As far as Haizhou as a whole is concerned, the river is dense, there are more than 40 rivers of all sizes, according to the direction of the river, the northern regime must take the Huai River valley, Haizhou can not attack itself, if it is attacked from the north, it will be difficult for the army and horses to travel, and it is also easy to be attacked by the opponent's navy.

Therefore, Haizhou is usually controlled by the regime that controls the Huai River Valley, and from the map, Haizhou is the most convex area in the northern part of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Today, Lu Ning and Gan are in a boat, slowly driving on the Salt River.

As the name suggests, the Salt River is a canal built to transport salt, connecting almost all the rivers in Haizhou, and then going south from Haizhou City to Chuzhou, which is later known as Huai'an, and finally flowing into the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

When Lu Ning went to Chuzhou, he went to visit the mouth cannon that Liu Han often said, this kind of search for the Magi, You Wuniang naturally couldn't help much, and couldn't come up with any good ideas, so he was left in the East China Sea to guard the manor.

But in fact, Lu Ning's trip this time was mainly to come to Shuyang to see the eldest sister, and when he arrived in Shuyang, he happened to go south to Chuzhou, so he went by the way to see who the cannon was.

Second Sister Lu was also in the boat, and she was upset about the blind date in the past few days, so Lu Ning said to take her out for a walk, and asked her if she wanted to go anywhere?

Second Sister Lu said that she missed her eldest sister, so she had this trip to Shuyang.

The building boat that Lu Ning took was originally owned by Wang Ji in Haizhou, but now it has become Lu Ning's property.

The two-story ship building is exquisitely carved and painted with vermilion lacquer, and the hull is wider than that of ordinary river boats, which is extremely eye-catching from a distance.

This ship was originally intended to be built in Yangzhou Mulan ship, now the Chinese shipbuilding industry is developed, Mulan ship is one of them, can carry more than 20,000 stones, about 1,000 tons, Arab merchants mostly use Chinese ships to India, and then turn Arab sailing ships back to the mainland.

This Mulan boat, which was originally planned to be built, was repented by the booked big food merchant and was built into a river boat, or rather, a pleasure boat painting boat for the use of nobles, and was finally bought by Wang Ji, who was originally going to give it to a certain nobleman in Jinling, but now the dove occupies the magpie's nest and has become Lu Ning's trophy.

Today's rivers and lakes are mainly warships or transporting goods, and those that specialize in carrying people are only pleasure boats of aristocratic families, which are not common on the Salt River.

Although the ship was wide, it did not carry cargo, except for the stone at the bottom of the ship, it did not carry less than twenty people, and the oars were all Hercules, so it was not slow at speed.

The stern rudder is a particularly experienced old boatman, and the middle of the hull, two oars on the left and right, are all muscular and knotted big men paddling oars.

Land Rover, a soldier of ten soldiers, was selected to be a wrestler for rowing, taking turns to row the oars, each elated, this is the first time to follow the lord of the country as a personal guard.

In fact, the Land Rover is a big man with great strength, and in the future, it will be expanded, and the soldiers who will be expanded and expanded will also try to select the wrestlers, because in Lu Ning's conception, this army is the samurai who holds the shield at the front of the battle array.

Standing at the bow of the boat, looking at the second sister beside her, Lu Ning smiled and said: "This time in Shuyang, you can ask the eldest sister to help you consult, I think those young people also feel that it is difficult to choose!" ”

Second Sister Lu's face flushed, these days, Lu Ning must drag her on a blind date, although it is said that it is through the curtain, but more than a dozen young talents meet her one by one, and Ya Po asks questions, and they answer.

Where has she experienced this, and seen so many young talents who may become her future husband for her to choose, this one is good, that one is good, that one is good, it is really dazzling.

Now that the younger brother mentioned it, Second Sister Lu's face was hot, and she looked at the turbid river floating under the side of the boat and was silent.

"Haha, think for yourself!" Lu Ning said, waved his hand, and went back to the shipbuilding.

Originally, she was far away from the maid of Second Sister Lu, who didn't dare to listen to the two of them, and only then did she dare to walk back to Second Sister Lu.

In the palatial cabin, there are two pawn secretaries, Xiao Cui and Xiao Taohong, Xiao Cui has the feeling of the chief pawn secretary in front of Mrs. Gan, and Xiao Taohong is Lu Ning's most personal pawn secretary.

On the snow-white soft carpet on the desk, Gan, who was kneeling, saw Lu Ning get up and hurriedly got up, Lu Ning smiled and made a gesture.

On the opposite side of the table, a six or seven-year-old girl in a cloth dress with a bun in the sky also stood up timidly.

"You talk about yours." Lu Ning walked to the porthole and sat down, picked up the book and read it.

Gan Shi also smiled at the little girl, and the jade finger shushed in front of the red lips, motioned for the little girl to sit down, and whispered: "Eat, eat, don't be afraid." ”

On the table, there were all kinds of preserves and pastries, but the little girl just shook her head.

She is the daughter of the shipwright who is called "Lao Zhang" by Lu Ning.

Lao Zhang is the most experienced shipman at the helm in Donghai County, Lu Ning wanted to recruit a full-time shipwreck for this boat, so he asked people to invite him, and then, Lao Zhang was directly arrested by Liu Hanchang.

Lao Zhang originally thought that it was the same as before, to serve the nobles in the county, that is, not to work in vain, and the lord of the country was even more ruthless, he actually wanted him to serve the conscription for life, he said nothing, because his sons had already started a family, and there was only one young daughter by his side, so he couldn't rest assured.

When a secretary of the government met with him, he talked about remuneration, food, drink, and housing, and in addition to giving rice one stone a year and two yuan of money, of course he didn't have the heart to agree.

This time when he went out, he originally wanted to entrust someone else to take care of his daughter, but he couldn't find a suitable person for a while, and after being known by Dongshang Palace, he begged the lord of the country and authorized him to bring his daughter.

Although the little girl is young, she also knows that this young lady and the big brother are very special and noble figures, and after she was allowed to enter the cabin, her father repeatedly told her not to talk nonsense, let alone touch anything inside.

When Gan saw her appearance, he could only sigh softly, and turned back to Xiao Cui and said, "Cui'er, you take a plate of candied fruit and take her to the stern of the boat to eat." ”

Xiao Cui nodded repeatedly.

Looking at the housemother, Xiaocui was also happy for the housemother.

Now I get along with my master's mother, and I don't have the embarrassment of becoming a slave to the lord of the country at the beginning.

The master mother was given the name of "Dongshang Palace", so she was not an ordinary concubine at all.

Moreover, with the respect of the lord of the country, there can be eight concubines with grades, this kind of concubine, called mei, mei originally refers to the maid of the master's mother, but now it is not that meaning, such as the lord of the country, you can have eight concubines, that is, the concubines on the register, which are equivalent to the seven grades.

Why do you think that the main mother will definitely be one of the concubines of the lord of the country in the future, so it is much higher than the status of the original wife of the Ming Mansion, and the Ming Mansion is only seven products, isn't it?

What's more, now that the master's mother has been given the title of "Dongshang Palace", even among the future concubines of the lord of the country, the status should be somewhat special.

Thinking crankily in her heart, Xiaocui led the little girl to the back cabin.

"Gui'er, I just listened outside, and Xiao Taohong has a sweetheart?" Lu Ning asked suddenly.

Gan was stunned, but he didn't want Lu Ning to be in the bow of the boat, and he could hear himself whispering about Xiao Taohong in the cabin.

Little Peach's face turned white, and she knelt on the board, trembling.

Gan Shi hurriedly got up and knelt down, and said in a low voice: "There is no way to govern the slave family, please punish the lord!" ”

Lu Ning smiled: "No, I heard it just now that the two of them have been interested in having a concubine for a long time, and for this reason, the predecessor Liu Mingfu also put the young man in prison, but after I took the throne, he was just pardoned, and you just want Xiao Taohong to break off her obsession and stop thinking about him." ”

Gan was stunned again, thinking that Lu Ning had listened to a sound, but he didn't want to hear every word clearly, and it was futile to help Xiao Taohong cover up, so he only lowered his head and said softly: "Please punish the lord, the head of the slave!" ”

Lu Ning shook his head and said with a smile: "Alas, Gui'er, Gui'er, you should know me, when you return to the East China Sea, little peach!" I just let you go, and I wanted to let you go, but you didn't leave, and at that time, he was still in prison, right? You have no one to rely on, and now you have a home, and I am happy for you. ”

Little Peach's face turned white again, in fact, she was extremely confused, now not only has a worry-free life, but also as the secretary of the lord's side, she follows the lord of the country every day to see all kinds of novelties, and her life is a hundred times more colorful than when her father was there before.

And the former concubine seems to have gradually faded, and life has a color, as if it is much more important than those.

It's just that after he was released from prison, he sent letters to others several times, which made her soft and difficult to give up.

At this time, my heart was confused, and the little peach kowtowed, thanks.