Great Tang Southern Emperor

"But Your Highness, the official's salary is issued by the imperial court, not by you." Zheng Yintao reminded in a low voice. As a serious seventh-rank official, of course it is not Li Zhen's turn to distribute the salary. It is all distributed by the imperial court. of.

"Uh..." Li Zhen was embarrassed, forgot about this, and looked at Zheng Yintao with some shame, and said in a bad mood: "Then fine, you will be fined, and you will be fined to hand over your salary for the next two years, which is my mental damage fee. "

"Huh? Two years?"

"What? Do you have an opinion?"

"No, I have no objection at all." Zheng Yintao wished to give himself a big mouth, and make you owe me, you can just send the money quietly, why bother to mention this?It's all right now, I lost a year's salary in vain, who can I ask to justify this?

"Okay, don't be so sad." Zheng Yintao was sobbing, and Li Zhen didn't bother to tease him anymore, so he said, "You have managed the shipyard so well, and I haven't even given you the promised reward. As the factory manager, I alone I will reward you with [-] guan, and another [-] guan, and you can divide it according to your merits."

"Thank you, Your Highness, I know that your Highness will not let me suffer." This thank you can be said to be sincere, three thousand guan, according to Zheng Yintao's seventh-rank official, the annual salary is a little more than 25 guan (historically it was 1000 guan) Every year, but now that the Tang Dynasty is rich, with an annual income of more than 100 million yuan, it should be better for officials. In addition to salaries, officials also have Lumi, Lubo, etc., and they also distribute land, and their servants It is also funded by the state, so it doesn’t need much money), it takes [-] years without eating or drinking to earn so much, this time it really made a lot of money.

"Stop talking nonsense, that's enough, I've finished watching the shipyard, let's go."

"Congratulations, Your Highness."

I stayed in the shipyard for a long time, and when Li Zhen came out, I found that it was already past the middle of the day. Yuezhou was extremely hot in summer, and almost no one walked on the street. In this weather, even a dog could unwilling to come out.

"Let's go, let's go back to the city." Greeting the guards waiting outside, Li Zhen repeatedly exclaimed.

Even though it is close to the sea, today's sea style is not face-saving, and the sea surface does not see much fluctuation. Occasionally, a gust of breeze blows, and when it blows on the face, it has been steamed by the sun and becomes steaming. A little chill.

"Hey, I knew I would have come here by boat." Both the shipyard and Yuezhou City are located on the edge of the Pearl River estuary, but one is on the left and the other is on the right. If you take a boat, it will not only be faster, but also cooler on the sea.

It's just that Li Zhen went to Sanyue Mountain in the morning and interrogated the spies of the blood alliance caught a few days ago. Before he had time to go back and take a boat, he just took a boat across the river at the upstream ferry, so now he not only takes There is no boat, not even a horse, so I can only run quickly.Thinking about it now, it was an extremely stupid decision.

"Your Highness, what are you doing so fast? My hair is going to mess up." Li Ergou was out on a mission, and Lin San consciously became Li Zhen's personal bodyguard. Seeing Li Zhen running so fast, he couldn't help complaining.

"Nonsense, on such a hot day, if you don't hurry to the pier to take a boat, are you going to wait here until the evening before leaving?"

"But aren't we in the shipyard? Can the shipyard have fewer ships?"

"" Li Zhen was silent, and after a while, he gave Lin San a slap, and said angrily, "Bastard, why didn't you remind me earlier?"

Lin San held his head and said aggrievedly: "You didn't ask."

"You still dare to be stubborn?" Li Zhen said arrogantly, "One year's salary."

"Your Highness, it seems that the salary of your subordinates does not belong to you." He is Li Zhen's personal bodyguard, and the salary is also issued by the court.

"" The same mistake was made twice, and Li Zhen couldn't accept it anymore. She said arrogantly, "Then change it to a fine, and fine you two years' salary, and you must give it to me before tonight."

"Ah?" Lin San wailed: "Your Highness, please forgive me, how much money can I have, I can give all my money"

Li Zhen interrupted directly: "Don't cry poorly, I know that you have the title of a little gambling king in private, no one will bet with you if you win money, do you think I don't know?"

"Who said that? I'm going to fight with him, isn't that harmful? I am possessed by Lin San, when did I win money?"

"Li Ergou told me."

"Li Ergou, I am your eighteenth generation ancestor, you have killed me." Lin San's sad and indignant voice was heard far away, and several perched seabirds were startled by his voice, took off in a panic, and panicked. There was chaos.

Chapter 306 Strange Old Man

Chapter 82 The Strange Old Man

Of course Li Zhen didn't want Lin San's money, it was just a joke.

Hurriedly running back to the boat, Li Zhen managed to get a black awning boat and swam to the middle of the river. Feeling the cool breeze, she finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, it's still comfortable on the sea. I really want to go down and enjoy it." swim for a while."

"Your Highness, no, the situation on the bottom of the sea is complicated and ever-changing. This is where the river flows into the sea. The current is turbulent and densely covered with eddies. If you are not careful, it will be a catastrophe." Lin San was terrified. A cold sweat broke out, showing how frightened he was.Not only him, but all the guards were taken aback by Li Zhen's strange idea, and they all knelt down to persuade him.What are you kidding?If something happens to you, I'm afraid that the emperor and his old man will swallow us alive without chewing.Even if there is no danger, your old man is comfortable swimming in the sea, but we have to worry about it for a long time, how can you be so cheap?

"Okay, okay, I'm just talking, why do you take it seriously?" Of course Li Zhen knew what they were thinking, and said speechlessly, she couldn't even read a joke.I was just talking about it, and I didn't really want to do it. This is not a good place for swimming.But speaking of swimming, I am in Yuezhou. It would be a pity if I don't surf at the beach here. It seems that I will find a chance to go to the beach in the future.

"Your Highness, can you stop saying such things in the future?" Lin San wiped off his cold sweat, and said with a wry smile, "You speak in a flash, and we will be terrified for several days."

"I know, I won't scare you from now on." Li Zhen said boredly, "You guys are too timid, how did you become the bodyguards of Ouchi?"

"" Lin San smiled wryly and was speechless. It's not that we are timid, it's because you are too open-minded, and you are going to do something like this from time to time. We are really scared.

Following the river down the river, a group of people soon came to the opposite bank, abandoned the boat and went ashore, not far from Yuezhou City.

"It's so hot, find a place to rest your feet." Even though it was only a short distance away, Li Zhen was already screaming and crying from the heat.

"Master Dian, there is a teahouse here."

"Quick, quick, Kara loves to go in." After speaking, he immediately rushed into the tea shop, and as soon as he entered, he felt shivering all over his body, as if all the heat had been driven away, and he almost moaned comfortably: " It’s so comfortable, as expected this summer is still inseparable from ice cubes.”

"Hey, I really haven't visited Yuezhou City well. Now it seems that it's not as barren as it is said in the legend. Why do people talk about Lingnan when they talk about Lingnan? It's soft." After pouring a pot of herbal tea vigorously, she burped for a long time, and finally came back to life.

Only then did Li Zhen have the mood to look at the scene outside: "In terms of prosperity, although Yuezhou City can't compare with Chang'an and Luoyang, it's just a step behind them, and it's not much worse than Hangzhou, Zhejiang and other places. But why would such a place be regarded as a place of exile by the imperial court?"

"This subordinate is a fool, how could he know these things? If I knew these things, I would have passed the exam for the number one scholar." Lin San replied, but his eyes were rolling wildly in his heart. Who is wrong to ask this kind of question, but us. These Qiuba, if we know this, will we still be just a guard?

"Because three people become tigers." Lin San couldn't answer, but a voice came from the next table.

Everyone heard the prestige and looked, the speaker was an old man, occupying a table by himself, he should be around 60 or [-] years old, his beard and hair were already half white, and he was wearing a gray-blue Confucian robe with several patches on it, which was unusual Dazzling, looks unusually shabby.

Li Zhen asked with interest: "Oh? What does the old man mean by this?"

The old man replied: "It means literally, because everyone said that Lingnan is full of miasma, insects and snakes, so folk rumors that Lingnan is a bitter place, and the environment here was really not good in the Qin and Han Dynasties, so it caused The color of Lingnan changes when outsiders mention it, but they don’t know that the environment will change. After several generations of Lingnan people’s construction, today’s Lingnan is no longer what it used to be.”

"In the final analysis, it's just that the propaganda is not in place." Li Zhen concluded.

"Young Master's words are reasonable." The old man agreed: "It is indeed such a truth. If everyone in the world says that Lingnan is good, I am afraid that Lingnan will not be inferior to Chang'an by now."

"I firmly believe in this, but if we want to achieve this goal, we still need an opportunity." Li Zhen knows the potential of Yuezhou. The future Yuezhou is the most prosperous city in China, no less than that of Shanghai. super city.

"That's right, I just don't know what His Highness King Yue is going to do."

"Chuck!"

Lin San immediately pulled out the knife and put it on the old man's neck: "Old man, who are you? Why do you know my highness? What is your intention to get so close to my highness?"

There were still quite a few people in the tea shop. Seeing someone move a knife at this time, they were immediately startled. Some people retreated quickly, and some gathered around to watch the excitement. Some heard the conversation of several people and turned towards Li Zhen. Kneeling and saluting.

"Don't get excited, don't get excited." The old man said don't get excited, but there was no look of fear on his face, instead he said with a smile: "Actually, it's easy to guess. At first glance, you can see that you are of extraordinary status. If you say that you are not from prominent backgrounds, I don't believe it.

Secondly, your accent is not the accent of the local people, but the Guanzhong accent, which means that you are from Guanzhong.

Thirdly, the bodyguards are all walking like dragons and tigers, their actions are uniform, and their skills are extraordinary. They should be members of the army, right?

Fourth, if I'm not mistaken, your saber should be made by Chang'an Arsenal, and this kind of knife is made in a complicated way, and the output is very small. It is generally used by the guards of the imperial guards, and it is rarely circulated outside.

Guanzhong accent, extraordinary status, high-skilled guards, wearing weapons that can only be used by the imperial guards, who can meet these four criteria, and appeared in Yuezhou at this time, as far as I know, only the current King of Yue Your Highness. "

Regarding the old man's reasonable reasoning, Li Zhen said with a blank expression: "These reasons seem to be sufficient, but they are not without loopholes. There are many young heroes under King Yue, and each of them is qualified to be equipped with the Royal Guards. Why do you Do you think that I am the King of Yue and not someone else?"