Since yesterday, King Qing, who followed Ye Qing to Yangzhou City, still has a great novelty for Yangzhou City, and the Yangzhou scene he saw yesterday obviously could not satisfy his curiosity, so when the morning sun rose on the second day, King Qing Zhao Kai appeared in Yangzhou City with two people who were not familiar with him.

Yesterday's wandering around made him feel like he was in a dream, and today's observation of Yangzhou for more than an hour made his dream gradually begin to come true.

Whether it is the peddler and pawn on the street, or the shopkeeper and customer in the shop, everyone's face is filled with a peaceful and reassuring smile, and there is no one who is worried about the potential threat of gold because of the Northland 4th Road.

Restaurants and teahouses and inns are the best breeding ground for rumors, and even in the street vendors of King Qing, and on the riverside where there are many tourists in the early morning, I have never heard people talk about whether the Jin people will retaliate.

Even from time to time, King Qing would listen to everyone's gossip, and interject a few words impatiently, vaguely reminding the people and businessmen of Yangzhou City, if once the Jin people go south again, aren't you afraid?

Unexpectedly, what is expected is that whenever he expresses such concern, the people of Yangzhou City, businessmen and so on, as if they have unified the answer, will look in the direction outside the city while talking, obviously, the outer city wall that is being built has given the people of Yangzhou great confidence, making them believe that Huainan East Road and Yangzhou City can protect Yangzhou, not to mention, the current pacification envoy is still Lord Ye Qingye, who has just recovered the lost land, so do they need to be afraid of the Jin people?

Ye Qing in the eyes of the people, Ye Qing above the court, and Ye Qing in the eyes of King Qing, are like three completely different people, just like the different Ye Qing he identified when he returned to the house last night, multiple Ye Qing appeared in front of Zhao Kai, King Qing, but he couldn't fuse these Ye Qing into the same person.

So King Qing could only come to one conclusion, everyone's position was different, so obviously, his impression of Ye Qing was very different.

Ye Qing above the court is ruthless, but Ye Qing in the hearts of the people of Yangzhou City is like their Dinghai Divine Needle, the capable minister and good general of the Great Song Kingdom!

Needless to say, the prosperity of Yangzhou City, and King Qing in the crowded streets, when encountering the reaction of the Jin merchants, it is not even as good as the reaction of the ordinary merchants and vendors in Yangzhou, bargaining seems to be the norm, obviously in the eyes of the ordinary people of Yangzhou, the Jin people who take care of their own business, there is no so-called noble status, the price of the items sold, etc., is exactly the same as the price of other gifts.

Of course, what makes King Qing feel even more unbelievable is that the Jin people's attitude towards the ordinary people of Yangzhou to treat them calmly is also calmly accepted, unlike some people in Lin'an City who have been kneeling for a long time now, and they immediately nodded their heads after seeing the Jin people, and their attitude was closer than seeing their own father.

The huge gap made King Qing obviously extremely shocked, and even a little suspicious, now the so-called reformed people in the north are compared with the orthodox people in the south, who should look down on whom?

The four words of self-improvement and self-reliance that came out of the mouth of Chongguo Gong yesterday have been circling and lingering in King Qing's mind for a long time, and the brand-new side of Yangzhou City now makes him involuntarily start to straighten his waist subconsciously when he sees Jin Ren.

After seeing all the peace and equality in the inner city, King Qing, who did not give up, naturally wanted to see if the newly built outer city was also as Chongguo Gong said, and whether the people there were also like the people in the inner city, when they saw the people of Xia, Jin and other countries, they would treat them normally.

Compared with most of the bluestone slabs in the inner city, it is obvious that the roads in the outer city are more common to be tamped with loess, but in any case, even the narrowest streets and alleys, the loess rammed roads are extremely strong and flat, and it is conceivable that even if the rainy season comes, it is difficult to be washed down or muddy and cannot be walked.

The shallow rut marks also seemed to tell King Qing how strong this rammed road was, even if the heavy carriage drove on it, it was only a negligible rut mark.

Yesterday's hurried glance, so that he could not feel the outer city wall closely, now when standing under the city wall that has not yet been fully built, watching those craftsmen in full swing and extremely hard to build the city wall, and then looking at the thickness of the city wall, King Qing instantly understood that the confidence of the people in the inner city that Yangzhou City could not be broken by the Jin people was obviously grounded, not blind and ignorant only believing in Ye Qing's reputation.

The city gate that has not been completely repaired, the officials in Yangzhou City are busy in an orderly and nervous manner, compared with the city gate he passed through yesterday, the city gate here is also more real in his opinion.

"Northland remnants?" King Qing looked at the people who were waiting to enter the city, and couldn't help frowning and muttering to himself, and the disgust that flashed between his expressions also showed that King Qing at this moment, like most of the officials in Lin'an City, also had a sense of contempt for the remnants of the Northland.

There are almost no horse-drawn carriages, and there are also very few ox carts, most of them are pulled by men, and women push carts behind, and on the carts are all the belongings of the family, and children with blank eyes, who are being interrogated and questioned by Yangzhou officials at the city gate.

But whether it is a man or a woman, or a child with yellow muscles and thin muscles on the car, they all have a sense of escape from the dust, so it is not difficult to guess that they fled to Yangzhou City because of famine.

King Qing, who stood quietly not far away, just watched this scene silently, and also saw the officials at the gate of the city, and would not stop any of the Beidi remnants who wanted to enter the city for no reason, but would carefully check and register one by one, and even sometimes when he saw the car, or even the car, followed behind the parents with a large bag and a small bag, and the little hand tightly dragged the child with the parents' clothes, the official would show a kind smile, and then take out some worthless snacks from under the table in front of him. With a smile, he handed it to the child who was too timid to stretch out his hand.

Compared with the timid expression on the child's face, the dazed and nervous adult also did not dare to take the official's hand and hand the child's snack easily.

In a short period of time, there have been about seven or eight families of Beidi remnants who fled from King Qing's side, and after the investigation and inquiry of the officials, they entered the city of Yangzhou, and the long queue outside the city gate was still waiting quietly, waiting for them to enter this magnificent city.

A carriage stopped not far in front of King Qing, and the first time Liu Dexiu stepped out of the carriage, he saw King Qing, walked to him with a smile, and only saluted slightly under the prompting of King Qing.

"King Qing, why do you have time to come here?" Liu Dexiu swept away the malaise and worry in the early morning, but at the moment he was in good spirits and asked with a smile on his face, but his eyes were looking at the remnants of the Northland who were queuing up to enter the city from time to time.

"If you have nothing to do, just wander around and you'll be here." The morning sun that got up early was gradually approaching the top of his head at this moment, Zhao Kai followed Liu Dexiu's gaze, and also looked at the Northland remnants who were quietly queuing up to enter the city, and finally couldn't help but ask with curiosity: "Are these the Northland relics?" ”

"Yes, they are all remnants of the Northland, who fled from the Northland Four Roads on the other side of the Huai River." Liu Dexiu nodded and said: "King Qing is only seeing a small part now, in fact, since Sizhou and other border cities on the Huai River, it has begun to diverge. Some will go to Xuyi or Gaoyou, and they may also go to other states around Yangzhou, in short, this is to reduce the pressure on Yangzhou City, if all of them pour into Yangzhou, then Lord Ye can't stand so many mouths to eat. ”

King Qing listened to Liu Dexiu's explanation, and the first thing that came to mind was, could it be that now the Beidi Fourth Road is at war with the Jin people again? That's why these people will leave their hometowns and escape the war with their families and children?

"Could it be that the four roads of the Northland are ...... So they are fleeing the war? King Qing said after swallowing.

Liu Dexiu was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head with a dumb smile, and said: "King Qing, you misunderstood, it's not that the Jin people have crossed the Yellow River to start a war with me Dajin, but this year the Yellow River has flooded, and the river embankment has been washed down countless times, plus the war for the reconquest of the lost land in the past two years, which has also displaced some people and left homeless. ”

"That'...... Can Huainan East Road feed so many people? King Qing couldn't believe that Ye Qing would rescue so many desolate people.

"Even if you can't, you can't watch them starve to death, can you? Let alone...... Now it's all my people in the Great Song Dynasty, and the court won't ignore it, right? Liu Dexiu's eyes flashed with worry.

And this worry is the same as the doubts in King Qing's heart, because in Lin'an, he has never heard Ye Qing mention the difficult situation of Beidi Fourth Road and Huainan East Road.

"Why don't you play the court?" Zhao Kai still blurted out, but after asking, he regretted it a little, obviously, if the court was willing to take care of it, I'm afraid Ye Qing would have said it a long time ago, why wait until now?

"Imperial court ......." Liu Dexiu sighed, looked at Zhao Kai with a smile that was slightly better than crying, and said bitterly: "It would be good if the court had a heart, but it's a pity...... I'm afraid the court doesn't have that mind. ”

"Then so many people poured into Yangzhou, how did Ye Qing settle down?" Zhao Kai looked at the remnants of the north, and then looked at the outer city, he somewhat understood Ye Qing's original intention, to use the prosperity and wealth of Yangzhou to attract the people from all over the country to settle down here.

But will this really feed the people? Or is Ye Qing helpless in the face of such a situation?

"Therefore, since Sizhou, there will be an interrogation and inquiry, and the elders with a little skill will be given priority to enter Yangzhou, and most of the cultivators will be placed in other states and counties. Liu Dexiu explained to King Qing.

The sun was already hanging above the heads of the two of them, and after talking to the officials and admonishing a few words, Liu Dexiu walked up to King Qing again, who was still a little stunned: "King Qing is afraid that he hasn't had lunch yet, if King Qing is willing to appreciate his face, the lower officials will be the ......." ”

"How can there be such a reason, Lord Liu is worried about the people and the society, how can he let Lord Liu break the cost, so this king will invite Lord Liu to a banquet, and it can be regarded as thanking Lord Liu for his great kindness for the remnants of the Northland." King Qing said boldly.

Liu Dexiu hurriedly excused himself, but he couldn't resist Zhao Kai's sincerity, so the two got into Liu Dexiu's carriage and began to continue to the inner city.

Lifting the curtain and continuing to look at the scene outside, those remnants who were allowed to enter the city, as if they knew where they should go, followed the road that was tamped with loess, with unconcealable longing and expectation in their eyes, but the most was a worried and nervous expression, and began to look at the outer city of Yangzhou, which accepted them and allowed them to settle down again.

Because of Liu Qingyan's pregnancy, the oblique wind drizzle building has already been handed over to Wen Wan to take care of at this moment, and the reputation of the Wen shopkeeper is also in Yangzhou City, and it is in the most lively and prosperous place in Yangzhou, so the current dignitaries and businessmen in Yangzhou City are also willing to come to the slanting wind drizzle building to eat, listen to the drama and so on.

Liu Dexiu has always held the business of the Slanting Wind Drizzle Building, although he already knew the relationship between the Slanting Wind Drizzle Building and Ye Qing, but in the past two years, he has behaved as if he didn't know it, and still regarded the Slanting Wind Drizzle Building as a good place for him to spend time and rest on weekdays.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the slanting wind drizzle building, and Zhao Kai and Liu Dexiu, the kings of Qing, who had just stepped off the carriage, saw not far away, apparently Ye Qing, who had just eaten in the slanting wind drizzle building, followed by an old man after getting into the carriage.

Ye Qing's carriage obviously didn't see Liu Dexiu and King Qing, and after the carriage followed Ye Qing up, it began to slowly drive along the straight bluestone road in the direction of the outer city.

"Leaf ...... Lord Ye? Zhao Kai asked in a daze.

Liu Dexiu was stunned for a moment, and then explained with a smile: "The Slanting Wind Drizzle Building is the best restaurant in Yangzhou, and it is not surprising that Lord Ye came here to eat. ”

Qingwang Zhao Kai frowned, he had not been to the oblique wind drizzle building in Lin'an, but he had heard of it, in his understanding, the oblique wind drizzle building left Lin'an and went to Yangzhou, it was nothing more than because of the competition with Yongjin Building and Fengle Building, so he retreated and chose Yangzhou.

Liu Dexiu sat down in the private room, shook his head and sighed: "Who knows, but this thing is also strange, even if it was not able to compete in Fengle and Yongjin in the slanting wind and drizzle building, but you can also choose other places, not to mention that in the south of my Great Song Dynasty, Jiankang and other places, wouldn't it be more stable than Yangzhou?" After all, Yangzhou back then was not as lively and prosperous as it is now. Moreover, this oblique wind and drizzle building can gain a firm foothold in Yangzhou and become the largest restaurant in Yangzhou City. ”

"Could it be that you suspect that the Jin people can't do it?" King Qing said jokingly.

When he arrived in Yangzhou yesterday, when he greeted Ye Qing and him Zhao Kai, he had seen this Liu Dexiu, and he had been talking for a long time in the outer city and along the way, Liu Dexiu still left a good impression on Zhao Kai, so Zhao Kai at this time had the heart to joke with Liu Dexiu.

But what Zhao Kai didn't expect was that his joking words turned out to be a little serious to Liu Dexiu, his brows were furrowed, his expression was solemn, and after thinking about it, he said: "King Qing really woke up the dreamer with a word, if you don't say so, Xia Guan really didn't think that there would be such a relationship, it's not good, this Yongjin Mansion must have been done by that Jin people, otherwise, how could it be so powerful in Yangzhou City, even the government didn't dare to touch it." ”

Zhao Kai wanted to say that he was just joking for a while, but looking at Zhao Kai's serious and solemn expression, it was difficult for him to explain what he had just joked.

After a quick glance at Zhao Kai, who was a little at a loss, Liu Dexiu continued to think: "Back then, someone from the Transfer Department and the Prison Department had also checked the Slanting Wind and Drizzle Building, but they didn't wait for them to find out the truth, and then they ....... ”

"So what's going on?" King Qing simply gave up the explanation, and when he heard Liu Dexiu's serious thoughts, he couldn't help but hurriedly ask.

In his opinion, if he, an outsider, wants to really understand Yangzhou, understand the people, things and Ye Qing in Yangzhou, then Liu Dexiu, who is kind and dedicated to the people, is the best candidate, and at this time, it is the best opportunity.

"This ......." Liu Dexiu glanced at King Qing with some hesitation, and then said with some frustration: "Forget it, don't mention this matter, King Qing, don't ask, after all, a lot of what happened back then was what the lower officials listened to others, and the lower officials didn't dare to guarantee whether it was true or not." And Lord Ye was already a pacification envoy back then, and he was in Yangzhou at that time, maybe Lord Ye knew better. ”

"Could it be that what you want to say has something to do with Ye Qing?" King Qing felt as if he had grasped the crux of the question, and asked Liu Dexiu step by step.

Liu Dexiu's face was hesitant and embarrassed, looking at King Qing, who was eager to know the truth, he gritted his teeth, and said ruthlessly: "No matter, then the official will tell you what he knows." Judging from the fact that you went back to Yangzhou with Lord Ye yesterday, presumably King Qing, even if you know the truth, you will understand Lord Ye. ”

"In this way, this slanting wind and drizzle building is related to Ye Qing?" King Qing asked more excitedly.

After the guys in the building set up the delicacies and wine and left the private room, Liu Dexiu, who seemed to be emboldened by himself, took the wine glass and drank it all, and said: "At that time, Zhao Shuzhao, the transfer department, and Liang Chengda, the prison department, once found out that there was a secret transaction between the slanting wind drizzle building and the Jin people, and this slanting wind and drizzle building had never paid any taxes for Huainan East Road. Lord Zhao and Lord Liang thought about it, first interrogated the Slanting Wind Drizzle Building on the grounds of taxes, and then followed the vine to find out the secret between the Slanting Wind Drizzle Building and the Jin people, but they didn't think about it, and before they could act, Lord Ye took a step ahead of them to convict them of communicating with foreign countries, and then they were imprisoned in the Tidian Prison Division, and soon they were sent back to Lin'an, and later heard that the two were inexplicably murdered soon after returning to Lin'an. ”

"Really?" King Qing asked with a clenched hand gripping the wine glass.

"Ah...... This, in fact...... This is all hearsay, not very credible ....... Liu Dexiu said a little nervously.

"But is it really right for Ye Qing to arrest Zhao Shu and Liang Chengda on the charge of communicating with foreign countries?" King Qing's face was solemn, and he asked reluctantly.

Liu Dexiu reluctantly stiffened his neck and nodded, and said with difficulty: "At that time...... At that time, Xia Guan was in this slanting wind and drizzle building, and witnessed it with his own eyes. ”

"I see." King Qing leaned back in his chair as if he was weak, and muttered.