Songjiang Xu Mansion, a rare warm winter sun, in the water pavilion, Xu Jie sat on a Taishi chair, with a fishing rod in front of him, the fish drift shook slightly, and then sank suddenly, but he closed his eyes and did not react.

The mute servant stood silently behind him with his hands behind him, indifferent to this, as if carved from wood and stone.

An old man in fancy clothes on the shore in the distance led a middle-aged man to hurry over, and after going to the corridor, his steps slowed down, and after walking seven or eight meters, he stood still, looked at Xu Jie and the dumb servant without saying a word, and waited respectfully, as if as long as Xu Jie didn't speak, they could wait for three days and three nights without complaining.

Time is like water, I don't know how long it has been, Xu Jie seems to have a nightmare, his body suddenly trembled slightly, opened his eyes, bent down to lift the fishing rod, and muttered with some frustration: "Damn, I was stolen and eaten again." As he spoke, he waved the fishing rod in his hand back, and the dumb servant finally moved, stepped forward to take it, took out a small ball of fish food from the small bamboo basket next to him and put it on the fishing hook, and then flicked it lightly, and the silk line with the fishing hook and the fish float drew a beautiful arc, fell on the water, and swung around in a circle.

With the rod in place, he retreated behind Xu Jie, and resumed his previous position again, as if he had never moved.

"Master, Master Xu is here." Butler Xu Qingzhou said softly, as if he was afraid of scaring Xu Jie.

"Wen Hui is here, sit down." Xu Jie glanced at the middle-aged man, called his words, and waved his hand as he spoke, so Xu Qingzhou bowed and retreated.

Wen Hui is Xu Bin's word, he sat respectfully on the horse next to Xu Jie, his hands were hanging down, his waist was straight, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a dignified Songjiang prefect, but like a good student listening to Mr. Lecture.

"If you don't stay in the mansion, why did you come to the old man?" Xu Jie got up and moved the chair, from facing Xu Bin from the side to facing him.

"It's not like I haven't come to say hello to my uncle for a few days, it just so happens that the yamen has nothing to do today, so I just came to see my uncle." Xu Bin said with a smile.

Xu Jie feigned anger: "Don't go around the bend with the old man, let's talk quickly, what's the matter?" After saying that, hurry up and get out, and save the old man to fish. ”

Xu Bin smiled and said, "The little nephew is also a member of the court of the fourth grade, so the uncle can't save some face for the little nephew." ”

"Yo, they're all four-grade masters, okay, my lord Taizun, what is your business doing to find the grass people?" Xu Jie smiled in a teasing tone, but it was not sarcastic, it was just a joke between uncle and nephew.

"Uncle-" Xu Bin shouted in a long voice to show his dissatisfaction, and then Zhengrong got to the point: "Jinling has a letter, the third brother just gave the newly bought Xiaoyingzhou to Zhang You, it seems that Liu Chuanfang's matter really scared the third brother, and the brothers below are very worried, if this continues, the third brother will lean towards Zhang You's side...... Uncle, you have to have an idea about this, why don't you call the third brother back and talk about him. ”

The smile on Xu Jie's face was gone, he nodded lightly, and was silent for a moment before saying, "Let's take a look, he is also not small...... Is there a letter over there in Chongming? ”

He suddenly changed the topic, Xu Bin didn't want to continue to Xu Zhen's head, and said: "There is a letter, the work has already started, Qi Yuanjing has the queen mother's decree in his hand, and Wang Hua can't do anything about him, there is no way to stop it." ”

Wang Hua is Chongming Zhi County, as for the Empress Dowager Yizhi, most of the ministers in the court and the central government are against the construction of the water division, Zhu Yijun is naturally unwilling to do against the big guys, so he begged the Empress Dowager Li, the name of the foreign world is still a shipyard, just to trade at sea - the Queen Mother has the royal business of Baohedian, and if she wants to get involved in overseas trade, even if someone slanders her, no one dares to say anything on the surface.

Politics is actually like this, in fact, they all know each other, but on the surface, they still need to cover up their shame with a veil.

"When you go to sea to trade, you must not let the royal family get involved!" When he said this, the dying and decrepit Xu Jie seemed to suddenly regain his vitality, and his eyes were full of fierce light, like a fierce beast protecting a calf. However, this expression was fleeting, and soon, he regained his languidity, leaned back on the Taishi's chair, and once again reverted to the drooping old man with his neck buried, and said a little weakly:

"The living can't suffocate with urine, and the official can't stop it, so he can think of other ways."

"What does Uncle mean...... Set another fire? ”

"Silly! Do you really think that the little fox doesn't know who set the fire? Why did Qi Jiguang go to Hangzhou to be a general soldier? This is not an unintentional move today, on the contrary, it is a hidden meaning, the old man dares to guarantee that as long as the shipyard makes another mistake, Qi Jiguang will dare to lead troops to level my Xu family. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and continued: "This is a warning to the old man, but he also underestimates the old man too much...... Didn't the little fox always advocate that the people's hearts are like water, and made up methods to buy the people's hearts, I don't know if the shipyard and the local people had a conflict, and ten or eight people died, his shipyard would not be able to open? ”

Xu Bin's eyes lit up and he gave a thumbs up: "Wonderful, sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy!" ”

Xu Jiebai glanced at him: "Get out!" ”

Zhang You basically didn't stay in Xing's Mansion for the past two days, going out early and returning late, either in the Youlan Pavilion or wandering around looking for a place, he was really fed up with Xing Shangzhi's resentful eyes, and he didn't want to see Hongxing's graceful figure, holding back a "bad breath", he had to move out of Xing's Mansion a year ago.

On this day, he went out early again, and Li Yan couldn't help but say: "The red apricots are not bad, don't you just like to be older, just lend her seeds, why resist so much?" ”

"You don't understand, if I really respond, how will I get along with Lao Xing in the future? Since I met Lao Xing, that guy has been with the red apricot for many years, borrowing seeds is simple, but I spend a little physical strength, in the future, every time I see a child, Lao Xing will definitely think of me and the red apricot, and brothers, must become enemies, I am thankless, why bother to ask for hardship? ”

"Phew, is it just a bit of effort? I don't believe you don't want to ...... with Hongxing Actually, I feel like Hongxing likes you a lot......"

"That's even worse, it's not that you don't know how good I am, you really want to lend her seeds, in case she eats the marrow and knows the taste......"

"you, what a taste of marrow, it's so ugly!" Li Yan couldn't help but glance at him, he smiled: "Isn't this what you said, and I didn't take the initiative to mention it...... Okay, don't mention this to me again, in short, it's just a sentence, to say that I am also a word, no! ”

"That's two words!" Li Yan muttered, but there was a little sweetness in her heart, she was a little man, after all, she still had some principles, but she was faintly scratching her head, she promised Hongxing, she must persuade Zhang You, look at him like this, how can he explain to Hongxing?

"What a coincidence, Lord Zhang, I was about to go to the house to invite you, my young lady specially made West Lake beef soup......" While speaking, a young girl got down from a small sedan chair, Zhang You looked a little familiar, and couldn't help but interrupt her: "I don't know if Miss Gui is ......?" ”

"Shallow girl, the slave maid is her personal maid Zi Ying." The girl smiled, Zhang You suddenly remembered, sure enough, he had seen it, but he didn't put it in his heart.