According to the traditional way of traveling, it is generally necessary to chant poems here, but it is late today, and the four of them are going to come out after chatting in the backyard for a while, and when they pass by Lin Huai and them, Liu Han easily accosted them.

Lin Huai pretended to be a businessman today, and with him were two other businessmen, these two businessmen looked like they were not locals, Liu Han chatted with him for a few words and understood that these two businessmen were actually his subordinates.

Lin Huai's answer allowed Liu Han to confirm his guess, since the palace had long suspected that something was wrong with Yangzhou's internal guards, he would not fail to prepare, this Lin Huai was a chess piece laid in the palace, and he and his subordinates were prepared by the palace for the worst-case scenario.

Liu Han contacted and chatted with Lin Huai in a big way, which was different from Lin Huai's idea, but he reacted quickly, immediately understood what Liu Han meant, and quickly cooperated with Liu Han and chatted with Zhou Wei.

The scholars are a little proud, and Zhou Wei and the three of them are also a little proud, but unlike other scholars, Zhou Wei and the three of them are from the Shu clan and their families are also in business, so their contempt for businessmen is not so serious, coupled with the deliberate flattery of Lin Huai and the three of them, several people chatted happily, and then went together.

As it got dark, the seven of them came down from the mountain and rested in the monastery. Ziyun Courtyard has a lay courtyard, for foreign pilgrims to stay overnight, but this courtyard is not on the top of the mountain but on the mountainside, the courtyard is not big, only four or five independent courtyards, each courtyard has five or six rooms, the room is also not big, only one bed and one table, however, the environment of the courtyard is very elegant, the bamboo forest is deep, in the night under the bamboo tea and tea, there is a special interest.

There are five rooms in the courtyard where Liu Han lives, Lin Huai took the opportunity to occupy one of the rooms, lived in a courtyard with Liu Han, ordered dinner from the middle-aged Taoist priest in the courtyard, and several people chatted under the bamboo forest, Zhou Wei and the three of them were still very excited, still talking about today's Ziyun, quoting the poems of their predecessors, Liu Han rarely interjected, just listened attentively, and the three of them didn't care.

Back to the third year of the Great Jin Dynasty, Liu Han also had some understanding of the Great Jin Shilin, according to Qiu Ge's introduction, the Great Jin Shilin was divided into three schools, the Qingji School, the Yingchuan School, and the Heluo School; The Qing-Ji school is mainly Jizhou and Qingzhou, the Yingchuan school, as the name suggests, is naturally Yingchuan County, and the Heluo school is near the imperial capital and Hedong.

In the Great Jin Shilin, the scholars of these three schools are the most valued, and the probability of obtaining the highest grade in the tasting is the highest, of course, it does not mean that the scholars of other regions are not good, if the scholars of other regions can go to these three regions to study, they are also considered to be the scholars of this school.

"Three sons, the autumn product is coming, why didn't you stay in Pengcheng and participate in the autumn product?" Lin Huai smiled, picked up the teacup and smelled it first, and took a deep breath very heartily before asking abruptly.

Zhou Wei didn't answer, Min Ene's expression was slightly gloomy, and Chang Lan smiled bitterly: "The tutor feels that our academics are not yet proficient, let us come out to travel, increase our knowledge, go back and study hard for another year, and we can participate in the autumn product next year." ”

"Lingshi is bothered, well, it is better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles, Lingshi is well versed in the three flavors. Lin Huai's expression was relaxed, he turned his head to look at Liu Han, and seemed to ask, are you like this too?

Liu Han smiled and shook off the folding fan: "I'm different from them, I don't participate in the autumn products, studying is just for my father's expectations, my idea is to run all over the world and see the customs and customs of various places." ”

Lin Huai was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Okay! Okay! The son is arrogant! The old man has to obey!"

This era is an era when there are no high-speed rail, no trains, no cars, and it is very difficult to travel all over the world, whether it is riding a horse or walking, or in other words, it is almost impossible, and it is impossible to come back alive without a few decades.

Zhou Weichang and Lan Min Ene all felt that Liu Han was bragging, the Great Jin Dynasty had been established for nearly a thousand years, and no one had traveled all over the world, but the three of them guessed almost at the same time that Liu Han was probably the same as them, and they just shirked it.

Sure enough, Liu Han smiled and changed the topic to ask about Lin Huai's business, Lin Huai just introduced himself in the view that he was a salt merchant from Qingxian County who came to Yangzhou to buy salt, and he came here to repay his wishes.

"The emperor carried out salt policy reform in Yangzhou last year, Brother Lin, how much impact did it have on your business?" asked Liu Han.

Zhou Wei and the others suddenly perked up, looked at Lin Huai attentively, and Lin Huai sighed softly: " The emperor's purpose is good, if it can be implemented, it is really good for us, but the problem now is that we are okay in Yangzhou, we bought salt, paid taxes, and there are fewer tax cards along the way, and we no longer pay taxes, but the problem is that it is different when we go out of Yangzhou, and we still have to pay taxes, and the court originally said that as long as private salt is registered and paid taxes in the Salt Affairs Division, it can be sold publicly, but the court does not know what's wrong, it was changed a few days ago, requiring all salt merchants to obtain the consent of the Yangzhou Salt Association in order to register in the Salt Affairs Division, and the Salt Society is composed of several major salt merchants, and the salt price is still set by them, but the price of salt set by the Salt Association has risen by 30%. ”

Liu Han frowned slightly, and was quite surprised in his heart, this monopoly, it seems that the businessmen of that era are the same, in order to make money, these guys do this, aren't they afraid of angering the court, don't you care about Gu Wei?

"So that's the case, no wonder the price of salt in Pengcheng has risen by 10%. Zhou Wei muttered to himself, looking regretful.

"These black-hearted businessmen," Chang Lan scolded hatefully: "The imperial court cuts taxes, and these guys raise prices, which is really bold." ”

"There are people who kill heads, but no one does the business of losing money," Liu Han sighed: "However, this is the responsibility of the imperial court." ”

"That's not right," Min Ene suddenly interjected, frowning and said: "I have seen the salt policy reform strategy, according to the strategy, only pay taxes once, and with tax stamps, you don't have to pay taxes anymore, why do you have to pay taxes when you go out of Yangzhou." ”

Lin Huai smiled bitterly and sighed: "The little officials in the imperial court who know the following, the king of Hades is good, and the little ghosts are difficult, besides, this salt tax is a big tax for the imperial court, and the states and counties along the way want to slaughter it." ”

"I see," Min Ene muttered to himself, his expression quite disapproving.

Lin Huai's news is true, but it is not his personal experience, but from some salt merchants, Liu Han was about to speak, at this time, the little Taoist priest came in with a food box, beckoning the big guy to eat, Liu Han They did not enter the house, put the food on the stone table, Lin Huai apologized, turned around and went to the neighboring courtyard to eat with two companions, their courtyard is also five rooms, however, before they moved in, there were already three rooms occupied, and he had the opportunity to live in a courtyard with Liu Han.

After eating, Lin Huai didn't come over immediately, the four of them were still chatting, Liu Han was very satisfied with this, at least he didn't have to fill in the words, he had to copy it again, but this is going to be spread, I'm afraid it's not a trivial matter.

Liu Han was very sorry to say that he did not go to the Qinglou in Yangzhou, and unabashedly said that he was shy in his pocket, Zhou Wei and the three didn't say anything, Chang Lan smiled and warmly invited him to Yangzhou to listen to the music.

"This Yangzhou woman speaks softly, which is completely different from our north, Brother Guan, you should really see it. Chang Lan said kindly, with a sense of eagerness to try.

Liu Han smiled and said regretfully: "It's not that I don't want to go, but I'm shy in my pocket, besides, in a few days, I will go south to Jiankang, I heard that Jiankang is the shape of a dragon and a tiger, I have long wanted to go and see." ”

Chang Lan was very disappointed, Zhou Wei shook his head slightly, this Chang Lan is still too naïve, although it doesn't cost much to go to the Qinglou to listen to music, and anyone of the three can afford it, but this Liu Han is obviously unwilling to take advantage of this, and may even be unwilling to have a deep friendship with them.

Glancing at Min Ene, the corners of Min Ene's mouth smiled, but his expression was a little unhappy, obviously he had thought of this.

There was a little embarrassment in the field, Liu Han understood after thinking about it for a while, so he smiled and said: "Three brothers, although we have a short time together, I am afraid that we will break up tomorrow, but the conversation is very speculative, in the future, when you go to the imperial capital, I invite you to visit Baiyi Garden." ”

"Baiyi Garden!" Chang Lan looked at it with some excitement and shouted loudly: "I've heard that in this Baiyi Garden, there are beautiful women like clouds, and all women have both wealth and beauty, and they can sing and dance. ”

"I heard that there was an Oiran in Baiyi Garden who was ransomed by that Liu family for 100,000 taels of silver, but is there such a thing?" Min Ene suddenly asked, and Chang Lan and Zhou Wei also looked at him directly.

Liu Han nodded: "This is indeed the case, this matter has spread throughout the imperial capital, and this Baiyi Garden has also become famous and has become the first green building in the imperial capital." ”

This is bragging, there are at least three Qinglou in the imperial capital that are on par with Baiyi Garden, but Liu Han has hardly been there, and that Baiyi Garden has almost become his third home, and the women in the garden have had one-night stands with several girls in addition to Qingqing and Sanniang.

The four of them laughed for a while, Lin Huai came back, and soon joined the topic of the three, however, Liu Han heard it, Lin Huai was indeed very shrewd, controlling his identity as he pleased, and he was a little rude when he spoke at the moment, but Zhou Wei and the three of them didn't feel bad at all, on the contrary, they were very excited.

Seeing that it was getting late, Chang Lan couldn't help yawning, first got up to say goodbye, and went back to sleep, it was different, Zhou Wei and Min Ene also said goodbye and went back, leaving Liu Han to accompany Lin Huai on the side, Lin Huai still eyebrows fluttering, telling about his romantic life, and after the three of them returned to the room, the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Have you noticed?" asked Lin Huai in a low voice, his eyes quickly looking around.

"No one. Liu Han said calmly, both of them are martial arts practitioners, their ears and eyes are clear, especially Liu Han, his divine sense is expanded, and the entire courtyard is under his control, and then he said calmly: "I didn't find it, it seems that I can't go down to the back mountain from here." ”

Lin Huai nodded, his eyes flashing: "Why don't you go and investigate now?"

Liu Han shook his head, was silent and said: "This order is canceled, you are not allowed to go to the back mountain, now, your task is to go to the east of Changchun Lake to explore, and check those islands for me." ”

Lin Huai was stunned for a moment, Liu Han's expression was very stern, and he said sharply in an accentuated tone: "I repeat, you are not allowed to go to the back mountain, otherwise, you will die without a place to be buried." ”

Lin Huai was shocked and looked at Liu Han in puzzlement, Liu Han's brows were deeply twisted, Lin Huai understood, and he was even more shocked, Liu Han nodded, Lin Huai also frowned, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, do you want to ask for help from above?"