After boarding his own small steamer, Wang Yi felt relieved.
In the era of hand-cranked awning boats, it only took minutes to cross the Suzhou River with a small oil-fired ferry, even on the widest river.
Avoiding the gunboat patrolling the military police, Haizidang's No. 1 small steamer fired at full speed and shot across the Suzhou River like an arrow. In order to cover up people's eyes and ears, the small steamer also made a z-shape on the river.
When arriving at Shajiabang, Wang Yidong instructed to stop for a while and have a midnight snack before returning to Haizidang.
However, when everyone was shouting and eating midnight snacks, Wang Yidong took Feng Ruyun to the old house of the Feng family, which was now empty.
Standing at the entrance of the house that was once glorious but now completely dilapidated, Feng Ruyun had a complicated mood.
Whenever Wang Yidong and his wife traveled, they would come back here with Feng Ruyun and stay for a while.
Wang Yidong understood that Feng Ruyun missed his parents and must have regretted eloping with him.
Wang Yidong's achievements in Haizidang over the years are also inseparable from Feng Ruyun's efforts. She is his benefactor.
And he was her protector. He gave her a life that she thought no one could give her, not even her parents could give her.
Sometimes life is not only about fine clothing and food, but also about authority and dignity.
In Haizidang, Feng Ruyun is a unique existence.
All people respect him and say the same thing.
However, Feng Ruyun never interfered with Wang Yidong's decisions in Haizidang.
Among the "destructive tricks" Zhai Shanying taught him back then, if used on good things, they are not harmful. The few words he said about foreign scenery, customs, and even political economy when chatting became spiritual wealth for Wang Yidong, and
After being carried forward, coupled with Feng Ruyun's more systematic new knowledge, all these became the guiding light for Wang Yidong's actions in Haizidang.
For almost twenty years, Feng Ruyun has never opposed Wang Yidong's decisions or violated his ideas. She has only provided assistance and correction.
When Yao Jishun fell ill due to a cold, it was Feng Ruyun who used her relationship with the fifth concubine to put an end to the rumors.
When Yao Jishun died and the family wanted to find out the cause of death, Feng Ruyun used her influence and took advantage of the long-standing feud between the fifth concubine and Yao Jishun's eldest son Yao Haiming to create public opinion and Wang Yidong successfully evaded the spearhead of public opinion.
And he legitimately killed Yao Haiming.
When the "truth" about Yao Jishun's death was exposed, the entire Dang was excited and demanded that the Yao family be exterminated. It was Feng Ruyun who persuaded Wang Yidong to exile the Yao clan, led by Yao Jishun's second son Yao Haiping, to a place in the northwest of the Dangzi.
Island, Yanzi Island, and provided all the food and clothing, plus a fixed annual supply of money and grain. Yao Haiping was grateful to Ling, thanked Wang Yidong for not killing him, and vowed to be loyal to Wang Yidong from generation to generation.
She built a temple on Toad Island called "Danghai Temple". The fifth concubine became the first nun there. She spent the whole day worshiping Buddha with green lanterns and praying for the people of Haizidang.
When all the turmoil ended smoothly, Wang Yidong took over the power of Haizidang. After a happy moment, Feng Ruyun pointed at his nose and said: "This is a coup, a typical palace coup."
After the success of the "coup", Wang Yidong originally wanted to sit back and enjoy the current results and become a local emperor, but Feng Ruyun advised him to pursue the poor bandits and work hard to develop and expand Haizidang.
He sent his own soldiers, now the chief and deputy Eighteen Arhats, to track down two die-hard fans of Yao Jishun, and wanted to reestablish Yao Haiping as his chief, Ma Botao and Yao Haizheng. He did not stop until the two fled to Nanyang.
He also sent troops everywhere, using all kinds of wisdom like Zhai Shanying's, promising land, housing, production means, three years of tax exemption, etc., to introduce talents on a large scale. There were a large number of landless refugees around him and people fleeing famine further away.
The earth pours into the sea.
The population of Haizidang has surged from 10,000 in Yao Jishun's time to 50,000. The armed force of Toad Island has also grown to 3,000.
At that time, the county town had a population of only 20,000 to 30,000 people, and only 300 to 500 people could be mobilized for training.
For a time, Haizidang's reputation became so great that Wang Yidong was also called "Prince". The governors of the surrounding counties rushed to win over him, and there were countless people who called him brothers.
As the saying goes, people are afraid of being famous, but pigs are afraid of being strong. The rise of Haizidang has attracted widespread attention. Some people come to the door to appoint officials and make wishes, and some express their feelings. Most of them are plotting to conquer the world together.
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At this time, Feng Ruyun became his "foreign minister". The principle is not to be "politically correct", and all foreign cooperation is carried out based on the principle of survival and development. Adhering to the creed of "everyone who comes is a guest",
There is food to eat, wine and wine to entertain guests, and they come and go as they please.
For those who are not very familiar with the situation, they have no choice but to "go out and turn left, it is easier to leave without seeing them off".
After more than ten years, Haizidang has become a place where internal strength is profound, strength has greatly increased, and it dominates the country.
At this time, Wang Yidong glanced at Feng Ruyun beside him, filled with emotion, and sighed involuntarily.
When Feng Ruyun heard Wang Yidong sigh, she said gently, "Let's go to the Wang Mansion to have a look."
Wang Yidong shook his head gently, "Forget it, there's nothing to see. Let's go back. Brothers, it's time to eat and drink enough."
Feng Jichen was also weird back then. He gave the Wang family 10,000 oceans of cash and told them to escape overnight and go as far as they could. Then he asked the servants to storm into the Wang family's mansion aggressively and burned the Wang family to the ground with a fire. Now,
Nowadays, even the rubble from that time is covered with weeds, making it impossible to tell that anyone once lived here.
"Many years have passed, and I don't know how my father-in-law and the others are doing. If my wife misses the filter, I will find someone to repair it to comfort my wife." Wang Yidong said infinitely tenderly.
"There's no need for this. I'm thinking of other things. Wen Ting, mother and son, it's time for you to take her back. The concession is not a safe now. Although the conditions in Haizidang are much worse than those in Shanghai, it is big and has room for advancement and retreat.
Besides, Zhixian is almost an adult, and he needs his father by his side most at this time." Feng Ruyun said calmly, as if she was talking about other people's things that had nothing to do with her.
Regardless of the three views, Feng Ruyun is a perfect woman, except for her infertility. Feng Ruyun's infertility is inseparable from Wang Yidong.
He felt that he failed to protect her and caused her to suffer a miscarriage.
That was the night he eloped with Feng Ruyun. The boat was too small, and in the emergency, the only thing on the dock that could untie the cable was a canoe. Feng Ruyun, who was more than four months pregnant, did not know how to swim at all.
, swinging back and forth in the canoe, already frightened, the boat got lost in the water net, and was intercepted by Yao Jishun's patrol team. He was frightened again and accidentally fell into the water.
After landing, although Yao Jishun did not make things difficult for them and gave them great preferential treatment, Feng Ruyun's child was still not saved, and she suffered from the lifelong disability of infertility. Even though the fifth concubine prayed for her day and night in "Danghai Temple"
, and it did not move any of the gods.
Wang Yidong's murderous intention towards Yao Jishun was planted from that moment. This was not just a case of him repaying kindness with hatred for the sake of power, as rumored by the outside world. There is hatred here, the hatred born from letting his beloved suffer such a disaster.
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Seeing that her husband was silent and knowing his inner thoughts, Feng Ruyun looked at him for a long time and then looked in the direction of Shanghai Beach. The neon lights there were still shining on the sky, stretching out an intermittent colorful thread between the sky and the earth.
Come.
"The newspaper said that the United States has embargoed Japan's scrap steel, oil exports are also decreasing day by day, and the security of the concession is in jeopardy. It is only a matter of time before the two sides go to war. This is a big deal, but a small one, what do you think?
Is today’s bet just the rudeness of House Dragon?”
"You mean that little Chi guy named Mu Tian has ulterior motives? Then you still asked me to come to the appointment, and you even followed me?"
"Know yourself and know your enemy. And it's on a third party's territory, so it won't be able to make any big waves."
"Then I cancel tomorrow's bet. It's better to do less than to do more."
"Not good. Since my husband took over, Haizidang has always been true to his word externally. If you cancel the bet at this time, you will definitely be criticized. You made the appointment in public, and your prestige will be damaged internally."
"In my opinion..."
"Let's leave it at that. When the soldiers come, they will block the water and use the earth to cover it. The sea is so big, there is always room for maneuver. But the matter of Wen Ting's mother and son must be taken care of."