The autumn wind blows the earth on the sixth day of October in the ninth year of Chongzhen, blowing a burst of coolness, the golden wheat waves in the rice field are constantly undulating in the breeze, looking like the waves of the sea, a charming field beauty.

Barefoot, dressed in a set of tattered clothes, and busy with a hoe on his shoulder, Li Xian, dressed as a typical old farmer, and several old farmers walked from the fields, and they walked all the way laughing constantly.

An old farmer who was about the same age as Li Xian, but had deep wrinkles on his face, joked as he walked: "Pawn Li, the eldest and youngest sons of your family have become thousands of households, and you also have your own errand in Lingshanwei, so you can be regarded as an official master, why do you still work in the fields like us who are bitter haha, why don't you rent the fields to us for a few seeds?" ”

Li Xian feigned anger and said: "Okay, you old king, I know that you are thinking about my family's twenty acres of paddy fields, let me tell you, don't even think about it." ”

"Tut-tut, look at you, as soon as you say this, you are anxious. We don't want to rob your land, but we just farm for you, and give you rice every year, why are you still not happy? ”

"No, no, it's the land that the huge man gave to my family, if I give it to you to plant it, what will it look like, will I still be worthy of the hard work of the huge man?" Li Xian's head shook like a broken wave, and he didn't let go.

"Okay, okay, whatever you want, but I said Dian Li, you have to be an errand again, and you have to fiddle with these fields, are you busy?" The old farmers around him still don't give up, and they are still knocking on the side.

"It doesn't matter if I can get busy, anyway, you don't have to expect me to let you fiddle with my fields, the huge man has been building water wheels and repairing canals for more than a year, he is easy, if we don't work hard to serve those fields, then I'm sorry for the huge man."

"Well, yes. Huge man is a really good person, we can't be sorry for him. The surrounding old farmers also nodded, and after a while, an old farmer asked with some doubts: "Dian Li, I heard that a merchant came to us yesterday and wanted to collect grain, and the price he gave was not low. ”

Li Xian shook his head and said, "Brother, don't be fooled, if you sell it to them, what will you use to pay taxes, if this is the case, your family will have to be hungry, brother, don't do stupid things." ”

The old farmer smiled brightly: "How can it? It's not a big deal for a huge person to take us, so we have to pay this grain tax first. ”

"Well, I hope you don't forget your words, otherwise you won't be able to pay the food tax when the time comes, don't blame me Lao Li for not remembering the old feelings." Li Xian solemnly instructed the old farmer, but a trace of worry rose in his heart, these days, seeing that the Lingshanwei wasteland has obtained a good harvest, but attracted the peep of some grain merchants, they have brought silver to the field, want to buy these grains from the military households and farmers, this situation quickly aroused Li Xian's vigilance.

"No, when the huge man comes back, I'll have to show him something." Li Xian thought as he walked into the distance.

In the hall of the yamen of the Qingzhou prefect, the silver-haired Yan Benge and Wei Tongtong were talking while sipping tea.

There was also a young man standing behind Yan Benge, this young man was tall, handsome, wearing a white robe, and he was awe-inspiring as a beautiful son.

Wei Tongtong put down the teacup in his hand, glanced at the young man and praised: "Lord Yan really taught Sun Youfang, making Sun graceful and talented, and as a famous talent in Suzhou and Hangzhou, I think he will be able to win the championship in one fell swoop in next year's examination and win glory for Su and Hangzhou." ”

Yan Benge laughed, turned his head and glanced at the young man, his eyes were full of doting looks, and said with a smile: "Lord Wei has won the award, Zheng'er has been high-minded since he was a child, although he has been reading for a few years, he always thinks that he is the first in the world, if he is brushed down this time, it is good to give him a long surname, and he knows that there are people outside the world." ”

It turned out that the young man standing behind Yan Benge was Yan Zheng, who had just returned from the capital, and now he said that for some reason, he actually came to Wei Tong's mansion with his grandfather.

Wei Tongnian waved his hand disapprerovingly, "Hey, it's a good thing that young people have high morale, don't you have to be like us old men." Nephew Yan Xian, you must take the first and second class jinshi next year and come out to show your grandfather, so that he will be happy and happy. ”

Yan Zheng, who said today, reversed his arrogance in the past, bowed respectfully and said: "Yes, thank you Lord Wei for your concern, the little nephew must study hard and live up to your second elder's expectations." ”

"Well, knowledgeable, but polite, a good boy." Wei Tongnian nodded with satisfaction.

While they were talking, a pretty maid came over with a teapot to add tea to the two of them.

Seeing that Wei Tongnian had a good impression of his grandson, Yan Benge was also secretly happy, and he said with a smile: "Lord Wei, the old man came with his grandson this time to visit relatives and friends in Qingzhou, and secondly, it was also for my unfortunate grandson. Don't you know, my grandson has always been arrogant, and he can't look down on the women of the idler's family, and now he is in his early twenties and hasn't talked about the last family business, I am really heartbroken for this matter. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Benge secretly glanced at Wei Tongnian's face from the corner of his eyes, and saw that there was no different color on the other party's face, so he boldly continued, "I heard that there is a daughter in Lord Wei's mansion, known as a talented woman, and she has not yet been married, so the old man has come to propose to Lord Wei with a special cheekiness, hoping that our two families will become in-laws, I don't know what you think?" ”

"Oops" When he said this, the maid who was pouring tea for Yan Benge and Wei Tongnian couldn't help but relax, and the tea overflowed out of the teacup.

Seeing this, Wei Tongnian couldn't help but glared at the famous maid unhappily, "Rough hands, don't hurry up and retreat." ”

"Yes!" The maid hurriedly lowered her head and quickly retreated.

Wei Tongnian picked up the teacup that was poured full and took a sip slowly, and only put down the teacup with a wry smile on his face after a long time: "Lord Yan, don't hide it, the little girl is indeed not ready to be married, but the little girl is also a high-minded and arrogant master, and she has always had a lot of ideas in this lifelong event, otherwise she would not have been married until now, although the official is his father, but she has always been helpless in this matter." ”

"Oh! And this kind of thing? Although Yan Benge was a little unhappy in his heart, he was still smiling on the surface: "Lord Wei, the old man has always thought that it is the words of the parents who pay attention to the order of the parents in the matter of marriage, how can a woman be allowed to make decisions without authorization?" This is not in line with the words of a saint! ”

Wei Tongtong was squeezed by Yan Benge like this, and Ke immediately smiled bitterly, but he couldn't say anything, who made the family reasonable? I had to talk about it and Yan Benge to play Tai Chi there.

While the two were talking, the maid who was serving them tea was running to the backyard in a hurry, her little face was red because she was running too quickly, and fine sweat came out of her forehead, and she didn't have time to wipe the sweat, so she ran to a small attic at a trot.

"Miss, Miss, you're coming out soon, it's not good, something big is wrong"

After entering the small attic, the crisp voice of the little maid immediately sounded.

"Hey, Qiao'er, what are you shouting in a hurry? Didn't you go to replace the peach blossoms in the outer courtyard and wait for the master, why did you sneak back, be careful that the master punishes you, don't cry and come to me to intercede at that time. ”

While speaking, a twenty-nine-year-old beautiful woman holding a book in her hand walked out slowly from it with a smile, it was Wei Manyao, the daughter of Wei Tongnian.

I saw Wei Manyao smile and asked, "What's wrong, seeing that you are in such a hurry, is it possible that you are in trouble again?" ”

Qiao'er said anxiously: "Eh, Miss, you still have the leisure to read here, although the sky has not fallen, it is almost the same for you." ”

"Well, what the hell is going on?" Seeing this, Wei Manyao also smiled.

"That's the case, there are two guests in the house today, I heard that they are from Hangzhou, but I didn't expect them to propose to the master" Qiao'er poured out the words she heard in the living room just now.

"Is there such a thing?" Wei Manyao listened, and the good-looking eyebrows suddenly wrinkled.

"Yes, Miss, I can hear it clearly, that Lord Yan opened his mouth to propose to the master on the spot."

"Did your father say yes?"

"Not yet, but the slave and maid seem to be hesitating when they look at the master, and this slave and maid don't know."

"Let's go, let's see." Wei Manyao put the book in his hand on the table, moved lightly, and walked towards the front to the outside of the hall in the outer courtyard.

After Yan Benge saw it, he added fire and said: "Lord Wei, if you and I become in-laws, we will be a family, and the old man also knows that you and Ling Ai's father and daughter have a deep relationship, but it doesn't matter, we can find a way to transfer you to Hangzhou, presumably there is no problem with your ability to govern the land of Hangzhou!" ”

If Yan Benge just hinted, then this sentence is a naked temptation, although the prefect of Hangzhou and the prefect of Qingzhou are also the prefects of the same place, but the authority and interests are completely different.

Judging from the sentence that there is heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, we know that there is a huge difference between being an official in Hangzhou and being an official in Qingzhou.

When Wei Tongnian heard this, he suddenly groaned, and the teacup was constantly grinding the teacup with the tealid in his hand, and after a while, he put down the teacup and said, "Okay, that"

"Wait, my daughter still has something to say!"

At this moment, a coquettish cry came from the door.

(To be continued)