Da Bong fights more people

Zhuangzhu bit her lip and asked tentatively, "How tired are you?"

The guard replied: "If you change to a humble position, you will die of exhaustion."

Her moist peach blossom eyes suddenly rippled, soft and soft.

"Xu, when Mr. Xu left, he seemed...to be exhausted." The palace maid recalled, "But why didn't he let the maidservant talk about it?"

Lin'an didn't answer this question, and suddenly walked out: "He is leaving Beijing for Yunzhou this morning, what time is it now, I am going to send him off..."

For some reason, there was an inexplicable turmoil in her heart, she really wanted to see that dog slave.

"Your Highness, it's already past time..." The maid went after her: "Besides, how can a princess send a gong? If it spreads, it will be bad for you and him."

These words made the willful Lin'an stop in his tracks.

As far as I am concerned, at most I will be scolded by my father... But if it is about my reputation, he is a small gong, and he will definitely be ostracized... Lin'an glanced at the maids and guards, his round oval face Rarely revealing the majesty of the heavenly family:

"It's related to the reputation of this palace. You must not spread the matter of last night to the outside world, otherwise everyone will be killed."

"Yes."

......

It was a long journey from the capital to Yunzhou. In order to save time, this imperial envoy to Yunzhou chose to take the water route instead of the dry road.

The official ship cuts through the waves, and the sails are strongly encouraged.

Xu Qi'an stood on the deck, facing the wind blowing from the river, large and small ships sailed on the river.Both official ships and merchant ships.

"You look bad, overworked." Jiang Lvzhong came to the deck, side by side with him, looked sideways at Xu Qi'an, and chuckled.

"Go to Jiaofang Division yesterday?"

"...Mmm." Xu Qi'an was speechless.

He did go to the Jiaofang Division, and had a pre-parting exchange with Fuxiang.But the real reason for being tired is that I was drained of energy by mounting, but this kind of thing can't be said.

"Look at you, you are still too young, with shallow eye sockets." Jiang Lvzhong put his hands on the guardrail, smiling like an old driver:

"Yunzhou also has Jiaofang Division. Jiangnan women have soft bodies and soft voices, and their taste is different from that of Beijing women. I will show you to experience it later."

"It's different." Xu Qi'an shook his head.

"Are you an infatuated person?" Jiang Lvzhong asked in surprise.

This has nothing to do with infatuation, it has something to do with whoring... Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice, "Unless Jiang Jinluo treats you."

"What?" Jiang Lvzhong was taken aback.

"It's the same if you treat guests." Xu Qi'an's face was serious.

Jiang Lvzhong thought for a while, then pointed to the river: "What do you think of the water here?"

Xu Qi'an took advantage of the opportunity to overlook the river, and replied honestly: "It's not that good, it's dirty."

Jiang Lvzhong nodded: "It's good that you know."

Xu Qi'an: "..."

After a while, Jiang Luzhong said: "Go south along the canal, and when we reach Qingzhou, we have to go by land instead. After ten days by land, we can almost reach Yunzhou."

"Master Jiang, tell me this kind of secret route is wrong." Xu Qi'an said.

"It's okay, with your talent, sooner or later you will be a golden gong." Jiang Lvzhong smiled indifferently.

Friends are friends, I will be angry if you plant a flag for me...Xu Qi'an smiled back: "Thanks for the good words, um, why do you want to change the dry road?"

"It's by land." Jiang Luzhong corrected, and then explained: "Although Qingzhou is adjacent to Yunzhou, there is no canal connecting the two states. If you want to take the waterway, you have to bypass the sandbar next door. It's better to go by land. "

In the previous dynasty, the waterway was greatly developed, canals were dug, and two grand canals were built running through the north and south, and east and west. There are countless tributaries in it, so that the developed water transport in Dafeng is now available.Qingzhou and Yunzhou are not connected by a canal?

"There is no waterway?" Xu Qi'an expressed doubts.

"Originally, there was a tributary connecting Yunzhou and Qingzhou, but more than ten years ago, the river suddenly changed its course." Jiang Lvzhong explained.

It's changed...Xu Qi'an nodded slowly.

Water conservancy projects have been a headache for the imperial court since ancient times, with floods and diversions from time to time.Even in previous lives, floods were still a headache.It's okay for this man to change his course, at most he would pass through his stomach.Once the river diverges, it will harm thousands of miles and the people will suffer.

At this time, a black smoke rose from the front, Xu Qi'an tried his best to look far away, and found a small boat docked on the shore, and several people were burning the goods.

"What's going on here? Why do you want to burn the goods?" Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice.

His first reaction was that someone was committing crimes and destroying the merchant's goods.

Jiang Lvzhong took a few glances, and suddenly said: "Generally, in this case, the merchant does not intend to pass the inspection, and burns the goods and prepares to return."

"We're going to the capital soon, why do we have to do this?" Xu Qi'an didn't understand.

"Heh, the imperial court set up many barriers on the canal. Every time you pass a barrier, you have to pay a tax. After paying the tax, many merchants will find that even if they reach the destination and sell the goods, the money they earn is not enough to pay the tax. So I simply burned the cargo and returned to the voyage, because if you carry the cargo, you have to pay another tax when you return to the voyage. There is no need for an empty ship." Jiang Lvzhong said with emotion:

"It's a common thing to burn goods along the river."

"It's so ugly to eat." Xu Qi'an raised his eyebrows.

"It's even more ugly, because small businesses can't afford the tariffs on water transport, so they can only rely on water transport chambers of commerce. Those chambers of commerce will swallow up the goods at a low price and sell them at a high price. Take the saltpeter you once took over in Taikang County For example, local gray households quarry rocks and burn ashes. The capital can't eat such a large amount, so they can only be transported to various states for sale, but the tariffs are so heavy that they cannot afford it.

"The chamber of commerce took the opportunity to buy lime at a low price, and shipped it out through its own channels. The gray households could only get [-]% or even less profit. Barely enough to eat.

"The interests involved in this are unimaginable, and even Duke Wei has a lot of worries."

Xu Qi'an was silent.

He thought of another thing. Emperor Yuan Jing spent a lot of money in cultivating alchemy, and the money did not come from the household department, but was provided by his own small treasury.

So, how could Emperor Yuan Jing have so much money for him to throw coins like crazy?

He didn't ask the question, and went back to the cabin to breathe and recover.It was almost noon, and I was already hungry.

After leaving the room, I heard lively conversations on the deck. It turned out that the boatman had brought many fat river fish from the net, scattered them on the deck, and was alive and kicking.

Led by Jiang Luzhong, Song Tingfeng and other [-] gongs joined in the fun, happy to have fresh fish soup at noon.

The governor who led the team this time frowned when he heard the sound.

He is the censor of the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, a fourth-rank official. In Dafeng officialdom, the governor is usually held by the censor, with great power.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is under Wei Yuan's control, and Da Qingyi also has an official title, Zuodu Yushi, the second rank.