The weather in Guangzhou at the end of September is still very hot, and most pedestrians on the street are wearing short sweatshirts.?                                               

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c?n There is a large restaurant called "Yuehai" near the Drum Tower in the city. The building is four floors high, about five meters high, divided into two fronts and backs, and the left and right is a corridor. Sitting in the four-story room, you can directly see the magnificent sea outside the south city, which is good Feng Shui.

Yuan Pengnian, deputy envoy of Guangdong's School, was sitting in the wing room near the sea on the fourth floor, while savoring fragrant tea while waiting for someone who was very important to him.

Yuan Pengnian was the descendant of Yuan Zhongdao, Yuan Hongdao, who was a famous scholar in the world during the Wanli period and a representative figure of the "Public Security School". He was as famous as Li Zhi and his moral articles were the best in the world. Yuan Pengnian was born from a famous family and was also famous in Jinghua with his brother Yuan Qienian. He was a young talent who was reluctant to gain fame and not allowed his ancestors. He served in the Chongzhen, Hongguang and Longwu dynasties, and was appointed as the officials and officials.

Later, the Qing army entered Fujian and the Ming army collapsed, so it descended to the Qing Dynasty with the wind. However, the Qing court only fooled him into a useless job. Yuan Pengnian was extremely angry about the pride of a famous scholar. However, facing reality, he knew very well that he was powerless.

Just as he sighed and lamented the unfair fate, Wei Guangchuan, the chief of the Ming Dynasty's outer tutoring department, followed the emperor's instructions and found him secretly, promising him with a high title and a generous salary, and advised him anyway. Yuan Pengnian did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would still be willing to accept him at this time. Once confirmed, he was ecstatic, so he happily agreed and accepted the first task assigned to him by the Ming Dynasty, secretly persuaded Li Chengdong to surrender!

Yuan Pengnian and Li Chengdong are also old acquaintances. When Li Chengdong fought to Fujian, he respected Yuan Pengnian, who was the minister of the Longwu Dynasty at that time. After some pretentiousness, Yuan Pengnian felt the kindness of his encounter and went to the Qing Dynasty. He knew that Li Chengdong was as dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty's reward and punishment system as he did. However, due to the great power of the Qing Dynasty, he did not dare to act rashly, so he was suppressed. Therefore, he was at least more than 30% sure whether he could persuade Li Chengdong to surrender.

Not long after, Li Chengdong wore a casual dress with a five-blessed and long-lasting robe and a ribbon of white marble head around his waist, and arrived as scheduled.

After a greeting, the two sides separated and ordered a few dancers. While listening to the songs and music, they talked about everything and national affairs as usual, and had a great time.

After the dancers sang a song, Yuan Pengnian sighed meaningfully at Li Chengdong who was sitting beside him: "What a chic and erect belt, how cool and proud!"

For Yuan Pengnian's inadvertent sigh, Li Chengdong experienced a brief silence, and this detail was instantly captured by the keen Yuan Pengnian. He immediately knew that there was a chance, but before he could continue to work hard, Li Chengdong sighed softly: "One day has its own system of clothing, why should you be envious of brother?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge vocal sound rang out of the street market downstairs. The sudden noisy sound made Li Chengdong quite unhappy. He followed the sound and saw that many people in the street market downstairs rushed towards the side of the street like crazy. Everyone was shouting loudly, as if they were buying something.

"What's going on in the street market?" Li Chengdong asked the bartender, and naturally moved the topic just now.

The bartender laughed and said diligently: "They went to buy cotton yarn."

"What's there to grab cotton yarn?" Li Chengdong suddenly felt a little incredible.

The bartender patiently explained: "Zunke didn't know that the cotton yarn sold in the cotton yarn shop on the street is not only uniform in thickness, tough and firm, and the price is quite low. It only costs one or two cents per pound, which is between three and five cents lower than the cotton yarn in other cotton yarn shops."

"A pound is only more than one tael of silver? It's so low!" Yuan Pengnian, who was beside him, was also surprised and said in confusion: "Wouldn't the store be afraid of losing money?"

"I don't know this little one." The bartender scratched his head and said, "I only know that the amount of cotton yarn sold in that cotton yarn shop is a fixed number of daily, not a lot, and it is only sold to poor families, not to cloth merchants and wealthy men. Those poor families get this benefit, and they always wait there early. When the store door opens, they will be squeezed out."

"So that's it!" Yuan Pengnian showed a glimpse and said, "The owner of the cotton yarn shop must be a virtuous gentleman who has used this cotton yarn to give wisdom to the people in disguise." After that, he smiled and shook his head, waved his hand to let the bartender go down.

Knowing that Li Chengdong didn't want to express his feelings, Yuan Pengnian didn't make things difficult for him. After saying goodbye to Li Chengdong, Yuan Pengnian did not go back to the house to rest immediately, but turned around and found another friend of his, Li Yuanyin, because Yuan Pengnian believed that he had gained special gains in this conversation with Li Chengdong.

Li Yuanyin, whose courtesy name is Yuanbo, was from Nanyang, Henan Province. He was born in a scholarly family and his surname was Jia. Later, he was adopted by Li Chengdong during the war. Therefore, his surname was Li. He was just in his twenties and was a handsome man with a gentle and elegant style.

When he was a bandit, he adopted sons in the army, and almost every leader had adopted sons. Gao Jie had two sword boys around him, both of whom were twelve years old, with beautiful eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, which was better than beautiful women and fresh and elegant. He learned from Gaoshang and had sword boys. Li Yuanyin was Li Chengdong's sword boy at first. The sword boy was both a close companion and a commander, and his status in the army was quite special. As he got older, Li Chengdong adopted Yuan Yin as his adopted son, and his status was naturally improved. Li Yuanyin treated people humbly and never bullied his superiors and subordinates. He had a high evaluation of him in the army.

Perhaps because of the traditional education he received when he was young, although Li Yuanyin looked like a white-faced scholar, he was very agile and knowledgeable in military affairs. His name was also a master of the army and was deeply loved by Li Chengdong. Unlike his adoptive father Li Chengdong, Li Yuanyin had read many Confucian classics and highly praised the righteousness of the monarch and ministers. As early as the first year of Hongguang, Li Yuanyin was a little unhappy.

Yuan Pengnian was talented and had lofty knowledge. He often explained to Li Yuanyin what he liked, the difference between China and barbarians, the decline of the world during the Five Barbarians' invasion of China, and the history of the Yuan Dynasty's enslavement of the people of the Central Plains, which greatly shocked Li Yuanyin and thus led Yuan Pengnian as his commander. The relationship between the two has always been good.

When he met Li Yuanyin, Yuan Pengnian quietly told him that he had the intention of reminiscing with his adoptive father before, and the direct evidence was that when he provoked Li Chengdong with sensitive words just now, although Li Chengdong avoided it, he was not angry and had a sad look on his face. Therefore, Yuan Pengnian determined that as long as he was given time, Li Chengdong would rebel!

The reason why Yuan Pengnian conveyed such a secret event to Li Yuanyin was not only because the two had a good relationship, but he believed that Li Yuanyin would never harm him. In addition, there were two other factors that determined Yuan Pengnian's action.

The first is because Li Yuanyin and Li Chengdong have a special relationship. Specifically, Li Yuanyin is Li Chengdong's adopted son. Although the two have no blood relationship, they have a deep relationship.

The second and most important reason is that Yuan Pengnian and Li Yuanyin have a common wish at this moment, that is, they hope that Li Chengdong can return to the point of enlightenment, cleanse up his stigma, and achieve loyalty and righteousness.

Li Yuanyin knew Li Chengdong's temper, so he promised Yuan Pengnian that he would choose the most suitable time to persuade his adoptive father to correct him. Yuan Pengnian received the promise and then said goodbye with joy.

In the warehouse of Lindu Palace, Zhaoqing, Guangdong.

More than a dozen accountants quickly pulled the abacus beads, making a fuss to calculate the income and expenditure of the royal cotton yarn business.

Yang Shouchun sat aside and savored the tea casually, waiting patiently. After a while, the accountant brought the book and stepped forward and said, "Master Yang, you have already calculated it by your order and completed the book."

Yang Shouchun responded, took the book, flipped through it, and briefly reviewed the numbers in his mind. After confirming that there was no problem, he went to the imperial study room of Xinggong.

In the study, Zhu Youlang was carefully studying the Ming Dynasty military works such as "The Western Magical Machine", "A Brief Introduction to Military Intelligence", and "Complete Collection of Jingwu".

There were still many military works in the Ming Dynasty, but they were written in a general way on the specific marching formations. Most of the key areas were mentioned in one stroke, and the writers seemed to have all kept their hands.

It is obviously not practical to know how to fight by reading these military books. Fortunately, it contains a lot of military knowledge in the Ming Dynasty, and you can learn a little.

Yang Shouchun walked to Zhu Youlang, delivered the book to the desk, and whispered: "Emperor, this is a summary of the money for selling cotton yarn."

Zhu Youlang opened it, looked at the various summaries and the final total numbers, and chuckled softly: "It's not bad, it's only a few months since the start of construction, and the surplus will be nearly 100,000 taels. This is a good momentum."

"It's all the emperor's plan." Yang Shouchun praised in a low voice, saying, "In this situation, our palace may be able to invest 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver every month in the future."

Zhu Youlang smiled undeniably, but did not intend to use the money as a pleasure, but was thinking about how to use the money to enhance his strength.

Nowadays, there is a very shortage of war horses in the camps of the guards. A high-quality war horse can cost fifty or sixty taels. In addition, it will cost twenty taels less. The most important thing is that there is a price but no market.

Guangdong and Guangxi are not horse-producing areas, war horses are military supplies, and they have always been scarce. It is unrealistic to collect considerable number of war horses in a while.

I can only search for opportunities and search slowly. If it is not enough, I will use Yunnan and Guizhou horses instead. Although Yunnan and Guizhou are short horses, they are known for their steady endurance and are similar to Mongolian horses. The top Yunnan and Guizhou Dian horses can barely be used as war horses.

Of course, all this requires sufficient money and grain supply. Although the income from the cotton yarn business is not as fast as the house is searched, it is a very good guarantee and supplement.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youlang called Yang Shouchun to his side and in a serious tone, "My partner in yarn making and selling must be supervised well, and there must be no mistakes, do you understand?"

Yang Shouchun felt a little nervous and replied sharply: "Please rest assured, I will save you."
Chapter completed!