Ren Yaen was going to Songjiang Mansion to be an official, and Dean Gu and other Hai'an gentry were happy for him, not only did they not stop him, but also sent two hundred taels of Chengyi. As for who will teach in Mingdao Academy after he leaves, it is indeed a trouble to put it in the past, after all, a gentleman who is really a little knowledgeable is not very willing to come to Hai'an, but now it is not the past, Taizhou City is overcrowded, there are many scholars, and it is easy to hire a teacher.

On the third day after Ren Yaen left, Guo Peilin returned home after inspecting various fields in Huaizhong, passed by Hai'an again, and stayed at Fengshan Academy again.

Huaizhong's various trips were also not in vain, and a total of more than 32,000 taels of silver were raised, and they were transported with his official ship. However, only 20,000 taels were given to Han Xiufeng, and the remaining 10,000 taels would be transported back to Taizhou early tomorrow morning for emergencies.

Seeing that Han Si had sent all the official seals, Guo Peilin realized that Han Si didn't plan to come back after leaving, and he was reluctant to do so, but he couldn't be untrustworthy, so he could only pretend to be relaxed and joked: "Zhixing, plus the 20,000 taels this time, you have to take away more than 42,000 taels, if you take away these 45 taels of silver, where can I find you?" ”

"As the saying goes, if you run away from the monk, you can't run away from the temple, so you can go to Sichuan to find me when the time comes."

"At that time, Duan Dazhang is estimated to be a scholar, and he can go to his house to ask for a glass of wine to eat by the way."

"If you don't make a mistake between public and private, I'm afraid you won't go." Han Xiufeng couldn't help laughing.

Guo Peilin thought about it and said with a smile: "If I really take away the more than 40,000 taels of silver, I really can't do anything about you kid, first, I can't leave because of official business, and second, I can't go out of the teacher, even if I chase you to Ba County, I can't pull you to Yamen to see the official." ”

It's not a joke, it's getting down to business!

The imperial court not only wanted to suppress the bandits and quell the chaos, but also worried that the civil and military officials who led the troops would not lose their tails, so it was better to treat a full general like Qi Shan, and to treat Xiang Rong both in use and in defense. And even if Qi Shan is a full general, he will only let him take charge of Jiangbei military affairs, and he will never be allowed to interfere in local affairs.

Whether it is the Jiangbei camp or the Jiangnan camp, the general grain station is filled by the civilian officials who assist in military affairs, Qi Shan and Xiang Rong know that foreign guns and foreign cannons are sharp, but they have neither the money nor dare to go to foreigners to buy them without authorization. Now even the village warriors who were recruited and trained to prevent bandits and the imperial court that can be dismissed are dismissed, not to mention that you have to run group training and buy guns.

In short, foreign guns and foreign artillery can be bought quietly, private thieves can buy them, thieves who rob homes and houses can buy them, and thieves who commit chaos can blatantly ask foreigners to buy them, but only court officials like Guo Peilin cannot buy them without authorization. Thinking that he was obviously doing things for the imperial court, but he acted like a thief, Han Xiufeng smiled bitterly: "That's why I handed over the official seal to you." ”

Guo Peilin nodded slightly, thought about it and asked: "What if something happens to you if you rely on the official seal of the clerk and the official seal?" ”

"I left a few blank documents with seals."

"That's all there is to it."

"Lord Guo, how many military surveys do you have on hand, if there are more, can you give me a few sheets, if you encounter something and am in a hurry to report to you, I can fill it in directly."

"I'll give it all to you later."

"What should I do if I'm in a hurry?"

"I don't have it here, I can apply again."

"That's right, then give me a few if you have a few on hand."

Guo Peilin smiled, and while beckoning Han Xiufeng to tea, he asked again, "When do you plan to leave?" ”

Han Xiufeng picked up the teacup and groaned: "It's inconvenient to bring so much cash, I'll send someone to find the shopkeeper Yang of the Taizhou branch of 'Rishengchang' later, and ask him to take the silver and open a bill, and set off when he gets the bill." ”

"Do you want to go to Lu Sichang?"

"No, I plan to go straight to Tongzhou and hire a boat from Tongzhou to Shanghai."

"Well, the fewer people who know about it, the better."

Han Xiufeng said with a smile: "Master Guo, I have already thought about it, I will not show up easily when I get to Shanghai, let alone go to those yamen in Shanghai." Even if the purchase of the gun is discovered, it will be bought by Dean Gu and other Hai'an gentry, and it has nothing to do with me, let alone you. ”

"I'm relieved," Guo Peilin took a sip of tea and said slowly: "You don't need to bring cash, and you don't need to bring too many people on the way." But after buying the gun, I shipped it back, and I couldn't do without a few reliable people on the way back. I plan to let Changsheng, Lu Daming, Liang Jiu and Chen Hu go with you, what do you think? ”

"It's best for you to arrange this, after all, on the way from Shanghai to Taizhou, there are not only bandits, but also many checkpoints. If you really encounter a thief, let Lu Daming deal with them. As for those levels, let Changsheng take care of them. ”

"Then I won't take them back to Taizhou."

How could Han Xiufeng not know Guo Peilin's good intentions, thinking that there were still a group of people who had not really become him, he put down the teacup and proposed: "Lord Guo, the big head is like a brother to me, and his brain is not very good, so how I brought him out, I have to bring him back." Ji Daji's second and other military attachés of the salt fishing camp before you are all locals, I can't take them back to Sichuan, and now they are all officials, and it is impossible for them to go with me now, Hai'an has nothing to do with them for the time being, if Lu Daming, Liang Liu and Chen Hu go to Shanghai with me, there will be no one around you, so it is better to take Ji Daji and Ji Ji and them all to Taizhou. ”

"That's fine, you go back and talk to them."

"Okay, I'll tell them later."

Thinking that Han Si had handed over all the money he had worked so hard to manage, Guo Peilin suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and he didn't know what to say.

was embarrassed, Han Xiufeng changed his words and talked about stopping Xu Ying from chasing Zhang Guangcheng a few days ago.

"It's good to stop him, if you don't stop him, if you really let him catch up, it will make a big joke!" Thinking of the words that his fellow villagers said when he was in the capital, Guo Peilin sighed again: "People like him should not be released, and if they are released, they can't be made to be the official of the seal." I don't know what Lei Yicheng thinks, and he asked him to act as the agent of Taizhou! ”

"Master Guo, do you also think it's inappropriate for him to be the official of the seal?"

"To tell you the truth, I promised to help him find a Zhengyin official to do, but it is not Taizhou, but Yizhen or Jiangdu, Ganquan and other counties, and it is appropriate for him to raise food and salary, recruit young and strong people to train the villagers, and help the army to encircle the bandits."

Han Xiufeng groaned: "Master Lei probably thinks that he is a positive fifth grade, and he thinks it is inappropriate for him to use the same knowledge of the positive five products to act in Yizhen Ganquan and other counties. ”

Guo Peilin smiled bitterly: "Nine times out of ten, sometimes this official can't get down when he gets big." I really regret it, if I didn't guarantee you to be the vice president at that time, I can let you be a field ambassador now, although the field ambassador is not a state and county hall but it is almost the same, if you can be a field ambassador, you will not leave regrets even if you are a field ambassador. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect Guo Peilin to say this, he was really moved in his heart, and he was silent for a moment and said: "Lord Guo, the ambassador of the field is missing you to help me keep it, and let my baby do it when it grows up." ”

"When your baby grows up, I Guo Peilin don't know where it is. Besides, the blue is better than the blue, if your baby really gets mixed up in the future to ask someone to be an ambassador, it means that your father has not done a good job! ”

"Really, Master Guo, if my baby can't get famous in the future, I won't let him come out and lose this person."

"It's pretty much the same, but you can't make him as ambitious as you."

"What Master Guo said is true, I have nothing to do, I can only count on my baby."

……

At the same time, Jing Hua, who had just been in charge of the private capital of Shangyan and had just received two hundred taels of silver in advance from Pan Er, was feasting on the fox friends he had made these days at Sihailou, not far from the Fujian Association.

The brother-in-law finally made some money and squandered it, and Fugui, who was a brother-in-law, had a fire in his belly, but he didn't dare to attack on the spot. Because the brother-in-law not only knows all of these fox friends and dog friends, but even includes his top boss: Yangzhou Guan Supervisor Enahai.

"I heard that the emperor ordered to come according to the admiral's rules and give 1,000 taels of silver! When he returned to the funeral, he entered the city to treat the funeral, and gave him the rank of captain and lieutenant of the cloud cavalry, and was called loyal and resolute! ”

"Give a thousand taels of silver?"

"What are you lying to, I don't believe you to inquire."

"A thousand taels of silver, this grace is rare."

A pen post who fled from the Jiangning Weaving Department to Taizhou raised his wine glass and sighed: "People are dead, what is the use of silver, if there is wine today, I will be drunk today." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, there is wine today and drunk today!" Jinghua drank all the wine in the cup, and then turned sideways and asked: "Master E, did the above say when your Yangzhou Pass will start, and the brothers, including my brother-in-law, are all pointing at you!" If you don't start the expedition again, you will really be sitting on a mountain empty. ”

"Yes, Master E, the little ones are only in and out these days, and if they continue like this, they really have to go to the street to ask for food."

"Eye, it's nothing for us to go out to beg for food, but when the time comes, it will be your face that will be lost!"

"This can only be blamed on Qi Shan, there are so many soldiers and horses under his command, I don't know how much food it will cost the court a day, the emperor is anxious, we are anxious, he is good, not in a hurry at all! He doesn't fight well, he doesn't recover Yangzhou, how can he go on the expedition? "The Ena Sea is only in and out these days, and the mention of this is a stomach.

"He's self-respecting!"

"You look down on him, you have a lot of respect for your troops, and you don't dare to borrow a few guts from him. He is greedy for life and afraid of death, and the older he gets, the more afraid of death! ”

"The emperor doesn't care?"

"How could the emperor not care, didn't he just get rid of his post?"

……

They were unscrupulous, scolding the ministers, and the diners who usually didn't even dare to talk about state affairs in front of the public were so frightened that they all ran away, and before they knew it, they were left at the table on the second floor. As he was scolding, a Confucian student in his thirties and a sturdy man walked up to the second floor.

Afraid that the two guest officers who had to go upstairs would accidentally offend the uncles such as Enahai and Jinghua who even the master of Zhizhou did not dare to provoke, Xiao Er said cautiously: "Two guest officers, let's go downstairs, the downstairs is quiet." ”

Without waiting for the Confucian to speak, the sturdy man said unhappily: "How can you do this business, no matter how quiet the downstairs can be as quiet as the upstairs is quiet?" There are so many empty tables, and you dare not let the uncle sit, do you look down on the uncle, is it itchy? ”

"Guest, you misunderstood." Xiao Er turned his back to Jing Hua and the others, and whispered while squeezing his eyebrows: "The people in the back are all official masters......

"What's wrong with the official master, it's really a dog's eye to look down on people," the man put the oxtail knife on the table with a snap, and took out a waist card and held it up in front of Xiao Er: "Look carefully, the master is the same as the official!" ”

Confucian didn't want to cause trouble, and was about to speak, but the pen post just now couldn't help but look back and smile: "This master is such a big official, take the waist card and let us see how big an official it is." ”

As soon as the pen-style voice fell, Enahai, Jinghua and others suddenly burst into laughter.

Enahai and the others didn't wear official uniforms, and they didn't look like an official but more like a bunch of pranksters. And in the eyes of the man, the biggest official in Taizhou is the old enemy of Xu Laogui, and now he doesn't need to be afraid of Xu Laogui anymore, he raised his arm and pointed at Enahai and others and asked: "What are you laughing at, dare to laugh at me, are you tired of being alive!" ”

The waist card just now is only used by military attachés, a pen post style music that has nothing to do these days and doesn't know what to look for, and can't help but smile: "Oh, this grandson is still energetic." ”

"Who is your grandson, tell me clearly!"

"Ye is talking about you, I didn't hear clearly, did you, grandson, grandson...... Do you hear me now? ”

"Eighth child, are you too drunk, accept his grandson, it's really cheap for him!"

"Yes, yes, yes, what you say is reasonable, it's almost the same thing to let him be the master's dog, and being a grandson is really lifting him!"

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