The sunlight shines through the shade of the trees directly into the fenced courtyard, like an arrow hitting the bull's-eye.

Under the porch, Gao Gao and a handsome young man sat on two small chairs and talked.

In front of the two of them is a small square table, on which there are herbal teas and local snacks, and there are occasional birds and dogs barking, and the smoke is full.

Gao Towering couldn't hide his excitement: "It turns out that after I left, you have experienced so many things. Nodding again: "I heard, how famous the princess is, you got married three years ago, I have heard of it." ”

The person opposite him is none other than Li Guxin, the imperial court wants to open the sea market, Lin Xiaojue's meaning, the original business of the waterway cannot be wasted, so it must be connected with the sea route, from the south to the north, the road is accessible.

The waterway route is the original canal line, and there are many ports along the road, how to connect, you have to investigate on the spot, and he took over this task.

Because of his subordinates, the elder brother he had been looking for for many years might appear in Yanggu County.

When I entered the city, I heard about a property lawsuit in the teahouse, and someone mentioned the documents in the yamen, and when I inquired, it was in line with my brother's image, so I found it, and I really found it.

Relatives haven't seen each other for many years, and when they first met, Li Guxin also had a lot to say: "Brother, I won't ask where you hid in the past, this time I finish my errand, and you will go back to the capital with me." ”

Gao Towering didn't speak, he promised King Han that he would not see Li Guxin again.

No matter how bad the king of Han is, but he has the grace of knowing him, how can a gentleman be untrustworthy when he says that he is difficult to chase.

Li Guxin saw his hesitation and changed the subject: "How many years has my brother lived here?" Do you know the local people? So he said his true intention and towering: "If you want to connect them, the number of local residents, the specialties, the size of the port, and the number of times a day must be counted, and you can't rashly set up checkpoints." Otherwise, the number of runs is less, the level is set up, it is a waste, the number of runs is more, the platform is small, and there will be problems. ”

Major events related to the national economy and people's livelihood are really very interesting to hear about them.

I told Li Guxin a lot about the local area.

The two brothers talked deeper and deeper, and finally raised a question: "It was not that there was no sea market before, but once at sea, pirates were rampant, and the Japanese people were surrounded by islands, and they were more familiar with water than us, what should we do if the goods were robbed by them?" If you always come to grab it, in the end, no matter how big your circle is, won't you have to be forced to close? ”

Li Guxin is even more determined to take his eldest brother back to the imperial court: "Brother really sees far, you said this problem, the cabinet is proposed, first of all, to set up an army on the sea, in the past, we were all cargo ships with their own escorts and arms, the court does not care, then it depends on the power of the merchants, no matter what, it is a matter of losing heads, and people with roots are unwilling to do dangerous things, so it restricts the development of the sea market, after the establishment of our army, the regular army of the government escorts the merchant ships, and the security is much higher." ”

"Besides, pirates are infested, some of them are because we don't do business with them, and now after the establishment of the City Shipping Division, merchants from all countries can exchange papers, as long as they pay taxes, since there are regular ways to make profits, who is willing to kill their heads, there are really those who are extremely vicious, just fight them at sea."

Lin Xiaojue received the largest shipbuilding workshop in Tianjin Wei that year, and now he is just throwing himself into the navy.

However, Li Guxin didn't tell Gao Towering about these things.

Gao Towering nodded again and again when he heard this, and the younger brothers all had a plan, indicating that if they were well prepared, they would not be busy.

Li Guxin knew that Gao Tower's sense of smell for these things was very high, and he used to be, so he asked again: "Brother, do you have any other questions, maybe we didn't expect it." ”

Gao has been invading officialdom for many years, and he has not been able to reuse it because he has no background before, but the King of Han looks up to him, although he also deliberately shows some things, but in the final analysis, the King of Han still has the grace of knowing him, so he feels very sorry for the King of Han.

There are many problems in officialdom, and this leads to some policies that are good, but because of the problem of lack of unity between the top and bottom, they are likely to turn into bad policies.

He pondered for a long time and said: "I can't think of any other questions, but how can the supply of that army come from, it has been at sea for a long time and cannot produce, so they can't let them fish and sell fish by themselves, right?" ”

Li Guxin smiled.

In the past, the army practiced the tuntian system, and when there was no war, the land was farmed, and the men fought when there was a war.

Since it is a navy, it has been floating on the sea for a long time, and there is no land, and the military salary has always been not paid in place before, and there is also the problem of senior generals deducting military salaries.

However, Lin Xiaojue also raised these questions before.

"The Ministry of War is reforming."

In the future, the Ministry of War will be independent from the other five ministries, and it will be under the direct control of the Ministry of War, rather than the local governor, and the military salary will also be directly allocated by the imperial court to recover the land of the army.

In addition, the military service system is divided into three to five years, and they can no longer serve.

There are also a lot of reforms.

Li Guxin also told Gao Towering.

While Gao Xuan nodded this time, there was a smile on his face: "Then there is only one problem, you can return to your hometown after three or five years as a soldier, how can you guarantee the number of troops?" These people are all strong men. ”

"Therefore, it is no longer a military household to serve in the military, it is the whole people, the population of appropriate age, unless they have achieved fame, they have to serve."

That's a big change.

Gao Xuan looked at Li Guxin worriedly.

Li Guxin looked at the towering with admiration, the eldest brother is also a talent in governing the world, everything is as long as it is a little, and it will be immediately penetrated.

Li Guxin had already thought about how to persuade Gao Xuan to go back with him, when a voice came from the door.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to meet Mr. Gao."

"Who are you......

"Lanlingsheng in Xiayanggu County, this is our parents' official ......"

Li Guxin heard the voice and looked over.

Gao towered and said: "This Lanling official is kind to me. He stood up.

Li Guxin gestured to the guards outside the door, and the interrogation immediately stopped.

After a while, two imposing gentlemen walked in.

Towering to greet the one on the right, he hugged his fists and saluted: "Why is the big official here?" The humble house is shabby, which makes the big officials smile. ”

Seeing that Gao Towering didn't take over as an official first, the county commander even turned a blind eye, so angry that his beard flew up, but when he thought of the solemn and majestic guards at the door of Gao's house, he endured his anger a lot, and said in a very sour tone: "Mr. Gao doesn't know what friends he has made, and he doesn't even recognize the official." ”

Gao Gao bowed to him slightly.

Then he said to Lan Lingsheng: "There is a lot of inconvenience today, and relatives have come to the house." ”

At this time, Li Guxin had already walked behind him.

Although the face of the man before Lan Lingsheng met was elegant and amiable, his demeanor did not look like an ordinary person.

Hurriedly say hello; "I was born in Xia Lanling, and I am fortunate to be happy."

Gao Xuan smiled and said: "I haven't introduced you yet, this is my brother, and the officials call him ......."

Gao Xuan didn't know how to let others call Li Guxin.

At the moment of his hesitation, Li Guxin returned the salute to Lan Lingsheng: "Little brother Guxin, thank you for taking care of your brother." ”

Guxin?

Lan Lingsheng always felt that he had heard of it somewhere.

Greetings: "Take care of each other, take care of each other." ”

The two of them talked to me and talked very well, so they forgot about the county order on the side.

The county magistrate coughed dissatisfiedly.

Lan Lingsheng hurriedly invited the county order to his front and introduced to Li Guxin, this is my county parent official, Lord Chen.

The county magistrate stood up straight, waiting for Li Guxin to salute him.

Li Guxin saw that this person had come into the courtyard, and Gao Gao didn't pay much attention to him, and he was not very polite, so he only glanced at it and said nothing.

The county commander raised his eyebrows angrily, clenched his fists, and Lan Lingsheng grabbed his hand.

But everyone has seen this little action.

Gao Jian didn't want to be with the county order, but with Lanling born, it was not good to sweep the face of the benefactor, when he first arrived in Yanggu, it was someone who took him in and appreciated him.

Raised his hand and said: "The room is cramped, I am afraid of wronging the two, please take a seat under the corridor." ”

He was telling the truth, the house was rented and very small, and he was afraid that he would wronged Li Guxin, so he moved the tables and chairs outside.

Lan Lingsheng thanked him, and the county order was not very happy, but in the end he was pulled over by Lan Lingsheng to sit.

The four of them sat down, and they didn't have anything to say, and it would be rude for Gao Towering to be the host and not ask what people were trying to do.

Lan Lingsheng felt that the towering was unusual, and then looked at his relatives and friends, and he was sure that he was either rich or expensive.

So he didn't make a mistake, called Gao Gao to the side and the like, and immediately explained his intentions: "Brother Tai, your knowledge and personality, you don't have to hide it from me, you have an extraordinary background, I just want to ask you, can you know someone who can speak, this matter is too important to our Yanggu County, if it happens, the people of the county can profit, you are the great benefactor of the county." ”

As he spoke, he stabbed the county order with his arm: "You said yes, right?" ”

The county magistrate still didn't think that towering could help, and it took a long time to disdain out a word: "Hmm." ”

Gao Jian thought that Lan Lingsheng was going to talk about him leaving the yamen in anger today, but he didn't expect that it was the matter of opening up the sea market, which would have a great impact on the inland, and he just listened to Li Guxin.

The official didn't lie to him.

Although the big official has a lot of business, he usually works well with people, builds roads and bridges, and has done a lot of good deeds.

Towering looked at Li Guxin, this matter happened to be the final word of the younger brother.

"Guxin, will you set up a checkpoint in Guyang or the next county? Did you do it to the Lord? Can you say that? ”

The eldest brother has asked, can you still say it?

Li Guxin said with a smile: "The big officials don't have to worry, the imperial court won't throw down any county, just wait for the news." "The purpose of the inspection is to see how big the dock is set up, not to leave anyone behind, who used to have a dock, of course, can be connected to all of them.

The big official understood that when the officialdom said this, it was already thorough.

He exhaled with relief, he was really afraid that the imperial court would ignore Gu Yang.

But the county order hasn't understood yet, and this little white face hasn't given a word.

He looked at Lan Lingsheng and said, "It can't be so coincidental, right?" As soon as we came, we met a big man who happened to be in charge of this matter? It's time to make a decision. He looked at Gao Towering again: "What is the position of this relative of yours?" How big is the official? Don't be a liar, this county has been punished for five years before, and I haven't seen anything, and I swagger and deceive local officials under the banner of the imperial court. ”

Lan Lingsheng looked at Gao Towering embarrassedly, but didn't say anything.

In fact, he also had a little doubt, not to the point of suspicion that he was towering, nor did he suspect that Li Guxin was a liar, after all, people didn't go to them, they came to find them.

He was afraid that this person liked to brag, but in fact, he couldn't be such a big lord at all.

Gao Jian knew which county he would not fall into, so he didn't worry about Li Guxin's leaking his whereabouts and causing trouble, and he also wanted to make Lan Lingsheng feel at ease.

said: "My brother is here for this matter, there will be no mistake, and the big officials can rest assured." ”

Lan Lingsheng saw that Gao Towering said seriously, and then thought of those people outside, he was somewhat relieved.

The county order was not convinced: "It sounds good, don't you still dare to report for an official position?" This matter is supervised by Princess Yong'an, and not everyone can intervene. ”

Towering looked at Li Guxin, with a hint of comfort on the corner of his mouth.

Li Guxin was also looking at him, and then smiled loudly: "My lord, don't worry, the princess is Neiko, this is what she personally discussed with the ministers, and the place where there is a dock will be used as much as possible, and no one will be left behind." ”

The latter words were no longer heard by the county order and Lan Lingsheng.

Princess, Uchiko.

The two of them looked at Li Guxin with wide eyes at the same time, and the county magistrate moved his gaze to the towering face opposite, if this person is the princess's concubine, then this person is not the concubine's brother.

He had a fight with his brother in the morning.

Still scolding people to get out?

The county commander knelt on the ground with a puff, and immediately burst into tears: "You lied to me, right?" ”

Gao Xuan thought about it, and then laughed: "It depends on how your case is judged, my lord." ”

……………………

The people of Guyang County all felt that the county lord had suddenly changed a person, and in the case of the three sisters of the Shen family, they all thought that the county lord would award the property to the Shen family, but who knew that one day later, the county lord would uphold justice for the three sisters of the Shen family, and said that there was any law to follow.

The people who don't understand the law don't understand it, and there are not many people who can read and write, but they also feel that the county magistrate has judged a bad breath like this.

Although a woman's marriage is spilled water, the Shen family's uncles have gone too far.

It's good now, the sisters don't need them to help, they have their own property, and they don't need to take care of it, and they can't live when they have it?

Of course, this kind of trivial thing is hot at the time, and then it disappears.

Everyone began to pay attention to the opening of the sea market again, and heard that their county was going to set up a city and a yamen, and in the future, many merchants would come from the sea, whether from the south or from the north, and their local things would be sold, and this was a big event, a good thing, and a happy event......

Lan Lingsheng's family, the county order came to report the good news to Lan Lingsheng, and what Li Guxin said before, he issued an official document.

Lan Lingsheng looked at the document stamped with the official seal of the river yamen, this time he really let out a long breath, it was decided, and he didn't have to worry about changing the hexagram.

He took the official document and said: "Go to Mr. Gao's house, we will have to count on others in the future to say goodbye to Mr. Gao." ”

The county magistrate grabbed Lan Lingsheng's cuffs with some fear: "No need, I've been there, Mr. Gao has already left with the horse master." ”

"Gone?"

The county magistrate nodded: "Gone, how can such a prominent relative stay with us?" The tone was very complaining: "It's strange to say, he has two Jinshi, and his younger brother who is a colt, why are you running here?" Three years at a time? You didn't come to visit me secretly, did you? ”

That's certainly not the case.

Why Lan Lingsheng is also puzzled.

The county commander's eyes were very melancholy: "Don't settle accounts with me in the future." ”

Lan Lingsheng smiled and comforted the county order: "Mr. Gao is a beautiful person, he said that if it's okay, it's okay, you don't have to worry, and everyone is gone now, if there is something, wouldn't he have troubled you a long time ago?" ”

But too.

But when the towering tower is not in the place for a day, the county order is uneasy, and if people want to trouble him, there will definitely be action after arriving at the place.

It's only been three days now, and it's expected that it will take half a month to reach the capital.

At this time, on the official road leading from Guyang to the capital, Li Guxin was and Gao Gao led his subordinates to whip quickly.

They were just drinking tea leisurely in the tea shed, but Li Guxin received some news, and suddenly he couldn't relax.

Towering behind him shouted, "What the hell is going on?" ...... driving"

"My daughter-in-law is pregnant."

Towering: "......"

He thought he was going to give birth, but in the end it was a good thing, it was good to be pregnant, so many years, I heard that he only had one child: "Then you should slow down, don't worry." ”

Why not be in a hurry, Li Guxin can't wait to put on his wings and fly back, he has been married for three years, his daughter-in-law is the first child, he has been out for two months, and now the little guy is said to be three months, he has to go back quickly?

It's over.