behind me is the earth.

Chapter 309.
The rain in the early winter seemed to be a little bit colder. Ren Pingsheng stood at the gate of the chief envoy and looked up. The rain fell from the cloud of lead, and it fell on the wide, straight and long Suzaku Street outside the door, hazy. After the rain curtain, I vaguely saw the majestic city wall.

A gust of wind blew, and it blew on the person's face, like a knife, stabbing painfully!

In the sound of horseshoes colliding with bluestone, the rainwater accumulated in shallow depressions was trampled and shot by horseshoes.A team of about a hundred people approached from Suzaku Avenue.

"Appreciate~"

Pulling the reins, the father-in-law Li Fugui, dressed in black and wearing a big red cloak, stopped.

When he took a closer look, he saw Ren Pingsheng personally greet him at the gate. After being startled for a moment, he quickly jumped off his horse, bowed to Ren Pingsheng and said, "Mr. home."

"After saying goodbye last year, my father-in-law still looks the same."

Ren Pingsheng stepped forward and helped Li Fugui up: "Come on, let's go in and talk."

When Li Fugui entered through the middle gate, walked through the vast front office, and entered the back house, he also saw the open bluestone bricks on the ground, revealing the dark green soil underneath, which made him look stunned and couldn't help squatting down. The body didn't mind the dirt on the ground, and picked up the dark green mud soaked by rainwater.

The hand was greasy, and I sniffed it up to my nose, and a smell of grass came to my nostrils, and then I saw the withered trees that had not been treated, and I couldn't help but sigh: "This time, Mr. Ren will remove a harm for the people and the court. It's really a blessing.

Wang Anguo disregarded the emperor's kindness, disregarded human life, and poisoned the local people. This should be rewarded! "

After entering the house, Li Fugui washed his hands in the copper basin brought by the maid.

"Eunuch Li has traveled all the way, and in the side hall, he is preparing the wine and food to meet the wind."

Ren Pingsheng invited Li Fugui to sit down.

After the host and guest sat down, Li Fugui and Ren Pingsheng cupped their hands and said: "Nowadays Zhongzhou Province is in the midst of war, and a large area of ​​land has been controlled by Liu Ziqi of the Beiwan Group. This time our family came out, we still took a detour to Xinpan Province, from Hufang Wharf to Dongyang County Wharf by boat, and then came to Wuzhou Province.

In less than two years, the changes in Dongyang County and Yuntai County are jaw-dropping!

The concrete road and the train are simply miracles on earth!I also purchased a few bicycles in Qingcheng Town, and I would like to dedicate them to His Majesty when I return to Nanyang Capital.

Your Majesty likes these novelty things the most..."

Along the way, Li Fugui was filled with emotions.

He knew that His Majesty also knew that Ren Pingsheng was not a loyal subject.

However, this person's ability is undeniable.

On this piece of land, if the president takes a look at it, the biggest threat to the Dajing dynasty in the whole world, Li Fugui thinks it is this Wuzhou province!
However, the Dajing court, which is now terminally ill, is not Wuzhou province or Ren Pingsheng the most fearful.

It's those bandits who have corrupted several provinces in the northern Central Plains, those bandits who have already sandwiched Jingzhou Province!

Everything now is nothing more than making friends from afar and attacking close by, drinking poison to quench thirst, preserving vitality, and seeking a way forward.

Ren Pingsheng said with a smile: "Elder-in-law, why bother to spend money? When I go back and pass by Qingcheng Town, I will send a few cars."

"Then thank you, Mr. Ren."

Li Fugui cupped his hands and said with a smile: "After Wang Anguo's incident was reported to the imperial court, His Majesty was furious, but he admired Mr. Ren very much. This time, against all opinions, he named Mr. Ren as 'King of Wu'. Ren Gong is 'His Royal Highness'.

Your Majesty's appreciation for the prince, I have never seen anyone who is on the right side of the prince. Since the founding of Dajing, there are only a handful of kings with different surnames! "

Li Fugui cupped his hands at Ren Pingsheng and said.

"Your Majesty loves you so much."

Ren Pingsheng cupped his hands towards the north and said with a smile.

Li Fugui looked at his words and did not see any expressions on Ren Pingsheng's face that he wanted to see, such as surprise, surprise, excitement, joy, gratitude, etc., which are often seen after the imperial decree, none of them were seen on his face. There are only plain smiles.

Mingming is not very old, but his emotions are so stable, his thoughts don't show on his face at all, the depth of the city is rare in life!
After Li Fugui chatted with Ren Pingsheng for a while, he picked up the brocade imperial decree from the tray in the hand of the little eunuch beside him, and went through the process.

With the last proofing, Ren Pingsheng sat on the chair, and Li Fugui's expression did not change at all, and he directly read out the imperial edict.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict said..."

Ren Pingsheng listened to the imperial decree, picked up the teacup, and blew the foam on it.

For him, the emperor's award has more symbolic meaning than practical significance.

The man on the dragon chair in the Dajing court obviously knew this too. The imperial decree was not long, and the whole article boasted that Ren Pingsheng was an upright person with outstanding achievements. It is the blessing of the common people in the world, the pillar of the Dajing court and so on.

The last is the important point, Ren Pingsheng also pricked up his ears.

"Conferring the title of King Wu, enfeoffing Wuzhou Province, opening a mansion and building teeth, everything is in accordance with the prince's regulations..."

The contents of the rewards in the imperial decree are all things that Ren Pingsheng has already obtained, and will not be changed by the imperial decree.

Even if there is no imperial decree, Ren Pingsheng's current prestige among the people in Wuzhou Province is already deeply rooted and unshakable.

With this imperial decree, it only stands firm legally, and it is the icing on the cake.

Ren Pingsheng took the imperial decree forwarded by Shao Yao and scanned the contents.

"Wu Wang, Wu Wang..." Ren Pingsheng read a few times, but shook his head at Li Fugui, and said bluntly, "I don't like this title."

"Uh."

Li Fugui, who was about to sit down, heard this, and his smile froze on his face.

The newly released prince had already made enough gestures at the beginning, and even went out to meet his eunuch himself, but now he suddenly changed his attitude, which made him feel a little at a loss for a while, so he had to ask cautiously: "Dare to ask the prince?" , can you make it clear?"

"I don't like the title King Wu."

Ren Pingsheng said again.

"Perhaps the prince still doesn't know the origin of King Wu. Although Emperor Taizu is from Pingshan, he made his fortune in Wuzhou Province. Once..."

Li Fugui tried to explain.

"I naturally know that this is the title used by Emperor Taizu of the Jing Dynasty before he ascended the throne. I respect it very much."

Ren Pingsheng interrupted Li Fugui's words and shook his head: "But I think 'Qi' is the title, I prefer it."

He didn't just want to change the title, but more importantly, he wanted to express an attitude.He was not a vassal of the imperial court all his life, and the imperial court should not think about rewarding him with a flashy title of prince, just thinking about putting forward any unreasonable ideas.

From now on, Wuzhou Province has the surname Ren. From then on, Wuzhou Province can only have one voice, and no one else can speak well.

Ren Pingsheng's attitude made Li Fugui feel this meaning very sensitively.

He nodded, Lu Lu said: "I will report to Your Majesty, and everything has to be decided by Your Majesty."

"it is good."

Seeing that Li Fugui understood what he meant, Ren Pingsheng stood up with a smile, walked up to Li Fugui, took his hand and said, "Go, I just hit a fine one in the mountains two days ago. Water type sika deer, this kind of monster has the most delicate meat, Eunuch Li is lucky."

Walking in the corridor, the rain was pattering, and the maids in the corridor saw Ren Pingsheng and Li Fugui approaching, they stood on both sides to make way, bowed their heads and saluted, and waited until everyone had gone far before standing up and continuing. go about your own business.

"Xiao Lian, wait for me."

A short little girl with a basket on her shoulders chased after the girl in blue cloth with an ebony hairpin stuck in the back of her head.

"Hush, keep your voice down, the master just passed by, if you disturb the master, you will be rewarded!"

Xiao Lian quickly stopped her words.

The little one was so frightened that she quickly closed her mouth and covered her mouth. She was relieved to see that no one was paying attention to them.

"Let's go out quickly, don't delay Ruhua's affairs."

Xiao Lian opened up the oil-paper umbrella, pulled the little one along the path in a hurry, and went out through the small door in the back alley.

In the long and wet alley, the two stepped on the water spray on the bluestone bricks and walked quickly towards the Suzaku Street outside.

"The blue sky cloth of Qingcheng Town!"

"Qingtian cloth, a piece of cloth is only 880 wen, come and take a look!"

Amidst the hazy rain, a cry in Wu Bei's accent reached their ears.

"The cloth in Qingcheng Town is sold here!"

Xiao Lian looked in surprise at the side of the street, on a carriage under the awning, there was a vendor selling cloth on the street.

The surroundings of the carriage were already crowded by the people of Yangjiang City.

The cloth in Yangjiang City, even the cheapest cotton cloth, can be sold for 10 taels of silver, while silk and other silk can be sold for dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver.

And this kind of blue sky cloth, in the eyes of the people in Yangjiang City, more than 800 Wen coins are not much different from free gifts. They crowded over in a swarm, with a look of quick hands and slow hands.If you don't have enough copper money for a while, you can buy a few feet, and if you have enough silver money, you can even buy it in bundles!
In the ten minutes since Xiao Lian and the little dwarf passed by and came back, they have already been robbed!

Only the people from the Auspicious Firm were left, messing about in the wind.

It was so hot, it was still raining, and it was sold out after just shouting a few times!Compared with places like Dongyang County and Guyi County, it can only be said that it is the capital of Wuzhou. The people in Yangjiang City are richer than other places!
"It's gone, it's really gone. But everyone, please look out for our auspicious firm. We will come to a batch of blue sky cloth in the next few days, and we will find a few shops on Zhuque Street. The price will still be the same at that time. Please support us!"

The steward jumped into the carriage, bowed to the people who didn't buy any cloth, and said loudly.

"Okay, the quality is still the same, and the price is still the same, we will definitely support it!"

Some people said loudly.

"Yes, yes, but you will increase the price at that time, and we will not follow you."

The people who didn't buy the cloth shouted.

"You fellow villagers may not know that this Qingtian cloth is produced in Qingcheng Town. At that time, Governor Ren saw that the people in Qingcheng were not fully clothed, the winter was difficult, and people often died of freezing. He couldn't bear it. Create new weaving machines and techniques, and the woven cloth.

This is the governor's hard work for the people wholeheartedly. Do we dare to shoddy it?Can we sell it high?Please look for our auspicious firm and supervise our auspicious firm. We are a time-honored brand and also a member of Longyou Chamber of Commerce. We will definitely operate with integrity! "

The steward said loudly to the people.

Speaking of Ren Dudu, the common people immediately nodded, thinking that what this guy said was much more believable!
Today, Ren Dudu is a gold-lettered signboard, practicing the people-oriented thought, relieving the people of difficulties, adding a series of mythological stories, spread by word of mouth, supplemented by newspapers, operas, storytelling, books, caravans, etc. With a series of propaganda and dissemination, his public credibility has already surpassed that of local governments.

When the onlookers in the rain dispersed, the story of Qingtianbu and the auspicious firm also penetrated into their hearts.

"Shopkeeper, this cloth is so hot, why don't we take the opportunity to sell it at a higher price, and when other shops come, we won't be able to make so much money for so many years."

A guy said to the steward who just jumped off the carriage.

"What do you mean, our Lucky Trading Company is not a one-shot business, but a reputable brand.

Moreover, Company Commander Chen is our son-in-law now!Who is Company Commander Chen?That's Ren Dudu's personal bodyguard, that's a hard-core confidant!
Before coming here, the master specifically instructed that when doing business in Wuzhou Province, you must not do things that will poke people's backs, otherwise your reputation will be ruined, and Mr. Chen will abandon the Hu family because of this. That is not worth the candle! "

The steward told the guys: "Now the master values ​​family reputation more than anything else. I wait outside, so I have to be vigilant and don't do anything wrong. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand!"

The guys nodded again and again.

"If you understand, behave yourself. Qingtianbu, 880 Wen, is more than eight times more expensive than Qingcheng Town, and the benefits you get are not small.

Next, there will be more than a dozen carts of Qingtian cloth coming over, and that will be the day when our auspicious cloth line will become a hit in Yangjiang City! "

The steward was heartbroken and looked up at the sky. Although it was raining, Yangjiang City was indeed a new starting point for his career, and he was full of expectations.

"Eh? What is that flying into the sky over there at the Yamen? It's so fast!"

The steward saw that a green figure rose into the sky and flew away like an arrow, but in a short while, it broke through the clouds and was never seen again.

"Looks like some kind of bird of prey. Forget it, whatever it is, it flew out from the chief envoy's office. The affairs of those big men are not something that I, a small man, should worry about."

The steward lowered his head, greeted the caravan guys, and walked down the street together, inquiring about shops for rent.

And Li Fugui, who had just released the blue-eyed eagle, was standing under the eaves, his eyes full of worry.

"Godfather, can Your Majesty agree? This Ren Ping... Ren Wangye, can be regarded as disobeying the order and disobeying the holy order!"

The little eunuch who had been following Li Fugui was stared at, and quickly changed his words.

"His Majesty will agree."

Li Fugui sighed.

In the current situation, it is enough for Ren Pingsheng to remain neutral and willing to let the imperial court transport grain from the southern provinces such as Hegu, southern Anhui, and Jian'an, and to open the sea port in Dongyang County for the imperial court. It's worth wooing!
What is disobedience?
If the imperial court really turned against the other party, once the other party cuts off the southern grain road, the grain produced in the southern provinces can only bypass Anhui Province and Yanzhou Province to the west. looting.

Or go south to the South China Sea, there will be many pirates and the water waves will be fierce. Once the ship capsizes, it will immediately deal a heavy blow to the court!

It is not an exaggeration to say that Wuzhou Province directly blocked the throat of the imperial court's food supply!
The little eunuch said: "Then, what my godfather said when he came here is to persuade the prince to send troops to Zhongzhou to suppress the bandits in northern Anhui..."

Li Fugui shook his head: "It's all up to King Wu's will."

The king of Wu dared to resist the order and refused to obey it. How could he obey the imperial court's order?

His attitude has been clearly shown to him, to His Majesty, and to the court.

(End of this chapter)