In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival is coming.

Beginning on the afternoon of the 29th of the year, after arranging some emergency plans, various yamen in Guangdong began to take vacations.

Although officials have holidays, it is undoubtedly a luxury to want to go home for the Spring Festival.

Guangzhou is hundreds of miles away from Shicheng, and Lin Haoran naturally can't go back to Changlin Village for the Spring Festival this year, so he can only appoint the wild girl of the tiger girl to go back.

On the day of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Lin Haoran did not want to spend the New Year alone, so he brought Hua Yingrong to Wang Bai's house to eat.

"The tiger girl is not there, the house is empty. Wang Gong, bother! Lin Haoran saw Wang Bai and said casually.

Hua Yingrong didn't dare to be sloppy, and said in a proper manner: "The folk girl Hua Yingrong has seen the lord of the domain. ”

"Huh...... With you two beautiful people accompanying me, the old man for the New Year, the old man can't ask for it! Wang Bai welcomed Lin Haoran's arrival.

"Sister Yingrong, they talk about theirs, let's talk inside!" Yun Niang took Hua Yingrong's hand enthusiastically and invited enthusiastically.

Hua Yingrong smiled and nodded: "Mrs. Wang, I came here to ask for your piano skills this time, and please don't hesitate to give advice!" ”

The so-called Mrs. Wang is a forty-year-old Fengyun woman, dressed up quite tastefully, and no one will doubt that she is Wang Bai's daughter.

Because Wang Bai's parents are alive, and he is an only son, his wife serves the two elders in his hometown, but it is this concubine Yun Niang who accompanies Wang Bai all the year round.

The two women walked inside together, making love like sisters.

"I heard Yun Niang say that Hua Yingrong is very good at business and has helped you a lot, don't you plan to give her a name?" Wang Bai watched the second daughter leave, but turned his head and asked.

Lin Haoran touched his nose and said with a little weakness: "Now that I and Qiu Yu are not married, this matter has to be slowed down!" ”

"What is the reason for this? You won't be half-hearted, will you? No, if you didn't care, you wouldn't have brought her here today! Wang Bai analyzed again and again, and suddenly waved his hand again: "You are a person with ideas, you must have your arrangement, it is an old man!" ”

Lin Haoran looked at him and really didn't ask, while secretly breathing a sigh of relief, he was a little weak.

If in general affairs, he does take one step and see three steps, but in this major life event, there is no charter at all.

There is really no plan for how Hua Yingrong will be arranged, what form she will get along with in the future, and when she plans to accept her as a concubine.

The two sat down in the flower hall, in addition to chatting about the current affairs of Guangdong, but also about the movements of the capital.

Regarding the dispute between the Korean and Chinese bigwigs in the Ziguang Pavilion that day, it was also through their own channels, and both of them already knew about the situation.

"You have managed such a big plate of the city company, you really frightened the important ministers of the court!" Wang Bai picked up the teacup and said with a bit of teasing.

Lin Haoran shook his head with a wry smile and said, "What if you're scared?" I have no one in the court, and no one is willing to stand up and ask for credit for me. ”

"Come on! How much credit did you have for the last time you suppressed the widows? The court intends to pressure you at the moment, and it is not time to help you ask for credit, and do you really want to hang up a false position? Wang Bai took a sip of tea, and seemed to see through everything.

Lin Haoran smiled awkwardly, but said with a straight face: "This time, the Yan Party seems to have more momentum, and it has suppressed the Xu Party to lose its temper, but in essence, there is a hidden danger!" ”

"What's the hidden danger?" Wang Bai was shocked and asked seriously.

Lin Haoran saw that there was no one left and right, sipped the tea with his fingers, and wrote the word "Huaiyan" on the desktop.

Compared with Guangdong salt, Huaiyan is undoubtedly a real giant, not only covering a wide range of sales markets, but also accounting for more than half of the country's salt production.

In the past, in the fish market in Leizhou City, there was a vested profit group, not to mention the Huaiyan market, which had annual sales of several million taels.

"You mean to say! Although the Yan Party has the upper hand, it has already offended the Huai merchants by sorting out the salt administration to increase the financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty? Wang Bai immediately understood.

Lin Haoran nodded solemnly, looked into Wang Bai's eyes and asked, "Do you think this is just the beginning, Yan Shifan has become the object of hatred of all forces like Liu Jin in the past?" ”

Wang Bai showed a wry smile on his face, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea: "Probably not!" Although Yan Shifan was corrected, Yan Ge Lao would not ignore anything, and Yan Ge Lao would not make such a low-end mistake! ”

"Wang Gong, that's right! It's just that Yan Ge Lao saw it, but he might not be able to say it! Although Liu Jin was sentenced to rebellion, he is a loyal person in my heart, and Yan Ge Lao is probably also loyal to the emperor! Lin Haoran talked eloquently and continued to analyze: "Yan Ge is old at this age, and he will not have the heart of rebellion, and it is inevitable that he will also want to do something practical for Daming. ”

Wang Bai pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly, and recognized Lin Haoran's judgment: "You are right in your analysis!" However, the current situation is too complicated, and the Yan Party has been in power for more than 20 years, and everything is unknown! ”

"Yes, we have to continue to see how the situation develops!" Lin Haoran nodded slowly.

But at this time, the housekeeper came to inform him that the New Year's banquet had been prepared.

After this New Year's banquet with a harmonious atmosphere, the 40th anniversary of Jiajing quietly came.

Jiajing's 40 years is undoubtedly a special year, and now Jiajing has been in power for 40 years, which is an achievement that the Ming Dynasty has never had.

In the same way, Lin Haoran has already written a proposal to invite the Nanyang countries to congratulate the saint on his birthday.

Lin Haoran knows that the Spring Festival is a good time to deepen the relationship between them, so she is also very diligent in moving around. Originally, he also wanted to visit Zhang Zhen, the governor of Liangguang, but Zhang Zhen chose to stay in Wuzhou Mansion, so he had to give up.

As a bigwig-level figure in Guangdong, not to mention that officials from 14 counties in one state would take this opportunity to visit, some officials from neighboring prefectures came to Guangzhou City, resulting in the first and second days of the Guangzhou Prefecture being full of people.

According to the practice of officialdom, the earlier you visit, the more sincere it seems, and on the first day of the new year, it was really almost crowded with the Guangzhou government.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Haoran finally got a chance to breathe and planned to enjoy the holiday.

Early in the morning, Lin Haoran changed into the costume of a scholar, traveled with a more and more charming flower, and got into a carriage and went directly out of the West City Gate along Huiai Street.

After a certain distance, the carriage came to Foshan Town, which belongs to Nanhai County.

In the second year of Tang Zhenguan, because three Buddha statues were excavated on the Tapo Gang in the city, the stone list was called "Foshan" and was named. Geographically adjacent to Xiangshan, water and land transportation extends in all directions. Ancient books record: "All treasures are transported to each other from north to south, with Foshan as the hub, and commerce is prosperous." "The booming trade led to the rapid development of the manufacturing industry, mainly handicrafts.

At present, Foshan is not a big city that dares to make Nanhai County a district, but a prosperous town, famous for its iron pot in Guangzhou.