(The old chapter was warned, so I had no choice but to rewrite a chapter. If there is any difference between the plot of the previous chapter, please forgive me. There is no way to be harmonious with the great god!)

Ma Cheng returned to his small yard with fear. Even Gu Changwei and him ignored him and went back to the house. To be honest, Ma Cheng regretted this matter after his mind cooled down, but what else can he do if he did it?

Gu Xiying was very curious to see Ma Cheng's appearance, but Gu Xiying, a concubine, dared to ask the second master why he looked like this. Gu Xiying had no choice but to go out to help his brother Gu Changwei clean up the tools in the yard and leave Ma Cheng alone in the house.

Ma Cheng waited in the house from noon to evening. His mother, Gu, did not send anyone to the backyard. Ma Cheng thought that Zhang did not dare to make a statement when he returned. Thinking of this, Ma Cheng finally let down his heart.

At this time, Gu Changwei had already left. Ma Cheng is now getting married. As the Changsui Gu Changwei, he cannot live in Ma Cheng. Even if Gu Xiying is his own sister, it is not enough. So Gu Changwei now has to go back to his home to live every day.

After Gu Changwei left the side room, it naturally became the residence of the maid Chunlian. Ma Cheng left the main room and saw Gu Xiying and Chunlian cleaning the side room.

When Gu Xiying saw Ma Cheng coming out, she quickly bowed and asked, "Is the Second Master hungry? I will let Chunlian prepare the meal now!"

That day, Ma Cheng, who was frightened and frightened, had the intention to eat. He looked at the candy-making tools placed aside and asked, "Little sister, is your brother gone?"

"Yes, my brother left an hour ago! He even paid homage to the second master. Didn't you hear it?"

Ma Cheng didn't pay attention to something at all at the time. He heard Gu Xiying say this and asked, "Oh, I didn't hear it when I was sleeping. Has the sugar been cooked?"

When Gu Xiying heard Ma Cheng say this, he took out a cloth bag from the pile of tools, and half a bag of things was filled with bulging. Gu Xiying opened it and said, "Second Master, look, the sugar my brother made in the afternoon was more than 30 kilograms!"

Ma Cheng went out to see the sugar and some remaining wastes. In addition to the sugar, the remaining residues are also good things. The residue left after the first precipitation was sugarcane crumbs. Although most of the sugar was dissolved in water, the process in the Ming Dynasty was not perfect, and a small part of the sugar remained in the residue. This is a good raw material for brewing. The rum that pirates like to drink in later movies came from this sugar-containing residue.

The remaining calcium carbonate was precipitated for the second time. This thing was very useful in later generations, but in the Ming Dynasty, it was the only one use as a paint. Ma Cheng used his hand to pick up the precipitated calcium carbonate, and suddenly thought that he could dry this thing into strips, that is, it turned into chalk.

According to Ma Cheng's estimate, he would soon recruit his personal soldiers. If nothing unexpected happens, these personal soldiers will be middle and senior officers in his own army in the future. Most of the officers in the Ming Dynasty were illiterate, and Ma Cheng did not want to bring out a group of illiterate Qiu Ba. Therefore, Ma Cheng had planned a future military training plan, which was to build a new army with ideals and morality.

But it’s still a bit early to think about this now. Now Ma Cheng has only eleven men under his command, including Gu Changwei, which is still far from being trained into an army.

Thinking of Ma Cheng's concern about his own money, it takes money to train a new army. Ma Cheng knew that the growth of a force is absolutely inseparable from money. At present, the only thing Ma Cheng can rely on is Baitang.

Fortunately, the purified sugar has finally succeeded. When I go to recruit people to form a sugar workshop tomorrow, I guess I will get the first profit in half a month. I feel extremely happy when I think of this.

Ma Cheng was in a much better mood when he saw half a bag of white sugar. In the morning, Gu Changwei said that he used one tael of silver to buy black sugar bricks. Now he purified thirty kilograms of white sugar from which brown sugar is purified. According to eight qian per kilogram, this is twenty-four taels of silver, which is a full 24 times increase in value. Technology is indeed the primary productivity.

In fact, the sugar that Gu Changwei bought with one tael of silver, and the six taels of white sugar accounted for eight cents, and the remaining 200 kilograms of black sugar and twenty kilograms of yellow sugar were only two cents of silver. If this is the case, it would add 200 times the value.

Ma Cheng grabbed a handful of sugar with his hand and looked at the quality. It was probably because Gu Changwei had been crafted several times. The quality of these sugars was better than the first time. It already had the feeling of white sugar like that of later generations.

"Okay, little sister, you can leave ten kilograms of these white sugar for your family, and send the remaining twenty kilograms to Xiaojing's mother and a few aunts!" Ma Cheng hesitated for a moment and continued, "There is also a sister-in-law who has sent five kilograms!"

These sugars are money. Gu Xiying was very happy to hear that she gave her family ten kilograms, so she quickly bowed to thank the second master.

Ma Cheng nodded. At this time, Chunlian brought back the meal box, and Ma Cheng and Gu Xiying sat down to have a meal together.

Ma Cheng had a ghost in his heart and asked while eating: "Chunlian, there is no movement in the back house!"

Chunlian thought for a while and said, "Go back to Second Master, there is no movement! Just like before, but everyone is rumored that Second Master is Lu Ban's rebirth and can make such white candy!"

When Ma Cheng heard that he was fine, he finally felt relieved. He was still lustful and started seducing Gu Xiying again. He knew that he was fine now that he was fine. He even started to seduce Gu Xiying when he was eating. He was not honest even when he was eating. He harassed Gu Xiying while eating.

Gu Xiying was so happy that she was so happy that she finally finished her meal, but she was forced into the house by Ma Cheng.

Just when Ma Cheng and his concubine Hu Tian and Hu Di were working, a conspiracy was taking place in a house beside the West Lake in Huai'an, two hundred miles away from Fengyang.

The Little West Lake outside Huai'an City has always been a place where literati and poets linger. The houses here are all vacation villas for the big salt merchants in Huai'an City. However, there is one house among these small villas. This house only has one floor yard and the house is dilapidated, just like no one lives in it for many years of disrepair.

Although this house is inconspicuous, the house now lives in the house with the most hope of becoming an emperor, namely, King Fu Zhu Yousong.

Zhu Yousong can be said to be an unlucky child. He could have lived a pig-like life happily, but when he thought of the turmoil in the country, his home was captured in Luoyang, Henan. Zhu Yousong's son, the old Fu King Zhu Changxun, was cooked into a pot of Fulu Banquet by Li Zicheng and a deer.

Zhu Yousong was young and in good health at that time. He was not like his fat father with a 300-pound pound. When the city was broken, Zhu Yousong escaped from Luoyang, Henan under the protection of several eunuchs, and then stopped after escaping all the way to Huai'an.

Although Lao Fu King Zhu Changxun competed for the throne with Chongzhen's old man, he was Chongzhen's uncle after all. So when he learned that his cousin Zhu Yousong had fled to Huai'an, Chongzhen issued an order to let Zhu Yousong inherit Zhu Changxun's title.

At that time, Zhu Yousong was not the only royal family who took refuge in Huai'an. In addition to him, there were more than 7,820 royal families, and there were only five or six princes. Among them, the richest one was Lu Wang Zhu Changqing.

This Lu King is not simple. The first generation of Lu King was the younger brother of Emperor Wanli, so Zhu Changqing was Zhu Yousong's cousin. Zhu Changqing's fief was in Weihui. Although he was also driven away by the peasant army, Zhu Changqing was very prepared and his daily life was guaranteed when he came to Huai'an.

Zhu Changqing saw that his nephew Zhu Yousong was in a difficult situation. He supported Zhu Yousong with some money for his relatives, so that Zhu Yousong could avoid the tragic situation of sleeping on the street.

After the news of Emperor Chongzhen's death in his country reached Huai'an on March 19, the princes who fled here began to be moved because they knew that one of the emperor's three sons had not escaped. At the same time, Chongzhen himself had no close brothers. According to the provisions of the Ming Dynasty's etiquette and brothers' ends with brothers, the princes in Huai'an would very likely ascend the throne.

In this way, everyone started to build relationships and find a backstage. As the most hopeful King of Fu, Zhu Yousong, who had the most hope of inheriting the throne, was naturally not willing to be lonely. He had long sent his confidant eunuch to meet Lu Jiude in Fengyang, hoping to win over Lu Jiude to take over himself.

At this time, King Fu was receiving a middle-aged scholar in the house. This scholar was not simple. This person was named Yuan Hongxun. He was a Jinshi in the 42nd year of Wanli. He was also a member of the eunuch party. However, after Wei Zhongxian's death, the court liquidated the eunuch party. Yuan Hongxun had no choice but to resign and return to his hometown. He is now an aide in Lu Jiude's temple.

The fat man Zhu Yousong was very respectful to Yuan Hongxun and bowed and asked, "Mr. Yuan, what news is there on the side of Lu Zhenguan?"

Yuan Hongxun twisted his beard and smiled, "Please rest assured, Lord Lu has contacted him properly. Gao Jie from Xuzhou, Liu Liangzuo from Sizhou, and Huang Degong from Luzhou, these three generals have agreed to support King Fu to inherit the throne!"

Zhu Yousong was overjoyed when he heard Yuan Hongxun say this, clapped his hands and smiled, "Lu Zhenshou is really loyal. After the orphan king ascended the throne, he will definitely personally sign Lu Zhenshou as the eunuch in charge of the seal!" Although Zhu Yousong was a master, he also knew that the emperor was not short of hungry soldiers. He continued, "Mr. Yuan worked hard and made great contributions and coordinated, and could serve as the nine ministers!"

Yuan Hongxun has been unemployed at home for more than ten years. Now that he heard that he finally had the opportunity to make a comeback, he quickly stood up and thanked him: "Please rest assured that King Fu, I and Lu Zhenshou will definitely push you to the top!"

Zhu Yousong was very happy to hear Yuan Hongxun say this: "Mr. Yuan, did the Governor of Fengyang Ma Shiying agree to support the orphan king?"

Yuan Hongxun replied in a dilemma when he heard Zhu Yousong say this: "Your Highness, Ma Shiying is still vain and is not giving Lu Zhenzhang a correct letter! At the same time, when I left Fengyang, I heard that Ma Shiying was going to see Shi Kefa, and it was probably for this matter!"

Ma Shiying is the highest official in Jiangbei, and his attitude is very representative. At the same time, Zhu Yousong is supported by some soldiers and eunuchs, so Zhu Yousong needs a court official to speak for him. Ma Shiying was originally a great candidate, but when he thought of Ma Shiying insisting on sitting on the Donglin Party, Zhu Yousong was also very annoyed when he heard Ma Shiying go to see Shi Kefa.

Yuan Hongxun saw Zhu Yousong's expression and explained: "Don't worry, Your Highness, King Fu, although Ma Shiying wants to turn to the Donglin Party, Ma Shiying's aide Yue Qijie supports King Fu. At the same time, I also heard that Ma Shiying's second son Ma Cheng said that only King Fu ascends the throne can conform to the hearts of the people in the world. I guess Ma Shiying can return to the future!"

When Zhu Yousong heard about it, he didn't expect that even Ma Shiying's son knew about his fame: "Mr. Yuan, who is that Ma Cheng? How do you know the reputation of the Lone King?"

Yuan Hongxun cursed in his heart, he knew who Ma Cheng was, and he only knew that Ma Cheng was a useless second-generation ancestor, but now when King Fu asked, he had to say that, and there was no way Yuan Hongxun had to fool King Fu.
Chapter completed!