"Master Wu will go." Chen Zhengzhi said with a smile: "I always thought that Master Wu was afraid that he would stay in Nan'an and retain the position of a guest of Nan'an Hou Mansion for a year or two, which could be regarded as a reward for the things that Mingda had done. In addition, it is almost impossible to ask Wu Shi to go to the Eastern Domain. ”

"That's right." Chen Zhengzhi finally said: "Since you will leave in the next few days, little sister, there is a news that you will bring to Mingda, so I will not make a special trip to write a letter." ”

The little sister smiled: "Brother Chen, please speak." ”

"Pig iron should be prepared more by Mingda." Chen Zhengzhi said: "It's best to look in the Eastern Domain, see if there are shallow ore veins nearby that are convenient for taking iron ore, make iron at home, and make utensils, and it is better not to be controlled by others." ”

The little sister has been on the board of directors of Nan'an Courtyard for a long time, and her mind is already quite smart, so she said immediately: "What happened to Tingzhou and Jianzhou?" ”

Prior to this, due to the large amount of pig iron and iron tools required for the development of the Eastern Domain, the Nan'an Hou Mansion and the Changwen Hou Mansion joined forces to purchase iron tools in large quantities in Tingzhou and Jianzhou.

Nan'an's Yang family and many other large trading houses are also quite cooperative, so the purchase is quite smooth, large-scale purchases, directly pushed up the price of iron in Fuzhou and other places by one percent, the absolute amount of purchase is not so, but in a hurry, in a short period of time to buy several ships of iron, the impact on the price is also quite normal.

"Wang Yue, who knows the military affairs of Jianzhou, is brutal and lawless, and has been impeached by his father before, and he has also been reprimanded by the pacification envoy. He has a grudge in his heart and has fallen to King Zhao. Chen Zhengzhi said helplessly: "Wang Yue asked to set up an observer to unify the Jianzhou Xiang Army, impeached and deposed many officials related to my family, and appointed officials who fell to King Zhao." Now with the knowledge, the general judgment, the magistrates of several counties are changing, and then down is the transshipment, Changping, tax customs, it is estimated that there will be changes. He has already made it clear that he wants to cut off the supply of iron from Jianzhou to Nan'an, and according to his usual behavior, he should do so soon. ”

"No one can cure him?" Xiaomei said with some surprise.

Chen Wenjun shook his head and said: "Many of the local affairs of this dynasty are tacit agreements, such as the use of ministers' money, as well as the administration and handling of local affairs. If you only want to stay in office and don't want to be promoted, there is really no way to control local officials. ”

The little sister said thoughtfully: "The eldest brother said when he left that the area around the valley mouth of Jianzhou is unstable, and if there is anything excessive, it may affect the stability of the place. ”

"Mingda said that?" Chen Zhengzhi frowned and said, "But even if it's true, we don't have anything to say...... There is nothing more to do. ”

Knowing the affairs of the military and the state, as long as it is not an obvious violation of the rules, there is no way to impeach it fundamentally, and impeachment without hurting the skin is useless, especially when there is a strong background behind an official, and general impeachment is even more ineffective.

The rule of the Great Wei Dynasty from the Qingming Dynasty to corruption, and even the local officials set up clever names, and the expropriation and extortion were also uncontrolled, this situation began to break out in the year of Wenzong, and began to break out in the years of Chengzong, and in the Chongde period, the Son of Heaven was anxious to seek treatment, but asked the local officials to pay taxes, and if they paid more, they had merit, and if they paid less, they had been, regardless of disasters and local revenues, and regardless of ethics.

This made officials start to do whatever they wanted, even to prey on the common people.

The situation of Fujian Road was good before this, the sea was opened, the industry and commerce were developed, the people had a lot of knowledge, and the officials were not easy to do too much, and the government was much clearer than in other places.

The rampant banditry on Jinghu South Road and North Road is also quite related to the corruption of officials.

The atmosphere of officialdom has also shifted from clarity to complete corruption.

The last time Xu Zixian entered Beijing, he participated in the coup d'état, and they were all major events of life and death in an instant.

In fact, since Wenzong, the officialdom has been quite sparse.

"Brother, I guess there will be a letter coming." Xiaomei didn't regard it as a big deal, Jianzhou and Tingzhou are both important towns for the production of Fujian iron, especially the iron in Gukou Town, which is of good quality and low price, so Nan'anhou Mansion has previously bought a large number of them near Gukou.

If Wang Yue is looking for trouble, he will go farther away and go to Tingzhou to buy it.

It is not impossible to even ask maritime merchants to buy iron from the Gangneung area, which is also produced iron, and the quality is worse than that of Fujian iron, which is better than the quantity and price.

Xiaomei is the director of the house, and she is not too unfamiliar with these economic things.

The brothers and sisters of the Chen family did not stay for long, so they placed the doctors they led over and sent them to Nan'an in batches, and the task of their trip was completed.

The development of the Eastern Domain was quite smooth, which was also the reason why the Marquis of Changwen was willing to continue to invest.

"Little sister," after leaving the house and getting into the car, Chen Zhengzhi said to Chen Wenjun: "Mingda's second sister is not very old and already has a sense of insight into the world, and she can help Mingda in everything." You won't be bad, but I advise you not to meddle in military and political affairs, just take care of all the affairs of the house in the other courtyard with peace of mind. ”

"What does the eldest brother mean, don't have any signs of being in politics in the back house?"

"Yes." Chen Zhengzhi chuckled twice and said: "It's okay if my family's power is weaker, now that our Hou Mansion and Nan'an Hou Mansion are cooperating, if you are stronger, you will inevitably have the feeling of being too upside down." Mingda himself is very powerful...... But he is also very emotional, as long as we save some things for ourselves and save him some snacks, no matter what happens in the future, Mingda will not forget today's friendship, this is enough. ”

Chen Wenjun was silent, and only said to Chen Zhengzhi after half a ring: "No wonder others say that you are mediocre, my father has never thought so, once I talked about the eldest brother in private, and only said that the eldest brother is not confused about your big things." In a family like ours, what's the use of being shrewd, and the person in charge of the family can't make a mistake in big things. Now it seems that my father loves the eldest brother the most after all, so he knows you so well about the eldest brother. ”

"Wrong." Chen Zhengzhi smiled bitterly: "I came out step by step, and of course what my father Junhou really loves is a few of you, especially you, little sister." ”

Chen Wenjun was noncommittal this time, just smiled.

……

Xiaomei took more than 100 doctors and assistants from Fucheng to Nan'an, picked up a batch of farm tools and seeds, and carried them to the Fu No. 1 ship.

The ship had been repaired in the harbor for several days, scraping algae, changing the decks, overhauling the cabins, and repainting the hull, and after ten days of work, it looked brand new.

Before leaving, there was chaos in Nan'an Town.

A team of Confucian officials sent by the governor of Jianzhou surrounded the iron industry in the town, and more than 100 princes appeared in the town with great martial arts, and issued a sea fishing document to capture Zhang Mingming.

Such a scene has not appeared for many years, and the town is suddenly crowded with people.

"The yacha of Jianzhou, ran to the gate of our Nan'an Courtyard to get people?"

"The prince is not here, of course Wang Zhizhou is bolder."

"The prince may not dare to do this in his absence...... Wang Yue is now attached to the king of Zhao, sorted out the affairs of the military state, and the power is in his hands, I heard someone say a while ago, Wang Yue said openly when he was entertaining, when he feasted guests and friends, the king of Fuzhou Zhao was the first, Lin pacified the second, and he Wang Yue was the third. ”

"Really?"

"I'll see." The person who said it sneered slightly, and said in a low voice: "Wang Yue, this person, is cruel and tyrannical, and no one can subdue him." When the king of Qi was there, he was not allowed to interfere in the military affairs of Jianzhou, and only gave him the responsibility for civil affairs. Wang Yue was dissatisfied, and repeatedly complained to the two governments, but the king of Qi ignored him, and he had nothing to do. King Zhao is now handing over everything in the military state to this person, this person is a figure with eyes above the top, I think, King Zhao may not be able to stop him. ”

"He's coming here to make trouble, I'm afraid it's not that simple......"

To arrest Zhang Mingliang, of course Wang Yue could not come in person, it was a charge official with a large number of officials and officials, and more than 100 people came with waist knives and iron rulers, and the water around the Zhang family firm in Tingzhou was blocked.

"Where's Master Zhang Dong?"

"I met on the dock once, but now I don't know where."

"If someone tells them to take it, will we Nan'an people still have face?"

"Silence. This matter will come out of the Hou Mansion, and it is not our turn to step forward. ”

"Hou Mansion? The prince is not here. ”

"Wu Weisan is here, this person is too old, I'm afraid he may not dare to come hard."

"That's right, Lao Wu is smiling when he sees people, it's a critical moment, I'm afraid that the waist board is not straight, and I can't get up......"

There was a lot of talk among the people around, and there was no lack of worry in the words.

It is true that now Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian is not in the other courtyard, Li Yi, Kong He, Qin Dongyang, Liu Yi, these core civil officials and military generals are also not there.

There was only one battalion of soldiers stationed in the annex and the barracks, and at the same time, the regiment was recruited to practice and donate money to protect the docks.

On the premise that there are no large-scale bandits, a battalion of more than 500 soldiers is enough.

But everyone didn't expect that there would be such a situation as they are now, and more than 100 Jianzhou officials rushed to the town to arrest important members of the Chamber of Commerce...... What would happen if Xu Zi was first, and what would happen if Li Yi or Qin Dongyang were here?

"Old Wu," Lin Dingyi, Yang Shizhi and other leaders of the Chamber of Commerce rushed to the barracks, and their expressions were quite ugly. Lin Dingyi took the first step and said to Wu Weisan: "We have no other requirements for you, just to escort Zhang Dongzhu away." ”

"Leave?" Wu Weisan frowned and said, "Where are you going?" ”

"Let's go to the Eastern Domain." Yang Shizhi said: "No matter how long Wang Zhizhou's hand is, he can't reach out to the Eastern Domain." ”

"What excuse did they use to take people this time?"

"It's funny." Lin Dingyi smiled bitterly and said: "Zhang Dongzhu is middle-aged and childless, and later there is a Narcissus King Temple in Gukou, he took the Hun family to burn incense and ask for a son, and sure enough, he gave birth to a son." Because I felt that the king of narcissus was effective, so this baby was called Dawang'er, and Wang Zhijunzhou knew about it, so he sent a ticket to the sea to catch it, saying that it was Zhang Dongzhu who was good at honoring his name, plotting against him, and plotting to rebel......"

Yang Shizhi shook his head and said: "Brother Zhang is not very cautious in this matter, in fact, I have said a long time ago that the boy's name is not good, and it is best to support him with a cheap name, and he will not cause trouble." ”

Dawei's control over the people is not too strict, at least in terms of naming, it is actually a thousand strange things, and there are all kinds of names.

What is the name, in fact, the government will not mind too much, like Wang Yue grasping the loopholes and going online, it cannot be said to be wrong in legal theory, which is also where Wang Yue's confidence lies.

But when such a thing spreads, officials will lose their image and reputation, but for people like Wang Yue, they don't care about these "little things" at all.

As long as the goal can be achieved, Wang Yue will not care about any loss of image and reputation.

Wang Yue has been away for a long time, so he took the opportunity of serving in other places to indulge in fishing and bullying men and women everywhere he went. During the period of Zhizhou and Yuezhou, whether it was in the alleys of the market or on the boating lake, when he saw a beautiful woman, he instructed his subordinates to rob him to the mansion for his lewd pleasure.

During a visit, I saw that a girl surnamed Zhao was quite beautiful, so he ordered someone to find out the details, and it happened that the girl had been married to others. So Wang Yue ordered someone to find the man's mother and persuade him to withdraw from the marriage, but his mother did not allow it. He also ordered someone to intimidate the girl's mother, but the girl's mother refused him on the pretext that the man's mother was against it.

Wang Yue was annoyed and ashamed, and "heard" that a monk had an affair with the man's mother, so he beat the two into tricks and punished them, and finally forcibly occupied the Zhao woman.

In the narration of Lin Dingyi, Yang Shizhi and others, Wu Weisan also shook his head again and again, but there was not much emotion on his face.

In the end, Wu Weisan said: "My family's monarch has always said that the ethics of Great Wei officials are not as good as before, but Yue didn't expect that Wang Zhizhou would actually act like this. ”

"Anyway." Lin Dingyi said solemnly: "If Brother Zhang falls into his hands, he won't survive the night of the state prison." ”

Yang Shizhi smiled bitterly: "You don't have to make it too ugly, let's hit dozens of small boards first, this is the power of the state official, isn't it?" At night, several black-hearted servants entered the state prison, stacked them layer by layer with homespun bags, and pressed them until they died. The next day, it was reported that he was unwell and died after being tortured, so could it be said that the state officials could not torture the people? So Wang Zhizhou still has no responsibility......"

"It's too black-hearted." Wu Weisan said: "Please wait." ”

With that, he stood up and turned into the side room on the east side.

Everyone looked at each other, but they didn't know what Wu Weisan was messing with.

"Second Miss, you heard it too." Wu Weisan entered the side room, bowed to the second sister, and said, "Do you want our Hou Mansion to come in, and ask the second lady to decide." ”