the hatred of killing his father, not sharing the sky; Therefore, Xu Ronghuan, the Marquis of Juling, the governor of Huizhou, and the person in charge of the affairs of Jiangdu County, naturally had a deep hatred for any person in the northern part of the country because his father died in front of the Donghai Customs Formation. However, although this person seems to be stupid, he has never been confused in national affairs! Although his attitude towards the Youbei people under the banner of foreign envoys is definitely very indifferent and resistant, he has never deliberately embarrassed others.

How could a reckless man like him, who cares about the overall situation, understands the general situation, can kill the enemy in battle, and can also fire cannons in the last dynasty, not be loved and valued by Emperor Tianyou?

And Shen Gui and Qi Yan, although they were able to hide the pursuit along the way, and the hurtful hidden arrows of those rangers, they were not sure that they could hide the eyes of the giant spirit Hou Xu Ronghuan! This is a top general who has been fighting with his father since he was a child and grew up drinking blood! If it weren't for the fact that he led the army and was nailed to Jiangdu County; With the crumbling dead tree of the Northern Yan Dynasty, how could it be possible to rule the river with the thriving Nankang Dynasty?

Shen Gui would never underestimate anyone in a high position; Especially the kind of ruthless character who is stupid enough to hang on the face!

Speaking of Anqing City, we have to mention a strange local person. At present, Anqing City, as well as the surrounding villages, towns, counties and townships, are all under the jurisdiction of Wang Xian, Marquis of Yueyang. And this prince and prince of Wang Xian is not the foundation of the emperor's relatives; One of the most accomplished ancestors of their family was just a concubine of the founding emperor of Northern Yan. So in fact, the one-third of an acre of land in Anqing City was just a bride price sent by His Majesty's concubine back then, which was not rich at all; And their family's title of Yue Yanghou also has no hereditary qualifications.

However, a hundred years have passed in a hurry, and I don't know if it is because the successive emperors of Beiyan have forgotten this small place? is still the descendant of the Huizhou royal family, and it is indeed well organized here; Therefore, even if they do not have hereditary qualifications, the Wang family is still in the class from generation to generation, and continues to shepherd this land for the Son of Heaven.

Due to his ordinary background, the Marquis of Yue Yang in the past dynasties were transparent people who had neither the right to speak, nor any allies, nor enemies in the Northern Yan Dynasty. Moreover, it is not only the same whether there is him or not in the court; Even in this Anqing City, there is no difference whether there is this marquis or not.

Although this Anqing city is located on the front line of the Civil War, due to the special geographical environment, there has never been a large-scale war, so there is no preparation work to deal with; As for the private fights and disputes among the people, it is not his turn to ask the marquis in person; Therefore, Wang Xian's daily task is just to eat, drink, and enjoy life.

However, from the side point of view, arranging such a gentleman for Anqing City also reflects the extraordinary wisdom of Emperor Tianyou. First of all, the royal tree in Huizhou has deep roots and has long formed a force to be reckoned with in the local area; It's just that because the descendants of the Wang family were all born in a rich and prosperous environment, they have no ideals and ambitions at all.

Maintaining the status quo is not the same as sticking to the rules. If Zhou Yuanqing arranges a capable officer in such a sensitive city, the chaos will be big!

First of all, if a capable official is parachuted in by the imperial court, then he will not have any local forces to assist him, and he will naturally be constrained and unable to exert all his strength when he gets things done; In this way, it is inevitable to form a team or team with your own hands and use it for your own use. However, if he wants to open his arms and make a big fight, then the brunt of it will be a battle with the inherent strength of the local area; In this way, the entire Anqing City will immediately fall into meaningless internal friction.

Moreover, this Anqing City is only separated by a water from Nankang, and the two sides were originally the people of the same country and the same origin and culture, so the communication between the people in private is also very frequent. If you look at it from the perspective of the imperial court, this kind of behavior is a serious violation of the laws of the Northern Yan Kingdom! To put it mildly, this is called smuggling; To put it mildly, this can also be regarded as a foreign country!

Those capable officials who have lived in Yanjing City for a long time, who didn't have a lot of milk strength at the beginning of the release, and wanted to govern the entire Beiyan out of a Haiyan River and the world was peaceful? However, in this way, if the people of the Northern Yan Kingdom are arrested, they may not be able to cause any big trouble; What if you catch a few Nankang people, do you want to behead them in public as an enemy country, and hang their heads on the tower?

If this Qingtian Lord uses thunderous means, I am afraid that within a month, the two sides of Beiyan and Nankang will start a full-scale war again; If he chooses to open the net, then this person's vigor and official prestige will be completely impossible to talk about.

Whether it is internal friction or war, no matter who wins or loses, the unlucky ones will only be the people and merchants around Anqing Mansion, and the ones who will suffer are the Northern Yan Dynasty itself!

As for sending a mediocre person, what difference does it make from the current situation? Although the successive Marquis of Yue Yang were all characters who wasted government affairs and played in the world; But people eat, drink and have fun, and they spend all the money of their royal family, so they don't need to lose the money of the court to damage the public and private; Moreover, over the years, with the spirit of self-reliance and self-improvement of the people of Anqing Mansion, it has long been built into a relatively balanced closed environment, and there is no need or tolerance for outsiders to interfere easily.

Therefore, in such a sensitive and balanced border city, it is simply more appropriate to let go of such an idle official! Now the prefect of Anqing City is the son of the chief manager of the Wang family in the early years; And most of the head catchers and fast catchers who maintain social order are the original disciples of the strong men and villagers who protect the courtyard; As the saying goes, no matter what disputes occur in the city, they will eventually get a peaceful solution.

Although the result may not be absolutely fair, it can at least win the support and approval of the majority of the local people. Therefore, the social atmosphere of this Anqingcheng can be called well-organized, stable and prosperous.

After many inquiries, Shen Gui finally met an old fisherman who specialized in smuggling business under the guidance of an old tooth shop.

"Ship boss, we have two people, no cargo; How much silver do you need to cross the river? ”

At this time, Shen Gui was sitting in a tea shed with a roof and no walls; The surroundings are full of laborers and idlers who are betting on fun, and the environment is extremely noisy and noisy. The man sitting directly across from him was dark-skinned, barefoot with a large straw hat with a wide brim, about fifty years old, and looked like an old boatman.

This person glanced at Shen Gui and said in a flat tone:

"Since you are a friend brought by the old mouse, I will give you a solid background; If there is no goods, three hundred taels of silver per person, one hundred and five for me, and one hundred and five on the other side. ”

This price is really sky-high! But Shen Gui knew that there were rules for this ferry, and the prices of water drifting (legal boats) and bottom drifting (private black boats) could not be compared.

There are many black boat owners on the rivers and lakes, who will offer extremely low prices to lure customers on board; Only after the boat rowed to the middle of the water, the people either directly Liangqingzi (with a knife) extorted money; Or directly the lion opened his mouth and insisted on it. If someone wants to rely on his martial arts or the strength of the crowd, the boat boss will jump into the water and disappear in sight; The rest of the guests, who had sacrificed their lives and money, floated in the middle of the water; If you figure it out for a while and plan to break the bank and avoid disasters, you will have to add an extra money for clothes!

If you encounter a self-confident person who has a good water performance and wants to go into the water to fight desperately with others, you must think clearly about the consequences in advance! Most of the boatmen who can do this undersea drifting business are old water ghosts who used to walk the rivers and lakes! Maybe if you do it on the shore, you can beat him a hundred and still be rich; But once you are in the water, people only need to bump into you, and they will sink with you!

And this habit of temporary price increase is not only unique to black ships; Even those official ships that are marked and registered in the government have never finished giving money! All of them buy a ticket to get on the boat, and when they get to the middle of the river, they will add an additional balance payment; As for saying that you don't give it, although people are serious ferrymen, they don't dare to kill people at will; But don't people get it if they don't drive the boat? There is an old saying that boatmen don't pay for crossing the river, and that's exactly what they say!

And the one hundred and fifty taels of silver he earned this trip, including the money for buying the road up and down, as well as a tea money for the old mouse, and the high income brought by the high-risk work of running a black boat; After comprehensive calculation, although the price is high, it is not slanderous.

The black boat that Shen Gui booked today, because there is the favor of the old mouse of the predecessor of the tooth line in the middle, this is a real price for the old fisherman; Shen Gui, who knew the stakes, did not bargain, but after agreeing with the other party on the specific time to cross the river, he left this lively wharf.

At the beginning of the day, Shen Gui and Qi Yan carried a package on their backs and cautiously came to the agreed place to cross the river. It's a wilderness on the shore, with a small mound behind it. If you stand on this small mound in clear weather, you can directly see the specific situation of Nankang on the other side of the river; However, it is precisely because of the extremely short distance and narrow waterway that the water flow of this section of the Huajiang River is very turbulent; Even in broad daylight, it is definitely not easy to row a small fishing boat across the river!

The distance between the two sides of the river, although only about eight miles; But the eight miles on the land are completely different from the eight miles on the water!

In addition, the lookouts on both sides of the river bank are symbolic decorations, and no one can say whether they are symbolic decorations! And although this fisherman kept saying that he was selling the face of the old mouse, Shen Gui and the two of them had just met. But who can say for sure whether it is reliable or not?

Although Shen Gui knows water, he is only placed in the calm lake water, barely drowning to the level; And although Qi Yan has excellent water quality, it is definitely impossible for him to be the opponent of an old water ghost who has changed his job!