On the Yongjiang River, a huge official ship slowly moved eastward on the river, and the ship was on three floors, and there were soldiers with long knives on their waists and hips patrolling back and forth on the deck.

The dense merchant ships crossed the official ships, and when they saw the flag with the word "money" fluttering on the official ships, they bowed their hands more.

Qian Yuan's reputation in the southeast is very loud, all walks of life are quite respectful of it, after the first battle of Linping Mountain, many people kowtow outside the food garden to thank them, Jiaxing two great victories, Qian Yuan in the minds of ordinary soldiers The status is unparalleled.

In the eyes of the southeast Shilin, Qian Yuan abandoned Shu Jishi to attack the Japanese in the south, which can be called unparalleled in integrity, in the eyes of the southeast officialdom, Qian Yuan has deep roots, deep thoughts, and good means, and was able to sit on an equal footing with Hu Ruzhen, the governor of Zhejiang.

But speaking of which, those who respect Qian Yuan the most are businessmen who travel all over the world...... The rice bowl has been smashed for so many years, and it is Qian Yuan who has stuffed the rice bowl in their hands again.

"I'm still running around in the cold winter, and it's really hard to show my talent as a patrol of imperial history." Lu Yipeng said with a smile.

"No matter how hard it is, I can't work hard for Brother Deng, Brother Wenhe." Qian Yuan waved his hand, "Uncle forced me to go this way, but fortunately, I got what I wanted." ”

Tan Lun has too much appetite, in addition to Zheng Ruozeng and Shen Mingchen, he also frequently walks around trying to recruit staff again, but unfortunately his reputation is ...... Well, it's really not as good as Qian Yuan.

Tan Lun was also very simple, and wrote a letter directly to Tan's family, Qian Yuan had no choice but to go to Shanyin, and found Zhu Dashou, Qian Ling, Chen He and others, these people are all famous people in the southeast, and Xu Wei and Shen Lian are listed as the "Ten Sons of Yuezhong", and Tan Lun was able to get it with these people as the introduction.

It happened that Lu Yipeng had nothing to do in Zhenhai, and went to Shanyin to worship the mother of the great shou, and returned to Zhenhai together this time.

"It's that Brother Zizhi is very idle these days."

Lu Yipeng laughed and said: "Inspecting commerce and commerce, all the responsibilities of the household department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not care." ”

Qian Yuan sneered: "Zhenhai alone, a year of trade tax silver millions, how can the DPRK and the central government let it go, it is not enough to just probe the household department from time to time, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will definitely stretch out its hand." ”

After a pause, Qian Yuan added: "Don't be in a hurry for the time being, wait for Ninghai to set up a city for trade, and the plague in Fujian will subside, and you should set up an inspection of the imperial history." ”

Peng Feng's voice sounded outside, "Young Master, it's snowing." ”

The two guards moved a screen to block the window, but Qian Yuan pushed open the window, and as far as the eye could see, the snowflakes were flying around, reaching out to touch them, but the snowflakes disappeared on the window lattice.

Lu Yipeng also paced over, and on the vast river, the canopies of countless ships were already snow-white, and the trees and houses on the shore seemed to be covered with a white cloak.

After enjoying the scenery for a long time, Qian Yuan brought someone in with a stove, scalded a pot of wine, and said with a smile: "If you want snow in the evening, can you drink a cup?" ”

Lu Yipeng was full of interest, but took a sip of wine and frowned, and called Peng Feng, "Change the pot and flower carving." ”

Seeing Qian Yuan's disdain, Lu Yipeng smiled bitterly: "On the night of the departure, there was a banquet, and the uncle and brother only drank three cups, and Lingding was very drunk. ”

At the window, the two hugged their robes around the fireplace, drank and had fun, and talked casually, sometimes talking about Xu Wei's inexorability with Yuan Wei in Xiyuan, and sometimes talking about Yang Quan, who was famous in Jiangxi.

Zhou Shi sent a letter to Linhai a few days ago, and was quite grateful to Qian Yuan for coming to congratulate his father on his birthday; Xian Yan has already married the niece of Pan Sheng in Xinchang, Shaoxing, and will marry in the spring next year; Sun Piyang entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate for only a month, and actually wrote a letter to impeach Lang Jiangdong, the left servant of the Ministry of War, which attracted everyone's attention.

Lu Yipeng turned his head to look at the boats on the river, and sighed: "It's not easy for anyone to be out on a cold winter day." ”

"That's nature." Qian Yuan said indifferently: "It has been more than a year since the establishment of the city for trade, and the merchants also perform their own duties, such as most of these merchants are in Zhejiang, Nanzhili, Jiangxi, Huguang to receive goods, and then send them to Zhenhai for sale. ”

Lu Yipeng frowned and said: "But the number of ships that go to sea to sell goods is not too much, so many goods, can the maritime merchants eat them?" ”

"Of course." Qian Yuan explained: "It's just that it's not a batch to eat, most of the bulk goods are sold to shops in the city, and they are transferred to one hand...... The goods are stored in Hou Taoshan and the storehouses in the city, and only a small fee is required. ”

"I walked around with Brother Wen He that day, and I was dizzy and ...... my head"

"Haha, if you understand it, it's very simple." Qian Yuan said with a smile: "Each batch of goods into the warehouse needs to be registered, and one party to the transaction must hold the documents for going to sea, which are stamped with two big seals of the government and the county government, pay the cash and warehouse fees, and three copies of the vouchers, only need the vouchers to be delivered directly from the south city gate to the city to the wharf." ”

Qian Yuan actually knew in his heart that there were still loopholes in this process, but in this era, he couldn't ask for more...... If I return to Beijing next year, smuggling will take off again.

This is also the reason why Qian [Shuquge] Yuan mentioned in his secret recital to Emperor Jiajing that he should set up the post of inspecting the imperial history, and it is best to have the imperial history with experience in battle formations.

After a while, the stove gradually went out, and the two were drunk, and it happened that the official ship had arrived in Zhenhai.

Slowly getting off the boat, the cold wind blew, Qian Yuan's steps were a little unsteady, and suddenly a hand supported him from the side.

"Longquan Gong, watch your step."

Qian Yuan was excited, and quickly stood up straight, "Thank you...... Thank you, Mr. Fang. ”

Qian Rui's face remained unchanged, and there was a lot of rebuke in his eyes.

Qian Yuan turned his head to look around, seeing that Lu Yipeng hadn't gotten off the boat yet, he waved his hand for Peng Feng and the others to push away, and whispered, "Father, this is ...... Going to Jinji Mountain? ”

"Drinking on the boat, if one is not good, you will fall into the river, in this cold winter, I am afraid that I will be seriously ill!" Qian Rui reprimanded: "The son of a daughter, you still have to teach you such things for your father?!" ”

"Yes, yes." Qian Yuan smiled dryly: "Father, are you going to see Wang Zhi?" ”

"Well, that matter has been dragging on for half a month, and it's almost time to reassure him." Qian Rui said in a low voice: "You have thought about it, the analysis of the political dispute between the DPRK and China to show Wang Zhi, if he reneges on the covenant in the future......"

"It's been tied together for a long time." Qian Yuan put away his smile and chuckled: "When I return to Beijing in the future, I still need my father's help in various matters in the southeast." ”

"Fatherhood ......"

"There is no need for this, the child will leave a secret order."

Qian Rui sighed and nodded slightly, "Is it decided to return to Beijing on a certain day?" ”

"No, wait for news."

"Message?"

"Or rather, wait for a poem."

"A poem?"

Qian Yuan pondered in his heart, Xu Wei had already sent a secret letter to the south, and Emperor Jiajing asked him to return to Beijing next year, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

However, it is a pity that according to the plan, next year will be bloody and bloody in the DPRK and China, no matter what Emperor Jiajing's idea is, I am afraid that it will not be easy to implement.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Lu Yipeng getting off the boat, Qian Yuan turned sideways and walked away, "On Chinese New Year's Eve this year, I hope for a family reunion." ”

Walking on the Wupeng boat, Qian Rui, who was wearing a hat, looked at the back of Qian Yuan who gradually disappeared in the wind and snow, from killing Xu Hai, assisting Wang Zhi, and then to Ligang to appease and set up a city for trade, step by step, Qian Rui felt that his son had already arranged everything properly.

Sometimes, when he woke up in the middle of the night, Qian Rui couldn't believe that Qian Longquan, who was famous all over the world and was in the southeast of the town, was really the young son who only knew how to study and was bitter and mean.

As the saying goes, three years old sees old.

But now it seems that thirteen years old can't see old age...... Well, it's that mouth or that virtue!

A month ago, the Ministry of Households, the Six Sections, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate of Beijing sent people to inspect the south, and Qian Yuan scolded Huai'an Hu Yingjia so much in the governor's yamen that he couldn't raise his head...... When others heard the news, they only laughed at Hu Yingjia for asking for hardship, but Qian Rui smiled and tasted some of the smell of his young son back then.

The canopy boat flexibly turned left and right on the river, shuttling through many merchant ships, and sailing to Jinji Mountain on the opposite side.

Qian Rui got off the boat, there was already a carriage waiting, and it didn't take long to drive into Zhaobao Village, and Wang Zhi heard the news and greeted him personally.

"Mr. Fang, how's it going?"

Qian Rui's expression was very solemn, "It's been more than half a month, Brother Xu has sent a lot of news, and Fang has been investigating one by one, and it is already eight or nine. ”

Wang Zhi looked a little nervous, stretched out his hand and said, "It's windy outside, Mr. will go inside to talk in detail." ”