When I arrived in Xuzhou, it rained again.

The surface of the river has turned very yellow.

Whether it is ships from Shanxi, Henan and west, and passenger ships from Suzhou and Hangzhou to the north, they are all blocked in this north-south traffic center.

The small pontoon wharf is the main road of the Jialu River into the Yellow River.

Because the Yellow River was originally to be diverted, the Xuzhou Canal and the Yellow River were not separated.

The Jialu River, the Yellow River, and the canal are all converging in Xuzhou, so the small pontoon wharf is also the most prosperous wharf in the world.

The cargo dock was crowded, with ships parked and hundreds of new ships waiting to enter the port.

Cao Yun is the foundation of the country, and every Cao ship is responsible for the mission of transporting Cao grain from the south to the north, so where do the civilian ships dare to provoke them. Many civilian boats waited far away, letting the waves toss.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yanchao's entourage and family members all frowned.

The boat boss smiled and said, "Master, we don't have to squeeze with these civilian boats, there is a special official ship dock on it." ”

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Yanchao thought to himself, it is really better to be a privileged class.

So as soon as the boat boss turned the rudder, the post boat drove to the official ship wharf.

Seeing Lin Yanchao's three-story post boat, a pilot boat on the official ship dock came up early to greet him and led Lin Yanchao into the dock.

The boat boss explained that there are many reefs near the Xuzhou wharf, and when the water is shallow, you can still see it, but now that the water is rising, the reef is flooded.

Only boatmen who are familiar with the water conditions can lead the way across the river, otherwise it is easy to run aground.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

The post boat docked, and although there were many boats on the official ship wharf compared to the crowded civilian ship wharf, it was spacious enough.

There is a long pontoon bridge not far from the wharf, which is the small pontoon bridge, also known as the Yunji Bridge.

I heard that the original river port is very narrow, so the stone bridge was repaired, and later the river port continued to widen, so it was connected into a pontoon bridge with boats and plates, through the iron cable, and then added railings, the two boats in the bridge can be set aside at any time, so that the ships come back and forth, this is also a scene in Xuzhou.

Lin Yanchao and his family walked down the wharf, stepping on the unstained blue brick floor swept by the sweep, and there were willows on the left and right shades, and immediately felt the cleanliness of the official ship wharf.

After Lin Yanchao and them went ashore, the silver boat in Yunnan was also docked and parked far away, this time he learned to be obedient and did not dare to compete with Lin Yanchao for berths on the dock.

Chen Jichuan summoned the officials in charge of the ship on the dock and brought them to Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao asked, "When will this canal be crossed?" ”

The official said: "Returning to my lordship, the notice in the palace says that because of the fear of the upstream flood season, the ships must pass through the gentlest waterway, so the lockgate officials below can only pass 300 boats a day. ”

"Three hundred?" Lin Yanchao frowned and asked, "There are so many thousands of ships parked on this dock, these three hundred, three hundred, when will it be?" Not to mention that there are so many boats. ”

The official smiled flatteringly: "There is no way, when the Yellow River was flooded, and the Cao boat crossed the river, the Cao Yun Yamen was afraid of delaying the Cao period, so he forced the Cao boat to cross the river, and the result was that the boat overturned countless times, drowning more than 1,000 Cao soldiers, this is a lesson." ”

"But it's not impossible, the government ordered that the daily quota of 200 ships, 35 cargo ships, 35 passenger ships, and 30 official ships will be relaxed, and the flood season will be relaxed."

"When is the official ship scheduled?"

The official said, "It will be at least ten days later." ”

Lin Yanchao frowned and said, "Ten days later, aren't there three hundred official ships?" Where did this imperial court get so many stageboats? ”

Chen Jichuan said: "Have you checked whether it is an impostor?" ”

The official smiled bitterly: "Where do you dare to impersonate? Look at those official ships, which one is not hanging an official title card? In fact, we also know that most of them are presumptuous by the family members of officials, and there are few officials who are really ordered to go to Beijing on business, but where do we dare to investigate, isn't this offending people? ”

At this moment, a sneer came from behind.

Lin Yanchao and Yuan Keli looked at it, and it turned out to be the official on the Yunnan silver ship.

But seeing the official, he sneered: "I thought it was a master of the road, but I didn't expect that I wouldn't even be able to cross a river." ”

The official greeted him with a smile and said, "What do you command?" ”

The official sneered: "I am an official who was ordered by the emperor to escort the silver ship from Yunnan into Beijing, and our ship will cross the river tomorrow, okay?" ”

"Yunnan Silver Boat?" The official chewed these words in his mouth, and said solemnly: "There is no problem, the lower official will arrange it for the adult immediately." ”

The official laughed, looked at Yuan Keli and glared angrily, and then he walked in front of him and said with a smile: "It seems that you can't enter Beijing, you have wasted such a good berth, if you are not in a hurry, it is better to give it to us." ”

Yuan Keli's face turned blue with anger, and he wanted to ask Lin Yanchao to take out the holy decree given by the Son of Heaven to Chiyi.

But seeing that Lin Yanchao was not in a hurry, he looked at the Yunnan official. The official saw that although Lin Yanchao had a faint smile on his face, his eyes were sharp, and he couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart.

Lin Yanchao said: "Don't provoke me with words and find out my identity." I don't think you are an ordinary official, could it be that you are from the Muwang Mansion in Yunnan? ”

The official's face changed, and he couldn't find out Lin Yanchao's bottom line, but was tested by Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao arched his hand towards the south and said: "Prince Mu has guarded Yunnan for the imperial court for generations, and no one in the world admires his loyalty, if you are a person from King Mu's mansion, don't lose the face of Lord Mu." ”

The official's face changed and said, "Where did you come from?" Dare to teach this ...... Officer. Hmph, I don't ask you, I don't believe that you can cross the river without revealing your identity. ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said to Chen Jichuan: "Bring the post." ”

Chen Jichuan said yes and handed over a post.

Lin Yanchao put the post in the hands of the official and said, "Take this post to find your Jiang Governor in Xuzhou, and ask him to arrange for us to cross the river tomorrow." ”

As soon as the official saw the post, the whole person almost immediately knelt on the ground, and immediately trembled: "Yes." ”

So Lin Yanchao left with his group.

And the official of the Yunnan silver boat snorted coldly and said in his heart, I still don't let me know your details.

The other party walked up to the official and asked, "What is the origin of this lord?" ”

The official hesitated slightly, and when he saw that the other party had a straight face, he didn't dare to offend, so he could only say in a low voice: "This post is from the current Shoufu Shen Ge Lao." ”

"What?" This official also changed his mind, and only then did he think that this person was so majestic, and it turned out to be someone from the current prime minister.

To be able to hold his name card must be a lot of relationship.

said that when he came to a big city like Xuzhou, Lin Qianqian wanted to buy some rouge gouache.

So Lin Yanchao asked Zhanming and the nurse to take Xiao Yanchao back to the post station to rest, and he accompanied Lin Qianqian for a while. After Lin Qianqian bought some things, he went back to the post station to rest.

Lin Yanchao and his disciples went to the restaurant to eat.

There are a lot of scholars in this restaurant, Lin Yanchao doesn't want to meet the scholars, otherwise he will be chased and intercepted, so he also wants a quiet private room to avoid people's eyes.

This time, Lin Yanchao brought Tao Wangling and Yuan Keli to Beijing.

Tao Wangling's father and uncle were both ministers of the DPRK and China, so he easily obtained the qualification for the Shuntianfu Township Examination.

As for Yuan Keli, Lin Yanchao plans to recommend him to study in the Guozi Prison, and then take the Shuntian Township Examination after three years. Although the inmates can also take the entrance examination, the insurrectionary examination is too difficult, so it is the safest to take the township examination and the general examination.

As for the other disciples, Lin Yanchao left them to study locally and prepare for the township exam.

In addition, there are Zuo Chuying, Zuo Guangdou father and son. Lin Yanchao was ready to find an errand for Zuo Chuying in the Ministry of Industry, so that his expertise in water control would be useful.

The dining area of the private room can overlook the pontoon bridge from afar, and the pontoon bridge is full of traffic, people come and go, and people are rushing for their livelihood.

The Guide Mansion that everyone in the room assisted Lin Yanchao in governing was already completed, and everyone followed Lin Yanchao into Beijing and sat here to chat, feeling like waiting for a half-day of leisure. Everyone drank a few glasses of wine and food, and talked about all kinds of things when returning to Germany, which is definitely a rare joy in life.

At this moment, Tao Wangling, who had just gone out to change his clothes, entered with several people and said to Lin Yanchao with a smile: "Teacher, who do you see coming?" ”

Lin Yanchao turned his head to see that it was no one else, and behind Tao Wangling stood the three brothers of the Yuan family, as well as a scholar.

When Lin Yanchao was in Germany, the three brothers of the Yuan family often came to visit, and the three of them were kind to Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli, and Tao Wangling.

Now a few people are here for the first time, and they are all very happy.

After everyone asked a few words, they learned that Gong Daqi, the political envoy of Henan Zuobu, had already asked the imperial court for a tribute because he felt old and unwell.

And the three brothers of the Yuan family can no longer live in Kaifeng, and it just so happens that Yuan Zongdao is going to Beijing to participate in next year's examination, so the three brothers go north together and go to Beijing.

Yuan Zongdao is going to take the exam, and his two brothers are to see the customs of Jingshi.

As for this fellow scholar, he has been standing in the corner of the house without speaking, and when the three brothers of the Yuan family wanted to introduce him, Lin Yanchao said with a smile: "Could this be Yang Xiaolian from Jinjiang?" ”

The scholar was stunned for a moment, then a little happy, and a little ashamed and said, "I don't expect Mr. Xuegong to know the student." ”

Lin Yanchao said with a smile: "Why don't you remember, back then, I received the township book with Brother Nian, and Brother Nian often praised Yang Xiaolian's talent in front of me." I heard that Yang Xian practiced his fame, and sighed that he was not on the same list. Yang Xiaolian won the Zhongxiang test three years later, and he was on the same list as Jinqing, and I was really happy for you after I heard about it. ”

This scholar's name is Yang Daobin, a native of Jinjiang, who participated in the township examination of Wanli for four years with Lin Yanchao and Liu Tinglan.

In that list, Lin Yanchao understood Yuan, Liu Tinglan and several other friends also passed the examination, but Yang Daobin was not on the list. Three years later, Yang Daobin won the promotion again, and he was on the same list as Ye Xianggao.

Liu Tinglan and Lin Yanchao are township exams, they will take the same year as the exam, they are fellow villagers, and they are officials in Beijing together, and the two often have contacts. Liu Tinglan mentioned Yang Daobin's talent in front of Lin Yanchao many times. Later, Ye Xianggao Jinjing took the same exam as Lin Yanchao, and also mentioned Yang Daobin several times, and praised his talent and learning.

As for Lin Yanchao and Yang Daobin, although they are not on the same list, with his ability to never forget, he remembers that there was such a person among the scholars who were good friends with Liu Tinglan in the township test, and now that the two meet, Lin Yanchao immediately matched the person.

For Yang Daobin, Lin Yanchao was already famous all over the world at this time, and he was the Wenzong in the mouth of the readers. After Yang Daobin was lifted, he also let go of the frustration of failing in the same exam with Lin Yanchao, and instead sighed that Lin Jieyuan, who was the first in the township test at the age of fifteen, became Lin Sanyuan again in the year of the weak crown.

This time, Yang Daobin went north and met Yuan Zongdao, both of whom admired each other's talents and talents, and invited each other to go to Beijing together for next year's examination.

He saw that the three brothers of the Yuan family respected Lin Yanchao so much, and he was embarrassed to mention that he had this relationship with Lin Yanchao. Now that the three brothers of the Yuan family know that Yang Daobin and Lin Yanchao still have this relationship, they are all impressed.

Seeing that he met the three brothers of the Yuan family and the old people of the same township, Lin Yanchao was also very happy, so he ordered the store to add chopsticks, add a few dishes, and invite a few people to sit together.

At this time, a few people learned that Lin Yanchao was the first in the world, and was summoned by the Son of Heaven to the Beijing Division, and was given the matter of galloping.

The three brothers of the Yuan family were happy for Lin Yanchao, Lin Yanchao's political achievements in Guide even the blind man knew, and he definitely deserved it.

As for Yang Daobin, he was even more surprised, Lin Yanchao has only been an official for six years, but he is already an official to the fourth grade, this time he was ordered by the Son of Heaven to be summoned to Beijing, and he must be worshipped.

On the other hand, I just won the lift, and I will try to fail the list twice, and the gap between the two is really big.

When Lin Yanchao learned that Yuan Zongdao and Yang Daobin were going to enter Beijing to take the exam, but they were blocked from reaching the south bank of the canal, he came forward and invited a few people to go with him.

Several people were eager to arrive in Beijing as soon as possible, and Lin Yanchao invited him to go with him, and it was a great joy to be able to arrive in Beijing as soon as possible.

After Yang Daobin and the three brothers of the Yuan family agreed, they immediately asked Lin Yanchao for teaching.

Lin Yanchao saw Yang Daobin beside him, and said very politely, and then introduced Tao Wangling and Yuan Keli to Yang Daobin, and asked him to guide Yuan Zongdao on the knowledge of his two disciples.

Lin Yanchao also talked about Huang Fengxiang and Li Tingji in the Hanlin Academy, and said that he was introduced to Yang Daobin after Beijing.

Yang Daobin was overjoyed when he heard it.

After everyone finished eating, they left the restaurant together, Yang Daobin, and the three brothers of the Yuan family went to the inn to pack their luggage, and went north by boat with Lin Yanchao tomorrow.

After returning to the post station, Lin Yanchao was ready to go to the courtyard to rest, and at this time, the official who had arranged the ferry on the pier was already at the gate of Lin Yanchao's courtyard.

As soon as the official saw Lin Yanchao, he immediately said, "Lord Qiqi, the matter of the ferry ......"

On the side, Chen Jichuan frowned and asked, "Why didn't you do it?" ”

The official said with a humble face: "Lord Qiyu, it's really ......."

Everyone present is discolored, the officials in Xuzhou don't want to mix in the officialdom, and they don't even sell Shen Shixing's face?

Lin Yanchao knew that the local officials were not so bold, and the problem could only lie with the Yunnan officials, but even if he was from Mu Wangfu, he would not dare to offend the current Shoufu, what was wrong with this?

Chen Jichuan asked, "Who is not allowed?" ”

The official hesitated, and a young man came out of the post station as he spoke, and the Yunnan official followed and sneered.

Everyone looked at it, and the young man gently shook the folding fan and walked in front of everyone, and said to the official first: "In a while, you will arrange for the Kunqu Opera team to get on the boat first, and there is nothing for you to do here." ”

The official was sweating profusely and said he was leaving.

Everyone was surprised, could it be that this young man didn't even sell Shen Shixing's face, what was the origin of this person?

But seeing that this young man ordered people to block the road outside, no one was allowed to watch, and then he made his own decisions to close the door of Lin Yanchao's courtyard.

After clearing the idle people and others, the young man waved to Lin Yanchao and said: "This benevolent brother, student Shen Yongjia, the current scholar of the Middle Pole Temple is the father of the family, and I just saw that someone was going to cross the canal with the post of my Shen Mansion, so I came here to meet with interest." ”

"At present, my father, brother and relatives are all in Beijing, and as for the relatives in Wu County's hometown, none of the students don't know each other, but they have never seen this adult. I don't know where this adult got my post from Shenfu, and I asked for instructions, and the students are very grateful. ”

As soon as Shen Yongjia said this, everyone's faces were very exciting.

It turned out to be Shen Shixing's second son, the second son of Shen Fu, and it happened that he was in Xuzhou today and saw Shen Shixing's post, so he thought that someone was impostoring, so he caught Lin Yanchao, who was pretending to be forced everywhere with Shen Shixing's post.

Lin Yanchao knew that it was no wonder that Shen Yongjia misunderstood, because he was holding Shen Shixing's own post. This post is generally used by Shen Shixing himself when he comes to visit the customer.

But today, Shoufu comes to visit the guest, who else has this qualification except the emperor, and you come to see him is almost the same. So this post is mostly for Shen Shixing's family.

And the post in Lin Yanchao's hand was borrowed by Shen Shixing to Lin Yanchao before he was admitted to the Jinshi, so that he could move around in Beijing conveniently, and if there was any trouble, he would have to spare it. However, Lin Yanchao was cautious and never used it.

Later, Lin Yanchao won the Jinshi, and in the same year, he had a copy of Shen Shixing's protégé post, but he didn't. As for Shen Shixing's intention of not posting to Lin Yanchao's protégé, those who understand will naturally understand.

So when Shen Yongjia saw his father's post, he immediately thought that someone had deceived him by risking the identity of today's Shoufu family. Of course, as the son of Shenfu, he has to go out to arrest people, otherwise wouldn't he be laughed at by the people in the officialdom?

Now Shen Yongjia is planning to arrest people behind closed doors, and Lin Yanchao is also very helpless, he uses his own posts to do things on weekdays, and he is invincible, this time he is in the limelight when he is ordered to enter Beijing, and he does not want to be recognized.

As a result, the first time he used Shen Shixing to post, he was caught by Shen Ergongzi.

Lin Yanchao glanced at the Yunnan official and asked, "Could it be that this Marquis Mu sued his son?" ”

The Yunnan official's face changed, and he was about to stop it, but he saw that Shen Yongjia had already nodded and said: "Yes, I am friends with Mu Houye, he said that Brother Ren is holding his father's post and rampage in the waterway, and even the silver boat from Yunnan refuses to avoid it, so I am curious to come and take a look, by the way, my father is now a scholar of the Middle Pole Palace, but what you write on the post is a scholar of the East Pavilion University, this is really ...... It's too careless. ”

Well, Shen Yongjia's meaning is that he has already acquiesced to the fact that Lin Yanchao is impersonating.

But Lin Yanchao looked at the Yunnan official and snorted coldly: "Hello Marquis Mu, because of the matter on the waterway, you don't want to chase me here, and it's really relenting." ”

This Yunnan official was very dissatisfied when Lin Yanchao found out his identity first, and said to Shen Yongjia: "Brother Meizhong, I will say that this person is risking the name of Shoufu, this is true, don't talk nonsense with him, take him down immediately to see the official." ”