After the issue of official selection was settled, Lin Daguan's thoughts were all about returning to the south to become king and hegemon, no, returning home in glory.
Therefore, he no longer had any interest in staying in the capital. After returning to the Shen Mansion, he ordered his followers to pack their luggage quickly. Once they were able to get the certificate and various diplomas, they immediately set off south.
But even if there are people from the Ministry of War to the Cabinet urging the process, the process will still take a few days. It is a good time to take advantage of this time to say goodbye to acquaintances.
In fact, Lin Daguan didn't have many acquaintances in the capital, most of them were concentrated in the Wang family, so it wouldn't take much time to just say goodbye.
That day, after having a farewell drink with Li Rusong, the commander of the patrol camp, Lin Daguan came to Wang's house again.
"Are you leaving?" Wang Situ said.
Lin Daguan replied: "It is almost scheduled to set off the day after tomorrow. The mountains are high and the road is far. See you in three years."
Then he took out another piece of paper and handed it to Wang Situ: "There are some things listed on this. When I return to the south, I would like to ask Da Situ to help me handle it at the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Wang Situ put it away calmly and asked again: "How to handle the marriage?"
After thinking for a while, Senior Official Lin said: "The main reason is that I don't have the permission from my parents to get married without authorization.
So first I asked Prime Minister Shen to be a matchmaker and make a marriage contract, and then when I returned to Suzhou to report to my parents, I had two options.
One is to let the fifteenth young lady go south next year and get married in Suzhou; the other is to get married in the capital after I return to the capital in three years."
Wang Situ thought for a while and replied: "If nothing happens, then next year."
Lin Daguan laughed a few times and said: "Speaking of which, I haven't gotten to know the face of the fifteenth young lady. Now that I'm saying goodbye, can you let me take a look at her from a distance?"
When Wang Shiwu appeared in front of Lin Daguan, she always wore a veil and maintained the basic dignity of a well-known lady.
So until now, Lin Daguan doesn't know what Wang Shiwu looks like.
Wang Situ had no objection to letting unmarried men and women meet, so he sent a message to Wang Shiwu to go to the garden, and then took Lin Daguan to the corridor.
Lin Tailai opened his eyes and looked into the small garden, and saw a woman standing under the willow tree by the pond. She was tall and graceful, but her appearance was strange, and it might be scary to see her in the middle of the night.
Immediately, he subconsciously took two big steps back and shouted: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Wang Situ looked at it in surprise, and then deliberately asked: "Why is it impossible?"
Lin Tailai calmed down and said calmly: "This can't be a fifteen-year-old lady. If she looks like this, why would you, a family friend of the Wang family, wait for ten years?
If he looks like this, how could Da Situ happily let me meet him today?"
Wang Situ laughed a few times, "Haha", "Fifteen sisters haven't come out yet, this is the maid."
Not long after, two more maids helped Wang Shiwu out. Official Lin looked at it from a distance and finally felt relieved. She was a fair and pretty little girl with an oval face and big eyes.
Without a veil today, Wang Shishi was a little more timid and embarrassed to look Lin Tailai in the eye, but still a little unconvinced.
Lin Daguan waved his hand and said: "Today, don't talk about state affairs, don't talk about literature, just talk about romance!"
Wang Shiwu really wanted to bite Lin Daguan and asked: "Do you men like to look at faces when choosing a wife?"
No matter what Lin Daguan thought, he still answered without hesitation: "Who said that marrying a wife depends on your appearance? It still depends on your family background."
Wang Shiwu asked again: "There are many official families in Jiangnan. Why doesn't Mr. Lin choose one of them to get married?"
Lin Daguan replied without thinking: "I have peeped at two celebrities' gatherings, and they were not as beautiful as you."
This disguised compliment made Wang Shiwu feel happy, and he said: "Mr. Lin is really good at coaxing people. I don't know how many women in Jiangnan have been deceived."
Lin Daguan said seriously: "I never coax women. Other women come to me on their own initiative. I often worry about how to refuse. I may have to leave this job to you in the future."
Wang Fifteen: "."
After silently reciting "Don't be angry" several times, Wang Shiwu said again: "My family has grown up, why doesn't Mr. Lin take me south to get married this year?"
Lin Daguan replied in a flawless manner: "There is no mansion worthy of my status in Suzhou City yet. I have to wait until I complete the Lin Mansion this year."
The main reason is that there are two pregnant women in my hometown, and their due dates are estimated to be August or September, so wouldn’t it be exciting to get married this year?
Now that the foundation is so big, there is too little heir. If the two descendants are in trouble, the loss will be huge. It is better to wait until the situation stabilizes next year.
It wasn't until evening that Senior Officer Lin left Wang's house.
Wang Situ personally sent Lin Daguan to the gate, "You are leaving the day after tomorrow, why not get together tomorrow?"
Official Lin said helplessly: "Not only do I have to go to the Ministry of War to do business tomorrow, but I also have to visit another person's house. I really don't have time."
"Who else could there be?" Wang Situ asked curiously, who was so important that Lin Tailai could pay a special visit before leaving.
Lin Tailai replied: "It is Gu Xiancheng, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and a foreign minister. I had a close relationship with him in Jiangnan and had in-depth academic exchanges with him.
But I haven’t seen him since I arrived in the capital this time, which I deeply regret.”
Wang Situ: "."
This Gu seems to be an academic star, known as a true Confucian, and one of the ideological leaders of the Qingliu forces. Wang Situ has also heard about this.
I also heard that last month, in April, Gu Xianchen planned to give three academic lectures, but they were all cancelled. Is it really to avoid Lin Tailai?
The next day, before Lin Tailai went to the Ministry of War to do business, he first touched Gu Xiancheng's family.
He stood outside the gate and shouted: "Gu Daru! I heard that you recently used orthodox Neo-Confucianism to criticize Wang Xue. Even the capital can't talk about you!"
I, Lin Tailai, am not convinced, so I am here to argue with you! After the two in Wuxi and Nanjing, I have come here to do the third one, which can be regarded as a good academic talk!"
The call lasted for a quarter of an hour, but Gu Zhai still hung up his no-war sign and didn't even come out of the door. Official Lin could only leave in frustration.
I went to the Ministry of War and received a bunch of vouchers, the bronze helmet and armor specially given by the emperor to the champion, and the Daoli fee for taking office as an official, and then everything was done.
The next day, Lin Daguan and his entourage set out before dawn. They first left the city and took a boat at Zhangjiawan Pier in Tongzhou.
This time when I returned to the south, it was regarded as an official taking office. There were pick-up and drop-off stations along the way, so the journey was relatively more comfortable.
It was mid-May when we set off from the capital, and it was mid-summer in June when we were halfway there.
Due to the hot weather, Lin Daguan people are not in a hurry and often set out early in the morning and rest at noon.
It was not until early July, when the weather was slightly cooler, that we finally arrived in Yangzhou.
Lin Daguan stayed at Gaoyou Post that night. Zhang Wen, the Zuo protector at the front station, also returned from Yangzhou City and joined Lin Daguan and his people.
Sitting on a lounge chair under the tree in the courtyard, Lin Daguan shook his cattail leaf fan and asked Zhang Wen: "How has the situation in Yangzhou City been since I left?"
Zhang Wenxian replied: "Wang Yuanwai is having a hard time."
Official Lin asked with great interest: "Why is it so difficult?"
Zhang Wen replied: "Zheng Zhiyan, the leader of the salt merchants, accused Wang Yuanwai of colluding with outsiders, united many fellow salt merchants, and has been squeezing Wang Yuanwai.
Huizhou salt merchants believe in teamwork and xenophobia, so Wang Yuanwai, who is accused of colluding with outsiders, will have a difficult time in his hometown and industry."
As for who the outsider was in collusion, it goes without saying that it was, of course, Lin, the person who made the big deal for Wang Yuanwai.
Official Lin chuckled and said: "Zheng Zhiyan is pretending to be confused. He knows very well that Wang Yuanwai has no substantive behavior."
Zhang Wen also expressed his opinion: "Last time, Zheng Zhiyan was taken away from the trafficking rights of 7,000 yin. The loss was so huge, he must want to make up for it elsewhere.
So I just found a reason to dig a piece of meat from Wang Yuanwai."
Official Lin asked again: "What is Wang Yuanwai's attitude now?"
Zhang Wen answered honestly: "I heard that Wang Yuanwai scolds you every day at home."
Official Lin snorted coldly: "Why are you scolding me? I didn't feel sorry for him."
Zhang Wen added: "He scolded Zuoguan for not keeping his word. He originally promised to last for three months, but it has been more than four months and Zuoguan has not appeared yet."
Of course Lin Daguan has his own rhythm in doing things: "If Wang Yuanwai is asked to wait, I can avenge him even if his family is ruined!
By the way, let’s take another look at Wang Yuanwai’s concentration to see if he can use it.”
Zhang Wen then asked for instructions: "We are going to Yangzhou City next. Do you want to go into the city after sitting in the restaurant?"
Lin Tailai ordered: "I won't go to the city this time. I want to return to Suzhou to take office first, and then I will talk about other things."
After thinking about it for a while, Lin Daguan added: "But maybe we have to stay at the inn for a day and go to Yangzhou Shuicicang for an on-site inspection."
The canal goes around the city from the east and south of Yangzhou City, and the water stations are all outside the city, so there is no need to enter the city.
But when he heard that he was going to Shuicicang for inspection, Zhang Wen was a little surprised, "What are you going to do there?"
The so-called Shuicicang are some large granaries built by the imperial court at nodes along the canal.
In the early days, grain was transported directly from the southern production areas to the northern capital, which was very inefficient.
Therefore, after Xuande, the water transport system gradually evolved and reformed, and water storage warehouses were built along the canal nodes.
Caoliang has also changed from direct transportation to relay transportation. Caoliang only needs to be transported to the designated secondary warehouse according to the situation, and then continues to be transported from this secondary warehouse to the next node.
For example, most of Suzhou's grain was transported to Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River and Shuicicang in Huai'an, and then continued to be transported northward by the Jiangbei Guard Cao Army. It was not transported all the way from Suzhou to the capital.
Of course, there are many systems in detail, but that's basically it.
But Zhang Wen just didn't understand what the relationship between Shuicicang and sitting in the hall was.
For an old guy like Zhang Wen, Lin Daguan would still explain a few more words:
"Because we need a base in Yangzhou, I think Shuicicang is fine."
Zhang Wen still didn't understand. Shuicicang was directly affiliated with the imperial court, so how could it become a community base?
Although a large part of Suzhou's grain is transported to Shuici warehouse in Yangzhou, the warehouse itself has nothing to do with you.
Starting from Gaoyou again, Lin Daguan did not make any big fanfare. After arriving at Shuiyi outside the east gate of Yangzhou, the city of Yangzhou did not know that Lin Daguan was here again.
Official Lin indeed had no intention of entering the city, so he took his entourage to Shuicicang in Yangzhou near the canal.
The water warehouse must be built near the canal, and there is a special waterway leading to the warehouse to facilitate the arrival and docking of watercraft.
For Shuicicang, the main entrance is actually the water gate that can accept water ships.
Lin Daguan walked along the river and saw an unknown number of standard cannon boats parked in the river. This was normal and there was nothing to say.
But under the shade of the trees in front, dozens of people gathered together, discussing something.
Lin Daguan took a casual look and saw an acquaintance, Zhao Dawu, the military attaché of Suzhou, who was also a water transporter.
The last time he was in Yangzhou, it was Zhao Dawu who took his Caojun brothers to help him dig a hole for Governor Yang.
At that time, Zhao Dawu was still a member of a hundred households, and I don't know if Governor Zhao later promoted him.
"What happened?" Lin Daguan stood outside and asked loudly.
Zhao Dawu looked up and saw Mr. Lin Daguan, and quickly came to greet him, "It turns out to be Mr. Lin Daguan. I heard that you won the top prize in Wushu!"
By this time, the news about Wu Zhuangyuan had reached the ears of Suzhou people, but the news about the official selection was not so widespread.
Lin Tailai said disapprovingly: "Wu Zhuangyuan is a trivial matter. Let me tell you first what happened here?"
Zhao Dawu replied: "There is something wrong with this wave of grain transportation into the warehouse. We can't reach an agreement with the warehouse officials at the moment."
"Great." Lin Daguan said subconsciously.
Zhao Dawu: "."
Lin Zhuangyuan, are you serious? If someone else said this, he would easily get beaten.
"Slip of the tongue!" Lin Daguan also felt that his reaction was a bit excessive, "I meant to say, it's so unlucky!"
In fact, it is normal to be exploited and exploited by warehouse officials when transporting grain into the warehouse. Just saying how much loss will be added is a big question.
Judging from this situation, there must be a conflict between the Cao army from Suzhou and the warehouse officials of Shuici warehouse in Yangzhou, so the Cao grain could not be put into the warehouse normally.
Thinking of this, Mr. Lin couldn't help but secretly rejoice, it's good to have a conflict, and then it's okay to have a conflict.
After coming back to his senses, Zhao Dawu continued to explain: "This is what happened, the warehouse official over there."
Lin Daguan waved his hand: "No need to elaborate! As long as there is a conflict with our Caojun brothers, it must be their Shuicicang's fault!
How can I, Lin Tailai, sit idly by and just go and seek justice for my brothers in the Cao Army!"
Zhao Dawu was not happy, but became anxious. He knew very well how official Lin acted and how he sought justice!
But Shuicicang is an important grain production area and belongs directly to the imperial court. It is a very sensitive place and must not be messed with!
Things that can be solved by bargaining or finding connections and paying bribes do not require force!
Besides, the most important thing in grain transportation matters is stability, and a set of rules and order have been formed in grain transportation and warehousing over the years. Everyone must act according to the rules to ensure the stability of the system.
If Lin Daguan is satisfied this time with force and then leaves, how will the Cao Army brothers deal with the warehouse officials when they transport grain into the warehouse?
What should we do if the warehouse officials retaliate and make things more difficult for the Cao army brothers?
Is it possible that Senior Official Lin has to come to Yangzhou every time and fight again every time?
How can the Cao army compete with the warehouse officials? This is not how things work. Force cannot solve all problems!
"This matter has nothing to do with you. Mr. Lin, please come back!" Zhao Dawu began to be merciless and shouted to Lin Tailai.
A big trouble maker will go as far as he can!
Lin Tailai glanced at Zhao Dawu and introduced himself lightly:
"Let me introduce myself again. I, Lin Tailai, am the new top scholar in the military field. I have been granted the title of Supervisor and Commanding Officer of the Suzhou Wei Qianhu Department by the Emperor's favor!"
Zhao Dawu's eyes widened with eyes wide open, and the other Cajun troops from Suzhou around him were also shocked!
Unexpectedly, our direct boss parachuted directly in front of us! In the blink of an eye, they all became Lin Daguanren's subordinates!
