The city is on fire in July, and the heat is gradually disappearing. But this year's climate is a bit evil, it's August, but the weather is still very hot, especially around noon, under the care of the sun overhead, the heat wave is rolling, people can't wait to hide in the house and can't come out.

However, this expectation can only be realized by wealthy families, and ordinary people still have to work under the scorching sun in the heat to make a living. For example, on the bank of the canal, at this time, there are many barebacked, sweaty slender men are struggling to pull the rope under the encouragement of a trumpet, and several large boats behind the rope are slowly moving forward.

It's been a bit of a torturous day this year. In May and June, it was raining so hard that the Yellow River flooded and diverted, causing considerable damage. However, after July, the rain did not fall, and the sun was fierce, so that the river was much shallower, especially the canal that communicated the north and the south, at this time it was impossible for large ships to pass, and could only rely on the efforts of the slender men on both sides of the river to pull through.

At this time, being slowly dragged on the surface of the canal were several huge three-story high official ships, and the first one also had the banner of governor of Shandong, which was the car of the new governor of Shandong, Lu Jin.

After everything was decided, Lu Zhen did not stay in Beijing for too long, but just made some simple handovers, put down all the errands at hand, and then resigned to the Son of Heaven and officially embarked on the journey to Shandong.

Originally, this Shandong is not very far from Beijing, and it is convenient to walk on two roads by land and water. But because of the weather, he finally chose to go through the canal waterway. But now, looking at the ships moving forward a little bit, Lu Zhen didn't feel a little regretful, this was still faster by horse-drawn carriage on land.

Lu Jin, who was standing on the bow deck, was frowning lightly at the moment, and a folding fan in his hand seemed to be shaking quickly and impatiently, but it brought a touch of coolness to himself.

It's not that he's worried about delaying on the road, he can still afford to delay this time. It's not because I see the hard work of the slender men on both sides of the strait and have any feelings, Governor Lu, who has been an official in the Ming Dynasty for many years, has long since lost the kind of thinking before the crossing, for people in this era, there are three, six, nine, etc., and it is only natural that he sits on the boat as a court official and is pulled by the slender men.

What worries him is the matter of his family. To be exact, it was the news he just learned before he left home - Chu Yunrong was already pregnant with his flesh and blood!

Just when Lu Zhen had confirmed that he would go to Shandong to serve as the governor, and planned to bring the second daughter with him-he and the two daughters had always been separated because of various things before, and they had suffered a lot of complaints about sending them back to Suzhou before, and had made a promise that they would not be separated in the future, so they naturally did not dare to leave them in Beijing again this time-, he found that Chu Yunrong was pregnant. At this point, the plan can only be changed in response to change.

Although Chu Yunrong only reacted slightly, and did not show his nostalgia yet, as the first child of his old Lu family, whether it was Lu Jin, the father, or anyone else, he was so nervous that he would naturally not let Chu Yunrong follow him all the way to Shandong in a tiring way.

Not only her, but Yun Yan also invited herself to stay in the house to take care of her sister. As for whether she really chose this because of her deep sisterhood or to take care of the emotions of pregnant women, only she knows.

As a result, our Governor Lu could only embark on the road to his post alone, but he didn't even have a family member. And what made him feel ashamed was that, judging from the complicated situation in Shandong and the difficulty of opening the sea, he had to stay there for at least two or three years this time, which means that the birth of his first child could not be seen.

Every time he thought of this, Lu Zhen felt a burst of guilt and sorrow coming over him, and he printed that sentence - being an official is not comfortable, and he is not at ease as an official.

However, in the eyes of others, Governor Lu's face was full of sorrow and sighs all the way because he was worried that the road ahead would be difficult, which made the accompanying cadres full of apprehension.

Lu Jin, who was looking at the river in front of the boat in a daze, suddenly noticed that there was more person around him, so he retracted his thoughts, turned his head to look, but saw a face with sharp edges and corners, but he could hardly see any emotional expression.

Seeing Lu Zhen turn his head to look at him, this Cai forced out a smile: "Lord Futai don't worry too much, even if Shandong is the Longtan Tiger's Den, it is also the territory of my Ming Dynasty after all, you have the identity of Qincha, whether it is the local government or the so-called Yansheng Gong Confucian family, you still have to avoid three points." ”

Looking at this entourage wearing the flying fish suit unique to Jinyiwei, and the whole person was as sharp and murderous as the embroidered spring knife on his waist, Lu Zhen laughed unconsciously: "When did you Yang Zhen actually know how to comfort people?" ”

That's right, the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission who followed Lu Zhen to Shandong was Yang Zhen, the Jinyi guard who had helped Lu Zhen several times. However, his previous identity is different, he is no longer a hundred households, but a thousand households with real power!

At the beginning, because he offended Wang Zhen, Ma Shun and others, Yang Zhen, a hundred households in brocade clothes, was transferred to Jiangnan to work. Thanks to the old man Hu Hu, he was not harmed. And with Wang Zhen's party being settled by the Autumn Queen, and many people in Jinyiwei were convicted, he, an outlier in Jinyiwei, came out smoothly, not only transferred back to the capital from Jiangnan, but also directly promoted from 100 households to 1,000 households.

Although Zhu Qiyu wanted to learn the lessons of his brother's time when he was in power at the beginning and curb the power of the factory guard. But after dealing with the courtiers for a period of time, he finally found that the existence of the factory guard as a deterrent and containment of hundreds of officials was still very necessary, so he used the neglected Jinyi guard again.

So, even in the arrangement of sending Lu Zhen to patrol Shandong and preside over all matters related to the opening of the sea, he was also assigned a brocade guard as an assistant. Of course, the emperor still trusted Lu Zhen quite a lot, and knew that he had a good relationship with Yang Zhen, so he sent this new thousand households back to the capital to his side.

Hearing Lu Zhen's ridiculous words, a bitter smile rarely appeared on Yang Zhen's face: "It seems that adults are not too worried about the difficult road ahead. ”

"Of course, as you said, the whole world is not the king's land, and this Shandong is the Shandong of my Ming Dynasty after all. As a messenger and governor of the government, do they dare to oppose me? What's more, don't I still have Yang Qianhu for your help? ”

"Adults can afford to be too low-ranking officials, and the human heart and ghost domain above the officialdom are not something that I can completely deal with as a brocade guard. What's more, the Confucian family is the authentic Confucian sect in the world after all, if you have a conflict with them, the result is not very good. Yang Zhen said lightly.

This time it was Lu Jin's turn to smile bitterly: "You were still encouraging and comforting me just now, why are you starting to put pressure on me again now?" Anyway, I have received the king's order, and even if the road ahead is difficult, I can only hold on to the end and try my best to get the errand done. Not to mention not hitting the south wall, even if the south wall is smashed, this matter of opening the sea must also be done! In the end, his face was solemn, and his eyes were shining brightly.

Yang Zhen glanced at him and nodded: "Xia Guan understands, I will do my best to help the adults achieve this goal." ”

As he spoke, a gust of wind blew from behind, and then the slender men on the shore suddenly let out a burst of cheers: "It's raining, it's finally raining!" ”

Sure enough, before the words fell, raindrops the size of beans fell from the sky and fell on the canal. Lu Jin's face also showed excitement: "This may be a good sign." I have just entered the boundary of Shandong, and the scorching heat of the days has been relieved by this timely rain, is this some kind of revelation from God? ”

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"The rain is good rain, but unfortunately the man who came with the rain is not a good person." An elegant middle-aged man stood in front of the cloister, looking at the raindrops that kept falling from the patio, and said this sentence slowly.

Beside him, there was also a fifty-year-old man with a slightly cautious expression, hearing this, his face showed a slight trace of worry, and then he smiled: "Actually, he can't change anything when he comes." After all, this Shandong is no better than other places, and the Zun family is far from being comparable to other so-called families. Regardless of popularity or power, he can't make any moves in Shandong. ”

"Really? Gao Fangbo, do you really think so? The middle-aged man turned his head slightly, glanced at the other party and asked.

Swept away by him, this body trembled, and then nodded busily.

Fang Bo, in ancient times, was an honorific title for the princes of a place, and after coming to the Ming Dynasty, it became another name for the political envoy of a province. The man surnamed Gao in his fifties in front of him is still the chief executive with the highest official position on the ground in Shandong, and with just one look and a seemingly unintentional word, he can make a dignified provincial official feel uneasy, and the identity of the other party is naturally about to come out.

"That being said, it is still not to be taken lightly. This Lu Jinneng rose from the court in just a few years, and became a squire of the military department and the governor of a province at the age of less than thirty, and his ability is naturally not small. Moreover, I heard that he strongly advocated the opening of the sea, so we must deal with it carefully. Of course, it would be better if he could be allowed to retreat without any disputes. So Gao Fangbo, all of this depends on you. This man spoke lightly, as if he was not talking about a second- or third-rank member of the imperial court, but ordinary housework.

This command still made Gao Duzhong's heart tense for a while, but in the end he still smiled reluctantly: "This is natural." The lower officials should try their best to dissuade Governor Lu, opening the sea or something, it is too nonsense. ”

"According to the itinerary, he will be able to arrive in Jinan in three days, so Master Gao should go back and prepare." As he spoke, he had turned away.

And Gao Duzhong felt relieved at this time, talking to the other party like this, the pressure on him was too great. Fortunately, I didn't have to face him again for the next few days...... Fortunately, Lord Gao didn't know that the real trouble had just begun......

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