"Since Emperor Yang of Sui built the Grand Canal, Yangzhou City is the waterway hub of the whole country, grain and grass, salt and iron, and even other kinds of materials, where the need for water transportation, must pass through Yangzhou, because of this, countless merchants gathered in this Yangzhou city, the Song people have clouds, waist around 100,000, riding a crane to Yangzhou, you can see the wealth of Yangzhou......"

Outside Yangzhou City, a young man in brocade clothes with a group of guards and servants, walking leisurely on the street, next to the young man, an old man dressed in Zhu Zishen clothes, not angry and self-assured, but half a step behind the young man, pointing to the surrounding scenery, explained. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Well, this is true, just look at this Taixing County, you can get a glimpse of it, it is Wanping County in Beijing, and it may not be so lively!"

The young man in brocade is Zhu Changluo, and the person behind him is Liu Yuanlin, the governor of Zhejiang.

Speaking of which, Zhu Changluo arrived in Yangzhou City yesterday, but he was not in a hurry to enter the city, but sent someone to secretly inform Liu Yuanlin in the post station and summoned him.

At this moment, the place where they are is Taixing County, outside Yangzhou, also belongs to Yangzhou Prefecture.

I have to say that Yangzhou City is indeed very rich, and this small Taixing County can be glimpsed.

This street is the largest street in Taixing County, and there are all kinds of shops and stalls on both sides of the street, and there are constantly all kinds of hawkers, and the end is very lively.

And this kind of scene is probably only seen in ordinary prefectures.

"Childe, go further, it's Taixing County......"

Liu Yuanlin was silent for a while, shook his head imperceptibly.

Zhu Changluo looked up, but saw a majestic yamen standing quietly in the distance.

This yamen is no different from other yamen, but just by looking at the vermilion lacquer painted on the outside, you can tell that it has just been renovated.

Zhu Changluo stepped forward and was about to move forward, but a man in a green coat and a small hat was in front of him.

"Childe, there's something going on ahead!"

It was Zhu Changluo's personal guard Sun Ping.

After all, the identity is different now, this time out of Beijing, Zhu Changluo's entourage in addition to Liang Yong, the commander of the East Factory, there are many Jinyi guards, but Zhu Changluo's personal guards are still the two Sun Ping brothers.

Zhu Changluo frowned, but stopped.

After a short time, a group of people arrived outside the yamen, most of them wearing coarse cloth shorts and straw sandals, some of them still carrying mud spots, wielding hoes and other farm tools in their hands, looking excited.

Because of the lack of proximity, I couldn't hear what they were shouting clearly.

"Childe, do you want to ......?"

Sun Ping vigilantly stood in front of Zhu Changluo, watched the situation in the distance, and asked in a low voice.

signaled whether to go out and disperse these people, after all, with Zhu Changluo's identity, he couldn't take the slightest risk.

"It's okay, let's take a look!

Zhu Changluo didn't care, and waved his hand.

With that, he turned around and went straight to the tea shed next to him and picked a seat and sat down.

"What do you want? Xiao Lao'er only has coarse tea here, and some small snacks, I'm afraid that I will snub the nobles! ”

Dr. Cha was an old man, with gray hair, a dirty towel on his shoulder, and a green cloth linen coat, and he asked neatly.

Seeing Zhu Changluo's luxurious clothes and a large number of guards and servants behind him, he knew that Zhu Changluo's identity was not ordinary.

As long as this kind of noble person serves well, the reward he gets may be able to withstand his hard work for half a month.

"A pot of tea, a few plates of snacks, hurry up!"

Sun Ping took a step forward, looked the old man up and down for a moment, and said coldly.

With Zhu Changluo's identity, it is impossible to eat the things in these tea sheds, but when it comes to the table, there must always be something, otherwise it will be too maverick.

"Yes!"

Dr. Tea responded diligently, although he was a little disappointed in his heart, but he also knew that this kind of gentleman was easy to get a reward, but it was possible to provoke them and smash the stall, so he agreed politely.

However, Zhu Changluo shook his head, pushed Sun Ping away, and said softly.

"Uncle doesn't have to listen to him, I have covered your tea stall today, a pot of tea on each table, and some snacks!"

After saying that, he paused and turned to Sun Ping and said.

"Sit down and eat something too!"

With so many people clubbing, it's hard to see it.

"Yes!"

Regarding Zhu Changluo's words, Sun Ping never disobeyed, and said with his fists clenched.

Then he sat down with a group of entourage, but even if he sat down, Sun Ping still leaned on the table next to Zhu Changluo, and did not touch the tea and snacks at all, and was vigilant at any time.

Dr. Tea was busy for a while, and put something on each table, but in the end, he had the ability to see, there were two plates of dim sum on the other tables, but there were four dishes on Zhu Changluo's table.

At the same time, the situation outside the yamen in the distance slowly became intense, and a group of officials swarmed out of the yamen, holding big swords, confronting each other with those people.

"Civil unrest?"

Liu Yuanlin's face sank suddenly, he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen in front of Zhu Changluo.

Zhu Changluo didn't have any special reaction, beckoned, and motioned for the tea doctor to come forward.

"Uncle, is there something big going on at this yamen?"

Dr. Tea is a clever person, and he knows that Zhu Changluo's identity must be unusual, and he has a generous hand, so he has a little less care in his heart, and said.

"Rest assured, there is nothing big about it, it's nothing more than a few people who don't obey the conscription, and they get into trouble with the county government, the little old man has been setting up a stall here for seven or eight years, this kind of thing happens every year, or it won't be long before the old men of the inspection department should come!"

"Conscription? Isn't this servitude a matter of course? Why are so many people making trouble? ”

Zhu Changluo frowned slightly, and asked with some puzzlement.

"This ......"

The old man was obviously a little hesitant, Zhu Changluo smiled, and Wang An, who was serving beside him, took out a silver coin from his sleeve and put it on the table.

"Don't worry, the kid is a businessman from other places, and he has an urgent matter to visit the county lord, so he won't talk nonsense! I'm just afraid that this situation will delay time, so ask a few more words! ”

Zhu Changluo spoke.

Dr. Tea looked at the silver coin on the table, stretched out his hand and put it into his arms, and said.

"Don't hide it from the son, in fact, the person who made trouble is a person from Dahuang Village outside the city, it is said that this year their village will send out 300 conscripts, but in the first two years of the drought, many people in the village starved to death, and the remaining strong men are only seven or eight hundred, but they still have to farm, if there are so many conscripts at once, I am afraid that half of the people in the village will have no food to eat next year......

"How is this possible? Didn't the imperial court have an edict that no one should be levied for the last three years of a great drought? ”

This time it was not Zhu Changluo who spoke, but Liu Yuanlin beside him.

The old man was upright, not angry and arrogant, although there was no blame between the words, but he was so frightened that Dr. Tea did not dare to speak again.

Zhu Changluo shook his head and said.

"Uncle, it's okay, if you have something to say, out of this tea shed, no one knows that you said it!"

The old man hesitated for a moment and sighed.

"Childe, what kind of edict did this old man say just now, Xiao Lao'er doesn't know, but Xiao Lao'er has been here for seven or eight years, and this conscription is levied every year, even when Dahuang Village was affected by the disaster, it was no exception! It stands to reason that there are more than 300 households in Dahuang Village, and dozens of conscripts are considered to be the top of the sky, but ......"

Dr. Tea stopped suddenly, but shook his head.

"Little Lao'er advises the nobles, don't get involved in these things, the yamen ...... It's not a good place! ”

With that, he turned around and went back to handle the tea.

It's just that when the old man turned around, Zhu Changluo's originally smiling face flashed a thick cold light......