After shouting, Zhang bit down with his big open mouth, chewed a few times, and without waiting to swallow, he jumped up and shouted vaguely: "Hu Inspection, Liu Inspection, Security Inspection, take fifteen people to find Ye Xuemin, hurry up and make that fruit forest look ......"

Then, he carefully put the fruit on the table, and continued to shout: "Xu Dujian, Ma Inspection, Mao Inspection, quickly go to the city to transfer a capital of soldiers......"

Zhao Xing raised his hand and interrupted him: "The things of the immortals, don't dare to destroy them easily-fold longevity!" ”

Zhao Xing's words made the chewers stop, Cheng Azhu tried first, only ate two, and only took a bite of the third, hearing this, carefully put the fruit on the table. Chen Yiyi made a preemptive move, and had already swallowed three pieces, Liao Xiaoxiao pretended to be delicate, and bit the fruit with thin teeth, only half of it was eaten, and he didn't dare to chew it again when he heard this.

Zhang Yong turned his head and asked Zhao Xing: "In that case, why do you want to dig that fruit tree?" ”

Zhao Xing said this just to maintain the originality of the species, in fact, transplanting fruit trees is not so weird: "I only plan to move three or two, so as not to hurt the vitality of the fruit forest, and that native fruit forest, I mean let the government supervise, such as building a Taoist temple in the local area, enclosing the fruit forest, and letting the Taoist priest pray for the queen mother and the official family, and by the way, also take care of the fruit forest." What comes out of the fruit forest is used as the income of the Taoist temple, how about it? ”

Zhang Yong was stunned for a moment and muttered: "That's fine, it's just that I practice in the Mizhou regiment...... That's it! Go first, and take charge of the forest as I command you. Hugh has to let the idlers damage it. The rest, let me think about it. ”

Zhang Yong was still muttering, and Zhao Xing pointed to the fruit on the table: "Why don't you eat it, it's a good thing!" ”

Chen Yiyi swallowed a few mouthfuls of spit, Cheng Azhu shook his head and was silent, and Liao Xiao replied in a small voice: "Xianggong, immortals, don't you dare to eat more, you will lose your life!" ”

"Don't lose your life!" , Zhao Xing grabbed a black fruit and took a big bite: "Green food." How can you lose your life after eating? Eat more, this thing will not be easy to eat in the future, miss it. Don't regret it...... By the way, let people buy all the black peaches that have been picked and take them home to eat slowly. Kids, try a few. ”

With Zhao Xing's shout, the child who had been looking forward to it for a long time burst on.

This happened, and everyone had no intention of continuing to eat, so Zhang ran to buy this spade with the arranged manpower. Inside the restaurant. Due to the small number of black peaches. Many children didn't grab it, and Zhao Xing's children's frustrated expressions moved their hearts: "Why don't we change places for today's tour and change to Wutaolin?" ”

Without waiting for the adults to speak, the children cheered.

What are you waiting for, Zhang Yong got up and sighed, seeing his wife's longing look. Immediately commanded arrogantly: "Listen, all, the soldiers are sent to the black peach forest!" ”

On the way, Zhang Yong was still doubting Zhao Xing's boldness - immortals dared to eat things openly. But it seems that he is not the only one who has this question. Several of the children were also talking in private. The reply of a Cheng child made him really understand Zhao Xingdi's boldness. "What is this? My uncle cut off the dragon's head when he was sacrificing to the rain. Others are respectful to the dragon king, but my uncle thinks the dragon king is slow, so he cuts off the dragon's horns to punish him. The dragon lord didn't dare to slack off, as soon as Uncle cut off the dragon's horns, it rained heavily for half a month. ”

After listening to this, Zhang Yong also showed a revealing expression from that day, and whispered to his wife: "It turns out ...... In this way, it is no wonder that Zhao Liren knows about the existence of this peach. ”

"What?" His lady asked blankly.

"I mean...... This Zhao Liren", Zhang Yong looked around, and immediately changed his words: "Zhao Liren is well-read and well-read, and he knows everything in the Book of Mountains and Seas, perhaps, he also knows a thing or two about this god and monster, yes." ”

Zhang replied with a lady's straight color: "Official, the son is silent and strange, you can't say this casually." ”

Zhang Yonghan smiled: "That's right, I'm just talking to the lady...... I know, I know, let's go to Wutaolin and never open it again

Although Zhang Yong didn't speak, what he said had reached the ears of the Mizhou military attaché, in fact, those military attachés had a little guess in their hearts that it was Zhang Yong who lifted the curtain. The military attachés had scruples in their hearts, and when they had a picnic in the black peach forest, the scene was inevitably a little stuffy, and only the children played enough.

On the way back, the people of Mizhou are spending Chongyang.

Chongyang in the Song Dynasty likes to eat jujube cakes, jujube cakes mean "early high", that is, the meaning of early promotion of official land, a small red flag is inserted on the jujube cake, this is a variant of the Tang Dynasty ascending and inserting dogwood, the jujube cake of the Song people is to be shared with passers-by, along the road are people who carry jujube cakes distributed everywhere, it is said that there are many people who eat jujube cakes, which means that the family is popular.

The discovery of the spade situation made the Mizhou group practice rush back halfway, and the result was just in time for the jujube cake.

In times of hunger, it's inconceivable to take out food and share it with passers-by. Zhao Xing looked at the smile on the Song people's faces, and couldn't help but secretly marvel at the wealth of the Song people. They were grabbed by the enthusiastic villagers, ate one piece after another of jujube cakes, and only rushed back to the city amid the complaints of the villagers.

"Who will be in a hurry on the day of the Double Ninth Festival, isn't this a starving ghost," Zhang Yong complained as he entered the city. He also broke down.

Two days later, several horse-drawn carriages arrived at Zhaoxing's mansion with tree species from the place of migration from the mountains, and several fast horses had already galloped to Bianliang to ask the imperial court to set up a Taoist temple in the local area. Because monks and Taoists are all non-tax-paying people, so in the Song Dynasty, monks and monks needed to be issued by the government, and this degree was money. Each serving is about 100 pieces.

After a while, Wang Zishao, who rushed back from vacation, was also alarmed, he led Suo Wendao and hurried to Zhao Xing's mansion, and after tasting the spades, he hurriedly sent a sea ship to contribute the remaining spades to the imperial court from the waterway, so that the imperial court could make a decision as soon as possible.

Out of Zhao Xing's mansion, Wang Zishao couldn't help but sigh: "People say that this Zhao Liren is a lucky star, and when I look at it today, sure enough, how long has he been in office, and my Mizhou has increased three taxes." ”

It is possible to make money by selling degrees, and this income belongs to the local government, and it is not a problem for a Taoist temple to sell hundreds of degrees, and the people will go up the mountain in the future. It will also stimulate the local economy, and seeing that it is almost the end of the year, the local government has suddenly increased by tens of thousands, and tens of thousands of revenues make Suo Wendao feel happy.

In this era, it was only ten times to build a brick house, and this income was spread over the heads of each official, which was equivalent to several months' salary, so Suo Wenwen was also very satisfied, and after thinking for a while, he added: "I have Banqiao Town in front of Mizhou, and this temple in the back. It is expected that there will be wealth in the future, and some of this money will have to be set aside. The people of Mizhou have been suffering for a long time, and this winter they should also build roads and school buildings. ”

Wang Zishao did not object to this proposal, he sighed: "It's a pity that Master Li left early and couldn't taste such a delicacy. It's time for Fan Ye to enter the capital. ”

In mid-September, Fan Yi, who entered the capital, made several folds, the first of which was to establish the city of Mizhou City. And then according to Zhao Xing's words. A request to the imperial court to establish a three-tier monetary system. Then there is the invitation to set up Jiaoxi County.

This set off an uproar, and the officials of the political hall began to discuss it over and over again.

In the recital, Fan Yi omitted Zhao Xing's name. And Zhao Xing didn't know the hustle and bustle of the court at the moment, he was enjoying the ** life of an official at home.

It was an afternoon, the sun was shining brightly on Bixia Pavilion, Zhao Xing was lying on the wooden floor, holding a book in his hand, and Cheng Azhu was sitting next to him, stuffing grapes into his mouth one by one. Chen Yiyi is like a Tang man. Kneeling on the wooden floor, the small table in front of her was full of account books, the abacus in her hand crackled, and her mouth shouted a series of data from time to time, and the three maids next to her were busy recording.

Then. Liao Xiaoxiao hurriedly walked up to the second floor. Hearing her footsteps, Chen Yiyi was calculating with one hand. The other hand made a shushing movement in mid-air, and a female envoy stepped forward to stop her, preventing Liao Xiaoxiao from getting close to the pile of account books, Liao Xiaoxiao's footsteps stopped, and walked to Zhao Xing's side hatefully, and also picked up a few grapes from the fruit bowl on the ground, ready to feed Zhao Xing.

Kasli sat next to her and played the piano softly, Cheng Azhu glanced at Liao Xiaoxiao to prevent her from interfering, Liao Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, and had to stuff the grapes in his hand into his mouth.

The sun is shining, the wife and concubine are compatible, and they have nothing to do, basking in the sun...... It's such an easy life.

At this moment, Deng Yufu has taken over Zhao Xing's group training camp affairs and led a group of craftsmen to work in full swing. And Li Zhiyi leisurely would find this official to drink and write poems, and then go out with someone in the city, and be very busy.

As for the Japanese man Yuan Yeping, he still rushes into the barracks to train drummers and train musicians...... This guy has been obsessed with this job recently, Zhao Xing only occasionally went to guide the method, and most of the rest of the work was handed over to this enthusiastic widow.

Yuan Yeping's beauty has also caused a lot of repercussions in Mizhou, and now he is surrounded by a group of like-minded people, which comforts his lonely heart and makes his work much smoother......

All the work has been arranged, and Zhao Xing's current job is to ride a horse to the military camp every day, and according to the requirements of the government office, send some regiments to the counties to assist in catching thieves, assisting in maintaining law and order, and assisting in repairing the city wall. Then, when he has time, he will go to Yuan Yeping to hang around, and then go home to enjoy the tenderness of his wife and concubine.

The life of officials in the Song Dynasty was too lazy, and it seemed that the only thing Zhao Xing could do now was to gather a group of officials to drink and compose poems. But unfortunately, Zhao Xing didn't have enough courage to fiddle with poetry in front of the Song people, so he had to hide at home and hug his wife.

Liao Xiaoxiao sat for a long time, and finally found an opportunity to interject, at this time Zhao Xing had just turned over, her eyes were straight thinking about something, she quickly interjected: "Official, the banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, the kaki is still short of manpower, you have to send me some more people." ”

Zhao Xing put it down, and said with straight eyes: "Don't worry, Li Yuan's guy will be here soon, and I will leave all the original Kabuki from him, and we can still get a batch of new drummers from Dayue......"

Chen Yiyi's abacus paused, and suddenly interjected and asked, "Where is your maidservant Xiaoqing lately?" ”

Liao's little hand shook, and the grapes rolled to the ground. She opened her mouth and glanced at Zhao Xing, seeking the latter's help. Chen Yiyi continued to make calculations in his hand, and continued without raising his head: "Why is she so careless, how did she sell the formula to the maritime merchants in Banqiao Town, and let people track them to Mizhou City." ”

Liao Xiaoxiao pouted aggrievedly, and before she could speak, Zhao Xing was already lazily helping: "Since you know, then help her." ”

"Of course!" Chen Yiyi said quickly: "If I hadn't wiped her ass." She had already let people touch Xiaoqing's residence. ”

Liao Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, his eyes rolled, his silver teeth were bitten, he took out two pieces of paper from his arms, and said: "Official, you know about selling formulas, the first formula sold for 30,000 yuan, and the second copy sold for 20,000 yuan." The third, the merchant disappeared halfway through......"

Those two pieces of paper are two "flying money", and flying money is also called "easy change". It began in the middle of the Tang Dynasty and was a voucher for storing and withdrawing money from government money cabinets or private money lockers run by big merchants. What's funny is that Liao Xiaoxiao's two flying coins were still printed by Zhao Xing. The stamps on it are written in Israeli as "I Yu" and "Zhao Xing".

Liao Xiaoxiao originally chose this "Hong Leong Hong" silver cabinet because this silver cabinet was newly opened and it was easy to hide his identity. It is said that behind this silver cabinet are Fujian, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Huangzhou businessmen participate in the shares, at the same time, there are also Tibetan merchants among the shareholders, who can operate the above regions and Goryeo and Wa foreign exchange. But she didn't know that the major shareholder behind the silver cabinet was Zhao Xing.

Now. The major shareholder behind the scenes is still laughing at her: "So long time. Only two copies of the formula were sold, and the efficiency was not high. …… Well, this recipe is a combination of a glass recipe and a silver mirror recipe, and it only sells for 30,000 yuan, so you really lose money. ”

Liao Xiaoxiao said resentfully: "Official, those maritime merchants are all here to sell goods, they all said that they don't have so much cash, and they want to pay me those goods, and the concubine wants to trouble those goods......"

Zhao Xing interjected: "Give it to Yiyi." Eat those goods, just ......"

Zhao Xing pushed the two pieces of paper back to Liao Xiaoxiao and said, "It's just that if you sell formulas in the future, it has nothing to do with you." ”

Liao Xiaoxiao looked at the two pieces of paper, surprised and delighted: "Official." This...... Are you saying that this money has been poured into me? ”

Chen Yiyi waved his hand for the servant to step back. She didn't even sort out the account books on the table, and moved to Zhao Xing's side. Poured himself a glass of wine, listened attentively to the surrounding movements, and then said: "Since you have been with Xianggong for a long time, I will give you an explanation of the situation at home: 50,000 yuan is not a big fortune for this family." Xianggong is pitiful that you don't have any money in your hands, so you can earn a little money, it seems that you don't have the ability to do this.

That's it, in the future, the money will belong to you, and you will have 1,000 yuan of fat powder money every month, and when you give birth to a child, there will be milk powder money, servant money and other items. These, I'll talk about it later, now that you've proven that you're not the housekeeper's material, you'll spend the money given by the officials in the future. As for the accounts at home, stop trying to peek at them. You have been walking around the door of the account room for a long time in the past few days - why, I didn't give you monthly money before, but the pocket money given to you by the husband is not enough? ”

Cheng Azhu didn't seem to hear Chen Yiyi's words, and kept a fixed frequency, stuffing grapes into Zhao Xing's mouth, Zhao Xing vaguely persuaded "You also eat one", Cheng Azhu smiled and shook his head.

Liao Xiaoxiao glanced at the few people present, and saw that everyone had a peaceful attitude, and her stunned mouth closed for a long time: "Fifty thousand yuan is also a small amount of money?" Xianggong ......"

At this time, the title of Xianggong has gradually spread to the people. Although the imperial court has repeatedly taken measures to stop it, the people have begun to call officials Xianggong. However, now this kind of title is just a kind of affectionate nickname, and it has not yet spread to the heads of outsiders.

Chen Yiyi took a few sips of light wine, ignored Liao Xiaoxiao's consternation, and asked Zhao Xing again: "Official, I have summarized the accounts very clearly, and I don't think there is any need to report all the details of the affairs in the future." It's the Nanyang piece, and the prime minister should also be concerned. This month we were robbed of seven ships by the garrison, and the ground of Pu Yi was starting to fail, and the pirates of Abbas were starting to rob our ships. ”

Zhao Xing stretched his waist, threw Ben aside, held his head in both hands, pillowed on the ground and said: "The situation in these two places should be different, with the Pu Yi'an family taking care of it, and in Abbas, it is safe for the ship to enter the port." And when sailing, our ships are fast, and pirates can't get cheap; But where the country is stationed...... They like to rob boats parked at the docks, and they do it by officials and officers, should we teach them a lesson? ”

"I'm afraid the situation in the country will change soon," Chen Yiyi replied: "There is news that they have organized 3,000 warships, and it is rumored that they are still desperately building ships, preparing to fight with Abbas and Sriwijaya and dominate the South Seas." Officer, our new-style navy has been training in Mayi for four months, and it is time for them to go to the country of Palembang and break into Palembang, so that the barbarians will not think that the tiger will not be powerful. It's actually a cat. ”

Liao Xiaoxiao was speechless in shock. What are these two people talking about so calmly? Are they talking about challenging a country with the power of one person?

This information alone is enough, how can a person who has the strength to challenge a country care about 350,000 yuan...... Well, that's a small amount of money indeed.

In fact, Liao Xiaoxiao exaggerated what she heard, and Zhao Xing did not have the strength to challenge a country now. The naval army mentioned by Chen Yiyi is actually an armed merchant ship. Since the situation in the South China Sea became worse, it became more and more difficult to do business, so Zhao Xing began to train armed merchant ships, intending to change the previous habit of transporting goods by single ship. Liaison with maritime formations to sail and arm trafficking to reduce risk.

Zhao Xing's next words answered Liao Xiaoxiao's question.

"Four months of training in one fleet is not enough. A minimum of one year of training is required. Also, if we want to fight with the country in Yuan, we don't have enough money", Zhao Xing said slowly: "In the sixth year of Yuanfeng, there was a skirmish between the imperial court and Western Xia, and the financial income of that year was reduced by 33 million taels of silver. In other words: 3,000 pieces of property are not enough to fight a small war. Challenge a nation with one person. We can't afford it. Can't afford to fight this naval battle either?

What I mean is: now they are very arrogant, and our Song ships are not allowed to be armed, so they are regarded as the main targets of robbery, and now they will rob the Song ships when they see them in that sea area - we can't let them develop this habit, and let the armed merchant ships go down to teach that group of people a lesson...... It seems that in the future, we should contact more Song merchants, and we should twist them all into a rope. We need to plan for this as soon as possible. ”

"It just so happened that my brother was going to bring a boat home. Let them take them to Vietnam", Chen Yiyi was eager to try: "Although the Da Yue Navy is weak, it is okay to make up a hundred and ten boats, so we will let the Da Yue Navy lead the way and go there to have a good show." ”

Chen Yiyi is selfish.

Vietnam is very close to India. I feel the invasion of Arab culture more deeply. If it weren't for the fact that the Vietnamese would be full of pride in their Yan Huang civilization. It is also expected to be quickly Arabized, in this case. Yi Yi hopes that the fox will fake the tiger's power, and quickly try the power to the country where he is stationed. By the way, I also help Vietnam declare its maritime sovereignty.

In ancient times, the transmission of information was slow, and Zhao Xing wanted to appear in Nanyang with Da Yue, who could tell whether Da Yue was leading or Zhao Xing was dominant.

"We need time. Wang Zishao came to me the day before yesterday and told me that the Jurchen merchants of Jinzhou and the Goryeo merchants hoped that we could escort them into the Bohai Sea. Zhao Xing replied, thought for a moment, and then said: "I still have a plan, I need manpower, by the way, let the children go to the coast of Dengzhou quickly, tell them, start the fast horse plan." ”

Ah Zhu's hand tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "How many officials will leave?" ”

"Five days later! I'll take five ships, Yiyi, and hurry up and load the goods, plus our batch of liquor, and get ready to ship. ”

Chen Yiyi turned to Liao Xiaoxiao and asked, "Tell me, who have you been looking for?" ”

Liao Xiaoxiao hummed and talked about her peddling. What idea could she have as a woman was nothing more than to use her former prostitute sisters to whisper to those merchants, claiming to have obtained the secret recipe from a certain merchant. However, the trust of the official prostitutes is low, and the merchants cannot pay a lot of money, so many merchants simply offer to use the goods as collateral. However, when the two sides valued the goods, there was a big discrepancy, and as a result, the matter was delayed until today.

But Chen Yiyi came forward to be different, she used some tooth merchants to come forward as a guarantee, ate all the goods of those people, and then used the group practice to transfer the goods to the ship, ending the entire transaction in the blink of an eye.

Last year, the tax amount of Mizhou Shibi was 860,000 yuan, and the maritime transaction tax was one out of ten, and those prohibited goods were not taxed, and the government and the purchase price were often higher than the market value, which was the characteristic of the longbow trade. In other words, last year, the transaction volume of Mizhou Shieba was about 8 million, at least not less than that. A total of 500,000 pieces of goods were sold, accounting for about 5% of the annual transaction value.

These goods may not be sold for 500,000 yuan if they are sold by others, but Zhao Xing has more than one logistics system, and these goods are diverted in the blink of an eye. Soon, every official prostitute involved in the affair received a rich dowry and disappeared into the vast sea of people.

October 10th, Tinian Day. That is, the birthday of the current Emperor Zhezong. Zhao Xing boarded the boat with Zhang Yong, and before Zhang Yong got on the boat, he was still muttering: "Tianning Festival, this day should be a holiday...... I really miss the Tianning Festival in Bianliang City, and I miss the elephant dance in front of Xuande Building. ”

The elephant dance in front of the Xuande Tower is the favorite scene of the Song Dynasty painters, and there will be such a scene in many Song Dynasty poems. That is the Vietnamese tribute elephant, every year on the day of the Tinian Festival, dozens of elephants controlled by elephant slaves, dancing in front of the Xuande Tower, hundreds of officials in the Xuande Tower to watch, and the people also rent the best viewing position nearby, watch the huge elephant dance in a cute manner.

Liao Xiaoxiao is also recalling: "Yes, the group of elephants kicked on the ground to do a dance, suddenly stretched out their noses and chirped, suddenly bowed to the front hooves, the sound of silk and bamboo, the crowd held their breath, after the dance, the heroes cheered, and the people shouted long live...... I don't know when I will see this scene again. ”

Zhao Xing didn't care much about this large-scale circus performance, what he thought in his heart was: "Festival, I worked overtime on the Song Dynasty Festival, I don't know if there is overtime pay." ”

Deng Yufu, who apparently also watched the dance, also stood on the pier and recalled: "It is said that in the beginning, hundreds of elephants sang together, but now there are only about 40 elephants left. It is a shame that we will not be able to see the grandeur of the past. ”

Zhang Yong misses not only these, but the Tianning Festival has a special meaning for Song Dynasty officials: this day is also an open and legal "** day" for Song Dynasty officials. In the Song Dynasty, the officials were prostitutes. There is a certain prohibition, "Only on Holy Day (the emperor's birthday) is allowed to go to the state and county for a big banquet, and do not set up prostitutes in the bedtime." On this day, it is permissible for officials to drink and have fun with official prostitutes, and to stay overnight and prostitutes.

Zhang Yong took office in Mizhou, and finally looked forward to this day, but was dragged to the boat by Zhao Xing, can he not be depressed?

Zhao Xing was also very depressed, he hugged Cheng Azhu, lowered his head, stepped onto the gangplank dejectedly, and walked to the deck. Yuan Yeping was dressed in a Tang suit, dragging clogs on his feet, with three knives stuck in his waist, and jumped on the deck crisply. Deng Yufu thought about it and followed the boat. Wang Zishao gave him off on the shore, Zhang twisted for a long time, muttered "I don't know how to water yet", and let a few flower arms lead him to the boat.

As soon as Zhang Yong got on the boat, his general flag was raised on the boat, Shang Huode in the Song Dynasty, the military flag was red on a black background, or black on a red background, the military uniform was black pants and red shirts, and the soldiers wore a Fan Yang hat.

The people on the ship were pumping the deck, and the Jurchen guest jumped over, and he stepped on the deck, stopping the crew from pulling the deck, and then shouted: "I want to get on your ship, Acre, my brother is on his own ship, I want to go with your ship." ”

This person is very fluent in Chinese, which is what the court calls "mature women", they often trade with Han people, and they have gradually become Chinese. Of course, they also knew some Han schemes, so they asked the brothers to split up, one to control their own ship, and the other to run to Zhao Xing's command ship.

Zhao Xing had a calm face, waved his hand to let the crew put away the springboard, and Wang Zishao did a good job of dissuading him: "Judge Zhao, Jia Wengang will first take your boat, so let him get on the boat, what can you do." ”

Zhao Xing hesitated for a moment, nodded with a gloomy face, and then threw a look at Yuan Yeping, Yuan Yeping touched the knife with one hand, indicating that he understood, and the head of the Jian Wen Gang jumped on the boat, and as soon as his feet landed, Zhao Xing shouted: "Start the boat!" ”