The more Wang Xingping thought about the word 'fishing people' on the carriage back to Beijing, the more interesting he felt, and his interest was also aroused.

He secretly decided that he would also get a piece of the senate involved.

And what Fu Xiaofei revealed to him was an important task for him to come to Tianjin this time, and nothing was more important to the Senate than population.

According to the analysis of the archives found by several scholars in the Feng Pavilion from the pile of old papers, it is feared that large-scale floods will break out in the entire northern part of North China around the autumn harvest next year, centered on Hejian Province, and it will be a good time to harvest the population.

Of course, it is difficult to say whether this incident will happen according to history, but when Fu Xiaofei was ordered to come to Tianjin to confirm the situation of the southern state capitals in previous years and the recent geographical and hydrological data, coupled with preconceived ideas, he felt that this matter should be very likely.

Moreover, as long as the situation in the north of the Ming Dynasty is irreversible, it is only a difference in the degree of corruption, whether there is a natural disaster or not is not very important, but how to transport this large number of people out of Tianjin is a difficult matter, it is because he wants to build another wharf by the purple bamboo forest outside the acropolis, the scale is even larger and the 'actual' needs of the business are extremely inconsistent, after all, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no accident just by buying the Haidao Yamen, not to mention that this year I am afraid that many officials will have to change places, and it will be a trouble to start from scratch.

He also remembered that the one hundred and ten prisoners who had been entrusted to Director Liu of the Criminal Department had finally been sent to Guiyang for him, but there were really few and they were not used, and he could only hear a sound when he threw stones into the lake when he went to various factories.

This time, although many parties asked for more than 200 craftsmen from the Criminal Department, it was still very insufficient compared to their own needs, after all, such skilled prisoners were scarce resources all over the world, and the Ministry of Industry was reluctant to give up these free labors in the first place, and the rebuilding of the three major halls had not yet been completed.

However, this time he didn't take the 'family ding' with him, but all stayed in the saltwater camp, in order to let those 'recruits' not be lazy anymore, he became more and more worried about Sun Yuanhua and Xu Ji's ability to lead the team, and Ding Yi's next training will also make those people fully feel the huge difference between the Yelang camp and ordinary battalion soldiers.

The meeting with Fu Xiaofei allowed him to learn a lot of the latest news, which was more vivid than the boring and simple communication of the telegram.

Naturally, the most talked about is Japan, with the secret support of the Baiida family, and the two major feudal clans on the island of Shikoku are now secretly acquiescing to what the Senate does, and of course, the Senate promises that their share of profits will naturally not be less. Although the population entering the Besko mining area is not too large, there is still a good way to do it with the 'guidance' of the Holy Peace, and the wharf is built early in the morning, which is the highest priority.

At this time, the shogunate was planning to set up a copper office in Kyoto, and all the copper smelting and sales rights in the area were nationalized, and the Sumitomo family spread the news, and many copper factories in Kansai immediately started to move their workshops to Osaka and Sakai Port, which are conducive to foreign trade. The exploration of Bezi Mountain is also particularly smooth, with almost open positioning and survey, soon found a number of good mining sites in Bezi Mountain, and the planning around this large area of mining has also been rapidly promoted, naturally these are not kept secret, and the first batch of craftsmen who entered the mountain are also the most credible people.

In order to echo this progress, Ping Qiusheng will leave from Taiwan to Ryukyu in advance, in order to open up the exclusive communication line from Japan to the Senate as soon as possible, otherwise he would have to wait in Taiwan until the Budai Salt Works were built first. At the same time, I heard that several warships of the Fubo Army have also frequently gone out to the outside of the Miyako-Ryukyu Sea Road to conduct drills in recent days, and the docking place is located on Miyako Island in later generations, that is, the information in this era is not developed enough, otherwise if the shogunate heard the news, the reaction may not be worse than when it landed against the 'Motoko'.

As for the backhand who stayed in Shikoku, it was Fu Xiaofei's new father-in-law, Weng Yihuang, Weng Dajiang and dozens of his Fujian compatriots had already moved from Hirado to the Besko mining area earlier, but fortunately, the shogunate was much more relaxed in controlling the movement of Tang people within its country, and these Chinese expatriates also spoke Japanese, which did not make people suspicious, which made the current situation of the Besko copper mine possible.

On the way, in addition to Wang Xingping's own thoughts, only Xiao Liu gossiped with him from time to time, and as for the Cao City at the mouth of the Sancha River, he had no intention of seeing, so it was noon on the 21st day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar when he returned to the capital.

In order to facilitate and take care of Wang Zunde's official reputation, he rented a remote courtyard in Beijing as early as possible, and informed several familiar relationships of the address. As soon as I arrived at the gate of the small courtyard, I found that there were already people waiting. The person who came was a middle-aged man, looking at the dress and outfit like a sour Confucian, his face was white and quite rich, and he looked harmless to humans and animals. ”

"Who are you? What is looking for me? Wang Xing asked indifferently, and at the same time glanced at the person with a slightly wary look, this person's accent was actually from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The man was not embarrassed, and became more and more respectful when he heard this, "The villain Zhou Kui was ordered by Li Keqing of Honglu Temple to wait for the prince here. ”

Only then did Wang Xingping understand that this person turned out to be Li Kezhuo's person, "I see, you've been waiting for a long time, Xingping has indeed delayed time along the way, I don't know what Li Keqing is talking about." ”

"If it's not in the way, the villain's house is rented on the street outside the front door, not far from here, and the weekday livelihood is also walking through the streets and alleys, but it doesn't delay." This one first perfunctory the rhetoric of going to the rivers and lakes, and then replied: "What did Master Li do to recruit his son to see, the villain really doesn't know, he just said that he asked me to come every day, which must be a very important matter." ”

What this one didn't say was that he took Li Kezhuo's one or two silver running expenses every month, how could he be delayed.

Wang Xingping remembered that he mentioned to Li Kezhuo that he wanted to find someone smarter in the capital to help him run errands and find out the news, after all, Master Li is now in a respected position, and it is really inconvenient to pay attention to some things in person from time to time, and such a person is even more difficult to get noticed. It seems that this person is the person he was looking for at the beginning, so he didn't know if there was Zhang Zhi, and he thought that Li Kezhuo must have something important to recruit him, so he hurriedly went into the house to clean up, and then Shi Shiran went to Li Kezhuo's house with the person who came.

"I'm afraid the emperor won't be able to do it." When he saw Li Kezhuo in the inner room of the Li Mansion, he was looking anxious, in the past few months, he had entered the palace more than once to offer medicine, but when the emperor was dying, he was excluded from the inner court and the imperial doctor, seeing that if the emperor really had a good character, it would be good if those civil officials from Jinshi did not treat him for a crime, it was unmistakable malice, even if there were indeed a few people in the hospital who recognized his 'medical skills', but still could not change this feeling.

As for what the civil officials thought of a fortunate person like him who did not have the right path to the imperial examination but relied on the means of the side, he did not know, because once the emperor's illness reached the point of no return, the anxiety in Li Kezhuo's head became more and more obvious.

"Does Keqing have a charter in his heart?" Wang Xingping's expression was unfazed.

"Only now there is only one step at a time." Li Kezhuo sighed again.

Wang Xingping looked at Li Kezhuo's appearance and considered his words, "Keqing is worried about Shenxiao's real story?" ”

In fact, Wang Xingping's heart is very calm, the emperor dragon control Bintian is certainly a big deal, but even he can't say what chance there can be, but this matter is like overturning the five-flavor bottle in Li Kezhuo's heart.

After all, these old people are familiar with the allusions of the dynasty, Tao Zhongwen in the time of Sejong, a very human minister for 20 years, the precedent of the founding dynasty at the peak of the dynasty and the leader of the three orphans, relying on the emperor's grace can be said to be a person who has ascended to heaven, and even from his grandchildren have been graced. But as soon as Master Mu Miao ascended the throne, Tao Zhongwen's descendants were found to be imprisoned and sentenced to death by finding a counterfeit drug, and Li Kezhuo's heart disease was here. Although today's young master is quite benevolent, it does not prevent civil officials from pleading to take their own 'villain' sacrifice flag, Fang Xianggong's conversation with the imperial doctor obviously reached his ears, and Shenxiao Zhenren was Tao Zhongwen's original title.

However, in Wang Xingping's opinion, Li Kezhuo is still far from Tao Zhongwen's position, but it is precisely because of this that he is more likely to be used as a pastime by the Jinshi.

"Don't hide it, the old man is worried about this." Li Kezhuo licked his tongue, as if he was still a little unfinished, he sighed: "It's okay to burn this old bone, but I'm worried that future generations will be implicated." ”

After many years of mixing in the officialdom, he finally got the emperor's favor by relying on an autumn elixir, and he was about to soar to gain a good future for his children and grandchildren, but he didn't expect this to be the result, the emperor was only fifty-six, but after thinking about it, there are really not many sons of the Zhu family who live long.

Wang Xingping smiled indifferently, did not pay attention to the hesitation between Master Li's eyebrows, and only said to him: "Emperor Daxing is the emperor, isn't it the little master who becomes the emperor?" ”

Li Kezhuo was stunned for a moment, as if he had realized, "Oh? What does Tiancheng mean ......? ”

"I don't mean anything else, it's just that Master Li should know that Tao Zhongwen was able to get the blue eyes of the World Temple at the beginning, but he didn't just know how to use the sword technique of the water and water."

Li Kezhuo was even more stunned at this time, not to mention that Wang Xingping could say the taboo words before in front of him, the latter words really shocked his heart, how could a teenager at this level think of it before himself? It is rumored that Tao Zhongwen can win the emperor's favor entirely because he has presented the heirs of the inner palace to extend the law, and it is rumored that Emperor Jiajing can have several daughters in one night, but it will not hinder the heirs of future generations, which is the credit of Shenxiao Zhenren. The Tao family later fell, and that recipe was also introduced to the people, and it was called 'Guben Jingyuan Soup'.

The crown prince is in full bloom in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is a time when there is a lot of demand in the affairs of men and women, although Zhu Changluo has a miserable life, but Li Kezhuo can still know some news about the things in the Ciqing Palace.

He thought for a while and said, "Sanyuan Dan is ready-made, but there is no way to offer it to the master, and it is inevitable to sacrifice this medicine at this time." ”

Wang Xingping frowned imperceptibly when he heard this.

Sanyuan Dan is also commonly known as the so-called red pill, which is made of congenital red lead (note: menarche) and red lead, black plum, autumn stone, human milk, cinnabar, pine resin and other things, according to persuasion, it can prolong life, and has the unspeakable wonder of things in the room. But this kind of baseless and extremely harmful drug compatibility is really no different from murder in Wang Xingping's view, and it is a medicine for the heavenly family, which has an extra layer of suicide.

Although Li Kezhuo doesn't know the reason, his worries are not groundless, such a thing as red pills has been equated with aphrodisiacs in the outside world, Lao Tzu sent aphrodisiacs to his son during his illness This is not something that a good person would do, and it will be passed on to the prince at least to deduct an unfilial hat, and it will not be good in the future.

Wang Xingping looked at Li Kezhuo and groaned for a while, "I can help you with the way, but this red pill is still forgotten." ”

Li Kezhuo showed hesitation when he saw this, "If you don't offer medicine, the old man doesn't know how to make the master happy." ”

"Who said you don't give medicine? You forgot the thing you got from Wantong? ”

After Wang Xingping mentioned it, Li Kezhuo suddenly remembered that a few months ago, the proprietor of the Tianjin branch of Wantong had brought him something when he gave him the autumn fairy pill, and he had not used it since he heard that the things in the box were valuable. Master Li immediately went to a medicine cabinet next to him to take the wooden box, lifted the lid and then removed several layers of brocade one by one, and immediately revealed the true face of the things in the box, which were two small pills that were blue and yingying, although the pills were small, each one was clearly marked with a mark, and there were four neat small characters on it-Viagra Kedan.

Wang Xingping picked up one of them with two fingers and smiled at Li Kezhuo: "The red pill can't be offered, but the blue pill is fine." ”

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