"Can you take me with you?" Miss Xuemei looked at him expectantly.

Yuwen Xiao pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Since Miss Xuemei is interested, of course she can." ”

Liu Gongzi and Wu Gongzi on the side also hurriedly offered to go together.

"In that case, let's go together, Brother Du, Miss Du, you can also go and see the excitement." Yu Wenxiao invited.

Lu Yuan shook his head: "We still have something to do in the afternoon, so let's go, thank you Brother Yuwen for the invitation." ”

He planned to go to Pinghaifang in the afternoon, he had already seen this kind of competition once yesterday, and he was not so interested. In contrast, the boatwrights in Pinghaifang were more important to him.

"Alright, let's go first." Yu Wenxiao said.

After speaking, the four of them left together, and when they left, Wu Gongzi settled the account, leaving only Lu Yuan and Li Ruozhen.

Lu Yuan hadn't eaten much just now because he was talking and thinking, and he was finally able to eat openly at this time.

Li Ruozhen had almost eaten, took out the original from his sleeve, and read it as if no one was around.

After eating, the two went to Pinghaifang, and after a few days of running back and forth, Lu Yuan became much more familiar with the streets of Hangzhou.

I asked a famous passer-by and learned that Pinghaifang is located in the east of the city, and it is in the same direction as Puningfang, where foreigners live.

With the scorching sun above his head, Lu Yuan was sweating profusely after he walked for a while, especially wearing a disguise mask, which was extremely uncomfortable.

At this time, a fang market appeared in front of him, which was Puning Fang, which I had come to yesterday.

After continuing to walk forward for a while, Lu Yuan and Li Ruozhen finally came to the gate of Pinghaifang, but there were people guarding the door, and it seemed that they could not enter at will.

Walking forward, Lu Yuan glanced at it, saw a tall soldier who looked like a captain, arched his hand at him and said:

"This official, I am a businessman from other places, and I admire you Wu Yueguo's Pinghaifang very much, can you let me in and have a look?"

"No, no, no." The tall soldier waved his hand and said, "This is a military place, and you are not allowed to enter it casually." ”

"Official, I really want to go in and take a look, do you think you can be accommodating?" Lu Yuan smiled, and as he spoke, he inadvertently took out a silver ingot from his sleeve.

The tall soldier's eyes lit up and he said, "Seeing that you are so sincere, then you will be allowed to go in for a pillar of incense, but only you will be allowed to go in." ”

"Thank you, sir." Lu Yuan arched his hand and stuffed the silver into his hand without leaving a trace.

He was about to go in, but the short soldier next to him stopped him and glared, "What, outsiders are not allowed to enter here." ”

Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment and said, "Your captain has already agreed to let me in." ”

"He's a bullshit captain, and Lao Tzu is the captain." The short soldier has no good air.

Lu Yuan turned his head to look at the tall soldier, only to see that his face was full of smiles, and he didn't dare to refute the words of the short soldier.

“……”

It's rash.,Unconsciously made the mistake of judging people by their appearance.,It seems that the next time you encounter this kind of qi ng situation.,You should still ask more.。

"This official, I really want to go in and have a look, please be accommodating." As he spoke, he took out another minot.

The short captain looked at the silver and looked embarrassed: "It's not that I don't give you accommodation, it's really that there is an order from above, and I can't help it." ”

Lu Yuan didn't say a word, and took out another ingot.

The short captain pursed his lips and said, "This ...... You make me think about it...... Let me think again. ”

As he spoke, his eyes remained fixed on the silver.

Seeing his greedy face, Lu Yuan sneered and arched his hand and said, "Since it is an order from above, I won't embarrass you." ”

As he spoke, he turned and left.

"Wait!" The short man hurriedly said, "I think clearly, you can go in, but there is only a pillar of incense." ”

"Thank you so much, sir." Lu Yuan handed over the silver and stepped into the workshop.

As soon as he left, the short soldier changed his face, walked up to the tall soldier, and respectfully handed over the two ingots of silver.

The tall soldier took a spindle and said lightly: "You can divide the rest by yourself." ”

"Thank you, Captain." The short soldier said happily.

In Pinghai Fang, Lu Yuan looked at the scene in front of him and sighed silently, only to see that the entire workshop was like a huge machine, running at high speed.

An open-headed carriage dragged a row of trunks of large trees into a room, and at the same time, many men with upper bodies carried the trunks of large trees out of the house, and the trunks on their shoulders had been peeled.

Some of the backbones are too huge, and several people have to carry them together.

Their destination was a room opposite, Lu Yuan entered the house to take a look, and saw that it was full of craftsmen, holding various tools to process tree trunks into different shapes.

These craftsmen were very tanned, their faces did not show much expression, and they were dealing with their work one by one, and they had no intention of coming to deal with him, an outsider.

Lu Yuan watched silently for a long time, and his heart was very shocked, in this era, farmers and craftsmen are the cornerstone of the country, they are all unknown devotees, but it is a pity that they are not treated correctly.

After a long time, he asked a craftsman, "Hello, can I ask you something?" ”

The craftsman stopped, looked at him, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"I want to find Yang Yi, where is he?"

The craftsman thought for a moment and said, "He doesn't seem to be here today." ”

Lu Yuan was a little disappointed, he thought that after Yang Yi left Jiangnan Pavilion, he would return to Pinghaifang.

"Are you done asking?" The craftsman looked at him and said.

"Ah, that's it, thank you." Lu Yuan gave up.

The craftsman nodded, and went about his work.

Since the time was almost up, Lu Yuan had to leave Pinghaifang, thinking that he would definitely come here again in the future, and he would come here in a different capacity.

After leaving the workshop, they met Li Ruozhen, and the two returned to the Bliss Place.

As he was walking, Li Ruozhen suddenly said, "Senior brother, you were deceived just now. ”

"What was deceived?" Lu Yuan was thinking about what was on his mind, and raised his head in surprise when he heard this.

"That tall guy is the captain, and they deliberately cheated you out of money."

Lu Yuan frowned and was silent after hearing this.

"Do you want me to go back and help you get the money back?" Li Ruozhen said.

"No need." Lu Yuan shook his head and smiled, and said, "I just suddenly remembered that there was something I had forgotten to do. ”

"What?"

Lu Yuan didn't answer directly, and asked, "Senior sister, how do you think you can prevent your subordinates from asking for bribes like those people just now?" ”

"Send someone to oversee them." Li Ruozhen said without hesitation.

"How can we prevent those who oversee them from joining them?" Lu Yuan asked again.

"I can't think of it." Li Ruozhen was silent for a moment and shook his head.

"The answer is simple, put in place relevant laws and strict penalties so that they do not dare to take bribes."

"But there are people who take risks." Li Ruozhen retorted.

Lu Yuan smiled: "Yes, this is not enough, we also need to prevent them from taking risks." ”

"How can I prevent it?"

"Improve their treatment, so that they can afford to have food and clothing, and can afford their children to go to the academy, and when they have a stable life, they will think about whether it is worth it when they break the law."

"You have a point." Li Ruozhen said softly.

Lu Yuan continued: "And what I just said and forgot to do is to change the standard of Yulu, at present, the salary of high-ranking officials in Hui'an Mansion is too high, and the salary of low-level officials is too low. ”

Li Ruozhen sighed, even she could see that Lu Yuan had been committed to changing the unequal relationship between people.

First, he reformed the imperial examination, blurred the boundaries between officials, and allowed women's imperial examinations, and now he wants to reduce the salary of officials and increase the salary of officials.

"I'm just afraid that your officials will be unhappy." She said.

"Then make them unhappy." Lu Yuan said lightly: "If you are not willing to give up even a little benefit, when you sit in a higher position in the future, you will inevitably be corrupt." ”

Li Ruozhen looked at him, she had always felt that her father was the most suitable person for the king, but when she saw Lu Yuan, she suddenly felt that he might be able to become an even better emperor than her father.

At this moment, Li Ruozhen, who had rejected political affairs since he was a child, suddenly had an idea: If he could help someone like his junior brother become a king, the world might be a better place.

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