Chapter 57: The Governor of Yunzhou
As the ancestral home of the Wu family in Yunzhou, the Wu house in Yunzhou can definitely be called a majestic atmosphere, accounting for about one-sixth of the entire Qinling County City, in addition to this ancestral house, forty percent of the industrial land in the Qinling County belongs to the Wu family, including dozens of rice shops, carriage and horse shops, etc., etc., it can be said that the Wu family, in the Great Jin Dynasty monopolized the iron business, and in this Qinling County, they monopolized the entire Qinling County City of all the people to eat, drink, Lasa and sleep, in Qinling County, everyone's life is closely related to the Wu family.
Except for one person.
Ma Tianchang, the governor of Yunzhou in the Great Jin Dynasty.
Ma Tianchang, male, forty-eight years old, the governor of Yunzhou in the Great Jin Dynasty, the confidant of the current Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, ten years ago, he became the governor of Yunzhou, the youngest governor in the history of the Great Jin Dynasty, and of course, he is also recognized as the most capable governor.
In office for ten years, he built Yunzhou, a fringe town at the junction with the Northern Yuan, like a bucket, and the water was inexhaustible, and since the second year of his tenure, the Northern Yuan wolf rider who had to come to Yunzhou every year to fight the grass valley never came again.
Ten years ago, Yunzhou was just a military town, with a population of only 50 million under the jurisdiction of several counties, and today, ten years later, the population of Yunzhou has reached 360 million.
Ten years ago, there was only one field at the junction of Yunzhou and the Northern Yuan, and smuggling was rampant, and ten years later, there were 18 trade routes and 29 fields from Yunzhou to the Northern Yuan, and the tax revenue increased again and again, and now, the annual tax paid to the imperial court has been 102 times that of ten years ago.
Similarly, in the past ten years, the people of Yunzhou only know that there is a Governor of Ma but not the imperial court!
The Governor's Mansion is located in the northernmost part of Qinling County, which is very large, although it is not as good as the Wujia family occupies one-sixth of the territory of Qinling County, but it is also dozens of miles before and after, and it is one of the largest mansions in the county.
Going deep into the eighteenth entrance of the Governor's Palace, it is a deep small courtyard, with ponds, rockeries, pavilions, trees, flowers and plants, all of which are the basic configuration of the courtyards of large households.
The pond in the courtyard is not big, the rockery is not strange, the trees and flowers are very ordinary, and as for the pavilion, it has long been a little dilapidated, and it looks a little out of place with the name of this mansion.
There is a middle-aged man sitting in the gazebo, with a slender figure, a white and handsome complexion, and a short black and straight beard under his chin, sitting quietly in the gazebo, holding a book in his hand, looking at it leisurely, a cyan gown, although the workmanship is fine, and the care is also very clean, but it is very old, some places have been washed white, and at a glance you know that you have been wearing it for many years, for ordinary people, this kind of dress is nothing, but for the governor Yunqi County, there are 300 million people under his jurisdiction, and Ma Tianchang, who pays hundreds of millions of taels of silver to the treasury every year, is a little shabby。
However, this man in the pavilion is Ma Tianchang, the governor of Yunzhou in the Great Jin Dynasty!
A small footstep came, and on the corridor connecting with the gazebo, a pink-clothed maid hurriedly walked towards the gazebo.
"Hmm!"
Hearing the footsteps, Ma Tianchang frowned slightly, he didn't like someone to disturb him when he was reading, and then looked at the maid's hurried appearance, and a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes, but this dissatisfied look was just a flash, and the maid didn't see it.
"My lord, Madame, please come over if you have something urgent!" The maid walked up to Ma Tianchang, lowered her head, and said softly, her voice was a little nervous, and she glanced up quickly and gently from time to time, her eyes were full of admiration and admiration.
"What's the matter?!" Such a small gesture couldn't hide from Ma Tianchang, but he didn't plan to do anything, just asked softly, his voice was gentle and full of magnetic surnames, which made people sound like a spring breeze.
"Mrs. Zheng from the Mingyi Academy has come to see Mrs., and Ji Daxia is here with her!"
"Ji Daxia?"
Hearing these three words, Ma Tianchang's eyes flashed, "Yibo Yuntian Ji Zhongtang?!"
"It's Ji Zhongtang Ji Daxia!" said the maid.
"What is he doing here?!" Ma Tianchang's brows furrowed even tighter, "I don't know him!"
"This, the little maid doesn't know!" the maid said carefully, "Madame has invited Mrs. Zheng to the inner house, Ji Daxia is drinking tea in the study, looking at his appearance, it seems that there is something important to see you!"
"Got it!" Ma Tian said, "You go to Madame's place to serve!"
"Yes!"
The maid responded cautiously, instinctively realizing that her own adults seemed to be very unhappy with Ji Zhongtang's sudden visit.
After the maid left, Ma Changtian put the book in his hand on the stone table in the pavilion, slightly straightened his clothes, and walked towards the study.
In the study of the Governor's Palace, a middle-aged man in gray was pacing slowly, with a light smile on his face, looking at the rows of books on the shelves, on the table, there was a half-drunk cup of tea, suddenly, his footsteps stopped, and the smile on his face became even bigger.
"Ji Daxia is coming, Ma has lost his welcome, disrespect, disrespect!"
From afar, Ma Tianchang's unique magnetic voice came over.
"Where, Ji took the liberty to visit, I hope the adults don't be surprised!" Ji Zhongtang turned around, with a smile on his relatives' face, he greeted Ma Tianchang, the two greeted each other like old friends for many years, and the little boy on the side also added tea in time.
It took half an hour to get to the point.
"I don't know why Ji Daxia came?!"
"Oh, Ji is presumptuous, this time I am mainly here for the little nephew's family affairs!"
"Poof——!" Ma Tianchang, who had just taken a sip of tea, slammed half of the tea, and the other half was sprinkled on the chair, and the little guy standing at the door was also stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward to clean up, his eyes glanced at Ji Zhongtang from time to time, flashing a strange look.
"It seems that Ji Mou is presumptuous!"
Seeing this situation, Ji Zhongtang sat aside and smiled silently.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Ma Mou was rude!" Drying the water stains on his clothes, Ma Tianchang said with some embarrassment, "It's just Ji Daxia's words, Ma Mou doesn't understand, is Ling's nephew's marriage related to Ma?!"
"Master Ma said it was funny!" Ji Zhongtang hugged his fists and said, "I have heard for a long time that Master Ma's daughter is talented and beautiful, and she is at the age of marriage and the little nephew is just a good match, so I ......!"
"You say Linglong?!" Ma Tianchang raised his eyebrows, stared at Ji Zhongtang, and said unceremoniously, "With all due respect, the little girl is indeed at the age of marriage, but she is matched with her nephew, and this age seems to be a little bigger!"
"Age is not a problem, what's more, the age difference between the two is only sixteen years, Shaoyou is just in his early thirties, and Ling Ai is just a good match!" As he spoke, he took out a letter from his body, held it with both hands, and handed it to Ma Tianchang.
The envelope was empty, without a word, Ma Tianchang glanced at Ji Zhongtang suspiciously, opened it, and saw the font in the letter at a glance, his face changed, and he looked at it carefully, his expression gradually became stiff, and after a while, Ma Tianchang let out a sigh of relief, carefully folded the letter, put it back in the envelope, and hid the envelope closely, looked up and said, "If it's an ordinary thing, it's just an ordinary matter, but this matter is very important, and Ma still needs to sum it up!"
"This is nature!" Ji Zhongtang said, "This is a big deal, naturally we need to think about it in the long run, so I won't bother the governor, I will live in the No. 1 courtyard of Tongfu Inn Tianzi now, if the adult has a decision, please send someone to inform one or two, and say goodbye!"
"Don't send it!" Ma Tianchang sat still, a light smile had recovered on his face, picked up the tea beside him, took a sip gently, and didn't even look at Ji Zhongtang anymore.
The anger in Ji Zhongtang's eyes flashed, and he arched his hand towards Ma Tianchang and turned to leave.
Ma Tianchang quietly sipped tea, the atmosphere in the study seemed extremely depressing, and the little maid who was waiting at the door stood with his body bowed, with a frightened expression on his face, and he didn't even dare to come out.
After taking a sip of tea, Ma Tianchang slowly raised his head, looked at the stone path outside the door of the study, his eyes gradually became cold, and his left hand was placed on the table, tapping gently.
"What is this? Temptation, knocking, let me stand in line, or is there any other intention, Mingyi Academy, white-clothed sword saint Lu Shaoyou, is it amazing...... Huh?"
In the end, he ended his thinking with a sneer, and stood up, with a cold wind between his body, which made the little guy at the door shiver several times.
Your Excellency the Governor, you seem to be angry!
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There's one more chapter in the evening!
In addition, sweat one, the book friend group is all full!!
Depressed!