Shou Xiang and Zeng Ying negotiated in the direction of cooperation, but the specific implementation steps had to be taken step by step, and he first went back to Jinshan Temple to wait for the results of Zeng Ying's operation.

Qu Shiyun has been worrying these days, and it may be very troublesome for Guangxi Huayi to live together without military generals. Zeng Ying recommended Cao Youyi over and solved Qu Shiyun's urgent need. He sent a letter to Shi Kefa on a fast horse, and after getting Shi Kefa's consent, he went directly to Ma Shiying.

Huang Binqing, who was originally planned to be transferred to Guangxi by the cabinet, was suppressed, and now the governor begged to transfer hundreds of soldiers, and Ma Shiying definitely had to save face. Guangxi already has Yang Guowei, the chief military officer of the town guard, Ma Shoufu waved his pen, and Cao Youyi was transferred to the Guangxi regiment to train the chief soldier with his original officer.

Suixi Zhixian is a little more twisted, Zeng Ying and Ma Shiying are not familiar with each other, but he has been mixed with officialdom for decades, and the relationship is not intertwined and deep-rooted, and there are still a few powerful helpers.

The current secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the assistant Zhan Shifu, and the Hanlin scholar Huang Daozhou are friends of Zeng Ying. Ma Shiying sent Huang Daozhou to Shaoxing to worship Yuling, but he hasn't left yet, Zeng Ying took advantage of the past few days to hurry up the operation of Suixi Zhixian County. Zeng Ying's younger brother Zeng Zhi was born in tribute and had an average reputation, but he had been a local official for many years, and the accumulated qualifications were enough to rise to the magistrate. Through the operation of a magistrate through the Ministry of Rites, there are also ways to make Ma Shiying unable to pay attention. Before Huang Daozhou left Nanjing, Zeng Ying got her wish and got Zeng Zhi's appointment.

After learning the news, he came to Nanjing again. When passing by the entrance of Zengzhai Alley, Lin Chuyong walked to Shou Order's side and said softly: "Lord, the people who followed us all the way are gone." ”

Shou Xuan nodded to indicate that he understood, and it was not strange that there were a few stalkers. He didn't stop at his feet, and walked into the courtyard, where Zeng Ying and Wang Shi were already waiting for him in the study.

Zeng Ying spread out the map on the desk. According to the standard of order, the error of the map is not small, and it can only express a meaning.

found Xiajiang County, Jiangxi, and asked Shou Xu, "Old man, are Brother Ling and Gongzi Ling both in their hometown?" ”

"It's all in Xiajiang."

Shou Xun looked at the calendar first, "We need to hurry, we need to act immediately." ”

Wang Shi said, "I'll hire a ship today." ”

"It's too slow to hire a boat. Mr. Zeng, do you have any reliable guards? ”

"Yes," Zeng Ying called Shen Yan in.

After Shen Yan arrived in Nanjing, he did not go to Nanjing Jinyi Wei Yamen to report, and the behavior of the officials in Beijing broke his heart, so he followed Zeng Ying with 6 brothers.

Seeing that the person who came was very strong, Shou Xuan didn't care who he was, and asked directly, "Can you row a boat?" ”

Shen Yan replied lightly: "It's okay to row, but it's not okay to be at the helm." ”

Jin Yiwei often goes out to handle cases, and Shen Yan's people have received a certain amount of water training.

Shou Xuan expressed his approval, and said to Wang Shi, who was in charge of contacting Jiangxi, "Boss Wang, we can't waste time." You take someone away on my boat, and you go now. ”

Wang Shi's eyes widened, "You came to Nanjing to take a naval warship." ”

"It is precisely because it is the speed of the sailor warship that it is fast, Yang Wencong's side I will explain, you don't have to care."

The speed of Shou Order's speech was very fast, making the atmosphere quite tense, and Wang Shi stomped his feet, "You can let Yang Wencong's soldiers go back, I will be at the helm, I don't know how many times I ran on this section of the river when I was young." ”

Zeng Ying stroked her long beard, "Before Shi Ze followed me, he was also a boat owner on the Yangtze River. ”

"That's good, remember to bring your family when Boss Wang leaves." Shou Xuan said, "My boat is small, so I can only grieve you for a few days." ”

Wang Shi was a little surprised, "With family? We're not going back to Nanjing? ”

"There is no need to go back, Mr. Zeng will leave Nanjing soon."

Wang Shi looked at Zeng Ying hesitantly, and the old man bowed his head lightly to him.

Shou Xuan continued to arrange, "Please ask Boss Wang to tell Brother Wen Si of Xiajiang that try to choose soldiers who are not dragged down by their families, and if they can't do it, they will be able to take their families away." ”

"Understood."

"Zuo Liangyu rebels, or Jianyu goes south," Shou Xu picked up his teacup, "No matter which of them goes to Jiangxi, remember not to fight." The newly recruited soldiers could not be the opponents of the veterans of Zuozhen and Jianzhou. ”

Hearing the orderly arrangement, the look of surprise on Shen Yan's face became more and more obvious. Shen Yan knew that Zeng Ying and Zheng Zhilong were familiar with each other and had a wide range of roads in the south, but the appearance of Shou Xuan still surprised him. Zeng Ying actually knew Yangyi, and even the meaning revealed in the conversation with the lord of Yangyi was so shocking.

Zeng Ying frowned, "If you don't fight the enemy, what should Wen Si and them do?" ”

"Protect Mr. Zeng Zhi, go up the Gan River, and cross the Great Yuling into Guangdong."

Shen Yan felt that this was simply difficult for a strong man, and he couldn't help but interject: "It is almost 3,000 miles from Xiajiang to Leizhou, and it is difficult to take a long-distance march with your family and family, even if the elite of the official army comes. ”

"You were a soldier?"

"Former Jinyi Wei Baihu Shen Yan."

Seeing Shou Xian's eyes, Zeng Ying nodded and said, "Brother Shen escorted me all the way from Jingshi to Jiangnan, and the lord of the country can rest assured." ”

Shou Xuan snorted, "It's very difficult to walk, if you can't even walk, you don't have to talk about serving the country." ”

Anger rose from his heart, and Shen Yan just wanted to refute, but was held down by Wang Shize.

Shou Xuan called Cai Yuanding in, "I'll send a guide from Guangdong to you, and he will arrange the rest of the matter." ”

Cai Yuan saluted a few people and said, "You don't have to go that far from Xiajiang to Leizhou. You can first take a boat along the Gan River, and after crossing the Da Yu Ridge, it is the Beijiang River, and you can hire a boat all the way to Guangzhou Prefecture. The Pearl River has many outlets to the sea, as long as we get to Guangzhou, it is not difficult for us to find a sea boat to go to Leizhou. ”

Cai Yuanding's Cantonese official dialect made people very anxious to listen to, and it took Zeng Ying and others to understand it several times.

"It's decided, and the sons and daughters should also go through the experience." Zeng Ying clapped his hands and said, "Tell Wen Si that recruiting soldiers is not expensive, and leave some silver for the road." ”

Wang Shi arched his hand and said, "Yes, sir." ”

"Old gentleman, you can't be without guards by your side," Shen Yan said, "I'll let the brothers accompany Boss Wang to Jiangxi, and I'll follow you." ”

Zeng Ying disagreed, "Ruo Hui, there are not many people in my family who know the soldiers, you still go to help Wen Si, Jiangxi's affairs are more important." ”

"What are you going to do, old man?"

Zeng Ying smiled, "Zodiac Zhou went to Shaoxing to worship Yuling, I will go to Hangzhou with him first, and then go to Fujian." ”

It's not much use to stay in Nanjing, although I don't plan to join Zheng Zhilong, but Zeng Ying still has some resources in Fujian, so it's a pity not to use it.

"I'll send someone to Fujian with Mr. Zeng." Shou Xuandao, compared with Zeng Ying, his manpower is slightly more generous.

Several people looked at each other in agreement. After a certain plan, each man went his own way of doing his own thing.

Zeng Ying was in a good mood, he replaced Shou Xuan with new tea, "Stay and drink two cups with me, and I'll introduce someone to you." ”

Keeping order is naturally a matter of listening and respecting.

Zeng Ying introduced a young scholar, "Changzhou Liang Xiaobai, an old man's son." ”

"Shibo, Late Sheng brought your favorite aged wine today." Liang Xiaobai bowed to Zeng Ying.

Zeng Ying's eyes were bent into a crescent moon, and the opponent said in order, "The rice wine brewed by Xiao Bai's family is a must, come, let's taste it together." ”

Shou Xuan smiled, he drank rice wine since he was a child, and his amount of wine was refined by rice wine. Rice wine is easy to eat, and he used to ask two brothers to kill a jar in winter.

……

After a meal, Zeng Ying drank beautifully, "The old man rests early, so he won't delay your young people's time." Xiao Bai, if there is anything you can talk to the lord of the country yourself. ”

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Liang Xiaobai and Shou Xuan came out of Zeng's house.

The night is cool, the wind is clear and the moon is clear.

By the river, the spring breeze blows, and the willow branches swing lightly. Beautiful lady, hairpin about sideburns, hand in hand.

Qin Huai's night has just begun.

Several beauties passed by, secretly glanced at Leng Yingsheng several times, and let out a light bell-like laugh.

"Gongding, it looks like they're very interested in you, do you want to catch up and ask for your name?"

The orderly joke made Leng Yinghan very embarrassed.

The orderly beard and this outfit give people the feeling of being a common local tyrant on Jinling Street. Leng Yinghan is a native of Shandong, and his height is only a few points shorter than Shou Order, and the bookish atmosphere that can't be concealed looks more like the protagonist than Shou Order, and the return rate of the group is the highest in him.

Liang Xiaobai smiled and said, "I know there is a quiet place ahead. If the lord of the kingdom does not dislike it, please go with me, and we will go and sit there. ”

Familiar rhythms.

Shou ordered to drink happily today, so he agreed, "There is labor." ”

Leng Yinghan also smiled, but only Lin Chuyong couldn't understand.

Zeng's house is not far from the Nanzhili Tribute Academy, which can be called the most cruel examination room of the Ming Dynasty.

Nanqu and Gongyuan are far away, only separated by a river. This location is well chosen, and it is designed for talented and beautiful people. Candidates from all over the world gathered in the Tribute Academy, and the frustrated scholars borrowed wine to drown their sorrows; The scholars of Jinbang High School called their friends to get drunk and rest; The scholars who had not yet taken the exam pointed out the country and scolded Fang Xuan in front of the girls in Nanqu. or greedy for the joy of ten days, or make a hundred-year covenant, everyone is willing to empty the last penny of silver in this gold cave until the beauty is gone.

The Nagasaka Bridge is dozens of steps outside the Gongyuan, and there are stalls under the bridge. Among the handicrafts is a jade horse, and several young men and women throw it with wooden rings, all aiming at the jade horse. With the encouragement of the woman, the man bought strings of wooden rings, but he never got them.

Seeing that Shou Xuan glanced at the game a few more times, Liang Xiaobai said: "Those women are all lowly prostitutes in Nanshi, and they always use this trick to earn money from outsiders. ”

Shou Xiang was a little puzzled, and Leng Yingcheng explained: "Jinling fireworks venues are divided into Nanshi, Zhushi and Jiuyuan. Nanshi is home to the largest number of lowly prostitutes. The capital of the famous Ji line is in the old courtyard, and there is a difference between the pearl market, between the two. ”

The old courtyard is commonly known as Nanqu, a high-end field, and there are only dozens of people who support the façade. Shou Xian secretly thought, isn't this the Ming Dynasty version of civil, commercial and official use. It is estimated that the degree of openness is also inverse to the grade of the field.

After the Changban Bridge, it is the southern curve, which extends from the Wuding Bridge to the Bankhouse Street, and the plot is not small. There are two-storey small buildings along the river, with independent courtyards, and the houses are very clean. There were some helpers standing outside the venue. Shou Xian hung a sword at his waist, and bravely held a sword in his hand, but no one dared to come forward to greet them.

Liang Xiaobai's choice is really a quiet place. Flowers and trees are planted all over the courtyard, which isolates the slightly noisy human voices outside.

When the guest arrived, the false mother greeted him. Liang Xiaobai gave a few instructions, and the fake mother welcomed everyone to the backyard.

A bamboo pavilion, a row of long Xuan, a plum tree on the left of Xuan, two sycamores on the right of Xuan, more than ten green bamboos. Among the flowers and plants, it is very layered.

The maid lightly opened the bead curtain, and the guests entered the room.

The furnishings in the room are simple, several sets of wooden couches, and a few silk curtains hang down from the beams, which are very good. It is by no means the same as the pavilions and pavilions in the imagination of the order, and the gorgeous furnishings are by no means the same.

Liang Xiaobai asked Shou to make the first step, and said a little apologetically, "All the concubines in the song, the most popular one now is Li Xiang." Nandu Shizi was proud to see Xiangjun's side, but her heart was all tied to the body of Hou Chaozong and closed her door. Even Tian Yang, Tanaka Chenghua 300 gold can not be seen. ”

"Li Xiangjun is beautiful?" , Orderly is a little curious.

"The body is short, the complexion is like jade, the wisdom is handsome, and the smile is unparalleled."

Shou Xuan was not interested when he heard that he was short, and said that it didn't matter if Li Xiangjun came or not.

The famous girls in Nanqu basically have distinctive characteristics, and they are compared with later pop stars, which are called individual, but not necessarily beautiful. can be called stunning, Gu Mei, Zhu Xiaoda, Dong Xiaowan are only three or five people, and they are all married.

The stunningness in the eyes of the scholars was not necessarily consistent with the order, and he tapped a few times on one of the names.

Song Huixiang is as white as jade. He didn't care about the introduction later.

Wait a while, the maids who come in full makeup are like stars holding the moon to send tonight's heroines. Some people hold the piano, some hold the picture scroll, and some hold the four treasures of the study.

When the banquet was placed, Liang Xiaobai picked up the wine, "Lord, in fact, this is not the first time we have met. ”

"Oh?" Shou Xiang was a little surprised, but I was not impressed.

"In the past two years, I have traveled all over the world, visited Fusang and visited the South Seas, and your country is naturally a must-visit stop. In the square of Jincheng, I have seen the lord of the country from afar. To tell the truth, I also bought 500 taels of Nanyang Bank bonds. ”

Bank customers, it's still the high-end kind. Shou Xuan also raised the wine lord, "Thank you Brother Xiao Bai for supporting Nanyang Bank, come, do this toast." ”

Drink it all.

hugged the beautiful woman and let out a soft cry. Shou ordered to look at the bronze wine lord in his hand, simple and exquisite, and exclaimed, "Lord Xuan is so cultured." ”

The name of the Xuan master is Li Xiangzhen, the word snow clothes, the skin is jade and snowy, with a smile and a smile, and he is sitting on the same bed with Liang Xiaobai.

Xu had never seen such a guest as Shou Order, so Li Xiang really had to smile and remain silent.

After a few rounds of drinking, Liang Xiaobai got down to business, "My lord, my family has a batch of raw silk in Fushan Port. Nowadays, the trade route to Japan is very difficult, and the Satsuma clan in the Ryukyus can't eat it, so we don't want to sell it to the Zheng family at a reduced price. ”

Liang Xiaobai said very frankly. Honesty is the first step in long-term cooperation, and Shou Xiang nodded lightly, "Brother Xiao Bai, you and Leng Yinghan will talk about the matter of raw silk." ”

Leng Yinghan was surprised and said: "Lord of the country, the goods in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are mainly made by Zheng Fan. Isn't our aim to try not to provoke Zheng Fan? “

"From today, it doesn't have to. Brother Xiao Bai, I will eat all your raw silk. Shou Xian laughed, and hugged the beauty next to him, causing even greater exclamations.

Li Xiangzhen covered his lips with his hands, unable to hide the look of shock, he had never seen such a rude guest.

"Lord, don't you listen to the piano?"

"What else do you listen to......" The orderly voice came from the corridor, "Brother Xiao Bai, Fushan Port is not safe, you have to get the goods to Sijiao Mountain as soon as possible." ”

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Note: Historically, the Zodiac Zhou recommended Zeng Zhi to be the Tongzhi of Quanzhou.