Chapter 180: The man who returns home

Su Dongpo didn't think so, he replied casually: "You mean the fleet is in and out in an orderly manner - you have never seen the students of Liren. Liren has always been in a regular manner in his work. His loach stack is managed by military law. The charter is formulated very finely, and every move has rules. This fleet is the big part of his industry, so it must be more strict in management. I think it is at least more rigorous than the loach ship's journey."

In fact, there is no such thing as murderous intent. Gao Qiu discovered that Zhao Xing's fleet had a military style. For example, the ship that left the port first did not go far away and wandered outside the port for a long time. After the entire fleet left the port, it formed a neat queue before the unified banner was allowed to leave outside the port... So Gao Qiu said this.

Gao Qiu's understanding of the army was that the formation was neat, that's all. It is said that after he served as the Grand Marshal, he was not good at military affairs. His military achievements were model projects every year, such as neat formations and beautiful postures when walking, thus winning the emperor's favor.

At this time, Gao Qiu was not confident enough. Su Shi said casually, Gao Qiu had already given up his opinion. He said with anticipation: "I hope that Brother Li Ren can buy enough food with the least money this time."

Su Shi replied casually: "I'm not worried about this. The way of doing business with others is very sharp. If he leaves later, I will give him the money to operate the disaster relief money, and we will have richer money... Unfortunately, he seems to be very worried about the villagers."

Su Shi meant that Zhao Xing might have seen the villagers starving, so he was anxious to transport the food back. In May, the spring rice in Jiaozhi area had already matured, and it was the time when the food price was the cheapest, so Zhao Xing was so anxious that he couldn't even wait to raise enough money, so he moved on.

Soon, the court's approval was also released. The number of covenants requested by Su Dongpo was completely approved by Empress Dowager Gao. With the sale of covenants in Hangzhou, the funds for disaster relief began to be sufficient. At the same time, under the calculation of Zhao Xing's students, the amount of projects for dredging rivers was also calculated. The money for selling covenants was enough, so Su Shi wrote another letter, asking the court to transfer tens of thousands of covenants to help dredge the rivers. He also suggested that after the dredging project was completed, these covenants would be placed in Hangzhou on the spot to fill the household registration lost by Hangzhou due to the major disaster.

In June, the court's reply did not come, but the matter of Zhao Xing's resignation broke out. Zhao Xing used to deliberately make a mistake and reported his resignation memorial to the court at an ordinary level. However, when the Ministry of Personnel received a memorial from such an eighth-rank official, he waved his pen in disapproval and made it clear. Su Shi was careless and reported to the court several times before, but the memorial did not mention the matter of hiring Zhao Xing as an official. When the disaster relief funds were sufficient, he reported to the court and asked the court to confirm Zhao Xing's official position.

Then he poked the hornet's nest. After Zhang Yong, the Mizhou Tenglian and Lin Ji, the magistrate of Jiaoxi County, saw the court's residence report, they found that the subordinate who escorted his wife home had run away and never returned. They were furious and wrote memorials overnight and delivered them to the court in a hurry.

Zhang Yong was simple and directly stated the situation facing the Mizhou Tuanlian now, acknowledging the twists and turns of calculations left by Zhao Xing, all the officials under his command were unable to start. Seeing that Mizhou was about to enter the harvest season, the people who settled the accounts were not there. How could this happen? Who will allocate the harvest for the Mizhou year? So Zhang Yong was as sad as an abandoned woman in the memorial, calling out: "Give me a judgment back."

Lin Ji was not polite and directly attacked Su Shi in the memorial. He told the situation of building a city in Mizhou, believing that according to Zhao Xing's method, the construction of Jiaoxi County New Town was very good, and it didn't cost the court a lot. Jiaoxi County already had a rough look, but at the end of the project, the host of the project ran away and was seduced by Su Dongpo by using the teacher-student relationship. Isn't this bullying?

Lin Ji's thousands of words were summed up in one sentence: "Return the Tongzong of Jiaoxi County to Jiaoxi County - I just need the original Tongzong, and I admit that Su Shi's poem is well written, but he cannot be so unkind. He can't take away my subordinates. Yes, it was him who did it. As soon as Su Laopo left the capital, my Tongzong ran home. Su Laopo must have made an appointment with his disciple in advance. I heard that this disciple was won by him by a bet - Yes, he used this relationship to coerce the Tongzong of our county to work for him. Zhao Liren is an official of the court, so how could he let Su Laopo be commanded? It's hateful! I beg the court to deal with Su Shi more and serve as a warning to others."

The court officials then found out that they had stabbed the hornet's nest. After a look back, a small official from the Ministry of Personnel actually issued an order to resign, so the small official immediately became a scapegoat. But what to do about Zhao Xing next? He resigned according to the normal procedures. Now, for the sake of the people of Hangzhou, the court really couldn't think of a way, especially because this matter involved Su Dongpo.

In the heart of Empress Dowager Gao, her idol did this confused thing, naturally she appreciated it more than blamed her. She glanced at the court minister who was quarreling and turned to ask Lu Dafang: "Lu Qing, what should you do with this matter?"

The iron clams and lu Dafang said with great sarcasm: "Zhao Xing resigned from office, and the Ministry of Personnel has already approved it. Su Zizhan's employment has also gone through normal procedures."

Empress Dowager Gao was very satisfied with the answer, and she nodded immediately: "Not bad! Mizhou Tuanjian, Jiaoxi County has quarreled, there is no magistrate, and another commissioner will be fine. I can't understand the account book. Zhao Xing is not dead yet. Just ask them to send someone to ask for advice. Isn't it enough! I issued an edict to reprimand them and let them reflect on them."

Lu Dafang still liked Zhao Xing a little because he praised the Zhou Li, and Zhao Xing spared no effort to build momentum to restore the Zhou Li. Therefore, although the Shu Party and Luo Party were not in harmony, his personal relationship with Su Shi and Zhao Xing was quite appropriate. Since Empress Dowager Gao refused to scold Su Shi, he decided to push Zhao Xing with the opportunity: "But, Su Zizhan's request is inappropriate. Zhao Xing was originally an eighth rank, and it was a bit aggrieved to be a guard."

Fan Jin's ministry Fan E thanked Zhao Xing for his idea, and he also said first: "I heard that Zhao Liren went to Mizhou for less than a year, but the Mizhou regiment training trained a team of courage. Isn't the stick drum team that came some time ago? In addition, Lin Ji was also saying that the construction of Jiaoxi City is new, thanks to Zhao Liren's plan, I think it's better..."

When Fan E mentioned the army, Empress Dowager Gao remembered the musketeers trained by Zhao Xing. She turned to ask the relevant personnel of the Ministry of War: "Didn't you say you should secretly train the regiment in Mizhou? What's the situation of that team?"

The Privy Councilor was not on duty today. He was dealing with the war with the Western Xia. A sir from the Ministry of War came forward and replied: "Report to the saint, according to the report of the ranks of the ranks, the team of troops had been trained very well. He was originally planning to pull them out to the Dengzhou area to suppress bandits and test them by the way, but Judge Zhao left..."

Both of them used a lot of omitations during this conversation.

Since Zhang Dun left the resignation, and the military weapon surveillance case not long ago, it has been greatly damaged. The years of war with Xixia have made the remaining military weapon surveillance personnel busy. As a result, the test of new weapons was outsourced to the Mizhou regiment training in an unprecedented manner, but no one paid attention to this work. In addition, this matter was originally secretly operated by Zhang Dun, and the latter's name is now a taboo in the court. All life may be regarded as a member of the party, and they all consciously do not mention this name. Therefore, over time, everyone actually forgot that there was a team of musketeers. If Fan E had not mentioned the training of troops today, Empress Dowager Gao would not have remembered it.

Looking at the confusing eyes of the ministers, Empress Dowager Gao explained: "It was rumored in the countryside that last year, a pirate used a firearm to attack the Liao Dynasty's naval army. It was rumored that this kind of firearm would explode like a firecracker, and it would also be similar to a medicine to blow up a puppet, which would spit out fire. It was powerful and invincible.

The Ai family then asked Dengzhou and Mizhou navy. Some people got samples of this thing from Dengzhou, or some people recommended Mizhou tutoring, and ordered them to learn the pirate method and experiment with this new firearm. After that, the Mizhou tutoring trained a commander, and Zhao Qing was responsible for the training. Several people were secretly involved. Now that Zhao Qing left, the Ai family hesitated. Should they send another person to train, or simply transfer the musket team back to the capital?... Forget it, it's better to fall back to Beijing. Wang Qing turned around and transferred the craftsmen who prepared firearms in Mizhou to Beijing for secret placement - this matter must be cautious and do not leak it out."

Turning his face, Empress Dowager Gao pondered for a moment, and said, "Zhao Xing is diligent and capable. Since he has outstanding talents in civil affairs, then continue to be a magistrate. The imperial edict: Apart from Zhao Xing, Hangzhou, and engage in official affairs."

...

Zhao Xing, who was far away from overseas, didn't know about this dispute in the court. On the fifth day of his removal of the sea, the first ship of grain had been shipped back to Hangzhou and was directly unloaded from the Hangzhou wharf. According to the crew back, the grain was collected by Zhao Xing from the fief of Princess (Chen Yiyi). Jiaozhi was also affected by the disaster and there was a shortage of grain. Zhao Xing finally found these ships of grain and continued to move forward, intending to go far away to Africa to loot more grain...

The returned ships did not stay in Hangzhou for too long. They brought the 50,000 stag of grain money given by Su Shi to anchor. Then the facts proved that Zhao Xing did not disappoint Su Shi's trust, and grain ships began to be transported to Hangzhou in a steady stream. At the peak, one day there was a record of three 500 tons of grain ships entering the port. Throughout the summer, Zhao Xing accumulated hundreds of grain ships, with a total of tens of thousands of tons... But he never went home. The news brought back by the grain ship was intermittent, sometimes saying that Zhao Xing was searching for food islands in the Nanyang area, and sometimes saying that Zhao Xing was robbed in the Arabian waters and was fighting fire with Bagan and the warships stationed in Nian Kingdom...

On June 11, the Yellow River broke, and several counties on Hedong Road were flooded. The imperial edict gave Hedong Road 2,000 taels of gold, 100,000 pieces of silk, and 100,000 yuan to serve military supplies. He ordered local governments to provide disaster relief. Under the disaster, the country's food became increasingly tight, and there was no waste in Hangzhou and abundant food. In the same month, grain prices soared and tea silk prices fell. At this time, Zhao Xing sent back news that due to his search and purchase, the grain prices in Nanyang also began to rise, so he asked to pay with tea silk...

In September, the dredging of the two rivers in Hangzhou ended. The 200,000-strong army began to renovate rural roads. The disaster in Hangzhou not only did not starve a single person because of the large amount of cheap food. Because Zhao Xing purchased a large amount of tea and silk, the sales of their products increased sharply, and the people seemed a little richer than usual. That month, Zhao Xing heard that he was in Africa and was collecting the last batch of grain. Because of the large amount of silk tea (duty-free) export of this year, the grain payment in his hands increased a lot compared to the beginning. He asked what goods he needed to bring to his country to increase the value, and he would also return at the end of September.

At the end of September, Su Shi was preparing for his West Lake dredging completion ceremony. After receiving the news that Zhao Xing returned, Su Shi added Zhao Xing's name to the banquet list.

At the end of the month, the first home she rushed back was Chen Yiyi. After Zhao Xing returned to Hangzhou, Chen Yiyi stayed in Mizhou to paralyze the local local officials. After Zhao Xing went to sea, Chen Yiyi took a boat to Nanyang and helped Zhao Xing raise food and grass in Vietnam. This time she set off a day earlier than Zhao Xing. As soon as she got off the boat, she said something only they knew: "All cooking is done, and you will be worry-free from now on."

Cheng Azhu nodded intentionally, then touched her round belly with satisfaction and replied: "It's almost time to give birth. I hope the official can arrive before the concubine gives birth."

"Yes, he only took one day before I left, and he will definitely arrive tomorrow," Chen Yiyi helped Azhu and replied quietly.

Chen Yiyi was probably wrong. Zhao Xing's ship speed was faster than Chen Yiyi. The two of them had a one-day trip, but Chen Yiyi didn't get home for half a day. That night, Zhao Xing's ship quietly entered the port. It was midnight when he entered the port. There was no cheering or a grand welcome ceremony on the dock. Taking advantage of the night, the people on the ship quietly slipped off the boat like a thief, and scattered into the castle in groups of three or three. Zhao Xing himself was also wrapped in a large brown cloak and quietly returned home in the crowd.

At night, Cheng Azhu was about to give birth and couldn't sleep well. When she heard the loud noise of the fort gate, she immediately sat up and called on the Japanese girl who was serving her: "I am back, help me up and wash and dress me up. I will meet the official in unison."

The Japanese female general was skeptical, and some people advised him: "Empress, if he really came back from Changmen Palace, he would definitely come to greet him. It's better than us..."

"It must be an official," Cheng Azhu said stubbornly: "It's so late, the fort gate will not open at will, it must be an official who has come back. No, my official is working hard for us, my mother and mother outside. How can I not welcome you when I go home? Wash my face and bring a headdress together. I want to greet the official with tidy and clean."

Zhao Xing directed people to carry goods at the entrance of the castle. After ordering Yicai Leye, he delayed for a while. Cheng Azhu had already ordered people to come to the entrance of the castle. Her hair was combed without any confusion. When Zhao Xing saw her coming, he hurriedly helped her sit down. The servant brought a soft couch. After Cheng Azhu lay on the soft couch, he asked Zhao Xing: "Are they all okay? The tribe members are not injured!"

Zhao Xing looked at Cheng Azhu's belly with satisfaction, stretched his hand in the air, as if he wanted to touch it, but he was concerned about the eyes around him, and his hand stopped there and muttered: "It's only been this or two days... They are all well, no one is injured!"

Then, he easily replied: "What big thing can happen? A group of native people are just causing trouble. Our greatest energy is to rebuild those strongholds, which took us a lot of effort. It's not easy. It's too difficult to create a complete management system. That place is really a place to raise lazy people. People stay there for a while, and it's really troublesome."

The servants carried Cheng Azhu to the bedroom. Zhao Xing introduced as he walked: The island's products were too rich. The most diligent local natives were the natives who knew how to kick trees. Because the fruits on the trees grew wildly, lazy people generally liked to pick up ready-made ones under the trees. The lazy people with "creative" simply pulled a rope to make a tree bed under the tree, usually lying under the tree, opening their mouths for the fruit to fall into their mouths. There were so many fruits that fell, even if they opened their mouths, they didn't have time to chew and swallow. Therefore, the most diligent person on the island was the one who could kick trees on their own.

In such an atmosphere, no matter how diligent a person is, he will become lazy after staying for a few years. This is also the reason why Liu San and the others were unable to bear it and ran back on their own initiative.

Because the products are too abundant and wealth comes too easily, if you want to set up a long-term operation mechanism in that area, you must constantly guide new people and keep them creative and diligent.

Zhao Xing went to Nanyang this time, and he thought about it and finally decided to share his secret with all Song merchants, introducing a large number of Song merchants that had competed with the growth of Arab forces. He stayed in Manila for nearly four months, contacted all the powerful Song merchants that could be found, established a Song merchants' Nanyang Alliance, organized discussions on the charter of the Nanyang Alliance, and elected the alliance board to manage the island...

This hard work was not completed until four months of hard work. After that, as long as reliable personnel were selected to enter the board of directors and coordinate the actions of the Nanyang Alliance... Of course, the killing and iron fist were inevitable. Zhao Xing did not explain this in detail to Azhu. Azhu knew this very well. She didn't ask, but just touched her belly and said with relief: "It's good that the official is back. The famine in Hangzhou has caused panic. Now when I see the official, my body and mind are stable. Now I know: Only when there is a man at home is like someone else."

The noise also woke up the rest of the people in the castle. The lights of the small houses under the slope were lit one by one. Su Dongpo put on his clothes and went out, looking at Zhao Xing with relief, "Li people are back. Come and come quickly and talk to me about the Nanyang incident. Fortunately, Li people help me. This famine... is painful. But not only did I not escape from the famine due to the disaster, but the people were displaced, but my wallets were filled. Come quickly and come and talk to me."

Chaoyun emerged from behind Su Shi and whispered a few words: "Bachelor, it's been midnight, and you don't let anyone rest..."

Zhao Xing bowed respectfully: "There is no sun and moon on the sea. I have been sleeping for a few nights before. Since my teacher is anxious, I have waited for the disciple to settle my wife and children so that the teacher can gather at the Mid-mountain Pavilion. I haven't heard the teacher talk about poetry for a long time. At this time, the night is beautiful, and it happens to be a good moon to talk about poetry."
Chapter completed!