Just as Chang'an Town continued to grow, Liu Zhaoguang led a caravan to purchase goods several times.
Each time, he would pay more than a thousand taels of silver for goods, which soon accumulated rich assets in the bank of Chang'an Town.
Seeing that the development scale of Chang'an Town was getting larger and larger, and that it was fully capable of protecting itself in the coming rebellion, Zhu Changan assigned a task to Zhu Renxia.
"Zhu Renxia, Chang'an Town is almost developed now, and I have a new task for you to do."
"Please give me instructions, Heavenly Lord."
Zhu Renxia stood in the courtyard of the meeting hall, respectfully looking up to the sky to ask for the decree.
Zhu Changan said: "First, continue to trace the whereabouts of "Tiger and Dragon Pantu" and recover it at all costs."
"Disciple, obey."
Zhu Renxia clasped his hands and accepted the order, "This picture was dedicated to Yang Yinglong by Yang Dali's deputy Fang Jielun. When the disciple left Wulong Mountain, he had left several people waiting for his return."
"Oh... you are very attentive." Zhu Changan was very satisfied with this.
"The purpose of the disciple going to Wulong Mountain is to obtain this map. If he fails to complete the task, how dare he slack off. Although he rescued the parents of Jinzhu Girl and incorporated the forces of Wulong Mountain, the disciple has not forgotten the task assigned by Tianzun. "
Zhu Renxia praised the people of Wulong Mountain as "powers" and did not use the word "bandits", lest it spread to the ears of the people from Wulong Mountain and cause grudges.
"You are very good. I have cultivated you in vain."
Zhu Changan was even more satisfied, "Are the few people left behind reliable?"
Zhu Renxia said: "Tianzun, please rest assured. These people are all loyal people carefully selected by Miss Jin. They are also smart and have excellent martial arts skills. As long as Fang Jielun returns to Wulong Mountain, he will definitely be caught by them."
Zhu Changan nodded and continued: "Second, after these six months of development, how much money has your Chang'an Town made now?"
"I just took inventory of the warehouse the day before yesterday. Currently, there is a total income of 4,855 taels of silver."
Zhu Changan frowned: "The speed of making money is still not fast enough!"
Zhu Renxia pondered: "Liu Zhaoguang has united several giant businessmen in Guiyang, so his sales ability is the greatest."
"In just one Guiyang, there are at most 100,000 people, and the materials consumed are limited. But if there are ten, twenty or even a hundred Guiyang, wouldn't the sales capacity be doubled?" Zhu Changan reminded.
Zhu Renxia raised his eyebrows and understood immediately: "Tianzun means to ask the disciples to contact merchants in other towns to expand sales channels?"
"exactly."
Zhu Changan blew out a few smoke rings and said slowly, "You can send a fifth person or even a few more eloquent people to Guangzhou, Guilin, Changsha, Nanchang and other big cities to contact merchants and expand sales. , wouldn’t the shipment volume increase significantly?”
"Disciple, obey."
Zhu Renxia accepted the order.
It's not that Zhu Renxia didn't think of this approach, but that his ambition was not to make money but to be an official, so Zhu Renxia did not deliberately expand sales channels.
Zhu Changan said: "The second thing I said is to ask you to send some knowledgeable people to travel around the country to collect famous paintings. Anyone whose name contains the four homophonic words [Phoenix Nirvana] will try to buy them. "
"Phoenix Nirvana?"
Zhu Renxia was a little puzzled, but still obeyed his leader's order, "Disciple, remember."
Zhu Changan continued to talk about the third matter: "Third, you must send someone to investigate a Taoist priest named Lu Chuduan."
"Taoist?" Zhu Renxia was a little confused, "Has this person offended Tianzun?"
Zhu Changan did not hide anything, and immediately gave a general introduction to Lu Chuduan's background.
"This man was a Taoist priest during the Jiajing period, about forty years ago. It is unknown whether he is still alive."
"This man was hired by Prince Heng Zhu Youyi to make a poison called Xiaoyao Zui, with the intention of murdering Emperor Jiajing."
"This King Heng is so brave!"
Zhu Renxia couldn't help being surprised. After all, he was also a descendant of the old Zhu family. Speaking of which, this was not only a state matter, but also a family matter.
"Whether Prince Heng is brave or not, I have no control over. But the "Happy Drunk" created by Lu Chuduan did not affect Emperor Jiajing, but instead harmed an innocent woman."
Zhu Changan flicked the cigarette ashes on his fingertips and told the whole story, "So I asked you to inquire about Lu Chuduan's whereabouts and see if you can find the antidote to Xiaoyaosui."
"Could it be that the Phoenix Nirvana Diagram has something to do with this antidote?" Zhu Renxia held his chin and pondered.
"Indeed."
Zhu Changan nodded, "Conspiracy to kill the emperor is a major crime to kill the nine tribes, so Lu Chuduan secretly made the antidote. But he did not dare to offend Prince Heng, so he hid the antidote in a secret place and left it behind This is the prophecy of 'A dream in Chang'an leads to a happy drunkenness, and the phoenix will return to nirvana and the beautiful woman will return'."
"A happy dream in Chang'an leads to the return of the beautiful phoenix from nirvana?"
Zhu Renxia's brain was spinning rapidly, "Could it be possible to find the antidote by collecting pictures containing the four homophones of 'Phoenix Nirvana'?"
"You are very smart."
Zhu Changan nodded again, "This Lu Chuduan is not only a master of making elixirs and refining poisons, but also a master of painting. He has hidden the location where Xiaoyao Zui antidote is buried in four pictures. As long as you collect these four pictures, you can find it. Antidote.”
"Tianzun, please rest assured. This disciple will immediately send out manpower to complete the tasks assigned by you as soon as possible."
"Go!"
Zhu Renxia received the decree and immediately ordered Minzhuang at the door to invite the fifth person, Jiang Guanjun, Jin Zhu, Liu Gongfu and others, and then announced Tianzun's request.
"In short, these three things can be summed up into one thing, which is to help Tianzun find the antidote to Xiaoyao Zui."
Zhu Renxia sat on the chair in the center, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
Everyone agreed: "Since it is a decree issued by Tianzun, of course we in Chang'an Town must do our best to complete it, even at any cost."
Jinzhu folded his jade arms in front of his chest and exclaimed: "This Taoist priest is so powerful. The poison he created cannot even be cured by gods? Then Jiajing old man should not die, otherwise this innocent woman would not be the victim." ”
Jiang Guanjun said: "The fiefdom of King Heng Zhu Youyi is in Qingzhou. If Hou Jie is here, it would be most appropriate for him to investigate this matter."
"A happy dream in Chang'an. Is the antidote in Chang'an?"
Although it was already the middle of winter, the folding fan in the fifth man's hand still shook a few times, "Maybe Lu Chuduan lives in Chang'an? I think we should send someone to Chang'an to investigate this matter."
Zhu Renxia nodded: "What everyone said makes sense, so let's plan the manpower first, and everyone will do things step by step."
After some deliberations, the following plan was finally determined.
First, Liu Gongfu rushed to Guiyang with two thousand taels of silver, and deposited the silver in the "Qiantong Banknote Bureau", the largest business house in the Ming Dynasty, and then rushed to Chang'an, Shaanxi.
The reason why he carries such a large amount of money with him is that in addition to finding out about Lu Chuduan, his other mission is to buy some girls from Shaanxi whose families cannot afford to eat, and then come back to give wives to the bachelors in Chang'an Town.
Shaanxi has suffered from severe drought for many years, and the disaster is many times more severe than that in Guizhou. Many families have no food and clothing, and there are countless people selling their sons and daughters.
In some disaster-stricken areas in Shaanxi, even five taels of silver can buy a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old girl. This shows how miserable the local people are.
"Okay, I'll take care of this."
Liu Gongfu agreed immediately, "In addition to Cao Wan and Sun Quan, I must be equipped with some manpower to avoid encountering bandits on the road."
Zhu Renxia nodded: "What Brother Gongfu said is absolutely true. You will choose twenty elites from among the people to accompany you."
