Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 520 Trip to Pearl Harbor

In order to welcome Chen Jinghe's arrival, it can be seen that Dongguan County has indeed done enough homework.

Not to mention being cleaned to the spotless county government office or the equally tidy and clean interior of the county town, these are at best considered a good environment, and an official can show his best performance, naturally it must be political achievements.

Li Yanzong prepared a sufficient and very beautiful report card for Chen Jinghe, and he was eager to report at any time, but Chen Jinghe only read it after a rough estimate, and put it aside without asking any more questions.

"Let's go."

"Go, go?"

Li Yanzong was very astonished. Seeing that Chen Jinghe had already got up, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Fantai, you just came, and you just left like this?"

"Why not?"

"Let's at least stay here for a light meal. We in Dongguan are looking forward to your arrival, and the gentry and all the sages are waiting for you."

Chen Jinghe snorted: "Since that's the case, it's not easy for me to reject the big guy's enthusiasm, that's what I mean."

"Yes, yes, yes." Li Yanzong immediately put on a small face: "Fantai is sympathetic to my subordinates, and Xiaguan and others are deeply impressed."

"Even if it's a meal, I don't eat here."

Chen Jinghe walked towards the county office: "Since everyone wants to entertain me, let me choose a place."

"Where?"

"Pearl Harbor."

Li Yanzong, Ge He, who fell behind and followed Chen Jinghe to go out, suddenly changed their expressions, and after looking at each other, they all understood each other's meaning.

really!

Chen Jinghe came this time because of the hibiscus flower.

"Fantai, Fantai!"

In a panic, Li Yanzong hurriedly chased after him, shouting while chasing: "Fantai, Mingzhu Port is far away from Dongguan, and it will take two days to get there at the fastest, and you have to go by sea in the middle. You are the son of a thousand gold. The next official said, let's make some preparations before going."

The so-called Pearl Harbor will have a familiar name after 500 years.

Victoria Harbour.

That's right, Hong Kong.

It's just that the boundary of Hong Kong at this time is just a fishing village, which can be regarded as a remote area under the jurisdiction of Dongguan County.

"Two days is two days. If you get hungry in the middle, you can deal with it casually on the road. There are shops to stay in, and there are no shops to camp."

It was impossible for Chen Jinghe to give Li Yanzong and others the time to report the news, so he acted as soon as he said he would act, and ordered to set off as soon as he got in the carriage.

A bid for the Jinyiwei of the Guangzhou Jinyiwei Command and Envoy Division to follow the guards, and there are officials from the Inspection and Envoy Division on the periphery.

This level of security is naturally higher than that of the chief envoys of other provinces. Anyway, everyone in Guangdong now knows that Chen Jinghe is the crown prince, so there is no need to hide it.

Now Li Yanzong had no choice but to talk to Ge He in a low voice.

"Hurry up and send someone to Mingzhu Harbor to inform you."

The latter showed embarrassment: "No matter how fast it is, at most it will be one day faster than the prince. One day is not enough for the transfer of cargo ships in Pearl Harbor, not to mention that there are sea ships from the South India Company and the Arab Chamber of Commerce entering that place every hour. There is an endless stream of people at the port, and it cannot be stopped."

Hearing this, Li Yanzong suddenly had a toothache.

"Mother, in this way, you tell the man named Pu Wen to come with us, we can't defend him against thunder, if the prince gets angry on the spot and wants to kill people to vent his anger, we can't let us die."

Ge He secretly thought that it must be Li Yanzong, and at this time, he could still think of a way to get rid of the blame, so he nodded immediately and immediately turned around and arranged for people to do it.

"Also, send someone to Guangzhou."

"Looking for the magistrate Jiang?"

"Are you stupid? Jiang Zhengxun and Chen Jinghe obviously wear a pair of trousers. Turn yourself in to him. Go to my house and talk to my uncle."

The uncle Li Yanzong spoke of was naturally one of the four great families in Guangdong, the head of the Li family.

"As long as the prince arrives at Mingzhu Port, the thunder will probably blow up. We in Dongguan are definitely not capable of passing this level. In addition, we can't handle it by ourselves. Let my uncle find a way to see if he can do it more. Some people are dragged into the water, there are many crocodiles in the water, the two of us are little shrimps, maybe there is still a glimmer of life.”

Li Yanzong was flustered and not flustered. After arranging all the things that should be arranged, he thought carefully that there were no other omissions. Then he straightened his official robes, took a deep breath and stepped into his carriage.

The coachman is also the old slave of their Li family, so I asked in a low voice.

"Master, are we really going to Pearl Harbor?"

"Otherwise, run away."

Li Yanzong closed his eyes and waved tiredly: "Let's go, Uncle Zhong."

"Eh."

The old man called Uncle Zhong urged to start the carriage, and at the end he was still worried and said: "Master, do you want to tell Madam to let her take the young master and miss to the sea first to avoid the limelight?"

This is because they are afraid that something will happen in the east window, and the court will be full of disasters.

"Don't be afraid of this."

Li Yanzong felt relieved: "It was the king who pushed for the abolition of the joint company system. After so many years, there are many officials who have committed cases of anger and grievances. How can there be a wife and children who hurt the old and the young? The court's laws are still clear.

No matter how annoyed and angry the crown prince is, is it possible that the king can still make concessions to him?If you really do this, the prince will not be long. "

The master and servant didn't say any more, the carriage fell into silence, Li Yanzong opened his eyes after a long time, raised the curtain and took a look outside the carriage.

Out of town.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Li Yanzong sighed deeply.

This may be the last time he will see Dongguan under his administration.

Don't look at how confident Li Yanzong was when he greeted him early in the morning, but when this moment comes, if he says he is not afraid, he is deceiving himself.

The human heart is like iron but not iron, and the law is like a furnace.

At this moment, Li Yanzong suddenly regretted that he was involved in the case.

If he didn't plant hibiscus flowers, he wouldn't have to worry about it now.

It's a pity, he is not the head of the Li family, he is just a junior in the family, in Guangdong, after leaving the Li family, Li Yanzong is nothing.

"Or, even our Li family is nothing."

Li Yanzong put down the curtain and gave a wry smile.

The current Guangdong is not the Guangdong he remembered when he was growing up. This place is dominated by tigers and dragons, and there are too many interests mixed with it.

Under the coercion of the invisible endless undercurrent, people like them are destined to just be coerced forward, unable to make any independent choices.

The convoy went all the way south, and in the evening, they found an inn to rest temporarily.

This inn is not deserted, on the contrary, it is brightly lit and crowded with people.

"Dongguan is rich. There are so many visitors and foreigners in this village and outskirts."

Chen Jinghe let out a sigh of emotion, and praised in a matter-of-fact way: "Ting Yi, when I was a child, I sneaked away from home with my sister and went to Guangzhou once. At that time, Guangzhou was also very rich, but it was only prosperous in the city. There is not much difference between the outside of the city and the inland. , is just a large tract of farmland wilderness, but you can see Dongguan now.

On the wide official road, there are so many inns and wine shops along the way. Just the section of the road we passed at noon, there are actually two or three brothels outside the city. What does this mean? It's only limited within the four walls, and the law and order is good, and the strongmen and bandits have been attacked.

These are all achievements and cannot be erased. "

Yu Qian followed suit and nodded: "The opening of Mingzhu Port still has a positive side."

"Active is positive, but if it is not legal, it is intolerable. No matter how beautiful the flower of crime is, it is just a moment of youth."

Chen Jinghe glanced sideways at Li Yanzong, who was ten steps behind him, who was pale, and snorted coldly.

"This flower, it's time to pull it out!"

(End of this chapter)