In Zhaoyuan County, not long after Chen Ji and his party entered the city, they just caught up with a public case, because it involved love and hatred, Chen Ji, who was born to gossip, should pay more attention. Stayed here and waited for the county government to open a court to ask the case.

Now it has been delayed for three days, but the public case has no intention of continuing the trial, it is said that the county lord has already gone to Denglai Mansion to visit the new prefect, and Denglai Mansion has just been merged, and there are still many places that need to be docked. Even if the states and counties below still inherit the previous regulations, there are many key places where new people will fill in. A large part of the so-called newcomers here may have been promoted from among the old people in the former Denglai Second Mansion.

Some cautious temptations have been unfolding since the beginning of the year.

Chen Ji had already written a letter to Denglai Mansion before, and there was no need to hurry for a while.

Gui Chun went out for the first time, wishing he could see more interesting places, and after persuading Chen Ji for a few words, he pretended to be worried on the surface. Xiao Ran really never forgot that, and during this period, he was about to quarrel with Chen Ji, but Chen Ji even coaxed and deceived, and it took a lot of effort to suppress the situation for the time being.

The three of them lived in the city, and while waiting for news, they would occasionally visit Zhaoyuan City, listen to some idle stories, and even participated in a poetry meeting during the period, not to mention, in this territory far away from Qingzhou, it really gave him an addiction to reading. Compared with the many white eyes he received in Qingzhou, it really made him feel more comfortable than ever.

Privately, I want to strip the home field from Qingzhou and move to Zhaoyuan, not to mention the nearby Yantai, but it is a good place to plant grapes.

In addition, from Qingzhou to Dengzhou, and then connected with Liaodong by sea, every store on this line should be built with heart, if one day most of Shandong's economic territory can be in hand, some things that are currently just worrying, there is some possibility to fight.

Of course, it's better to just be his delusion.

Chen Ji is willing to think about this, if it is really from the heart, in the end, it is also the starting point of "extremely selfish". It's just that he knows it too. If you want to gain a foothold, you have to introduce bigwigs from all sides, and in such a context, many networks behind him will also weave him in, one is not very good, and he may even make a wedding dress.

On this day, Chen Ji called Gui Chun and ordered him to leave, and the matter that he had been concerned about had already had a result, because the victim directly sent the case to Denglai Mansion, and Denglai Mansion was "Liwei" time, so the matter was not sent back to Zhaoyuan for retrial, but opened a court in the mansion, and now it has been sentenced.

It is probably that the new prefect was invited by the people, and he is a solid-eyed person who cares for the people, so the final verdict is not as good as the messy speculations in the market, which can only be said to be in line with the "Zhao Law", and it is decent, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Chen Ji was not interested, and felt that his father, the prefect, was really nosy. Although he has never met Zhao Yuanzhi County, he can be regarded as a "god friend for a long time", and he is about to step down, which is good, and the official who sympathizes with his subordinates has come.

Chen Ji estimated that when he arrived at Denglai, the first thing he had to ask Comrade Chen what he thought.

The group went on the road again, estimating that there was still plenty of time to arrive, and Chen Ji temporarily detoured to Yantai, but he went to inspect the site selection of the winery.

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Denglai Prefecture is the former Dengzhou Prefecture to govern Penglai County. This county town with a fairy atmosphere, there are a lot of fireworks in this period of time, first the appearance of Denglai Mansion, Chen Xiujie parachuted into the first chair, several old senior officials have not eased up, and then issued a clear decree, Denglai Mansion in the territory of the new Denglai Naval Division, Denglai Mansion needs to bear half of the military expenses, but the Sailor is not controlled by Denglai Mansion, the discussion of this, noisy a few black yarns want to hang themselves away. It was Chen Xiujie who came to the door in person and had a cordial talk, which retained the pillars of many countries and set up the new leadership of Denglai Mansion.

After half a month, the division of powers and responsibilities slowly put everything on the right track.

At the same time, Fang Jingyu, the chief soldier of the naval division, led a group of nobles to the mansion, and after visiting them, he refused the reception banquet of the officials of Denglai Mansion, and settled in the old port of Dengzhou on the same day. The next wave of nobles under his hands will inevitably have grievances, and they almost mutinied on the road. Fang Jingyu didn't think so, and just put down a sentence, "Those who don't settle in with this seat today will be immediately removed from all positions and authority, and another impeachment will be added when this seat asks for guilt." ”

After a few days of quiet, Fang Jingyu was busy recruiting troops, and the restraint on the noble children below was limited, and some things had actually reached the point of being uncontrollable.

Also on the twenty-sixth day of the first month, Song Qingming arrived with the latest wave of middle- and lower-level military attachés who planned to be incorporated into the water division. The result of the negotiation between Chen Ji and Xu Ge Lao clearly stated this paragraph, that is, Chen Ji's Chen Ji paid 300,000 taels per year in return, so the people here were very careful to choose from the beginning. Of course, it is also in the name of Fang Jingyu's personal guard, and in private, the "character contract" is a thousand households, and the one sent to the imperial court to stamp the jade seal has been reduced to a hundred households.

In a house temporarily taken out of Dengzhou Port, Song Qingming met Fang Jingyu and briefly explained the situation, Fang Jingyu took him out of the door, climbed onto a high platform in Lingang, and saw the situation of the port below.

Fang Jingyu said: "The predecessor of Dengzhou Port was just a haven for fishermen to go to sea, and if you want to train sailors, I am afraid that even Dongting sailors are not as good as them." The naval warriors that Chen Ji wants are simply fools' dreams. ”

"The news that has been discovered in the past few days, coupled with this group of shameless nobles below, there is no doubt that the Denglai sailor will be the most ridiculous sailor in the history of my Zhao."

Song Qingming said: "The matter of governing the army, I can't rush to come, why should my lord be arrogant?" It's really not good, send these guys to the sea to suffer some hardships, and when you have a long memory, there will be some changes, and the non-long memory will just be cleared out. At that time, my personal guard battalion can do the work of supervising the war. ”

Fang Jingyu smiled, "Dead people are always difficult to explain. ”

Song Qingming was stunned, "But you can't ruin the determination of the imperial court to come up with it with great difficulty because of these idiots." ”

Fang Jingyu turned his head and smiled: "That's right, in a few days, the ship of the Tianjin Navy Division will be sent over, and I will call the generals to sign the life and death certificate and the military order."

Song Qingming bowed his head, his eyes swept around below, and asked: "Before I came here, I heard Chen Ji say that I don't know where to stop the sand boats of the Sand Boat Gang that I detained earlier?"

Fang Jingyu's eyes fluttered. Reaching out to a corner, "That's it." At least the inspection department in charge of the inspection and theft has long thrown this mess to me, and now every day there are guys from the Sand Boat Gang drilling into me, probably knowing that it can't get through, and they start to go down the road again, there may be some things in this, and some people don't have a very high opinion of me as a general soldier. ”

Song Qingming rarely told a joke, and quipped: "Do you want to do him in a humble position?"

Fang Jingyu laughed loudly, "It's better to let them die on the battlefield ahead." ”

Song Qingming stopped talking, and the sea breeze swept over and hit his face, leaving a burst of wetness. Song Qingming licked his lips, slightly salty, his gaze stretched out, looking at the end of the sea, he was much closer to the land that was out of reach.

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The big drama that is being staged in Dengzhou Port, Chen Ji is still an outsider, even if he knows the situation, there is no good way to do it in a short time, but it is to block himself. In other words, he has laid such a big net, and it is not easy to get his wish everywhere, the involvement of capital and power, he is currently just a matchmaker in the middle, and the thread is still in his hands, but he is just careless, and he has netted himself, and he may not be able to do it if he wants to get out.

Although everything is down-to-earth, step by step, but many times many things, it is necessary to talk about a first opportunity, with this premise, and then sew and mend, through the initial period of time, some people want to have ulterior motives, that is also the need to measure the forces of all parties here.

The so-called pulling a hair and moving the whole body is also appropriate.

Chen Ji's original intention was to set up this platform and gradually disappear behind the scenes.

After more than ten days, Chen Ji arrived in Fushan County, and at this time, Yantai's reputation had been revealed, to a certain extent, of course, based on his port location. In recent years, Jokhang has also tried to open up commercial ports, mainly responsible for business in Nanyang. After some scarce goods, including Nanyang spices, enter the Jokhang Dynasty, they will first stop at Quanzhou Port, and then get the trade certificate issued by the Jokhang Imperial Court, and after paying taxes, some of them will go north along the coastal road to make a rest in Yantai Port. During this period, the Fujian Navy Division served as an escort, but now the Navy Division is weak and weak, and it is no longer able to support such a decision to show the demeanor of a great country. even shirked responsibility with the provincial inspection and inspection departments, and the ability to bargain is getting stronger and stronger.

Chen Ji stopped in Longkou Town, and then took Gui Chun Xiaoran to tour the mountains and rivers every day, most of the time the three of them acted, and occasionally found a guide, after the end of the schedule, Chen Ji would also carefully sort out the results of the game. It is difficult for Gui Chun to be interested in this kind of story of word stacking, and Xiao Ran only spends more time helping to polish the ink, and reminiscing about what he has seen and heard in a day with Chen Ji.

On this day, the three of them stayed in a small mountain village, and after making up the travelogue, Xiao Ran lay down next to the bookcase built up on the wooden board, and asked, "Young master, what's the use of you writing this?" It's all idle and crumbs. ”

Chen Ji laughed: "If you have a special favorite person, what would you want to do with him?"

Xiao Ran raised his eyes, thought about it seriously, and said for a long time: "It's a good thing to stay with him, it's a good thing to do nothing."

Chen Ji smiled: "That's right, but you can also have more choices, right?"

"What will you do, young master?"

Chen Ji paused and said gently: "A lot." On the other hand, we will always be unable to stay together for various reasons, so that there should be more things to do between two people who love each other than distant lovesickness. ”

Chen Ji paused and said: "Just like what I am doing now, I really want to take her to many, many places and see different scenery, and now she can't be with me, then of course I have to write down every place I have visited, and when I return to her, I will show her, this is an excellent thing in the world."

Xiao Ran was stunned and asked, "Does the young master have someone you like?"

Chen Ji did not admit it, nor did he deny it.

After a while, he raised his head again, looked at Xiao Ran, and pointed to his heart: "The girl that the young master likes, I have always kept it in my heart."

Xiao Ran sighed, happy for the young master, although he was also a little sad.

The sky outside the window is getting brighter, and the few starlights that have not had time to be removed are like soaking in smoke and dust all night, and it is so cold that it is distressing.

Chen Ji chose to stay in Longkou Town, probably because he wanted to land the winery here, and after a few days, there was probably still some work. Except for Longkou Town, all aspects of the conditions seem to be pretty good. Moreover, there are not too many families in Longkou, so many troubles can be avoided relatively speaking. And because there are small ringing horses around the area, some of the people in Longkou choose to leave their homeland, and it is not just land that is vacant.

After Chen Ji planned to go back, he instructed Chen Ji to come up with a plan, and Tang Wang, a Taixi person, could send it over in due time to preside over the affairs of Longkou.

Things have basically met expectations, and Chen Ji is no longer wasting time. Rush to Dengzhou.

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On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.

Chen Ji's carriage stopped in front of the old house of the Chen family, the old house is more than ten miles outside Dengzhou City, Songxi, originally just a small village, the name is also dirty, and then there is a Chen Dun Chen Songxi, the Chen family has since begun to develop, to Chen Xiujie's generation, Songxi has developed into a small town, plus the surrounding villagers who came to take refuge, the scale is not less than 10,000 people.

Of course, although Chen Xiujie's branch is still in the three suits of the sect branch, it is not very good because of the thin people, if it weren't for Chen Xiujie's current official position, the zong family would probably have proposed to split the family early. There are a lot of involvements here, and the so-called Qing officials are difficult to decide family affairs, which is the reason.

Chen Ji himself didn't want to come over, but he didn't see Chen Xiujie when he went to Dengzhou, so he was dragged to Songxi, and he didn't know the good things and bad things.

Whether it is Gui Chun or Xiao Ran, they are all Chen families who entered Qingzhou, and they don't know anything about the old house. Fortunately, Chen Xiujie sent him a small servant to guide the way, and when he arrived in Songxi, in front of several magnificent archways, a few sons and brothers who were similar to him looked like others, and when they saw his carriage, they greeted him with a smile.

Chen Ji was taken aback by this sudden blood and family affection, if he hadn't bitten his tongue ruthlessly, he was afraid that he would have vomited blood and fainted.

Several young people came to the front, and the older one among them, dressed in Confucian clothes and wearing a scarf, said loudly: "Little Wu, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Chen Ji clenched his fists and looked at him suspiciously.

The young man laughed: "Little Wu, you have been away from home for a long time, and it is normal for you not to remember the brothers at home, I will introduce you to you."

At that moment, the young man said his name, Chen Guo, and then introduced several names one after another, and when he heard it, they were all brothers who were the same generation as him.

Chen Ji called his brother one by one and encouraged his younger brother.