It has been 10 days since Xing'an and Bai Minghe made an appointment to meet with officials at all levels in Guangdong.

During these 10 days, officials throughout Guangdong were nervous, uneasy, and happy.

When a prefect saw those near the yamen, he just put on a banner and said that he was Dongchang, but after he put on a posture of secretly monitoring Dongchang, he sat on top of the yamen and cried.

But his master persuaded on the side: "Master, it's always a good ending." Let's hurry up and write out that political outline, with the meaning of the students, most of the six counties in the two prefectures in our prefecture are plains, and there are many people who go out to work at the moment. It is better to take out some silver from the treasury and support the improvement of new farm tools, firstly, it is a political achievement, and secondly, I heard that there will be a reward. ”

"No!" The prefect wiped away his tears: "This is not enough, you go and gather people to come up with ideas, you need more practical ideas, and they can be valued by the political envoys." ”

"My lord, there's another idea that's a bit bold. Even if you borrow money from your boss and give three or five looms to each village, you can also increase the income of the people, and you can take four cents of the tax in this sack house for sales. However, according to the situation of our government, I am afraid that we will have to invest more money to build roads, which requires a long-term plan. The master mentioned again.

"It's done, it's going to be done right away."

Weaving linen cloth is a good revenue, linen cloth is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, the current lack of materials in the Ming Dynasty, even the ninth-class linen can also be sold. Even if ordinary wealthy people don't want it, it can be shipped to Liaodong, Gansu, and even more remote places, and there is a market.

Linen cloth is a good thing, it can be said that Guangdong from the political envoys to the most ordinary people know about linen.

A fleet of boats carrying fine twine is lining up at the Humen Wharf in Guangzhou to enter the port.

The two big men were sitting on this boat, they were originally on the boat that Bai Minghe was slaving in Daningweila, but these ships did not go directly to Guangzhou, unless Yu Qian insisted on it.

And Yu Qian heard that the ship was going directly to Little Luzon. Now it takes a lot of characters to open a gold mine, so I changed ships in Fuzhou.

The ship from Fuzhou is a team pulling fine twine, and the labor here in Guangdong is already very nervous, and even if this kind of rude white crane stays in Guangdong, there is not enough manpower to use it. What's more, a huge yarn mill with 1,500 spinning machines has been built there in Fuzhou. The cost is also much lower than in Guangdong.

First of all, Guangzhou can't carve out such a large piece of land at all.

"Two adults, there's a flag over there. Half an hour later, our fleet entered the No. 7 pier in Humen. Now I am going to send a small boat to enter the port first, and inform the Guangzhou side to send someone to pick up the two adults. It's just that I don't know if the two adults will go to Guangzhou City first, or Chunhui Garden first. ”

"Chunhui Garden?" Yu Qian asked.

"Yes, the top ten merchants, the three divisions of Guangdong, as well as the head of the line and the market have all built yards around Chunhui Garden. The Xiaobai family in the side garden of Chunhui Garden lives there, and several inner gardens under the main garden have been renovated, and the distinguished guests who come and go here will live there, and the last time Xia Guan came here. I heard that Wei Guogong of Nanjing lived in this garden. The hundred households who led the team told Yu Qian what they knew.

Hu Hu also asked on the side: "What about Yang Dudu and Jiebu Political Envoy?" ”

"The Yamen is still in Guangzhou City, and it will go to Chunhui Garden every Friday. However, whether there is any change, the lower officials do not know. ”

Yu Qian and Hu Hu glanced at each other, and nodded at the same time: "Go to Chunhui Garden." ”

From Humen to get off the big boat, change to a small boat, and then to Chunhui Garden from the Shawan waterway, there are 150 miles of waterway. It's not far, but it's ......

Yu Qian sat on the official boat. This side is just a small flag.

"My behold, two lords, the officials of the Governor and the Judge are now working for six or seven hours a day. Some of the yamen were too busy for eight hours, and they really couldn't spare the manpower to accompany the two adults, and if one person was drawn, the merchants might have to wait for three more days. ”

"It's all for the public, and the officials don't care about such trivial matters!" Yu Qian is generous.

Hu Hu asked: "Then why don't you recruit some officials?" ”

"Back to the adult, the villain is just a small flag in charge of the security of the dock in Humen. I only know the things in my own right.,The adults ask the villain only heard.,Don't blame the adults if they say the wrong thing.。 ”

"It's just small talk, how can you blame it!" Hu Hu's tone was relaxed.

Na Xiaoqi organized the language in his heart and replied: "I heard that all the people above the whole Guangdong have been recruited, and Xiucai, who is over forty years old, has also been recruited. But the villain didn't see those civil officials idle, and seemed to be busier. The small one also heard a rumor, this is not that the small one is talking about small things, but that there is a shortage of manpower. ”

Yu Qian smiled: "It seems that this rumor is very scary." ”

"It's scary, but it's true. The people all said that Lord Bai was a good official, because Lord Bai made those who knew how to learn arithmetic be good and specialize in arithmetic. Responsible for accounting, so that it can save 500 scribes in Guangzhou, and can be called in other places, and I also heard that the old scholar also went to Chunhui Garden in person to praise Lord Bai for his education. ”

Tricks are different from prostitutes.

One is an artistic career, which sells smiles, music, singing and dancing. The latter is the skin and meat business, which is qualitatively different. And Daming's teaching workshop is not a Qinglou, whether there is further contact, only the trickster is in charge, and there will be no such thing as selling red pills at a high price like Qinglou.

Hu Hu smiled: "It seems that the white crane is really not small, this manpower is not enough, but unfortunately there are dozens of Jinshi and others in the capital, and the entire Ming Dynasty still has an unknown number of people waiting for the big exam." ”

Yu Qian didn't answer, but pointed ahead.

The waterway began to become crowded, and an eight-oared fast boat with the flag of the Ming Guangdong Dusi Waterway Inspectorate was shuttling across the waterway, and an arrow with a rope behind it suddenly shot out of the boat and nailed to a merchant ship.

"My lord, that's the Marine Police, who warns the boats on the water. Please see, my lord, every merchant ship has a white paint number written on it. That should be the ship of the Longsheng Firm, they may be fined three taels of silver this time, and there are rules in the waterway, all of them keep to the right. He was on the way up, and went down the way. ”

Listening to this little flag's explanation, Yu Qian also saw the owner of the boat over there making a series of moves on the bow of the boat, then took off the arrow and pressed his handprint on it, and tore off half of the paper, and put the other half back into the bamboo tube on the arrow.

The Marine Police boat pulled the rope and the arrow was retracted.

A sergeant in a small flag uniform scolded with a bamboo horn: "Your boat has broken its rules three times this month." One more time, and you won't be able to enter the waterway for a month. ”

I couldn't hear the ship's owner speak, but I saw a lot of noise.

"There are no rules, there is no square garden. There are so many boats on this waterway that there are no rules that will not be out of order. Excellent! Hu Hu praised it.

Xiaoqi said again beside him: "Boss, what you said is extremely true, Guangdong now has many rules." On land, even the carriage must walk according to the rules, and the parking must also be in the place where it is pointed, who dares to stop in the way on the street, but what about the fine of 100 yuan, the last time the small one went to the yamen to hand over an errand, he was a little anxious, and tied the horse to the tree on the side of the street casually, not only paid 100 yuan, but also was recorded twice on the board. ”

Yu Qian pointed to the boat in front of him: "Catch up." ”

The ship of the Nalongsheng Merchant also slowed down a little when it saw that a military clipper was catching up.

As soon as the two boats approached, pull the hook and add the board. With the help of the two sergeants, Hu Hu arrived on the other party's boat first, Yu Qian was only fifty years old, and his skills were not bad, so he walked over by himself.

"You were fined a tael of silver just now?" Yu Qian was as friendly as possible.

But the owner of the ship was on guard.

"Don't be afraid, we're just asking, just small talk. The two of us came from Beijing, and this was the first day we arrived in Guangdong. ”

The owner of the boat understood, and first replied cautiously: "It's two taels of silver, because the little one has made three mistakes in a row this month, and he almost hit the boat that came down just now, and it's the villain's fault." At this point, the boat's voice raised a little, and the speed of his speech doubled: "However, this is all the fault of the villain, and the villain admits punishment." The fine money on this river is publicized every month in front of the yamen of the city capital of Guangzhou, and it will be used to repair the river. All the adults in Guangdong are good adults, sympathetic to the people, and for the sake of us and other businessmen, they often can't even eat a hot meal at noon. ”

"Is this what you mean?" Hu Hu asked with a smile.

"Absolutely sincere, the villain dares to swear to God. If the adults don't believe it, you can follow the villain to get the goods once and you can see it clearly. At noon this day, the lord was holding a burrito in one hand while he was still checking the goods. ”

"Believe you!" Hu Hu smiled and nodded. "What kind of business do you do?"

"Our Longsheng was originally in the silk business, but now we are in the linen business. The small one is responsible for the weaving households in the counties and villages on the south bank of Zhaoqing Prefecture, and the small one has two hundred and sixty loads of yarn, which is only enough for five days. The owner of the ship said about his business, and there was a clear look of excitement on his face.

Listening to his explanation, he is just the big shopkeeper of a big business in charge of a certain area.

"This official Yu Qian." Yu Qian introduced himself, obviously preparing to ask some very strict and important questions.

Who would have thought, as soon as the shipowner heard the word Yu Qian, his eyes lit up, and he immediately knelt down: "Kowtow to Lord Yu, Lord Yu, you are the backbone of our Daming!" Yu Qian didn't dare to put himself so high, and immediately introduced Hu Hu beside him: "This is Hu Hu Hu." ”

"Kowtow to Lord Hu, you are an old man of the Four Dynasties, and I heard your grandfather talk about your old exploits."

If he is really a businessman, he is very good at talking. Hu Hu just smiled.

Yu Qian's tone slowed down: "The white crane is still young, and it is also my Yu Qian's old friend." When I came to Guangdong this time, I was worried that things would be too big on his side, and he was also a little anxious. I am afraid that there will be any instability, so I specially invited Hu Lao to check the young people, and we also care about the voices of the people. ”

"You always have to ask Lord Bai, Xiaomin only has one word, that is, good!"

"Okay? How is a good one? Yu Qian asked with a smile.

"I don't dare to say that the whole of Guangdong, that is, five hundred miles southeast and northwest of Guangzhou, there is no immortal tablet of Lord Bai. Whoever doesn't have more than 10 stone of grain in his house, who dares to say that he can't eat five meals of meat a month, can only say that this family is a lazy person! (To be continued......)