(This chapter is very uncomfortable to write, but it is relieved to think about it.) What I want to write is, after all, not a perfect man with high morals, but a real man who wants to kneel and walk the path he has chosen...... ）

From then on, every time Rongyue talked to him, she claimed that she must be a subordinate. Lian Zining roughly understood what she meant, this was to completely abandon her past identity and start a new life and new happiness.

As the two were talking, they suddenly saw that there seemed to be a stirring below, and the caravan that was about to receive the inspection seemed to be unwilling to accept the inspection, and was confronting the soldiers.

Soon, Wang Mazi went to the court, he kowtowed respectfully, and said: "My lord, the caravan below claims to be from the family of Lord Chen of the Left Governor of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, you see?" ”

Lian Zining told them that if there was a big man who couldn't be provoked, he would come to him if he felt that he couldn't handle it, so as not to cause trouble. Dai Zhangpu spent a lot of effort to get the paperwork of this banknote, he didn't want to cause trouble for Dai Zhangpu, anyway, the banknote customs were set up just to block the traffic and force those businessmen to stay overnight in Liuzhen, the official road, not with tax collection as the main goal, so it didn't matter how accommodating a few.

After all, it is impossible for all businessmen to have official backgrounds, and if one has a good achievement, most of them are civilians.

Lian Zining hurried down, and when Zhongbing Ding saw him coming, he immediately knelt down: "I've seen my lord." ”

Lian Zining waved his hand and looked at the opposite side, this is a huge caravan, about more than 100 carts, Lian Zining looked at it all morning, this is the largest one. At the head was a black wooden carriage pulled by four large horses, and a middle-aged man in charge was standing next to the carriage with a proud face.

Lian Zining arched his hand and said: "I heard from the people below, in your mansion, is it Lord Chen of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate?" ”

The steward has been mixing in Nanjing, where high-ranking officials and eunuchs gather all the year round, a pair of tricks are extremely vicious, seeing that Lian Zining made the general flag at such a young age, it is rare in Nanjing, he was slightly stunned, and felt that the young man in front of him had a background, so he didn't dare to slack off, and said with a smile: "Exactly!" There are some urgent things to do, and I am in a hurry to clear customs, but there is really no way to open the box and check them one by one, and I ask this adult to be accommodating. ”

"Do you have any credentials?" Lian Zining asked.

"Wait a minute, sir!" The steward nodded, took out two official lamps from the carriage, and let Lian Zining take a look. These two official lamps are made of high-quality materials, one of them says that Zhengde is twenty-four years of Bingchen Branch, and the other is written on the Imperial History of the Zuo Tuo Du of the Imperial Inspectorate, and the two lanterns look to be old, and they should not be fake.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu stipulated that all the military officials and furniture in the world could not do business, and business was a cheap business, and the children of merchants could not even participate in the imperial examination. Lao Zhu's ideal is the kind of Datong world where the voice of chickens and dogs is heard and the old and the dead do not get along, so the businessmen who break this kind of rules can be said to hate each other, and they have spared no effort to suppress them all their lives. However, by now, the system has long been abolished, and not only merchants are engaged in silk and satin, but even officials are blatantly doing business.

There are many conveniences for officials to do business, for example, if a businessman sails straight down from the lake to Nanzhili, if his boat is fortunate enough to carry an official master, then as long as he hangs the official lamp of the master, not only will he be allowed to pass through any checkpoint along the way, but also no tax will be charged at the banknote......

Blatantly enough to do that.

Therefore, the caravans that are generally subordinate to the officials will carry the official lanterns with them, and when they cross the customs and enter the city, this thing is the best. Of course, there are also counterfeit ones, but forging official lights is not beneficial to provoking the entire bureaucracy, and this consequence is not something that ordinary people can afford, so on the whole, it is relatively rare.

Lian Zining checked the official lamp, and waved his hand very happily: "Release!" ”

The steward was stunned: "This is the end?" ”

He even wanted to kindly remind Lian Zining, my lord, you still have confiscated the tax money of our caravan!

Lian Zining's face was full of smiles: "Since it is Lord Chen's family, he must be loyal to the country, how could he do such a disobedient thing?" Then naturally there is no need to be inspected, as for the tax silver, Lord Chen works hard for state affairs, how can the lower officials collect the silver from your mansion? ”

When the steward heard that Lian Zining was so upright, he spoke decently, his face softened by three points, and he arched his hand to Lian Zining: "I am more gracious!" ”

According to the practice of the previous banknote customs, the military department gave the Jingnan banknotes a year's task of 30,000 taels of silver, in the eyes of those court bigwigs, the official road Liu Zhen and other deserted places, naturally can not be compared with the Grand Canal, you must know that the Linqing banknote customs on the Grand Canal, a year's task is only 100,000 taels.

These 30,000 taels can be collected by Lian Zining in less than a month, so those caravans of high-ranking officials and nobles, charging him no more than one, and collecting less is not a lot, and you don't collect his taxes, which represents a kind of respect for his authority, a kind of fear, and he will naturally accept your affection.

Rong Yue stood in front of the window, looking at Lian Zining laughing with her, her slightly rickety waist was suddenly a little sad.

After entering the capital, Rongyue realized that her young boss was already a famous man in Beijing, and if life was only as she first saw it, she couldn't help but sigh. Think about how surprised I once asked him, adults are actually literate? Rongyue felt funny for a while, why don't people just pass through the text?

Because of this, she felt worthless for Lian Zining, if he took the career and took the imperial examination, what kind of brilliant future would he have? It's not impossible to join the cabinet in the future, right? Then why did you embark on this path of military attaché? Here, in this deserted town, laughing, bending, and pleasing those officials!

Shouldn't a person as talented as him be chanting the wind and admiring the moon, lonely and arrogant in the snow?

Zhang Geng watched from the side and nodded slightly, this young general flag can do this step at such a young age, it can be described as a young man's ambition, obviously his family has a background. But he is not arrogant, speaks decently, and is also very eye-catching, but he is a handsome person.

Steward Wang on the side said with a smile: "I heard that this Lord Lian Zi Ning Lian is not yet the year of the weak crown this year, I thought that the young man was young and vigorous, but I didn't expect that he would be a good talker." ”

"Lian Zining, Lord Lian? Lian Zining? Zhang Geng repeated it several times, and suddenly felt trembling in his heart, Lian Zining, isn't it the famous man who wrote "Liao Zhai Zhi Zhi Ying Ning" and "Liao Zhai Zhi Wei Zhi Zhi And what song is life like the first time I saw it?

But why did this great celebrity make the general flag of this district here?

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