At the end of November of the third year of Daming Xianchun, Liangzhejiang East Road, Lin'an Mansion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

With clouds hanging in the air, it is expected that the first winter snow of the year will soon fall on the picturesque shores of West Lake. After all, Lin'an is still Lin'an, and three hundred years of prosperity have been accumulated, and it will not be overshadowed by a fire and the rise of Nanjing.

For the people of Xizi Lake and Lin'an City, winter snow not only means cold, but also means that the rare beauty in this world will be presented in front of you. Therefore, unlike people in other places who are in a hurry because of the gloomy sky, the people of Lin'an have walked into the restaurant and teahouse outside the city in twos and threes, and it is noon, everyone gathers together, a warm cup of wine, two cups of hot tea, plus a plate of salt-baked peanuts, old vinegar and white kernels, it is enough to chat with a few rare old friends for two or three hours.

"Have you heard, Nanyang discovered gold more than a month ago." With peanuts in his hand, a young man whispered to his companion.

His companion smiled and took a sip of the wine bowl, and said with a smile: "Don't be so careful, let me tell you, I'm afraid you are the only one in this restaurant who just knows." Although the imperial court has never wanted to publicize this matter to the public, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, just think about those merchants running to the South Seas like crazy now, you know that there must be a lot of excitement. ”

"What don't you look at the excitement!" The man glared at his companion, "Although the largest gold mine belongs to the imperial court, we don't dare to move even if we have a hundred guts, but think about it, since there is a gold mine in one place, who knows if there is one other place in Nanyang, as long as we can find it first, it will be ours." What's more, you said that there is nothing in the barren mountains and mountains of Nanyang, and the imperial court wants to develop gold mines, which is indispensable for labor. ”

Not only his companions, but also the people at the surrounding tables looked at each other in surprise and thoughtfulness.

"Okay, okay, always cranky." His companion shook his head, "The imperial court has vast powers, and it is easy to go north and south, especially those of us who do a little business, especially if it is so easy to get involved." Come on, come on, drink. ”

The bowls touch each other lightly, making a pleasant sound, and the crystal wine sways in the bowl.

"I didn't expect this guy to be a bit business-minded." Taking a sip of tea, Ye Yingwu said softly.

Sitting opposite Ye Yingwu and looking at the scenery of the West Lake outside the window, Hui Niang lowered her voice: "The husband has been sitting in this restaurant for an hour, and he has been delaying and refusing to go back, is it just to listen to these people chatting?" This is not the usual style of His Royal Highness King Ming. ”

Ye Yingwu slowly closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair, and said in a deep voice: "The people are like water, the water can carry the boat, or it can overturn the boat, be careful to sail the boat for ten thousand years, if you are always in the palace ban, even the most upright courtiers may falsely report the people's grievances and bully the king, let alone others." Seeing is believing, hearing is believing, and sitting here listening to what the people are talking about, you will know what the court is going to do next. ”

Hui Niang smiled softly: "Shu'er took Wei'er to the south in the morning?" ”

"This girl, I just want to go back and see, how can I hide it from others, how can I hide it, let the two of them go. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve, and filial piety should be exhausted. Ye Yingwu said lightly, "But before leaving, I agreed with her that I would come back as soon as it snowed." Just a few days after returning from Nanyang, it is easy to get sick when it snows. ”

didn't answer Ye Yingwu's words, Hui Niang just looked out the window: "His Royal Highness King Ming is really a golden mouth, look, there are snowflakes outside." ”

Ye Yingwu was stunned, and looked at Hui Niang's gaze, snowflakes fell from the sky, and after a while, the entire window was fluttering with snowflakes. The distant mountains and lakes are slowly shrouded in a layer of white. Rising from the foot of Qixia Mountain and Geling, Yanlan floated along the frozen West Lake over the White Causeway and Su Causeway towards Qiantangmen, and soon shrouded the entire West Lake in a hazy dream.

There were cheers in the restaurant, and everyone crowded to the window. There are only one or two months a year to see the West Lake in the snow, not to mention the snow trillion year, as people in this era, who does not expect to be able to snow, seeking a good omen.

Seeing that many people were rushing over, Ye Yingwu winked at Hui Niang, Hui Niang understood, and hummed softly. Ye Yingwu grabbed her wrist and protected the girl by her side, and the two of them walked against the crowd that flocked to the window towards the outside of the street. The hundred battles and the six doors who were on guard inside and outside also hurriedly stood up, but Ye Yingwu was quick with his hands and feet, and he disappeared in an instant.

"Commander." A guard looked at Xiao Yangzi helplessly.

"Let the brethren outside follow." Xiao Yangzi shook his head, "You don't need to follow too closely. ”

The ground was covered with a thin layer of snow, and the broken bridge was very slippery. Although the Lin'an City of this era is a hundred years before the Song Dynasty, it is far less big than Hangzhou in later generations, and the area of the broken bridge is still a wilderness, unless some literati and ink writers come to visit, at most they can see this unique scenery from a distance when they are boating on the West Lake, but few people come and go on the broken bridge.

Therefore, there are no guardrails on both sides of the bridge, and the snow flutters on the bridge deck and also falls on the grass next to the bridge. Originally, because of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival every year, for the appearance of the entire Lin'an city, Lin'an Mansion would also clean up the weeds around the broken bridge, but because of this year's disasters and the change of ownership of Lin'an, the entire Lin'an City was in the reconstruction after the disaster, and no one could take care of these details for a while.

This also made the broken bridge unfolded in front of Ye Yingwu with a desolation and desolation that he had never seen after seven hundred years. But the snowflakes fly gently, as Zhang Dai said, as far as the eye can see, the sky and the earth are white, and it seems that the West Lake, which is silent at this time and only the snow falls, is the most beautiful season and the most beautiful scenery.

Ye Yingwu stood on the white causeway, stretched his waist slightly, and the snowflakes fluttered and fell on the hairends and shoulders of him and Hui Niang, but neither of them had an umbrella, the wind blew the placket of his clothes, and Hui Niang subconsciously looked back at her husband who was close at hand.

And Ye Yingwu's gaze also turned silently at this moment, falling on the girl's pink cheeks, as if it was no longer about the wind and snow at this moment. Ye Yingwu laughed lightly, took off his cloak and draped it over Wang Qinghui's shoulder, and then slowly held the girl's hand in his palm.

Cold, but with a softness that has not been seen for a long time.

"Husband." Hui Niang trembled slightly.

"Be careful." Ye Yingwu said with a smile and walked straight forward. The bluestone paved road walked by countless literati and writers of the Tang and Song dynasties slowly regressed under their feet, and thousands of years of time seemed to have stopped at this moment.

Carefully supporting Hui Niang to walk onto the broken bridge, Ye Yingwu solemnly turned around and looked into the distance.

Qixia Ridge in the north, Phoenix Mountain in the south, all white, faintly you can see the outline of Lin'an City, also immersed in the wind and snow.

Hui Niang gently tugged on Ye Yingwu's sleeve: "Husband, in this situation, isn't there any intention to splash ink?" ”

After a moment of silence, Ye Yingwu squatted down and stretched out his hand to gently wipe the thin snow on the barren grass on the side of the road, and recited in a deep voice: "It's not about the habit of being light, and it's better to be cold." Don't have roots and shoots, not the rich flowers of the world. ”

Ye Yingwu's voice was low and had a rare magnetism, plus Hui Niang looked at the wild grass that Ye Yingwu gently wiped, and for a while she didn't know if he was singing snow or grass, but she just stood quietly on the side, looking at her husband's posture, and couldn't help but be crazy.

Standing up and clapping his hands, Ye Yingwu then read: "Who can regret Xie Niang's farewell, wandering the world." The cold moon is sad, and the west wind is thousands of miles away. ”

Seeing that Hui Niang pursed her lips and said nothing, Ye Yingwu said softly: "What does Hui Niang think of this "Picking Mulberries"? ”

Wang Qinghui hummed softly and caught up with Ye Yingwu's pace: "In the poems of the husband, there is always the murderous aura of 'Hanhai is dry and a hundred zhang ice', but the meaning of sadness and low return has not been diluted, and it is indeed an excellent song "Picking Mulberries". ”

Ye Yingwu was a little embarrassed, after all, he had Nalan Rongruo's words at his fingertips, this poem of "family singing drinking water words", a rare Yongxue word, is also a boutique among the best. The meaning of the words is easy to understand, but in fact, it expresses the pity of the people who Yongxue are adrift and the allusion to their own experience of tossing and turning around the world.

And Ye Yingwu skillfully took it, which is just in line with the past when he founded the Ming Dynasty alone and led the army to the south and the north, and the Hanhai sand also implied that Ye Yingwu's northern expedition to the Hanhai Sea.

The beauty complimented, Ye Yingwu was rarely in a good mood, and just about to laugh a few words, he heard someone on the bridge say: "Sister, in this snowy weather, why don't people still use umbrellas······ Hey, big brother and sister Hui Niang, why are you two here? ”

Ye Yingwu and Hui Niang looked up in surprise.

Standing on the broken bridge, the beautiful woman stood pretty, her fair cheeks with a hint of blush blown by the wind, plain white slender hands holding an oil-paper umbrella, and her sleeves were slightly raised, revealing a jade bracelet as white as snowflakes on her wrist, plus a white fur jacket and moon-white dress, just quietly independent, it was enough to make the world lose color.

Ye Yingwu looked at Zhao Yunshu on the bridge without blinking, and Wei'er had already jumped into Hui Niang's arms, this girl was also blessed with a great fate, and she didn't fall on such a slippery ground, but Hui Niang was hit by her like this, and she almost didn't stand firm.

While gently pinching Wei'er's face, Hui Niang sighed with emotion: "Xie Tingyongxue's posture, I'm afraid it's just like that." The husband has Sister Shu'er, and he is fortunate in this life. ”

Coming back to his senses, Ye Yingwu chuckled: "Shu'er is Xie Ting Yongxue, and that Hui Niang is naturally the continuation of Banji's history, all of them are talented and treasures that captivate the country and the city. ”

Hui Niang playfully pushed Ye Yingwu: "Go quickly, don't compliment the concubine from here." ”

Ye Yingwu shrugged his shoulders, climbed the stairs, and reached out to gently hold Zhao Yunshu's hand, which was a little cold: "Little lady, can you hold an umbrella together?" ”

"Is this how you molested a woman from a good family?" Zhao Yunshu smiled and looked at her husband.

"Lady, my husband is here to tease you." Ye Yingwu smiled, stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around Zhao Yunshu's waist, and leaned into her ear, "Although you are no different from a fairy now, I still want to ask, didn't you say that you would go back with Wei'er after a while, why did you break the bridge?" ”

"Just allow you and Sister Hui Niang to be here and you and me, and don't you allow the concubine to walk on the snow to enjoy the scenery?" Zhao Yunshu said in a low voice, walked out from under the umbrella by himself, stretched out his hand and let the snowflakes fall on the palm of his hand, turning into cold droplets.

Ye Yingwu shook his head, but he took a step forward reluctantly, blocking the wind and snow for the girl: "I also said that I was not jealous, if you want me to say, no matter how generous this woman was when she was young, if she marries, she will have to become a small vinegar jar sooner or later." ”

"You can say what you are." Zhao Yunshu said leisurely.

"Ahh At this moment, the bridge sneezed and sniffed.

Ye Yingwu and Zhao Yunshu glanced at each other, and then Zhao Yunshu let out a low snort, and Ye Yingwu had already slapped her (river crab) buttocks.

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"Yixuan, you must implement these things as soon as possible." Ye Yingwu handed the chapter to Liang Yanwu, "Especially to encourage businessmen and people to go to Nanyang." Now it is difficult for Nanyang to form an effective rule with only the army and the exiled Quanzhou merchants, and while the Nanyang natives are requisitioned inland, our people must also take root in Nanyang as soon as possible. ”

Liang Yanwu hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, although the people of Jiangnan are not the people of Antu, but after all, it is the land handed down from their ancestors, and Jiangnan is originally a place of plaster in the world, even if it is encouraged by the imperial court, I am afraid that there are very few people who want to go to Nanyang." And if the imperial court forcibly requisitions and transfers, I am afraid that it will inevitably arouse public anger. ”

Ye Yingwu pointed to the chapter: "You take a look first, a certain has listed the terms on it." Nanyang is still a wild and unspoiled land, and the imperial court does not have much demand for other lands except for a few important minerals and ports in Nanyang. But for ordinary people, it's very different. ”

"Your Highness is going to divide the land of Nanyang?" Liang Yanwu suddenly looked at Ye Yingwu in surprise.

"Those who have one acre of land in Jiangnan and Guangnan can exchange ten acres for going to Nanyang." Ye Yingwu Huoran stood up, "What I want is a Nanyang that is completely integrated into the Ming Dynasty, and I don't care how much interest the imperial court can get from it, and I don't care what kind of profit the people can get from it." As long as I want Nanyang to become the land of the Ming Dynasty for generations, the people who are fighting on this land are also the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Liang Yanwu nodded solemnly: "The minister understands, please rest assured." ”

Ye Yingwu exhaled lightly, it was a matter of concern, Liang Yanwu would take the terms listed by Ye Yingwu on the chapter to discuss with those staff. After a few months of going back and forth in Nanyang, these young staff members have also become much more mature and stable, and they have been sloppy and anxious in the process of learning from Ye Yingwu and Liang Yanwu, and they are finally able to think about problems with a calm heart.

These people will still have to be released to experience and become the pillars of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and it is good to stabilize their temperament now, after all, after the victory of Ye Yingwu's Northern Expedition, there will not be too many wars in the Ming Dynasty, and what the local chief officials need is no longer enthusiastic and charging generals, but such officials who can be down-to-earth and steady to do practical things for the people.

Ye Yingwu looked forward to the future while walking through the corridor.

Most of the buildings in the city of Lin'an are still under repair, and the prefect of Lin'an Mansion does not dare to let His Royal Highness King Ming live in the ruins of the wall even if he has a hundred courages, so he simply tidied up the paradise behind Geling, Geling is located in the east of the lake, since Jia Rudao went, the servants in this huge mansion were dispersed, and then the war in Lin'an did not affect this paradise that seemed to be forgotten by the world.

Moreover, Jia Nidao's garden is quite ominous to outsiders, so it has been abandoned for the past few months. It wasn't until Ye Yingwu's arrival that Lin'an Mansion had no choice but to clean up this rare vacant land for His Royal Highness King Ming. However, Ye Yingwu did not dislike this, he was not a superstitious person in the first place, not to mention that Jia Yidao died indirectly under his own knife.

As a victor, it is reasonable to enter this house.

The Taihu Lake stone and pine trees in the courtyard are covered with snow. The snow is already getting heavier and heavier, and a thick layer has accumulated in the pond and on the path.

The maidservant girl who led the way in front carefully pushed open the door, Ye Yingwu nodded, and strode in.

Turning the screen, there was a huge bed, and even Ye Yingwu was startled at first sight. But just think about it, you know that this paradise is a safe haven for Jia Nidao, and such enjoyment is naturally indispensable. And Wei'er curled up at the foot of the bed, her forehead covered with wet wipes, and her little face with baby fat was red. The little man in pink looked very weak now. Zhao Yunshu sat on the edge of the bed and looked at his sister worriedly, took the wrung wet wipes from the handmaiden, and replaced the piece on Wei'er's head.

"Sister, the medicine is ready." Hui Niang cautiously handed over the medicine bowl.

"Isn't the fever still not going away?" Ye Yingwu asked in a deep voice while untying off his robe. (To be continued.) )