At noon the next day, the group entered the capital city of Yanzhou.

Coming from the canal, I lived on a boat all the way, and there was no need to stay in a caravanserais.

At this time, Zheng Haizhu took out the small survey he had asked for from Liu Gonggong of the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, and took everyone straight to the official post in Yanzhou.

With the survey in hand, you don't have to spend money to stay in a state guesthouse.

But Zheng Haizhu only cared about safety, and didn't want to rub the accommodation and food expenses, so as soon as he entered the door, he paid the post chief five taels of silver according to the standards of other middle and high-end hotels, and asked for a few of the most ordinary rooms.

The post chief has been in office for many years, and has received countless family members of officials who have used the imperial court to survey and eat and live for nothing, and it is the first time that he has encountered someone who has taken the initiative to give money, and he can't help but feel strange.

Seeing the lanterns that had not been unfolded again, they could already be seen to be beautiful, and when I learned that they were here to celebrate the princess's birthday, I opened the conversation box.

"Everyone, the current King of Lu, but a virtuous king, we Yanzhou people are looking forward to the king and the princess living a long life."

Zheng Haizhu nodded and said, "We were outside the city gate, and we saw the shed of the soup kitchen, and when we inquired, it was from the palace."

The post chief said: "No, how can the Yanzhou Mansion be rich, there have been natural disasters over the years, and there is a lot of trouble in the incense sect. Outsiders think that our Yanzhou is located on the main road of the canal, and it should be richer than Suzhou and Hangzhou, but in fact, the yamen really can't afford it. Thanks to this generation of King Lu, he is a good man of the ninth generation. If you go to the southeast of Fucheng, you can see that there is a big bridge on the Si River, which is the Lu Wangfu to buy stones and recruit craftsmen to repair it, and it cost 300,000 taels of silver. With that bridge, no matter how big the flood season is, no matter how big the water is, the people and businesses will not be hindered."

The prince of the Ming Dynasty Lu rice is 10,000 stone per year, according to the price of today's rice, which is converted into more than 10,000 taels of silver, plus silk and satin tea and horse materials, etc., this bridge almost took ten years to the king of Lu.

Yes, this year's King Lu Zhu Shouhong is very good.

Although in essence, this money is also handed over to the treasury by the people from all over the country, not to mention that the grain produced by the prince's own land does not need to pay taxes, but Zhu Shouhong can feed back to the local people in terms of clothing, food, housing and transportation, which is already a clear stream in the mudslide of thousands of clans of the old Zhu family.

Zheng Haizhu then said to the post chief, "Okay, let's go and see the Sihe Bridge."

Then he asked, "By the way, Confucius's mansion is in Qufu, but Mencius's hometown is in Zoucheng?" Far from the city?"

The post chief waved his hand: "Not far away, just ten miles east of the Surabaya River, you see a mountain of charcoal, and you have arrived. That hill is specially for the Lu Palace."

Zheng Haizhu was overjoyed.

Great, the pattern of Yanzhou in the Ming Dynasty is really different from that of later generations, and King Lu's Mansion is so close to Zoucheng.

Zheng Haizhu asked about Zou Cheng, of course, not out of nostalgia for visiting Mencius's former residence, but because she came in later generations and knew for sure that there was a coal mine in Zoucheng!

Mencius said that everyone can be Yao Shun.

Zheng Haizhu said to himself that Yao Shun had to find the mine first.

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After lunch in a hurry, Zheng Haizhu sent two intelligence officers, Mu Zaohua and Li Daniu, to take a big car and go to Chai Tan Mountain in Zou Cheng to explore the way.

She herself, together with Wu Bangde and Xu San, went to meet Zhang Dai's father, Zhang Yaofang, the governor of King Lu's mansion.

After all, King Lu's Mansion is at the level of a prince, and the palace facing north and south is also a magnificent atmosphere.

The colors of the palaces and pavilions are all the same vermilion and green as the palace of the Son of Heaven, and even the auspicious clouds on the pillars and eaves are the same.

The south gate of the palace is facing the wide royal street, overlooking the south gate of Yanzhou Mansion.

On both sides of the royal street, the same as the royal road of Kaifeng Mansion in the Song Dynasty, there are river ponds dug, weeping willows are planted all over the riverside, and the water is planted to raise the mangrove.

In this late autumn season, because it coincides with the birthday of Princess Lu, countless silk flowers are tied on both sides of the royal street.

Under the bell and drum tower at the end of the royal street, several greenhouses have been erected, and you can vaguely see the giant lanterns made of colored silk and silk.

There was someone on duty in front of the shed, and Wu Bangde went up to inquire and said that these headlights were to be performed for the members of the palace and VIPs on the day of the birthday banquet with fireworks

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Zheng Haizhu couldn't help but think of Zhang Dai in history, and in the book "Dream Memories of Tao'an" left to posterity, there is a special article, which is about the fireworks and lights he saw when he came to visit his father in the Lu Palace, which was like a dream.

As the administrative office of the royal palace, the Changshi Division opened a separate side gate in the royal city and the east side of the city wall to facilitate the entry and exit of those who did business or met with people.

Zheng Haizhu showed the doorman the stamped letterhead that Zhang Dai asked his father Zhang Yaofang to write, and one of the doormen immediately went to report, and after a while, he led a middle-aged man in a blue official uniform to come.

The middle-aged man had a handsome face and long beard, and his aura was clear and diluted, and he smiled and said, "A few little friends, please go to the official room to talk."

Zhang Yaofang, as an elder and the chief of the palace, came out to greet him in person, Zheng Haizhu is not surprised.

In the letter she asked Zhang Dai to write to her father, she mentioned her friendship with Liu Shimin of the Weaving Bureau.

This is not a braggadocio of "I know Grandpa Liu, Grandpa Liu doesn't know me", why don't you mention it.

When necessary, the network should be revealed, and the public office should be directly and boldly tried to knock on the door, rather than cautiously visiting the private house.

The public office has access to more information.

After entering the royal city, Zhang Yaofang said some greetings such as whether the journey was smooth while walking, Zheng Haizhu replied respectfully, and took the initiative to introduce Wu Bangde and Xu San to take care of his business as the shopkeeper and buddy.

I don't want to, as soon as I walked past the duty room with the sign of "Gongzhengsuo", a person hurriedly appeared in it and almost collided with Zheng Haizhu.

Soon an official came out and said in a stacked voice: "General Zhenguo, don't be annoyed, the lower official has the courage to persuade him, after these few days, it is not too late to admonish again."

Zheng Haizhu fixed his eyes on the man, who was about the same age as Lu Xiangsheng, with upright facial features and a graceful appearance, but his face was full of anger, like an angry Persian cat.

The son of the prince is the king of the county, and the son of the king of the county is the general of the town.

Zheng Haizhu said in his heart, so, this young man is also a member of the Lu Clan?

While pondering, the man had already said coldly to the official who came out of the Gongzheng Institute, "What? I, Zhu Yipai, also surnamed Zhu, can't I take care of the silverfish in my Zhu family? Why do you have to wait a few days? I'm going to talk to Your Highness now."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and saw that Zheng Haizhu was a woman, then at Wu Bangde and Xu San, frowned and asked Zhang Yaofang, "Changshi, who are they?"

Zhang Yaofang didn't expect Zhu Yipai to appear in the yamen today.

Zhu Yipai is the nephew of Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu, and the eldest son of Zhu Shouyong, the king of Taixing County.

King Lu is close to the age of confusion, but he has no children under his knees, so he loves this nephew very much.

Although Zhu Yipai is the son of the county king, from the concubines and eunuchs in the palace to the officials at all levels of the royal palace, they all call Zhu Yipai "Little Highness" on weekdays.

The official of the Gongzheng Office is a new appointer, and he still calls "General Zhenguo" at a glance, and Zhang Yaofang, who has been in the Lu Domain for a long time, has already said in a warm tone: "Your Royal Highness, this is Miss Zheng, who has always worked for Gonggong Liu, who has been weaving in Suzhou. This time, when she came north for business, the dog asked her to bring some lanterns from her hometown to congratulate the princess on her birthday."

When Zhu Yipai heard the words "Suzhou weaving", the frost on his face dissipated a lot, and he only asked Zhang Yaofang lightly: "It's not in the subjects procured by the palace, right?"

Zhang Yaofang smiled: "Why, it was offered by the dog."

Zhu Yipai nodded and said bluntly: "Hey, Lao Zhang, wouldn't it be nice for Ling Lang to send it earlier, you can stop buying those lamps in front of the Bell and Drum Tower, and you can save a lot of silver."

Zhang Yaofang waved his hand again and again: "Your Royal Highness has broken the officials, and the lanterns made in our small place in Shanyin can only be hung in the ear porch to add some joy, how can they be compared with those headlights in front of the Bell and Drum Tower."

Zhu Yipai said, "Oh, so. Then turn around, I'll take a look at how the headlights are tied, and I will ask for lights in the future, and I will come to Taixing Palace. There are so many silk silks in the library, I don't believe that I can't tie up beautiful headlights."

He paused, and then said to Zheng Haizhu and the others: "You have come from afar, you are not only a guest of Zhang Changshi, but also a guest of my Lu Mansion, go back and come to the banquet with Changshi."

Zheng Haizhu was busy squatting

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhu Yipai let out a "hmm" in his nose, and he didn't say anything more to everyone, and walked away.

Changshi Si and Gongzheng are two yamen, and now there are outsiders here, Zhang Yaofang is inconvenient to ask more, so he only bows his hand to say goodbye.

But from the words of "silverfish" mentioned by Zhu Yipai, Zhang Yaofang could guess that this little highness, who was different from most of the clans, was angry which clan asked the Lu Mansion for money and built a large number of buildings.

Zhang Yaofang saw that Zheng Haizhu's face was exploring, so he said meaningfully: "His Royal Highness's father, King Taixing, is also a virtuous king praised by Yanzhou Shishu. This year, there are many disasters in Ludi, and after the king of Taixing asks for a long life, he will donate more than ten Tianhu for charity sales and exchange it for food to help the victims. His Royal Highness is very worried about his father's expenses."

Zheng Haizhu pursed his lips shallowly: "It is really a blessing for me to have such an exemplary clan as Lu Mansion."

The historical Zhu Yipai, after the death of his uncle and father, became the penultimate king of Lu in the Ming Dynasty.

When the Qing army invaded Yanzhou Mansion, Zhu Yipai hanged himself in the palace.

Zhu Yipai is a vassal king who doesn't even remember three lines in the history books, but he didn't expect the real person to have such a personality.

Zheng Haizhu raised his eyes and looked at the dazzling glazed tiles on the top of the palace group in front of him.

Zhang Yaofang pointed to the highest one: "That is the Carrier Palace, the main hall of the palace. Three days later, the night banquet will be held in front of the Cunxin Hall behind the Carrier Palace."