Whether it is the Ya Port in Anfengchang, the Laoba Port in Jiaoxichang, or the Yangkou Port in Yachachang, they are not really port terminals, but just a few small fishing ports where dozens of fishermen live. Due to the years of alluvialization of the Huai River, mudflats that last several miles or even dozens of miles are formed by the sea. It is difficult for ships who are not familiar with the tides and waterways in this area to reach the port.

It is precisely because it is difficult to dock, whether it is a sand boat from Shanghai to Shandong or even to Tianjin Wei, or a sand boat from Tianjin Wei or Shandong to Shanghai, it passes through the sea east of Lianghuai Salt Field and will hardly stop at small fishing ports such as Yagang, Laoba Port and Yangkou Port. Even if you need to replenish the supply, you will only go to Haizhou (Lianyungang) in the north.

Fortunately, the boss of the ship that Su Jueming hired was from Tongzhou. He was familiar with the sea area in this area. He had not sailed or drove wrongly. He was just not familiar with the waterways entering and leaving the fishing port and did not dare to easily lean towards the land. He could only lower the sails first and wait until the tide was almost up, then raise the sails and dock carefully.

After nearly a day of hard work, he finally got to the port and stayed for less than a stick of incense. Gu Jinyan took Ren Yu'er and Lian'er off the boat. Fugui, Wang Guisheng, Zhou Changchun and others just helped them take their luggage ashore. The boss of the boat shouted and left quickly, fearing that they would not be able to get stuck after the tide.

After getting ashore, Gu Jinyan thought that as long as he found a tax collector who was in charge of fishing taxes here, he would hire a boat to find Pan Changsheng, the new ambassador of the Salt Course, and then asked Pan Changsheng to send the three of them to Hai'an. As a result, after a walk around, he found that there were no more houses in the once lively fishing village. Fishing boats of all sizes were not only broken, but were even washed to the shore.

After finally finding an old man who was picking things in the village, he found out that the sea dragon king had attacked a few days ago. The sea water poured back dozens of miles. Anfeng, Fu'an, Jiaoxie and Basil Tea were flooded, and thousands of people were displaced. It is said that even the Yankesi Yamen moved from Jiaoxie Town to a place less than three miles east of Hai'an Town. Now they are all called Na'er West Court.

After confirming that Hai'an was not flooded, Gu Jinyan breathed a sigh of relief and gave the old man some dry food. He asked the old man to help find a small boat. He went to Hai'an until noon the next day, and did not go to the western court where Pan Erxin's office was located.

The nephew returned after just two months of going to Zhili. Dean Gu and Yu Qinghuai were shocked. After asking the whole story, Dean Gu not only breathed a sigh of relief, but also couldn't stop being happy. While asking his family to go home to report the good news, he led Gu Jinyan to Fengshan with Yu Qinghuai to pay homage to Mr. Guo. After Ren Yu'er met Dean Gu and Yu Qinghuai, he took Lian'er directly to the south bank to find Yu Sangu.

Yesterday, Guo Peilin, who was planning to move to Taizhou, was also surprised to see Gu Jinyan coming back. After listening to Gu Jinyan's report, and reading the letter from Han Xiufeng to Gu Jinyan and a book "The Collection of Thief Loves" that Han Xiufeng asked Gu Jinyan to send, he couldn't help but smile and said, "It's a bit surprising that he was transferred to the Tongzheng Department and was also a 'little military aircraft'!"

"Report to Mr. Guo, Mr. Han said that if he had not been inspired by Mr. Zhang's book "The Collection of Thief Love", he would have never thought that he would have asked the emperor for a job, let alone a small military machine."

"I am willing to do what others don't want to do, and his 'little military aircraft' is worthy of his reputation."

Dean Gu was confused and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Guo, what does this book "The Collection of Thief Love" say?"

Guo Peilin put down the booklet in his hand and explained: "Director Gu, you must remember Zhang Shiheng, who had come to Hai'an with Zhixing. This book "The Collection of Thief Loves" was compiled by Zhang Shiheng's father Zhang Dejian when he was under the command of Wu Wenrong, the governor of Huguang who had not yet died in his country. After Wu died in his country, Zhang Dejian had been serving under Zeng Guofan. Zhixing said in the letter that he was helping Zeng Guofan find out about the relationship between the thieves."

"He thought Zhixing would lead the troops to quell the chaos sooner or later, so he sent a copy to Zhixing so that Zhixing would have a clear idea. As a result, Zhixing was inspired by the book "The Collection of Thief Loves" he compiled and volunteered to ask Ying to inquire about the feelings of the barbarians?"

"There are no one in the court who is willing to deal with foreigners. Zhixing is willing, so the emperor will naturally entrust the important tasks." Guo Peilin smiled and looked at Gu Jinyan who was standing respectfully on the side, saying, "If Zhixing had not asked the emperor for such an errand, Shenzhi would not have done this classic history."

"Is it false to say that Shenzhi went to Fujian to do classics and history, and is it true to help Zhixing find out about the feelings of the foreigners?" Yu Qinghuai couldn't help asking.

Before Guo Peilin could speak, Gu Jinyan couldn't help but smile and said, "It's true to go to do the dictionary, and it's true to go to inquire about the feelings of the barbarians."

"A good man is determined by all directions. Since he has the opportunity to serve the court, then go." Guo Peilin smiled slightly and pointed outside the door: "Zhixing said in the letter that you can't just go to Fujian alone to take office. If you want a few people, who do you want to take to go out and choose by yourself."

"Sir Guo, the student wants to take Liang Jiu there..." Gu Jinyan said carefully.

"You really know how to choose, okay, Liang Jiu is Liang Jiu, as long as he wants, I'm easy to talk about here."

Gu Jinyan was ecstatic and hurriedly bowed to thank him.

Guo Peilin knew that he was going to Shanghai the morning after tomorrow, so he simply sent him to find Liang Jiu. Looking at the background of his departure, he thought about it and smiled, "This is the 'little military aircraft'. Could it be that I have to prepare a charcoal for him?"

"Mr. Guo is really good at joking. Mr. Han won't dare to accept yours if he receives any charcoal from Mr. Han."

"Yes, Lord Guo, when Mr. Han was in Hai'an, you often told us that you are not only his Shangguan, but also his elder!"

"It's rare that he still remembers me," Guo Peilin nodded with relief, and then changed the subject: "Two, Zhixing and Shenzhi are dedicated to inquire about the affairs of the foreign affairs. You and I know it, and you must not reveal it. In short, it's fine if we can't help, but we can't help him any more."

"Don't worry, Lord Guo, we must never tell anyone."

"Then I have to go back to Taizhou tomorrow morning. Hai'an can only rely on two people. I don't feel at ease to leave the disaster relief matters to others, so I can only rely on two people."

"Mr. Guo is so serious. These are all things that I have to do. Moreover, the grains in the charity warehouse are what you have prepared for the past two years."

"It was originally used to quell the chaos, but I never thought it would happen to this natural disaster." Thinking of the displacement of thousands of stove owners from Huaizhong, Guo Peilin said solemnly: "The grain at the foot of the mountain is just a drop in the bucket. The memorial to request the suspension of taxes and levies in each of the venues has been handed over for 600 miles. I don't know if the emperor will be sure. If the emperor is not sure, you and I have to prepare to suppress the chaos and prepare to quell the chaos!"

Thinking that the people would rebel if they couldn't survive, President Gu hurriedly said, "Sir, after you leave, I will summon the gentry to see if I can donate some more. I can't take care of the distance. Even if I can take care of it, I'm powerless. But I think of ways to save the relief corner and it should still be possible."

"Director Gu, I feel relieved with your old words. As for the sauna tea farm, I will send someone to Rugao County; Fu'anchang and Anfengchang, I ordered Han Chen to find Dongtai County. The weather is getting colder and colder, so I have to open a porridge shop as soon as possible, as long as I can survive this winter."

...

At the same time, Gu Jinyan not only found Liang Jiu, but was surrounded by Jing Hua, Lu Daming, Liang Liu and others.

"So my brother-in-law has arrived in Shanghai now?"

"It should be here, but Mr. Fu will not stay in Shanghai. When Mr. Wang and Su Jueming are sent ashore, he will follow his colleagues who went to Ningbo, Xiamen, Xiangshan and others to continue to go south."

"It's a fat man to go to Fujian Customs to be a committee member. I knew I should have found an excuse to go back to Beijing with my brother-in-law."

"Mr. Jing, aren't you very good now? Lord Guo values ​​you so much!"

"Mr. Guo is very nice to me, but it's always boring here."

Gu Jinyan didn't want to hear his complaints, so he couldn't help asking: "Mr. Jing, I just saw Mr. Guo packing his luggage and said he was planning to move to Taizhou. What's going on? Is there a new job?"

Speaking of this, Jing Hua couldn't help but smile and said, "The Governor General will have an idea later. First, he ordered Lord Guo to supervise the training of various prefectures and counties in Xiahe, and now he ordered Lord Guo to move to Taizhou to carefully study the classics and paintings, and supervise the sales and salt supply."

"Let Lord Guo continue to act as the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Commissioner?"

"I said that Lord Guo was asked to act as an agent, but it took only a few days to be an agent. I can't come to Jiangsu to become an official wherever I go. If I really come, I will be uneasy at all. Just say, Lord Guo was appointed as an agent for Liang Zuozhong for a year, but Liang Zuozhong changed to Jiang Guolin for less than half a year." Jing Hua paused and said with a smile: "Jiang Guolin took office at the end of March and was transferred to Guangdong in early August. It is said that the new salt transportation envoy was named Li, and his name was Li Enqing, but he has not taken office until today."

After being away from home for more than two months, I didn’t know much about my hometown. Gu Jinyan thought about it and asked again: “Where is Yang Nengge and Xu Laogui?”

"Yang Nengge said he was the governor, but he didn't take office either. It is said that he ran back and forth in Gaoyou and Xuzhou to handle the Jiangbei Daying General Grain Station. Xu Laogui, the governor, was originally an agent. As soon as the new governor Chen Gongpu arrived, he would put the bed and return to Yangzhou."

"Who is the current governor?"

"The governor...the governors are all acting, and they are also changed every few days. He Jun, you know, he will be appointed as the governor of Jiangning, the governor of Jiangsu, and the governor of Jiangning. Before the Jiang Guolin left, he also served as the governor of Lianghuai salt transportation envoy for a few days. I heard that except for Yang Wending who was dismissed and questioned, and Qi Suzao, who died in Jiangning City, almost all the governors and governors of Jiangsu who were actually appointed in recent years have not been in office."

"It's so messy!" Gu Jinyan murmured.
Chapter completed!