Kaolin Flower Raiders Guide

Yunzhou is rich and prosperous, and it was the first state in the Zhou Dynasty to carry out salt transportation. In recent years, there have been a flood of merchants, and the traffic is very lively.At first, Emperor Yunkang attached great importance to it, and the Yunzhou government office became a fat job in the eyes of low-ranking officials. After getting on the right track in recent years, the attraction is not as good as before.Emperor Yunkang never took the initiative to dispatch officials, and he was reduced to a situation where the magistrate of Yunzhou resigned for one month and no one took over.

Although Lu Xiao was only a fifth-rank official when he was working in the capital, it's not the same thing when he goes to Yunzhou.Zhizhou must have a place to live, and he can't even have a waiter.Which official sent out a large group of people, so Lu Xiao also tasted the feeling of a group of servants for the first time.

Lu Xiao didn't want to be so troublesome in her heart, and knew how to refuse the emperor's reward, so after thanking him, she took a bunch of people from Emperor Yunkang with her.Before leaving, he was still complaining to Ning Huai, but now it's all right, in the past, he only had two mouths to eat, but now he has to feed a large group of people.

In the early morning of spring, the carriages and horses were in a hurry. A group of people stood on the outskirts of the city with luggage loaded in the carriage. Lu Xuehen sat in the carriage and asked Lu Xiao to get off to bid farewell to his friends.Lu Xiao raised the curtain and got off the horse, only to see Ning Huai and Qingzhu beside him carrying a bundle.A sense of loss suddenly surged in his heart, but it was hard to find the reason.

Ning Huaiqiang pretended not to care for a while, seeing the long motorcade on the day of the farewell, tears streaming down his face, while asking Qing Zhu to hand over the burden to the newly promoted servant of the Lu family.Finally couldn't bear it, threw herself on Lu Xiao and wailed: "A Xiao, don't forget me, and you are not allowed to have better friends."

Lu Xiao sighed, it was a child after all, Ren Ninghuai wept on his shoulder, and gently comforted him: "How can others compare to you." It was so far away, and the two of them didn't know when they would see each other again.However, Lu Xiao ignored that she had only grown Ning Huai for three years, and her heart was full of melancholy, Ning Huai's mood gradually stabilized, and she no longer hugged him, and the two remained silent.

Suddenly, a man rode a horse from a distance, and the man got off his horse, with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and said uncomfortably: "You guys are stupid, I taught them to arrange the cakes neatly, and I will know after a mile or two out of the house. I fell behind in the back kitchen. I was afraid that I would not be able to catch up, so I came here alone, wait a little longer, I still have something to give you."

Lu Xiao's heart was warm, and she said softly, "Brother Zhiyu, you don't have to worry so much."

Qi Jiansi was at a loss, he didn't look at his face, he stumbled and said, "Yunzhou is far away, you don't know when you will be able to return to Chang'an, remember..."

His voice was so low that the last words were so low that Lu Xiao couldn't hear them clearly, and asked doubtfully, "What should I remember?"

Qi Jiansi blushed coldly: "It's nothing, just remember to take care of yourself."

Lu Xiao shook her head, leaned closer and said, "It's not this."

He was about to approach him, when the servants of the Qi Mansion hurried over, handed the cakes to Qi Jiansi, and handed over a bundle to the servants in the motorcade. Qi Jiansi dodged the questioning.He was talking dryly about the pastries in his hand, these types were made by the cook in the mansion, my sister usually likes them very much, and the ones were bought from a shop, which can be stored for several days.

Lu Xiao interrupted him with a serious expression: "Zhiyu, thank you."

"It's okay, you and I are..."

Qi Jiansi seemed to be dumb.

Lu Xiao was a little shorter than him, but she was indeed of a thin man's stature.Lu Xiao stretched out her hands to hug him like she used to play with Ning Huai, but because of her lack of height, the effect was greatly reduced. It was not the passionate hug Lu Xiao imagined.

He, why did he hug me...

Lu Xiao suddenly didn't realize that something was wrong, and passed Qi Jiansi's robe with her palm, and even patted him on the back twice like coaxing a child: "I don't know when I will come to Beijing next time, Zhiyu, I will take care of myself, and you should take care of it too."

Qi Jiansi was stiff all over, he just said hello, I understand.The man in his arms stood on tiptoe, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Don't make His Majesty unhappy again. It is an old practice for me not to kill the officials and historians. However, the Sacred Heart is unpredictable. You can see through it, and you have to do it for yourself." Think more about yourself."

After saying that, Lu Xiao let go of her hand, as if it was just a slightly longer parting hug.

Lu Xiao winked at him, stopping his ready to answer.He wanted to say that if even he pretended to be deaf and dumb, then he would be up and down...he couldn't do it.

After all, Qi Jiansi kept this thought in his chest, his ears were still red: "Lu Xiao... A Xiao, I want to say, you must remember to write to me, me and Ning Erlang."

Lu Xiao showed off her face with a smile: "I will definitely write every month, so that everyone in the station will know what I look like."

Since then, farewell, the wind is thousands of miles away, and the only thing on my mind is Hongyan.

I don't know if it's because the law and order in Yunzhou is very strict, or because Lu Xiao is just lucky. He didn't encounter any bandits and hooligans along the way, and entered Yunzhou City steadily.

The chief secretary had brought someone to stand outside the city gate early on, just waiting for Lu Xiao, the new magistrate, to take office.When Lu Xiaofu got out of the car, he took out the documents, and there were discussions all around, all of them couldn't believe it, the new Zhizhou was so young, he was almost the son of Zhizhou.The master's surname was Du, and his name was Du Zixiu. He was a knowledgeable man, and he recognized that there was no trace of forgery in the document, so he led the crowd to call him Lord Lu, and led him into the city gate.

The Yunzhou government office has already been tidied up, just waiting for Lu Xiao to take over.Lu Xiao ordered his servants to settle their luggage, while Du Zixiu and the elderly Tong Pan followed, telling the new magistrate about the old situation of Yunzhou City.After hearing the general idea, Lu Xiao couldn't bear to make an old man nod and bow, and let the two of them back down first.

It was the first time as a magistrate here, Lu Xiao was so busy that her feet didn't touch the ground, and it took five or six days just to look through the files.Fortunately, this Yunzhou seems to be managed in an orderly manner. When Lu Xiao came here, he just sat there in vain, and only spared a lot of time to check the files.

Du Zixiu is twice his age, and will be forty this year. He also won the Jinshi many years ago, and has been an official in Yunzhou for more than ten years.Lu Xiao often chatted with him, and Du Zixiu's words were humorous, and he explained the current situation of Yunzhou in a few words.

At first, salt was only sold in Pingzhou near Chang'an, but Yunzhou produced more salt than Pingzhou, and it spread to Emperor Yunkang over time.At that time, Emperor Yunkang had only ascended the throne for five years, and the treasury was empty after the end of the war. The Minister of the Household Department at that time had a glimpse of the magic method and proposed to Emperor Yunkang to set up a trade zone in Yunzhou, allowing merchants to sell salt and transport it to all parts of the country, and the proceeds were handed over to the states for their own use. , there is no need to transfer silver from the treasury.

Emperor Yunkang made a final decision immediately, and praised Hubu Shangshu lavishly.And set up a legal system named Kaizhong System, with Yunzhou as the experimental site, and the prefect of Yunzhou is in charge of "salt quotations". Merchants transport grain and grass to the border, and they can exchange salt quotations from the prefects for trade.Or hand over real gold and silver, and you can also get salt.

In the past few years, Yunzhou had the same scenery, and the implementation of the open middle school system was booming, almost surpassing Pingzhou, and the prosperity was approaching Chang'an.Later, Emperor Yunkang divided several places to implement this system, and Yunzhou was restored to disappear among all the places.Today's Yunzhou is not as good as it was back then, but it has not been reduced to the point where the people are complaining. The former magistrate resigned without merit.

Lu Xiao glanced at the books on the case table, and leisurely turned to the next page: "So that's the case, the official's trip can be said to be quite relaxing."

Du Zixiu said with a smile: "In the future, the people of Yunzhou will all have to rely on the adults. Mr. Lu's young talent will definitely be praised by the people of Yunzhou."

This tall hat was firmly put on Lu Xiao's head.Lu Xiao remained silent and continued to look at the books in his hand.On the second day after he arrived in Yunzhou, he dragged Lu Xuehen around the streets for most of the day, calling it the old place to revisit. In fact, the two of them had been living in the small town and rarely went to the city.

Although this place is not as lively as Chang'an, it can't be called urgent rectification.The dossiers only recorded trivial matters, and even the number of opening sessions in a year was few.Yunzhou City is very good, it is almost abnormal.As the capital of the country, Chang'an is full of robberies every month. Is Yunzhou a place that never closes its doors at night?

However, when Lu Xiao picked up the ledger that recorded Yanyin's transactions, his doubts reached their peak.

The number of this account book can be matched completely without any mistakes.According to the book income, it is completely consistent with the status quo of Yunzhou City. Anyone who reads it will praise the former Zhizhou as a good official with a clean sleeve.

However, in the account book in recent years, it has recorded a lot of sending grain in exchange for salt, which is an unclear secret account outside the book.

Lu Xiao flipped through the ledger repeatedly, and the paper was slightly wrinkled, which was obviously caused by flipping through it many times.The next moment Lu Xiao lowered his head and sniffed the paper lightly, but he couldn't smell the smell of ink, only the faint incense in the room.There are various indications that this account book is not a temporary forgery, but it is a proof for the account book in hand.

Three days later, the wind is clear and the sun is bright, and the birds are singing in the forest.Lu Xiao held the handle of the fan, followed by a little boy, who was one of the people sent to him by Emperor Yunkang.Lu Xiao saw that the little boy had a clever look, so she took him in as a personal servant. She also disliked that his original name was too ugly, so she changed her name to Wu Ye, and called Xiao Ye Zi Xiao Ye Zi every day.

Lu Xuehen asked him why he gave him such a name, Lu Xiao raised his eyes and smiled: "The two around Ning Huai are green bamboo and Xiaotang, so mine should be called similarly. Xiao Xiao, Wu Ye sent a cold voice." , as soon as I heard it, I knew it was the boy next to me."

Xiao Yezi's family was poor, and when she heard that the palace was accepting new palace servants, she found a way to send them to the palace to sell for money, and almost became a little eunuch.Xiao Yezi was often beaten and scolded by her brothers and sisters at home, and she developed the habit of keeping her eyebrows low and pleasing to the eye. Now that she is out of the palace and doesn't need to cleanse herself, she only needs to serve such a person, and she regards Lu Xiao as a reborn parent.

It was another peaceful day in the government office, Lu Xiao took Xiao Yezi through the side hall, passed the back hall, and stood in front of the warehouse.There were two guards standing in front of the door who were making jokes. When they saw Lu Xiao, they immediately stood up straight and said respectfully, "Lord Lu."

Lu Xiao responded, and ordered one of them to get the key to open the warehouse, and casually wrote down a name from the account book in her heart, and asked the other person casually: "When did Yuanwai He come back?"

The guard blurted out: "My lord, it happened last year. He Yuanwai sent someone here on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month."

Lu Xiao was silent, the days were exactly the same as those recorded in the ledger.

Open the warehouse and enter the door, there are more than a dozen bolts of satin neatly placed inside, not much silver left, and some emeralds and jade.Lu Xiao read it carefully, and it was roughly the same as the accounts.He looked around, but there was no mechanism, he walked out, nodded with feigned satisfaction, and said to the two guards: "Okay, let's lock it."

Lu Xiao stared at the two guards, walked out and said, "Little Ye Zi, I asked you to find a carpenter the day before yesterday, did the carpenter find the dog's belly?"

Lu Xiao patted the door panel twice, and the door panel shook tremblingly.

Xiao Ye Zi said aggrievedly: "Master, you read in the study every day, and Xiao Ye Zi had a carpenter come over to repair it the day before yesterday, and I have seen all the tables and benches in several rooms. The carpenter must have fooled me by seeing me as a child. thing."

Lu Xiao knocked on Xiao Yezi's forehead with a fan, and squinted at him: "It looks like you are being lazy, and you dare to fool me."

Xiao Yezi rolled her eyes and looked at the guard that Lu Xiao had asked: "Brother guard, you were here when Carpenter Zhang came the day before yesterday, right?"

The guard paused, and said vaguely: "It seems that a carpenter came and knocked at the door."

Lu Xiao suddenly understood, and said casually: "Hey, I'll go find the carpenter later and give him a lesson, telling him to just collect money and not do anything."

The two master and servant stepped out of the door one after the other, and as soon as they entered the study, Wu Ye hurriedly approached Lu Xiao, his small body just a little bit above Lu Xiao's waist, and flattered him: "Master, did I just do it right? ?”

Lu Xiao raised her hand to touch the child's head, and slowly curled the corners of her mouth: "Yes, Little Yezi is very smart."

The carpenter really came, but it was the fifth day after Lu Xiao moved into the mansion.

A person who can clearly remember the exact days of several months ago can confuse the events of recent days.