"Hehe, I saw it, it was a good time." The grandson had fun, when the grandfather's mood was naturally good, Lin Baoliang smiled and praised, after getting the praise, Lin Zicong was more interested, and lost more than ten stones in a row, lost more times, and mastered the skills more and more proficiently, and the stones jumped more and more times on the water, the highest of which actually reached seven times, almost from the pond to the pond, attracting everyone's loud applause, Lin Zicong was even more excited to jump, shouting, but he threw more than ten stones in a row, Every time I tried my best seriously, the child was tired enough, rubbing his sore right arm, and there was no way to continue for the time being.

Tired of playing, two children also came to the pavilion to rest, children do not like to drink tea, the next people have already prepared sour plum soup, after the sour plum soup is boiled, it is calmed with well water, drink into the mouth sweet and sour and cool silk, quench thirst and refreshing, it is the best drink in this season.

"Zicong, I heard that your learning attitude when you were in the chess academy was not very good, you can get by with your studies, and you are so-so when you play chess, is it true?" Lin Qingxuan asked with a smile.

"Uh, who did you listen to? Of course it's not true", Lin Zicong was stunned for a moment, and then denied it as a matter of course, but when he turned his eyes, he saw the dean and school supervisor sitting next to him, and his heart suddenly had no bottom, and his voice couldn't help but lower.

"Hehe, Tiantian, is he telling the truth?" Seeing such a reaction, Lin Qingxuan couldn't guess what the situation was? Asking such a question at such a time was more of a joke than a reproach, and he was not too serious, so he turned to Tan Xiaotian with a smile and asked.

"Ah, that, when the fake is true, it's also false, and sometimes it's not, Uncle Lin, guess?" Answer truthfully. I'm sorry for my friends, I told lies to cover up, and I didn't conform to the principle of dealing with people, so I was in a dilemma, my eyes rolled, I thought about it, and I resorted to the Dafa of Vacating and Shifting, and I returned the problem to Lin Qingxuan.

"Hehe, little guy, it's quite thoughtful." I didn't expect Tan Xiaotian to transfer the problem to himself again. Lin Qingxuan was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile.

"Hehe, that's right, how can you play chess so well without heart." Lin Baoliang is very happy, the person he values, isn't this kind of performance deserved?

"Haha, what my father said is that he can resolve such questions at a young age, and the word smart is well deserved. With such a brain, even if you don't learn Go, you will definitely be the dragon and phoenix among people when you grow up, whether you are in business or in business. can make a career. Lin Qingxuan agreed.

Hearing Lin Qingxuan's words, the two brothers Zheng Jigong and Zheng Jifu looked at each other and smiled-if the other party's words made their old father hear it, he would be very happy, wasn't his old man fighting such an idea? In order to make an ignorant little girl happy, exposing a chess boy who should have been hidden for two years in advance is obviously not conducive to cultivating Tan Xiaotian into a top chess player. Being famous as a teenager is not necessarily a good thing, just like the famous "Hurt Zhongyong" tells about, fame comes. All kinds of things followed, the so-called people in the rivers and lakes, can't help it, how much energy and time will be spent on the study of chess skills at that time? Such a decision came from the mouth of the old man who loved his own life, and it was indeed difficult to understand at first, but after careful analysis, the two brothers finally found a reason that made sense.

- No matter how high Tan Xiaotian's chess talent is, what flows on his body is not the blood of the Zheng family after all, even if it is possible to join the Zheng family in the future, after all, it is a little worse than his in-laws, from the bottom of his heart, from the perspective of shining the lintel of the Zheng family, Zheng Xinyi still expects the children of the Zheng family to be able to take up the burden of revitalizing the Zheng family, right? On the one hand, he used this opportunity to imprint the Zheng family's brand on Tan Xiaotian's body, so that other families could no longer play the idea of children, and on the other hand, strengthen the relationship with the royal family, so that Tan Xiaotian had the opportunity to perform in front of the emperor, and when the child grew up, it was possible to be directly crowned by the emperor and become the help of the Zheng family in the court, compared to making Tan Xiaotian a top chess player, Perhaps such an arrangement is more beneficial to the interests of the Zheng family?

"Hehe, by the way, every day, this time you go to the capital, can you help do something for Grandpa Lin?" Lin Baoliang asked with a smile.

"Ah, what can I do?" Tan Xiaotian was stunned when he heard this, he was just an eight-year-old child, he couldn't even take care of himself, and he was even more unfamiliar with life in the capital, and he didn't even know anyone, what could he do for Grandpa Lin?

"Hehe, I have a letter, can you help me deliver it to the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Lin Baoliang asked with a smile.

"Prime Minister's Mansion?" Tan Xiaotian was completely confused, where did he know what the prime minister was and where was the prime minister's mansion? His eyes involuntarily turned to Zheng Jigong, wanting to get a hint from Dean Zheng.

"Heh, Lin Lao, do you know Prime Minister Zhang of the current dynasty?" Of course, Zheng Jigong has to ask about this kind of thing, when the prime minister Zhang Bainian is an old minister who has gone through two dynasties, he has been in charge of the Zaifu for more than 20 years, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, six or seven out of ten are either his protégés or his juniors, which can be called the power of the government and the opposition, no one can match, the Zheng family has been operating in the capital for many years, and his father knows Zhang Bainian, but the relationship is general, far from being close. When he was the prime minister, how noble his status was, if he didn't have a considerable friendship, would anyone dare to write a letter?

"Hehe, yes, thirty years ago, when Prime Minister Zhang had just served as the envoy of the two Huai salt transports, in charge of the two Huai salt transport taxes, during which the Huns invaded the border, the border pass was urgent, and the soldiers and horses were in urgent need of reinforcements, the so-called soldiers and horses were not moved, the grain and grass went first, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses went out to fight, the grain and grass were heavy, weapons and armor, and the cost was more than one million, although the Great Zhou Dynasty had been smooth for several years, and the treasury was full, it was inevitable that the left and right would be clumsy for a while, Gu Dong could not take care of the west, most of the funds were used for war campaigns, and there was a vacancy in other expenditures, so the court decreed, To raise the large salt tax, in order to make up for the lack of the national treasury, but at that time the salt tax standard has been implemented for more than 20 years, suddenly changed, how could the salt merchants be willing to accept, so they used all kinds of means, or delay or concealment, try their best to evade taxes, although Prime Minister Zhang is shrewd and capable, but after all, he has just taken over the salt transportation tax, and he does not know much about this matter, and he can't fight those scheming profiteers, and the tax collection is not going well. Taking a sip of tea, Lin Baoliang spoke slowly and leisurely. (To be continued......)