Chapter 66 The Storm is Coming (Third Update)
The deal was finally concluded, and Lin Xianyang felt that his back was soaked.
Su Ze quickly asked Lin Deqing to clean up the stall and quickly left the ghost market.
In order to prevent being followed by Zhang Haihu's people, Su Ze did not directly meet up with Changning Guards Yu, but took a detour before returning to Changning Guards at night.
Next, Su Ze was busy building a refined salt workshop and a sugar workshop in Changningwei, looking for suitable yellow clay, and using carpenter skills to make tools. The work was in full swing.
The people of Changning Guard just watched Su Ze busy at first, but soon Lin Liangjun, Lin Xianyang and Lin Deqing also joined in. More people of the guard also joined in spontaneously, and the two workshops were quickly built. That's almost it.
Although they don't know what Su Ze did when he built these two workshops, everyone in Changning Wei now knows that Su Ze is a very capable person.
Lin Deqing was a tight-lipped person, and he did not tell anyone about Su Ze's sale of refined salt.
But my grandpa publicized it in the health center. Last time, we relied on Su Ze to dry salt on the beach to make up for the fines for fighting.
This scholar is really capable. Nowadays, those who have children in Changning Guard want to send their children to study under Su Ze, and those who don’t have children also want to form a good relationship. Such capable scholars will one day become famous.
On the other side, Lin Mojun also commanded the guards of the guard station to build a temporary dock near a shallow stall near Changning Guard as a smuggling port for future transactions between Su Ze and Zhang Haihu.
Lin Mojun sent another soldier, and Su Ze took the time to follow Zhu Qi and his party to Meiyue Island, and moved the salt-making equipment and brine that Zhu Qi brought out from the salt farm back to Changning Guard.
Just when the construction of Changning Guard was in full swing, the lights on the Qinhuai River in Jinling thousands of miles away were brightly lit.
On a gorgeous painting boat, a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance was hugging a scantily clad woman and humming indescribable lewd words.
Beside the middle-aged man, the companion also hugged the singer.
Looking around, the entire Qinhuai River is full of boats like this, and the lights from the stars converge into a star river. This is what Jinling City, one of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, really looks like after dark.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were two capitals in the north and south. Jinling also had six yamen and temple supervisors. However, the officials in Jinling City were far less busy than the capital. This was a place where high-ranking officials could retire or where frustrated officials could be accommodated.
Generally speaking, the officials in Jinling City did not have much political future, so they paid more and more attention to pleasure.
This painted boat on the Qinhuai River is a famous attraction in Jinling City.
Logically speaking, officials in the Ming Dynasty were not allowed to have sex with prostitutes, but after the early Ming Dynasty, this prohibition was gradually loosened.
Among the painted boats on the Qinhuai River, there were happy households from the Jiaofang Division, as well as domestic prostitutes trained by the Jiangnan high-ranking officials. Officials from various ministries in Jinling gathered on the Qinhuai River at night. There was once an "elegant event" in which six ministers competed across the river.
The protagonist of today's game is entertaining the censor Yan Maoqing who came down from the Capital Procuratorate to patrol the army.
The Ministry of War reported to the Qing army, and the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were ready to take action. The Metropolitan Procuratorate had a total of 110 supervisory censors, but this time only thirty people were sent to the Qing army. In order to fight for the Qing army, With the quota in the army, these censors can be said to be the Eight Immortals crossing the sea to show their magical powers.
In order to win the mission to go to the Qing army, Yan Maoqing donated a small courtyard to Yan Shifan, the son of Yan Ge. All are made of silver.
Yan Song ordered Yan Maoqing to patrol the Qing army in Fujian. After receiving the order, he set off from the capital. He first took a ship on the imperial canal and went all the way north to Yangzhou, and then went to Jinling without stopping.
In the midst of his busy schedule, the imperial censor was invited by a Jinshi scholar of the same year in Jinling to spend a night of fun on the nationally famous Qinhuai Painted Boat.
Yan Maoqing, who was born in the same year, is also here. He is now a chief of the Sixth Department of Jinling City. Although his rank is similar to Yan Maoqing, this time Yan Maoqing has climbed to the top of Yan Song. As long as he can handle this errand, he will become famous in the future. .
In order to establish a relationship with Yan Maoqing and to join Yan Song's party in the future, this dignified head of the Six Ministries of Jinling actually sold his concubine to a wealthy businessman in Jinling, and then held this "Qinhuai Feast".
Yan Maoqing was in a good mood, and while raising and lowering his hands, he said: "I am going to Fujian this time to relieve the emperor's worries and relieve the people's hardships!" As he said,
Yan Maoqing's hands were directed towards the upper and lower directions, but he still said:
"The Japanese rebellion in the Southeast cost a lot of money. The emperor stopped building temples and allocated money from the warehouse to quell the rebellion. I can only regret that the Southeast soldier cannot do his best and has been unable to put down the Japanese rebellion!" Yan Maoqing said about his indignation
. The force was a little stronger, causing the person in his arms to cry out. All the people accompanying him had to agree with him seriously. This scene was so weird that it couldn't be weirder.
Yan Maoqing said again:
"Fujian is especially prosperous! Before I came, Mr. Xiao Ge told me that we must use this Qing army to eradicate the descendants of the prisoners in the Fujian army who are still in the army!"
Yan Shifan is the son of Yan Song, and is now a worker. The minister on the right side of the ministry has the most power in the capital, and is known as Xiao Ge Lao.
When they heard Mr. Xiaoge, everyone raised their hands and said, " Mr. Xiaoge has a thousand-mile insight and can see the shortcomings of Fujian. He is really a pillar of the imperial court!" "The
people suffered from the Japanese rebellion, and it was even more difficult to support the military. This time To recover the fines from the descendants of criminal officials, we also want to relieve the plight of the people!"
Yan Maoqing finally put down his hands, cupped his hands and said: "Nie Shangshu has this method of both worlds, how can we not do our best!"
There were praises from all over the place again, If it weren't for the gauze curtain, the old boatman who was punting the boat would have thought it was the government's meeting hall.
Yan Maoqing spoke uprightly, but in his heart he was calculating detailed accounts.
In order to bribe Yan Shifan, he spent a lot of blood. If the Qing army in Fujian could not get back his money this time, it would be a big loss.
However, Yan Maoqing came well prepared when he went to Fujian this time. He inquired about the situation of Fujian officials from the Ministry of Personnel and inquired about all the military households serving as officials in the DPRK.
He also inquired about the situation of the wealthy families in Fujian and found out the local snakes in Fujian.
Tigers need to use skill, flies need to use force. Yan Maoqing's idea this time is to catch both big and small, and never let go of a drop of oil and water.
The other twenty-nine Qing army censors had the same idea as Yan Maoqing.
They were sharpening their knives, and the yamen, guards, and military garrisons everywhere were trembling. Every time the censor came down, there was a bloody storm. This time it was even more related to military positions that had been passed down from generation to generation. The yamen of Fuzhou Prefecture was in trouble at night. People were coming in and out, all trying to find out about the censor who was coming to Fujian for the Qing army.
Yan Maoqing had a romantic affair overnight, but did not stay in Jinling City, but continued south.
Nowadays, shipping is not smooth, and the land route has to pass through Zhejiang and Jiangxi to reach Fujian. Yan Maoqing can't wait to spread his wings and fly there.
Changning Guard had little information and did not know that the storm was coming.
Although Su Ze knew, Chang Ningwei didn't have the connections to inquire.
Now the only thing to do is to make money first, but Su Ze also laid the groundwork last time and only hoped that it would be effective when he went to the county town in the middle of the month.
Before going to the county school in the middle of the month, Su Ze finally completed the construction of the sugar workshop.
On a dark and windy night, a small boat appeared off the coast of Changningwei and slowly sailed toward the shore.
Zhu Qi stood beside Su Ze, and several Changning Guardsmen, dressed in civilian clothes and holding harpoons, stood beside Su Ze.
The boat slowly docked, and the "Sea Monkey" with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks came out of it. After bowing his hands and saluting Zhu Qi, a soldier boarded the boat and unloaded two sacks from the boat.
Sea Monkey didn't say much nonsense. After unloading the Cochin candy, he immediately waved back to the ship.
Su Ze opened these sacks, and it turned out to be dark Jiaozhi brown sugar.
(End of chapter)