The big shopkeeper Wang Liangcheng touched his goatee, closed his eyes and pondered for a while, suddenly opened his eyes and smiled slightly.

"Ninth Master, help, why don't you help!"

"Oh, what do you mean about that?"

"I remember that in about the 11th year of Yongping, I was still in Linqingguan and sat in the grain hall Caoke Economic Inheritance.

That "An Dehai" was the supervisor of Yangzhou City at that time, and speaking of this person, in addition to being greedy for money, he was not a bad person. ”

The big shopkeeper saw that Zhao Xiong was so calm, a little surprised, a little relieved, took a sip of tea, and his eyes were bright.

"Ninth Master, you must help this An Dehai!"

Zhao Xiong flipped through "The Art of War", held tea in his hand, covered the book, raised his head and said with a smile on his face: "Oh, why!

He is a person in the court, and he has nothing to do with us, so he can't avoid it when he comes! ”

The big shopkeeper shook his head and said, "I heard that a few months ago, the chief eunuch in the palace gave the emperor cramps because of his interference in politics, and now is the time for the eunuchs to be people with their tails between their legs.

But you don't know when the eunuchs will be loved by the emperor again, so it's okay to help, but if you don't help, if you don't get a grudge, it will be miserable!

And I heard that An Dehai is an equivalent exchange person, if you help him, he will definitely accept your affection! ”

Zhao Xiong thought about it, and said something bad to him, an insignificant nine-rank sesame official, and he couldn't stick it to the eunuchs in the palace.

That is, the officialdom power struggle, their boss is dead, and in recent times, the eunuchs have put their tails between their legs and behaved.

Otherwise, in the past, where did An Dehai need to tell him to directly place a note to Director Feng, he would have to obediently let the team go, and as for the low water level of the Grand Canal next year, he would have to find another way.

If a pedestrian makes a fuss about his release of water, he can't eat and walk around, and if he is serious, he will be punished for 3,000 miles, or even cut off his head.

The big shopkeeper Liang Cheng said:

"In particular, An Dehai seems to have been sent to the palace by the Dewang Mansion, and I heard that he had served the current queen earlier.

The queen mother used to grow up with Princess De.

Ninth Master, you also know that His Majesty is very gracious to the queen mother today!

The queen is a nostalgic person, I don't think it's good, the eunuch is in such a hurry to return to the capital to give gifts.

If the mother likes it, she can't keep his status as a prisoner. ”

"The identity of the young eunuch, the identity of the eunuch"

Zhao Xiong's mouth came out of such words, Zhao Xiong didn't know that eunuchs also had identity levels, and thought that eunuchs were all the same.

The big shopkeeper Liang Cheng squinted his eyes and said hehehe: "Listen, the people in the palace say that eunuchs have many ranks.

When you first enter the palace, you can only be a pawn book, a long follower, and a royal service, and if you perform well, you can be promoted to a prisoner, and the eunuch is a young eunuch who is promoted to a young eunuch, and the top boss of the young eunuch is a well-known eunuch. ”

Wang Donghai, who had just come in and added charcoal to the charcoal basin, muttered beside him, and whispered: "There is green smoke on the ancestral tomb surnamed An, it is not good to be a eunuch, who can compare to serve the emperor's mother?" ”

Zhao Xiong was drinking tea in his hand, and he coughed twice and said, "What do you know?" To be a eunuch is to be gelding......"

Wang Donghai asked puzzledly: "Gelding, what?" ”

Wang Donghai, who is only thirteen or fourteen years old, is very good at arithmetic, and the big shopkeeper leads him to do business hand in hand.

But after all, he is not very old, and he comes from a small place, so he doesn't understand the sophistication of the world, and he still needs to be tempered.

At this time, the big shopkeeper joked with cold black humor: "You don't understand this yet, it's just to cut off the roots." ”

Wang Donghai didn't understand it anymore: "What kind of roots?" ”

The big shopkeeper said solemnly: "Cut the roots of men? You, you, what a child, why don't you understand anything! ”

Wang Donghai was unhappy: "Who said I was a child? ”

Zhao Xiong looked at him angrily, pointed to Wang Donghai's crotch, Wang Donghai covered his head and instantly understood: "Ah, ah, I understand, he can't marry a daughter-in-law, I really don't understand, what's the fun of living!" ”

Liang Cheng, the big shopkeeper, touched his goatee and looked at Wang Donghai.

He is very satisfied with this apprentice, smart and clever, sometimes pretending to be confused, and the most important thing is that he is born to understand that arithmetic is a material for doing business.

Wang Liangcheng pondered the plan to marry his distant niece to Wang Donghai.

Zhao Xiong pondered for a moment and said: "The big treasurer's Cao boat of Andehai estimates that it will arrive tomorrow evening, but tomorrow afternoon is the gate closure festival."

Is it a holiday!

Crowded.

If you want to open the gate and let the boat pass, that's a dream! ”

Zhao Xiong recalled the gate closure festival in previous years, which was really crowded, as if the gate opening festival in April was not so lively.

In Hanzhuang Town, people come and go, and those who set up stalls in the dock market take advantage of this good season to celebrate the New Year.

If the gate is opened tomorrow night, there will be a lot of movement, and someone will definitely know, if it is traced, it will be of a different nature, and this risk still cannot be taken!

The shopkeeper stroked his goatee, closed his eyes and pondered, then suddenly opened his eyes and stood up and went to the bookshelf to rummage through something.

Zhao Xiong's hand holding the teacup was about to be lifted when he saw the big shopkeeper carrying a wooden box the size of a mooncake box and couldn't walk.

put it on the coffee table, meaning Zhao Xiong to open it.

Zhao Xiong was very puzzled, hurriedly put down the teacup, opened the moon cake box, and inside was a half-open scroll.

On the map, it is marked, the map of the canal from Luoma Lake to Linqing, and the eyes suddenly light up!

The former gangster Zhao Xiong, he couldn't read and couldn't read, so he must have thrown the map on the table at will.

Now Zhao Xiong can see that the big shopkeeper gave him a map of the Grand Canal, and on this map of the canal, the landmarks marked by the painter with a charcoal pen are still very detailed.

Zhao Xiong looked at the middle of the map, which was Hanzhuang, and the mappers used Hanzhuang as a coordinate to draw the approximate landmarks of the surrounding 100 miles.

The channel leading to Tongshan Island in Weishan Lake, as well as the surrounding post roads and mountain roads, are all drawn.

There are even detailed records of which springs, small rivers, and where there are paths.

In the past, Zhao Xiong always felt that the ancient maps were simple and ugly, and they were simply unsightly.

Who knows, only after looking at this map did I know that the things used by the official family are good!

This map, with the prototype of the modern map, abides by several basic principles: score, quasi-hope, Daoli, superiority, square, and straightforward.

During the Qing Dynasty, most people thought that the advanced longitude and latitude cartography of the West began to be introduced into China, but in fact, during the Zhu Di Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the Yongle Dictionary was compiled.

The content includes scriptures, histories, sub-collections, involving astronomy and geography, yin and yang medicine, divination, interpretation of Tibetan Taoist scriptures, drama, crafts, and agriculture, covering the intellectual wealth of the Chinese nation for thousands of years.