Misty rain and heavy flowers accompany the king's return

Jian Cong, who came to the door in person, told Baili Songran what Shen Luo meant, and Baili slapped the table: "Who dares to bully my brother."

The family of Ping Xianyu, the prefect of Qinling County, is thinking about how to eliminate the impact of the sinking, and use Jian Cong to promote the timber resources of Qinling County.

But what they didn't expect was that this incident had already reached Emperor Qianyuan's ears immediately.

Baili stepped out in a hurry, relying on the dandy temperament accumulated over the years, he brought into play the aura that you can't offend me, my father, and scared the Ping family enough.

Shen Luo sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, seeing Jian Cong and Baili Songran getting closer because of this matter, he was naturally happy.

Jane Cong came to Shen's residence at night to express her gratitude, but Emperor Qianyuan was not here today.

We sat down and had a meal together. The dining table in Shen's family was like a large dining hall. It was always full, and the dishes were carefully matched, not to mention good, but at least rich.And the southern rice steamed with a moderate temperature and strong rice aroma, the loose and woody rice always whets the appetite.

"Without Mr. Shen, A Sheng and I would have no chance to escape this incident. I never thought that there would be such a big official in A Sheng's family." Even in the imperial capital, it is difficult to resist anything.

"You were promoted by me, so naturally you won't suffer at the feet of the imperial capital." Shen Luo took a sip of tea leisurely: "Besides, I helped you get closer to Song Ran for your own sake, and even for my own selfishness. "

Jane never understood.

"If I am no longer an official in the court, I hope that you will have a broad career and help me whenever I need help in the future." Shen Luo said.

"My lord's kindness of knowing you, I will never forget the lower officials." Jian Cong said.

Shen Luo smiled slightly: "Being an official is not for pulling up hills, and there is no faction that can pull up hills for a long time. However, the officialdom I know is a ruthless and indifferent place. So there are few people who give charcoal in the snow, and those who fall into trouble There are many, but having several back-to-back helpers is a degree of strength."

Jian Cong nodded: "A grown-up's thoughtfulness has reached the level of a politician. In the future, there will definitely be disciples all over the world."

Shen Luo didn't answer, he didn't even think of his future disciples, there were only two of them, but both of them had power all over the world.

After seeing off Jian Cong's family, Shen Luo watched Qingchen and Lan Fulang busy.

August is coming, and in a few days, it will be the day when Little Shitou will have his birth test.

Lan Fulang's status is unusual, and the more substantial things are done by Qingchen.

In order to win the lottery, he found out the sinking wooden box.

"This is your husband's. You memorized it in other province's provincial examinations. You are the first in the general examination, so you memorized it too." Qingchen said, Lan Fulang saw it in his eyes and was warm in his heart.

In addition to preparing small stones, Shen Luo was still preparing gifts for Master Asong, and it would be Master Asong's birthday in ten days.

Seeing Shen Luo was preparing things, Xiao Shitou squeezed over curiously: "Sir, why don't you let that grandpa come to the imperial capital?"

Everyone knows about Shen Luo's family affairs, and naturally everyone knows about Master Asong.

"He won't come." Shen Luo said.

"Is it because of age?" Lan Fulang was curious.

Shen Luo smiled: "Master Asong is not surnamed Shen, nor is he from my clan. He is from the Gaofu family, so he has been guarding his ancestors in the Gaofu Temple all his life, and he is the direct descendant of General Gaofu."

"General Gough, the family of famous generals from the previous dynasty." Lan Fulang said.

"Yes, although the Gaofu family is not a noble family, it has a certain influence in the south. During the battle of Dafeng's founding of the country, they were loyal to the previous dynasty and held the belief of fighting to the death. The Gaofu generals in many places in the south did not retreat. It's because of our court's hostility, so Gaofu Temple exists in ruins today." Shen Luo's explanation made everyone understand.

How could the titan family of the previous dynasty be favored.

On the day of Xiao Shitou's birth test, the yamen under Shen Luo's hands were busy in an orderly manner.

The construction of the port is progressing quickly, but there must be enough space to dump the waste earth and rubble into it.

All kinds of summer fruits brought by boats from the surrounding states can already be disembarked in Nancheng. The shops along the street are rented out. Under Jian Cong's suggestion, Shen Luo sold half of the shops and left two rent-collecting houses. .

There is still plenty of silver, and there will be no problems in the subsequent construction.

At night, Shen Luo passed the memorial in the review palace, which was the homework given to him by Emperor Qianyuan after he found out that he was not so busy.

It was getting dark, and sitting with Shen Luo were Nie Xingfeng and Brother Tie, who were having a drink.

Shen Luo sat in front of the desk, and behind him was the table of the Eight Immortals. These two had a great interest in getting drunk.Outside the window in front of me, the moonlight is bright, and the lotus in the lake in front is in full bloom. In the night, the lotus pond is fully baptized by the moonlight.

With the breeze caressing the window, Nie Xingfeng suddenly put down his cup and flew out.

A black shadow fought against him several times under the darkness. Brother Tie put down the cup, and two iron chains flew out of his hand. The iron chains flew accurately like flexible poisonous snakes.

The black shadow touched the ground several times and disappeared quickly.

Nie Xingfeng flew back.

"How, who is it?" Shen Luo asked.

Nie Xingfeng shook his head: "The other party is above me. If it wasn't for Brother Tie just now, I'm afraid I would be invincible."

"Is that your master?" Shen Luo couldn't help asking.

"I don't know." Nie Xingfeng thought about it, with lingering fears in his heart.

"Don't worry, I'm here, no one can hurt you." Brother Tie said confidently.

This little episode made Shen Luo more interested in finding Jing Gongyun.

But he seemed to have evaporated, silently.

Xiao Shitou got the first place in Huangdu High School in the Tongsheng Examination, and his essay even won Guowei's appreciation.The reputation of the little child prodigy cultivated by the Shen family is exposed, if it is not because Shen Luo is now the governor of the imperial capital, there are probably not a few noble merchants who ask him to help teach their children.

Another student of his, Yin Junwen, also did very well in the children's test. Emperor Qianyuan rewarded the two children with a set of the Four Treasures of the Study for each of them, and allowed them to copy some precious classics from the palace collection. .

Prince Qi naturally knew that it was Shen Luo's credit, and while he was happy, he didn't thank him. He was too familiar with him, so there was no need to be hypocritical.

Emperor Qianyuan was supposed to come to eat at night, but he didn't come.

A crisis of salt and tea pervading the Dafeng Dynasty suddenly appeared, and the trade connecting the Dafeng Dynasty and the Tuna Dynasty was quietly interrupted.

A large number of salt merchants, especially those trading in the northwest, have interrupted their trade routes.

And all this happened so fast that it was impossible to find out the reason.

The Tuna Dynasty sent people to negotiate. Without the trade of salt and tea, the people in the northern land and the plateau would suffer from big neck disease. This is a signal related to war.

"Several batches of salt and tea shipped out were looted and never left the customs. The armed caravans they sent never returned, and the garrison couldn't solve the problem. This crisis is too similar." Prince Qi who came to the Shen Mansion Citation Hao said worriedly.

"Similar to what?" Shen Luo was surprised.

"Similar to when Luo Wang went to Qingyang, this crisis also broke out, and the earth will call." Ci Wenhao said.

Shen Luobian has enjoyed the memorials of major events for about 20 years, and has been helping Emperor Qianyuan to review the memorials recently, so he naturally knows the northwest capital where the crisis broke out.

"The Northwest capital was once the prince's fief, does the prince know a thing or two?" Shen Luo asked.

"What kind of fief." Citing Wenhao sighed: "I haven't been there a few times."

"The Northwest General Town is very important." Shen Luo thought of Zhuo Yifan, the Northwest General Town.

After Ci Wenhao left, Lan Fulang rarely called Shen Luo over.

"Look!" Lan Fulang handed Shen Luo a secret letter. There was no name of the recipient, no name of the sender, and no first and second person. It was like an expression, bluntly saying that this time Yancha Interruption, involving a huge conspiracy.

"Don't you ask where it came from?" Lan Fulang asked Shen Luo.

Shen Luo shook his head: "What should be said, Brother Lan, you will naturally say it."

"Hmph, I really can't see through you." Lan Fulang thought for a while: "If you were the prime minister, what kind of arrangement would you have for the Northwest?"

"Close a fist with one hand and stretch a palm with the other."

"Why?" Lan Fulang was curious.

"Neighbors cannot be moved away. We still need to open up business and trade. Open the border and open the exchanges between the two sides. However, defense is necessary. We must set up major border fortresses on the border, build a perfect straight road, and station heavy troops in the rear of the big city. The outpost is at the border fortress." Shen Luo said.

Lan Fulang nodded: "If I say that this salt tea crisis is related to you, what will you think?"

"Me?" Shen Luo was surprised: "What can I do to influence the frontier."

"If you want to take over, it will be a crisis for Tuna." Lan Fulang said.

Shen Luo shook his head: "My light hasn't extended to the edge yet, so that's not the case."

Lan Fulang looked at the lotus outside the window: "If I tell you, there is a faction supported by Tuna inside our Dafeng Dynasty?"

"Three kings? Or four?" Shen Luo was curious.

"Why the Four Kings?" Lan Fulang looked at him, his eyes full of strength.

"I don't believe that King Luo is dead, and his inheritance is broken." Shen Luo's words were firm, and Lan Fulang had a thoughtful look in his eyes, but he didn't say anything after all.

Emperor Qianyuan was not a man like his brother-in-law Yu Wentuo. He held several "court meetings" every month. Those who were able to go to court belonged to the heads of various ministries and high-level military officials.

But this time the morning court required most of the capital officials to attend.

During the grand court, Shen Luo felt the joy of being in the immortal class for the first time.

The third row, the fifth row, just stand there and pretend to be dead. You don't need to speak, you don't need to have a mouth, just have a heart and eyes to see.

"The salt tea in the northwest was interrupted, and I can't tell the reason. Is it an internal trouble, or is it repeating the old tricks? The Tuna people are picking things up. Let me talk about it!" Emperor Qianyuan took a sip of tea from his cup, without delay Waiting in no hurry for everyone to express their opinions.

"Is there any movement on the Tuna border at present?" Bailiyu asked.

A young man came out, dressed in armor, and his appearance was very similar to Qian Xiaoran. Shen Luo carefully observed the side face, and felt that he might be the eldest son of the Qian family, Qian Yueran.

"Returning to the emperor, my lords, there is no movement of the season of the army in Tuna at present, but the time when the autumn is high and the horses are fat is approaching, and it is the time for the northerners to conquer. If there is such an opposition, we still have to be prepared." Qian Yueran said .

"If the border trade is established, the problem will not be solved. Most of the interceptions and killings are in our territory. As long as the bandits are suppressed, the problem will not be a big problem." Yue Wang said.

"What if it wasn't banditry?" The salt and tea merchants under King De had suffered losses this time, and he felt aggrieved. He knew the internal cause of the killing incident.

"The 20 troops stationed in the northwest can't deal with bandits?" Yue Wang said dissatisfiedly, but when he thought about the status of Zhuo Yifan in the northwest general town, he was still the Duke of Jingguo, so he stopped talking halfway.

"Most of the places of robbery and killing are in valleys and gullies. From the northwest to Qingyang, the mountains are high and deep. It is a land of loess gullies. There are more than ten thousand gullies. The junction of Qingyang is also surrounded by mountains, which is the largest in the northwest. In the dense forest, it is even more difficult to search." Qian Yueran said.

"Then there is no other way?" De Wang asked back: "If you can't even solve the internal troubles, how can you talk about fighting against the Tuna people?"

Qian Yue didn't answer.

Shen Luo saw it in his eyes, and felt that the salt tea crisis, especially the external possibility, was bound to form a storm.

"In my opinion, in order to prevent the Tuna people from sending troops under the pretext of sending troops, it is better to send a large army to escort them." Old Tong Ge said.

"Dajun, how much is the standard?" Yun Mo thought for a while.

Tong Ge looked at General Qian, but did not answer.

"It's not a problem to always send a large army to escort the caravan." Many ministers discussed it one after another.

Emperor Qianyuan rubbed his ears, looked at the courtiers below, and suddenly wanted to laugh, just like him, there was another treasure who was rubbing his earlobes, Shen Luo.

"Shen Luo." Emperor Qianyuan couldn't help but drink.

"The minister is here!" Shen Luo pushed his way out of the crowd and saluted Emperor Qianyuan.

Qian Yueran curiously turned around to look at this young man who was always praised by his younger brother, the second-ranked governor of the imperial capital, with a calm and calm smile on his face, although it seemed okay , but there seems to be a kind of sarcasm in the smile.

Qian Yueran's first impression of Shen Luo was not very good.

"Does it look good?" Emperor Qianyuan asked amusedly, "Tell me your opinion."

Shen Luo blinked his eyes, thinking that this is not under my rule, so he handed it over helplessly: "The elder Ge's opinion is very right, and it is also necessary to suppress the bandits. According to Yichen, first send the imperial envoy to the northwest to investigate the matter In addition, issue an ultimatum to Tuna, tell them these things, attribute the problem of banditry to our poor official road, and take the opportunity to repair the straight road from the imperial capital to the northwest. In addition, in the name of suppressing bandits, make military deployments , to avoid the tense atmosphere at the border, and to secretly tell the Tuna people that we are prepared, so don't be bored.

In addition, it turned out to be on the border with Qingyang. They searched the mountains, and we searched the ravines to make sure.

In addition, most of the border tea and salt trade transactions are temporary gatherings, not to mention that tariffs are not easy to manage, but also troublesome.I would like to pick a place where the two countries will jointly supervise and require salt and tea merchants to gather in the imperial capital and set off in unison.

In addition, [-] imperial guards were sent to escort them. After the escort, they returned from training in riding in the northwest for one month, and replaced them one by one. They also trained the combat effectiveness of the imperial guards.The emperor thinks? "Shen Luo finished talking in one breath, and all the civil and military officials looked at him. When he looked up, he found that Qian Yue was staring at him with big eyes.

Emperor Qianyuan took a sip of tea: "You have to cheat before you are willing to contribute? Go back and list!"

Shen Luo bowed his hand in return, walked back, and continued to be in the immortal class.

"Okay, the opinion has come out, who will implement it?" Emperor Qianyuan looked down without any discussion.

"Master, please patrol." The three knelt down at the same time.

Shen Luo took a look, and the fun was coming.