The Golden County Magistrate

"Yes, it's all my fault for being late, please forgive me, sir." Chen Yan said calmly.

"That's enough! Official business is important, where is the boat?" Jin Ze said impatiently.

"Your Excellency didn't prepare a boat?" Chen Yan was stunned.

"How can this be? Do I have to prepare the boat myself?" Jin Ze said unhappily.

Chen Yan frowned. This guy went to Tianxuan Mountain on official business, and it was such an important matter. The court should have sent an official ship to take him.

"If you don't mind, please take the same boat with us." On the side, Xue Yan hurriedly tried to smooth things over.

"Who are you?" Jin Ze looked at her and asked unhappily.

Although he was a senior official of the court, he had only met a limited number of Fengling Guards and did not know Xue Yan.

"I am a commoner, Xue Yan, from the Zhou Chamber of Commerce, responsible for escorting this batch of goods." Xue Yan replied.

"Hmph, well! Let's get going without delay!" Jin Ze said impatiently.

"Yes!"

After Jin Ze walked towards the pier, Chen Yan whispered behind him: "If you plan to let Lord Jin board my ship, I will turn around and leave immediately!"

Xue Yan couldn't help but smile and whispered: "Don't worry, Lord Jin's accommodation has already been prepared on the cargo ship."

Chen Yan was relieved and then asked curiously: "Why doesn't he have an official ship to take him?"

Xue Yan knew the reason, and whispered: "This Lord Jin is famous for his integrity and is a great and good official. He said that now that the war has just ended, the country The treasury was empty, and he was unwilling to spend the court's money on official business, so he refused the official ship. "

Chen Yan snorted: "I don't know if he is honest or not, but this official's prestige is not small!"

Xue Yan said softly: "Sir, calm down. After settling the minister, Xue Yan will make some snacks for you to calm you down."

Chen Yan's mood improved and he laughed: "It just so happens that I have an exquisite coat. It is not easy to get dirty when I wear it in the kitchen."

Xue Yan's cheeks were slightly red, knowing that it must not be a good dress.

After getting on the boat, Xue Yan settled Jin Ze and Xiang Ming's entourage and was about to leave.

"Wait, where is the county magistrate Chen?" Jin Ze suddenly asked.

"Sir Chen lives on another ship and has returned to the ship." Xue Yan replied.

"This matter is of great importance. How can I discuss the matter of breaking the mountain with him if we live on two separate ships? Why don't you live on the same ship with me?" Jin Ze said unhappily.

"Ah? This..." Xueyan was stunned.

"Okay, call him over quickly. This is a serious matter. I want to hear his thoughts first." Jin Ze did not give her much room to think and ordered.

"Yes." Xueyan had to retreat.

Originally, this was not a problem.

The accommodation she arranged before was that the two of them lived next to each other on the same boat, so that they could discuss the subsequent projects.

Naturally, on the surface, Jin Ze was the main one and Chen Yan was the second one. Although this project was proposed by the latter, he was only a seventh-rank county magistrate after all, so he was just an assistant.

But the problem was that she had never expected that Chen Yan would take the building ship by himself!

Chen Yan was so greedy for enjoyment that he must be unwilling to come and live here, and he was also unwilling to let Jin Ze go to his ship. This was troublesome.

In desperation, she had to find Chen Yan on the small building ship and told him the story.

Chen Yan was a little amused.

Jin Ze wanted to be an honest official himself, and he didn't stop him.

But if he had to live in such a simple and uncomfortable place, it would be too much!

However, he also knew that Xueyan could not solve this problem, so he had to find a way out himself.

Xueyan thought he would be furious, but he actually pondered and said in surprise: "Sir, are you not angry?"

Chen Yan shook his head: "What's the use of being angry? Forget it, let's sneak into Chencang!"

Xueyan was confused: "Where is Chencang?"

Chen Yan smiled: "This is not the point. The point is, you arrange a cabin for me on that ship, and I will move there immediately."

Xueyan was surprised and said: "Are you really willing to move there?"

Chen Yan sneered: "How is it possible! It's fake, just pretend, let him think I moved there. I will come back here when I go to bed at night."

Although it is a bit troublesome, he didn't want to make a big deal, so he had to do it.

He simply packed a few pieces of unused luggage, followed Xueyan to the ship, and moved into a cabin at the stern in front of Jin Ze.

"Let's go! County Magistrate Chen, come to my cabin for a talk." Jin Ze's expression eased a little, and he turned back to the cabin.

His cabin was bigger, but it could only accommodate a small bed and a table.

"Sit down." After entering, Jin Ze sat down at the table first and said lightly, "I don't like to talk nonsense, so I'll get straight to the point."

Pah!

Chen Yan had just sat down when an attendant behind Jin Ze took out a large and thick paper book and placed it heavily on the table.

"What is this?" Chen YanLooking closely, it was written "Tianxuan Road Water Conservancy Construction Book".

"This book is a plan to penetrate Tianxuan Mountain made by dozens of officials of my Water Affairs Department in more than ten days."

"And it completely relies on something I have never heard of."

"That is the so-called 'secret weapon' of your County Magistrate Chen!"

Jin Ze said coldly.

Chen Yan said vaguely: "Thank you for your hard work, sir."

Jin Ze snorted: "Humph, hard work is not important. The important thing is that I don't believe this plan can succeed! Tianxuan Mountain is more than a hundred miles wide. Unless there is a god coming to the world, it is impossible to penetrate Tianxuan Mountain in just one year!"

After listening to his words, Chen Yan finally realized why the other party was hostile to him as soon as he came.

It must be that Zhou's Chamber of Commerce managed to report his plan to penetrate Tianxuan Mountain to the court, and used his connections in the court to make the emperor agree to this plan.

However, the Ministry of Works was responsible for the construction.

As you can imagine, the Ministry of Industry would not believe that there is such a powerful thing in the world!

But the Ministry of Industry had to follow the order from above, organize people and make this engineering plan.

The other party was so impolite, Chen Yan simply gave up and said: "Since you don't believe it, then I don't understand, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Jin Ze almost couldn't help but want to ask him directly what the so-called "secret weapon" was and where it came from.

But thinking of the imperial edict, he could only suppress this idea.

After Tang Yun issued the decree, he also added an order, that is, this time, the cooperation with Chen Yan can only discuss technical matters, and must not ask questions including the origin of the secret weapon.

This was the rule set in the agreement when Chen Yan and Tang Yun signed it.

Although Tang Yun was also very curious, he still endured it for the sake of the overall situation.

Jin Ze suppressed his temper and said, "Mr. Chen, I have been ordered to read this proposal carefully. If you have any questions, please ask me."