With the successful arrival of the first batch of Fu ships and Guangzhou ships in Dengzhou, the entire Dengzhou Water City began to be busy.

Under the command of the prefect Yuan Weitai, the floodgates of Shuicheng were opened, and more than a dozen warships sailed into Shuicheng one after another to anchor.

According to them, dozens of large sea ships will come one after another, and together, the Dengzhou Naval Division is now half the size of the year.

Yuan Weitai was very pleased with this.

Although he is only a prefect now, he is staring at the position of governor of Denglai and wants to climb up.

The greater the power of the governor of Denglai, the greater the attraction to Yuan Weitai, and the more energetic he will be to climb up.

Of course, Yuan Weitai is still very self-aware. At least during the days when the new governor was in office, Yuan Weitai would behave extremely deferentially and fulfill his duties as a subordinate.

Now the governor's yamen has been renovated, and even the tables and chairs have been replaced with new ones.

Yuan Weitai even bought a rockery out of his own pocket and placed it in the small garden of the governor's yamen as a decoration.

In his opinion, there is no literati who are not elegant, and it is impossible to go wrong in doing so.

After all this was ready, Yuan Weitai breathed a long sigh of relief.

Just when Yuan Weitai finally returned to the prefect's yamen and was able to sit down and drink a cup of tea, suddenly the housekeeper came to report that the new governor of Denglai had arrived.

Yuan Weitai squirted out the hot tea in one gulp, choking on snot and tears, and the image of the tall and majestic bank collapsed instantly.

The housekeeper hurriedly handed over a square scarf, Yuan Weitai took it and wiped it, and he didn't care about complaining, and hurriedly asked, "When did it happen?" Why didn't you tell this official earlier. ”

"Master, the governor has just arrived, and now he is in the water city."

It turned out to be by water, no wonder it was so fast!

Yuan Weitai sighed secretly in his heart, quickly got up and shook his robe, and hurried out.

It's good to go anywhere by sea, but you can't predict in advance when the governor's ship will arrive.

Now that the governor has entered Shuicheng, Yuan Weitai did not greet him in time, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be hated by the governor and think that he intends to neglect him.

Yuan Weitai was so anxious that he couldn't wait to put on a pair of wings and fly to Shuicheng now.

Originally, Yuan Weitai wanted to take all the officials from Dengzhou with him, but because of the urgency of time, Yuan Weitai couldn't take care of these subordinates for the time being, and went to Shuicheng alone.

Dead friends don't die poor, these subordinates let them take a slow step!

Yuan Weitai hurried to arrive, and Zhang Kentang had already eaten tea.

Although Yuan Weitai had never seen Zhang Kentang before, he didn't need to ask when he saw the big red official robe, this person must be the new governor of Denglai.

Yuan Weitai didn't have time to think about it, so he walked closer and pushed the golden mountain and poured the jade pillar to bow down.

"Yuan Weitai, the prefect of Xiaguan Dengzhou, visited Lord Futai. I don't know if Lord Futai is coming, and I hope that Lord Futai will forgive his sins. ”

Yuan Weitai knelt and kowtowed again, putting his posture very low, and the etiquette had been done enough.

It stands to reason that the Ming court did not stipulate that the lower officials must kneel down to worship when they see Shangfeng. But a trend has formed in officialdom.

Especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, this trend reached its peak.

The prefect wants to kneel when he sees the prefect, the prefect wants to kneel when he sees the governor, and the general soldier wants to kneel when he sees the governor.

Of course, you can also choose not to kneel and make that sea pen holder. But if you are calculated by wearing small shoes because of this, you can't blame others.

Zhang Kentang put down the teacup in his hand, raised his hand and said, "Governor Yuan is too polite." Ben Fu came suddenly, and it doesn't matter if you don't know it. ”

Zhang Kentang is a typical Confucian official, although he is nearly fifty years old, but because of proper maintenance, he looks no different from his early forties.

He has a slender body, a face like a crown of jade, and a goatee on his chin that is extremely neatly trimmed.

From a distance, it gives people a feeling of spring breeze.

Yuan Weitai stood up tremblingly and said respectfully: "Xiaguan Xie Futai is compassionate to the adults." ”

He had never dealt with Zhang Kentang before, and he didn't know what the temper of this Shangguan was, so he naturally didn't dare to take what Zhang Kentang had just said true.

What if an adult just talks about it casually for the sake of face?

Yuan Weitai thought that he had not received Zhang Kentang well, and was eager to make up for it, so he asked with a smile: "The governor has been tired all the way, and the lower officials want to set up a banquet in Penglai Pavilion to catch the wind and wash the dust for the governor, and I hope that the lord can go to the banquet with a face." ”

The Penglai Pavilion in Yuan Weitai's mouth is not the Penglai Immortal Pavilion built in the sixth year of Song Jiayou, but a restaurant in Dengzhou City.

However, this restaurant has a common feature with Penglai Immortal Pavilion, that is, it is high.

The five-storey restaurant is the tallest building in Dengzhou.

Standing on the highest floor, you can not only see Dengzhou City, but also the vast sea.

Yuan Weitai chose to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Governor Zhang Kentang here, which can be regarded as painstaking.

Zhang Kentang bowed slightly when he heard this: "Since this is the case, Benfu naturally can't live up to the good intentions of Governor Yuan. In this way, Benfu will go to the yamen first to settle down, and then go to Penglai Pavilion for a banquet after sunset. ”

Yuan Weitai was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "It should be like this, it should be like this." ”

He has already renovated the governor's yamen, which is a good time to make contributions, how can he miss it.

"Why don't you come to the lower official to lure Lord Futai to the Yamen?"

"It's fine."

Zhang Kentang said lightly.

Yuan Weitai half-bowed and made a gesture of please, and Zhang Kentang walked in front with his hands behind his back.

Yuan Weitai was very particular when he stood up, and he fell behind half of Zhang Kentang's position.

This will not seem to reverse the relationship between the superior and the inferior, and it will also be convenient to guide the way to the governor.

As for the retinue of the natural Qingdao and the queen of the palace, it is not strong to hug the front and back.

Surrounded by their entourage, the two walked out of Water City and all the way to the city.

Yuan Weitai enthusiastically introduced the customs of Dengzhou to Zhang Kentang while leading the way.

In fact, Yuan Weitai has not been in office for a long time, and he came a few months earlier than Zhang Kentang.

But when he introduced the history and climate of Dengzhou, he was gushing endlessly, like a few treasures.

Zhang Kentang also listened to it with relish, and unconsciously had a good impression of Yuan Weitai.

The Governor's Yamen is located slightly north in the middle of Dengzhou City, the best location.

It's just that it's been idle before, and it's a little deserted.

Seeing the large group of people coming, the treasury soldiers on duty in front of the gate of the governor's yamen were startled, and hurriedly straightened their chests and waists.

Yuan Weitai and Zhang Kentang approached, and the soldiers hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Meet the prefect." ”

Yuan Weitai reprimanded: "Presumptuous, Governor Zhang is here, why don't you worship!" ”

Those soldiers were aggrieved in their hearts, and said in their hearts, we don't know the governor. However, he still made up salutes to Zhang Kentang.

Zhang Kentang was obviously in a good mood, raised his hand lightly and said, "Those who don't know are not guilty, get up." ”

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