Gao Wenxin couldn't help but be angry and annoyed when he saw him moving, and he slapped him down for a while, and there was a crisp sound of "pop", and even she herself was stunned. Yang Ling opened his mouth wide, twisted his head and looked at her in amazement for a long time, Gao Wenxin came to her senses, she hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "The maid behaves rudely, please punish the master!" ”

It is a great disrespect to say that she is just Yang Ling's maidservant, even if she is his wife and concubine, no matter how intimate she is with her husband, there is no reason to spank him, which is a great disrespect. When Gao Wenxin helped people see a doctor, he heard that a husband divorced his wife, and the crime was that his wife behaved inherently, but in fact, she was a little forgetful when she was happy with her husband, and was recognized as disrespectful by the husband, causing the wife to commit suicide in shame.

Yang Ling didn't have the consciousness that this kind of big man should have, but he was stunned by her sudden move, and at this time, when he saw that her shocked lips were white, he couldn't help himself, so he said with a smile: "It's me who is not good, I suddenly got up and caught you off guard, so I just need to be lighter next time I massage."

Gao Wenxin saw that he was not angry at all, and said that he was massaging, so he put his mind at ease, she re-stood up and then gave him an injection, and when he opened his underwear, he showed that his buttocks were acupunctured at the tail vertebrae, and when he saw that his buttocks were slapped red, Gao Wenxin couldn't help but secretly stick out his tongue, and intentionally or unintentionally gently rubbed it a few times for him with the back of his palm.

As soon as Yang Ling finished acupuncture, he immediately got dressed and said: "The maids and servants in the mansion are all from Father-in-law Mo, and it is not suitable for me to handle official business normally. It's enough to have you by my side, there is no need for someone else to serve, this small building must be completely under the control of our people, you ask Zheng Baihu to take over with the fans, let all the people in Gufu leave, and then ask Liu Biao to come to see me."

Gao Wenxin saw that his expression was solemn, and he really had business to do, so he didn't dare to stop him anymore, so he hurriedly responded. Gao Wenxin went out for a cup of tea, and the fans began to set up posts inside and outside the building, driving all the maid servants out of this small building, which was full of guards brought by the inner factory, and then the door opened, and a person dressed as an ordinary fan quietly flashed in.

Yang Ling sat at the table, just poured two cups of tea, after this toss, his wine had woken up a little, and his eyes had returned to clarity. Seeing Liu Biao coming in, he waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, come, sit down and talk back!" ”

Liu Biao arched his hand and said: "Yes, I have seen the factory superintendent." He approached and sat down lightly on the opposite side, and when he hadn't seen him for nearly a month, he suddenly saw Yang Ling, and his expression was also a little happy.

Yang Ling pushed over a cup of tea and said, "Liu Qianhu has worked hard these days, how about the news I asked you to inquire about?" ”

Liu Biao said: "My lord, if you take a humble position in Jiangnan, you will immediately cast a detective net, and the people you bring will be disguised as merchants and tourists to inquire about the news, and the three eunuchs who have been guarding Jiangnan for many years have controlled the taxes in Jiangnan, although the power is omnipresent, but because of this, there is no way to hide what they do." ”

When he said this, he was obviously very proud of his achievements, so he looked a little self-contained. He picked up the cup and took a sip to moisten his throat, then took out a small notebook from his arms, handed it over with both hands, and said, "My lord, everything that has been checked by the lowly post is recorded here.

For example, on the canal line, he set up taxes every 40 li to block the river and intercept taxes, and a ship sailing for 3 or 400 li had to pay taxes at least five or six times. ”

Yang Ling frowned when he heard this: "The taxes are too heavy, and the short-term profits are quite large, but this belongs to the dry water and fishing, suppressing the development of industry and commerce, and in the long run, it is greatly unfavorable to the country and the people.

However, these measures must have been approved by the celebrant and cannot be used as a means of sanctioning him, and the reason why the internal factory is developing so rapidly is because of these illegal and legal taxes, so the behavior of the internal factory has a large market, and temporary sacrifice is necessary to accomplish its own more ambitious goals."

He pondered for a long time, and secretly pondered for a while before he said, "Well, this matter has been recorded by the Governor, does he have any other illegal acts to impeach?" ”

Liu Biao smiled slightly, as if he knew that this article was not enough to cure Yuan Xiong's crime, and he said confidently: "Yes." I sent people to disguise themselves as vendors selling wine and food, and dealt with the officers and soldiers of the Longshan Guardhouse, and listened to their drunkenness, and only forty percent of the military salaries paid by the household department could fall into their hands, and the rest were all greedy by officials such as Yuan Jianjun and the commander of the guard.

In addition, the officers and men of the guard station originally had their own land, but over the years, they had already been plundered by local tyrants and generals by means of forced buying and selling, so that many officers and men had to flee for their families and become outlaws.

There should have been 6,500 garrisons in the Longshan Guard, but at present there are only 2,800 officers and soldiers, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and the rest are all paid empty salaries. When the Japanese invaded, they could only flee from the wind, and the thousands of miles of coastal defense line were almost useless. ”

Yang Ling was furious when he heard this, and slapped the table and said: "I can't imagine that the internal army affairs are so wasteful, no wonder I heard when I was in Beijing that even if hundreds of Japanese robbers go ashore, they can attack and harass everywhere as if they were in a no-man's land."

When he said this, he suddenly remembered something, and said strangely: "But when I was in Jiming County, the Tatars attacked, and the recruited southern soldiers were sufficient, and the equipment was also good, it seems that Liu Biao, are you sure that the news of the inquiry is correct?" ”

Liu Biao said strangely: "The investigation is very careful, and there will be no mistakes." Since there is no threat of a strong enemy like the Tartars in the south, the Japanese invaders went ashore and plundered and left, and they did not dare to fight for a long time, so the military equipment has always been abandoned. ”

Yang Ling said: "Well, I don't know whose army they belong to, but the name of the commander I remember leading the troops is Bi Chun." ”

Liu Biao laughed when he heard this: "My lord, the commander of the Longshan guard is Bi Chun, in fact, the southern army is transferred to the north, in order to prevent the imperial court from seeing the flaw, the army requisitioned is usually from the elite of the guards, because this matter is beneficial to the guards in all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, so the generals are very supportive, and the Bi Chun army that the adults see must also be the strongest combat power put together by several guards."

Yang Ling was stunned for a long time after hearing this, and then said hatefully: "Good means, I can still endure other things for a while, they destroyed the Great Wall, but this is unbearable, I will take him first, kill the chickens and monkeys, let the coastal guards rein in, you continue to collect their intelligence, be careful not to startle the snake."

Liu Biao said with great interest: "Humble obedience, this second, let's talk about the weaving tax supervisor Li Daxiang, the division of labor in the silk weaving industry in Suzhou and Hangzhou is extremely strict, and there are special craftsmen such as lathes, yarn workers, satin workers, weavers, etc., and the wealthy businessmen who opened the weaving workshop also hired a large number of female workers who are responsible for threading, dyeing, changing machines, and picking flowers.

Li Daxiang is not too arrogant, but Suzhou and Hangzhou are famous for weaving all over the world, and their benefits are very great. He secretly used his cronies to pretend to be businessmen, and used his power to buy at a low price, making huge profits from it, and the rich people in Suzhou and Hangzhou dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

For example, most of the people in Songjiang Mansion take weaving as a sideline, said to be a horse, thousands of people are said to produce tens of thousands of cloths, and the small people in Jiashan area make a living by spinning, and the output is also very large, there is a saying here that 'can't buy Songjiang cloth, can't collect Weitang yarn', these cloth yarns are all monopolized by him and purchased at a low price, and then resold in all directions, from which you can get huge profits, so he naturally doesn't have to be like Yuan Xiong to make people angry.

Moreover, mulberry and silkworm cultivation are planted in Huzhou, and most of the people in Shandong and Henan grow cotton, and Suzhou and Hangzhou weaving needs to transport a large number of raw materials from these places.

Yang Ling nodded secretly, in fact, centralized procurement, transshipment, and sale have their own benefits, if Li Daxiang is not too exploitative, he can leave a way for the people to live, and this matter does not have to worry about him at this time.

After all, although he is in charge of the tax supervision department, he can't personally sit in all parts of the world, and in the end he still has to rely on these people to do things for him. If you want to be a clean and honest official, it is not a matter of one thing, even if you don't have these power and prisons, there are such huge profits to be made, and if you change a group of officials, will there be no corrupt officials? ”

Yang Ling thought of this and nodded: "Well, although this person is greedy for ink, his heart is not too dark, and he is a person who can be connected, by the way, what about this Mo Qinghe Mo Gonggong?" ”

Liu Biao said with a smile: "Among the three eunuchs, the best reputation is this Mo Gonggong, Jiangnan Tianfu is to collect silver taels and not accept physical goods, at the beginning of the founding of this dynasty, it was stipulated that rice and wheat four stones were converted into silver taels, and later the silver conversion rate changed greatly, and one stone of rice grain was levied in silver. The peasants' taxes here were tripled.

The people said that one acre of official land was harvested seven buckets, and six buckets were sent to Huangzhou first, leaving only one bucket to complete the marriage, and it was sad that people would come to the white head, which showed the weight of taxes, if it were not for the wealth of Jiangnan and the bumper harvest of fish and rice, the people would not have survived.

Because the people had to transport the grain out and sell it into silver taels before they could pay taxes, there was a loss in the middle, and there was a Yuan Xiong who kept collecting taxes, so they shipped out five buckets, and it was quite good to get back three buckets of money.

After Gonggong Mo guarded the south of the Yangtze River, at the autumn harvest every year, he sent people to make the official ship take the initiative to buy it, although it was slightly lower than the market price, but counting the tariffs and losses, the people's profits were still greater than their own transportation and sale, so they were happy to sell to him, so the reputation of Gonggong Mo was very good, and the people of Jiangnan called him a good man."

Yang Lingna said that when he saw Gonggong Mo on the boat, he dared to drop the bag of tribute tea presented to the emperor, but he was a eunuch who was not afraid of death in the eyes of money, but he couldn't imagine that he had such a good deed, and couldn't help but wonder: "So, he is a clean official?" ”

Liu Biao said with a smile: "Qingguan is not a good official, after all, he also wants to make a profit from it, Jiangnan is the land of fish and rice, so much grain, if he earns a little bit of grain per stone, it will be a mountain of gold." But in any case, after all, the people also benefited. These people don't care if you are greedy or not, as long as you can take care of the people when you are greedy, they will be grateful. ”

"What's more, Father-in-law Mo is very strict with tea, spices, medicines, salt and other items of high value and small quantities, and as for the affairs of civil servants, it is also very rich to convert into silver taels. It's just that among the three, Grandpa Mo is the most generous, and if there is a disaster year, he often sets up a shed to give porridge and lives a lot, so he has an excellent reputation."

Yang Ling stood up, paced slowly in the room for a few steps, and pondered for a while before he said categorically: "Okay, you will leave early in the morning, transfer your manpower to Yuan Xiong, and focus on investigating him for me." As for myself, this adult's trip to Jiangnan is only responsible for touring the mountains and rivers, and the rest is not responsible, so I will go to Lion Village to taste tea."

Liu Biao, as Yang Ling's confidant, knew his plan early, and stood up when he heard the words: "My lord, this is going to beat Yuan, pull Li and Mo?" ”

Yang Ling smiled and said: "Hehe, it won't be a stick to kill them all, by that time, all the town guards and eunuchs in the world have stacked stalls for me, and the court has no silver to use, wouldn't it push the tax supervision department back to the ceremonial supervisor?" ”

Although he said so, Mo Qinghe's replacement of tribute tea is still difficult to understand in his heart, so he wants to go to Longjing Village Lion Rock to personally inspect it, this season naturally there is no good tea, he went to check one to make the three major town guards and eunuchs feel relieved, thinking that he is just responding to the momentum and has no intention of doing anything, and secondly, he also wants to knock on the side and explore Mo Qinghe's style.

Liu Biao laughed and was about to turn around and withdraw, when Yang Ling suddenly remembered the strange thing he had just seen, hurriedly called him again, and asked, "Liu Biao, there is something I want to ask you, can our eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty also marry wives?" ”

Liu Biao was stunned, he secretly investigated the three eunuchs guarding the town, and naturally knew their family affairs well, so he was stunned for a moment and suddenly smiled: "My lord, have you seen Grandpa Mo's wife?" ”

Yang Ling was surprised: "You also know? Could it be that Grandpa Mo is a half-way monk! The palace that only entered halfway after getting married? ”

Liu Biao smiled and said: "My lord misunderstood, in fact, there are not a few eunuchs and palace maids in the palace who are married, but they are not called husband and wife, but are called 'opposite food' and 'vegetable households'. Emperor Hongwu of this dynasty had been banned for a while, and then he let it go, and now even if the emperor and queen hear about it, they will not intervene.

The father-in-law in those places is powerful, not only will he marry a wife and adopt a child, but also the wife he marries is often a good girl from an official eunuch's family.

Yang Ling thought of the peerless style of that beauty, and couldn't help laughing: "I said, I was startled when I saw her today, and said that Father-in-law Mo was the wife he married before entering the palace, otherwise how could he be so bold and dare to openly marry a wife as a eunuch."

He said that he remembered the ten thousand customs of the Jiangnan woman, but she married a eunuch, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, deeply regretful.

Liu Biao said: "My lord, don't look at them as fake phoenixes, these eunuch husbands and wives are more affectionate and abnormal than ordinary people." If there is an occasional eunuch or palace maid empathy, the other party is often in pain, and even hangs himself, which is not uncommon in the palace.

Most of them if one of them dies, the other party will no longer choose for life, in their own room for each other's spiritual position, every taboo often mourns, crying to death, their feelings are really not understandable to ordinary people. However, if you marry a wife outside the palace, you can also be in love with each other, and I don't know if you are humble. ”

Yang Ling did have some contempt for eunuchs marrying wives, and after listening to Liu Biao's words, he realized that although those people could no longer be called men physically, they were psychologically more eager than ordinary men to live a normal life, which was really sympathetic.

Yang Ling smiled and said: "Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years." This official has been taught, as long as people are willing to do so, we really shouldn't make irresponsible remarks just because he is a eunuch. ”

On the second day, the local officials and gentry came to pay an official visit to Lord Qincha one by one, especially those officials and gentry who were not qualified to clean up the dust for Yang Qincha yesterday.

All the people who come to visit naturally will not come empty-handed, or silver tickets, or jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, or local products, precious medicinal materials, etc., Yang Ling deliberately dressed himself as an image of doing nothing and greedy for money and profit, so he did not refuse to come.

Gao Wenxin didn't know it, she didn't like her master to become such a philistine, and she was angry and not easy to slack, so although she was sent by Yang Ling to sit there as a bookkeeper, she ignored the person who gave the gift.

Fortunately, those people had already heard that Yang Ling had only brought such a beautiful maid here, and they heard that she often sneaked into Qincha's room every night, who would dare to treat her as a maid? No one dared to offend her.

Jiangnan is the richest place in the world, and those rich people with hundreds of millions of dollars come to visit the directors of the inner factories who are in power, how dare they give some ordinary gifts? Although I dare not say that it is a rare treasure, the things given are also extremely valuable.

Gao Wenxin was remembering one item after another, and suddenly Fanzi led in a big salt merchant, this person actually sent four beauties, two Koreans and two Dongying people, although the four women are not as beautiful as Gao Wenxin, but they can go there, and the exotic style is indeed fresh.

Gao Wenxin was really angry, she rushed into the living room with a brush, Yang Ling had just sent away a tea merchant, looking at her carrying a brush, her puffing and delicate appearance, she couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong?" Who you off again? ”

Gao Wen said sadly: "The gifts given by others, the maidservants have all received them in the warehouse." Now someone has sent four living creatures, and the maid doesn't know if he should put them on the master's bed, so he has come to ask the master."

Yang Ling rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Send it to my bed?" Hehe, but did someone send a beautiful woman? Let's go and see."

He also said that someone sent a Jiangnan girl to him, and when he went out, he saw that it was four exotic women, and the small burden on his waist naturally recognized him as an Oriental, and he was stunned.

The big salt merchant was waiting for Lord Qincha to summon him, and saw four young men with brocade robes and jade belts coming out, and the bookkeeping beauty followed behind with a brush, and his lips were pouting and he could hang a grease mouth, knowing that this was Lord Qincha Yang in front of him, and he couldn't help but be flattered and knelt down with a smile and said: "Grass people Du Ce pays a visit to Lord Qincha."

Yang Ling said with a smile: "This official went to Jiangnan, just to inspect the local tax situation, and he didn't want to work the local gentry and celebrities.

The big salt merchant Du Ce said with a smile: "Where is it, the grass people are fortunate to see the adults, that is the blessing of the grass people, uh, the grass people heard that the adults are dusty, and there is not even a messenger girl around, so I specially bought four maids to send to the adults to wait for the living, please smile and accept."

Gao Wenxin coughed twice beside him, Yang Ling laughed secretly in his heart when he heard it, he didn't want to get a bunch of beauties back to Jiangnan next time and turn his home into a grand temple. Yang Ling was about to say something to refuse, only to hear a rough voice laugh: "It turns out that Boss Du is also here?" Running faster than me, hahaha, you should also send some best products to the beauties, I think there was a person I saw in the world who was still pitiful and secretly promised Lord Yang, but Lord Yang refused again and again, how could he fall in love with these women? ”

As he spoke, he saw a bearded civil official, striding with his belt in his hands and a shy stomach, Yang Ling raised his eyes and saw that it was Min Wenjian, the commander of Jiming County, who had cut off the Tatar prince with a knife, and hurriedly took two steps forward, held his hand and shouted happily: "Lord Min, I haven't seen you for a few months, but you want to kill me."

Min Wenjian was still as rough as he was at the beginning, but his belly was bigger, he hurriedly broke away from his hand, knelt down and saluted: "Xiaguan Min Wenjian has seen it."

Yang Ling helped him up and blamed: "My Lord Min, when you came to Jiangnan, look at what you say, why are you paying attention to all this red tape?" If you don't have the grace of an adult, how can you be so polite."

Min Wen stood up and said with a smile: "The etiquette that should be talked about is always to be taught, haha, since the adults went to Beijing, there are often strange stories spread to Jiangnan, Min heard that sometimes he was scared, sometimes he was happy, it turned out that he had to move around, and wanted to transfer the adults to Jiangnan, which is good, the adults are coming, but not Min can be moved, hahaha."

Du Ce, a salt merchant, stepped forward and said with a smile: "The salt envoy turned out to be friends with Lord Qincha, and it was disrespectful and disrespectful."

Min Wenjian glanced at him with a pair of mung bean eyes and said with a smile: "What? Do you have a sense of awe for this official? He glanced at the four exotic beauties again, and said, "Don't let them be here, you are also a delicate character, haven't you heard of the decree of giving concubines today?" What kind of vision is Lord Yang, how can these yellow-haired girls see into the eyes of adults? ”

Yang Ling smiled when he heard this: "Lord Min, you have only been in Jiangnan for a few months, and now you are exporting, which is really impressive."

Min Wenjian laughed when he heard it: "No way, no way, I heard them say these words, my ears are calloused, how can I remember a few words."

While talking and laughing with him, Yang Ling let the two into the living room and asked someone to serve tea to receive him.

The Du salt merchant is actually doing other business, this time he came to Hangzhou to receive a batch of goods in Beijing delivered by Yang Ling's official ship, seeing that the beauty he sent was not in line with the hearts of the adults, and he couldn't just come for nothing, you must know that climbing this big tree, he will send a word casually if there is something in the future, and I don't know how much to use.

Thinking of this, Boss Du took out a pair of pearl earrings from his arms, which were originally bought from Jinling to be given to his favorite concubine, and presented his hands to the aisle: "It's the grass people who are reckless, and the four women grass people will take it away in a while." These pearl earrings are just a small gift, and they are really not a tribute, and adults must be rewarded with face."

The pair of pearl earrings is delicate and elegant, the pearls are round and full, the size is uniform, the color is bright and charming, and it is placed in the palm of the palm with a deep moist light, and it is a very expensive jewelry at a glance.

Gao Wenxin's face turned red, glanced at him, and then turned around and walked out, the sudden look of shame and joy was extremely moving. Boss Du showed a sudden look, and said in his heart: "It turns out that Lord Qincha is obsessed with this woman, no wonder he doesn't accept the beautiful maid I sent, this girl's appearance is indeed better than them."

Yang Ling talked with the two of them about the parents, Boss Du's heart had been delivered, and he knew that Lord Qincha and Lord Min had met after a long absence, and they were bound to have something to say in their hearts, so they got up and said goodbye after staying for a while.

Seeing off Du Ce, Yang Ling and Min Wenjian sat down again, Min Wenjian said: "My lord, I must take the time to go to Haining this time to go south, it is not too far from the left and right, and then I will do my best to be a landlord."

Yang Ling said with a smile: "If there is a chance, I will definitely go, is everything okay with Lord Min in Haining?" ”

Min Wenjian said: "Fortunately, the wealth here is far from being comparable to the north, but the army here is too far behind our border army." I heard that the daimyo on the other side of the sea are now in turmoil, and there are often some samurai and ronin who have lost their position and have nowhere to stand, so they collude with some merchant ships and run to our place to rob everywhere.

His grandmother's had some local merchants, local tyrants, hooligans, and pirates, who gave them information and led the way, and even directly participated in the robbery.

When I first arrived in Haining, I was just in time for the attack of the Japanese invaders, but fortunately, the Salt Transport Division had an escort team of only more than 300 people, and the combat power was stronger than the officers and soldiers, and the number of those Japanese was not much, so I took people to teach those rabbit cubs a hard lesson, and killed more than 20 people with a machete.

Yang Ling heard the word "Wokou" again, and couldn't help but ask with attention: "Are these Wokou very powerful?" ”

Min Wenjian said disdainfully: "The combat power is not as good as that of the Tartars, and the number is even more of a group of guerrillas." However, the coastline was too long to be prevented, and the army here was too weak, and often a small force of more than 100 people came ashore, which was enough to rampage.

I heard that the candidates in various parts of the country are fighting with each other for power, and they are short of silver in their hands, and some of them have wanted to do business with our Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately the ports we allow to do business and the goods that we are allowed to trade are too few to satisfy them.

Those guys jumped over the wall in a hurry, and simply organized people and horses to collude with our unscrupulous businessmen to secretly smuggle, if they were chased by the navy and couldn't do business, they turned to become robbers, they came and left, and hid in the sea, we really can't help them."

Yang Ling's heart moved, and he secretly thought: "It turns out that some of these pirates changed careers to become pirates because they couldn't do business properly, and I only heard that the pirates were brutal and greedy, and often robbed the coastal people, but I have never heard of this reason."

Yang Ling nodded silently, thought for a while and said: "To solve these problems, it seems that it is necessary to unblock and parallelize, on the one hand, strengthen the force, so that it is afraid and dare not attack easily." Second, it is necessary to open a legitimate treaty port and take the initiative to do business with it for mutual benefit.

How much can those pirates snatch from the people by just raiding? Most of them are just enough to make ends meet, and if there is any profit to be made, these people will inevitably become businessmen."

When Yang Ling said this, he suddenly stopped: Can the people in the inner factory do it to rectify the army? Opening a treaty port? The Chinese courtiers do not nod, is this policy feasible? There is not enough power and connections, people's ideology still needs to be changed, and there are too many conditions that are not mature, so all this is not what he can do now. Does he have the opportunity and time to do these things?

Min Wenjian couldn't understand these things, and when he saw him frowning as if he was worried about the people of Jiangnan, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't worry, my lord, most of the Japanese are from the sea, and ships on the sea must rely on the wind." Therefore, there is a fixed number of what kind of wind blows in what season and when the Japanese invaders will land, and they can't change it if they want to.

When we are prepared, they can't afford to toss more than 0. Strong winds and waves, at most robbing the fishing village, there is not much ability. Well, the months of April and May and September and October are generally suitable for sailing, and the Japanese will come to plunder at that time, and the officers and men of the Salt Transportation Division have been put on strict guard before I came to see you, and as long as they survive these two months, they will have to wait until April next year if they want to come."

Yang Ling and Min Wenjian were chatting, and Zheng Baihu ran in and said, "Lord Qiqi Factory Governor, Gonggong Mo has prepared a sedan chair, please go to Lion Peak to inspect it."

Yang Ling stood up when he heard this, and said apologetically: "Lord Min, you and I have been absent for a long time, I should have had a good chat with you with wine, but today I have agreed with Gonggong Mo to go to Chashan to inspect together." I don't know where Lord Min lives, when I come back tonight, I will send someone to invite you to come, let's drink and talk happily, and we will not get drunk and go home."

Min Wenjian smiled heartily: "With your friendship with me, what are you talking about those politeness?" It's just that you came from afar, and it's not easy to see you, so I came here in the air. The salt transport has made my father critically ill, and he has taken leave to return to his hometown, and I don't dare to pile up that work for too long, so I have to rush back today, if my lord can come to Haining to inspect, let's have a good drink."

Yang Ling said happily: "Okay, it's rare to come to Jiangnan, and I will definitely go to Haining."

Min Wenjian raised his eyebrows and smiled slyly: "I know that it is rare to come to Jiangnan, so should I not go to Jinling?" ”

Yang Ling was stunned: "Nanjing? This inspection of Jiangnan taxes, it seems that you don't have to go to Nanjing, right? ”

He said as he thought, "What are you going to do there?" Wang Qiong is in Nanjing, although the old man hates himself to the core, in fact, his surname is not bad, I don't want to be embarrassed for him, but this time it is inevitable to meet him, his son died in my hands, and I don't know what the situation is when I see him. As for Ma Li'er, alas! ”。

Min Wenjian said with a smile: "The distance is not too far, in fact, you might as well go to Jinling to have a look", he smiled and said: "When I was transporting salt to Nanjing, I happened to meet Ma Yicheng's beloved daughter. That little girl has a deep love for you Lord Yang, if you fail others, even I can't stand it."

As he spoke, he took out a folded piece of paper from his sleeve, stuffed it into Yang Ling's hand and said, "This is her address, hehe, that's all I can say, you don't have to make up your own mind." Min Wenjian finished the matter, and seemed to be very happy, grinning with a big mouth and looking complacent.

Yang Ling sent him out of the door, and saw that two sedan chairs had been parked at the door, and Zheng Baihu was standing outside the door with some fans, as well as tax collectors and some servants of the Gu Mansion.

Yang Ling said goodbye to Min Wenjian, watched him get on the sedan chair and go away, standing under the green wall spreading creepers, looking at the green willows and Qinghe by the wall, groping for the note in his hand and standing for a long time.

In a trance, he seemed to see a beautiful woman dressed in white, like a hazy, weak peony like a beautiful woman jumped out of the water, and was walking towards him with affection in his eyebrows.

The soul goes to the end of the world with you, and the clothes and belts are gradually widening and you don't feel crying, and you regret that the years are like morning dew, when to take the mud nest monarch's house.

After the thirty-six rounds of bright moon, you should make a neon dress dance for you"

Yang Ling muttered this last sentence, remembering that after the thirty-six rounds of bright moon, he and Ma Li'er had long been separated from each other, and it was difficult to meet them, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, he was ruthless, and tightly crumpled the paper with Ma Li'er's detailed address in a ball, and was about to throw it down the river, but he heard a person next to him clapping his hands and praised: "Good poem, good poem, if it is a good guess, this must be a gift from an amorous girl to an adult." ”

Yang Ling looked back and saw Mo Qinghe standing beside him and applauding happily, his charming lady standing aside, also with brilliant eyes, obviously extremely appreciative.

The atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River is open, which is very different from the north of the capital, and the lady Mo Qinghe does not have too many taboos. Her master was going to Lion Peak, so she sent her out, and just heard Yang Ling reciting this poem, she couldn't help but smile appreciatively at Gu Qinghe: "Master, the concubine has never heard such a good poem with such a sense of meaning since she heard the song "Peach Blossom Temple" made by the talented Tang Yin of Suzhou for his Peach Blossom Nunnery villa in June this year. ”

Gu Qinghe frowned and said, "Meng Lang is rude, how can he embarrass adults like this?" ”

Yang Ling smiled: "It's okay", he said and took the paper ball back into his arms, and said: "When Bendu and Lord Gu come back from the mountain, then recite it to Mrs. Yu."

Yang Ling in front of a eunuch with a wife, it is inconvenient to call him father-in-law, change his name to adult, Gu Qinghe and his wife suddenly showed a very happy look on their faces when they heard it, Mrs. Gu has said with a smile: "I only care about the artistic conception in this poem, I have never remembered the whole word, the adult only needs to recite it again, and the concubine can write it down."

Yang Ling glanced at her in surprise, but he didn't expect this woman to be well-read and memorized, and she had the ability to never forget, and then he said the poem again, Mrs. Gu listened attentively, and then couldn't help but clapped her hands and said: "The concubine has written it down, I'll go back and record it", saying that she didn't say goodbye diligently, but actually wore flowers and willows, and led the two maids back to the house.

Gu Qinghe smiled helplessly at her back, and said to Yang Ling: "The cheap concubine has always been formless, which makes the adults laugh."

Yang Ling said: "The surname is for the real person, Mrs. Zun's surname is frank and scheming, what's wrong with this?" Hehe, the official answered a few guests, so I came out late, Lord Lao has been waiting for a long time, let's go to Lion Peak for a visit."

Gu Qinghe heard him say "swim" Lion Peak, he couldn't help but smile, the two of them got into a sedan chair, Yang Ling brought one hundred and twenty people, and Gu Qinghe also brought forty tax collectors to the Lion Rock together.

Hangzhou has the West Lake with light makeup, the clear and rippling Fuchun, the tide of Qiantang, Nanwu Mountain, Beigu Mountain, and many scenic places. In fact, its scenery mainly lies in the soft Jiangnan gardens and cultural landscapes, many natural scenery artificial traces are very heavy, if you put aside that layer of artistic conception, it is nothing.

For example, Su Xiaoxiao's tomb on the edge of the West Lake, if it weren't for the fact that she is a famous name in the south of the Yangtze River through the ages, there are many literati and ink writers who left "Youlan Dew, like crying eyes." There is nothing to knot, and the fireworks are unbearable. The grass is like a tree, and the pine is like a cover. The wind is the clothes, the water is the wear", just looking at the tomb, there is no taste.

The scenery of Hangzhou is not seen and heard by the mountains, and the Lion Peak is even more ordinary, and it is even more boring in the eyes of Yang Ling, who is accustomed to seeing the world's famous mountains, but it is an ordinary mountain peak that produces the world-famous Longjing tea.

The mountain of Suzhou and Hangzhou, Tiger Hill is named because of the spring, Feilai Peak is named after the Lingyin Temple, and this Lion Mountain is famous all over the world for Longjing tea.

When the official sedan chair entered the mountain, the tax inspector who was already in charge of guarding the mountain hurriedly greeted him and let the two adults into a wooden house built by the mountain.

Yang Ling sat on the bamboo chair and said with a smile: "In such a month, if it is in the north, the autumn breeze has already been blowing, and the trees have withered, but this place is lush with vegetation, and the weather is still so hot."

Gu Qinghe said: "The water towns in the south of the Yangtze River are quite cool, and further south and inland, it will be even hotter. Come on, serve a good cup of tea to the adults and relieve the heat."

Yang Ling heard the word good tea, and couldn't help sneering secretly in his heart, he touched the small bag of tea leaves in his arms, and when the tea was served, he wanted to ask Gu Qinghe in public to understand. However, since he already had the idea of subduing Gu Qinghe, he didn't want to take it too seriously, he just wanted to oppress him and make him surrender.

A tea-picking woman wearing a royal blue robe, a pale floral skirt with batik, a black belt tied around her waist, and a cloth towel tied to her hair, with a smile on her face, walked into the room gently and skillfully, made a pot of tea quickly, and served a cup to Yang Ling and Gu Qinghe.

Yang Ling picked up the cup of tea, and saw that the tip of the tea, which was like a bird's tongue, was still dripping and spinning in the water. Yang Ling glanced at Gu Qinghe, slowly put the cup under his nose and sniffed it, and couldn't help but be stunned again.

The tea tasted fragrant and fragrant, exactly the same as the superb Huangjian he tasted when he was in Shanghai. Gu Qinghe secretly hid good tea, and the tea leaves offered to the court were much worse than this good tea, and now he was in front of himself, the Qincha who came to investigate in Beijing, and he didn't know how to avoid taboos at all, and calmly offered this tea, wasn't he afraid that he would find something wrong and join him for the crime of bullying the king?

Yang Ling was stunned for a moment, raised his eyes to look at Gu Qinghe, who was smiling and waiting for him to taste the taste, and couldn't help asking: "Lord Gu, your tea is full of fragrance, refreshing, and it is really the best emperor." However, when the governor was in Beijing, he also drank the imperial tea in the palace, and the tribute tea that the emperor drank was more than a step worse than your tea, I don't know how Lord Gu explained? ”

(To be continued)