yuan recruiting you?"

"Meet Master Uncle~~!"

The old Taoist called "Master Uncle" with sincerity, but Ganxiu's "Master Uncle" really couldn't come out.

Zhang Zhe rubbed his cheeks, then shook his hands, and dozens of Taoist scriptures fell on the table.This is when he returned to modern times just now, and took a part of a set of traditional Taoism that he bought online.

"The Three Religions belong to the same family. These scriptures are all interoperable classics among the Three Religions. Take them and have a look."

This technique of "changing things out of thin air" really scared the two Taoist priests. The old Taoist hugged these classics happily while being in awe, and Ganxiu finally called out the phrase "Master Uncle".

When the two left the room with the scriptures in their arms, Zhang Zhe suddenly remembered something, and just got up and went out.I saw the old Taoist standing with a terrified expression on his back, while Ganxiu was lying on the ground shaking all over, and Zhang Sanqi was standing aside with a look of disdain, the shadow of a black stick was hiding in his sleeve. middle.

This guy, like electric man so much?
"Qing Zheng,"

"Uncle Master~!"

"Have you ever practiced alchemy?"

The old Taoist was overjoyed, and immediately nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Master, don't worry, the work of alchemy in Guanzhong has always been upright and responsible, but, hehe, it's just that the alchemy before was just bluffing. But the master wants the teacher's nephew to make alchemy~?"

"This world does not allow pills to be born, and how can I, a person who has entered the world, know how to make alchemy?" Zhang Zhe first coaxed him, and then lowered his voice, "I will teach you a way to make some colored glaze, how about it?"

The production of glazed beads is an indispensable part of Zhang Zhe's plan, which involves a series of things such as sand selection, furnace construction, fuel, and impurity removal.Qingzheng Laodao, a new disciple of Jiejiao who has seen the magnificent "Golden Turtle Island", is really a suitable candidate to send to his door.

Time flies, early summer in April.

A piece of news spread from Jiangling to Zhaoyang County, and someone came forward to impeach Zhang Zhe.

This "someone" is four Jiangzuo officials who impeached Zhang Xinzhi three times in a row.

The Jiang Zuo Observer did not prevent these impeachment memorials from going to Chang'an, but made people "accidentally" disclose the general content of the memorials to the family friends of the Gu family, the Gao family.

"One day, I impeached Mr. Zhang for delaying the king's affairs. He took office in the first month, and the handover failed in April; the second day, impeached Mr. Zhang for opening a false market in private, and traded sugar products with the Wu people in addition to the money ticket trade. On the third day, impeach Zhang for making snow paper the crown of the world, but benefiting the enemy country, and not paying tribute to the inner court. Hehehehe," Zhang Zhe put down the Gao family's handwriting, and looked at the next few people.

Cao Lingwen, Wu Huai, Liu Chong, and Wei Po all sat under Zhang Zhe, and Cao Lingwen was the first to speak according to the usual practice.

"My lord, I'm afraid it's the trouble caused by the sucrose in our warehouse! The Jiangbei sucrose industry is a business of the Lu family and the Situ family, and the three sugar exchanges with Wu Guo are all owned by these two businesses. I heard that there are several county kings who also have a share of the profit. This time, we ordered 20 catties of cane sugar in the ticket trade alone, and [-]% of these sugar goods have already arrived in Zhaoyang. In addition, the money we sell for paper is also We bought [-] catties of cane sugar privately in just these few days. Everyone said that we were going to sell the sugar across Jiangbei, so the Lu family and the Situ family might have done something to us."

"The dispute between our Zhaoyang family and the Lu family and the Situ family cannot be reconciled at all." Wu Huai clapped the fan in his hand and pointed out a key point, "The prices we get from Wu Guo are the public and private ones respectively. The price of the two of them from the mutual market is the same! Unless we sell all the sugar to them and only make a little hard money, they will regard us as the enemy of life and death in Zhaoyang! "

(End of this chapter)