The people of the civil official group wanted to intercept Su Baiyi at the gate of Yongding Gate, and Su Baiyi not only avoided their entanglement, but also tricked the adults by the way.

It's cool, it's powerful, and it's violent.

Su Baiyi's mood was naturally greatly satisfied.

But after being satisfied, I had to recognize the reality.

This trip to Beijing was generally full of gains and losses.

In terms of gain, he won the trust of the emperor and got two holy decrees, no matter how opposed the ministers and officials in the court, no matter how much they sealed the holy decrees, after the two holy decrees on Su Baiyi's body were taken out and brought to the place, they would definitely be of some use. In other words, from today onwards, whether it is to attract investment or build a railway, it is justified.

In addition, after a speech and debate by Jingshi, he more or less attracted some popularity. In the eyes of most people, his doctrine was an alternative and an enemy of Confucius and Mencius, but at least a small number of people were willing to believe and accept it.

For example, the man in his forties, Xu Xiake, in front of him, such as Zhang Zhiji.

The lost aspect offended the ministers. The consequences are very serious, no matter how far you go to the ends of the earth in the future, I am afraid that you will be chased and intercepted by Confucius and Mencius, even if it is said that everyone shouts and beats as a rat crossing the street.

A more immediate consequence is that not only will doctrine be attacked by the people of the world, but I am afraid that personal safety may not be guaranteed.

Originally, I planned to go south along the post road as soon as I got out of Beijing, and rushed back to Guide Mansion by carriage.

But after the dog-eat-dog incident outside the Yongding Gate, Su Baiyi had to act cautiously and re-plan the route home.

It's very simple, the civil officials want to seize the holy decree and return it, but the purpose has not been achieved, not to mention the seven meat and eight vegetables that have been bitten by dogs, not to mention those courtiers who carefully regard him as a thorn in the flesh, resting on Su Baiyi himself, this matter cannot be beared.

It is foreseeable that there will definitely be pursuers in the future.

"Brother Zhenzhi (Xu Xiakezi), this matter will trouble you, take the car along the road all the way to the south, how far can you go, try to delay the chasing soldiers behind, I want to change the route, let's go back to Defu!"

"Okay!" Xu Xiake nodded.

The enmity with the civil officials is that he Su Baiyi, not Xu Xiake, and the car Xu Xiake was riding in has now been completely changed, not the car in the palace at the beginning, so even if he is caught up by those pursuers, there will be no danger to his life.

After Su Baiyi arranged Xu Xiake, he saluted the two little eunuchs with some apologies, and said, "Two fathers-in-law, I'm really embarrassed to be in a hurry, don't blame me!" ”

"No problem!" The eldest eunuch's name is Zhao Heng, about thirty years old, white, clean, fat, fat, and fat, and he saluted Su Baiyi with a kind face, and said: "The slaves and maids are all from the Heavenly Family, and the Son of Heaven asked our family to go to the Defu to announce the decree, and he didn't say which way to go, so our family will listen to Master Su." ”

"The little ones also listen to Master Su!" The little eunuch's name was He Shan, and he also saluted Su Baiyi.

Su Baiyi said: "Okay, let's change the route to Tianjin Wei, find a boat from Tianjin Wei to cross the sea, it should be there in ten days." ”

At the moment, he didn't dare to pause too much, so he bought three tall horses in the nearby market, and all three of them changed their outfits, and then rode away towards Tianjin Wei.

After a few horseback riding experiences, the crotch doesn't seem so painful.

About a day later, he came to Tianjin Wei.

At this moment, it was at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and Tianjin, one of the five municipalities directly under the central government of the later empire, was not very prosperous, on the contrary, it was a little desolate.

For generations, there were no large cities, and there were scattered villages and small towns. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Di "appeased" and captured the gate of Yanjing City, tens of thousands of troops crossed the Haihe River here and began a four-year arduous war. As a result, the nephew failed to kill the uncle, and the old Zhu family was usurped.

In the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Dagukou was renamed Tianjin to commemorate the crossing of the river by the army at that time, which means the ferry of the Son of Heaven.

After the Yongle Emperor moved the capital to Beijing, Tianjin set up a guard for Tianjin!

Two years later, Tianjin Left Guard and Tianjin Right Guard were set up.

Tianjin has only become prosperous since then.

After the Orthodox Emperor, the population of Jingshi reached nearly two million. When the city is bigger, there are many things, and everything is a problem to eat, drink, and Lazar, and it is definitely not enough to rely on the supply of Jingshi and the surrounding areas.

Especially grain!

To be transported from the distant south of the Yangtze River, the end point of the sea is in Tianjinwei, so it has basically become the center of the all-day transportation and salt industry, and the prosperity of Tianjin wharf is no worse than that of Beijing.

However, until the end of the Ming Dynasty, Tianjin did not really establish a city system.

To put it bluntly, it is still a health center, fully militarized management, and there is no state capital yamen.

Su Baiyi rode all the way wildly, changed horses twice on the way, and finally arrived at the port of Tianjin before the pursuers, at this time the sky was dark, and the sea was so windy that people could hardly walk.

The three of them didn't know how long Xu Xiake could last, and they were afraid that the pursuers behind would catch up, so they didn't dare to delay for even a second, and when they arrived at the dock, they didn't care about eating, and went directly to find the boat.

I asked a number of people in a row, but there was no ship to go to sea tonight.

Su Baiyi's brows gradually furrowed.

"No way!" He had a deep worry in his heart, and he had a feeling of panic, and said, "We must not wait until tomorrow, otherwise the three of us will be finished, and we will have to leave tonight no matter what." ”

"But no one wants to sail!" Zhao Heng spread his hands hard.

The youngest He Shan's face turned pale with fright, he looked at Su Baiyi and trembled, and kept asking: "Why, we got the emperor's grandfather's edict to go to the Defu to announce the decree, who is so bold as to murder Qincha?" ”

"Shut up!" Zhao Heng is old and has seen a lot of the world, so he is still calm, took a deep breath and said: "Go to the sea and take a look, it's really not good, our family is desperately trying to grab a boat and leave!" ”

"Let's go!"

His proposal coincided with what Su Baiyi was thinking in his heart, and the three of them ran to the dock at night, and when they watched the black pressure on hundreds of ships lying in the harbor like huge leaves, they were worried again.

It's hard to get it!

Not to mention stealing ships, even if you give them a boat, no one will be able to drive this harbor.

"What should I do?" Zhao Heng sighed.

Su Baiyi squinted and looked around, his eyes were attracted by a big boat on the northernmost side, and he stretched out his hand and said, "There is a big boat over there, and the lights are bright, let's go and ask!" ”

"Big ship!" Zhao Heng's gaze also turned over, and sure enough, he saw a huge ship docked at the far edge of the bay, gently swaying in the sea water in the dark night, just like a giant beast that saw its head and tail.

"My grandmother, this is ...... A big ship of 2,000 materials! Zhao Heng exclaimed with insight, and then followed in the footsteps of Su Baiyi, and the three of them tiptoed to the side of the boat, only to see that a hundred and ten laborers were busy stacking goods on it.

"Who's in charge?" Su Baiyi asked loudly.

Seeing that he was dressed appropriately and looked like a scholar, the people on the ship did not dare to offend him, and hurriedly invited the shipowner out.

The owner of the boat is a man of forty or fifty years old, very similar to Yuan Shu, with a big belly, swaying left and right when he walks, and the deck he steps on "knocks and knocks", if it is a small boat, it is estimated that the hull will shake every step of the way.

"Who called me?"

"Excuse me!" Su Baiyi saluted him, his eyes showed anxiousness, and said, "The three brothers want to go south, but they don't know when the ship will sail?" ”

There is no need to ask about the boats at the Tianjin ferry, nine and a half out of ten are going south, because further north they will go to the territory of Huang Taiji, and no one dares to blatantly go there to do business.

"How many officials are in a hurry?" The owner of the ship looked at Su Baiyi as if he was a scholar, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "This cargo hasn't been loaded yet, so I can only wait until tomorrow morning." ”

"How many more are you going to load?" Su Baiyi asked.

"It's not much, there's still half an hour!"

I can't wait for half an hour!

Su Baiyi was anxious, fumbled for a while, took out a few silver tickets from his arms and handed them to the ship owner, and said, "Let's keep the goods first, let's start the boat now, the three of us brothers have important matters, and we can't delay for a moment." ”

The owner of the ship was shocked, and did not refuse at the first time, but took advantage of the light to glance at a few silver tickets, a full thousand taels of silver.

He gasped, and without saying a word, he invited Su Baiyi and the two eunuchs to the ship, and arranged for the guys below: "The goods are not loaded, seal them in the warehouse first, and leave the ship immediately." ”

Just kidding, that's a thousand taels of silver.

What is the concept of a thousand taels of silver?

Even in a place like Kyoshi, where every inch of land is at a premium, you can buy a luxurious house.

The owner of the ship transported grain from the south to Beijing, and then transported some other goods from Beijing to Jiangnan, and he could only earn a few dozen taels of silver at a time.

Two years of profit! Not to mention that the goods are still a little bit close, even if they are not loaded at all, they will leave.

Sailing at night is a daily routine for them, and naturally there is nothing.

At the boss's order, the men gathered on the deck in twos and threes, and after raising all the sails, the big ship filled the north wind and slowly sailed out of the bay.

Su Baiyi stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the Tianjin Wei Wharf that was getting farther and farther away, and breathed a deep sigh of relief.

The boatman ran in front of him again, this time he didn't have the momentum just now, but nodded his head, and said with a smile on his face: "This official, I can see that you are in a hurry, the villain has prepared wine and food, let's go to have a meal together." ”

"Okay, you have a heart!" Su Baiyi withdrew his gaze from a distance, and followed the boat family to a rather spacious room, although there were not many dishes, it was sumptuous.

Zhao Heng and He Shan had already sat down, and after seeing Su Baiyi coming, they quickly got up and arched their hands at him: "Master Su!" ”

Su Baiyi waved his hand: "It's all brothers, let's sit down and eat together." After speaking, he saw that Zhao Heng and He Shan had strange eyes, and suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing.

If these two are brothers, it's a bit far-fetched.

Sister Zhao, Sister He?

But sisters are not suitable!

What is it called?

Su Baiyi suddenly became entangled in pain.