Yunyang City is very large, the city is surrounded by ten miles, three miles through the heart, even the east and west two passes, as long as five miles. The battlements are 3,600, the east, west, north and south will be divided into four gates and three small gates such as Xuanhe Gate, the streets in the city are criss-crossed, and the houses are lined up one after another.

The whole Yunyang City presents an oval, there are seventy-two streets and alleys in the city, and it is not a common cross street, but mostly a T-shaped street, which is a guillotine street. And the most famous street in Yunyang is still the river street, built along the Yunyang Wuli wharf, the river street of ship, port and business integration, the shops are lined up, densely spread along the wharf, forming the pattern of the front street and the back port, a large number of merchant halls are established on the north bank of the Han River, there are a large number of merchant halls in Shaanxi, Fujian, etc., and there are also many boat gang halls built by the shipwrights and slender men.

Most of the T-shaped intersections of those streets in the city have land temples, and a few without temples also have a large stone tablet engraved with the words Taishan stone dare to be.

On the five-mile long street, cloth, department stores, and grocery stores are adjacent to each other, and on the stone-paved streets, rice wine, zongzi, paste and spicy soup, sour noodles, fire steamed buns, and Sanhe soup are fragrant!

Liu Jun took Li Chunjiang and Chen Zhenhui and a group of sons to stroll on the streets, accompanied by Dong Xiaowan and many other beauties. In the autumn examination that just passed in early August, the Restoration Society achieved an exciting victory, relying on the Restoration Society's growing influence, this time the Restoration Society also shined in the autumn examination, and in the autumn examination of Nanzhili Province alone, there were more than 60 high school students.

It turned out that among the four sons of the Restoration Society, only Fang Yizhi was a lifter, and the other three were just showmen, and they had failed the exam several times. And this autumn test, Hou Fangyu, Mao Xiang, Chen Zhenhui and others all made progress in one fell swoop.

There is also good news in this autumn test, that is, Liu Jun's third brother Liu Jian has also made great progress, and the county and government tests have all passed the hospital test, and then the science test and township test have been successful again, and they have shown their talents and raised people in one fell swoop.

In addition to them. Li Changgeng's two sons, as well as some children of the Macheng family such as the Liu family and the Mei family, also had seven people in the middle of the promotion this time, which can be said to have created a record in the history of the Macheng imperial examination. While Liu Jun is happy for his brother, he can almost understand a situation, that is, today's imperial examination actually has a lot to do with the examiner.

It is said that the examiners of the provinces who presided over the township examination in Jiangnan this time are mainly Donglin Party or Jiangnan officials. Especially with the good relationship with the Fushe, their exam questions are very useful to Jiangnan candidates, and the same is true when they are finally admitted. Although this is not cheating, it is indeed a candidate who is greatly inclined to many re-unions.

A group of newcomers were all in high spirits and high spirits, and this time they came to Yunyang to meet Liu Jun.

Li Chunjiang looked at the surging water of the Han River and sighed, "Yunyang." The barrier of Hubei, the gateway of Henan, the throat of Shaanxi, and the external bureau of Shu. The Han River has also been a golden waterway since ancient times, and Yunyang can be deserved as a golden wharf. All kinds of specialties from Sichuan, Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi are gathered here, and Jiye sits here, which can indeed stabilize half the sky. ”

Liu Jun nodded, the prosperity and wealth of Yunyang are amazing. At this time, the Han River was equivalent to the main artery of an empire. The golden waterway of the Han River, with a flow greater than that of the Yellow River in a year, connects the north and the south, east and west, and the 3,000-mile waterway does play an incomparable role.

"It is said that on the 3,000-mile Han River, there are 500,000 boatmen and slender men who run boats and pull fibers." Liu Jian is less than sixteen this year. It's just a teenager with an immature face, but he is already in high school, so he stands beside his eldest brother like an adult. He was also impressed by the boats, the boatmen, and the slendermen he saw on the boats along the way.

"In front of it is one of the most famous local Sanhe soup shops in Yunyang. Their most famous is the hundred-year-old soup, selected beef bones, a pot of soup boiled for more than 100 years, since the establishment of this shop in Yunyang, until now, passed down from generation to generation. There is a saying that it is good to say, the pilgrims of the world must eat Wanli Sanhe soup in Wudang. ”

"A bowl of authentic Sanhe soup with local sweet potato flour, sliced meat, and a few small dumplings in the bowl. When everyone comes to Yunyang, they can't help but eat this local snack. Liu Jun led a group of people into the century-old store.

When he went upstairs, Li Chunjiang walked next to Liu Jun and said in a low voice, "Jiye, how did you think about that matter?" ”

The things mentioned by Li Chunjiang are the most important purpose for the Fushe and his entourage to come. They came to Liu Jun to raise money, and they asked for 100,000 taels of silver as soon as they opened their mouths.

Before the resumption of the society, he was planning to push Zhou Yanru to be reinstated, re-enter the cabinet, and then be the first assistant. This time, Yang Sichang fell out of favor and submitted his resignation, and the emperor has officially agreed. With Yang Sichang's departure from the cabinet, Xue Guoguan, the current cabinet chief assistant, has also become alone, and Zhou Yanru has a better chance to enter the cabinet.

However, although Zhou Yanru used to be the first assistant, and now the situation is not bad, and there is a resumption of society to promote it, but in order to complete this goal, there are still several most critical steps to take, one of which is to bribe Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen, the two most powerful eunuchs in the palace, and also spend money to bribe some other important ministers of the court and the central government to speak for Zhou Yanru.

There is a big difference between the Fusha and the Donglin Party, which is mainly officials of the DPRK and China, and most of them are high-ranking officials. The Fushe is mainly scholars, and most of them are scholars who only show their talents. If the resumption of society wants to pay bribes, it has to raise funds, and it can't make too much noise, so it has to keep a low profile.

And they thought of a good fundraising target, Liu Jun, who is also a member of the Restoration Society.

The Restoration Society was prepared to pay bribes of 50,000 taels of silver to Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen, and then 50,000 taels to other officials. Now the Restoration Society has raised a lot of silver, but it is still far from 150,000 taels.

Liu Jun couldn't help but smile bitterly, when he joined the Restoration Society, of course, he also took a fancy to the growing influence of this group, but now, he was promoted to the Marquis of Zhennan and served as the chief soldier of Yunyang, and for a while, he became the highest official title among the tens of thousands of members of the Restoration Society.

Especially after Liu Jun just built a salt farm, everyone thinks that Liu Jun has become a millionaire. In fact, Liu Jun wants to say, I really don't have any money, although I just made a lot of money, but here and there, the money is useful.

But Liu Jun also had to consider the request of the resumption of the society. The Restoration Society wants to push Zhou Yanru to reinstate, if this matter can be successful, it should be said that there will still be great benefits, not only for the Restoration Society, but also for Liu Jun. If there is a first assistant in the court, then Liu Jun will be able to open his hands more and more in the place.

No matter what Liu Jun hesitates now, if the money comes out by himself. So why give the money to the Fusha to operate, why not run it yourself? Wouldn't it be better if he directly gave the money to the two great eunuchs, Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen?

If you send them money directly, then Liu Jun's matter of opening a salt factory should be completely secure, and he is not afraid of anything else happening halfway.

"Gongji, I've thought about this matter carefully. I can give out the money, but I have other plans, and we'll talk about it later. ”

When Li Chunjiang heard this, he nodded with a smile, "Okay." ”

Everyone went upstairs together, and the store brought a pot of tea first, the tea was just ordinary tea, and the people didn't care too much. At this time, Chen Yuanyuan leaned over to Liu Jun and whispered, "Sister Dong is in trouble." Can you help her? ”

"Miss Dong is in trouble, of course there is a young man who will do his best to help, which turn will it be for me?" Liu Jun said with a smile.

"This matter, Mao Gongzi is also beyond his strength."

Liu Jun listened carefully to Chen Yuanyuan's brief explanation, and only then did he understand what trouble Dong Xiaowan had encountered. It turned out that after taking the lead, he wanted to officially redeem Dong Xiaowan as a concubine, but it turned out that Dong Xiaowan's father had secretly used her name in recent years. He borrowed a large amount of silver from Gangneung, and it is said that the total amount of the loan slips was three feet high.

Now these creditors have come to the door. Although Mao Xiang's family background is also good, he can't come up with so much money for a while.

"How much?"

"Sister Dong's ransom is 5,000 taels, and Sister Dong's father borrowed more than 15,000 taels of foreign debts in her name."

More than 20,000 taels of silver, this is indeed not a small amount of money, unless Mao Xiang goes to sell the ancestral property of the field, it is difficult to make up such a large amount of silver at once.

20,000 taels of silver. Liu Jun can take it out, but he now spends a lot, raising a team of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, which is two or three million a year, and his money can't be spent casually. Let alone. He also decided to spend money on Cao Huachun and other eunuch officials in Beijing.

"It's a temporary loan, and they'll pay it back later." Chen Yuanyuan begged, after she was kicked out of the Gong family, it was Dong Xiaowan who took her in when she went to Jinling, took more care of her, and it was she who pulled the strings for her and helped her arrange a good home, and now that her sisters are in trouble, she naturally wants to help.

"No problem, Miss Dong is your sister, Mao Xiang is my friend, they are in trouble, I will definitely help." Liu Jun thought about it and finally decided to borrow the money.

"Ah, thank you, husband, I'll go tell Sister Dong right away." Chen Yuanyuan laughed excitedly, and then went to tell Dong Xiaowan the good news. After Dong Xiaowan heard the good news, she was also overjoyed, and hurriedly told Mao Xiang again. Mao Xiang was also worried about this during this time, and now seeing that Liu Jun was willing to help, he was full of gratitude, and took Dong Xiaowan's hand and came to Liu Jun.

"Don't say words of thanks, between us, why be so polite."

"I don't thank you, but I will definitely pay back the money." Mao Xiang thanked him.

The spicy and good-looking Sanhe soup was served, and Liu Jun was about to start eating, but he found Chen Yuanyuan sitting on the side with a look of wanting to speak, "What else is there, let's talk about it together." ”

"That's it, there is also a sister Liu, she also wants to be good, but the fake mother wants five thousand taels of silver to redeem herself, and she can't take out so much money for a while." Chen Yuanyuan saw that Liu Jun seemed to be a little unhappy, and hurriedly said, "That Sister Liu has also helped me a lot in Jinling before, I wrote to her to say that she is now running the Red Sleeve Workshop with Sister Shen, she said that she wanted to help, but the money for redemption was too expensive for a while, if the husband allowed, Sister Shen and I want to take 5,000 taels of silver from the Red Sleeve Workshop to help Sister Liu redeem herself." ”

"What's your sister Liu's name?"

"Yang Ai."

Liu Jun frowned, as if he had never heard of this name, and if it wasn't Sister Liu, why was it called Yang Ai?

Yang Ai is her real name, and later entered the Zhangtai, changed her name to Liu Yin, also known as Hedong Jun, because she read the Song Dynasty Xin Qiji's "He Bridegroom": "I see how charming Qingshan is, and I expect Qingshan to see me as such", so he called himself so. ”

Speaking of the name Yang Ai, Liu Jun has no impression, but when Liu is mentioned, Liu Jun immediately knows that this is one of the most popular girls on the Jinling River today.

"You and Shen Man want to invite Liu Ruyi to run the Red Sleeves Workshop together?" Liu Jun asked.

Chen Yuanyuan nodded and looked at him expectantly.

"Okay, you don't have to ask me about this matter, you just decide for yourself, the Red Sleeve Workshop is run by you, and you don't have to ask me for the money from the Red Sleeve Workshop."

"Ah, thank you." Chen Yuanyuan was happy and excited, and kissed Liu Jun directly on the face, which attracted the sideways attention of the surrounding princes and beauties. (To be continued......)

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