Jiangzhou governor of the matter resolved very smoothly, after all, Mu Hanzhang is not those who know that there is a danger still want to test the waters of the fools, upholding the enemy does not move I first move the strategy of extracting the silk cocoon one by one to break through, and now captured the governor of Jiangzhou, the matter of the seafarers can be formally begun.
On the way back it was already evening and the colorful sun was full.
Mu Hanyang leaned in Jing Shao's arms, looking at the colorful clouds in the sky: "Small spoon, there is something to discuss with you."
"What?" Jing Shao wrapped his arms around the person in his arms, taking into account the soldiers following behind him, and did not rush Xiao Hei, just let it walk slowly.
"I would like to build the commercial government office in Luzhou," Mu Hanzhang pursed his lips, "after all, it is close to the pier, the merchants are also more convenient."
Jing Shao heard frowned, although the Heron Island is not far from Pingjiang, but if you want to go to the government office every day to do business, you have to go out early and come back late. Emperor Hongzheng gave him a death order before he left, never lose Pingjiang City, so no matter what, he can not let Gu Huaiqing attacked Pingjiang, he can only fight farther away from Lujiao.
"I only take care of business for half a day every day, and I head back at lunchtime." Mu Hanzhang tilted his head to look at him, knowing that he did not want to be separated from himself, and tried his best to coax him with nice words. In fact, the business office built in Pingjiang is nothing, small trade and urgent matters are let Qin Zhaoran in Lujiazhuang on the spot to deal with it, but thinking about Jingshao and Gu Huaiqing that pretense of war, if the office built in Ruoshui Garden, the people come and go, it is easy to give people to see the cracks.
"Junqing," Jing Shao hugged the person in his arms tighter, "are you still angry?"
"Hmm?" Mu Hanzhang froze, what did this have to do with him being angry?
"I won't suspect you of having anything with Qin Zhaoran, really," Jing Shao said with conviction, "I just don't want you to work that hard every day."
Mu Hanzhang heard him mention Qin Zhaoran, he could not help but give him a blank look, talking about serious matters was again pulled away by him, so he closed his mouth and no longer pay attention to it.
Jing Shao looked down at the person in his arms and saw that he seemed tired with his eyes closed, so he sullenly wrapped the person into his arms again so that he could sleep more comfortably.
Evening back to Ruoshui Garden, Mu Huanzhang is really tired, after bathing to rest, small yellow was also washed fragrant soft, consciously follow the master leaped to bed. Since the Jing Shao regardless of the pain Mu Hanzhang, small yellow every day was carried to the bed as a demarcation line, lasted a month has long been accustomed to, and then refused to go to sleep that cold hard garden.
Jing Shao bath to see the bed that a pile of black and yellow hair mass face can not help but darken a few points, that night annoyed Jun Qing, and then see him let himself in thought the matter even in the past, who expects him every night to get the tiger on the bed, this month every day to see to touch is not to eat, God knows he is suffocating out of the disease.
"Junqing, I'll have to drive Gu Huaiqing out of the boundaries of Pingjiang City in the next few days, and going forward I may be even later in coming home." Jing Shao pushed the four-legged tiger inside and lay down on the bed.
"Uh-huh." Mu Hanzhang lay on the inside, stroking the tiger's head with one hand, and the big tiger squinted comfortably, its long tail lashing around leisurely.
Jing Shao looked pitifully at the glistening, jade-like hand and moved his head to the tiger's back, hoping that the hand would touch him as well.
Mu Hanzhang glanced at the aggrieved Jing Shao and only acted as if he didn't know, patted Jing Shao's head and rolled over towards the inside to sleep.
Jing Shao tugged at the tiger's ears in a depressed manner, and Little Yellow bared his teeth at him, showing off by generally placing the cushion of flesh against Mu Hanzhang's spine, rubbing his head beautifully against that, and tilting his head in preparation for sleep.
Jing Shao opened his eyes and stared at the hairy mass for a long time, until the breathing of the person on the inside of the bed became even, before he reached out and touched a piece of jerky with added spices from under the bed and waved it in front of the hairy tiger's nose. The tiger that was snoring contentedly suddenly opened a pair of big glazed eyes, staring at the jerky that was swaying left and right, and opened its mouth to bite, and the jerky was thrown out.
The big tiger immediately jumped off the bed after the jerky, Jing Shao glanced at it, quickly occupied the center of the big bed, carefully reached out towards the inner side of the bed, slowly circled the sleeping person into his arms. The person in his arms moved, but did not wake up, long and flexible body with a faint fragrance, neck with a few strands of green silk, sleeping warmly.
Jing Shao buried his nose into that warm neck, greedily inhaled a few mouthfuls, softly muttered: "The battlefield is away from Pingjiang, and then you go to Heron Island, our time together will be even shorter, how can you be so heartless ......" grunted, and held the person into his arms again. Embrace, in that green silk rubbed a few times, aggrieved sleep.
And the man encircled in his arms slowly curled his lips.
The next day, Mu Hanzhang let people to clean up the front yard of Ruoshui Garden, ready to be converted into a commercial court. And Jing Shao is carrying a small yellow sent to the Shibusui Garden to go, the beautiful name is to follow the lion to learn to hunt.
In August of the 14th year of Dachen Hongzheng, King Jing Shao, the King of Cheng, went to Jiangnan with his troops to defend against the invasion of the King of Huainan. Originally, it was a battle to withdraw the clan, but due to the mistake of the fourth prince, Jing Yu, the King of Huainan invaded the hinterland of Jiangzhou. Emperor Hongzheng issued an order to recall the Fourth Prince Jingyu and rebuked him in the court for being too ambitious and ordered him to go to the clan temple to reflect on himself.
In September of the same year, the Marquis of Wen Yuan cleared the case of Jiangzhou governor oppressing sea merchants and raising troops privately, Emperor Hongzheng ordered a thorough investigation, and some people in the court impeached the grand prince for his involvement with the governor of Jiangzhou.
"Your Highness, we are cousins, you can't just ignore it!" The son of the Jiangzhou Governor's family knelt in the Grand Prince's residence and cried bitterly.
"Stupid fools who can't get on the stage, how dare they can't even hold a bookworm with no hands!" Jing Rong coldly looked at his cousin kneeling in front of him, "You and go back, this matter this prince has his own measure."
When the noisy maternal relatives left, Grand Imperial Prince Jing Rong put up his pen and wrote at the end of the folded document, "My son is terrified, and I am requesting that the Governor of Jiangzhou be beheaded." After writing, he ruthlessly slammed the jade pen in his hand onto the green stone tiles.
In October, the Heron Island Pier was repaired, and Marquis Mu Hanzhang set up a commercial office in Ruoshui Garden in Pingjiang, specializing in the purchase and sale of goods by overseas merchants and the collection of seafarer's tax.
The war lasted until the waxing moon before a city could be recovered. The King of Cheng submitted that the Jiangnan soldiers had lost countless horses and weapons due to the previous consumption of the Fourth Prince, and requested the Ministry of Revenue to allocate funds to replenish the horses and implements.
Winter in Jiangnan is not warm, if the water garden of the hundred flowers withered, only a few branches of waxberry blooming in color.
Seafarers to the end of the year have returned to the sea, seafarers Yamen also idle a lot, Mu Hanzhang peace of mind in the mansion to arrange underlings to prepare for New Year's things.
The city of Pingjiang was peaceful, the people were not affected by the war at all, and each of them was joyfully preparing for the New Year.
The King of Huainan is quite famous in the Jiangnan area, the people heard that it was the King of Huainan who attacked the city, and were not very frightened, on the contrary, when they first heard that the King of Cheng came to lead the troops, they were very nervous for a while.
"Tomorrow, on the eighth day of the lunar month, you arrange for someone to set up a congee hut outside the city." Mu Hanzhang finished checking the books and said to Ruoshui Garden's housekeeper.
The housekeeper was a local of Pingjiang and knew a great deal about what was going on in the city, "Yes, marquis. However, usually the rich merchants in the city would set up congee huts in front of their own houses, why is our house located outside the city?"
Mu Hanzhang glanced at him, "The people who fled to Pingjiang due to the war are outside the city."
The housekeeper immediately understood the meaning of the princess, turned around and ordered people to go and do it. In the past six months, the people have seen the King's behavior, coupled with Mu Hanzhang's intentional defense, people's view of King Cheng has changed a lot.
"Tomorrow's congee distribution ah, I'll go and have a bowl too." A bright and pleasant voice came from behind him, and before he could finish, he was interrupted by another familiar voice.
"Pay first if you want to drink." Jing Shao glared at the person who wandered toward his own princess without looking for a moment.
The man smiled and casually sat down at Mu Hanyang Zhang's table, and it was clearly the King of Huainan who was supposed to be in the middle of a fight with King Cheng.
"The grain and grass money allocated from the capital has arrived, take my share I wonder if it's enough to buy a bowl of porridge?" Gu Huaiqing picked up an account book and flipped through it, saying with a smile.
"It should be enough," Jing Shao snatched the ledger away and said to his own princess, "Cross the account over directly and refund him ten taels of silver."
Mu Hanzhang pursed her lips and laughed lightly, "You guys are staying here so blatantly, beware of giving people a look."
"I've come to fetch this brat to Shibui Garden." Gu Huaiqing rubbed the listless little yellow lying next to the heater, ever since the weather turned cooler, the tiger who was afraid of the cold was unwilling to take half a step away from the heater.
Little yellow arrived in the warm pavilion of the Shibusui Garden, immediately spirited, striding in the hot spring water dense garden round, then jumped to find in the center of the garden to sleep in the small lion.
Lions grow slower than tigers, today's small yellow than the small lion big circle, the whole tiger lying on the lion, thick fur on the short-haired lion completely covered, leaving only a lion's head on the outside, was small yellow hugging nibble a can't stop. Autumn time every now and then by Jing Shao sent here to learn to hunt, small yellow ultimately did not learn, but with the lion learned more and more love to sleep.
Gu Huaiqing watched the two hairballs rolling around in the garden and didn't pick up the silver ticket handed over by Mu Huanzhang: "I heard that my brother-in-law is preparing to do sea business in the spring?"
Mu Hanzhang and Jing Shao looked at each other, slowly said: "not really, just open a Wanbao Pavilion, to help those people exchange goods." This is mu hanzhang tube half a year sea merchants to see the doorway, those who come to the people trekking, has spent countless hours, unfamiliar with the land also do not know how to exchange goods, and Jiangnan do business at sea are mostly small merchants, can not buy a boat of things in a short period of time, so he is ready to fund the Heron Island to open a Wanbao Pavilion, specializing in a large number of exchange for the people of the people's goods, and then sell the price of the merchants of the dynasty of the chen.
"I'll take this year's share of the money and mix in a point as well, okay?" Gu Huaiqing said with a smile.
Mu Hanzhang is worried that Jing Shao get a share is not quite enough, thinking of the mother to the 100,000 taels of silver also take out, Gu Huaiqing this move is to solve his urgent problem: "Big brother trusted me, naturally, I can not wait."
"By the way, has Jing Chen written recently?" Gu Huaiqing said as if he was not thinking.
"Brother sends letters every ten days," Jing Shao glanced at him and asked his own princess, pretending not to know, "The most recent should arrive today, right?"
Mu Hanzhang pursed his lips to endure a smile, "I arrived early this morning." Saying this, he pulled out a letter from his sleeve.