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After returning from Yangzhou, accompanied by Su Sanniang and Li Xiucheng, Lin Haifeng once again carefully inspected the various emerging industries and departments in Zhenjiang one by one. He was about to leave Zhenjiang and return to Tianjing. In the evening, he specially prepared a dinner party at the temporary residence of the post station. In addition to Su Sanniang, Li Xiucheng and several other officials from Zhenjiang, the invited guests also included Gu Tonglin and his mother-in-law, mother and son, who were specially picked up from outside the city.

For Granny Yue, giving up and not talking about the quality of the food is enough to make her fidget, just a few people at the table is enough to make her restless, and she doesn't know what to do for a while. Lin Haifeng arranged for Liu Xianghe to sit next to the old man, let her take care of the old man, and arranged for Wang Haiyang to accompany Yue Dalong. Then, he gently patted Granny Yue's shoulder, smiled happily and persuaded, "Granny Yue, don't be polite, just like you invited me at noon that day, except for Mr. Gu, you will treat us as your children." ”

Su Sanniang also smiled and quipped, "That's right, you always think that this is what Your Highness owes you, who made him eat so many vegetable cakes from your old age at that time." ”

Granny Yue wiped the corners of her eyes that were a little damp, looked at the people on the table who had identities embarrassedly, and said in a loud voice, "Okay, thanks to the blessings of Heavenly Father and His Royal Highness, the old body can have today, even if it is dead, it can be satisfied!" ”

"Look at what your old man said," Liu Xianghe smiled and sneered while holding the dishes for his mother-in-law, "Didn't His Highness say it that day, your old man has to live hard, and you have to wait to hold your grandson." ”

Mother-in-law stroked Liu Xianghe's hair lovingly, and nodded, "Good girl, borrow your auspicious words, my wife must live well, waiting to hold my big fat grandson!" ”

Lin Haifeng picked up a glass of wine and looked at everyone, "Too much wine hurts your body, but you can't make a banquet without wine." Today, this king and Su appeased the mushrooms for a long time before they were approved. Oh, I have to get out of here quickly, or I really can't stand Su An's strict control. For our first glass of wine, we will first pay tribute to our parents and officials. ”

Su Sanniang blushed, she looked at Wang An, who was overworked and her eyes were dark, and she was excited in her heart. In the past 20 days, His Royal Highness has worked hard for himself, but he has not even invited His Highness for a meal. Thinking that His Highness would leave tomorrow, and there might not be many opportunities to meet again, her nose was a little sour, "Your Highness, how can Sanniang be virtuous, where can she afford everyone's toast, this first glass of wine should be toasted to Your Highness!" ”

"Then what's the matter," Lin Haifeng took the lead in drying the wine first, and looked at Su Sanniang with a smile, "It's worth it, of course you deserve everyone's respect." Those who can benefit one side well are worthy of our respect. As he spoke, he filled his second glass of wine and looked around at everyone present, "Recently, people have been asking me about the situation in heaven, and they like to know what is the heaven of great harmony in the world. In fact, a very simple sentence can be understood by everyone. ”

He stood up, walked behind Granny Yue, and gently put his hand on the old man's shoulder, "When people like Granny Yue see me and you, and there will be no more gratitude or so-called awe, then the world will not be far from us." Come, tell us to toast to the future Celestial Empire! ”

Looking at the third glass of wine that Wang Haiyang filled for himself, Lin Haifeng paced to Xu Zongyang, who had been sitting with his head bored, and smiled, "From the beginning of the establishment of the Heavenly Army, it has become a practice to punish those who have done so, and to reward those who have meritorious. Prime Minister Xu Cheng lost his high position and succumbed to the command of the naval division of the Heavenly Army, so he was able not to resentment and devote himself to the construction of the naval division, which is also a model for everyone and deserves everyone's respect. We are not afraid of making mistakes, who can be without fault if we are not saints and sages? What is valuable is to be able to know and change. This time the punishment for you is very severe, and that is because your position determines that the mistakes you make are different from ordinary people, and the consequences of your mistakes are even more severe. ”

He looked at the few officials on the table, and his expression became solemn, "Don't think that if we do a half-official position, we have the power to give orders at will." The bigger the official position, the more mistakes must not be made, and one of our mistakes, which may be very inconspicuous, will also bring immeasurable disasters to the Celestial Empire. ”

Xu Zongyang raised his head and looked at His Royal Highness King An, his lips squirmed a few times, and finally he didn't say anything, and raised his head to dry all the wine in the cup.

Three glasses of wine passed, and Lin Haifeng's interest became more and more high. He then filled the fourth glass of wine and smiled heartily, "Actually, it's all official words spoken in front of me. Today is the king's private banquet, and the private banquet has no status, so we must respect the elders and love the young. Let's pay homage to the two elders together, Mr. Yue and Mother-in-law, wish them a long life, and watch our Celestial Empire prosper! ”

Seeing that Gu Tonglin and Granny Yue's appearance were still humble, Lin Haifeng hurriedly took the lead in drinking the wine, pointed to the sauce duck that the guards had just delivered, and said to Granny Yue, "Granny Yue, this duck sauce is just right, rotten, not greasy, suitable for your old teeth." I heard that the chef here is also very skillful, and the taste must be good, you and Mr. Gu hurry up and taste it, but it won't taste good. ”

The dinner was held in a cheerful atmosphere, and with King An's witty language and witty stories, everyone gradually forgot their restraints.

Gu Tonglin's weaving line had resumed operation, and began to network personnel everywhere and cooperate with the pacification envoy Yamen to start the exploration and mining of several coal and iron mines. He also accepted a more special task from His Royal Highness King An, which was to contact some salt merchants and send personnel to the Jiangbei camp in Haizhou and Qishan to negotiate the salt transportation affairs for next year. Due to the non-stop fighting, if the salt transportation from Lianghuai could not flow through Yangzhou to Jiangnan as usual, the canal would soon be silted up and the price of salt would skyrocket. Not only that, but Yangzhou, which relied on salt transportation to make its fortunes and prospered for a while, will also become a dead city. He admired King An's insight, knowing that the salt tax of Lianghuai was a very important source of treasury for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but in order to stabilize the future price of salt, King An chose the strategy of ensuring that the salt of Lianghuai entered Yangzhou smoothly and ensured the unimpeded transportation of salt. Compared with the cold response of his subordinates to the return of the Manchus, he felt the profound differences between the two regimes.

From a death row prisoner, he can finally become a friend of His Royal Highness King An, and can be cared for by His Royal Highness everywhere, which is something that Gu Tonglin never dreamed of. His family is nearly 10 million yuan, and he doesn't care if he makes more money, what he wants is a good reputation that he can leave to future generations, and glorify his ancestors.

"Your Highness, the old man and you have got acquainted, but the humble house has not been patronized by His Royal Highness, the old man is really sorry. Your Highness won't be afraid of being dragged into the water by the old man, right? It's not that the things in the old man's house are poisonous. Gu Tonglin looked at King An, who was happily chatting with his mother-in-law, shook his head and sighed.

Lin Haifeng was stunned, "No, hasn't this king really been there?" He looked at Su Sanniang and Liu Xianghe a little strangely.

"Your Highness, you don't have such a bad memory, do you?" Liu Xianghe pursed his lips, "You just watched it ten more times, and you really haven't been there." ”

"Alas, the old man is really sad to die," Gu Tonglin frowned and sighed deliberately, "The old man thought that he could be regarded as a friend of His Highness, but he had been making trouble for a long time, and he had no place in His Highness's heart." Alas, alas! ”

Lin Haifeng laughed, "Don't worry, old man, sooner or later, this king will bother you with a big meal, don't be reluctant to do it when the time comes." ”

"Look at what His Highness said, it's too much to underestimate the old man." Gu Tonglin smiled, "As long as His Highness can point it out, the old man can't pick the moon in the sky, and the rest is fine." ”

"That's good," Lin Haifeng nodded, "There will be more opportunities in the future, since we are friends, as long as the old gentleman contributes to the Celestial Empire, it will be the biggest banquet for me Lin Haifeng." When I have some leisure, the old gentleman can go to Tianjing to see me and eat some of the king's coarse tea and light rice. ”

"Of course I have to go." Gu Tonglin smiled, leaned forward, and said seriously, "Your Highness, the old man still has two talented sons, and he originally planned to train them to take the imperial examination and find a way out, but now that the old man has figured it out, why don't His Highness bring it to his side and ask them to become the Heavenly Army." Hehe, don't blame the old man for being selfish, the old man is a hundred people who don't want the Manchu Qing to come back. ”

"This won't work." Lin Haifeng shook his head, "The old gentleman loves the Celestial Empire, and we understand it." But in order to facilitate your future business, this king doesn't want to pull you into the water, so as not to cause you unnecessary trouble. ”

He looked at Gu Tonglin, who was puzzled, and pointed to Yue Dalong, who was smiling innocently next to him, "Old man, supporting the Celestial Empire does not necessarily mean that you must send your family to the front line to kill demons, there are ways and means." As long as your family has a prosperous business and creates more taxes for the Celestial Empire, it will be a contribution to the Celestial Empire. And our Yue Tuan is always different. ”

He turned to look at Yue Dalong and smiled, "President Yue Tuan, now that you have become the head of your township's self-defense group, Sanniang also said that you have done a good job, and you have to make persistent efforts." When you lead everyone to improve their lives, hurry up and marry a daughter-in-law, don't let the old lady down. In one sentence, Yue Dalong made a big red face. The crowd burst out laughing.

Granny Yue's mother-in-law looked at her son who was becoming more and more promising, and she was even more happy. She rubbed the corners of her eyes that were a little moist because of joy, and looked at King An affectionately, "Your Highness, when there is really a day in the future, you must remember to come?" ”

"Come, come, I'll talk." Lin Haifeng waved his chopsticks at Liu Xianghe and smiled, "Hurry up and clip the duck for Granny Yue, such a rotten and delicious duck, you have to eat it all clean." Come, everybody eat. ”

Su Sanniang looked at the excited King An, sighed sourly in her heart, and slammed the chopsticks into the duck that was really rotten and had almost lost her bones

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