Moreover, in each village, not only are the crops taken care of excellently, but also the sound of chickens and ducks is incessant, which shows that each family has raised a large number of livestock. And most conspicuously, many of the houses in the village have obvious signs of new repairs, and they even found that there are many new houses under construction in several villages!

You must know that for farmers, houses and land are fundamental, but whether it is repairing or building a new house, it costs a lot of money! And the villagers are willing to spend money, which means that they have a high income and enough to maintain their expenses!

Seeing this kind of scene, the three civil officials all felt embarrassed! Because Tianjin has been tossed by Wu Ninghou after some vigorous vitality, it is more capable than civil officials!

And Xu Wanjiang doesn't understand people's livelihood, and he also knows that the surrounding area of Tianjin seems to be no less prosperous than the surrounding area of Beijing! What's more, the farmers around Jingshi are all tenants, and one looks lifeless. And the villagers here are full of energy! As for Zhang Shi's face still smiling faintly, he couldn't tell what he was thinking at all.

But the better the situation, the more eager the hearts of several people became! This shows that there is a lot of money in Tianjin! If you control Tianjin, you will have a lot of money! This strengthened their idea of bringing down the stinky Wu Ninghou!

Thinking of a few people here, the four of them subconsciously exchanged glances with each other, and then they understood their respective thoughts, and actually had some thoughts of the same enemy!

When they came to a place 30 miles away from Tianjin, He Xianli looked up and didn't see anyone to greet them! His anger rose and he said loudly, "This Tianjin is a sloppy angel, and no one has greeted the convoy here!"

Wu Yunshan also chimed in and said, "That's true! Do these people in Tianjin don't want to be officials anymore?"

However, Jiang Yuzhong said in a low voice at this time: "I'm afraid it's not that I didn't come to greet him, but that no one greeted him at all! Don't forget, Tianjin civil and military masks were detained in prison by Wu Ninghou, and they were interrogated if they were in collusion with the White Lotus Sect, otherwise they wouldn't have come away!"

He Xianli slapped his head and said, "That's true, I've forgotten this now!"

Wu Yunshan said with a smile: "In that case, why don't we take a long detour to the canal and have a look!" Didn't you say that Wu Ninghou set up a card there to collect taxes?"

Jiang Yuzhong snorted and said, "Very good, I'm just going to see how Wu Ninghou is rampant!"

Xu Wanjiang also interjected: "Go together, go together! When you see it, you will go back and explain it to Your Majesty!"

He Xianli said: "Everyone, if we rush like this, we are afraid that we will alarm Wu Ninghou's minions, so it is better for me to change into civilian clothes and only bring a few guards."

Wu Yunshan also nodded and said, "Good idea! But do you want to inform Grandpa Zhang?"

Xu Wanjiang hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's give a notice, just see if he is willing to go?"

After sending someone to ask, he replied that Father-in-law Zhang was also willing to go, and he would also change into civilian clothes. So they went back to the carriage and changed their clothes, and each of them took only one attendant with him, and drove several carriages to the canal.

When they arrived near the canal, they saw a water gate built on the canal from a distance! The water gate is quite wide, and there is a lookout place for people to walk on it. When they got closer, sure enough, there was a team of brocade guards patrolling back and forth above the water gate.

Several people got out of the carriage and walked towards Watergate. At first, they were worried that their group would be too conspicuous, but they frightened the carriage and found that there were many people watching the canal. I think it's because the tax collection has just started here, and many people are here to watch the excitement.

Several people blended into the crowd and squeezed to the edge of the canal with the help of the guards. Then they looked into the river, and saw that there were ten small trestle bridges on the left and right sides of the canal bank in front of the water gate, and the boats coming and going on the canal were docked on the trestle bridges in turn.

When the ships stopped, two tax collectors and two brocade guards boarded the ship to count and collect the tax and silver. At this time, the pier was full of boats.

When the few of them crowded to the shore, there was a boat right under their feet. Two tax collectors and two brocade guards came down from the boat. On the ship, one of the boats was clearly dressed as a eunuch, collecting loose pieces of silver and tax bills.

Seeing this scene, Wu Yunshan

He Xianli beside him whispered, "Seeing that the person who paid the tax just now on the ship is obviously dressed as a eunuch, why are the people in the palace so well-behaved now?"

He Xianli shook his head and said, "I don't know even below! But if you look at the flags, these ships seem to be all one-man!"

Jiang Yuzhong also said: "That's right, you can see that the flags on the ships behind are also very similar, but the flags blown by the wind are rolling, and you can't see who it is? But maybe Grandpa Zhang can know who it is."

At this time, Wen Yan squinted his eyes and looked at the flag, and he didn't seem to be able to see clearly. However, he thought for a while and said, "The flag is indeed not clear, but if you calculate the time, I think it should be the day when the eunuch Zhou Gonggong of Hangzhou returns to Beijing, maybe it is his fleet."

While a few people were talking, a building boat sailed over and leaned against the trestle. The boat is quite magnificent, and the flag is clearly played, and there is indeed a word "Zhou" written on it! Everyone immediately understood, and sure enough, it was the fleet of the eunuch Zhou Gonggong in Hangzhou.

It's just that these people know that when the eunuch is in the palace, he is like a quail, and he is as fierce and greedy as an eagle when he goes out.

A few people couldn't think of an answer after thinking about it for a long time, Xu Wanjiang couldn't help it, as if he arched his hand to Gonggong Zhang and said: "Gonggong Zhang, I want to ask a question below, this week's father-in-law is the guard of Hangzhou, and he is also a face-saving figure in the palace, how can he honestly pay taxes and silver, does Your Majesty have any special will?"

Zhang Shi glanced at him, and then said with a smile: "Long Live Lord won't care about such a trivial matter, it's just that we are all slaves and maids of Long Live Lord, so naturally our hearts are towards Long Live Lord, and we can't let Long Live Lord worry about it!" So some things are naturally done according to the rules!"

When several people heard this, they scolded in their hearts: "When will you dog eunuchs actually obey the rules!"

However, Zhang Shi's words still gave them a hint, that is, these eunuchs live in the palace and are the best at watching the style! Whoever is close to the emperor can see it the best! Now Liu Haojia is red and purple in front of the Long Live Lord, so they naturally won't tease Wu Ninghou at this time, so as not to lose their favor in front of the Long Live Lord! What's more, because a little bit of broken silver is against the most popular person in front of Long Live Lord, it is completely worth the loss!