Qin Lin's white boat went down the river faster than the galloping horse, crossed Jiujiang, Anqing, Wuhu, and went straight to Nanjing.

On this morning, hearing the noise outside the cabin, Qin Lin walked to the deck and saw that he could already see the city wall of Nanjing in the distance, but unfortunately there was a faint morning fog on the river, and it was not clear from afar.

The white boat is big, and it is not easy to go to the Qinhuai River to squeeze it, but Jia Fugui has already arranged it and sent someone to hire a painting boat to ask Qin Lin to transfer.

With the golden signboard of Jinyi Wei Baihu, no one dared to disturb this way, the tax rules and regulations escaped, Jia Fugui made a lot of money, and said goodbye to Qin Lin happily, and the white boat went to the cargo dock to unload.

The boat owner is a hemp man wearing a green turban, surnamed Jiang is the third in the line, extremely talkative, and asked Qin Lin to be the first time he went to Nanjing, and explained to him along the way.

From the Yangtze River into the Qinhuai River estuary, you can see the city wall of Nanjing, which is really majestic and magnificent, far better than other states and counties. According to Jiang San's explanation, the city gate of Nanjing is thirteen, the outer gate is eighteen, and the city wall is more than 120 miles around, which is the first scenic spot in the southeast.

The boat arrives at the Sanshan Gate - that is, the common people say the West Gate of the Water, and then passes through the sluice gate to enter the city, and the Qinhuai River passes through the city from Nanjing, and the painting boat can sail directly to the city.

Jiang San really did not blow the atmosphere, this Nanjing city is really densely populated, everywhere gold powder buildings, Qinhuai River painting boats shuttle back and forth, near the river house green tile powder wall, far away the palaces, temples red walls and yellow tiles, magnificent.

The pedestrians on the street were neatly dressed and looked calm, even the mother-in-law who sold flowers and the husband who carried the burden were smiling, and there was no sadness; Along the way, I saw many tea houses, hanging flags and lanterns, inserting new flowers, which were all ordinary people eating tea and listening to stories, sitting full, everyone was smiling; The river houses on both sides of the Qinhuai River are hung with beaded curtains and thin gauzes, and the shadows in the window are indistinct, but I also saw a few graceful figures embroidering flowers in the room, fluttering cats, playing and playing, and the laughter like silver bells came from afar, and even the hard-hearted people couldn't help but be heartbroken...... What a prosperous picture!

Qin Lin nodded and admired the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty and the beautiful scenery of Jinling, compared with the city of Nanjing, Paris in the same era was a garbage heap by the Seine, and London was just a small wharf that emitted a fishy smell.

Gradually, the boat arrived at the South Gate Street, and Jiang San pointed to the south to show Qin Lin: "Sir, that side is the Treasure Gate, and the legend is that it is the place where Shen Wansan dug up the cornucopia." This treasure gate is the first to rush in Nanjing, the people in the city eat the grain, pigs, sheep and vegetables have passed here, it was said that every day to come in hundreds of cattle, thousands of pigs and thousands of loads of grain, now I don't know how many - there is the Holy Son of Heaven in the reign, the virtuous minister Zhang Jiangling assisted, Qi Dashuai pacified the peace of the south of the Yangtze River, and our people really enjoyed the blessings of several years! ”

Qin Lin nodded in admiration, the so-called love is in the people, Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang can be famous through the ages.

The boat stopped at Nanmen Street, Qin Lin wanted to give silver, Jiang San didn't want it: "Sixth Brother Jia has already given it, and then ask for your old silver, it will break the rules." ”

It turned out that Jia Fugui was an authentic person, and even paid the boat money for the painting boat first.

Jiang San ordered a few Taiping cars for Qin Lin, loaded the luggage, and told the coachman the location, asking them to lead Qin Lin to the Jinyi Guard Yamen.

Nanjing City is set up in Tianfu, the north city is Shangyuan County, the south city is Jiangning County, the Jinyi Wei Yamen is in the southeast of the North City, Qin Lin walked all the way along the Flower Market Street, Dagongfang, and Zhuque Street, and arrived at the Jinyi Wei Yamen.

Along the way, I also saw several large mansions such as Dongou Wangfu and Zhongshan Wangfu, the scale pattern of Jinyi Wei Yamen is much worse than the former, the door wall is about the same size as Jiangning County Ya, but there is a wolf-like Jinyi captain standing at the door, pedestrians are in a hurry here and dare not stay, and a killing atmosphere rises out of thin air.

Qin Lin had already changed into a flying fish suit, a wingless black yarn, foundation official boots, a luan belt, and an embroidered spring knife, and sent Lu Yuanzhi to take the order issued by the Jinyi Wei Experience Division to throw it in.

The gatekeeper saw that it was a newly arrived hundred, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately took the appointment in, and came out with a smile on his face after a while: "Commander Lei, please go in, congratulations on the arrival of the master, congratulations on the arrival of the master!" ”

Qin Lin smiled and rewarded these lieutenants casually.

These Jinyi captains in Nanjing are hereditary Jinyi military households, who have lived in the city for several lifetimes, and all of them have become old oilers, and the leading captain is Zhang Donggua face, he weighed the silver, about five taels up and down, and bent his waist into a curved ruler when he landed, and his face was rotten with a smile, and he shouted in Nanjing's official dialect: "Mao Donggua kowtows to you, thank the chief for his reward~~~"

Of course, the head is not really knocked, Mao Donggua is called like this, what is the whole thousand households of the town, management, warehouse ambassador, and hundreds of households, all the clerks know that this person who came today is a generous chief, and if there is anything to talk about with money in the future, everyone should not hide it, and get straight to the point.

A few captains guarding the door welcomed Qin Lin and his party in.

The lobby of this Jinyi Wei Qianhu was opened only for the edict and the trial of the great rebellion, so the rank of commander and the official Qianhu Lei Gongteng sat in the second hall and waited for Qin Lin.

Diametrically opposed to Shi Wei's rugged appearance, Lei Gongteng had a thin yellow face and three sparse beards, if he wasn't wearing a flying fish suit, I am afraid that he would be mistaken for the tent man of a pawnshop when he walked the street.

Seeing Qin Lin come in, Lei Qianhu got up from the chair, his attitude was extremely kind, Qin Lin just put on a posture of court ginseng, and he hurriedly stopped: "I can't help it, Brother Qin broke the Qin case of Jingwang's Mansion to seize the heir, and he has already reached the heavens, it is my young hero of the Ming Dynasty, I can't admire it, how dare I accept this big gift?" ”

If you don't greet you at the door, it is to set the rules of the boss, to avoid the court staff, but to give the newly transferred subordinates a face, Lei Qianhu is very measured.

Qin Lin naturally knew about this set of twists and turns, and after a few words of greeting, he said: "Lord Shi Weishi has a letter here, and he has a heart to bring it to me." ”

Lei Qianhu was stunned, he and Shi Wei only had a relationship many years ago, how could Baba ask someone to bring something?

Suspiciously took the letter, Lei Qianhu shook the letter open and looked at it, it was indeed Shi Wei's rough handwriting, it was all nonsense, but there was no mention of gifts; But then when he opened the box, Lei Gongteng's eyes were suddenly dazzling: ten gold bills neatly, each ten taels, is one hundred taels of gold!

As soon as he thought about it, he knew that it was actually a generous gift from Qin Lin, but Lei Gongteng said in his mouth: "Lord Shi is too polite, he was bloody on the battlefield back then, and now he is a thousand miles of favors, and he is really a close friend of this official." ”

Qin Lin smiled secretly, I'm afraid that gold is your best friend!

Lei Gongteng received a heavy gift, approved the document without delay, and ordered Qin Lin to go to his post immediately, and the administrative area was the first line of the Qinhuai River in the southern city.

After a few more pleasantries, Lei Gongteng sent off the guests with tea, and Qin Lin said goodbye and left.

Lu Yuanzhi, Han Feilian, and Niu Dali had already had a hot fight with the Mao Donggua guarding the door, and when they saw Qin Lin coming out, the three of them all came up with a blank eye and asked what errand they were doing.

"Patrol the front line of the Qinhuai River", Qin Lin said indifferently.

"Ahh Mao Donggua jumped up suddenly: "Congratulations to Chief Qin, congratulations to Chief Qin!" Qin Huaihe is the No. 1 in Nanjing City, how many backers have failed to seek it, and Chief Qin actually appointed this vacancy when he first arrived, and it is really a prosperous official! ”

It turned out that the brocade guards in all parts of the Ming Dynasty did not care about patrolling the streets, only the north and south capitals had to go to the streets to patrol the streets to maintain law and order and visit and destroy evil spirits.

The most powerful lack of Nanjing City is to patrol the Qinhuai River, this Qinhuai River is a comfortable nest, selling gold caves, drunk gold fans every day, I don't know how many people spend money here, do be in charge of 100 households, in addition to the routine handover to 1,000 households, the number of hands that can be obtained every year is extremely rich, ranging from 1,500 taels to 20,000 taels of silver.

Qin Lin wondered why there was such a big difference, and Mao Donggua smiled mysteriously: "If you have no ability and no backing, you can only collect some of the usual rules of the third-class Xiaoji Academy, then you can only get a thousand handfuls of silver; If any of the chiefs have the ability to put away the usual practices of Tianxiang Pavilion and Drunken Phoenix Tower, I am afraid that 20,000 silver a year will only be counted as a fraction. ”

Thinking about the matter in Qizhou, Qin Lin understood what Mao Donggua was referring to, most of the Qinlou Chu Pavilion did not pay bad rules and regulations, so this brocade cloth hundred households could only get a thousand taels of silver if they had no ability; If you have the ability to put away the usual practice of the hardest backstage and the biggest backer, it will be more than 20,000 a year.

Qinhuai River! Lu Yuanzhi was so excited that his fat body trembled, among the young people in these places in Qizhou, Qinhuai River is definitely a top legend!

Niu Dali and Han Feilian also looked at each other.

Qin Lin was confused, and thought about it: He didn't have any friendship with Lei Qianhu, and he gave one hundred taels of gold, which was equivalent to eight hundred taels of silver, why did he arrange a position where he could earn 20,000 taels of silver every year? If I say that my officials from other places can only get one or two thousand, why don't he assign this good position to those hundreds of local powerful and backed households, and receive a large amount of filial piety?

Originally, he thought that he had got a good errand because of the one hundred taels of gold he had sent, but thinking of this, Qin Lin was puzzled.

Of course, it was impossible to ask Lei Gongteng, so Qin Lin asked Lu Yuanzhi and the others to pack up, take the papers, escort the Taiping car, and go to the assigned hundred households.

At the same time, Lei Gongteng sat on the empty second hall, looked at Shi Wei's letters, and looked at the gold sent by Qin Lin, shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said to himself: "It's really rare to be so young and promising, and to know the general official!" It's a pity, how did you offend that adversary? If you go up to the heavens, you have to think you're unlucky! This official is also entrusted by others, and if he can't afford to offend him, he has to be sorry for you! ”

(To be continued)