As the guard of honor appeared on the other side of the road, the crowd here became lively.

The magnificent guard of honor came from far and near, and the people on both sides of the road knelt down one after another, followed by a large group of scholars.

Regarding Lin Haoran's arrival, everyone was not too surprised. After all, the Yangzhou branch is one of the three branches of Huaiyan, and it is normal for Lin Haoran to come to inspect.

It's just that as Lin Haoran stayed in Huainan for longer and longer, everyone became more and more curious about what kind of medicine was sold in the stomach of this Lord Qincha.

It has been three months since the Chincha Lord went south, and there has been no other major move except to promote a new salt-making method. As for the ticket salt law, there has been no sign of it until now.

It is precisely because of this that many people have begun to speculate about the real purpose of this Lord Qincha's trip south to patrol the salt. He didn't come to implement the ticket salt law, but he followed Yan Maoqing's political achievements, and he actually followed Yan Maoqing's old path.

Of course, Lin Haoran is smarter than Yan Maoqing. During this period, he did not make any money, did not even eat extravagantly and wastefully, and even did several great practical things for the people, and paid great attention to maintaining his good reputation.

The sedan chair stopped, and Lin Haoran, who was wearing a betta suit, walked out of the sedan chair. Unlike the previous Lord Qincha, Lin Haoran was full of vitality, and his black and white eyes contained wisdom.

"Xiaguan Songjiang prefect Zang Jifang pays a visit to Lord Qincha!" Zang Jifang and other officials and squires immediately took the initiative to greet Lin Haoran, and they paid homage one after another.

Lin Haoran kept a smile on his face, and looked up gently at the officials and squires: "Everyone, please get up quickly!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Chincha!" Zang Jifang and other officials and squires gave another salute, and then they all stood up.

Due to the huge gap in the status of the two sides, many people also dared to look at this famous Lin Wenkui carefully at this time. Seeing Lin Haoran in a high position at a young age, many officials were like eating sour lemons.

Lin Haoran first glanced at everyone, and then said to Zang Jifang with a smile: "Governor Zang, Ben Qincha's sudden visit this time, I'm afraid that it will cause you trouble, please forgive me!" ”

"Lord Qincha can visit Songjiang Mansion, which is a blessing for the officials and the people of Songjiang!" Zang Jifang was very upright and responded busily.

When Xu Chen heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. Regarding Lin Haoran's arrival, he believes that many people are like him and regard this person as a plague god.

Lin Haoran paid attention to the reactions of the people around him, and also saw Xu Lian rolling his eyes, but he still put on a polite appearance and said, "In this way, that Qin Cha will be bothered!" ”

"Welcome!" Zang Jifang kept a smile on his face and put on a welcoming posture towards Lin Haoran.

Naturally, he didn't really respect Lin Haoran so much, after all, Lin Haoran didn't deal with his teacher Xu Jie, which was not such an obscure thing. It's just that he wants to go further in officialdom, and this gesture is very important.

Lin Haoran is the imperial history of the salt patrol, and he is in the position of the left deputy imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he has the power to propose his recall, so that he has no capital to argue with Lin Haoran.

"Brother Midnight, don't come unharmed?"

Lin Haoran's eyes slowly swept to the other officials, and he greeted Lu Beidou with a smile at Songjiang Mansion.

All the officials turned their heads in amazement to look at Lu Beidou, the general judge of Songjiang Mansion, and looked at this honest-looking middle-aged man, but they couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Someone soon reacted that Lu Beidou was a jinshi in the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing, and he resolutely had a relationship with this Lord Qincha in the same year, and he had a strong intimacy in the officialdom.

"Thank you Lord Qincha for your concern, everything is fine with the lower officials!"

Lu Beidou, the general judge of Songjiang Mansion, faced everyone's stunned gazes, and immediately received great satisfaction in his heart, but he didn't dare to make a mistake, but returned the salute respectfully.

Although the two are in the same year, their circumstances are different. The person in front of him is already a high-ranking official in the capital, and he is just a small six-rank general judge in the local area.

Seeing each other here now, Lin Haoran can be close to him, but he must maintain respect for Lin Haoran, and even more so, he must put on a respectful posture as a subordinate official.

Lin Haoran seemed to see a friend, and followed Lu Beidou to greet him for a while.

But it is impossible for everyone to be as rebellious as Lin Haoran, usually in the five or six years after entering the officialdom, they are just starting. Not to mention the official to the prefect, even if there are very few Tongzhi and Zhizhou, too many are still sentenced, and even stay in Tuiguan and Zhixian.

"The lower official has already sent someone to clean up the administrative office, please move to the branch office!"

Wu Chun, the deputy envoy of the two Huaidu, watched the two of them finish greeting each other, and then stepped forward and said respectfully.

The head of the Yangzhou branch of the Lianghuai Capital Transit Department is usually the subordinate official of the Salt Transportation Division, Tongzhi (from the fourth product), the deputy envoy (from the fifth product) or the judge (from the sixth product), and the current Songjiang branch is served by Wu Chun, the deputy envoy of the two Huaidu transfer divisions.

He is not only an official of the salt administration system, but also only a petty official from the fifth grade, facing a high-ranking boss, especially Chen Xian, the transfer envoy of the two Huaidu, is planted in the hands of this lord of the Qincha, he is afraid from the bottom of his heart.

"Very good!"

Lin Haoran nodded lightly, and went directly back into the sedan chair.

Meng Shao and the others followed behind, and Zang Jifang and other officials and squires joined the team, and they entered the prosperous Songjiang City through the Phiyun Gate.

Songjiang City originated from the county seat of Huating, Zhang Shicheng captured Jiangnan at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and expanded the city here in order to strengthen the defense.

Hongwu 30 years, the Ming Dynasty on the basis of Zhang Shicheng, rebuilt into a brick city, one hundred and seventy-three steps around the city, one zhang eight feet high, ten zhang wide in the pool, more than seven feet deep, four doors, east said: Phi Yun, west said: Guyang, south said: set immortals, north said: Tongbo, next to it are attached to the water gate.

With the rapid development of the economy, the population has exploded, and the city has become overcrowded. In order to alleviate the pressure of the population, after asking the imperial court to repair the outer city and the new city to no avail, it was extended to the east and west, causing the Songjiang Mansion Castle to become an oval.

Although the oval-shaped ancient city is not unique, it is probably rare.

The guard of honor entered from the East City Gate, passed the Huayang Bridge, and saw the wide ten-mile long street in front of them.

This street is paved with bluestone slabs, from Huayang Bridge to Cross-Tang Bridge, Yangzhou Mansion and Huating County are located on the west side of this street, and the Songjiang Branch of the Two Zhejiang Salt Transport Envoys is located on the east side of this street.

The yacha in front of them divided the way, the soldiers of Yangzhou Wei assisted in the defense, and Lin Haoran's honor guard appeared in this long street, which naturally caused the people in the city to watch and bow.

"Lin Qingtian has finally arrived in our Songjiang!"

"What if you get there? Don't you really want to sue the Xu family? ”

"I can tell you, this has been the protection of officials since ancient times, you better not mistake yourself!"

……

The people in the crowd seemed to be whispering, and although some people seemed to be ready to move, others were constantly pouring cold water.

If you talk about the current Songjiang Mansion, which one is the most powerful, it is naturally the Xu family. Although the four brothers of the Xu family have separated, the brothers are broken bones and tendons, even if it is the most unsuccessful Xu Chen, the prefect of Songjiang will sell a little face.