Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 144

Although Yin Zuo had already been mentally prepared, knowing that there must be a lot of official documents waiting for him to sign and sign in the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, but when he saw the mountain of official documents on his desk, he was still dumbfounded and couldn't catch his breath for a long time , I sighed bitterly in my heart.It took half a year for Yinzuo to go to the south of the Yangtze River. Although there are people doing all the routine work in the Ministry of Industry, such as negotiating with the Ministry of Households, transferring money, etc., there is no need for Yinzuo to come forward, but the problem is the write-off of accounts It's impossible for the elder brother who is not in charge of Yinzuo to sign the pledge, and Yinzuo has to make the final decision on the restructuring of river engineering and water transportation.

No matter how many things you have to do, don't you?It's all gone, so Yinzuo had to bury his head in the stack of official documents, and he was very busy. Fortunately, Yinzuo had an excellent memory, and he reviewed ten lines at a glance, and kept signing with a brush in his hand, hitting three quarters in the afternoon He was busy until the next hour, when the sun was westward and he had digested half of the stack of official documents. He had just stretched his waist and was about to drive back to the house when he saw the fourth son Yinzhen standing there with a smile on his face. In front of him, he hurriedly got up and said, "Hey, when did the fourth brother come? Alas, the younger brother was so busy that he lost his head and didn't see it. The fourth brother will forgive me." But I kept muttering in my heart: "The fourth brother is that bastard." The usually stern face was now full of smiles, hey, there must be something strange.

"Hehe, the fourth brother has been here for a while. I saw you were busy, so I didn't dare to disturb you. It's nothing serious. It's been a long time since I haven't seen you. There are some small things I want to chat with the sixth brother." Yinzhen said with a smile.

Tch, when did the fourth child become so polite, hey, there must be something wrong.Yin Zuo has cheated the fourth child several times, even Wu Sidao has snatched it from his family, oh, it seems that even the name of Hongli has been snatched away, there is a ghost in his heart, and he does not believe that the fourth brother can find good things for himself , rolled his eyeballs, and said with a smile: "Success, our own brothers, there is nothing we can't say, if the fourth brother has something to do, just tell me, and the younger brother will do like a dog."

Yinzhen immediately interjected: "Okay, Xiao Liu's words have reached the fourth brother's heart. Since he is his own brother, the fourth brother will not be polite. This matter is the case of the reform of grain roads and water industry, and the fourth brother is in charge of it." Hubu, I have no idea about this matter, so I want my sixth brother to give me some advice."

Depend on!What kind of medicine is sold in the fourth brother's gourd?It’s true that the water transportation is under the control of the household department, but the old man put all the water transportation and river engineering under our management early in the morning. Oh, the fourth child also has the name of co-organizing shipping, so it’s justified for him to intervene in shipping, um , I'm a little troublesome, is the fourth child planning to take credit from Lao Tzu, or is he planning to make a difference with us?Damn, let's see what this guy said first.Yinzuo's thoughts moved quickly, but the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he said cheerfully: "Succeed, I originally planned to discuss this matter with my fourth brother. It's a coincidence, fourth brother, please sit down." Then he said to those guards Smiling and cursing: "Serve tea, what's the matter? Everyone is like a goose, with no discernment at all."

Tea is naturally good tea, the best West Lake Longjing tea, Yinzuo has always liked this one, and he has money in his hands, so when not to enjoy it.Yinzhen said that there was something to do, but after sitting down, he only drank tea and didn't speak, which made Yinzuo mutter in his heart. drink tea.In the end, it was the fourth child who spoke first: "Xiao Liu, I don't know what kind of regulation is it about opening canals and repairing fertile fields mentioned in your booklet?"

Um?Didn't the fourth son read the regulations?This guy is basically pretending to be confused with his understanding, and asked politely what is he doing?Yinzuo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Ah, the little brother in front of the chapter was in a hurry when he went down to the south of the Yangtze River. I'm afraid he forgot to send it to the fourth brother. Yes, the little brother will be found out." He made a move, asked a person in the lobby to find the regulations on Cao Ding's resettlement, and handed it to Yinzhen with a smile on his face.

The fourth brother went through it with a serious face, nodded his head and said: "Okay, the fourth brother of Zhangzhang seems to be able to do it. It can not only settle the Cao Ding, but also increase the national treasury. It is a good way, yes, but there is one thing that the fourth brother does not like It’s too clear: what’s the point of this flood discharge pond?”

"Ah, fourth brother, here's the thing: each of these ponds is about [-] acres in size and about [-] feet deep, and usually only a few feet deep can be used for fish farming. There are gates to control the water in and out. They are actually reservoirs. Once the flood peak hits, if the levee is dangerous, the gates will be opened to ensure the levee." Yin Zuo replied with a smile.

"Oh, so that's it. Okay, this thing is good. It's rare. It's rare. The fourth brother will arrange for the gang of officials from the Yunnan Qingli Department to follow suit. Well, it's getting late, and the fourth brother will leave first." Yin Yin Zhen nodded with a smile on his face, got up and said goodbye.

Depend on!What is the fourth child doing?There is no one to talk about this coming and going, wouldn't it be enough to send a doctor, principal or other small officials for such a trivial matter, and you have to make a trip by yourself?Besides, these matters were originally the responsibility of the Ministry of Household Affairs' Yunnan Cleaning Department, so did it take such effort?Even if you want to curry favor with Lao Tzu, that's not the way to do it. If you have nothing to do, you can be courteous. It's either rape or robbery.Yin Zuo sent the fourth child away, and after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't understand what the fourth child was going to do, so he simply gave up and packed up and went back home.

After returning to the palace, he saw a man kneeling in the corner of the wall as soon as he entered the courtyard. Yin Zuo looked at him and couldn't help but be stunned: Hey, isn't that guy just that little bastard Li Wei?What did this kid do again?

Before Yinzuo took Li Wei and the others into the mansion, he didn't bother much, and handed them over to Sister Qiao. Later, before Yinzuo went to the south of the Yangtze River, he picked out more than twenty spiritual children from the family slaves. , specifically confessed that Qingxu taught a group of little guys martial arts, and specially invited a school teacher to give them cultural lessons, intending to raise this group of little guys together, so that they can be of great use in the future.As soon as Yinzuo came back, he hid in Tianjin Wei. Before he had time to ask those little guys about their studies, seeing Li Wei being punished to kneel, he knew in his heart that this little guy must have caused trouble again, so he smiled. Liu Quan, the second butler who had recruited an attendant behind him, asked, "Old Liu, what's going on with Li Wei?"

Liu Quan is also a member of Liu Mingchuan's clan. Before Yin Zuo opened his teeth and built the mansion, he followed Yin Zuo. He was in charge of Yin Zuo's several large manors in other places. He was considered an old man in the mansion. They transferred him back and let him be the second housekeeper, who managed the affairs of the outer courtyard, while Sister Qiao was in charge of the inner courtyard.As soon as Liu Quan heard his master's question, he hurriedly replied: "Responding to the master, this little guy is very skinny, and he was punished twice in three days. This morning, he led the gang of bastards to the front door to cheat, and asked others to cheat." The chase came, and Fujin in the backyard told him to kneel here and reflect."

"Cheating? What's going on? Say it!" Yinzuo became a little angry when he heard it, and his face sank.

Yin Zuo seldom gets angry at home, and rarely asks about the affairs of the mansion. When he got angry, Liu Quan couldn't bear it anymore, and told the story with sweat on his face: Li Wei loved him since he was a child. Taught some worms and horses. This morning, I took a worm that was fed medicine and fought with other worms. I won a lot of money by betting, and those who lost money became red-eyed. Seeing that Li Wei and his group were young, they planned to fight hard, and they started fighting. Li Wei and the others were small, but after all, they had practiced martial arts. Lan Yue'er found out about it, and after asking why, she punished Li Wei to kneel in a corner.

His grandma, this little bastard deserves to be punished, he ran away to cheat when he had nothing to do, and even got people to call him, damn it, I lost all face for this bastard.Yinzuo was angry in his heart, but before he understood Li Wei's motives for doing this, he didn't immediately get angry. He called Li Wei over with a dark face, and asked in a cold voice: "This king wants to know what you are doing?" Why do you want to do this?"

Li Wei had already knelt so that his legs and feet were numb, and now he was rubbing his knees and screaming for pain, but he didn't answer Yin Zuo's words.Yin Zuo was really angry this time, and he kept shouting: "Drag it on, the family law will wait for it, beat fifty canes, and send it to Beimengou to dig coal."

Fifty vines are nothing, but the saying that distribution to Beimengou is fatal. Those who go to dig coal these days, not to mention dirty and bitter, are also very dangerous. If they are not careful, they will die.Li Wei was in a hurry, and hurriedly shouted: "Master, please forgive me, the dog said..."

Hey, don't force you, you still haven't told the truth.Yin Zuo has always valued this kid, and he has long known that this guy is a troublemaker, and he is simply trying to scare him.Li Wei didn't know whether Yin Zuo was playing for real or fake, so he quickly explained the root cause of the matter-the front door has always been the place where the servants of various houses gather in their spare time, and when the servants of each elder brother's house are free Wherever they go to drink tea, talk about the mountains, gamble, play crickets, etc. Among them, Lao Ba's house has the most people, very domineering, and often finds things to extort other people's money. The servants of Yinzuo's house once I have suffered, and some people have been beaten.This kid Li Wei didn't like the other party, so he set up a game this time, pretending to be ignorant, and took a small bug fed with medicine to fight crickets with the slaves of Lao Ba's house, and won him completely, but the other party refused Let it go, and then the fight started.

insect?I also fed medicine, hey, there is a stimulant now, interesting!Yin Zuo didn't know the way of worms, and he had no interest in it. Listening to Li Wei's vivid statement, he talked about how the slaves in the eighth master's house were envious of losing, how they planned to get their money back, and how they were betrayed by Li Wei and others. Playing around, Yinzuo also found it funny: This brat is doing some crooked things, but the whole old eight's slaves are not a big deal, but you can't let this bastard go on evil ways, you still have to take care of it.Yin Zuo said with a stern face: "Don't do business, do some crooked ways all day long, go, kneel down, stop eating tonight, get out!"

Li Wei is just a ghost. As soon as Yinzuo didn't talk about the coal digging in Beimengou, he knew that Yinzuo was not really angry. He stuck out his tongue, limped to the base of the wall and knelt down up.Yinzuo shook his head with a smile and went to the back hall to discuss things with Wu and Lin.

"There is something strange about this matter. From Yulu's point of view, the fourth elder brother is afraid that he will make a big move. He is afraid that the prince will block his way, so he will show his kindness first." After listening to Yinzuo's words, Lin Xuanyi said quietly.

Big move?What big move does the fourth child want to make?Yinzuo looked at the two counselors in confusion, with a puzzled look in his eyes, with doubts flashing in his eyes.

Wu Sidao pondered for a while and said: "My lord, now the fourth master is very close to the crown prince, and he often goes in and out of Yuqing Palace, which looks like a princeling. In addition, according to the investigation, the senior man in the fourth master's mansion is named Tang Guo Ming, whose name is Yishan, named Lingye Jushi, a Luoyang surname, specializes in governing the Book of Changes, and belongs to the vertical and horizontal lineage. According to Yulu, there are only two things that the fourth master can make big moves-one is the grain road, and the other is salt road."

Tang Guoming?Strategist?Grain Road, Salt Road?If Yinzuo realized something, he nodded his head and said, "The two most important matters in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs are the grain road and the salt road. The king is already handling the matter of the grain road. In this way, the fourth son is going to work on the salt road. gone?"

"That's right, now the elder brothers are three-legged. Except for the crown prince, the prince, and the eighth master, the other elder brothers are either fledgling or lacking in talent. They can't affect the overall situation at all. If the fourth master wants to break the deadlock and become the fourth corner, He must make achievements and speak with actual achievements. The matter of Yandao is the fourth master's calculation." Lin Xuanyi replied interfaced.

"Well, that's the reason, how should I respond?" Yinzuo looked at his two counselors inquiringly.

"The Salt Road is of great importance. It is not only related to the well-being of the people, but also to the revenue of the imperial court. With the sage's sage's wisdom, he will not fail to see the disadvantages. This matter may be out of holy will. The prince just stood aside and watched. No need to intervene." Wu Sidao replied decisively.

"That's right, Li He also thinks the prince doesn't need to intervene in this matter." Lin Xuanyi also agreed with Wu Sidao's point of view without hesitation.

Not meddling?But if the fourth child really succeeds, wouldn't he gain a firm foothold in the court?In this way, there will be one more enemy to deal with in the future. Isn't this a bit of a problem?Yinzuo felt a little strange in his heart, why the two counselors didn't agree with him to intervene in this matter, wouldn't it be better to kick the fourth brother when he didn't gain a firm foothold?Seeing the suspicious look on Yinzuo's face, both Wu and Lin laughed, which made Yinzuo even more confused, not knowing what the two military divisions were up to.

"My lord, how many years did the Three Kingdoms fight in ancient times?" Wu Sidao said with a smile.

Three Kingdoms?Eh, I don’t remember, it seems like I played for more than 70 years, right?Why are you asking this politely?Yin Zuo couldn't figure out what the Three Kingdoms had to do with the current situation. He walked back and forth in the hall for a few steps and thought about it for a while. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he understood the intentions of the two great military advisers—the triangle is the most stable position In other words, the reason why the Three Kingdoms have been fighting for so many years can't be ended, it is because of the time and timing of each other, calculating each other, so although the big guys played hard, they couldn't eat each other, and in the end the Three Kingdoms were all wiped out.If the current situation is not broken, there is no hope for myself to ascend to the high position. Only by muddying the water can I get fish, right?Hey, not only should the fourth brother come out, but the other elder brothers should also come out, the big guys come to fight, the water is muddy, so we can fish.

"Okay, since that's the case, I won't intervene. I'll let the fourth one do the rectification. I'll stand and watch tomorrow morning. However, if I don't intervene, it's hard to say on the other side of the old man. The interests of the old man on the salt road But it's very serious, once the eighth one makes a move, the fourth one might not be able to make a good comeback, how should I deal with myself?" Yinzuo asked another question.

"My lord, don't worry, the eighth master will definitely intervene, but it may not be able to please, and I may have to suffer a few boards because of it." Wu Sidao said quietly.

oh?The board, hehe, the old man's board is not so easy to bear, but we have endured it several times, the pain, hey, it's really fucking uncomfortable.Although Yin Zuo still had doubts in his heart, but seeing that the two counselors were both gods, he didn't ask any more questions, and made up his mind to go to the monkey show tomorrow morning.

It's getting late, and you have to go to court tomorrow, Yinzuo asked Wu and Lin to go to rest earlier, and went to the backyard leisurely by himself, just as he walked into the backyard, a man appeared out of the dark, kneeling down On the ground, weeping and authentically said: "Master, if you have a large number of adults, you will spare Brother Gou'er?"

Yin Zuo saw by the light of the lantern hanging on the courtyard wall, it turned out to be that little girl Cui Er, secretly amused in his heart: This little girl and Gou Er are really childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts, they even hit us when they hit wooden fish, hey, It is estimated that Lan Yueer must have begged for mercy before the head, but since we have ordered punishment, I am afraid that Xiao Yueer will not dare to let him go casually.Well, Li Wei is a mischievous boy by nature, it is impossible not to punish him, but if he is punished harshly, he will become a obedient dog, but it will be boring.Yinzuo said with a serious face on purpose: "Xiao Cui'er, if you make a mistake, you should be punished, right?"

"Master, brother Gou'er knows he's wrong, so why don't you let him go this time?" Xiao Cui'er cried.

Got it wrong?Hey, if that brat Li Wei knew his mistake, the rooster would be able to lay eggs, but it's too late now, so he should be let go.Yinzuo pretended to be thinking and said: "Well, well, let's forgive him this time first, and next time he commits a crime, he will never be forgiven lightly."

"Thank you master. Cui'er will bring him food right away." Xiao Cui'er broke into laughter, kowtowed, got up and ran out.

meal?Only then did Yin Zuo remember that he was so busy with his business, and he hadn't had dinner yet, so he gave a wry smile, and went straight to the small courtyard where Lan Yue'er was...

(End of this chapter)