Su Dongpo didn't think so, he replied casually: "You mean that this fleet is in and out in an orderly manner - you haven't seen the students who left the people." This person has always had rules and regulations, his loach stack is managed by military law, the regulations are formulated very finely, every move has rules, this fleet is the bulk of his industry, presumably the management is stricter, I think, at least more rigorous than the loach ship. ”

In fact, there is no such thing as murderous spirit. Gao Yu found that Zhao Xing's fleet was a bit of an army style, for example, the ships that left the port first did not go far, lingering outside the port for a long time, and waited until the whole fleet left the port, formed a neat queue, and then sailed out of the port with a unified banner...... That's why Gao Yu said so.

Gao Yu's understanding of the army is that the queue is neat, that's all. It is said that after he served as a lieutenant, he was not good at military affairs, and his annual military exploits were some exemplary projects, such as neat queues and good posture when walking, which won the favor of the emperor.

At this time, Gao Yu's self-confidence was still insufficient, Su Shi said casually, Gao Yu had already given up his opinion, and he said with great anticipation: "I hope that Brother Liren can buy enough food with the least amount of money this time." ”

Su Shi replied casually: "I'm not worried about this, the means of doing business away from people are very sharp, if he leaves a little later, I will hand over the disaster relief money to him to operate, and we will have richer money...... Unfortunately, he seems to be very worried about the villagers. ”

Su Shi meant that Zhao Xing probably saw the villagers starving, so he was anxious to bring the grain back. In May, the spring rice in the Cochin area is ripe. It was the time when the price of grain was the cheapest, so Zhao Xing was so anxious that he couldn't even wait to raise enough money, so he set off on the road.

Soon, the imperial court's approval also came down, and the number of degrees requested by Su Dongpo was completely approved by the Empress Dowager Gao, and with the sale of Hangzhou degrees, the disaster relief funds began to be sufficient. At the same time, under the calculations of Zhao Xing's students, the amount of work to dredge the river was also calculated. The money from the sale was enough. So, Su Shi went up again and asked the imperial court to send tens of thousands of troops to help dredge the river. It is recommended to wait until the dredging project is completed. These troops were placed in Hangzhou to fill the households lost by the catastrophe in Hangzhou

In June, the reply from the imperial court did not come, but the matter of Zhao Xing's resignation broke out. Zhao Xing deliberately made it bad before, and reported his resignation to the imperial court at an ordinary level. And the ministry received such an eight-rank petty official recital, and waved his pen disappreciatively. That's right. Su Shi was very arrogant, and he had played the imperial court several times before, but there was no mention of his hiring of Zhao Xing as a subordinate official in the recital. Wait until the disaster relief funds are sufficient. He reported to the court. Please ask the imperial court to confirm Zhao Xing's official position.

At this moment, he stabbed the hornet's nest, and after Zhang Yong, the Mizhou regiment in the dark, and Lin Ji, the county magistrate of Jiaoxi County, saw the report of the imperial court, they found that the subordinate who escorted his wife home had run away, and he would never return. They were so furious that they wrote a piece of music overnight and sent it to the imperial court by expedited courier.

Zhang is simple. He directly stated the situation that Mizhou regimental training is facing now. Admits that Zhao Xing left behind the kind of twists and turns of calculation, so that all the officials under him have no way to start. Seeing that Mizhou is about to enter the harvest season, but the settlers are not there, how can this be done, who will distribute the harvest of the year? So, Zhang Yong complained like an abandoned woman in the recital, and called out: "Return me to the judgment." ”

Lin Ji was not polite, and directly attacked Su Shi in the chapter, he told about the construction of the city in Mizhou, and thought that according to Zhao Xingdi's method, the construction of the new city in Jiaoxi County was very good, and it didn't cost the court a single money, and Jiaoxi County already had a rough appearance, but when the project was finishing at the end, the host of the project ran away and was seduced away by Su Dongpo through the teacher-student relationship, isn't this bullying?

Lin Ji's thousands of words boiled down to one sentence: "Return the general judgment of Jiaoxi County to Jiaoxi County - I only need the original general judgment, Su Shi's poetry is well written, I admit it, but I can't be so unkind." You can't snatch my subordinates. That's right, it was him who was dry, as soon as he Su Laopo left Beijing, my general sentence ran home, it must have been Su Laopo who made an appointment with his disciples in advance. I've heard that this disciple was won by him through a bet - yes, he used this relationship to coerce my county magistrate to work for him. This Zhao Liren is a court official, how can he be commanded by Su Laopo, hateful! The minister implored the imperial court to punish Su Shi seriously to set an example. ”

Only then did the court official find out that he had stabbed a hornet's nest, and when he looked back, a minor official of the Ministry actually issued an order for Zhao Xing's resignation, so the junior official immediately became a scapegoat. But what to do with Zhao Xing next, he resigned according to the normal procedure, and now he is going overseas to transport grain for the people of Hangzhou, the court really can't think of a way, especially this matter involves Su Dongpo.

Her idol did this foolish thing, in the heart of the Empress Dowager Gao, she naturally appreciated more than blamed, she glanced at the noisy court ministers, turned her face and asked Lu Dafang: "Lu Qing, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Iron Clam Lu Dafang said like gold: "Zhao Xing resigned, the ministry has been approved, and Su Zizhan hired him, and he also went through the normal procedure." ”

Empress Dowager Gao was very satisfied with this answer, and she immediately nodded: "Not bad!" Mizhou group practice, what is the quarrel in Jiaoxi County, there is no general judgment, it is better to appoint another one, I can't read the account books, this Zhao Xing is not dead yet, let them send someone to ask for advice, no! issued an edict to reprimand them, so that the two of them reflected. ”

Lu Dafang still likes Zhao Xing a little, because he admires Zhou Li, and Zhao Xing is also sparing no effort to build momentum for the restoration of Zhou Li, so although the Shu Party and the Luo Party are not compatible, his relationship with Su Shi and Zhao Xing is quite okay. Since Empress Dowager Gao refused to reprimand Su Shi, he decided to take advantage of the situation to push Zhao Xing: "It's just that Su Zizhan's request is inappropriate, Zhao Xing was originally a positive eighth product, and he was a little wronged to be a charger." ”

Fan Jinbu Fan Yi thanked Zhao Xing for his idea, and he also preemptively said: "I heard that Zhao Liren went to Mizhou to serve as an official for less than a year, but the Mizhou regiment training has trained a team of elites, isn't it the cane and drum team that came some time ago, in addition, Lin Ji is also saying that the new construction of Jiaoxi City, thanks to Zhao Liren's planning, I think, it is better to ......"

Fan Yi mentions the army. Empress Dowager Gao remembered the musketeers trained by Zhao Xing, and she turned her face and asked the relevant personnel of the military department: "Didn't you originally say that you would secretly train the regiment in Mizhou, what is the situation of that team?" ”

The privy envoy was not on duty today, he was dealing with the affairs of the war with the Western Xia, and a member of the military department stepped forward to reply: "Qi Qi Sage, according to the report of the staff department, that team of men and horses has been trained extremely well, and was originally going to be pulled out to the Dengzhou area to suppress bandits, by the way, test it, but Judge Zhao is ...... to go."

Both men used a lot of abbreviations in this conversation.

After the resignation of the Privy Council. In addition, the recent ordnance supervision case has been greatly damaged, and the continuous war with the Western Xia has kept the remnants of the ordnance superintendent busy, as a result. The matter of testing new weapons was unprecedentedly outsourced to Michigan group training, but no one paid attention to this work. In addition, this matter was originally secretly operated by Zhang, and the latter's name is now a taboo in the court, and all people are afraid of being regarded as a member of the same party, and they consciously do not mention this name, so. After a long time, everyone actually forgot that there was still a team of musketeers, and today if it weren't for Fan Yi mentioning the training of troops. Empress Dowager Gao really can't remember.

looked at the puzzled gazes of the ministers. Empress Dowager Gao explained: "It is rumored in the countryside that last year when the Liao State was robbed, a pirate used a firearm to attack and kill the Liao State Naval Army. Invincible.

The mourning family then asked about the Dengzhou and Mizhou naval forces. However, someone got a sample of this thing from Dengzhou, or someone recommended Mizhou group practice. He was instructed to learn the methods of piracy and to experiment with this new type of firearm. After that, the Mizhou regiment trained a commanding manpower, and the person in charge of training was Zhao Qing, and several people were hidden in this matter, and now Zhao Qing left, which made the mourning family hesitate, should he send another person to train, or simply transfer the musket team back to the capital? …… That's it, or go back to Beijing, Wang Qing, go back and transfer the craftsmen who prepared firearms in Mizhou to Beijing to be secretly resettled-this matter must be cautious and not leaked. ”

Turning her face, Empress Dowager Gao pondered for a moment, and said: "Zhao Xing is diligent and capable, since he is outstanding in civil affairs, then continue to work in the general judgment, edict: In addition to Zhao Xing's general judgment in Hangzhou, he will be involved in official affairs." ”

Zhao Xing, who was far overseas, didn't know about this dispute in the court. At this moment, on the fifth day of his removal from the sea, the first ship of grain has been transported back to Hangzhou and unloaded directly from the Hangzhou dock. According to the crew who came back, these grains were collected by Zhao Xing from the fiefdom of the county lord (Chen Yiyi), and at present, Jiaozhi has also been affected, and there is a shortage of grain......

This batch of returning ships did not stay in Hangzhou for too long, they brought Su Shi to give 50,000 pieces of grain to anchor, and then the facts proved that Zhao Xing did not live up to Su Shi's trust, and the grain ships began to be transported into Hangzhou in an endless stream, and at the peak there was a record of three 500-ton grain ships entering the port one day. Throughout the summer, Zhao Xing brought back hundreds of ships of grain, with a total of tens of thousands of tons...... But he never came home. The news brought back by the grain ships was intermittent, one moment it was said that Zhao Xing was searching for grain island by island in the South China Sea, and the other time it was said that Zhao Xing had been robbed in the Arabian Sea and was exchanging fire with the warships of Bagan and the garrison countries......

On June 11, when the Yellow River breached, several counties on Hedong Road were flooded, and the edict gave 2,000 taels of gold, 100,000 horses of silk, and 100,000 yuan of money to Hedong Road to replenish military supplies, and ordered the local government to provide disaster relief. Under the catastrophe, the whole country has become more and more scarce, and there is no shortage in Hangzhou, and there is abundant food. In the same month, the price of grain soared, and the price of tea and silk fell, and at this time, Zhao Xing sent back the news that because of his search and purchase action, the price of grain in Nanyang also began to rise, so he asked for payment with tea and silk......

In September, the dredging of the two rivers in Hangzhou was completed. The 200,000 Xiang army began to repair the rural roads, and the disaster in Hangzhou not only did not starve to death because of the large amount of cheap food, but because Zhao Xing bought a large number of tea and silk, the sales of their local products increased sharply, and the people were slightly richer than usual. In the same month, Zhao Xing came to the news that he was in Africa and was collecting the last batch of grain, because this year, a large number of silk tea fields (duty-free) were exported, and the grain in his hand had increased a lot compared with the beginning, so he asked what goods he needed to bring back to China to add value, and he would also rush back at the end of September.

At the end of September, Su Shi was preparing for the completion ceremony of the dredging of the West Lake in other places, and received the news of Zhao Xing's return, so Su Shi added Zhao Xing's name to the banquet list.

At the end of the month, the first person to rush back home was Chen Yiyi. After Zhao Xing returned to Hangzhou, Chen Yiyi stayed in Mizhou to paralyze the local magistrates, and waited for Zhao Xing to go to sea. Chen Yiyi went directly to Nanyang by boat to help Zhao Xing raise grain and grass in Vietnam, this time she left for return a day earlier than Zhao Xing. ”

Cheng Azhu nodded knowingly, then touched her round belly with satisfaction, and replied: "It's about to give birth, I hope the official can arrive before the concubine gives birth." ”

"Yes, he's only one day ahead of me. It will definitely arrive tomorrow", Chen Yiyi helped Ah Zhu and replied quietly.

Chen Yiyi miscalculated. Zhao Xing's boat speed was faster than Chen Yiyi's, and the two of them were originally one day apart. But Chen Yiyi did not go home for half a day, that night, Zhao Xing's ship quietly entered the port, and when he entered the port, it was exactly the middle of the night, and there was no cheering on the dock, and there was no grand welcome ceremony. Take advantage of the night. The people on the sea boat quietly slipped off the boat like thieves, and scattered into the castle in twos and threes, and Zhao Xing himself was wrapped in a big brown cloak. Caught in the crowd and quietly went home.

Night. Cheng Azhu was about to give birth, she couldn't sleep steadily, and when she heard the loud noise of the fort gate, she immediately sat up and called out to the maiden who was waiting beside her: "My official is back, get me up quickly, and dress me up." I want to see the officials in order. ”

The widow will be skeptical. Or someone persuaded: "Niangniang, if it is really back from the Nagato Palace." I'm going to come over to say hello, why don't we ......."

"It must be an official", Cheng Azhu said stubbornly: "It's so late, the fort gate won't be opened at will, it must be the official who has returned." No, my family officials are working hard for our mother and wife outside, how can I not welcome them when I go home, wash my face quickly, bring all the headdresses, and I want to greet the officials neatly and cleanly. ”

Zhao Xing commanded people to carry goods at the gate of the castle, and after instructing the people of Yici Leye, he delayed for a while, and Cheng Azhu had ordered someone to come to the gate of the castle. As soon as Zhao Xing saw her coming, he hurriedly sat down on the ground. The servant brought a soft couch, and after Cheng Azhu lay down on the soft couch, he hurriedly asked Zhao Xing: "Are you okay?" The clan is not hurt! ”

Zhao Xing looked at Cheng Azhu's stomach with satisfaction, his hand stretched out in the air, as if he wanted to touch it, but he was afraid of the surrounding eyes, his hand stopped there, and muttered: "It's only been in the past two days...... They're all fine, no one was hurt! ”

Then, he replied lightly: "What can be a big deal, a group of natives are just making trouble." Our greatest energy was to rebuild those strongholds, which took us a lot of effort. It's not easy, it's not easy to get a complete management system. It's a place for lazy people, and if you stay there for a while, you will become lazy, and it's really troublesome. ”

The servants carried Cheng Azhu to the bedroom, and Zhao Xing introduced as he walked: The island is too rich in products, and the most diligent local people are the natives who know how to kick the tree, because the fruit on the tree grows wildly, and the lazy people generally like to pick up ready-made ones under the tree. The lazy person with "creativity" simply pulls a rope under the tree to make a tree bed, usually lying under the tree, waiting for the fruit to fall into his mouth by himself with his mouth open. And there are so many fruits that they fall, even if they open their mouths and wait, they don't have time to chew and swallow. Therefore, the most diligent people on that island are the people who can take the initiative to kick the trees.

In such an atmosphere, no matter how diligent a person is, he will become lazy in a few years. This is also the reason why Liu San and the others finally couldn't bear it and took the initiative to run back.

Because the abundance of goods is too easy, wealth comes too easily, so in order to set up a long-term mechanism in that place, it is necessary to constantly guide new people to keep them creative and diligent.

Zhao Xing went to Nanyang this time, he thought about it, and finally decided to share his secret with all the Song merchants, and introduced a large number of Song merchants to resist the growth of Arab power. He stayed in Manila for nearly four months, contacted all the powerful Song merchants he could find, formed a Song Shang Nanyang Alliance, organized and discussed the constitution of the Nanyang Alliance, and elected the council of the alliance to govern the island......

It took four months of hard work to come to an end, after which it was only necessary to select reliable personnel to join the Council and coordinate the actions of the South Seas Alliance...... Of course, killing and an iron fist are inevitable. Zhao Xing did not explain these to Ah Zhu in detail. Ah Zhu also knew this, she didn't ask, just touched her belly, and said with relief: "It's good that the official is back, the famine in Hangzhou has made people panic, and now when she sees the official, the concubine's body and mind are stable all of a sudden, and now I know: There is a man in the family, and it looks like a family." ”

This noise also woke up the rest of the people in the castle, the small houses under the slope were lit up one by one, Su Dongpo went out in clothes, looked at Zhao Xing and said with relief: "The people are back, come into the house quickly, and tell me about Nanyang - fortunately, there are people who have left to help me, this famine ...... It's bitter. But in Hangzhou, not only did not flee the famine due to the disaster, and the people were displaced, but the money bag was overflowing. Come on, come on, tell me about it. ”

Chaoyun came out from behind Su Shi and scolded him softly: "Bachelor, in the middle of the night, you don't let people rest......

Zhao Xing saluted respectfully: "There is no sun and moon on the sea, I have slept for a few nights before, since the teacher is anxious, wait for the disciple to settle his wife and children, so that the teacher can gather in the Mid-Mountain Pavilion." It's been a long time since I've heard the teacher talk about poetry, and the night is beautiful, and it happens to be a good moon to talk about poetry. ”

Su Shi laughed.