At the end of April, the official document appointing Zhang Wen as the director of the Zhejiang Salt Division arrived in Shangyu County in an expedited manner, and was stamped with the big seals of several yamen, including the household department, the official department, and the capital transfer salt envoy department, urging Zhang Wen to take office immediately, and if he delayed, he would be held accountable.

Zhang Wen did not dare to delay, immediately cleaned up the inventory of various warehouses in Shangyu, taxes and other matters, listed the accounts, went to Shaoxing Mansion to pay the accounts, and took his family to take a boat west to Hangzhou to take office.

The waterways of Zhejiang Province extend in all directions, Zhang Wen and others take a boat into the Qiantang River, and then take a section of waterway, you can go to Hangzhou. When he arrived at a riverside village in Wenyan Town, Cao An wanted to go ashore to buy food for daily use because he had been sailing for several days.

Zhang Wen looked at the flag planted at the door, turned back to Zhang Ying and smiled: "Jiangnan small vegetable shop, there is vinegar to eat." ”

Zhang Yingbai glanced at him, "Good and decent, what kind of vinegar do you want me to eat?" ”

Zhang Wen saw the white eyes of the lady and continued: "I'm not wrong, there is a poem as proof: Tiger Hill has the lowest box, and the good thing is still strange here; Chop and pound leeks people don't know, don't add sour vinegar to add sour. ”

Zhang Ying hugged Wu, "I don't know what you, a literati, are talking about?" ”

Wu chuckled from the sidelines. Since Zhang Ying passed the door, the smile on Wu's face had increased slightly.

After Zhang Ying got married, she no longer needed to listen to Miss Shen's orders to run around, as long as she was raised in the mansion, but unlike Miss Shen or Hanyan, she could live with peace of mind with only piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is a chivalrous woman in her bones, Zhang Wenzhen feels that the most thought in her wife's head since she got married is really not herself, but really her former employer-Shen Biyao. But fortunately, the courtyard wall without the government has never stopped her, and she no longer has to swords and swords every day, she often shuttles through the city, looking for all kinds of colorful and new things to decorate the house, and often tries to pull the Wu family. Wu couldn't stand her insistence, and went with her a few times, not saying much, but obviously quite happy.

Zhang Ying's cold eyes when I first saw him would only be re-experienced when Zhang Wen teased and asked where the neat masked woman had gone. Zhang Wen doesn't mind this, he and Zhang Ying may not be able to talk about the ups and downs or officialdom, but she can make Zhang Wen forget everything for a while, sometimes, this is the rarest. Besides, without Zhang Ying, how could Zhang Wen climb to the royal family?

The attendant and Lifu sat under the pergola outside, while Zhang asked the three of them to go inside. An old man hurriedly lifted the water curtain for the guests, and said happily, "Please come in the guest officer." The old man was in a good mood, and he pointed to the merchants who came and went.

"Cuiya, hurry up and serve tea." The old man shouted inside, only to hear a "hey" in a Wu dialect. Full of the breath of life, Zhang Wen's heart became happy.

The dishes in the small vegetable shop are all mashed with plum sauce, sour vinegar, and starch sugar, and Zhang Wen and Wu are not very accustomed to this taste, so they only treat it as a taste. Zhang Ying is a native of Jiangnan, but she eats with relish.

At this time, two men in short clothes and bare shoulders opened the water curtain and entered the store, and the old man's face suddenly changed when he saw it. A man smiled and said, "Yo, Old Man Feng, business is good." ”

"It's just such a trip today, and it's ...... good and thin"

"Don't talk nonsense, you haven't paid last month's peace silver, we should collect this month's money again." A man glanced at the girl who was called "Cuiya", and Old Man Feng hurriedly whispered, "Cuiya, go inside." ”

The green girl hurriedly went to the kitchen.

Zhang Wen asked in a low voice the lady who used to be the old Jianghu: "What is Ping An Silver?" ”

Zhang Ying was leaning softly on the chair, and wanted to ignore Zhang Wen's boring question, but thinking that he was already a husband, he couldn't ignore it, so he said: "There are people on the river who rely on Cao Yun to eat, sell illegal salt, collect the share of inns and restaurants along the river, and the tax is higher than that of the government, which is safe silver." ”

When Zhang Wen heard this, he was furious, stood up and shouted outside the door: "Come on, take it down for this official!" The two Lifu who were sitting outside eating heard Zhang Wen's voice, so they walked in, Zhang Wen took a look, Lifu and the two strong men in short clothes were as weak as monkeys, and they were depressed at the moment, and looked at Zhang Ying, the lady next to them.

Zhang Ying no longer wore the dark clothes at this time, wearing a back with big sleeves, combing peach heartburns and wearing a hosta, dressed as a noble woman. Zhang Ying frowned slightly at this time, this is really a lot of things, and we have nothing to do, what are you going to do over there. Zhang Ying remained silent, sitting still, she felt that it was inconvenient to wear this dress to do something with these reckless men.

The two reckless men walked the rivers and lakes, and the days of licking blood on the knife edge were used to it, and when they first heard Zhang Wen claiming to be the official, his voice was violent, and he was startled, but when he saw such two boys coming in, he was happy at the moment, and a reckless man glared at the two Lifu and shouted: "Don't you get out yet?" ”

Lifu looked at Zhang in embarrassment and asked, "Adults, the small ones can only pick up, but they can't ...... people."

Zhang Wen was embarrassed, and he couldn't get off the stage at this time, so he said: "You and other thieves, oppress the people, the law of the country is not tolerated, get out of the acquaintance quickly, Hugh has to harass the lover!" ”

Reckless men don't care if you are an official or an official, there is no force in your hands, they are not afraid, hearing Zhang Wen's angry reprimand, they are not afraid to laugh, at this time, they saw that the two women next to Zhang Wen had their own postures, only Zhang Wen was a man, but he had a white face that couldn't help but be frosty, so he walked over with a hippie smile. When Zhang Wen saw him looking at his woman like this, he was angry, and he lifted the bench and smashed it.

"Bang!" With a bang, the reckless man didn't expect Zhang Wen to be such a scholar, and he couldn't dodge, so he hurriedly blocked with his arm, and the bench smashed on his arm, so painful that the reckless man screamed loudly, I'm afraid the bones are broken.

The two were furious, glaring at Zhang Wen and about to make a move, only to see that the two reckless men looked half a head taller than Zhang Wen, with round arms and thick waists, Zhang Wen fought with which opponent he was, and his heart was also a little empty, but because he wanted to protect his woman, Zhang Wen was ruthless, and he didn't have a sword on his waist, and he was about to grab the bowl on the table and smash it on their heads.

The reckless man didn't allow Zhang Wen to make another move, and in the blink of an eye, he was about to jump over, and the big fist of the bowl greeted Zhang Wen's face with a snort. Zhang Wen didn't know martial arts, and he didn't have time to dodge when he was in battle, and a thought flashed in his heart that this punch could only be suffered.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, I only heard a scream of "ah", and the man suddenly clenched his fists and bent down, his face hideous in pain. It must have been Zhang Ying who made a move, and sure enough, Zhang Ying said coldly: "If you want to beat my father-in-law, look for death!" ”

As soon as the words fell, another pair of chopsticks in her hand had flown over, and with a "bang", the man inserted a chopstick in each eye, and the blood flowed for a long time, crying dad and calling mom. The reckless man with a chopstick in his fist was frightened when he saw this, and was about to beg for mercy, Zhang Wen had already kicked him in the chin, and the reckless man rolled on the ground a few times, spitting out two teeth and blood.

Wu was so frightened that he shrunk into a ball.

In a moment, two tall and tall people lay on the ground and screamed in pain, Zhang Wen was still angry, and scolded: "When this official takes office, see if I don't clean up this gang of thieves!" ”

Unexpectedly, the old man of the shopkeeper ran up, stopped in the middle and bent down to beg for mercy: "Don't, the hero's subordinates are merciful." Lao Er said with a crying face, "Hey, what are you...... How can this little shop survive......"

Zhang Wen was very depressed when he heard this, but he didn't even thank him for helping. At this time, Zhang Ying said: "This small vegetable shop will definitely not be able to open again, and these Cao gangs will retaliate." I think your grandparents can only go back to their hometowns to farm. ”

Zhang Wenxin said, even if I met it, the good man did it to the end, so he took out a silver ingot from his body and put it on the table, and said, "Take it back and do some small business...... You two, bring a rope, tie them back to Hangzhou, and hand them over to the government to dispose of! ”

The shopkeeper thanked him for receiving the money. Zhang Wen and the others went out to the shore to get on the boat, Zhang Wen glanced at Zhang Ying next to him, took out his saber from the package, and said to himself, "If I brought a sword just now, I would stab one to death with a sword, and I don't need to insult Sven." ”

Zhang Ying shook her head and smiled.

Zhang Wen was stunned and said, "Don't you believe it?" ”

"I believe, I believe." Zhang Ying said as she took the saber away from Zhang Wen's hand.

The group talked all the way, Zhang Wen felt that he was in a happy mood, and he was in the same boat with the beauty, but it was different. Time passed quickly, and we arrived in Hangzhou in the afternoon. Cao An went to the city to hire a carriage and a horse to pick up Zhang Wen at the dock, and the group took a car into the city. That's called a bustle!

Hangzhou is the real metropolis in the south of the Yangtze River, with a population of 800,000 people. There are corridors on both sides of the street, and passers-by take the corridors on both sides of the street; The middle of the car car, endless. The shops are lined up with oranges and stalls, all of which have big signs indicating the types of goods for sale, and the handicraft shops are written about the industry, which is prosperous and orderly.

There is a wide variety of shops that make it dazzling. There are tea houses and tea houses, all of which are hung with water curtains, and stoves are set up in the house, and most of the signs read: plum soup, Hehe soup, walnut and pine nuts to make tea; There are taverns, hotels, the flag is written with a big word "wine", if it is a big hotel, it is more magnificent, there are 100 pavilions, surrounded by green railings, in the Qinglou wine shop all around, the beautiful women hold the pipa, play and sing songs, or drum and blow the sheng, pour wine for the prince, the king and the grandson; There are various restaurants, noodle shops, grocery stores, silk shops, and pawnshops......

Zhang Wen picked up the curtain, watched the scenery along the way, and the grand occasion in front of him made people poetic, and said to the beauties in the car: "The southeast shape is victorious, the three Wu metropolises, and Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times." The smoke willow paints the bridge, the wind curtain is green, and there are 100,000 people. Cloud trees surround the embankment. The angry waves roll frost and snow, and the sky is endless. The city is a jewel, the household is profitable, and the competition is luxurious. The heavy lake is stacked on top of Qingjia, there are three autumn laurels, ten miles of lotus. Qiangguan is clear, Lingge is in the night, frolicking and fishing for lotus ......"

The whole city of Hangzhou, with the bell tower as the center of the radiation street river, near the bell tower there are middle street, upper street, lower street and so on. The coachman said that the official yamen on the middle street was dense, and Zhang Wen ordered the coachman to rush to the middle street.