"Go and prepare a thousand fine feathered arrows, quietly, and don't let anyone find out that I want them."
Zhou An's words surprised the guard.
A thousand feathered arrows?
This is no small amount.
If so many feather arrows cannot be found in a short period of time without leaving any traces, they can only use the connections in Prince Jin's Palace to fulfill the Marquis' request.
Moreover, the shooting range of the best feather arrows is 150 steps away. Could it be that the young marquis does not intend to let those assassins who are good at assassination engage in close combat, but to sneak attack from a distance?
"Last time when Ye Changlong and the others were ambushing Liujiazhuang, I discovered that the Ning family had great martial arts skills, and the wounded soldiers were more responsive than I thought. In addition, the lanterns that could go up to the sky, once Ning Wukang's people saw through them, there would be dangers If a killer is ambushing you, you will definitely resist and report the news to others.”
Zhou An didn't intend to hide his plan from his confidants.
on the contrary.
Sometimes he also has to explain the plan thoroughly to prevent his subordinates from not understanding the key points and causing the plan to fail.
"So this assassination requires a long-range attack."
"As long as Ning Wuhuang and the others come within shooting range, there is no need to say hello or play any tricks. Everyone shoots arrows together, regardless of life or death. If there are any companions, they can only blame those people for their bad lives because they were too close to Ning Wuhuang."
In fact, Zhou An originally planned to capture Ning Wuhuang and tease him.
Just like a cat playing with a mouse.
But now that the situation was pressing, he could only give up this idea.
Just right.
It would be nice if Ning Wushu thought that he was a dandy who was just for fun and ignored reality.
"There is a saying in the art of war. Between the virtual and the real, attacking the city is more important than attacking the bottom. I would rather be safe. I have made a complete killing move this time. If you don't believe me, you won't kill me on the spot!"
"Please rest assured, Lord Marquis, I will get these thousand arrows before tomorrow night."
When the guard saw that the young Marquis had arranged everything, his confidence doubled.
Already foreseeing that victory was in sight, the young marquis killed Ning Wuyan and eliminated Princess Xian, and then seized the perfume shop and ice making shop, adding another big boost to the Jin Palace.
…
One day has passed since the Qiao Qiao Festival.
The lanterns that flew into the sky that night are still the main topic of conversation for people in Jinling City after dinner.
Although the Qiqiao Festival has passed, the girls who could not let the lanterns fly into the sky still went to Zhangjiazhuang with relatives who could not reach them with eighteen poles. They had a bowl of iced drinks and chatted for an hour about home affairs. .
Finally, we waited in line to receive the Kongming lanterns handmade by the villagers.
Later, because there were too many distant relatives, it was difficult to tell who was who, and the gifts were too expensive to repay.
Ning Wuhuang simply built a small workshop on the wasteland of the two villages where wounded soldiers were placed, and specially invited villagers to make Kongming lanterns.
The cost of the Kongming Lantern is the iron wire.
In order to follow the path of small profits but quick turnover, so that more villagers can make money, each Kongming Lantern only earns ten cents in addition to the cost.
Once the news got out, people who queued up to buy Kongming lanterns could go around two villages for more than ten times and still have something left.
When Anuye escorted several large carts back and saw the blocked village road ahead, he stood directly on the cart and looked at the road ahead, and asked the Ning family boy lying behind: "Winter Solstice Brother, are we going the wrong way?"
When I left, there were indeed many people who had moved to this area due to the placement of wounded soldiers.
However, the location here is quiet, and many villagers have gone to work in the Ningjia workshop. Apart from those working in the farmland, there are basically no idlers on the road.
But the people in front of me, who were doing nothing, catching fish and birds, looked out of place with the busy local villagers.
"You're right, this is the way."
The Ning family boy guessed very calmly.
"Maybe my fifth son has created something new, which has attracted these people to rush to buy it."
No matter how novel it is, it can't be free of charge... No.
Anuye thought that a bottle of perfume cost 500 Wen, so he squeezed himself out and bought a bottle, thinking that he could not use common sense to infer matters related to Ning Wuyou.
Because Ning Wuhao himself is not an ordinary person.
When I was thinking about whether I should ask the driver to take a detour.
The boy from the Ning family couldn't wait any longer, so he took off his servant's hat and shouted to the crowd.
"Fathers in front of me, please give way. I am a young man from the Ning family. I am carrying in the car the flower seeds that the Fifth Young Master urgently needs. Can you let me go first?"
The people at the back turned their heads ferociously.
They had encountered people who pretended to be members of the Ning family and sneaked into the queue before.
When they heard what the Ning family boy said, they were all furious and wanted to drag the speaker over and beat him up to relieve their irritable mood that was about to catch fire under the scorching sun.
Anuye was shocked when he saw the people's fire-breathing eyes.
I was about to push the little boy behind me back and let him lie down to sleep.
The people who were still fierce just now finally saw clearly the word "Ning" embroidered on the hat that the Ning family boy was waving in his hand, and their expressions suddenly changed.
The originally terrifying eyes turned into kind ones.
This made Anuye, who had been to the land of Bashu, suddenly feel like he was watching a drama of face-changing.
"He is really a young man from the Ning family. I saw him in Zhangjia Village."
"We can't delay the Ning family's business. Get out of the way and make a way for these cart pullers."
The originally crowded crowd immediately cleared a spacious avenue.
Anuye was even more shocked when he saw this scene than when he saw people changing their faces.
He remembered that Ning Wuyang had only been in Zhangjiazhuang for more than a month, and it had only been two or three months since the Ning family had made a fortune.
But now in Jinling, whether in the city or in the fields, everyone from high-ranking officials to peddlers and servants all show great respect to even a servant of the Ning family.
It always made him feel like something was wrong.
Although what the Ning family does is indeed authentic, with such a huge influence, it always seems like someone is deliberately planning it behind the scenes.
"Anoye, hold on to the handle, it's going uphill ahead."
At this time, the driver's reminder brought Anuye back from his thoughts.
Whatever.
Anuye no longer thought about whether someone was deliberately expanding the Ning family's influence.
Not far away is Zhangjiazhuangzi.
He was still waiting to finish delivering the flowers and seeds, pay the merchant, and claim credit for the reward.
In Zhuangzi.
Ning Wuyan was still honing his archery skills.
However, the training subjects were changed from Ning Wuyi to those little wolfdogs who didn't look very smart.
Just try to scare them with the energy of the arrow so that they tuck their tails between their legs.
Unfortunately, after practicing for two days, I still couldn't develop a domineering arrow spirit, and I couldn't hit the target accurately, but I only improved my hit rate.
On the contrary, when faced with Ning Wuyu's arrow energy, he was used to it and was able to withstand the pressure and escape.
"It seems that my only specialty is resisting beatings."
It was embarrassing to say, but he humbly accepted this fact.
"Anuye should be back today. If nothing else, he should be back before lunch."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of horses neighing outside.
Ning Wuyan suddenly became energetic.
It's really what you say.
He called Arati and went to the door to greet him in person. Sure enough, it was Anuye who came back pulling six large carts loaded with 1,200 kilograms of tobacco seeds.
"Young Master, you are lucky to have lived up to your fate."
"Well done, go and rest in the yard I've set up for you. I'll have the kitchen deliver lunch right away."
"Two bowls of iced drinks. There are no cheap iced drinks in Wuhu."
"Okay, you can eat as much as you like. Diarrhea is your own fault."
After inspecting the seeds, I gave them money.
Ning Wuyan asked the delivery boy again if there was still any stock.
When he learned that all the existing stocks had been brought in by Anuye, and that the next batch would not be known until the fleet returned from the sea in two months at the earliest, he gave his partner an extra half a tael of silver as tea payment and sent him away. After a brief lunch, the convoy took the dried tobacco and headed straight to the garrison where Jiang Yan was currently located.
