Chapter 1: Founding Emperor【04】
Song Zhiyuan casually mentioned Li Shen, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Thinking of his purpose of coming to the study to find Yuan Jia, he raised his voice and said excitedly: "Brother, I'm getting a sense of anger!"
Yuan Jia got up in surprise, walked in front of Song Zhiyuan, reached out to grab his arm, and found that Song Zhiyuan had really developed a sense of qi.
He smiled and said, "This is a good thing. In the future, we must continue to practice so that this qi will grow stronger, which is good for the body."
Song Zhiyuan responded.
Yuan Jia was also very happy that Song Zhiyuan was able to develop his sense of qi. Although the breathing method was only a common method of self-cultivation and self-cultivation, it was a very useful exercise in this low-level martial world, or the modern world without spirit.
In the life of He Yuanjia, when his mission was not completed, he only relied on this health regimen to prolong his life to live a healthy life of more than 100 years.
It is a pity that this regimen is said to prolong life, but it only reduces the pain of a person, and cannot really prolong a person's lifespan. It is like maintaining machine parts but cannot prevent the machine from going toward reimbursement.
Yuan Jia taught Song Zhiyuan this healthy breathing method, hoping that the male protagonist's younger brother could have a healthy body.
Yuan Jia ordered: "Send someone to invite Doctor Yu!"
Doctor Yu was a doctor invited by Song's father to take care of Song Zhiyuan's body.
After Doctor Yu came, Yuan Jia said to him: "Doctor Yu, come and show Zhiyuan his physical condition."
Doctor Yu hurriedly gave Song Zhiyuan a pulse. He stroked his goatee beard and looked puzzled: "Second Young Master's health is actually much better than before!"
Although in the past few months when the doctor took Song Zhiyuan's pulse, he also noticed that Song Zhiyuan's physical condition was gradually improving, but it was a gradual improvement. Now he can feel Song Zhiyuan's pulse by taking the pulse. It's almost up.
Song Zhiyuan retracted his wrist and smiled at Yuan Jia: "Brother, my body has improved, and I will be able to help you more in the future!"
Yuan Jia looked at Doctor Yu: "Zhiyuan's body still needs to be nourished and recuperated, so I'll leave it to you, Doctor Yu."
Although Dr. Yu was curious about the reason why Song Zhiyuan's body improved so quickly, he still understood what to ask and what not to ask, so he silently wrote down a supplementary house that was suitable for Song Zhiyuan's current physical condition.
By nourishing inside and outside, Song Zhiyuan's body will naturally become healthier.
Yuan Jia continued to sit in Shunyi House, secretly training troops and controlling the Song family's business.
Shunyi House is the base camp of the Song family. Although the Song family is the richest man in Shunyi House and the number one merchant, there are other wealthy merchants and wealthy households in Shunyi House. There are also vassal kings behind them. The Song family is big and small in business. There's a lot of trouble.
In the blink of an eye, more than two years have passed since the funeral of Song's father and mother.
Yuan Jia and Song Zhiyuan kept filial piety for Song's father and Song's mother, saying that it was three years, but in fact it was twenty-seven months.
Once twenty-seven months have passed, the Song family will be able to perform filial piety.
The troubles at the Song Family Chamber of Commerce branch subsided after Song's father died. Later, Yuan Jia took over the Song family, and there was a commotion there, until Yuan Jia said that he wanted to be filial to his parents, and he would rather ignore the Chamber of Commerce branch. If you are an unfilial son, you will stop there again. In fact, the hidden dangers still exist, and the people behind the scenes have temporarily stopped, just to wait for Yuan Jia's filial piety.
Sure enough, after showing filial piety, Yuan Jia could no longer stay in Shunyi House in the name of keeping filial piety, and soon the branches of the Chamber of Commerce in various places had problems again. The operation of the government is exactly the same.
But if Yuanjia doesn't go to the Chamber of Commerce branch to solve the problem, the people behind the scenes will definitely make things worse, which will have a great impact on the Song Family Chamber of Commerce.
Back then, the head of the Song family paid too much for the establishment of the Song Family Chamber of Commerce, and the Song family's wealth and status today cannot be attributed to the Chamber of Commerce. And those business channels of the Chamber of Commerce are very important to his plan, and he can't give up the Chamber of Commerce.
Therefore, Yuan Jia planned to go to the branch of the Chamber of Commerce in person, and the first stop was the Yongzhou Branch of the nearest Chamber of Commerce.
Before leaving, Yuan Jia called Song Zhiyuan: "I'm going to take someone to solve the trouble with the Chamber of Commerce branch. It's not good to be so noisy. Shunyi Prefecture will be handed over to you."
Song Zhiyuan's face changed suddenly: "Brother! Yongzhou Mansion is the fief of King An! If you go to Yongzhou Mansion, wouldn't the sheep go into the tiger's mouth?"
Yuan Jia laughed, who is a sheep and who is a tiger, but not necessarily!
"Don't worry, I've already made all the preparations. Even if An Wang tears his face, I'm sure to get out!"
Song Zhiyuan was still worried: "Brother, if you stay, I will go to the Chamber of Commerce branch on your behalf."
Yuan Jia was very moved by Song Zhiyuan's intentions. He knew that this trip was dangerous, but he was willing to go there on his behalf, which showed his sincerity.
Yuan Jia patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Since you are worried, then go to a place with your brother!"
Yuan Jia had promised him before that he would take him there when he became stronger, and now is the time.
Song Zhiyuan asked curiously, "Brother, where is it? You've been hooking me for two years!"
Yuan Jia smiled and didn't answer, and directly dressed up with Song Zhiyuan, quietly left Shunyi House, and went to the mountains outside the city.
Song Zhiyuan only had some guesses in his heart when he saw the cottage built in the mountains.
Yuan Jia led Song Zhiyuan towards the cottage.
As early as when the two of them went up the mountain, a scout detected the whereabouts of the two and reported the news. Therefore, before entering the gate of the cottage, they saw Li Shen and a few people respectfully coming out to greet them: "I see you below. Master, meet the second son!"
When Song Zhiyuan saw Li Shen, he understood why Li Shen, as the son of the Song family, rarely showed up in the Song family over the years. It turned out that he was arranged here by his brother.
As for the people behind Li Shen, there was someone Song Zhiyuan who also felt a little familiar.
Seeing the armors Li Shen and others were wearing, Song Zhiyuan's guess was basically confirmed.
However, when they arrived at the martial arts field under the leadership of Li Shen, and saw the thousands of people lined up in a neat square to practice boxing, Song Zhiyuan's heart tightened, and his face was horrified: "This is..."
Yuan Jia looked at the army that had been quite effective, and laughed: "This is our Song family army! Zhiyuan, what do you think?"
After Song Zhiyuan recovered from his shock, he inevitably exclaimed: "Brother, it's amazing! It's amazing! I've never seen such a well-trained army!"
Not to mention, just the uniform movements can tell that these people are well-trained troops.
Yuan Jia is still quite satisfied with his Song family army. In the age of cold weapons, as long as this well-trained army is equipped with good equipment, it will definitely be an invincible army.
He has seen the officers and soldiers stationed in Shunyi Prefecture. Those officers and soldiers are completely inferior to the Song family in terms of personal quality and overall quality, and their equipment and treatment are incomparable, because the salary of the soldiers has long been deducted by the corrupt officials above. Come on, those officers and soldiers don't talk about getting paid, it's not bad if they don't go hungry.
Yuan Jia said to Li Shen, "I'm going to the Yongzhou Chamber of Commerce branch, you order a team to accompany me."
Li Shen immediately clasped his fists and said, "Follow your orders!"
Li Shen went to order troops, Yuan Jia looked at Song Zhiyuan and said with a smile, "You can rest assured now? With such a group of guards, am I afraid of encountering 'robbers'?"
Song Zhiyuan was really relieved. If such elite soldiers could not protect their brother when they encountered the 'robbers', then King An who was behind the 'robbers' could have pushed the world to rebel directly.
Li Shen ordered a team of 1,000 people. The 1,000 people trot neatly to stand in front of Yuan Jia. Yuan Jia felt a little speechless when he saw it: "Are 1,000 people too many?" A team of 200 people, with so many people, he was afraid that King An would be frightened into thinking that other vassal kings would send vanguard troops to attack his fief.
Li Shen said seriously: "Master, these are the best thousand soldiers, and it is the most foolproof for them to protect the master!"
Yuan Jia waved his hand and ordered, "I only need a team of two hundred people!"
Li Shen had no choice but to obey the order and select the two hundred most powerful people from the thousand, including Li Shen himself.
Yuan Jia didn't say much about the chief instructor of Li Shen's shanzhai, who also wanted to go with him. His subordinates were loyal and courageous, and occasionally they needed to have room to express themselves.
Yuan Jia didn't bring these two hundred people back for the time being, and made an appointment with Li Shen to let Li Shen and others wait outside Shunyi Mansion.
Yuan Jia said he was going back, but Song Zhiyuan was still reluctant to leave: "Brother, let me stay here for a few days! I also want to practice kung fu with them!"
Seeing those people who were exercising Qinggong flying over the eaves and walls, Song Zhiyuan was so envious that his saliva was drooling.
Yuan Jia dragged his younger brother and left: "I want to practice martial arts, I will come back to teach you after my elder brother has settled the matter of the Chamber of Commerce branch!"
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When the sky was white with fish belly, Yuan Jia got up. After washing up and having breakfast, Chaoyang jumped out of the horizon and hung in the east, casting a golden and red brilliance.
Yuan Jia brought Butler Li, a group of people and goods to the carriage, and the carriage with the logo of the Song Family Chamber of Commerce slowly drove towards the city gate.
The air was still filled with the moist smell of the morning fog. When the carriage just drove out of the Song family, the sign on the carriage fell into the eyes of the caring people.
The convoy slowly drove out of the city gate. Yuan Jia sat in the carriage and closed his eyes. Even though he was separated by the wooden planks of the carriage, he could feel someone behind him, but he didn't even lift his eyelids, and the corners of his lips were slightly hooked. rise.
Outside the city gate in the early morning, nearby villagers were already queuing up at the city gate with their burdens and waiting to enter the city to sell goods. The carriage slowly passed by the lined queue and entered the white mist in the early morning, with the car body looming.
I don't know when, when the white fog dissipated a little under the sun, the originally sparse convoy was actually protected by a cavalry in black leather armor and riding a horse in the middle.
This 100-strong black cavalry is like a black stream, surrounded by the convoy, silent, only the sound of neat horse hooves.
The convoy was driving on the mountain road, and the speed was not fast, but those people who had been ambushed in the nearby mountains early on saw this scene, but they all looked at each other, not knowing whether they should do it or not.
After a long silence, someone finally couldn't help but ask softly, "Boss, are we still doing it?"
No matter how you look at it, I feel that this black cavalry is a well-trained regular army. With such an army to protect, how could they be able to intercept Song Yuanjia under the heavy protection?
The leader who was sent by King An to do the dirty work was silent and looked at the black cavalry next to the convoy.
What can he do? He is also very desperate! Who knows where Song Yuanjia invited the guards!
At this time, he suddenly heard a muffled humming sound behind him, and he turned his head to look at the sensitive awareness that something was wrong, only to see a dark shadow flashing past, he clutched his slit throat, humming for two Sheng glared and fell down, not even seeing the real face of the murderer, only vaguely seeing a somewhat familiar black leather armor...
The convoy passed the ambush site smoothly. After walking past, the hundred guards beside the convoy became two hundred, and the guard circle was added to another layer.
Especially the burly Li Shen sitting on the horse gave people more pressure. He silently stayed outside the carriage where Yuan Jia was sitting. Even his own father, Li Butler, who drove Yuan Jia, was a little afraid to do this with him. The fierce son spoke up.
Yuanjia's convoy went to Yongzhou smoothly, and no bandits dared to attack the Song family's convoy along the way.
But the same Yuan Jia went out and hired a black cavalry to protect him.
When Prince An of Yongzhou Prefecture heard the news, he was immediately surprised and doubted that this black cavalry was the elite troops of other vassal kings.
- The Song family has already taken refuge in a certain force!
- But the specific faction has not been found out, it must not be me anyway!
Now those forces that want to attack the Song family are not taboo and jealous of the Song family, and they are afraid of the deeply hidden power behind the Song family.
After Yuanjia came to the branch of the Chamber of Commerce in Yongzhou Prefecture, Li Shengang led people to surround the branch of the Chamber of Commerce. Yuanjia walked into the branch, and the person in charge of the branch told him that the trouble had been resolved.
The branch of the Chamber of Commerce in Yongzhou is not in much trouble. It is nothing more than malicious competition from rivals, the government maliciously makes things difficult, the purchase channels are blocked, and the sales channels are manipulated...
But before Yuan Jia arrived at Yongzhou Mansion, An Wang took the initiative to withdraw all the people who were looking for trouble with the Song Family Chamber of Commerce branch, and wiped the head and tail clean.
After Yuan Jia came to the branch, it was not surprising to hear the news from the person in charge.
He smiled and said to the person in charge of the Yongzhou branch: "Since the trouble has been solved, let's rectify the moths inside the branch!"
Next is Yuanjia's cleanup of the Yongzhou Chamber of Commerce branch. Those who have been bought off, those who are rich in their own pockets, and those who want to empty the Songjia Chamber of Commerce and start a new business... A moth was dug out by Yuanjia.
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The day after Yuanjia came to Yongzhou Mansion, he received an invitation from King An.
An Wang planned to hold a banquet in the palace and invited him to attend.
Yuan Jia is only a businessman now, so he can't help but be invited by a prince.
So on the day of the banquet, he took Li Shen to the banquet.
The banquet was held in the open air in the garden of the palace. King An was wearing a python robe and a jade crown, looking quite imposing.
Yuan Jia glanced at the other people at King An's banquet, and found that these people were all under the command of King An, which meant that all the people present were King An's subordinates or allies except him and Li Shen.
Yuan Jia bowed casually to Prince An: "Song has seen the prince!"
An Wang's face twitched, and just as he was about to get angry, he saw the new counselor sitting next to him kept winking at him.
He suppressed the anger in his stomach: "Don't be too polite!"
Yuan Jia smiled, then found an empty seat and sat down. Li Shen, like a bear, stood straight behind him, his right hand still holding his scabbard.
The scabbard was empty, because Li Shen refused to remove the weapon before entering the palace, but Yuan Jia spoke up, so he removed the scabbard, but left the scabbard.
Under Li Shen's terrifying might, even a scabbard was a murder weapon.
The person sitting next to Yuan Jia was a civil servant, with the appearance of a weak scholar. Li Shen stood behind Yuan Jia. He was the closest person to Li Shen besides Yuan Jia. The pressure on Li Shen made him look like golden paper. , almost fainted.
Afraid of losing face, he silently got up and walked to his friend's side to squeeze.
An Wang felt ashamed when he saw this scene, but he had to admit that Li Shen's bear-like physique put a lot of pressure on him.
At least when he was about to reprimand Yuan Jia, he met Li Shen's fierce expression, and he subconsciously softened his tone: "Master Song, this king invited you to the banquet today, and I also heard that Shunyi Mansion The son of Song Caishen is here, and I want to see it. I heard that Song Gongzi's ability is not inferior to your father Song Caishen..."
Yuan Jia found that this Wang An was also quite talented in blowing rainbow farts.
Wang An awkwardly blew it, but he didn't say the main point for a long time. The next advisor gave him a wink so hard that his eyes almost cramped.
It's a pity that An Wang didn't want to talk about the main point, but Li Shen's terrifying eyes were staring at him, he, he was a little cowardly...
"Cough cough! Your lord, you invited Young Master Song, didn't you want to recruit Young Master Song?" The red-faced General Fang couldn't help but come out to relieve his lord.
Prince An responded quickly: "Yes, yes, Song Gongzi, this king is thirsty for talents, such as Song Gongzi, this king really wishes to have ten or eight under his command, but unfortunately it is too rare in the world, it is rare to see it! I don't know! Song Gongzi may wish..."
"Thanks to the lord who looks down on him, it is a blessing to be in the lord's command for the next three lives!"
An Wang's eyes lit up and looked at Yuan Jia expectantly.
Yuan Jia continued with a smile: "It's a pity that Song is unwilling!"
An Wang: "..." Why don't you want to beep so much?
Glancing at the black-faced Li Shen, An Wang didn't dare to shout out, and smiled awkwardly: "Haha, it's okay, this king is not the kind of person who is difficult for a strong man!"
An Wang glanced at Li Shen again, his voice lowered a little: "Song Gongzi, I don't know who is behind you..."
Yuan Jia said with a smile, "This gentleman's surname is Li, and he was hired by Song to protect our Song family's motorcade. After all, the lord also knows that my parents and my mother were killed by interception. In order to avoid such accidents, I specially The people looking for Riyuelou hired a team of guards."
"Sun Moon Building?"
An Wang and the others all widened their eyes. They had never heard of such a force as Riyuelou. A force that could easily hire an elite black armored cavalry for Song Yuanjia must not be a small force, could it be Which vassal king used this method to make money behind his back?
Yuan Jia nodded and said with an expression that you should all know what kind of power Riyuelou is: "Yeah! Your lord should know that Riyuelou provides employment and assassination services, as long as you spend money. My Song family is the least lacking. It’s all about money, and it’s worth spending money on safety.”
An Wang, who was just about to ask Yuan Jia what the Sun and Moon Building was, got stuck, and he swallowed the questioning words at the edge of his throat, and smiled shyly: "Yes!
What kind of power is Sun Moon Tower? If this king asks, will he appear very low and uninformed?
Forget it, when Song Yuanjia is gone, this king will send someone to investigate!
There was no truth in Yuan Jia's mouth, all kinds of nonsense, Li Shen stood behind Yuan Jia and listened to his master's rhetoric, he was a little at a loss, when did he become a mercenary of Riyuelou ?
After the banquet was over, after leaving Prince An's mansion, Li Shen couldn't help but ask, "Master, what kind of power is that Riyuelou?"
Yuan Jia said lightly: "Oh, isn't there a wooden building in our cottage? I plan to name the wooden building Sun Moon Building, how about it? Does it sound good?"
Li Shen was silent for a long while and said two words: "...It sounds good." Inexplicably, he felt a little sympathetic to Wang An and others!
After Yuan Jia and Li Shen left, An Wang and others did indeed send someone to investigate the information about Sun Moon Tower.
The investigation found that Yuan Jia took Li Shen and others out of Yongzhou Mansion and went to the next branch of the Chamber of Commerce. They have not investigated any information yet.
Under normal circumstances, An Wang and the others could not investigate the information of Riyuelou, and they would definitely suspect that the person who provided the information was lying.
But Wang An and others didn't think Song Yuanjia was lying, otherwise they wouldn't be able to explain the origins of the black armored cavalry around Yuanjia, so they could be sure that there must be the power of Sun Moon Tower, but it was too hidden and too powerful. not!
The more I think about it, the more I feel that the Sun Moon Building is terrifying, and it can actually hide the intelligence system that they have been operating for many years!
An Wang's brain supplement is even more terrifying: "The person who assassinated this king's guard and Mr. Xu two years ago must be the assassin of Riyuelou! Otherwise, how could this king have been unable to find an assassin after so long!"
So King An and the others gradually changed their minds, and he scared himself. King An felt that he could not be the only one to be frightened, so he disclosed the information of Riyuelou to other vassal kings.
After receiving the news, the other vassals found that they could not find any information about Riyuelou. Oh no.