Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 131

"I'm not greeting you very well, please forgive me. I'm offering a toast to the prince on behalf of the fathers and elders in Shandong." Qian Yu, the governor of Shandong, held the cup in both hands very graciously, respecting Yinzuo with a smile.

Qian Yu, courtesy name Bojun, was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He was born as a Jinshi in the ninth year of Kangxi. He has successively served as a Hanlin scholar, Jiangning magistrate, Jiangdong Daotai, Jiangsu chief envoy, and Shandong governor. He has served as governor of Shandong for seven years. Even if they never moved the nest, it can be regarded as a great miracle of the Xi Dynasty.This guy is not from any side, and he has nothing to do with the brothers, but he will never forget the brothers every year in his filial piety. He is an old Jianghu, and Yinzuo met this master when he followed the old man to the south of the Yangtze River , Many years have passed, and I haven't seen any old age, which shows that the official is very nourishing, the performance of the officials is good, the political performance is fair, and the holy family is not bad. He is just a slippery old man.

Today when Yinzuo arrived in Quancheng, Qian Yu led all the officials in Shandong to welcome Yinzuo to the post station, and rushed to invite Yinzuo to the dust-cleaning banquet. An old acquaintance of Yin Zuo's——Ling Yu, a native of Shandong Province, under the crown prince's family, that idiot who was formerly the magistrate of Dezhou.In addition to Ling Yu, there are several people on the main table, including Shandong Fantai Yidao, a member of the eighth prince's sect; Xuezheng Sun Xiangxian, the subordinate of the third child; Officials sit in order outside the flower hall according to their official ranks.

"Okay, I've drunk this glass of wine." Yinzuo also drank the wine glass in front of him readily, and the servants waiting beside him hurriedly filled it up.

Just as Qian Yu sat down, Yi Dao, the chief minister, hurriedly stood up and said, "I also offer a toast to my lord, wishing my lord all the best, and I will do my best to respect you."

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As soon as the wine was drunk, it was gone. Officials came up to toast in turn. Before the dishes were touched, Yin Zuo was almost drunk. stand up.Putting on the wine glass, he said with a smile on his face: "This king has never been good at drinking, so I would like to present this last glass of wine to all the adults." Yinzuo drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and then said with a smile: "Go on, everyone, this king is invincible." Alcohol power, I will not accompany you."

Just as Qian Yu stood up and wanted to say a few words of persuasion, Yin Zuo said cheerfully, "Lord Qian, I have to do business under orders, and I have to bother Lord Qian for some things. I wonder how the wharf in Qingdao is going?"

We don't talk about official affairs at the banquet, but Yinzuo is the prince. Since he asked, Qian Yu didn't have the guts not to answer. When he stood up and was about to speak, Yinzuo pressed his hands with a smile and said, "No hurry, no hurry, sit down." Speak slowly."

If you speak slowly, you will not be able to continue the toast. No one has the guts to interrupt the prince's interrogation, right?Qian Yu is an old fox, so he naturally understands that Yin Zuo is escaping from drinking in the name of discussing business affairs, but he knows that he knows, and he has no choice but to sit down and report honestly: "My lord, I have received the order from the sage before me, Xiaguan has sent someone to accompany Mr. Chen from the Ministry of Industry to Qingdao for on-the-spot investigation. It is reported that the original small wharf in Qingdao is suitable but not large enough. Xiaguan ordered the construction to start last month, but the Ministry of Households has not yet arrived. , I'm afraid the construction period will be delayed."

"Oh." Yinzuo nodded noncommittally, but he understood very well in his heart that the transfer of money from the household department is just a procedure for transferring accounts, and it is very fast. The cash is still issued from the chief envoy's yamen. No matter how ruthless the goods were, he would not dare to block the money shipped by sea. The old man was just watching there. Besides, the Ministry of Accounts transferred the money according to Yin Zuo's method, and transferred the money according to the progress of the project. Qian Yu's words were just an excuse.

Yinzuo asked casually: "How is the security in Shandong, will it affect the progress of the project?"

Before Qian Yu opened his mouth, Ling Yu, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly said, "Don't worry, my lord, there is absolutely no big banditry in Shandong, and even some petty thieves would never dare to take advantage of the ocean terminal. "

Hey, it's really interesting that this guy jumped out in such a hurry, there is no silver 300 taels here?Yinzuo said cheerfully: "It's the best, and this king will feel at ease. I can trust Lord Ling to handle things, hahaha..."

Ling Yu said with a smile on his face, "Thank you for your compliment, my lord, I'm just doing my duty faithfully, hehe."

Dedicated to duty?Hey, a guy like you is probably doing his best to make money, right?Yinzuo smiled and didn't speak, then turned around and asked about things like harvest, education and politics, regardless of whether the officials were uncomfortable or not, in short, they were not allowed to have the opportunity to engage in those toasting activities, at least they would After this drink, I escaped and talked a lot of nonsense, but I got some useful information, and generally understood some things like customs and customs.

As soon as he returned to the post station, Yinzuo's drunken face disappeared immediately, and he looked at the Yantai guerrilla general Liang Size who accompanied him back with his eyes gleaming, and said calmly: "Si Ze, you have been with this king for some years. I know the nature of this king, so I ask you: How is the banditry in Shandong? Are there any large groups of bandits roaring in the mountains and forests?"

"My lord, the bandits in Shandong are not serious, but there are indeed some gangsters who gather in the mountains and forests, such as Chen Xiao from Yanzi Mountain, Yaozi Liu from Zhengjiazhai, Shisanlang from Meihua Mountain, etc., the largest gang The one is Zhang Batian, a pirate who is entrenched in the southern Changshan Island. He has thousands of troops and more than a hundred ships. He not only robs the merchant ships, but also goes ashore to rob. And back, the slave also fought against this group of bandits several times, but failed to wipe them out."

"Huh? There are so many bandits, but it turns out to be not too serious in your mouth. You have only been an official for a few days and you have learned to whitewash the peace." Affected, he felt angry, and Liang Size had a fit.

Yin Zuo's words were cold, Liang Size hurriedly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed his head and said: "Master, calm down, this slave will definitely do its best to eradicate the banditry, and will never fail the painstaking efforts of the master."

"Okay, get up, let's talk about this later, I ask you, have you ever heard of the case of the extermination of the Chen family in Shanghe County?" Blame all.

"My lord, I have heard people talk about this matter before, but I don't know the details. I only know that this matter has something to do with the generals and the governor. A slave is a military officer, and I usually don't care about such things." Liang Size respectfully replied.

"Well, are there bandits and stock bandits in Shanghe County?" Yinzuo nodded and asked.

"Master, in Shanghe County, there are no gangsters screaming in the mountains and forests." Liang Size replied a little strangely.

Yin Zuo was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and then asked: "Oh? Who are the stock bandits closest to Shanghe County? Will they come to Shanghe to commit crimes?"

"The closest one is Heishanzhai Mountaineering Tiger, but it is more than 100 miles away from Shanghe County, with the Yellow River in the middle, and Zhengjiazhai Yaoziliu in Linyi, which is also more than 200 miles away. It's just that Shanghe is a territory of Jinan Prefecture, and even the most daring gangsters would not dare to commit crimes here." Liang Size replied affirmatively.

dare not?Um?Didn't that girl Chen Yingying say that bandits killed her whole family?How can this be explained?Is there something else hidden in it?Yinzuo walked around the room for a few steps, thought for a while and said, "Do you have any local people under your command?"

"My lord, there are quite a few local soldiers under my servants, what orders does my lord have?"

"Well, since you return to Yantai immediately, send a few people with reliable words to go to Shanghe to learn about the case of exterminating the family, and then tell the king later, the way is exhausted." Yin Zuo waved his hand thoughtfully, Liang Size knocked taller, he promised loudly, and strode out of the room.

"Sir, do you think there is something hidden about this matter?" Yinzuo asked Lin Xuanyi, who had been silent all this time.

"It's hard to say, my lord, isn't there a semicolon in 'Fu Yuan Ji' in Quancheng? Why don't you ask?" Lin Xuanyi said with a smile.

Um?How come I forgot this, well, call the shopkeeper here tomorrow, and I'm sure I can get a general idea.Ever since Yinzuo handed over the intelligence system to Wu Sidao's management, he didn't pay much attention to these things at all. Now that he had a big oolong, he himself laughed a little embarrassedly.

The shopkeeper of the Shandong branch of "Fu Yuan Ji" is Liu Mingchuan's distant relative, named Lin Jiacheng, with a shrewd look on his face. When he saw Yin Zuo, he immediately fell to his knees and asked for Ann, but Yin Zuo just lifted him up. He said: "This king has something to ask you, get up and answer."

Lin Jiacheng hurriedly stood up and said: "If you have something to do, just tell the prince, the little one knows everything and can say everything..."

Yin Zuo interrupted Lin Jiacheng's nonsense with a wave of his hand, frowned and said, "I ask you, have you ever heard of the case of extermination of the Chen family in Shanghe County?"

"I know, I know, this matter is very clear, and this matter is a long story, there is a guy in the small shop, and his brother-in-law is a errand in the Taiwanese government office, and I have talked about this matter, Xiao I thought it was interesting so I wrote it down..." Lin Jiacheng talked nonsense for a long time, but before turning to the main topic, Yinzuo frowned, snorted coldly and said: "Get to the point."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, the case is like this..." What Lin Jiacheng said was roughly similar to what Chen Yingying said, except that the one who did the killing was not a bandit, it was said that it was a member of the Zheng family, Lin Jiacheng didn't know exactly what was going on.

(End of this chapter)