When the official ships went north, it was late autumn, and the canal had not yet frozen, but the banks of the river gave people a desolate feeling.

Because September is the day of the autumn grain harvest, there are many boats in the river nowadays, escorting the autumn grain to Beijing. Along the way, I often see the traces of the boats, but the speed of the boats is generally as slow as a turtle.

Although they sail on the same river, they are like people in different worlds. The tall official boat that Lin Haoran was riding sailed in the middle of the river, and the cao boat was on both sides, and the cao soldiers cast envious glances at the official boat.

Lin Fu and the other elders of the Lin clan seemed to like this kind of gaze, but they ran to the deck from time to time to cool off and chat. It's just that after all, they come from the bottom, and when they see someone hungry and can't move, they will take the initiative to give them some food.

Lin Haoran is now the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and there is another father-in-law who controls the promotion of local officials, which causes officials everywhere to be moved and greet Lin Haoran one after another.

When passing through Huai'an, Wang Ting, the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Fengyang, also came out to greet him, even if Wang Ting hung the title of the right attendant of the Zhengsanpin Household Department, Lin Haoran was still commensurate with the following officials.

In the Ming officialdom, power comes from the capital, and the capital has the highest status in the cabinet. Even if he doesn't take refuge in Lin Haoran, he still wants Lin Haoran to leave a good impression, which can be regarded as leaving a way back for himself in the future.

Lin Haoran faced these endless greetings, but he was never happy.

When leaving Huai'an, the ship's license plate was immediately removed, except for some important people or acquaintances, the rest were able to push and push, planning to arrive in Tongzhou before the river froze.

is in the court, and many times he is already involuntarily.

When he went south, he had to think about how to break the situation and how to smoothly implement the Gang Salt Law in Liangzhuan. Now, although he has perfectly solved the government affairs of the two Huai, and he has taken it further, he has to consider returning to the capital to gain a firm foothold and open up a new situation.

In Yangzhou, he is the only Lord Qincha, and when he returns to the capital, he has to be ranked behind many bigwigs. Even in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, there is a scholar of the Ministry of Rites Li Chunfang who has impeccable qualifications and abilities.

In addition, there are also Xu Jie, Yuan Wei and Yang Bo, the three leaders of the powerful forces, and there are also the left waiters of the Ministry of Ministers with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Labor, and the director of the Zhan Shifu Zhan Shifu.

Dong Fen is indeed a powerful figure, but last year, he pushed off the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and chose to stay in the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials as the left waiter, which is already cultivating his team.

"Lin operator, what are you counting? Is it also a calculation for the slave family? Hua Yingrong came to the observation deck and saw Lin Haoran with a bitter gourd face, but she deliberately joked.

Lin Haoran glanced at her, although he no longer thought about the situation in the capital, he continued to sit silently.

"Can't you put on the official stand of your Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, swagger across the border, and don't think about the intrigue in the capital?" Hua Yingrong was like a roundworm in his stomach, but he counted slightly.

Lin Haoran stretched out his hand to hold his plump body in his arms, quietly admiring the lonely scenery on both sides of the strait, and said after a long time: "I can't lose!" Even if I don't think about myself, I have to think about you, and think about the people who follow me! ”

Unconsciously, he is now shouldering too many responsibilities and expectations.

The rise of Changlin Village needs him to raise the flag, the interests of the United Business Group need his protection, the process of opening the sea in the Ming Dynasty needs his persistence, Yangzhou Gangyan needs his protection, the direction of the Gangyan Law needs him to take the helm, and the future of Guangdong local officials, Yangzhou local officials, Shuntian government officials and many followers of the capital is also pinned on him.

Now, if he really falls, then the achievements of the sea opening and salt law will be in vain, his followers will be swallowed up by other forces, and this decaying Ming Dynasty will eventually decline.

After all these days of getting along with Lin Haoran, Hua Yingrong knew this man's ambition, and even more knew how many people's hopes he carried, sniffed the smell of his body, and said firmly: "Xianggong, the concubine will help you wholeheartedly!" ”

Lin Haoran felt a little comforted in her heart, and held her white palm tightly.

United Money is a very important part, especially the gold of Nanyang has begun to inject into the bank, if Hua Yingrong can take care of the bank, then he will be more confident in the future.

On the way, Ningcheng City, because the governor of the river is located here, Jining is known as the "capital of canals". It's just that Jining is at the traffic fortress of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, but the prosperity is far less than that of Yangzhou Prefecture.

To the north of Jining is the grumpy Yellow River, which often suffers huge economic losses due to the flooding of the Yellow River, and is deeply mired in the diversion of the Yellow River.

Although the governor of the river is here, there is nothing to be done about the Yellow River, which makes the people in the north of Jining also miserable.

Wang Shiqiao is an old man in his fifties, a native of Anfu, Jiangxi, a third-class jinshi in the seventeenth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, and once served as the direct supervisor of the imperial history, the Xiguan patrol, the servant Dali Shaoqing, etc., and is currently the prime minister of the imperial history of the Imperial Palace.

"Xia Guan has seen Uncle Shaozong!"

Wang Shiqiao learned that Lin Haoran was on his way to economic tranquility, and he also waited on the wharf early, leading the officials of the river yamen and the Jining Prefecture yamen to come here to welcome Lin Haoran into the city.

Lin Haoran has seen too many greetings along the way, even if he has taken off his official card and deliberately chose to go north in a low-key manner, but he can't stand the well-informed and persistent knowledge of these local officials.

Lin Haoran didn't really need to give Wang Shiqiao any face, but he still chose to go into the city to the river yamen, participated in this sumptuous banquet, and felt the high-standard treatment of the Beijing officials in the place.

It's just that the reason why he saw Wang Shiqiao was that he had other plans, and when he went to the hall next to the study to drink tea, he said straight to the point: "Lord Wang, I heard that the Yellow River is accumulating silt, do you have a way to deal with it?" ”

"Lord Lin, I'm afraid you've wronged your subordinates! It has been three years since the arrival of the lower officials, and at that time, I heard that the Nanliu River in Lianzhou Mansion has adopted the method of water and sand flushing, which is quite effective, oops! Wang Shiqiao's words suddenly stopped, and he hit the back of his hand heavily on the palm of his other hand, and the old face looked quite annoyed.

Lin Haoran quietly picked up the teacup, knowing that officialdom were all actors, but he still wondered why the river yamen didn't use the method of flushing sand with water, so he asked lightly: "Then why don't you implement the method of flushing sand with water?" ”

According to the understanding of many people in later generations, things that are not good will be used by others, and there are both subjective and objective factors here, and at the same time, it may also affect the contest of interests.

No matter how good and cheap Leizhou cloth is, he doesn't dare to use Leizhou cloth to attack Songjiang Mansion to attack Songjiang cloth, not to mention how Zang Jifang will react, at least he has to give Xu Jiea little face.