"Lao Xie, Jiangnan is about to take the scientific examination, and you Jiangnan Printing Bureau also has something to do?"

"This ......, my lord, it's okay for me to wait for the book to be printed, but what can the scientific expedition do to me?"

"Do you want to print the test questions of the scientific examination?"

After hearing this, Xie Wenxin was so frightened that he knelt on the ground all of a sudden, and said to Xiao Zheng in a trembling voice: "Master, how can you make money in this way, you want the villain's whole family to be wiped out, and the villain has to have that life to spend when he earns that money."

"Where do you want to go, Lao Tzu is saying that after the exam is announced, according to the scientific examination system, all the test papers of the candidates on the list will be open to everyone, in order to let everyone see the fairness, and then you Jiangnan Printing Bureau can bind all the test questions and candidates' papers into a book and sell them, in order to give them to later candidates for reference, you don't know how much money you make here? You think Lao Tzu asked you to steal the exam questions, where do you want to go? ”。

When Xie Wenxin heard this, he immediately jumped up from the ground again, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and the folds on his face piled up again. I approached Xiao Zheng and said: "I'll just say, how can you Xiao Gong do that, I have taken over this matter from the Jiangnan Printing Bureau, don't worry, I will definitely do this well then."

"At that time, you can find Lord Xu and Master Wu if you have anything, but there is a condition for you to print these things."

"Your Excellency, please speak!"

"Some of the students who came to take the exam were from poor families, and their travel expenses and entanglement with you from the Jiangnan Printing Bureau."

"You can rest assured about this, the villain will definitely do it properly for you, if there is a mistake, you can talk to the villain's head" Xie Wenxin responded without a word.

went out and walked back, but saw Zheng Xuanli walking over with the two of them, and saw Xiao Zheng salute and said: "My lord, there has just been a quick Ma to report, Lingnan Yue Guo Gong Feng Ang will arrive in Yangzhou in a few days, please also prepare to return to Beijing as soon as possible."

Feng Ang came quite quickly, so let's prepare, and after returning to the mansion and shouting Wu Shi Tong and a group of officials, Xiao Zheng took out another piece of Li Shimin's holy paper and showed it to everyone.

Wu Shi Tong pondered for a while and said, "My lord, the Jiangnan tax this time was collected last year, but the number is by no means a few, and the ships carrying money and grain must be prepared in advance.

"Don't worry, I've been preparing for this thing a long time ago, you go to the people of the Chamber of Commerce for the ship, it's easy to load the ship, the people are enough, as long as the accounts don't make mistakes, can it be completed in three days?"

"No problem!"

"Then you should prepare."

Three days later, Xiao Zheng stood on the dock waiting for Feng An's arrival, and saw three large boats coming along the canal from a distance, followed by many smaller boats, and there was no end in sight at a glance.

"Brother Xiao, how many boats have come to Lingnan, it looks like there are hundreds of ships," Gong Yi Ruoyi was speechless.

"That is, he went to Chang'an to see the saint this time, how to do it if the ceremony is less."

"But his ship doesn't seem to be the same as ours? His ship has a low side and there are no cabins on board."

"Sure enough, it is the carpenter's grandfather, and he can see the clue at a glance, his ship is different from ours, his ship is a sea ship, don't look at the low side of the ship, this kind of ship is much stronger than our ship in resisting wind and waves at sea."

"I'll go to his boat to have a look if I have a chance," Gong Ruoyi said with a twinkle in his eyes.

Feng Ang got off the boat and walked over with a smile after seeing Xiao Zheng, and when he arrived, he slapped Xiao Zheng on the shoulder, making half of Xiao Zheng's body numb.

"Can you be a little stronger, do you know how to count the etiquette when you first met, you are also a Lingnan candidate, why are you so unparticular about Yue Guogong?" Xiao Zheng rubbed his shoulders and said.

"I told you a long time ago, I will call Lao Tzu Lao Feng in the future, why haven't you changed" Feng Ang said with a feigned anger on his face.

"I said Lao Feng, what I know is that your kid came to pay tribute, I don't know if your old boy is going to Chang'an to rebel with so many ships."

"! Your family is thousands of miles away from rebellion? Are you a literati who knows a little about the art of war? Lao Tzu's belt is full of gifts, and there is also a share of your boy here, which was ordered by his mother when she came out. This is also the last time you helped me lift the abduction epidemic in Lingnan, and I didn't ask for anything when I left, my mother was grateful, and I always wanted to find an opportunity to thank you, and now I take this opportunity to repay your personal favor."

"Then I took this affection, go back and thank the old lady for me," Xiao Zheng arched his hand at Feng Ang and said.

Xiao Zheng also introduced several members of the court and the central government to Feng Ang one by one, and when he introduced Xiao Yu, he didn't expect Feng Ang to pay a big salute, and said: "When I came down to Chang'an, my mother kept telling me that I was going to visit your old man's house, but I didn't expect to see you here, and the sky is pitiful."

Xiao Yu twisted his beard and smiled: "I had a very close personal relationship with your father in the previous dynasty, but I didn't expect that the separation of Yin and Yang during the Great Cause was actually a separation between yin and yang, how is your mother?" ”

"The old man is very healthy, and she also said that there is a chance to invite you to go to Lingnan to fulfill the friendship of the landlord," Feng Ang replied with some excitement.

"Everyone, let's go back together and wash the dust for the Duke of Yue."

Watching the crisp liquor poured into the bowl, Feng An's saliva was about to flow down, and after raising his nose and smelling the aroma of the wine, he said: "Your liquor was bought at a sky-high price from Lao Tzu, but Lao Tzu usually can't drink such a good wine."

picked up the bowl and said to Xiao Zheng: "I didn't drink you last time, it was a lack of preparation, try it again today, Lao Tzu will not admit defeat when he drinks."

As soon as the words came out, Xu Jingzong and Wu Shi Tong glanced at each other, and then sighed in unison.......

Early the next morning, all the ships on the wharf were ready to go, and the dense boats spread out more than ten miles along the canal.

After breakfast, he took Li Tai and a group of entourage, and when Xiao Zheng left the house, he was startled by the scene on the street: there were many familiar faces standing on both sides of the street, Ye Tianlin took the gentleman from Yangzhou Hospital, the businessmen of the Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce were even more out of the nest, and then there were the people of Yangzhou.

Pointing to the people on both sides of the street, he said, "My lord, the people of the city know that you are going back to Beijing, and they have come to see you off spontaneously."

Xiao Zheng's heart was sour, he had seen the scene of the people sending the Qing officials in film and television dramas before, but this really happened to him, and Xiao Zheng was still very moved in his heart.

Walked to the front and bowed to the crowd and said: "Fellow villagers, how can Xiao be so loved by you, I will return to Chang'an today, and I will receive your affection and righteousness, please go back."

Several elderly people walked up, took the wine jug and poured the sprinkling cup and said: "Lord Xiao, you went to Jiangnan to do everything for my people, and I and other grass people have kept it in mind, which one is not for my Jiangnan people, having an official like you is the blessing of my Jiangnan, the blessing of the world, today's sage is wise, sent a good official like you, I heard that you are going back to Chang'an, please drink this cup, I will give you a ride."

"Thank you, father-in-law," Xiao Zheng drank the wine after speaking.

Putting the wine glass on the tray, Xiao Zheng arched his hand very emotionally and said, "Fathers, please go back!" ”。

"I'll send you off", hulala knelt down on the street.

Xiao Zheng's throat was a little choked, and after bowing deeply, he walked forward quickly, if he didn't leave, these people wouldn't get up.

When I arrived at the wharf, I saw hundreds of students who came to take the exam gathered around the wharf, and some of them were students from Hangzhou Academy, and these students bowed down and shouted after seeing Xiao Zheng's team: "I wait for the students to thank you Dada, and send the adults back to Beijing."

Xiao Zheng looked a little excited and said to the students: "I also wish you all the titles of the gold list."

Turning his head to Zheng Xuanli, he commanded, "Get on the boat and go!" ”。

As soon as the ship left the dock, the voices of the scholars chanting "Ma Shuo" in unison were heard: "There is Bole in the world, and then there is a thousand miles of horses......".

It wasn't until the ship was far away from the shore that the sound came faintly.

"Your good reputation in Jiangnan has fallen, I am strange, you look at the taxes in Jiangnan that you brought, these hundreds of boats of money and grain are not an exaggeration to say that you are looting people's wealth, how can these ordinary people be so grateful to you" Feng Ang rubbed his temples and said to Xiao Zheng with a tired face.

This guy played hard with Xiao Zheng during the reception banquet last night, and was put down by Xiao Zheng on the spot in less than half an hour, and he was still humming when he got up the next morning, if it wasn't for Xiao Zheng pouring him a bowl of sobering soup, this thing is still lying down, and after getting up, he asked people to carry him to Xiao Zheng's boat, and he said that he talked to Xiao Gong in the name of it.

"How about it, wake up, I think you just see that Lao Tzu's boat is more comfortable than your boat and find an excuse to come up, what kind of looting people's wealth, this is Lao Tzu and the businessmen have worked hard to earn, not a penny in these hundreds of boats is scavenged from the people, you think it is like you", Xiao Zheng said disdainfully.

"I know in Lingnan that your medical skills are all over the world, I have seen this, and when you go to Jiangnan, you are so good at governing people's livelihood competition, if I didn't see it myself, I wouldn't believe it, it seems that you are young and deserve to be the fruit of this country, admire."

"Forget it, just coax everyone to say a few words, is the wine drunk, it's not enough on the ship, or let's have another drink at noon."

"No, no, no" Feng An's head shook like a rattle.

"When it comes to drinking, I'm afraid of you, looking at how you drink wine when you're weak."

The two chatted for a while, Feng Ang looked at no one around, leaned forward and asked Xiao Zheng in a low voice: "Xiao Gong, Feng asked you something, I hope to tell you the truth."