Jingshi shivered in the pouring rain, but Chun'an was still shining. In such a good weather, the Xin'an River also seems to be very quiet, the river water is clear and slowly flowing, coupled with the white sails on the river, the shore is reflected in pieces, and there is the flavor of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Hundreds of grain ships stayed on the surface of the river and did not move, adding the finishing touch to this beautiful picture.

There was no such pleasant scenery on the wharf along the coast, and the soldiers who were protecting the food clenched their weapons one by one, and their eyes widened as they glared at the victims in front of them with a look of hope and hope. Tens of thousands of people gathered together, but there was no strange sound, and everyone stood so quietly and waited.

Sun Jin sat on the chair at the bow of the big ship again, but instead of wearing an official uniform, he changed into a long robe woven of fine silk, and a plain white cicada-wing robe was tied with a plain white silk ribbon, and even the bun was embroidered with a white background with a few light plum flowers. The whole person looks even more personable, especially when the river breeze blows the hem of the cheongsam, even the housekeeper is a little admired, it turns out that the old man wears a silk cheongsam, and he has such a charm!

Li Hualong sat steadily not far from the bow of the boat, his head down, drinking tea constantly, but his eyes kept glancing towards the river. The sky was already bright, and it was time for Qin Mi to pick up the grain ship.

Faintly, from the distance of the official road, the sound of the horses' hooves of the brigade was heard, and as far as the eye could see, the dust was rolling, as if thousands of troops rushed over. There was a commotion in the crowd of the victims, and everyone turned their heads in disbelief, but when they saw that it was a civilian-looking person, they immediately fell silent again.

The horse team was getting closer and closer, and sure enough, Qin Mi was at the front, followed by Zhao Yun in the military uniform of the Yamen, and then Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu in the back. The two of them glanced back from time to time, and then glanced at Zhao Yun in front of them, and they were a little shocked in their hearts, and the Jingshi Guard was so different from the ordinary Jinyi Guard! They also know that in addition to spies, the Jinyi Guards still have a few guards with real soldiers, but these guards are basically just symbolic and have no actual combat effectiveness, and they are only responsible for ceremonial tasks when the emperor is on patrol or when major ceremonies. However, this Jingshi Guard has a kind of momentum that has fought bloody battles on the battlefield in its bones, even if they don't make a sound, that kind of momentum can be oppressive, and people can't see it.

Sandwiched in the middle was the housekeeper sent by Sun Jin, who followed closely without saying a word with a bitter face. In just one night, the situation is so unpredictable that I can't understand it at all, how can I talk back to the master? Do you say that you were under house arrest for one night in the county jail?

A thousand households on the shore of the wharf immediately shouted to the soldiers: "The one who bought the land has arrived!" They are all guarded to death, and idle people are not allowed to approach! Violators will be killed! The sergeants sprang into action, took up the tips of their guns, pointed them at the crowd, and slowly pushed the people back.

Qin Mi's horse galloped to the shore and stopped on the dock, and the horse team immediately stopped. He looked hard at the man in white sitting at the bow of the boat, and his eyes could no longer hide his strong disgust and disdain.

Qianhu, who was holding the grain, strode up and greeted Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu enthusiastically: "Get off the horse first!" Panic what! Let's have a cup of tea on board! ”

Jiang Qianhu looked at him with a complicated expression, and then looked at Sun Jin, his face immediately became gloomy, and he was silent and deliberately did not respond to him.

Qianhu was a little surprised, and felt that something was wrong, so he looked at the civil official who was for. Qin Mi did not dismount but shouted loudly: "Change the guard!" Jiang Qianhu, Xu Qianhu's soldiers stayed here to guard the grain ship, and the soldiers here followed Yu Futai to listen to his dispatch and immediately went to the city to guard! ”

Jiang Qianhu glanced at Xu Qianhu, and silently walked to the side with his soldiers and horses, and Qianhu was still a little stunned, just a seven-grade official, how dare he command himself? He looked at Jiang Qianhu in disgust and said, "What's the matter, what kind of person actually dares to dispatch us?!" ”

Jiang Qianhu still had a gloomy face. Since he has drawn a clear line with the Yamen, he has to find a way to hand over a credit that is enough for Zhu Qianhu to look up to. is also a thousand households, but Zhu Qianhu is too far behind himself compared to the thousand households of the former Yamen! Besides, he didn't suffer any losses under his men, so he had to take the grain in front of him to atone for his crimes. He said coldly: "Of course he can mobilize you if he has an order in his hand!" Please! Don't lose time! ”

Qianhu looked at him in surprise, Jiang Qianhu spoke, why is it like this, what "you"? Didn't his own soldiers also obey the command of the seven-rank officer? Xu Qianhu watched him silently, and suddenly cut off his head with a sharp knife, held it high in his hand, and raised it high: "Those who disrespect the order will be beheaded!" ”

This move greatly shocked the soldiers who guarded the food, and they looked at him in horror one by one, and they became at a loss. His own thousand households were beheaded by him in the blink of an eye! What's going on, isn't the other party also a thousand households of the Yamen?

Sun Jin was also shocked by this sudden knife and stood up! Jiang Qianhu, he knows Xu Qianhu, he has also seen these two people, aren't they He Jinxian's hardcore subordinates, why did he suddenly turn back today and attack his own people? Qin Mi is just a seventh-rank official, how did he convince these two He Jinxian's hardcore subordinates to turn against the water?

Qin Mi also saw this scene in his eyes, so ruthless! He beckoned Jiang Qianhu to come over, since the Qianhu who held the grain was dead, the task of leading the grain guards was on his head. Qin Mi gave him the transfer order and asked him to gather all the grain guards together and prepare to change the guard. Jiang Qianhu looked at the paper order in his hand, and said to himself with a sour heart, even if he didn't have this paper order, he would give Zhu Qianhu's head as a meeting gift!

"Line up! Lined up! Xu Qianhu saw that he had taken over the order and shouted loudly. The grain guards finally moved, and their faces didn't feel sad, which made Qin Mi puzzled, according to the military law of the Ming Dynasty, a thousand families died, and the sergeants under them all had to be punished, why were these grain guards indifferent?

Jiang Qianhu rode his horse and ran to him and whispered, "This person is in charge of military salaries in the Yamen. Whoever has a good relationship with him will be paid all of his military salary. These grain guards are not his direct subordinates, they have not been paid for three months! ”

Qin Mi was relieved. However, Jiang Qianhu's ability to turn his face and not recognize people made him despise him a lot in his heart, and felt that this person's character was too bad, how could Zhu Yidao fall in love with such a villain! Without saying a word, he jumped off his horse and walked to the boat with four guards of the Jingshi Guard who were disguised as the soldiers of the Yamen, but when he reached the end of the gangplank, he did not immediately get on the boat, but stood there squinting his eyes and carefully looked at Sun Jin in front of him.

"Report to the position of your driver." Qin Mi still squinted his eyes and said softly.

"In Xia Sun Jin for the weaving bureau business." Sun Jin bowed and bowed, and replied softly. This person is much stronger than Yu Xinwulai, and it seems that he has not had any experience in the ministry. Regarding Qin Mi, Sun Jin also checked through his own channels, this person used to be in Renzhi County, Xinyang County, Ruyang Prefecture, Henan Province, and was later transferred to the Ministry of Officials as the director, but he was still a six-rank official. The cabinet decided to change rice to mulberry in Zhejiang, and cut down the former Chun'an Zhi County Chang Yumin, and replaced him to continue to be the magistrate of the county. However, he used to be Zhang Juzheng's high-footed single, and no one dared to underestimate him at this point, after all, Zhang Juzheng's vision still has a good reputation in the court.

"Doing business? So you're just a businessman? A trace of doubt slipped through Qin Mi's eyes, but it was fleeting. Now that the first year has often been chaotic, merchants dare to wear silk to swagger around the market, not to mention that they have tried their best to let their children and grandchildren go to school, read and write, and take the imperial examination, and even women dare to wear shirtless clothes to wander around the market. It is really the world that is changing and the people are not ancient, but it is really rare to wear satin clothes in front of strange officials like this Sun Jin.

"Even if it's it!" Sun Jin replied quite calmly, with a smile on his face. In his eyes, this seven-rank official in front of him is just at the right time, and he has also heard that this person is not an ordinary arrogant and domineering person, and he Jinxian confronted He Jinxian in public in the governor's yamen hall, just because he was recommended by the cabinet position? Yu Xinwu is still Chen Yubi's protégé, and he is still played by He Jinxian, although he admires the backbone of the literati, but in many cases, the backbone cannot solve the problem.

"According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, merchants are not allowed to wear brocade and satin, you are dressed...... How do you say that? Qin Mi asked in a deep voice

“…… Master Qin's words really stopped me. This brocade satin was originally made by our silk workshop, and I don't wear it, so how do I know if the silk made is good or not? Besides, when doing business with Western foreign ports, the brocade and satin worn on my body is the best signboard of my Daming Weaving Bureau. Sun Jin still smiled faintly and explained to Qin Mi very patiently.

"But this official is not a merchant from a Western city, you don't need to dress like this in front of this official! Please also make it clear that you are dressed like this, but you regard my law as nothing? Qin Mi asked step by step without giving him any face.

Sure enough, following Yu Xinwu is a virtue! Sun Jin didn't answer, just slapped his chin lightly twice, and walked out of the cabin behind him, the steward and the four geisha, each of whom held a tray in his hand, and in the tray was a six-grade yarn hat, a jade belt tied to the official uniform of the six-rank middle palace, and a pair of black satin official boots. Sun Jin pointed to these four things and said to the housekeeper: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, merchants are not allowed to wear brocade and silk, but I wear them. Why did you tell Master Qin. ”

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