Chapter 147 Cruise on Qingchuan Lake

Qingcui Mountain Villa is named because it is located on the shore of Qingchuan Lake and Cuiwei Mountain. Here the blue waves ripple, the grass is desolate, the mountains are stacked, and there are more clear springs and streams, and rabbits fly away. It is actually a first-class place in Jingzhou Mansion. And the mountain villa is hidden in this lake and mountain, magnificent and spacious, heavy buildings and pavilions, but it is clear and quiet, not stained with dust, quite a wind of birth, it is really a summer resort.

This is a courtyard of the Xu family of the wealthy family in Jiangbei, the Xu family and the Koji family are world friends, Koji Yanwu came to Jiangbei to take office, and he felt a little aggrieved, so he did not live in the governor's mansion, but lived here. I only moved back a few days ago, and prepared this place to be the envoy of Qin Lei, the king of Qincha.

Qin Lei is also very satisfied with this courtyard, although due to the lack of words, he can't accurately express things such as 'cool borrowing the breeze and bright borrowing the moon, moving and watching the flowing water and quietly watching the mountain.' 'Stuff like that. But the praise of 'good, good' still made the accompanying old man Xu feel very faced.

Qin Lei stayed here.

Spring comes early in the south, and April is full of flowers. It's the season of flowers. When she woke up in the morning, Ruolan, who was only wearing a thin shirt, pushed open the window, and the fresh and fragrant air came to her nose, and the little girl couldn't help but revel in the charming fragrance and stretch her waist beautifully.

Qin Lei lay on the brocade quilt, looking at her stretched arms with a smile, revealing a beautiful curve, and couldn't help but sigh: "This is life." Ruolan realized that she was a little presumptuous, so she quickly withdrew her hands and covered her mouth with a snicker.

The little girl stepped on the soft carpet barefoot, smiled back a little mischievously, and said softly: "Master, you are up." ”

Qin Lei said with a smile: "If you don't get up, how can you see Xiao Ruolan's beautiful figure." Turned to seriousness: "But seriously, why is your little waist so thin?" In the words of a reader, it is 'Yingying is unbearable'. ”

Although Ruolan is open-minded, she is still a shy person, so she can't afford Qin Lei to laugh like this, and she blushed and said, "Master is making fun of the slave again." Saying that, he stepped forward to put on Qin Lei's shoes, served him to wash and change his clothes, and went to the front hall for dinner.

The little eunuch Huang Zhao was already waiting in the front hall, Qin Lei deliberately distanced himself from him for a while, but it was to prevent him from making the mistake of being arrogant and pampered. As soon as he arrived in Jiangbei, Shi Dang had to run around for Qin Lei's safety, and he couldn't follow him all the time like he was on a boat. Qin Lei freed Huang Zhao, who had been helping the cook in the room.

Qin Lei grinned at him and teased: "People say that there is a fat cook in the room, why are you still like bean sprouts?" ”

Seeing Qin Lei again, Huang Zhao actually felt like he wanted to burst into tears. After a while, he was a little choked and said: "They bullied the slaves and maids, let me do the work of the servants alone, and I have to eat their leftovers." "He was originally the chief eunuch of the Longjun Palace, and he called and drank and commanded his subordinates on weekdays. was demoted to the room all of a sudden, and in the eyes of others, he naturally fell out of favor, and he didn't work hard to come back.

Qin Lei sat down with a smile and said, "If this is not the case, how do you know where your power comes from, and how do you know the sorrow after losing your power." ”

Huang Zhao is also a person with raised eyebrows, and immediately understood the intention of the prince, and shouted wildly in his heart: "It turns out that the prince still wants to use me." That trace of grievance was suddenly swept away, and he kowtowed again and again: "Thank you for your teachings." The slave and maid wrote it down. ”

Qin Lei asked him to get up, and said softly: "Come back and be your manager, in the future, you must be an upright person, and you must learn from the three rotten styles of those palace people." ”

Huang Zhao whimpered and cried: "I only realized the hard work of the prince today, and Huang Zhao will live up to the prince for life." Qin Lei has never laughed at him because of his physical disability, and has always treated him as a normal subordinate, and this respect makes Huang Zhaoming feel guilty.

Qin Lei smiled: "Get up and wipe your face." Then hand over with Shi Dang. Huang Zhao hurriedly got up and led the order to go out. Qin Lei took the chestnut porridge offered by Ruolan and drank it slowly.

After he finished eating, Huang Zhao also returned. Gong Sheng reported: "There are one hundred and seventy-three miscellaneous servants in the house, and four hundred and twenty-one guards have all settled down, but there is only one person, I don't know what kind of rules should be arranged?" ”

Qin Lei took the tea, rinsed his mouth, and spit it back into the copper basin. He asked in a low voice, "Yunyi?" ”

Huang Zhao nodded and said, "I don't know if Miss Yunyi is arranged according to Miss Ruolan's grade, or what?" ”

Qin Lei said with a smile: "I just picked up a wild girl on the road, and I will treat it as a low-level maid." By the way, find her a laundry and water errand in the backyard, and don't support idlers. Huang Zhao's face was strange, and he said in his heart, this master is really ...... It's too good at playing people. That's a girl who thinks she's blasphemous at first glance.

Huang Zhao went down to work, and after a while, Shen Bing came. Qin Lei beckoned and led him out of this small building called 'Hug Yue'. Out of the building, but see the corridor around the pavilion, embellished with flowers, trees and stone peaks, from the empty window of the corridor to look into a rich picture scroll.

There are countless wisteria edges on the tree, the vines are knotted, and countless flower pendants bloom, purple with blue, bright like clouds, attracting countless butterflies, bees, yellow orioles and the like to wander during the period. The two of them walked among the birds and flowers, but they talked about some big scenery.

"Yesterday's clash was indeed caused by the soldiers of Jiangbei Wei attacking the guards. Gu Pei went out and made a promise of a ten-day salary, and then sent the rioting soldiers back to the camp. It's infuriating ......"

Qin Lei held on to a vine and said with interest, "What can make Lord Bing feel angry?" ”

Shen Bing's face was strange and said, "Then Gu Pei made a wish in the name of His Highness." ”

The smile suddenly froze, Qin Lei grabbed the flower vine and pulled it hard, and countless blue-purple petals fluttered and fell, startling countless birds. Letting the petals sprinkle on his body, Qin Lei said coldly: "Why do these people always think that Lao Tzu is easy to bully? ”

Shen Bing's face remained unchanged, and he continued: "After Lu Yanwu went back yesterday, he didn't go back to the Governor's Palace, but went to the Xu family to stay, and Zhuo Wenzheng also followed. ”

Qin Lei patted the petals on his shoulder, nodded and said, "Has the information of this Xu family been investigated clearly?" "For this Xu family, Qin Lei didn't know anything except that it and the Shen family were one of the four great families of Caoyun.

Shen Bing said without thinking: "They are a wealthy family in the south for generations, and since the canal was dug one hundred and seventy years ago, they have mastered the thousands of miles of waterways in the south. The amount of wealth in Great Qin should be in the top five. Moreover, most of the children are officials in the two southern provinces, and Xu Tancheng, the governor of Shannan, is the highest official among them. ”

Qin Lei looked at the blue sky that was cut by vines, and said leisurely: "Does this Xu family have an extremely strong strength in the south?" ”

Shen Bing said simply: "Deep-rooted, the head of a hundred schools." ”

Qin Lei said softly: "The strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake, if you can bypass it, you can bypass it." Obviously, he didn't want to mention the Xu family anymore, so he asked instead: "Did Shi Meng and the others send back any information?" ”

Shen Bing nodded and said, "It's already connected, and the problem is very serious." ”

Qin Lei sighed lightly, and said a little weakly: "When will Lao Tzu encounter something that is not serious." ”

Shen Bing knew Qin Lei so well that he didn't pay attention to his disease-free moaning at all, and said in a deep voice: "The development of Zen Buddhism in the south has become a wildfire in the wilderness, from the officials and gentry to the peddlers and pawns, there are all their devout disciples. ”

Saying that, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "The two of them inquired about Zen Buddhism everywhere, and said some disgusting things, which caused public outrage, and were chased out of the eight streets, and finally stole the clothes that people were drying, and put on makeup as a woman and hid in the toilet, so as to escape." ”

Qin Lei imagined the scene at that time, and also said happily: "It seems that the name of Boss Shi's fat powder team is not false, and the methods he thinks are so glamorous." "Qin Lei knew that the negative thoughts of Zen Buddhism seeking the afterlife were very marketable in the suffering south, and it was not surprising that they could spread quickly.

He scratched his head, brushed off the petals in his hair, and said with a long sigh: "Tell them to try to break into the interior of Zen Buddhism and find out the whereabouts of Zhishan and several leaders, I don't believe that this fat monk can be so ignorant." ”

Shen Bing nodded in response.

Qin Lei continued to instruct: "I'll leave it to the two of them over there, you concentrate on two things, first, no matter what method you use, find that Gongliangyu for me, whether you live or die." Second, focus on monitoring the two of them, and I want every movement in the house of the two of them. ”

Shen Bing asked softly, "Is there a problem with these two people?" ”

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled: "On the contrary, Lone is ready to cooperate with them. ”

After arranging the work of his subordinates, Qin Lei seemed to be a little idle. I had the intention to go out for a walk, but considering the fatigue of the journey, there was nothing scheduled on the itinerary today. It is not a trivial matter for the prince to go out, if it is temporary, it will attract all the guards to work hard, although he will not be resentful, but his mood will always be affected. This kind of bad rule thing, there is no need, Qin Lei will not do it.

Dispelled the idea of going out to play, Qin Lei wandered around the garden, fortunately, there are mountains and rivers, flowers and grass, and it is not boring to play. Walking and walking, the scenery gradually faded, and the grass and trees became sparse, Qin Lei asked, but he arrived at the area where the people were working.

He had no interest in how the food was made or how the clothes were cut. was about to go back, and when he turned his head, he swept to the back of the rockery and there seemed to be a figure with his back to him, as if it was the Yunyi girl. Qin Lei immediately walked over with great interest and tiptoeing.

Only when I entered, I found that the infinitely beautiful back twitched slightly, as if it was crying. Qin Lei held his breath and wanted to hear what the girl had to say. Helplessly, the girl just sobbed silently, and did not say a word.

Qin Lei finally couldn't hold back his cough lightly, and the girl Yunyi, who was crying intently, was full of cleverness, and looked back with a disgraced face, only to find that it was the hateful person. Yun Yi knelt down a little angrily and whispered, "The slave family sees the prince." ”

Qin Lei smiled and said, "Yunyi, are you satisfied with your new errand?" Don't worry, Lone has already said hello, and no one dares to bully you. ”

Yun Yi was angry for a while, and said sadly: "The slave family wants to go home." "Yun Yi already knows that the best way to deal with Qin Lei's spiritual ravages is - you say yours, I say mine.

Qin Lei's face darkened, and he said softly: "Lone has ignored this matter, don't worry......"

Yun Yi thought that Qin Lei had suddenly changed his nature, looked up to the west, and found that no sun had risen. couldn't help but be secretly anxious in his heart, and his little brain turned quickly, thinking about countermeasures.

A serious voice continued: "As long as you do it seriously, you will have a red envelope at the end of the year." It's almost enough to make up for the ride home. ”

Yun Yi's heart was relieved, and she was slightly happy: "Thank you, Lord Xie." The slave family will do things with their hearts. ”

Qin Lei nodded and said with satisfaction: "Do a good job, Lone is very optimistic about you." After saying that, he left staggeringly.

Miss Yunyi looked at Qin Lei's back stupidly, and suddenly realized that what she was doing was and what she was still doing, and she did not achieve the goal of wanting to change her errand at the beginning, but she pretended to be pitiful and happy in vain. I can't help but have a new understanding of Qin Lei's nonsense.

The happy mood that Yun Yi brought to Qin Lei made his day very comfortable, and he ate an extra bowl of dinner.

The second day of the tour is a tour of the lake. Before dawn, Qin Lei couldn't wait to go out, and the carriage didn't take a few steps before arriving at Baili Qingchuan Lake.

The sun hadn't risen yet, and the fog was thick on the lake, but it wasn't a good time for rafting. Qin Lei didn't care about this, and under layers of protection, he and the guards boarded the five cruise ships that were leaning on the shore.

A thick fog drifted from the middle of the lake, and immediately enveloped the five pleasure boats inside, and by the time the fog cleared, the five boats had long since disappeared.

In the grass and treetops on the shore, a few heads were invariably exposed, and they looked hard into the lake, and vaguely found that the pleasure boats were getting farther and farther, so they showed their bodies one after another, ignored each other, and went to find their own boats.

Temporarily shaken off the watch, the five painting boats scattered. One of them headed straight for the island in the middle of the lake. In about a quarter of an hour, a small verdant island emerged from the mist. When approaching, the cruise ship suddenly let out a burst of "wave valley valley" bird call, after a while, the reeds on the edge of the island swayed, a flat boat sailed out of it, and when it came closer, two strong men with strong martial arts whispered: "Xiaguan Qin Youde, Qin Youcai see the fifth highness." ”

Hearing these two names, all the crossbow arrows on the pleasure boat were put down. A soft ladder hung in front of the two, and the two looked at each other, turned over and jumped on the boat. Then he saw a handsome young man in a black and gold royal robe, smiling at him in a group of black-clothed guards.

As soon as the two of them looked at it, they knew that they had not admitted their mistakes, so they bowed and said, "Weichen see the prince." ”

Qin Lei bowed his head and said, "Get up, the two adults have worked hard." ”

The two were just about to confess, but Qin Lei joked: "Please invite that Lord Xue out as well." ”

The two virtuous and talented brothers only knew, and it turned out that everyone had found out, and Qin Youde, who was embarrassed to smile and curl his beard, said: "The wind has been too tight recently, and Lord Xue doesn't know martial arts, so our brothers took it upon themselves to leave him behind." ”

Qin Lei nodded understandingly and smiled: "There is no big mistake in being careful. ”

Qin Youcai confessed to Qin Lei, then turned around and made a quick and short whistle, and another small boat came out of the reeds unhurriedly, but the rower was a scribe in Tsing Yi.

When the scribe had also come aboard, two plain-clothed guards went down to the two boats. The yacht slowly drove into the fog.

In the cabin, the Tsing Yi scribe saluted Qin Lei respectfully and said, "Weichen Xue Naiying knocked to see the prince." Qin Lei let him get up and said with a smile: "The three of you go to change into dry clothes first, it's so uncomfortable to get wet." The three of them came in the middle of the night in the dark, soaked in the dew and mist all night, and were already soaking wet and very uncomfortable.

The three of them couldn't imagine that the prince was so attentive and grateful. Then he turned to the back cabin, and a guard brought hot water towels, asked the three of them to scrub them, and then turned around and closed the door and went out.

The three took off their wet clothes and wiped their bodies with towels dipped in hot water. The two strong men were obviously from the army, and their movements were extremely fast, and they wiped them clean after a while, took off the two sets of inner and outer clothes on the hanger and put them on, and immediately felt much more comfortable.

Qin Youde, who had a curly beard, moved his muscles and bones, lowered his voice and said to Lord Xue, who was still rubbing his body unhurriedly: "Old Xue, this dress is not only inside and out, but even the shoes and socks are complete. Xue Naiying nodded and did not speak.

The other yellow-bearded Qin Youcai also whispered: "Isn't it a bit too much for the dignified prince to attach so much importance to our family generals?" ”

Although the curly beard didn't speak, he also looked at Xue Naiying, and it seemed that he was also in general thought.

Xue Naiying finally wiped off the shriveled little body, slowly took the underwear on the hanger and put it on, and chuckled: "Youcai, you really wasted this name......

Listening to his ridicule, Qin Youcai was not angry, touched his yellow beard and said with a smile: "You have to go to Zhongdu to ask my father about this, don't talk about irrelevant things, talk about it quickly." ”

Xue Naiying straightened his underwear and pointed to the cheongsan on the hanger. Qin Youcai hurriedly took off the clothes for him and helped him put on his sleeves. After playing enough with Qin Youcai, Xue Naiying said softly: "This prince has done nothing but that. We are the Queen Mother and her old people, and being kind to us is to show respect for the Queen Mother and her old man. Don't think that this master is weak and can be bullied. I heard that this lord killed a thousand god bow camps outside the ancient city. He also beheaded the Li family's 500 Tiance army on Taozhu Street, and for this reason, he was still on top of the Golden Palace, and the halberd shot Tiance General Li Qing was a first-class killing god. ”

The talented and virtuous two know that Xue Naiying is based at the canal wharf, and he is well-informed, and he must not be wrong. In fact, this is the case, except that the number continues to expand as the canal goes south, and it is several times larger.

After Xue Naiying's preaching, when they saw Qin Lei again, the two of them couldn't help but be respectful.

After Qin Lei gave the seat, the three of them first asked the Holy Empress Dowager about her well-being, and then got to the point.

Qin Lei looked at the three of them with a smile, and said in a clear voice: "Before coming, the imperial grandmother looked for Gu, and said that when she came to Jiangbei, she must find a few old people and convey her greetings, and the imperial grandmother said: 'A few little cubs should also start a family, and they will not take their daughter-in-law to show their old wife. ’”

When the three of them heard this, they couldn't help but burst into tears, got up and faced the north, bowed three times and bowed, and whimpered: "Queen Mother, ......" but they couldn't cry.

Qin Lei looked at the three people who were crying all over the place, and slightly envied the Empress Wenzhuang, what kind of demeanor this old man should have been back then, in exchange for the loyalty of these iron-clad men all their lives.

After the three of them were emotionally stable, Qin Lei said softly: "The imperial grandmother said that when you return to Beijing, you must go to the palace to see her." If you don't want to suffer by the river anymore, when Gu is done, go back to Beijing with Gu. ”

The three of them cried once, but they would not easily come to the second one, and they thanked in unison: "Xie Empress Dowager Longen, the ministers will definitely live up to their trust, even if they are broken and do not give up." ”

Xue Naiying hugged his fists at Qin Lei and said, "Your Highness, the three of us are all half-grown sons who followed the old man of the Queen Mother in the middle capital city to raise the injured number. Thanks to the grace of the Queen Mother, after the war, we wanted to go to school, and we wanted to be soldiers. That's why we are today. The Queen Mother's great kindness, we are not finished. Therefore, Your Highness, even if there is anything you command, that is, you want me to wait for the head of the item, there is no ambiguity. ”

Qin Lei laughed and said, "What do you want your heads to do? It's not pretty. ”

A few people laughed, and Qin Lei said with a straight face: "I only know the names of the three from my grandmother, but I don't know what the official position of the few people is now?" Of course he does, but it's better to be confused at this point.

Qin Youde, who had a curly beard, arched his hand and said: "Xiaguan Tianju is the commander of the East Battalion of the Navy Army under the Marshal of Zhennan." Unified 20,000 Dongying naval troops. ”

The yellow-bearded Qin Youcai arched his hand and said: "Xiaguan Tianju is the commander of the southern battalion of the infantry army under the tent of the marshal of Zhennan, and he commands the 30,000 eastern battalion infantry army. ”

Xue Naiying also arched his hand and said: "Xia Guan Tian lives in the position of the South Sidu Division of the Canal." Nominally in charge of this Qianli South Canal. ”

Qin Lei heard this and said with a smile: "Why did Lord Xue say this? The South Division of the Canal doesn't care about the South Canal, so who will take care of it? ”

Before Xue Naiying could speak, Qin Youcai interjected: "The prince doesn't know, this four-thousand-mile Grand Canal is originally in the hands of everyone, and only the canal yamen can't manage it. ”

Qin Lei was happy, looked at Yellowbeard with interest, and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Qin Youcai was just about to speak, but he was glared at fiercely by Xue Naiying, so he shrunk his neck and smiled at Qin Lei: "Let's let the bitter master of the family say it, I won't intervene." ”

Xue Naiying smiled apologetically at Qin Lei, and said with a straight face: "Although General Qin is a little exaggerated, our Canal Division really can't manage the canal. Then he told Qin Lei the matter as it was.

One hundred and seventy years ago, in order to ensure the supply of grain and grass in the Gyeonggi region, support several grain-deficient provinces in the east, and at the same time to transport a large amount of surplus rice from the south and avoid 'rice cheapness hurting farmers', Daqin imitated the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal of Qi, communicated several major rivers such as Luoshui and Xiangjiang, and built a 4,000-mile-long canal within its own territory. As soon as the canal was completed, it immediately strengthened the connection between the north and the south and safeguarded the unity of the country. It also quickly made the Qin State, which was weak at that time, a difficult situation, and became a great power that could keep pace with Qi Chu.

This canal is like an artery connecting the north and the south, transporting the rich products from the south to the north all the time, ensuring the prosperity of the central capital and the stability of the eastern front. There was also a thriving trade industry, which flowed the country's wealth through the canal, increasing the country's wealth.

This canal, which flows with infinite wealth, naturally attracts countless flies that chase the smell, and the officials of the state capital along the way set up cards to exploit the merchant ships coming and going. There are also four wealthy families to control shipping in sections, monopolize transportation and raise prices. These two parties are not under the control of the small canal temple and dare not manage.

Xue Naiying said bitterly: "When goods are transported from the south to the north, the cost will rise by more than five times. This difference was all eaten by the scourge and the four silverfish along the way. ”

Speaking of this, I remembered that Qin Lei's uncle's family was also one of the four major scourges. Just as he was about to open his mouth to apologize, Qin Lei waved his hand and said, "Lord Xue is right, they are the four silverfish. Only then did Qin Lei know the origin of the Shen family's huge wealth.

Qin Youde on the side said helpfully: "Your Highness said well, the people on both sides of the river not only can't get the slightest benefit of the canal, but also have to bear countless forced labor, and they have long been miserable." ”

Qin Youcai was not willing to be lonely and said: "In order to ensure the profits of the canal, these people also set up cards in the mainland, so that those who want to go by land pay more taxes, forcing them to go to the canal." ”

Qin Lei said strangely: "In this case, why is the treasury not full?" ”

Xue Naiying said disdainfully: "Our Prime Minister Wen used the excuse of river siltation to write to the provinces along the river, and turned the river tax into dredging expenses on the spot. It directly opens the door to the corruption of these people. For more than ten years, not a cent of the silver was sent to the treasury, but not a cent was thrown into the river. ”

Qin Lei deeply agreed: "It's true, it's difficult to walk when you come, there are several river sections, and you can't get through without pulling fiber." Then he asked in a deep voice: "Lord Xue, is this canal really hard to return?" ”

Xue Naiying said resolutely: "No, as long as the rights of the canal can be returned to the central court of the imperial court, the river can really be dredged with its proceeds." Within two years, the canal will be back in action. In less than five years, the imperial court will be able to get out of today's predicament. ”

Qin Lei sighed and said, "Time is running out." If it doesn't last a few months, the canal will be in chaos. Even my Great Qin may make a mess. ”

The three of them were already in dire straits, how could they not understand the meaning of Qin Lei's words, "canal", "official rule", and "empty amount", these three mountains weighed heavily on the body of the southern province, and the two provinces could be squeezed and smashed at any time.

There are no eggs under the nest.