Shanghai County Ya, signed room.

It was during the Spring Festival, the Yamen sealed, the county Yali was deserted and there were not a few figures, the county magistrate Liu Guangdou sat alone in the signing room, stunned, taking advantage of the Yamen seal, he went to Jiangning to do a point, and wanted to transfer away from the Shanghai magistrate who could not grab his hand on weekdays but was now afraid to avoid, but he did not do a good job in Jiangning.

The reason is very simple, since the British fleet captured Shanghai, the county magistrate Wang Wenshan was martyred, and the county governor of Shanghai has changed two terms in one year, and he is the third county governor of Shanghai this year.

To say that on weekdays, this Shanghai magistrate is a rare fat shortage, and it is not his turn at all, but now that the Yingyi fleet has not withdrawn, God knows if it will kill another one? Especially after the news of Lin Zexu's transfer to Liangjiang spread, it made him feel like he was on pins and needles.

Lin Zexu insisted on strictly prohibiting crows. film, tough against Yingyi, this time to take over Liangjiang to sit in Jiangning, I am afraid that Liangjiang will provoke a war again, there is a way that a gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and he only survives after half a life, he does not want to die for the country, and he is not willing to be afraid to do this county all day long.

"Dong Weng." Outside the door, the voice of Master Dong Qianqiu came.

After coming back to his senses, Liu Guangdou said, "Come in." As he spoke, he stood up and came to Shanghai with him to take up his post in Shanghai, and now four of them have left, and he is full of gratitude to this master Dong who has never left him.

Dong Qianqiu, who was in his early forties, with a goatee and glasses, pushed the door in, and the county respected himself in the signing room when he came back from Jiangning. ”

"Sir, please be seated." After Liu Guangdou stretched out his hand to give up his seat, he moved the brazier over again, and then sat down and said: "Master Yi has actually taught Shanghai Dao last year, but he has not taken office for a long time. ”

"Master Yi is a busy man." Dong Qianqiu said with a smile: "The imperial court issues treasury bonds, how can Lord Yi not do it himself?" Besides, Lin Butang was transferred to Liangjiang, why didn't Lord Yi come? Look at the recent "Xiguan Daily", the Foguang Railway is scheduled to open on the fifth day of the first month, if it is not bad as expected, after the opening ceremony, Lin Butang and Yi Daren should also set off. ”

After being silent for a long time, Liu Guangdou said in a muffled voice: "Lin Butang took over Liangjiang, and for Liangjiang, the blessing and misfortune are unpredictable. ”

Dong Qianqiu glanced at him and said, "Now I can only think about the benefits." ”

"Not necessarily." Liu Guangdou roasted his hands and said in a muffled voice: "It's really not good, you can also resign with a seal." ”

Hang the seal of resignation? Dong Qianqiu was speechless for a while, and only after a while did he speak: "I think it's not necessary to steal in the next place, Sai Weng lost his horse, and he didn't know that it was a blessing to be transferred out of Shanghai, which may be a very rare opportunity for Dong Weng." ”

"Opportunity?" Liu Guangdou paused, and then said: "I hope Mr. will order." ”

"The great victory in Dinghai is said to be the work of Guangdong sailors." Dong Qianqiu said slowly: "But the letter from a friend in Zhejiang said that the battle of Dinghai was mainly based on Yuanqi's group training, and then looking at the court's wanton reward for Yuanqi's group training, this statement should be credible." Dong Weng thought about it, he could completely annihilate and capture thousands of Yingyi in one fell swoop, and the combat power of Yuanqi's regimental training was far above that of the green camp.

Judging from the report of "Xiguan Daily", although Yi Daren actually taught Shanghai Dao, he is still the treasurer of Yuanqi, Shanghai is not a good place now, how can Yi Daren not know that when he comes to take office, he will inevitably carry Yuanqi group training, and there is Yuanqi group training to assist in defending the county, why should Dong Weng worry? ”

Liu Guangdou said suspiciously: "Is it possible that Master Yi can still bring thousands of yuan to Shanghai for group training?" ”

"How not?" Dong Qianqiu said: "Didn't Shanghai also recruit a lot of Fujian water warriors? ”

After a slight groan, Liu Guangdou said: "The so-called opportunity? ”

Dong Qianqiu smiled and said crisply: "Master Yi." ”

Easy adult? Liu Guangdou reacted as soon as he thought about it, Yi Zhizhi was already in his early twenties, and in Beijing, the emperor summoned him for three days in a row, and he was favored by Lin Zexu, which can be said to have a bright future, and the Shanghai County Government is under the direct management of the Shanghai Dao Ya, there are many opportunities to come and go, and Yi Zhizhi has a good relationship, and the benefits in the future must be a lot, so it is indeed an opportunity, maybe, it may really be a blessing in disguise.

The inside of the east gate of the county seat, Shanghai Daoya.

The yamen is also deserted, in the backyard, Wu Yiyu, the former Shanghai Daotai who has been transferred to Su Song to supervise the grain road, is in the study with the stove and leisurely reading the book, he has just come back from Jiangning, the new Shanghai Daotai Yi Zhizhi has not come to take office for a long time, he can not handle the handover, can not leave Shanghai, his heart is naturally anxious, to be honest, he is not willing to stay in Shanghai for a day.

In Shanghai, he was worried and not to mention, the small county town of Shanghai could not be compared with Suzhou, he just wanted to handle the handover as soon as possible and then go to Suzhou to take office, Su Song supervised the grain road is not only the government office in Suzhou, but also under the jurisdiction of the governor of Caoyun, who will be in charge of the two rivers has little to do with him.

The trip to Jiangning, the reliable news of the inquiry, Lin Zexu and Yi Zhizhi will go to work after the year, which made him completely relaxed, and hurried back to Shanghai to wait, Yuanqi has a fast boat, and it only takes half a month from Guangzhou to Tianjin, he has heard of this, and it is estimated that the other party will come in these days.

Aware that the sky was a little dark, he took out a pocket watch and looked at it, it was only four o'clock in the afternoon, when the book got up and paced outside the door to look at the sky, the sky was gloomy, and he was afraid that there was a heavy rain, he was worried that the trip would be delayed because of the heavy rain, and a long man walked in quickly with a happy face, and bowed down to report: "Master, it's here, Master Yi has arrived." ”

As soon as he heard that Yi Zhizhi had arrived, Wu Yiyu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and then asked, "Lin Butang can be on the boat?" ”

"Nope." The chief hurriedly replied: "Lord Lin went directly to Jiangning by foreign boat. ”

Wu Yiyu nodded and said, "Send someone to the county office, customs, and guerrilla department to inform them and ask them to go to the dock to greet them." ”

Yi Zhizhi came so quickly, it really made Liu Guangdou a little surprised, heard the news, and hurriedly summoned a few subordinate officials and a group of officials, and sent people to inform the famous gentry and businessmen in the county, and then hurried to the dock outside the Dadong Gate to meet, to the dock, he found that there were a lot of people who came to greet him, and there were green battalion soldiers on the dock to maintain order.

On the Huangpu River, a big boat slowly went up the river, and on the bow of the boat, Yan Shikuan, who was obviously a little thin, pointed to the front and said: "Big shopkeeper, in front is the Great East Gate, and your official office is in the Great East Gate." ”

Yi Zhicontent, who was dressed in casual clothes, looked at the scene of masts on both sides of the strait and said with a smile: "Shanghai is a little more prosperous than I expected. ”

"The big shopkeeper doesn't know." Yan Shikuan said with a smile: "The coastal route, bounded by the Dajiangkou, is divided into the Nanyang route and the Beiyang route, from the Dajiangkou to Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Nanyang, collectively referred to as the Nanyang, and to Jiangsu, Shandong, Hebei, and Liaoning in the north, collectively referred to as the Beiyang.

Mr. Bao said in "The Four Kinds of An Wu" that there are many islands in the South Ocean, the water is deep and the waves are huge, and it is not possible to do it without a bird boat. There are many sand moraines in the North Ocean, the water is shallow and the reef is hard, and non-sand boats are not good. Shanghai is the intersection of the two routes of the South and North Oceans, and there is also the inland shipping of the river, which can be described as the intersection of the three routes, and it is not prosperous. ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "I have grown a lot in the past two years, and I even read Mr. Bao's books." ”

"Ahem." Yan Shikuan coughed lightly and said: "Yuanqi is getting bigger and bigger, and the big shopkeeper is afraid that it will get bigger and bigger, let's not read some books, how to be the chief shopkeeper of a province in the future." ”

"Remember this stubble?" Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "Don't worry about the chief shopkeeper of a province first, first take down the two prefectures and one state of Susong for me." ”

"That's not a problem." Yan Shikuan said in a relaxed tone: "Since the big shopkeeper has taken office, can we play Yuanqi's signboard?" ”

"Don't have scruples and make drastic integrations." Yi Zhizhi said: "First unify the Shanghai money industry." ”

Hearing this, Yan Shikuan smiled and said: "With the words of the big shopkeeper, we can rest assured, and it's time for us to show our faces." ”

The two were talking, the boat had slowly deviated from the main channel and was ready to dock, but the soldiers on the shore were loudly reprimanded and were not allowed to dock. ”

Yan Shikuan didn't say a word, stepped onto the bow of the boat in two steps, and shouted loudly: "Sub-patrol Su Song is too soldiered, Master Yi is here, don't hurry up and greet him!" ”

As soon as he heard that the boat was Lord Yi, a group of people on the dock hurriedly lined up to greet him, and on the dock, Yi Zhixiang saw Bao Shichen standing outside the crowd at a glance, he left a group of officials and gentry, and quickly greeted him and smiled: "Mr. An Wu also came to the dock." ”

Bao Shichen smiled and arched his hand: "Dong Weng came from afar, how could the little old man not come to greet him." ”

Mr. Ann Wu? Bao Shichen is famous in Jiangnan, and the old man in front of him is Bao Shichen, and everyone on the dock is a line, and what surprises everyone is that Bao Shichen is actually commensurate with Dong Weng? Bao Shichen became a staff member of Lord Yi?

After coming back to his senses, Liu Guangdou, the magistrate of the county, hurriedly led everyone to come forward to salute, Yi Zhizhi glanced at everyone, and said, "You have to come to greet you." ”

Liu Guangdou hurriedly said: "Your Excellency is tired of traveling and driving, and the lower officials and others have prepared a reception banquet." ”

"Your intentions have been understood." Yi Zhizu waved his hand and said with a smile: "The reception banquet will be exempted, I am afraid that there will be a heavy rain when I look at the sky, you will leave a famous post, please go back, and meet again another day." ”

Leave a name post? All the officials and gentry were happy in their hearts, and it seemed that they had come to the dock to greet them, although this Taoist lord who was born as a merchant was young, he also knew how to know the world.

Liu Guangdou said diligently: "Then the official will send the lord to the Taoist office." As he spoke, he beckoned back and said, "Sedan chair." ”

Yi Zhishu said unceremoniously: "I want two, and prepare one for Mr. An Wu." ”

A group of people entered the city from the east gate, went around to the main gate of the Daoya, easy to be content with a sedan chair, a four-grade official greeted him with a smile on his face, and arched his hand: "Brother Contentment is far away, and I can't meet him in person, and I hope to forgive my sins." Saying that, he smiled, "I didn't expect the contentment brother to come so quickly, no, hurry up and make room for the contentment brother." ”

According to the rules of officialdom, officials must move out of the yamen when they leave office, but Yi Zhizhi has not come to take office for a long time, and he has not moved because he has not moved when he is still dealing with official business, but he has already been prepared, has hired an inn, and has moved a lot of things one after another.

The four-grade officials in Shanghai City, Yi Zhishu knew the identity of the other party without asking, and immediately returned the salute: "There are too many things, and I have not been able to go to the post for a long time, and Brother Lanting has been stranded in Shanghai for several months, which is really guilty." After a slight pause, he continued: "The place is not in a hurry, Brother Lanting will clean up slowly." ”

"Brother contentment, don't be polite, this can't break the rules." Wu Yiyu said and stretched out his hand to give in, "Brother Contentment, please." ”

"Brother Lanting, please." Yi Zhi was humble and gave in, and then walked into the gate of the Daoya.

Finally looking forward to the main master's arrival, Wu Yiyu didn't want to stay in Shanghai for a day, and when he entered the lobby, he said: "Yiying has all been counted and sealed, I don't know when it will be convenient to hand over when I am content?" ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "Brother Lanting has been delayed for too long, don't you dare to delay any longer, it's not early today, tomorrow's handover, how about it?" ”

"I don't care about these days." Wu Yiyu said with a smile: "Brother Contentment has come from afar, and it doesn't hurt to rest for a few days." ”

"No need, the staff hired under the government has been in Shanghai for many days." Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "Just tomorrow, this is the matter, Brother Lanting can rush to Suzhou to take office." ”

Outside the gate of the Daoya, Liu Guangdou, the magistrate of the county, muttered in his heart, didn't he say that Yi Zhizu would bring Yuan Qituan to Shanghai to take up his post? Why didn't he even see a regimental bravery, he was wondering, the master Dong Qianqiu hurried over and reported softly: "I didn't see a military ship transporting Tuan Yong behind." ”

There is no warship in the back, which means that Yi Zhishu didn't bring the Yuanqi group to practice? Liu Guangdou's face sank immediately, and he looked at Dong Qianqiu silently, but Dong Qianqiu shook his head slightly, and said, "There is no reason for this, is it to avoid suspicion?" ”

Liu Guangdou nodded slightly, this is not impossible, it is indeed a little shocking to bring thousands of regiments to take office, and he groaned slightly, Dong Qianqiu said: "Adults, why don't you find an opportunity to explore the wind?" ”

Wu Yiyu, who was waiting to be seen, came out of the gate, Liu Guangdou hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and sent the other party to the sedan chair to leave, he quickly stepped into the door, and when he arrived outside the lobby, he saw that Yi Zhizhi and Bao Shichen were talking, he didn't dare to say anything, and stood outside obediently waiting.

In the lobby, Bao Shichen said slowly: "After receiving a letter from Lin Butang, Mo Sheng (Wei Yuan) had already rushed to Shanghai, and then Lin Butang took over Liangjiang and went to Jiangning. ”

Yi Zhishu nodded and said, "Lin Butang was transferred to Liangjiang, how could he not have a staff member who is familiar with Liangjiang, this is really negligent." As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Guangdou, who was standing outside, and said, "Can you ask the master of the county government to help handle the handover?" ”

"That's fine." Bao Shichen said first. (To be continued.) )