The boat was about to dock, and the boatman had informed all the passengers to start packing their belongings, and also informed the boatmen that the boat would not dock again until it arrived in Lancheng.

The month-long trip was finally coming to an end, and the people who had been traveling for a long time were very happy to hear the news.

Bai Heran was also happy, she had been on guard for thirty days, and she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. But it was only for the time being, because Lancheng would be much closer to Gobu when he came ashore, and the activities of Gobu's secret whistle would be more frequent and rampant.

Of course, it is not in Lancheng that is really rampant, but in Ningzhou Mansion, which is further northwest of Lancheng, and further afield, it is the copper city next to Gebu and Luo Ye. Their way was to go ashore in Lancheng, change to the land route from Lancheng through Ningzhou Mansion, arrive at Tongcheng, and finally leave the border from Tongcheng and enter the territory of Gebu.

In the evening, after eating, people gathered on the deck to chat, chatting and chatting about the copper city.

Someone said: "Tongcheng Mansion Yin took a new concubine a few months ago, it is said that she is a peerless beauty, so beautiful that the Tongcheng prefect was fascinated by just one glance, and decided to include it in the mansion on the spot." Originally, this was nothing, my fair lady gentleman! But it is said that after the concubine entered the house, the prefect of Tongcheng was fascinated by the concubine, he listened to what the concubine said, and he did whatever he was asked to do, and he had no opinion of his own at all, and even when the trial was halfway through the trial, he had to go back to the back house to ask the concubine whether this case should be tried like this. If the concubine nodded, he continued to interrogate, and if the concubine shook her head, he asked for advice on how to interrogate. ”

Some people who are also from Tongcheng nodded when they heard this, and they all said that this was indeed the case, and they had also heard about it. Because the prefect Kang never shy away from others when he listened to the words of the concubine, he made everyone know.

Another person said: "It's not really okay to be afraid of your daughter-in-law, if the concubine thinks about Tongcheng and her man, then Lord Kang will be obedient." But I always feel that some things are not quite right, such as the relationship between Tongcheng and Gebu. In the past, although there were also contacts between the two sides, for example, the merchants who had prepared files could be released, or they could be allowed to walk and operate in Tongcheng. All of this is in accordance with the laws and regulations of the country, and there is nothing wrong with that. But since that concubine entered the mansion, the Kang Governor's Mansion was as if he had fallen into an evil spirit, and suddenly opened up his trade to Gebu. Now the Gebu people who come and go to the copper city no longer have to check their identities as strictly as before, and they don't even have to go to the government to prepare files, and they are even exempted from the two taels of silver they paid when they enter the city. ”

"And the Gobu people married the women of the Copper City!" The person on the side answered, "When I left Tongcheng, I heard someone joking that I don't dare to talk to people casually when walking on the street now, because you don't know if the person standing in front of you is a Dongqin person or a Gebu person." It is estimated that it will become more rampant now, and if it continues like this, the copper city will be occupied by Gobu. ”

Someone retorted: "You are too wicked, it has only been a few months, and you can get to that point?" I haven't been to Tongcheng yet, this time I'm accompanying my dad to relatives, and I don't dare to go when you say that. ”

The man slapped his thigh at the time: "Don't say that I said it evilly, it's just a few months, I'll do it...... I've been back and forth this time, plus I've lived in Zhangjia Town for a month, well, it's been more than three months! In just over three months, there may be a big change. Because when I left Tongcheng, the prefect had only accepted concubines for a month, so you can imagine how fast the changes were. ”

"That's a big change in a month? Then isn't the copper city going to turn the sky upside down in the three months you have been out? ”

"Who knows! But this is not entirely a bad thing, Gebu produces beautiful women, and the beauties of Gebu look different from our Dongqin, all of them have deep eyebrows, big eyes and high noses, and they all have double eyelids. So I wondered, maybe I could marry a Gebu daughter-in-law when I went back, and then the children born in the future would be good-looking! ”

Hearing him say this, people began to joke again, and at the same time talked more about the appearance of the Gebu people, and they all wanted to ask for something new, either to marry a Gobu woman, or to marry their daughter to Gobu.

Bai Heran was also accompanied by Mo Yu to stand on the deck and listen, the more she listened, the tighter her eyebrows became, and there were also women among the people who spoke, and there happened to be people standing beside her, so she asked: "Is the concubine married by the prefect also from Gebu?" ”

The people who heard this shook their heads in unison, "No, many people have seen it on the day of the wedding, it shouldn't be a Gebu person, and it's our Dongqin woman, or the Central Plains looks, it's really beautiful." ”

"No, I've never seen such a good-looking girl in most of my life, it's so good-looking."

People's topic was pulled to the appearance of the concubine again, and Bai Heran didn't say anything more,

Mo whispered: "Could it be just a coincidence to marry that concubine?" After all, no one has evidence to say that the matter of opening up to Gebu was the idea of the little concubine, and the little concubine is from the Central Plains, so there is no reason to mix this kind of thing? ”

Bai Heran didn't think so: "How can there be so many coincidences in the world, and Tongcheng has never heard of changing the prefect, since it has always been the prefect, why didn't this kind of thing happen before, but it happened after having that concubine?" ”

"If Miss's guess is right, then why did the concubine do this?" "It's understandable to open up trade, and it's understandable to allow intermarriage, but it's wrong to open trade to such an extent that intermarriage is so open that the streets are full of Gobu." Why do you always feel that this is to be slowly assimilated, and if you continue like this, after a few years, the copper city will be the world of the Gebu people, which is much more than fighting a battle. ”

Mo Yu said that his back was cold, and he suddenly realized that he might have guessed a big conspiracy.

Hakuzuru cast an approving glance at her, proving once again that Moyu's guess was correct.

That's right, it is assimilation, through exchanges and intermarriage to achieve the homogenization of the two countries, this is only the initial purpose, in the long run, the consequences will develop like Qingzhou and Tanglanguo, the two countries intermarry, Tongcheng will have more and more Gebu sons-in-law, the same, Gebu will also marry more and more Tongcheng daughters-in-law, give birth to more and more common children.

Where is there still a need for war, as long as it continues to develop like this, at most ten years, Tongcheng and Gebu will no longer be separated from each other.

This is a very terrible phenomenon, and the most terrible thing is that this phenomenon is still deliberately done by people, and it is not the result of the development of the times like Qingcheng and Tang Lan. And Gebu is not Tang Lan, Gebu is ambitious and has already taken action, so it is impossible for Dongqin and Gebu to be friends. This kind of openness and intermarriage is an extremely dangerous signal for Eastern Qin, and it must be stopped quickly, otherwise it will spread out of Tongcheng like a plague, and the scope will expand more and more.

People's talk about Tongcheng has always revolved around the concubine of the prefect of Tongcheng, but no one knows where the concubine came from or why they have never heard of such a beautiful girl before.

At this time, someone interjected again, it was a woman holding a half-grown child, she said: "Tongcheng belongs to Ningzhou Mansion, and I don't know what happened over there, but when it comes to Concubine Namei, I think of the Lord Yin Wei of our Lancheng Prefecture." Coincidentally, Lord Wei also took on a new concubine a few months ago, and it is said that she is also as beautiful as a fairy. In the end, he is powerful, in his early forties, and he can still accept a beautiful concubine who is less than twenty. The woman shook her head as she spoke.

As soon as she mentioned this, the Lancheng people who chatted with her came to the upsurge, and they all said that they also knew about this matter, and some people added in detail: "Lord Wei's new concubine entered the mansion, and it was more beautiful than marrying the lady of the main room, and it was directly carried into the mansion by eight sedan chairs, and the guests were also feasted for three days. ”

"Not only is it a big banquet on the day of the concubine, since the new concubine enters the house, the Wei Mansion will have a banquet every three days or two days. There are all kinds of reasons for holding a banquet, for example, if the beauty is in a good mood today, she wants to hold a banquet, and for example, if the beauty is in a bad mood today, she will also have a banquet. There are also flowers that the beauties like have bloomed, and there is a banquet, and the cat that the beauties like gives birth to kittens, and they also have to set up a feast. In short, all kinds of banquets are related to beauties, and all kinds of banquets must be feasted in all directions, at least the gentlemen and nobles in the Lancheng realm must be present, and they have to give gifts and silver when they are present. ”

"I've heard about that, too." Another person was sucked into the resonance, he said, "Where is the banquet, it is simply to collect money, those gentry and tycoon complained about this, but there is no way, unless they do not do the business of Lancheng, otherwise they can only pledge." ”

"That's right, it's called donation, this is what the gentlemen who were forced to give out the money said in private, they all said that they were donating coffin books to Lord Wei, when the donation was enough, Lord Wei closed his eyes and kicked his legs, and it was smoke."

Someone asked Bai Heran: "Auntie, you are also from Lancheng, have you heard of this?" ”

Bai Heran shook his head, "My family is from the county, and I don't usually go to the city, so I really haven't heard of it." ”

"Yo, then you don't see a lot of excitement, then Lord Wei almost sold all the land in Lancheng."

"Why is that?" Some people were curious, "Is Lord Wei very short of silver?" ”

"I don't know." People shook their heads, "But there should be no shortage of shortage, it's Lancheng Mansion Yin, how can there be a shortage of silver." But who can be afraid of more money? Of course, the more the merrier. Alas, I came out a year ago, and I don't know how Lancheng is doing now,"

Some people who went to Lanzhou to visit relatives from other places did not understand: "Doesn't the imperial court care about such a wealth accumulation?" ”

Those who heard this sighed collectively......