Chang'an is the gold cave of the Tang Dynasty, and good things from all over the world are sent to Chang'an in different ways. As a result, the level of consumption here is more than a cut higher than that of other big cities, and the degree of monetization of goods is frightening.

10,000 can be said to be astronomical elsewhere, but in Chang'an, it is not necessarily. You don't need to spend it in a year.

Pingkangfang, on the other hand, is the legal "red light district" of Datang, the gold cave in the gold cave.

Its northwest corner is where the imperial city is located, and all kinds of important decrees of the Tang Dynasty are issued from here every day, maybe some officials who like entertainment will go straight to Pingkangfang after going to the court.

Pingkangfang is famous not only because it is the gathering place of the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion, and the famous people are gathered together. It is also because the night sheng songs here have brought creative inspiration to countless talents, and countless famous Tang poems have been written here.

"Kaiyuan Tianbao Relics" recorded: "Chang'an has Pingkangfang, where prostitutes live, where Kyoto heroes and young people gather, and every year new jinshi, with red paper to travel among them." Therefore, people called this place the place of "Merry Servants".

Its neighbor to the north is Chongrenfang, which was a large number of people in the Tang Dynasty who were waiting to be conferred officials, that is, those who obtained the qualification to be officials through the imperial examination and other means, and waited for the corresponding official position to become vacant.

It is similar to the gathering place of Fang Chongyong's "alternate cadres" in his previous life.

It stands to reason that the people who go in and out of Pingkangfang should be literati and artists, singers and girls.

But what is surprising is that Li Linfu's official residence is actually in such a mixed place, and he does not feel embarrassed at all.

Perhaps Li Linfu is well versed in "the most straightforward loyalty is not to hide it", so Li Longji not only does not mind this, but thinks that Li Linfu is "true temperament".

At this moment, Li Linfu, who is in his early fifties and looks very elegant, is in an inconspicuous small study room in his official residence, checking various files. The robe he wore was a fine linen from Kuizhou.

There was also a middle-aged man in his forties who was full of vicissitudes of life, wearing an inconspicuous gray cloth robe, disguised as a down-and-out scribe, and waited in front of Li Linfu. His name is Wang Jie, and like Fang Youde, he is the supervisor of the imperial history, but he is responsible for the supervision of the Gyeonggi region, and his power is much greater than that of Fang Youde at the beginning.

When he met Li Linfu, he was also very low-key, and he didn't even dare to wear a brocade robe when he went out.

"Wang Jie, the matter of Kuizhou is in full swing, and there is a lot of criticism. What do you think about this? ”

Li Linfu put down the file and asked with a smile, his tone was very cordial and warm.

What he was referring to was that Zheng Shuqing wanted to restructure the Kuizhou Jiangguan and unify the specifications of the boats. Now this matter has stabbed the hornet's nest, because Li Linfu is now in charge of the water superintendent, because many people have put pressure on him to properly solve this matter.

The Kuizhou River Pass is not passable, this matter is not big, but it is not small. Many of the specialties of Shu are transferred to Yangzhou along the Yangtze River, and then take the canal from Yangzhou to Luoyang, and then from Luoyang to Chang'an.

Is it reasonable in terms of route?

It's not reasonable at all, but it's necessary, because Chang'an is the capital of the Tang Dynasty and the place where the emperor is located. All unreasonableness, in the face of this reason, must become reasonable!

The matter in Kuizhou has made a lot of noise, and Li Longji has not said anything at all so far, and has not said that he will remove Zheng Shuqing from his official position, nor has he said that he will not care about these things. If you really want to talk about it, his attitude is typical of "can't read it back".

"I don't know, please show me left."

Wang Jie said modestly, he didn't dare to make a mistake at all.

"You boast of your financial management ability, no one can beat it, can't you say why?"

Li Linfu still had a smile on his face, but he looked a little infiltrated. He touched his mustache while looking thoughtful.

"Zuo Xiang, now many people are talking in private, saying that Zheng Shuqing is bold and reckless, and he should be dismissed and brought back to Chang'an to be tried by Dali Temple...... A certain thinks that the left minister should also break the wrist of a strong man to show the determination of the left minister. ”

Wang Ji explained with a smile, but saw Li Linfu impatiently waving his right hand and signaling the other party to shut up.

"This is not asking you how Zheng Shuqing should deal with it, but asking you what is the policy of Kuizhou? Don't you know that investigating Zheng Shuqing now is slapping his face in the face? What do you mean by that? ”

Li Linfu was already a little displeased, and even his habitual smile was retracted.

Wang Ji knew that although he was recommended by his relative Yang Shenjin, his backstage was not Yang Shenjin, but Li Linfu. Yang Shenjin is self-righteous and rude to him, but the superficial reason, the deep-seated reason is that Wang Ji knows that only Li Linfu will come to the matter, and Yang Shenjin is not the material to do big things!

"The subordinates lost their words, they lost their words......"

Cold sweat broke out on Wang Jie's forehead, although Li Linfu's tone was very flat, he could feel a suffocating pressure from the other party.

"Back to the left minister, I can't understand the matter of Kuizhou."

Seeing that Li Linfu didn't say anything special, Wang Ji said very sincerely.

"Go ahead, this matter is over, don't check the Imperial Observatory. If someone puts pressure, you will turn the topic to the side of the water supervisor and let the water supervisor investigate. ”

Li Linfu put down the file, as if he was still unsatisfied, and Wang Jian was a little confused. He said a lot of bad things about Zheng Shuqing before, hoping that Li Linfu could "survive with a broken arm" and settle the matter after investigating Zheng Shuqing. But it can be seen that Li Linfu doesn't seem to care about this.

Wang Ji was a little worried.

Similar things seem to be small things, but any small things cannot withstand fermentation in the political environment of Datang. Small things can lead to big things if you're not careful. From the perspective of power, Wang Jie's opinion cannot be described as inaccurate.

Except that he doesn't know much about Li Longji's thoughts.

After he left, Li Linfu personally wrote the contents of the rectification of Jiangguan in Kuizhou and the unification of the specifications of the cao boats word for word.

He wanted to use this newfound weapon to lure Zhang Jiuling to make a move, and then make Li Longji feel disgusted and alienated from Zhang Jiuling, and prepare for Zhang Jiuling's final resignation.

"As long as no one interferes, 300,000 yuan, it's only a matter of a month."

Li Linfu couldn't help but sigh.

Kuizhou is really too tossed, those methods of formulating standards and credential access are simply applauding! He has been in politics for many years, and it has been a long time since he has seen such a strategy that struck his eye.

Many courtiers thought that Zheng Shuqing was making trouble, and only Li Linfu saw the huge benefits. The experience of Kuizhou can actually be extended in the canal. Of course, he didn't bother to do this thankless task.

Li Longji is a person, everything he does is to create a country and a capital that he can enjoy well. Others, not important.

Li Linfu has already seen Li Longji through!

It's just that why a stubborn person like Fang Youde can give birth to such a prodigy son with special bones?

Li Linfu pondered this question for a long time when he was fine, but he couldn't solve it.

"A child prodigy? I don't know how it compares to Li Yu? ”

After a long time, Li Linfu looked at the customs clearance regulations sprinkled on the paper, and muttered to himself while thinking about it.

To deal with Zhang Jiuling, there is still one final blow left!

Let's use this note first and put a nail in his coffin.

Li Linfu thought proudly.

……

Fang Chongyong didn't know what happened in Chang'an, but he knew that Kuizhou had already begun to get busy.

The docks along the coast have been operating at full capacity, working day and night, and are still recruiting people in the capital of Kuizhou.

One order after another is coming, and there are even big dog owners who place orders for ten boats in one go! The merchants who could not pass through the river pass were not idle, they unloaded their goods and parked them at the Kuizhou ferry. Then transport shipbuilding logs, nails and other necessities from upstream and downstream.

The nail and tenon joint technology is widely used in the boats, and the demand for iron is not small. Many businessmen were temporarily unable to clear customs and did not want to be idle, so they became suppliers to many shipyards in Kuizhou. Except for some unscrupulous businessmen, other businessmen soon sensed a lot of business opportunities.

The huge population flow brought about by this has led to the prosperity of all walks of life in the capital city of Kuizhou.

Someone in Kuizhou City is discussing whether to build a shrine for Zheng Shuqing in recognition of his achievements in developing Kuizhou.

At noon on this day, the sun was shining brightly, and the sun was quite scorching. Fang Laique gave Fang Chongyong a bamboo umbrella, and the two came to the river bank to check the progress of shipbuilding. Now that there are boats delivered every day, the passage of Jiangguan is in order, and the situation is far smoother than Zheng Shuqing estimated in advance.

"Lang Jun, if we go to the public food of the government every day to eat, will it not be good."

Fang Laique asked with some hesitation.

In the Tang Dynasty, officials and officials had the habit of eating working meals near their offices, and each yamen was responsible for the food of the people in their yamen, similar to Fang Chongyong's canteen in his previous life.

The public food of the Kuizhou Mansion is not only free of charge, but also the food is very good!

After all, Zheng Shuqing sometimes goes to eat, if he disgusts this thorn Shi who has been dressed and eaten since he was a child, wouldn't he feel uncomfortable?

"Someone gossiping?"

Fang Chongyong frowned slightly and asked, he knew that what he did would definitely offend people.

An eight- or nine-year-old child has become a celebrity around Zheng Tingshi, and even Tingshi himself is respectful to him, how can those officials not chew the root of their tongue behind their backs? The mouth of the defense is more important than the defense of the river, and similar things should accompany him for the rest of his life.

Not to be envied is mediocrity!

If you really want to be quiet, you can only be a salted fish with no desires.

Fang Laique nodded and said, "They all say that Lang Jun is a monster. ”

"Hehe, those are all mediocre people, and they are all jealous of my talent."

Fang Chongyong sneered.

At this moment, he saw Zheng Shuqing, accompanied by two servants, walking over with a smile on his face.

"It seems that the envoy has a happy event."

Fang Chongyong asked with a smile.

"Isn't that a happy event?"

Zheng Shuqing touched his long beard, and then waved his hand to the two servants beside him, asking the two of them to leave and not get in the way here.

"What do you think this is?"

Zheng Shuqing handed a thick letter to Fang Chongyong to read.

Li ...... Isn't the saint too much to think of the envoy? It's not easy for us to get 300,000 yuan, but he still wants to ask for more money? Do you need more than 100,000 at once? Even if we mint money, we can't fill the hole! ”

Fang Chongyong almost threw the letter directly on the ground!

What about the face! Stepping on the horse, Li Longji still has to be shameless! Dogs ×!

Fang Chongyong couldn't help but burst into foul language! He racked his brains really in order to make money, and as a result, as soon as the emperor opened his mouth, it was 100,000 yuan.

Hehe, let alone 100,000 runs, Fang Chongyong doesn't even want to give more than ten runs!

Suddenly, he remembered that Li Longji seemed to be a man who had dominated his daughter-in-law and was like the wind.

Well, since that's the case, then it's okay, asking for more money should just be a basic exercise, so be it.

Fang Chongyong's moral bottom line is very flexible, and in the case of the knife frame neck, how low the bottom line should be can be considered.

After all, in Li Longji's eyes, all the courtiers are flying eagle lackeys. What's wrong with looking for lackeys to ask for more money? Any questions?

Do lackeys still dare to be disobedient?

"Envoy, the saint needs more wealth, and I am now stretched thin, why are you still smiling?"

Fang Chongyong asked speechlessly.

"Hey, you don't understand that. The sage opened this mouth, which means that what we are doing in Kuizhou, he doesn't mind, and even appreciates it! If this matter is done, then the matter of promotion in the future is not obvious?

Of course, if the official is promoted in the future, if you want to take the imperial examination, isn't it easy? ”

Zheng Shuqing said with a smug face. This matter can be described as a desperate situation, and the 300,000 yuan at the beginning was simply overwhelming Mount Tai for him! Unexpectedly, in just a few days, the situation was completely reversed, and now those "mortgages" plus the "donations" sent by ship dealers have exceeded 100,000.

This was unimaginable before.

"Lord Envoy, you are still happy too early, the storm is brewing, you must take precautions early."

Fang Chongyong sighed helplessly, this Lord Thorn is really optimistic.

When playing cards, the paper is the first to win, and the last to win is the money. The lesson of opening champagne at half time is not a legend for a long time.

"Preparedness? What to guard against? This official has been worried about the attitude of the Son of Heaven before, but now that he has confirmed the attitude of the Son of Heaven, what else is there to worry about. ”

Zheng Shuqing said in a big way. Li Longji, the more the ministers oppose it, the more he will insist.

"Lord Envoy, don't you think that we are blocking the way of many people's wealth?"

Fang Chongyong asked helplessly, he was afraid that if he didn't say it again, something big would really happen.

"What could happen?"

Zheng Shuqing asked suspiciously, but didn't pay much attention to it.

"There are no mountain bandits and water bandits in Shudi, but it's not that there are no outlaws. I mean, what if, if there is a bandit who burns down all the docks along the coast one by one while we are unprepared, what do you say? ”

What to do?

Zheng Shuqing really didn't think that there were only fifty unity soldiers standing in the city! The coastal docks are not all next to the capital city of Kuizhou, only a thousand days to be thieves, where is there a reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days?