"Why didn't you tell Xiaoguang about this?" After coming back to his senses, he asked.

"He's been guarding you like a baby, how can I have time to talk to him." Xuhai took a sip of tea, and then frowned, probably thinking that the tea was not good, "Moreover, he has great ambitions in his 'chest', and now he is told that he will inevitably be impetuous, and I am afraid that he will not be able to do even the current coastal defense." Senior sister, you'd better not mention anything, it's best to make everything fall into place. ”

Ruchu nodded, although she felt that it was good not to have any secrets between lovers, but after experiencing these recent events, she has matured a lot and understood that there is no absolute right or wrong in many things, and sometimes it takes a slow, a step back, or even a loss to really solve the problem.

And now that she is completely well, she should go to Dengzhou Coastal Defense with Xuhai as planned to go to the "micro-service 'private' visit" to prepare for his future national hero's road. People say that there must be a good 'woman' behind a good man, so she should be a good 'woman' behind her first.

Three days later, she and Xuhai arrived at their destination.

Actually, she didn't have to 'spend' so much time, but she first took a detour to the big town with the Qingshan semicolon, wrote a letter to inform her father that everything was fine, and then came out with some silver, and also contacted the shopkeeper of this semicolon to be careful, in case something happened, her mother's side could have support.

"What is the most important thing about crossing? It's a good dad! She sighed again.

"Couldn't agree more." Xuhai replied, remembering his father. Ruchu's life secrets were told to him, and he felt magical and a little ashamed at the same time, because his secrets were not fully told to Ruchu. Perhaps, let's find a chance in the future.

"In fact, the coastal defense here is not much desolate, although it is indeed not as prosperous and lively as Tianjin Wei, but Xiaoguang is exaggerating." Looking at the small town named "Fu 'Spring'" in front of him, he commented as before.

Fu 'Chun' is said to be a "small town", but it is actually quite not small, and the population is also large, far better than Luqiao Town. However, probably because of the Japanese plague on the Shandong Peninsula, the town of Fu 'Chun' is far away from the coastal defense post where the army is stationed, about a day's more than a day's foot, unlike the Tianjin Guardhouse, which is near the Haihe River wharf, and the desolation in Qi Jiguang's mouth may refer to this.

Between the town of Fu 'Chun' and the coastal defense, there are several fortresses garrisoned by the tun army, and the villages and towns where fishermen live are scattered with each other, and behind it is a large area of relatively densely populated hinterland, which can be regarded as a 'cross' hub, so it is the most lively place within a radius of several hundred miles. However, the town is seriously polarized, the rich and the poor are extremely uneven, the west of the town is full of restaurants, rich and prosperous, no matter what you buy, you have to sell, including buying drunk, laughing, buying bad luck (especially gambling), and the east of the town is a slum, according to inquiry, the people in the east of the town are mostly poor miners from nearby mines, and it is good for a large family to have enough to eat every day. When I first walked through the east of the town, I often saw children in ragged clothes and old people with withered shapes, and even dogs were skinny, and my heart was very uncomfortable for a while.

Crossing into the temple enshrined by the good man and the 'woman', there is a rich and 'female' obsessed father, who teaches in the royal health school, although he knows a few poor students, but they are all from official families, so she came to the Ming Dynasty for two years, but she didn't really see the poor peasants, until this moment.

"Who is in charge of Fu 'Spring' Town?" She asked very angrily, thinking that if the magistrate allowed his subordinates to do this, he would definitely be killed.

"This side is still the boundary of Haiphong, it should be under the jurisdiction of Weili, and to the west of the town is the subordinate jurisdiction of the local government." Xuhai replied slowly, "It seems that Xiaoguang's burden is not light, in my opinion, the officials here have reached the point where they must be cleaned up." ”

"I will be a good pawn for him, and I will see everything clearly and clearly, so that he can be ruthless." As soon as he shook his fist, because he had something serious to do, the worry about marriage in his heart faded, "Let's find an inn to live in first, and observe how the situation is?" Now that you're my brother, let me know how to make money, and I don't have to change my fate, right? She muttered.

They are here to change their appearance, Ruchu and Yae are still men's clothes, and Xuhai is pretending to be a man in the world, a handsome and beautiful son of the turbid world. To the outside world, they claimed to be their own brothers, people from Jinling, who took the little scholar Yae out to study a month ago, passing through here.

Along the way, such as the beginning of the handsome, the void sea demon, this pair of "brothers" do not know how many murders of the 'female' heart, and now to the relatively open folk customs of the rich 'spring' town is still like this, everywhere you go is eye-catching. Ru was more troubled by this, because it limited the possibility of her unannounced visit, but if it was a high-profile disguise, it was indeed very suitable.

"The little monk is also practicing from his junior sister." Xuhai said seriously, "Just find a place where the illusion of red dust is the most ethereal, and then go to the wine 'meat' to pass through the intestines, and then go to the most filthy place to scatter some wealth, and ensure that you can find a lot of good news." ”

As expected, in the past two days, the two of them "brothers" lived in the best inn, went to the best restaurant, and occasionally went to the casino to gamble for pleasure, and really heard a lot of things.

Originally, the financial source of the coastal defense was nothing other than the sealed tuntian fields and a few fishing products, but the high-ranking officers in the guard station all had 'private' business in the town of Fu'chun, and the fifth-grade or higher actually had dividends similar to equity in the nearby mines.

Listening to Xuhai's explanation, I learned that in this era, 'private' people were not allowed to mine, and the imperial court sealed the tunnel of the mine and took care of it by the local government. However, the profits from the minerals are extremely lucrative, and some of the "traitors" have taken risks and opened mines 'privately', just like the current 'private' small coal mines, the imperial court has repeatedly banned them, and taxes have not been collected, and there are frequent armed fights between the mine owners because of mine theft, and the casualties are serious, and the government cannot control it at all.

Later, a minister wrote that the imperial court opened up the mining rights, which was called "Bao Cai". Local governments or 'private' people can apply for mining and pay a certain amount of silver every year, Zhejiang is more than 40,000 taels a year, Fujian is more than 20,000 taels a year, Shandong and Fujian are about the same. However, the imperial court was not at ease with delegating all the mining rights, and sent mine supervisors in various places.

Strange to say, these mine supervisors are all eunuchs. The eunuch held an important position, which was also the special 'color' of the Ming Dynasty. At present, I heard that the mine supervisor sent to Shandong has died of illness, and the new mine supervisor sent by the imperial court has not yet arrived.

"Good deal." Ruchu said to Xuhai 'privately', his eyes flashed blue with excitement, "If the coastal defense can take over this business, wouldn't it be a way to make money?" If Weili can be self-sufficient, the soldiers will not be forced to run away by life, and Xiaoguang will also have the money to bribe the upper line to form a new army. ”

"It's not as easy as you think." Xuhai said with a smile, "Let's not say that this package of mining rights is not easy to get, let's just talk about you, it is strange to be able to say the word bribery so justifiably." ”

"The end always justifies the means. If you want to protect your family and defend the country, sometimes you have to pretend to be a villain, and even insult yourself. Ruchu smiled, "This is called adapting to the environment, Xiaoguang can't do it, my conscience is very elastic." ”