Emperor Annam became an addict.

The news spread as soon as rumors spread that the reputation of the new emperor was collapsing.

But Li Sicheng in the palace knew that this was the means of the ministers, but he couldn't control himself, and he couldn't help it if he didn't drink the medicine.

The amount of medicine given by the minister was too large, and he had to sleep for a long time after drinking, and when he woke up, he was dizzy, his brain was chaotic, and he was very unclear, and he could hardly handle the government.

Ding Lie and Ruan Chi monopolized power.

Even, even the guards in the palace were replaced, and they began to contact the eunuchs, control the eunuchs, and control Li Sicheng to the death.

Ding Lie looked for Bian Yong to talk to him several times, but he broke up unhappily.

It rained in Annan for a long time, and the weather was hot and humid, and Bian Yong and Lu Gao, who were northerners, were very uncomfortable.

And the long rainy season makes people like them, who are busy all year round, suddenly idle and very uncomfortable.

And in the Beijing Division.

A young man, with a holy decree, set out on the road to Annam.

The young man's name was Bian Yong, and he was Bian Yong's son.

Bian Yongben studied the scriptures and righteousness hard at the home of the Beijing teacher, and participated in two imperial examinations in a row.

This year, he fell again and was edicted by the emperor to enter the palace as a guard.

During the day, he was on duty in the palace, and at night he studied the scriptures hard.

He had a very close relationship with Liu Jian, and he also wanted to study under Xue Xuan.

However, Xue Xuan disliked his poor qualifications and did not enter the court.

But with guidance on how to interpret the scriptures, his learning improved by leaps and bounds.

This time, the emperor gave him permission to go to Annam to deliver the decree.

In fact, he asked him to pass by Guangxi, visit Xue Xuan, and stop by to see his father.

Of course, Annan is in the rainy season, and he is not in a hurry to pass on the decree, but let him take a look at the Ming scenery of Jingtai in the ninth year, experience the local customs, and then report it.

Bian Yong is burly and does things properly.

Serving in front of the emperor, the emperor liked him quite a lot.

Let him take the place of the emperor and go to the people to see the place.

Zhu Qiyu believes that he is trapped in the palace and cannot go out to patrol, and he cannot be sure whether the place is what is said in the concert.

So he sent a young man from the palace to see the place, and then reported to him.

Bian Yong set off from Beizhili, passed through Kaifeng, and did not stop the ship.

Heading to Hubei, the boat branch docked at Wuchang Mansion, and he had another secret decree in his hand to hand over to Nianfu.

But Nian Fu did not fight in Wuchang Mansion, but in Huangzhou Mansion to suppress bandits.

He waved away the servant and sat alone by the river.

Wuchang Mansion is the hub of Hubei, and Hubei is the hub of the world, and the emperor built a giant city in Jiangnei and named it Wuhan.

The name of Wuhan was given by Zhu Qiyu.

It comes from the three place names of Wuchang, Hanyang and Jiangxia (Hankou), which are collectively called Wuhan, and Wuhan came from this.

A trading megacity, which began construction last year, is still under construction.

On the other side of the river, Bian Yong rode a fast horse, greeted his entourage, went to a restaurant, sat by the window, and ordered the signature dishes in the restaurant.

Because of the busy Jiangkou, business travelers gather in Wuhan, and restaurants on both sides of the river have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and special dishes from all over the world can be eaten here.

Bian Yong is a native of Hejian Province, a native of Beijing, and loves to eat a bite of Hejian cuisine.

So I picked a riverine restaurant.

After taking a bite of the signature dish, Bian Yong nodded: "It tastes good, it has the taste of hometown." ”

Business is booming, and the restaurant business is also very involved.

People who come and go to do business, make money from all over the world, don't miss a bite to eat, and even want to eat well.

After the boat branch is docked, it is natural to find a signature restaurant to make a tooth sacrifice, and then find a hook fence tile house to relax.

Therefore, those who can enter the restaurant to eat are all first-faced people.

Eat carefully, meticulously, and finely.

Therefore, these restaurants are all called an authentic.

After a few days, there was no business, and the owner was spurned by the locals.

In the first few years, the opening of the restaurant is about inheritance, but it is not about making money quickly, deceiving a wave and leaving, making quick money will not work in Daming, and making money is a conscience money.

Bian Yong drank wine and ate food, looked out of the window at the past, and entered the busy business travel, with sails of ships, along the river and against the river, in an orderly manner.

A young man, holding a box, walked among the slender men to sell, and the slender men joked with him, and someone picked in his box.

There are many such young people.

Most of them sell newspapers, candy, snacks, betel nuts, theater tickets and other items.

Tickets sell the best.

The slender man was illiterate and couldn't read the newspaper, but everyone was curious and wanted to know what was written in the newspaper, so everyone raised money to buy a copy and find someone who could read to everyone.

There are all kinds of newspapers, and there are all kinds of newspapers.

But among the slender men, it is still the lace newspaper that sells the best, these slender men are uneducated, and their minds are full of men and women.

There is also the matter of the court, which they are particularly interested in.

The central government strictly forbade colored newspapers, and all colored newspapers were not allowed to be published, and those who published them were exiled or beheaded.

So it was derived from light-colored newspapers, lace newspapers.

When the slender man is idle, he likes to listen to lace newspapers, and when he gets off work, he goes to listen to the play.

The theater market is chaotic.

There are storytellers who go south and north, there are people who talk about cross talk, there are opera troupes who come and go from the south to the north, those who sing in the open air, and there are local opera gardens.

All kinds of singing, minor tunes, meat tunes, a hundred schools of thought contend, a hundred flowers bloom.

There is the essence and the dross.

Some literati have begun to call for the standardization of singing and minor tunes.

Bian Yong beckoned a slender man to question.

The slender man was not afraid of dignitaries, this year, he saw many officials and masters being escorted to the north and the border.

"Childe, after you finished asking, can you give this table of wine and food to the small one?" The slender man snorted.

Bian Yong didn't expect that this slender man was so bold, and he didn't care: "Cheng." ”

"Gongzi Xie."

The slender man looked at the wine and meat on the table and drooled: "Childe, you ask." ”

"How much money do you make in a day?"

As soon as Bian Yong asked, the slender man's face suddenly changed, as if he was afraid that Bian Yong would rob him.

Hu Cong couldn't stand it anymore: "My son-in-law is an angel sent by the saint, and he went to Annan to deliver the decree, and he will not rob you of work." ”

The slender man breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't hide it from the son, we slender men don't have any skills, so we have a lot of strength, and it used to be difficult to support our families all year round." ”

"This year, the Holy Emperor has graced, business and travel are developed, and we small people also have something to eat."

"Don't hide it from the son, our slender man is not a single gang, I don't know who is above, anyway, every ten days to settle the bill, two months can earn a tael of silver."

"Coupled with my family's land, my own mulberry trees in the yard, and my mother and daughter-in-law spinning cloth, I must have earned more than last year."

The slender man smiled.

Bian Yong didn't think he was verbose, but asked: "It took two months to earn a tael of silver?" ”

"Childe, the lives of villains naturally dare not compare with you." The slender man looked at the food on the table and swallowed.

Just this table of food, it cost Bian Yong one or two taels of silver.

The slender man is reluctant to eat such a meal in his life.

"One tael of silver is already a lot, and my daughter-in-law and I are discussing having another baby." The slender man's eyes kept looking at the dish.

Two taels of silver a month, at this time, Daming is already a high-income group.

Five taels of silver is enough for a family of five to eat and wear for a year.

"You said last year was bad, how was the year before last?"

One year in advance.

The slender man sighed: "My family starved to death two babies the year before last...... If someone had told me the year before last that I could earn so much silver, I wouldn't have believed it. ”

The year before last was the seventh year of Jingtai.

At that time, Huguang was devastated and in shambles.

Only a year has passed, the displaced people are still being settled, and the rebellion is gradually subsided, but Hubei is already thriving.

"It would be great if my two babies could survive it."

The slender man sobbed: "I just don't know how long a good life can last." ”

Bian Yong felt that his eyes were sour, he had three children, three of whom died young, and he knew what it was like for his children to die.

He poured a glass of wine for the slender man: "Come, drink this cup together." ”

The slender man wiped away his tears and drank the wine.

"The good times have just begun." Bian Yong is categorical.

The slender man was surprised, put down the wine cup, and asked the servant next to him: "I know who the saint is, what does the angel mean?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Hu explained to him the meaning of the angel with a tiger's face.

The slender man actually knelt on the ground: "Can you see the emperor's grandfather?" ”

Bian Yong wanted to help him up.

"Please tell the emperor's grandfather, don't take back our good days!" The slender man kept kowtowing.

"This official will tell His Majesty."

Bian Yong asked him to get up and asked him why he said that?

"If it weren't for the removal of the banknote customs by the Holy Lord, how could commerce and trade prosper?" Slender men are not single-minded workers, they also have thoughts and hopes.

"Your Majesty has withdrawn the banknotes, but there will be no business travel tax this year and next year."

Bian Yong wanted to tell him that the prosperity of Hubei had something to do with the large-scale construction of cities in the north, and when the construction in the north stopped, it would naturally no longer be prosperous.

"As long as the emperor's grandfather doesn't block the river, the villains will have something to eat."

The slender man smiled: "Even if this river prospers for two years, the villain can make enough money to give birth to two babies." ”

"After two years, my son will be able to work as a slender man with me, and we will be able to earn two cents."

"My father doesn't have to be tired in the field, my mother doesn't have to spin cloth, my father and mother enjoy their old age, and I do my filial piety."

"In a few years, the second child will be able to help the family, save for two years, marry the eldest daughter-in-law first, and give the rest of the money to the third child as a dowry."

"It's a good day by day."

He has an innocent but bright smile and a "beautiful" vision for the future.

Bian Yong felt heavy in his heart.

The people are too easily satisfied.

The center has done too little.

We're talking.

Hu never reported that the Governor of Nian had returned, and asked him to come over to the house.

Bian Yong gave the wine and food to the slender man, rode a fast horse, and came to the governor's mansion.

The Governor's Mansion was newly built and built in Jiangxia.

The horse rode into the city and into the governor's house.

Nian Fu looked at this young envoy, and couldn't help laughing, the emperor likes to use young people to serve as heralds.

Normally, although the herald has no authority, when he arrives in the locality, he is all powerful, and the emperor has to settle the various ministries afterwards.

As a result, the official position of herald gradually appeared in the DPRK.

Zhu Qiyu swept away the maladministration and used the palace guards as heralds instead, these guards are all children of high-ranking officials, so they naturally don't look down on this fox and fake tiger official position.

The decree is preached first, and the decree is preached.

Bian Yong saluted: "After the end of learning, see the year of the governor!" ”

"Bian Yong's son?"

After returning the gift, Nianfu squinted at him: "It's a talent." ”

Bian Yong didn't dare to make a mistake, not to mention that Nian Fu had a high official position, and his qualifications were deeper, Nian Fu was a Jinshi of the Yongle Dynasty, and Xuande was reused for three years.

And Bian Yong is an orthodox ten-year jinshi, and he is a generation difference from his wealth.

"The Governor has heard that you are visiting the people."

Nian Fu's expression was majestic: "You might as well stay in Jiangxia for a few days and take a good look." ”

"Jiangxia is the seat of governance in Hubei and the most prosperous place in Hubei."

"If you want to see the suffering of the people, you can't just look at the rich places, but go to the poor places to see them."

"It just so happens that the governor is going to Macheng, the capital of Huangzhou, Macheng has just resettled a group of displaced people, who are short of food and clothing, so I just happened to go and have a look, it will help you."

Bian Yong was surprised and delighted, and saluted respectfully: "Thank you, Lord for success!" ”

Nian Fu is a reminder of him.

Tell the emperor about the place, not only say good things, but also say some bad things, so that the emperor can see that he has not done enough.

Nianfu's face was slightly relaxed: "Get up." ”

He felt that Bian Yong was a manufacturable material.

If you are not a down-to-earth person, you will definitely not want to say something bad and anger the emperor, only people who want to really do practical things will be pinpointed with the disadvantages of the times and pick bones in the eggs.

Nian Fu is not only resettled in Huangzhou Mansion.

Still cracking down on bandits.

"You go to bed early tonight, and as soon as it dawns tomorrow, we'll go!" Rich and dusty.

He was sixty-three years old.

But he doesn't look old at all, and he does things vigorously and resolutely.

As soon as the sky was light, he washed up early, and last night he slept late, and the secret music was painted with fire, and outsiders could not see it.

The rich man burns incense and reads after bowing.

Seeing His Majesty's earnest advice, he also specially told him to exempt Hubei from commercial taxes, and to seize the opportunity of commerce and trade in Hubei.

After reading it, Nian Fu sighed, and wrote a long prelude, explaining the situation in Hubei first, the drawbacks, strategies, and so on.

I wrote late at night, but when I woke up the next morning, I was in good spirits.

Board the boat and return to Macheng.

For a day on the ship, Nian Fu had been studying.

In his spare time, he pointed to the side of the Yong.

Bian Yong looked at the young man with a gray beard, who was already a very popular minister, but he still insisted on studying, and this persistence moved him.

Disembark at Macheng.

Bian Yong heard the sound of soldiers drilling.

Nian Fu was nervous, got off the boat, got on the horse like a general, and hit the horse into Macheng.

It is different from Jiangxia, where commerce and trade are developed and thousands of sails are racing.

Macheng is overwhelmed by black clouds, and the city is about to be destroyed, a sad and lonely scene.

"A few gangs of bandits, carrying the homeless people, entered the Dabie Mountain."

Nian Fu sat on top of the government office, and there was a map hanging on the government office, and he said to Bian Yong: "This governor wants to go deep into the Dabie Mountain to suppress bandits, are you willing to go with this governor?" ”

Bian Yong was taken aback: "Lord Dufu, Houxue is going to Annan to preach the decree." ”

"It's the rainy season in Annan, and you can't get in if you go, what's the benefit of going?"

"Besides, Annan is a small country, with your father Bian Yong in charge, he can't afford to turn over the wind and waves."

Nian Fuman didn't care and said: "You can see that this governor suppresses bandits, but only this once." ”

"Whether you want to go or not, it's up to you."

Bian Yong hesitated, Nianfu really had the heart to promote him.

If he enters the vision of the rich and worships the rich man, it is also a good thing.

Moreover, the emperor really did not limit the time for him to arrive in Annam, and said that he should take a good look along the way.

"Houxue is willing to follow the Governor to suppress bandits!" Bian Yong saluted.

Nian Fu smiled wickedly, and had a feeling that a fish had taken the bait: "This inspector has a question for you, there are 170,000 bandit troops, and our army has 30,000, how can we break the strong enemy?" ”

Bian Yong listened stupidly directly.

30,000 fights 170,000, is this still called a small war? Do you have any misconceptions about fighting wars?

However, this is the young man who is taking the school exam.

He immediately sorted out the wording: "Later learning thought that there were three situations. ”

"First, if the bandit army is not well armoured, our army has good ordnance, as long as our army finds the bandits, it will be able to win a big victory."

"Second, if the bandit army is short of food, the main road can be sealed and it will be chaotic."

"Third, if the bandit army has armament and food, it can only ask the center to increase its troops."

However.

This answer made Nianfu dissatisfied.

"My lord, is there something wrong with Houxue?" Bian Yong asked in a low voice.

"If you are the commander of the Ming army, you should stop attacking immediately, because it is impossible to win 170,000 with 30,000 people, and you can't win under any circumstances."

Nianfu said a very practical question.

It's not everyone who is Huo Qu's disease!

There are many famous generals in the world, but there is only one Huo Quai!

We must fight a war steadily and steadily, fight a battle that must be won, avoid a battle that must be lost, and we can not win, but we must not be defeated.

Even if you are defeated, you must preserve your strength as much as possible; When victorious, the enemy is most likely to be weakened.

This is the famous general.

Bai Qi, Han Xin, Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi, Li Jing, Xu Da and other chosen sons, it took hundreds of years to produce such a child!

Without such a peerless general, life has to go on.

Bian Yong was also confused, so what is the significance of this question?

"That's what we're facing."

Nian Fu pointed to Dabie Mountain: "In this mountain, there are 170,000 thieves, plus the exiles who have been coerced, there are 300,000 people. ”

It is no wonder that Hubei has entered the great rule from the chaos.

Because the bandits were driven into the Dabie Mountain.

Bandits are also being suppressed locally, but there are no big bandits anymore.

One after another, 120,000 wolf soldiers were resettled from Guangxi.

Nian Fu has 30,000 people in his hands, guarding many passes in Dabie Mountain, blocking bandits in Dabie Mountain.

"And in the hands of this governor, there are only 30,000 people."

Nian Fu smiled bitterly: "Moreover, these 30,000 people are not very good at speaking Chinese, can't use firearms, and are not well-equipped." ”

So how is this battle fought?

"Why didn't you ask the center for troops?" Bian Yong asked in a low voice.

"Please, Your Majesty said to continue to transfer troops from Guangxi."

Nian Fu spread his hands: "But the Guangxi soldiers were all taken to Annan for dinner by Governor Fang, not in Guangxi, and Annan coincided with the rainy season, so they couldn't bring it back." ”

"So, the problem is handed over to the Governor."

Bian Yong smacked his tongue.

No wonder Nianfu didn't let him go to Annan, because he really couldn't go, he would only stop in Guangxi and look at Annan.

Nian Fu is an all-round talent, he has no shortcomings, he has become the biggest weakness, he can fight, but he can't fight this kind of tiebreaker.

He is different from Han Yong, Han Yong's strength is fighting wars and he is a commander-in-chief talent.

Being rich is good at everything, but in comparison, it is not good at everything.

"My lord, there's no way to go after school."

This problem is too much for Bian Yong.

Bian Yong is just handsome, and he has a father who sent an envoy to Annan, and his actual level is the level of an ordinary jinshi, which is not up to the level of Han Yong and Wang Yue.

In terms of bravery, it is far inferior to Ou Xin and Tao Cheng.

was sent out by the emperor, it was just an experience, he was still young, and he was just training him to grow.

"You're being sincere."

Nian Fu stroked his beard and smiled: "Dabie Mountain is the junction of three provinces, and these bandits are not bandits from Hubei Province. ”

"The bandits in Henan and Nanzhili are also rushing to Dabie Mountain."

"That's why in this Dabie Mountain, there are more than 300,000 people."

"However, there are only a few thousand people in Henan, blocking Jiuli Pass, Doumuling Pass, and Yinshan Pass."

"The general soldiers of the five prefectures in Nanzhi are still suppressing bandits in the local area, and they have no time to manage Dabie Mountain."

"The pressure is on Bento's shoulders."

"They can only guarantee that the bandits will not wander into Henan and Nanzhili."

This is a super problem in front of the young man.

300,000 wolf soldiers could have been transferred from Guangxi and killed directly into the Dabie Mountains.

It's just that the wolf soldiers in Guangxi are not in Guangxi.

"My lord, can you block Dabie Mountain, block people for a year and a half, and the bandits will naturally starve to death." Bian Yong had a flash of inspiration.

"Hunger is unbearable."

Nian Fu didn't elaborate.

The Ming army has blocked Dabie Mountain for nearly two months, but it is living happily inside.

It shows that someone is smuggling food into it.

It doesn't work.

Bian Yong is out of line.

"Bian Yong, this governor wants you to go to the General Military Mansion of the Five Mansions, and ask Lord Ou Xin to help this official suppress the bandits." Nianfu wants to ask Ou Xin for help.

The reason for choosing Bian Yong.

is because Bian Yong is noble, and he is taking the path of Wang Cheng.

And Wang Cheng is the chief soldier of the five mansions, and Bian Yong went to ask for it, which was better than him writing a letter in person.

This is also the reason why he glanced at Bian Yonggao.

Don't think that in the Fengtian Palace, anyone can enter the emperor's eyes.

Bian Yong was able to be noble, and he paid a lot behind it.

One minute on stage, ten years off stage.

In the court, there are many talents who can make envoys, why are you always noble? Just because I've been to the city of Cham once, it's different?

Speaking of which, it was Bian Yong who took the path of a eunuch, and Wang Cheng operated from it, which made Bian Yong enter the emperor's eyes little by little.

This incident was mentioned by chance in Li Xian's letter to Nianfu.

Nian Fu and Li Xian are good friends.

"Houxue is willing to go to Nanzhili!" Bian Yong couldn't refuse.

Stayed overnight in Macheng.

In the early morning of the next day, he turned around and went to Nanzhili.

He also wrote a letter of plea and presented it to the palace.

Leaving Hubei, the number of merchant ships on the road has not decreased, but also increased.

Nanzhili is the most prosperous place in the world.

When he docked on the shore, Bian Yong invited the boat boss to come over and ask.

"My lord, don't you know that the trade routes in Guangxi are now developed."

"But when you come back from the north, the ship can't be empty, and the northern specialties can't be sold when they are shipped to Guangxi."

"This Nanzhili is the richest place in the world."

"You can sell anything."

"Therefore, the ships coming back from the north will turn around and come to Nanzhili, and dump the goods from the north in Nanzhili."

The boat boss knows a lot.

I also know that the ship that comes back from the north will make a cost, and it will almost run in vain.

As a result, the price of goods from the north has become lower in the south.

It's also made easy.

"Do all the ships coming back from the north go to Nanzhili?" Bian Yong asked.

"That's not possible, no matter how prosperous Nanzhili is, it can't digest so many things."

The boat boss replied: "There is another way, it is to Guangzhou, there is Xiyi in Guangzhou, Xiyi has never seen any good things, it is something to ask for, and the price is high." ”

"In addition to these two roads, there is another road to Sichuan."

"But the villain doesn't know what exactly is going on over there."

The ship coming back from the north basically took three routes, Nanzhili, Guangzhou and Sichuan.

"You own this ship?" Bian Yong asked instead.

"Little Lao'er bought it himself."

The boat boss smiled: "The little old man has been a captain for half his life, and when he is old, he gritted his teeth and took out all his savings to buy this boat." ”

Just look at his smile and know that the livelihood is good.

"Thanks to the blessing of the emperor's grandfather, the money customs have been withdrawn, and we little people also have something to eat."

The eunuchs of the banknote customs often held a noble hand high to the big families, and collected money from those who did small business and had no backing.

As he spoke.

There was a father and daughter who were performing arts, standing on the shore to meet each other, wanting to get on the boat and sing a little song, and the reward they earned would be divided equally.

"I'm sorry, the wind is changing, and our ship is leaving." The ship's boss reluctantly refused.

Making money from selling artists is also the main component of his income.

The father and daughter arched their hands and went to ask the other boatmen.

Bian Yong stopped them: "Sir, what kind of song do you sing?" ”

"Back to the nobles, don't dare to take on a sir."

The father arched his hand and said: "I just learned a new tune from Jingshi, my daughter has a good voice and is famous far and wide. ”

As soon as he heard the new tune, someone in the cabin poked his head out: "Boss of the boat, let him come up and sing a part, sing a part and then leave." ”

There are many people in the cabin who are itchy, and the teaching department often makes new songs, which are published in the newspapers, but they can see the words, but they can't hear the sound.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the wind direction has changed, and if you don't send a boat, you won't be able to catch up with Yingshan tonight."

The boat boss also wants to make money, but he can't joke about safety.

It is very unsafe to sail at night.

"Otherwise, you will come aboard the ship and return tomorrow." Someone has a plan.

The father and daughter hesitated.

They sang on the boats that docked, and they could get a lot of money a day.

If you follow a boat and wait for the guests to get tired of listening, how can there be a reward?

Besides, there are play boats on this river.

They went on the boat to sing, and they broke the rules.

Bian Yong looked interesting, took out a few copper plates from the money bag, and threw them on the shore: "Sir, just sing a voice, let us listen to something fresh." ”

Someone followed and threw copper plates at it.

When the father and daughter saw the money, they looked at each other and their voices lit up.

sang that Huo Qu's illness broke the Huns.

This is an unpopular drama, and the singing tone is not fixed, there is any sound, and you can change it as you want.

At the moment, the hottest is still the Three Kingdoms.

But hot is hot, the past business travelers are tired of listening, and there are dramas singing on every shore wharf, and they are tired of listening to it.

Bian Yong listened with interest, and a son-in-law came out of the cabin: "Childe, I heard that your accent is from Jingshi, do you think it is authentic or not?" ”

This person is a ticket holder at first glance.

"It smells like that." Bian Yong said with a smile.

"That's the reward!"

Brother Gongzi took out a small piece of silver and threw it on the shore: "Sing well, reward." ”

Locality.

Bian Yong smiled but did not speak.

The boat set sail, walked the muddy water, and entered the ground of Nanzhili after crossing the Ying Mountain.

I really ran into a play boat on the way.

The boy wanted to invite the boat to come over and sing, but the boat boss refused.

"You're so boring, listen to the singing, it's not too late to leave after listening." Brother Childe chattered.

The captain of the boat bowed, and even said that he could not miss the hour.

In fact, if the boat is allowed to dock, the boat boss can receive a reward.

He is reluctant to walk at night, worried that it is not safe to touch the reef, he has been walking on water since he was a child, and he is not afraid of water, but the guest officer on the ship is different.

There are rules for doing a line.

The money that should be earned is earned, and the money that should not be earned is not taken.

The sun is setting in the west, and the sunset is brilliant.

Disembark at Engshan.

Bian Yong joined the inn, which was converted from an official store in the original post delivery system.

Although he is a tolerance, he pays out of his own pocket.

The travel allowance is fixed, and he does it on the emperor's errand, which can probably subsidize about four taels of silver.

The Bian family is a big family, and they are not short of this money.

He picked a medium room and the price was fair.

Xiao Er is attentive, and although the meal is not delicious, it is not unpalatable.

"It's really different from what it used to be."

Bian Yong has lived in an official store.

The first time he lived in the official store, it was after his father was admitted to the Jinshi, on the way from his hometown Hejian to Jingshi, and the whole family took the post road and lived in the official store.

That attitude is called a bad one, and the food is really not even eaten by dogs.

It's obviously meat, it's a good thing, but it makes the taste of a dog shaking his head when he sees it.

Xiao Er is a part-time shopkeeper, and when he speaks, he is called a horizontal, and he has to ask for a pot of hot water normally.

At that time, his mother was pregnant with her sister in her belly, and she couldn't drink hot water in the official store, and his father Bian Yong was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.

This is true for the officials, but what about the people?

When he grew up, he also lived in an official store a few times, and he had only one impression, poor! Very poor!

Of course, if you are accompanied by a local commander, the attitude is worlds apart, and the soldiers are so enthusiastic that they can help you wipe your ass.

And now.

He lived very comfortably, Xiao Er with a smiling face, the mattress was clean, the house was quiet, and Xiao Er went to and from the aisle with care.

Taking advantage of Xiao Er's efforts to deliver hot water, he chatted with Xiao Er.

"You don't know, the little one turned out to be a guy from the teahouse."

"This inn has been contracted by our big shopkeeper."

"Just send the little ones over to serve the guests."

"The small one gets three dollars of silver every month, and if the inn business is good, the small one has an extra reward, and every month, he can earn five or six dollars of silver."

"When the month is good, you can earn more than one or two."

Xiao Er smiled: "Naturally, all the guest officers are the little masters, serve the guest officers well, the guest officers are comfortable, and the small wallets are bulging." ”

"Childe, please tell me if you have anything."

As he spoke, he made a gesture to go out.

Bian Yong sounded funny, and asked with a smile: "Where did the former shop soldiers go?" ”

"Childe, you don't know."

Xiao Er is a talker: "The soldiers turned out to be military households, and they ate the emperor's grain." ”

"But after the reform of the imperial court, this shop of soldiers will either go to the real soldiers, or go home and go to farming."

"Where are the materials for being a soldier, they will all go back to farming."

"They are like an uncle, and they have to be served, where can they do this job of serving people? Do you say? ”

Bian Yong felt that this made sense.

Serving others is a condescending job, and ordinary people can't do it.

"What about the former cook?" Bian Yong asked again.

"Childe, you're an official figure, right?"

Xiao Er is a pair of fiery eyes, and Bian Yong always asks these questions, which means that there is resentment in his heart, and ordinary people can't live in this official store.

"No, I've lived with my people a few times." Bian Yong said perfunctorily.

Xiao Er smiled and said, "Which are those cooks?" Don't you know that the water inside this post is deep. ”

Bian Yong asked him to talk about it carefully.

"It's different now, and even the little ones dare to say it."

Xiao Er whispered: "Let's just say that the cook in our official store is a relative of the concubine of the lord in the yamen." ”

"I used to dig up a lot of dung."

"No, other people's relatives are noble, and they are accepted as concubines by adults, so they pull him and go to the official store to be a cook."

"If you follow the original rules, once you do it, it will be a lifetime, who cares if the food is delicious or not, and you can put money in your pocket, which is the right thing."

Xiao Er sneered: "Now, those adults can't protect themselves, who will care about a bullshit relative, I heard that I went back to dig up dung." ”

Bian Yong was a little sick to his stomach.

In fact, it is similar everywhere, this kind of work of ensuring income in drought and flood, the common people are not able to take their turn, and their heads and brains cannot look down on it, so they can only pull their poor relatives to help.

The little people are rich, and they are naturally powerful.

It's another lifetime of work, if you do a good job, you won't be promoted, and if you do a bad job, you won't be dismissed, and it's strange to be motivated.

"But it's different now."

"This is a place to do business, whether there is anyone to live in, whether there is anyone to eat, it all depends on the ability to eat."

"No one can stop us."

"The emperor's grandfather made a holy decree, the emperor's grandfather encouraged the common people to do business work, the emperor's grandfather's holy decree, who dares not to listen to it!"

Bian Yong could hear that the shopkeeper felt that the current life was good.

"Little Er!"

He still wanted to ask, but there were guests in other rooms shouting, and the shopkeeper answered, bowed down and said sorry, and left Bian Yong's room.

The next morning.

Hu Cong rented a few horses, and Bian Yong rode on the horse and went to the next pier.

From Yingshan, you have to walk a long way to get to the next pier and take the boat to Hefei.

Along the way, he saw many troops, escorting some prisoners to the boats, and some troops were clearing the mountains for bandits.

But I didn't see the soldiers invading the travelers.

Travelers seem to be commonplace.

In recent years, most of them have been businessmen who have traveled around the country, and they have traveled to and from various places because they know that the whole country is clearing out bandits, and it is not strange to see them.

But these soldiers did not disturb the people or rob, and Bian Yong felt very strange.

The soldiers of these years are bandits, and the bandits are not as bad as the soldiers.

He asked someone.

"Childe, you don't know anything."

A local businessman, driving a convoy of horses, chatted with Bian Yong as he walked: "The imperial court has set up a new general army of the five prefectures to be in charge of the five mansions. ”

"Most of the soldiers in these five prefectures are from Guangxi."

"They don't speak Chinese."

"The general in charge of them is General Ou Xinou, who has made great achievements in Guangxi."

"General Ou strictly ordered that those who disturb the people should be killed."

"The emperor's grandfather's holy decree, the people suppress bandits, and they don't take credit as their heads, so there is no need for these soldiers to kill the people."

Truly.

Remembering merit according to the head is one of the reasons for the cruelty of the people.

Bian Yong asked: "Business travelers like you and me, the packages are full of money, so they are not impressed?" ”

"Childe, you don't know, these wolf soldiers are rich."

The merchant said, "Do you see these goods on our carriage?" The main buyers are them, our local merchants, who are all supported by others. ”

"You're an outsider, so it's normal not to know."

"These people are all meritorious people, and the court has rewarded them with a lot of money."

"I married a wife and settled down in Nanzhili, the bride price money was given by the army, and I was given land to build a house, and I didn't have to spend a penny."

"The military salary is also paid to the hand."

"I've heard that it's not the local officials who send it, but the officials of the center who come and send it, and they all issue silver tickets! Take the silver ticket and go directly to the counter to withdraw it! ”

"If you want to be rich, who can have them rich?"

"Can they take a fancy to our commodity?"

The merchant was a little envious, jealous and hateful.

I didn't realize that being a soldier has become an enviable profession.

Bian Yong disagreed: "Even if these rewards, how much money can there be?" Isn't there another way to get money? ”

"Don't you dare to talk nonsense!"

The merchant was secretive: "Son, beware of misfortune coming out of your mouth." ”

There really is!

Bian Yong is the emperor's confidant, visiting the world, and going back to report to the emperor.

"Brother, I just like to find interesting things, you can talk about it, I will listen to it, the left ear goes in and the right ear goes out, no one knows."

As he spoke, Bian Yong threw a brown paper wrap into the car.

It's a piece of beef in sauce.

The merchant was so hungry that he drooled and wanted to return it to Bian Yong, but he was reluctant.

"That's it!"

"You're just talking nonsense to me!"

He said: "This wolf soldier is particularly strong in combat, and in less than two months after coming to Nanzhili, he swept more than 100 villages and arrested nearly 100,000 bandits. ”

"These bandits, one by one, robbed homes and houses, calling for wind and rain."

"Hehe, none of them are characters in the Water Margin, all of them are afraid of the scourge of the rich and the poor!"

"Their stockade, which one of them doesn't have a lot of money?"

He didn't dare to go on.

That is to say, the treasures in the stockade have been coveted with ink.

This is normal.

Since the ban on drinking the blood of soldiers, almost all the generals have done so, and the center has turned a blind eye.

But it doesn't mean that the emperor is happy to do this.

"Finished?" Bian Yong saw that he didn't speak for a long time.

"It's over!"

The merchant put the meat bun in his arms, and he was reluctant to eat it, so he took it home and gave it to his daughter-in-law and children.

Bian Yong felt that he had lost a bag of meat and asked about loneliness.

"Brother, how are you doing?" Bian Yong asked.

"Do you need to ask?"

Shang Jia smiled: "This year is the most comfortable year in my life, and it is much easier to make money than before." ”

He turned around and pointed to the goods of the dozen or so carriages: "Look at these goods, they are all imported by me from Yingshan." ”

The ships returning from the north will also be unloaded at Yingshan.

Because of the unloading from Yingshan, you can go down the river to the south, and you don't have to turn a corner to go to Nanzhili.

The cost saved is also cheaper for the merchants who come here to pick up the goods.

"The life of a merchant is better, but the life of a farmer may not be." Bian Yong frowned.

Daming has always been heavy on agriculture and suppressed business.

And His Majesty's rash start of business, I don't know if it will affect agriculture.

Rushed to the dock.

When he docked at the wharf, he saw a farmer carrying a load to sell melons and fruits.

Bian Yong bought two watermelons, cut a piece and handed it to the farmer.

The peasant swallowed his saliva and did not dare to accept it, and deserved it.

"Sir, this is for you."

Bian Yong asked him to sit down.

"Don't dare to call Mr., just call the old man, Xie Gongzi's melon." The old peasant bowed and sat on the ground.

Bian Yong also sat on the ground, nibbling on a watermelon.

Don't look at the farmer who has grown watermelons all his life, but there are very few watermelons in his mouth.

The last time I ate watermelon, I still couldn't sell it, and when the watermelon was about to go bad, I had to eat it.

At that time, he did not taste sweetness, but bitterness and tears.

He took a bite gently, the juice was sweet, it turned out that the watermelon was really sweet.

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