On this day, the sky over the Xiaoluo Shuihe Wharf was covered with dark clouds, and the people coming and going everywhere were still weaving, and the shouting of boats of all sizes gave way to the sound of one after another.

Cheng Lingxiang, the county magistrate who was waiting for him to take up his post elsewhere in two days, stood on the newly repaired bridge, looking at the prosperous scene in front of him, and was full of emotion.

The new official position has come down, he will go to serve with a ship in a few days, the original county order has been reduced to the position of the main book, at the beginning he thought that he could let him have a position in the state, but now the position has dropped a little, but the grade has been raised, from the sixth grade, no way, the main book of Chang'an has specially set up this grade, and Chang'an County has ordered Pei Yaoqing to be on the sixth grade.

"My lord, didn't you say you wanted to go over and have a look?" An entourage beside Cheng Xianling saw him standing here and watching for a while and never left, and reminded him in a low voice.

"Okay, this is over, I heard that the lake is still being repaired over there, just take a look, I don't know who the next county commander is, the recommended excerpt has been undertaken, only this wharf, a year's tax is a lot of money, although this year is dry, the county's tax adjustment is also completely free, a bowl of fat meat, many people want to come and take a bite."

Cheng Xian Ling walked towards the opposite bank, and from time to time someone pushed or hurried to transport the goods on the car to this side, which made him feel difficult to calm down.

The wharf is repaired, after a few rains, it will be opened to boats, only Sanshui County can not eat so many goods, but others need it, this river can be connected to the sea, but also through a lot of places, including the capital land, some other far away from the river, or no wharf places, can only turn the freight to this side.

There are also merchants who come from other places, come here by boat, rent a warehouse at the wharf, buy and sell with each other, there are many people who come to see the goods, and some goods are directly transported away before they even get off the ship, of course, the dock docking fee still has to be paid.

As the people in the Zhangjia Zhuangzi said, when it was prosperous, the locals also had a new way to live, some went to the dock to carry work, and some borrowed money to buy cars to pull back and forth.

Even those who sell cold skins and pancakes are selling them from time to time around, and the portions are sufficient, and the prices are fair and cheap, and many people who do not have much money on them choose to buy one of the same and eat it together, some dry and some rare.

The entourage listened to the words of the adult, and was also anxious, afraid that someone would worry about this place, but he couldn't continue to say this, so he could only say something else: "My lord, not only the wharf is prosperous, but there will be more people in the county in the future, and many temples have been demolished, and the land that did not have to pay taxes will be allocated to others." ”

"Well, it's good to demolish it, the people's families don't have much money, and I want to give them a copy, so that you can buy some things in life, I heard that Zhangjia Zhuangzi is paired with a merchant from the capital, it seems that today I want to deliver here, and I will see the excitement in a while."

Cheng Xianling looked at the grain piled up on the opposite side, and suddenly thought of this matter, new grain for old grain, but also to sell old grain, obviously losing money, I don't know what Zhangjia Zhuangzi is going to do? I sent someone to inquire, and I also said that I had prepared manpower on my side, and it was easy to use today.

"My lord, the little one knows about this, a grain shop in the capital, has taken a fancy to the seeds of Zhang Wang's family, and wants to buy them and sell them, or find a place to plant them.

You think, Zhangjia Zhuangzi has already given the price, the grain is in the ground, if you want to buy it, you don't buy it, if you don't want to buy it, you can leave, why do you need to calculate it once, you want to collect old grain on other people's Zhuangzi, and then use new grain to exchange for the grain of other people's households, then the grain of the farmers is naturally not considered seeds, and they always have to eat.

Zhangjia Zhuangzi is so easy to deal with? Angry, follow the action, the small is not able to see how to get it, in short, Zhangjia Zhuangzi is deliberately making things bigger, otherwise it is okay to tell the farmer not to sell the old grain, where else can the farmer be more obedient than them? ”

The entourage thought hard, analyzed it to Cheng County Ling on the side, and heard that the entourage could say such a thing, Cheng County Ling smiled.

"You little baby, what do you know? This is Zhangjia Zhuangzi is demonstrating, I'm leaving, Sanshui County is so good, the location of the county order has not been determined, how many pairs of eyes are looking here, people with the ability can find out the relationship between us and Zhang Wang's two Zhuangzi, what do you say if Zhangjia Zhuangzi is weak at this time? ”

"It will be underestimated by more people, and those who didn't dare to reach out also want to try, no wonder, the small ones are still too stupid." The retinue now understood.

"Humph! Someone reaches out to their food, they don't care, in this place in front of us, no one wants to reach out? This is the chicken that lays golden eggs, you and I are about to leave, and yesterday they sent someone to send so much money, isn't it just to let me get to the place to take care of it? ”

Cheng Xianling looked at the young man who had been with him since he was six or seven years old and had been with him for more than 20 years, and said helplessly.

The attendant nodded, "What the adults said is, they really dare to give it, except for a small part of their own emergency use, all the other income from the dock side is given to us, he is not afraid that we will turn our faces then?" This is the money from renting a warehouse and a restaurant for a year, and more than 20,000 taels of silver. ”

Cheng Xianling shook his head slightly, and said to his entourage: "Do you dare to turn your face or do I dare to turn your face?" Yao Chong came down, Song Jing went up, Si Cang joined the army Zhou Qi is not wrong now, we really turned our faces, if we don't wait for Zhangjia Zhuangzi to make a move, Zhou Qi will not spare us, there is such a master who can even calculate this kind of thing, who is not afraid?

Do you still remember the silver that Song Jinggong came to give? Originally, I didn't know that it was Zhou Xihu, but the silver he gave was far more than the money I normally gave out, this is to tell me, I don't care, they will send this silver directly to me, and use the money that can buy people in the state to the county order, this is a threat, what do you say we will do if we turn our faces and deny it? ”

"They're going to send more money to the adults' bosses." The retinue replied.

"That's right, look at their appearance to the villagers, and then look at the appearance of the county officials, you can imagine that they don't want to have betrayal, once such a person finds out who betrayed, it will be like now, kill the chicken to wait, take the money, the capital is not better than elsewhere, the cost is big, with my little money, will live, we have to know gratitude."

Cheng County Ling was afraid that his entourage was always thinking about Zhang's Zhuangzi's calculations all day long, and he forgot about the kindness he should have, and reminded him.

The entourage nodded hurriedly, "Don't worry, adults, the little ones will never think about it, they also said that let us get to the place, the money is not enough for people to write to them, and help some literati who are preparing for the exam, I don't know what is the use of them bribing literati, how to know who will be successful in the future?" ”

"One out of a hundred people is enough, this is a wide range of money, and in the future, there are really students sponsored by them as officials, as long as they can help, everyone has to help, if you don't help, that's ungrateful, and you want to expect Shangguan to be good to you?"

Cheng County Ling gave an explanation, and the entourage said suddenly: "So that's the case, it costs a lot of money, and it's really a good calculation." ”

"Good calculation? What is this? The head of the Zhang family has been preparing to take the imperial examination, maybe it is the past two years, when he goes to the capital, he says that he is the one who sponsors those students, and his fame will be there immediately, this is the most powerful, I don't know what the relationship between those two masters and Zhang Zhong and Zhang Yongcheng is, or they have an old relationship with the old lady, and use so much strength to pave the way.

When that happens, the state will send a letterhead to the above, and I will also help, and the connections I use their money to get are the moment they want to use, if someone is willing to help me like this, why should I wait until now to be a sixth grade. ”

Cheng Xianling talked about the head of the Zhang family, not only envy, but also sad, so much money, paving the way for a person, people can't say too much.

"Huh? How could it be? Zhangjia Zhuangzi is really not an ordinary place, but is it worth it? What if they helped the people of the Zhang family, and the people of the Zhang family did not appreciate it? ”

"This is not over yet, when I sent the silver yesterday, didn't I say there, as long as I have difficulties over there, whether it is in government affairs or other aspects, I can write to me, this is to protect my position, waiting for people to go to the exam when there is no mistake, I can be regarded as taking advantage."

Cheng Xianling spoke, and felt very happy, no matter what, people did help themselves, and they will continue to help, there are masters to guide them, and their future careers will be better, the only regret is that they have not seen the masters in person, and they can't find the opportunity to apprentice.

The entourage was stunned when he heard these words, he never thought that Zhangjia Zhuangzi would calculate so long-term, such things were not something he could guess, the only thing he could do was to follow the adults honestly.

As the two men talked, they had already walked into the buildings on this side, the streets were wide and smooth, there were all kinds of shops on both sides of the streets, and there were special people carrying baskets to pick up the things that others had thrown down, and there were open barrels made of wood every few dozen steps on both sides of the road, with words written on them and drawings on them, so that people could throw useless things into them.

The street next to a pier should be full of dirty things, but here it is only clean and tidy, which makes people hate to buy a house to live here, but unfortunately, this place is only rented and not sold.

"My lord, they are really too good at thinking, who would have guessed that the place that was bought at a loss for a thousand taels of silver has become a place where ten thousand gold will not be exchanged? Ay? What is that place for? I came here yesterday, but I didn't see it. ”

The attendant looked at the surrounding scenery and praised it again, suddenly noticing that something had appeared in front of him that he had not discovered yesterday.