Lu Zichuan rushed into Xijing City at this moment, of course, he did not come alone, but arrived in Xijing with Hu Wenjing, the Taishou of Hai'an Prefecture, and they brought twenty carts full of Yuedi tribute.

Yue Di to Chu for more than a year, in fact, no one expects Yue Di to pay tribute to Xijing, that broken place, it would be good if you didn't want to post it upside down, not to mention that when Ling Han ascended the throne, in order to stabilize the people of Yuedi, a lot of measures were taken, in addition to letting Mrs. Yue Guo and Princess Han return to Yue Di to preside over the overall situation, but also exempted Yue Di from paying tribute for three years, so at the beginning of the year, Mrs. Yue Guo went to the table, saying that Yue Di had prepared some gifts to be dedicated to the Emperor of Western Chu, and at the same time there were twenty carts of tribute, and the West Chu Dynasty was full of people, no one took it seriously, and even some people were secretly laughing, said that Mrs. Yue Guo was a swollen face and a fat man, and she clearly said that she would send tribute, not something worthless, and then give a return gift from Xijing to subsidize Yuedi.

So when Yuedi's tribute car was really pulled into Xijing, many people felt that Mrs. Yueguo was adding to the chaos, knowing that Xichu was already in a mess at this time, and the military budget didn't know where to move it from, how could there be money and grain to subsidize Yuedi, and even some people watched the wheels creak on the mud to press out deep car marks, not without malicious guesses, Mrs. Yueguo should not have dug twenty carts of stones directly from the mountains to send it, anyway, the more mountainous Yuedi, the most important thing is wood and stone, just wood made the car, The stone became a tribute.

With this kind of thinking, the treatment of Hu Wenjing and his party can be imagined, first they were thrown in the post house and ignored for three days and no one paid attention to them, and then Lu Zichuan reported Gu Fengxun's name, which was a bit courteous, and then Hu Wenjing asked Jin to see the excerpt of tribute, and after a few days late, it was finally placed in front of Han Cha.

Han Cha didn't do it at first, and when the people below told him that among the people from Yuedi, there was a young man who claimed to be Qin Sikong's nephew and respected Gu Fengxun as his brother, which aroused his interest, and he planned to take time out of his busy schedule to meet, and then sent someone to inspect the twenty carts of tribute in Yuedi, and he had to see what it was first, if it was really a rotten street product, he presented this fold to the emperor again, it was simply a joke.

The person sent was not interested, and dragged it until dusk, and then crawled back to Ling Yin's mansion, this time happened to be when Han Cha finally took the time to meet Lu Zichuan, and the young man had just made a serious ancient salute to Han Cha, when he saw the man stumbling in, and said in a loud voice: "Ling, Lord Lingyin...... The twenty, ten, and ten carts of tribute and tribute are ...... Yes yes yes ......"

What is it? The latter words were stuck in his throat and couldn't be spoken, so anxious that the man was about to cry.

Lu Zichuan stared at him for a while, and saw that he was so anxious that his face was red and his neck was indescribable, and he was afraid that he would suffocate himself to death, so he kindly said on his behalf: "It's gold." ”

Only then did the man feel a breath in his throat reaching up to the sky and down to the ground, and nodded and said, "Yes, it's gold, a whole twenty cars." "The pure red gold almost didn't blind his dog's eyes.

Rao is Han Cha City Mansion was deep, and he was also taken aback, gold? And a full twenty cars? What is this concept? You know, the car that transports the tribute, is not a wheelbarrow, a car can be loaded with at least five feet square wooden box sixteen, if a box of gold in a thousand taels, these twenty cars at least there are 30,000 gold, since the beginning of the war, gold is more and more expensive, silver is more and more cheap, the original official exchange rate is one tael of gold for forty taels of silver, and the black market price is for fifty taels of silver, now the official exchange price is almost with the black market price, the black market price is naturally higher, even if only the official exchange price is calculated, These 30,000 gold are equivalent to 1,500,000 taels of silver.

This is already equivalent to the sum of the taxes of the three states and counties of Western Chu in a year. How is it possible to cross the ground in a mere way?

"Is there really twenty carts of gold? Where did it come from? ”

Han Cha's previous question was about the person who went to check the tribute, and the latter sentence was naturally asked about Lu Zichuan, although the latter was just a teenager, he was obviously an insider.

The man nodded vigorously, until now he still couldn't come back to his senses, twenty carts of tribute, all gold, piled up in the open space behind the post house, covered with a few pieces of oilcloth at will, oh my God, what if someone has a black heart? No, this gold must be put into the warehouse as soon as possible, with this gold, Xi Chu's current predicament can be solved at least half.

"Lord Ling Yin, that gold can't just be put out like this, you quickly notify the people of the household tax department to take over......"

Han Cha sighed and shouted, "Calm down! ”

The man was stunned, and Han Cha waved his hand and said, "You go down first, calm down and then come over to talk." ”

This person is also an auxiliary officer who has been trained by Han Cha's side for many years, and he has always been stable and reliable, but he didn't expect that there would be such a gaffe, it was better to be calm than the young man standing next to him, Han Cha couldn't help but sigh again and again, none of the people around Qin Sikong were simple.

The man finally came to his senses and retired with a face full of shame.

Han Cha looked at his back and still looked a little shaky, thinking that even he was taken aback, no wonder he, at this time, he still remembered to let someone from the household tax department take over, it was already good, and he couldn't be too harsh on young people.

Just thinking about it, when he saw Lu Zichuan's calm expression and solemn hand, he was very calm and calm, and Han Cha couldn't help but make a comparison.

However, this look made him find that Lu Zichuan was still standing, although the young man had not yet grown up, he already had some long and jade posture, Han Chayao thought about whether Qin Sikong was also like this back then, and stretched out his hand to invite Lu Zichuan to sit down.

After Lu Zichuan thanked him, he sat down uprightly, completely like a child of a family, and he didn't see the appearance of riding a white donkey around the streets and alleys in the land of Sanlu.

It's just that Han Cha hadn't seen Lu Zichuan's original appearance, so he naturally didn't feel any disobedience, so he first kindly asked a few words about Lu Zichuan's origin, and when he heard that he was born in the Meng clan, he felt a little more solemn.

North Confucius and Southern Meng, as everyone knows, Han Cha was born in the Jixia School Palace controlled by the Confucian people, and Lu Zichuan was born in the Meng family, because Lu Zichuan did not tell Han Cha that he was actually surnamed Meng, so Han Cha only regarded him as a side of the Meng family, although the young man in front of him was not very old, but in terms of birth status, he was equal to Han Cha, of course, from another subtle level, it was still hostile.

Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, on the stage of history, Confucius and Mencius each led the way, ups and downs, no beginning, no end.

The dispute between the ideas of Confucius and Mencius has lasted for thousands of years, and this is not something that the two clansmen can change, so Han Cha quickly dispelled it with some thoughts of digging into the corners, and could only ask with a little pity and appreciation: "Master Lu, can those gold have something to do with Hai'an City?" ”

This city is a new department established after Mrs. Yue Guo returned to Yuedi, mainly in charge of two things, shipbuilding and maritime trade. And Lu Zichuan was because of Gu Fengxun's care, and Ling Han personally appointed him as a chief officer in the City Ship Division, and began his training career.

Because the craftsmen who can build big ships are basically left by Meng Qiye, they naturally serve Lu Zichuan as the mainstay, so don't look at his youth, he is still a master of his words in the city, of course, there are also people who can't look at him secretly stumbling up, but with Lu Yan by his side to escort him, although Lu Zichuan has suffered a lot of secret losses, he has not hurt his muscles and bones, but has really grown a lot, otherwise his jumping temperament will let him sit here steadily, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold his breath.

At this time, Han Cha was commensurate with his official position, and Lu Zichuan knew that this Lord Ling Yin did not intend to play Tai Chi with him in the affairs of the Confucian and Mencian clans, so he immediately put away the style of the son of the family on his body, put on a posture of being an official, owed a debt, and said respectfully: "Lord Ling Yin Mingjian, these gold are obtained from sea trade." ”

Han Cha suddenly perked up, but he was a little suspicious, and said: "It has only been a year since the establishment of the City Shipping Division, and there is still more than half a year to cooperate with the General Division to build ships. ”