the world is too big
Regardless of Fang Jie's previous life or his current life, the world is so big that no one can grasp even the news about himself, the more famous he is, the more so. The more famous a person is, the more people mention him, and there are countless things directly or indirectly related to him, so no one person can grasp all the news about himself.
Relatively speaking, those who live in wild places are simpler. In a village with only a few dozen people, even if the village head is such a famous person, wouldn't at most dozens of people mention him? In another village hundreds of miles away, I'm afraid not many people know what's going on in other villages.
Fang Jie's reputation was already great.
It is no longer a matter of a day or two for him to be famous. In Fan Gu, he is a famous person, because he has helped everyone in Fan Gu live a healthy life by relying on his little cleverness and experience brought back from his previous life. Eat the days when there is surplus food and money at home. After entering Chang'an, Fang Jie also became famous, because he presented the pinyin notation method and small character calculation method, which shocked all the great scholars in Chang'an city, and those respectable and lovely old guys were full of praise.
Despite the war, the small-character calculation method and pinyin notation method have become popular all over the country in the past few years. Even private school teachers have to hold an officially published book to learn it by themselves, and then teach it to students. But speaking of it, if Fang Xie could take over and publish this matter, it would have cost a lot of money. Of course, that's impossible.
The current Fang Jie is even more famous because he is already the Duke of Zhen Guo.
Not everyone knows how many stories happened behind these three words, but anyone who knows that Fang Jie has been promoted to the Duke of the State can more or less tell one or two stories.
And many people began to tell Fang Jie's story in the way of narrating legends. Isn't it a kind of pride to become a legend in the eyes of a large number of people
Fang Jie didn't dare to be proud, because he knew what hardships he would face in the future. When he walked out of Fan Gu, what he thought was to rely on the strength of the Sui Dynasty to allow himself to live in peace and stability. If he couldn't enter the Yanwu Academy smoothly, he would find a yamen to be a small official, at least to have no worries about food and clothing.
There were many sufferings at that time, let alone now
The current Fang Jie is no longer a simple Fang Jie who wants to live in peace and stability.
He has stood high enough, so he can only continue to climb higher.
The ancient town of Shengfangting is still as comfortable as when it came here. Fang Jie and his party did not leave in a hurry, and had lunch comfortably in the town, and then he was still in the mood to take his women around the street, buying some snacks like spiced melon seeds, Prepare to pass the boring time on board. Fang Jie found a bookstore by the way, and actually bought a biography about Yang Jian, Emperor Taizu of the Sui Dynasty. It is said that the author was from Taizong's reign, and the person who wrote this book came from a wealthy family. The disrespectful words to Emperor Taizu were written, mostly because of his true love for literature. A small part of the reason... is that reading is stupid.
He wrote it by himself, spent money to publish it, and then gave a few copies to his relatives and friends. He thought it would be fine if it became popular in the small circle, but who would have thought that it would lead to a huge case. The book got into the hands of Emperor Taizong somehow, and Taizong ordered it to be confiscated in a rage. The people who wrote the book were copied and beheaded, and the people who circulated the book died and were exiled, and then suffered.
Such a book would never appear in any bookstore during the Taiping period of the Sui Dynasty. Even if the owner of the bookstore is bold, it is not the way to die, because it will hurt the family.
The biography of Taizu worth 122 taels of silver that Fang Jie bought in the ancient town of Shengfangting would not be much different even if it was not an isolated copy. If it is sold out, it will definitely be more than one hundred and twenty taels.
"Taizu is indeed the most powerful ruler in the world, but the Twelve Emperors of the previous dynasties are unmatched in his stubbornness."
When Fang Jie saw this sentence, he couldn't help but sighed. During Taizong's reign, some people dared to write like this, and they really committed suicide. After all, this era is still an era of supremacy of imperial power, where is there any freedom of speech? Unlike Fang Jie's previous life, although he was still a little imprisoned, at least no one dared to make a joke about the name of the Holy One.
"My lord."
Chen Xiaoru came in from the outside, and handed over a note: "The news sent by Zuo Mingchan..."
Fang Jie opened it and looked at it. There were only a few dozen words on the note, but he explained almost everything clearly. To sum it up, Zuo Mingchan brought people from the Xiaoqi School to make trouble for Luo Tu in Mouping. This time, Zuo Mingchan robbed more than a dozen trucks of firearms purchased from the rebels of the Principality of Ross. With the support of Huotong Tianxia, these things were not burned, but were transported to the southwest by ship.
Recently, more and more foreigners appeared in Muping City. At most, even half of the market was occupied by foreigners, and the other half of the market was occupied by merchants from the Great Sui Dynasty. As for the Eastern Chu merchants who once occupied almost the entire market in Muping City It seems that it disappeared overnight, and it is hard to find it now.
Just because a large number of foreigners entered Muping City, the rebels of the Principality of Ross who were doing business with Luo Tu became more careful. Zuo Mingchan captured a few of Luo Tu's subordinates. After interrogation, it turned out that Luo Tu ordered a large number of muskets and cannons. But the people of the Principality of Ross wanted such a large sum of money, but they simply couldn't produce so many weapons.
What Zuo Mingchan didn't find out was that because of such a large order, he actually helped the people of the Opru Empire solve a problem quietly.
Luo Tu took out enough money, so much that the rebel leaders of the Principality of Ross had forgotten that they wanted the money to avenge the expansion of the army. Several leaders looked at each other with greedy eyes, and then said with a smile that we have so much money and are still resisting farts, everyone take out the weapons and sell them to those stupid haters, let them go to war, let's take it Yin Zi flies far away, it would be great to find a good place to be an uncle.
It hit it off.
Perhaps even Emperor Leman of the Opru Empire did not expect that the rebels of the Principality of Ross disappeared in this way.
"It's not right."
Fang Jie shook his head after reading the secret letter: "What's going on with Yang Shunhui?"
Chen Xiaoru replied: "Recently, Yang Shunhui has very close contacts with foreigners. It is Yang Shunhui's nod that foreigners can enter Mouping City to do business, so Yang Shunhui must have received a lot of benefits from it. So every time a foreigner enters Yang Shunhui's General's Mansion, it is Carrying boxes of presents in."
"not too good."
Fang Jie was silent for a while and then ordered: "Go, find a way to get in touch with Sanjin Hou, and let him send people who can go all over the world to find some Dongchu merchants as soon as possible. Don't delay this matter... I suspect that Dongchu has already The country is destroyed."
These words startled Chen Xiaoru, and he paused for a few seconds before reacting: "My God! My lord is saying that all the Eastern Chu merchants have disappeared. It's not because foreigners are cheaper and direct, but because foreigners borrow With such a thing as a cover-up, has Dongchu been wiped out?"
Fang Jie nodded: "That's what I'm worried about. The emperor of the Opru Empire named Leman is very ambitious. He already has no rivals on the other side of the ocean. For an emperor who has been expanding, he can't find a new place to come. It is painful to start a war... Dongchu is the springboard for him to come from the other side of the ocean, as long as Dongchu is eliminated, the next step is to directly attack the Central Plains."
"ah!"
Chen Xiaoru suddenly thought of something: "If... if the people from the Mu Mansion led troops into Shanhaiguan and entered the Central Plains at this time, wouldn't the eastern border be empty? If foreigners knew... the consequences would be disastrous!"
"Tell the boatman to stop the boat!"
Fang Jie suddenly ordered: "Dock, I have to wait for someone!"
Chen Xiaoru was stunned, for a moment he didn't think who Fang Jie was waiting for. Everyone has already returned, and the people in the dark are also going back with the fleet. Who else needs to wait? But Chen Xiaoru knew that there were some things that the lord himself said was okay, but he couldn't ask. The greatest duty of being a subordinate is to keep your mouth, ears and eyes in check. You don't need to look, ask or listen to what you can know.
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Jiangnan
Kim Family Courtyard
Looking at the courtyard that was beyond recognition, Jin Shiduo's eyes were full of sadness. I think back when the old lady was still alive, although she didn't go out, she had a seat in Tongu Academy. Because of having a seat, Jinjia is a first-class wealthy family in Jiangnan!
But Jin Shiduo also knew that the affairs behind the wealthy family were even colder and crueler. So he felt that he was ready for the gradual decline of the Jin family after the old lady passed away. But when Wan Xingchen's sword fell without warning, he realized that he was not ready at all.
The old lady died, and the boss of the Jin family was a cowardly defender of the city. He was squeezed out by the people in Tonggu Academy and had no status at all. In the end, the Jin family became the people pushed out by Tonggu Academy after the Pang family. After being killed by Luo Yao, the Pang family plummeted, and now no one even mentions it.
Now, it was his turn to suffer disaster for the Jin family.
It was helpless for him to be promoted by the people in Tonggu Academy to lead the army. If he did not accept this matter, then the Jin family would be doomed. If you pick it up, it's still a disaster... two choices, you can only choose the later disaster. But who would have thought that Tongu Academy would disappear so soon
According to legend, the person behind the academy never showed up when the academy was destroyed!
As a result, the Jin family was lucky to be able to escape the disaster, but it was not good luck. More disasters followed after Tonggu Academy was destroyed. He himself led the troops to fight Yang Jian in the south of the Yangtze River, and his second brother Jin Shixiong led the troops to fight fiercely with the man named Puhu in the north of the Yangtze River. So Yang Jian was so angry that he sent a team of iron armored troops to attack six hundred miles, and first killed the Jin family. Butchered. His eldest brother died unexpectedly, and there were almost no living people left in the family.
The family garden that was once famous all over the world has been burnt down, leaving only ruins.
"My lord, now is not the time for you and me to fight each other."
Looking at the devastation, Jin Shiduo felt his heart twitching.
Tu, who was standing by his side, glanced at him expressionlessly: "You mean, beg me to avenge you?"
"beg?"
Jin Shiduo repeated the word, then nodded with a wry smile: "Please! I'm begging you to avenge me. I know that your cultivation is amazing, and I'm definitely not Yang Jian's opponent, so I can only beg you!"
"Two conditions."
Tu glanced at Jin Shiduo: "First, your people, Jin Shixiong's people all belong to me, and the two of you are the same. Of course, you don't have to worry, you can send someone to contact Jin Shixiong in Jiangbei, and I will give you half a month. .Secondly, the Jin family will try their best to help me do one thing, and make it known to everyone in the world!"
"What's up?"
Jin Shiduo asked after hesitating.
Tu raised his head and looked at the sky, and muttered to himself: "If I have this achievement, it's all for fighting Yang Jian, so I don't have any choice...why can't I do something according to my own ideas? Regardless of life or death today ... No matter how famous or notorious I am in the future, I have done it after all... I want to proclaim myself emperor!"
Jin Shiduo trembled in fright, and took a few steps back: "My lord, it's extremely inappropriate to proclaim yourself emperor now, right? I'm afraid that once the news of proclaiming emperor gets out, we will have no way out and no help. Now, not only the people of the imperial court, but also other forces will immediately declare war on us... think twice, my lord."
Tu Leng sneered and said, "What am I afraid of? If I can't defeat Yang Jian, I'll just die. What enemy should I be afraid of? If I defeat Yang Jian, who else in this world needs me to be afraid of? As for infamy, Who dares to scold me?"
He flung his sleeves back and stood with his hands behind his back: "No matter what, I will do that. Whoever stops me will die first!"