Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

The eunuch who was ordered to conquer Zhu Guoxiang for the second time was named Fang Mao, who was the godson of the great eunuch Tan Zhen.

Although Song Huizong was urging him, Fang Mao was not in a hurry. He ate and drank all the way and kept asking for gold and silver from officials along the way.

The failed scholars have long since returned home, but the eunuch Fang Mao is still dawdling on the road.

It was not until the end of the sixth lunar month that Fang Mao finally arrived at Daming Village.

"Zhu Guoxiang lives here?" Fang Mao's first reaction was that there was no money to be made.

The Yangzhou official who was in charge of the guide replied: "This is right here. I was the one who led the way during the last expedition. The dock had not been repaired at that time."

Fang Mao said: "You go and report it, our family will wait."

The subordinate officer jumped off the boat and ran quickly to Zhu Guoxiang's house. After a while, he came back with Mrs. Yan and Shen Yourong.

Fang Mao asked: "Why are there only women?"

Shen Yourong replied: "The noble man who likes to teach knows that my husband has gone to guide farming."

"Is there any farming at this time? Call him back quickly!" Fang Mao refused to get off the boat. He wanted to wait for Zhu Guoxiang to greet him grandly.

Shen Yourong has already reached the month of delivery, which can be as early as half a month or as late as a month. She stood in the sun with her big belly and just kept waiting because the dead eunuch would not let her go.

Forty minutes later, Zhu Guoxiang finally showed up. Instead of paying homage to the eunuch, he helped his wife to the inn to cool off.

Fang Mao felt that he had been ignored. When Zhu Guoxiang appeared again, he immediately asked coldly: "You are so neglectful of an angel?"

Zhu Guoxiang was also angry and asked: "My wife was pregnant for eight months, but she was exposed to the scorching sun. Is this the way for the emperor to recruit talented people? This is not like recruiting, but more like searching for fugitives!"

Fang Mao didn't care about this at all. His godfather was Tan Zhen, and Tan Zhen was Yang Jian's confidant.

I usually walk sideways in Tokyo, so how can I pay attention to the countryside?

As for Zhu Guoxiang becoming favored after being conquered, Fang Mao did not consider this situation at all. If he is favored by officials again, can he be as stable as Yang Jian and Tan Zhen?

Fang Mao had been delayed for a long time on the way, and the emperor was pressing hard again. At this moment, he actually ordered: "The official has an order. If Zhu Guoxiang doesn't disobey, he will be kidnapped and taken to Tokyo immediately. Someone, kidnap this guy!" "

On this trip, the eunuch also brought a group of forbidden troops in front of the palace.

Zhang Guangdao, who had long wanted to rebel, was already furious because his mistress was exposed to the scorching sun. At this moment, it was even more unbearable, and he roared: "Bang the gong!"

"Dang-dang-dang!"

The innkeeper was Yu Shanwei. He took out a gong and stood at the door banging it wildly.

Several forbidden troops came forward to arrest Zhu Guoxiang. Zhang Guangdao, carrying a stick, immediately led people to stop him in front.

The nearby villagers heard the sound of the gong and rushed here one after another. Some people were carrying hoes, some were holding sickles, some were carrying kitchen knives, and the village security team members were holding simple knives.

In an instant, more than twenty people arrived, and more villagers were shouting and running.

Fang Mao was so frightened that he quickly ran back to the boat and said inwardly, "Are you going to rebel?"

Shen Yourong was afraid that things would get serious, so he came out with a bulging belly and secretly pulled on her husband's sleeves.

Zhu Guoxiang took a few steps forward and asked: "Where are your badges? Where are the documents of conquest? You will use swords and guns as soon as you come. Who knows if you are pretending to be an angel!"

Fang Mao took out his badge and documents: "You can get on the boat alone and show it to me."

The subordinate official from Yangzhou also smoothed things over and said, "Mr. Yuan Zhang, this is really a noble man sent by the government."

Zhu Guoxiang asked: "Are you here to recruit talented people?"

The subordinate smiled bitterly and said nothing. He had long been unhappy with the eunuch.

There were eunuchs who conquered the Zhu family and his son before. Although they were greedy, they still wanted to be shameless and still abided by the basic rules.

Now this person seems to have no brain. They asked for bribes in public in Xingyuan Mansion, they also asked for bribes in public in Yangzhou, and they even arrested people directly in Daming Village.

What the hell?

Such brainless eunuchs not only existed in the late Northern Song Dynasty, but also existed in large numbers. They were very smart in Tokyo, and they were all masters of clinging to the city. But when they got there, their IQs were completely wiped out, and they could do any ridiculous thing.

Zhu Guoxiang was given a headache and he had to find a way to solve the problem.

The two sides confronted each other, and soon brothers Deng Chun and Deng Xia, with more security team members and tea workers, arrived on the "main battleship" left by the bandits.

There were hundreds of villagers running along the river, holding various things in their hands.

They heard that the eunuchs were going to capture Mr. Zhu, and that Daming Village would become like other places in the future. This is unbearable. Even if he hides in the mountains and becomes a bandit, he must rescue Mr. Zhu, otherwise everyone will not have a good life.

Immediately afterwards, Tian San also led the new immigrants to fight from the Waste Tea Mountain.

Six to seven hundred villagers, men, women, old and young, surrounded more than a dozen eunuchs and imperial guards.

Even Meng Zhao came out with his students and a bench in his hand.

Meng Zhao has a weak character. He is frightened when he sees the emperor's messenger. His legs don't work when he walks. He could only recite "Mencius" silently to embolden himself: "I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring Qi. It is Qi. It is the most powerful and strong. If it is nourished directly and does no harm, it will be blocked between heaven and earth. It is Qi, and it is matched with justice. Tao: To be without truth is to be discouraged. It is the product of gathering righteousness, and it is not taken by righteousness..."

After reciting silently several times, Meng Zhao's voice trembled and he shouted: "Eunuch, I'm not afraid of you!"

The students are all little brats, they only know how to imitate the teacher's words, and immediately shout: "Geshu, I'm not afraid of you! Gieshu, I'm not afraid of you..."

Seeing that the matter was getting serious, the Yangzhou official was so anxious that he advised: "Mr. Yuan Zhang, why is this happening? We can't offend the emperor. Let the villagers disperse quickly."

The merchants who were temporarily staying in the inn came out with their waiters to watch the fun, and they were all frightened by the scene.

Zhu Guoxiang was still thinking, not knowing how to end it.

Could he blame Zhang Guangdao for taking the initiative and ringing the gong to summon the villagers?

The matter has reached this point, and it is impossible to reconcile the contradictions, so the trouble will simply become bigger.

Dean Zhu is just cautious in character, not weak in character.

"Surround the boat and arrest people!"

Following Zhu Guoxiang's order, Zhang Guangdao and Tian San led the villagers to attack the forbidden troops on the shore. Deng Chun and Deng Xia rowed small boats to surround the official ship where the eunuch was, and threw out hooks and ropes to climb up.

"Stop them quickly!" Fang Mao turned pale with fright. After shouting, he crawled and hid in the cabin.

The dozen or so Imperial Guards who stayed on the shore had never fought a war since they could remember. Faced with the siege of hundreds of villagers, they immediately threw away their weapons and chose to surrender.

After a while, the official ship was occupied.

Deng Chun carried the eunuch out with one hand like a chicken, and after getting off the boat, he threw it in front of Zhu Guoxiang.

"All tied up." Zhu Guoxiang said expressionlessly.

Fang Mao shouted: "My surname is Zhu, our family is an imperial envoy. If you dare to touch even a hair on our body, your family will be confiscated and exterminated!"

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Gag his mouth."

Grandma Yan was almost paralyzed with fear: "How can this be good? How can this be good..."

Although Shen Yourong was also worried, she believed that her husband would not act recklessly and would definitely have a way to solve the problem. She supported Mrs. Yan and said, "Aunt, when men do things, we just go home and wait."

Zhang Guangdao led people to board the ship to search, and soon lifted out a box.

The box is full of gold and silver, in various shapes, including gold and silver coins with square holes, gold collars, silver collars, gold cakes, silver cakes, gold leaves, silver leaves...

Needless to say, there must have been extortion along the way.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Separate interrogation and ask where the gold and silver came from. Don't beat or torture them, just don't let them sleep."

How can a bunch of losers stand up to fatigue interrogation?

Fang Mao didn't sleep for two days and two nights. He felt like he was going to die and vomited everything out. Not only did he divulge the details of this blackmail, he also confessed a lot of nonsense from the past, and he signed and stamped the confession in a daze.

Immediately, Zhu Guoxiang called everyone to a meeting.

"This eunuch cannot be killed or let go, otherwise a disaster will surely come," Zhu Guoxiang said. "For the current plan, I can only go to Beijing in person and take them to the emperor to complain. After I left, Zhang Guangdao took the place of In charge of Daming Village, Yourong is responsible for managing the household registration books. Meng Zhao and Yu Shanwei continue to manage the village school and inn, and assist in managing the village. Tian Er manages the tea business. The rest are kept upright and their responsibilities remain unchanged."

After speaking, Zhu Guoxiang took out the three-year development plan and asked everyone to implement it.

Meng Zhao asked: "Will the officials listen to us?"

"If you have something, he will listen." Zhu Guoxiang said.

The next day, Zhu Guoxiang took people back to the mountain village and personally lowered the rope to the cliff of the back mountain.

Compared to his previous cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum, he now has more experience.

First, choose a natural environment that is most suitable for the growth of Ganoderma lucidum and imitate the mushroom technique to plant Ganoderma lucidum. Next, we no longer try our luck, but carefully move the basswood trees that have begun to sprout together to give them adequate growth conditions.

Then, many small Ganoderma lucidum automatically aggregate into one large Ganoderma lucidum.

It is 57 cm in diameter and can continue to grow.

But I can't wait any longer. Now I have to pick them and bring them to the emperor.

Zhu Guoxiang shook the rope and the villagers pulled him up. Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the giant Ganoderma lucidum in his hand, and looked at Zhu Guoxiang with even more awe.

Such a divine thing must be given by an immortal!

A few days later, Zhu Guoxiang had not yet left. The subordinate officials quickly ran back to Yangzhou and brought He Zhizhou, Li Tongpan, a group of soldiers and Cao Yu.

He Zhizhou was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and said in a pleading tone: "Mr. Yuan Zhang, how can you detain the imperial envoys? Let them go quickly."

Li Tongpan also said: "This is a serious crime of beheading!"

Zhu Guoxiang took the giant Ganoderma lucidum from the house and said, "I got an auspicious sign recently, and I plan to give it to the official family."

As soon as the auspicious sign came out, the officials stopped talking.

Who doesn’t know what the emperor is? With this thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, Zhu Guoxiang can be invincible.

Zhu Guoxiang also asked people to bring gold and silver: "This is the money the eunuch extorted from you. All you have to take back is your signature on the receipt deed."

The officials looked at each other, they would rather spend money to eliminate the disaster.

"Do you really not want it?" Zhu Guoxiang took out another thing, "This is the eunuch's confession. If you don't want to take the gold and silver back, I can only take it to the capital and hand it over to the officials."

Li Tongpan reached for the money and immediately signed his name: "We are afraid of eggs. We are not at fault. We are just blackmailed by the eunuch."

The dead eunuch was blackmailing dozens of officials along the way. Zhu Guoxiang wanted to return the money and got the receipts from these officials.

Song Huizong may not care about extorting money, but delaying the conquest will definitely make the emperor furious.

A few days later, Shen Yourong successfully gave birth to a daughter, and Zhu Guoxiang finally set off.

He was accompanied by the strongman Deng Chun and twenty-two village security team members.

As for the eunuchs and the imperial guards, they were all tied up tightly.

Dean Zhu usually doesn't make trouble, but if he wants to make trouble, he makes a big one!