As the cicadas thinned out, the ears of wheat on the outskirts of the city turned yellow, and the college examination, which had been in a uproar because of the drowning of the "saint" in Xishan, also began.

The boycott did not happen, but the number of students participating in this subject was much smaller.

Comparable to this is the autumn of the same year.

There are many Xiucai who were supposed to participate in the township examination in Nanzhili this year, but they also sat on the Lu Huai case and were dismissed.

If this is a normal province, it may not have much impact.

But this is the cultural and educational holy land of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the Nangi of the talented half of the world, and the Gengxu section in the 29th year of Jiajing has so many Jiangnan juzi, which is destined to have a significant impact on the admission results of this subject.

After the autumn festival, in the south and north of the Ming Dynasty, there will be two people who will embark on the road to Beijing to prepare for the spring festival of the coming year.

The Hainan Wenju person who was affected by the Jiangnan examination case is named Hai Rui.

The Shandong Wuju man who was affected by the Jiyou Rebellion was named Qi Jiguang.

Because the autumn harvest is approaching, the merchants gathered in Jinling are also obviously more, after all, only Xishan has practiced the whip law, and the rest of the counties in the south of the Yangtze River are still collected by the people, so in a month or two, the fleets of Huguang, Sichuan, Jiangxi and other provinces escorting the grain will be transported down the river to Jinling.

It will also become one of the two most lively periods of the year in Jinling.

"Zhang Butang, Mr. Jiyang is dead?"

Ning Jue looked bored at the empty yamen, while Zhang Wei commanded the two officials of the yamen of the military department to hang a sign in the yamen.

"On the left, okay, right, hang it up."

"Ke Zhen, are you still looking forward to Mr. Geeyang coming to you for the back account?"

Ning Jue glanced at the wooden plaque, and saw the six vigorous and powerful characters on the wooden plaque, "It is strictly forbidden for colleagues to fight each other".

"Then you can't get two slaps, and this thing will be over, right?"

Zhang Wei glanced at Ning Jue and didn't make a sound.

Why is this plaque hung?

Aren't you afraid that this matter hasn't passed yet!

Anyway, it's also one of the six parts of the Ming Dynasty, and a few people fight in it every day?

It wasn't until Ning Jue was bored that he took the Chao Wat that he had just customized and knocked on the bookcase, and flipped through the progress of the Xishan Whip Method.

In the past few days, Ning Jue has been looking at various official documents in Xishan every day.

Only then did I realize that this whipping method was really terrifying.

The terrible thing is that he knew that he had a big bug, but he ran steadily in Xishan, and even the people of Xishan were still praising him.

"Zhang Butang, do you know where Mr. Geeyang's house is?"

Zhang Wei glanced at Ning Jue vigilantly.

"In the end, if you call the door again, it will be too much."

Ning Jue pinned the wat board to his waist, and then got up and said: "Zhang Butang, don't worry, the autumn harvest is approaching, I have to go to Xishan again, I have to go to see Mr. Jiyang before leaving." ”

"Really?"

"Seriously."

Seeing Ning Jue say this, Zhang Wei told Ning Jue He Qian's address.

Before leaving, Zhang Wei vigilantly pulled Ning Jue and said, "Ke Zhen, don't be impulsive!" ”

"I know."

"What I mean is that if you are impulsive, don't tell others the address I told you about He's house."

Ning Jue was speechless.

Then he searched for the address of He's house.

In the end, he is also a member of the imperial court, and the location of the He family is on Liren Street after crossing the Dazhong Bridge to the west of the military department.

——

"It's not that you just say it, just say that Ning Jue visited Mr. Jiyang!"

"What about the waiter of the Criminal Department, is there no courtesy at all? Serve me some tea! ”

Ning Jue knocked on the door of the He family a few times.

But the porter didn't even show his face.

Ning Jue didn't expect He Qian to really be so open.

I sent it to the door by myself, even if you find two people to yin me, who can know if this god is unaware?!

Ning Jue can see that these people are used to wilting, and they will only hide and wait for the yin people after being slapped twice.

Before Ning Jue could turn around, a soft voice came from behind him.

"Official? What are you doing here? ”

Ning Jue looked back and saw that it was Gu Qinglong, followed by a little maid, who had not been seen for a few days, and Gu Qinglang even matched the maid.

With the support of the old lady of the Gu family, Gu Kexue really regarded Gu Qing as his own family.

Only then did he point to the door of the house and said: "This He Jiyang is not a son of man, I came to see if he was injured, and he didn't even open the door for me!" ”

"It's too much, the He family is also a big family, how can it be so rude, so I have to have an explanation!"

"Well, it's not that it's not without saying."

"It doesn't even say that the guests are turned away."

"I inflicted his wounds."

Gu Qing got the words that came to his lips, but he was suffocated by Ning Jue's words.

Fifty-year-old man, why are you doing here after you beat someone!

What Ning Jue didn't know was that since he went home that day, He Qian had directly complained of illness, and he had been stuffed in the study all day long, writing something, and sometimes until midnight, the subordinates of the He family could still vaguely hear the sound of abacus coming from the study.

From time to time, people will be sent out to find out the news.

Ning Jue glanced at the little maid behind Gu Qinglang with some confusion.

"Who is this......?"

The maid hurriedly bowed herself and made a blessing.

"Slave Mercy Moon."

This little girl looks no more than fourteen years old, and her appearance is also a sign.

Gu Kexue, this old man, doesn't do business, he doesn't do business, and his aesthetics are unique.

Seeing that Ning Jue had been staring at Lianyue in a daze.

Gu Qinglang also smiled with his eyebrows: "The officials are pitiful to each other?" How about I let Rei Yue give you a room? ”

Hearing this, Liyue's little face turned red.

"What did my sister say?"

Ning Jue shook his head and said seriously: "You are from Xishan, where are you from Xishan?" ”

"From Taber Township, Xishan."

Ning Jue frowned thoughtfully for a moment.

"You and Zou Donghu are in the same mile."

"Yes."

During this time, Ning Jue didn't do anything else, but he was just understanding the customs of Xishan.

"I haven't been home in a while."

Retsuki looked up suspiciously.

"I haven't been home for more than half a year, and the work at home is heavy, and I've only been idle for two days with my sister."

"I'll take you...... How about you two go back to your house? ”

Lianyue glanced at Gu Qinglang with some astonishment.

"Back to my house?"

Ning Jue frowned, lowered his head and said, "The whip method is imminent, everything in Xishan is too smooth." ”

"Isn't it okay?"

"There are some things that I can't see on the official letter, I have to go to the bottom of Xishan to take a look."

Lianyue looked at Gu Qinglang in confusion.

Gu Qing immediately took out a piece of loose silver and handed it to Lianyue.

"Take it, I'll talk about it over there."

"Miss Xie."

"Tomorrow, it's still on Zhu Xizhong's boat."

Jiangnan is not as good as Jingshi, and Jingshi is a lonely big city at the foot of the Great Wall.

In addition to the Jingshi, further south is to Baoding Mansion can barely be seen, and the rest of the city is only left with military towns.

Jinling is completely different, with a large number of rich counties, and a dense water network, and the traffic is several times smoother in the north.

This time, Zhu Xizhong's boat did not stop at the pier where it docked last time, but traveled along the canal in Xishan County for another section until it arrived at Taibo Township, which is located fifty miles southeast of Xishan County.

Taber, that is, Wu Taibo.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the founder of the Wu State built the capital in Taibo Township, so it was named, and then dug the Bodu River to divert the water of Taihu Lake to irrigate the fields, and now the Bodu River has become a part of the Grand Canal.

After Zou Wang started his business, he also built a water transport wharf in Taibo Township, of course, more fundamentally so that the Zou family's goods could be easily transported out.

This also made Ning Jue cheaper, saving a lot of things.

To Ning Jue's surprise, at the dock, which should have been busy, many Lifu were hiding in the shade of trees to enjoy the coolness.

And the granary, which was originally stuffed to the brim, will also become empty, and many warehouse chains are too lazy to lock it, so they just leave the door open and throw it in place.

"Where's the grain in Tabor?"

Lianyue also looked at the granary in front of her with a puzzled expression.

"Even though the autumn harvest is imminent, it shouldn't be like this."

Ning Jue also sensed that something was wrong, but he didn't speak, just followed Liyue's ass and walked towards their house.

The village of Liyue's family was not far from the wharf, so everyone did not take another boat but found an ox cart along the way, gave a dozen copper coins and agreed to carry a group of three people, and the ox cart with them and two Lifu from neighboring villages.

As soon as I stepped out of the dock, it was as if I had arrived in another world.

The dense buildings on the pier have also disappeared, replaced by golden rice waves and canals.

There are still many farmers working in the fields.

Dark-skinned tenant farmers or yeoman farmers, some of whom are slightly whiter, are small landowners who do not have much land at home, and they also have to go to the fields to help at this time.

But many people still have a smile on their faces.

After all, this year's whip law was tried out in Xishan, and everyone said that it was a good law and a good law.

At the very least, it's better than before.

It's just that one of the Lifu couldn't help but sigh deeply.

"Ugh."

Ning Jue looked puzzled and said, "Why is the eldest brother sighing? ”

"There's no work at the docks, can't I sigh yet?"

Ning Jue smiled at this time: "The crops in Xishan are growing well this year, so it shouldn't be in the way if you don't have a job, right?" ”

Narif shook his head.

"It's good to grow, but at most you won't starve to death, alas."

Gu Qing said suspiciously: "With more food, can't you also sell more silver to supplement your family?" ”

Hearing this, the two Lifu had a slightly wry smile on their faces.

"Girl, why do you guess there is no rice on this dock?"

"Why?"

"As soon as the decree of the imperial court was issued, Zou Yuanwai hurriedly cleared the rice warehouse and sent it to Yangzhou to exchange salt."

Gu Qing asked suspiciously, "But what does this have to do with your family's autumn harvest?" ”

Na Lifu was obviously stopped by Gu Qing's question.

"If I could know that, would I still be able to carry my bag on the docks?"

"Since Zou Yuanwai has done this, wait until this very new law and old law are implemented."

"The result must be that Zou Yuanwai didn't know how to make money again, and we who are digging in the fields don't know how to lose the money."

As he spoke, Nalifu wiped a handful of sweat from his head.

"Either people are outsiders!"

"Damn, I knew I might as well not go to the pier, I didn't run this trip and I was just as happy as them at home, at least for the past two days."

(End of chapter)