Fishing every day, eating fish every day, Han Xiufeng is tired of eating.

The big head and they all went to the villages to help run the group exercises, and no one ate them to eat, so they simply gave all the few catties of crucian carp caught in the morning to Yu Sangu like yesterday, and they didn't even eat in the small courtyard at noon and went to Fengshan with Li Zhiyong.

The salt fishing camp was originally dedicated to investigating smugglers, but now the bandits are in chaos, the world is not peaceful, and there is one more errand to bomb and suppress each field, unlike those camps in Langshan Town, which have flood land and pond land, and they have to be garrisoned by floods, so the camp is the same wherever it is stationed. However, it is better to be stationed in Hai'an than to be stationed in Taizhou.

First, after the fall of Yangzhou, Taizhou's population exploded, and prices also skyrocketed. If the salt fishing camp is stationed in Taizhou, hundreds of people will have to buy firewood, rice, oil and salt in Taizhou, which will cost more food; Second, Hai'an is not only close to the field, but also located at the intersection of the Chuanchang River and the Yunyan River, to the south you can take a boat to the Tongzhou branch of the field, to the north to reach the Taizhou branch of the field, those salt fields if someone dares to make trouble, from Hai'an to send troops to the pressure is far faster than from Taizhou.

Because of this, Guo Peilin not only agreed to station the salt fishing camp in Hai'an, but also prepared to raise money to help the salt fishing camp build a barracks at the foot of Fengshan Mountain on the north bank of the Yunyan River.

Dean Gu, Yu Qinghuai, Wang Qianli and other gentry were able to receive the holy reward, the same is Guo Peilin's protection, they naturally can't stand idly by, not to mention that this chaotic salt fishing camp can be stationed in Hai'an for them These gentry have a hundred benefits and no disadvantages, not only donated the 120 acres of school land of Fengshan Academy by the river, but also used the public funds of the Baojia Bureau to help recruit craftsmen and young people first, and purchased bricks, tiles, sand and stones and other materials to start construction first.

Several students of Fengshan Academy have turned into overseers, leading a group of people to level the land.

As soon as Han Xiufeng came ashore, Gu Jinyan, the nephew of Dean Gu, greeted him, invited the two to the pergola, pointed to the drawings pressed with tea tiles, and said: "Master Han, this is the map drawn by Uncle Yang from Taizhou, not only Master Yang has been invited to see it, but also Mr. Feng Shui has been invited from Rugao to come and see, and they said that it is most suitable for the government office, the big camp and the warehouses to be built like this." ”

"Do you want to build a government office?" Han Xiufeng asked with a smile.

"Master Han, you are now the deputy master of Yun, how can you not have a government office!" Gu Jinyan arched his hand, and said with flying eyebrows: "The overall layout sits in the north and faces south, here is Master Han, your transportation counteroffice, the east is the capital department, and the barracks are behind the capital department." Shanyi Cang in the west town, Shecang in Fengshan and Yingcang in Yanyu Camp. Build a road at the door, and another pier by the river! ”

Grain is being transported here from all over the place, and the dozen or so folk houses used to store grain on the edge of the threshing floor can no longer be installed, and there is no Yicang in the town, and there are no warehouses in the villages before, so Dean Gu and other gentry want to take this opportunity to build Yicang and Shecang.

Han Xiufeng looked at the drawings and nodded slightly, Gu Jinyan said as if he was encouraged: "The transportation department is five in front and back, here is the Yimen, on both sides are the public houses, here is the lobby, and then the second hall." This entrance is the study and the place to meet the guests, and from here there is the inner house, and the inner house is also two entrances.

The layout of the warehouse area is also sitting in the north and facing south, here is the gate, here is the front yard, and from here to the north is the back field. The gatehouse is seven rooms wide, four rafters deep, the bright room opens a double plate door, both sides are public houses, the middle three rooms are the main hall dedicated to the god of grain, and then there are six rows of warehouses, seven rooms in each row, the top of the single eaves hard mountain, the open space behind this piece of land should be flat and compacted, reserved for the purpose of collecting and drying grain......"

The camp of the Metropolitan Administration and the Salt Fishing Camp are also well planned, and you can imagine how spectacular and magnificent it will be after completion. Han Xiufeng didn't expect them to make it so big, and couldn't help laughing: "Sincerely, have you ever calculated how much silver it will cost to build according to this map?" ”

"Master Han, we are Hai'an here, not Taizhou, and the salary really doesn't cost much. As for the materials, we intend to pick the practical ones and not buy the fancy ones. Especially the barracks and granaries, as long as they can be lived and used, there is no need to carve beams and draw columns. Uncle Jia asked the master master of Taizhou to estimate that five or six thousand taels were enough. ”

"Five or six thousand taels is really enough?"

"It's enough, it's not enough for you to ask me!"

"How long will it take?"

"Three months at most, if it hasn't been completed in three months, you can ask me the same!"

Thinking that those temples on Fengshan are ordinary blue brick houses, not only are the materials not exquisite, but also there are no carved beams and painted columns, which are completely different from the renovation of the guild hall in the capital last year, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but say: "Since you have all thought about it, let's build it according to this map." Don't worry about the silver, although the Yunsi Yamen is not as good as before, five or six thousand taels can still be taken out. ”

"It is a blessing to be able to serve Master Han."

"My own son, what are you lucky for? Let's go, go to your academy for lunch, what are you going to eat at noon today? ”

"Master Han, I didn't know that you and Master Li were coming, and I didn't prepare at all, when I came over just now, I seemed to hear the cook say that I would eat green vegetable and tofu soup at noon."

"Green vegetable tofu soup is green vegetable tofu soup, it's better to eat light, Zhiyong, don't you say?"

"Yes, the fourth master is right, it's better to be light, it's better to be light!"

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Just when they were talking and laughing and going to Fengshan Academy to eat, Su Jueming was also eating in the Baojia Bureau.

The food of the Baojia Bureau is not as good as Fengshan Academy, the white rice is enough, and the dishes are only pickled vegetables in the wax moon, but for those young people who are used to living a hard life and can't eat meat a few times a year, it is good to be able to eat a full meal, squatting in the yard one by one to eat with relish, and when thirsty, go to the tank to drink.

Dean Gu, Yu Qinghuai and Wang Qianli are not only the most respected gentry in Hai'an, but now they are all officials, and they can't squat on the ground to eat like the croppers, but sit around the table of the eight immortals in the hall to eat, and have one more braised pork and an egg drop soup than the young and strong.

Su Jueming couldn't help but ask while eating: "Dean Gu, Master Yu, it's not like Fang Inspector didn't come to invite you, why didn't you go?" He set up a banquet over there, and he ate better than this! ”

"People are inviting those two alternate officers to a banquet, and Master Han is not going, what are we going to do?"

As soon as Wang Qianli's words fell, Dean Gu raised his head and said, "Eat and sleep." ”

"Oh, eat, eat."

Su Jueming thought that there are so many rules for eating, and he won't eat with you in the future, so he finished eating the rice in the bowl with his head bored, sat on the side and waited for the three of them to finish eating, and waited for the young man who cooked the rice to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and then said with the freshly brewed tea: "Dean Gu, Master Yu, Master Wang, there is something small that I don't know whether to talk about or not." ”

Dean Gu has been friends with his father for many years, so naturally he will not treat him as an outsider, and subconsciously asks, "What's the matter?" ”

"Dean Gu, Master Han has been coming to Hai'an for several months, and if he puts aside the peaceful years, he will definitely send someone to bring his family over. But now it is not peaceful today, this army is chaotic, Sichuan is far away from here, and the family will definitely not be able to take it. ”

"It's true, so far away from home, how to reunite."

"I don't think Madame can come, he can't be without someone by his side! You always think about it, don't say that Master Han is a deputy from the fifth grade, that is, those field officials around, which one is not three wives and four concubines, and which one is not even a person in the room like Master Han? ”

"Really, Dean Gu, we should have thought of this a long time ago." Yu Qinghuai thought so.

Wang Qianli also felt that it was inappropriate for Master Han to be so lonely, and muttered: "Since you have thought of it, then hurry up!" Dean Gu, why don't I go to Taizhou and see if I can help Master Han buy two maids. ”

Thinking of Han Xiufeng's character, Dean Gu muttered: "You must be able to buy it, but after you buy it back, you don't know what kind of person Master Han is, what if Master Han doesn't want it?" ”

"How could Master Han not want it?"

"Why don't you want it, don't look at Master Han is from a donor, but those rouge gouaches Master Han really don't necessarily look like."

Thinking of the world-famous Yangzhou thin horse, Wang Qianli couldn't help but sigh: "It would be good if Yangzhou hadn't fallen, if you want to talk about women, the women in the world are not as good as Yangzhou." ”

Su Jueming was waiting for this sentence, and grinned: "Master Wang, if you want to talk about the woman in Yangzhou, Hai'an happens to have one!" ”

Dean Gu reacted suddenly, and shook his head without thinking about it: "Don't talk nonsense, the daughter of the Ren family is good, but that girl is the pearl of Dean Ren's palm, let alone let his daughter be the maid, even if he is a little Dean Ren for Master Han, he will not agree." ”

"Dean Gu, I know that Dean Ren is a person with a head and a face, and it is naturally inappropriate to let Miss Ren be a maid. But I don't know how much more noble my lord is than Dean Ren, and now I am already a vice president of Wupin, not only with Lord Guo, but also in Beijing, and the future is limitless! ”

"I know this, letting the daughter of the Ren family be a concubine for Master Han is really not a grievance against him Ren Yaen, but he has no children under his knees, just such a daughter. If you can recruit a descendant, you can also renew the incense for him, and give him the heir to the family, but if he lets his daughter be a concubine for Master Han, then he will really become a son and grandson. ”

"How could he cut off his children and grandchildren, you always forgot, he didn't just continue the string, I heard that this red line is still your old lead. Yu Sangu looks like a person who can give birth, and it will be better to help him give birth to a big fat boy. Even if Yu Sangu can't give birth, he can still have a step-nephew from his cousin......"

"It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate, don't talk about it, it's really inappropriate."

Without waiting for Su Jueming to speak, Yu Qinghuai smiled bitterly: "In my opinion, it's not inappropriate, but it's just right!" It's just that this matter is too difficult to talk about, and I can't talk to Dean Ren. ”

"Qinghuai's words are on point, after all, Dean Ren is also a face-saving person." Wang Qianli echoed.

Pan Er has become an official, the big head has become an official, and even Liang Jiu and Ji Dajier, who only later became officials with Master Han, Su Jueming also wants to be an official, how can he miss this opportunity to please Master Han, hehe smiled: "Dean Gu, Master Yu, Master Wang, I have a way." ”

"What's the solution?" Dean Gu asked in a low voice.

"Actually, you just thought too far and thought too much, why do we have to open which pot not to mention, not to mention any concubine, not to call the girl. Didn't Yu Sangu just fill the house not long ago, maybe she was already pregnant, whether she was pregnant or not, anyway, she couldn't work like she was now. ”

"Go on."

"If you don't let Yu Sangu work, won't there be no one around Master Han to serve, just let the second girl of Li Cripple's family take over Yu Sangu, and then find a reason to ask Miss Ren to help. Isn't she good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, there is just a lack of literate people around Master Han, all in all, let Miss Ren go to Master Han's side first, and then talk about other things step by step. ”

Wang Qianli thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but smile: "If Dean Ren and Miss Ren feel that men and women can't kiss, just lift out the clumsy second girl of Li's lame family, and ask why other people's families can't do it." And in this way, there won't be so much gossip outside. ”

"That's what I thought." Su Jueming smiled and continued: "Besides, this is Hai'an, not Taizhou, not Yangzhou. The girl who has not left the cabinet does the work for others and helps, which is not an unsightly thing. What's more, I don't want Miss Ren to do the work of those subordinates, just let her help read the official documents, settle accounts, and write letters. ”

"Let a woman do this?" Dean Gu asked with a smile.

"Dean Gu, if you say this, it's another thing to let her do it!"

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