Another person is in the water

Another person is in the water

Huang E is not a person who is a cold-hearted person and does not have meant to her brothers, sisters, stepmother and father, but now she is in a different situation. Although she and Shi Chuan have established the "Three Books" to clarify their identity, Shi Chuan did not reveal the intention of eating her. At this sensitive time, any woman is her potential enemy. For a future way out, she cannot tolerate any blame for her behavior.

Therefore, Shipeng's property and any offenses in her handling of family affairs made her trunk like a tigress protecting her calf, erecting a full-body pore and posing in a combative manner. However, Shipeng's current behavior is almost the same as the timely rain in the world. Song Jiang spent a lot of money just to make friends and cultivate her own Jianghu power.

This is an era where all the people are loyal and trustworthy, wherever money is spent. Huang E sighed helplessly at this and said, "Since my brother said that...forget it, my brother understands me and can tolerate my stepmother for my sake. E's mother can only be grateful. My brother said that, they can't stay for a few days, so let them do it."

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On September 11, the new Jinshi Luo Wangjing stepped onto the land of his hometown in a complicated mood. The three generals from Mizhou who were escorting him along the way. Seeing that they finally arrived at their destination, they immediately cheered and talked unscrupulously in front of Luo Wangjing: "This pickled matter has finally been over. Luo Jinshi, the road ahead leads to Haizhou City. If you pass through the city, you will be Baihu Mountain. We have to take that fork and go to Cuizhuang to collect the rewards. We have said goodbye from now on."

Luo Wangjing smiled bitterly, and he wanted to say: Actually, it is faster to go to Cuizhuang directly and then take Cuizhuang Road to Baihu Mountain, because there are many trucks on the road, so it is not a problem to carry them along the way. But immediately he thought: Maybe these Mizhou generals are not familiar with the path, and it is more likely that these Mizhou generals who don’t know the origin have something to hide from him, so it is not convenient for him to follow him.

Thinking of this, Lo Wangjing bowed and was about to bow and say goodbye. Unexpectedly, as soon as his hand stretched out, a Mizhou general grabbed his hand with a smile and praised: "After all, he is a Jinshi, so colorful, come on, press a handprint."

Another general took a piece of white paper and stepped forward without hesitation to grab Lo Wangjing's right hand. The remaining general blackened Lo Wangjing's palm with ink like lightning, then pressed Lo Wangjing's right hand, slapped Lo Wangjing's hand on the white paper, excitedly held the white paper with his handprints and looked at it, cheering with satisfaction: "This is over, brothers, go and get the money."

The three generals ignored Luo Wangjing and ran towards Cuizhuang's avenue, leaving behind smoke and dust.

Luo Wangjing had no choice but to hold his right hand covered with ink and looked at the escorts running into the distance. After a long time, he put down his right hand hanging, groped in his body, and only three copper plates were found under his sleeve. He sighed softly, chose one of the relatively old copper plates, and asked the shopkeeper of the teahouse on the roadside: "Shopkeeper, how much does a pot of tea cost?"

The shopkeeper of the teahouse stretched out a slap with a pleasing look on his face: "Customer, a pot of five cents."

Luo Wangjing jumped up: "You murderer, the shopkeeper, are you shouting for the price like this? I am also a local person in Haizhou. When I went to Beijing for the exam last year, this tea pot was only one cent. Now you dare to shout for the price of five cents. Are you bullied me? Is it Luqi?"

The shopkeeper smiled: "The guest official turned out to be a juren who went to Beijing to take the exam last year?"

Luo Wangjing corrected seriously and said, "Mr. Jinshi--I am now a Jinshi."

The shopkeeper of the teahouse looked at Luo Wangjing carefully and asked, "Can you be a Jinshi of Luo Wangguo?"

Luo Wangjing was proud and said, "So you know me too?"

The shopkeeper of the teahouse gritted his teeth and said contemptuously: "There were only three Jinshis in Haizhou last year. Except for the tired ghost Luo Wangjing, everyone else has become officials. I heard that the tired ghost Luo Jinshi spent all his wife's dowry and was detained in Xuzhou. The wife gave up her face and went to ask General Shi to send someone to redeem him. Could it be that you are the Luo Jinshi who was redeemed by his wife?... It's a good thing. Chenghui costs fifty cents a pot of tea, Luo Jinshi, pay for it."

The shopkeeper's last few words were shouted at the top of his throat. When the people in the teahouse heard it, they looked at Luo Wangjing with contempt. One of the guests was still saying: "Fan Zhongyan was also very poor in the past. After he became rich, he recorded his childhood experience, saying that a bowl of porridge was frozen and hard, divided into three parts, one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and the other part if he didn't feel hungry, he would also share it with his brothers and sisters.

Then Fan Zhongyan and Fan Xianggong were much poorer than Luo Jinshi. After the people were developed, they could still shout "Because the world is worried before it, and then be happy after it is happy in the world." Only then did Luo Jinshi gain status and began to trick his wife into using her dowry. It was really an insult to be a slander, a scammer... Haha, Luo Jinshi, don't look at me and stare at me. This was not what I said, but what King Zhao Shixia of Yan and King Shu Yizhi of Wang Xianggong said at the palace yesterday."

The shopkeeper of the teahouse just said it was full of contempt. A roadside teahouse boss dared to despise the Jinshi Master so much. Lo Wangjing was furious and was scattering his stomach, pretending to be the majestic posture of Wenquxing, ready to scold this ordinary person... But the spitting star that followed made him panic-what, King Shu Yan, why did I mess with them?

The Song Dynasty was known as the bureaucratic system of "stacked beds". An official may have titles, official positions (titles), salary positions (levels of salary), dispatches (official titles for specific things), etc. Therefore, a prince is nothing. If he does not have a salary position (such as Zhao Shixia), there will be no place to get a salary. For example, Wang Yizhi only gets a salary of a ninth-rank official because he has a ninth-rank idle position.

In this era, the prime minister is nothing. First-rank prime minister retired and many people are sent to the fifth-rank magistrate. Even as a first-rank magistrate, he still has to obey the transfer of officials at the "road" level - maybe he has to listen to their scolding.

So Lo Wangjing was not timid in the face of the prince... However, the two princes complained together and aimed at him. What they said was the part that they were most taboo to touch in their hearts. Lo Wangjing suddenly felt ashamed. He left the teahouse in panic, hid in the roadside, and followed the flow of people to Haizhou City, staggeringly.

The experience of this period flowed through Luo Wangjing's eyes like flowing water. When he was trapped in Xuzhou, he sent letters to Haizhou several times, but they all seemed to be like a rock sinking into the sea without any response. Over time, Luo Wangjing couldn't help but feel resentment and various suspicions. He first suspected that Chu Suzhen was unwilling to take out the money, and later he also suspected that the bastard brother wanted to occupy his (wife's) money, so he hid the letter and never notified Chu Suzhen - but he never doubted his mother.

When he was in a difficult situation, three generals from Mizhou suddenly came to him, saying that Chu Suzhen was bypassing his mother-in-law's surveillance, selling his dowry, and resigning to the entrusting of Shitun to save his husband. Shitun was in a suspicious place and it was difficult for him to come in person, so he asked his apprentice Ling Fei to hire Mizhou generals to complete the work.

These twists and turns made Lo Wangjing suspicious of the situation at home. Of course, when he was desperate, Lo Wangjing did not hesitate to the requests of the three Mizhou generals. The Mizhou general asked Lo Wangjing to sign and recognize Chu Suzhen's dowry for selling his dowry, and admitted that Chu Suzhen's dowry was shrinking because of helping him... Lo Wangjing didn't read the specific content of the document at all, took the pen and wrote the signature.

Later, the three Mizhou generals came forward to redeem Tawang and took Tawang all the way south. With the signature of Tawang, he confirmed that he instructed his wife to sell his dowry to redeem himself. This made Tawang irrefutable when the teahouse owner counted on him.

Lo Wangjing endured his thirst and felt panic all the way: Why, I know all about his own affairs in Haizhou? Not that, it is also a romantic and elegant thing for scholars to go to the trellis and tile city. In the past, Mr. Dongpo went on a trip, and the girls in the city were accompanied by lanterns. Everyone praised Mr. Dongpo for being so handsome. Why was it my turn to hug the girls and have fun, and everyone despises them - this is unfair

At this moment, in Tianshui Lane, Haizhou, the new Jinshi Liu Xu was leading his younger brother to visit Shi Chuan and introduced to Shi Chuan: "This is my younger brother Liu Kuang and Liu Minzhi, the second son of my Liu family... Cough cough, Changqing, have your family decided?"

Early this morning, Shi Chuan had just sent Huang's father away. Huang's father was single. At this time, the Double Ninth Festival holiday had just ended and he was going to deal with the rebellion of the county's Lianshui Army. So before leaving, he borrowed Ling Fei and 100 musketeers and 100 regiments to train. Liu Kuang came with the team urging Huang's father to take office. After just a little washing up, Liu Xu took him to the door.

Yesterday, Liu Xu's wife Guan Shi went out to the street to buy a betrothal gift, which was already agreed, and there was no major change. The difference was that the girl Shi Chuan married. When she saw him, Liu Xu immediately expressed his opinion: "No matter what girl Shi's wife gets married, my family is willing... My grandfather was very happy to hear this news. He cut out the 5,000 acres of land contained in the betrothal gift overnight. The fish scale book has been brought with him. Please check it out."

Shi Chuan nodded and greeted loudly: "Eleven, come out to see you."

Eleventh Lady was discovered by Huang’s father yesterday. The tallest among the girls and full of confidence in speaking. She is the older girl except Mo Shao. Because no one at home claims it, she is temporarily recorded in Shijia’s family tree, and is ranked 11th among the girls of the Shi family generation in Haizhou.

The girls in the Shi family had long heard that they were choosing a son-in-law today. Yesterday, they were attracted by Shi Huan in the name of holidays. Shi Huan had already explained the whole story to them. Hearing that Liu Xu brought a young man to the door, the girls in the Shi family were all around the door to watch the fun. When Shi Huan said hello, Eleventh Lady turned red and calmed her mind. She walked up steadily according to the gait of the lady taught by the female academic teaching professor. She rushed forward gently and walked through Shi Huan first, turning around like a flowing cloud, saluting Liu Xu and Liu Kuang in turn.

The servants brought two lacquer boxes, one containing brocade that was "shocking" and one containing a golden hairpin indicating "satisfaction with blind dates". When the man and woman met for the first time, they only glanced at each other in such a hurry. Liu Kuang was young, and after his brother left, he was in power in the Liu family, and his actions revealed a sense of confidence. He had been dealing with the merchants all year round, making him look very simple and simple, and his adequate nutrition made him look well-proportioned. Although he was not as full of books as his brother, he was also a boy who preferred it.

As for the woman, is there any other thing about the beauty of the girl in the Shi family? Liu Kuang only glanced at her, her face was red from beginning to end. He walked up to the golden hairpin and trembled into Eleventh Lady. He smelled the fragrance of Eleventh Lady from the tip of his nose. His hands were trembling and could not insert it into Eleventh Lady's hair bun several times, so that the hairpin tied Eleventh Lady's scalp, causing the other party to let out a soft cry.

This soft cry made Liu Kuang even more panicked. He didn't know how he inserted the hairpin in the end, and forgot to look at the other person's expression. He only remembered vaguely afterwards that the woman's skin was very white and had a strong fragrance...

The ancient Six Lessons had been reduced to Four Lessons by the Song Dynasty, and it was still certain after inserting hairpins. Liu Xu was afraid that there would be more dreams at night, so he asked both parties to exchange Geng Tie, write a letter of appointment, and write a letter of rituals by the way. Anyway, both parties didn't care about small money, and now everything was placed in a yard, so just make up for any dissatisfaction.

After the exchange of gifts, Liu Xu handed over a 20,000 yuan ticket and said, "Changqing is loyal and confident. The dozen girls I met on the road are willing to take care of. I trust Changqing. I have written the dowry shop and finance. I have signed it below. I will admit the amount of writing."

After a little recession, Liu Xu added: "I was newly appointed as a judge on a small county on Guangnan West Road. I originally planned to take a boat from Haizhou to head south. I have been looking for a good ship in the past few days. I just wanted to arrange the family affairs before I took office, so I acted hastily..."

Liu Xu said, bowing to Eleventh Lady: "Sister-in-law, don't blame the hasty etiquette. I, the eldest brother, cannot participate in your marriage with you. However, since I have my signature on the wedding letter, it means that I have allowed this marriage. You just do it, don't worry about me."

Liu Xu's official position is the magistrate of Maoxian County, Liuzhou. After saying this, Liu Xu continued to sigh: "I am relieved now. I have Changqing to take care of my family and have brothers and sisters to manage my family, so I have no worries."

Liuzhou was still an exiled place these days, and Jinshi who were admitted to the imperial examinations rarely wanted to go to Guangnan to become officials, so the local officials were all determined by the court to take responsibility for local gentry or juren, and their local forces were also very strong and relatively xenophobic. When Liu Xu went there, he really didn't know whether he could come back, so it was an unexpected surprise that he could stabilize his family - it was so much more clever than his original plan to get a concubine from Shideng.

"Where are there", Shi Chuan also said politely: "We take care of each other."

As a rootless and unfounded outsider, Shicheng also needs the support of his time and space personnel - if he wants to change the world, it cannot be a change of a person. A person's change is completely different from previous time and space travel.

Many people change together, and this is the earth-shaking change.

Therefore, even if you have the ability to fully understand the world, you still have to take people to climb the technology tree if you want to change the world.

Liu Xu wears it when needed. Similarly, the Liu family's power also needs to try it on. He gave a tip to Lishu and said, "My apprentice Ling Fei has sent Huang Magistrate to Shuyang. He will stay in the county government for a few days. When Minzhi's brother goes back, he handes the 5,000 acres of land to Ling Fei. He has some ideas and wants to cooperate with the Liu family to start a group training. This is what I mean. Minzhi will go back and discuss with him."

After a while, Shi Chuan added: "As for the marriage, it is now after the Double Ninth Festival. We both will prepare for it first. What is the auspicious period scheduled for March 3 next year?"

"March three good", Liu Xu applauded and laughed: "It just so happened that the farming season was slack after the spring plowing. There was a wedding lively, it was a good thing..."

Liu Xu immediately thought of the rumors he heard recently and asked curiously: "I heard that your rose garden has been built. Will the yard be open on March 3rd next year?"

"It is precisely because I don't want to open up to the public that I have a wedding," Shi Chuan explained with a smile.

The Song Dynasty was an era of loyalty and faithfulness. It was not a crime to get rich in hard work in this era, so the Song people had an impulse to show off their wealth. Every March 3rd, each family of gardens was open to the public, competing for beauty to show off their own luxury, so as to show off their "abilities" to make money. The interesting story of the Zhou family and Zhu family in Yangzhou comparing their own gardens with relish in "Menglianglu" - it is said that these two families have become the origin of Yangzhou garden art. However, this account is also the "crime" of the Song people's pursuit of enjoyment and corruption in life in modern times.

Now, the signs of the troubled times have just been revealed, and everyone is still drunk and dreaming. Shi Chuan doesn't want to be set up as a target, so he wants to arrange his marriage on March 3rd. In this way, if others want to visit the yard, they can shirk it and say that they are doing a wedding.

It is also in line with the Liu family's idea of ​​acting low-key. Liu Xu smiled and then asked: "Does your family still hire a troop this winter?"

"We need to hire more than 20,000 soldiers in the wings," Shi Chuan replied: "The road connecting Cuizhuang to Wuxiang is about to be repaired. I will add another effort this winter to connect all the five towns. In addition, the roads in the Grape Courtyard of Baihu Villa also need to be paved, so it will be done at once. In this way, next year and the year after tomorrow will be safe."

Liu Xu asked suddenly: "Do you want to borrow money?"

Shi Tuan was stunned for a moment and immediately realized that Liu Xu was trying to please him in disguise. It would cost about 30,000 jin a winter to hire a 20,000 jin army. Others don’t know his own strength, but only sees that he spends money everywhere in recent years, building workshops, rose gardens and roads, all of which are expensive projects. He thought he would be unable to make any moves at hand, so he closed the prosperous shop in the city to save expenses.

Well, why do you want others to guess your monthly income? Even if your income is sufficient, others can see it. Now that the Liu family is not an outsider, you probably don’t have to pay interest to borrow money from him.

Shi Chuan's eyes swept to the 20,000 yuan guilds on the table. Liu Xu noticed Shi Chuan's actions and reminded with a smile: "My Liu family will take out another 20,000 yuan to help Brother Shi turn around, it will be no problem."

"Okay", Shi Chuan agreed while instructing Eleventh Lady to go down with Liu Kuang: "You two go out for a walk, let Minzhi go to our shop and learn more about our house."

Eleventh Lady blushed and led Liu Kuang down. When the sisters around the door saw the show parting, some were disappointed and some sighed, and they all parted.

When the house calmed down, Shi Chuan turned to greet Liu Xu: "Liuzhou, I heard that when Mr. Dongpo was exiled, he went from capital to Leizhou for a year and eight months. Brother Liu sent his family to communicate with his family in the future. If he walked by land, wouldn't he have been there for two years?"

Liu Xu didn't know why Shi Chuan suddenly remembered to ask this question. He smiled and replied: "How can I compare to Mr. Dongpo? Mr. Dongpo is famous and admirers are welcomed everywhere. This man lives in his house for a few days and that man lives in his house for a few days. Although he was exiled, he never treated himself badly. He just walked a little slower.

Before I left, I also figured it out. I have been frugal since I was a child and I can’t bear any hardships. I don’t plan to leave by land anymore. In the future, I will also go by sea when I communicate with my family. The sea boat will go fast and I guess I can get one way in one month..."

Speaking of this, Liu Xu suddenly understood what Shi Chuan meant. He stopped talking and looked at Shi Chuan without saying a word. Shi Chuan was silent for a moment and replied: "It's still a matter of manpower. Although my fast sailing boat is fast, there are now one of them. Those who can sail the boat have gone on the boat. I can use a fast sailing boat to send you to Liuzhou. Oh, I heard that there are also many boatmen who return to Guangnan West Road."

Liu Xu said in an encouraging tone: "What does Changqing need, just say it."

"A person who knows a little boating skills can learn a little on the boat for a while and learn astrology. It is no problem to use soft sailboats - after all, soft sailboats are easier than hard sails to operate. I need a large number of skilled sailors. If Liu Zhixian can find such a person for me and study on my boat for a while, I can double the number of ships under my name, then..."

Shi Chuan pointed to the flying ticket on the table and said in a teasing manner: "Anyone is that Liu Magistrate wants to join forces with Shi Yanei to buy the local products in Jiaozhi and Guangxi, and my family wants to accompany some ships to dowry anyway. It is better for the Liu family to expand the fleet - I will use your money to pay back with the ship. My family has a ready-made fleet manager and financial personnel. The Liu family simply organizes a fleet to take the routes between Guangxi and Haizhou. How about it?"

After a moment of pause, Shiteng raised his fingers to help Liu Xu calculate: "I don't know whether the local officials in Haizhou are rich or not, but when you become an official, you only spend the money from Guan's family, which makes people mistakenly think that you are another Luo Wangjing. I also heard that Brother Liu's wife is not bad either. If you don't believe that Brother Liu's wife's family can't find a few loyal families, and they are responsible for the operation of Liuzhou. This operation is also very simple.

Haizhou is actually in a good geographical location, just located on the central line of the Central Plains. From here, the goods are transferred to Japan, or to the Grand Canal south to the capital Bianliang, or to take a sea boat and take a sea route, go to Hebei, or from the Yellow River to the capital, which is convenient.

What goods do I need in Liuzhou? It is said that rice in Chameng is ripe twice a year, which is very cheap; there are also Jiaozhi iron ore, Liuzhou nanmu, copper ore, and charcoal (coal). Except for nanmu, copper ore, the rest are not valuable. Just open a warehouse and buy it slowly, and wait for a ship to ship and ship back, and it will immediately turn into cash.

Ships heading south from the Central Plains transport vegetables and porcelain, and often delay collecting goods when returning. Some people simply carry gold and silver, which means that everyone only makes one-way money in every sea trade. The return journey is basically empty. Although rice, iron ore and other things are cheap, if the reputation becomes greater, the ships returning from empty store know that they will go to Liuzhou to ship some things back, and they can also grow bigger over time.

With these, plus the cultivation, harvesting, and transportation of Eucommia ulmoides that you discussed with Huang Taigong…”

Shizhang was just talking about Liu Xu in general, but now Shizhang is very detailed, even the outsider Liu Xu could hear it at this time. He immediately continued: "The sailors are half from Haizhou and half from Liuzhou..."

Another person is in the water,
Chapter completed!