When Lu Zhen took a boat south and arrived at his so-called hometown of Suzhou again, it was already more than half a month later. At this time, the south of the Yangtze River has entered the turn of spring and summer, the weather is gradually getting hotter, the farmers who work in the fields, and the people who take advantage of the good weather to go out are endless, just outside the city is lively and extraordinary, and it is much more prosperous than many states and counties in the north.

The hundreds of Jinyi guards who accompanied Lu Jin's carriage were all authentic northern men, so when they saw the soft scenery of this water town in the south of the Yangtze River, they couldn't help but admire. Especially when they saw those girls wearing purple and red costumes passing by from the front smiling, their eyes were a little straight: they all said that there was heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, but they still didn't believe it. But now, we have to believe that the scenery here is more beautiful, and it is not much worse than heaven.

After listening to the sighs of these guys in the car, Lu Zhen couldn't help but cough lowly: "Pay attention, we are here on behalf of the imperial court, if something goes wrong, it will lose the face of the imperial court." ”

Seeing that the governor had spoken, these people reined in, and they didn't dare to glance at it indiscriminately, so they just walked with their heads bored, and soon came to the tall gate of Gusu City. After lighting up his own official credentials, the petty official guarding the city gate immediately ran up to greet him: "It turned out that the upper part of the capital has arrived, and the little one has seen the adult." ”

Lu Zhen sat in the car and only sighed, and then ordered: "You will send someone to the prefect's yamen and the yamen of the city department to spread a message, let them all prepare, and greet the official in front of the city department yamen." This time, he didn't plan to investigate the case on Weifu, so he directly revealed his identity as soon as he arrived at the place.

The city gate official hurriedly agreed, called his henchman and whispered a few words, and then sent the man away. And he himself continued to accompany Lu Jin's carriage with a smile, and kept introducing them to all kinds of stories and scenery of Suzhou City.

For his flattery and stuttering, Lu Zhen felt a little verbose, and took advantage of the pause in his words to say: "You don't have to introduce too much." It's not a secret, this official is the family of this Suzhou Mansion, he grew up here when he was a child, and what you know, this official also knows. ”

"Ah......" As soon as he heard this, the face of the city gate official suddenly showed embarrassment, and he was busy saying yes, and then retreated after confessing his guilt. I wanted to pat this adult's ass, but I unexpectedly made myself ugly.

Yao Gan and the others on the side snickered when they saw this, this guy is really, can't he first ask his own adults where they are and then find an excuse to please?

Although Lu Zhen said so, not long after entering the city, he couldn't help but lift the car curtain and carefully observe the crowds and shops on both sides of the long street with great interest. Compared with when he left the city a few years ago, the city of Suzhou has changed dramatically, not only are the people more decently dressed, but the spirits are fuller, and the shops on both sides of the street look much more refined. Obviously, Suzhou is getting richer today than it was a few years ago, and even ordinary people are living much better than they were then.

And all this is naturally due to the national policy of opening up the sea that has been implemented. It was precisely because of the prosperity of maritime trade that this key coastal city developed by leaps and bounds, and the people also earned more silver taels and became more and more prosperous.

Thinking of this, Lu Jin's face showed a happy smile. That's exactly what he's been trying to see over the years. On the surface, he changed the history of the Ming Dynasty, and even got rid of Zhu Qizhen, who should have regained the throne, so that the Ming Dynasty embarked on a new path. But in the end, he did all this in order to make the life of the people in the world better. And judging from the scene presented in front of you, at least Jiangnan cities like Suzhou have indeed benefited greatly from this.

Of course, all this is still on the basis of the unaffected trade at sea, and if this sea accident that has plagued many places cannot be satisfactorily resolved, maybe all this will be just a flash in the pan. Lu Jin, who understood this, suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was a little heavier, and he could only go all out to solve this problem as soon as possible.

Originally, Suzhou was one of the most densely populated cities in the south of the Yangtze River, and since the opening of the sea, the population here has been growing, and now there are no less than seven or eight hundred thousand people in the city, which is more than the capital city of Beijing.

This large population is certainly a sign of a prosperous city, but it also brings some problems, such as the large number of people coming and going on the streets, which will appear to be extra crowded. And the already very congested street suddenly came Lu Jin's chariot and horse team, and after nearly 100 people marched forward in a mighty way, it occupied most of the road, making it difficult for people to adapt.

Moreover, the people on this team looked majestic, either rich or expensive, but not something that ordinary people could afford to provoke, so many people subconsciously dodged to the side, for fear of colliding with Lu Jin's horse team. And at this moment, on the other side of the street, suddenly several people rode horses and rushed over.

Obviously, these people are used to rampage, even in such a crowded street market, they do not slow down their horses, but constantly urge their horses to gallop, until the pedestrians on the street scream in surprise, and quickly dodge to the side, for fear that they will be injured.

In this way, the two parties met directly at an intersection, because someone was dodging the team on Lu Jin's side, and collided directly with an oncoming fast horse, which naturally frightened the man to scream, hugged his head and rolled to the side.

It was also his good luck that the horse was frightened by a long neighing from Herod, and he turned sharply, and then raised his legs, and rose up in a human state. At this moment, the knight on the horse was caught off guard, and at the same time he screamed, his body leaned forward and backward for a while, and he almost fell off the horse. Fortunately, his reaction was quite fast, and he wrapped his hands in time and hugged the horse's neck, so that he didn't really fall and get injured. But even so, it was extremely embarrassing and lost a big ugly.

At this moment, the expressions of the knights who were following him changed suddenly, and without saying a word, he waved the horsewhip in his hand and pumped it straight at the passerby who had not yet gotten up from the ground, and scolded even more in his mouth: "You bastard, you blind dog eyes, you dare to rush into my young master." If my young master hurts a little oily skin, even if he kills you, it won't be enough to compensate! ”

At this time, everyone had already seen the dress and appearance of these knights clearly, and they all dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and the short pedestrian could only cry out in pain and beg for mercy: "Young Master Lu spare his life, the little one will not dare to ...... anymore" It's just that those evil slaves didn't mean to stop at all, and the eldest young master stared at him with hatred: "Beat me, teach him a good lesson, and let him know what the rules are!" ”

This scene naturally immediately fell into the eyes of Lu Zhen and the others. Originally, he was a little sorry to see the people and horses crashing into one place because of dodging his team, but the scene that happened immediately made his face change suddenly, in this Suzhou City, there are people who dare to be so lawless, is there still a royal law?

Angry in his heart, Lu Zhen immediately gave Yao Gan on the side of the carriage a look, and the latter immediately understood, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, shook the reins, and controlled the horse under his crotch and crashed directly towards that side.

Those evil slaves were beating people hard, naturally they would not prevent someone from slashing directly into the stab, and suddenly a few exclamations, the two of them were directly knocked off the horse and fell, and after falling to the ground, they cried out in pain. Several other people, as well as the eldest young master, were a little stunned, and then reacted again, their faces were heavy: "Good guy, there are still people who can't open their eyes, call me!" ”

Those evil slaves had long been used to rampant, and seeing that Lu Zhen and his party were not locals, they were more confident, so they immediately waved their whips and swooped them fiercely. But this time, they kicked on the iron plate, watching a few people ride their horses closer, Yao Gan only flicked the horse's head, and let go of the rushing force, and then with a wave of his hand, the horsewhip swept out like a spiritual snake, and took the first step on the opponent's wrist.

Only to hear the crackling sound, the evil slaves snorted miserably, and as soon as their hands were loosened, the whips had already landed. But Yao Gan's movements did not stop because of this, and in the whistling sound, the whip slammed a flower, and with a few clicks, it hit them on the waist. Don't look at this whip is only the thickness of a thumb, but it is full of strength when it is used by Yao Gan, and in just one stroke, several men who were originally sitting on horseback were beaten to the ground.

At this moment, the surrounding people were completely stunned. They didn't expect that this foreigner would have such powerful means, let alone that they would be so bold that they would dare to directly injure these few tyrants who no one dared to provoke in the city.

"Who are you, you dare to beat my Lu family......" The eldest young master was even more annoyed when he saw this, and was just about to say something to threaten, but unexpectedly, the whip in Yao Gan's hand came directly to him, and hit him right in the waist, and the huge force also knocked him directly off the horse, and fell into the most embarrassing mouth and gnawed mud.

"Young master, you are not injured, young master......" Seeing this, those evil slaves couldn't even take care of their own injuries, so they quickly pounced on them to support their young master, while the pedestrians on the side turned around and left after a hula, not daring to stay here, obviously afraid that they would get into trouble. Even the one who had been beaten just now took the opportunity to sneak away.

When Lu Zhen saw this, he smiled: "Let's go." "Now that you've taught these unscrupulous guys a lesson, don't dwell on them. After all, he is not a local official, so he can't condemn them.

So, they didn't hear the people behind them say hatefully: "You wait, if you hurt my young master of the Lu family, you will definitely pay a heavy price!" You, hurry up and follow them......" An evil slave who had just gotten up from the ground quickly agreed, and followed with a step.