"Oh no, Zhizhou, it's going to be fighting again." A servant trotted in all the way in and reported to Wang Zhizhou in Taiping Prefecture.

The situation in Taiping Prefecture is more complicated than Zheng Lang thought.

The first is the folk customs.

The folk customs of Jiangnan are relatively simple, but there is a group that is not, and this group is unimaginable to ordinary people, fishermen!

In the poet's poems and novelists' novels, the fishermen are a very honest and kind group, the fisherman has white skin, her surname is Ge Anxian, and her appearance is beautiful. Wrong, too!

Often floating on the water, sooner or later to be knifed, the danger is great, at any time will encounter strong winds and waves and capsize the boat.

In such a small place, except for the boat and the water, most people live in a lonely environment. The steaming of the vast water every day, the hot wind in summer and the cold wind in winter make people feel depressed and irritable.

Living in hardship, starting from the south of the Huai River to the Yangtze River, including the rivers and lakes of Hubei, Hunan, Jiangnan, and Zhejiang, is the main grain-producing area of the country, and it is also the area with good living conditions in the country. It is also a major grain-producing area now, but the area of the polder area is far less than that of later generations.

Whether it is Taiping Prefecture or Hezhou and Wuwei Army on the other side of the river, there are many areas where tens of thousands of acres or even hundreds of thousands of acres of large polders have not been built. The fishery is developed, and the fish is cheap, so there is a saying in the Yangtze River for a long time, there is meat and does not eat fish, there are fish do not eat shrimp, and there are shrimp do not eat pickles. The price of river shrimp with a long index finger is similar to the price of rice, and sometimes it is not as high as the price of rice.

As for the ordinary small river shrimp that were later sold for fifty yuan a catty, they were only suitable for making sauce, and the shrimp for twenty or thirty yuan a pound did not even have the qualifications to make sauce, so they saved waste of salt and asked for the surname to be eaten by the chicken.

So life is hard.

This makes the fishermen's surnames fierce, and can even be described as ferocious. As for the white skin, to hell with it. The perennial river breeze blows, and Cui Xian and Jiang Xing'er blow the skin that can be broken, and after staying for half a year, it is as if they came out of Africa.

So, something happened in Taiping State.

The cause was not because of fishing, but something else. There was originally a Zen temple Linjiang Temple on Zuotianmen Mountain. There is also a Wangjiang Pavilion on the mountain, there are tourists who come to play from time to time, climb to the top of the mountain, see the Yangtze River turn north, the spectacular scene of pouring thousands of miles, or recite the famous poem of Li Taibai, the gate of heaven interrupts the opening of the Chu River, the clear water flows east to this time, the green mountains on both sides of the strait come out of each other, and the lonely sail comes to the side. It is the two major scenic spots on the Yangtze River in Taiping Prefecture.

More than ten years ago, a great monk came from the south, and built a Zen temple on the side of the cliff of Tianmen Mountain, and a statue of Guanyin.

At that time, all the monks in the temple laughed, but they didn't expect it to be really effective later.

Half of the women who have been pregnant for a long time will become pregnant after three or four nights in this hospital, and then they will live with their husbands for more than a month. So the incense flourished.

At that time, the great monk had become the abbot of Linjiang Temple. The scale of Linjiang Temple is also far greater than at the beginning, and even the people of Jiangning and Hezhou came to ask for children.

Including Wang Zhizhou's own favorite concubine, after being childless for many years, he went to beg for it, and actually asked for a daughter.

There was also a not very good thing, originally Zuotianmen Mountain was very steep, and it was close to the cliff, so there were six or seven cases of women stumbling and falling off the cliff. The former governor persuaded him to rebuild a Zen temple for this matter. But after the change, all the child seekers failed. In the end, I was helpless again and moved back.

The initiation of things began with the search for a child.

There is a Gaojiazhuang on the shore of Shijiu Lake in Lishui County, Jiangning, and the daughter of the big lord of Gaojiazhuang married to Dangtu Xuedian, and had no children for several years, so Xue Xiaolang took his wife Gao Jiaxiao to Linjiang Temple to ask for a child. Stayed in the Guanyin Monastery for the child, but the next day there was a bad nightmare, the little lady of the Gao family got up at night to relieve herself, or for other reasons, she fell into the river and died without a place to be buried.

This is the seventh case of a woman stumbling.

The Gao family was not convinced, and his father handed the complaint to Dangtu County, saying that my daughter had been in good health since she was a child, and she was very skillful. Don't fool me, people killed me.

When the Tu County Government refused to grant it, the Gao family handed the confession to Taiping Prefecture. Wang Zhizhou had no choice but to lead the officials to inspect, the Zen monastery is still the Zen monastery, in order to prevent the pilgrims from falling, there are also a few iron chain pillars on the edge of the cliff. It can only be like this, if the walls of the seminary have no place to take root, it is very dangerous. Under the cliff is the mighty Yangtze River.

Wang Zhi sat down with the abbot of Zhishan to talk, and Zhishan said with a sad face: "Zhizhou, we have greeted every pilgrim who comes in to ask for a child. It turned out that the abbot of Zhine also thought of the idea and sent monks to patrol the sentry at night, but all the people living in it were women, and there were many inconveniences. Unless you close it ......"

This Wang Zhizhou didn't dare to say.

Within a radius of hundreds of miles, there are many families who seek children here, and there are many childless families who are preparing to go for the second and third time, and if it is closed, it will cause much trouble. Moreover, this intellectually good is very Dharma, and soon after coming to Linjiang Temple, the temple came out of the Dharma wheel. Every time there is a pious pilgrim to burn incense and worship, this wheel does not need to be pushed, it will revolve around the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha itself, the more sincere the pilgrim, the faster the Buddha wheel rotates.

It's amazing.

Needless to say, asking for a son, just by virtue of the boundless Buddhism of this round, it has established a great reputation for Linjiang Temple, who dares to move Linjiang Temple?

After Wang Zhizhou returned to the state capital, he told the people of the Gao family what happened, don't talk about it, who will harm your daughter, there is a cliff behind, apes can't climb up, the front is a courtyard wall of more than two zhang, a bend of the mountain, only one courtyard gate leads to the outside, and the courtyard gate is also tightly locked at night, and there is no door if you want to go in, unless you have wings and fly in from the sky.

The Gao family was still not convinced and continued to make trouble. Wang Zhizhou had no choice but to let the two officials take him to Linjiang Temple. You said that someone harmed your daughter, you see how you hurt it, really your daughter has the ability to climb to the top of the mountain from that cliff? The Gao family went to Linjiang Temple and went around, speechless.

Wang Zhizhou originally thought that he was safe.

That's good, as long as there is nothing to do in the territory, it is a political achievement.

However, soon after, the Gao family made trouble in Linjiang Temple, saying that it was not right, it seemed that there was no way to go to heaven and no door to go to the ground, but there was a door, and the key was in the hands of the great monks. It was the great monk who harmed him. Wang Zhizhou was happy when he heard it, the great monk harmed your daughter, what is the picture, is it wealth or sex, and your daughter is a beauty.

took Gao Jiazhen away.

The Gao family was not convinced, and took some people to Linjiang Temple to make trouble, but this time it was a bit coincidental, when the third daughter-in-law of the Shi family by Tu Danyang Lake also had no children, so they went to Linjiang Temple to ask for a son. The Gao family is making trouble, the big monks are quiet and inactive, and they are not very quarrelsome, they only care about muttering and chanting, and the Shi family is not happy. And the two families are quite hateful, not far apart, one side belongs to Dangtu, the other side belongs to Lishui, the land is less, all to the fishing Ze for profit, or fishing, or raising lotus root and water chestnut.

The west side is called Danyang Lake, and the east side is called Shijiu Lake, which is actually a lake.

Such a big lake, and there is no obvious topographic marking, that side belongs to Taipingzhou, that side belongs to Jiangning, and that area belongs to that village, and the immortals are not clear about the division. The two villages had quarrels from time to time.

There have been many quarrels before, but after mediation by officials from the two counties, the situation has not expanded.

Now that the two sides met, the hatred rose again, and the Shi family laughed at the Gao family's daughter for her immorality, and God punished her for falling into the river. and all the wickedness of the word. Originally, the bereaved daughter was heartbroken, and the Gao family heard such ugly words again, so they started beating on the spot.

In Taiping Prefecture, the Gao family suffered a loss and went back, and they were not convinced, so they hit the lake.

First of all, the two families of Gaoshi fought each other, because of the advantage of this lake, some other fishermen in the two states also had some conflicts, and as a result, more and more people joined in.

Today is the fourth time to fight.

Wang Zhizhou was very sad to hear this, the transfer from above had come down, and within a few days, the little champion had arrived, and he was afraid that something would happen, so he took many officials and even mobilized a team of soldiers and rushed over. It was too late, the two sides fought several times, and several people were brought up, and they were injured all over their bodies and unconscious. Mutual assault is still going on.

When they arrived at the lake, they fought in the lake, standing on the fishing boats one by one for PK, and they couldn't see clearly from a distance, Wang Zhizhou said: "Go down, forcibly disperse, and catch all the people who should be caught." ”

The officials and the guards jumped onto the boat and went down with weapons in hand to forcibly stop them. Regardless of the fishermen on that side, they were all arrested, and more than 30 people were arrested and taken to the state office. Jiang Ning's side was not very happy, and sent someone over to beg for help.

Wang Zhizhou said that it was okay to please people, but he couldn't ignore it anymore, and how about playing dozens of boards to warn him and release him back?

Jiang Ning's side did not object, escorted the people back, and the two sides started fighting at the same time, and after the fighting, they were released.

This is definitely not the way to deal with it, and Yin Li Ruogu of Jiangning Mansion also said about it. However, Wang Zhizhou thinks differently, he wants to deal with it, it's very troublesome, he is going to leave anyway, why bother? Li Ruogu's official position was far higher than Wang Zhizhou's, but he didn't have the right to come to Taiping Prefecture, so he had to wait depressedly for Zheng Lang to come over to help solve it. This Wang Zhizhou obviously wants to step down soon, and he doesn't want to be burdened with too many things. This blow has made the situation even worse.

But after this fight, it will be able to calm down for a while, which is the result that Wang Zhizhou wants to see the most.

And this has just become Zheng Lang's biggest headache.

…… The boat stopped at Jiangning Mansion, but left quickly.

Lü Gongshu and Sima Guang objected.

Under the influence of Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, Lu Gong's surname became slightly more lively.

But Wang Anshi is happy, there is his family in Jiangning Mansion, but he can't go, he and Sima Guang insulted Fan Shi, his family must have heard about it, see how Sima Guang's mother beat Sima Guang. No, I can't go home.

Hearing that Zheng Lang was going to leave the boat, he jumped up happily.

Sima Guang laughed at him for fear of a beating, and he was not filial.

The rare Wang Anshi did not refute. Zheng Sanhammer and Uncle Sun, a distant relative of the Cen family, put down the supplies bought from the shore, and there was an extra-large sea bass, Zheng Sanhammer and Uncle Sun's mother-in-law took out a kitchen knife and began to slaughter.

"Tooth sacrifice, tooth sacrifice," a few little guys said a new word they had learned from Zheng Lang's mouth as their eyes lit up around the fat perch.

Third Uncle Lu smiled and said to Zheng Lang: "Doctor Zheng, your surname is good, if you were me, you would be too noisy." ”

"Young people, liveliness is their natural surname."

"You ......" Third Uncle Lu originally wanted to say that you can also be counted as a young man, but now he is a big man, a doctor of the fifth grade, so it is not easy to talk about it anymore, so he changed the topic and asked: "I heard that people say that you want to cultivate the mean, but since you got on the boat, you only read, or teach a few children to read, why do you ......?"

It's also a matter of concern.

The other three little ones don't care about him, but their little master can't delay, repair the book, as Zheng Lang mentions this mean in many places, many people are full of expectations for it, and even the prime minister has said several times, big, so big!

Once repaired, it is very beneficial to the little master.

"There is no hurry to repair the book, it will take a lot of time to fix this book, and I am not enough alone. They had to help. ”

"Doctor Zheng, you're expecting too much from them."

"Don't underestimate it, the future is terrifying. In terms of academics, except for Yan Rong, who is slightly worse, even ordinary students may not be able to catch up with the three of them, and after another year of Chenguang studying, they can be a good assistant. But there must be a year. The Master's original intention was to apply what he had learned, and the key was to use it. I, or they, are now working behind closed doors. Without practice, how can it be practical? So at the moment, we must focus on my studies, and after a year of polishing, my mind is mature and I have experienced more things. That's when you can start it gradually. But if you want to perfect it, you can't do it without two or three years. When the time comes, I will take a look at them and see how they are doing, and it is possible that I will let Lu Sanlang and Sima Saburo go back to the imperial examination first. ”

"Doctor Zheng, I admire your surname even more." Third Uncle Lu said in convincing. Not arrogant or sick, calm and steady, you can vaguely see some of the demeanor of his own father-in-law in this son, but his morality is faintly better than his own father-in-law.

With talent, His Majesty's appreciation, and a modest mentality, this son's future is really limitless.

"It's good, it's too light."

After saying this, he immediately ran to the bow of the boat and pulled Si'er back.

The first time I came to Jiangnan, the first time I came to the big river, the river is blue, the south of the Yangtze River is wide, there are water birds flying from time to time, countless ships sail by, Si'er looks a little crazy. In a happy mood, he opened his arms and stood on the bow of the boat in a flying motion. Don't fly, if a wave hits and falls into the Yangtze River, none of these people, except for Uncle Sun and Zheng San, know how to swim, and whether they can swim now may not be known. As long as you fall, you will be finished, and you will become a dead bird.

"You don't want to live!"

Si'er stuck out his tongue and went with a few little maids to help Aunt Sun study the big perch. Even Zheng Lang's eyes were attracted by this perch, some of them were big, about seven or eight catties in weight, and such a big wild perch was rare.

After a while, the aroma was overflowing, and a large pot of perch tofu soup was served, Wang Anshi scooped a mouthful of soup with a soup spoon and said, "It's so fresh, I haven't eaten perch for a long time." ”

He said sourly: "Wuzhong Zhang Han is called Dasheng, and the autumn wind suddenly remembers the eastward journey of the river. And a glass of wine before his death, why should he be famous for thousands of years after his death. ”

It's getting twilight!

The boat arrived at the border of Dangtu County, but Zheng Lang said: "Continue west." ”

Third Uncle Lu was puzzled.

Zheng Lang said: "If you want to govern the people, you must have a clear understanding of them. Once you go to the Taiping Prefecture Mansion to take over and go to the local area to inspect, there are officials below who are perfunctory, and the people are afraid, what can you see? I'm not a saint. Only these few days, take a look around, take a look at the real Taiping Prefecture. ”

"That's right." Staying on the ship for more than a month, I listened to Zheng Lang say something, this time, Zheng Lang's plan is very big. How big it is, it's just beyond his imagination. But it's acceptable, it's not big, it's strange, otherwise what kind of genius is it, what is it called the future Song Dynasty's important minister, and what is the queen mother's minister?

It went all the way up the river to Fanchang County, but instead of Fanchang, he asked Uncle Sun to sail the boat to the north bank and arrived at the mouth of the Misu River, which was later known as the Yuxi River. However, unlike later generations, it did not enter the river at the mouth of Yuxi, and the mouth of the river was moved to the opposite bank of Fanchang County in the west.

"Why?" Wang Anshi asked puzzled.

"If you want Taiping Prefecture to be good, you must develop Wuhu County. When Tu County was too close to Jiangning, it was restricted. But Wuhu is different, there are excellent deep-water ports, as well as the Yangtze River, Qingyi water, wet water, Zhanghuai water, wet water is more important than Zhanghuai water. ”

In addition to being too close to Jiangning Mansion, there is another reason why Dangtu County cannot become a good port.

The section from Hukou to Zhenjiang River is developed in the extrusion and crushing fracture zone of the Yangtze River platform in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the left bank is strongly affected by the tilt, and the area away from the Yangtze River shows an inclined rise, and the adjacent Yangtze River area shows an inclined decline. As a result, the river bank of Dangtu County will continue to be silted up, causing the shoreline to move to the river. This topographical change is obvious, and the Yangtze River shoreline in the Song Dynasty is further south, just on the edge of Dangtu County. As for the huge Jiang Xinzhou, it did not appear. Then the shoreline of the Yangtze River retreated all the way north, and the Yangtze River twisted into a crescent sickle shape in this section, which was not suitable for the development of large ports.

Hence the emergence of Ma On Shan.

In short, as a port, Wuhu has a more advantageous place than Dangtu, far away from Jiangning Mansion, and can read the development of a city, a city, not a city that is now smaller than the town. The port is excellent and not affected by geological changes. From Fanchang to Wuhu County, this section of the river is wide and straight, the water flow is gentle, and it is suitable for berthing boats.

And then there's the big river.

The most important thing is Qingyi water, which runs through the central and western parts of Xuanzhou, until Shezhou, the east fork of Qingyi water and the side of Juxi water, through Danyang Lake, Gucheng Lake, Nanyi Lake, Xuanzhou Zhoucheng, Ningguo County, from Nanyi Lake and through Tongshui to communicate with the Guangde Army, from Gucheng Lake to Lishui, Yangxian River to Liyang, Yixing, Taihu Lake.

There is no substitute for this water network.

The river is also very important, although it is the north of the river, but it also communicates many places, and the place where the river enters, there is no major city, the upstream is either Ezhou, the downstream or Jiangning Mansion, Suzhou Mansion. The large commodity distribution center in the middle is just a blank space. In Zheng Lang's blueprint for the future, its position is far above the Zhanghuai River.

It's not something hard to say, but I talked about it again.

"Big towns," said the little ones excitedly.

But Sima Guang said: "Doctor Zheng, the melon was picked by someone else." ”

Lu Gong asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?" ”

"Dr. Zheng's idea is very good, but if you want to realize it, it is very difficult, even if it is realized, it will take a few years, and the melons are not ripe, and the people who pick the melons will come."

According to the official system of the Song Dynasty, no matter which official could not stay somewhere for ten or eight years, he would be transferred after three or five years, which would be considered a long stay.

"You can't think like this, it's all for the country," Zheng Lang shook his head, this Sima Guang has a blazing belly and a black heart, and it will probably never be changed.

I stopped at the mouth of the Misu River for the night, and the next morning I went ashore to see that there were many merchant ships, one after another, and the situation was not very disappointed. Zheng Lang walked around and said, "Return." ”

Didn't go to Fanchang, but went to Wuhu. Going down the river, the boat was very fast, and arrived in Wuhu at noon.

The boat is moored at the wharf, and the county seat is not far from the wharf. Everyone went ashore excitedly, stepped on the boundary under Zheng Lang's jurisdiction for the first time, and then looked at the county seat with curious eyes. Zheng Lang is also looking at what Wuhu will look like now...... Then I heard Si'er say in disappointment: "What the hell is this place! ”