Let's say that on the edge of the wharf of Yangzhou Railway Station on this day, two steam ironclad ships have docked. Yan Shu, Chen Zhizhong, and Lu Zongdao were all led ashore, only to see Yan Shu's head wrapped in a white cloth, and the other two also staggered.

Lu Yijian, Sheng Ming and others hurriedly went to check, only to see Lu Zongdao angrily said to Lu Yijian: "Lu Tanfu, there is such a rampant thing in Yangzhou, you see that I and Uncle Yan Tong and Chen Zhaoyu came with the boat, and it has been smooth sailing, as soon as I arrived in Yangzhou, there was this kind of disaster, you see that Uncle Yan Tong has kowtowed his head, it is really "people sit at home, and disaster comes from the sky." I inquired, and it was not a mistake on the part of our shipwrights, but a deliberate collision. The security in Yangzhou is really worrying, I have to write a notebook and report it to the imperial court, and I have to investigate the responsibility of the chief official of Yangzhou for negligence. ”

Lu Yijian looked at the reputation of Yangzhou Zhizhou with a wry smile, and looked like you were asking for more blessings.

I saw him smile and said: "Brother Guanzhi, you are frightened, in fact, I have witnessed the whole process of this accident with my own eyes, and I know the ins and outs, causes and consequences of the incident." I will ask Sheng Zhizhou to do his best to investigate this matter, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation. Let's take a break at the inn for the time being. Tonight I will give you a feast to catch the wind, wash the dust, and suppress the shock. I'll go to the new boat to experience it first. Sheng Ming personally accompanied Yan Shu and the others, and Lu Yijian boarded the ship.

Meng Ming did not take a steamboat, and returned to Yangzhou City with Lu Zongdao, Yan Shu and others, and Meng Ming did not live in the post house during this time. During the days when he came to Yangzhou, the Liang family, the Liang family, the grain merchant Yuan's family, and the Lin family, a silk merchant, took turns to feast him.

Among them, Yuan Taiqing, the head of the Yuan family, arranged a mansion for him to live in, so Meng Ming led his wife and children to live in, and Yelu Yanni also moved in kindly, and Jade Cicada agreed, and Meng Ming agreed to it.

But Zhao Mingyue was like a great enemy, staring at Meng Ming and Yelu Yanni all day long, afraid that the two of them would do something unscrupulous, which made Meng Ming smile bitterly.

In the pavilion, Meng Ming was talking to Lu Zongdao and his party.

I saw Lu Zongdao say to him: "Meng Yuma, the old man really doesn't dare to agree with some of your views and ideas, but this is only a battle of ideas; But the things you invent are all for the benefit of the country and the people, just like trains and steam ships, all of which are like this, for example, the capacity of trains has reached 40,000 quintals, and the annual grain transferred into Bianjing is as high as about 6 million quintals, most of which are from the south of the Bianhe River, so the capacity of the train has far met the requirements. It's time for the imperial court to abolish Caoyun. Yan Shu and Zhang Zhizhong also echoed the voice.

Meng Ming said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the abolition of Caoyun should be considered in the long run, although Caoyun has many drawbacks, consumes national strength, and is not efficient, but it has been sixty-five years since Emperor Taizu began, forming a complete operating system, and also forming a huge interest group system, with nearly 100,000 Cao soldiers alone, rashly abolishing Caoyun without resettlement and living, they have no salary, no food, which will only cause civil unrest and riots;

Second, the Cao Yun officials did not agree, and our dynasty formed a perfect Cao Yun management system and had a complete bureaucratic system, such as sending one member to Zhenzhou to supervise the grain transportation in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other roads, and one member to Sizhou to be responsible for the grain transportation from Zhenzhou to Beijing. The granary is called the general warehouse, the abundance is increased, the hunger is stopped, the amount of grain will be paid to the money (forehead), and the local warehouse will be sent (on behalf of the shipment); The grain collected by the Zhulu Operation Division is handed over to the Shipping Division. Once you abolish the Cao Yun, how will these officials be placed? ”

After Meng Ming finished speaking, Lu Zongdao and the other officials fell into deep thought, and Meng Ming also resigned and returned to his residence.

Meng Ming sat in the carriage, looking at the prosperity of Yangzhou Market, and he also had a real sense of identity in his heart, and he secretly vowed to gradually eliminate the increasingly obvious malpractices of the Great Song Dynasty: that is, redundant personnel, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses.

Now Zhao Zhen is only sixteen years old, and he is gradually becoming a Ming monarch, and he has reigned for forty-one years, so he has enough time to reform the bad government.

Meng Ming returned to the residence, Jade Cicada greeted him with his son, and Meng Ming hugged him to play in the yard, and he was happy for a while.

At this time, Meng Ming also remembered that the plan for building a port in Huating County, Xiuzhou (Shanghai) was still a little imperfect and needed to be corrected and filled. He handed over his son to Jade Chan and went to the study, and there was an attic above the Yuan family's study.

He pushed the door and entered the study, and suddenly felt that something was abnormal, and he could smell a smell of blood that seemed to be on the ground, and he carefully observed that there was nothing abnormal in the study. Meng Ming decided to go up to the attic to take a look, and he had a gut feeling that there might be danger, as he suddenly felt his scalp blow up and goosebumps on his body.

He cautiously walked up the stairs, the rhythmic sound of footsteps clattering, and the smell of blood became clearer the further he went.

Meng Ming had already ascended the attic, he took out his pistol, held the gun with both hands, his nerves were tense, and then nervously checked left and right, and he didn't find anything suspicious after turning around.

He breathed a sigh of relief. He turned to the attic window and saw the scenery in the courtyard, and at the same time saw Jade Cicada playing with the child in the courtyard, and Yelu Yanni was also there.

Meng Ming spoke to them in a loud voice, and they also raised their heads to look at him, and he suddenly noticed that their faces had changed drastically, and they looked extremely anxious and worried.

Meng Ming sensed the abnormality at this time, and sensed that there was a killing intent that wanted to envelop him, Meng Ming hurriedly retreated, and took out a gun with one hand to deal with it.

At this time, a sword suddenly stabbed at him, Meng Ming hurriedly retreated, but he could not escape the lock of the sword intent, Meng Ming was anxious and just wanted to shoot, but saw that the assassin was a woman, and it was quite beautiful, and he was stunned at that time.

But her face was pale at this time, and the follow-up was powerless when the action began, Rao was so Meng Ming was almost stabbed, Meng Ming was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat, and he came back to his senses all of a sudden, he saw that the female assassin was not good, and then approached each other.

She is now holding on and trying to take down Meng Ming, but Meng Ming's extraordinary skills also shocked her, she knew at a glance that this person was also a practitioner, and she usually disdained it and would not take it to heart. At this time, she was seriously injured and could not knock her down for a while.

At this time, Yelu Yanni rushed up from the study below with a shout, holding a wooden stick in her hand, indiscriminately, screaming and beating indiscriminately regardless of friend or foe, Meng Ming dodged again and again to prevent accidental injury.

Meng Ming hurriedly called Yelu Yanni to stop and asked her to come to his side, and he was also slandered in his heart, and said that she was simply a disservice. She came up and took care of her with all her heart, and she was afraid that she would be hurt.

Meng Ming and the female assassin confronted each other, the female assassin was already crumbling, her shoulders were already stained with blood, and her clothes were also torn, revealing her jade-like skin.

Meng Ming took the lead in attacking her, and the flaws in her upper body were suddenly revealed, and the woman seized the opportunity in time and hit Meng Ming's flaws with her elbows, she didn't have much strength left at this time, but Meng Ming was like being struck by lightning, and felt that her internal organs were like being displaced, and the corners of her mouth suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.

Meng Ming endured the pain, grabbed her wrist, knocked off her sword, and then performed hand-to-hand combat skills in a row, but he couldn't take her down for a while, both of them were out of breath, tearing each other to the ground, rolling into a ball.

Yelu Yanni took a wooden stick and tried to hit the female assassin, but she kept hitting Meng Ming, hitting him on the head once, almost knocking him unconscious.

Meng Ming hurriedly shouted to Yelu Yanni to stop, and finally Yelu Yanni retreated.

In the end, Meng Ming took advantage of her body to press her underneath, Meng Ming noticed the softness of her chest, and her jade legs kicked around weakly, and the scene was a little charming.

Meng Ming knew that she had no power to turn over, so she relaxed a little, but she suddenly got together, Meng Ming subconsciously suppressed it, and the two kissed mouth to mouth.

I saw that the woman screamed, rolled her eyes, and fainted.

Meng Ming also hurriedly got up, Meng Ming had already collapsed at this time, he was sweating profusely, and his clothes were all wet, as if he had just been fished out of the water. He leaned against the wall, not bothering to move his fingers.