The Hangzhou section of the canal arrives at Beixinguan, and then the big boat can't go, so you can only change to a small boat and go straight to Wulinmen Wharf along the waterway.

Li Qian really didn't expect that when his dignified second young master of the Li family came back, he didn't even send a subordinate from the family to greet him. In desperation, I had to hire a car from the mule and horse shop and go back by myself.

The Li family is well-off, and Li Qian's father is a squire, and he can be said to be the number one big landlord in Hangzhou. Originally, there were hundreds of acres of fertile land in the family, but after he was promoted in the middle of the year, he came to donate the land and was willing to be tenants for their families.

In those days, land in the name of officials and the gentry was tax-free.

Although in terms of regulations, Xiucai can only be exempted from two stones, and the tax-free quota is more, but the local implementation is not the same at all. But for those who have meritorious fame, almost all the fields under their names are free. It was only natural for the small yeoman farmers to come to the house, for the taxes and miscellaneous losses were much higher than the rent they paid to the landlords.

It is true that at this time it was the beginning of the founding of the country, and all systems were implemented relatively strictly, but since this privilege was opened, it was impossible to truly put an end to the phenomenon of land annexation by the elite class, but for the time being, it was not as serious as it was after the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

But no matter how you say it, now is the era when Hong Wuye sits in the Dragon Court, and whoever eats too ugly will die even more ugly. Therefore, the big landlords did not dare to go too far, and it was necessary to make a little sense of it, and it was also necessary to pay some land endowments appropriately.

The Li family manor is located in the north of the suburbs of Hangzhou, but Li Qian has his own house in the city, located in an alley on the edge of the West Lake, and he lives alone on weekdays.

This time when he returned to his hometown, he should have gone back to the village to meet his father first, but after careful consideration, he felt that it was better to avoid the limelight for the time being. Judging from today's battle, you can guess how annoyed the father at home is, otherwise he would not have sent someone to pick up his son who is such a promising Jinshi.

In my memory, Li's father treated his two sons very harshly, and the year before last, he even moved the family law against his second son Li Qian, who was already a student of the government and had a good reputation, and only after beating him heavily did he dissipate his anger.

Master Jinshi?

It's right!

Lao Tzu taught his son, a matter of course.

In order to avoid adding new injuries to the old wounds on his buttocks, and once again taking a meal of bamboo shoot barbecue for no reason, Li Qian decided to hide in the city for a few days first, and then go home after the limelight passed.

As the capital city and the provincial seat of Hangzhou, the urban area is really not small, and the prosperous place of ten miles is not much worse than that of Emperor Jinling. The same bluestone paving, the same people, pedestrians and roadside vendors are constantly shouting.

It's just that after all, the population is not large at this time, and it is far from reaching the grand occasion of pedestrians rubbing shoulders on the streets of the first-tier cities in later generations, that is, the imperial capital of Jinling and the area south of the Yangtze River will be so prosperous.

In general, Hangzhou Mansion City is indeed not bad, and compared with Jinling City, it is slightly inferior. It took a few more moments for the mule cart to reach its destination.

opened the curtain and got out of the carriage, but Li Daguan, who was just about to get off the train, was stunned.

I saw that at the gate in front of me, there was an old man who was blowing his beard and staring, about fifty years old, slightly fat, wearing a Dongpo scarf, wearing a dark blue shirt, with a big belt around his waist, and a pair of green shoes on his feet------ such a sassy line, plus the old housekeeper standing respectfully behind him, who is this old man not his father?

"Ah, it's my lord!" Zi Pei, who came out closely, screamed, and suddenly hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand, lowered his little head to help Li Qian get out of the car.

"Dad------ why did your old man come here?"

Li Qian stepped forward quickly, and after calling dryly, a pair of maids behind him hurriedly followed, and they saluted and shouted "master" crisply, and then they never dared to raise their heads again.

"Bastard, come with me!" After Father Li dropped such a sentence with a tiger face, he turned around and walked into the courtyard.

Li Qian now had the urge to run away, but he heard the old housekeeper lower his voice, and whispered beside him: "Second young master, hurry in, don't make the old master angry again, he has been waiting for you here for more than an hour------ well, calculate the time, the eldest young master should be almost there." ”

"Oh? Big brother is coming over soon? That's a good idea! ”

Li Qian knew that as long as his eldest brother said two good words later, he should be able to avoid this beating. At that moment, he suddenly covered his stomach with both hands, and pretended to shout: "Ouch, I don't know what's going on, I suddenly have a terrible stomachache, and I bother Uncle Zhang to tell my father on my behalf, I'll go to the toilet first------ oops, no, I can't hold it back------"

In order to avoid the pain of flesh and skin, Li Qian was very witty and chose to escape without hesitation------

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There is a Zhaojiazhuang ten miles out of Nancheng, and the owner Zhao Yuanwai is not only a well-known local rich family, but also has the identity of a grain chief, who is one of the ten district grain chiefs under the jurisdiction of Qiantang County.

Zhao Yuanwai is a landlord on the surface, but secretly he is a partner with others, operating some shops in the city of Hangzhou, and in recent years he has made a lot of money. As for the name of the outsider, it is not the official position of the outsider in the court, but just an honorific title for the rich by ordinary people.

Zhao Yuanwai has only one son, and the rest are all daughters, in fact, he gave birth to a lot of sons in his early years, a total of three, but unfortunately the other two died at an early age.

In fact, he died not only of his two sons, but also of his daughters, and many people talked about it in private, saying that this Zhao Yuanwai did too many things for lack of virtue on weekdays, and caused countless evils, and God couldn't see it to punish him like this------

Zhao Yuanwai's only son is also surnamed Zhao ------Well, he definitely doesn't have the surname Wang, there is no doubt about this. His son's name is Zhao Peng, this gentleman is very competent and dedicated, in order to be worthy of his profession, he has also done a lot of bastard things over the years.

It's no wonder that the Zhao family can barely be regarded as an official eunuch, Zhao Yuanwai's cousin's name is Fu Youwen, who has been promoted all the way in the officialdom in the past two years, and has climbed to the position of the right attendant of the household department.

Of course, for Zhao Yuanwai, the cousin belongs to the relatives of the three suits in the five suits, and the cousin uncle is not counted. It's just the intimacy of the relationship between people, sometimes it is not only a relative, but also a person who knows how to tie the knot, a relative who can't beat the eight poles, and also has the possibility of becoming a "close relative------

The Zhao family has such a powerful backer in the capital, how can the local government disrespect him and the Zhao family for three points? And Zhao Peng is his only son of Zhao Yuanwai, the lifeblood of the Zhao family, how can Zhao Yuanwai not dote on and protect him everywhere?

It is true that this can also be said to be a hero of Lao Tzu, and the two generations of the Zhao family have basically never produced good genes------

Although this Zhao Peng is not very old, he relied on the power of his family to do several things as a traitor, and finally let Zhao Yuanwai suppress him. However, although others are more bastards, they also have a little bit of literary talent, plus with the help of their families, they actually passed the exam the year before last, but they made him happy.

Since then, Zhao Peng has been under the guise of a study tour, leading a group of pig friends and dog friends around all day long, relying on the backstage of the family, in the past two years, he has been unwilling to only run rampant in the city of Hangzhou, and began to go all the way to the provinces of Zhejiang, acting quite flamboyantly.

In the afternoon of today, Zhao Peng, who had just returned from a trip to Suzhou, said goodbye to a few fox friends and dog friends, and returned to the village without waiting for long, and the servant who had been sent out to follow Li Qian came back.

Zhao Peng led him straight into the study.

There is no doubt that a large family must have a study room when building a house, even if the main family is an out-and-out illiterate, the study room is a must. In addition, there will be a variety of books in the study, and if you don't understand it, you can not read it, and it is very good to use it as a façade.

I like to be vassals and elegant, and I will even build a special library building, spend a lot of money to buy some rare books and come back to hide them solemnly, and at least I can pass them on to future generations in the future, right?

In the study, Zhao Peng, who was spread out on the Limu Taishi chair and had a bamboo mat under his buttocks, asked, "How is it, what is the origin of that person?" ”

"Back to the young master, the little one followed the man to the edge of the West Lake, and also inquired about his identity, it is said that he is the second son of the Li family in the north of the city."

"The Li family? Li Qian? ”

Zhao Peng was quite surprised by this, and only then did he know that the other party's background was not small.

He knew about the Li family in the north of the city, and he had also heard of Li Qian's name, but he was also from Hangzhou, but he really hadn't met him.

In fact, this is also normal, the two counties of Hangzhou City are divided, Li and Zhao are in the south and one in the north, the former is under the jurisdiction of Renhe County, but the latter is under the jurisdiction of Qiantang County, and it is not uncommon for the younger generation to have never met each other.

And Li Qian's temperament is relatively withdrawn, coupled with the strict discipline that his father is looking forward to, he is ordered to study hard behind closed doors every day, so he has rarely participated in some literary activities, buried in the books, and lived a hard reading career of not hearing anything outside the window.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Peng felt uncomfortable, not long ago on the boat, he also ridiculed the other party in public as an "impetuous boy------", now looking back and thinking about it carefully, even if Li Qian is the first person in the current department, it is still the identity of a person, what qualifications do you have to criticize him?

"Yes, it's Li Qian, the little one also inquired that he also won the list in this year's Spring Festival, ranking seventh in the top three------"

The little guy continued to talk about the news he had found, but Zhao Peng's face was getting more and more ugly, his thin lips were tightly pursed, his two delicate eyebrows were tightly squeezed together, and his face, which was still a little immature, had turned iron blue at the moment, looking extremely gloomy------

He didn't expect that Li Qian was already a Jinshi now.

Why him? Why is it him?

Zhao Peng's hands on the armrests slowly clenched up, and finally clenched into fists, almost bursting his lungs. Not to mention the pair of maids, the marriage between the Li family and the Lin family was enough to make him jealous.

During the Shangyuan Festival, he had the honor to see the beauty of Miss Lin's family, and he was shocked at that time, and then he was about to let his own Lao Tzu come to the door to propose, but he was told that the beauty had already been promised to the second son of the Li family, Li Qian!

"Young Master?" The little guy talked for a long time, and only stopped after finding that his face was wrong, and cautiously reminded him.

"Oh, it's okay, you go on!" Zhao Peng gritted his teeth and said.

"Yes. Later, somehow, Li Qian was ordered by the current emperor to return to his hometown------"

"What?"

Zhao Peng stood up from his chair with a face full of disbelief: "How is this possible?" How old is he before he returns home? In other words, he is ------ just a small eunuch whose future has been ruined? ”

"This ------ Xiao also heard from the mouths of others, saying that Li Qian sent a letter back to his family a few days ago, informing the family of the situation------

"Hahaha------"

Zhao Peng couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this, at this time, he had already believed in such good news. He laughed for a while before stopping, and said to himself gloomily: "Li Qian, Li Qian, grab a woman with me?" You were able before, but now you are ------ unworthy! ”