Chapter 7 Chapter 7 The Crazy Stone

This is a friend Cai Jing made in Hangzhou. To be honest, as a member of the imperial court, he really didn't pay attention to a southern native.But after a little contact, Cai Jing immediately convinced him. At that time, he was bored in Hangzhou and wandered around to Suzhou.There are many gardens in Suzhou, which made Cai Jing linger and forget to return. He felt that he should leave some souvenirs when he was intoxicated.what to do?He thought it would be best to build some religious buildings. Religious places have the greatest mobility of people, and word of mouth spread the farthest, especially if it can be passed on forever, unlike a certain vegetable market, which is built today and demolished tomorrow.

He chose a large temple and wanted to add an exquisite monk's house to it.Desire is good, but where do money and things come from?He is a demoted Beijing official, and he cannot protect himself. The monks in the temple gave him advice.There is a local man named Zhu Chong.If he comes forward, it will definitely happen.Zhu Chong?Before the interview, Cai Jing got to know him a little bit, and knew that he was just a wealthy businessman who was in the business of medicinal materials.It is said that his character is very good, he gives up his clothes in cold weather, and gives bait to patients, so he can be called a benevolent and charitable rich man.

OK, let's meet. After meeting, he found that he and Zhu Chong really hit it off. Zhu has Cai Jing's demeanor of never refusing service.Regarding the matter of building the monk's house, he even smiled slightly, saying that he didn't need to find anyone else, please give me a little noodle, and he can handle some small things by himself. Cai Jing was skeptical. The house he was going to build was quite large, not just the dormitory for a dozen monks.Unexpectedly, only a few days later, Zhu Chong came to invite him to the construction site. When he arrived at the site, Cai Jing was shocked.He came from the capital and has seen the real big world, but he rarely sees such efficiency and ability.

Thousands of square meters of timber are neatly placed on site, and work can start immediately when workers arrive.This Zhu Chong...is not simple, Cai Jing realized this and decided to keep the talent by his side. The so-called merchants recruit people, and merchants recruit wealth.Talent is always the most important wealth.And Zhu Fufu made Cai Jing admire again, when he proposed to bring Zhu Chong to Beijing before returning to Beijing, Zhu Chong did not hesitate at all, quickly settled the huge family business, and followed him away. After entering Beijing, Cai Jing placed Zhu Chong'an under Tong Guan and became a regular member of the armed eunuch army.After that, Zhu Chong's role was quickly manifested.Cai Jing was able to use a few small boxwood trees to make Tong Guan and other five eunuchs who built the Yanfu Palace feel ashamed, all thanks to Zhu Chong.

This is very rare. It is true that one trick can be eaten all over the world in officialdom and shopping malls, but it is time-sensitive.Who can use one style, one move to deflate the opponent for a long time? Zhu Chongneng! For example, if Tong Guan can personally go to the south of the Yangtze River to collect artworks for Zhao Ji, will he have less contact with southern players?According to information, when Cai Jing brought the southern flowers and trees into the imperial palace, many forces followed suit immediately and sent people to the south of the Yangtze River to search for novelty things to pay tribute to the emperor. Among them was Cai Jing, who is better than blue. Dad is as cruel as an enemy.

The greatest wish of Mr. Cai is to overthrow the old man and replace him. How can the opportunity of asking for credit make the old man special. His people brought back all kinds of Jiangnan objects, but unfortunately none of them caught Zhao Ji's eyes. In the final analysis, he does not have Zhu Chong's procurement ability. The completion of the second step of Gen Yue's project is equivalent to the start of a decisive battle. Only who can win the new round of decoration battle can truly establish the position of the first procurement in the Song Dynasty, and through this, Zhao Ji's favor Fasten it firmly.

By this time, Zhu Chong has nothing to hide. What is the background of the best purchase?Want the best for the least money?No, it's definitely not like this. Only those who have a deep understanding of Zhu Chong's details will know what Zhu Chong wants to do. This is determined by birth.After the development of the Song Dynasty one hundred and fifty years later, basically all walks of life have been finalized, such as the most acclaimed business.How many rich families colluded with high-ranking officials, nobles and even the harem, and their interests were intertwined, and even Wang Anshi couldn't dismantle them, forming an extremely stable circle.

This kind of stability makes newcomers desperate, just like the young people in China today, talking about the first batch of people who got rich in the early days of reform and opening up, how lucky they were, they bought some stocks casually, and they became ten in less than half a month. Wow, how fast it is. Thirty years have passed, all seats have disappeared, and all gaps have been blocked, making most people who want to start from nothing despair.That's it for thirty years, so what about one hundred and fifty years? As for Zhu Chong, in this harsh environment, his initial status was close to abject poverty, and he had to work as a servant for others to barely survive.

Zhu Chong failed very badly when he was a coolie, not to mention his ability. It is said that he is not physically strong among Suzhou people, but he has a problem with his personality.This person is smart, cunning, stubborn, restless. The specific performance is disobedience, almost to the point of rebellion.It's over, it's only a matter of time before tragedy strikes, and when that day comes, Zhu Chong not only loses his job, but is also severely whipped. It looks miserable, but this is the beginning of his new life.Otherwise, he would only be an excellent coolie. How could a passer-by in that era become the largest official buyer in the later Song Dynasty?

The miserable Zhu Chong fled his hometown with whip marks all over his body, and went to the neighboring cities and counties to hide from the limelight.God knows why he was the one who got good luck among all living beings, and an ordinary attempt to hide from the limelight actually allowed him to reach the sky in one step. He had an adventure, and a strange person gave him some strange prescriptions.Medicine is the most miraculous thing in this world, and it is one of the few things that can quickly turn a poor man into a rich man. The possibility of success, there is one thing you can refer to for comparison.When doing business, Jews have always adhered to the two ancestral precepts of making money in jewelry and restaurants. The reason is that as long as men have money, women will buy jewelry; people have to eat, even in wars, restaurants have business.

As a result, the business prospered forever. They are wrong, medicine is the most profitable, because it is the most necessary.In contrast, there are many women who do not buy jewelry, and more people eat ordinary food, but medicine is different, it will never be missing, and the iron price is the same. How awesome, whether it is the Song Dynasty or modern times, medicine can quickly create rich people.Zhu Chong became richer, but he became more sober. He remembered that there was such a rule in the safety rules of the rich, "If you have money, you have no right to be bullied."Without a solid background, money is just something that brings trouble, not happiness. Well, let's simply make the game bigger, he climbed onto Cai Jing's shoulders, and when Gen Yue took over the decoration task, he could finally serve the emperor directly. Decorating Genyue was the pinnacle of glory in the Song Dynasty, and it was the last step towards the abyss. Zhu Chong also felt powerless for such a major task, and a newcomer stepped onto the stage—Zhu Chong's son. This man is very legendary. As the son of a small official comprador, he actually became an empire moth at the same level as Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Liang Shicheng, the three top-level bosses. Cai Zongchong is the prime minister of the empire and has the official right to speak; Tong Zongchong is an armed eunuch who controls the Northwest Army, the strongest force in the empire; Liang Zongchong, as the hidden face of the empire, has copied more than half of the emperor's strength.These three people have almost divided the empire into three parts. What else can Zhu Chong's son do, why should he fight against others? It's very simple. The above-mentioned three people are divided into the party, the government, and the army, but they don't include finances.Comrade Xiao Zhu filled this gap. This kid was called Zhu Xi. When he walked to the front desk, the so-called richest people in the Song Dynasty were collectively unlucky. To buy, the first step is to get the money.There is a saying that the king of Hades does not order the poor ghosts, and he has to get paid for the emperor's errands, and he gets paid first.Zhu Xi first went to the state treasury to withdraw money, and the amount was completely arbitrary. Under the huge influence of the Genyue Project, which government office would dare to check his account? After getting the money, I took a boat across the Yangtze River, two Zhejiang lakes, and all the flowers, birds, fish and insects in the south were covered.For example, a certain piece of Taihu Stone is super huge and has a magical shape. Zhu Xi specially built a huge ship and transported it to the capital.Zhao Ji was overjoyed when he saw it, and rewarded each stevedore with a golden bowl, and named the stone "Panguhou". Knighted stone. A certain piece of Lingbi stone is more than two feet high and wide, and it cannot be lifted by thousands of people. When it is transported into the capital, the city gate must be demolished.Zhao Ji thought it was a fetish, and wrote six big characters in his own handwriting: "Qingyun Wantai Qifeng".Hang it with a gold belt hanging from the stone. Immortal stone. Huating (now Songjiang County, Shanghai) stands in front of Zen Master Wukong Pagoda, a juniper tree of the Tang Dynasty, with branches and leaves covered with a canopy so huge that even Huating could not be transported out.What to do, demolish Huating, build giant ships, and go from the sea.As a result, one day there was a storm at sea, the huge tree crown and the sail were entangled, the tree fell and the boat capsized, and the whole boat drowned. The above are just some well-known special cases, and the types of purchase can be planned to the scope of natural production according to their characteristics. After finding almost all the good things in this range, Zhu Man turned his attention to another place—the human world.It is said that the king of Chu loves thin waists, and many people starve to death in the palace. It can be seen that the emperor's preferences are the vane, and the whole people learn from them.At this time, Zhao Ji loved to decorate the garden, and people in the south of the Yangtze River followed suit. For example, a man named Uncle Wei Qing in Zhejiang has a rockery in his garden.This "fake" mountain stretches over more than 20 mu of land, and more than 40 pavilions have been built in various scenic spots. Yu Ziqing, a retired servant, went up to the next level. His "false" mountain stretches undulatingly, with more than one hundred peaks on it, and the height reaches two or three feet.They are not overly embellished, and the original charm of the mountains is preserved. Among them, rhinoceros and jade trees are densely covered, "like a garden of jade, strange and indescribable." Other small and medium-sized households have accumulated more than 150 years of peace and prosperity, and there are many such things.How could Zhu Xi forget and let them go? In the whole world, the land of the king should be collected and dedicated to the emperor. This process shows Zhu Miao's kung fu. First of all, he can know who has something good, and yours has it. Then congratulations, Zhu Miao's subordinates will break into the door uninvited, and put a piece of yellow on the item. silk. This is the royal tribute. No one is allowed to move, let alone the slightest damage. As for whether the damage exists and to what extent, it is directly linked to the contribution of the head of the household to the satisfaction degree of Zhu Xi's blackmail.If the contribution value is insufficient, then there will be injuries if there are injuries.No injury, gently pushed down and broke, is there any injury this time? After inspection of the injury, the imperial product enters the period of protection and waiting for shipment.It should be kept by the original owner until a certain number of various selected imperial products are reached, and they will be shipped together.When shipped, it was the nightmare of all original owners. No matter how big the imperial product is, the movers never go through the door, they always tear down the wall and carry out three-dimensional relocation.That day the whole city was a sensation, countless walls were pulled down, countless houses collapsed, almost without exception in the chaos, the imperial treasure was moved away, and other valuable things in the house were gone... This was just a nightmare. beginning. There is a second level of decoration. After all the things have been prepared from the original place, they still have to be transported to the decoration site.How to do this process?The Song Dynasty operated for more than 150 years, and the water systems of all parts of the empire were connected to Kaifeng, the capital. The transportation of grain, vegetables, and special products from various places had already formed a regular pattern. As a special commissioner for decoration, Zhu Xi originally had a special ship to transport workers, but he collected too many things. He said quietly that it was far from being shipped exclusively to Gen Yue. His family, Cai Jing's family, Tong Guan's family, Liang Shicheng, etc. The bigwigs in Kyoto are all in the middle, and each family has a big garden. Isn’t it normal to carry some?As a result, the means of transportation in Zhu Xi's hands were not enough. not enough?Simple, as far as the eye can see, there are boats on the river, each of which belongs to the people of the Song Dynasty, so each of them can be requisitioned.From then on, the scariest word on the land of Huaxia appeared, called "Hua Shi Gang". Outline refers to the freight process assigned by the government under the emperor's order.Huashi refers specifically to the natural artworks collected by Zhao Ji in Jiangnan during this period. Since the appearance of Huashigang, the transportation of the whole country has been paralyzed. No matter on waterways, on land, or even in sea transportation, as long as all kinds of transportation vehicles are seen when Zhu Xi is engaged in transportation, they will be caught immediately, and the original things will be put aside, and all of them will be loaded with flowers, birds, fish, insects and old trees. Strange rocks, marching towards the capital. To sum up, the above collection is controlled in two aspects of nature and human society, and it can be summed up as things above the surface of the earth.Why do you say that?It was because Zhu Qian was not satisfied with what he had done, and felt that there was still something to be loyal to the emperor. What is art?The scope is too wide, but it can be summarized as the present continuous tense and the past antique style.Zhu Xi's thoughts were focused on the latter. As the co-lord of Shenzhou, did he only collect taxes from living people?Why can the dead be exempted from paying if they are buried in the grave? Regardless of whether you are from the pre-Qin period or the Five Dynasties, as long as you are still on the territory of the Han nationality, you will not be spared. As a result, a grave-digging competition was staged across the country. No matter whose grave it is, it just depends on who can dig out amazing things.The goods are all transported into the capital and moved to the emperor's Duobao Pavilion. This is the style, the cultivation, and the taste! Genyue is gradually improving in these three measures. For example, stones transported from Taihu Lake and Lingbi are placed around Genyue; It is called Chaotiandeng from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. The hills outside the main peak are made of piles of earth and stones. The place where the most plums are planted is called Meiling, and the place where the most dandelion and apricots are planted is called Xingxiu; the hillside where the soil and stones are added, and boxwood is planted in the middle is called Huangyangling; the place where cloves are planted on the cliff is called Dingxiangzhang; Pepper orchids are planted under the mountain, which is called Jiaoya; at the end of the mountain, soil is added to form a slope, and thousands of cypress trees are planted. The branches are soft and dense, and they are constantly rubbed. Longbaipo. Going westward along Genyue Mountain, bamboos are planted to form a forest. Outside the forest, all purple stones are piled up to form a mountain. A water storage tank is placed in the north of the mountain, and a deep pool is dug on the top of the mountain. Named Zishibi, also known as Waterfall Screen. All these are only a small part of it, and it is still not enough to have them.Although the scenery is beautiful, they are all dead objects. They must be embellished with spirits, birds and beasts to become a fairyland on earth. So, a famous animal trainer called Xue Weng was found, and this old man used a large amount of precious feed to get close to the birds and animals in Genyue every day. don't go.At this time, Zhao Ji can be invited to watch. When Zhao Ji came, there was a clear whistle and thousands of feathers soared into the sky, surrounding the emperor's car, like ten thousand birds facing the phoenix.Since then, it has been called Laiyisuo.At this time, another skilled craftsman made a lot of oil silk into a silk bag, moistened it with water, and hung it between the cliffs.In this way, the morning dew and fine clouds are immersed in it every morning and attached to the silk pouch. When Zhao Ji came again, he opened the silk bag together, and suddenly the mist and flowers bloomed, and the cliffs loomed ten steps away, and people could not be distinguished within a hundred steps. . Such enjoyment, is it still in the world?Do you have any regrets?The answer is yes, so far the situation is still external enjoyment, and it’s just fun outside the body. As a top connoisseur and ultimate art pursuer, how can Zhao Ji be satisfied? Youdao is the ultimate art is religion, he began to turn to the pursuit of the mystery of the heart.