According to the system, "Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei" is the year of "external inspection", that is, the year when local officials from all over the country enter Beijing for pilgrimage and accept assessments.

Hajj needs to enter Beijing at the end of the previous year, bring your own foot strength, and are not allowed to use the post station (that is, it is not free), but the imperial court will reimburse the expenses according to the official level, and after arriving in Beijing, you will find a temple and other places to settle down, wait for the inspection, and do not disturb the people during the period.

Although Gao Shishi, the governor, is a magistrate, he does not belong to the magistrate system in nature, because as I said before, the governor is a dispatch, and his own position is the imperial history of the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which belongs to the nature of a Beijing official, so the investigation he wants to participate in is the Beijing inspection rather than the external inspection.

Besides, even if he is really a magistrate, he will not have to inspect it for the time being because of his "shallow arrival", that is, he has just taken office as a new official, so he will stay in Liaoyang for the New Year this year, and he does not have to and cannot return to Beijing.

But staying in Liaoyang is very idle, because most of the subordinate officials have gone to Beijing for Hajj, and he is a person who has never brought his family with him, so he actually has nothing to do in Liaoyang.

Officials make pilgrimages, and when the chief official goes, the official stays, and when the official goes, the official stays, so as not to leave no one to take care of government affairs, but it is just a traditional tradition of the Chinese, no one does things at the end of the year, and those who should be on vacation are on vacation, and the regiment year is gone.

Gao Pragmatic can only spend the New Year with his family in the nursing home.

There are not many families left, only the hometown of Xinzheng near the family stayed, the rest of the one gave leave, it should go back to the vicinity of Beijing for the New Year, and the local people in Liaodong also returned to their respective homes, and almost all of the people who stayed in Fuyuan were Henan Township Party.

In this era when there is a clear hierarchy between people, no matter how "approachable" Gao pragmatic is, it is impossible to really mingle with the family members, he can only order to prepare more red envelopes, add food and wine to the family members, give rewards, and then prepare some fireworks in the Fuyuan, and stay in the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve to order the family members to set up a platform at the gate of the Fuyuan to set up fireworks for the people of Liaoyang City to watch.

After getting these, he stayed in the Fuyuan and waited for the family to come to visit the New Year first, and he sent red envelopes to the soft.

At this time, the New Year is different from the later generations, and it cannot be completed when the New Year is over, and it has to wait for dawn to count, but Gao Pragmatic has nothing to do, so people can only find some files to check slowly, and they are really working hard for the country, and they are busy until the end of the year.

This is really the loneliest year since he crossed over, so much so that he laughed at himself: "If all the officials in the world want to be like me, why worry about the Ming Dynasty and not being prosperous?" ”

That being said, it was obviously impossible, so he still had a rare start to think about a question: Should I get married? Otherwise...... It's good to take a concubine, look at this year, it's too cold.

If it was placed in his previous life, at the age of his early twenties, how could he consider such a thing as marriage, but Da Ming is Da Ming after all, especially he is a special case among the special cases, he is already a dignified governor, and he is still single, which is simply strange.

It's easy to stay up until the third year of junior high school, and Gao Pragmatic finally has a bit of a New Year's flavor here, because the left-behind officials in Liaoyang have begun to come to him to pay New Year's greetings. Starting from Han Guang, the eunuch guarding the town, and Cao Yan, the deputy chief soldier of Liaoyang, Liaoyang officials began to pay New Year's greetings according to their ranks and positions.

New Year's greetings do not talk about official business, Gao pragmatic does not put on any stands, chatting with the officials who came to visit him, and arranging banquets to have fun with everyone.

This kind of day has been going on for several days, and he began to be idle again - at this time, it stands to reason that the vacation given by the imperial court has ended, but in fact, he has not really entered the state of work, he himself has given himself some money in the Fuyuan, and even if he has mixed up with the dossier for two hours, he will still be idle and panicked when he returns to the backyard and reads the dossier of Jinghua.

Until the twelfth day of the first lunar month, news came from the port of Yingkou in Gaizhou, saying that Huang Zhiting, the deputy envoy of the Hajj to Annam and the envoy of Haidong Town, had landed at Yingkou and was coming to Liaoyang on Jinghua's inland river boats.

Huang Zhiting went north this time, mainly in the name of representing Annan to pay tribute to the emperor, so she spent her year in Beijing, and also participated in several activities held by the Ministry of Rites, and then got out and got on the ship from Tianjin Port to Yingkou by sea and stepped into Liaodong.

Due to the impact of the freeze, the inland river at the end of the year can not be navigable, so it took three more days, and during the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, Huang Zhiting will rush to Liaoyang.

Because Huang Zhiting was the deputy envoy of the Hajj to Annam, Gao Shishi personally went to the city gate to greet him.

In the wind and snow, Gao Shishi stood under the big umbrella cover, looking at Huang Zhiting wearing a thick fox hat and a sea dragon hat, and couldn't help but smile when she got out of the car.

He had stayed in the north long enough and was not afraid of the cold, so he walked towards Huang Zhiting first.

Huang Zhiting is a native of Guangxi, as soon as he came back to the north for the first time this year, he was so cold that he didn't want to go out when he was in Beijing, and even more so when he arrived in Liaodong, he was okay in the carriage specially made by Jinghua for Gao Pragmatic, and he felt that his face was frozen when he got out of the carriage.

It's just that the person in front of her has obviously become the governor, but he is still the same as when he was in Guangxi, and he doesn't talk about etiquette, and he takes the initiative to greet him, which makes her feel warm in her heart.

I wanted to step forward, but I couldn't move; I wanted to speak, but I couldn't. Huang Zhiting's whole person seemed to be frozen by the cold wind of Liaodong, with only a pair of shining eyes, which were wet by the mist for a moment.

Gao Pragmatic stepped forward to hold her arms and whispered, "I said Liaodong is cold, look at you and freeze you." ”

Originally, Huang Zhiting was dressed enough to keep warm, but she was not cold, but she was taken aback by Gao Shishi's action, and she was a little unfavorable when she spoke, and she stammered a little: "I, I want to come...... Are you not afraid that they are watching? ”

Gao pragmatic laughed: "What if you look at it?" It's either my family, it's your subordinate. Besides, what did the emperor tell you, did he say that he wanted to marry you? ”

Huang Zhiting's face turned red, lowered her head, shook her head and said, "The emperor saw me and said that he knew you and me...... But he didn't say that, just a bunch of nice things to praise you. I said I wanted to come to Liaodong to talk to you about buying salt and selling grain in Annam, and he agreed, so I came. ”

Well? That's it?

Gao pragmatic slowly frowned, thought about it, and said, "Go back and talk about it."

Huang Zhiting nodded, a little hesitant whether to go back to her car, who knew that Gao Shicheng not only led her to the side of the car and pulled the curtain for her, but even after Huang Zhiting got in the car, he also followed.

Although she had a far more intimate move with Gao Shishi, the situation at that time was completely different, Huang Zhiting was a little frozen all of a sudden, obviously there was a copper furnace in the carriage, almost warm as spring, but she was a little nervous.

Gao pragmatic gave an order to the outside and said to go back to the courtyard, then closed the car curtain, looked at Huang Zhiting with interest, and suddenly smiled: "What, I became a monster in Liaodong?" ”

Huang Zhiting took a deep breath and tried to relax as much as possible, and then said, "No, I just ...... Fear of affecting your reputation. ”

Gao Shishi's heart warmed, but he smiled: "Don't worry, my current reputation is not worried about being affected by these things." ”

"Is it because 'Annan Dingbei'?" Huang Zhiting asked.

"Sort of." Gao pragmatic smiled: "However, even if there is no 'Annan Dingbei', I don't plan to hide anything, or deliberately keep my distance." ”

"Why?"

Gao pragmatic smiled: "I'm afraid you're cranky." ”

Huang Zhiting's face was red, his eyes didn't dare to look at him, he lowered his head and said, "What do I have to think nonsense?" ”

Gao Shishi squinted his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "That's not easy to say, Huang Zhenshou even gave up Haidong at all, and came all the way to see me, if I have something to see, wouldn't Huang Zhenshou want to wonder if I am empathetic and don't fall in love?" ”

Huang Zhiting was embarrassed, and took a sip: "I won't ......" Before he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something, suddenly raised his head, and said seriously: "By the way, I heard about the eldest princess of Yongning in Beijing." ”

Gao was stunned and asked, "Liang Bangrui's incident?" ”

"Hmm." Huang Zhiting nodded.

"And then?" Gao asked pragmatically.

Huang Zhiting said: "Then the eldest princess summoned me. ”

"The eldest princess summoned you?" Gao was stunned and said, "What name?" What was said? ”

Huang Zhiting shook her head and said, "It is said that the eldest princess heard that the deputy envoy of Annan was a woman, so she summoned me. I didn't say anything during the period, I just asked right, just casually said some idle things, and let me come out, less than a stick of incense before and after. ”

Gao Pragmatic was a little inexplicable, frowned and thought about it.

Huang Zhiting hesitated for a moment and whispered, "The eldest princess seems to be ...... I care about you a lot. ”

"Oh, I helped her." Gao pragmatic and calm authentic.

Huang Zhiting looked at him for a while, nodded and said, "Got it." ”

Gao Shishi smiled bitterly and sighed: "You don't believe it? ”

"Nope." Huang Zhiting shook her head and said, "I just think, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess...... It's actually quite pathetic. ”

"Yes, but there is no way, even the emperor can't do anything about this matter."

Huang Zhiting said: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess now lives in Changchun Palace, and I heard that in addition to the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha in Changchun Palace every day, some vegetables are also planted. ”

Gao was stunned for a moment, and said secretly: Changchun Palace? Vegetables? The dish given by the emperor last time seems to be from Changchun Palace......

Huang Zhiting was stunned when she saw Gao Shishi, and asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

"Oh, I was thinking, where are you staying tonight?" Gao pragmatic laughed.

Huang Zhiting's face turned red all of a sudden, but she said, "I'm looking for an inn." ”

"Oh? Then I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, the inn isn't open many now. Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "This place in Liaodong is different from other places, although the leather business in winter is easy to do, but it is all before the year, and few people go out to do business until the beginning of spring, and the innkeeper is happy to rest for a few days, so I think you should honestly go back to the Fuyuan with me." ”

Huang Zhiting could already see from Gao Shishi's face that he was deliberately ridiculing, so he suppressed his shame and forced himself to calm down: "That's good, although Liaodong is cold, but the courtyard will never freeze me, right?" ”

"Of course not." Gao pragmatic said: "I am very warm. ”

Huang Zhiting blushed all of a sudden, and said angrily: "Why are you ...... As soon as there are no outsiders, they talk nonsense. ”

"Huh? Do you like me to talk nonsense in front of outsiders? ”

Huang Zhiting was so angry that he stretched out his hand to screw him, Gao pragmatic smiled and dodged it, and said: "Eh, the gentleman doesn't move his mouth, he has something to say, he has something to say, you don't want to move your hands and feet, in case someone finds out, you still think it...... Well. ”

"Uh-huh!" Huang Zhiting said angrily: "I know how to play tricks on people." ”

Gao Shishi grinned, and then sighed: "Don't you know, since I returned to Beijing, I have to pretend to be a teenager and an old man all day long, and if I continue like this, sooner or later I will become a little old man." ”

Huang Zhiting was stunned for a moment, suddenly understood, nodded with deep understanding, and said: "I understand your feelings, I am also like this in Annan, I have a straight face all day long, I talk to anyone coldly, I want to laugh, but there is nothing worth laughing at." Only...... Only when you see your message can you be quietly happy for a while. ”

Gao Shicheng sat closer to her, stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around her waist, Huang Zhiting's body stiffened, but he didn't refuse, and after a while, he moved a little closer to him.

Gao Pragmatic seemed to remember something, and asked, "Why is it just 'for a while'?" ”

"What?"

"I mean, why are you just happy for a while when you see my news?"

Huang Zhiting smiled lightly: "Do you still have to keep smirking?" You think I'm idle? ”

"Oh? Are you busy? Gao Pragmatic really didn't pay much attention to Huang Zhiting's problems in this regard.

"Maybe not as busy as you, but still busy." Huang Zhiting said: "The place in Haidong was first restructured according to your naturalized household registration system, and then with the help of Jinghua, we began to look for mines everywhere, then selected sites to open mines, and then we had to determine the scale of production according to the measurement of coal used in various places, and it was not until around August last year that these things gradually got on the right track."

In addition, in the process of moving the town, there are often some disputes, especially the two items of land distribution and folk customs, which lead to frequent friction between the natives of southwest Guizhou and the people of Annam, and sometimes large-scale armed fights between the two sides, in short, it is not so easy to handle.

Then there is the problem of piracy near Ha Long Bay, which was only completely eliminated last autumn, and Gao Jing and his team have carried out more than a dozen expeditions before and after, and have cleared out a total of more than 7,000 pirates, including those pirate families and unlucky people who were captured by pirates and forced into slavery, a total of nearly 40,000 people. ”

Gao Pragmatic knew that Annan did not settle down immediately after he left, and a lot of the finishing work was done by the people left behind, so he nodded: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

"That's not it, I have to have something to do, or ......" She didn't say anything, but suddenly remembered another thing, and said, "By the way, Liu Yao has taught him, do you know?" Now it is Zhang Ren who has become the governor of Liangguang. ”

Gao Pragmatic knew about this, it was two months ago, so he nodded: "Has anything changed?" ”

Huang Zhiting said: "There is nothing else, but after Zhang Ren took over the army, Foshan sent people to Haidong to order coal mines, and the amount is quite large." ”

Gao was slightly surprised and asked: "Foshan used to be famous for producing refined iron, and the charcoal used was generally used, why are they also switching to coal now?" Did they break through the technology? ”

"That's not necessarily, as far as I know, because the Jinghua Iron Works in Hehua Fu (Ha Jing) has been put into operation, and Foshan's fine iron industry has been hit, so now it may be more dependent on the production of civil iron, and civil iron does not need too much fine iron, so it does not necessarily have to use charcoal."

Gao pragmatic for a while is not good or bad, although Jinghua exclusively masters the technology of producing steel with coal, but if such as Foshan, Guangdong Province, a very early "high-end iron" area is forced to switch to the production of ordinary iron products, it seems that the overall steel production of Daming is not a good thing, even if Jinghua's steel manufacturing can represent Daming's high-end steel products, the quality of this matter must be carefully evaluated.

If you want to talk about the benefits, it is probably that Haidong's coal has a big buyer.

While talking, the Fuyuan arrived.

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