"Official, wait a minute," Cui Xian shouted from behind. When the boat came back, Cui Xian was also happy, and it would bring good news when she came back, so after Han Qi arrived in Hangzhou, her husband had merits, so she was not picky, although her husband didn't care.

Zheng Lang didn't care, on the contrary, he was very jealous of Han Qi.

Han Qi and Wang Gongchen are not villains, they have some bottom lines in doing things, unlike Xia Zhu, who will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. But the two are not really so-called gentlemen, they have scheming and means, especially Han Qi, who has few people who can control the ability to control the time, either Lu Yijian in front of him, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi in the back, and only Pang Ji can match him in the gap between the two.

The more political achievements he has, the more he will not become an obstacle to Lu Yijian's career, but it will become an important obstacle to Han Qi's career. Don't say that he didn't have a holiday with Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan mentioned Han Qi, and Han Qi's reward was to draw a ladder at a critical time. It can only be said that they are good candidates to preside over the case, and they are beneficial to the public and not necessarily to themselves. If you don't guess wrong, Han Qi will give himself some problems during his time in Hangzhou. But for fear that his wife would be worried, Zheng Lang didn't say it.

After waiting for a while, he took a few wives and concubines and came to the dock with his daughter in his arms.

Some well-informed people have come to the dock to watch, watching Zheng Lang's arrival, and Kuma, the safety supervisor, walked off the boat.

After seeing the ceremony, Zheng Lang asked, "It's good over there." ”

"It's going well."

"That's good, what about the mines?"

"The subordinates are about to report this, we arrived in the country in mid-February, and left in early June, and the real mining time is one hundred and nine days, this is the account book." He pulled out a book from his bosom.

Zheng Lang opened it, and it clearly recorded the accounts of each day, and by the time he left, he had mined more than 564,000 taels of silver and obtained more than 13,200 taels of gold. But at the beginning, all the grass creations can be seen from the books, and the more gold and silver they get later, the more they get. Because there are many eyes, the account memory is also very clean and clear.

It was already very good, and by the time of Zhao Zhen's development, the entire Song Dynasty had only 15,000 taels of gold and 220,000 taels of silver in a year. The actual number is larger than that, but not more than twice as much. For this reason, many mineral deposits have been found, but because of their depth, they cannot be mined with current technology, gunpowder has not been formally applied, some ores are shallow ores with small reserves, some are poor ores, and so on.

In addition to gold and silver, he also brought back a lot of associated copper and iron, which did not occupy an important position, Zheng Lang glanced at it, closed the account book, and said, "You have done a good job." ”

"It didn't meet the prefect's requirements."

"Take your time, it'll be fine next year," Zheng said. If this mining rate is maintained, it will not be difficult to mine 3 million taels of silver and 50,000 or 60,000 taels of gold a year. These two mines alone can bring in more than 6 million gross income and more than 4 million net income. Moreover, there are copper mines in the south that are being sought. Profit is one of them, and the country has enough metals to make money, and the benefits are greater.

"The royal chamberlain is still worried about the prefect's dissatisfaction."

"No, but be modest and cautious, after all, for the time being, most of them belong to the imperial court. When I went back, I told him that it was hard work. ”

"Yes." Ma Sui's eyes were a little excited, and there was some admiration, and said: "Governor Zheng's Gewuxue is really broad and profound, thousands of miles away, he actually knows where there is a mine." ”

“…… No need to boast, ask you one more thing, that ...... How's it going? ”

"When we left, the king's servant had already arranged for someone to send them to the mine, but the king's servant found that there were still ships in Hangzhou that had come to the Japanese slave country without permission, and he did not dare to send them back. I'm also worried that paper can't hold the fire, and sooner or later this matter will be known to the people of the Japanese slave country. Even if the affairs of Hangzhou are resolved, there will still be domestic ships in other ports. Governor Zheng, surnamed Suo took this opportunity to let it go again. ”

"It will be released in the end, at least the seafarers from the coastal ports will let them join, but I am also waiting, waiting for news from the south, so that it will be valuable."

"Do you want to start later?"

"It can't be late, this case has dragged on for a long time, and the imperial court has also sent three messengers, not to mention that they are about to come to Hangzhou. When you left, there was another major incident in Liangzhejiang, and it could not be delayed. ”

"So, so ......"

"So what?"

"So," Ma Sui scratched his head and looked at Cui Xian with his eyes.

"Just say it."

"Therefore, the king's chamberlain approved of your marriage with the Wa Kingdom, and the emperor was very happy when he heard many of your deeds, and saw the words and paintings you wrote, and re-elected a woman from the royal family, who was more beautiful than the last one, and asked her to learn the language of the Song Dynasty, and carefully selected from the country, and selected four beautiful maidens as handmaidens, and came with the envoys."

Zheng Lang was a little dizzy, touched his nose and said, "Doesn't he understand the identity of the concubine?" ”

"He said that he can follow the example of some seafarers, Cui Xiaoniang is the wife of the country, and the county lord is the wife of the country."

"What," Zheng Lang rubbed his head, but he could understand that at this time, the Japanese slave country admired China very much, I am afraid that Wang Zhaoming has repeatedly touted his future, and if he wants to gain the friendship of the Song Dynasty, it may not be effective to be related to the royal family, if he is married to an important minister, he not only has status, but also has an authoritative surname.

If the technology of the country is developed and the country is rich, there will be many women in the country who obediently go to the country to be angry daughters-in-law, and they are even more spineless than these women.

Glancing at Cui Xian as she spoke, Cui Xian glanced at the boat with her eyes.

Zheng Lang smiled and said, "Let's discuss this matter again, where are they?" ”

deliberately bit the renegotiation very hard, in fact, no matter how it was discussed, Zheng Lang would not agree.

"It's on that boat," Ma Sui pointed to Zheng Lang, who had already seen that there were some gorgeously dressed widows standing on the largest boat in the middle, but he didn't see the county lord and the four maidservants. These Japanese people were probably the envoys who came. It was an authentic envoy, so there was no disembarkation.

There were also many people standing on the other ships, escorting the forbidden soldiers and the sailors on board, who did not receive orders and did not dare to disembark.

Several large ships have a very deep draft, not gold and silver, but in two units, and only a dozen tons in tonnage, no matter which ship, I don't know how to stuff it into that me. The others are mostly loaded with plates, some for profit, and some for show.

He couldn't keep the envoy waiting, and asked, "What do you say about borrowing seeds?" ”

Cui Xian rolled her eyes, but a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"The parties replied that they would take care of it, but the subordinates thought that they would not really take care of it, after all, there are many women in their country who are proud of obtaining the seeds of our dynasty, and hundreds of women have been conceived after going back last time, and the subordinates have curiously inquired about a few households, and almost every family regards these pregnant women as treasures, and I am afraid that they can't manage it."

Cui Xian finally laughed and said angrily: "Don't talk about these things that are out of character. ”

"Yes," Ma said.

"It must be said, try to let them control as much as possible," Zheng Lang rubbed his head again, not about the seeds, it was a matter of discussion sooner or later, these pregnant women have been borrowing seeds in China for a long time, and if they can get the news, they will also bring it back, and if they learn the truth, the two mines will become the target of public criticism, so they want to ask the soldiers about the armament, the fence built, and the whereabouts of Yang Jiujin and the two people, as well as how the strategy of winning over and dividing himself is being implemented. But don't let your envoys wait long.

I am not happy in my heart, and I still have to do what I look like on the surface.

said: "Either let's discuss it tomorrow." ”

Saying that, on board, more than 100 envoys came, in fact, not only that, but also some local forces also sent representatives to Hangzhou, not to Hangzhou, they will set off from Hangzhou, rushed to Kaifeng. They chattered with each other, and said to Fu Bi: "You send someone to settle them." ”

After speaking, he secretly squeezed a look, not only to settle down, but also to send forbidden soldiers to isolate them in the name of guarding safety, now there is still some chaos in Hangzhou, many of the arrested people are dissatisfied in their hearts, worried that they will be exposed, especially the twenty-six people who were beheaded by themselves.

Fu Bi nodded.

Then I met the county lord of Qingzi, and looked at it, it was much more beautiful than the county lord of Yanzi last time, and there were four stunning girls on the side, that is, the women who were carefully selected to be handmaidens, Zheng Lang's eyes swept over them, and he couldn't help but glance back at Cui Xian and Xing'er.

Cui Xian pinched it, and said angrily again: "No comparison." ”

Zheng Lang was happy, introduced them for them, and said: "Lord Qingzi, it's not early, you also have to rest, I and Futong will immediately send someone to arrange for you, and we will talk about it tomorrow if there is something, can you?" ”

"Whatever the guest wants, it's up to the prefect," Keiko replied, blushing and speaking not very fluent Chinese.

Fu Bi had already set up outside, and a hundred forbidden soldiers escorted the group away.

Zheng Lang also got off the boat, came over a few local big households, and asked nervously: "Governor Zheng, have you found any mines?" ”

"It's good, tomorrow."

Several people cheered.

Only then did Zheng Lang say to Fu Bi, Han Jiang, and Lu Gongshu: "Come to my house to discuss. ”

On the way, Han Jiang and Lu Gongbi kept asking curiously, it is not enough to find gold and silver, it must be able to mine a large amount of gold and silver, so as to be worthy of the arrangement of the imperial court to mobilize the people.

When she got home, Jiang Xing'er made tea, and Zheng Lang said: "I won't talk about the mine today." ”

Han Jiang and Lu Gongbi were puzzled, if they don't talk about the mine today, what are they talking about?

Zheng Lang said to Yang Bawang: "You go to the prison and bring Wu Qinan to my house in the name of someone who wants to harm him." ”

"Ti Wu Qinan?" This time, even Fu Bi was puzzled.

"Well, the topic of conversation tonight is a bit heavy, Xing'er, you go and call out the Wu mother and daughter, and say that I invite them."

"Officials ......"

"Go ahead."

Wu's mother and daughter brought it out, and Zheng Lang asked them to sit down. After looking at everyone, he said: "Let's start with last year's case, I led people to save my daughter and made some arrangements, but there was an accident, the people on the boat fought with each other, and the boat was burned, and I didn't catch a living witness." ”

"Li Yongde," Lu Gongbi said.

"It may be Li Yongde, but there are two situations, one is Li Yongde, so someone didn't want to die, he was stabbed in the chest, and shouted angrily, the one who harmed us is Uncle Guo. However, this sentence is slightly insufficient as evidence. It just so happened that there was a fire on the ship, and with the fire, I remembered the faces of several people. As long as I remember his appearance, I can draw his appearance realistically. After Li Yongde was arrested, I seriously checked from my heart, and I also hoped that Li Yongde did it, so that the case would be closed easily, and the situation would not expand. ”

A year ago, Zheng Lang said this, Han Jiang and Lu Gongbi may not understand, but now they all nodded in agreement.

"I can't decide the case based on my ideas, and the results of the investigation also disappointed me, although Li Yongde did evil, he had little to do with the sea, and even when he was arrested, there was not a decent ship to go to sea. This is one of them. A lot of people died that night, and there was my portrait, which was easier to check, and news came from Mingzhou soon after, and most of the people on my portrait were boat people on the island, and their families were in poor condition, so such people would never become some people's henchmen, and even the boat was found out, and they were hired. Han Zhixian, Lu Zhixian, do you understand what I say? ”

"It's a blame."

"Yes, that's the second possibility, it's to blame, this person is very thoughtful, one of the people I arrested may know something about him, and he has to kill people and kidnap my daughter, not to save people, but to kill people. But just in case, he also made arrangements, even if I didn't arrange a dark boat, I would kill people. Only those who cast the arrows are his dead soldiers. This man is powerful, especially at sea. Originally, I could have investigated in the open, but at that time, I was going to go to the Japanese slave country to mine, and I was afraid that he would be forced to flee to the Japanese slave country, so I was ambiguous and locked up Li Yongde, and the case was never really closed. ”

"Did you find out?"

"After so long, of course it was found out, but it was very troublesome, he had a lot of subordinates, not only at sea, but also private salt, the most important thing is that he was very careful, not a confidant, and he didn't know his identity."

"That Fulang-kun?" Lu Fenbi finally understood.

"Exactly, but not surnamed Fu, otherwise it will be a Futong sentence," Zheng Lang said, jokingly, and said: "So to call Fu Langjun is to boast that he can bring wealth to everyone, one is to trade with the Japanese slave country, the second is to trade with the Japanese slave country merchants at sea, and the third is to private salt with the Japanese slave country." ”

"Who is he?"

"This has to wait for Wu Qinan to come over and give us the answer."

Wu knelt down and said, "My family officials don't know." ”

"When you get up, there will be something, and if you don't have this official, you won't take the stolen goods."

As he was talking, Yang Bawang brought Wu Qinan with him.

Zheng Lang said: "Yang Bawang, you perform a knife jumping into the sea." ”

"Oh," Yang Bawang found a ball of clothes and stuffed it into his arms, and then stabbed it with a knife, not a real stab, so he covered his chest with his hand, not to cover his chest in pain, but to hold the knife to prevent it from letting go, and then said: "The one who harmed us is Uncle Guoye." ”

Fu did a sea jump.

"Well done, you step down, Master Wu, you didn't explain things clearly that night."

"My subordinates don't know."

"I'm still the same sentence, it's up to you whether I give it to you or not, but I want to tell you another truth. In the Donghai case, I ostensibly convicted Li Yongde as the real murderer, but I didn't take it seriously, although Li Yongde was a capital crime, but it would not be a wrong case. However, for the sake of the overall situation, there were no surprises, and some arrangements were made, and some people were found from Taiping Prefecture and some of the families of the people who had clean back sugar workshops, all of whom were shrewd and capable, a total of thirty-five people, and quietly investigated the case. Including the training of forbidden soldiers, and the rectification of some generals in the forbidden army, all in order to wipe out these people. As for the evidence, I have enough evidence in my hands. If you don't confess, because of the compulsion of the official, some of the credit you have made will be wiped out when the time comes. ”

Jiang Xing'er's mouth opened wide, and the same was true for Lu Gongbi and Han Jiang, but there was no next sentence that shocked a few people, Zheng Lang said again: "Yi Niang wants to be my concubine, Wu Xiaoniang wants to be my concubine, I have such a good affair?" ”

"Little Lady Wu is here to save her father." Jiang Xing'er explained that she had been together for a long time, and she had some feelings for Jiang Xing'er, the little lady of the Wu family.

"That night was to save my father, not again."

"Why did those people kill Lord Wu?"

"The two people are not in the same group at all, and I don't know that there is another layer of relationship, why don't you kill them?"

"No, why didn't Little Lady Wu ask them for help?"

"What's the use of looking for it? They will not see the light of day, otherwise they will not hand my daughter into my hands and then kill people. ”

"Why Lord Wu?"

"There are many risks at sea, if you want to smuggle salt, you have to go from the canal, Wu Zhubo is the salt warehouse owner, how much salt, no matter how the labor is transported, it is not clear, and even they will use the private salt in their hands as official salt in the handling, but only one person knows best, the master of the salt warehouse! So some time ago, I sent someone to raid the property of Lord Wu [***], mainly to check and see if there were any other unknown properties. Therefore, Wu Zhubo knew that he would die, but he was very relieved to his family because there would be someone to take care of him. ”

"Why did Lord Wu Bo rather die that night than agree?"

"He took bribes on both sides, he was deeply involved, the situation was expanding, he was afraid, he only wanted to die, and he was at peace. He is dead, and the court will still blame his family? ”

"Master Wu, is this really the case?"

Wu Qinan closed his eyes painfully and did not answer.

Yan Rong, who was standing on the side, was also surprised and said, "Why do you have to be a doctor's concubine." ”

"We checked like this, and they were also afraid, if they wanted to put on their own officials, what could be easier from the pillow? Besides, the official loves his family, and it is not difficult to know. ”

"So Yi Niang?"

"Yan Rong, do you really believe that the relationship between a father-in-law and a stepdaughter in the world is pure and immaculate?"