Borrow the day to change the day

"Second brother, third brother, let's go and have a look outside the city."

"Brother, why did you call us out to see?" A short man asked the businessman who had spoken earlier.

"That's right, brother, let's talk about it first." Another strong man also asked the merchant walking in front.

The merchant replied as he walked, "Brother, didn't I tell you about the cement last time? It is said that a cement square has been built at the cement factory outside the city, and the road is still being built in Beijing."

Hearing this, the short man became interested, and quickly asked: "The gates of the capital city only open at noon, so the cement factory is still open?"

The merchant turned his head to look at the short man behind him, wanted to speak, but felt awkward, so he turned around and said, "Hurry up, you two, it's not convenient to talk behind me."

When the short man and the strong man heard this, they hurriedly walked a few steps and walked alongside the merchants.

"It is said that the marquis of Zhongxing explained before he left that the factories outside the city were not allowed to stop working. Moreover, the gates of the capital city only opened at noon in the days when King Qin's army had just set off. Since the victory report of recapturing Luanzhou came to Beijing last time , and the door will resume to open normally." Shang Jia told the two sworn brothers what he knew.

The strong man scratched his head, and then asked: "Brother, you said that the factories outside the city were built by Hou Zhongxing, why didn't he keep one for himself to make money, and why did he dedicate it to the court?" [

Hearing this, the short man turned his head and said directly to his third younger brother without waiting for the eldest brother to speak: "Didn't you say that Zhongxing Hou is a god from the sky who came down to assist Ziweixing? How could he fall into Qian's eyes like you."

The strong man chuckled: "That's the reason too. If it were a mortal, it would be impossible to be so generous!"

Seeing that the two younger brothers had something interesting to say, the merchant joined in the fun and said, "It is said that Marquis Zhongxing is from a very wealthy overseas place. It would be nice to go to sea sometime to see it."

The three gossiped while walking, and they came to the gate of the city without knowing it.

Although the city gate is still open, there are still many more soldiers guarding the gate than usual.They don't care much about people entering the city, but as long as they go out of the city, they will be stopped for inspection.

The merchant frowned when he saw this situation, it was still a little troublesome to get out of the city.

At this moment, the sound of horseshoes came from a distance, which made the gatekeepers tense up, and immediately looked out of the city with their guns.

Seeing this scene, the three merchant brothers were also a little flustered, don't be a bad thing, right?

"Hurry up at [-] miles, there is news from the front line." A soldier with better eyesight suddenly shouted loudly.

When the people around heard it, they all flocked to the city gate to watch.

The leading captain looked at them and hurriedly drove them away: "Get out of the way, don't block the road."

Then he quickly stepped aside to look at the situation outside the city, thinking about what the message from the messenger was.

Seeing that the messenger was approaching the gate of the city, he began to shout: "Good news from the front line, great victory over the Jian captives, regain the lost land, and capture the slave chiefs alive!"

The soldiers at the top of the city and the people around the city heard the messenger shouting from the galloping horse, and thought they had heard it wrong. They listened to it twice, and when the messenger was approaching the gate of the city, they were sure that they had heard it right.

The captain excitedly said to his subordinates: "Salute." When the soldiers heard this, they all hurriedly stood aside to salute and welcome the messenger. [

The common people also seemed to believe that the messenger who was about to enter the city was the hero who had made these contributions, and greeted the messenger with admiration one by one.

The courier flew past all the way, accepting the reverent eyes of passers-by, feeling more satisfied in his heart, as if he had his own share of the honor in the good news, and the tiredness of traveling day and night was swept away.

The strong man looked at the messenger and yelled as he headed towards the Forbidden City. He didn't ask the merchant until he was out of sight, "Brother, shall we still go to the cement factory outside the city?"

The merchants had smiles on their faces and said, "Go, why don't you go. Let's take a look after the imperial army's squadron returns to Beijing."

The short man suddenly said: "Brother, I want to go home and report a letter to my mother-in-law. She has always been thinking about her mother's family. Now that I have won the battle, I should go back and take a look."

When the merchant heard this, he nodded and said, "That's what it should be. You should go home and report a letter. Forget it, I won't go out of the city today. My boss might send us out to check his presence after hearing the good news. industry outside."

The strong man slapped his head when he heard this and said, "The regular customers who often come to my place to buy pork also keep nagging their relatives outside the city. I'll write a letter to them too."

So, the three of them separated at the city gate, and each went back to report the good news.

The good news spread more and more widely, and the gentry and common people in the city gradually responded to the good news.

The number of people going out at several city gates of the capital gradually increased. Some were walking, some were riding horses, some were old and young, men and women, some were alone, and some were in groups.

These people either have relatives or property in Gyeonggi, and now that the pass is peaceful, they hurried out of the city.

Emperor Chongzhen did not work until late at night as usual, and after preliminary discussions with the cabinet on various matters related to the army's squadron returning to Beijing, he came to Zhongcui Palace to visit the prince.

At this time, Zhu Cihong was only a little over thirteen months old, and he was canonized as the crown prince early because of political reasons, and he was placed in the first palace alone.

He was just at the age of walking, and it was rare to see his father, so when Emperor Chongzhen passed by, he was a little bit of a stranger.

Emperor Chongzhen felt a little guilty when he saw his son's reaction.The family affection of the Tian family is weaker than that of ordinary people. Not only has I experienced this, but now my son is also like this.

However, he was a little proud. The news of the great victory dissipated the shadow of subjugation that had always been in his heart. All the slave chieftains were captured. History has changed, and his hard work every day has paid off.

He hugged the crown prince, and secretly said in his heart: "The Great Ming Dynasty will not be left in my hands, it will definitely be passed on to you."

Emperor Chongzhen went to bed at Concubine Tian Gui's place at night, and after scoring three goals, he hugged Concubine Tian Gui who was naked and talked.

Concubine Tian Gui could think of Emperor Chongzhen's unusually good mood with her toes. She lay in Emperor Chongzhen's arms and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say something or not?"

Emperor Chongzhen patted her smooth back with his hand, and said with a smile: "If there is anything inappropriate to say, just say it, hesitating, be careful, I will punish you again."

Concubine Tian Guifei heard that Emperor Chongzhen allowed it, so she said: "Your Majesty, the imperial army has captured the slave chiefs alive, so the capital should be peaceful, right?"

Emperor Chongzhen looked down at Concubine Tian Gui's little face, squeezed it lightly, and said, "Is it still not peaceful?"

"The concubine's father has several properties outside Beijing that have been destroyed by the war. He wants to rebuild these properties."

"Oh, I don't have any money, you should know." Emperor Chongzhen thought that Concubine Tian Guifei wanted money for Zuo Dudu to rebuild.

"The concubine's father didn't mean that. What he meant was whether he could ask His Majesty to reward him with some cement. Your Majesty, as you know, the cement outside is not sold at all. So, I came to ask my concubine." Concubine Tian Gui stretched out her hand. Touching Emperor Chongzhen's chest with his small hand, he said.

"That's no problem. When Marquis Zhongxing comes back, I'll just ask him to call Zuo Dudu some." Emperor Chongzhen replied without thinking.

"Your Majesty, the concubine's father saw the square made of cement in the cement factory. He thought about using cement to repair the road between several industries and the capital. Your Majesty, you know, it's raining, and the road is too heavy. If it is muddy, it will be difficult to transport things to the capital." Concubine Tian Gui said in a voice that lacked confidence.

"Oh, wouldn't that cost a lot? I'm afraid it won't work. I'm still counting on the cement to sell for money!" Emperor Chongzhen disagreed.

"The concubine also said the same to my father, and let my father dispel this idea." Concubine Tian Gui is a smart person, once she checked the tone of Emperor Chongzhen, she immediately changed her words when she knew it was not good.

She put the matter aside, and then said: "The concubine's father decided to buy cement to build the road by himself, but"

Emperor Chongzhen had just rejected a modest request from the beauty in his arms because of lack of money, Wei Wei was a little bit sorry, but now she seemed to have difficulty hearing what she said, so she asked softly: "Just what?"

"The concubine's father only has some Ming Tongxing banknotes in his hand, and no one is willing to exchange them. Therefore, he wants to ask the concubine to exchange some other banknotes with His Majesty." When Concubine Tian Guifei said this, she raised her head slightly, tenderly Looking at Emperor Chongzhen intently.

"Other banknotes?" Emperor Chongzhen heard something, and his voice became a little stiff.