The housekeeper of Cai's mansion ate a closed door, and Cai Lei's face was even less bright, thinking that these two guards were too little, so he pulled the housekeeper back and took out two gold coins from his arms, but before he could hand it over, he heard one of the guards shouting: "Don't come to this, we never accept bribes!" ”

Cai Lei smiled: "This is not a bribe, this is the money for a few brothers to drink tea, the brothers have worked duty, and the money is ......."

"Who are you? What's the matter? The guard interrupted Cai Lei's words.

Cai Lei said: "Oh, my surname is Cai, my single name is a Lei character, I am a businessman in the city, I want to meet the newly appointed Lord Zhizhou, and I also ask my brother to make it convenient." ”

"I'm sorry, my family has an order, and for three days, there will be no guests. Look, the avoidance signs are all hung up, so please go back. ”

"Can't you really be accommodating?"

"I'm sorry."

Cai Lei was helpless, just turned around, and just saw an official sedan chair coming from the west side of the road, and the official sedan chair he recognized was the official sedan chair of the Jingzhou Commercial Department.

After Cai Lei saw it, he hurriedly asked his subordinates to get out of the way, deliberately retreated backwards, and then waited there quietly, and when the official sedan chair landed, he hurriedly stepped up and said in a low voice: "The little one welcomes Master Fu." ”

In the sedan chair, Fu Xun, the director of the Jingzhou Commercial Hall, walked out of the sedan chair, saw Cai Lei on the side, and said: "It turned out to be Mr. Cai, who also came to see Lord Zhizhou?" ”

"No, no, no, I was passing by here, and I just happened to meet the adult's sedan chair, so I came down first, for fear of colliding with the adult." Cai Lei flatly denied it, worried that Fu Xun would know that he couldn't even enter the door.

Fu Xun said "um", and said: "Mr. Cai, this official is here to see Lord Zhizhou, since you are also here, it is better to go in together." You are the richest man in Jiangling, and you are one of the few in the whole of Jingzhou. Jingzhou's commercial prosperity is inseparable from your strong support. ”

Cai Lei said: "Cai Lei is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

Fu Xun nodded, raised his hand, and said, "Mr. Cai, please!" ”

"Your Excellency, please!"

Fu Xun was no longer polite. The official stepped away, and walked forward with a swagger, and as soon as he reached the door, he was stopped by the guard, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Xia Guan is the director of the Jingzhou Department of Commerce." I came to meet the new Lord Zhizhou, and I would like to inform you. ”

"Lord Zhizhou has an order, within three days, no visitor will be seen!"

Fu Xun noticed that there was already a sign at the door, and then asked with a smile: "Can't you really be accommodating?" ”

"Lord Zhizhou's order, we just have to carry it out, we can't disobey it, my lord, please go back, please come back in three days."

Fu Xun bowed politely. turned around and left, but he couldn't figure out why Lin Qi would avoid the guests.

Fu Xun ate the closed door here, and many Jingzhou officials arrived one after another, and the official sedan chair fell on the street in front of the Zhizhou Mansion one by one, blocking the entire street.

The front couldn't get out, but the back couldn't get in, and it was congested for a while, but no matter who it was, they were all blocked out by the guards.

The master of Jiangling hurried over and followed one of Lin Qi's guards to Fuqian Street. Seeing that it was congested, he finally squeezed in and came to the gate of the Zhizhou Mansion, and the guard led the main book into the Zhizhou Mansion. The two guards at the door did not hinder them.

Fu Xun, Cai Lei and others were puzzled, this place was much bigger than the official position of the chief bookkeeper, why couldn't they get in, but the master bookkeeper went in. But everyone really couldn't get in, and finally they left one after another, and after a while. It was gone, and Fuqian Street was restored to its smoothness.

In the Zhizhou Mansion, Lin Qi was chewing and reading the Art of War with Sun Tzu in his hand, and suddenly the guards came in to report that the main book had arrived, so Lin Qi put down the book in his hand and said coldly: "Pass!" ”

After a while, the Jiangling master book was brought in, and as soon as he saw Lin Qi, he knelt on the ground and bowed: "Ding Fei, the lowly Jiangling master bookkeeper, knock to see your lord." ”

"Get up and speak!" Lin Qi saw Ding Fei's long sharp-beaked monkey cheeks and mustache, but there was a shrewdness in his bones, so he raised his hand and said lightly, "Sit!" ”

Ding Fei stood up, slowly sat down, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know what the important thing is for the lord to call the lowly to come?" ”

Lin Qi said: "Oh, it's actually nothing, I just heard that those beauties in the Zhizhou Mansion were all selected by Lord Ding, and the mansion felt very happy when it looked at it, so I specially summoned Lord Ding to come and talk about it." ”

After hearing this, Ding Fei showed a smile on his face and said, "As long as the adults like it, the humble position is just a little effort......

"Well, there are a few that are really good, but I don't know what kind of family they are, the housekeeper said that Lord Ding knows best, so the mansion specially asked Lord Ding to come over, which seemed to be a little hurried, which made Lord Ding tired."

"Your Excellency is polite, doing things for your lords is a lowly matter." A glimmer of light appeared in Ding Fei's eyes, and he asked tentatively, "My lord, you just said that there are a few beauties that are good, I don't know which beauties the adults are talking about?" ”

Lin Lin smiled, raised his hand and clapped his hands, making a sound of "pop pop" three times, and then, he saw four beauties walking in from outside the hall, and then kept bowing to Lin Lin: "See my lord." ”

Lin Lin nodded, raised his hand, and said, "The four beauties don't need to be polite, please sit down." ”

Each of the four beauties was very good, and the others were all sent back, Lin Lin left the four of them alone, not to mention how happy the hearts of the four of them were, at this time, seeing Ding Fei here, the eyes of the four people all cast a grateful look at Ding Fei.

After the four beauties sat down, Lin Lin walked up to Ding Fei and asked, "Lord Ding, you must know the family history of these four people best, right?" ”

Ding Fei said with a smile: "Naturally, it is clear that the families of these four beauties are all rich and noble people, and now being able to serve by the side of adults is also a blessing that they have cultivated." ”

As he spoke, Ding Fei introduced it and said slowly: "This is the Li family, this is the Tang family, this is the Cai family, and the last one is the Mao family." Adults don't know that the four families of Li, Tang, Cai, and Mao are the four wealthy merchants in Jiangling City, among which the Cai family is the richest. The wealthy merchants in the city heard that the adults were not yet married, so they offered their daughters one after another for the adults to choose, and whichever the adults fancied was the blessing of the family......

Lin Lin listened to Ding Fei's words quietly, then grinned and said, "Lord Ding must have obtained a lot of money from these rich businessmen, right?" ”

"Well...... Humble duty to do things for adults. How can you take half of the money? Ding Fei replied.

"Really?" Lin Lin's smile suddenly retracted, and his voice became much colder, and then he said to the four beauties: "You all retreat first!" ”

After the four beauties retreated, Lin Lin's personal guard walked straight in. Then he said something to Lin Lin in his ear, Lin Lin just nodded slightly, and asked the guards to go out first for the time being.

Ding Fei saw that Lin Lin's face had changed, so he immediately asked, "My lord, is there something urgent?" ”

Lin Lin shook his head. Said: "No, no, no, I don't have anything at all. Lord Ding, you have found these beauties for this mansion, and this mansion really doesn't know how to thank you. ”

After hearing this, Ding Fei hurriedly knelt on the ground and bowed to Lin Lin: "My lord is above, and I have no requirements for my lord's job, but as long as my lord is satisfied, I am willing to do my best for my lord from now on." ”

Lin Lin listened. smiled: "I'm afraid, that's what you intended, right?" ”

"Hehe, this little bit of lowly duty, naturally can't hide from the extremely smart adult, as long as the adult can let the lowly post follow the adult from now on, the humble duty guarantees to do a good job for the adult, and ensures that the adult does not have a little sorrow." Ding Fei said without denying it.

"Hahahaha......" Lin Lin suddenly laughed.

When Ding Fei heard Lin Lin's laughter, he felt a little nervous, and hurriedly asked, "Why are adults laughing?" ”

"Ding Fei! You have a small Gangneung City master book, how much money is a year. Just now, my guards went to your house to search, and there are so many gold, silver and jewels in your house, if you are not corrupt and bribery, how can you have so much family property? And also. You made your own decisions and stuffed forty-eight beauties in the Zhizhou Mansion, do you think this mansion is a womanizer? ”

"Don't dare to be humble, humiliation is wronged......"

"Wronged? You are not right-hearted, and you want to use beautiful women as a step to enter the body, and you have a lot of dealings with rich merchants in the city. This government has already investigated clearly, do you still want to quibble? Someone! ”

"What do you command?" A few guards walked in from outside the door, hugging their fists.

Lin Lin pointed at Ding Fei and said angrily: "Dismiss Ding Fei and put him in the dungeon, and all family property will be confiscated." ”

After Ding Fei heard this, his face turned pale with fright, and he immediately said: "My lord, I have been wronged, Master Hou, I ......"

Without waiting for Ding Fei to finish shouting, the guards dragged Ding Fei out of the living room directly.

Lin Lin looked at Ding Fei's appearance, and he was also particularly disdainful. He immediately wrote down a notice, and then handed it to the guards beside him, and instructed: "Copy this notice in 100 copies, and then stamp it with the seal of the house, and then post it in the streets and alleys of the city." ”

"No!"

In the evening of the same day, it was written that Ding Fei had accepted bribes without permission and made a rash decision, and the news spread throughout Gangneung City. After Lin Lin repatriated those beauties, he also sent a letter of worship, meeting the merchants of the city to talk to the Zhizhou Mansion three days later.

At the same time, after the notice was posted, it seriously stated that the government and businessmen should not collude with each other, and once discovered, they would inevitably be severely punished. After the news spread that Ding Fei was dismissed and investigated, the seemingly calm muddy waters of Jiangling City immediately rippled layer by layer.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and for the next three days, the officials and merchants in Gangneung City never interacted openly again.

While Lin Lin sent people to collect intelligence, he began to figure out how to rectify the rule of officials.

Since Jingzhou was incorporated into the territory of Huaxia, agriculture and commerce have been relatively developed, and the speed of improvement is much faster than that of other state capitals. The reason is that the north often suffers from wars, and most of the population flows into Jingzhou, and Jingzhou is relatively stable, coupled with geographical advantages and water conservancy advantages, so the Jinghan Plain has become an indispensable main grain producing area in China. At the same time, merchants played a certain role in the mutual circulation of the economy between the north and the south.

In the past, the class system of Shinong industry and commerce did not exist, and the status of merchants gradually became apparent, and the superiority of merchants began to gradually become prominent. The wealthy are usually businessmen, but some businessmen are not satisfied with the status quo and begin to gradually explore another way out, so that some smart businessmen have set their sights on power.

No matter how rich a person is, it is impossible for him to fight for the officials, and the officials generally have real power, from the central to the local, the bureaucratic system of the Huaxia State has been subdivided again and again, and some people have gradually become real power. However, if a businessman wants to seek a position in a business, there is only one way, and that is to take the imperial examination. The imperial examination system has become an important way for the Chinese state to select civil and military talents, these businessmen could not pass the imperial examination at all, so some businessmen began to marry with officials, so that the combination of officials and businessmen will form an invisible protection.

Jiangling is the commercial center of the entire Jingzhou, when Xun You served as the governor, in order to activate the business of Jingzhou, so as long as these businessmen are not too excessive, they will turn a blind eye, plus Xun You's reputation is high, people from all walks of life in Jingzhou are very convinced of him, so everyone also gave Xun You face, so that when Xun You served as the governor of Jingzhou, Jingzhou did not have a little mistake.

However, Lin Lin is not Xun You, and his prestige is not enough to deter the entire Jingzhou, so as soon as Xun You is transferred away, the hidden stubborn diseases in Jingzhou begin to slowly show.

Today, Lin Lin arrived in Jiangling City, Zhuge Jin held a banquet to entertain him, and what he said during the banquet was this matter. Zhuge Jin's power is not big enough, so he can only ask Lin Lin to come forward to suppress this evil trend.

Lin Lin is the eldest son of the emperor and was named Yan Hou, and with this alone, all walks of life in Jingzhou always have to give a little thin noodles. So Lin Lin thought about it, so he decided to choose a small official position to ask for directions. Ding Fei, the chief bookkeeper of Jiangling, and Cai Lei, the richest man in Jiangling, are in-laws, and the position of the chief bookkeeper, whether it is big or small, is not small, and it happened to be selected by Lin Lin, which is why today's scene is happening again.

During the three days, Zhuge Jin has been going out early and returning late, going to the Zhizhou Mansion very early in the morning, and coming back very late in the evening, he and Lin Lin have been planning how to give the officials in Jingzhou a dismount, which can not only play a deterrent role, but also allow the normal development of officials and businessmen.

In the hall of the Zhizhou Mansion, Zhuge Jin sat there quietly, stroked the green beard on his chin, and said slowly: "Master Hou, I suddenly thought of a plan, I don't know if it is feasible or not?" ”

Lin Lin said: "Just say it, let's hear it." ”

Zhuge Jin said: "Most of the officials in Jingzhou are related to local merchants by marriage, and there are four wealthy merchants in the city, namely Li, Tang, Cai, and Mao, among which the Cai family is the richest. "To be continued. 118