The two soldiers guarding the city gate were originally walking around and stomping their feet in the city gate hole to expel the cold invasion, but when they saw the slowly moving convoy, they suddenly came to their senses.

In the distance, the two of them held their waist knives and stopped the marching convoy. A soldier stepped forward and shouted: "Where is the merchant coming, stop quickly, hurry up and prepare your bags for investigation." ”

Another soldier guarding the door walked directly to the carriage in which Chen Lilan's three daughters were riding and was about to open it to check, Feng Jian quickly stepped forward to block it and said: "This military master, there are several noble ladies and daughters in the carriage, and it is not suitable to show up, this is the road guide in the car, please check!" ”

As he spoke, he led his hand to the road, and at the same time stuffed a piece of broken silver into the hands of the defenders.

The soldier who wanted to inspect the carriage was stopped, and was about to get angry, but suddenly noticed that the other party handed over the guide and stuffed something else in his hand, and looked down to see that it was white silver, and his anger immediately turned to nothing.

The soldier pretended to be casual and said: "Since it is a nobleman, then I will not be exempted from checking it this time, but the other brother still has to check it, and as he spoke, he handed the road guide in his hand to Feng Jian as it was, and he didn't even look at it from beginning to end."

It seems that as long as Feng Jian sends another piece of broken silver, the whole team can pass unimpeded, Feng Jian took the road guide, and sighed in his heart, more than 200 years of comfort, has long been worn out of people's vigilance, such a perfunctory investigation, when the war comes, how can it withstand the enemy's attack.

Of course, as far as Chen Lilan is concerned, it is best not to alarm outsiders to enter the city smoothly, Feng Jian hurriedly took out a piece of broken silver and stuffed it into the hands of this soldier defending the city.

After a little consideration, the soldier defending the city waved his hand and said loudly: "Check that it is correct, let it go." "The two defenders of the city have a very tacit understanding. This side said to let go, and the other side immediately gave way to the way into the city.

Feng Jian smiled at the two soldiers with happy faces. The front led the convoy towards the city.

The group came from the north along the official road, and of course entered the city through the north gate. Chen Huan is obviously familiar with Pingdu City.

He explained to everyone all the way: "The Pingdu City Prefecture Government Office was built at the north end of the city, and the northeast of the State Government Office is the Zhongyi Temple and Wenchang Palace. From the state government office to the south gate, there are several archways on the street. To the northwest of the intersection of West Street, there are Wanshou Palace and Academy. In the southwest of the crossroads, there are festivals and filial piety temples, Changping and Chenghuang Temple. To the southeast of the crossroads, there are Yaowang Temple, Guandi Temple and Reserve Warehouse. In the southeast corner of the city, there is a poor house and a state barracks. ”

Cheng Yousheng got along with Chen Huan all the way, and his sense of rejection was reduced a lot, and he asked: "Where is the most lively and prosperous place in Pingdu City?" ”

Chen Huan said playfully: "The most lively and prosperous place in Pingdu City is near the center of the cross street, where the southeast, northwest and northwest meet, and people come and go the most prosperously. When it comes to the New Year's Festival, the City God Temple in the southwest of the cross street is the most lively place in the city! ”

Chen Huan didn't know where Feng Jian and his party were going when they entered the city, he saw that Feng Jian had not said where everyone had stayed, and said tentatively: "Commander, after our convoy enters the city, turn right and walk west along the East and West Streets, and when we reach the crossroads, where there are many inns and merchants, peddlers and pawns, and goods dealers are all gathered here. Send someone to find a good inn in advance to arrange food and lodging, so as to avoid our team being in a hurry. ”

Feng Jian nodded and said: "This commander has something to deal with here and is temporarily separated from everyone, Chen Huan, you are familiar with Pingdu City, so you will cooperate with Fan Li Baofeng to find an inn on West Street to settle down first!" ”

"The commander is reassured. The inns in Pingdu City are familiar to everyone, and they will definitely find an inn that satisfies everyone. ”

Feng Jian nodded, and then instructed Fan Li Bao Feng and said, "Fan Li, Bao Feng." The two teams of soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion are temporarily deployed by the two of you, and you two are responsible for escorting the supplies to find the inn and settle down. This commander and Cheng Zi and Pan Fatzi will come to look for you after finishing their work. ”

"The villain obeys!" Fan Li and the others simply agreed.

Soon the group parted at the northern end of the city gate. Chen Huan, Fan Li, and Bao Feng led the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion and more than a dozen trucks transporting goods along the north and south streets in the city towards the intersection in the center of the city.

Feng Jian and Cheng Yousheng led the way in front of the horse, and Pan Zhaoying followed behind in the carriage. Two horses, one cart and a group of people slowly walked towards the Pingdu Prefecture Government Office.

Feng Jian rode on the horse and sorted out the things to be done when he came to Pingdu City this time, and the most important thing was Huluyan's acceptance of the government's recruitment.

For Feng Jian, Huluyan has only one request, and that is to restore the identity of ordinary households in cottage villages.

This is what all the villagers in Huluyan are looking forward to, and Feng Jian doesn't know what kind of attitude this Pingdu parent official will adopt towards his group, so he is still very worried in his heart.

Secondly, he opened a trading firm in Pingdu City, left Pan Zhaoying in Pingdu City to take care of it, and Huluyan provided him with a source of goods, and he had full authority to handle the transaction, that is to say, Feng Jian was ready to hand over the business affairs of Huluyan to Pan Zhaoying.

By the way, I was looking for my eldest brother-in-law Lin Dong's family, and I heard that my eldest brother-in-law Lin Dong was working as an accountant in the Cui family's grain store, but I don't know if it is still the same.

The second is to try to find some craftsmen for the Huluyan Military Research Institute, especially craftsmen who can make bird guns, which is urgently needed by Huluyan.

Again, it is to buy as many farm tools as possible that are urgently needed in various cottages, which are urgently needed by the mutual aid club, not to mention the purchase of food in large quantities, which is urgently needed by Huluyan.

Of course, these things must be accepted by the government to surrender Huluyan! Feng Jian was secretly worried.

In fact, Feng Jian didn't know that local bandits like Huluyan would be under the control of the imperial court again, as long as the local officials negotiated the terms with the Zhao'an thieves, and then reported to the governor's office, and the governor's office was named and reported to the imperial court.

Normally, the imperial court would issue a decree to reward the leaders of the bandits who returned to them. And the local officials who have the greatest benefit from accepting the surrender of the bandits and rogues will undoubtedly be a good opportunity to increase their political achievements!

And because Feng Jian didn't know the attitude of the imperial court towards the rogue bandits, he was always worried that Chen would not be able to make the decision on the matter of recruiting an when he heard about it, and he would put forward various restrictions and conditions.

For example, the government wants Huluyan to disband the Zhenshan camp or put the Zhenshan camp under the jurisdiction of the government, the Zhenshan camp is the foundation of his Feng Jian's foothold, and of course he will not agree to hand it over or dissolve Feng Jian.

And Feng Jian's so-called acceptance of Zhao'an is only a nominal Zhao'an, and the government cannot have the ability to solve the problem of eating and dressing more than 10,000 people, and the people of the Zhuang household still have to rely on themselves to solve the problem of eating and dressing.

All Feng Jian needs is for the Huluyan people to have a legal identity, so the problem of the shortage of materials in Huluyan can be solved.

In the end, and the most difficult thing Feng Jian found to be the most difficult thing to do, was to persuade Chen to restore the water transportation of the Jiaolai River, so that the Jiaolai River could be turned into a waterway connecting Jiaozhou Bay and Laizhou Bay, so as to prepare a transportation channel for the grain that Huluyan was about to produce.

The Jiaolai River is an important river on the Shandong Peninsula, with a total length of 260 li. The north and south are divided, flowing into Jiaozhou Bay to the south and Laizhou Bay to the north.

The Jiaolai River originates from the two feet of the south and north of the watershed in Yaojia Village, Wanjia Town, Pingdu City, the South Jiaolai River is the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan, for the transfer of grain from the south to the north, and was dug in 1280, which lasted five years.

In the twentieth year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1541), Wang Xian, the emperor of Taichang Temple, re-carried out a comprehensive dredging project on the Jiaolai Canal, diverted the water around the Jiaolai River to increase the water potential of the Jiaolai Canal, and built nine sluices to regulate the water level of the river.

Later, due to the "plague of the Japanese", the Ming Dynasty focused on the transportation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the transportation of the Jiaolai Canal fell into depression and was obliterated again.

Of course, if you want to restore the Jiaolai Canal, you need a lot of people, money and material expenditures, and this matter is not something that Chen heard about a small Pingdu Zhizhou to do.

This matter must be reported to the imperial court by the governor of Denglai, and the Ministry of Industry, which specializes in water conservancy management by the imperial court, will send a special person, and after repeated investigation, evaluation, demonstration and many other complicated procedures, then a decision can be made on whether to resume the water transport of the Jiaolai River, which will drag on for a long time.

Of course, this is not the result that Feng Jian wants, in fact, the water conservancy facilities built by Wang Xian during the Jiajing period are basically still there, and as long as they are slightly dredged, they can play their role again. It seems that it is not difficult to reopen the South Jiaolai River in the name of dredging the river!

After the resumption of water transportation on the Jiaolai River, the number of merchants will gradually increase, and the city of Pingdu will become a prosperous place just around the corner.

Feng Jian believes that the reason why the local parents have not resumed the water transportation of the Jiaolai River may be that they feel that the re-dredging is time-consuming and laborious, and when the canal is really dredged, he still doesn't know where to take up his post, and he has made a wedding dress for others in vain!

How to persuade Chen Suowen to agree to control the Jiaolai River in advance, Feng Jian thought about it repeatedly, but there was no result.

"Hey!" Inspector Feng let out a long sigh, although Chen Lilan was on the side to help, but there was not enough to impress people's interests, and Chen would not agree to hear it.

There must be a road before the car arrives at the mountain, and this matter will be discussed carefully after seeing what Chen has heard. If it doesn't work, I have to think of another way.

……

From a distance, you can see the tall Yimen of the Pingdu Prefecture Government Office and the majestic stone lions on both sides of the Yimen.

The instrument door is the main gate of the Pingdu official office, which will only be opened when receiving the boss or when there is a major event, and the officials and wardens can only walk the corner doors on both sides of the instrument door.

The left corner door is the entrance to the state knowledge, experience and the six-room officials in the official office, and the right corner door is close to the door of the inner house of the official office.

The Ming court stipulated that on the twentieth day of the lunar month, the yamen of the local government offices should be sealed, and officials at all levels should go home on vacation to prepare for the New Year. Until the 11th day of the first month, the printing will be released and the office will begin, and there will be 20 days of vacation before and after.

At this time, there was no one in front of the official office, and after the carriage stopped, Feng Jian instructed Cheng Yousheng to go to the corner gate and knock on the door, and soon, the corner door opened, and a middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper walked out.

Glancing at a few people outside the door, he asked, "Who are you, why are you banging on the corner door?" ”

Feng Jian was just about to step forward to talk, when he heard Pan Zhaoying say softly on the side: "Boss, Miss Chen asked me to hand over this token to the person who spoke." ”！ (To be continued......)