Chapter Eighty-Seven: Getting on the Boat

For Yu Feng's words when he said goodbye in the restaurant, if he was treated as a polite remark, he would just listen to it, but if it was more true, it could also be regarded as a sincere invitation, after all, although Ouyang Li set up a banquet to invite Yu Feng, but this private banquet was set up in the restaurant, which means that the friendship between the two is just ordinary, and Yu Feng's invitation is to invite the other party to his home as a guest, and the distance of this friendship is very clear.

Of course, this is nothing more than the right to decide the depth of friendship between the two people, handed over to the other party, whether you want to maintain this general friendship or further deepen the friendship, it depends on how you do it, at least, the current situation of the two is seriously calculated, they all belong to the kind of state that you don't ask me, I don't ask you, how to do it, you can say that it is not an exaggeration.

However, Ouyang Li's next actions made Yu Feng feel a little happy. First of all, some grain and a large amount of mung beans were transferred from the city, saying that the weather was hot, and the local people sent the labor army to boil some mung bean porridge and water for the soldiers who had worked hard in the army to relieve the heat. This is not counting, from the Zhizhou Yamen also sent an official letter to the Inspection Division, saying that the Lingshan City is understaffed, and some salt Ding should be requisitioned to assist in guarding the north gate.

Yu Feng's Fengzi battalion's battalion is outside the north gate of this Lingshan Mountain, and has its own salt ding to guard the north gate, which is naturally much more convenient to enter and exit Lingshan City, although even if there is no such salt ding, the soldiers guarding the city do not dare to make difficulties, this convenience is really nothing in Yu Feng's opinion. But it is undeniable that this is indeed Ouyang Li opening the door for him.

If there is something to ask him, this little favor is naturally not on the table, but now the other party has nothing to ask him for, so this friendship is very sincere. In this case, Yu Feng can't be too cold to others, the Ming Dynasty's Zhizhou and garrison, no matter where you go, the identity of Zhizhou is much higher than the garrison, people can do this part, it is already the extreme, you can't always post it with great fanfare, pat yourself on the back, if you are the general soldier of Shandong, there is a little possibility, this garrison, or don't think so.

At the end of June, the weather was hot, and Ouyang Li, Zhizhou, was not afraid of the scorching heat, left the Zhizhou Yamen, and went to the people to inspect and understand the people's suffering.

Of course, this Zhaojia Village is also a folk, not to mention that this Zhaojia Village is surrounded by mountains and seas, and in this hot summer, it is indeed a good place to escape the heat. Yu Feng invited this Ouyang Li to stay here for a few days, and Ouyang Li immediately readily agreed.

Yu Feng invited Ouyang Li to bring his family to live here, but he ignored that when the officials of the Ming Dynasty were serving in the local government, strictly speaking, they were not allowed to bring their family members to take office. However, in the current world, there are not many people who abide by such rules, and in the officialdom, what everyone abides by is called a rule, and if no one is more serious, this rule will naturally not become a rule.

This Ouyang Li will naturally not be exempt from vulgarity, so, in Lingshan, he still has a family, in addition to a wife, two concubines, a son and a daughter under his knees, a son in his teens, a tiger's head, won his love, his daughter is thirteen or fourteen years old, it is the cardamom years, now out of the city to escape the summer, Yu Feng sent a team of soldiers to escort, safety is not a problem, this Ouyang Li simply brought out all the old and young, quite a bit of a family trip.

When he arrived at Zhaojia Village, Yu Feng had already made preparations, and together with Xue Niang, he greeted him at the door. This is much heavier than Ouyang Li's etiquette at the beginning, and it gives Ouyang Li a lot of face.

After entering Zhuangzi, the ladies naturally went to receive Xue Niang, and the men didn't have to worry about it, but Ouyang Li had always taken his son with him, and the little guy was also well-behaved.

The two chatted this time, the atmosphere was much more relaxed than last time, the difference between official positions and civil and military, it seems that neither of them cared, anyway, it was nonsense from all over the world, occasionally involving some things in the officialdom, and they were all picking up some irrelevant and insensitive things, and after two days, the two had a good impression of each other.

For Yu Feng, I feel: Oh, it turns out that the officials of the Ming Dynasty turned out to be like this, they have only learned, experienced, and the ability to see things and do things.

For Ouyang Li, the feeling is: This Yu Feng has never had a deep friendship before, and he can't think of it, he can be regarded as a person with some ability, it seems that it is rumored that he was born in Xiucai, which is true, but it is a pity that he took the military position, otherwise, if he takes the road of the imperial examination, he will inevitably not be able to mix with a good background.

But in general, the relationship between the two has improved by leaps and bounds, and in the casual conversation, Yu Feng also inadvertently mentioned the homeless people he took in Xuejia Island, and there is no name so far, although no one crooks his mouth now, but if there is something, it is said that he has ill intentions and gathers homeless people, I am afraid it will be a little difficult to do.

Yu Feng seemed to have a bit of a difficult matter, but it was solved in a sentence in Ouyang Li's mouth, just kidding, he is a herdsman official in a state, and these things are under his jurisdiction, "You go back and call those homeless people, forget it, you directly report a document and go through the yamen, these people, even if they are the people under the rule of this state, how difficult it is to settle down, this is a good thing for the people!" ”

"Thank you, then!" Yu Feng smiled.

"You're here again, Brother Yu Xian is still treating me as an outsider!" Ouyang Li quipped: "By the way, I've been a little bored in the past two days, there are some good scenery nearby, my dog, don't stop for a moment, and if I don't take him out for a walk, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep these few whiskers!" ”

What good scenery can there be in this place, Yu Feng thought about it, the only thing that can be regarded as a good scenery is on Xuejia Island, but on this hot day, it is a little cost-effective to run such a trip, and he is sweating profusely, is this here to escape the heat or to sweat?

You can go to the beach for a walk, but if you go out to the beach, you can't hide your own private port, but this Ouyang Li seems to have something to say, my private port, he may not have heard of it, he is complaining that I am hiding?

"The scenery, there is nothing that Brother Ouyang can see, but not far from the seaside, the brother has tinkered with a place, at this time, there are a few boats, if Brother Ouyang is not shivering, we can get on the boat and take a turn around here, blowing the sea breeze to eat and drink, but it is also cool and comfortable."

"That's great!" Ouyang Li nodded in agreement, Yu Feng looked at his face, but he didn't see anything, the little guy next to him clamored: "Go by boat, go by boat!" ”

The three of them went out of the door and headed towards the port, and the soldiers behind them followed behind, far away.

Coincidentally, on weekdays, there will always be one or two sea ships, parked in this port, just today, there is none, the only sea ship that can be counted is the Asuka that is being repaired, the Bu family's sea ship has gone to sea, the Asuka can't catch up with the first trip, simply take advantage of this time, repair it, wait until those ships come back, and then go to sea together!

"Western gunboats?" This Ouyang Li is considered to be a knowledgeable person, and when he saw this flying bird, he gasped, "I heard that in the Fengzi camp, some people teach, and those people occasionally go into the city to buy and sell some things, could it be that they are the people on this Western gunboat?" ”

"It's not a gunboat!" Yu Feng said with a smile: "It's just a few cannons on the merchant ship, those people were indeed the owners of this ship before, but now this ship is in the name of Lord Tongzhi of Jining." ”

"A few cannons, that's not easy?" Ouyang Li sighed, to this day, his Lingshan City is only a few small cannons such as tiger squat cannons, red-clothed cannons and other sharp weapons to defend the city, that is not to even think about it, except for the big city on the nine sides, it is fortunate to be allocated so many points by the imperial court, how can there be such a small city.

"You said that this ship is a well-known subordinate of Jining?" He suddenly reacted, this Yu Feng made a small private port near him, how could there be Jining officials' ships repaired here, it seems that he really underestimated this Yu Feng before, and this person's friendship is much broader than he imagined.

"Hehe, my brother has some dealings with the Zheng family in Fujian, and the Zheng family intends to bring my brother and is willing to take my brother to make some money at sea, but unfortunately my brother's own family can't do this thing properly, and there is the energy to go to the sea to make this money, but some friends who are good with my brother have this interest, and my brother will provide some convenience for my friends!"

As mentioned earlier, this Ouyang Li is a native of Zhejiang, to say, this land south of the Yangtze River, everything is a little wealthy, to say that you don't know the great profits of this sea trade, those ten, I'm afraid there is no one, the problem is, even if you know, what can you do, some things can be touched, some things can't be touched, this share has already been divided. For example, there are already regulations for which to do the mercury, which ones to do the raw silk, and which ones to do the brocade and silk, and if outsiders recklessly intervene in it, it is still good to be excluded and suppressed locally, and when it comes to the sea, it is not uncommon to lose both personal and financial resources.

However, in this Shandong place, the sea trade is not very developed, even if there is an example from Zhejiang, it is only in the area of Jining, this Denglai land, but I have never heard of this kind of thing, and, listening to the tone of this residual wind, this transaction is allowed by the Zheng family of Fujian, the sea tycoon, is not it a business that only makes money and does not lose money?

Thinking of the prospect of this matter, for a while, even Ouyang Li, who had always boasted of being quite a city government, changed his color slightly. Since this Yu Feng can show this port to himself, then, presumably, he will not object to his share of this pie, Jining Tongzhi can also do business here, he is the governor of this Lingshan, and there is no reason why he can't do it.

Yu Feng looked at Ouyang Li and smiled slightly in his heart, it's good to think about it, I'm afraid that if you don't understand it, if you think about it, you will naturally go to my ship, everyone will support each other, and make money together; If you don't understand, probably you, an official, will be a governor in this life, and people who can't even grasp such opportunities will have any future.