Early in the morning, as soon as the city gate opened, the team of the county lord of Rongning went out of the city in a mighty way. (Please go to see the latest chapters) [Full text reading]

When they came, there were only five carriages, but when they left, they were followed by ten carriages.

They are all gifts from Jinling's big households.

In addition to satin, lacquerware, bird's nest, shark fin, and many exquisite gold and silver antiques.

The Gu family even sent two paintings of famous artists from the previous dynasty.

Roughly calculated, those things are worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Gu Xinyue didn't refuse, and brought them all back to the ship.

Thinking that although this trip is not as good as Yangzhou, it can be regarded as a small profit, and I sleep with a smile on the carriage.

Let Yuan Zisu look at the sly smile on the corner of her lips, and she didn't feel a comfortable smile.

There was nothing to say all the way, and after everything was on the ship, the fleet headed for Songjiang Mansion.

It is the good season of late spring, the spring on both sides of the canal is infinitely good, and the speed of the fleet is not fast, swaying.

Gu Xinyue sat by the window and was shaken drowsy, rubbing her eyes and saying to Yuan Zisu, "Can't our ship hurry up?" ”

Although it is smooth, it is too slow at this speed.

Yuan Zisu got up and went out, and after a while, he turned back, and said with a trace of solemnity on his face: "The boatman said that our boat is too big, and now the water level is not enough, so it is not fast, but it is not far from Changzhou, and you can rest in Changzhou for one night at night." ”

"Not enough water?" Glancing at Yuan Zisu's expression, Gu Xinyue said, "What are you worried about?" ”

"Nothing."

Being Gu Xinyue, then you are something, and the eyes of the quick words glared, Yuan Zisu smiled lightly, and said: "I just think it's a little strange, at this time in previous years, it was the time when the spring water of the canal was surging, and the water level would not be enough." ”

Gu Xinyue was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and said, "Speaking of which, Zisu, we have come all the way, and it seems that there is no rain?" ”

It is said that in the poems, it is written that the spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River is as thin as silk, and it rains a lot during the Qingming Festival.

But along the way, she was also in that small village, and encountered a heavy rain, and the rest of the weather was fine.

At that time, I was happy to play, and I thought that I had a good character, and when I walked there, it was good weather.

But now the water level is not enough, which means that there is no rain, but I am afraid that it is not one.

Yuan Zisu's brows frowned slightly, and then he smiled: "Yes, but there is a lot of water in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many rivers here, even if there is less rain, there will be no problem." ”

Even if there is a problem, it is not something they can manage.

Gu Xinyue also smiled and said, "By the way, what's so fun in Changzhou?" ”

"This, I'm going to ask Master Qing." Yuan Zisu raised his eyes and glanced at Qinglianzi, who had been looking out the window silently, and said with a smile.

"Master Qing." Gu Xinyue also followed his line of sight and shouted.

"Huh?" Qinglianzi responded, turned her head to look at Gu Xinyue, and there was a look of confusion on her face.

"What are you looking at?" Gu Xinyue got off the soft couch, walked to his side, and looked out of the window in front of him.

The green seedlings are green, the peach and apricot blossoms have fallen all over the trees, and there are three or five pedestrians on the embankment, walking leisurely, and there is the sound of pulling the boat in the distance.

Pull the boat......

Gu Xinyue leaned over and wanted to stick her head out to look.

was dragged back by Qinglianzi and said, "What are you doing?" ”

"I'll look ahead." Gu Xinyue pointed to the voice coming from the trumpet and said.

"It's just that the cargo ship avoids and drags the ship aside, and you can see it later." Qinglianzi pulled the curtain and said, "Don't mess with the probe." ”

Gu Xinyue blinked her eyes and said, "Master Qing, let's go to Changzhou to play at night, right?" ”

Qinglianzi looked slightly stunned for a moment, and said: "What's interesting in Changzhou, wait two more days, and have a good time in Suzhou." ”

Gu Xinyue didn't say anything, only looked at him out of the corner of her eye.

Looking at Qinglianzi, he didn't feel it, and said: "It's really nothing fun, it's not richer than Yangzhou and Suzhou, and it's ......."

The voice paused, and Qinglianzi said: "There are many mountains here and little land, and there are still seasides and Taihu Lake to rely on, but with the hunting tax, many people have no way to live, and they have become bandits again, if it weren't for Chang Chun, the people here would have rebelled." ”

"Re?" Gu Xinyue was puzzled.

"When the Chu army went south, it confronted Jiangnan in Xijindu, and the losses were not small." Yuan Zisu pulled her to sit back, and said: "And Changzhou is the people who are stronger than other places, and the resistance is the most powerful, and then after the Chu army crossed the river, there is nothing else to do, only Changzhou has been suppressed, at that time, there is no death, so he escaped by boat, and became a bandit, based on the island of the mouth of the river, S disturbed the coast, and later, under the heavy pressure of the imperial court, the Jiangnan wealthy clan sent people out to kill the bandit leader in order to win the trust of the imperial court, and those bandits dispersed, but, There will still be some sporadic bandits disturbing the coast, so the population of Changzhou has not recovered. ”

"Are there really pirates? Didn't you say that it should be done by the left way? Gu Xinyue was silent for a while.

"The left road is robbing merchant ships." Qinglianzi sneered and said: "Seriously speaking, that Zuo Dao is the sea bandits, and most of those fishermen, most of them just can't survive, they stay at home on the outer islands, and they fish for a living, but they only occasionally go ashore in exchange for some salt, oil, clothes and other things, and they really do all kinds of evil...... If what Han Yuan is doing is true, those bandits should have colluded with Zuo Dao. ”

Gu Xinyue looked at him sideways for a while, and said, "What about Changchun?" ”

I remember that Qin Mohan once said that he ordered Zhizhou, who had been in Changzhou for nine years, to go to Ganzhou, and his name was Changchun.

It's just that none of them realized one thing at the time.

That is, most of the officials in Jiangnan went out of Jiangnan, and Chang Chun was able to stay in Changzhou for nine years, so he was naturally also a Jiangnan faction.

"Changchun, that guy is not bad." Qinglianzi glanced out the window, closed all the curtains, turned to Gu Xinyue and said: "This place in Changzhou is already poor, and the taxes are heavier than other places. has not been promoted. ”

"So, he's a good officer? Moreover, don't deal with Jiangnan officialdom? Gu Xinyue's eyes lit up.

Qinglianzi smiled and said, "Yes, if it weren't for a good person, I would have told Qin Qi a long time ago." ”

As he spoke, he pressed her down on the soft couch and said, "The girl will rest more." ”

Gu Xinyue pouted, wanting to protest, but she was really tired of surging up, yawned and fell to the soft lean, and closed her eyes.

Seeing that her breathing was gradually steady, Qinglianzi glanced at Yuan Zisu and quietly walked out of the hatch.

Standing on the promenade of the ship, looking at the few flashing figures on the shore, he frowned slightly.

"Who?" Du Zhong hid behind him and asked in a deep voice.

"Five Poison Gate, let Zhang Qi think of speeding up, don't stop in Changzhou, and go straight forward." Qinglianzi glanced at the shore again, turned around, and went back to the room.

Chang Chun has been in Changzhou for nine years, and such a capable person has no way to bring Changzhou on the road to prosperity, except that Changzhou's own situation and taxes are heavier than other places, and more is the pressure and restrictions from above.

There is also the canal wharf that was supposed to bring people and wealth to Changzhou, but Changchun did not buy it at all.

And the rudder of the thirteen docks of Taihu Lake, which has no time to show signs of the wind, is at this Changzhou Canal Wharf.