The weather in the capital cooled downstream, and Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi were riding down the river in a boat, passing through the canal to the south of the Yangtze River.

Along the way, when they encounter beautiful mountains and rivers, both of them will stop and order the carriages, horses, and servants to go to play together, which is really very pleasant.

This stops and goes, because it has always been like the south, but the more you walk, the warmer it gets. However, after seven or eight days, it has reached Qingyang City in the south of the Yangtze River.

Chen Wenhui has been away from Qingyang City for a few years, and now she revisits the old place and finds that Qingyang City is much more lively.

There are more people doing business in the market, and the pedestrians are better dressed than before, and there are some very advanced shops selling some Nanyang specialties.

Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi went to Qinghe Building for dinner, and deliberately did not go to the private room of the Water Pavilion to sit, but went to a window seat on the second floor to sit.

I only heard the person at the next table talking, and one person said: "In the past few years, many people in our town have gone to Nanyang, and many of them have already made a fortune, and I am also a little excited." ”

Another said, "Actually, we're much better here than we used to be." There are many more workshops, and many people come to the city to work, which is better than farming. Besides, the roads in our Huzhou are the best, they are all stone roads, the carriages run steadily and fast, and the shoes will not be covered with mud when it rains. It is precisely because of such a good road that the horse-drawn carriage can quickly reach the destination, and the business is more developed. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said to Zhao Chongyi: "If you want to get rich, build roads first." ”

Zhao Chongyi said: "It's really, speaking of which. When your family was in Anxian County before, it was committed to building roads, and later in Deqing, it was a major road repair, and later after coming to Qingyang City, Huzhou, it was even more in the province to repair roads, but I heard that when he returned to the capital, the roads in Huzhou had not been repaired, and the successor Huang Thorn Shi continued to repair, and now it is almost repaired. When I was in the military department of the capital. An official from the Ministry of War said. If the whole country is at war, it will definitely be the easiest to mobilize the troops in Huzhou, mainly because the roads in Huzhou are good. ”

Chen Wenhuiyu propped her head in her hand and said, "In this way, the road has actually been repaired. It is also important for the military. Then we are going to go to the northwest and not to build roads as well. Kindness. Anyway, I want to build a road. I can't stand the kind of road that is a foot of mud when it rains. ”

Zhao Chongyi frowned and said, "According to it." It should be necessary to build roads first, after all, if you build roads, it will be easier to mobilize troops, and it will be more convenient to go back and forth and do business. However, the northwest is not so many stone mountains in the south of the Yangtze River that can open stone slabs. The northwest is mostly an endless prairie, and even trees are rare. What will you take to build roads? ”

Chen Wenhui hesitated for a moment and said: "Well, I actually have a method there, there is a thing called cement, this recipe is obtained from Emperor Guanglie, if only this thing could be used, the cost is cheap, and road construction is the best." It's a pity that I asked the people of the Hei family to try that recipe, but I still couldn't make it, otherwise I would have used it in Qingchun City. Where is the need for quarrying, and the price is so high? ”

Zhao Chongyi was overjoyed, and wanted to ask again, considering that this was a restaurant, he was afraid that the partition wall would have ears, so he held back. Hurriedly lowered his head and took a sip of tea, suppressing the joy in his heart.

At this time, the conversation between the two people at the next table came again, and the man in the ginger satin dress said: "Although our Huzhou's economy is much better now, you know my situation. I am from a concubine, and I will definitely go out of my family in the future. When the time comes, my father may give me some fields, slaves, money, houses, and so on, but it will not be much, and where can I still live as comfortably as I do now? Therefore, I want to wait until the family is separated, and then I will sell all these fields and houses in the south of the Yangtze River, and take the slaves to Nanyang, so that I can buy more land, even if I don't do business, the production of land alone is enough for our family to live a good life. ”

Another man dressed in purple satin said, "You're right." In recent years, I don't know how many of our disciples from Jiangnan have gone to Nanyang. Instead of looking at my mother's eyes here, it is better to go outside, anyway, as long as you have money, you can't settle down anywhere. I don't have to worry about that, I'm a concubine. But I now have a few sons who are out of the house, and although they are all young, I am afraid that the tigress in my family will attack my sons in the future. Therefore, I want to buy an industry in Nanyang now, so that in the future, when the children are older, I will go to Nanyang, all of them are complete, and I will make it clear to the concubines at home and the tigress early in the morning, concubines, don't worry about these industries, fields, and shops in my Jiangnan, these are all the sons-in-law. Yours are ready, and you can make money in Nanyang. The climate is ok. As for the wife, don't be wary of the concubines, these people will not fight with the concubines for property, and they will not hinder her eyes in the future, they will go to Nanyang when they are older, maybe they will not see each other in their lives. Let's be safe now, so as to avoid conflicts between wives and concubines. ”

The man in the ginger clothes smiled and said: "Your family has a large population, and it is right for you to distribute it in this way, but it costs a lot of money to do this, and each son buys an estate, and your current family background is definitely not good, you still have to find an opportunity to make money." ”

The man in purple clothes said, "Yes, so I also want to go to Nanyang to do some business and make more money." ”

Chen Wenhui pursed her lips and said to Zhao Chongyi: "Men are like this, you will not be allowed to do this in the future, or I will kick you out of the house." ”

Zhao Chongyi hurriedly said: "Hui'er, I swear, as long as you are alone in this life, no, in the next life, you will only be alone in the rest of your life." ”

Chen Wenhui suddenly burst into laughter.

At this time, two people dressed as Confucian scholars at a table in front of them were talking loudly, and a man in a blue Confucian shirt was about 30 years old, and he said: "The people of Huzhou have been living better and better in recent years, and it is because of the encouragement of business. ”

The other two Confucian scholars in Confucian shirts shook their heads and said, "Brother Yan's words are wrong. Merchants are profit-seeking, incorruptible and shameless, treacherous and cunning, and mercantilism will corrupt morality and make the people oppressed by businessmen. ”

The man in the blue shirt said, "How so? It is true that businessmen seek profits, but if there are more businessmen, there will be more workshops, and if there are more workshops, the people will have a place to work, and if they can work, they will have more income, and if they have more income, they will have more money in their hands, and they will naturally buy more things, and the government will have more taxes, isn't this a good thing? ”

The two Confucian scholars were speechless.

Chen Wenhui's eyes lit up and said, "This Confucian is knowledgeable. Chongyi, you go get acquainted. ”

Zhao Chongyi also admired this Confucian theory, nodded when he heard the words, walked over to get acquainted, and after a while, invited this Confucian to meet at the inn where they stayed.

After the appointment, Zhao Chongyi walked back, Chen Wenhui saw this, knew that it was not good to stay in the restaurant, so he went back to the inn with Zhao Chongyi.

Originally, they all had official positions when they came out, and they could live in the official post, but Chen Wenhui didn't like to live there, so he still lived in the largest inn in Qingyang City, chartered three courtyards, and their husband and wife lived in the middle of the courtyard with their attendants, and the two courtyards next to them were where the guards lived.

The facilities of the entire inn are very luxurious, but the price is very expensive, but this money is not in Chen Wenhui's consideration at all, as long as it is comfortable.

Back at the inn, Chen Wenhui took a rest, this period of time is by boat, although it is stable, in the end it is not as comfortable as on flat ground. Therefore, Chen Wenhui seized the time to rest, they had already handed over the name card to the official office, and they were going to visit it the next day.

Who knows, just after waking up from the rest, Zhao Chongyi has already told her that Huang Tingzhen brought the officials of Qingyang City to visit the two of them. But think about it, after all, Zhao Chongyi is the second-grade squire of the Ministry of War, Chen Wenhui is the governor of Nanyang, Zhengyipin, and the county lord of the imperial court.

Chen Wenhui was most unhappy with these things that were ushered in, and originally wanted to hand them all over to Zhao Chongyi to deal with, but after thinking about it, he still had to recruit people in Jiangnan, and this matter still had to come forward to deal with these officials in person, and if he could get the support of the officials, it would be much easier. Therefore, she forced her spirit to let Shuilian serve and dress neatly, and she also wore a bunch of luxurious jewelry on her head, which made her neck hurt.

Chen Wenhui looked at herself in the mirror and said to Shuilian: "Lord Huang is not an outsider, and he was common when he was a child. It doesn't have to be so formal, right? The gold jewelry on this end crushed my neck. Take them all down, and use two red gold hairpins, one precious flower day, and one red gold distraction. ”

There is no way for the water lotus, as long as it is done. This qiē has been done well, and it has been a while since then, but fortunately, in the front hall, Zhao Chongyi accompanied these officials to drink tea, and the conversation between the two sides was very harmonious.

The Huzhou Thorn History of Qingyang City is a person named Yan Yi, who is about thirty years old, but he is a capable official, and Huang Tingzhen pulled it up. In the past, when Chen Yuanheng was the assassin of Huzhou, Yan Yi was the county commander of a county in the south of Huzhou, and Chen Yuanheng found that he was a capable person, so he was promoted to Zhizhou, and since then, he has always kept in touch with Chen Yuanheng. Therefore, it can be regarded as his own person. As for Huang Tingzhen, after becoming the assassin of Huzhou, he became the governor of the three provinces. Originally, the position of the governor of the three provinces was set for Liu Yan, who was still the king of Jin at that time. After Liu Yan entered Beijing, it should have been abolished, but it was retained by Chen Yuanheng, and Huang Tingzhen was allowed to take this position after his term expired, which can be regarded as the position of Zheng Erpin. and Zhao Chongyi is a grade. In this way, Huang Tingzhen was able to control the three provinces of Huzhou, Suzhou, and Heyang.

Therefore, the power of the Xiao Chen family is very large in these three provinces. Chen Wenhui chose to come to this place to recruit people, which is also an important reason. (To be continued......)

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