For the visit of Master Li and Chen Shuai, it was really unexpected by Duan Chong, but fortunately, these two did not bring any big trouble, and they did not smash the field, so they saved some face for Duan Chong, and at the end of the scene, Master Li also made a special trip to take out a gift, but this gift was for Su'er, and it was carefully wrapped in silk, a huge piece, and then under Duan Chong's every inquiry, he finally learned what this gift was?

And Duan Zhong learned from Su'er's mouth that this big gift turned out to be a ...... When the washboard, I don't know how rich it is on the face, and I naturally know that this washboard is not used to wash clothes......

However, this time the engagement banquet that invited everyone and friends finally ended successfully, for such a result, Duan Zhong was basically satisfied, at least the gifts on this banquet were already worth a lot of money, and now the silver in Duan Chong's hand no longer knows what kind of unit of measurement should be used to calculate, so how to spend the silver is a question that Duan Zhong should think about. There is never too much silver, though.

However, in terms of the amount of silver, no matter how much silver Duan Chong has, he can't compare with the world's number one businessman, Wei Zhigao, the first salt merchant in Jiangnan, is also the richest businessman in the world, and Duan Chong's last goal in making silver should be to surpass the first richest merchant in Jiangnan, of course, this must be excluded by the two emperors who control the treasury of the north and south.

And when it comes to silver, there is one thing that makes Duan Chong quite unhappy, after the trusted governor of Jiangnan, Chen Weiwei, entered Beijing to face the saint, he went to Hangzhou to take up his post in great glory, but the content of the letters sent back in the last two days was not very good, and most of them complained to Duan Chong.

After the former governor of Jiangnan, Lord Liao Zhangjin, entered Beijing, in the nearly two months before Lord Chen took office, there were many cases that the governor of Hangzhou could not handle or did not dare to handle, so as soon as Lord Chen took office, this overwhelming case file was pressed, so that our governor's mind was still full of words on the file when he squatted in the toilet, and most importantly, there were still a lot of old cases in these cases, and Chen only turned them all over as soon as he took office. I don't know if it's intentional or whatever.

In terms of silver, Chen Weiwei is not very smooth, according to the more folk words, some large merchants in Jiangnan do not buy Chen Weiwei's account at all, and many trading inputs are not recorded in the account book at all, so that the tax in Jiangnan in the last quarter of his tenure is directly less than 30%.

Tax silver reduced by three percent, this is a big thing, after all, this Jiangnan fish and rice town, is the richest place in the world, Nanliang's treasury sixty percent rely on the south of the Yangtze River tax silver support, a less than three percent, the treasury input immediately decreased, the country's financial expenditure of silver will be less, if there is a catastrophe, the treasury can not allocate silver, then Chen is the only felony, and this Chen only new official took office, the most important thing is the political performance, so this to get it, I am afraid that less than a year, will be sent back to Changsha Mansion to be a county guard, and he can't even be a county guard, which is not the only result Chen expects.

The reason for such a result will naturally not be for no reason, although the original governor of Jiangnan, Lord Liao Zhangjin, is now under house arrest in Beijing in disguise, but the grade is still very high, and he is still a member of the second rank of the DPRK, and there are these two princes behind him, and it is not an easy thing to fall, and as long as the grade is still there, this piece of fat difference of the governor of Jiangnan may still fall on the head of Lord Liao Zhangjin.

And for these big merchants in Jiangnan, to be able to support for so long and earn a lot of silver, more or less always have to do something shady, which is naturally inevitable Lord Liao to take care of it secretly, and how many people's pigtails are in the hands of Lord Liao, it is unknown, all in all, the former governor of Jiangnan still holds an extremely terrifying power in his hands, this power is enough to affect the taxes and silver of the entire Jiangnan, and also affects Chen's only political achievements, So this is a very incomprehensible situation, as a newly appointed governor, there is no power in his hands that can be used, and these big families in the south of the Yangtze River have been based in the local area for so many years, and they have more or less some power backgrounds, and it is not easy for Chen to only want to tame them into obedience, not to mention that there is a Liao Zhangjin standing behind him in the middle of the obstruction, as long as Lord Liao Zhangjin speaks, which businessman still dares to cooperate with our new governor, at most it is just verbal flattery and flattery, patting the horse, What to do behind the scenes or what? Therefore, Lord Chen felt powerless, the position of the governor of Jiangnan was really not deserved, and the only way to think of it seemed to be to ...... to his junior brother Distress.

When Duan Zhong received Chen's only letter, he was happily accompanying Su'er to pack up the New Year's goods, but the arrival of this letter made Duan Chong a little unhappy, so he could only help Su'er beside him tighten his clothes, and told the people to send Su'er back to the mansion, and he took the carriage to the governor's mansion.

The Governor is naturally Liao Zhangjin, who is living a leisurely life in the mansion in Nanjing City at the moment, when Duan Zhong knocked on the door and entered the mansion, Lord Liao Zhangjin was still fishing with a fishing rod in his back garden, Duan Chong touched his nose and walked over, I don't know which one the Governor is playing, what can be hung in the winter, could it be that there is no bait on this hook, and Jiang Taigong is fishing......

Duan Zhong touched his nose, which had been frozen a little red, and walked forward and said with a smile: "Your Excellency the Governor is so Yaxing, he is not afraid of the cold, fishing in the cold wind, and he really has the style of the ancients!" ”

Lord Liao Zhangjin naturally knew about Duan Chonglai, so when he heard Duan Chong's voice, he didn't look surprised at all, but turned around and smiled slightly: "I don't know if Uncle Wen Yuan has this Yaxing to accompany the old man to catch two rods!" ”

Duan Zhong didn't know if his brain was twitching, so he moved a stool and sat down next to Liao Zhangjin, and someone on the side had already handed over a fishing rod, Duan Zhong didn't care whether there was bait on the hook or not, and threw it directly on the lake.

Such a scene of an old man and a young man sitting by a small pond fishing is really harmonious at first glance, as if Lao Tzu is leading his son to enjoy the joy of family, and the two also surprisingly maintain a tacit understanding, and have been fishing without speaking.

I don't know how long it took, Duan Zhong still felt that his neck was a little stiff, and his nose should be red from the cold, at least now he was unconscious, and glanced at Liao Zhangjin on the side, his beard was frozen white, and his body couldn't stop trembling.

Duan Zhong didn't bother to pretend like this, he stood up suddenly, picked up the rod, and pulled it violently, exerting a lot of strength, this appearance was like catching a big fish, but this hook was naturally empty, but Duan Zhong was still very professional in reeling the rod, pulling the line, and pulling the hook into the fish basket, as if there was really some fish falling into the fish basket.

Liao Zhangjin saw Duan Chong's movements, and finally squeezed out a smile on his frozen face and said, "What a good fish did Wen Yuanbo fall into!" ”

Duan Zhong touched his nose and smiled: "This is a big fish, I'm afraid our lunch today will be over!" Saying this, Duan Zhong suddenly felt that he was extremely ridiculous, such behavior was really a bit nonsense, and even reminded him of a story, "The Emperor's New Clothes", but since Liao Zhangjin, the old fox, was willing to pretend, he had to accompany him to the end, for himself, pretending is an art.

Liao Zhangjin laughed: "Very good, very good." Although the old man didn't gain anything, as long as Wen Yuanbo caught a big fish, it didn't matter! ”

Duan Zhong smiled: "Since this fish has been hoisted, let's not blow the wind outside in the cold, how about going to the house and drinking two cups of hot tea!" ”

Liao Zhangjin smiled: "Uncle Wen Yuan has spoken, why can't the old man obey!" As he spoke, he carried the empty fish basket and led Duan Zhong into the house.

Naturally, the room was much warmer, Duan Chong didn't care about his identity as a guest, he moved a stool to warm up by the stove, Liao Zhangjin also smiled and moved a stool to sit aside to roast the fire, and when it was almost warm, Duan Chong smiled and said: "Lord Governor, I caught a big fish today!" ”

Liao Zhangjin arched his hand and smiled: "So I want to congratulate Uncle Wen Yuan!" ”

Duan Zhong wiped his nose: "I want to exchange this big fish for a few small fish for adults!" ”

"Oh!" Liao Zhangjin was stunned for a moment: "The old man's fish here have almost been caught, where is there anything left!" ”

Duan Zhong smiled: "I don't want the fish in the pond in your yard, but a few small fish in the West Lake in Hangzhou!" ”

Naturally, there are many things hidden in the dialogue between these two people, Liao Zhangjin, the old guy, is relying on the old man and pretending to be pitiful, saying that he is poor and has nothing, and Duan Chong naturally wants the governor to let go and give Chen the only way to make it easier, this kind of thing is not suitable to be said on the surface, so he played the trick of profoundness.

The Governor smiled slightly: "The sky is high and the emperor is far away, I, the old man of Nanjing City, can't catch the West Lake in Hangzhou!" ”

Duan Zhong touched his nose and sighed long: "You can't catch it, but your son can catch it!" ”

When the Governor heard this, his face finally changed, and his eyes widened, and he said, "What did you say?" ”