When Sun Cong saw Zhao Xing, he didn't show that he was crazy after being promoted, he smiled and said, "Lord Zhao, I have something to ask for here...... His Majesty issued an edict: Liu Zhi Xinzhou (next to Guangzhou) to resettle, Su Zhe to Leizhou, Liang Taohua (next to Leizhou) to resettle, Fan Chunren Yongzhou to resettle, and ordered all degraded officials to be accompanied by a staff official and a prison (prison) officer.

I was fortunate to be designated to escort Su Gong, but I didn't expect Su Gong to show up in Yangzhou after setting off from Dingzhou, and then there was no news, and then I chased him to Hangzhou, some people said that I had seen Su Gong enter Lord Zhao's yard, and I thought about it, Lord Zhao's yard was connected to his own dock, maybe Su Gong boarded the boat from your dock......"

Sun Cong smiled bitterly and clasped his fists: "Lord Zhao, the laws of the imperial court are not allowed to be blasphemed, if Duke Su is still in your mansion, please come out and see you." Master Zhang also asked Lord Zhao to explain himself, presumably with Lord Zhao's relationship, Lord Zhang would not mind too much. Lord Zhao, Hugh wants to embarrass the lower officials. ”

Zhao Xing leaned back in the chair, looked at Sun Cong gloomily, and didn't speak for a long time, Sun Cong was calm and fearless, and waited patiently.

Finally, Zhao Xing spoke: "That's right, the family teacher has entered my yard and has already boarded the boat and set off." If you want to complete the task, you might as well accompany me to play in the yard for a few days, and then leave for the south together. As for the text that Master Sun needs, when I arrive in Guangnan, I will definitely do a good job of handing over the text. How about letting the text show that Master Sun is always by Su Gong's side? ”

Sun Cong arched his hand in embarrassment, and replied: "Lord Zhao, I am ordered to follow Su Gong to Huizhou to hand over, if Su Gong arrives in Huizhou in advance, I will not be in Huizhou with the people in prison...... I'm afraid it's hard for Zhang Xianggong to explain. ”

Zhao Xing laughed cruelly: "It's hard to explain." Then there is no need to explain. When you arrived in Hangzhou, you must have felt why I was called Zhao Laohu, and you were a young eunuch who wanted to visit me. The local officials did not accompany you, but let you go into the courtyard alone...... Believe it or not. If I bury you in the courtyard, all Hangzhou will say, "I have never seen you come in." ”

Sun Cong's legs were weak, his face was covered with beads of sweat, and he shouted again and again, reminding Zhao Xing: "Lord Zhao." We've had old feelings for years, and you can't treat me like that. ”

Zhao Xing's smile became kinder. became honest, and he said gently: "Okay, I'll send someone to send you on the ship, so that everyone can see you board the ship to chase Su Gong...... But how do you know you won't stumble into the sea? ”

Sun Cong's legs were already trembling, and he continued: "My lord, we have a good relationship, I heard that adults have always been ......righteous to their friends."

Zhao Xing cut off the other party's words and asked coldly: "Escort my teacher." There is no need for a young prisoner to come forward - am I a fool? What other orders do you have? ”

Sun Cong hesitated for no more than three seconds. immediately replied: "I know that I can't hide it from Lord Zhao, so it's okay!" There is a secret order below: I must tell Guangnan East Road to mention the prison Cheng Zhengfu. In addition, I also have to tell Zhan Fan, the governor of Huizhou...... Adults can guess what kind of order this is, so I won't be able to elaborate on it below. ”

Zhao Xing nodded and replied, "Of course, you know this kind of thing, and the world knows it." But who is Su Gong? Once you do this, your name will be remembered all over the world - do you say it's a good name or a bad name? ”

Sun Cong cried with a sad face and replied: "Lord Zhao, you also know Zhang Xianggong's temper, how dare we disobey what he decides?" ”

Zhao Xingyin looked at Sun Cong for a long time, and then said softly: "Can I trust you?" If you are worthy of my trust, I will give you two pieces of advice – first: follow me to be the safest. Because you walked with me and fell into the sea at sea, I didn't take care of it. I don't want to be guilty of that. …… But it's not necessarily true that you follow others, I never mind letting others carry the black pot, and you know my fetishes.

Second: Follow me with only eyes and no ears or mouth. You keep your eyes open to see the road, but you can't say everything you see with your mouth, and forget everything you hear. Only then can your life be secured.

You have to remind yourself at all times, my name is Zhao Laohu! Originally, this tiger was just an ornamental tiger, and it wouldn't roar if others didn't mess with me, but now this tiger is a jungle tiger, let alone messing with me, even if you look at me, as long as I'm in a bad mood, I can swallow him alive. If you don't believe it, just wait and see.

In fact, if you walk with only your eyes, you will find many benefits. For example, I am a person who is righteous and squandering money, and I never care about spending money on my friends, which is one of the benefits. Also, my warehouses are spread across the canal, and when it comes to being well-informed, few people can match it. I don't need to elaborate on the benefits of the earth.

And what Zhang Xianggong can give you is nothing more than an official position. I can't give you an official position, but you can continue to be your official and enjoy the benefits that Zhang Xianggong gave you, and I will take the benefits. As long as I don't say it, who will know this secret between the two of us. In the future, I will be in Quang Nam, you will be in the imperial court, you will be your official, and occasionally tell me the news I want to know - this is not harmless to Zhang Xianggong, it is also a benefit for yourself, and it is an extra friend for me, the best of all three things. ”

Zhao Xing's words were already very explicit, but Sun Cong didn't dare to refute them. Because Zhang's preference for Zhao Xing is obvious, not to mention that when Zhao Xing was in Beijing, Zhang would invite each other to a big banquet, and Zhao Xing would sit at the top every time he went. Let's just say that in this partisan dispute, almost all the old party members were punished, but although Zhao Xing was demoted to Guangnan, his official position was promoted instead of demotion, and it is rumored that this is Zhao Xing's own request......

Sun Cong also knows some insider information, and it is rumored that Zhang often consults Zhao Xing on some matters that have nothing to do with party disputes, such as local financial issues, as long as there is nothing to do with party disputes, Zhao Xing will say something to help. Sun Congke knew that Zhang was small-minded, and if Zhao Xing took this opportunity to stir up a few words at will in the future, then he would not be able to eat and walk around. Even if Zhang didn't care at the time, who knows how he would torture people afterwards.

obeyed Zhao Xing, and now he is saving his life. In the long run, it will also give yourself one more way out and one more income. After all, in the short term, it seems that the interests of Zhao Xing and Zhang Di are the same.

Thinking of this, Sun Cong gave up his hand and said: "It's all up to Lord Zhao's arrangement!" ”

As soon as this sentence is said, the deal between the two is considered to be completed. Zhao Xing also became kinder, he smiled and said, "Why should Zishu see outside, or tell me to leave as usual." We are poor friends, so we don't need to be so polite. Hey. However, the officials of the imperial court who engage in intelligence are all bold like you, no wonder our intelligence is always inaccurate! ”

Sun Cong rolled his eyes in his stomach, and he secretly despised in his heart with cold sweat: "I am still a poor friend, and I wanted to bury me in the yard just now." I wanted to tie up the ship and throw it into the sea. This meeting will cordially become a poor friend. This face has changed so fast! ”

In the next few days, Sun Cong followed Zhao Xing's side every step of the way. He was deeply afraid that if he left occasionally, he would let others say a few words behind his back, causing Zhao Xing to change his mind, and then someone would knock him on his back...... There is no way, Zhao Xing's courtyard is too big, it is trivial for him to hide hundreds of people, and it is not a problem to find a place to bury one or two hundred people. In order to save his life, Sun Cong had to follow Zhao every step of the way

He watched Zhao Xing hold a singing and dancing banquet. Watching Zhao Xing go out to visit the scenery of West Lake. watched Zhao Xing tease the child and enjoy the joy of family...... This lasted for more than a month, waiting until after the autumn harvest in September. Zhao Xing's entourage slowly converged towards Hangzhou, and Zhao Xing had the meaning of packing a little.

The first to set off was Shuai Fan, who took 300 armed men and 2,000 craftsmen to the south, preparing to build this group of people's houses in Guangzhou first. The second group of people who went south were Wan Qiyong, Li Zhiyi, Liao Zhengyi, Su Yu and others, who took their respective local official bodies and Zhao Xing's official figures, and went to Guangzhou in advance to greet the local officials and make preparations in advance.

It stands to reason that if Zhao Xing doesn't rush to hand over, it's useless for Wan Qiyong and others to rush over, and others won't hand over to him, a subordinate official. But the other three divisions of Guangnan East Road are all complete now, among which Cheng Zhengfu is the Xian Division, and Zhao Xing appointed the position of Shuai Si, Guangnan East Road has not appointed other people to this official position since Guo Kuinan's expedition, so Wan Qianyong rushed over in advance on the ground, because he wanted to re-take over part of the power that originally belonged to Shuai Si from others, and it would be easier for him to negotiate with him.

The first-level officials of the Song Dynasty Road are divided into four chief officials: "Cao, Shuai, Xian, and Cang". Among them, the transshipment envoy is actually a remnant of the Song Dynasty's cutting of the feudal domain, if the transshipment envoy is tougher, he is actually equivalent to the local feudal town, because the Song Dynasty stipulated: in addition to the transshipment envoy has no military power, "border defense, thieves, criminal litigation, gold valley, and the responsibility of incorruptibility are all entrusted to the transshipment envoy", "so the transshipment envoy is always responsible for everything along the way." ”

Fortunately, Zhao Xing also has an official position of deputy envoy on his head, this official position was originally used to contain the transfer envoy, plus the current transfer envoy Fu Caiyuan is not a tough person, it is clear that Zhao Xing is going to replace him, so Wan Qianyong brought someone over in advance, but it can make his face change slightly.

After Wan Qiyong left, he was followed by a team of people who went to work as accountants and were responsible for preparing for the construction of the new Yamen-Guangnan East and West Road Lifting and Casting Division. They will be followed by hundreds of children of the Cheng clan who will learn mathematics and accounting with the Yici Leye people, and serve as local officials in the Yamen...... It seems that after Su Zhe's derogation, accounting is now a forbidden doctrine and an evil "side-door".

In October, a large number of migrant workers from Mizhou and Yingzhou gradually gathered in Hangzhou. These migrant workers all planned to take advantage of the winter leisure, and Zhao Xing called for him to go to Guangnan to earn a sum of hard-earned money, and then return to his hometown to cultivate his own fields with the money earned from his part-time job in the spring ploughing.

The migrant workers from Mizhou were better organized, that is, Zhang Yong hired landless peasants from near Mizhou, and they were organized into a team of 100 people, each team was led by a team leader, and there were five teams of 20 people under the team leader, led by the team leader, which seemed very disciplined. The people who came from Yingzhou were organized by the governor of Yingzhou, this guy had no organizational ability, and the peasants who came to the city spontaneously formed a team with the village as a unit, and they were poorly organized, and they boarded the boats on the dock in a disorderly manner, and the noise made the people in the castle unable to sleep. Zhao Xing had to send all his students out and organize these people to get on the ship......

In mid-October, Zhao Xing was finally about to leave, and 2,000 Huainan disciples followed him on ten large ships, and a large group of migrant workers boarded various boats of various sizes. The procession sailed out of the harbor. The fleet was so large that it took half a day just to sort out the formation at sea, and by the time they had finished their formation and set sail, it was already noon.

This time, it was Cheng Azhu and Chen Yiyi who accompanied Zhao Xing to the south, and Liao Xiaoxiao and Kasli stayed in the manor to recuperate. Zhao Xing was on the largest giant ship, except for the couple on board. There are also Sun Cong, Yuan Yeping, Li Gefei and others. In addition, there is a petty official, this person is wearing an eight-rank official uniform, and his face is full of very contented smiles. From time to time, he immersed himself in his own memories, and often unconsciously let out a burst of wild laughter.

This petty official came with Yuan Yeping. Yuan Yeping has been on Tamna Island for several years, managing Zhao Xing's industry there, and this time Zhao Xing went south, preparing to formally establish his foundation industry on the mainland, and Yuan Yeping brought some of the backbone of Tamna Island. Among them is this petty official, the former tax collector of the city gate of Yingzhou Rwanda.

Rwanda finally realized his lifelong dream of setting foot on the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and this time he followed Zhao Xing to become an official. Zhao Xing planned to relocate tens of thousands of people from Mizhou (Shandong), Yingzhou (Henan) and other populous states, set up a separate county by the sea, and handed it over to Rwanda, his own people, to manage. Now that county is still in the air, so although Rwanda wears the costume of the eight-grade county order, it does not have a specific official title.

But that's it, Rwanda is already happy, his mind is completely off the ship, and he often sits alone on the deck. From time to time, it makes a giggling sound similar to that of a hen eating. This kind of behavior made the little girl Li Qingzhao extremely contemptuous, and she threw cold eyes at Rwanda from time to time. Unfortunately, Rwanda doesn't care.

When Li Qingzhao first left Haiti, she was still surprised by this big ship, she climbed up and down and looked curiously, and after a while, she got bored and turned around to look for her father.

Ancient cabins were nowhere near as comfortable as modern luxury passenger liners. There was no electricity, and it was stuffy and dark in the cabin; And the ventilation is not good, and if there are more candles, the air in the cabin is suffocating. So in this era, most people stay on deck when they have the opportunity, including Li Qingzhao's father and Zhao Xing and others.

Among the family members of officials, Cheng Azhu has only been to the sea once, and that was when she went to Zhaoxingmi Prefecture to take office. In addition, Chen Yiyi has been to Haiti many times. This kind of experience between the two of them is rare among the family members of officials, so many officials and family members gather around them to ask about their experiences.

Although Zhao Xing's boat is large, the waves are still obvious, and many officials and relatives have begun to get seasick, but they are still reluctant to return to the cabin. Li Qingzhao ran to the stern of the boat where the officials and their relatives were staying, and when he saw this situation, his eyes rolled and he immediately asked Zhao Xing: "Lord Zhao, do you have any horses on the boat?" I know that when a person hits a horse, his spirit is not on the turbulence, and he must not feel dizzy on the sea. ”

Zhao Xing asked strangely: "What is a horse?" ”

Li Qingzhao hurriedly replied: "That's a kind of bamboo chip game......

Li Qingzhao explained to Zhao Xing, and Zhao Xing immediately understood: "Isn't this mahjong?" Maybe it's a little different from modern mahjong, but it's very small. ”

Zhao Xing immediately replied: "I know the horse hanging, I usually call it mahjong." Although there is no ready-made mahjong on this ship, my ship is a sea supply ship - in order to repair the ship damaged by the storm at any time, I also have lathes on the ship, all kinds of wood, and the carpentry equipment is complete, and I will have someone make it for you immediately. ”

Li Qingzhao tilted his head and asked Zhao Xing in surprise: "Lord Zhao also has research on horse hanging?" ”

Before Zhao Xing could answer, Li Qingzhao immediately took Zhao Xing's hand and called him affectionately: "Uncle Zhao, you have to talk to me well, I have always felt that there is no knowledge everywhere in the world." There is also a university question in this gambling, I am studying various gambling techniques, and when I grow up, I want some of the world's first gambling ...... I've been researching horse fighting recently, and I'm going to write a "Preface to Horse Fighting". Uncle Zhao also told Qingzhao about what research was done here. ”

Zhao Xing glanced at Li Qingzhao curiously, according to his memory, in this era, no one really studies the gambling scriptures, whether in China or overseas, there is indeed no gambling, could it be that "the first gambling in the world" is really written by Li Qingzhao, and the little girl in front of him is the originator of the "Lao Qian" world?

But Zhao Xing remembered that in traditional history, it seems that Zheng He invented mahjong when he went to the West, and why did the Song Dynasty have the "Preface to Playing Horses". Could it be that this time, the history in the textbook is inertly "misremembered"?

Carving wood was not an outstanding skill in the Song Dynasty. The carpenter apprentice will also, after the division of labor and cooperation, with the power of the lathe, after a while, more than a dozen pairs of mahjong are completed. Among them, the mahjong color made of Mayi dragon's blood tree is red, the mahjong made of African ebony is as black as iron stone, the mahjong made of green sandalwood is emerald green, and the mahjong color made of ivory is like white jade, and it feels warm and wants to touch the woman's fragrant milk......

These sets of mahjong are prepared as soon as they are made. Li Qingzhao refused to teach others to fight again, she held a few wooden boxes containing mahjong floors, and blocked others with her body. shouted in his mouth: "Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao, you are willing to promise me one thing." I'll teach people to beat horses, otherwise no one will want to touch this pile of treasures. ”

Zhao Xing knew that this girl was cautious, and in the past few days, he had already discovered that Li Qingzhao was a little woman with an extremely thick collection, and her young age was already amazing. Everything she likes must be moved back home in every possible way, and she is a shopaholic. Zhao Xing glanced at Li Gefei helplessly. Finding that Li Gefei's eyes were full of appreciation, he sighed and said, "You want these mahjong, right?" No problem, when you land, these things are yours. ”

Li Qingzhao jumped up happily, and hurriedly grabbed a few women to prepare to go to the cabin to practice, but at this time, she didn't care about the small and stuffy cabin. I just want to play a good game of mahjong. Zhao Xing said with emotion behind her back: "Uncle Zhao doesn't have much else here. It's hard to imagine that there is so much wood. Although this is a pair of mahjong with exquisite workmanship, as long as the machine is running. How can you not produce hundreds of pairs in a day? ”

Li Qingzhao was walking into the cabin, and when he heard this, he hurriedly stopped, ran back to Zhao Xing's side, shook his little head and begged: "Uncle Zhao, when you will land, you must ask the master carpenter to engrave his name on the mahjong tiles, and let them write: This is the first mahjong they produced." ”

The officials present laughed.

With mahjong tiles, the journey seems to be short of time, and the officials and relatives are playing mahjong as soon as they open their eyes. Unconsciously, Zhao Xingdi's ship had entered Guangzhou, and the ladies found that the end of the journey had arrived.

When Zhao Xing's fleet entered the port, the faces of the ladies were joyful and worried, and some were full of regrets, and the happiest among them was Li Qingzhao, she pinned three big money bags to her waist, and she walked with a jingle sound, she couldn't walk steadily when the money bag fell, but she smiled very happily, her face was like a flower, and all her expression muscles were blooming.

"How much did you win?" Zhao Xing put away the binoculars and teased Li Qingzhao casually.

Li Qingzhao was very happy, patted the three money bags in his waist, listened to the sound of the clattering in the waist bag, and then proudly raised his little face to show off to Zhao Xing: "It's all gold coins, it's gold coins...... Father-in-law, if Guangzhou is not good, we will no longer be officials, and our daughters will earn back the money for the journey home, and we will go home to buy land and farm, read poetry, and be happy in the future. ”

Li Gefei smiled, he pointed at Cheng Azhu and Chen Yiyi: "Your little money, look at your Uncle Zhao's family, how can people care about this little money?" It's funny, you're still as proud as how many you won? ”

Li Qingzhao patted the money bag on his waist and said: "There is also a box of gems, all of which I won against Mrs. Chen, and Mrs. gave me a gem if she lost, and now the whole box is full." ”

Zhao Xing clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Now, Qingzhao has a dowry, but I don't know which man has this kind of blessing and moved this living gem box home." ”

Li Qingzhao was a little shy at this time, and hurriedly hid back in the cabin - she was looking for a carpenter master to engrave words on the mahjong tiles.

Li Gefei just mentioned Zhao Xing's two wives, Chen Yiyi stood at the stern of the boat, bowed, and replied to Li Gefei: "Uncle Li, everyone says that Yangzhou is the first gold cave in the world, but the person who said this has never been to Guangzhou. Buying goods in Guangzhou is about buying ships. A shipload of goods is worth about 500,000 guan in a small way, and there is no limit in saying that there is no limit to a lot of pearls, a shipload of pearls is worth 3 million guan, and a boat of ivory and red sandalwood is worth about 5 million guan.

Tens of thousands of dollars of small money, get it to the Guangzhou dental store, and the guys don't look at you squarely. I want to close the city of the Great Song Dynasty back then, but only keep the Guangzhou City Division. So this is the world's wealth and goods, Qingzhao girl won our little money is really nothing, children's things, just to have a good time, and I hope Uncle Li will not blame. ”

Chen Yiyi is reminding Li Gefei not to blame her daughter, she is not blind, so she can naturally see Li Gefei's doting, but Li Qingzhao just told his father that he is no longer an official, Chen Yiyi doesn't like to hear this, so he secretly reminded the other party: The money won at the mahjong table is really nothing, and the real big money is in Guangzhou.

Li Gefei didn't understand Chen Yiyi's words, but he had been reminded by Chen Yiyi's words, he turned around and looked at Zhao Xing's fleet, and said thoughtfully: "A shipload is worth 500,000 yuan, how much should Lord Zhao's ten fleets be worth?" Hiss-"

Li Gefei's emotion has not yet been finished, and the fleet has already entered the port. The noise of the harbor immediately hit the ears, impacting the auditory and visual senses of the people on board......