The official road is long and winding to the horizon, with gray fields on both sides, and the outline of rolling hills can be seen in the distance.
It's early summer, and the greenery is everywhere.
Although there are not many people in Jiangnan's party, they are all carefully selected.
Qin Xiao was the case officer in charge of this trip to Jiangnan. He was accompanied by Dali Temple officials, Gu Baiyi and Fei Xin. Gu Baiyi brought six executioners from Dali Temple. In his eyes, these six people can be regarded as Dali Temple officials.
Materials that can be made from punishment.
In addition, Chen Xi, the young prisoner of the Ziyi Prison, brought two officials from the Ziyi Prison with him. However, the three of them not only changed into the attire of the Dali Temple torture officers, but also put on fake beards. Considering their age, not even half of them
A beard always makes people feel strange. With this fake beard attached, it will naturally not attract attention.
Although the three of them were among the Dali Temple executioners, the Dali Temple executioners looked at them with something wrong in their eyes, which clearly showed that they were not from the same group.
That's fine with Chen Xi. The two purple-clothed supervisors clearly despised the executioners of Dali Temple from the bottom of their hearts and looked arrogant.
This made the executioners of Dali Temple feel unhappy. They felt that the father-in-laws in the purple prison had lost their good chickens, but they lost their temper.
It was not just the three people from Ziyi Prison who were mixed up in Dali Temple's torture chamber, but also the three people from Fat Fish.
Chen Zhitai and Geng Shao did not return that night. After returning the next day, their relationship was obviously much closer. When they went to Beijing before, they may have had some conflicts on the way, but overnight, the previous small friction had obviously disappeared. Geng Shao
The look in Chen Zhitai's eyes was no longer cold, but Chen Zhitai's look at Geng Shao turned out to be one of admiration.
Fat Fish knew that Qin Xiao was going to the south of the Yangtze River, so he volunteered to go with him. When Geng Shao found out, he followed him without hesitation.
Chen Zhitai had just arrived in the capital, and it was his first time to enjoy the joy of finding friends in Kyoto's Lefang. He even agreed to a three-life marriage with his friend overnight. He thought that they would be in love for a long time, but he never expected that his buttocks were not yet hot.
, Qin Xiao is about to go south.
He didn't want to follow, but both Fat Fish and Geng Shao were leaving, and it was too lonely to stay in Kyoto alone.
If you have enough money, it's fine, but the cost of making friends in Kyoto is really too high, so you can also be frank with the girl in Lefang. When you are excited, in order to show your generosity and boldness, you spend a lot of money and go out the next day.
Only then did I regret that there was not much money left in my purse, not enough to spend time alone in Kyoto.
Thinking about it, it is said that the tenderness of Jiangnan women is like water, which is probably much more beautiful than that of Kyoto. If I follow Qin Xiao to Jiangnan, I may not have the opportunity to enjoy the tenderness of Jiangnan women, so I also come with him.
A group of fifteen people and fifteen horses, after leaving Kyoto, turned eastward with Chen Xi as their guide.
Chen Xi had stayed in Jiangnan back then and was very familiar with the roads.
According to Chen Xi, it is certainly feasible to go all the way to the south of the Yangtze River on horseback, but it requires a lot of detours. The most common way for officials from the capital to go to the south of the Yangtze River is by water. Go east to Luokou and take a boat. You can also go along the Tongji Canal.
Directly to Jiangnan.
Everyone worked hard, and it took less than a day to reach Luokou from Kyoto, and Luoshui, one of the three major water systems in Kyoto, leads directly to Luokou Guandu.
Tongji Canal leaves the Yellow River from Luokou, passes through Honggou, Laodang Canal, and the Suishui River and enters the Huaihe River. After entering the Huaihe River, it goes eastward along the Huaihe River to Shanyang County, changes its course and continues south, passing Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou, connecting the south of the Yangtze River.
It is connected with Jiangdu by this water canal, and with another one leading to the east.
The Yongji Canal in the north was built by the previous dynasty, and it is also the largest canal achievement left by the previous dynasty.
Compared with Yongji Canal, Tongji Canal naturally played a more important role in the empire. It can almost be said to be the lifeblood of the empire.
Most of the taxes from the south of the Yangtze River and the grain from the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers went northward via the Tongji Canal.
Granaries were built in Luokou during the previous dynasties. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Luokou Granary was an important granary for Kyoto. When the empire was strong, Luokou Granary was expanded several times. The city was twenty miles in radius and had a total of 3,000 cellars.
, each cellar can store five thousand dan of grain. At its peak, the Luokou warehouse held tens of millions of dan, and was guarded by thousands of troops. It was the No. 1 granary in the world.
This is not only an important place for grain storage, but also an important transportation point. To the northeast of Luokou Guandu is the Yongji Canal, to the south is the Tongji Canal, and less than a hundred miles to the northwest is Kyoto. The waterway is smooth and can be transported from the south.
Most of the food is stored here.
When Qin Xiao arrived at Guandu, Deluokou, it was not yet dark.
This is the first time for Qin Xiao to go south, and Gu Baiyi rarely leaves the capital. Although Chen Xi is a guide, it is not convenient for him to show his true identity this time. In the eyes of outsiders, he is just a Dali Temple executioner, so some matters have to be dealt with by Dali Temple.
Si Zhengfei Xin came forward.
Feixin followed Qin Xiao to the south of the Yangtze River this time. He didn't know that he was going to investigate the internal treasury case in the south of the Yangtze River. He really thought that it was Qin Xiao's whim that he wanted to go to the south of the Yangtze River to patrol the case. He happily followed Mr. Xiao Qin and walked to the south of the Yangtze River. He just thought that he had arrived.
In the south of the Yangtze River, people are singing and dancing, and maybe they can get some benefits back from the south of the Yangtze River.
So when I arrived at Luokou Guandu, I took the initiative to contact the people in Guandu without Qin Xiao's instructions.
The people in Guandu checked Feixin's documents and knew that this was a patrol by officials from Dali Temple. They were responsible for ship transportation all year round, and they naturally showed off their authority in front of local officials. But if there were officials from Kyoto traveling, they would not dare to neglect them.
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Fifteen people, fifteen horses, and at least two official ships are needed. The staff in Guandu will be responsible for preparing the required official ships first. As for the required expenses, a list will be made and sent to Dali Temple for reimbursement.
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Feixin is the fifth-rank temple official in Dali Temple. There are only 500 or not 800-level officials in Kyoto, which is insignificant. However, after leaving Kyoto, the seventh-rank official is already a high-ranking official in the eyes of the people. Feixin's fifth-rank temple official is enough.
Awesome, fourth-grade officials like Qin Xiao are rare for ordinary people to meet.
The staff in Guandu were not slow in their work. Before dark, two official ships had been mobilized and prepared. Six Dali Temple criminals and two purple-clad supervisors took one ship. Chen Xi, Qin Xiao and others were together, and the horses were also arranged separately.
on two ships.
When Qin Xiao saw the official ship, it was much bigger than he imagined. Compared with the official ships here, the cruise ship he bought for Qiuniang was like a wooden board.
A large ship can accommodate forty or fifty people, and fifteen people are divided into two ships. Although there are horses, it still looks very spacious.
It was the first time for Qin Xiao to ride on such a big ship, and he felt deeply that at least the treatment for officials of the Tang Dynasty was not bad when traveling.
The ship is equipped with a cook and a boatman, and all needs and supplies are well prepared. Even if the wind and water are smooth, it will take about ten days to sail south. If you are short of food and clothing, you will inevitably have to stop the ship to replenish it on the way.
It was a waste of time, so after Feixin negotiated with the Guandu personnel, the food and drink expenses on the ship were fully prepared.
After everything was prepared, Qin Xiao did not delay and ordered to set off overnight and set sail down the river.
There was a favorable wind, and after leaving the shore, the official ship set sail and traveled quite quickly.
Everyone also took a rest, and there were plenty of rooms for everyone to wear, and one room for each person was more than enough.
Including Qin Xiao, Pang Yu and others were all from the northwest and rarely sailed. They were worried about getting seasick before taking the boat, but this big boat is fast and stable, and the river is calm, without any shaking or bumps. It is much more comfortable than riding a horse.
, everyone felt at ease.
When going out, Gu Baiyi is still very cautious. Except for Qin Xiao and Fei Xin, including Chen Xi, they have to take turns on duty, and all of this is allocated by Gu Baiyi.
The boat sailed for a day, and by the evening of the next day, it had already traveled a hundred miles and it was raining. Apart from talking to Gu Baiyi, Qin Xiao practiced alone in the cabin during his free time.
He has broken through to the Fourth Stage Middle Heaven Realm, and his body has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to when he was in the Small Heaven Realm. He knows that all of this is the result of the [Ancient Intention and Qi Jue], so whenever he has time, he will take the time to practice internal strength, hoping that
There can be another breakthrough.
But he also knew in his heart that he had broken through from an ordinary person to the Zhongtian realm in just one year. If he let other people know, they would be shocked. Such a speed of cultivation, although the [Ancient Intention Art] takes the greatest credit
, but his talent in martial arts is also indispensable.
It's okay if you don't have martial arts talent. Now that you have it, you should cherish it.
He would also like to analyze the situation of Jiangnan's inner treasury with Chen Xi, but the information he has now is extremely limited, and the few situations he knows are so bizarre. If he really wants to analyze it, there is no way to start at the moment.
Gu Baiyi was obsessed with it as always with the book of war. Qin Xiao knew that if the earth had not shaken, his uncle would never be affected by anything. Since Fat Fish and others pretended to be Dali Temple executioners, it was naturally not good.
Stay by Qin Xiao's side all the time. After all, Qin Xiao, a fourth-grade young minister, will never hang out with a few executioners all day long.
Qin Xiao stood on the bow of the boat and looked into the distance. He saw green mountains, green waters, black soil and brown stones on both sides of the bank, which was quite pleasing to the eye.
"Master Qin, are you thinking about where to start this case?" Chen Xi's voice came from behind. Qin Xiao turned around and saw Chen Xi walking towards him with one hand behind his back. He didn't discuss it with him, but he found him first.
Qin Xiao smiled slightly and said: "Actually, I have no clue about this case. When I get to Jiangnan, I may not know how to proceed. It will all depend on the Young Supervisor."
"Since the saint has decreed to send Mr. Qin to handle this case, he naturally thinks that Mr. Qin has such ability." Chen Xi stood beside Qin Xiao, looking far into the distance, and said calmly: "The saint's eyes are like a torch, so he will not see the wrong person.
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Qin Xiao still smiled and said: "Young Master, have you ever stayed in Jiangnan?"
"It happened many years ago." Chen Xi said: "The Jiangnan Weaving Bureau is located in Hangzhou. It needs to provide 100,000 pieces of high-quality silk to the palace every year. I stayed in the Weaving Bureau for two years and was responsible for supervising the delivery to the palace.
silk."
Qin Xiao thought that being in charge of a yamen like the Weaving Bureau must be very lucrative.
"Are we going to Hangzhou during our trip to the south of the Yangtze River?" Qin Xiao asked.
Among the three states in the south of the Yangtze River, Qin Xiao still doesn’t know where the inner treasury in the south of the Yangtze River is located.
Chen Xi shook his head and said with a smile: "Suzhou, the inner treasury is in Lingyan Mountain in Suzhou. To investigate this case, we naturally need to survey the scene first. After we arrive in Suzhou, we will go directly to Lingyan Mountain incognito!"