Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1035 Huang Zhiting Arrives
The 11th year of Wanli is the year of Guiwei. According to the system, "Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei" are the years of "foreign inspection", that is, the year when local officials from all over the country come to Beijing for pilgrimage and accept assessment.

The pilgrimage needs to enter Beijing at the end of the previous year, prepare your own feet, and you are not allowed to use post stations (that is, they are not free). However, the imperial court will reimburse the expenses according to the level of officials. After arriving in Beijing, you will find temples and other places to settle down and wait for inspection. During the period, you must not disturb the people .

Although Gao Yushi, the governor, is a local official, he does not belong to the local official system in nature, because as I said before, the governor is a dispatch, and his job is the capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which belongs to the nature of a Beijing official, so he wants to participate The inspection is a Beijing inspection rather than an external inspection.

Besides, even if he is really a local official, he will not need to investigate for the time being because he has just taken office because he has just taken office.

But staying in Liaoyang is very busy, because most of the subordinate officials have gone to the capital for pilgrimage, and he has never brought his family with him, so there is actually nothing to do in Liaoyang.

Officials go on a pilgrimage, and when the principal official goes, the secondary official stays, and the secondary official goes, the principal official stays, so as to avoid government affairs being left unattended. The group year has gone.

Gao Yushi can only be bored in the Fuyuan to spend the New Year with his servants.

Not many servants left behind, only those whose hometown was near Xinzheng stayed, and the rest were given leave. Those who should return to the capital near the capital for the New Year returned to the vicinity of the capital, and the locals in Liaodong also went back to their respective homes and stayed in Fuyuan. Almost all of them are Henan township parties.

In this era when there is a clear hierarchy between people, no matter how "approachable" Gao Yushi is, it is impossible for him to really mingle with the servants. As a reward, prepare some fireworks in the Fuyuan, and stay there on the eve of the New Year's Eve and order the servants to set up a platform at the entrance of the Fuyuan to set off fireworks for the people of Liaoyang City to watch.

After finishing all this, he stayed in the Fuyuan by himself and waited for the servants to come to pay New Year's greetings first, while he handed out red envelopes until he was soft.

The keeping of the year at this time is different from that of later generations. It can’t be counted as completing the watch at the end of the day. It has to wait until dawn. to the end of the year.

This was really the loneliest year since he traveled, so much so that he laughed at himself: "If all the officials in the world are like me, why worry about Daming not being prosperous?"

That's what he said, but it was obviously impossible, so he still started to think about a rare question: Should I get married?Otherwise... it's good to have a concubine, look at how poor this year is.

If it were in the previous life, how could he think about getting married at the age of just in his early twenties, but Daming is Daming after all, especially he is a special case of a special case, he has already become a dignified governor, and he is still single , It's just weird.

After finally making it to the third year of junior high school, Gao Yushi finally had a bit of New Year's flavor here, because the left-behind officials in Liaoyang began to come to him to pay New Year's greetings.Starting from guarding eunuch Han Guang and Liaoyang deputy commander Cao Yu, Liaoyang officials began to pay New Year greetings according to their rank and position.

New Year's greetings don't talk about official business, and they are highly pragmatic and don't put on airs. They chatted nonsense with the officials who came to visit, and arranged a banquet to have fun with everyone.

This kind of life has been going on for several days, and he started to be idle again - at this time, it is reasonable to say that the holiday given by the court has ended, but in fact, he has not really entered the working state. Even if the dossier went ashore one day, and went back to the backyard to look at Jinghua's dossier, it would still be frustratingly idle.

Until the twelfth day of the first lunar month, news came from Yingkou Port in Gaizhou that Huang Zhiting, deputy envoy of Annan's pilgrimage and guardian envoy of Haidong, had landed in Yingkou and was coming to Liaoyang on an inland river vessel from Jinghua.

Huang Zhiting went north this time mainly in the name of representing Annan to pay tribute to the emperor, so she spent this year in the capital and participated in several activities held by the Ministry of Rites before she escaped and boarded a boat from Tianjin Port to Yingkou by sea. , into Liaodong.

Due to the freeze, the inland river was not open to navigation at the end of the year, so it took another three days to arrive at Liaoyang on the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Since Huang Zhiting was acting as the vice-envoy of Annan's pilgrimage, Gao Wushi personally went to the gate of the city to greet her.

In the wind and snow, Gao Wushi stood under the big umbrella, seeing Huang Zhiting getting out of the car in a thick fox cloak and sea dragon hat, he couldn't help but smile.

He had stayed in the north long enough, he was not afraid of the cold, so he walked towards Huang Zhiting first.

Huang Zhiting is from Guangxi. When she came back to the north for the first time this year, she was too cold to go out when she was in the capital, and it was even worse when she arrived in Liaodong. She was fine in the carriage specially made by Jinghua for Gao Yushi, but when she got out of the carriage, she felt her face was freezing stiff.

It's just that the person in front of her, who has already become a governor, is still the same as when she was in Guangxi. She doesn't talk about etiquette, and greets her, which makes her feel warm in her heart.

I wanted to step forward, but I couldn't move; I wanted to speak, but I couldn't make a sound.Huang Zhiting's whole body seemed to be frozen by the cold wind in Liaodong, only a pair of shining eyes were instantly wet by the mist.

Gao Wushi stepped forward to hold her arms, and said in a low voice, "I said Liaodong is cold, look at you."

Originally, Huang Zhiting was dressed enough to keep warm, and she was not cold, but she was startled by Gao Yushi's action, and she was a little awkward to speak, and even stammered a little: "I, I want to come... Don't be afraid, they look at you ?”

Gao Wushi laughed: "So what? It's not my servant, it's your subordinate. Besides, what did the emperor tell you? Did he say he wanted to marry you?"

Huang Zhiting blushed, lowered her head, shook her head and said: "The emperor saw me and said he knew about you and me..., but he didn't say that, he just said a lot of good things about you. I said I wanted to come to Liaodong and You talked about Annan buying salt and selling grain, he agreed, and I came."

Um?that's it?
Gao Wushi frowned slowly, thought for a while, and said, "Let's go back and talk about it."

Huang Zhiting nodded, a little hesitant to go back to her car, who knew that Gao Wushi not only led her to the side of the car and opened the curtain for her, but even followed Huang Zhiting in after getting into the car.

Although she and Gao Wushi had far more intimate actions than this, the situation at that time was completely different. Huang Zhiting's whole body froze all of a sudden. There was a copper stove in the carriage, which was almost as warm as spring, but she was a little nervous. tremble.

Gao Wushi gave orders to go back to Fuyuan, then closed the car curtain, looked at Huang Zhiting with great interest, and suddenly smiled, "Why, did I become a monster in Liaodong?"

Huang Zhiting took a deep breath, tried to relax as much as possible, and then said: "No, I'm just... afraid of affecting your reputation."

Gao Wushi's heart warmed up, but he smiled and said, "Don't worry, my reputation is not affected by these things anymore."

"Is it because of 'Annan fixes the north'?" Huang Zhiting asked.

"Probably." Gao Wushi smiled: "However, even if there is no 'Annan Dingbei', I don't intend to hide anything, or deliberately keep a distance."

"why?"

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "I'm afraid that you may be thinking wildly."

Huang Zhiting's face was red, she didn't dare to look at him, she lowered her head and said, "What am I so crazy about?"

Gao Wushi narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "That's hard to say, the envoy Huang even gave up on Haidong, and came all the way to see me. If I see something wrong, won't the envoy Huang suspect that I am moving?" Farewell to love?"

Embarrassed, Huang Zhiting spat lightly: "I don't..." Before she finished speaking, she suddenly thought of something, suddenly raised her head, and said seriously: "By the way, I heard about Yongning Princess in Beijing."

Gao Wushi was taken aback, and asked, "Is that about Liang Bangrui?"

"Yeah." Huang Zhiting nodded.

"And then?" Gao Wushi asked.

Huang Zhiting said: "Then the eldest princess summoned me."

"The eldest princess summoned you?" Gao Wushi said in astonishment, "In what name? What did you say?"

Huang Zhiting shook her head and said: "It is said that the eldest princess summoned me when she heard that Deputy Envoy Annan was a woman. She didn't say anything during the period, she just asked the right questions, she just said something casual, and then let me come out. The time of burning incense."

Gao Wushi was a little puzzled, frowning and thinking.

Huang Zhiting hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice, "The eldest princess seems to... care about you very much."

"Oh, I helped her." Gao Wushi said calmly.

Huang Zhiting looked at him for a while, nodded and said, "Got it."

Gao Wushi smiled wryly and sighed: "You don't believe me?"

"No." Huang Zhiting shook her head and said, "I just think that Her Royal Highness...is really pitiful."

"Yes, but there is no way, even the emperor can't do anything about this matter."

Huang Zhiting said: "His Royal Highness is currently living in the Changchun Palace. I heard that every day in the Changchun Palace, besides the green lanterns and ancient Buddhas, some vegetables are also planted."

Gao Wushi was taken aback, and thought to himself: Changchun Palace?Growing vegetables?The dish given by the emperor last time seems to be from Changchun Palace...

Seeing Gao Wushi in a daze, Huang Zhiting asked, "What are you thinking?"

"Oh, I was wondering, where do you live tonight?" Gao Wushi laughed.

Huang Zhiting blushed all of a sudden, but said in her mouth, "I'm looking for an inn."

"Oh? Then you may be disappointed. Not many inns are open now." Gao Wushi said with a smile, "This place in Liaodong is different from other places. Although the fur business in winter is easy to do, it is only before and after the year. Until the beginning of spring, few people go out to do business, and the shopkeepers in the inn are happy to rest for a few more days, so I think, you should go back to the nursing home with me honestly."

Huang Zhiting had already seen from Gao Pragmatic's face that he was deliberately teasing, so she suppressed her embarrassment and forced herself to calm down: "That's pretty good, although Liaodong is cold, I won't be frozen in Fuyuan, right?" ?”

"Of course not." Gao Wushi said, "My body is very warm."

Huang Zhiting blushed all of a sudden, and said angrily, "Why...you talk nonsense when there are no outsiders."

"Huh? You like me talking nonsense in front of outsiders?"

Huang Zhiting was so angry that she stretched out her hand to pinch him, but Gao Wushi avoided it with a smile, and said, "Hey, a gentleman doesn't move his hands, he has something to say, and he has something to say, don't move your hands, in case someone finds out , I thought...um."

"Hmm, um!" Huang Zhiting said angrily, "I just know how to play tricks on people."

Gao Wushi giggled, and then sighed: "You don't know, since I returned to Beijing, I have to pretend to be a young man all day long. If I continue like this, I will become a little old man sooner or later."

Huang Zhiting was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly understood, she nodded with deep understanding, and said, "I understand your feelings, I was also like this in Annan, with a straight face all day long, talking to anyone is cold, I want to laugh, but there's nothing worth laughing about. Only... Only when I see your news, can I be quietly happy for a while."

Gao Wushi sat closer to her and put his arms around her waist. Huang Zhiting froze, but she didn't refuse. After a while, she moved slightly closer to him.

Gao Yushi seemed to remember something, and asked, "Why just 'for a while'?"

"what?"

"I mean, why are you just happy 'for a while' when you see my message?"

Huang Zhiting smiled lightly: "Are you still going to keep giggling? Do you think I'm idle?"

"Oh? Are you busy?" Gao Wushi really didn't pay much attention to Huang Zhiting's problems.

"Maybe not as busy as you, but still very busy." Huang Zhiting said: "In the area of ​​Haidong, firstly, the system will be restructured according to your naturalized household registration system, and then with the help of Jinghua, you will start looking for ore everywhere, and then select a site to open a mine, and then The scale of production must also be determined according to the amount of coal used in various places. It was not until around August last year that these things gradually got on the right track.

In addition, in the process of moving the town, there are often some disputes, especially the land distribution and folk customs, which lead to frequent frictions between the natives of southwestern Guangxi and Annan people, and sometimes large-scale fighting between the two sides , in short, it is not so easy to handle.

Then there is the problem of pirates near Ha Long Bay, which was completely cleared up last autumn. Gao Jing and the others have conquered more than a dozen times, and they have cleared out more than 7000 pirates in total. There are nearly 4 unlucky slaves. "

It was only then that Gao Wushi realized that Annan did not settle down immediately after he left. Many of the finishing work was done by the people left behind. He nodded: "Thanks for your hard work."

"That's not the case, I have to do something, otherwise..." She didn't say anything else, but suddenly thought of another thing, said: "By the way, Liu Yao has retired, do you know? Now Zhang Ren is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi."

Gao Wushi knew that it happened two months ago, so he nodded, "Is there any change?"

Huang Zhiting said: "There is nothing else, but Foshan sent people to Haidong to order coal mines after Zhang Ren took office in the army, and the quantity was quite large."

Gao Wushi was slightly surprised, and asked: "Foshan used to be famous for producing refined iron, which was usually charcoal. Why are they switching to coal now? Have they made a breakthrough in technology?"

"That's not necessarily the case. As far as I know, it's because the Jinghua Iron Works in Ho Tinh (Ha Tinh) was put into operation, and Foshan's fine iron industry was hit hard. So now it may be more dependent on the production of civilian iron, and civilian iron does not need much. Refined iron doesn’t necessarily require charcoal.”

It is difficult to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing at the moment. Although Jinghua exclusively masters the technology of using coal to produce steel, if areas like Foshan, Guangdong, which have adopted "high-end refined iron" for a long time, are forced to switch to ordinary iron products, it seems It is not a good thing for Daming's overall steel production. Even if Jinghua's fine steel manufacturing can represent Daming's high-end steel products, it still needs to be carefully evaluated.

In terms of benefits, it probably means that Haidong's coal has a big buyer.

While talking, the nursing home arrived.
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