Daming Yinghua

That Yaman's eyes fell on Li Daniu and Hua Er who were behind Zheng Haizhu. He saw that they were well-dressed and sharp-eyed, not to mention that they were not very old, but they had the sophistication of walking in the rivers and lakes.

The servants and maidservants have extraordinary looks, and the master is generous and loves to ask about people's livelihood.

The well-informed Wharf Yaman guessed that Zheng Haizhu was not the daughter-in-law of an ordinary wealthy family, so he might be the talker of a certain company.So he became more interested in talking, and immediately changed his address from "big sister" to "grandma".

Wanting to appear to be well-informed, he not only explained all the secrets of the fields in Gyeonggi and the canal wharf, but also mentioned the developments in the capital and the court in the past two months. He just missed saying that Long Live God will go to see the ancestors soon. Zong.

Zheng Haizhu listened quietly.

The Zuo Yushi mentioned by the Yaren is indeed Zuo Guangdou.

She said with deep emotion: "Zuo Yushi's dignified fourth-rank ministers often come to inspect the fields, which is respectable and respectable."

Yaren smiled and said: "If grandma is not in a hurry, you can have lunch here. At the end of noon, you may see Zuo Yushi. Zuo Yushi came to inspect the field affairs. He likes to sit in the water pond in the city. The tank boat comes out and disembarks at the pier in front."

Then he changed the subject and asked, "Did grandma come to Beijing to visit relatives, or does the family have a big business?"

Zheng Haizhu saw that he showed a little flattery, and suddenly understood the other party's intentions.

She glanced at the brand on the other's waist.

Yaren hurriedly raised the signboard, faced Zheng Haizhu with the engraved lettering, and said earnestly: "My surname is Qin, and my name is Fang. Fang, who behaves well, will run errands for the bosses at Tongzhou Wharf. It will last for ten years."

Zheng Haizhu felt that this person from Qin Ya was gentle in speech, not poor and distressed, loved to listen to books, and was not familiar with the words of the court news, so he called Li Daniu over, and said lightly: "Our company is new to the capital. , you ask Mr. Qin for advice, and when goods come from the south in the future, some of them will be resold here, and Mr. Qin must help to tie the knot."

Qin Yaren was overjoyed when he heard this.Hit your luck today, and meet an opportunity.

Sure enough, she is a female head of business, and it is rare for her to call herself "Mr."

It is said in the market that car and boat shops should be killed if they have nothing to do, and people on the wharf are running back and forth to earn some money for business, but they have always been looked down upon, let alone Zheng Haizhu. .

Qin Yaren, who had successfully recommended himself, hurriedly got up and bowed to Zheng Haizhu.

Zheng Haizhu also stood up: "You talk first, I'll take the servant girl out for a walk."

It was still early to meet up with Dong Qichang's grandson, so she decided not to leave before Chuchu, maybe it would be like what the people of Qin Ya said, and she could have a taste of Zuo Guangdou and Zuo Yushi in Gyeonggi first.

Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps south along the pier, there was commotion in the rice field not far away, and several figures were wrestling together.

Soon, on the other side of the field ridge, a large group of horses and horses came galloping, rolling up a lot of smoke and dust under the clear sky.

The men's shouts mixed with the women's cries, and the chaotic battle that broke out in the daytime attracted merchants, boatmen, porters, and even court tax collectors around the pier to stop and watch.

Those clamoring and galloping knights, there were more than [-] people, divided into several groups like a pack of hunting wolves, walking through the golden rice fields.

The mounts seemed to be tall horses, and they stepped into the ditches in the field without hindrance.

The fierce masters on their backs quickly caught the farmers fleeing in the fields like eagles catching rabbits.

"God madam," Hua Er exclaimed with a trembling voice, "is that the government came to collect rent? Why do you act like a tartar robbing people?"

Zheng Haizhu frowned, and said with doubts: "It's not the tax collectors in the township and county, how can a tax collector ride such a good horse?"

There are passers-by who look like scholars in long gowns, and they are also muttering to each other: "It looks like the people in the factory guard, what are you doing here to grab the muddy legs of the farmers?"

While speaking, the smoke and dust quickly rolled over, accompanied by the curses and shouts of the farmers, and they were about to sweep across the boat pier and head for the city gate in the north. , let go of his feet and rushed over, trying to stop people and horses.

The leading knight saw that there was a wall of people in front of him, and he couldn't break through it. He quickly raised his hand to signal to the rear team, and at the same time reined in several times before slowing down the horse.

He stared at a pair of leopard eyes, and pointed his whip at the wall of people: "You dare to stop people from being arrested by the court, and you don't want to die? Get out of here!"

Before he could set his footwork, three or four strong men jumped out from among the trackers and Lifu, without any fear, they raised their heads and asked, "Which government office do you belong to? The villagers are harvesting rice, what law have they committed?" "

On the edge of the human wall, Li Daniu and Yaren Qin Fang had already run out of the teahouse and found Zheng Haizhu's master and servant.

Zheng Haizhu turned his head and asked Qin Fangdao in a low voice: "Mr. Qin, these people are not like soldiers and horses and patrolling camps, are they?"

Qin Fang was amazed that his future benefactor, a female businessman, could tell the difference between the soldiers and horses and the patrolling battalion as soon as he opened his mouth.

But she didn't recognize the evil gods in front of her, and gave herself another chance to show her knowledge.

"Grandma, please look, brown coat and pointed hat, they are from Dongchang."

As soon as Qin Fang finished speaking, he saw a tall net-crowned knight with a white collar and embroidered robes in the cavalry, holding up the reins and coming out.

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Wei Zhongxian, no, at this time, he was still called Wei Jinzhong, and he came to the front of the team with a sullen face.

If it was an ordinary person who didn't know how to praise, he, Wei Daban, would not bother to talk, and let his men whip him half to death, to see which of these unscrupulous people would dare to be a dog in the way.

But after Wei Jinzhong heard the accent of those who beat up the injustice, he, who is also from Hebei, became more careful. I am afraid that these trackers are secretly members of the White Lotus Sect. That's why he came to stop him without fear of the might of heaven.

Wei Jinzhong knew the power of the White Lotus Sect to some extent, and he didn't want to cause too much trouble because of Li Xuan's incident of serving his mother's family, so he twirled his mustache and said coldly: "I want to teach some strong men to know that the one arrested by our family A few of them are not good people, but bad people who have taken over the prince’s young master’s estate, and the Ciqing Palace has come to drive them away several times, but they really can’t get rid of them, so they can only come hard and use people to go to the city to justify.”

"No, it's not like that!"

A muscular peasant woman ran up after the horse team, with disheveled hair and blood on her cheeks, and said loudly to the crowd: "We have dozens of fellow villagers, all of whom were recruited by the imperial court to farm in the south of Beijing, and assigned by Mr. Zuo himself." The land belongs to the imperial court, so why did it become the land of the prince's family?"

"Don't talk nonsense, you woman," Wei Jinzhong patted a man on the horse behind him. He didn't look like the Dongchang thugs in brown coats and pointed hats, but his demeanor was more arrogant than Wei Jinzhong's. I am the management of the young master. What kind of court land, could the court be opened by Zuo Guangdou's family?"

The Guan Zhuang of the prince Zhu Changluo is the most able to see the direction of the wind. Since last year, he has been especially fawning on Li Xuan, who is favored in the East Palace.

It was him who saw that after Zuo Guangdou took charge of Gyeonggi's agricultural administration, the land in the southern suburbs that had been abandoned for many years had become fertile land again, and the recruited Hebei farmers were hardworking and capable, so he took the initiative to give advice to Li Xuan and encourage Li Xuan waited for these lands from the prince and rewarded them to the relatives of the Li family.

I never thought that the honest and honest mud legs on weekdays are not the guts of rabbits.

But when he saw the peasant woman complaining about her innocence on the ground, she didn't back down and said loudly: "Master Zuo is an upright official, don't pour dirty water on his head. When we grounded the ground from Master Zuo, those lands would have long been in disrepair , where is Huangzhuang? Could it be closer to Huangzhuang, the prince wants it?"

"Bold shrew!" Wei Jinzhong yelled, "You guys, are you going to rebel!"

"They're not trying to rebel, they're just trying to make sense."

Suddenly, a female voice with a southern accent came from the crowd.

Immediately, all the people on the ground looked around and saw a 27-year-old dark woman walking towards a row of horse heads surrounded by dignitaries in brocade clothes.