Looking at the gang ship in the Yellow River, Du Zhongxiao was a little stunning. After crossing the Yellow River, it was Huazhou on the West Road of Jingxi, not far from the capital. He became a small county magistrate and now has been a commander of the journey, with countless military achievements, which is brilliant. However, in the past ten years, he has been an official outside and is really not familiar with the affairs of the central court. He doesn't care when he is a small official, but he becomes a censor as soon as he enters the capital, and feels a little confused.

After the current emperor ascended the throne, he strengthened the status and functions of the Censorate. Now he is not affiliated with the Secretariat and Privy Council and is one of the three pillars of the bureaucratic system. However, the current Censorate has little supervision of all officials, and is mostly impeachment of officials, and rarely held accountable for officials. Du Zhongxiao thought that if he wanted to achieve his achievements, he should greatly strengthen the functions of the Censorate, but he didn't know what the emperor was thinking.

After crossing the Yellow River, Mei Zhi, the governor of Huazhou, and his officials were waiting at the ferry to welcome Du Zhongxiao. Seeing that it was already late, he could only take the train to Kaifeng Prefecture tomorrow, and stay in Huazhou for a while today. Huazhou is the Yellow River Ferry, connecting the north-south railway. It has developed rapidly in recent years and the market is extremely prosperous. However, because it is necessary to manage the Yellow River, it is a customary place here on Jingxi Road, which is an enclave of Jingxi Road.

After getting ashore, I saluted Mei Zhi and others, and sent it to the inn. That night, I had a banquet in the inn to receive Du Zhongxiao.

The next morning, as soon as Du Zhongxiao got up, a soldier came to report that a family member of his own came outside and was waiting there.

After washing up, Du Zhongxiao ordered people to be invited in. When he saw that it was Luo Jing, he hurriedly ordered to sit down.

Du Zhongxiao said: "Why are you here? I just arrived yesterday, and you came here this morning."

Luo Jing said: "It was the wife who told me to come. I knew that the officials were going to take the train here, so I had been waiting here for a few days. Last month, the wife arrived in the capital. She was very lucky. Someone was short of money and bought a house. She was afraid that the officials would arrive in the capital and didn't know where to live, so she sent me here early."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "So that's it. I heard that the houses in the capital are very expensive now and are difficult to buy. I didn't expect that they are so lucky."

Luo Jing said: "It's not just about life, it's just about money."

Du Zhongxiao was away for many years and saved up some money by himself. After hearing this, he asked, "How much did he spend?"

Luo Jing said: "Eight thousand chunks of 1000 yuan. It is like an official, but the residence in the capital is not cheap. In the past two years, the copper coins on the market are a bit insufficient. The money is heavy and the goods are less expensive, otherwise I heard it would be more expensive. And it is all cash and you cannot be owed to credit."

Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but talk. When he was in the capital more than three years ago, the top luxury houses in Kaifeng Prefecture were only 5,000 guan. No matter how many, they were usually the residences of top figures such as princes and nobles. In the past two years, industry and commerce have developed rapidly, and paper money is made with copper coins as reserves, but in fact it has been deflation. Unexpectedly, the housing prices in the capital still rose so much.

Shaking his head, Du Zhongxiao said, "Is the family still rich if you spend so much money to buy a house?"

Luo Jing smiled and said, "Officials don't need to worry that their families have no money. Over the years, the owner has done business everywhere, and it's really a lot of money."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and stopped asking. In the year Luo Jing finished his Jinshi, he suffered from the loss of money. After his son passed the Jinshi, he devoted all his attention to making money. The Du family's sugar sugar business had already formed an industry, and there were several large plantations in Sichuan. After Di Qingping and Zhigao, he followed Du Zhongxiao's words and went to Guangxi to open a sugar sugar garden. With Du Zhongxiao's background, his business was smooth and he made a lot of money over the years. The Du family now does not rely on Du Zhongxiao's salary at all, and he is also a rich man who makes money by himself.

After having breakfast with Luo Jing, Du Zhongxiao and his party boarded the train and headed to Kaifeng Prefecture. It took less than 200 miles from Huazhou to Kaifeng Prefecture, and it arrived in a few hours. I got off the train at Kaifeng Station, but it was not yet dark.

Du Zhongxiao looked at the red sun in the sky and sighed: "At this time, when I was in Shengzhou, the weather was already cold. Unexpectedly, when I came to the capital, it was still hot and hard to bear. The difference between the north and the south is really big."

Luo Jing said: "I heard from the owner that I went to Guangxi to open a cane garden two years ago, and it was hot there. Many places were very masturbation, and outsiders didn't dare to go there at all. They could only choose land near the prefecture city. However, after wars and the land was extremely cheap, I started to make money this year."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is the geographical humidity and heat that is a good place to grow sugarcane. Guangxi Road has few land and many people. If you open a cane garden there, you will definitely make a lot of money. It's just that the transportation is inconvenient, and it's not good to be lucky if you collect sugar."

Luo Jing smiled and said, "Sugar will not decay, so why don't you be afraid of these? They are transported along the river to Guangzhou, then by sea boat to Mingzhou and by railway to Central Plains. Since the railway to Mingzhou, this road has been smooth and is very lively now."

Du Zhongxiao nodded. This is the sea-to-road transport. The emergence of railways and the market suddenly expanded a lot with waterways. In recent years, the Song Dynasty only explored but had not adapted yet. It developed rapidly every year. There are many rivers and lakes in the south, especially the two lakes are not fully developed, and the time to build railways is not ripe. The current railways are mainly north of the two lakes, and the south is to Mingzhou and Jiangling. Other places have to rely on water transportation.

The newly developed territory in the north is short of people to develop, and it is also because the two lakes were developed and a large number of people went south. If the two lakes and Guangdong and Guangxi were not fully developed, the population in the north would be a problem, and there were not so many people in the Song Dynasty.

When an outside official arrived in the capital, he had to live in the inn outside the city first. Only after he had an imperial edict could he enter the city. Du Zhongxiao had a special status, and the postmaster waited early at the station, welcomed him to the inn and arranged his residence. Only when he arrived at the inn could he give the seal, and the court arranged the time to enter the capital.

It was too late at this time. Du Zhongxiao had just washed up, changed into regular clothes, and said to Luo Jing: "The city is so prosperous now, it must be lively. I have been away from Beijing for more than three years. You can go around with me and take it as a relaxing moment. There is nothing wrong with living outside the city these days."

Luo Jing naturally agreed and brought a few followers out of the inn with Du Zhongxiao.

In fact, there are officials in the inn, but Du Zhongxiao is not familiar with him, so he would rather go out with Luo Jing. The Censor Zhongcheng has a special status, so Du Zhongxiao did not look for others, and others dared not look for him. This inn is just a transit hotel for Du Zhongxiao.

There are Caoshi outside several gates of Kaifeng City. As Caoshi develops, it has become a place as prosperous as the city. The jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture is not only within the city, but also in the city areas outside the city. Although the outer city gates will be closed, they will be closed late.

Walking on the bustling streets, there were people I didn’t know. This was the first time in several years. Du Zhongxiao only felt that today, his body and mind were completely relaxed and psychologically put down Bian Shuai’s burden. When he was in Shengzhou, even if there was nothing, he was tense and ready to deal with sudden things at any time. There was a border area, and there were always all kinds of strange people and strange things.

It was summer, and there were many people at night, bustling. There were various snack stalls on the roadside, shouting loudly. There were also vendors selling fruits carrying baskets and traveling through the crowd. There was also a juggling stall not far away, which caused many people to watch.

Du Zhongxiao looked at it and said to Luo Jing: "This is the scene of a peaceful and prosperous era. It is not like a border area. Even if the business is prosperous, it makes people feel a little nervous. After staying on Hequ Road for a long time, looking at these things again, it feels like a different life."

Luo Jing said: "The official is an official in the border area. Over the years, my wife misses me so much. I will send a letter to the city tomorrow, and my wife will definitely come out to see you. At that time, the family will be reunited, which is the peace."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "Although what you said makes sense, I am an official in the border area, isn't it to allow more families to reunite? I can't enter the city these days. What is the reason for the wife to leave the city? There is no need to send a letter, just wait until I enter the city before notifying my family."

Luo Jing said anxiously: "What kind of demeanor is that? Madam told me that as soon as you arrive in the capital, she will know."

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "You can send someone to inform your family, so they don't have to go out of the city. There are their own rules in the officialdom. Foreign officials came to Beijing but did not receive the imperial edict. In fact, it was equivalent to not having arrived in the capital. When the family came to see him and spread it, it might cause trouble."

Luo Jing bowed and said that it was. Du Zhongxiao was away for many years, and he became such a high-ranking official when he came back this time. The family didn't know the rules, so they could only follow what Du Zhongxiao said. Over the years, Du Zhongxiao made military achievements, and his family was of course happy to hear that and wanted to ensure that he would not have any trouble.
Chapter completed!