Before the sun set, the big ship finally arrived at Jinshanwei.

Jinshanwei was built in the 19th year of Hongwu, it was mainly to defend against the Japanese pirates on the sea and built the city, stationed with heavy troops, as the barrier of Nanjing, and later although the guard was gradually abandoned, but the Jinshan Acropolis developed into the largest town in the nearby area.

Although Jinshanwei is not as good as Jiangyin, it is still very lively on the wharf, and there are many merchant ships docking.

Still far away, Li Chuan saw several acquaintances on the dock through the telescope.

All seven suppliers came, and there were many officials from Jinshanwei who came to greet them.

Next to the pier is the Golden Mountain Acropolis.

Different from the county seat, the establishment of the Jinshan Acropolis is to defend against the Japanese invaders, it is a real military city, and the architectural design and specifications are very different from the ordinary county town, there are not only arrow towers on the head of the city, but also built forts.

Soon, Wan Youqing, the seven and a group of officials all saw the slowly approaching big boat.

The crowd stopped talking, and all turned their heads to look, their eyes moving with the ship.

After the big ship docked, Huang Tianxiang took the sailors and anchored the ship to anchor.

Surrounded by a group of family members, Li Chuan got off the boat and boarded the dock, surrounded by Su Xiaomei and the maid Ping'er.

"Your Excellency!"

Wan Youqing and the others had already hurried down and saluted respectfully.

Today is different from the past, Li Chuan is the commander of Jin Weishan, and the military attache of the third rank of Tong Suo is not bullied, although he is not as popular as the prefect of the prefecture, but a few businessmen with no background are no longer qualified to sit on an equal footing with him.

It was because the seven agents all consciously changed their names, and they no longer dared to call him Brother Li.

"Seven of you have worked hard."

Li Chuan was relieved, and also changed his attitude, and nodded to a few Jin Weishan officials who came to greet him.

A group of officials also stepped forward to salute in turn, including the commander Tongzhi Shi Jian, Cui Long, the commander Jiao Zhiming, and the five thousand households and the experience Lu Congliang, etc., Li Chuan all nodded with a smile, and was very satisfied with the seven agents in his heart.

Being able to have so many officials to greet him shows that the seven of them have done their work.

If not, at most there would be a few petty officials and a thousand officials belonging to the central outpost under his direct jurisdiction.

And the fact that the two commanders and commanders were able to come to greet them was mostly due to the work of the seven.

After a little noise, a group of people surrounded Li Chuan and went to Jinweishan City.

When everyone saw Su Xiaomei, they were surprised, but their faces were silent.

Wan Youqing and other Jiangyin businessmen were very calm, they knew Su Xiaomei, and as early as when they left Jiangyin, they heard the news, Su Xiaomei broke out of the door and lived directly in Li's house, which caused an uproar in Jiangyin.

If it weren't for Li Chuan's imminent appointment as the commander of Jin Shanwei, I am afraid that the Changzhou Mansion Xuezheng would have convicted him of corrupting morality.

As for the Su family's, Wan Youqing and others also knew about it.

Although I feel that Su Xiaomei is a little shameless, I am quite impressed by this woman's courage.

Of course, the seven would never dare to reveal their thoughts.

The circumference of Jinweishan City is more than ten miles, and the scale is modeled after the county seat, but the city wall is higher than the county seat. On the side of the sea, many fortifications and forts were built, but unfortunately most of them had fallen into disrepair for many years and were no longer usable.

After entering the city, people came and went on the streets, and the flow of people and vehicles was not under Jiangyin.

Those who can live in Jinweishan City are naturally all military households, but the guards of the Ming Dynasty have been eroded for a long time, and these military households cannot see the shadow of the slightest sergeant, but they are no different from the people, and there are many dishes, and it is not easy to live in the future.

"My lord, these are the military households of the guard."

The commander who accompanied him on the left, Shi Jian, saw that Li Chuan had been looking at the crowd on the street, and said proudly: "Compared with the people in the north, the life of our military households in Jinweishan is much better, at least they can eat and dress warmly." ”

Li Chuan smiled and nodded, and praised a few words.

He can't use the standard of living of the people in a few hundred years to demand the bureaucrats of this era, and in fact, whether it is a military household or a common people, it is indeed quite a good life to be able to eat well in these years.

The Yamen of the Guard House is a large mansion that occupies a considerable area, typical of the Jiangnan garden style.

Is this really the yamen of the guard?

Li Chuan was puzzled, but he didn't want to ask too much.

If all the government and yamen in the world built gardens of this scale, how much silver would have to be spent.

The house is composed of two parts, one part is the office space of the health office, which only accounts for less than one-tenth of the house, and the remaining part is the residence of the commander, which is really a bit extravagant.

Li Chuan first went to the yamen of the guard station and showed the documents of the imperial court and the military department, and the officials of the guard office had already received the documents sent by the Nanjing military department, but they just went through a procedure, and the highlight was that Li Chuan met with the officials of more than 100 households in the guard station.

After going through the motions for a while and saying a few words, it is considered to be officially performed.

The officials, big and small, knew that the commander had just arrived, and there were many things to arrange, so they all took their leave.

After experiencing Lu Congliang, he stayed, and took Li Chuan to familiarize himself with the house.

"Your Excellency, please go this way."

Lu Congliang said with a smile while leading the way: "The yamen of the guard station originally covered an area of 30 acres, and then he was appointed as a commander to make the adults continue to expand, and now it covers an area of more than 300 acres, with no less than 30 large and small mansions, hundreds of houses, and five warehouses. ”

Li Chuan only nodded and did not express an opinion.

When I first arrived in the third year of junior high school, I didn't understand the situation and expressed my opinions indiscriminately, which was a stupid bird.

However, the yamen of the guard station originally only covered an area of 30 acres, but now it has expanded ten times, and in particular, how many houses did the successive commanders forcibly occupy to build such a large house, and a single house accounted for one-tenth of the Jinshan Acropolis.

In later generations, the presidents of major countries will not be so dicked, and they can occupy one-tenth of a city to build a large estate.

Even if it's a county seat, it's not possible, because it's not something that can be done with money and power.

After visiting the house and settling down the residence, Lu Congliang said goodbye with interest.

Although the house is large, it is not empty, and I don't know how much effort the successive commanders have spent on this house, and the hundreds of acres of mansions seem to integrate hundreds of small gardens together, and they are exquisite.

Even a small garden is uniquely arranged.

Strolling in it, as if in a large garden park, pavilions, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water perfectly integrated into a pair of garden calligraphy and painting, where is still a military town guard yamen, it is a big villa at all.

The inner courtyard is composed of eight small courtyards, which are in the form of seven stars and moons, and enclose the main house in the very middle.

Li Chuanli undoubtedly lived in the main house, and the family members he brought with him lived in five houses.

The remaining house was divided into two houses, Li Man and Su Liang, and it was also used as a stove house.