Speaking at two ends, with Lin Haoran's appearance in Songjiang City, he has become the most dazzling protagonist in this city.

When the sedan chair arrived at the Yamen of the Songjiang Branch, Wu Chun not only gave up the back house directly to Lin Haoran to live, but also prepared a very sumptuous reception banquet. For Lin Haoran, an official, the standard for the reception banquet is naturally a considerable expense.

In the past, Yushi Lin Run impeached Yan Maoqing for "setting up a high-level drinking party and spending a lot of money every day", in fact, Yan Maoqing cannot be accused too much of his greed and profligacy, which is not an inevitable result of the deliberate stammering of local officials?

But I don't know if Wu Chun doesn't attach as much importance to Lin Haoran as Yan Maoqing, or if he knows Lin Haoran's temperament, although the pattern of this banquet is not low, it is far from reaching the level of luxury.

Lin Haoran settled Hua Yingrong in the back house, washed his face in the back house, and then returned to the flower hall, ready to drink with the officials and squires who had just greeted him at the city gate.

There were not many officials in Songjiang, except for the officials of the local two-level yamen and the Yangzhou branch of the yamen, which were the officers of the Yangzhou Wei command and the yamen, and then the local squires.

Normally, the local squires were not qualified to sit at the first table if they were not retired high-ranking officials, but Xu Chen sat here naturally, and all the officials present did not seem to feel anything wrong.

When Lin Haoran saw Xu Chen sitting here, although he was a little stunned in his heart, he was not a person without a city government, and his face did not show any abnormality.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the problem of the powerful gentry has actually become more and more serious.

A dynasty will inevitably suffer from all kinds of crises, and the Ming Dynasty is indeed a vast land, and if it can use most of its resources, it will be enough to deal with all crises.

It's just that the gentry and gentry have a strong desire to seize power, they not only send their own people into the yamen, but also directly set aside the officials sent by the imperial court, so as to become the real talkers of the local government.

It is these seemingly ordinary gentry and powerful who are quietly corroding the dynasty, quietly seizing the dynasty's control over the grassroots, and then the imperial court gradually loses the ability to allocate national resources.

Like the current Songjiang Mansion, the Xu family has two non-commissioned officers, one of whom is still a high-ranking first assistant, and even Songjiang Prefect Zang Jifang is still a protégé of Xu Jie, who dares not to sell face to the Xu family?

Xu Chen looked up at Lin Haoran, and the whole person looked very arrogant, and he didn't seem to have the slightest awe for Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran kept a smile on his face, and raised his hand and said gently, "Everyone, please take a seat!" ”

Zang Jifang and other officials were naturally polite, and they all returned the salute to Lin Haoran and asked him to sit down first.

Lin Haoran didn't shirk anymore, but sat down directly. It's just that he noticed that Xu Chen didn't say anything at all, but he didn't know that he didn't take his own Qincha seriously, and he had already developed hostile emotions towards him.

Zang Jifang and other officials sat down one after another, but a young man about fifteen or sixteen years old was still standing. This young man is thin, delicate, and looks polite.

Lin Haoran also noticed the existence of this young man just now, because he was standing beside Xu Chen just now, he thought that Xu Chen was his nephew, but it seemed to be a little different.

The young man arched his hand towards Lin Haoran, and said with a very apologetic expression: "The last general, the commander of Yangzhou Wei, Liang Dong has seen Lord Qincha!" Fang Cai will take a break in the department, I don't know that the Lord Qincha is visiting, and he has not been to the outside of the city to greet him, and he also invites Lord Qincha Haihan! ”

The Ming Dynasty was a hereditary officer system, and as long as the ancestors made great military achievements, they could be able to shadow future generations. Although it is rare for a military attache like Liang Dong to be a hereditary third-rank military attache when he was a teenager, it is no longer surprising.

In essence, during the period when Lin Haoran governed Leizhou in the past, Yang Shu, the commander of Leizhou Wei, was a hereditary third-grade general, and now Qi Jiguang, who is famous, is also a hereditary fourth-grade general.

This Liang Dong didn't need to work hard at all to be able to take over the position of commander of Songjiangwei from his father's generation. But at such an age, not to mention the ability to lead troops to fight, I am afraid that I can't suppress a few people in the army.

"Commander Liang, Ben Qincha originally hoped to keep a low profile, and you didn't know about Ben Qincha's visit just now, how can Ben Qincha blame him?" Lin Haoran responded with a smile even though he had been isolated even though he had captured the commander.

It's just that as soon as the words fell, Zang Jifang, the prefect of Songjiang next to him, said: "Commander Liang, this is not right!" This official has just sent someone to inform you, is it that you slept too deeply, so you didn't hear it at all? ”

"Perhaps!" Liang Dong raised his eyes and saw that it was Zang Jifang, the prefect of Songjiang, so he had to break his teeth and swallow in his stomach.

Lin Haoran glanced at Liang Dong thoughtfully, but he didn't say anything.

Several maids kept appearing, and dishes were constantly being served.

Lin Haoran kept a smile on his face, responding to everyone's toast, and was already the absolute protagonist of the banquet. And he drank well, but he coped with everything with ease.

Xu Chen saw everything in his eyes, but he caught the others to stop, and asked straight to the point: I don't know why Lord Qincha came to Songjiang? ”

As soon as these words came out, Zang Jifang and other officials raised their ears and listened carefully.

If you want to be more serious, Lin Haoran is only responsible for the inspection of Huaiyan, and there is no reason to go to the boundary of Zhejiang Yan. Of course, Lin Haoran's identity and status are here, and if he really comes over, no one will accuse him of anything.

Lin Haoran met everyone's attention, and announced the answer with a slight smile: "Ben Qincha wants to suppress the river thieves!" ”

Zang Jifang and other officials exchanged glances, but there was a look of understanding. They naturally heard about the robbery of his beauty-like goods, and they even predicted Lin Haoran's intention to come.

Lin Haoran seemed to be unaware of it, and continued to talk to himself: "According to Ben Qincha, the thieves in this river came from the Pudong Salt Farm, and Ben Qincha wants to seconded some people to conduct an in-depth investigation of the Pudong Salt Farm!" ”

"Lord Qincha, please rest assured, Xia Guan will definitely lead someone to wipe out this gang of river thieves, and he will not be given another chance to do evil!" The corners of Zang Jifang's mouth rose slightly, and he responded perfunctorily.

Lin Haoran glanced at Zang Jifang, and said in a surprising voice: "No, this matter will not bother the Zang Governor's Mansion, Ben Qin will mobilize elite robber generals from various guards, and he will definitely slaughter those Jiang Kou!" ”

This......

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, thinking that this Lord Qincha had lost his heart and couldn't go crazy. He is just a messenger in charge of patrolling salt, and he has no right to transfer troops at all, and he even wants to mobilize all kinds of troops to work together to snipe the Jiang bandits' den, which is simply a fool's dream.