Don't make trouble, let's build infrastructure!

On the Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, Ren Jin patted Tong Ran on the shoulder and said, "How about it, is this gift enough?"

Ren Jin looked smug.In order to give Tong Ran this generous gift, their Ministry of Industry worked for two days in a row, even Xiu Mu was working.Of course, the birth of the steam train brought him a lot of benefits, and he was promoted from a low-level earth-level to a middle-level earth-level.

"Enough." Tong Ran smiled.

Not only is it enough, if he had promoted the invention of the steam train earlier, for example, when he was still a Xuanjie, this would probably not be a congratulatory gift but a reminder.He complained silently.

Ren Jin was very satisfied with the answer, hooked his neck and said, "Drink together tonight?"

Tong Ran quickly glanced at the room, and declined: "Later, it's not convenient today."

"What's the matter?" Ren Jin wondered, Tong Ran has no family, and it's not that the Beijing officials have no official duties, so what's the inconvenience at this moment?

Tong Ran thought for a while, and said nonsense: "I drank a little too much yesterday. My tiger is not very happy. He is losing his temper. I have to coax him."

Ren Jin knew about his tiger, so he looked at him with a strange expression: "Tiger?"

Tong Ran smiled embarrassedly and nodded.

Under Ren Jin's strange eyes, Tong Ran rejected tonight's drinking party, and used the little tiger as an excuse to send Ren Jin out early, and then returned to the room.As soon as he entered the door, he was hugged immediately, and a deep voice rang in his ears: "Come back to accompany the tiger?"

Tong Ran gave him a white look, and said angrily, "Are you telling the truth? By the way, in front of your courtiers, show your private image of a jealous person?"

Tong Ran had used the word vinegar essence before, and had already explained it to Chu Jun, so Chu Jun was sullen for a little while.

Hearing this word again at this time, Chu Jun hugged Tong Ran skillfully, lifted his chin, and kissed him accurately.

Tong Ran was so kissed that he couldn't speak, and hugged his neck to respond.

After leaving Qifeng Tower yesterday, Tong Ran and Chu Jun returned to the palace and stayed until dinner.Before lunch today, this ninth-five-year-old who didn't know why he was so idle came to look for him again at Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing.

Because it would be very troublesome for people to know that he was here, Tong Ran resolutely stuffed him into the house and chose the golden house to hide her beauty.

Tong Ran originally wanted him to get acquainted with the little tiger, but the cub didn't know if he was tired. He had slept a lot in the past two days, and he was still sleeping soundly when Chu Jun came.

After returning yesterday, Tong Ran went to the test site to see the finished steam locomotive. The big black guy stopped at the end of a section of the railway track less than [-] meters repaired by the Ministry of Industry. In the evening, it was covered with the warm afterglow of the sunset.

The success of the locomotive made a good start for Tong Ran's railway plan.The new technology is ready, and the next step is to lay the tracks and open up the train lines to all places.

Tong Ran has already discussed with Chu Jun, the first one will be the railway from Beijing to Jinhejian according to the previous plan, but there will be an extra stop in the middle - Chuzhou Prefecture.It was the capital of Dunan Road, where Tong Ran's government office was located after he became governor.

"You are already Marquis Hui, but you opened a mansion in Beijing, and you can come back every first month." When talking about this matter, Chu Jun reminded him.

Tong Ran expressed the troublesome problem of opening a mansion, and Chu Jun immediately took over the task and assigned Su Quan to handle it.Tong Ran felt relieved, then thought of another question, and asked Chu Jun, "Why did you give me a single-character title?"

Mentioning this, Chu Jun blushed strangely.

Then he changed the topic: "I have ordered the Shangyi Bureau to make another batch of summer clothes for you..."

"Don't change the subject." Tong Ran said, "Does the word Hui have a deep meaning?"

Tong Ran also thought about it, but he only came up with a meaning in terms of wisdom and intelligence, and he didn't know if he guessed it right.

Chu Jun found that he couldn't escape, and his eyes were a little dodgy. He said: "Hui means the meaning of beauty, wisdom, and there is no nice two-character title in it."

Xiuwaihuizhong?

Tong Ran combined them randomly. It doesn't matter whether they are called Xiuwaihou, Huizhonghou, or Xiuhuihou and Waizhonghou, it is very strange. A single word Hui seems to be better.

No, Hou Huizhong can actually do it, it's quite fluent, Tong Ran read it silently several times.

Then, he suddenly thought of a question, his originally confused eyes caught Chu Jun's dodging eyes, stared at him and said, "I remember, Xiu Wai Hui Zhong generally describes women, right?"

The corners of Chu Jun's brows twitched, he didn't expect to be seen through so quickly, and quickly said: "Good-looking on the outside, smart on the inside, it suits you very well."

"Looking good? He's handsome! Do you know that you're handsome?" Tong Ran was irritable.

"Okay, handsome." Chu Jun said, Tong Ran explained to him the meaning of handsome, but he still thinks that Tong Ran is good-looking, not handsome, he is very delicate, and his eyebrows are quite smart, in short, the more you look, the better .

Chu Jun looked at it and looked unruly, so he coaxed Tong Ran to ask for a few kisses, which successfully attracted Tong Ran's attention.

In the next month, the Ministry of Industry showed their research and development results - steam locomotives, and the ruling and opposition parties were shocked.And the news of Tong Ran's promotion to the lower rank of Tian Rank was also officially announced, and the officials, big and small, who were shocked just now were shocked even more.

Because it was too shocking, when they heard the news that Tong Ran was conferred the title of Marquis Hui, no one even raised any objections.

Although Fu Lin was dissatisfied, he didn't open his mouth when he thought of the righteous agreement Chu Jun made with him.As long as Tong Ran leaves as soon as possible, one more title will be one more, which matches his contribution.

A month later, the Shangyi Bureau sent a whole box of summer clothes, three pairs of shoes, and a quilt made of tribute fabric.Tong Ran touched the quilt, it was indeed much better than the ones bought outside.

He was a little worried that it would be too wasteful, but Chu Jun said: "There is no queen mother or queen in the palace now, and I can't use it all by myself."

These tribute fabrics are highly regulated, and princes or concubines are not available.

Of course, as long as it was authorized by him, Tong Ran would not exceed the limit if he used it. In addition, he added a sentence in the oral order that Xu Tongran would also use it for his tiger.Originally, he wanted to add that cats cannot be used, but that was too obvious, so Chu Jun gave up after thinking about it.

At the beginning of summer, the dust had settled in Jingcha, and Tong Ran packed up his luggage and prepared to go to Chuzhou Mansion to take up his post.

It was inconvenient for Chu Jun to come over to see him off, as he had already said goodbye the night before, Tong Ran touched his skinny lips, waved goodbye to Ren Jin and the others who had come to see him off, and got into the carriage with the little tiger in his arms.

"Zai Zai," after getting on the train, Tong Ran touched the head of the little tiger who had finally woken up, "When the railway is repaired, we can come back often."

The little tiger looked at him with big, round green eyes, and he didn't know if he understood or what. He slipped into his arms and said happily, "Wow!"

Chuzhou Mansion, in front of the Governor's Yamen.

From Sanpin Cheng's announcement, Tang Hong, the Counselor of the Political Envoy Department, looked in the direction of the city gate with some anxiety, and then respectfully whispered to the superior beside him: "Master Gu, should we go out of the city to meet him? It's against the rules."

Tang Hong suggested the plan to go out of the city to meet the new governor many times, but was rejected many times.

Tang Hong has been in Chuzhou Prefecture for many years. He has climbed step by step from a Tongzhi in Qipin County to a councilor in Sanpin County. Chuzhou Prefecture has changed many governors.Since he came to the mansion to run a business, when every new governor came, they would greet him outside the city gate with great fanfare, and sometimes even closed the market.

This time he wanted to follow the precedent, but his new boss vetoed it.

"No need." Gu Lan said, a little impatient.This counselor is quite capable, but he is too cautious. A new governor would like to use the specifications of taking over the emperor's tour. I don't know who left the rules. It should be changed.

Tang Hong closed his mouth, took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

At this time, a fast horse came from the direction of the city gate, the man on the horse had trained the horse to stop, got down and said, "Master You, Mr. Tong's car has driven three miles outside the city, and it will arrive soon."

"Understood." You Yang said after changing into a new official uniform.

When Tong Ran was appointed as the second-rank governor, a series of transfer orders were handed down to their Jinhe Supervisor one after another.Gu Lanqian was promoted from the second rank to the announcement political envoy, and he was promoted from the second rank to the command envoy. They are all the top leaders of the third division of Dunan Road under Tong Ran.

Sang Le and Yuan San, who had followed Tong Ran's side since Xiaoguo County, became the governor and attendant of the sixth rank respectively, and still followed Tong Ran's side.

After they left, some of the vacancies in Jinhejian were selected from the original local officials, and the other part was transferred from outside. Change.

This is not uncommon in the major yamen after the Beijing inspection. The number of people who were demoted and promoted by the Ministry of Officials this time is the highest ever.

Suddenly, a noise came from the corner of the lane, and one or two horses appeared in front of the yamen, followed by a carriage pulled by the horses.There was a group of soldiers following the carriage, and You Yang recognized at a glance that they were the emperor's guards in the palace, after all, he was one of them.

Before Tong Ran's carriage entered the city, it received a lot of attention. When Tong Ran heard people calling him outside, he also raised the curtains to respond. In this way, there were more people joining in the fun in the surrounding markets. Fortunately, There were guards sent by Chu Jun around, but no one dared to step forward.

Although Tong Ran has never been an official in Chuzhou, Zhuoyang Mansion and Xiaoguo County are not far from here, and the local residents have heard of him to some extent. The distance between ordinary people, so although Tong Ran came to Chuzhou for the first time, his popularity was not low at all.

The carriage turned into the spacious lane where the yamen was located. The common people were afraid of the majesty of the yamen, so they did not follow, and stopped at the entrance of the lane to look around.Tong Ran's carriage stopped in front of the yamen, and Gu Lan, as the envoy of Cheng Xuan, led everyone to bow and salute, welcoming Tong Ran's arrival.

The curtain of the car was lifted, and a servant jumped out first, it was Dongqing who was in the capital with Tong Ran these days.

Dongqing quickly went to the back of the carriage to bring a small ladder, and placed it beside the carriage door for Tong Ran to step on.However, as soon as the ladder was put in place, a little tiger emerged from the carriage. It was covered in yellow and black stripes, and its body was only the size of an adult cat, but its head was obviously bigger than a cat's, and its paws were also bigger and thicker than a cat's.

The little tiger inspected the waiting crowd in the car, let out a low growl of satisfaction, and was immediately picked up by one arm.

"Hello, everyone." Tong Ran picked up the little tiger and bowed awkwardly to the officials waiting for him.

Before coming, Chu Jun showed him the list of officials in the Chuzhou government after transfer, not wanting to discover many of his acquaintances.The governor of Dacheng is in charge of all matters, and communicates directly with the imperial court. He is supported by three divisions, namely, the Division of Improving Criminal Cases, the Commanding Division in charge of military affairs, and the Division in charge of construction, finance, administration and other matters. Cheng Xuan Political Envoy Division.

The new political envoy of Chengxuan is Gu Lan, his deputy when he was in Jinhe Supervisor, and the command envoy is You Yang, who was sent by Chu Jun to protect him before.

In addition, Sang Le and Yuan San were also sent here.

After exchanging pleasantries and seeing everyone in the yamen, Tong Ran entered the east courtyard where he lived.The little tiger was already asleep, and he asked Dongqing to bring the brocade quilt brought back from Beijing to cover the little tiger.

Tong Ran also wanted to rest for a while, but she still had to work.He asked Sang Le to call You Yang, Gu Lan and other officials he was familiar with into the study, and asked them to talk about the situation of Jinhe Supervisor and some things here.

During the period, Gu Lan mentioned that many local prominent families sent posts and congratulatory gifts, or tempted, or wooed, all wanting to establish a good relationship with him, the local leader.

In the past, when he was in Xiaoguo County or Jinhe Supervisor, Tong Ran avoided it if he could, but now he has to manage a Dao, and some people have to be contacted.After pondering for a moment, Tong Ran told Gu Lan: "Which people are worthy of invitation, you go and draw up a list."

Gu Lan was taken aback for a moment, he thought Tong Ran would still reject such a request, but unexpectedly agreed.

He had no corresponding preparations in advance, so he had to do it immediately.

After Gu Lan's list came out, Tong Ran asked why one by one, and by the way got acquainted with a few local prominent patriarchs and big businessmen, and then ordered Sang Le to start inviting and holding a banquet.

Those people might want to visit him alone, but Tong Ran doesn't have a clear goal yet, he just wants to get to know them, so he simply holds a banquet and meets them all at once.

After deciding on this matter, Tong Ran didn't do anything else, but just transferred many files from Chuzhou Prefecture and Dunan Road, and looked through a lot.

Before falling asleep, Chu Jun talked to him through Yupei.

After being promoted to the heavenly rank, Tong Ran's grasp of the jade pendant has increased to a higher level. Even if he uses the jade pendant to talk with Chu Jun on the phone for an hour or two, his righteousness will not be exhausted.But he didn't have that much energy. After talking for less than a quarter of an hour, he was so tired that he hugged the little tiger and fell asleep.

In the evening of the next day, the governor's yamen was very lively. In the main hall and courtyard of the east courtyard where Governor Tong lived, ten large round tables that could seat more than ten people were set up. celebrity chef.

At the evening banquet, Tong Ran did not forbid the female guests, but divided them into different tables.Tong Ran greeted different people, while Sang Le followed him, reminding him of everyone's identity.

Because Tong Ran all invited their family members at the same time, many of them brought their wives and children over.

Tong Ran found that most of the ladies and ladies were wearing cotton clothes with exquisite patterns embroidered on them.Cotton was the one he had brought into this world, and in order to impress him, it was logical to wear cotton clothes when he first came in, but there seemed to be too many people here with cotton clothes.

At present, his cotton processing factory is only in Jinhejian. For this factory, he has a clear order to focus on simple clothes that the middle and lower classes can afford, and only a small part of them are high-end products for wealthy families.

Proportionally speaking, there shouldn't be so many people in Chuzhou Prefecture, and judging from their expressions, it seems that wearing cotton clothes is nothing new.

"My lord, those are Lord Fengle, his wife, and the first daughter." Sang Le lowered his voice and whispered in Tong Ran's ear, reminding him of the identity of the person who was just ushered into the courtyard by the servants.

Tong Ran nodded and greeted him personally.

In the past two days, he has made up for it. Chuzhou is the old land of the Chu family, and there are some collaterals living here. The Lord Fengle in front of him is one of the more influential ones.

In terms of seniority, he and Chu Jun are considered to be of the same generation, but much older.Now he has no official position, only a baron of the lowest rank, but because of the accumulation of his ancestors and some meritorious service in the founding of the country, he can still speak well in the Chuzhou area.

"Lord Fengle." Tong Ran offered to cup his hands.

"Your Majesty is too polite." Chu Min, the baron of Fengle, was flattered and said, bowed his hands together, and bowed deeper than Tong Ran to show respect.The wife and his daughter-in-law who were with him also followed him to salute.

Tong Ran noticed that among the female family members wearing cotton dresses all over the courtyard, they looked very special, all wearing traditional brocade.

"Wow——" Tong Ran had just exchanged greetings with Chu Min, when he felt the movement of his robe being pulled down, he quickly squatted down and picked up the little boy.

The little tiger took advantage of the opportunity to slip into Tong Ran's arms, then turned around to face Chu Min and the others.

Fengle... It seems to have a little impression. His wife and daughter-in-law seem to have visited its mother in the palace before, but it has been too long, and it has not much impression.

The reason why it took an extra look at them was because it noticed that Tong Ran had secretly glanced at Feng Le's daughter, not knowing what he was looking at.

"Wow!" The little tiger scratched him, wanting to say that he was hungry.

Tong Ran immediately understood the meaning, and raised her voice to call Dongqing: "Take Zai Zai to eat."

"Wow!" The little tiger was shocked. It meant to tell Tong Ran to leave the family quickly and feed it, but he actually asked Dongqing to do it for him?Is Chu Min's daughter pretty?He glanced again, and he glanced at Chu Min's daughter again!

Due to the occasion, it was inconvenient for the little tiger to make a fuss, but he refused to leave, pretending to be very dependent on Tong Ran, and whimpered into his arms.

It was the first time Tong Ran had received this kind of treatment. He hugged the little tiger flattered and let it crawl into his arms.

"Wow!" The little tiger scratched him again, and opened his mouth wide to signal that he was hungry.

"Sorry, I have to feed the cub first." Tong Ran said to Lord Fengle and his family.

Chu Min naturally had no objection, and watched Tong Ran leave with his hands folded.After Tong Ran left, he took another look at his daughter. Tong Ran's gaze was very covert just now, but he still noticed it, but there was an inquiring meaning in the look, not like it was for beauty or something similar.

Chu Min didn't say anything, took his wife and daughter to sit down, and while greeting the people at the same table, he was thinking about Tong Ran's intentions.

Tong Ran didn't care about this any more, his cubs still showed face in front of others, but when they got to a position away from everyone, their nature was exposed, and they slapped Dongqing's hand away domineeringly, pestering Tong Ran to ask him to feed him personally.

"Zai Zai, you grow up, can you eat by yourself?" Tong Ran was helpless.

"Wow wow!" Impossible!The little tiger cuddled tightly in his arms and cried.

The author has something to say: Thank you Weixi for feeding mines, love~

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