The lower official did not greet him well, and asked the prince to forgive him, and the lower official toasted the prince with a cup on behalf of the Shandong fathers. Shandong Governor Qian Yu held the cup with both hands very diligently and saluted Yinzuo with a smile.

Qian Yu, the word Bojun, a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, was born in the ninth year of Kangxi, and successively served as a bachelor of Hanlin, the prefect of Jiangning, the governor of Jiangdong, the political envoy of Jiangsu, and the governor of Shandong. This is not a person on any side, and the brothers are not touched, but the annual filial piety will not forget the brothers, it is an old Jianghu, the head of the head of Yinzuo followed the old man to the south of the Yangtze River when he saw this master, many years have passed, and I have not seen the old, which shows that the officials are very nourishing, the performance of the officials is good, the political performance is acceptable, and the saints are also good.

Today, Yinzuo arrived in Quancheng, Qian Yu led the officials in Shandong to welcome Yinzuo to the post station, and hurried to invite Yinzuo to the dust washing banquet, the banquet was held in Qian Yu's house, and there was an old acquaintance of Yinzuo in the few who accompanied him - Shandong Zhentai Lingyu, the prince's door, the fool who was formerly the prefect of Texas, after so many years, this goods have also become a feudal official. In addition to Ling Yu on this main table, there is also Shandong Fantai Yidao, the eighth elder brother's disciple; Xuezheng Sun Xiangxian, the third child's subordinate; Shandong Governor Xi Erda, Zhishi's former Hanlin Academy scholar Liu Kui and several others, and the rest of the officials of all sizes were seated outside the flower hall in turn according to their ranks.

"Okay, this glass of wine is drunk by the king." Yinzuo also happily dried the wine glass in front of him, and the servant waiting on the side hurriedly filled it.

As soon as Qian Yu sat down, the political envoy Yi Dao hurriedly stood up and said: "The lower officials also salute the prince, I wish the prince all the best, and the lower officials will do it first." ”

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As soon as the wine was drunk, it was gone, and the big and small officials took turns to come up to toast, and before the dishes moved, Yinzuo was almost drunk. Serving the wine glass, he said with a smile: "This king has never been good at drinking, so I will toast you with this last glass of wine." Yinzuo drained the wine in the cup in one gulp, and then said with a smile: "Everyone, go on, this king is not strong enough to drink, so I won't accompany you." ”

As soon as Qian Yu stood up and wanted to say two words to persuade him to drink, Yin Zuo said happily: "Lord Qian, this king is ordered to do errands, and some things have to be bothered by Lord Qian, I don't know how the wharf in Qingdao is built?" ”

There is no official business at the banquet, but Yinzuo is the prince, since he asked, Qian Yu didn't have the courage not to answer, standing just about to speak, Yinzuo smiled and pressed his hand and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, sit down and say slowly." ”

This slowly, the wine can't be saluted, no one has the courage to interrupt the prince's inquiry, right? Qian Yu is an old fox, and naturally understands that Yinzuo is running away from wine in the name of talking about business, but he knows that he can't do anything, so he has to sit down and report honestly: "Lord Wang, I received the will of the saint in front of my head, and the lower official has sent someone to accompany the director of the Ministry of Industry Chen to Qingdao for on-the-spot investigation, according to the report, although the original small wharf in Qingdao is suitable but the scale is not large enough, the lower official has ordered the construction to start last month, but the household department has not received the silver, and I am afraid that the construction period will be missed." ”

"Oh." Yinzuo nodded noncommittally, but he understood very well in his heart, the household department allocated the silver is just a procedure for moving the account, very fast, the cash is still from the political envoy's yamen, the fourth child even if the goods are ruthless, he does not dare to card the silver by sea, but the old man is staring at it, and the household department is according to Yinzuo's method, and the silver is allocated according to the progress of the project, Qian Yu's words are just a pretext.

Yinzuo asked casually: "How is the public security in Shandong, will it affect the progress of the project?" ”

Before Qian Yu could speak, Ling Yu, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly said: "Although the prince can rest assured, there are no big bandits in Shandong, even if they are petty thieves, they will never dare to hit the idea of the shipping terminal." ”

Hey, it's really interesting that this product is in such a hurry to jump out, there are no three hundred taels of silver here? Yin Zuo said happily: "This is the best, this king will be relieved a lot, Lord Ling does things, this king can be trusted, hahaha......"

Ling Yu said with a smile: "Thank you for the praise, the lower officials are just loyal to their duties, hehe." ”

Dedication? Hey, I'm afraid that goods like you are loyal to make money, right? Yinzuo smiled and didn't speak, turned his head and asked about the harvest, learning politics and the like, regardless of whether those officials were uncomfortable or not, in short, they didn't have the opportunity to engage in those toasts again, so they escaped this wine, and talked a lot of nonsense, but they also got some useful information, and generally understood some customs and customs.

As soon as he returned to the post station, Yinzuo's drunken face disappeared immediately, and his eyes flashed as he looked at Liang Size, the Yantai guerrilla general who accompanied him back, and said calmly: "Size, you have been following this king for some years, when you know the character of this king, this king asks you: How is the bandit trouble in Shandong?" Is there a large group of bandits who gather in the mountains and forests? ”

"Master, the bandits in Shandong are not serious, but there are indeed some bandits who gather in the mountains and forests, such as Chen Xiao of Yanzi Mountain, Harrier Liu of Zhengjiazhai, Thirteen Lang of Meihua Mountain, etc., dozens of shares, the largest stock is the bandit Zhang Batian, who is entrenched in Nanchangshan Island, with thousands of men and horses, more than 100 ships of all sizes, not only robbing merchant ships, but also going ashore from time to time to rob, cunning as a fox, Shandong sailors have returned several times in vain, and the minions have also fought with this bandit several times, and they have not been able to exterminate it."

"Huh? There are so many bandits, it has become not too serious in your mouth, and you have only been an official for a few days before you learn to whitewash the peace. "If the bandits are not eliminated, it will be difficult to settle the sea, Yinzuo's plan will inevitably be affected, and he is angry, and Liang Size is here.

Yinzuo's words were so cold that Liang Size hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "The master is angry, and the slave must do his best to eliminate the bandits, and he will never live up to the master's painstaking cultivation." ”

"Okay, get up, I'll talk about this later, this king asks you, have you ever heard of the case of the Chen family's extermination in Shanghe County?" Liang Ize has only been in Yantai for a few months, and Yinzuo is not too blameful.

"Lord Wang, the slave has heard about this matter, but I don't know the details, I only know that this matter has something to do with the governor and the governor, and the slave is a military position, and he doesn't care about such things on weekdays." Liang Ize replied respectfully.

"Well, are there bandits and bandits in Shanghe County?" Yinzuo nodded and asked.

"Master, Shanghe County is a horse in Pingchuan, and there are no bandits who gather in the mountains and forests." Liang Ize replied a little strangely.

Yinzuo couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, and then asked, "Oh? What are the closest bandits to Shanghe County? Will you go to Shanghe to commit crimes? ”

"The closest is the Black Mountain Village Mountaineering Tiger, but it is also more than 100 miles away from Shanghe County, and there is the Yellow River in the middle, and then there is the Zhengjiazhai Harrier Liu of Linyi, but it is also separated by more than 200 miles, but Shanghe is the territory of Jinan Prefecture, and the bandits dare not commit crimes here even if they are bold." Liang Ize replied with certainty.

Can't? Well? Didn't Chen Yingying's girl say that the bandits destroyed her whole family? How can this be explained? Could there be something else going on? Yin Zuo paced a few steps in the room, thought for a while, and said, "Do you have local people under you?" ”

"Master, there are a lot of local soldiers under the slave, what does the master command?"

"Well, you can go back to Yantai immediately, send a few people with firm mouths to Shanghe to learn about the case of the extermination, and go back to inform the king, there is no way." Yinzuo waved his hand thoughtfully, Liang Ize kowtowed, said loudly, and walked out of the room.

"Sir, do you think there is something else going on in this matter?" Yinzuo looked at Lin Xuanyi, who had been silent, and asked.

"It's hard to say, Lord Wang, doesn't 'Fuyuan Ji' have a semicolon in Quancheng? Why not ask? Lin Xuanyi said with a smile.

Well? Why did you forget this, yes, tomorrow I will call the shopkeeper here to talk back and forth, I think I can know a rough idea. Since Yinzuo handed over the intelligence system to Wu Sidao for management, he didn't care much about these things at all, and he made a big fuss at this time, and he laughed a little embarrassed.

The shopkeeper of the Shandong branch of "Fuyuan Ji" is a distant relative of Liu Mingchuan, named Lin Jiacheng, with a shrewd face, just saw Yinzuo and immediately knelt on the ground, and asked Ann again and again, Yinzuo just raised his hand and said: "This king has something to ask you, get up and talk back." ”

Lin Jiacheng hurriedly stood up and said: "Although the prince has something to order, the little one knows everything and says everything......

Yinzuo interrupted Lin Jiacheng's nonsense with a wave of his hand, and said with a frown: "This king asks you, have you ever heard of the Chen family's extermination case in Shanghe County?" ”

"I know, I know, this matter is small and clear, this matter is a long talk, there is a guy in the small store, his brother-in-law is on an errand in the Yamen of Zhentai, talking about it, the little one thinks it is interesting and writes it down......" Lin Jiacheng talked nonsense for a long time, and before he turned to the topic, Yinzuo frowned when he heard it, and snorted coldly: "Tell the point." ”

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, that's how the case goes......" What Lin Jiacheng said is generally similar to what Chen Yingying said, but the one who did the destruction was not a thief, I heard that it was someone from the Zheng family, what was going on, Lin Jiacheng didn't know too well.

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