Chapter 713: People's hearts, hearts

Hurried back to the Yamen of the Political Secretary from Haizhu Island, Zhang Yue found that the subordinate officials of the Yamen of the Political Secretary were already talking about each other. Because Guangzhou is more than 7,000 miles away from Beijing, no matter what the news is, it is at least ten days and a half months behind, and now this news is expected to have spread all over the world. These three words seem simple, but if you say what the Son of Heaven wants, it will immediately soar, so everyone has to rack their brains. And after Zhang Yue looked at the letter of Mingfa's edict, he noticed two of the most conspicuous numbers at a glance.

In February, there were six earthquakes in Nanjing.

In March, there were 17 earthquakes in Nanjing.

If it is placed in the future generations, others will be surprised when they look at this number, but they can't mention the horror - an earthquake with a high magnitude is often followed by aftershocks again and again, but for today's era, there are so many earthquakes in Jinling Imperial Prefecture, and there are more political articles that can be done. Seeing that there was a faint dryness between the lines of the words of the edict, he couldn't help muttering in his heart. Although he didn't remember the early Ming Dynasty so clearly, he still vaguely remembered that the Nanjing earthquake seemed to be a trouble during Zhu Gaochi's reign, how could it become the first year of Xuande?

Naturally, what this edict needs is not to reply to private messages but to show his attitude, and now his top priority is to find out the missing Qin Huai. It's not just for justice, there's something else to it about. Therefore, he ordered the letter to be stored and immediately went to court. When he mentioned the events of yesterday's Dragon Boat Festival to his subordinates, he saw that some people knew about it, and some people were surprised, so he lightly ordered that today's affairs should be represented by Xu Tao, who participated in the politics of Zuo, and he immediately went to the capital and the Yamen.

Among the provinces, the three major yamen of the capital, the feudal department, and the feudal department were in charge of the military, administration, and justice, and they were definitely a model of the separation of powers in later generations, but this system also had the same problem as all the policies of separation of powers and checks and balances - that is, they were not convinced in case of prevarication. Nowadays, there is no minister, governor of Guangdong, and there is no governor monopolizing power, so although Zhang Yue has met Li Long, the commander of the capital, and Yu Liang, the envoy of the inspection, both of them have the same attitude.

The title is okay, how to find out how to do this thing, they will not be involved. Li Long was the commander of Xining, and he climbed step by step from a small soldier at the time of Jingjing to his current high position, not so much as a merit, but rather a virtue of his former background and qualifications, and he completely developed a style of indifference and indifference. And Yu Liang, who used to be the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, even more looked at Zhang Yue how unpleasant, fifty miles away, he released the inspection envoy, and returned to Beijing to enter the six departments of the Metropolitan Procuratorate There is no hope, at most he will end up in the third grade, Zhang Yue jumped to such a high position at a young age, and he didn't rely on the shadow of his family? Now that they don't belong to each other anyway, he doesn't bother to care!

The attitude of Du Si and Zhen Si was not unexpected, and Zhang Yue had already made a decision about this matter, so after returning to the Yamen of the Political Secretary, everyone looked at each other, but he still had the heart to appease a few words. Seeing that he didn't care like this, the rest of the people felt that if there was something to do, it would also be the Guangzhou government that presided over the dragon boat race, so they dispersed without saying a word.

Liu Da and others stopped their ships in Huangpu Port under the banner of entering the port to avoid the wind, and in the face of a large number of merchants who wanted to receive the goods, they were all perfunctory, and then did not let go of any of them on the grounds that the imperial court had a ban. Although Liu Da said that he had made a veritable maritime business this time, he was still most interested in his old business, so he simply handed over the affairs of the sea ship business to Fang Rui and Xi'er, and he took people to move all the seeds into a separate courtyard that Zhang Yue had let people buy as soon as possible.

At this moment, he squatted in the huge garden, wearing a hat on his head, picking up these seeds like a real farmer, and pinching the soil particles on the ground to examine them carefully, and only after a long time did he think that there was a Zhang Yue next to him.

"This is a Javanese rice seed, because it can be planted three seasons a year, and it is called a full seed; This is Siamese lingering, I heard that the name was given by Zheng Gonggong, but the taste is too weird, and the people who like to eat it are a minority after all; This is the Champa rice, although the Champa rice has long been spread, only 60 days to mature, but the taste is really not good, has never been elegant, now this rice seed is the first in the Champa king's imperial field, while Champa and Vietnam are inseparable, I finally got some. There are also these special melons and fruits of the South Seas, although the taste is good, but it is not tolerant of storage, and can only be enjoyed in the south......"

Speaking of his old business, Liu Da naturally gushed endlessly, and then mentioned his own experiments with farm tools in Java and other places, and then shook his head and sighed: "The land in these places is plastered, and the yield is also a lot, but many people are fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, which is far less diligent than our farmers." Take farm tools as an example, many of them are not presentable. A lot of the seeds I have here are exchanged for helping people make farm tools, although Fang Rui and Xi'er both laugh at me for wasting my efforts, but my profession is to make these farm tools, I am originally a farmer, how can I forget this? ”

In his previous life, Zhang Yue saw a lot of nouveau riche who were born in a peasant family and forgot their roots when they were rich, and in this life, he is also used to seeing his parents farming for the imperial examination, and he is developed but he is secretive about his background, so he naturally has a deep sense of identity with Liu Da's last sentence, so he can't help but nod admiringly.

"If everyone in the world is as hearty as Master Liu, why worry about not being able to do things. In this way, you have left the key to how to cultivate these rice seeds, and I carefully selected a few long-term workers to try to plant a few acres on the farmland around Fucheng. As for the fruit, although it is not convenient to transport, it is made into fruit wine, and the ladies of large families may like it. Besides, there are a lot of wealthy businessmen in Guangdong, so there is no need to worry about no one buying them. In short, it doesn't take more manpower and time to give it a try, and if it succeeds in the future, the people will have one more way to support their families. ”

The two had partnered in Shandong in the past, and now they naturally didn't have to worry about it, so they discussed it intensively in the house. Speaking of the mutual assistance and cooperation between villages in the past, Liu Da naturally suggested that it can also be implemented now, but Zhang Yue shook his head and said: "The folk customs and customs of the north and the south are different, and I am now a political envoy, which is different from the land where I was only in charge of one government. ”

Whampoa Port Wharf.

Since no ships entered the port in the past two days, most of the coolies who had been looking for work on the wharf went to several wharves in the Pearl River Inland River, and only a few men who hoped to try their luck were still hanging on the wharf. Compared with those boats with various flags, the boats of Liu Da and others naturally seem extremely ordinary. Since it was docked, only two sailors were arranged on this boat to take turns to watch, and the rest of the people took turns to go to the city to enjoy and eat and drink.

It was afternoon, and there was no shade on the pier, and the blazing sun was pouring down on the ground without hesitation. This is the premises under the jurisdiction of the city's ship, and even merchants are not allowed to trespass, only a team of patrolmen pass by. The two sailors who were in charge of watching the ship were not happy to be bored in the ship, so they set up an oilcloth shed in front of the ship, as everyone else had done before, and gambled a little money with dice for fun. Although it was a year and a half to leave their hometown, the owners were generous and generous, and their pockets were now bulging, and the two of them were naturally very happy.

"Big, big! He's already six fucking small, can't you let us like it...... Fuck, it's so small! ”

"Sheng Lao Si, it's a small bet of ten coppers, so why do you care, a few days ago you wrapped a red aunt in the famous Hualiu Lane in Guangzhou City for three nights, compared to this one, the price is big! The younger brother can remind you that you are not happy when you go home! ”

"Bah, she is a woman who dares to me?"

said this, but Sheng Laosi touched his waist bag uneasily, and he was a little weak-hearted. This time the ship arrived in Guangzhou, and the owner settled all the previous wages, and the private goods he brought were also sold, which was converted into two or three hundred yuan, but a few days ago he had a lot of money in that kind of gold cave, and all he had left was a thousand yuan of new banknotes, that is, more than a dozen yuan, which was not enough for the family's expenses. The mother-in-law is a real person and will not complain, but what about the three children in the family, where will he still have a face at that time?

If you knew this, you shouldn't be obsessed with a woman's belly, and learn from his companion to take the initiative to stay and watch the ship, and there are five new banknotes a day, which is better than going home empty-handed!

Absentmindedly, he gambled a few more times, and I don't know if it was because he was in bad spirits or because his luck was too bad, but he lost every hand, and let his companion win a few hundred dollars. In the end, he pushed the remaining dozens of dollars one by one, and said angrily: "Bet on this last one, bet small, if you lose again, I won't play!" ”

The little sailor grinned and covered the dice with the porcelain bowl, and was about to let go of the last handful, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of two people walking quickly not far away, hurriedly putting away these gambling guys, and dragging Sheng Laosi again. When he got closer, he realized that it was not the owner's line, and his expression suddenly relaxed. Sure enough, when the two men approached, a young man in front of him with a pockmarked face and almost unbearable to look at them did not look at them, looked up at the boat by himself, and then turned around and asked, "Where is your boat going?" ”

Seeing that the visitor was arrogant, both sailors were a little unhappy. Sheng Laosi, who was in a bad mood, snorted coldly and was about to send someone away, when he saw the entourage behind the young man suddenly rush forward, quickly stuffed something into his hand, and stuffed something to another person in the same way. He peeked down and saw that there was a yellow and clear thing in his hand, and his heart suddenly sank, and then he pinched it uneasily, until his fingers hurt, and then he let go.

Looking at the other party's right shirt with a plate collar and a blue and glorious pattern of rain and azure, and a tiger-shaped jade pendant that I don't know the price of the jade pendant on his waist, he hurriedly smiled and said: "This son, our ship used to go to sea in Ningbo Mansion, and now it is a return voyage, and we are going to stay for a few more days and return to Ningbo Mansion." ”

"I have an urgent need to go to sea, and your boat may take me away?" When the young man saw the two sailors on the other side looking at each other, he couldn't help but say impatiently, "As long as you can carry me away, I can pay a high price...... Well, a hundred taels of gold! ”

The two sailors almost instinctively weighed the weight of the ingot of gold in their hands again, they had been dealing with gold and silver for many years overseas, and they could estimate that the weight was about two or three taels without a pen, and at this time they could not help but feel hot in their hearts when they heard that the man opened his mouth to say a hundred taels of gold. Especially Sheng Laosi, who was short of money, couldn't help licking his lips, and hesitated for a long time before he spoke: "Childe, it's not that my brothers are unwilling to make it convenient, we are just sailors, and everything has to be ...... by the owner."

"In this case, as long as you can convince your proprietor to take me away quickly, I will reward you for the one hundred taels, and the other fare will be paid!"

If at the beginning, the gold that was like a reward was just a big touch, now the reward of one hundred taels of gold made the two sailors no longer hesitate. The two exchanged a look, and Sheng Laosi volunteered: "In this case, I will immediately go into the city to see the owner." It's just that the son has to think of a reason to lobby, you must know that our owner is not an ordinary businessman, and he can also go around in Nanjing City. He was ready to stay now, and if he didn't have enough reason to impress him, then he would never sail casually. ”

Sheng Laosi accentuated the tone of the three words, and the entourage just listened, but the young man scoffed, and immediately laughed and said, "A businessman, can you know any big people?" ”

"Our owner is no ordinary businessman!" The little sailor was a little unhappy at this time, but for the sake of the face of the money in hand, he still patiently explained, "Childe also saw that our ship is a big capital, in addition to us sailors and the ship boss, there are also twenty hired guards on board. Although we don't know the details of the owner, we can listen to that tone, and many nobles in Nanjing City have dealings. I've heard the names of Dingguo Gong and Mu Juma several times. ”

Saying this, the arrogant pock-faced young man was suddenly dumbfounded. After thinking for a while, he glanced at the attendant, then nodded reservedly and said, "In this case, you will tell your proprietor that if you carry me, I will have a big deal to give him, and I will make more money than his trip to the sea." Okay, you go quickly, I'll wait for a reply before sunset! ”

Since the other party said so, for the sake of gold, how the people's faces were completely out of Sheng Laosi's consideration, and he hurriedly walked out after agreeing. Although the sun was as blazing as usual, his hot mind made him forget this little unhappiness. Because there is still a distance from Huangpu Town to the city, he spent a small amount of money in the carriage and horse shop to take the car, and when he arrived in the city, it was already Shenshi. He rushed to the inn in a hurry, but when he learned that the owner was not there, he was so anxious that he jumped to his feet.

Seeing that he was sweating profusely, Xi'er asked, "What is so urgent, my father-in-law is not here, and I can still be half of the master." ”

Since someone was willing to bear it, Sheng Laosi didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly said the other party's words 1510, and only concealed the 100 taels of gold that others promised to the two of them. Hearing this, even if she has seen a lot of money in the past few years, Xi'er can't help but be surprised. Fang Rui remained silent, and after Sheng Laosi finished speaking, he inquired in detail, and finally asked people to wait, saying that he and Xi'er discussed it.

When she arrived in the room, Xi'er immediately asked dissatisfiedly: "What is there to discuss, my father-in-law doesn't care about money, besides, if you pay such a high price, you are definitely not a good person!" ”

"Of course, I know that the other party is in such a hurry to go, and has to take the sea route, there must be a reason why he can't take the land and water routes. You listen to me, go and report to my father-in-law, and I'll go to the docks to have a look. ”