"Not far away, just in front of Taicang, which is close to the Yangtze River, you can take the waterway to transport limestone from Huizhou Mansion, and after making cement, you can directly get on the ship and transport it to Chongming."

Mary went around for more than a month, did not return to Nanjing for the Chinese New Year, two days ago went back and said that she had found a place to build a cement factory, but did not say specific, until now, finally no more sales.

The carriage was provided by the Yeshi car dealership, the horses had arrived in Nanjing a few years ago, and hundreds of carriages were built in advance, which only ran in the state capital near Jinling, because the asking price was cheap, convenient and fast, and the business was not bad.

Zhang You, as the big proprietor of the Ye's car dealership, of course has no problem with a few carriages.

"Taicang, your vision is not bad." Zhang You praised it, as the commander in charge of the affairs of the Southern Jinyi Guard, during this time, in addition to going to the state capitals to deal with the bidding affairs of the Daming Silver Branch, most of the time was used to supplement the knowledge of all aspects, not only the roster of officials in various places, but also the geography, taxation and humanities have a general understanding.

"I think you'll be satisfied." Mary said happily, I don't know if it is because of Zhang You's status or because she is too knowledgeable, although she is much older than Zhang You, every time she faces him, she always feels that she is a child, and she is praised by him, which makes her happier than Queen Mary's praise at the beginning.

For a person who is a bit mature @ female @ control, Zhang You can't help but have some fantasies about Mary, a mature beauty full of exotic customs, but the two get together less and leave more, and Zhang You feels that he has already owed a lot of love debts, so he has been controlling himself and not provoking her.

Even so, seeing the other party's very happy appearance, he was actually quite happy, but he was also a little weak-hearted, and couldn't help but look back at the carriage, and saw that Li Yan and Lan Qi were whispering something, and they didn't pay attention to themselves, so they settled down.

Mary is looking for the place is on the south bank of the Yangtze River, covered with dry weeds, according to her has inquired, last year this side was flooded, the flood came in the middle of the night, the landlord's family lived by the river, still sleeping, so even people with the house buried in the belly of the fish, hundreds of acres of fertile land suddenly became ownerless, attracted countless covetous.

For Zhang You, of course, this is not a problem, but it is just a matter of one sentence - the right not to be an official in vain, he has been in Daming for nearly a year, he has long been accustomed to this society, he wants to eliminate the land annexation, but today he got this nearly 100 acres of fertile land to distribute to the nearby people, and if he can't wait for tomorrow dawn, there will be countless impeachment concerts to fly to the capital.

That's right, he was praised as a deviant evaluation, but he knew in his heart that there were some things that he absolutely could not touch at present, such as imperial power, not only could not be touched, but also had to be desperately maintained.

Distribute land, buy people's hearts, what do you want to do? A big hat of "disobedience" was buttoned down, although Zhu Yijun may not deal with him because of this, but it is certain that he will be centrifuged from now on.

After going around for a while, Zhang You was very satisfied, but he did not go to the Yamen of Taicang Prefecture in person, but sent Chen Shun to hand over with his waist card - approachable and scored, officials are like women, although they are far away, they are not inferior to those who are near. Put on a shelf, but they become more and more respectful.

This is not something he figured out himself, but a change that his friends always grind in his ears, subtly, and unconsciously.

Taicang was originally just a small fishing village by the sea, sparsely populated, less than 100 households, belonged to Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin belonged to Huiji County, and Han was Hui'an Township, Lou County, Wu County. Wu of the Three Kingdoms built a warehouse here to store grain, and gradually developed. After the Yuan Dynasty opened up the shipping of grain in Liujiagang, it became more and more prosperous and became the city of ten thousand families. In the tenth year of Ming Hongzhi (1497), Kunshan, Changshu and Jiading counties were cut to build Taicang Prefecture, and Wang Jixian, Zhizhou, was a student of Xu Guo, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

These materials were all given to Zhang You by Xu Dengying, Jinyi Wei supervises the affairs of hundreds of officials and people, and has his own set of secret files.

The state city is prosperous, the street is full of pedestrians, the door frames of each shop are all red couplets, the red lanterns under the eaves have not been taken off, there are occasional firecrackers, and the breath of the year has not yet dispersed.

Chen Shun went to Zhizhou Yamen to see Wang Jixian, leaving Zhang You and his party to wander along the street, not long after, happened to pass by a restaurant called Rugui, seeing that it was full of guests, everyone felt that it was noon, Lan Qi smiled: "Look at this restaurant's business is good, the food must taste very good, anyway, it's time to have lunch, why don't we go in and try it." ”

Everyone had nothing to do, parked the carriage at the door and entered the restaurant, and Xiao Er had already nodded and greeted him.

All the guys who can be responsible for welcoming guests in the restaurant have a pair of good tricks, seeing that Zhang You and his party are dressed extraordinarily, their attitude is very respectful, and they will go upstairs to the private room after greeting.

"Forget it, aren't there still two empty tables over there, just the one by the window." Zhang You pointed and said, saying that the private room is boring, although there is a little chaos in the hall, listening to the gossip of the diners is very good for understanding the local people.

Xiao Er was stunned for a moment, but he didn't say much, and hurriedly led everyone to the table by the window, making tea and taking the menu.

Zhang You knew that he was so earnest just to ask for a reward, and he smiled when he signaled Lan Qi to reward him with a piece of broken silver, and a large number of flattering and auspicious words came out, which made everyone's mood quite happy.

The meals were served one after another, and sure enough, the color and flavor were complete, Zhang You's index finger moved, and he made an exception and took a small sip of the wine glass to accompany everyone.

When the wine was half-drunk, a group of people came in at the door of the restaurant, led by a man in brocade clothes in his thirties with a mouse beard, who had already been led up the stairs by Xiao Er, and inadvertently looked back at Zhang You and them, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he turned around and walked down again, and sat down directly at the vacant seat next to Zhang You.

"Master Niu, how old are you ......?" The little second fart was followed by a rat's beard behind his head, and asked knowingly, and couldn't help but worry a little for Zhang You.

"I won't go to the private room, I'm bored, the hall is still bright, go, make a pot of cloud tea that my young master often drinks!" The mouse beard swept Li Yan and Lan Qi with the corner of his eyes as he spoke, and when he saw the second daughter looking at him, he couldn't help but be excited, and took out a piece of broken silver weighing two or three taels and threw it to Xiao Er: "Take it, reward you, the land along the river has been bought by my young master, and the young master said to give me a hundred acres, so that I can be served, and I am happy, and there is a reward." ”

"Thank you Niu Ye, thank you Niu Ye!" Xiao Er took the silver in his hand, smiling on the surface, but in private, he couldn't help but slander: like a boar in estrus, he doesn't look at his own dignity, people are like fairies, it's strange to look at you.

Li Yan and Lan Qi frowned slightly, but Zhang You was concerned about another thing: the hundreds of acres of land along the river had been bought by his young master? Is that the one Mary has her eye on? Who is the young master of his family?