This is Qian Yuan's sixth visit to Hangzhou.

The first time was cautious, the second time was revenge, and the third time was free...... The last time it was a stormy insult that almost killed Xu Wei.

From obscurity to fame all over the world, from the rumored monk since childhood, to the current broom star, Qian Yuan's reputation in this city reached its peak last year, and some people still remember that after the first battle of Linping Mountain, there were many scenes of people kowtowing at the gate of the food garden to thank them.

After the news of Qian Yuan's departure from the clan and the creation of another branch spread, what made it difficult for the people of the Huating Qian clan to understand was that almost no one pointed the finger at Qian Yuan...... At least not in Hangzhou.

Hu Zongxian didn't do anything perfectly, he gave these people three days to move, Qian Yuan didn't bother to pay attention to it, and only put away the plaque of the food garden, which he thought was a little small, so he went back and looked for another one.

Now a group of people live in the courtyard of the Zhou family, a wealthy businessman in Hangzhou, Zhou Shi, the second son of the Zhou family, is a scholar with the garden, a third-class jinshi, as his name suggests, proficient in poetry and literature, and the point is Linchuan Zhixian County, Jiangxi.

Although the Zhou family was rich and involved in maritime trade, they were very smart and did not become a member of the maritime merchants, mainly planting mulberry trees to buy silk to make silk, and also making cotton cloth and various types of cloth, becoming the upstream of maritime merchants, making a lot of money but not showing mountain dew.

Qian Yuan will not stay in Hangzhou for a few days, so he will hand out the post from the second day, and many officials and gentry will come to visit, after all, Qian Yuan today is not like hiding under the water before, and now he is a two-list jinshi of the Eight Classics, and the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy.

"It's pretty." Xiao Qi picked up a few mulberry leaves with great interest, "I've only seen it in textbooks before." ”

"Oh, both of them are young ladies from big families." Qian Yuan sneered: "I haven't even seen silkworms." ”

"As far as you know, I've heard that the cocoons are red." Xiao Qi snorted, "Take it to Taizhou, collect more, and make wedding clothes for my sister-in-law in the future." ”

"Don't make a fuss, you won't be able to collect it all your life." Qian Yuan couldn't laugh or cry, this kind of discolored cocoon is rare, and it is generally white or pale yellow.

"Then I don't care, you ......"

At this time, the attacker came in the door, "Young master, there is a report from the outside world, there is a guest to visit, surnamed Wu." ”

"It's finally here." Qian Yuan smiled, thought for a while, and said, "Let's go together." ”

Xiao Qi was a little surprised, there were a lot of people who came to visit her in the past few days, but only a few people let her come forward.

The dark-skinned Wu Baipeng supported Qian Yuan, "Between you and me, do you still need to be so polite?" ”

"This gift is not for a reunion after a long absence, but for Brother Wei Xi to take into account the overall situation." Qian Yuan insisted on saluting, "The political dispute in Beijing and China is complicated, and all the princes in the DPRK and China are insignificant......"

"Show your talents and speak carefully." Wu Baipeng cheered.

"In Zhejiang Province, there are only two people who can let me confide the truth, one is Jingchuan Gong, and the other is Brother Weixi."

Wu Baipeng looked at Qian Yuan in a daze, the two stretched out their hands and shook each other tightly, and all kinds of helplessness and grievances seemed to disappear at this moment.

After Hu Zongxian stepped down as governor of Zhejiang, the most important person to take over should be Wu Baipeng, the governor of Zhejiang, who was also a giant of Zhejiang's anti-Japanese resistance.

However, Li Mo recommended Ruan Que to take over, and the new governor of Zhejiang, who also left a name in history, could not shrink in the invasion of Jiaxing Mansion two months ago, so that the general Zongli died without help.

At that time, Hu Zongxian inspected in Shaoxing Mansion, and the Japanese Emperor made a comeback, Jiaxing and Hangzhou were in a hurry, and it was Wu Baipeng who stepped forward and led his troops out of the city to meet the enemy.

This is not the first time Wu Baipeng has done this, more than three years ago, the victory in Yangzhou was his masterpiece, but from the Jiangbei patrol to the Zhejiang patrol, he was just flat.

Hu Zongxian would also go out of the city to meet the enemy, but he would definitely wait, otherwise how could he drive Ruan Yi away, but Wu Baipeng immediately led his troops to battle without hesitation.

"It will not be so." Qian Yuan strengthened his hand.

Wu Baipeng understands this sentence, he has the ambition to make meritorious contributions, but compared with Hu Zongxian, he has no reliance in the court, and he is unwilling to climb Xu Jie, Yan Song, so he will end up with such meritorious service without reward.

After Ruan Que took over as the governor of Zhejiang, Qian Yuan mentioned Wu Baipeng more than once or twice in front of Gao Gong and King Yu, and Gao Gong also had a lot of impressions of him.

Wu Baipeng was appointed as the county governor of Yongfeng after being a sergeant, persuading the people, abstaining from fighting, prohibiting theft, provincial lawsuits, and commutation of punishments, which won the support of the local people.

After the construction of Daming Hall, carefully planned, there is a talent of hard work, and then appointed Shanxi Province to supervise the imperial history, and the management of the long Lu Yanzheng, and the heavy task of patrolling the Jiangbei, Yangzhou victory shows the talent of military strategy.

Such a character has long fallen into the eyes of Gao Gong.

In fact, in history, Gao Gong promoted Wu Baipeng many times, and during the Longqing period, he also invited a flying fish suit for him.

"This is my brother and sister, right?" Wu Baipeng looked at Xiao Qi, "It's a blessing to show your talents." ”

Xiao Qi curtsied and poured tea himself.

Qian Yuan introduced: "This is Wu Baipeng, the word Weixi, Jiajing 26 years Jinshi, more than two years ago the Japanese invaded Yangzhou, Brother Wei Xi galloped to the rescue, led the troops to the victory, Wang Jiangjing also made a lot of contributions, essays on martial arts and integrity, are the first-class figures in the southeast. ”

"More than two years ago, before Wang Jiangjing's victory, I was engaged to Brother Weixi in Suzhou, although we didn't meet much, but the tacit understanding was ...... Let's put it bluntly, my friendship with Brother Wei Xi will not let Xu Wenchang go. ”

Hearing this, Wu Baipeng stroked his beard and smiled, "It's really a shame to be a brother, who doesn't know in the southeast, Xu Wenchang is sick and repeated, you can support the six-foot lonely, you can send a hundred miles of life, show your talents, and the virtuous brother will be able to coerce the brocade clothes to go south, this is a friend of life and death." ”

Glancing at Xiao Qi, Wu Baipeng was suddenly a little embarrassed, it is not certain whether to give a meeting gift for the first time, but people specially brought his wife out, which means that the family is good, but there is really nothing to do with himself.

"Brother Wei doesn't have to be like this, I still remember the year before last on Chinese New Year's Eve, you came to the food garden to eat, and you didn't bring a gift, right?" Qian Yuan smiled: "Okay, okay, it's good to record it in the account." ”

Wu Baipeng was not embarrassed, and said bluntly: "This visit to the door, one is for the public, and the other is for the private. ”

"Good!" Qian Yuan rolled up his sleeves, "Tonight, the younger brother will cook by himself, but Brother Xi can rest assured, the braised pork is enough!" ”

Two quarters of an hour later, everyone in the kitchen was kicked out, Qian Yuan was wielding a spatula by the stove, and Wu Baipeng was squatting behind to light the fire...... He was born in poverty, and he cooked almost every day before he became famous.

"In this way, once Xu Hai and Wang Zhi distinguish the winner and loser, the southeast coast will inevitably be invaded by a large number of Japanese bandits." Wu Baipeng played with the pine branch in his hand, "Hey, if it weren't for Zhancai's proposal to speed up the formation and training of the new army, the southeast would be worried." ”

"I can't say that, in fact, after Wang Jiangjing fought the first war, Banzhou Gong was ready to start training a new army, and then Hu Ruzhen also intended to do this." Qian Yuan poured a glass of rice wine into it and covered the pot, "The new army and the water division, these two are the keys to determining when the rebellion can be quelled, and now the new army trained by Qi Jiguang is also quite famous in the DPRK, thanks to the help of Brother Weixi." ”

"As it should be." Wu Baipeng is a native of Yiwu, if it weren't for him, it would not be so easy for Qi Jiguang to recruit troops in Yiwu.

After hesitating, Qian Yuan asked, "Between Brother Wei Xi and Hu Ruzhen?" ”

"Now Hu Ruzhen is in power,......" Wu Baipeng shook his head, "The patrol has low power, but he can't directly lead the troops, Hu Ruzhen has strategy and courage." ”

The meaning of this sentence is obvious, Wu Baipeng is convinced of Hu Zongxian, but Hu Zongxian grasps power very tightly, and Wu Baipeng has a little room to play...... Maybe Hu Zongxian will pay some attention to the patrol, but Wu Baipeng is a person who forbears the country, and he has no backers in the court.

However, now there is money.

"Brother Wei Xi said that he would go to Nanjing in a few days?" Qian Yuan pondered in his heart, a Zhejiang patrol who does not lead the army should not cause fear.

"Well, the Governor sent me to fight a lawsuit." Wu Baipeng smiled bitterly: "Hu Ruzhen does have courage, he withheld the salt tax silver. ”

"So short of silver?" Qian Yuan was a little surprised, you must know that the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue, the salt tax accounted for a large proportion, and the household departments of the two capitals were not so angry that they jumped to their feet.

Wu Baipeng shook his head, "I can't make ends meet, now that Qi Yuanjing is training in Yiwu, at least half of the soldiers don't even have a spear, so they can only take a long stick." ”

In this regard, Wang Yin, who came to visit him yesterday, also mentioned that Qi Jiguang is really good at training troops, and he can also fight, but the money is too expensive, and the average cost of each soldier is at least 50% higher than that of the new army trained by Yu Dayou and Lu Bin.

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Between the east and west, the braised pork boiled over low heat came out of the pot, and a few vegetarian dishes were fried, Qian Yuan feasted with Wu Baipeng in the side hall, and a plate of braised pork basically went down Wu Baipeng's stomach.

"I'll leave for Taizhou tomorrow."

Before saying goodbye, Qian Yuan stretched out his hand and stuffed a letter into Wu Baipeng's sleeve, "This time I go to Nanjing, I can visit Gao Jie, the governor of Caojiang." ”

Wu Baipeng was stunned, of course he knew that this Gao Yanqing, the elder brother of Gao Gong, the chief speaker of Yuwang Mansion.

"Thank you."

"This is the public, but Brother Xi doesn't need to thank you."

In the past three or four years, Qian Yuan has seen many big names in history in the southeast and Liangjing, but in terms of his talent in the world, Wu Baipeng can be ranked in the top three, so it is difficult for him to understand that such a person is unknown in later generations. (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)