[I was busy during the day today, and I only rushed out of the first shift now, and there will be a second shift later. As for the supplemental change, we can only wait until tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding.

'Finally leaving. ’

Han Gang put away Wang Anshi's letter.

Judging from the payment, although the time of issuance was three days earlier than the edict of transfer, when Han Gang received the letter, it was five days later than the edict received.

Raising his eyes to look around at the Transit Officer, who he was not familiar with, he was finally about to say goodbye to the land where he had fought and lived. Although after arranging the development plan of Jiaozhou, I already had the idea of leaving Guangxi. However, due to many delays, it dragged on for several months.

Han Gang smiled lightly, he still has to be idle next, the Jingxi Capital Transfer Envoy is not a simple position.

"Third brother, I've been waiting for a long time."

After changing into clean clothes, Li Xin came out of the inner room. He happened to have something to do in Guizhou, but he happened to meet Han Gang who was leaving, so he could give him a ride.

Li Xin sat down on the chair, and his family did not need to pay attention to any etiquette. He took two sips of tea and soup, and said, "I just saw that the bags inside have been packed, third brother, you will leave in the next two days?" ”

"Of course, in order to deal with the tail of the hand in the Cao Division, it has been delayed for five days, and it is time to hit the road." Han Gang also picked up the tea and drank it, "Go faster, you can still catch the New Year's Festival." ”

"No handover?"

"The deputy envoy was temporarily replaced, and it was only delayed for five days that he was handed over to the middle of the office." Han Gang smacked his lips and sneered, "For more than a year, he has been in charge of everything in the Transshipment Division, and there are four hundred catties of tea and more than six hundred horses of silk in the Guizhou warehouse, and his doorman still dares to ask me what's going on?" ”

"What did you say after that?" Li Xin asked with a smile, he wouldn't worry about Han Gang.

"What else," Han Gang said with a playful smile, "Anyway, the accounts are flat." ”

"Poor thing." Li Xin shook his head, had some sympathy for Ren Shizhong, and invited an idiot doorman. This deficit is not on Han Gang's head, either Ren Shizhong will make up for it out of his own pocket, or try to close the accounts, anyway, it will take a lot of effort.

Han Gang sipped the tea, this little mess at the time of handover was nothing, since Ren Shizhong had already signed, the rest would not do his business. Putting down the teacup, Han Gang sighed, "Zhang Zihou is gone, Yan Da and Li Xian are also going back, the younger brother is leaving like this now, and you are the only cousin here in Guangxi." ”

Li Xin, "I didn't come here like this in Jingnan at the beginning. The voice paused, "But I won't hide it from you, third brother." I really can't get used to it in Guangxi, although I haven't had any serious illnesses, I always feel unhappy......"

This is not the first time that Li Xin has complained about the climate in Guangxi, he grew up in Shaanxi, but he made meritorious contributions in Jingnan and Guangxi, guarding one side, if he can get used to it, he will have ghosts.

"In a few days......" Han Gang pondered, although Wang Anshi was transferred, his connections in the Privy Council were still there, as long as he moved, it would not be a problem to transfer Li Xin out of Guangxi, "At most, half a year, cousin, your appointment should arrive." I will write to Vice President Wang and Zhang Zihou, and most likely I can transfer you back to Shaanxi, cousin, but maybe it will be Hedong or Hebei. In the battle to recover Jiaozhou, the combat power of the Western Army was seen by everyone in the world. Hedong is reluctant, and the imperial court in Hebei wants to train troops, and the possibility of transferring them is not small. ”

"I understand, too." Li Xin nodded, "Vice Shu Zhang also wrote a letter, saying that he would transfer me back to the north in a few days." You can't let Liu Zhongwu go back alone. ”

It turned out that Zhang Dun had also written a letter. Han Gang smiled and didn't care, "It's just that when the time comes, cousin, I'm afraid you'll have to have a lot of hard work." I don't know how difficult it is for the officials and troops to stay in the south, and I am afraid that there will be many people who are not convinced. ”

"Third brother, don't worry," Li Xin's smile had the confidence of a famous general in a hundred battles, "Brother Wei will not compete with others, but he will not be underestimated......" laughed a few times, and looked at Han Gang again, "In fact, with the third brother here, most of the people in the army will sell face more or less, and there will be no big trouble." ”

"Where do I have such majesty? It's okay to say in Kansai, there are acquaintances everywhere, but in Hebei and Hedong, how can they sell my face? ”

"Third brother, don't underestimate yourself, your reputation has spread all over the world, and being an elder brother can have today is also dependent on you, third brother." Li Xin shook his head and smiled, the look in his eyes gradually became confused, "Ten years ago, I never thought that there would be today, I just hope that the most reluctant will be in the army for decades, and it will be great to be able to survive as a commander." ”

"Cousin, what you said, if you don't have real skills, you can't do what you are in now. In Jingnan, Yongzhou and Jiaozhou, is it someone else who goes into battle? Cousin, your current Guangxi Governor was earned with the credit earned from fighting in battle, but it has nothing to do with me. ”

"Don't talk about that." Li Xin smiled, stretched out his hand, and patted Han Gang's shoulder, "After you serve a term in Jingxi, third brother, return to Beijing to be a Hanlin, and then enter the two mansions in a few years, and after a while, you will be the prime minister." When the time comes, you can also touch the light of the third brother. ”

Hanlin, Liangfu, Prime Minister.

Han Gang shook his head and said with a wry smile, "How can it be so easy. ”

In Wang Anshi's letter, it has been clearly stated that he will be at ease in the local area for a few years. To be a one-term two-term transit envoy, and then to be a two-term governor of a large county in the border state and an envoy to the economy, and when the capital arrives, it is not too late to enter Beijing again. When the time comes, he will enter the two governments to serve as the government, and after a few years, he will go out again, serve in important state capitals several times, and when he is in his forties and fifties, he will be able to sit as prime minister - the back half, Wang Anshi did not say, it was speculated by Han Gang all the way.

Han Gang's least favorite thing to see is the word prestige. Over the years, if there were no two words, it would be difficult to say that he had made meritorious prime ministers, and there would certainly be no problem in governing the country. It's a pity that it's stuck on these two words, and in the end, he can only be a transfer envoy and a master of Longtu Pavilion.

In fact, he didn't have a reputation, just like Li Xin said, if there is nothing to do, most of the people in the army will give him a face. Even if it is to the people, as long as you report a name, there must be many people in the densely populated towns who have heard of Han Longtu, who is a disciple of the King of Medicine and a star who descends to earth, so that he can still make people fly to the sky - I don't see the big and small hotels on Tiannandibei Eighteen Road, all of them are dragging signboards of hot air balloons, except for some wild shops outside the city, no one has long hung the apricot yellow horn flag that is too white.

That is, lack of qualifications. His father-in-law, Wang Anshi, was patient, accumulated thick and thin, looked up to the local area for 30 years, once he entered the court, he was Hanlin, turned his head and became a political officer, and within two years he became the prime minister again - this is still the reason why he ceded the phase in his hand to others several times. But Han Gang's patience is not as good as Wang Anshi's, he just wants to get a reward that can be commensurate with his efforts and achievements. It's a pity that age and seniority have become a chasm in front of him, blocking him from further.

"That's right." Li Xin saw Han Gang's somewhat depressed expression, as if he suddenly thought of something, and diverted the topic, "I just saw the third brother's outfit you want to take with you in the inner room, why are there just a few packages, is it a little less?" ”

"If you have too much luggage with you, it's too much of a hammer, and it's not convenient to travel. In fact, there are other salutes, but they have already sent the caravan of SF Express to the capital. Han Gang let go of his depressed mood, laughed, and leaned forward to lower his voice and said to Li Xin, "Although the gifts to be given to people inside are all bought, it is always not good for people to look at dozens of cages. ”

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, then pointed at Han Gang Dalu and laughed, this cousin of his is really good at being an official.

Han Gang didn't care about being laughed at by Li Xin, it was just a means, not a disguise. He is not pretending to be incorruptible, but he is a clean official.

Han Gang is an official, and he does not accept heavy gifts, and the same is true in Guangxi - he is not short of money, so there is no need to exchange his reputation. However, there are still a lot of local specialties, and some specialties cannot be seen in the north at all.

For example, Guizhou's noodles, a set of more than 100 pieces, young and old, men and women, fat and thin. Such a specialty, when it is taken to the capital, it is very good to stay at home to enjoy it, and it is also face-saving to give gifts, but Han Gang is going to give it to his son and daughter.

There are also copper drums, sheep's hair, and feather fans, all of which are specialties of Guizhou. Wuzhou produces the best iron, Tengzhou has Huanggang wrought iron, Rongzhou people will Wuzhou pig iron and Huanggang wrought iron, fused together to make a famous pine sword.

Duanzhou is far away, in Guangdong, where the inkstone, Han Gang did not go to ask for it, but someone gave him a Duan inkstone - Duanxi inkstone is not big, the stone produced, the upper grade is a rock, the middle grade is a pit stone, and the lower grade is Huangbu stone. The rock, according to the location of the stone, is divided into upper rock, middle rock and lower rock, of which the lower rock is better. The inkstone that Han Gang got was the top grade from Xiayan, but he gave it to Yongzhou Prefecture School as a prize for the first place in the exam.

Han Gang didn't ask for inkstone, but there was a lot of ink. There are many pine trees in Rongzhou, producing high-quality ink, and it is very cheap, a piece of good Lu is only 100 yuan, and the ordinary one is sold by catties, and it is only 200 yuan per catty. In the capital, the price of ink has to be doubled several times, not to mention the fine products made by famous artists such as Pan Gu, which are equivalent to gold and sent directly to the palace, and many literati compete to write poems and praise. But Han Gang is not a scribe, so he directly asks people to buy it.

As for pearls, corals and other valuables on the seaside, Han Gang is not rare, but a complete set of wine glasses made of conch is regarded as a treasure. They were carefully placed in boxes and stuffed with straw and kapok wool before being sent to the ship.

These specialties were packed with dozens of cages, and Han Gang thought it was too ugly to carry with him, so he asked SF Express to send them to the capital with the purchased goods - this is the advantage of having a business house at home, starting from the sea, the freight of these gifts on the road is actually not expensive.

Han Gang chatted with Li Xin all night, and the two cousins hadn't sat together for a long time to talk. On the second day, it was appropriate to travel, to marry, and not to break ground, and it was finally time for Hangang to set off, and the destination was not Jingxi, but the long-lost Tokyo City.