The New Year is approaching, Wen Dudrunk finally rushed back from the south, the old man worked hard for a year, and finally bought almost everything Meng Yan needed.

Because I was afraid of being too ostentatious, all the ships came from the sea, nearly twenty large ships, and forty or fifty small boats, but fortunately, the road was calm, and even pirates were not encountered.

The main thing is that Wen Dudrunk recruited a large number of sailors who were familiar with sea navigation in Nanjing.

These people originally followed the "Three Treasures" eunuchs to the West, and after they returned, although the imperial court settled them, they were still used to life at sea.

There are still many vacant ships, which are basically abandoned, and Wen Dudrunk is recruiting sailors in Nanjing, and at the same time paying for the repair of these sea ships.

Just put together such a fleet!

With the relationship of Jinyi and Wei, coupled with the help of the subordinates of the "Three Treasures" eunuchs in the past, Yiqiē is naturally unimpeded.

But this cost money went to the sea, but fortunately, Meng Yan got hundreds of years of savings from Luomei Villa.

With this money, this hole can be regarded as filled.

This team is already very large, with a scale of 5,000 people, and they are all equipped with weapons, and their combat effectiveness is probably not lost to the Daming Water Division.

With such a team, Meng Yan naturally couldn't let him be noticed by the imperial court, and Wen Duyi also made some cover up when he was drunk in Nanjing, and the number of people was underreported by half.

Sailors must fight without being a professional general.

After several considerations, Meng Yan placed this sea force on Tieshan Island in Jinzhou Zuowei, and built houses and port wharves on the island.

The navy is a gold-swallowing monster, and Meng Yan's financial resources are not too abundant at the moment, so he can only maintain the daily expenses and training of this team first.

In addition, there are plans to relocate some fishermen who are willing to go there from the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang.

In the event of an incident, this navy could go to Dagu Pass as quickly as possible to pick up all the people who should be in Beijing and wait for them to board and leave.

This is the worst plan Meng Yan has ever made, and it is also the last move.

Wen Dudrunk is very business-minded. The materials he brought back, except for some of the ones that Meng Yan needed, most of them were specialties of the south of the Yangtze River, and things that were not available in the north.

These items have to be taken by land, and they will not be able to reach the capital in two or three months. And the road is expensive, and the miscellaneous road fees and taxes come down.

A bag of rice can be doubled or three times the price, not to mention these rare things?

Wen Du drunk and took the sea route, there are no checkpoints on the sea, there are not many taxes, so he naturally earns more, and most importantly, he has a familiar channel in his hand.

When you make money, you are naturally red-eyed. Meng Yan also knew that if he ate alone, he would definitely be attacked by a group.

When you don't have the ability to compete with these, you can only play with everyone.

The emperor must be indispensable.

Then there are the sons of the nobles, what princes, the princes' ......

It's a huge alliance of interests.

As for Wang Zhen and other eunuchs in Dongchang, Meng Yan would not have any cooperation with them.

Naturally, these people hated him to the core.

But there is no way, who let the emperor and Meng Yan be tied together. The emperor seems to be the majority shareholder.

Meng Yan has a lot of taxes to pay, but in fact, the taxes of Daming are not high. It's just that the layers of exploitation are too powerful.

The money is several times or even more than ten times more than the tax.

And Meng Yan is taking the sea route, and the checkpoints on these roads can only be sighed with admiration, is it possible that you still have the ability to set up checkpoints on the sea?

Besides, there is no road on the sea, and when I see you, I can go around and fight. The fleet is heavily armed.

The emperor made money, the palace was not worried, and the tax revenue of the court did not seem to be lost, and there was an increase.

Where can you find such a good thing?

The emperor trusted Meng Yan even more and wanted to reinstate him. But Meng Yan himself insisted on not accepting it.

The reason is very simple, I am still young, I need to precipitate, and if I am in the limelight, there will always be people who are jealous.

It's just a matter of making money by yourself.

The emperor said in private more than once that Meng Yan's Jinyi Wei was overkill, and his talent should go to the household department, and if he couldn't be a scholar, it would be more than enough to be a waiter.

It's just that Meng Yan has no fame, the emperor just has the heart, and he can't transfer him to the household department, the six departments and nine qing, which is the private land of civil officials.

The emperor was very satisfied with Meng Yan's practice of only loving money and not power, such officials, looking at it, there were few in the Ming Dynasty.

As for the little bit of lust, the emperor doesn't care even more, men, when they see beautiful women, how can they not like it.

It's that he is in the palace, in addition to the queen, doesn't there also have dozens of beautiful and moving concubines?

Among those old ministers, none of them have three wives and four concubines, and some of them are raising animals outside the outer room.

As long as you don't make trouble, who will take this kind of thing seriously?

Another year of heavy snowfall, Meng Yan has been in this era for more than a year, recalling the scene of the Tatar dead soldiers chasing and killing that day, there is really a feeling of being in a different world.

Although he is not considered to be powerful now, at least he has a rich life, a little authority, and the ability to protect himself.

A person from the future world, even if he is familiar with the life of this era, is still out of step with this world in some ways.

He will always stand at the height of this era, and if you look at this era, his integration is actually incomplete.

Even if he has a wife, children, some friendships and family ties that he can't give up in this world, family affection, etc.

"Have all the New Year's goods been sent?"

"Back to the adults, they have all been sent, some of the difficult ones at home, and they have also sent double copies, everyone says that the adults have you in Jinyiwei, which is everyone's blessing."

"Set up two porridge farms outside Chongwen Gate, and in addition, spend some money to buy some old cotton clothes and distribute them to those beggars outside the city, so that you can receive porridge at least twice a day, hoping that there will be fewer deaths this winter."

"My lord is really a living bodhisattva!"

"This official is not a bodhisattva, don't say it is set up by this official to the outside world, but say that the emperor is sympathetic to the people and makes us set up brocade clothes, understand?" Meng Yan reminded.

"Your Excellency, ...... you"

"Well, you can't see that the lord doesn't want the name, he really wants to reach out and save the beggars. What if the reputation of the adults is higher than that of the saints? Ma Weiran sighed and explained.

After being by Meng Yan's side for a long time, he became more and more attracted by Meng Yan's personality charm, not arrogant, not impatient, and not greedy for fame. He truly loves soldiers like sons and does things for the people wholeheartedly.

But such a good official is also struggling to survive, the ridicule and exclusion of some ministers in the court, the hostility from the harem, and the hatred of those who are blocked from making money and acting recklessly.

Even if Meng Yan was already very low-key, someone still secretly stumbled on him and made him bad. If it weren't for the emperor's trust, some courtiers in the court who still had a sense of conscience and justice would have taken care of them, I really don't know what the consequences would be.

"My lord, Mrs. Yingxue has arrived."

"Well, it's the New Year, and she should be back too, although she doesn't have a name. But this family has her part. Meng Yan nodded, starting from the twenty-third day of the lunar month. The imperial court began to take a holiday, and the atmosphere of the New Year became stronger and stronger.

This is the time for the family to reunite, even if Wang Yingxue is unwilling, at this time, she does not dare to disobey Meng Yan's intentions.

She knew that her little man was definitely not so easy to mess with. If you mess with him and hide to the ends of the earth, you will be caught.

Wang Yingxue named her daughter Meng Xue, the eldest of the Meng family, and then Guo Yuesheng's eldest son. Meng Yan doesn't know how to name names, so according to "benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith", the boss's name is Meng Ren.

Next, Xiaohui and Wen Xiaoyu, Xiaohui was earlier than Wen Xiaoyu, and on the night of Xuanfu, she was shot unexpectedly.

These two women are now staying at home, waiting to give birth at home, and it is estimated that after the Chinese New Year, if the words are followed, the Meng family will be imported again.

The two smaller ones are a little more than two months old, and the other is only a full moon not long ago, Wang Yingxue did not return to Meishan Villa, and lived in the old house of the Meng family, this time it was the first time to come to the new house of the Meng family. ”

She got out of the carriage with Meng Xue in her arms, and was a little surprised to see Meng Yan come to the door to pick her up, but also a little moved.

When she married Luo Yingqi, it was just when she was greeting, he went to pick him up in person, and later, he never saw him greet him at the door in person.

"Coming?" Meng Yan stepped forward to take over his infant daughter, looking at his father with a pair of big round eyes, he must be curious in his heart, is this man his father?

"Go, I'll show you the others, you'll always get to know them." Meng Yan took Wang Yingxue's hand and walked into the mansion.

This is a feeling that Wang Yingxue has never felt, being held by a man, and the heat from the palm of her hand once made her feel like she was in a dream, her heart was beating suddenly, and she had a feeling of returning to her girlhood.

The family had a reunion dinner, Meng Yan counted the population, not counting the two small ones, there were six people.

Counting the small ones and the unborn ones, the population of the Meng family suddenly reached double digits.

A family is prosperous, and that is a sign of prosperity.

"Son, Public Opinion Division, Master Qu Fengqu is here!" On the occasion of the family reunion, Shen Cong suddenly came in and said.

"You talk first, and I'll come when I go.

"Master Qu, congratulations!"

"Lord Meng, don't bury me, no matter how big the lower officials are, don't they listen to you the same?" Qu Feng smiled.

"Joke, joke, please take a seat, Shen Cong will make Master Qu a cup of hot tea."

"Master Meng, no need, the lower official just came to report a message, and he has to go back in a while, and the family is waiting."

Meng Yan nodded, this Chinese New Year is not a time to stay guests.

"Lord Meng, Guo Jing is dead, this is a quick report sent back from Nanjing by the Public Opinion Division." Qu Feng took out an envelope and handed it to Meng Yandao.

The envelope has already been opened, and there should be no second person except for Sai Xiaoyu.

Today's Jinyiwei Public Opinion Division, he is the actual controller, and a lot of news will be reported to Guo Nu only after he has passed through his hands.

Everyone in Jinyi knows that Nanya Zhenfu is just an ornament, and he is the real person in charge of Nanya.

"How did you die?"

"In the autumn, when he was swimming in the lake, he accidentally fell into the water, and the root of the disease fell, and in the winter, he did not accept the water and soil, so he became ill, and the disease did not get up."

"When did you die?"

"Three days ago, on the evening of the 26th day of the lunar month, the eunuch who served him found that he had not eaten dinner, and when he went to check, he had already lost his breath."

"I see, thank you Master Qu for coming in person."

"Master Meng, the official has resigned, and now the Dongchang side also knows the news, when I came, I saw that the Guo family was rushing to the Dongchang."

"Hmm!"

Guo Jing died, and it seemed that he died peacefully, but Meng Yan knew that it was not so simple, Guo Jing was not dead, and Wang Zhen was not at ease for a day.

You must know that the secret letter written by Guo Jing to Wang Zhen is still in his hands, if he does not die, the secret letter will be exposed in the future, and if he is confronted, Wang Zhen will not be able to escape.

And as soon as Guo Nu dies, there is no proof of death, even if he has the secret letter, he can't help him.

Who can prove that the secret letter was written by Guo Jing to Wang Zhen?

As long as you insist that the secret letter is forged and there is no witness, it is really not clear at all.

Wang Zhenneng has dragged on until now to get rid of Guo Jing's hidden danger, it must have taken a lot of thought, it is not easy to hide from Jinyiwei's eyes and make a natural death! (To be continued......)