Chapter 14: Piggybacks

Zhang Anshi obediently stayed at home for the past few days, continuing to refine his medicinal herbs.

This so-called magic medicine is actually nothing more than a thing practiced by a tailor during the Tang Dynasty.

It is nothing more than allowing the paste to deteriorate and give birth to green hairs which, when applied to one’s hands, will do the job of reducing inflammation.

This would be the earliest penicillin in human history.

However, although the tailors of the Tang Dynasty knew that there was such a thing, but they knew that they did not know, and they knew nothing about this ‘green hair’, so slowly, this anti-inflammatory method was quietly lost.

Zhang Anshi improved the ‘Green Hair Penicillin’, and after producing the original penicillin green hairs, he then put them into a culture solution to continue to cultivate them, and thereafter extracted them, and in this way, the efficacy of the medicine was also stronger.

The Zhang family side sent someone to report that they were safe, which gave Zhang Anshi a long sigh of relief, so much so that Zhang Anshi even had the idea of whether or not he should open a pharmacy to earn money.

Just this thought also flickered, because this thing can not be extracted on a large scale, the yield is low scary, I Zhang Anshi Hall Prince’s wife brother, I do something bad?

It was while he was honestly staying on the patio of his own courtyard with his eyes closed.

At this time, a eunuch came, this eunuch is called Deng Jian, is the people of the East Palace, of course …… Zhang Anshi has no parents, and his sister is in the East Palace and can t take care of this brother at any time, so this Zhang family s servants are almost all appointed by the East Palace, and this eunuch from the East Palace is both a housekeeper for the Zhang family, and at the same time helps Zhang Anshi to take charge of the family business.

Teng Jian said with a smile, “Young Master, the slave girl has just returned from the Eastern Palace, His Highness the Crown Prince and Her Highness the Crown Princess have asked the slave girl to ask, have you eaten today?”

“Eat up, eat up.”

“Eat what?”

“What’s gotten into you.”

Teng Jian still maintains a professional smile, “Young master don t be angry, this is not …… His Highness and the Queen’s heart thinking about you. His Highness said that you shouldn’t run around in these few days.”

Zhang Anshi wondered, “Why?”

Teng Jian: “There is news from the palace that His Majesty became furious a few days ago and cleaned up quite a few sons and daughters like Young Master, His Majesty’s temperament is like fire, Young Master should be careful.”

“Oh. I know.”

“Especially that Zhu Yong and Zhang Yoking, the young master should have less dealings with them, they are not good people.”

But just then, a morose voice said, “Who says I’m not a good person!”

Ken Deng was startled and turned around, but he saw a teenager limping in.

Deng Jian was recognizing Zhu Yong, and immediately muttered and backed away.

Upon seeing Zhu Yong’s arrival, Zhang Anshi was pleasantly surprised, “Why did you come in without saying hello.”

Zhu Yong said, “Big brother’s home is my home, the concierge An dare to stop me, I break his legs, I directly rushed in.”

Zhang Anshi surveyed Zhu Yong, seeing him limping, he could not help but say with concern, “Second brother s injury ……”

Zhu Yong spat out a mouthful of spit: “My father hit me.”

Zhang Anshi empathetically looked at Zhang Yong and said, “Duke Cheng, his old man’s hand is also too hard, tiger poison still does not eat the child ah.”

Zhu Yong then immediately nodded his head and said, “If only my father had a big brother who understood things like this, it would be good, he’s a big old man, but he’s still an old fool who generally doesn’t know things.”

Zhang Anshi: “It’s good that you know it in your heart, don’t say these words outwardly.”

“For what?”

Zhang Anshi gazed deeply at Zhu Yong, “When wood shows in the forest, the wind will destroy it, and when the line is higher than the people, the people will be wrong!”

Zhu Yong shook his head, then said, “But although I was beaten, I didn’t suffer, big brother, I stole my father’s silver.”

When Zhang Anshi heard this, he immediately felt his back of his lapel chilling, “What …… what ……”

Zhu Yong grinned, and sure enough, he was carrying a bundle, removing it, and all of a sudden, silver bills and scattered gold and silver shook out.”

Zhang Anshi: “……”

Zhu Yong said: “In the future, we do not lack of silver.” He looked around, then said: “big brother this place, but is very short, not like my Cheng Gongfu, covers a large area, the decoration is also new, big brother, I will take you to eat and drink spicy.”

Zhang Anshi looked down at Zhu Yong’s ‘limping’ leg and then looked at this bag of gold and silver: “Second brother, please return.”

Zhu Yong tangled his eyebrows and said, “Isn’t this what big brother said about wanting silver?”

“This ……”

Zhang Anshi wanted to die, this is a pig teammate.

Contemplating for a long time, Zhang Anshi gritted his teeth and said, “Well, this silver …… let s count it first, I also search how much silver we have in the Zhang family, let s do a deal after, and so on earned money, you have to secretly return the silver back.”

Teng Jian stood bowing at a distance, he was quite guarded against Zhu Yong and thus kept his ears open to listen, when he heard this, Teng Jian’s face twitched.

…………

One hour later.

“Your Highness, it’s not good, it’s not good.” Teng Jian came up for air and ran to the East Palace.

Zhu Gaoqi was teasing his son Zhu Zhanji, once he saw Deng Jian panting over, he got up with a big belly, carried his hands, and made a wink towards the eunuchs on the side, who were busy carrying Zhu Zhanji away.

“What, something happened to Ansei and he’s not eating on time again?”

Teng Jian anxiously said, “Zhu Yong, the son of Cheng Guo Gong Zhu Neng, went to see Prince Anshi again today ……”

Said Teng Jian voice is getting lighter and lighter, colorful will just happened to add to the report: “Your Highness ah, that silver, nine out of ten is stolen, the way is not right, An Shi Gongzi dim head, got on his road, but also said that they want to pull out their own silver, together with the business …… Zhu Yong this person , swineherd eyes, at a glance, harboring evil intentions, he is to harm An Shi Gongzi ah.”

Zhu Gaoqi frowned, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, and said under his breath: ”Does Cheng Guogong not discipline his children? Really outrageous, Anshi no silver matter small, big deal …… East Palace to find ways to subsidize him some. But if you do something again, father if you hear anything again, can not be lightly forgiven, do not forget Zhang Yoking’s previous warning ah!”

Teng Jian said, “Yes, yes, the slave girl also thinks the same way, our Prince Anshi, all of us have been taught bad by people like Zhang Yoking and Zhu Yong.”

Zhu Gaoqi took a deep breath and said, “Just as well, this matter involves the Duke of Cheng, you must not publicize it, this palace will find a way to remedy the situation.”

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Turning to the late fall, Nanjing city added a few cool, falling leaves, a piece of dead leaves were swept down by the wind and fell into the mud.

And today, the Long Ying Warehouse in the east of the city has a lot of people here today.

This is the day when the capital officials receive their salaries.

As usual, the center door of the Long Ying Warehouse was wide open, and a master of the Household Department was here in person.

Many people fishtailed.

However, a large part of those who came were men in green clothes and small hats, who came to collect their salaries on behalf of their own lords.

There are also many lower class officials wearing winged hats and green coats who come here. There are many officials in the capital with different situations, and those who are in high positions of power and authority may not take these salaries into consideration.

And there were also officials of low rank whose families were rich and who did not care about the salaries of the imperial court.

Naturally…not necessarily everyone is like this, for example, there are a bunch of people who come in groups of three or five, although they are all wearing official uniforms, but their faces are slightly shabby, they tend to be young, of low grade, from a humble family, and it is hard for them to become an official but they do not have any power and authority, and in this Nanking City, they just rely on these stipends to get by.

Now these people hurriedly came, with expectations, the head one also joked with people, “Shixian brother …… later received his salary, it is rare to bump into the Mu rest again, why don t we go to drink a couple of cups.”

“Bo Yan …… this …… is not to spoil your pleasure, just the lowly inner temper, hey ……”

And the crowd laughed.

The man who was called Bo Yan looked embarrassed, his surname was Zhang, his character Bo Yan, Zhang Bo Yan shook his head and then crossed into the main hall of the Long Ying Warehouse.

Immediately after, he took out his name card, handed over to the side of the clerical officials, the clerical officials took the abacus, snapped a few times, after discounting a few, and then took a few treasures out of the banknotes, handing over to this Zhang Boyan.

Zhang Boyan took a look and his face became grave, he swept the treasure notes in his hand and then said, “How come this month’s monthly salary has been converted into treasure notes again?”

The official responded with a smile, “Editor Zhang, hasn’t the court banned silver money? So from now on, the money and grain are all converted into treasury bills, you see, you are the seventh grade, according to the rules set down by Emperor Taizu, the annual salary is 200 stones of rice, which is converted into treasury bills of sixty kanji. The annual salary of sixty kanji, which is converted down by the month, is not five kanji?”