It was bleak in winter, and I climbed up to the river again. The cold wind mixed with water vapor came to my face, which was biting, but Hu Yingjia took a while to walk down the hillside.

When he re-entered the city, he found a small restaurant on the side of the road, two plates of dishes, a bowl of soup, and a small pot of daughter Hong. Hu Yingjia also ate it with relish. Although he was from a noble family, he was not the one with a luxurious fee.

"Four cents of silver?" Hu Yingjia was a little surprised and looked up at the shopkeeper, "I heard that the price of peppers is high, and this potato and tomato are also rare."

"It's not considered a rare thing." The shopkeeper nodded and said, "There is no other place, but Zhenhai can't do it?"

Hu Yingjia was stunned for a moment and soon realized that peppers, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and golden rods are naturally rare in the capital. The price of Qianjia Restaurant is not something that ordinary people can enjoy, but it has been planted in the southeast for one season, or even more than one season, at least not unusual in Zhenhai.

Leaving a silver slot, Hu Yingjia smiled and said, "No need to look for it, where will the Huaian Guild Hall go?"

It is very interesting. Just like in the capital, there are many guild halls in Zhenhai. There are not many locals in Zhejiang, most of which are from Nanzhili and Huguang. This is also the main source of various types of goods to go to sea.

"Oh, just the street behind, go east and you can see it when you see the Songjiang Guild Hall further north." The shopkeeper said, "There are so many prefectures in Nanzhili, which belong to Songjiang. The two places in Huizhou have the best choice of the venue."

This is of course. Songjiang is the hometown of Qianyuan and Huizhou is the hometown of Wangzhi.

Hu Yingjia thanked him and went out, walked east along the road, looked at the entrance of Songjiang Guild Hall for a few more glances and went north, and soon he saw the Guild Hall of Huai'an Prefecture.

"Ke Rou, and Hard, I still let someone go to the post station to find you." The middle-aged man with dark skin came out, "I finally came."

Hu Yingjia bowed and said, "Uncle Six, I just left casually."

This man was Hu Xiaoxing, the uncle of Hu Yingjia, who was separated by a house. He had a poor career and failed to pass the exam. He started to take care of common affairs for the clan early. Two months ago, he started to come to the south to explore the road in Zhenhai.

Hu Xiaoxing pulled his nephew to the corner and asked in a low voice: "Aren't you the same year as Qian Longquan, Sun Wenhe, and Chen Dengzhi? How could you live in the inn? Even if you don't live in Qianzhai, you should at least live in the county government..."

Hu Yingjia's face is as dark as the bottom of a pot. Do you listen to them ridicule him every day?

Hu Xiaoxing asked in confusion: "Even if he didn't get close to the same year, his second brother and Xu Ge Lao had letters... Qian Longquan is Xu Ge Lao's grandson-in-law."

The second brother in this sentence refers to Hu Yingjia's father Hu Xiaozhong. He worked in Shuntian Prefecture and had a friendship with Xu Jie. Therefore, Hu Yingjia was transferred back to Beijing to join the Sixth Centre as a clerk.

Hu Xiaoxing was confused, you, Hu Yingjia, is Xu Jie's disciple, and Qian Longquan is Xu Jie's grandson-in-law, how could there be such a gap?

Hu Yingjia's forehead moved, and Xu Jie and Sui Yuan's several battles did not surface. Qian Yuan's army surrounded the governor's yamen and only targeted Zhao Zhenji. Although many people in the middle and southeast of the capital knew about Xu Jie and Qian Yuan had broken up, no ordinary people knew about this news... Even Wang Zhi didn't know about it.

Hu Xiaoxing was a little disappointed, "I was thinking of taking you to the Qianzhai."

"What to do?"

"After all..."

Before Hu Xiao finished speaking, a few middle-aged people who had just entered the door shouted and attracted everyone to see.

"It's rising again!"

"Two taels of silver a month!"

"It's really a waste of money, it's worthy of its reputation!"

"I dare to say this. Is it still around my neck when I go to bed?"

Hu Xiaoxing said, "It's probably because he's talking about money beheading."

Hu Yingjia narrowed his eyes and listened carefully for a moment. Hu Xiaoxing explained on the side: "Starting from June, the county government has collected street-clearing silver from merchants, one tael and five cents per household, and it seems that it has increased to two taels."

“Every merchant has to pay?”

"No, only the local households pay."

"Sitting on the ground?"

"Those who set up shops in the city paid the money." Hu Xiaoxing smiled and said, "It's not too much to say, and those who can set up shops don't care about two taels of silver, but this is unnamed and unrestricted!"

Hu Yingjia shook his head, "How come he is not named? Last year, in Yichun County, Jiangxi Province, a inspection department set up a checkpoint to collect taxes... Speaking of which, I heard that business was only paying taxes when maritime merchants went to sea to sell goods?"

“Yes, trading in the docks, in the city, and not paying taxes.”

"That's why Qian Longquan found this name... Jingjieyin." Hu Yingjia smiled, "No one is causing trouble?"

"Who dares to cause trouble?" Hu Xiaoxing smacked his lips. "In the battle of Hou Taoshan, eight maritime merchants and several Japanese pirates were built at the dock to form Jingguan. Nearly a thousand soldiers under the command of Wu Chengqi, the city's commander, was stationed outside the city. Yang Yunjiang was stationed."

After a pause, Hu Xiaoxing smiled and said, "But everyone didn't have any resentment later."

"Um?"

Before Hu Xiaoxing could explain, a fat man over there smiled at the middle-aged people and said, "Missar Sun asked the monthly fee to be posted on the wall opposite the county government office, and the money is used for road repairs. Haven't you secretly checked it?"

Someone else said: "Liu Laoqi, remember you used the abacus to calculate the number of people. The county government had to fill in a few hundred taels of silver every month."

"There were a group of foreigners coming last month. How did you say that?"

"It is worthy of being the supreme country of the Celestial Empire!"

Liu Laoqi smiled dryly and said, "Although they are all surnamed Sun, but..."

"What do you know!" The fat man smiled and said, "Sun Shuxiao was originally the magistrate of Shangyu Prefecture. He was appreciated by Qian Longquan during the Shangyu victory, so he was transferred to Zhenhai. Now Sun Wenhe is a scholar in Suiyuan and Qian Longquan's best friend."

"So, Xiao Gui and Cao Sui?"

"Of course it's Xiao Gui and Cao Sui!"

Hu Xiaoxing whispered: "Every day, there are countless mules, horses, cattle and horses at the wharf, people come and go, but the streets are clean..."

"Oh oh oh..." Hu Yingjia suddenly realized. When he said that he felt something strange when he left the station today, he didn't find this. Whether it was bluestone slabs or loess roads, they were all clean and seemed to have been washed with water.

"Yu Xiao sees the big one." Hu Yingjia sighed and turned around and asked, "Uncle Six, what's wrong with you looking for Qian Longquan?"

Hu Xiaoxing rubbed his hands, "It's nothing... I'm just familiar with it... No one has the courage to smuggle and sell goods in the sea now."

“Why?”

"The Jingguan on the pier has only been withdrawn for a month." Hu Xiaoxing curled his lips and said, "Who can't have eyes when talking about personal grudges... Qian Longquan was in the southeast for a day, and no one had the courage to be caught and the whole clan would suffer..."

Hu Xiaoxing pointed to the Songjiang Guild Hall not far away, "Here, it was originally the house of the Zhou family in Zhenhai, and the whole family was on the dock..."

"Why is the sixth uncle looking for Qian Longquan to go out to sea to sell goods?"

"Yes, when will you have to queue up?" Hu Xiaoxing said with a bitter face: "The Qian family, if you don't have someone to bring, you can't even give gifts!"

"And even those who can't even give gifts?" Hu Yingjia sneered.

"It's really not." Hu Xiaoxing pulled his nephew out of the guild hall and explained: "Whether it is the county government office, the government office, or the individual offices, the minor officials and clerks always send it out, but those with grades are basically not accepted... Tang Jingchuan is the most cruel. A few months ago, the two companies in Hangzhou gave heavy gifts. The gift list was posted on the wall opposite the government office on the second day. The two companies did not get the customs clearance documents in three months!"

"Where is Qian Longquan?"

"Originally, someone gave it to you, but later Qian Longquan said that he would cause trouble for anyone who gave the gift!"

"Um?"

"Qian Longquan said it in public. There is no sea ban in the court. Zhenhai will conduct temporary business. If you accept bribes and return to the court, you will be impeached by a censor of Kedao. If you implement sea bans, you will be fined and everything will be done." Hu Xiaoxing spread his hands, "As soon as he said, no one dares to give gifts. It is said that even Wang Wufeng gave gifts... During the holidays, he will accept some regular gifts from family and in-laws."

Hu Yingjia listened silently, suddenly remembered a rumor in Beijing and nodded, "Qian Longquan, no matter what others are, is not a greedy person."

Hu Xiaoxing scoffed, "Last year, how much money did the Qianjia Restaurant earn? At that time, there were no sweet potatoes, potatoes, just tomatoes, and golden rods..."

"There is also a Qian family restaurant in the capital, which sells for a higher price, and it costs gold every day." Hu Yingjia said with a blank expression: "But there are rumors in the capital that four years ago, more than a hundred Japanese pirates traveled thousands of miles to attack the Nandu, dozens of villages in Ningguo Mansion were destroyed, and refugees were scattered. The Qian family spent silver to rebuild the village, which took several years to complete."

Hu Xiaoxing was stunned, "There are still such things... Uh, it seems quite in line with Qian Longquan's style."

“What style?”

"Pili means, compassionate heart." Hu Xiaoxing praised: "If there is no Pili means, how can you get the name of beheading? If there is no compassionate heart, how can you give up the Prime Minister and go south to attack the Japanese?"

Hu Yingjia sighed and felt deeply that he shouldn't come to Zhenhai, but should go straight back to Beijing.
Chapter completed!