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Jiangnan is not a fixed place name, it covers many places and towns, but there is nothing to visit in the towns passing by. Jin Mingzuo came here to relax and play, so naturally he will not stop on the way. Now is a good season to go to the Suzhou-Hangzhou area. If you want to go out for fun, you must choose Suzhou-Hangzhou.

Jin Mingzuo came out with two or three convoys and a group of servants, pretending to be a passing businessman, to deceive others, and of course all the verbal titles had to be changed, even the country's surname "Jin" had to be changed to "Ji", Jin Mingzuo is Master Ji, so his sons are naturally Master Ji.

There are two carriages for people to ride in, one for Jin Mingzuo, Jin Yuchen, Jin Xuefan, and Shen Qingbie, and one for the rest of Jin Yanchi, Jin Xuanhao, and Jin Haiyan.As a general, Fu Bai was responsible for protecting the safety of everyone outside the sedan chair. He led a small group of elite internal soldiers in disguise. They pretended to be householders and hired workers, and were responsible for taking care of clothing, money, and food for travel.From time to time, Fu Bai would go around to the back to see what was going on behind him, but most of the time he was next to Jin Mingzuo's sedan chair, and at the same time he still had some complaints in his heart. Shen Qing said goodbye to a woman and sat with several men Will it be a little bad?

In fact, it is not the case, Shen Qingbie is not alone this time, how could Shen Funan let his only daughter go to the south of the Yangtze River alone?So he privately asked Jin Mingzuo to ask Shen Qingbie to choose a few clever and good-looking maidservants in the prime minister's mansion to go there. This time, Shen Qingbie only went to a girl's house, and it was inevitable that he would be offended.Jin Mingzuo agrees, Shen Qingbie picked two maids who have served well in recent days at home, and now they are following with the motorcade behind.

The so-called accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger. No one knows what the king is thinking in his heart. It is a big crime to think about it and say the wrong thing. Getting close to the king may get a lot of favor, but It will also cost you your life.

"Farewell, it's all my fault that I only wanted to take you to the south of the Yangtze River for fun. It wasn't until I got into the carriage that I realized that you were the only female relative in the group... This... was my negligence." Jin Ming Zuo broke the silence in the carriage and said.

What else?Can you still blame me if I am wrong?Shen Qing smiled decently: "It's not the first time for Qingbie to come to Jiangnan. He also came to Suzhou and Hangzhou with his father a few years ago. At that time, Qingbie was alone. After arriving in the elegant building, he could meet many people of the same kind. Qingbie is very happy that the emperor can bring Qingbie out."

"That's good. It's a coincidence that we came out this time. It coincides with the Jiangnan's annual talent competition. I don't know if Qingbie can win this year's laurels this time?"

"The emperor is too flattering to bid farewell. There are many outstanding talents and beauties gathered in the south of the Yangtze River. It has been a long time since Qing bid farewell to the laurels. Now in the talent competition, don't be afraid because you don't have the confidence to win the laurels again. Originally The previous one was a fluke."

"Don't be too modest. Although she is a woman, her bearing and knowledge are far greater than that of ordinary men." Jin Mingzuo praised without hesitation, "Even my sons may not be able to compare with you Woolen cloth."

"Father, the ministers are still here. You said in front of the minister that the minister is not as good as the Princess Anhe, where do you let the minister put this side?" Jin Xuefan laughed, "Say yes Comparable to Erchen, Erchen recognizes it, but fourth brother's talent and knowledge are far superior to those of us brothers, so it's a bit partial for the emperor to generalize like this."

Now is a rare moment of relaxation. You don't need to consider every word of yours word by word, just relax.Jin Xuefan intentionally brought the topic to Jin Yuchen, who had been silent all this time, but he didn't know if it was intentional or intentional.

"That's true. Yuchen's talent and insight, even the teacher who taught him when he was a child said that Yuchen is very smart, much smarter than ordinary children." Jin Mingzuo nodded, agreeing with Jin Xue Fan's words, "Should Yuchen also participate in that competition of talents and beauties, and join in the fun?"

It would be very hypocritical and annoying to shirk after talking about this. Jin Yuchen also relaxed his tone and replied: "The people who come to Jiangnan are all kinds of people from all over the world. What they have seen More or less, or strange, or not uncommon, it is really impossible to say that there is no comparison. If the test questions are what I am good at, then no one can compare with me. If the test is full of the characteristics of each place Regarding cultural customs and the like, I have been living in the compound for many years, I am afraid that I will lose out, and the emperor must not make fun of me at that time."

"That can't be done, you have to win, and you have to participate in this competition, if you lose to Qingbie as the representative of our royal family, then you will lose all the face of the royal father Ah, we royal people, how can we lose? Don’t you think so?” Jin Mingzuo seemed to be in a really good mood, and he joked.

Jin Yuchen couldn't laugh or cry: "Father, a servant like you is under too much pressure, I'm afraid you will perform abnormally."

"Hahahaha...just joking, I came out of Jiangnan, of course, to relax my mind, why are you so nervous, let everything go with the flow, just have fun. And you must pay attention when you stay in the inn , you must not move the set from the palace to the store, just like ordinary common people, and don't make mistakes."

"Yes, my son obeys." Jin Yuchen and Jin Xuefan replied at the same time, and the atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became more active.

Jin Yuchen idly opened the small curtain at hand, and saw a woodcutter passing by on the road outside, with ragged clothes and skinny bones, coming from the other side of the mountain with a stone of firewood on his back, and passing their carriage.

He thought about it secretly, and then changed into a calm and breezy look and said: "In the previous dynasty, most of the wars and internal strife occurred in the north. At that time, the north was fighting all the year round, and many people fled to the south. After the north is stabilized, Those who moved to the south have already settled there, and later the canal was opened to connect the north and the south. Merchants from all over the world can travel freely between the north and the south, but the water and soil customs in the north are unfavorable. The reputation of the south is so good, not worse than that of the capital. In terms of politics, the north is naturally better, but the economy is far inferior to that in the south of the Yangtze River."

After Jin Mingzuo heard this, he couldn't help but arouse a little bit of thought, but he didn't think about it deeply. He thought that Jin Yuchen was just discussing the facts, and after talking about the current situation in the south, he casually said: "Indeed, those people who are full of romantic feelings And self-important and arrogant empty-mouthed poets, only in such a comfortable place will they pop out all of a sudden to deceive people."

But Jin Xuefan heard other meanings, but he just smiled and didn't say anything. Since Jin Yuchen chose to say it now, it means that these words are not only for Jin Mingzuo, but also for Jin Mingzuo. I told myself that Jiangnan is indeed very rich and developed. Half of the tax revenue of the imperial court comes from Jiangnan, but sometimes places that are too prosperous often contain a lot of unknown whirlpools. It seems that this visit to Suzhou and Hangzhou will definitely A lot of interesting things happened.

Shen Qingbie also frowned, A Chen said so rashly, isn't he afraid that it will make the emperor unhappy?But seeing the emperor kowtowed slightly, and his expression was still happy, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"In this way, my son wants to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou more and more quickly, and wants to experience the bluff and deceit that the godfather said." Jin Xuefan smiled, and the atmosphere returned to humor again.

From the capital to Suzhou and Hangzhou, it will take more than ten days at the fastest, across the Qilu land, and go straight to the Jiangsu area.It is inevitable to stay in Shandong for many days on the way. It is not only a private visit from north to south, but also a trip to the south before arriving at the destination, which can be regarded as going deep into the people to investigate the real situation of the people.

Arrive at the gate of Shandong city before dark, and enter the city when the gate is closed, otherwise you have to show your token in the palace to reveal your identity before you can enter the city, but that would be meaningless for private visits.

Except for officials in the capital who have to go to court every day, officials in other places only need to submit tax account books and population and household registration flower lists to their superiors every half a month, and finally hand them over to the four subordinate divisions of the household department in the capital for verification and registration into the national treasury middle.

The process should be like this. As for which link will go wrong, those officials in the capital can't detect it.

Jin Yuchen jumped out of the carriage, and immediately picked up Shen Qingfae who was following behind. Fu Bai originally wanted to go up to help her, but Jin Yuchen had already taken a step ahead of her, so she gave up.Jin Xuefan, who came out from behind, consciously greeted Jin Mingzuo, and Fu Bai sent a person to find out which inn was the most comfortable to live in and the most delicious to eat. Thinking that the sun was a little hot during the day, he jumped off his horse and ran to Going to buy an umbrella on the street, Shen Qing is not like a man, nor like she has been exercising in the military camp all year round. Her physical fitness is much better than ordinary people. Such a hot weather will really burn her.

After Jin Mingzuo got off the carriage, he set his eyes on the street, and the carriage behind him also stopped. Jin Yanchi, Jin Haiyan and Jin Xuanhao immediately walked to Jin Mingzuo, and they stopped outside a teahouse , Jin Mingzuo took a few glances at the sparsely populated streets, and then went into the teahouse to rest, thinking that it was already sunset, and the working farmers had returned home to rest, so it was no wonder that the streets were sparsely populated.

After everyone went in, only Jin Yuchen stood outside motionless, looking at the desolate scene on the street and shaking his head: "It should be the busiest time in the grass market, but it is so quiet and lifeless, I want to come to the prefect of Quanzhou You have hidden too much. Although my father also looked at this street for a few times, he didn't find anything. If he didn't play in Suzhou when he was young, how would he know the clues of this place?"

Shen Qingbie just sighed: "Nowadays, the Holy Majesty has been deceived by his subordinates for too long, I hope that this trip to the south can fundamentally solve the problem of mutual favoritism and malpractice between officials and officials."