After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu He received a letter from Huzhou.

It turned out to be a letter from Mr. Jing Chuan and Tang Shunzhi, the new governor of Huzhou.

The letter first congratulated Xu He on his success in the examination, and said that he happened to have free time for a while, so he wanted to invite Xu He to live in Nanxun, Huzhou for a few days, just to taste the hairy crabs and Xun hooves of the local Nanxun.

Since the last time Shen Mansion said goodbye, Xu He and Tang Shunzhi have often exchanged letters.

In addition to asking questions, Xu He also talked about daily trivial matters.

Tang Shunzhi admires this little friend, and from time to time he also sends some local specialties from Huzhou, and Xu He naturally wants to give back.

After going back and forth, Tang Shunzhi actually called Xu He a little friend in front of his friends, which made Xu He's fame gradually spread in Zhejiang.

Xu He had planned to [disappear] for a while during this time, but now Tang Shunzhi's letter suddenly moved his heart.

After settling down the affairs of the family, after waiting for Ding Ze to come back from the field for two days, Xu He asked, "How is Songjiang doing?" ”

Ding Ze said: "Don't worry, I told Wang Zhu'er and Xiao Er to keep an eye on it, and they also made it clear what should be explained, and then they came back." ”

Xu He nodded and said, "Okay, we'll go to Huzhou tomorrow." Used to stay for a while. ”

Ding Ze was surprised: "Huzhou? There are often pirates in Zhejiang now, is there anything important for the son to go now? ”

Xu He said with a smile: "It's okay, when we arrived in Wuxi County, there was an official ship from the Huzhou Mansion Yamen on Taihu Lake to pick us up!" ”

Ding Ze was a little relieved when he heard this.

It's not that he is cautious, in this era, Wuxi was under the jurisdiction of Changzhou Prefecture, and although Suzhou and Changzhou were not as chaotic and erosive as Zhejiang, they were often harassed.

The general army of Su Song of the imperial court was even more afraid that the rebellion would spread to Nanzhili, so he simply stationed in Suzhou Mansion.

But with the official ships of the Huzhou government, it is different.

Because Zhejiang was the hardest-hit area of the Japanese rebellion, the whole province still attached great importance to armaments.

Even if it is a guard, it is not much stronger than other provinces.

With the banner of Huzhou Mansion, if it weren't for the large number of Japanese or real Japanese people, no one would dare to act rashly.

Knowing that Xu He was going to Huzhou, Xie and Sister Gu inevitably had another burst of advice.

On the day of the trip, Xu He deliberately made the momentum bigger, visited Chen Hua again, and hosted a banquet at home for Hu Xiancheng, Ouyang Jun, Chu Yuan and others, until the whole Hailing knew that he was going out before taking Ding Ze south.

Since Xu He had the identity of a lifter, he didn't need the road guide opened by the yamen when he went out, and he stopped and stopped along the way, stopped and stopped the shop, and wrote a diary while learning about the real life of the people in the Great Wei Dynasty.

The content of the diary is not limited to the content, and when he sees the mountains and rivers, he compares them with the books that Xie Kun gave him.

The ancients painted maps relatively roughly, for example, the book "Mountains and Rivers of the Emperor's Wei Liefu" given to him by Xie Kun painted Yangzhou to Xie Defu's hometown Yiling beyond recognition.

The river is only marked with its name, just make a general location, in fact, the salt river leads directly to Yangzhou, but on the map out of the river is gone.

Moreover, the various banknotes and inspections on the river are even more sloppy.

If you really rely on this map, you can fall into the ditch in battle.

Therefore, Xu He's first priority is to draw a rough map along the way according to the scale of later generations, of course, he doesn't have the energy to run them all, but when he meets the villagers, it is much more reliable than the map of a hundred years ago.

The second is to seek out the people's feelings.

Local customs, anecdotes, and outputs are written down on paper as long as they are heard.

The chatters ranged from ordinary people to gentry with official backgrounds.

In this era, there are no high-speed railways, planes, or even cars and ships, and the transportation is indeed inconvenient, but it also allows Xu He to calm down and take a closer look at the mountains and rivers of this world.

Along the way, he not only broadened his horizons, but also became much more comfortable.

When they arrived at Taihu Lake, the official ships of Huzhou had been waiting for them for a long time.

Xu He was not in a hurry, he stayed in the fishing village by Taihu Lake for two days, and according to the rules he set, he invited the surrounding villagers to learn about the local customs and customs, and then got on the boat and headed south.

To greet Xu He is the third class of Huzhou Mansion to catch the head of Zhou Ju, this week's move is very interesting, originally a talent in Huzhou, my father's generation is the head catcher, because I don't want my children and grandchildren to be registered in the small officials, I spent money to let Zhou Ju study.

But Zhou Ju is a typical example of hurting Zhongyong, he was quite smart when he was a child, but he didn't win the township exam several times, and his father is also old, and the family has long been sitting on the empty mountain now, so he has no choice but to let his son retreat to the second, first keep the position of catching the head, and the other ......, the next generation.

The Great Wei Dynasty did not prohibit officials from conducting scientific examinations, so the Zhou family could advance and retreat.

But this also caused Zhou Ju to catch the head, which is really ......

"Xie Yuangong, in the next week, the word Shangbin, under the orders of the Lord Taishou, is here to wait for Xie Yuangong!" After speaking, he lifted the hem of his robe and made a stroke.

Xu He said with a smile: "I didn't expect the head catcher to be from a show, it's really both civil and military!" ”

Zhou Ju smiled bitterly: "Talent is shallow, I gave up halfway, I am really ashamed of both civil and military affairs, but now I can't do it, I can't do martial arts, Yazhong laughs at me for being sour and talented, and I go out to call me a black and red yaksha, it's really ......"

Xu He didn't expect that Zhou Ju was still a wonderful person this week, and his speech was quite interesting, but he had been walking for many days and was very tired, so he brought tea and asked Ding Ze to send off the guests, and wrote a diary in the cabin by himself.

Not long after, suddenly there was a noisy sound of footsteps on the deck outside, and Xu He said to Ding Ze: "Go out and see, what's going on?" ”

Ding Ze went out for a while and came back with Zhou Ju.

Zhou Ju said: "Xie Yuangong, it is Liang Qiao's men and horses who are bandits on Taihu Lake, and when he saw a boat passing, he drove a small boat over to take a look!" ”

Xu He frowned and said, "Are there many bandits on this Taihu Lake?" ”

"Originally, there were a lot, but over the years, Liang Qiao has become powerful and gradually annexed some small forces, but Xie Yuangong can rest assured, they still don't dare to mess around when they see the official ship!" Zhou Ju looked at the small boat watching from afar outside the window and explained to Xu He.

Xu He frowned and said, "Why do I live in Taihu Lake, but the people in those villages don't mention that there is such a person in Taihu Lake?" ”

Zhou Ju said with a smile: "Many of Liang Qiao's subordinates are actually fishermen from Taihu Lake, they make a living by fishing when they have nothing to do, but if there are fat sheep, they will gather on small islands and plunder merchant ships. ”

Ding Ze was surprised: "Why doesn't the government suppress it?" ”

Zhou Ju smiled slightly and did not speak.

Xu He's heart is like a mirror, these people estimate that their evil deeds are not good, that is, robbing money does not hurt people, plus there are many local and government cover-ups, and it is better to have more than one thing above.

It didn't take long for the boat that was watching Xu He and them to disappear, and the footsteps on the deck also stopped.

Xu He couldn't help but be impressed by this week's move.

Knowing that the people who came would not attack the official ships, he still organized the defense of the officials and sailors, which is called prudence.

And prudence, is a good quality.