Quan Yutianxia GL

In this way, Chuning and Li Rui, together with a dozen or so generals of the Zhongwu Army, began to communicate and compromise with each other during the journey northward, and then gradually found each other in this team. A balance point was reached, and each found a position.

However, at this time, no one noticed that the team that was trekking north had gradually undergone qualitative changes.

When historians of later generations researched this period of history, they always felt that this place was the most confusing. They could not find a reasonable argument to explain why a frontier army, a temporary army of miscellaneous brands, and some refugees who were defeated were defeated. Gradually merge to produce the same ideas and beliefs.It is not clear why Li Rui, the majestic royal family member, Princess of Yingchuan County, and Grand Sima of the Imperial Army, who was personally appointed by the emperor, did not sit in Jicheng for turnaround dispatch, but traveled thousands of miles with such a mixed army of mixed brands.

But there is no doubt that this army of soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, with a total of no more than 3 troops, gradually changed the course of history during the journey northward and for a longer period of time afterward, and also changed this period of history. Yes, there is another war department called Fengming Iron Cavalry by later generations.

The commander-in-chief of Fengming's iron cavalry is called Mrs. Yan, and the deputy commander is her daughter Yan Lingge. At first, there were only three thousand troops, but they raised troops from Liaodong, crossed Wuhou Qinshui, rode their horses to Xianbei, and reached the foot of Tianshan Mountain. Fire created an iron-blooded legend.

At the same time, there is another section that is even more legendary than the Fengming War Department. It is almost called the leader of the legend, but he just arrived at the port of Penglai by boat.

Bai Su slowly disembarked from the boat and landed, got into the carriage, opened the curtain and turned around, and saw that merchants, big and small, had gathered around the boat, and the Bai family's trilogy was unloading the accompanying items under the command of the steward. There are also many parts, which are leading the war horses loaded in the other two boats ashore.

Uninjured war horses would naturally not be sold. Yan Lingge's iron cavalry division and Chu Rou's Xiao cavalry division had already handed over their messages.The lightly injured war horses had been medicated as early as in Youzhou, and now most of them were brought back without any hindrance, and this kind of war horses were the most favorite of these merchants.

Because it is an injured horse, the Bai family has different prices according to the condition of the injury. Most of them are between fifteen and twenty. These merchants only need to buy the horse back, and then go to the medical center in Huang County to dispense some medicine. If the small money is cured, it can be sold to rich families as mounts after changing hands. More ambitious merchants will spend some capital to bring these horses to wealthy counties and counties, and easily earn double the price. Come back, after all, this is an authentic Xianbei war horse. It is not only physically strong, but also spiritual. When the masters and young masters of rich families ride out, it is much more attractive than ordinary gold, silver and jade belts.

Bai Su only took a few glances, then put down the curtain, and ordered the driver to take the car back to the county seat. Of course, she knew that there was still a lot of profit here, but she was not a self-sufficient person, and she also knew the reason that only three points were taken from every profit. Therefore, as soon as the ship docked, she asked people to trade on the spot, which not only reduced a lot of trouble for the Bai family, but also left a way for others to survive.

Probably because of the port, after Blackbeard was suppressed, the original population of Penglai City not only did not disperse, but gathered more. There are also quite a few hawkers who sell boiled salt brine. They take advantage of the Haili here to make their own brine, and then drag it out to sell it. Although they don’t make much money, it’s enough for the whole family to eat. Life is better too.There are also some peddlers with broad vision who don’t know brine themselves, but spend a lot of money to buy a few horse-drawn carts, collect brine along the seashore, and then transport the brine to the villages around the county via Penglai Avenue, where they can increase their profits by a few percent. .

In addition to these people, the other part of the people living in Penglai today are all strong men. They have their eyes on the Bai family's sea boats, and they specialize in loading and unloading goods for the sea boats. They land and leave Hong Kong every day, but most of them have already found a suitable way out for themselves. While farming for the rich, while taking advantage of the slack season to earn a little money to subsidize the family, they can live a peaceful and beautiful life .

Although the price of rice and grain in Donglai is still terribly expensive, these ordinary people don't understand the reason. They only know that although the wages of the Bai family are not high, they have never been in arrears, and Bai Su's name as a righteous businessman has been easily paid. With so many small favors, it gradually became worthy of the name.

Bai Su's carriage has always been luxurious and comfortable, and a flag is hung on it. When her carriage moved, she was quickly discovered. Many new merchants who didn't know her temperament came to make friends with her, but they didn't get within ten meters. The Bai family's trilogy blocked it.

After the carriage passed Penglai City, it arrived near Penglai Avenue. Feeling the carriage stopped, Bai Su lifted the curtain and saw that his carriage was blocked by an iron fence.

Behind the iron fence, several small houses were built at intervals. Each small house has a large plaque on the wall facing the carriage, with the words 'toll station' written on it. , under the toll booth, there are several rows of small characters:

[-]. For the time being, this toll station only implements vehicle charges. The starting fee for each wheel is [-] yuan. If the journey is far away, please consult the toll staff at the window for specific fees.

[-]. If you have any doubts about the charges of this station, please go to the Huangxian County Government to consult with the official responsible for this matter.

[-]. If you are unwilling to pay the fee, please take a detour.If you make trouble here, please rest assured that the county jail is waiting for your arrival.

Seeing these few lines of words, Bai Su couldn't help but smile slightly, and almost instantly, she knew who wrote the simple and easy-to-understand words on the plaque.

Under the plaque, there is a square window. Steward Du, who came to meet Bai Su at the port, is communicating with the people inside through the small window. He handed some copper coins into it, and got two small notes from it. After returning, someone opened one part of the iron fence, signaling to Bai Su's carriage to let go.

Before the carriage started to leave, Manager Du came over and reported to Bai Su: "Master, according to the new rules, only carriages or horses can pass on this horse lane, only soft sedan chairs can pass on the soft sedan road, and the followers on foot Qu, you can only walk on the outermost walkway."

Du Guanshi is Bai Su's confidant, he naturally has a carriage, but for many other accompanying parts, he can only walk on footpath, this is something that has never happened before, Du Guanshi will naturally report to Bai Su .

Bai Su nodded, and agreed with Du Guanshi's words. She also participated in the formulation of this new rule when she left Donglai, and she knew it well. After passing her hands, it immediately attracted Bai Su's attention.

"This is a ticket issued by the Finance and Accounting Department of the Guards and People's Army. When you pass the toll booth, you pay copper coins, and they will give you this ticket. When you don't go to Penglai Road, you can use this ticket to pass through other toll booths." Out of the station..." Du Guanshi explained: "This ticket has many different colors, and the villain will not understand what it means..."

After receiving the paper ticket and signaling the carriage to set off, Bai Su began to study the paper ticket.

This paper ticket is similar to the payment ticket of the Weimin Army, except that there are no complicated patterns on it, only a blue outer frame, and the words "Penglai Road Road Ticket, Penglai Station to Huangxian Station" are printed inside, and there are four other Seals, one is the issuance seal of the Finance and Accounting Department of the Guards Army, the other is the approval seal of Huangxian County, the third is the executive seal held by the Bai family, and the last is the serial number seal of the toll collector in the toll booth .

These four seals are all special seals. Not only are the four seals combined to hide the mystery, but each individual seal has a counterfeit mark on it, especially the numbered seal of the toll collector. The number on it not only hides the personal information of the toll collector, It also has six anti-counterfeit identification lines. Even if someone engraves this special seal, if the anti-counterfeit lines are not deciphered, the counterfeit can be found when the finance department returns the road ticket.

Studying the road ticket, the carriage that Bai Su was riding in was on the right track, and Bai Su raised the curtain again, only then did she realize that the Penglai Avenue, as it passed through, had changed a lot compared to when she left last month.

At that time, although the road construction had come to an end, the access planning had not yet started to be implemented, and the whole road looked like a flat wide band.

Now the road is divided into two by a wooden fence that is as high as a person. In addition to one-way traffic, there are also some half-person-high wooden fences that separate the horse walkway, the sedan walkway, and the sidewalk.

Although he didn't understand why Chu Ning made such a complicated route, Bai Su soon discovered that it used to take a bumpy half-day journey from Penglai to Huangxian County, but today he arrived smoothly in less than two hours. It was so fast that Bai Su couldn't believe it.

What makes Bai Su even more unbelievable is that she has only been away for less than two months, and the inside and outside of Huangxian City have changed drastically.

The military barracks originally stationed in the outer guards' army in the east city of Huang County has now moved down Donglai Mountain, and the large piece of land that has been vacated has now been dug up. Bai Su asked someone to find out that General Chu actually planned to stay here. A large area of ​​new houses was built outside the city.

Bypassing the muddy land, Bai Su's carriage had just entered the city, but was stopped by the servants sent by Wang Yi, and went directly to the county government.

There were quite a few people gathered outside the county yamen, old, virtuous and virtuous scholars of the merchant clan were waiting for each other, watching Bai Su being led into the county yamen.

After entering the gate and turning around the corridor, Bai Su arrived at the door of Wang Yi's study.At this moment, the door of the room was wide open, and the servants and officials of various families were waiting outside, which crowded Wang Yi's originally quite spacious courtyard to the brim.

As soon as he stepped into the door, Bai Su saw Jiang Wenxian, the county magistrate who was the first on the high seat, and the rest of the accompanying guests, apart from Wang Yi's county magistrate, Bai Su also knew a Zhang Ling county magistrate from Jixian county.

"Grassman Bai Su, please meet the envoy."

Since they met on a formal occasion, Bai Su followed the rules of etiquette and made a big gift to Jiang Junshou. General Bai is waiting to come back."

"There is no fear, I don't know if I have something important to ask, otherwise I will return early..."

"Hahaha, it's just right to come back." Jiang Junshou smiled loudly, and then said seriously: "I am under Donglai County, with a total of [-] counties in size. Zun is good at governing the people, and paid the spring tax early..."

Huang County, which was so poor last year, took the lead in paying the spring tax this year, which naturally attracted the attention of Governor Jiang.But at the very beginning, Governor Jiang didn't take it seriously. He knew his junior sister's ability well, and thought that Bai Su had paid for Huangxian's taxes, but soon after, Jixian also paid the spring tax After careful questioning, he found out that the taxes of these two counties really came from the people.

It is said that the spring tax is not enough for the autumn, and now the two counties are paying the spring tax, which is more vigorous than the autumn tax, so Jiang Junshou had to pay attention, so he took advantage of this spring tour to visit these two counties in person.

During this tour, what he saw with his eyes made Jiang Junshou feel very novel, especially after he arrived in Huang County, he actually stood guard on the Penglai Road, counting the horses and horses for a whole day, and after calculating the income, he was shocked. .

It was because of this that Jiang Junshou called all the county magistrates under his rule, intending to learn the law of governance from Huang County, and it was also because of this that after Wang Yi got the news, he wrote an urgent letter to ask Bai Su to return quickly.

Governor Jiang finished speaking, and after Bai Su met with the county officials, he asked someone to add a seat for Bai Su. Wang Yi took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Before Wu Hui entered the door, we were discussing the matter of road construction. Let's discuss a charter first, but how could you think that when you hear the news of Wuhui's entry into the city, you colleagues can't wait, wanting to witness the demeanor of my young uncle as soon as possible."

"Young lady's words are completely ashamed." Bai Su said modestly, then knelt down.

The grey-haired old magistrate bowed to Jiang Junshou, and said to Bai Su: "Miss Wuhui, old man Xue Heng, magistrate of Changyang County. I have been waiting for a long time, but there is always a doubt. Please invite Miss Wuhui Wait for me to clear up my doubts."

Bai Su had heard about this old county venerable, who was over sixty years old, but in good health. Every spring, he would go to the fields to take care of the farming. Although Changyang County also faced robbers from pirates, the people under his rule , but life is much better than in Huang County.

Bai Su knew that the test was coming, so he cupped his hands and saluted, "Please speak, old county lord."

"Building roads has been done since ancient times, and it is a good deed praised by thousands of people, but setting up customs and charging fees, but it goes hand in hand with goodness, and it should be regarded as an evil deed." Xue Laoxian said loudly: "Excuse me, Miss Wuhui, Huang Should the government of the county be counted as good governance, or bad governance?"

Bai Su said without hesitation: "Good governance."

"Where is the good?"

"Last year, bandits and bandits ran rampant in Huang County, and the people had no money left. This year, the spring seeds were planted not long ago, and there was no harvest. If there is no support from the embezzlement of tolls from Penglai Avenue, how can the people pay the spring tax?"

"However, where does the toll come from? How is it different from the forced collection of taxes by the officials in the past?" Xue Lao Xianzun showed no mercy, and said angrily, "It's too hard to suck the marrow!"

"Old Xianzun's words are wrong!" Bai Su looked calm, and although his voice was slow, he said loudly: "Penglai Avenue does not charge walking fees for ordinary people, so it should not be a 'bone-sucking' statement."

"I'm Zhao Xuan, the county magistrate of Buye County." Another county lord suddenly said, and after identifying himself, he asked, "Could it be that in Huang County, merchants and wealthy households are not considered ordinary people? Should they be exploited?"

"Master Zhao, Wuhui is also a merchant." Bai Su said: "But Wuhui has never thought that paying tolls is exploitation. As for the rich and wealthy households... just a few tens of pennies, they are no match for a set of fancy clothes and a meal. Meals, how do you count as exploitation?"

Zhao Xuan immediately grasped the loophole in Bai Su's words, and counterattacked: "It's not exploitative, it's good governance?"

"No!" Bai Su said: "In Wu Hui's view, as long as the government can benefit the people, it is good government."

"A gentleman means justice, and a villain means profit. If you ignore the benevolence and justice of the court for the sake of a few tens of pennies, even if the people get a small profit, it will be regarded as a bad government."

Hearing this, Bai Su knew clearly that these people were not just trying to test her, but were using her as a raft to tell Jiang Junshou what she said.

It is not uncommon for rich and wealthy households to build roads and set up card fees. Even many royal family and nobles will block roads and set up roadblocks to make money at will. But judging from the intention of the governor Jiang, he seems to want to do this in the whole Donglai. This made the rich and wealthy households in the county feel impatient, because it violated their interests—the seventeen counties in Donglai, if every county charges like Huang County, the one who pays the most is They, because ordinary people have no horses or cars, they don't need to go too far.

Therefore, although Zhao Xuan's words involved the court, Bai Su knew in his heart that he was trying to find the way for the wealthy families.

The author has something to say: the cold finally got better, so I rushed out a chapter first.